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4>rd YEAR. NO. 68. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1964 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Beach Board Will
Not Give Back
Business Taxes
Town Curtails Services
In Area Beyond North
Boundary Line
The Atlantic Beach Town Board,
in aession Saturday morning at the
Ocean King Hotel, decided that
money paid to the town lor bus
iness licenses by the people who
have been found to be beyond the
town limits, will not be refunded.
The board was of the opinion
that the services given by the town
since the business licenses were
paid have exceeded in value the
amount of the fee.
The board approved a $192 cut
in the garbage man's salary, a re
duction in the hours put in by one
of the police officers, and also cut
life guard service. The curtail
ment was put into effect tince an
area north of the beach proper has
been found to be beyond the town
limits and other areas, hoped to
be annexed, cannot be annexed be
cause of objection of property own
er".
Commissioners said that the bus
inessmen along the causeway to the
bridge benefit from beach visitors
yet they need not bear any of the
expense involved in operating the
beach because they are outside the
town.
Some of the businessmen and
property owners would like to be a
part of the town, Mayor A. B.
Cooper said, but the legal action
taken recently by three property
owners has blocked annexation of
the area.
Because some persons of that sec
tion would still like to have their
garbage removed, the board set a
fee of $5 per month for use of the
town garbage dump. This will be
in addition to the amount the pro
perty owner pays the town garbage
collector.
Persons living in the town re
ceive garbage service and other
lervices in Teturn for payment of
taxes.
Commenting on the restraining
order issued by Judge J. P. Friz
zelle, which prevents annexation of
property north of the town. Mayor
Cooper said the board was under
the impression that pronerty-own
ers in that area did not have to be
permanent residents, that they
would be permitted to give their
opinion on annexation as they do
in regular elections. Ballots are
mailed to property holders, most of
whom live up state, and then re
turned to the town clerk.
Garbage service and police pro
tection have been stopped in the
area affected and in case of firtf,
Marehead City firemen will answer
the call only after obtaining per
mission from the fire chief or may
or. Mayor Cooper said property
owners within the town limits auto
matically receive fire protection
under an agreement Atlantic Beach
has with Morehead City.
The action blocking annexation
was brought by Etta L. Willis, post
mistress of Atlantic Beach who
lives just outaide the town limits,
John Smith and Lester N. Moore.
Commissioner J. C. Lanier said
that he believes the patter of the
postmistress living outaide of town
and the postoffice being located
outaide of town ahould be corrected
in some other way if the postmia
treaa is not willing to be ? part
of the town.
There was no diacuaaion on hia
comment.
The board authorized hiring of
an engineer to draw up plans for
installation of a fire protection sya
tem. The plana will be conaidered
at the next meeting of the board
Sept 17.
The mayor reported that Green
ville Avenue from Terminal Boule
vard east to Fort Macon Boulevard
See BEACH BOAKD, Page 4
Boy Who. Loved Old Farm Uses It
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To Raise Dual-Standard Herefords
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Cecil Gillikin, Smyrna, took his first step toward the breeding of better cattle when he purchased this
bull calf. LA Mischief Domino, from J. Morton Davis. Mr. Davis is the only breeder of double-standard
cattle in the county. LA Mischief Domino is registered with the American Hereford Association and
the American Polled Hereford Association. Standing from left to right are Sam Davis, herdsman of
Liiy Acres, Mr. Davis, and Cecil Gillikin.
B&M Freight
Office Entered
The Beaufort and Morehead Hail
road freight station was entered
sometime over the weekend and
less than a couple dollars in
change taken.
A. T. Leary Jr., of the B&M,
said one of the metal doors was
pried open with wrenches or cro
bars.
The only money taken was a few
pieces of change in the cash
drawer. Other money was locket!
in the safe. Nothing oth^r than
the change was missing.
The BAM office was entered last
summer and at that time approxi
mately $175 was taken. The thieves
were never apprehended.
Beaufort police are investigating
the robbery. Chief of Police M. E.
Guy said exact time of entry had
not been determined, but it was
sometime between the close of the
office Saturday and the opening
for business Monday morning.
Temperature Rises
To More Than 90
Over Weekend
Residents and visitors in the
county sweltered in 90-degrec plus
temperature over the weekend.
The mercury rose from the high
80's to 91 Thursday and stayed
there until Sunday, reports Stafney
Davis, weather observer. Sunday
the mercury dropped to 87.
Although rain was reported in
various sections of the county Sun
day there was not enough in More
head City to register, said Mr.
Davis. Heavy rains were reported
on Harkers Island Sunday morning
between 7 and 8:30.
Temperature readings through
Sunday follow:
Wind shifted from the wuthwett
to the northeast late Saturdiy.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Mu. Mln.
91 78
91 80
91 80
87 7#
Ry KIP WILDER
Twenty-eight years ago an 11
year-old boy used to elimb through
the limbs of a thick trunked oak
tree on a farm two miles south of
Smyrna.
Today that boy, a successful oil
distributor, J. Morton Davis of
Morehead City, retains that love of
the farm and has dedicated the land
to the breeding of fine cattle.
The farm, started by Mr Davis's
forebears in 1796, has progressed
with the years and is now the only
cattle farm in Carteret County
which breeds double-standard
Herefords.
Lazy Acres, as it is called, has
been in the Davis family for four
generation and-fcw boon wait?
ized by the present owner who is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Abram
Davis, Morehead City.
Remnants of past generations,
the old tree and an old o* yoke, are
surrounded by modern machines
and neatly planted fields of hay
and pastureland.
The old oak is in the front yard
of the two-story home of the herds
man, Sam Davis, uncle of the Lazy
Acres' owner. The limbs of the
oak cover 9,000 square feet and the
trunk is 18 feet and 9 inches round.
The oak still has a chain grown
in it where generations of yester
year used to hang kettles when
cooking meals out-of-doors.
Mr. Davis says, "When I was a
boy, there used to be two links
of the chain sticking out of the
tree but now there's only one, so
evidently the tree is still grow
ing."
Another vestige of the past is an
old ox yoke which Mr. Davis has
hangipg on the wall in the family
cabin on the part of the farm
along Core Sound.
Grandfather Used Yoke
He explained that his grand
father, G. R. Davis, used to uae the
yoke when plowing his oxen. The
yoke has now been varnished and
will be preserved intact for the
future generations who otherwise
would probably never believe that
oxen were usrd at one time for
plowing.
Laiy Acres covers 100 acres
bordering on Core Sound with 29
acres of permanert pasture land
See LAZY ACRES, Page S
Town Board Discusses Safety
Of Camp Glenn Children
Kenneth Wagner, Morehead City,
brought the problem o( safety of
the Camp Glenn School children to
the attention of the Morehead City
Town Board at the board's monthly
meeting Thursday night.
He requested that the board put
up signs warning motorists that
they are in a school district. He
also requested that a policeman be
stationed at the croeaing at 34th
Street
Mayor George Dill told Mr. Wag
ner that Um signs would be put up
the first of this week.
D. G. B*U, police commissioner,
suggested that he and Captain Her
bert Grlffla of the police depart
ment, and Dr. John Morris, street
commissioner Investigate the sit
uatioo.
He said the police department
waota to work with the school but
expressed the hope that the school
might provide a Safety Patrol
which could handle thinga after a
moaflb or M.
Mr. Isabella, of the Star Electric
Company, Wilmington, told the
board thai the atop lights are now
in working order and are synchron
ised. i
He said the only additional work
that needs to be done ia to put up
lights on the no-left-turn signs by
the stop light. He also recommend
ed that the board obtain signs read
ing "Signals Ahead" and "Progres
sive at 20 mllea per hour."
Mr. Rochellc explained that
lights haven't been placed on the
no-laft-turn signs because addition
al line is needed.
Benefits Pedestrian*
Mayor Dill pointed out that the
lights are for (he benefit of pedes
trians aa well as motorists
A. B. Morris requested that thf
board plot streets on the property
on the north side of Arenddl
Street between 2Bth Street and
Bonner Avenue.
The property is part of the area
recently annexed by More head
City. The town haan't laid out
road* for the area yet and houses
are* being built on the property,
Mr. Morris said.
The board authoriied an engin
eer to plot the area and see who
own* property in the area so that
the town can aee where the streets
should go.
Mayor Dill said that streets can
be built In the area only if the
property owners are willing to do
nate part of their property for
them.
W. C. Carlton appeared before
the board and asked that the grass
be cut on the Atlantic and Eastern
Carolina Railroad right-of-way from
34th Street west to the town llmita.
Mayor Dill said the town would
have to get together with the rail
road officials and also state high
way officials to find out who Is
responsible for cutting the grass.
Ordiaaace lead
George McNeill, town attorney,
read the ordinance pertaining to
the stop light*.
The board approved the ordi
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Child Survives
Fall from Window
Two-year-old John Walston, son
of Mr. and Mrs. JaiHes Walston,
Pinetops, fell out of a three-story
window of the Ocean King Hotel
at 10:15 Saturday night but ap
parently suffered no injuries.
The child was eating and sleep
ing at the Morehead City Hospital
yesterday as though nothing had
happened.
He had no broken bones but the
attending physician said X-rays
were being taken. He added, "So
tar it lo#*s Ufo'ttVone of those
miracles."
The child fell on a concrete
pavement and there was nothing
that could have broken his fall,
according to Chief of Police
George Smith who investigated.
According to the chief, Mrs.
Walston, the baby, and another
woman were in the room when the
child crawled up on the bed to the
window sill. The screen was un
hooked and the youngster's weight
pushed it out. The window was o
cated on the west side of the ho. el.
The baby, who was not even
unconscious when picked up. was
rushed to Morehead City Hospital.
Cecil Morris
To Go to Raleigh
Cecil Morris, Atlantic, chairman
of the State Commercial Fisheries
Committee, will attend a meeting
in Raleigh Thursday to study the
waterways report made recently by
Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Hall and
Macdonald, New York engineering
firm.
Mr. Morris said state officials
will consider the recommendations
made by the firm which was en
gaged last year to study ways of
making better use of the state's
bays, sounds and inland waters.
Mr. Morris will also preside' at a
public hearing at Poplar Branch,
Currituck County, Monday, Sept.
27. The hearing has been sched
uled to hear opinions on closing
Currituck Sound waters to com
mercial fishing each year from
April 1 to Sept. IS.
The hearing will begin at 11 a.m.
at the Poplar Branch school house.
Members of the Commercial
Fishing Committee, in addition to
the chairman, are Charles H. Jen
kins of Ahoskie, Charles S. Allen
of Durham. Henry Rankin Jr.. of
Fayetteville and W. Eugene Sim
mons of Tarboro.
Beaufort Driver Says
Liccns* Not Suspended
William Oliver Davis, Beaufort,
informed THE NEWS-TIMES Sat
urday that hia licenae has not been
suspended as reported by the State
Highway Safety Division laat week.
The SUte Highway Safety Diviaion
in its release from Raleigh on re
vocations and suspensions stated
that Mr. Davia's licenae had been
suspended July 18 for failure to
Drove financial reaponaibility.
Mr. Davis aaid that he carries in
surance. as required by state law
Two Attead Institute
Jo* C. Beam, Morehead City, and
J. P. Harris Jr.. Beaufort, attended
the fifth annual Institute of In
surance laat week at Cbapel Hill.
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Heavy Smoke from Forest
Fire Blankets Two Towns
Saw Explosion Friday
Afternoon Starts Blaze
Smoke from a raging forest fire in the eastern part of the
county blanketed Morehead City and Beaufort yesterday
as northeast winds carried the white pall seaward.
Thousands of acres of timber on pulp company property
and privately-owned lands were in danger with no hope
of the fire being brought under control unless it rains.
By noon yesterday the fire line stretched five miles. The
blaze started at 2 o'clock Friday
when a gasoline engine on a saw
blew up on International Paper
Co. property in the North River
area. The accident occurred while
workmen were cutting pulpwood.
No one was injured but the flames
quickly spread.
Fire Fighters Notified
E. M. Foreman, county forest
ranger, and paper company fire
fighters were immediately notified.
The fire has now spread to the
property of the North Carolina
Pulp and Paper Co. and other
lands between Ward's Creek and
North River. "
Bill Williams, field assistant, In
ternational Paper Co., said the
flames are jumping from one tree
top to the other and are burning
under the heavily-carpeted forest
floor. It is almost impossible to
check a fire of this sort, he added.
The underground burning, especial
ly, means that flames can break
out anew in almost any area.
Hope for Rain
"Rain is the only hope for get
ting the fire under control with
in the next two weeks,'' he de
clared.
Blaine Baugus, pulpwood con
tractor. estimated damage at $20.
000 yesterday afternoon. Several
pieces of machinery have been lost
in the fire. The blaze was under
control Saturday afternoon, he
added, but the wind sprang up and
the flames jumped fire lanes.
Strong winds yesterday also
fanned the blaze.
Fire-fighters have been in the
woods night and day. snatching a
few moments rest as they can. A
^?ne from New Bern \ne4
yesterday to get a check on iht>
fire from the air.
Motor Carriers
To Meet at Beach
A three-day meeting of the An
nual Conference Council of Safety
Supervisors for the North Carolina
Motor Carriers Association, Inc.,
will open Friday afternoon at the
Atlantic Beach Hotel.
At 3 p.m. registration will begin.
At the business meeting Friday
night officers for the coming year
will be nominated.
Saturday morning at 9:30 Charles
Ray, vice-president of Market Ser
vice, Inc., Richmond, will address
the group.
John G. Caley, district manager
of the Mack Motor Corp., Char
lotte. and president of the Motor
Transportation Carrier! Associa
tion of South Carolina, will ,be the
main speaker of the morning Sat
urday.
Roadeo rules and the year's pro
gram will be outlined at 2:30 Sat
urday and a dinner dance will take
place at the Blue Ribbon Supper
Club. Morehead City, starting at
7:30 that nifht.
At 9:30 Sunday morning there
will be meetings of In-coming com
mittees and officers.
Sick German Lad
Taken from Ship
Harry Nehli, a 21-year-old meu
steward who becantf ill on the Ger
ir.an ship. Wentfalen, waa taken
off the ship at 12:90 p.m. Sunday
by a 40-foot utility Coaat Guard
boat from Fort Macon.
He wai removed from the ahip
juat beyond the aea buoy off Beau
fort bar.
Nehla was taken to the More head
City Hospital in the Dill ambulance
which > waa awaiting hia arrival at
Fort Macon Coaat Guard Station.
Dr. Ben F. Royal reported that
the youth waa stili very aick yeater
day.
The Weatfalen waa bound for
Cartagena, Columbia, from New
York.
Gov. W. B. UirntMd
Vacations at Boach
Gov. William B. Umetead arrived
at the Ocean King Hotel Saturday
for a week 'a vacation at Atlantic
Beach.
Accompanying Governor Um
itead. are Mrs. U mat cad, their
daufhter Merle, and Mr. and Mri.
John U instead. Chapel Bill.
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James W. Butler
To Speak Friday
James W. Butler, alumni secre
tary and sports news director at
East Carolina College, GreenviUe,
will be the guest speaker at the
meeting of the Methodist Men's
Club, Ann Street Methodist
Church, Beaufort. Friday.
Mr. Butler, a George Washing
ton University graduate, taught in
Sampson and Cumberland County
schbols. He was one-time editor of
the Sampson News, Clinton, and
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Jum W. Butler
... to visit hrre
Duplin Ilerald, Warsaw He was
also on the staff of the Goldsboro
News-Argus.
Mr. Butler is a past manager of
the Goldsboro Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Association,
Inc., Goldsboro.
Since September 1951, he has
been at his present Job. He ia ac
tive in church and community af
fairs in Greenville and Pitt Coun
ty
The meeting will start at 7 p.m.
at the Lottie Sanders Building.
Ports Authority Sets
Budget for Biennium
Jacob Wade, 16,
Reported 'A Bit
Better' Monday
Car Turns Over as Wade
Heads to Morehead
For Football Practice
Jacob Fields Wade III, Wild
wood, who was seriously injured in !
an automobile accident Friday
morning was reported "a little bit
better" at the Morehead City Hos
pital yesterday.
Wade, who is 16 years old, was on
his way to> football practice at the
Morehead City football field.
The accident occurred at 5:15
a.m. about four miles west of More
head City on Highway 70. Wade
was headed toward Morehead City
from Wildwood in a 1947 Buick
convertible.
State Highway Patrolman W. E.
Pickard said that the car ran off
the road on the left, swerved back
on the highway, over on the left
again and turned over.
Wade was rushed to the More
head City Hospital in the George
W. Dill ambulance. He is suffering
from a severe brain concussion.
Damage to the car, which is own
ed by his grandmother, Mrs. W. M
Watson, Wildwood, was estimated
at $300.
Patrolman Pickard said witnesses
driving behind Wade estimated his
speed at approximately 45 miles an
hour. It is believed that the boy
may have fallen asleep.
Four Students Finish
Courses at East Carolina
Five students of this area re
ceived degrees Friday at East
Carolina's summer session com
mencement'and Joyce Carol Willis,
Sea Level, received a two-year cer
tificate in business administration.
Receiving bachelor of science de
grees were Sallie Rebecca Mason,
Beaufort; Letha Faye Trott Par
ker, Stella; Joyce Ann Willis,
Davis; Arthur H. Johnson Jr.,
Morehead City, and Gilbert Peele
Jr., Beaufort.
Morehead City Recreation
Board Will Meet Tonight
The Morehead City Recreation *
Commission will meet at 7:30 to
night in the Recreation Center,
Morehcad City, to imtall officers,
Walter Morris, retiring chairman,
announced Friday. Appointed by
the Morehead City Town .Board to
succeed Mr. Morris as chairman is
W. B Chalk.
Other commission members are
Frank Cheek, Bruce Goodwin, Mrs.
O. H. Johnson, snd Mrs. Robert
Taylor.
Three persons were nsmed to an
ex-offlcio advisory committee by
the town board July 20. They arc
Dr. Darden Eurc, representing th?
County Board of Health; Ralph
Wade, representing the County
Welfare Department; and Dr. John
Morris, representing the town
board.
They will meet with the commis
sion tonight to discuss the program
for the coming year.
Camp Qlonn Principal
Sots Clinic for Tomorrow
R. W. Davin. principal it Camp
Glenn School, announced yesterday
that there will be a pre school
clinic at the achool from 2 to 3
p.m. tomorrow.
All children who will enter
school (or the (irat time Wednea
day, Sept. 1, ahould attend. A
county health nurse and first
grade teachers will be present.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaafart Bar
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11:42 p.m.
Wedaeaday, Aag. U
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Tharaday, All, M
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Director of Play
Announces Cast
Mrs. Carter Broad, director of
the forthcoming Community Thea
tre production. The Nightmare, an
nounced the caat yesterday.
Lynn Stoller. Beaufort, ia playing
the part of Perry Wallace, a suave,
middle-aged schemer attempting to
gain poasession of his father-in
law'i estate. Playing the role of his
wife, Edith, is Pat Webb. Beaufort.
Dorothy Freeman, Atlantic
Beach, has been raat aa Marilyn,
Perry and Edith Wallace's niece,
who ia the rightful beneficiary of
the eatate her uncle hopes to get
for himself
Steve Kent, her boyfriend, la
played by Walt Hamilton, Beaufort.
Edith's father, the old man who ia
about to die. la portrayed by Hor
ace Loftin, Beaufort. Sammy Dan
iela, Beaufort, plays the role of
Dr. Bannister and Ruth Peeling,
Beaufort, has been caat aa Jane,
the maid.
Ed Walaton. president of the
theatre, is stage manager. In
charge of makeup is Sara Daniels.
Tressa Vickers is properties super
visor and Alice Taylor, business
manager. Members of the stage
crew are James Lucaa, Floyd Stew
art and Ernest Guthrie.
The play has been in rehearsal
since the middle of July. Tenta
tive production data ia the Utter
part of September.
Wlaa Farmer Degree
Ronnie Kelly of Newport re
ceived hia Carolina Farmer degree
at the eloae of the Future Farm
era of America convention in Ra
leigh laat week. The award ia giv
en for an outstanding record in
rhipitr ftctivitit?.
? Lenoir. N. C. (AP)? The North
Carolina Ports Authority T^reed
Friday to ask for $2,600,000 in state
funds to improve facilities at the
state-owned ports at Wilmington
and Morehead City.
The budget, as approved, is gen
erally the same as set up by the
authority when it met at Morehead
City July 9. The budget request
for next year totaled $287,392 and
for fiscal !0!>6-57. $291,268.
The amounts specified will be
presented to the State Budget Com
mission Sept. 9.
The authority met with Harold
F. Coffey, a Lenior manufacturer
and a member of the authority
who was host for the meeting.
Edwin Pate of Laurinburg,
chairman of the authority, pre
sided at the day long meeting at
offices of Kent Coffey Manufac
turing Co., of which Mr. Coffey is
president.
Chairman Pate said requests had
to be held to a minimum to assure
funds for the proper maintenance
and operation of the Wilmington
and Morehead City ports which
now haxe fixed assets of $7,400,000.
The budget would includc the
purchase of two $300,000 heavy
duty cranes, one for Wilmington
and the other for Morehead City.
Authority members agreed that ad
ditional warehouse storage is need- |
ed at both ports for cotton, tobacco
and other agriculture commodities.
Also included in the budget was
a request that approximately $27,
000 be transferred from opera
tions revenue to appropriations.
Details of the proposed budget
were explained by Col. Richard S.
Marr, executive director of the
SPA, and Joseph II. Smith, assist
ant treasurer and budget officer.
Colonel Marr cited progress
made at both ports and said a num
ber of contracts had been negoti
ated recently.
Mr. Coffey was host to members
at a luncheon Friday afternoon.
Members and their wives were
guests of Mr. Coffey at a dinner
and a performance of "Horn in the
West," summer outdoor drama,
Friday night.
Mayor Lisk
Gives Report
Mayor M. N. Lisk, Swansboro,
has reported a $3,741.20 balance
in the Swansboro budget for the
past year and a balance of $1,
916.20 in the water and sewer sys
tems budget for the year.
Sources of the largest revenue
for Swansboro during 1953 54 were
personal property and real estate
taxes which accounted for $6,533.22
of the $15,818.75 total revenue.
Other aources were dividends
from the ABC store and funds from
the Powell Bill. ABC store income
amounted to $3,323.75 and Powell
Bill funds were $2,945.11.
Major expenses were police de
partment, garbage department,
street department, paving, and the
community building. Total ex
penses for the year amounted to
$17,918.95
Police department expenses were
$3,597.23, garbage department $2,
819.33, paving $3,694.45, street de
partment, $1,732.09 and community
building $1,064.02
According to the report, Swans
boro had $4,515.47 on hand for
water and newer service at the first
of the fiscal year and collected
$8,650.37. Expenses totaled $11,
249.64, leaving a $1,916.20 balance.
Sgt. R. H. Chadwick
To Take Special
Course in Kentucky
Highway Patrol Sgt. R. H. Chad
wick of Raleigh will take a three
month leave of absence beginning
Sept. 20 to attend a special train
ing course for law enforcement of
ficers at the Southern Police In
stitute in Louisville, Ky., patrol
headquarters announced thta week.
Sergeant Chadwick, who ia in
charg* of District III. Troop B, of
the highway patrol, will be the only
highway patrolman from this aUte
to attend the sessions which are de
voted to enforcement techniques
and general police administration.
During hia absence Cpl. W. E.
Saunders will take over his duties.
Sergeant Chadwick, a native of
Beaufort, has been a trooper since
1941. He haa been a sergeant two
years and was last stationed ia
Jacksonville.