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44th YEAR. NO. 27. rWO SECT TEN f/gES MORHHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROUKA TUESDAY. APRIL 6, 1955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Fire Area Cleared; Plans
Proceed for Use of Site
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Operation "tear-down" ?u start
ed Saturday on the fire-blackened
walla of the Ocean King Hotel
which was gutted by flames Thurs
* day morning.
Mayor Alfred Cooper of Atlantic
Beach, owner of the Ocean King
Hotel, said. "It's utterly impossible
to put a hotel back this summer. I
doubt if I can ever put it back,
but we expect to have some sort
of business operating on the hotel
site. I don't know what it will be,
but it will be of value to vacation
ers coming here." There were re
ports that amusement rides would
he placed there.
The front part of the hotel was
severely damaged by Hazel and had
just been repaired, at a cost of
$40,000.
Cleaning up operations and the
building of the concrete boardwalk
will follow tearing down of the
hotel, Mayor Cooper said.
Concrete brocks used in the hotel
walls have been offered to folks for
the taking. The scene of the fire
' attracted hundreds of visitors over
the weekend.
The fire broke out early Thurs
day morning in Duck's Burger
Palace, owned by the Clarks of
Klizabethtown. Before the flames
were stopped, they destroyed the
Burger Palace, Reggie's Bar.
Clark's bath house, Atlantic Beach
police headquarters, and the hotel.
Reginald Lewis, owner of Reg
gie's Bar told Mayor Cooper the
day after the fire that he did not
think he would rebuild.
Mayor Cooper also said that he
had spoken to Dave Clark and that
Mr. Clark had told him he didn't
know what he's going to do. He
gave Mr. Cooper the authority to
hire men to clear off the debris in
? front of his burned out places of
business so that the boardwalk
could be worked on.
The site of the burned buildings
and the hotel on Saturday was a
mass of charred wood, burnt and
twisted metal with many smoke
covered concrete blocks lying
about.
Several souvenir hunters were
out Saturday sifting through the
ashes. One man had found about
80 cents in small coins, while an
other boy had found about I2.S0,
all of it in half-dollars.
Early reports of the fire stated
that Fort Macon Coast Guardsmen
I fought tiie flames from a fire boat.
They had, instead, their pumper
on the scene and from the ocean
side of the betel pumped water on
the cottages to the east. Their work
has been termed the major factor
in preventing the cottages from
going up.
The two cottages nearest the
hotel, owned by K. W. Cobb,
Greenville, and Mrs. C. H. Ed
wards. Goldsboro, were smoke
damaged.
Discovery of the fire has been
accredited to both Joe Zajac, night
clerk, and James Jones, hotel bell
boy. Mr. Zajac smelled smoke and
called the Morehead City fire de
partment and the bellboy helped
rouse the SI guests in the hotel.
Nick Moerings
Speaks to Club
Nick Moeringa, of Jiduonville,
Fla., and a native of Holland, was
the guest speaker for the second
time within the past several weeks
at the Morehead City Rotary Club
meeting Thursday night The pro
gram was under the direction of
I Bill Chalk who introduced Mr.
Moerings.
Mr. Moerings continued his talk
on communism and its effect and
influence on the free countries el
the world. He said that the free
countries should keep themaelvea
prepared aat realize that there
can be no lotion with the com
munists that will be honored un
less the Kremlin receives all bene
fits. He said the communists will
not respect agreements or treaties.
In his opinion the mi war wiH
be one of principles, freedom or
slavery, and not a war' for stra
tegic land areas. He once more ad
vised that the Kremlin cannot
trust its own induatry, army or
people and that the political lead
ers muat be ever watchful con
cerning internal security.
To the communists everything
is material, stated Mr. Moerings.
L and nothing ia spiritual. To them
everything must come from the
Kremlin and nothing from God.
The Rotariana voted to held their
next meeting April 14 In coopera
tion with the Chamber of Com
merce- at ila annual meeting at the
Recreating Crater.
Guests iacMed Jim Robinson,
Raleigh; CagjUia A. A. Alexander.
Master of dp M/T Pahidina and
Chief EngHarr J. 1L Mortlnmr of
i the Psludtefc MMh of wfcem are
from N b weaatM -onth eTjme, lag.
land. Alias Knott. Kinaton, and
Lt. Col. Henry A McCartney,
Cherry Point.
Viaiting Rotariana were Lea
Nance,- Ayden, H. "W. Abbitt Jr.,
New tern, and Howard R- Mc
Cartney, Montreal, Canada.
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Photo by Jerry Schumacher
Damaged in Thursday morning'! fire at Atlantic Beach was this
concrete seawall being built to replace the concrete Mock wall de
stroyed la the October hurricane. When this picture was taken early
last week contractors were working in front of the now-demolished
Ocean King Hotel, and behind the crane is the new front which had
been built on the Clark properties wMch ware also destroyed by the
fire.
W. H. Potter Speaks
At Fishermen's Meeting
'Explosion' Report
Heard in Beaufort
Persons in the Beaufort area
reported an "explosion" yester
day about 20 minutes after noon,
but nothing could be learned by
THE NEWS-TIMES about any
thing blowing up.
There were varied reports
about the "explosion." Some peo
ple said it sounded like it came
from Fort Macon, others claim
they saw smoke.
It was also suggested that
there was no explosion, but that
a, Bl*nc. diving rapidly toward
the earth created shock waves
which hit the earth, causing
windows to rattle and walls to
shake. That has occurred in the
past at Cherry Point Air Base
and people living near the base
thought then that an "explosion"
had occurred.
Church Erects
Easter Tableau
Members of the North River
Methodist Church have again this
year depicted in the church yard
the Eastern Morning Tableau.
The scene shows the women at
the tomb on the morning , of
Christ's resurrection. The scene is
lighted at night and church music
is played over an amplifying sys
tem.
The tableau attracted hundred!
of visitors last Easter when the
congregation put it up for the first
time. The church is located on
Highway 70, about 10 minutes' ride
from Beaufort
Figures are life-size and the
tomb is made of field stone. The
setting is in a garden planted by
the Methodist Youth Fellowship
several years ago.
All mefttbers of the congregation
auiatsd in making the tableau.
Mra. Ray West supervised the
work. The church invites everyone
to visit the scene this week.
? Not only for: their own indivi
dual protection but for the con
tinued growth of their industry,
fishermen must organize as tightly
as farmers, William H. Potter told
a North Carolina Fishing Associa
tion regional dinner meeting of
nearly 100 fishermen at Sea Level
Inn Saturday night.
"In spite of all of us, the fish
ing industry in North Carolina has
achieved important stature and un
less all band together U> work for
better fishing practices, we will
lose what wc have," Mr. Potter
said.
President of Beaufort By-Pro
duct* Co. and a director of NCFA,
Mr Potter said that fishing is the
fourth larfaet industry in North
Carolina and accounts for the sup
port of 35,000 families. "
The NCFA, he said, will be the
fisherman'a mouthpiece in legis
lative halls. It wil endeavor to fur
ther financing of needed froien
fish plants. It will teach better
packaging of fish. It will back prac
tical scientific research designed
to improve catches.
Unlike the federally subsidized
farm bureau, NCFA must rely 'on
the resources of the fishermen
themselves. The NCFA can expect
no federal grants, no federal loans.
"That is," Mr, Potter said, "un
til its strength and its voice
matches those of the farmers.
Farmers started organizing as long
ago as 1870. They beat us by three
quarters of a century."
Mr. Potter optimistically pro
phesied that the day will come
when there will be a federal De
partment of Fishing headed by
Gehrmann Holland of Beaufort as
secretary with cabinet rank!
Other speakers were Commia
sioner of Fisheries C. Gehrmann
Holland; G. B Talbot of the UJ3.
Fisheries Laboratory, Pivers Is
land; Carter Broad of Duke Ma
rine Laboratory. Pivers Island;
William A. Ellison, director of the
Institute of Fisheries ttesearch; E.
H. Holton, president of the NCFA,
of Vandemere.
Clayton Fulcher Jr., Atlantic,
presided. *
About 50 of the fishermen pre
See MEETING, Page ?
Sea Level Fisherman
Files Suit for $15,000
Leonard A. Goodwin, Sei Level,
has filed at New Bern a suit
against the United States govern
ment lor damages suffered when
a Marine airplane bombed and
sunk Ms 37-foot fishing boat
Mr. Goodwin, named as plaintiff
in the action, aaka 115,000 pay
ment for his boat and pain, shock
and reduced earning capacity
which he alleges resulted from
TicU TobU
TMm at the liaKart Bar
HIGH LOW
Tueaday, April I
7:01 am.
7:23 pjn.
12:81 a.m.
1:00 p.mi
Wednesday, April I
7:42 a.m.
8:22 a.m.
1:M a.m.
1:90 p.m.
8:40 p.m.
Friday, April ?
9:01 a.m.
?:01 a.m.
3:01 a.m.
p.m. '
3.-07 p.m.
prolonged exposure after hi* boat
sank.
The complaint states he was flatt
ing tar oysters near Little Swan
island, Pamlico County, when a
Cherry Point baaed Marine plane
on maneuvers dropped a "smoke
bomb" on his tiny, crpft, knocking
a hole in the bottom and cawing
it to aink.
Mr. Goodwin climbed atop the
boat and eking to Uw only part of
it above water, the cabin roof, the
Btatedkant goes on. He stayed there
far almost M hours la the bitter
cold tailing -himself to the partly
submerged craft ao hia body would
not be hat daring the night, be
fore being rescued the fallowing
morning
He Was found to be suffering
Mm frostbite and severe shock
wten finally rescued, according to
the complaint
Filing under the Federal *art
Claims act. Mr. Goodwin aaka *S,
000 for the loaa of his boat agd
I1O.0OO persona) damagea
The accident occurad in late Jan
uary at this year.
Health Division
Prepares to Give
Polio Vaccine
Report on Whether Salk
Vaccina Will bo Licensed
I* Duo Noxt Tuesday
The county health department,
in cooperation with local doctor*
and the Carteret County Infantile
Paralysis Chapter, is proceeding
with plans for the inoculation of
first and second graders to pro
tect them from polio.
It will not be known until Tues'
day. April 12 whether testa last
spring were effective in prevent
ing the disease, but if the vaccine
is effective, the National Founda
tion of Infantile Paralysis is ready
to provide vaccine for inoculation
of all first and second graders in
the nation.
In March parents were tent"
blanks to be filled out and returned
if they wanted their child to be
inoculated. Of the 1,380 first and
second graders in the county, 1,
175 returned the blanks indicating
that their parents wanted them to
have the inoculations.
Three Shots
The vaccine dose is 1 cc., fol
lowed by another dose in one
week, with the third shot given
four weeks after the sccond. It is
important that each child who
starts the series gets all three in
jections. They will be given in the
upper part of the child's arm.
Extensive preparation has been
made for administering the vac
cine, for if it is approved, there
can be no delay in getting the chil
dren inoculated before school ends
and before polio outbreaks usually
occur.
County health department nurses
will pick up Cafteret County's
supply at Wilmington and clinics
at the various schools will be sche
duled immediately. Dr. Luther
Fulcher, health officer, said coun
ty doctors will assist in giving the
shots.
Furnished Free
The polio vaccine will be furn
ished from a supply being pur
chased by the National Foundation
with March ol Dimes funds. It will
be made available by the National
Foundation without charge.
The National Foundation has fi
nanced the development and pro
duction ai Um Salk vaccine. Con
tract* were made with manufac
turers for a supply of vteeiae coat
ing <8,000,000 in Mareil of Dimes
funds. This enabled manufacturers
to keep their production facilities
in operation during the waiting
period and be ready to go into full
production as soon as the vaccine
is licensed.
If the vaccine is licensed, it will
be available from doctors also.
Children who do not get the free
shots at school, may be taken to I
their family doctor.
C&D Board
ConvenesToday
The Board of Conservation and
Development will meet at the Sher
aton Hotel, High -Point, today, to
morrow and Thursday, with Gov.
Luther Hodges addressing the
group at the opening session.
The governor will speak again
at a luncheon today when the
board will be guests at a Joint
meeting of the Civitan, Kiwanis,
and Rotary Clubs, director* of the
High Point Chamber of Commerce,
and city officials.
Director Ben E. Douglas will
make his report to the board this
morning as will Charles Parker,
advertising: Dallas T. Daily, com
merce and industry; C. G. Holland,
commercial fisheries; F. H. Cla
rtdge, forestry; Jasper L. Stuckey.
mineral resources; Thomas W.
Morse, parks; B. C. Snow, water
resources, inlets and coastal wa
terways; Michael L. Taft, tourist
bureau; and W. Ray Bishop, audi
tor.
Three committees will meet to
morrow morning: commercial fish
eries, Cecil Morris of Atlantic,
chairman; mineral resources.
Scroop W. Enlow Jr., of Spruce
Pines, chairman; and forestry, W.
J. Damtoft of Canton, chairman.
Toastmasters Will
Moot Tomorrow
Carteret Toast master, win meet
at the Fort Macon Hotel at 7 a.m.
tomorrow.
Appearing on the program will
ly Hap Hanaeo. topic master; Ted
Davis, topic critic, and" Walton
Hamilton, toaatmaster.
At laat week's meeting speakers
were Toastmasters Gerald Hill on
"Highways Improvement and Saf
ety," J. P. Harris. "Effects of
Segregation," Dr. Ruaeell Outlaw,
"The Toll on the Blue Ridge Park
way;" and TVd Davis, "Mapping
Stones to Better Speech."
Toastmastar of the morning was
Dr. W. L WoodVtC Individual
critics were K. G.Alllipa, Jasper
Bell. Dr. Russell OuUsw and P H
Goer Jr., was master crlUa.
Chamber , JCs Set Dates
For May Vacation Festival
Col. Charles Knaub Will
Visit Army Unit Tomorrow
Red Cross Drive
Nets $1,873 to Date
With parte of Morehead City
and Beaufort, as well as all of
Newport, Straits, Harker Islands,
Davis, Gloucester, Bogue and
Marshallberg still to be heard
from, the Red Cross drive has
netted $1J73.13 of $3,480 quota.
Mrs. D. F. Merrill, chairman,
said that she believes the county
will hit its quota since the ma
jority of the smaller communi
ties haven't as yet submitted
their collections and many chair
men in Morehead City and Beau
fort have yet to report.
State to Widen
Intersection
Resurfacing of the Salter Path
road has gotten underway and the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission, to relieve a bottle
neck at the Fort Macon Salter
Path and Atlantic Beach Road,
will widen that intersection.
D. G. Bell, Carteret legislator,
said that highway officials have
told him they will widen the in
tersection approaches to three
lanes. This will allow cars making
turns to do so without holding up
other traffic, according to Mr. Bell.
The highway commission is also
considering plans for installing
lights at the intersection of 24th
and Arendell Streets to prevent
the usual summer blocking of traf
fic there. Twenty-fourth street
leads to the bridge. If lights are
installed, the coat must bt borne
by the town, the legialator said.
" Battery A, 906th Field Artillery,
commanded by Capt. Thomas H.
McQuaid, will be visited tomorrow
by Col. Charles U. Knaub, Senior
Army Advisor for North Carolina.
Battery A, 906th Field Artillery
Battalion has been commanded by
Captain McQuaid since its activa
tion on the first of October, 1954.
Captain McQuaid teaches at
Beaufort High School and coached
its basketball team to North Caro
lina State Championship for 1955.
He lives on Circle Drive, Beau
fort. Battery A, like all other
Army Reserve Units, is composed
mainly of two groups.
The first group are young vet
erans who have a military obliga
tion to complete and at the same
time are serving themselves, their
families and their country.
The second group consists of
"old-timers" who want to remain
in contact with the Army so that
in the event of a national emer
gency their services will be readily
available to their country. Both of
these groups are also working to
ward a very secure Army Reserve
Retirement Plan for themselves
and their families.
Battery A conducts its assem
blies at 433 Front St., Beaufort,
at 8 p.m. on the second and fourth
Thursdays of every month Any
one wanting to join the unit or
wanting information is cordially
invited to contact Captain McQuaid
or attend the assemblies at the
training center.
Colonel Knaub, a veteran with
26 years' service, recently returned
from Korea and has been ap
pointed to head Army Reserve ac
tivities throughout North Carolina.
Colonel Knaub will be accom
panied by Maj. A. C. Marcereau,
Capt. K. D Knapp, M/Sgt. W. J.
Nunnery who are Army Reserve
Unit Advisors for this area with
their office in Greenville.
With lh> Armmd Focct
Sgt. Bert C. Willis
Serves at German Post
Mannheim, Germany ? Sgt. Bert
C. Willie, whose mother lives on
Markers bland, was recently as
signed to the 53d Ordnance Group
located at Spinelli Barracks, Mann
heim, Germany. The 53d Ordnance
Group controls all Army Ordnance
depots in Germany.
Sergeant Willis is learning the
duties of the section NCO in the
property division in Group head
quarters. This section has charge
o{ the inventory and disposition
of all property in the depot at
Manneheim and all other ordnance
depots under its supervision in
Germany. Upon completion of
training Sergeant Willis will be
come the section NCO.
After working in the Post Ord
nance Division at Fort Benning,
Ga., for four months. Sergeant Wil
lis received orders to report to the
53d Group. He arrived in Germany
March 14.
Prior to entry into the Army,
Sergeant Willis was employed as a
supervisor of inspection and prop
erty control at SUllingi Air Base.
Fort Jackson, S. C. ? Pvt. Ernest
N. Hill, 20, son o( Mr. and Mrs.
Ulysses C. Hill, Marshallberg. has
been assigned to Svc. Battery, 518th
Airborne Field Artillery Battalion
at Fort Jackson for eight weeks of
advanced Infantry training.
Private Hill, who entered the
Army Dec. 2, ISM, has just return
ed from ? 14 days' leave following
eight weeks of basic Infantry train
ing.
During the next eight weeks he
will be concerned with more de
tailed instruction of training cov
ered in the initial eight weeks. He
will alao learn to operate the
heavier infantry weapons such as
the machine gun, mortor, and re
coile'ss rifle. Following the ad
vance training be will be assigned
to an Army unit either In the
United States or overseas.
Cape Romaln, S. C. ? Participat
ing here III Operation "Lantminti"
aboard the light minelayer U8S
Shannon la Paul W. Mattlis. engine
man first claaa. DSN, son of 'Mr.
and Mn. C. 8. Mattlia o< 500 Fisher
St., Morehesd City, and husband of
the former Miss Dorothy Boney of
Wallace.
Lantminex, an abbreviation for
Atlantic Fleet Mine Warfare Eser
cise. Is the largest paat-war opera
tion of Its kind since the end of
World War IL ?
The operetta". designed to im
prove the aUne warfare readinesa
of the fleet, fcegsn March T and
"IB nm ttpNiAfril '
It is under the command of Rear
Admiral Harry Sanders, USN, Com
mander Mine Force Atlantic Fleet.
Lackland Air Force Base, Tex.
? Billy G. Hudgins, 19, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Hudgins. 219 Moore
St., Beaufort, is completing his Air
Force basic military training
course at Lackland Air Force Base,
the "Gateway to the Air Force."
Lackland, situated near San An
tonio, Is the site of Air Force basic
military training for men and
women, headquarters of the Human
Resource Research Center, and
home of the USAF Officer Military
School.
Bad Kremnach, Germany ? Pvt.
Ottis L. Adams, 20. sen of Mr. and
Mrs. Leslie Adams, route 1 New
port. ia a member of the Seventh
Army in Germany.
American defense forces strate
gically located throughout the U. S.
Zone of Germany support the com
bat units of the Seventh Army.
Private Adams, a clerk-typist in
the Army's 2d Evacuation Hospital,
entered the Army in August 19M
and received basic training at Fort
Jackson, S. C. Adams, who arrived
In Europe in January 1953, is a
1954 graduate of East Carolina Col
lage, Greenville.
Fort Jackson, S. C.? Pvt. Henry
W. Clements, 17, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel C. Clements, route 2
Newport, haa been assigned to "F"
Company, 301st Airborne Infantry
Regiment for basic training.
He will speitd the next eight
weeks here learning the fundamen
tals of being a soldier. Thia in
cludes classroom lectures in such
subjects as military courtesy and
first aid, and combat field prob
lems Involving the use of the M-l
rifle.
After eight weeks of training
with the lOlat Airborne Division,
the trainee la given about 14 days'
leave.
Ifvtn W. Davis Jr. has arrived
in Germany where he will be sta
tioned with the Army. The son of
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin W. Davis o(
Davit, he left Camp Kilmer, N. J.,
Friday for Massachusetts and there
boarded a plane for the flight
overseas.
Seaman Recruit David lforman
Day. who enlisted In the Coast
Guard in February, 1a taking Ma
baalc training at Capo May, N. J.
He ia the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Dv, LcU
' A one-week Morehead City Vacation Festival will be
sponsored May 24-30 by the Morehead City Jaycees and
the Chamber of Commerce.
Plana for the event, made at a luncheon meeting Thurs
day, include a boat show, golf tournament, fish rodeo,
amateur photography contest, the Mi?s Morehead City
pageant, and a Miss Sweetie Pie*
Contest.
Competition in the last event will
be limited to 3 to 5-year-old girls.
Jayeee co-chairmen of the festi
val arc Jerry Willis and James
Macy.
The two contests will take place
at the Morehead City dog track.
Ted Davis, manager of the cham
ber. said that Paul Cleland, owner,
has offered the race track facilities
free of charge.
Mr. Willis announced that More
head City businessmen will spon
sor Miss Morehead City contestants.
Each will pay $10 to enter a girl
in the contest and she will be
known as Miss "Name of Store"
until annonuncement of the win
ner is made.
Attending the planning meet
ing, besides Mr. Davis, Mr. Willis,
and Mr. Macy, were Jasper Bell,
Jaycee president; P. H. Geer Jr.,
and Carl Southerland, chairman of
the Morehead City chamber retail
merchants committee.
Fishermen Spot
Live Bomb
At Swansboro
A live bomb, spotted by fisher
men in shallow water about 200
yards from the town hall in Swans
boro Wednesday, was carted away
by men from the Ninth Naval Dis
trict Thursday morning.
As soon as the bomb was spotted,
the Coast Guard was called in to
watch over it, and they in turn
called the Fifth Naval District
Naval men from the Fifth made
the trip to Swansboro and then in
turn called the Ninth "Naval Dis
trict at Charleston, S. C., to come
and get the bomb.
The bomb, believed to have
weighed approximately 1,30#
pounds, was examined by men
from the Ninth Naval Diatriet It
took them Wednesday night and
on into Thursday morning to re
move the detonator.
How the bomb got to Swansboro
is a mystery. According to Mayor
M. N. I.isk, the Navy refused to
make any comment whatever.
Two Rural Fires
Occur Thursday
While forest fires r?ge through
out eastern Carolina, Carteret has
escaped with only two fires dur
ing the past week.
E. M. Foreman, forest ranger,
recruited men to help put out a
fire on the edge of the Open
Grounds at Stacy Thursday. Thirty
acres of open land burned when a
trash fire got out of control.
Twenty acres of woods burned
Thursday at Sea Level. The fire
hurned Itself out, having been
blocked by Highway 70.
Mr. Foreman said that the Sat
urday night and early Sunday
morning rain helped considersbly
in reducing the fire danger here.
The state ruling, however, on
burning, is still in effect. Nothing
within 900 feet of a wooded area
may be burned.
Two Cart Collide
On Arendell Street
More head City police Investigat
ed an accident on Arendell Street
Sunday at 2:90 p.m. Drivers of two
vehicles each claimed that the
other had slammed Into the side
of his ear. Beth ears were travel
ling eaat on Arendell Street.
William Durward Aman, Jack
sonville, driving a 1994 Buick. had
I ISO damage to the left frent fen
der and front bumper of his car.
Jennls Gorden Bynum, Morehead
City, driving a 1949 Chevrolet, had
1190 damage to his right front
fender, right door and grill. No
charges were filed by the investi
gating officer, 8gt Carl Bunch.
Fir?m*n Mak? $279
On Sal* of Movto Tkkats
As of yesterday morning, More
head City firemen had made *279
from their sale of Ucketa for the
showing of "Black Dakotas" Wed
nesday night at the Ocean Park
Drive-In Theatre.
The final figure wae announced
last night at the firemen's meet
lag- The money will be need to
erect the new sub-station on Aren
dell Street between 33rd tad 34th
Bdeeb.
Beach Board
Meets Sunday
Commissioners Make
Plans to Ready Beach
For Summer Opening
The Atlantic Beach Town Board,
at a meeting Sunday at Mayor Al
fred Cooper's office, announced
plans to push up sand dunes at the
beach, to clean up the remaining
debris from Hurricane Hazel, and
repair streets damaged by the hur
ricane.
Of the $83,399 granted by the
federal government to help rebuild
the beach, $32,000 has been allo
cated by the board for the con
struction of the boardwalk, with
the businessmen of Atlantic Beach
pledged to put up the difference
for the concrete construction.
It was announced at the meeting
that anyone who has a cottage or
business place and has not cleared
the debris away, will be sent a let
ter by the clerk of the board and
given two weeks in which to either
rebuild or clear the ground. If the
job isn't done by the owner, the
board will do the job and send the
owner a bill.
As regards the firefighting pro
gram, the mayor announced that
due to Thursday's fire, the valua
tion of property at the beach has
been lowered. This means that the
tax to finance a fire-fighting sys
tem will be higher than was anti
cipated. Mayor Cooper said that
residents and businessmen at the
beach will be notified of the
amount of the tax raise.
The board also sent a request to
Ule State Highway Department to
I widen tlfc intersection where More
head Avenue meets the Salter
Path and Fort Macon Roads, so as
to eliminate traffic jams in the
summertime.
Purchase of new life-saving
equipment was authorized. The
equipment the town had was de
stroyed in the fire at the Clark
Brothers Bathhouse. Some of the
equipment to be obtained includes
a new set of life-lines.
Shelby Freeman, owner of the
Frontier Village Tourist Court and
president of the Atlantic Beach
Businessmen's Association, was ap
pointed to fill the unexpired term
of W. H. (Hob) Anderson of Wil
son, who resigned as commissioner
after selling his cottage at the
beach.
Mr. Freeman was also appointed
building Inspector and all new
builders must have a permit from
him, and follow the beach restric
tions on building.
The mayor was instructed to see
th?t all carnival rides at the beach
meet regulations before they are
allowed to go into operation.
Commissioner J. C. Lanier did
not attend the meeting because of
illness.
Car Damaged
In Sunday Wreck
A 1940 Ford wu damaged to
the extent of $900 at 7:30 p.m.
Highway 70 near the Intersection
of the Harkers Island Road. The
driver, Franklin Pittman, Merri
mon, was treated at the ltorehead
City Hospital for a minor ahoulder
injury and a cut and bruised knee.
Pittman told State Highway Pa
trolman J. W. Sykes, the Investi
gating officer, that his car skid
and he lost control ot it j
It went over to the left ot the
highway, turned over and landed
on its wheels in a canal, headed
west The car had been traveling
eaat. No chargea against the driver
were filed.
County Official Highway
Deaths Total Six for '54
Carteret County had six fatall
tiea in 1KM and the State Depart
ment ot Motor Vehicles reports
that fatalities were fewer Isst year
than any previous year since 19S0,
In a final accountiag of traffic
deaths, injuries and accidents lor
IBM tha *tmtm i ??III I gal fatall.
Sundsy when it overturned on
1*64, the SUM reports Ml fatall
ties and 15.?* la) "Ties -
there wen 40,440 motor
(SO of them rlsesed as fatal.
eluded la the death toll wno Uft
pedestrians, about ball of them
children.