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YEAR, NO. 26. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY >AGE8 * MOREHEAD CITY AND MAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1966 . PUBLI8HED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY!
Fire Sweeps Hotel, Beach Buildings
C&D Director
Proposes Rule
To Settle Dispute
Board Will Consider
Regulation on Out
Of-State Crabber*
Raleigh Every effort is being
made by the State Department of
Conservation and Development to
protect the interest of North Caro
linians engaged in crabbing in
Pamlico Sound and similar areas,
it was stated here today by Ben E.
Douglas, director of the depart
ment, but it is necessary in handl
ing thia matter to move within the
limits laid down by U. S. Supreme
Court decisions, he said.
Mr. Douglas issued a statement
after it was reported that the opcr
ations of Virginia fishermen pre
sented a threat to the welfare of
the North Carolina crabbers be
cause they were using the crab
pots.
A regulation has been worked
out which will bar out-of-state
crabbers unless their states offer
reciprocal privileges to North Car
olina crabbers. This regulation will
be presented to the full Board of
< onservation and Development at
its quarterly meeting in High
Point Tuesday through Saturday'
and if approved will become ef
fective immediately.
New Problem
In discussing the situation, Mr
Douglas said that this was the first
year North Carolina crabbers had
been presented with this problem
although a similar situation arose
in connection with shrimping in
the sounds of North CaroMna about
two years ago. The shrimping
problem was settled and apparent
ly is now aatiafactory to all con
cerned.'
Mr. Douglas said his Department
was well aware of the value of the
mafcly *310.000 to- the
during the two-year period which
endetf last June 3a
The laws of North Carolina pro
vide the same license charges for
both in-state and out-of-state fish
ermen, he said.
Only by barring fishermen from
states which do not cooperate by
according reciprocal privileges can
North Carolina be protected, he
added, and thus far it has been
necessary to act only in the case
of shrimping.
The statement by Mr. Douglas
in full is aa follows:
'The Department of Conserva
tion and Development is well aware
of the difficulties of the crabbers
who operate in the Pamlico Sound
area and elsewhere along the
coast. However the Department is
bound by decisions of the United
States Supreme Court in making
any regulation^ dealing with out
of-state crabbers.
"The situation which has arisen
In the past few days in the Pam
lico Sound area has been the sub
See CAD, Page X
Smoke billowed from the Ocean King Hotel at 7
o'clock yesterday morning. Flame* ate their way from
frame buildings west of the hotel aad into the concrete
Mock structure. At left it Junes Jones, Noreinad City
bellboy, who noticed the wooden build Inn (Man (ad
gave the alarm. This picture shows the hack of the
Pnoto by Clifton Guthrie
hotel on the Undskle. The how 11m in the foreground
wu ma to Bogue Sound to get water. The fire I* believed
to h?V? (Urted In ? building to the right of this picture.
OfflCH Visils*
Beaufort Jaycees
Jake -West o I Kinston. ninth dis
trict vice-president, visited with
BeaufortJaycees Monday night.
He spoke about his visit to the
meeting it Louisville, Ky., which
honored tlie 10 outstanding men ia
the United States in January.
The nominating committee pre
sented its nominees lor office for
the coming year. The election will
take place in May.
Nominees include Danforth Hill
and Jack McManufe for president;
BUI Sutton and Jackie Sewell. first
vipe-president; John Duncan and
Julian Austin, second vice presi
dent; Ralph Albares and Dick Bab
cock, secretary; James Steed. Dan
Lipman. Jack Barnes, treasurer,
and Wiley Taylor Jr., Jack Price,
Billy Davis, Charles Chappell. L.
D. Springle, and Ronald Earl Ma
son, directors.
School Boards New Power
Warm Weather
Predicted Hera
The weather forecast for today
and the weekend, according to E.
Stanley Davis, weather observer, is
fair and warmer.
Mr. Davis reported that it looks
as though the cold wave has hit
this area for the last time this
season.
The temperatures and wind di
rections for the first three days of
thia week are as follows:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Max. Mln. Winds
SO 30 SW
56 40 NW
60 35 SW
News-Times Wins 1954
Award for Fire Prevention
David F?lton Pleads
Not Guilty Tuesday
David Felton pleaded not guilty
to operating ? vehicle with no op
erator's license and driving while
under the influence of intoxicant*
when he appeared before Judge
Earl Itaaon in Beaufort Recorder's
Court Tueaday. Prayer for
flient waa continued and Mi I
suspended for OM year.
Pulton Grayson waa aaaeaaed lift
of coata whan he pleaded guilty to
failing to atop at a atop sign
Alberto Fair waa given It day*'
work In town hall whan she waa
declared guilty at i
rutton
following: Ji
J a met and Calvin
First
Pre school
ducted at the Camp
Wednesday, April IS, at 1 p.m. and
at the isrih?l city Mm! Pri
day, April U. at 1 PM.
First graders IMa* an the Mai
side of Stod Street la iliiiHH
City and theaa weat af Am MM
will sttond Camp (Mann tafe^l
next fall. Thawriaton line last
year waa Mth SWeyt
? The Carteret County NewsTimes
yesterday was named by the 9a- <
ttooal Board of Fire Underwriters
as recipient of an honor award for
outstanding public service in lire
prevention during 1964 The sward
consists of a framed parchment
scroll.
The contest WW open to news
papers. radio and television sta
tion* throughout the nation. In ad
dition to THE NEWS-TIMES, win
nan qL. honor award citationa in
this sis are the Twin City Senti
nel, a Winston-Salem daily, and
wnrvrv, Greensboro
There were M entries in the eon
test. THE NEWS-TIMES sub
| Civil D?fens? Tip |
In cue of enemy attack and
destruction o I the town water
syitem, you ahould have on hand
in your borne atored drinking
water? 1 gallon for each (am
Uy member plus an extra gallon
far* each cMld under I
Glass Jugs with tight-fittlnc
town or stoppers, or other
glass containers will do. Water
fcWh Iran the tap la sale for
Hiti in a dart place and re
m with freah water at leaat
?May ate weeks Other gaorf
?WWII at liquids are Iruit
Jwtces, waterpacked canned
IrMM and vegetables, milk, d
trus fruits (wash and peel If ex
pee*' to latboaatln dust), a>d
Matted tee cubes
TrtHi-Y Club* to??ll
PopM lilies Tomorrow
M*eJeadClty ftWT CUba ft?
led mp Uly baafeata as they e?
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it the aecond consecutive
year thattbe girUrf UwTrl'at-Y
Mrad by Me Carteret Owty ??
clety fol Crippled Children
?
* Local school boards in this stated
now have the right to designate
which schools pupils shall attend.
The General Assembly enacted in
to law the bill which was backr
strongly by Governor Hodges.
The bill, for example, now gives
the Carteret County Board of Edu
cation the power to assign children
to schools. This power was former
ly vested in the State Board of Ed
ucation.
If people don't like the schools
children are assigned to now, they
must appeal directly to the courts,
not to the State Board of Educa
tion.
The measure came as a result of
the United State} Supreme Court
decision on segregation. Support
en of the law say it will allow lo
cal school authorities to handle the
segregation problem according to a
locality's own needs and conditions.
They hope that thia law will by
pass the state's liability should
court actions arise out of the segre
gation decision. Other* argue that
the atate, as financial supporter of
the schools would certainly be
drawn into a court action originat
ing in a local community.
Rep. Cloyd Phil pott of Davidson,
a firm advocate of the measure,
termed the bill the "moat realistic
approach we in North Carolina can
take at the present itme . . . It Is
not the final answer; it was not
intenJed to be."
But he said it was "timely" and
reminded that the measure had
originated with a commiaaion of
both whites and Negroes wtoo
studied the problem at the request
of the lata Governor Umstead.
i Wild wood Youth
Found Lost Wallet
A young man who works for
Perry M. Taylor Jr., Morehead
City, found the wallet lost last
Wednesday by Mrs. John Naf.
He's Manley E. Mason of Wild
wood.
Mason was driving a pick-up
truck along Shepard Street last
Wednesday when he saw a red
wallet lying in the street. He
stopped, picked it up and took it
in a house nearby.
The wallet belonged to Mrs.
Naf. who was in the house visit
ing at the time, but she was not
aware that she had dropped the
wallet. After returning it. Mason
left without leaving his name.
A story in Tuesday s NEWS
TIMES said Mr. Naf waf looking
for the lad who returned the wal
let and yesterday Mr. Naf pre
sented Mason with cash aa a re
ward. Mr. Naf said it certainly
was gratifying to find an honest
man.
Mr*. Floyd Chodwick
To Tako Training CourM
Mrs. Floyd H. Chadwkfe of the
Morehaad City office, Employment
Security Commiaaion, will attend
clauea end training couraea at Ra
leigh Irani April 4-*.
The Lnatrnctioo wUl be given by
of evaluation and training.
Markers Island Boat Works
Goes Up m Flame Tuesday
lire destroyed the Wert End
Boat Work* an Darker* laland
Tueaday night . Damage waa esti
mated at uSaOQ.
The An started at about 7:M
pro and Beaufort firemen ware
called, bat they irrlred toe lata te
?ave the building and boata being
butt iastde
Joe Whitley owner and operator
flag ||m| MMtovkw tltMa
01 VIM ooai worKs. wno lives SOOUt
75 fart away, discovera* tbe blase.
Mr. Whitley had no inswaiiie.
In addition to tlw toob and
equipment that went ap In the
Maw. three boata frow ? to 38
laet long and a aew angina w*a
dartroyed A 2Woot boat batac
built outaide tbe ahad waa aavad
by a oeijtibor, Cart WUUa, and ??
?ral other man.
Mr. Whittey. originally from
Rocky Mount, rt KM the boat
worts a couple yews *f> Ha era
ployed eight If M man. Brady
Lewis, a well-known Wemi boat
builder, waa superintendent.
It la not known how the (Ire
started. The laat man to leave the
plarr said be puUed aU the mate
electrical ??H< ba?
It *aa reported that the whale
to the boat wefts waa a laaj 4U
lance The ftrr moved faiter thaa
the trucks. Na one waa hart is the
blaaa. . _? _
Ito ^7 Pl^to" retold **
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Five Fire Departments
Fight Morning Blaze
A $375,000 fire of undetermined origin 'completely
gutted the Ocean King Hotel, Reggie's Bar, Clark Brothers
Bathhouses and Grill and Duck's Burger Palace yesterday
morning at Atlantic Beach.
The fire started at 5:45 in Duck's Burger Palace, ac
cording to Fire Chief Vernon Guthrie of the Morehead City
Fire Department. It spread rapidly through the tinder box
buildings to the east and reached the hotel.
Firemen were on the scene 16 minutes after the alarm
sounded. They were joined at 6 a.m. by the Beaufort de
partment with its No. 5 truck and rural truck. During the
next hour trucks from Newport, Cherry Point and New
Bern arrived to help protect surrounding property.
A fire-fighting boat from Fort Macon Coast Guard Sta
tion plyed the waters in front of the hotel, phiying streams
of water on the cottages to the east A west wind fanned
the blaze eastward and then about 7 :30 shifted to the
northwest.
Lack of water hampered firemen. Lines were laid from
f* .1 lit tt. r
lounty Hospitals
Get Duke Funds
Morehead City Hospital, for the
year 1994. has been allotted $1,016
in Duke Endowment Funds and the
Sea Level Community Hospital
*185.
Under the endowment establish
ed by the Duke tobacco heirs, in
stitutions in the CarOlinas receive
$1 for each day of free care ren
dered. The endowment funds help
to pay for patients who are de
clared by welfare officials unable
to pay, but whose cost of care is
not covered totally either by Duke
funds or welfare funds.
The total amount appropriated
by the Duke Endowment Board of
Trustees this week is $732,217 to
111 honpitais and 39 child-care in
stitutions. This is the 30th year
that the fund* have been appro
priated.
Additional hospitals whose ap
plications have not been completed
will be considered at the April
board of trustee* meeting, the
tne hotel north to Hague bound to
get water, a distance of half a mile.
Fifty-one guests at the Ocean
King were rushed out of the build
ing. No life was lost or persons
injured. A few of the furnishings,
including a piano in the dining
room, a few chairs and davenports
were saved, and the guests got most
their belongings out. But almost
everything owned by the hotel was
destroyed.
Alfred Cooper, owner of the
hotel and mayor of Atlantic Beach,
estimated hotel damage at $300,000.
The hotel was partially insured.
Bellboy Spreads News
James Jones, Morehead City,
hotel bellboy, discovered the fire
in the buildings to the weal, and
roused the guests.
Mr. Cooper estimated damage to
Reggie's Bar at >20,000, damage to
the Clark Brothers at 150,000 and
approximately $5,000' to M.000 to
the new concrete boardwalk and
seawall being poured.
Owner of Reggie'* place is Reg
inald Willis, Morehead City; own
ers at the other places (except the
hotel) are the C larks of Elizabeth
Swsatitesdfci
Greenville. It is aeparated from
the hot?l by a concrete drive and
several feet of prope.ty.
Firemen showered water on that
cottage and two adjoining It.
Damaged la Storm
The Ocean King Hotel waa badly
damaged in the Oct. 15 hurricane.
The entire front bad to be rebuilt.
It was reopened about six waeks
ago and everything was in readi
ness for the influx of summer vaca
tioners this summer.
H. M. Clark, father of the boys
who own the bath houae, Burger
Palace and grill, aaid he worked at
the bathhouses until S p.m. Wed
nesday, helping to get the places in
shape for summer. A concrete floor
had beea laid Wednesday. One of
his sons waa in Florida this week
getting ideas and plans for re
decorating the interiors.
Mr. Clark said the hotel could
have been laved and at least 40
per cent of the other buildings if
water had been available.
Sign Tepples
The sign oa top of tha hotel,
came tumbling do?m at 7:30 a.m.
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Health Officer
Outlines Rules
On Housing
Dr. Luther Fulcher, county
health officer, today reminded
farmers of the regulations they
must comply with if they are go
ing to have migrant laborers work
ing for them this year. Dr. Ful
cher's statement follows:
"Migrant workers and their fam
ilies want good housing, health
and sanitation. We expect the own
ers of migrant laborer camps to
provide adequate facilities as re
quired by the Carteret County
Board of Health. Many farmers
have already provided good hous
ing facilities for migrant laborers,
but we still have a few farmers
who are not complying with the
ters or housing facility may be ofr
copied without flnt securing a
permit from the Carteret County
Health Department This permit
is required every year.
"Following is a copy of the rules
and regulation* required in con
nection with migrant labor camps:
1. A safe water supply
2. A safe excreta disposal which
means at least a sanitary privy or
better. (Thqse facilities to be pro
vided separately for each tea).
3. Clean buildings adequately
screened.
4. A safe method of garbage dis
posal. This means a metal can of
sufficient size and with a fly-tight
top, and that the casMeats of the
can be properly disposed of, such
aa burying or placed on some ap
proved dump.
5. No migrant-labor headquar
ters or housing facility may be
occupied without tint securing a
permit frepi the Carteret County
Health Department.
8. A health certificate showing
that the worker is free of a vene
real disease or other contagious
disease. (This certificate can ho
had free at the Health Depart
ment )"
You and Civil Defense]
jr
Carter* CM! Defease Pirecter
Civil defense to most of us is
a hasy, indefinable something. To
many folks it means that ?om e
man mm a Ha hat, are tailed air
raid wardeas and they are so des
igaated because this lulion may
be attacked and a* all may get
hurt If a bomb irtpt on us.
That's a part of the sUxy.
There's a lot more but the averaf*
peraon doein't ?wr| h4"*? 1 'f about
it He vaguely hangs that there's
something called "civil defense or
ganization" and that some people
_j fctmlhli mnU i
be much wont.
an going to In
CW defense doeent begin any
where but right in yvor own home.
There are things that should be
done bow to help prepere agdiut
the day whea a rocket may come
flying out of nowhere and had
right on as. ?
Those thinga are going to be aet
forth in a small item, "Civil Da
fanae Tip," which will be pub
liaised regularly la THE NEW8
TUOK. Every means poealble will
be need to bring thia Information
to the pahUc.
Thia will not be the only phase
of the Carteret Civil Defense pro
gram. Other* are hi the process
of developing The asost important
thing now la to provide you with
Inferawthm that will be of value
rhe rending and heeding is up
you. ^ : |
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Livestock Bill
Goes in Hopper
A >U1 to prevent livestock roam
ing it Urn on Portsmoyth bland
?n Introduced in the General Aa
sembly at Raleigh yesterday.
If the bill is referred to tba lo
cal government committee as an
ticipated. a hearing aa tt wfll be
bald at 10:30 Wednesday la the
highway building at Raleigh.
The bill would cloae off the area
between Evergreen Creek and Oc
racoke Inlet, making it unlawful
for sheep, ponies er tows to Taaas
ia that section.
D. a Bell, Carteret's r.presea