Newspapers / Carteret County news-times. / Nov. 23, 1954, edition 1 / Page 1
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES >? NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 AtmMI St. HtwUi Cky rhmMin 43rd YEAR, NO. 94. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1964 PTTHi.TSHF.n TiinsnAYS amt> rmruva Judge, in Disgust, Recesses Court til 2 P. M. Yesterday 4 County, Towns Receive Beer-Wine Kick-Backs A total of $17,425 came into the county over the weekend in the form ol beer-wine refunds to the towns and county. The county received $10,303; Morehead City $4,033, Beaufort $2,319, Newport $530 and Atlantic Beach $38. Because beer and wine consump tion was off sharply during the past 12 months, the checks sent out from Raleigh were the smallest in eight years. , The total paid to counties and towns is $1,950,139.38, which is 22 per cent under the amount dis tributed last year. Under an act of the 1947 Gen eral Assembly, portions of the beer and wine tax collected in counties and cities which allow beer-wine sales are refunded to the local units. Last year the Revenue Department's Bevtrage Tax Di vision refunded $2,318, 594.19 to the counties and towns. This year's total was hard hit by declining beer sales which are be ing blamed upon beer price in creases. The biggest check, one for $105, 152. went to Charlotte. Winston Salem got $68,885, Greensboro $58, 356, Durham $55,941, Raleigh $51, 523 and Ashevilie, $41,577. ' Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn recessed Superior Court yesterday until 2 p.m. He wis disgusted ? and rightfully so ? because defendants were not in court. "How can we have court if no body's here to be tried?" he growled. "The county goes to all the expense to have a special term and then this happens!" "Where are these people?" Soli citor W. J. Bundy shouted. "We may as well call the whole thing off!" Tempers were short. A court term Thanksgiving week evidently didn't sit well with anyone. "I know what I'll do," Judge Burgwyn said as the docket calling continued and lawyers rushed fren ziedly around trying to find their clients, "I'll just order all bonds forfeited and issue capiases!" Sheriff Hugh Salter presented one defendant, a Negro lad. "He See COURT, Page 7 Atlantic Coast Line , Wilmington Interests Enter ICC Proceedings ? ? ? _ _ ?_ ffftl l_ ? 1 Dr. R. 0. Barnum Wins Flying Cross For Heroic Action Dr- R O- Barnum, a member of the Marine Corps Reserve, More head City, has been awarded the distinguished flying cross for action in Korea. Dr. Barnum, whose home is at 1807 Bridges St., is also holder of several air medals for heroic action in Korea and in the South Pacific during the second World War. The DFC was awarded for action July 7, 1952. In the citation from the President, forwarded by C S Thomas, secretary of the Navy, tfle action is described as follows Leading a flight of attack air' craft on 4 close air support mis sion against a heavily defended and well-entrenched enemy concentra tion of artillery and automatic weapons . . . Captain Barnum promptly located the carefully camouflaged batteries ... and initiated a daring low-level napalm assault . . . through an- intense barrage of hostile antiaircraft fire. "After personally scoring a di rect napalm hit that engulfed two enemy mortar positions in flames and clearly marked the target for the remainder of his flight, he ltd the division in repeated bombing and strafing assaults . . Dr. Barnum, a native of Glasco K*n., went into the Marine Corps' upon graduation from high school in 1942. He was trained at Pensa cola and was stationed at Cherry Point in 1944. ' After discharge from the s?r vice in 194?, he went to Chiro practic College in Davenport, la and in 1950 was recalled to service. He re-entered as a first lieutenant and was promoted to captain in September 1950. His service in Korea started in rh 'JTli981 ** B>rnum started Ch'ropractic practice in Morehead City in Feburary 1952. The Barn urns have four children, Robert Sue, 9; Howard Otto, 7; Shirley Ann, 3, and Jeanie Marie, 1. Newport Firemen Stage School Drill Firemen conducted the Novem ber fire drill at Newport School recently and the primary building was cleared in less than one minute, CapL Charlie Gould Jr. of the fire department reported. The children filed out of the building in good order. A check of the gas appliances in the kitchen at the new building revealed that practically everything was in good order. Checks were made of some of the extinguishers in the main building, as well as ?ome of the appliances is home economics class room. The inspection team consisted of B. T. Smith Jr., Andrew Jackson and Captain Gould. Firemen to Sponsor Cartoon Show 'to*? men are sponsor- j j?f ? ?*?P-s-Toy cartoon show at ini ?TS? Tb"tre morn thr^wS* 01 ,nm 1 through 100, are invited. The ad ^"1 U 1 used toy in ^it011^ ' * w* toy or a contribution of 50 cent, or more. h. 2L *2? ,?on'y re?ived will to PWkh a Jfcrr^rfatm? for the town's underprivileged youngsters. w,u ** ,n hour nope to diock Southern Plan The first block has been thrown in the path of nego tiations before the Interstate Commerce Commission re garding the transfer of the Atlantic and East Carolina line to the Southern Railway. The Atlantic Coast Line, a South ern competitor which has a ter minal at Wilmington, has asked the ICC to suspend proceedings until it can be shown that a lease and use agreement with the government owned Camp Lejeune road "has been duly executed." The Atlantic Coast Line has also asked permission to intervene in any proceedings. It wants to put witnesses before the ICC, crow-ex amine witnesses and allow its law yers to enter pleas. Wilmington Maps In N(r*rttm hH becti taken on thai request but the ICC has granted in tervention rights to Wilmington's Bureau of Rates, Industry and Com merce. The bureau asked intervention on the basis that any findings may af fect traffic flow to and from the poet of Wilmington. The ACL petition was filed by William EL Miller, acting as attor ney for the line, according to the ICC. The action came after Southern announced its plan to extend its operation from Goldsboro to More head City over facilities currently operated by the state, and to Camp Lejeune over a federally owned line that connects with the state facility. The plan would provide east west rail facilities acrocs the state under one operation with emphasis on the port at Morehead City. AMther Plan Another plan before the ICC which would also place a traffic emphasis on the Morehead City port is the proposal of McLean Trucking Co. of Winston-Salem to provide sea-land freight shipments that would use the port as a ter minal. Under that plan, truck trailers would be transported from the Morehea'd City port to other ports along the Atlantic Coast, where the trailers would be picked up and taken to their destination by land. The ICC has not set up any hear ings as yet on the Southern Rail way proposal. There was no indication at Inter state Commerce Commission today when such a hearing would be held, if it Is. Five Out-of-Stater* Fact Charges in Beaufort Five colored men, all out-of staters, were arrested on public drunkenness charges In Beaufort Saturday and Sunday. The men were George Beans, Mobile. Ala.; Sam Taylor, Reeds ville, Va.; Irvin Nickles, Pascagou la. Miss.; Jathroe Harris. Apalachi col. Fla.; and Robert Norris, Fer nandino, Fla. Beans was arrested Saturday and the others Sunday. Nickles faces an additional charge of disturbing the peace. Tides at the Beaufort Bar IGH LO' Tuesday, Nov. 23 Tide Table 8:37 a.m. 6:47 p.m. 12:15 a.m. 1:06 p.m. Wednesday, Nor. 24 7:16 a.m. 7:27 p.m. 12:54 a.m. 1:45 p.m. Tharsday, Nor. IS 7:52 a.m. 8:06 pjn. 1:32 a.m. 2:24 p.m. Friday, Nn. M 8:20 ajn. 8:42 pja. 2:06 a.m. 1:00 M> C&D Director Tours State's Coastal Area Director Ben Douglas of the Board of Conservation and De velopment reported to Gov. Lu ther Hodges yesterday on his weekend trip throughout the coast al area. Accompanied by Beverly C. Snow, chief engineer of the C&D Division of Water Resources; C. G. Holland, assistant commercial fisheries commissioner; and Eric W. Rodgers. assistant to Mr. Doug las. the C&D director toured the 11 coastal counties \0 survey hur ricane damage. ' The officials were in Carteret Friday. With them on the tour here was W. A. Ellison. Jr., direc tor of the Institute of Fisheries Research. They were joined Sat urday at Topsail Island by Col. R. L. Hill, in charge of the Wilming ton district. Corps of Army En gineers. Commissioner Holland has placed the total loss to the state's fishing industry, as the result of the hur ricane. at $1,506,313. A summary of the damage done, by counties, follows: Beaufort, *55,555; Bertie. $135,020; Bruns wick, $474,232; Carteret, $303,061; Chowan. $163,226; Dare, $53,087; Hyde, $10,197; New Hanover, $71, 170; Onslow, $209,215; Pamlico, $28,400; and Washington, $3,150. Damage to fishing boats was put at $369,058, to nets and stakes at $226,461. to fish houses, docks and plants at $787,924, to homes at $111,428. Commissioner Holland reported 550 commercial fishermen suffered damage from the hurricane, with some of them having their equip ment destroyed and others sus taining partial damage. Director Douglas commended the state's fishermen for their efforts to get their boats back in the water as soon' as possible without wait ing to see if the government were going to help them. Santa Glaus Will Come by Boat To Beaufort Arrival of Jolly Old Elf Will Mark Beginning Of Christmas Season Santa Claui will arrive in Beau fort via the "Good Ship Mistletoe" Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 4 p.m. and will be .escorted through Beaufort by a parade featuring two high school bands and a Beaufort fire truck. Santa Claus will give away free prizes to all children who present him with a letter. This Saturday, 28 merchants will begin giving away tickets for the Pirate's Chest of Silver. The tickets are given away with each purchase of one dollar or more. The stubs of the tickets will be placed in the Pirate's Chest and there will be four drawings with a total of $100 being given away each time. Persons have to be present at the drawing to win. The first drawing will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, and will be followed with drawings each Sat urday until the last one, Friday, Dec. 24. All drawings will be at 3 p.m. Stores will begin staying open on Wednesday afternoons Dec. 1 with the arrival of Santa Claus. Stores will be open until 8 p.m. each night, starting Dec. 18. In charge of the Christmas pro motion is a Chamber of Commerce committee headed by Lonnie Dill. The town crew and the fire de partment will put up town Christ mas decorations. For the first time a lighted tree will stand this year in the center of the turn table at the west end of Front Street. The tree will be visible at night from the causeway and Beaufort bridge as well as from the main street of town. Norfolk Firm Submits Low Bid Tidewater Construction Corp., Norfolk, was low bidder on a con tract for repateoQf the Be^Mort bridge. Tftre* bfos were received. Tidewater's was $61,300. The contract calls for the re moval and replacement of four bents ? four piles with capi? in the foundation structure of the bridge. The work is to be completed with in 60 days, and a condition of the contract provides that traffic will not Be prevented from using the brigde while the work ia in prog ress. The bridge, which carries US 70 across the Beaufort channel, was partly undermined by storm tides and had to be closed temporarily for emergency repairs. John L. Humphrey, county road superintendent, reported that driv ing of pilings at the North River bridge started last week. With good weather, it is hopet^that two-way traffic will be going acroas the bridge by the first of December. Both ends of the bridge were washed out by the Oct. 19 hurri cane. Court Cancelled Becauae Judge Earl Mason is scheduled to be out of town today, there will be no Recorder's Court in Beaufort this afternoon. County Recorder's Court will not be held because Superior Covrt ia in ses sion. Officers Shatter Hopes Of Holiday Bootleggers Dreams of abundant, illicit holi day grog were fluttered this week end ai the sheriffs department and the county ABC officer, M. M. Ays cue, closed in on two stills. One still, a 100-gallon steam rig, was located in woods off the North River Road and the second, of about 90-gallon capacity was found at Davis between Catbriar Swamp and the cemetery. Mr. Ayscue Mid both stills would be dynamited early this week. He's planning to indict sev eral persons believed connected with the bootleg operation at North River. Officers went into the North River still about 1 a.m. Saturday and waited until 8 a.m., hoping the operators would turn up, but a batch of brew had already been run and disposed of The still at Davis was located a short distance behind the old school house which is now the com munity building. Mr. Ayscue said apparently everybody knew about its location except hint When he got there Sunday after noon it was the object of sight seers and folk* In the community were upeet about the fact that the illegal distillery was so cloae to home. The still la believed to have been found laat weak by Man bays who were hunting in toe locality. Accompanying officers to the iite Sunday waa the aheriffi young ion, Jeffery Salter, who located a bottle of the moomhine which had been hidden near the atill. "They're branching out," Mr. Ayacue aaid. referring to the boot leggers. This is the firat time a atill has been located that Jar east. Operations in the recent past have been confined to juat cut of Beau fort and the highway 101 aection. Sound View FWB Church To Obsorv* Thanksgiving Members of the Sound View FYee Will Baptiat Church will have a special Thanksgiving service Thurs day night, atarting at 7:30 o'clock. The pastor. Rev. Carroll Hara ley, will deliver the mesug? and special music will be furnished by the Holly Springs Quartet and the Sound View choir. ?rtdae WCtaee The highway bridge acroaa the Atlantic lntracoastsl Waterway near Hobncken wiU be cloaed to ve hicular traffic fr?n 8 a.m. to 1> noon and from 1 p.m. to S p.m., Sunday, Nov. 28, for the purpose of making emergency repairs. Morehead City Sewer Fee To Go into Effect Jan. 1 Friday News-Timos Will Go to Press Tomorrow Dae to Thanksgiving Day, THE NEWS-TINES will go to (trees tomorrow night with Fri day's issue. Correspondents, ad vertisers and others submitting Items for publication should send their material to the NEWS TIMES office as soon as possi ble. The deadline for accepting classified ads for Fri<J*y'? paper will be 1 p.m. Wednesday. The paper will be distributed Thurs day morning of this week rather than Friday. SBA Finances Loans Totaling $139,375 Here The federal government, through the Small Business Administration has loaned $139,375 to persons in this area to help them recover from losses caused by the Oct. 15 hurricane. The SBA office, set up irPthe courthouse, Beaufort, Oct. 27, re ceived 52 requests for loans. Had all been granted, the loan total in this area would have been $155, 775. Three of the 52 loan appli cations were not approved. A. II. Graham, head of the of fice, said a majority of the loans went to fishermen. A few however, were to persons who needed homes rebuilt or their business houses repaired. The repayment plans were ar ranged to suit the borrower, the time for repaying set over a per iod of years and at low interest rate. Applications for loans to recover from "hurricane-caused loss may be made until May 1, 1955. Since the local SBA office closed Friday, applications jniMtf now be filed at the Richmond office, 900 N. Lotti bardy St. Petrol Checks On Two Wrecks Two automobile accidents which ccurred within four hours Satur iay night and Sunday morning were investigated by State Highway Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. A 1950 GMC pickup truck driven by Ira Guion Lewis, Marshallberg, turned over on the Gloucester Road at 11 o'clock Saturday night. Lewis was rounding a curve, headed east, when the pickup ran off the right shoulder and upset. Lewis, who was alone, was taken to the Sea Level Hospital and treated for a head Injury. Damage to the pickup was estimated at *150. A 1953 Ford, owned by Bonzell l.ewis, Beaufort, and operated by Kenneth H. Willis, Aeaufort, skidded across highway 101 and went in a ditch at 1 o'clock Sun day morning. Willis was headed east on the West Beaufort Road. Damage to the car was estimated at 1150. Patrolman Smith said the road was wet at the time the acci dent occurred. No charges were filed in either case.' Firemen Observe Demonstration How to put out gas (ires wn the subject of the latest monthly drill of the Newport Tire Depart ment. A "demonstration gss burner ring" provided plenty of fin for members of fire squads to extin guish. Foam and carbon dioxide extin guishers were first tried Neither put out the flames. Water fog at 400 pdunds pressure from the booster line failed to extinguish the blase. Fog from the larger hoae lines and with the applicator bead finally subdued the fire. After the Initial demonstration, P. H. Ellington. Southeaatern Safe ty Appliance Co., Atlanta, demon strated the new type dry chemical extinguiaher purchased by the fire department. The new type extinguiaher knocked out the (ire in two or three s e e ? n d a. Various members of the department tried out the new ?xtinguiaher. W H. Hawkins, engineer With Suburban Rulane Gas Co., explain ed the characteriatiea of gaa fires and gave the members pointers in the control of varioua types. Twenty-one firemen were pre seat Dixie B Won't Sail Again, Owner Reports Charles Davis of Davis Seafood Co., owner of the Dixie B, says the Dixie B will never sail again. Held immovably in the clutches of Cape Lookout Shoals, the trawler, which was struck by the menhaden boat, Dewey, Nov. 12, is beyond salvaging. "The water's too shallow there to get in to her," Mr. Davis said. Efforts to free the vessel with tugs have failed. The Dixie B is the victim of a collision on a bright and calm morning. According to a Coast Guard hearing conducted Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the courthouse, Beau fort. the Dewey ran into the trawler, striking her amidship, while both boats were passing through Cape Lookout sluice. The crew aboard the trawler was saved. The Dixie settled to the bottom in about half an hour. Mr. Davis said a suit is being filed against the Webb Bunker Co., owner of the Dewey, to re cover damages. Mayor Expresses Hope For Early Federal Aid me Morenead city Town Hoard, in session Thursday night at the municipal building, decided that the sewer as sessment shall go into effect Jan. 1, 1955. The board also discussed hurricane-damaged municipal property. Mayor George Dill explained to the board that he has talked to the mayors of other towns and their sewer tax runs as much as 50 per cent of the* water bill. He expressed his belief that the 25 per cent that Morehead City is levying for sewer service tax is not very much, compared with the other towns. The commissioners agreed that the sewer tax should go into effect Jan. 1. 1955. According to the 1954-55 budget adopted by the town in July, the sewer service fee this year was ex pected to bring in $6,000. Delay in setting up machinery for collecting the fee made levying at the begin ning of the fiscal year impossible. As a result, the fee will amount to only about half the estimated $6,000. In the past, the town has borne the expense of sewer maintenance, but town growth and reduction in revenue from unbudgeted sources has made it necessary, officials ex See TOWN BOARD, Page 2 They're Courteous Folks Mrs. Rovrrta Woodcock, waitress it Captain's Bill's Restaurant, and ^Lennis Brlnson, dcliveryman for White's lee Cram and Milk Co., are winners in the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce courte sy contest. Each received a check for $25. (Photos by Dan Wade) Phone Company Joins Long Distance Circuit Better tha% nine out of ten of the nearly 2,000 long distance cir cuits of Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Co. became a part of the nation-wide lone distance dial ing network Nov. 21. This enables the great majority of long distance operators through out the Carolina company to ring any telephone in the United States that is now part of the network, by dialing a series of numbers. Acting as focal points in Eastern Carolina through which most long distance calls are disseminated to the network are the three long distanco centers located at Rocky Mount, Fayetteville and New Bern. Development of this new type long distance service in Eastern North Carolina has been rapid. In 1951, Carolina Telephone and Tel egraph Co. inaugurated its first operator long distance dialing cir cuits between Rocky Mount and Richmond, Virginia. Today, less than four years later, better than 90 per cent of all its long distance circuits have been converted and as of Nov. 21 be came part of the nation- wide net work. A Even though you, here in East ern North Carolina may place a call to some point in distant Cali fornia, chances are that your call will be completed in a matter of minutes if you know the number. Your long distance operator will dial the number and intricate and expensive electronic equipment will complete the job, phone offi cials announce. Churches Will Observe Holiday With Special Services Thursday Potato Farmers To Vote Dec. 3 R. M. Williams, county farm ?gent, announced yesterday that potato farmers will vote on Friday, Dec. 3, on whether they want to pay 1 cent per hundred pound of potatoes to promote the sale ol the North Carolina irish potato. A meeting giving the background on the proposal will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the courthouse, Beaufort. Among the speakers will be Hugh Martin of the State De partment of Agriculture and Jo? Gurley of the marketing division. At the meeting at Washington. N. C. several months ago. Raymond Ball. Harlowe. was named to the pofato referendum committee. Mr. Williams said he and Mr. Ball plan to call on farmers this week to explain the potato promo tion program to them. Almost Everybody Will Take it Easy On Thanksgiving Almost everybody will have a holiday Thursday ? everybody ex cept policemen, firemen and folks who work in hospitals. Carteret County schools will be cloeed Thursday and Friday. Town, county, state and federal offices will be closed Thanksgiving Day. That includea the courthouae, 'town halls as well as federal of fice*, such aa FHA and social security which have representa tives here on certain days of the week. Postoffices and liquor stores, banks and most of the retail stores will also be closed Thursday. Runs far Office Tommy Bennett. Morehead City, wa? one of the candidates for pres ident of the Junior class at the University of North Carolina. Ben nett lost out in the election to BIU Sanders, Aaheboro. ' Churches in Morehead City ?nd* Beaufort will have Thanksgiving day services Thursday with the first service being in the First Baptist Church, Morehead City, at 8 a.m. The First Methodist Chdrch, Morehead City, will have services at S a.m. The First Presbyterian. St. Andrew's Episcopal, and St. Egbert ! Catholic churches, More head City will have their services at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. The topic of the sermon by the Rev. Leon Couch, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will be "Grateful to Almighty God," a phrase taken from the constitu tion of the original 13 states. The First Baptist, Ann Street Methodist, and SL Paul's Episcopal churches, Beaufort,' will Join In a community Thanksgiving service In the First Baptist Church at 10:30 a.m. Services at the Wildwood Pres byterian church will start at 11 o'clock. The Sound View Free Will Baptist snd the Beaufort Free Will Baptist Churches will have their services at 7:30 Thursday night. The First Methodist Church, Morehesd City, will have a covered dish Thanksgiving supper at 6:30 p.m. with the young people serving as hosts. Other churches throughout the county are also observing Thanks giving with special services. The Elks Club will have a turkey party tonight at S o'clock whleh will feature a buffet supper for members, their families and guests at the Elka Club in Morehead "Ctty. Port Calendar Esso AahevtHe ? Sailed from Eaao Port Terminal Saturday after unloading gaa and fuel oil. Elisabeth ?? Docked at Esso Port Terminal Saturday and un loaded no. 6 fuel oIL Sailed Sun day. MV PahHliaa ? Scheduled to dock at Trumbull Aaphalt Co. Thursday with load of aaphalt. Istntt Barge ? Docked today at Trumbull Asphalt Co. with toad of asphalt from Baltimore. I ? , Duffy Rowe Tells Lions of CARE Duffy Rowe. of the Railway Ex press office, Morehcad City, was the apeaker at the Liona Club meeting Thursday night at the Morehead City Recreation Center. Mr. Rowe spoke on the non profit CARE organisation which sends packages overseas to needy families. In the business meeting plans were discussed for a talent con test. The basketball game between Hazel Walker's Arkansas Travelers and the Morehead City High School boys team, sponsored by the club, were also reviewed. A board of directors meeting was held after the regular seaaion. There will be no meeting this week because of Thanksgiving. The following Thursday, Dec. 2, the Lions will be selling brooms in Beaufort. Rotarians Hear Opera Official Mrs. R. W. Carney, Waco Tex., publicity representative of the Grass Roots Opera Company, ad dressed the Morehead City Rotary Club Thursday night at Fleming's Restaurant. The program was under the direction of H. L. Joalyn, of the club service committee. Mrs. Carney led the group In some sofigs anfl then aang several solos. Sbe told the club of the aims of the Grass Roots Opera Company and gave the background of the organization. The company will praaent Dob Paaquale at Smyrna School Dae. 1 at TM p.m. and a matinee sad evening performance at Beaufort School Dec. 1 Lee Nance, Ay den. waa the riatt ing Hotariaa at the aaatt*
Nov. 23, 1954, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75