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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 804 A?? d?M St. City i 8-4178 NEWS-TIMES ?* 44th YEAR, NO. 11. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Alcoholic Institute Dates Set ? County Tackles Mosquito Problem, Asks State Aid Mosquitoes were dealt1* biting blow yesterday when the county board of commissioners passed a resolution requesting that legisla tive and executive action be taken to mi>ke state aid available to all coastal counties for control of salt marsh mosquitoes. The resolution was presented by J. A. DuBois, manager of the Sea Level Chamber of Commerce. The resolution points out that one of the greatest drawbacks in attracting business, industry and tourists to the coast is the mosquito menace. The mosquito, though not a car rier of malaria, is a constant men ace, the resolution says, because its bites frequently lead to skin in fection, particularly in young chil dren. The mesquito is also a menace to the farmer and his livestock, mak ing it impossible, frequently, for both the farmer and fisherman to continue their work. The resolution points out further that the saltwater mosquito can fly from 30 to 50 miles, thus attempts at local control are futile. ' Resolutions like the one passed here yesterday are in the hands of county commissioners of all 21 coastal counties. It is hoped that those counties, too, will adopt the resolution. If adopted, the counties have been asked to send a copy to Gov ernor Hodges, a copy to the county representative in the general as sembly and to the county's state senator. Four Chamber Officials Will Attend Workshop Four Morehead City Chamber of Commerce officials will attend a one-day workshop next Tuesday, Feb. 15, at Rocky Mount. They are Bernard Leary, president of the chamber; Alvah Hamilton, vice president; George Stovall, member of the board of directors, and Ted Davis, chamber manager. Theme of the workshop is "Building a Better Community Through a Better Chamber of Commerce." Mr. Davis said the program planned is excellent and others interested in attending should call him before Friday at the chamber office, 6-3404. Arch N. Booth, rated as the sec ond best speaker in the U. S. will be the principal speaker. Mr. Booth is executive vice-president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and recognized as the No. 1 authority on business organization. In charge of the morning session which be gins at 0 will be Dwight B. Havens, manager of service relations for the U. S. Chamber, Discussion leaders include Wal ter B. Fetravage, assistant man ager, education Department; Ron H. Bailey, district manager, and Robert M. Maxwell, program ad visor of the U. S. Chamber. The discussions are designed to show how the chamber pan step up the volume of business being done in the community, how it can increase its membership and there by provide a better chamber bud get, and how the chamber can be a more effective force in promoting new Industry, developing better education and recreation facilities. Other items to be discussed are how to get businessmen to co operate, what a community has the right to expect from its Cham ber of Commerce, what the bci??. methods are to get good committee work, and what a chamber can do to attract people with money to spend, to do business in a com munity. The meeting closes at 3:45. Reg istration fee will be $4 which in cludes luncheon. Dates for the Alcolrulic Educational Institute are Feb. 23 and 24, Jerry Rowe, chairman of the committee in charge, announced yesterday. The institute is being sponsored by the Morehead City and Beaufort Jaycees to acquaint individuals with the problems of alcoholism. Outstanding authorities on the County Board Refers Road Matters to State County commissioners referred three requests for road improve ments to the State Highway De partment when they met yesterday morning at the courthouse. The roads are located in More head Township, Whiteoak Town ship, and on the west side of Broad Creek. The road in Morehead Township extends from the Bogue Sound Road east to Coral Bay. Its length is 800 feet and has eight property owners on it, according to the petition. Owners Listed Property owners affected are J. B. Mac? Dewey Willis, Gary Pax ton, Edtye Copeland, Brooks Ball, Bob Bittner, D. W Freshwater and A. W. Thompson. The request was presented by Mr. Freshwater who was accompanied by several of the other property owners. The men requested that the road be placed on the county systefh and maintained by the state. Half Mile Long The road in Whiteoak Township is a half mile long and runs from the Maysville-Bogue paved road to the White Oak River. Thirteen homes are on the road. The peti tion asked that it be maintained by the state. The Broad Creek Road is one and three-quarters miles long and is located on the west side of Broad Creek. Eight families, some with school children, live on it. The state was asked to take over and maintain it Even though county commission ers approve road petitions, they must be forwarded to the highway official in thw area for final ap proval. , ?, -*-? - mm. Roving Raportor 1 i People Give Opinion on Value Of Traffic Liahts in Morehead City Are you in favor of the traffic need one light at 7th Street and . lights in downtown Morehead City? That waa the question asked per sons Friday by your roving re porter. Most folks are lukewarm toward the so-called traffic regu lators. The majority believe they are of little value during the win tertime when traffic is light. SI Adams: "1 think they should be cut off at present. In the sum mer they're a good thing." Mrs. Virginia Sample: "I think they're wonderful in summer. They should be set up better so that you can go straight through. They don'l seem to be much use in winter." Henry Bell Pickett: "I think they're line. They give pedestrians a chance to cross the street." Bobby RoMruoo: "I think they're alright in summer, but they're no good at all in the wintertime." Dr. Jobs H. Bunn: "I think the traffic lights are all right if used properly. They are a good aafety device." Bob Williams: "Personally. 1 think that they're a good thing, but I believe that right now we only another at 10th Street." Mrs. Wade Bell: "I don't think that we need them in wintertime, but they are a good thing in the summer." Charles C. Willis: "I think they should be on in the summer and off in the winter. We certainly don't need them now." Father Paul Byron: "I think they should be off in the winter and perhaps left on on Saturdays dur ing the summer." Mrs. J. R. Sanders: "1 think they really do help on weekends when there's a lot of traffic in town." Grady Davis, Davis: "I don't think they need any in Morehead City. There's not enough traffic going through the town, and it sure does hold you up." Mrs. Charle* Styron, Beaufort: "I think it's nice in summertime, especially on Saturdays and when there's lots of traffic." Bill Durham: ''I think they'd be all right if thfy were set up better. I also think that motorists should be allowed to make left turns Into Arcndell Street from the side street*." Sam Adler: "I think they're * fine thing; There hasn't been any traffic congestion since their in stallation." Doug Wade: "1 think they're all right." Nick Galantis: "They're speed ing traffic up in town instead of slowing it down. Everybody races to make the green light" t And so it goes. From what your roving reporter learns, there's no chance of the lights being cut off in the winter time. The town fathers invested about $5,000 in the things and the installation man says that if they are kept off any length of time, the switches and mechanism will deteriorate to such an extent that it win coat another small fortune to get them operat ing again. Columns Repaired Columns at the west end of the courthouse are being taken out and repaired and will be replaced. Church Starts Drive tor Funds Member* of Ann Street Metho dist Church, Beaufort, have started work on raising 9130,000 to build an educational building on the Fodrie property across from the Lottie Sanders Building. Committee chairman for the building fund. canvass are as fol lows: N. F. Eure was named general chalrnan; W. H. Potter, initial gifts; Harry Saunders, apecial gifts: E. W. Downum, canvaaa com mittee; Leslie Moore and Braxton Adair, co-chairmen of the team* committee; Ralph Albarea, publica tion; Mrs. R. W. Safrit Jr.. ar rangements. and Mrs. 1. N. Moor* and Mrs. H. H. Patter, co-chairmen of the hostess committer. . . I A loyalty dinner is balng planned for Monday night, Feb. 14 at tha More head city Recreation Center. ... i LST Stay* la The converted LST, which came into Morebaad City last week be cause of bad weather, was still at the port yesterday The LST is s portable landing field far helicop ters. It will continue la Narfolk as moo ss weather permits. ??subject, including Raymond Mc Carthy of 'the Vale Center of Al cohol Studies, will be one o t the speakers. In addition to the Feb. 23 and 24 sessions, there will be a special meeting {or doctors of the county Monday, March 14. Sessions have been scheduled as follows: Wednesday, Feb. 23, 3 p.m Tcachers session, Camp Glenn School. The topic, "The Role of the Teacher in the Prevention of Alcoholism," will be presented by Dr. Norbert Kelly, alcoholics edu cation director for the state of North Carolina. Wednesday, Feb. 23, 3 p.m. ? Women's session, Beaufort High School Auditorium. The topic, "Women and Alcoholism," will be presented by Miss Roberta Lytle, psychiatric work consultant. State Alcoholics Rehabilitation program. Wednesday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.? Public session, First Methodist Church, Morehead City. The topic, "The Church and Alcoholism," will be presented by Dr. Joseph Garri son, an authority on alcoholism. Thursday, Feb. 24, 12:30 p.m. ? Luncheon meeting of civic clubs at the Hotel Fort Macon. "Alcohol ism in Industry" will be discussed by Mr. McCarthy. Thursday, Feb. 24, 2:30 p.m Negro Teachers session. Queen Street High School, Beaufort. The topic. "The Role of the Teacher in the Prevention of Alcoholism," will be presented by Mr. McCarthy Thursday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. Public session, Morehead City High School. "Some Causes of Alcohol ism" will be the topic of a talk by Dr. John Ewing. Mr. McCarthy will speak on "The Prevention of Alco holism." Mr. Rowe said that this institute is the first to be held for an area the size of Beaufort and Morehead City. Usually the institutes are scheduled for large cities. He said that it is the hope of his committee, in cooperation with the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Cnmnmre. to educate people on the point that alcoholism is a dis ease and that if persons recognise it as such, it can be cured. He remarked that years ago, tuberculosis carried with it a social stigma, but education has proved to people that it can be treated aid cured. The same is true with alco holism, he added. Members of Mr. Rowe's commit tee are Jerry Willis and Luther Lewis of the Morehead City Jay cees, and Bill Sutton and Ronald Earl Mason, Beaufort Jaycees. Mr. Rowe said that it was hoped to have the first public session in Beaufort but a meeting place could not be found. He added that all sessions are open to the public, but those specially designated are lim ed specifically to particular groups, such as teachers. Thrae Motorists Cited For Allogod Violations Three motorists have been cited in Beaufort for alleged violation of the motor vehicle law. Thurston Wade Arnold, Wlndell, was apprehended Saturday on a charge of cutting through the Ann Street Service Station. Joseph James Hill, Havelock, also was ap prehended Saturday for failure to stop at the traffic light at Live Oak and Mulberry Streets. - Ruth Smithwick Cole, Swans boro, was charged Sunday with failing to stop at a red light at the same intersection. Gam* Wardens on Patrol iMMaii'imn IfiWllI? i f Tfck Wat. kali! kr Cnr* wnk ?< NarriaUbert. waa recestty Mhreral U atata |IK warfeaafar HHm hM TV feat waa MH tar hlfh f?i< is Mki water. Board Names Emerald Isle Developer to Repair Beach ABC Officer Gets Load of Whisky Man Jumps from Car Friday on Highway 101 At Officer Closes In Fifty-four gallons of bootleg whisky went the way of all illegal brew Friday night at 7:30 when -ABC Officer Marshall Ayscue found it in a 1939 Mercury on Highway 101. Officer Ayscue pulled alongside the car as it was headed toward Beaufort between Core Creek and the Laurel Road. The driver jump ed out and disappeared into the woods. The nine cases of whisky were found in the front and back seats. The car has now been impounded in the jail yard and the whisky destroyed. The car ran into the ditch after the driver leaped from it. The ABC officer was checking yesterday on the registration of the automobile. Officer Ayscue also located a small still in the Craven Corners section near Godette's Store Thurs day and tore it up. Toastmasters Will Entertain Guests The County Toastmasters Club will establish several "firsts" to morrow night when it holds its first night meeting, first ladies night, and first annual speech con test. The event is the grand run-off of seeded speakers to determine who will represent the club in the area speech contest at Cherry Point March 2. The banquet and speak-off will be in the Hotel Fort Macon dining room, starting at 7 p.m. Speakers competing for the hon or will be J. P. Harris, Theodore Phillips, Ronald E. Mason and E. G. Phillips. Under international rules the speakers will be given their tonics at 2 p.m. Tuesday and will have until the next night to prepare their speeches. Each speaker will draw a capsule containing three speech titles. He may use any of the (hree His talk must not be shorter than S nor longer than 7 minutes. All mem bers of the club will act as judges, using special blanks prepared for the contest. Also appearing on the program will be Dr. Russell Outlaw, J. P. Ehrman, Dan Walker, Ted Davis, Jasper Bell, Dr. Warden Woodard, Dr. David Farrior, and Bill Fodrie. Crab Point Man Struck by Car John Henry Canady, Crab Point, was struck by a car driven by Mrs. Elva Safrit of Beaufort Saturday afternoon at the intersection of 8th and Arendell Streets, accord ing to Sgt C. E. Bunch of the' Morehead City Police Department. Canady, apparently, was not aeri ously injured. A car driven by Thompson Morse, Morehead City, hit the rear of the Safrit vehicle which had stopped after hitting Canady. Dam age was estimated at *40 on the Safrit car and $171 to the car driven by Morse. According to the report of the accident, neither driver saw Can ady as be was crossing the street. Both car* bad just started out on a green light Canady was struck by the right front fender of Mrs. Safrit's car and was taken to Morehead City hospital by Dill's ambulance. He ,was examined by Dr. B. F. Royal at the hospital and then sent home. No chargea have been preferred. County Commissioners Consider New Jail Plans William McLean, one of the developers of Emerald Isle, was appointed by the county board of commissioners yes terday to do the bulldozing: work on Bogue Banks. Mr. McLean said he would undertake the beach restora tion work, employing Carteret County individuals and firms interested in doing the job. The federal government has specified that it will pay $1 George Wallace Named to Fishery Advisory Council George R. Wallace, Morchead City, is one of 19 men who have been appointed by Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKa> to the Fisheries Industry Advisory Coun cil. Mr. Wallace, owner and operator of Wallace Fisheries Co., will serve until July 30, 1956. Legislation which created the committee provides the secretary may use 30 per cent of duties col lected on imported fish products to conduct fishery research and develop and increase markets for domestic fish. It limits expenditures to three million dollars a year and provides the balance in the fund at the end of any year shall not exceed five million. Previously the amount allocated was a flat $175,000 a year. Money from this fund was re cently appropriated for menhaden researsh. The biological phase of the research will be undertaken at the Fish apd Wildlife Lab oratory, Beaufort. Commissioner Reports on Roads H. Maynard Hicks, commissioner of the socond district state high way department has reported on 1954 construction in the second di vision, of which Carteret is a part. Division - wide. Commissioner Hicks said, a total of 87.293 miles of work had been completed on the primary highway system. On the county road or secondary system, a total of 115.31 miles were im proved by contract while state highway forces improved another 28.26 miles of county roads. In Carteret, 12.5 miles of pri mary highways were improved dur ing 1954. Slate highway forces pre pared 2.06 miles of base on this work. The remainder of the pri mary highway improvements were widening and resurfacing which was done by contract County road improvements in Carteret included 5.6 miles of re surfacing by contract forces and 6.4 miles of surfacing secondary roads by state forces. ?per linear loot lor pushing up a sand bank 5 feet high with a 30 foot base and IS feet across the top. The government has also stated that it would pay 45 cents per linear foot for putting up sand fences or brush fences on top of the bank to hold the sand in place. Mr. McLean, who has been visiting other beaches along the coast where restoration work is under way, said that it would be advis able to get the fence or brush on top of the bank as soon as possible after it's pushed up. 12 Contractors Twelve contractors were present at yesterday's meeting and after considerable discussion, Fred Pitt man, one of the men interested in the work, suggested that Mr. Mc Lean be put in charge. Prior to that time Mr. McLean remarked that with one man head ing the job, other local contrac tors could be called in to assist. The job will be done for $1 per linear foot. Accepting lower bids was dis cussed, but some of the men, espe cially J. V. Waters, Morehcad City, said that in some places the work could not be done for as little as $1 per foot. Area Defined The federal government has said that it will pay for pushing up pro tective sand "dikes" from Fort Ma con west to Atlantic Beach. Be cause Atlantic Beach is an incor porated town, that property (a dis tance of two to three miles) will be skipped and the work resumed west of Atlantic Beach, extending to what ii known as the Hoffman property. Because the Hoffman property is unimproved, the government said the restoration work shall not be done there, but shall be resumed just east of Salter Path and con tinue two and a half miles into the Emerald Isle development. Out of discussion of more than two hours, general agreement was reached on the following points: the sand bank shall be pushed up as cloae to existing dunes as feasi ble; if p?Mible the fill shall be taken from between the low and high water mark, and no fill shall be taken from the northern edge of the beach where dunes are still standing. It was pointed out that the dikes will form a barrier in front of cot tagea but It was felt that since the work is being done to preserve property, owners could not object. Mr. McLean said that cottage owners could make a small pass ageway on top of the dike to get to the ocean. Contractors commented that it See BOARD, Page Z Toword B?tter Crops Bankers Pay Tuition For Course in Farming Two men who are representing Carteret County at. the short courie in agriculture at State College in Raleigh received their expense money from 1. R Sanders, cashier of the First-Citixens Bank and Trust Co., and Jack Lewis manager of the Commercial National Bank, Friday afternoon. The men are Harion Weeks, Pell etier, and Clayton Cannon, New port. The course is sponsored by the North Carolina Bankers As sociation. Mr Weeks and Mr. Can non were selected by local banker* with the assistance of Farm Agent R M Williams. The opportunity for agriculture training ia open yearly to men who arc making (arming their life work, have finished high achool, but have not attended college. Mr. Weeks, 30 yeara old, is the lather of three children and oper ates * farm of 44 acrea. His main crops are tobacco and corn. Mr. Cannon. 23 yeara old. father of two children, rents 100 acres and his main crops are tobacco, soy beans snd corn. The two men started the courac yesterday and will be at State Col lege until reb. 18 Thief Takes $150 From Herrimon Store Owner 'Young' Man With Hand kerchief over Face Runt Away after Robbery Eighty-year old Dull (Dooley) Salter, Merrimon. was robbed Sat urday night. A thief with a hand kerchief over his face took $150 from Mr. Salter, a store proprietor. Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell, whs investigated, said that the robber; occurred at about 9:30 Saturday. Mr Salter, who operates a small groccry store and gas station, told the officer he was called out of hii place. He went out with his flash light and a fellow, whom he de scribed as "young" told him to drop his flashlight and hand over his wallet. Mr. Salter did so and the thief removed the money from it and told the old gentleman to walk ahead of him. Mr. Salter did so and then, he said, the fellow dash ed on ahead of him and into the night. The store owner said that he didn't know whether the man had a gun and said he didn't drive away in a car. He threw the wallet on the ground after he took the money. Mrs. Salter was in the house at the rear of the store and did not know of the incident until her hus band went in and told her. Mr. Salter later discovered that the ig nition wires on his car had been ripped loose so that he would be unable to follow the thief. Deputy Sheriff Bell got blood hounds from New Bern and the neighborhood was combed all night He said investigation of tbe robbery was continuing yesterday. Mr. Salter didn't know whether the thief was colored or white. 16-Year-Old Sent Back to Ohio Orville Eddie Brandenburg, a 16 year-old born in Kentucky and rear ed in Ohio, was given a six-month sentence in Morehead City Re corder's Court yesterday. Jtidge George McNeill ordered the boy turned over to the sheriff for transfer back to the State In dustrial Training School at Lan caster, Ohio. Brandenburg was charged with temporary larceny o t a car. He pleaded gujjty in court Jan. 31. The judge stated that this was one of those type cases which tug at the heartstrings. He commented that the boy who had come from a broken home had spent two terms in the training school in Ohio and had been paroled. When the boy was paroled, be took his brother's car and abandon ed It in Kentucky. From there he came to Morehead City where he once again stole a car. He was ap prehended and many persons here abouts have taken quite an interest in the case, according to the judge. Tide Table Tide* at the fteaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Feb. > 9:13 a.m. 3:03 a.m. 9:40 p.m. 3:29 p.m. ? Wednesday, Feb. t 9:91 a.m. 3:M a.m. 9:40 p.m. 3:29 p.m. Thursday, Feb. !? 10:42 a.m. 4:27 a.m. 11:11 p.m. 4:47 p.m. Friday, Feb. II 11:23 a.m. 5:09 a.m. 11:54 p.m 5 24 p.m. Roy Eubanks Heads Beaufort VFW Post At a recent re-organization meet ing of Jones-Austin Pott No. 2401, Veteran* of Foreign Wars. Roy Eubanka was elected commander, Glen L. Harris, senior vice-Com minder, Ralph L. Davis, junior vice-commander, and Ben Arling ton. quartermaster. The post met at the home of Mr. Eubanka on Gordon Street. Meet ings have been scheduled for the first and third Mondays of each month. In obeenraaw of National VFW Week. Ai r Thomaa. paat fourth dlMriet commander, has released information an VFW work through 1 out the state *ixl nation. The tint part of the article fol low!. The lecofid part will appear in Friday') NEWS-TIMES. One of 1MM 4 The Jones-Austin Poet la one of 10.000 VFW post* In this Mate, the other 47 states, Alaska, Hawaii and the Panama Canal Zone. There are more tlfcn 1,200,000 members in the 10,000 poets The wives, mothers, daughters and sisters of oversea* veteran* who belong to the No. 3401 Poet Ladles Auxiliary ere among the nearly 400,000 women who have organised MM 7.000 VFW Udiee Auxiliaries in North Carolina and other itates. The Veterans of Foreign Wars is celebrating its 56th anniversary year. It was founded in 18##. For mora than a half -century this or lanisation haa written much his tory and It has performed services of advantage to Individuals, to com munities and to our country. Th? VFW is proud of its achieve Dents. Also It is enthusiastic about ita many plans for the future ? here In Boaufort, throughout the State of North Carolina and the nation. Dm Vatarana o< Foreign Win ii the oldest and largest organiza tion composed exclusively of men who hive served with Americaa armed forces la combat tone* out side the United States The VFW membership Is restricted to com bat veterana by Congressional char* tar. North Carolina VFW members include men who have served la Europe, Africa, Aaia aad on the islands o t the Padllc. Others have sailed American warships around the world. Still others ware crew members of fighter pi? ae aad bombers. ?m vrw, ra?e x