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43rd YEAR, NO. 72. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1964 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Fire Destroys Church at Atlantic
Hospital Group
Chooses Name,
Adopts By-Laws
President H. C. Taylor
Names Committees;
Group to Meet Saturday
The Sea Level Hospital men's
group chose "Carteret Commun
ity Hospital Association" as its new
name at a meeting at the Sea Level
School recently.
A constitution and by-laws were
adopted. Two items included wert
the following: meetings of the as
sociation will take place the sec
ond Saturday of each month al
ternating amongst the various com
munities as frequently as possible;
and a quorum at any meeting shall
consist of 20 members and -associ
ate memberships shall be at the
rate of $12 per year (or more if a
member wishes).
H. C. Taylor, president, appoint
ed two commi'tees, membership
and projects.
Members Named
Appointed to the membership
committee were Luther Salter, Bet
tie; Donald Goodwin, Cedar Island;
Romain Gaskill, Stacy; and Jasper
Daniels, Sea Level.
Appointed to the projects com
mittee were Monroe Gaskill, Leo
Daniels, Cedar Island; Harvey Tay
lor, Hilton L. Taylor, Sea Level;
John Styron, Brady Mason, Stacy;
Frank Harvey, M. H. Taylor, Atlan
tic; Charles Piner, Williston; Au
gustus Lawrence, Otway; Roland
Salter, Bettie; M. L. Yeomans, and
Earl Johnson, Harkers Island.
VMt of Thanks
A unanimous vote of appreci
ation was given to Jasper Daniels
for his foresight in originating the
idea of the association, and for the
hours and effort he spent In bring
ing the idea to a successful realiza
tion.
The association will have its next
meeting Saturday at the Harkers
Island school house.
Charter members present at the
recent meeting were Charlea Plner,
Allan Taylor, Brady Mason. Earl
Johnson, M. L. Yeomans, Lynn Sal
ter, Frank Harvey Mo.nroe Gas
kill, Earl Day, Leo Daniels, Jesse
Gaskill.
Clyde Rose, James A. Salter,
Milton Lewis, Arthur Mason, Hil
ton Lee Taylor, Ralph Taylor, M.
H. Taylor, Roland Salter, John Sty
ron, Augustus Lawrence, J. W. Tay
lor, Dr. H. F. Webb, and Joe Du
Bois.
Boy Receives Severe Foot
Injury in Saturday Mishap
Polio Fund Rises
To Over $380
Mrs C. L. Beam, treasurer of the
Emergency March of Dimes drive,
reported yesterday that funda in
the county thus far total well over
$300.
Contributors since last Thursday
are the following: John Morrison
Jr., Lon Finer. Mrs. Lucy E. Mur
phy, Mrs. Mamie Lewis and George
R. Wallace, all of Morebead City.
H. V Willis, Mrs. Charles Cheek,
Live Oak Grave Christian 8unday
School, VFW Auxiliary, Mrs. J.
R Ball, Jack Williama, Mrs. N. W.
Taylor, John R. Sammona, Mrs. D.
Pagels. Norwood Young, Mrs. K- C.
1th He Sr., Mrs. John S. Johnson,
and Miss Ethel Whitehurst, all of
Beaufort.
Persona wishing to contribute to
the drive may put their money In
coin collectors In Beaufort or
Mod checks to Emergency March
of Dines, Beaufort, N. C.
> Eight - year ? old ueorge Allen
Davis, son of Mrs. Louise Davis.
Morehead City, had his foot crush
ed Saturday at 2:15 p.m. when he
stepped from behind a parked
Chevrolet ice truck into the path
of a parcel post truck on Fisber
Street, Morehead City.
Sgt. C. E. Bunch, Morehead City
policeman who investigated the ac
cident, stated that several children
were getting ice chips from the
back of the ice truck. George ran
around in front of the truck and
the parcel post truck, going west,
ran over his foot.
Clarence Henry Monroe, driver
of the ice truck, said he saw tbe
other truck coming and tried to
grab the boy but was too late.
George, who lives at 1406 Bay
St., Morehead City, was taken to
the hospital immediately by Mr.
Monroe.
At the hospital it was first
thought that the foot would have
to be amputated but it was de
cided Sunday that the foot might
be aaved. The child was still in the
hospital yesterday.
Milton Webb, Morehead City,
was driving the parcel post truck.
Community Theatre Sets
Dates for Fall Production
i r
Tin Carteret Community Theatre
fall production, The Nightmare,
will be preaented In Morebead City
School Thuraday and Friday. Sept
' 23 and 24, at the high achool and
in Beaufort Sept JO and Oct. 1 at
the high school.
Both prwMtaUona are being
sponeored by the rupee tive
The Nightmare ia a three-act aua
penae thriller The scene U laid on
an eerie eatate In central New York
where a wealthy old DM ia ataat
to die. TIM conniving of the aafrio
UW to get his hinds on the old
man's wealth provides the element
of suspense.
Playing the part of the son-ln
Isw, Perry Wallace, la Lynn Stol
ler. His wife, Edith, is played by
Pat Webb. The old nan nearlnf
death, the grandfather, la played
by Horace Loftin. The granddaugh
ter, to whom he haa left his ee
tate, la played by Marilyn Flem
ing.
Sammy Merrill U cast ss Dr. Ban
nister. Walt Hamilton plays the
rate at Martin's Omm mi fvtfi
Peeling is cut ? the maid of the
Wallace household
Directing the play la Mn. Carter
Broad.
Mrs. Wiley Taylor Jr., business
manager of the theatre, said tlck
eta win go on tale aeon.
Ptaak taMtn*
The Beaufort Rural Fire Associa
tion picnic, which will launch the
1964-59 membership drive, will be
gin at 9 p.m. tomorrow on the Bap
tiet Parking lot, Beaufort.
State Utilities Commission
Okays Lowered Freight Rates
Ranger Estimates Forest
FireDamageat $40,000
The forest fire which started H
when a saw engine blew up and
finally was put out by hurricane
rains 10 days later caused an esti
mated $40,000 damage, according
to E. M. Foreman, county forest
r* tiger.
The fire swept over the area be
tween North River and Ward's
Creek, gutting 5,184 acres of land.
Mr. Foreman said yesterday that
the fire is completely out now
and isn't expected to break out at
any new points.
The hurricane and showers Tues
day are credited with putting out
the blaze which rangers fought for
10 days.
Lumber companies which suffer
ed costly damages from the fire
are International Paper Co., North
Carolina Pulp and Paper Co., and
Safrit Lumber Co. Mr. Foreman
also reported that some forest land
individually owned was damaged.
Rotary Governor
Due Here Tonight
Dr. Ralph D. Wellons, governor
of the 279th Rotary District, is go
ing to try to make it to Carteret
County again.
He tried to get to the Newport
Rotary Club meeting last Monday
night but the storm turned him
back at Jacksonville. Tonight he's
scheduled to make his official visit
to the Beaufort RsUry Club.
Prior to the meeting at -0:49 at.
the l?tet.lnn, he wHl confcr wKfc
the president, Halscy Paul, Secre
tary W L. Woodard, and commit
tee chairmen.
They will p)an for the club's par
ticipation in the worldwide obser
vance of Rotary's Golden Anniver
sary Feb. 23 - June 2.
Dr. Wellons is president of Pem
broke State College and is a mem
ber of the Red Springs Rotary
Club. He was elected district gov
ernor at the Rotary International
Convention in Seattle last June.
His district covers 43 Rotary
clubs in southeastern North Caro
lina.
Racing Interests
Carry Arguments
To High Court
The Carolina-Virginia Racing As
sociation argued to the State
Supreme Court last week that it was
denied "due process of law" when
its dog-racing track at Moyock was
closed and the property sold under
a Currituck County Superior Court
order.
John G. Dawson of Kinston, at
torney for the association, said the
action violated contract and prop
erty rights under the federal Con
stitution.
The property was ordered sold
after the Supreme Court ruled last
spring that the law under which
the track operated and allowed
gambling on the races was uncon
stitutional.
Chief Justice M. V. Barnhill
asked Dawson if the association's
position in the lower court did not
amount to "asking the Superior
Court to review our decision."
Dawson said he did not think so
"We do not think due process of
law was administered," Dawson
added.
The ease argued Tuesday began
when J. A. Summrell a Currituck
citiien, filed a complaint asking
that the track be cloaed as a
Ipablic nuisance. Hlf motion was
denied iM the case appealed to the
Supreme Court
Meanwhile, separate criminal ac
tions were brought to test the dog
track law. The Supreme Court
ruled on that case by holding the
law unconstitutional. It returned
to Superior Court the civil Miit
filed by Summrell.
Superior Court Judge Malcolm C.
Paul ordered the track closed and
the property sold. The racing as
sociation appealed to the Supreme
Court.
Chief Justice Barnhill asked
Frank B. Aycock. Summrell's law
yer II a jury should not have been
allowed to rule whether the track
was a public nuisance. Aycock said
he did not believe that necessary
since the case was a civil action.
In his brief. Aycock contended
the federal courts answered the
association's arguments that it was
denied due process of law by re
fusing to grsnt an order holding
up the property sale. He noted
that the association's appeal was
turned down by both the Eastern
District Court snd the Fourth Cir
cuit Court of Appeals.
Two Officers Seize Load
Of Whisky Thursday
Two Negroes were apprehended
on the Mill Creek Road at 11:45
Thuraday night and were charged
with transporting bootleg whiaky.
The men are William 1. Sugga of
Kuhns and a Mattocks (first name
not known) of the Stella section.
ABC Officer Marshall Ayscue
said he anfl Deputy Sheriff Bobby
Bell stopped a 1B48 Plymouth and
found 12 gallons of whisky in the
trunk of the car.
The car, owned by Sugfs. has
been impounded in the Beaufort
jail yard.
Wins Trip
Harry Whitehurst, Beaufort, left
Friday for Mexico City for a week's
visit as a prize for aelUng the most
Hot Point applianeea ta this area.
Raleigh ? (AP) ? The Utilities
Commission said Friday that reduc
tions in truck and rail freight rates
for unmanufactured tobacco ship
ped from eastern North Carolina to
Wilmington should go into effect
as ordered.
The rail rate reduction is sched
uled to take effect today. The
truck reduction is slated to become
effective Sept. 17. The reductions
were ordered to put rates in intra
state shipments in line with reduc
tions made in interstate rates.
Virginia State Ports Authority
has protested to the ICC the rail
reduction rate, claiming it will take
business from the port of Norfolk.
Truck operators had protested
reductions proposed by rail carri
ers. The railroads had protested
reductions proposed by the truck
ers. Both asked the commission
to suspend and investigate the new
rates.
The rates apply only to tobacco
shipped to Wilmington from Fair
mont, Farmville, Fayetteville, Fu
quay Springs, Goldsboro, Green
ville, Kinston, New Bern, Rocky
Mount, Varina and Wilson.
Woman Driver
Fools Skeptic
Anthony Romano, Havelock, ap
parently believes all the stories
about women drivers.
He was driving along Arcndell
Street, Morehead City, at 1:45 p.m.
Friday when he saw Gertrude Neil
son Salter, Sea Level, driving a
1953 Mercury ahead of him.
The tail light on the Mercury
was signaling for a left turn. Mr.
Romano stated that Mrs. Salter's
car was in the middle of the street
so he started to pass her on the
left hand side.
Just as he started to pass, Mrs.
Salter turned ??d tfre, twp ears
" ?*. ,.n,
cmiweo.
Ctpt. Herbert Griffin, investigat
ing officer from Morehead City
Police Department, said that Mr.
Romano told him he thought Mrs.
Salter was giving the wrong signal.
Captain Griffin estimated dam
age to each car at $100 and Mr.
Romano was charged with follow
ing too close.
Claims Adjusters
Will Meet Here
One hundred employees and
their wives will attend the Carolina
Regional Claims Personnel meeting
o f the Farm Bureau Insurance
Companies in Morehead City Fri
day. The meeting will take place
at 9 a.m. the Sanitary Restaurant.
Results of the operation of the
claims department for the year
will be discussed, along with plans
for the remainer of the year.
The program will include an ad
dress by Attorney Claud R. Wheat
ly, Beaufort, and a panel discussion
with Clyde Standi, regional claims
attorney for Farm Bureau Insur
ance Companies, as moderator.
Employees attending the meet
ing will represent 45 towns in
North Carolina and South Carolina.
Firemen Answer Two
Alarm* on Highway 101
Two fire? broke out on Highway
101 during the weekend and both
were put out by the Beaufort Fire
Department in 20 minutes.
The first fire started at 1:45
p.m. Friday when a tractor belong
ing to Clarence Lewis caught (ire.
Elmond Rhue, Beaufort fireman,
estimated damage to the tractor at
$300.
A woods fire broke out Sunday
it 3:30 p.m. The fire department
got it under control before it could
spread.
Pali* Suspected
Kenneth Jolla. Morehead City,
waa discharged from Morehead
City Hospital Friday and moved
by ambulance to Raleigh, his home.
It was reported that Mr. Jolls may
be ill with polio.
Tide Table
TMea at Beaafart Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tvewlay. Sept. 7
2:48 a.m.
3:25 p.m.
8:58 a.m.
10:07 p.m.
WeAwadey, Sept. I
3:52 a.m.
4:28 p.m.
10:03 a m.
11:01 p.m.
Ttankr, Sept ?
4:82 a m. 11
11:01 a.m.
5:20 p.m.
FrMay, Sept 18
5:45 *.m.
11:47 a.m.
8:10 p.0L
U*i f M.
Coast Guard Property
Proposed for Armory
The former Coast Guard prop
erty, LeiiBoxville, which has now
bees put back in Beaufort's
hand*, is the proposed location
for a National Guard armory. At
present the Beaufort National
Guard unit. Battery A, 295th
Field Artillery Battalion, meets
in the Beaufort School gym.
Mayor Clifford Lewis, Beau
fort, received a wire from Con
gressman Graham Barden Thurs
day. stating that President
Dwlght Eisenhower had signed
the bill returning the property to
Beaufort for the price of SI.
Plaintiff Wins
$11,000 Friday
In Civil Action
Miss Bennie Lea Lamm, plaintiff
in a suit against John Raymond
Freshwater Jr., B. J. Marino, B. J.
Marino Jr., Frank Marino and Pas
quila Marino, trading as the Rex
Restaurant, was awarded $11,000
in Carteret Superior Court Friday.
Miss Lamm, who alleged she was
seriously injured and disfigured
in an automobile accident April
18. 1953, had requested $20,000.
The accident occurred, accord
ing to records, while Miss Lamm
was riding with Freshwater in a
1950 Mercury toward Morehead
City from Atlantic Beach. The car
collided, the complaint says, with
a pickup truck owned by the Rex
Restaurant and driven by Miss
Alice Mills, 17. Riding with Miss
Mills was a Marine who . has also
filed a suit to recover damages.
Confined to Hospital
Miss l.amm alleged that she was
confined to the hospital until May
26. 1953 and incurred hospital bills
amounting to $826.05.
Attorneys for the Marinos were
Alvah Hamilton and George Mc
Neill, Morehead City; attorneys for
FrnfbwSt^MwiMae tome is in Use
S?4nsb?ro section as is Mis*
Lamm's) were Claud Wheatly,
Beaufort, and Ed Summersill, Jack
sonville; and attorneys for Miss
Lamm were Luther Hamilton, Lu
ther Hamilton Jr., Morehead City,
and Paul Grady, Kenly.
The jurors deliberated more than
an hour before returning a verdict.
The case started Thursday and did
not close until early Friday night.
Court adjourned after 8 p.m.
Jurors were Paul Beachem,
Charles Jones, L. F. Tooten, J. D.
Glover, Warren Grant, George Her
bert, George Lewis, Lorenza Chad
wick, Will Norris, Owen Fulford,
Henry Perritt and Victor Holland.
R. H. Kelly gave notice of ap
peal to Superior Court after his
case against Harrison Willis was
non-suited. Kelly, driver of a truck
which struck and killed a mule
owned by Harrison Willis, was
requesting a total of S3, 100 dam
ages.
When the judge, W. H. S. Bur
gwyn, ruled non-suit and taxed Kel
ly with costs, Kelly decided to ap
peal and bond was set at $100.
Judge Burgwyn ordered Robert
Bradshaw's bond forfeited when
he failed to appear in court and
Claud Wheatly, who had been re
tained as Bradshaw's attorney was
permitted to withdraw because, Mr.
Wheatly said, Bradshaw had evi
dently left these parts and had not
informed him of his whereabouts.
The case in which Bradshaw was
involved was Cecil Lynch vs. Ro
bert Bradshaw.
In the divorce action, Marion
Noe Hicks vs. Clifton Hubert
Hicks, the plaintiff failed to appear
and the action was non-suited.
Five divorce cases have been con
tiued. They are Lawrence vs. Law
rence. Idleburg vs. Idleburg, Hit
terbrick vs. Hitterbrick, Willis vs.
Willis and Sparks vs. Sparks.
Also continued are the cases Mat
thews vs. Wray and Lancaster vs.
Smith.
Court reconvenes this morning.
With tin Ariwd Forc>?
Graduate of Newport High
Serves as Radar Operator
A 1/c Roy J. Butnrr, Havelock.
was recently promoted to the rank
of staff aergeant He is with the
Headquarters 511th AC4W Group
Detachment 14, on tour of duty in
Japan aa a radar operator.
Sergeant Butner, formerly of
Carthage ia the aon of Mr and
Mrs Roy Butner, alto of Havelock.
Sergeant Butner waa processed
with the 2S83rd Personnel Process
ing, Parka Air Force Baae, Calif.
He sailed on the Navy Transport
General Daniel I. Sultan enroot*
via Honolulu to Yokahoma from hla
port of embarkation at San Fran
cisco
Sergeant Butoer graduated from
Newport High School, claai of 1990,
and received the Babe Ruth Foun
dation Sportsmanship Award.
Later be attended classes in Um
U. 8. Naval Apprentice Training
Program connected with tha U. 8.
Marine Corps Station, before enlist
ing In the XJ' 8. Air Forcc Sept. S,
1981.
Assigned first to Pop* Field
AFB, he was traoaferrad to Lack
land AFB, Texas. and roeeived his
basic training at Shcppard AFB,
Taxas. graduating at tha comple
tion of his course as radar opera
tor from Kassler AFB. Misi. Ha haa
See ABJgED FORCES, Page 4
Members Plan
To Rebuild
Marine Gashes
Arms on Glass
Panes Thursday
Carl Hinkel, Cherry Point Ma
rine. got two gashes in his arms at
11:15 Thursday night at the result
of running his hands through panes
of glass in a door at The Sandbar,
Atlantic Beach.
Hinkel was taken 4o Morehead
City Hospital, suffering from loss
of blood, and there 25 stitches
closed the cut in his right arm and
50 were required to close the
wound in his right. He was later
moved to the dispensary at Cher
ry Point.
T/Sgt. Paul Bray of the military
police, Morehead City, said that
Hinkel ran his hands through the
panes of glass when he couldn't
open the door to leave The Sand
bar.
The sergeant said that the door
could have been opened by turning
the latch, but Hinkel. evidently in
a hurry to leave following a family
argument, failed to turn the latch.
After he ran his hands through the
glass the sergeant said Hinkel un
latched the door from the outside,
walked out and collapsed.
He was found by S/Sgt. Ray
Powers, his stepfather, Mrs. Pow
ers, of New Bern, and a friend,
Miss Patrice White, Cherry Point,
?s they were leaving The Sandbar.
Sergeant Bray said the family
argument evidently was about the
merits of the Air Force and the
Marine Corps. Sergeant Powers
is stationed at Pope Air Force
Base, Fort Bragg.
The Military policeman said that
jKtaea ..WiBMItt ? Powers and the
others 'totavereo Hinkel outside.
Sergeant Powers Immediately put
tourniquets on Hinkel's arms.
Sergeant Bray said that Mrs.
George Smith, operator of The
Sandbar, closed the place between
the time the Powers' walked out
and they found Hinkel. She said
she was not aware that any panes
of glass had been smashed.
Sergeant Bray said that the inci
dent is still under investigation, but
no charges arc being preferred by
the military police.
Construction Hits
Another Slump
Building construction in More
head City (or the month of August
struck another low (or the year.
Seven permits (or new buildings
and additions, as issued by A. B.
Roberts, town building inspector,
total $31,415.
Two buildings cover most of this
amount. B. F. Royal has been is
sued a permit for the construction
of a filling station at 12th and
Arendell Streets. This is the loca
tion of the (ormer Sawyer or
Leonard houae which was recently
torn down. The station when com
pleted will handle Sinclair prod
ucts.
Mrs. Ruth L. McCracken has con
tracted with E. C. Willis snd Sons
(or the construction o( a house on
Evans Street in the 31st block at a
cost of $12,000. Permits for garages
were issued to McCarthy Miielle,
$400. and Joseph H. Willis, $890.
Repairs and alterations, Mrs. Sara
Sawyer. $3S0, and Mrs. James Col
lins. $100.
Total value of permits issued for
the current eight months is
$346,044.
r Members of the Atlantic
Baptist Church have already
started plans to rebuild their
church which was destroyed
by fire Friday afternoon.
The Rev. John Privott,
pastor, said the building is a
total loss. He estimated, fol
lowing the fire, that it would
cost more than $40,000 to re
place it. The church was par
tially insured.
All of the furnishings in the
church were saved. The blare
started in the roof and while the
upper parts were burning "every
one in Atlantic and adjoining com
munities." including Negroes work
ing at the fish houses, helped car
ry things out. Mr. Privott said. The
fixtures were removed in 45
minutes.
Saved were the Hammond organ,
piano, pews, hymnals, pulpit, and
choir chairs.
Wiring Blamed
Defective wiring is believed to
have caused the fire.
The flames were discovered
about 12:30 p.m. Mr. Privott said
Clayton Fulcher Sr. and Harry
Fulcher were passing the church
in a car when someone called their
attention to the smoking roof.
The two men went to the parson
age and Mrs. Privott called the
Beaufort Fire Department. (The
community of Atlantic has no fire
department).
The fire department got the
alarm at 12:55 and arrived at At
lantic 43 minutes later.
But by that time the roof and
one wall had collapsed.
Old Church Endangered
The old frame church at the rear
of the brick structure and a home
next to the church were endanger
ed by the flames, but the fire de
partment saved those. Mr. Privott
had unlimited pratoe lor the fire
men. U* ? W they did ? wonder
ful job.
The church was dedicated, debt
free, on Easter Sunday 1953.
Ground-breaking for the church,
which was built at a cost of $27,500,
took place in July 194B when the
Rev. L. C. Chandler was pastor.
The $27,500 does not include the
cost of furnishing thq church.
The Sunday night preaching ser
vice was held in the old frame
church which had been used as a
Sunday School. Now the five adult
Sunday School classes are meeting
in a fish house owned by John
Weston Smith.
Committees have already met to
plan a rebuilding program.
The Beaufort Fire Department
stayed in Atlantic about four
hours. While there another alarm
was received to go to a fire on
Highway 101 and the fire truck
atanding by at the station answer
ed that call.
The church ruins were reported
atill smoldering yesterday.
CAP Postpones
Dinner Meeting
The Beaufort-Morebead City Civ
il Air Patrol dinner, scheduled for
thin Friday, haa been postponed
until Friday, Sept. 17, announces
Gerald Minor, squadron publicity
officer.
The dinner was postponed be
cauae of the Morehead City Swans
boro football game.
The Klnston Squadron will be
guests at the dinner. Tentative
plans also include invitations to
Cherry Point officials, say* Mr.
Minor. .
The squadron met Friday at the
Beaufort - Morehead City airport's
sdminlstration building to plan the
dinner.
Building Inspector Imum
Two Pormits in August
Gerald Woolard, Beaufort build
ing inspector. iaaued two building
permits during Auguat.
Julian Piver waa given a permit
to alter a dwelling on Broad Street,
$900. and Mrs. W. L. Bell was given
permission to re-roof a business
building on Live Oak Street. 1200
200 Attond Pony Ponning
At Capo Lookout Monday
A crowd estimated at 200 attend
ed the pony penning at Diamond
Pen on Cape Lookout yesterday.
The penning was the last one
achoduM for this summer unless
a private penning ia held to get a
colt, or for some other reason
deemed worthy fey the pony own
er*.
Beaufort Board
To Consider
Zoning Request
Mayor Receives Proposal
On Erecting Docks on
Front Street Property
Mayor Clifford Lewis, Beaufort,
said Friday that a request to the
town for erecting docking iacilities
in the block on Front Street be
tween Queen and Polloc.; Street
will be considered at the meeting
of the town board next Monday
night.
The mayor commented that the
issue is controversial and the
the board may or may not take ac
tion on it Monday night.
The request, he said, was made
by William (Piggy) Potter ot Beau
fort Fisheries on March 26, 1954
but the board never considered
it in formal session. The latter
part of July Mr. Potter requested
that a decision be made.
Mayor I.ewis said that at present
the waterfront area between Queen
and Pollock Street is zoned in a
manner that prevents any type of
dock or building being erected for
commercial purposes.
To change that zoning law a
three-fourths vote of the members
of the town board is required. In
other words, four out of five of
the commissioners would have to
approve.
Mr. Potter, in writing to the
mayor regarding his proposal, said:
"The writer, like many other cit
izens of this area, is interested in
the utilization of all opportunities
afforded to develop into a more se
cure and prosperous community. If
you will accept the following out
line of possibilities in the light of
suggestion perhaps someone will be
able to accomplish one or more of
the opportunities:
1 Proper docking and marine fa
culties to afford bases from which
commercial and private boat* may
operate in the fishing and other
marine trades.
2 Marketing facilities for the
products of the farms in the area
served by Beaufort.
3 ? Facilities to attract commer
cial fishing interests to Beaufort.
(Not too many years ago Beaufort
was the center of commercial fish
ing in North Carolina).
4 ? Utilization of the waste fish
caught incidental to trawling oper
ation. Thousands of dollars can
be added to the income of each
trawler through proper use of tbe
"entire" catch.
5? Waterways servicing the area
must be deepened and maintained.
Gallant* Creek, Taylor's Creek,
Barden's Inlet, Beaufort Harbor,
Core Sound Channel, Harbors at
Marshallberg and Davis, Drum In
let, Oregon Inlet and others must
be utilized to the fullest through
improvement
S? 1 The beach areas of Shackle
ford Bank* and Cape Lookout await
development afforded by bridge
connection to the mainland. (Here
lies the future of Beaufort * vaca
tion beach facilities).
7? Carteret County needs a
countywide Chamber of Commerce;
and a "Chamber" attitude.
8 ? Carteret County needs an
industrial Survey and adherence to
and cooperation with an induatrial
zoning authority .
9? The growth of Morehead City
Port facilities and facilities on both
side* of the Port channel* will ne
cessitate removal of our present
bridge connections to Morehead
City. Beaufort's participation in
this growth warranta relocation to
mutual satisfaction.
These are sortie of the opportun
ities that can reflect great econom
ic benefit* to our people. It is
hoped that you will consider some
of them in your planning for the
administration of the affair* of our
city.
Your* very truly,
Wm. H. Potter."
Marin* Commandants
Of Korea to Visit Boms
Camp Lejeune ? Commandant
?f the Republic of Korea Marine
Corpa, Maj. Gen. Kim Suk Bum.
and Brig. Gen. Kim Sung Un, Com
ma dant of the ROK Marine Corp*
Khoola, will arrive here Sept 20
for a tour of camp facllitiea.
Arriving from Waahington. they
will alao vtait Marine Corpa baaea
at Quantico. Cherry Point, Parrta
Island. San Diego. Camp Pendleton,
28 Palma and El Toro.
The local tour will end on Sep
tember 22 with the generala de
parting for Cherry Point.
Sign Goea Up
Erected at the weat entrance ?l
the Morehead City, port on Friday
waa t white aign, "N. C. Ocean
Terminal." The ngn lista all the
flnaa having odicee at the part.