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43rd YEAR, NO. 101. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1964 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Jaycees to Sponsor Alcoholic
Institute Early Next Year
Believe It or Not ....
This isn't a shot from a movie on
migrant laborers in the mid-west.
This is a picture taken right here
in this county in a "home" in More
head City. A Negro couple, with
their eight children, live here. Sat
urday night the mother and father
oi the eight were taken into cus
tody by police and charged with
abandonment and neglect of their
youngsters.
Photo by J?rry Schumacher
In the picture below four of the
children are huddled in their "bed"
with a few flimsy blankets wrapped
around, them. The county welfare
department is seeking Negro foster
homes for the children in this
county because state institutions
are too crowded to accommodate
thr youngsters. (See editorial page
1, section 2).
li aw
Port. Tonnage Averages
Almost 50,000 Monthly
Game Wardens
Arrest Hunters
F. J. DuPont and R. A. Whita
ker, both from Kinston, were ap
prehended by Leroy Mcintosh
county game warden, and a federal
agent Saturday on the outer banks
across from Stacy. They have beer
charged with taking waterfowl
over a baited blind,
Mr. Mcintosh said yesterday that
it had not been determined whethei
the men would be tried in state
or federal court.
J. H. Lewis. Newport, was order
ed to pay $6.50 court costs foi
taking kildeer Saturday during
closed season. Lewis was appre
hended west of Morehead City. A
L. Wilson, Newport justice of the
peart, heard the case and rendered
decision. *
In the case of C. E. Wallace
South River, who was apprehendec
in November for fishing without
a license, the $S fine was remitted
Wallace paid court costs, $6.50
only.
Seven Drivers .
Get Citations
Sev*n persons were given cita
tions for driving violations in More
head City from Sunday through
Wednesday.
George Newman, Salter Path
was cited by Capt. Buck Newsom<
Sunday for having an expired
driver's license.
Charles Arnold Martin, Cherr)
Point, received a citation Monda)
from Patrolman Joe Smith for run
nttg a red light.
David Ernest Ward. Beaufort
Ira Randolph Blackwell, Gonyon
Va? and Charles C. Barnes, New
port, were given citations Tuesday
Ward was cited by Lt. G. R
Springle for speeding and Black
well. was given a citation by Stati
Patrolman W. E. Pickard on I
charge of passing at an intersec
tion. Barnes got a citation from
Patrolman Pickard for failing tc
atop at a atop sign.
French Leon Bullington. Cherr)
Paint, was cited Wednesday b>
State Patrolman R. H. Brown foi
speeding and Thomas Brock Duck
ett, Raleigh, received a citation
from Patrolman Smith for running
through a red light.
"? Tonnage moving through the
Morehead City port has averaged
49.985 tons per month for the
first 11 months of 1954. with the
commercial tonnage exceeding mil
itary, J. D. Holt, port manager, re
portei' this week.
Sixteen of the 32 ships which
docked at Morehead City last
month were commercial vessels
' and 16 were military.
' After studying the port report.
Mayor George W. Dill, head of
' the Morehead City Port Advisory
! Council, commented on the in
creased interest tobacco exporters
are showing in the port of More
I head City.
Tobacco cargoes were shipped
' out in October, November and are
being'shipped out this month. All
' are bpund for Europe.
Comiflercial tonnage has con
' sistently exceeded military tonnage
this year and the' cargoes, the may
j or pointed out, have been diverti
| fied -- tobacco, asphalt, petroleum,
fuel oil. gasoline, and glycol.
Tonnage for the first six months
| of this year was 134,086 tons inili
' tary and 181,141 tons commercial,
' making a total of 315,227 tons.
For. the months July through
? November (fivo months) commer
cial tonnage was more than double
the military cargoes. 159.324 tons
as compared with the 75,423 ton*
moved through the port by the
flavy.
The 11-month total for 1954 is
as follows: 209.509 tons military
and 340,465 tons commercial, mak
ing a total of 549,975.
Commercial tonnage for Novem
" ber alone was 50,817 and military
only 18,497, making a total month
1 ly tonnage of 69,315.
The other state port. Wilming
. ton, had a record month In Novem
s ber with the movement of 30,000
I tons of cargo, according to Col.
Richard S. Marr, executive director
t of the State Ports Authority.
See PORT, Page 1
Beaufort Doctor
Heads Physicians
At the monthly meeting o( the
Carteret .County Medical Society
' Monday night Dr. Theodore Salter,
1 Beaufort, was* elected president
' for 1BS5. Dr. Salter succeeds Dr.
' Manly Mason, Newport
> Dr. W. M Brady. Morehead City,
waa elected secretary-treasurer and
i Dr. Ben. F. Royal, Morehead City,
I waa elected delegate to the 8tate
" Medical Society convention.
Dr. John Mortis, Morehead City,
i will serve as alternate delegate.
I The doctor* met at the Morehead
City Hospital.
? Ail alcoholic educational pro
gram, consisting of several ses
sions, will take place in the county
early next year under sponsorship
of the Morehead City and Beaufort
Jaycees.
Preliminary plans for the in
stitute were made Monday night at
the Hotel Fort Macon. Jaycee
Jerry Kowe, Morehead City, pre
sided. Twenty-two persons attend
ed.
Speakers were S. K. Proctor,
executive dfector of the State Al
coholic Rehabilitation program,
and Dr. Norbert Kelly, state ed
ucational director of the rehabili
tation program.
Dr. Kelly explained that the pur
pose of the institute is to point
the way to prevention of alcohol
ism. Mr. Proctor said the program
will be financed by his depart
ment and added, "We aren't con
cerned with 'wet' or 'dry' issues
or temperance. We just want to
present facts about alcoholism."
Dr. Kelly said, "This is the most
important type of program a town
or county can undertake." The
alcoholic rehabilitation division
will obtain the speakers for the
sessions.
Persons addicted to alcohol, Dr.
Kelly continued, cost business and
industry one billion dollars a year.
See JAYCEES, Page 2
Willie Batson
Pays Costs
On Drunk Charge
Willie Batson, fisherman who
walked into the kitchen of Leslie
Moore's house in Beaufort Sunday,
was given 30 days or costs of court
in Beaufort Recorder's Court
Tuesday on a charge of public
drunkenness.
He m not prosecuted on a tres
passing charge.
Mr. Moore testified that be was
in his kitchen Sunday afternoon
when he heard the door click and
saw Batson standing with oae loot
to the door. - ?
Mr. Moore said he asked batson
what he wanted and he mumbled
something about wanting to pay
Moore two dollars for fixing his
head.
Mr. Moore said he held Batson
until the police arrived.
Batson testified that he didn't
remember anything about ^oing
into the house.
11 Found Guilty
Eleven persons were found guilty
of public drunkenness. They are
Honey Bee Jones. John S. Goode,
Emile Batiste. Clarence Dobins,
Leroy Cox. Nasau Frost, R. T.
Roberson. Theartis Monk. Willie
Hines. Welton Dailey, Willie Wells
Jr., and Daniel Richards.
Cox and Dobins were fined $3.50
and taxed costs and the rest were
given 30 days or payment of court
costs.
The case against William Flow
ers. charged with failing to stop at
a stop sign, was dismissed.
Sentence Suspended
Henry W. Martin was given a 30
day sentence suspended on condi
tion that he pay court costs on a
charge of. failing to stop at a stop
light.
Bench warrants were issued for
Jasper Easter. George Beans and
Theodore S. Ricks for public drunk
enness, Walter Copes and James
Butler, public drunkenness and
using loud and profane language,
and Irvin Nichols, public drunken
ness and disturbing the peace.
The cases against Otis Homer
Guthrie and Leonard Alridge were
continued. Guthrie is charged with
careless and reckless driving and
Alridge faces an assault charge.
Rotary Entertains
Wives, Teachers
The Beaufort Rotary Club en
tertained Beaulort school teachers
and the Rotary-Anna at a Christ
mas party Tuesday night at the
Inlet Inn, Beaufort
Dr W. L. Woodard gave the
welcome addreaa and Idas Lena
Duncart and Mrs. W. L. Woodard
responded.
Introduction of Rotarians and
guests waa made altar a turkey
dinner.
There was group singing and a
trio from Beaufort High School
entertained with Christmas songs
The trio included Dorothy flaarla.
Ann Spivey and Wtnld Willis. They
were accompanied at the piano by
C. F. Jones
All at the ladies received Christ
mas gifts from the Rotarians.
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Holidays Listed
The Beaufort town hall and the
courthouse, Beaufort, will be closed
from noon Dec. ? through Dec. 27,
for tba Christmas botidaya.
Morehead Police Chief Assumes
New Position; Captain Promoted
Bishop to Conduct First Service
In Episcopal Church at Havelock
The Right Rev. Thomas W. <
Wright, bishop of the East Caro- '
lina Diocese, will conduct the first i
service in St. Christopher's Epis- i
copal Church, Hayelock, at 8
o'clock Sunday night. i
The new church, scheduled to 1
be finished this week, will be de- i
dicatcd in the spring. The Rev. E.
Guthrie Brown, rector of St An
drew's Episcopal Church, Morehcad i
City, is priest-in-charge. i
Bishop Wright will confirm new <
members and a coffee hour will !
follow the service. j
The building now erected is the ^
parish house but will servo as the
church and Sunday School until ]
the long term building program <
is complete.
Located on Nunn Street, the 1
?hurch exterior is of buff brick.
The lettering on the front and
the cross are of metal. The building
consists of auditorium, four class
rooms, robing room and kitchen.
On the highway side of the church
tinted glfess has been set in from
the floor to the ceiling.
The interior finish is buff brick
with pine paneling in the class
rooms. The stqge in the auditorium
will also serve as the altar. To
carry out the buff and green color
scheme, chairs are covered in
urecn. The building is equipped
with air conditioning. .
General contractors were J. N.
Bryan and Son, Raleigh. Other
contractors were New Bern firms.
The architect was John Valentine,
UnrohooH filv
The Rev. Mr. Brown conducts
services there the fourth Sunday
of each month and the Rev. Daniel
Allen, secretary of the diocese,
conducts services the second Sun
day. Lay readers are in charge
on other Sundays.
The congregation consists of
about a hundred families.
Members of the vestry are Capt.
Keith Costello, senior warden;
Talmadge Benton, junior warden;
Blount Grant, register; Mrs. Doug
las Starr, Ernest Dennis, Capt.
A W. Bronson, William Porter,
A. I). Brooks, treasurer and ex
officio member.
Bishop Wright will be at St.
Paul's in Beaufort Sunday morning
and at St. Clemen'ts, Beaufort, Sun
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Beaufort Town Board Asks Planning
BoardJo Study Zoning Change
Christmas Edition Date
Is Thursday, Dec. 23
THE NEWS TIMES Christmas
edition will be distributed Thurs
day morning. Dec. 23, rather than
nn Friday, the usual publication
day.
Businessmen or others who
wish to place their annual Christ
mas greeting message in th t
paper should contact the advr -
Using department, 6-4175, by
noon Tuesday, Dec. 21.
News items for the paper, in
cluding correspondence fr >m re
porters throughout the county
should be In by that time also.
Cold Southwest
Winds Hit County
Southwest winds brought cold,
dismai days to the county this
week. Temperatures dropped be
low freezing over the weekend.
Clouds hovered
low most of the
week ?rd there
was rain last
Thursday, Friday
and this Monday
and Tuesday.
The ? heaviest
raina came Mon
day and Tuesday.
According to Sta
mey Davis. weather observer, there
w? 1.27 inches of rain on thbse
days.
In all, the county had about 1.59
inches of rain during the week.
The sun broke through Wednesday
afternoon. It was clear and cold
yesterday.
Day Max. Mln. Wind
Friday 58 38 W
Saturday SO 29 W
Sunday ... 50 30 E
Monday 52 40 NE
Tuesday 80 45 WSW
Wednesday .:. 52 40 SW
Revenue from Hunting
Rights Goes to Hospital
Miss Geoff ina Yeatman, who has
leased the hunting rights to the
east and west sections of the Open
Ground*, stated this week that one
fourth of the proceeds received
from hunters using the eastern
section, goes to the Sea Level
Hospital
Klas Yeatmans said tills arrange
meat went Into effect about a
week after the fall hftntlag tea
son opened.
The hunting guid* receives one
half of the proceeds and Miaa Yeat
man abarts her half with 4b* no?
piUL
In the hands of the Beaufort-*
Planning Board today is a recom
mendation from the town board to
study changing the south aide of
Front Street between Queen and
Pollock to a business zone.
I. i ih Wilson, assistant executive
director of the North Carolina
League of Municipalities, visited
eaufort last week and recom
i tended that the area be zoned for
business as far east as the post
office on the south side of Front
Street (the north side is already a
business zone).
?ie also recommended that dock
ing facilities be permitted for fish
boats, party boats, and yachts and
that only small accessory buildings
tor the operation of such docks be
allowed.
Mr. Wilson, whose recommenda
tion was in the form of a letter
addressed to Mayor Clifford Lewis
and the board, said the zoning ordi
nance could be amended and sug
gested that the planning board
study the situation.
Commissioner Carl Hatsell said
that he was in favor of docks being
built with small, flatroofed build
ings on them. Gene Smith, attor
ney. said that the town could set
a maximum building size.
Commissioner Gerald Hill said
he thought docks were all right but
he didn't want any buildings put on
them.
The planning board is to study
the proposal and report their de
cision, for or against, to the town
board.
Property Returned
The clerk, Dan Walker, reported
that the town has received the deed
from the government for the
Coast Guard property" at Lennox
ville on which the community
building was located. The town re
gained the property for $1 through
the efforts of Congresaman Graham
Barden.
The town discussed its being
used as a site for an armory or the
possibility of trading it for a more
suitable piece of property. No ac
tion was taken.
The board authorized the attor
ney, Gene Smith, to draw up two
See BOARD, Page 7
Tide Table
Tldei at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Dm. 17
1:47 i.m 8:07 a.m. I
1:58 p.m. 8:34 p.m. |
Saturday, Dec. II
2 43 a.m. 9:0# a.m. I
2:51 p.m. 9: IS p.m. |
Sunday, Dec. 19
3:38 a.m. 10:08 a.m. I
3:45 p.m. 10:08 p.m. j
Monday, Dec. M
4:31a.m. 11:02 a.m. I
4:39 p.m. 10:47 p.m. |
Tuesday, Dec. 21
5:20 a.m.
940 p.m. U;U p-m.
Cotton Farmers
Favor Controls
About half of the county's cotton
farmers, eligible to vote in Tues
day's cotton referendum, went to
the polls. All of them, 15, voted
in favor of a control program for
cotton next year.
Preliminary returns from the 20
cotton-growing states in the South
and West gave overwhelming ap
proval for federal marketing
quotas.
The Department of Agriculture
proposed- the controls to prevent
over-prod uction in the face of a
large surplus from past crops.
Approval by at least two-thirds
of fhe cotton growers was required
to put the controls into effect. The
majority in Tuesday's vote was 92
per cent, but less than a fifth of the
eligible voters went to the polls.
B. J. May. manager of the ASC
office, Beaufort, said that 85 to 90
acres were planted in cotton in the
county last year. Production is
usually a bale and a half an acre
but he said the Oct. 15 hurricane
may have cut that considerably.
The last time cotton controls
were in effect was 1950. The boll
weevil and lack of labor have been
the major factors in the cotton
acreage reduction here, Mr. May
concluded.
E. J. Willis Will Be
Safety Superintendent
E. J. Willis, Morehead City police chief, has been ap
pointed superintendent of public safety for the town and
Capt. Herbert (Jriffin of the Morehead City police depart
ment has been named acting chief of police.
The change will take effect tomorrow.
Superintendent of public safety is a newly-created posi
lion. Moving of the chief to the*
public safety office will not create
an increase in the town expenses
because the town board has decided -
to hire no additional personnel on
the police force, D. G. Bell, polite
commissioner, said yesterday.
Acting Chief Griffin will con
tinue as head of the traffic depart
ment for the time being, Commis
sioner Bell said. He will also be
in charge of parking meters as he
has in the past.
Salary Set
The salary of the jsuperintendent
of public safety has been set at
E. J. Willis
. . . starts new work
$55 a week plus a $10 allowance
for transportation and maintenance
hi* automobile. The superm
en dent will serve the length of
time the town board deems neces
sary and advisable.
He will be a uniformed officer
working 40 hours a week, but will
be in no way connected with the
police department other than in
several instances where he will
make inspections that heretofore
have been made on occasion by
the police department.
The superintendent's job, as out
lined by the town board, will in
Herbert Griffin
. . . wear* new badge
volve (II matters pertaining to the
safety of citizens of Morehead City.
For example, he is to note on his
daily tours ol the town what new
buildings are going up, check to
see whether building permits have
See POLICE, Page 2
Miss Ann Arthur Returns
From Sojourn in Vienna
Miss Ann Arthur, daughter of
Mrs. Florrle Arthur and the late
Gib Arthur of Morehead City, re
turned Friday from 15 month* of
atudy in Vienna. Austria.
Miw Arthur, pianist, left More
head City in July 1B53, flew to
Frankfurt, Germany and then to
Austria where she enrolled in the
summer school ot the University
of Vienna.
At that time she was undecided
as to whether to study in Salzburg
or Vienna in the fall due to Vien
na's being an occupied fclty, but
she was assured by a family whom
she had met, that Vienna waa "per
fectly safe," and that's where she
spent most of the time.
The summer school was located
on a lake a couple hundred miles
from the city. Mostly for Ameri
can students, the school had. how
ever. -a few students of other na
tionalities.
Miss Arthur said she spoke
nothing but German during her
stay abroad. In Vienna she lived
with a Genua family aad ranted
? piano. Katner man enron in a
university, Miss Arthur studied
privately with a Professor Raupcn
strauch.
This past summer she returned
again to the turnmer school at
Gmunden and then came back to
Vienna in August. Before coming
home to Morehead City, the spent
two weeks in Zurich, Switierland,
and then took a plane to New York.
Miss Arthur, whoae father was
a noted celUst and a member of
the Morehead City School faculty,
was born In Morehead City, re
ceived her public school education
here, received her bachelor of
music degree at Woman's College,
Greensboro, and her master's at
the Eastman School of Music,
Rochester N. Y.
Taught at Montreal
She taught two yean at Montreat
College near Aaheville. returned to
Morehead City where she waa on
the school faculty for three yean
and then ihe decided to study
abroad
| toe MISS ABTHUB. rag* ?
Commander
At Fort Macon
Will Leave Here
Bo'sun Kenneth Baum
Succeeds R. B. Newell,
Commanding Officer
Commander R. B. Newell, Fort
Macon Coast Guard Station, has
been transferred to Savannah, Ga.,
and will be succeeded by Bo'sun
Kenneth L. Baum.
Chief Warrant Officer Newell
has been assigned to duties under
the captain of the port at Savan
nah. He came here in Match 1953
as commanding officer of the Fort
Macon Station, Atlantic, Cape Look
out and Swansboro Lifeboat Sta
tions.
The Newel Is have been living in
Morehead City and plan to stay
here through the holidays. Officer
Newell will assume his duties at
Savannah Jan. 11.
Transferred from Portsmouth
Bo'sun Baum, a native of Kitty
Hawk, arrived here Monday. He is
being transferred from the Coast
Guard Cutter Madrona, Ports
mouth. Va.
Commander Newell yesterday ex
pressed his appreciation to the
mayor of Morehead City, the Cham
ber of Commerce, the towo board
and port advisory council tar th^jr
Cooperation with the Coast Gutrd
while he was in command. "All of
the folks here have been very
lelpful to us," he remarked.
29 Years' Service
Commander Newell, before being
transferred here, was executive of
ficer at the Coast Guard base,
Portsmouth, Va. He has had 29
years of warrant and commissioned
service in the Coast Guard.
The command being assumed by
Bo'sun Baum, Fort Macon group,
has a complement of 60 Coast
Guardsmen and two civilians.
Based here are the buoy tender.
Conifer, and the cutter Agassiz.
The Conifer this week has been
servicing lightships and the Agas
siz is still in Norfolk undergoing
repairs. It is not expected back
here until after Christmas.
Officials Discuss
Aid Applications
State and federal official! con
ferred Wednesday with officiala
of the county. Beaufort, Morehead
City, and Atlantic Beach relative
lo changing the applications for
funda to repair hurricane damage.
The officials were Edward Grif
fin, State Civil Defenae director;
Earl E Madcr, regional engineer
of the federal Civil Defense Ad
ministration, Thomasville. Ga.; Lt.
Col. John Gresh. USAF liaison of
ficer, Stale Civil Defenae Admin
istration. and Henry DeKay. of
the Department of Conaervatloa
and Development who ia in charge
of the diaaater relief office, Wil
mington.
The officials arrived in the
county late Tuesday and left
Wednesday. After the applicationa
for funda are corrected, they will
be aubmitted again.
Conferring with the four men
were Jamea Potter for the county,
Dan Walker and Gray Haaaell for
Beaufort, John Laahley for More
head City, H. M. Eure and A. B.
Cooper for Atlantic Beach, and
William McLean, Emerald Iaie.
Chief Reports 47
Arrests in Beaufort
Forty -seven arrests were made
in Beaufort during the month of
November, according to the police
department report given the town
board Monday night by the chief
of police.
Violations were aa follows: pub
lic drunkenneaa 23, motor vehicle
violation 14, breaking and enter
ing (including attempts) 4. disturb
ing the peace, 1, larceny 1 and
peeping 1.
Parking tickets lamed totaled
104: 41 complaints were received,
IS bicycle taga sold, and 11 court*
lies txtindid.