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43rd YEAR, NQ. 50. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1964 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Atlantic Beach to Consider
$50 ,000 Fire-Fighting System
Members of the Atlantic*
Beaeh Town Board, in ses
sion Saturday morning at the
beach, set 10 o'clock Satur
day morning, July 17, as the
time for a meeting of all
beach residents. The meet
ing, to take place at the
Heart of the Beach, will deal
with a proposal to raise taxes
so that a $50,000 fire protec
tion program can be under
taken.
George Franklin, general counsel
for the North Carolina League of
Munieipalities, said Atlantic Beach
must have its ov.i fire fighting
equipment if the residents are to
get lower insurance premiums on
their property.
He estimated it would cost
$13,000 to put in a line for the
water supply, plus $25,000 for a
storage tank and around $2,000 for
a second-hand fire truck. This
would bring the total to approxi
mately $40,000 but the board de
cided to set the figure at $50,000
to cover unforeseen expenses.
Mr. Franklin went on to say that
this would mean about a 15-cent
rise in each individual's taxes but
the people would save more than
that on their insurance premiums.
Commissioner Carl Lanier moved
that a letter be written to each
property owner of Atlantic Beach
stating that the town meeting will
be July 17. Included in this letter
will be statistics on insurance eval
uation, costs and savings. Commis
sioner L. T. White seconded the
motion and it was passed unani
mously.
In other business before the
board Saturday, S. A. (Red) Hor
ton asked for an extra 10 years on
his franchise to handle the water
system at Atlantic Beach. His pres
ent franchise has seven years to
run but he wants to put in larger
pumps, tanks, and lining in order
to expand. He wants assurance of
the extra 10 years on his franchise,
he told the board.
Mayor A. B. Cooper stated that
Mr. Horton had said he would give
Atlantic Beach free water for their
fire hydrants, if the fire system is
installed.
Commissioner Lanier said that
See BEACH BOARD, Page Z
County Crops
Need Rain Badly
R. M. Williams, county farm
agent, said yesterday that crops in
the county are suffering badly
from lack of rain.
The tobacco is stunted. Although
it is being harvested and cured it
has no body. Com growth is
alow and the dry weather is holding
> back' the planting of sweet po
I tatoes. '
Most of the potatoes in the coun
ty have been harvested. Yesterday
the Ball Brothers had about 40
more acres to dig. Many of the po
tatoes being harvested now at the
tail end of the season -re being
shipped on consignment, said Mr.
Williams.
This means, he added, that they
are sent to market with the farm
er willing to take anything he can
get for them.
Some of the potatoes have been
sold to potato chip manufacturers.
Early diggers of potatoes got as
high as 13 a bag, but later prices
were as low as $1 80
Ellis Fodrie of Beaufort RFD
reported cotton blossoms last Wed
nesday. Thia lays, Mr. Williams,
is the first report of cotton blos
soms in the county.
, Fishing Students
Hear Publisher
Henry Lyman, Boston, publisher
of the Saltwater Sportsman maga
zine, delivered the graduation ad
drens to 33 students of the Salt
Water Fishing Institute. The ex
ercises were held Friday night in
the dining hall on State property at
Camp Glenn.
Mr Lyman was given an honor
ary "deanship" by the inatitute.
In his address, the publisher
pointed out the relaxation value of
salt water fishing and said that this
type of fishing is a great help in
letting people "slow down" their
fast pace of living.
To strengthen his point Lyman
referred to one survey which was
taken among numerous people who
were fishing at the time Uiey were
f questioned. People were asked.
"What nre you thinking of?" Nine
ty-eight per cent replied "Noth
ing." He used the example to
show that fishing ia a wonderful
way to "get away from it all."
Ted Davis, manager at the More
head CKy Chamber of Cnmuisna,
was master at ceremonies.
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Morehead Board Approves
Transferral of Water System
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New Machine Operates Here
A new kind of road equipment is
being used to build the highway
from Salter Path through the Em
erald Isle Beach development on
Bogue Banks. The machine, pic
tured above, is a Seaman Pulvi-Mix
er. It is being used here for the
first time in the state.
Photo by Jerry Schumacher
The unique part about the road
monster is that it picks up sand in
front, mixes it with asphalt and
disgorges thir mixture at the rear
as a ribbon of road.
Construction men in the picture
are watching its operation. In the
right foreground is Miss Carol
Barnes of Morehead City.
John R. Tillery Receives
Gifts as Father-of-Year
Mayor George W. Dill presented*
John R. Tillery, 74, with the many
gifts due him as Father-of-the-Year
at a ceremony Saturday moraing
in front of the Morehead City Mu
nicipal Building.
Mr. Tillery was also congratulat
ed by the Rev. Dr. John Bunn, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church,
Morehead City, who said he was
proud of Mr. Tillery who was al
ways faithful as the church janitor.
Dr. Bunn stated that in all the
time he has known John Tillery
he has been truthful, honest, an
outstanding citizen, and a Chris
tian.
Mr. Tillery thanked those who
made it possible for him to re
ceive the Father-of-the-Year honor
and asked that they should not ov
erlook his children, for it was
really the children that made it
possible for him to be there, Mr.
Tillery said. He said he has al
ways tried to bring his children up
in the |>est possible way and pro
vide them with the best church and
school training he could.
Mrs John R. Tillery, expressed
her thanks to everybody for being
so nice to her husband.
Mr. Tillery received a chair, a
camera, a wrist watch, shoes, cloth
ing and other gifts from the 10
sponsors of the contest.
With him for the ceremony were.
12 members of his family. 1 They
were Mrs. John R. Tillery, Mr. and
Mrs. David Butler and David Jr.,
daughter and grandson; Mrs. Jes
sie Stamps and Jefferson Stamps,
daughter and grandson; Eleanore
Simpson, grandaughter; Mrs. An
thony Boyd, daughter; and John
Anthony Boyd, grandson; Althea
Tillery, Fred Tillery, and John W.
Tillery. Absent were Parker Leigh
Tillery. Mrs. Richella T. Walker,
and Winifred Tillery.
The Father-of-the-Year was se
lected Wednesday by three judges,
George Dill, mayor of Morehead
City, Ted Davis, manager of the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce, and !. E. Pittman, vice-pres
ident of the First-Citizens Bank
and Truat Co., Morehead City.
Danger Area
Areas in the vicinity of Browns
Inlet, Bogue Inlet, and Browns Is
land will be dangerous to naviga
tion from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to
morrow and from 8 a.m. to S p.m.
Thursday and Friday because of
firing, strafing, and bombing exer
cises, announce Army Engineers.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Jna^ 22
12:18 a.m. 6:07 a.m.
8:40 p.m.
Wednesday, June 23
12:39 a.m. 6:58 a.m.
1:17 p.m. 7:44 p.m.
Thursday, June 24
1:38 a.m. 7:93 a.m.
2:1S p.m. 8:53 p.m.
Friday, Ju^e 25
2:42 a.m. 8:55 a.m.
3:28 p.m. 10:00 p.m.
Bike Owners
Must Get Tags
Chief of Police M. E. Guy, Beau
fort, announced yesterday that li
censes for bicycles are now on sale
at the police station. Front Street.
Before licenses are issued, each
bike must be equipped with a head
light, red reflector on the rear, a
bell or horn, and good brakes.
The police station is open daily
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. License tags,
similar in color to the state auto
tags, are $1 each. Bikes owned
by persons living within the town
limits, must have the tags by Thurs
day, July 1.
Four Groups
To Meet Here
, Four conventions for Morehead
City and Atlantic Beach are book
ed for the remainder of the season,
Ted Davis, manager of the More
head City Chamber of Commerce,
announced Friday.
North Carolina architects will
meet at the Atlantic Beach Hotel
Thursday through Friday for their
semi-annual meeting. Ninety are
expected. The County Clerks As
sociation and auxiliary will meet
here June 30 through July 3, the
North Carolina Sheriff's Associa
tion is coming to the Carteret coast
Aug. 18-19 and the summer meet
ing of the State Board of Conser
vation and Development will take
place July 19-21 at the state build
ings west of Morehead City.
Meeting here this past weekend
was the North Carolina Association
of Wine Control and the North
Carolina Gas Association.
Morehead City's tow"
granted the Carolina Water Co^ the
franchise for operatmR the town
water system at a meeting Thurs
day night in the Municipal Build
1,1 The franchise gives the Carolma
Water Co. operate
the water properties of Morencau
aty"orth.P next 40 years and .tip
ulates no increase in rates fo
first year. The franchise will go
into effect at midnight Juoe 30.
When the franchise Soesintoet
feet. Morehead City will be allow
ed to levy, if necessary, a fee fo
sewage disposal. ,
George McNeill, town attorney,
read the franchise which
a clause permitting the town to
levy "any amount" for sewage dis
mal, the amount to beWlledon
{he monthly water W . M^
r.eoree Dill commented that most
towns have sewage disposa fees
but Morehead City has not levied
them in the pas. because there
no wav in which they could be col
"ected He added thai the town
has always absorbed the cost of
maintaining the sewage lines.
The transfer of the water fran
ch sc was requested by the present
operators of the water sy.tem.
Carolina Power and Light Co.
CP&L has arranged the sale of 1 th
water systems here, in Beaufort
and Snow Hill.
Representing the Po^r company
at the meeting were W. T. Joyner
Jr and Charles House, attorneys
with CP&L, and George Stovall, lo
cal CP&L manager.
In other business brought bof?rc
the board, Herbert Phillips, attor
ney for Carl Goodwin, was given
one week to draw up a franchise
for the Community Bus Line.
Clerk John Lashley presented!*-,
uuest for street lights from resi
dents of the Homes Drive area.
Mavor George Dill appointed ^ a
committee of three to investigate
the matter. Committee members
ar0 D G. Bell, police commiv
sioner. Mr. Lashley, city clerk, and
Mr Stovall. manager of the power
company. Mr. Lashley also report
ed that lights have been put up in
the Huntley development, Crab
Point.
Mavor Dill said "We want the
lighting in Homes Drive to be com_
parable with that of other areas of
the town."
It was also decided at the meet- j
ing that a study should be made
concerning the plaeeMntofstrwt
trash cans. It was agreed that mucn
of business traffic ^has shifted we?
ward to the neighborhood of food
^neetfor a clean-up cam
Jgn was brought up by Comjnto
-inner Beli. who mentioned it as
?something that certainly needs to
be thought ahout."
The parking problem was < dto
-ussed and it was pointed out by
Mr. McNeill that there was a city
ordinance against parking oo<
grass Plots. The group decided to
studv the situation and discuss
possible solutions at a later meet
inA special meeting of the town
board will be called for this week j
to study the budget. The bus fraiv
chlae will also be taken up at the
meeting.
Hark?r? Island Bridge
Catches Fir* Sunday
Several planks of the Harkers
Island bridge caught fire at 10:15
Sunday night.
The Beaufort Fire Department
answered the call but returned to
the station In a short time. Damage
was slight. It is not known how
the fire started.
Laborer Leaves Hospital ,
Ends Up in Jail Friday
Early Williams, 42-year-old Ne
gro laborer who was hospitalized
Wednesday due to knife wound*,
was discharged from the Morehead
City Hospital Friday and ia now in
the county jail.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said Wil
liams left the hospital and turned
up at the county jail "to see his
girl friend," Minnie Ruth Ashley,
who is charged with knifing him.
When he called at the jail, Jail
er Em Chaplain locked him up on
a charge of engaging in a fight.
Williams was wounded Wednes
day morning when he allegedly got
in a fracas with the Ashley wo
man while she was hanging otit
clothes at a labor camp on highway
101. Offlctrs say both aha and
Williams pulled knivea but Wil
liams was the only one hurt.
The woman was arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff Marshall Aysoue and
Chief of Police M. E. Guy, Beau
fort.
107-Foot Carmac Docks
At Morohoad Yacht Ba?in
The Carmac, a 107-foot inapection
yacht of Carfill Carriers Incorpor
ated of New York, docked at the
Morehead City Yacht Basin Thurs
day.
According to the yacht's skipper.
Captain Russell, company officiate
were aboard. It sailed for Wrights
vllle Beach Friday morning.
Have lock Resident Drowns
When Thrown from Skiff
Beauties Burlington-Bound
Photo by J wry Schumacher
Miss Fay Merrill, left, and Miss Norma Swindon, right, will appear
in the North Carolina Beauty Pageant July 1517 at Burlington. Miss
Merrill will represent Beaufort and Miss Swinson will represent
Morehead City.
Wilber Harris Jenkins
Wins State Scholarship
Babson Gives Outlook
For Next Six Months
Appearing on page 2, section 1
of today's NEWS TIMES is Roger
Babson's financial outlook for the
next six months.
Mr. Babson's forecast for the
first six months of this year ap
peared in THE NEWS-TIMES in
December.
121 Students
Take Fine Arts
Summer Courses
Gregory Ivey, director of the
School of Fine Arts summer ses
sion. Woman's College, reported
over the weekend that the enroll
ment has now reached 121. The
school is being conducted in Beau
fort.
Mr. Ivey said enrollments had ex
ceeded his expectations, in view of
the late announcement of the
school's opening date. This an
nouncement is normally released
in February, but was not made this
year until April due to the details
involved in moving the school to
Beaufort from Burnsville.
Director Ivey is particularly
pleased with the co-operation he
has received from the Beaufort
Chamber of Commerce, county
school officials, and the citizens of
Beaufort. Their help contributed a
great deal to our getting off to a
smooth start on so short a notice,
he said.
Mr. Ivey had hoped for an enroll
ment of approximately 100 students
for the six weeks session, including
50 adults. A break-down of regis
tration figures here today revealed
an enrollment of 67 adults, and 54
children, the latter ranging in ages
from five to 18.
A total 'of 44 undergraduate and
graduate college students are at
tending the session. The remain
ing 23 consists of college and pub
lic school teachers, school super
visors, housewives, and others pur
suing special interests.
Adult classes are held in fiction
writing, theater, music, dancing,
art and an inter-departmental cre
ative process course. The latter is
a class touching on all phases of
the current session.
Children are receiving instruc
See STUDENTS, Page 2
Port Calendar
Escahtbla, DSNS ? Scheduled
to dock Thursday at Aviation
Fuel Terminal, coming from Port
Arthur, Tex., loaded with Jet
fuel.'
Oulf Atlantic Transport Co.
Barge? Arrived from Charleston,
S. C? with asphalt. Discharged
cargo at the Esso Port Terminal,
left yesterday.
Eastern Seaboard Transport
Co. Barge? Docked yesterday at
Esso Port Terminal, loaded with
fuel. Came from Jacksonville,
Fla., and will proceed to Acme,
N. C. ? ;
Navy ships participating In
Marine maneuvers have been
loading at the state port and are
departing for maneuvers In the
Caribbean. Among them are 10
LST's and transports US8 Navar
Rankin, Achenur, Aroeb,
Vermillion and Botetourt
t
? Wilber Harris Jenkins, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilber L. Jenkins of
Stella, has been selected to receive
a "Talent for Service" scholarship
of $500 for four years, a total of
$2,000, at North Carolina State
College.
Announcement of the list of win
ners was made by
Dr. E. T. York Jr.,
chairman tof the
college's committee
on scholarships and
grants-in-aid, who
said the recipients
were chosen from
hundreds of appli
cants from through
out the state.
Jenkins
This is the (it ?t year the "Talent
for Service" scholarships have been
awarded at State College.' They
have been established by industrial
firms, organizations and other
friends of the college, Dr. York
said.
Jenkins was an honor graduate
at White Oak High School and dur
ing his high school career he was
active in the Future Farmers of
America Club, on the annual staff,
in the Beta Club and was saluta
torian of the graduating class.
He will begin the study of agri
culture engineering when he en
rolls at State in the fall.
Agents from Six Counties
Will Meet Here Friday
The Six - County Farm Agent
Group meeting will tike place Fri
day at the Civic Center, Morehead
Ciity. starting at 10 a.m., announces
R. M. Williams, county agent
Farm agents from Pamlico, Cra
ven, Jones, Onilow. Beaufort, and
Carteret Counties will meet to dis
cuss mutual problems, Mr. Wil
liams said.
* Glenn E. Beaver, 37, 2-C Cahoque Dr., Havelock, drown
ed near the bulkhead separating Beaufort and Morehead
City channels at 1 p.m. Saturday.
His body had not been recovered by 3:30 yesterday
afternoon. Coroner Leslie D. Sprinkle said thai Beaver
drowned when he and a companion fell out of a 12-foot
skiff powered by a 12-horsepowen
outboard motor.
With Beaver was Robert O. Oak
ley of Newport, who was rescued
by Rupert Atkiss. Raleigh. Atkiss
was in the vicinity fishing when
he saw the two men thrown into
the water.
Running Fast
The coroner said they were run
ning the motor fullspecd. They
made a sharp turn to the left that
hurled both men from the skiff.
Coroner Springle said when the
Coast Guard picked the skiff up
later (it had drifted into a nearby
marsh) the throttle was wide open.
After Atkiss picked up Oakley,
he turned his boat to look for
Beaver but Beaver was nowhere to
be seen.
The Coast Guard began dragging
for the body at 2 p.m. and discon
tinued operations at E p.m. They
started dragging again Sunday
morning.
No Inquest
Coroner Springle said no inquest
will be held unless evidence of foul
play is noted when Beaver's body
is recovered.
Beaver is survived by his wife
and four children, Claudine Mil
dred 17, Gerry Beaver 15, Lynda
Kay 12 and Diane 10. Gerry, the
son, was with Oakley and his
father when they left Nelson's Fish
ing Pier, Beaufort, at 5 a.m. Sat
urday, bound for Shackleford
Banks.
The three returned to Beaufort
about 11:30 and later asked Ed
ward Nelson, owner and operator
of the fishing pier if they could
borrow the 12-foot skiff to try out
the 12 hp. motor.
Beaver's son decided not to ac
company the two men on the trial
run which resulted in Beaver's
death.
FredflardyWill
Go to New York
Fred Hardy, president of the
Morehead City Lions Club, will
represent the club at the Interna
tional Lions Convention in New
York City July 13 through 15. For
ty-eight nations will have repre
sentatives there. Mr. Hardy was
chosen to represent local Lions at
their meeting Thursday night at
the Recreation Center.
Owens Frederick, A. N. Willis,
John B. Willis, Oscar Allred, El
mer Watson and Mr. Hardy said
they would attend the charter and
ladies night at 6:30 p.m. today at
Havelock.
After the regular meeting the
incoming board of directors and
officers met to map plans for the
coming year which begins July 1.
Committees were selected and pro
gram* suggested.
Committees and their chairmen
and programs for the coming year
will be announced later, Mr. Fred
erick, club secretary, reported.
June Court Term
Ends Thursday
Judge Clawson Williams
Rules on Case Involving
Land Near Golf Course
The June term of Superior Court
ended at 4:15 p.m. Thursday when
Judge Clawson Williams ruled that
Odell and Fannie Tootle were not
entitled to any damages or attor
ney fees from J. F. and Vera S.
Maready and E. S. Bush. The suit
involved a land controversy.
The Tootles initiated civil action
against the Mareadys and Mr. Bush,
claiming that the Mareadys perpe
trated a fraud in a land transac
tion. The land lies in the vicinity
of the Morehead City golf course.
The court could find no attempt
at fraud and stated that J. F. Ma
ready and Vera S. Maready owned
one-half interest in the land and
E. S. Bush the other half of land
lying north of the course.
It also stated that the Tootles
owned the land to the east of the
Maready and Bush property.
r.ets $700
Earl W. Temple was awarded
$700 from E. C. Willis and Sons
contractors when the jury found
that Temple's truck, involved in an
accident on U. S. Highway 70 in
the Morehead Bluffs area last year,
was damaged through negligence
of.E. C. Willis and Sons. Willis
was also ordered to pay costs of
the action.
Jurors awarding damages were
Manley Smith, Donald Gilgo, P. F.
Carraway Willis ^ones, Lester
Pigott, V. M Rhue, James Congle
ton, Walter Williams, Stanley
Lock hart, and Bert Pitman.
Judge Williams ruled that the
State Supreme Court decision of
Oct. 21, 1953 shall stand in the
D. C. Richardson versus Nellie
Richardson Cooke action. The suit
involves controversy over owner
ship of a home on Ann Street,
Beaufort.
Robert L. Smith was awarded
$125 from Dalton Davis and Davis
was ordered to pay costs. Smith
charged that Davis killed his dog.
Jurors on this case were Charles
Mason, Harry Hamilton. Alex
Moore. H. D. Paul, Gilbert Clancey,
Alex Truitt, Will Arrington, Pren
tis Garner, J. H. Wallace, W. A.
Murdoch, and Conrada Merrill.
' Mary R. Lewis was awarded $350
with interest from June 9, 1953
from J. T. Whitley.
$1,640 Awarded
Marshall Johnson, administrator
for the estate of Edward Earl John
son, was awarded $1,640 from Mar
vin Britt, when the jury found that
E. E. Johnson was injured and
killed by Britt's negligence.
Jurors hearing this case were
See COURT, Page 2
North Carolina Wine Control
Association Meets at Beach
Fifty memberi of the North
Carolina Association for Wine Con
trol and their wives met Friday
and Saturday at the Ocean King
Hotel, Atlantic Beach. The two-day
meeting was arranged by W. Capers
White, director of the association,
Raleigh.
The meeting opened Friday night
with a social hour for wives of
members and closed Saturday night
with a gala dinner at the Blue Rib
bon Club, Morehead City.
A business meeting was conduct
ed Saturday morning with Ted
Linn, chairman of the executive
committee, presiding. Other mem
bers of the committee arc Alan M.
Furman. llomer Baker, Joe Sim
mons and Doc Chesson.
During the business meeting,
wives went on a boat ride.
Sam Bundy Speaks
At the luncheon Saturday noon
at the Rex Restaurant, association
members heard Sam D. Bundy,
Farmville, give a humorous address
on problems, what to do about
them, and how to acquire a rosy
outlook for the future. He was in
troduced by Mr. Linn. Mr. Bundy'a
guest was his brother, W. J. Bun
dy, Greenville.
Luncheon consisted of clam
chowder, shrimp cocktail, salad
and a fish platter.
Tbe dinner at the Blue Ribbon
Club opened with the invocation
by the Itov. ? Guthrie Brown, rae
W. Capers While
. . . directs activities
tor of St. Andrew's Episcopal
Church. Morehead City.
Guests were introduced by Di
rector White. Among them were
Senator and Mrs. Cameron S.
Weeks, Tarboro; Mr. and Mrs. Ub
by Ward, New Bern; Frank K.
Simma Jr., chairman of the Meck
lenburg County ABC Board;
tm WINE, hn I
Shrimp Prices
Stay at Low Ebb
Prices of shrimp are low this
year compired to the same period
last year, fisheries officials report.
Shrimpers are getting from 15 to
18 cents a pound. C. Gehrmann
Holland, assistant commercial fish
eries commissioner, said last week
that the quality of shrimp was im
proving and the catches were
slightly better.
Prices, however, are not near the
23 to 28 cents a pound shrimpers
were getting at this time last year.
In addition to a general overall
decline in prices, it is believed that
the depressed market may be due
to a large amount of frozen shrimp
being moved before the fresh
shrimp are bought: and because
of imports of shrimp from Mexico
and the South Pacific.
W. A. Ellison, head of the Insti
tute of Fisheries Research, said
that something new is happening
in the shrimp world. The ocean
shrimp are smaller than those be
ing caught in Inland waters and he
says no one seems to be able to
explain why. Usually ocean ahrlmp
at thia time al year are larger tha>
those caught inland.