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43rd YEAR, NO. 84. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
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Hurricane Damage Runs to Millions
Stockholm Sails 20 Hours late
In Sunny Aftermath of Hurricane
Three Marines
Held Under Bond
National Guard, Police .
Officers Go on Duty
At Atlantic Beach
Three Cherry Point Marines are
being held in the county jail under
$200 bond each on a charge of loot
ing at Atlantic Beach.
During disaster, theft is not a
misdemeanor but a felony, Mayor
A. B. Cooper explained yesterday.
The three, Pfc. Abnam Mohamed,
Pfc. Paul J. Snyder and Cpl. Aloy
sius C. Peck were apprehended by
Atlantic Beach Police Chief
George Smith when their car wag
searched.
In the car were blankets, a radio
and other articles allegedly taken
from the Atlantic Beach Hotel and
two beach cottages damaged Fri
day.
Members of the Beaufort unit of
ihe National Guard were placed on
duty at the beach over the week
end. For a time, persons were not
allowed on the beach Sunday un
less they could prove that they
were cottage owners.
Chief Smith said Ije hired two
men, Frank Grantham and Charles
Sloan, to assist in controlling traf
fic and checking cottages.
For a while Sunday, cars were
turned away from the beach. There
were so many sightseers there was
no place for the cars to park.
15 Men Will Go
In Army Thursday
Fifteen men fro? Carteret Coun- ,
ty have been ordered to report for
induction into the Army Thursday
at the courthouse annex, Beaufort,
f rom there they will be ?ent to Ra
leigh.
Beaufort men who are to be in
ducted are Moses B. Gaskill Jr.,
Robert W. Safrit III, Everett O.
Styron, John C. Lynch, Alfred An
derson Jr., Alfred J. Washington,
Rufus Fair Jr.
Also to be inducted are James M.
Willis. John H. Gray, and Irvin W.
Davis Jr., all of Davis; William C.
Neal, Marshallberg; Robert Lee
Janes and William C. Johnson,
Morehead City; John Parmley Jr.
and Richard A. Sutton, Newport.
Robert Lee Jones, John H. Gray,
William C. Johnson and Rufus Fair
Jr. are delinquent. They should
have tx'en inducted prior to this
time but their whereabouts is un
known to the draft office.
Storm Cause* $80,400
Loss in Town Property
Dan Walker. Beaufort . town
clerk, gave a preliminary estimate
of $80,400 damage to municipally
owned property yesterday.
The damage to street surfacing,
sub-grades, sidewalks, breakwater,
curbs and gutters, sanitation and
storm sewers, parking meters and
fire alarm .system waa caused by
the hurricane Frktay.
Dancer to Appear
Wynema, Indian ceremonial dan
cer, will provide the entertainment
at 8 o'clock tonight at the meeting
of the Literary and Art Depart
ment at the Civic Center, Morehead
City. The public is invited.
' Hustle, bustle and color markecH
the first sailing of a transatlantic
liner from Morehead City Sunday.
The Stockholm was scheduled to
arrive here at 8 a.m. after 20 hours'
delay due to Hurricane Hazel.
Shortly before 8 o'clock the big,
white luxury liner, gleaming in the
sun. crossed Beaufort bar.
The ship, towering high above
the dock bore an emblem painted
on its white smoke stack, a blue
circle with three yellow crowns in
the center.
As the ship pulled in, the blonde
Swedish sailors began yelling at
men ashore, trying to get them to
fasten the lines. The sailors were
shouting in Swedish but m^st of
the directions were unrlers ood
only by pointing and much fhiling
of arms. The men on shore answer
ed back excitedly, "OK, OK."
Soon after the ship docked, the
passengers began to arrive al
though sailing time wasn't until 11
o'clock.
Immune to Cold
The Swedes on the ship were
running around in their shirt
sleeves as heavily-coated North
Carolinians watched in amazed ad
miration.
Dignitaries had their pictures
taken on the loading platform but
photographers had to stop at in
tervals to make way for the little
tractors pulling trailers loaded with
luggage.
The long brick warehouse at the
port was turned into an office by
the ship's officials and passengers
checked booking and luggage
there.
A Morehead City laundry had
two ks there taking laundry off
the ship. There was much rushing
because the laundry had to be back
on the ship by 11 o'clock.
Flowers Delivered
A Morehead City Floral Company
truck was also at the dock deliver
ing flowers to the passengers. Dan
Walker, town clerk of Beaufort,
was busy booking storage space for
pMwnjeri' cms. *
Two blue-suited men walked into
the warehouse to serenade the pas
sengers with a violin-accordion
duet. The man playing the violin
had once played before the crown
prince of Norway.
Departure Delayed
The Stockholm was scheduled to
leave Morehead City at 2 p.m. Sat
urday but couldn't leave New York
until after the hurricane had
passed.
The North Carolina Academy of
General Practice booked the cruise
for their sixth annual convention
and assembly.
Mrs. H. H. Allen, wife of the
cruise manager, sailed on the ship
and was planning to go to Nassau
and then fly back to New York
Sunday.
When asked the reason for se
lecting Morehead City as the point
of departure for the cruise, Mrs.
Allen said. "Mr. Allen had done
some work in the south and always
thought that Morehead City would
be a great port."
"He went out in a Coast Guard
Cutter once around 1945 or 1946
and looked over this section. He
decided that Morehead City had all
the facilities necessary."
She concluded by saying, "I
think Morehead City is an up and
coming port."
The Morehead City band, attired
in their red uniforms, stood by as
the passengers went up the red,
white, and blue gangplank. The
band began playing and the chefs,
stewards and sailors came to the
rail to listen. Several took pictures
of the band.
One man stood admiring the tre
See STOCKHOLM, Page t
Hazel Had Her
Lighter Moments
J. P. Scott, a Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph repair man, was
working furiously Friday night
trying to get the communications
system back in working order in
Beaufort after Hu*-ricane Hazel had
ripped it down.
Then Mr. Scott got a message
from his wife saying that the roof
of his house had blown off. Mr.
Scott shook his head sadly but con
tinued working on the telephone
lines which had to be repaired.
Mrs. W. E. A. Rush, Beaufort,
has some chickens which were evi
dently glad to see Hurricane Hazel.
The hurricane blew down the
fence around the chickens' pen and
the chickens flew out. They imme
diately got in the garden and, with
their feathers blowing in the
strong wind, started feasting on
the garden.
Beaufort High School students
found time for entertainment at
the expense of Hurricane Hazel
Friday.
The students, who helped remove
merchandise from the stores, were
riding skiffs down Front Street in
the middle of the hurricane.
The howling wind would blow
skiffs down the street and then the
kids would push the skiffs back up
the street and take another ride
down. They also hooked rides on
piers that were bobbing along.
Dan Walker, Beaufort town
clerk, tried to show the lighter side
of Hurricane Hazel.
The street department on Satur
day blockcd off streets that they
were cleaning. At the point where
the street was closed, Mr. Walker
placed signs which read "Street
Closed for Fall Cleaning."
N ^ ??
John Lashley, Morehead City
clerk court, is swearing out a war
rant for the arrest of Hazel Hurri
cane for malicious damage to pub
lic property.
Capt. Herbert Griffin, Morehead
City Police Department, has al
ready declared that he won't serve
the warrant.
Lions Schedule
Broom Sale
The Morehead City Lions Club
will have il annual Broom Sale on
Thursday and Friday, between 6
and 9 p.m. each night. Lions Club
members will knock on every door
in Morehead City selling brooms
made by the Guilford Industries for
the Blind, an organization employ
ing only blind help.
The proceeds from the sale will
be used by the Lions Club Sight
Conservation Program which helps
the blind and visually-handicapped
of Carteret County.
Brooms will also be on sale Sat
urday at Early Jewelers, Webb's,
City Bakery and Rose's.
This past Thursday night the
Lions entertained the Cub Scouts
of Beaufort and Morehead City who
aided them in their recent bread
sale. 'Hot dogs and all the trim
mings were served to the Scouts
and to Lion families.
The club made $275 on its recent
bread sale in Morehead City and
Beai\fort.
North River Bridge to Be
Open to Traffic This Week
J. L. Humphrey, county road su
perintendent. said Saturday that he
hopes to have the North River
Bridge ready for traffic by the end
of this week.
Highway crewmen were at work
Saturday repairing the washed out
west end of the bridge. Creosoted
timbers are being placed crosswise
to meet the still-standing middle
part of the bridge.
The same will be done at the
east end where the high waves of
Friday's hurricane swept the struc
ture away.
Officials Make Inspection
C. Y. Griffin and R. Markham.
second division highway officials,
were at th? bridge Saturday to
make an inspection and expedite
repairs.
The approach to the Harkers
Island bridge was damaged but one
wsy traffic was maintained. Mr.
Humphrey said the bridge would
be safe for the school but by yes
terday morning.
It so happened that two highway
trucks were down east when the
storm hit, making it possible for
work to start first thing Saturday
on the Harkers Island bridge.
All school busses were able to
travel their usual routes yester
day, according to Mr. Humphrey.
Children west of North River at
tend school st Beaufort and those
east of North River go to Smyrna.
Bridge Weakened
The Beaufort draw across Gal
lants Channel was weakened on
the west by the turbulent water.
The span has sn obvious dip. Mr.
Humphrey said they're keeping an
eye on it and load limit signs will
be posted as soon as the strength
of the bridge is determined.
The highway all the way to. At
lantic. east of North River is open,
according to the road suptrin
tendent. Traffic is flowing aa usual
over Highway 24 to Swansboro but
the Swansboro bridge was slightly
damaged when a boat "knocked a
hole in it," said Mr. Humphrey.
At North River the state has
rented a speedboat owned by Hay
wood Snell to ferry people back
and fourth. It's being operated 24
hoars a day. On the Saturday after
noon shift were Jimmy Golden and
Donald Knudsen. both of Bettie.
People going down-east or com
ing westward park their cars at the
bridge, then board the boat. Those
who don't have transportation are
taken Into Beaufort in a state pick
up truck which has been designated
for taxi service.
Superintendent Humphrey esti
mated that SO men were at wm-k on
the highways in Carteret Saturday,
some of them prisoners from the
New Bern camp.
Beach Bears
Brunt of Storm
Damage from Club Col
ony Through Ocean
Ridge Set at $2,500,000,
Mayor A. B. Cooper of Atlantic
Beach has estimated total damage
to cottages all along the beach
area, from Club Colony west
through Ocean Ridge, at two and
a half million dollars.
Damage to the town of Atlantic
Beach, its streets, walks and other
town property, according to the
mayor, is at least $170,000.
Mayor Cooper attended a meet
ing of all beach mayors at Wil
mington Sunday. The meeting was
called by Mayor L. T. White of
Wilmington to get a total estimate
of damage to coastal municiplities
so that this figure may be forward
ed to Washington. The federal gov
ernment has designated North Car
olina as a disaster area and prom
ised funds to help the communities
dig out of the rubble.
Mayor Cooper has suggested that
the mayors of Beaufort and More
heac^ City make estimates of their
town damage immediately so that
the figures may be sent to Wash
ington without delay.
Hotels Damaged
Both the Atlantic Beach and
Ocean King Hotels were severely
damaged.
The dining room of the frame
Atlantic Beach Hotel, situated at
the southeast corner of the first
floor, now has an open exposure j
toward the ocean and the east.
Both of those walls were com
pletely washed away when the tide
undermined the foundation The
hotel's front porch has collapsed.
The space between the hotel and
the women's bathhouse is filled
with debris. The roof of the bath
house and Davis's dance floor and
refreshment stand toppled forward
and is resting on the bf.ach.
The ocean front of \he Heart
of the Beach caved in and all con
cession stands along the board
walk are one grand mess of splin
tered wood. Capt. Bill Ballou,
owner, estimates damage to the
Heart of the Beach at $30,000.
The Ocean King hotel's con
crete block wall on the ocean front
was torn asunder by the waves
and the front of the hotel is lean
ing forward at a dangerous angle.
A. B. Cooper who owns the ho
tel says that at least 30 feet will
have to be taken off the front. He
had no idea of how much the dam
age amounts to in dollars ad
cents.
The cottages east of the hotel j
See BEACH, Page 2
Toby Westbrook
Dies Friday Night
Rathor (Toby) Westbrook, 50, of
Mansfield, died at 9:45 Friday
night from a shotgun, wound in his
head. Coroner Leslie D. Springlc
ruled the death suicide.
Westbrook, who was reported to
be in poor health, ran the West
brook Grocery and Service Station
with his wife, Mrs. Swannie West
brook. In addition to his widow,
he ii survived by a son. Sutton, 20,
of the home, and a daughter, Velda,
II.
Coroner Springle laid that West
brook got ready for bed, then ap
parently put the end of the (hot
gun in his mouth and pulled the
trigger with hia toe while he sat
on the bed.
The Westbrooks lived behind the
service station which was located
on Highway 70.
At the time the shot went off,
Mrs. Westbrook waa checking the
cash register preparatory to closing
and another person, Charles R.
Weston, was just leaving the sta
tion.
Coroner Springle said that a mo
torist, Robert M. Russell; got in his
car and reported the incident to
Deputy Sheriff M. M. Ayscue.
There was no phone service at
that time due to the storm.
The body was removed by the
Dill ambulance and taken to Kins
ton. then to Trenton for burial
Sunday. The Westbrooks moved
here from Trenton in 1952.
Tide Table
Titles at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tueaday, Oct. IS
1:43 a.m. 7:57 a.m.
1:10 p.m. 7:48 p.m.
WctaNday, Oct. 21
2 52 a.m. 9:09 a.m.
3:21 p.m. 9:52 p.m.
Thursday, Oct tl
3:58 a.m. 10:16 a.m.
4:30 p.m. 10:49 p.B.
Friday, Oct. n
4:55 a.m. ,
9:13 p.m. 11:19 ).m.
Get Typhoid Shots,
Health Officer Urges
Dae U the receat flooding of
many areas in Carteret County
Dr. Luther Fukher, health off!
cer, urges all who have not had
recent typhoid shots to get them
as soon as possible.
This can be done by the family
doctor or the county health de
partment. Public health nurses j
are visiting communities this
week.
A clinic will be held *11 day to
day, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the health
department offices in Beaufort,
to administer typhoid shots.
Town Board,
Hospital Board
Confer Last Night
At an emergency meeting of the
Morehead City town board and the
Morehead City Hospital Board of
Trustees at the municipal building
last night, officials made estimates
of the damage to municipal prop
erty.
Mayor George W. Dill, Morehead
City, conferred with Ed Rankin,
secretary to Governor Umstead, by
telephone yesterday. Mr. Rank- !
in suggested that the town board
pass a resolution requesting fedcr- l
al aid under Public Law 875 of the
81st Congress.
The resolution, passed last night,
contains an estimate of the hurri
cane damage. The resolution will
be sent to Governor Umstead and
then a field representative under
Gen. Edwin Griffin, State Civil
Defense commander, will survey
the request and investigate the
situation here.
> "It is possible that we may get
outright grants," the mayor com
rncnted.
He said, however, that the state
cannot match federal funds there
fore the towns hit by the hurricane
have been asked to help themselves
as best they can.
* The mayor c^tnioe.^ed the peo
ple of Morehead City for pitching
in and cleaning up their property.
He said the work they have done
has In-en a tremendous help to the
strict department and he asks that
they c itinue to clean up as much
as thiy can.
.-ks for the private homeowner
who sustained heavy loss in the
hurricane, the mayor reminds him
o make application to the Red
Cross at the municipal building in
Morehead City or to the sheriff's
office in the courthouse, Beaufort.
The mayor said quite a few busi
nessmen are concerned about their
losses. He has been advised that
the Small Business Administration
will have a representative in this
area to survey losses with a view
to making loans, long term at low
interest.
He said that in some cases a man
who had a very small business may
be given an outright grant to get
htm back on his feet again.
But, he added, the man must
have had a substantial business be
fore the storm.
When the Small Business Ad
ministration sends an official here,
the public will be notified, said the
mayor. People may also inquire
as to developments at the clerk's
office in the municipal building.
Ducks Carry Mail
At North River
Three ducks, amphibious ve
hicles from Camp l<cjeune, hive
been loaned by the Marines Corps
to the United States postoffice and
the country to carry mail and
emergency provisions across North
River.
J. P. Betts, Beaufort postmaster,
said the area east of North River
was without mail from Friday until
yesterday. Sheriff Hugh Salter
said 12 Marines from Camp Le
jeune under the supervision of two
lieutenants are operating the
ducks.
Postmaster Betts said the mail is
taken by truck to the North River
Bridge, there it is transferred to
a duck and carried to Atlantic. The
duck crosses water only at North
River and goes the remainder of
the way on the highway.
Delivery along RFD routea east
of North River is being made by
Ralph Davis, a clerk at the Beau
fort postoffice who has been sta
tioned east of North River.
Sheriff Salter aaid the ducka are
operating daily from 7:30 a.m.
until sundown. The county is pro
viding room and board for the
Marines in Beaufort.
Postmaster Betta said arrange-;
ments (or carrying the mail in Ma-j
rine Corpa vehicles were made by
P. B. Osgood, local postoffice in
spector.
Much Rubble Remains to Be Cleared;
Beaufort, Morehead Hard Hit
Utilities Crews
Work Steadily
To Restore Lines
Telephone and power crews have
been working steadily since Friday
to restore service.
Lonnie Daniels, manager of Car
olina Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
Morehead City, said circuits to
New Bern were restored Saturday
and by Sunday calls could be got
ten through as far as Raleigh.
I From there on, he didn't know
because many places upstate were
more severely damaged by wind
than were places here.
Lines were still out down east
yesterday, but telephone crewmen
have been working from 6 a.m. un
til dark ever since Saturday to re
store service.
All repair work, both power and
telephone, here in the county is
being done by the regular local
crews. Because of the extensive
damage elsewhere, there were no
extra crews available to be sent
here.
Power Out
Power was cut off Friday morn
ing when the salt spray was so
heavy that current started jumping
from the cross-arms on the poles
to the insulators, said George Sto
vall, manager of Carolina Power
and Light.
"We never cut the power off to
keeppossibly broken lines from hit
ting people," commented the man
ager, "because we figure people
should have enough sense to stay
in the house in a storm like that."
All power was flowing again by
11 p.m. Friday except east of the
North River Bridge. Saturday
morning two repairmen were sent
across North River on a boat and
on the other side they hired a
u-yck to take U>em along the lines.
Power into Smyrna was flowing
by noon Saturday and it was re
stored all the way to Atlantic by
3 p.m.
Repairs Sunday
There was a total outtage in
Morehead City from 6 to 7:15 a.m.
Sunday to repair slight damage at
the main Morehead City power sta
tion and power was off in Beaufort
from 7:45 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. Sun
day to check insulators in the
Beaufort station.
Mr. Stovall said the street light
circuit in Morehead City is a total
loss. Wires were blowing into
high voltage circuits and crewmen
simply cut them down. Stop lights
in Morehead City are out too.
"We were hard hit on the
beach." Mr. Stovall added. But
current as far as Money Island and
also westward on the beach was
restored by Saturday night. On
Sunday current to Fort Macon
was flowing again.
Most of the line damage was
caused by flying debris. The vil
lage of Salter Path got little dam
age. Although many residents
there sought shelter in Morehead
City, property loss was light. A
deep gully was washed across the
banks west of Salter Path but had
started closing by yesterday.
Power was available to Salter
Path by 3 p.m. Saturday. Lines to
the community west of Atlantic
Beach are owned by REA.
? Hurricane Hazel ripped through Carteret County Fri
day, causing damage way up in the millions of dollars.
Few people cared to even guess at the total loss.
The areas hardest hit were those along the water. Inland
parts of the county came through surprisingly well com
pared to the tremendous damage the storm wrought up
st ate.
Sheriff Hugh Salter who flew over the county Saturday
morning reports that most of the damage downeast, as
could be determined from the air, is sunken boats.
Buildings seem to be intact. At Harkers Island, boat
damage and net loss was heavy and roofs of several houses
were blown off. At Williston the boat building works re
Pictures of storm damage in the county will appear in
Friday's NEWS-TIMES.
cently constructed by Elmer Willis was leveled and of the
three boats reported sunk at Grady Davis's fish house at
Davis, one is believed to be beyond salvaging.
The storm literally blew Carteret County into yester
year. To get eqst of North River a boat is needed. Satur
day morning a body, embalmed and ready for burial, was
carried on a boat, complete with flowers, to its resting
place at Harkers Island.
Swansboro Suffers
Swansboro was severely hit. The Cedar Point drive-in
theatre is a shambles. Highway 24 from about a mile east
of the bridge is littered with marsh grass, mattresses, boats,
and oil tanks which broke loose from their foundations
and were carried high by the tides.
The community center at Swansboro was set up as a Red
Cross center. Fred Phillips' fishing pier, located between
the two bridge spans, was washed away and the building
at its end is tilted at a crazy angle.
At Morehead City Fleming's fishing pier and Mom and
Pop's fishing pier, which extended northward into Bogue
Sound, were washed away. The Duke Marine Laboratory
pier on Pivers Island was destroyed. The loss is estimated
at $2,500.
The laboratory boat, the Venus, was grounded and the
skiffs. washed up on land. Other property damage there
was minor, amounting to less than $100.
Roof Blow* Off
| The roof of Freeman Brothers Grocery Wore, Arendell
I Street, blew off and landed across the street in front of the
Outer Banks
Fare All Right
"The outer banks fared better
in this storm than we did," reports
Earl Taylor o( the Airport Service
Center. Beaufort, who has mkde nu
merous trips along the outer banks
since Hazel struck Friday.
High water was reported on Oc
racoke and Portsmouth but the
property damage was not nearly
as extensive as it is inland.
Mr. Taylor said he saw no bodies
of cattle or ponies and believes that
they survived the storm.
"The damage along Atlantic
Beach, from the air, is a sight to
behold," says Mr. Taylor.
However, people from upstate
were here Sunday to go fishing. A
party was taken by plane to Drum
Inlet Sunday and made fine catches
of drum. In Mr. Taylor's opinion
the fishing will be good during the
coming weeks in spite of Hazel's
churning of the waters.
It was reported soon after the
storm that new inlets were cut in
the banks north of Portsmouth, but
Mr. Taylor said any new inlets
there had been cut through by
either Carol or Edna.
She Packed a Wallop
Hazel was no lady.
She was every inch a hurricane.
Carteret will be two weeks climb
ing out from under the debrla of
this storm. Carol and Edna were
slight "blows" compared to the
hurricane which hurtled north
ward from Haiti, missed the Flor
ida coast but barreled with unre
lenting vengeance into the Caro
linas Friday morning.
Early advisories on the storm
said she would hit this part of the
coast before 7 a.m. Friday, but It
was not until 8 that water start
ed piling up. Five hours later blue
sky pushed aside clouds that had
ridden the crest of 80-mile-an hour
winds.
The high tides dropped sudden
ly. leaving skiffs in the middle of
highways Wet, brown grass was
piled as high as three feet deep at
high water marks, and pilings as
big as telephone poles lay about
like toothpicks tossed aside by ?
passing Paul Bunyan.
Causeway Blacked
By I a.m. there waa no way of
getting across the Beaufort- More
head City causeway. Water 4 feet
deep at the east aide of the Beau
fort bridge trapped unwary motor
tsts. Cars cboked, gasped, Strug
gled and were silent, like (lief
caught in a giant web.
Their occupants rolled their
pants to their knees or lifted high
their ikirls and waded home.
Hazel did something no zoning
law or town ordinance has been
able to. She moved a small tin
fish house on the south side of
Front Street In Beaufort to the
north aide. Friday afternoon the
fish house was resting intact in
Miss Lcssie Arrington's front yard.
About Face
Erratic Hazel pulled something
new out of her bag of tricks. In
stead of a shift from the north
eaat to northwest, she did a com
plete switch, from the northeast to
the southwest and that was the
undoing of many small boats an
chored (o withstand northerly
winds.
At the height of the storm, sbout
10:30, steady gales were lashing
the water, snapping tree limba,
pulling down TV aerials, and car
rying away docka. The barometer
had dropped to 28 and stayed there
'til almost 1 p.m.
The courthouse in Beaufort and
the town hall In Morehead City
had bean designated as refuge
SM WALLOP, Pafa X
?Vlorehcad Theatre and Belk's De
partment Store. The tons of tin
struck the theatre marquee and
smashed the plate glass window at
Belk's.
A Carolina Power and Light
truck was slightly damaged when
the roof hit the ground. The truck
was parked between Freeman's and
the Gulf Service Station.
The roof and other debris that
came flying earthward were re
moved by the town crew Saturday
morning. The skating rink on
Shepurd Street collapsed. The en
tire area from 7th Street west on
Shepard to 12th is littered with
debris. Roofs of front porches have
collapsed, trees are blown over,
and skiffs and heavier boats rest
as far as 100 feet from the water.
The Gordon C. Willis fish house
was damaged by the swirling high
waters and the water rushed head
long into the basement of the
Morehead City Hospital. The
nurses' living room, technician's
laboratory and the kitchens are lo
cated in the basement.
Kitchen Awash
No meals were cooked in the
kitchen until yesterday when
things started to get back to nor
mal. Meals for patients were or
dered over the weekend from local
restaurants.
As in Beaufort, waterfront prop
erty in Morehead City was severe
ly damaged. At one of the res
taurants on the Morehead City
waterfront holes were bored in
the floor to let the tide surge in
and out.
Captain Bill Ballou estimated
damage to his restaurant at about
$500. Jerry Schumacher, photog
rapher, said his place, which if
built over the water, was just
about washed away.
The concrete block fence from
11th to 12th Streets on Bay blew
over and at drlve-ln theatres every
where throughout the county
fences were blown down and fre
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County Chairman
To Call Meeting
Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, Mure heart
City, chairman of the county board
of commissioners. said yesterday
that he would call an emergency
meeting of the county board the
latter part of this week to get a
total estimate of storm damafc
throughout the county.
Dr. Bonner aaid the mayora of
the four incorporated towna. Beau
fort. Morehead City. Atlantic
Beach, and Newport would be in
vited.
The chairman ind the meeting
would not be called immediately
because commissioners living Mat
of North River cannot attend dna
to transportation difficulties.