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44th YEAR, NO. 60. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Jaycees to Hold
Sheriff's Party
Monday Night
The sheriff's party for members
of the Morehead City Jaycees will
be held Monday night at 7:30, ac
cording to an announcement made
at the weekly meeting Monday at
the Fort Macon Hotel by Oscar
Joslyn, sheriff of the organization.
The members will each pay one
dollar for themselves and one dol
lar for each of their guests, for the
boat ride aboard the Carolina
Queen, with the beverages to be
supplied from the sheriff's funds.
It was also announced at the
meeting that the Morehead City
Festival brought a profit of $384 to
the Jaycees, according to co-chair
men James Macey and Jerry J.
Willis.
Luther Lewis, chairman of the
lamp bulb sale, requested that
members get out on Saturday at
the booths that will be set up in
Morehead and help sell some of
the light bulb packages with the
members of the Lions Club.
Dr. Silas Thorne gave a report
on the Milk Festival held Wednes
day at the Recreation Building,
and Russ Willian gave a report on
the Little League, explaining that
the league was doing very well and
wa6 being well attended.
Hal Shapiro volunteered to han
dle all details for the visit of Miss
North Carolina to Morehead City,
and the members voted to start
a miniature golf tourney on Mon
day nights following the club
meetings, starting with Monday
night, July 4.
The members stated that since
the first place winner in the More
head City Road-e-o was unable to
go to Winston-Salem for the state
contest this weekend the club
wouldn't .send anyone.
The club voted to purchase a
Slow Down and Live sign to be
placed at the entrance to More
head City.
Two prospective new members,
Don Fisher and Gene White, were
introduced at the meeting.
CD Officials i
Inspect County
A group of high ranked Civil
Defense officials, led by Brig. Gen.
Edward F. Griffin, director of the
Stat* Council of Civil Defense,
with headquarters in Raleigh, were
in Carteret County late Tuesday
to inspect the temporary rehabili
tation work done on Hurricane
Hazel damage.
Others in the party included
Judge Thomas Goodman, Regional
Administrator of the Federal Civil
Defense Administration with office
at Thomasville, Ga.; Earl Mader,
Thomasville, Ga., Regional Engi
neer of the Federal Civil Defense
Administration; Glenn Brooks, Ra
leigh, State Budget and Disburs
ing officer, and W. H. Riley. Wil
mington, Director of the Disaster
Relief office. ,
Wednesday morning this group,
accompanied by Dan Walker, town
clerk of Beaufort, Charles Laugh
inghouse of Beaufort and W. B.
McLean of Emerald Isle, went to
Wilmington aboard the state boat
Hatteras with Commercial Fish
eries Commissioner C. G. Holland
?t the helm.
The group is inspecting in Wil
mington today after having made
an inspection Wednesday afternoon
of Swansboro, Surf City, Wrlghta
ville and other beaches.
Davis, DuBois
Attending Meeting
Ted Davis, Morehesd City, and
Joe DuBois, Sea Level, are repre
senting (heir reapective Chamber*
of Commerce at the 12th annual
Southeaatern Inatttute (or Cham
ber of Commerce Executives at
the UniVeraity of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
The meeting which started last
SuAday will end tomorrow.
Some 300 chamber executives
from throughout the southeastern
United States are attending the In
atitute.
Dwight B. Havens, Washington,
D. C., manager of the Service De
partment of the Chatnber of Com
merce of the United States, waa
one of the featured apeakers at
the meeting.
The (acuity at the Institute con
stats of leading chamber of coea
warce and advertising . executives
from throughout the southeast, in
cluding i number of North Caro
' At 10 o'clock this morning in the courthouse at Beau
fort the State Stream Sanitation Committee will conduct a
hearing on water, pollution in the White Oak River Basin.
Three hundred fifty of Carteret's 531 square miles lie
within that river basin.
To be presented to the public this morning are the classi
fications recommended for local4
waters. Since this is a% coastal area,
most classifications are in the salt
water rather than fresh water cate
4ory.
The highest quality water, for
example, is thai from which shell
fish may be taken for marketing
purposes. This is classified SA.
From SA, on down the scale to
waters of lesser quality, the classi
fications and recommended usages
are:
SB ? Bathing and any other
usage except shellfishing for mar
keting purposes
SC ? Fishing and any other
usage except bathing or shellfish
ing
SD ? Best for navigation, but
not fishing, bathing or shellfishing.
The survey of waters in this
area was undertaken by the state
upon authorization of the legisla
ture in 1953.
Conclusions reached as the re
sult of this survey have been set
forth in the state report as follows:
1. The White Oak River Basin
is rich in natural resources includ
ing fertile land, large forests and
an abundance of water
2. The waters of the basin are
not presently used to their utmost.
There is an adequate quantity of
both ground and surface water.
Surface water is too salty for do
mestic use but can be used exten
sively for industrial uses . . . The
upstream water resources have not
been damaged, but pollution has
affected the coastal waters in local
areas. The areas around Beaufort
and Morehead City are being pol
luted by raw sewage discharged
directly into Calico Creek, Town
Creek, Taylor's Creek and Bogue
Sound
3. The waters around Beaufort,
Morehead City. Atlantic and
Swansboro are beinf polluted by
See POLLUTION, Page 2
Driver Cited
After Accident
Clifford Malcolm MacLeod, At
lantic Beach, was cited for driving
drunk and having no operator's li
cense when the 1951 Ford he was
driving overturned at the intersec
tion of 34th and Arendell Streets
Tuesday night at 11:50 p.m.
Capt. Buck Newsome of the
Morehead City police department,
gave MacLeod the citation, and
stated that the car had overturned
several times, and was a total
wreck.
Capt. Newsome said that the car
was about to make a turn and skid
/narks showed that MacLeod was
traveling east and applied his
brakes about 300 yards from the
intersection and still hit the cor
ner at a high rate of speed, wind
ing up in a ditch.
MacLeod was treated at the
Morehead City Hospital for a
skinned elbow and a few minor
bruises.
Orrin Brown
Pays $50 Fine,
Costs Monday
Orrin G. Brown was fined $50
and costs when he pleaded guilty
to careless and reckless driving be
fore Judge Herbert O. Phillips in
Morehead City Recorder's Court
Monday morning.
Orren H. Bell was fined $10 and
costs when he pleaded guilty to
speeding 75 miles an hour in a 55
mile per hour zone.
Roy Hill was fined $10 and costs
in lieu of 30 days in County jail
for public drunkenness.
Costs were assessed in the fol
lowing cases: Lydia Dudley and
Beatrice Collins, frivolous and ma
licious prosecution; Theodore
Roosevelt Rice, failing to yield the
right of way involved in an acci
dent; Earl Page, speeding.
Barbara Williams Jones was as
sessed costs when she was found
guilty of assault with shoe on Ca
therine Kent. She was given a sus
pended 10 day sentence in County
jail and must be and remain on
her good behavior for six months.
Catherine Kent was assessed
costs for attempted assault on Bar
bara Williams Jones with a chair.
She was given a suspended 30 day
jail sentence and must be and re
main on her good behavior for
two years.
Wilbert Rfcyford Penuel, charged
with public drunkenness, forfeited
his bond and a warrant was issued
for his arrest. Burvcl Allen Gar
ner, charged with careless and
reckless driving, forfeited his bond
and a warrant was issued for his
arrest.
Bobby Joe L^pencc was assessed
one-half costs for running a sfrp
sign, and Mrs. A. N. Fodrie wm
assessed one-third costs for driving
on the wrong side of the road.
The cases against Elmer Lee
Obannon, charged with having no
operator's license, and Randolph
Earl Watson, charged with having
expired registration on trailer,
were both dropped.
Cases against the following were
continued: Cpl. John T. Redmond,
Will Smith, John Marion Huff,
Betty Billings, WHlie Brown, Hu
bert B. Binner, Andrew M. Bell Jr.,
Dalmon Earl Lawrence, Burtice W.
Johnson, and Walter O. Parsons.
Sgt Tootle Paratrooper
Sgt. Kenneth Tootle, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Odell Tootle, Rt. 1, More
head City, a squad leader with the
506th Airborne Infantry Regiment,
a unit of the 82nd Airborne Di
vision, has recently completed his
fifth jump from a C-119 aircraft,
marking the end of three weeks
of intensive physical and techni
cal training which qualified him as
a paratrooper at Fort Bragg.
Father of Year Honored
Nr. aW Mra. Henry Callaway *f Merrfmon an avrtaM by
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Regatta, Beauty Pageant Bring
Crowds to Beaufort Tomorrow
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Beaufort Beauty Contestants
Photo by Roy Eubenkg
Pictured are the winners of the recent Down East Beauty Pageant who will he contestants in the Miss
Beanfort contest tomorrow night at 8 at the Beaufort School auditorium. In the center is Mary Ellen
Chasteen, 15, Straits, first place winner at the Down East contest. At left is Emma Dora Hill, 19, Atlantic,
third place winner, and on the right, Shirley Pittman, 16, Merriimm, second place winner.
'Drowned' Parties
Very Much Alive
A rumor that two mafcncs had
drowned at Atlantic Beach Wed
nesday afternoon was dispelled
by Police Chief Murphy Jenkins
Wednesday evening.
According to Chief Jenkins
the two marines were caught in
the strong undertow at the beach
on Wednesday afternoon ar J
were brought to safety by the
life guards at the beach.
Wednesday morning another
swimmer was saved when he too
was caught in the undertow.
Chief Jenkins said that the
newly organized beach patrol,
comprised of youngsters 9-13
years of age, did a fine job of
getting assistance to the swim
mers.
The youngsters, who are being
taught all phases of water safe
ty by Chief Lifeguard Clifford
MacLeod, patrol the beach and
take charge of smaller children
at the edge of the water.
Firemen Need Donations
To Pay for Resuscitator
The Beaufort fire department
realized about $75 from the show
ing of the feature. Fireman Save
My Child on Tuesday night at the
East Drive-In Theatre, but they
are still shy about $300 towards
the price of their new resuscitator.
It is absolutely necessary that
the people of the county help keep
the resuscitator here, and all do
nations and contributions are re
quested to be sent to the Beau
fort Fire Department, Beaufort, N.
C., as soon as possible.
The resuscitator proved its value
in the county recently when it
brought back to life a man pre
sumed to be drowned after falling
from a party boat at Cape Lookout.
The man, M. B. Harper, cashier
at the Central Bank and Trust
Company, Sanford, sent the fol
lowing letter of appreciation to E.
D Rhue, member of the fire de
partment.
Dear Mr. Rhue;
"Once again I would like to ex
press my sincere appreciation to
you and other members of the
Beaufort Volunteer Fire Depart
ment for your efforts, and I might
add successful efforts, in main
taining and preserving a life that
was almost gone.
"The sense of duty that you
showed was to me more than one
of obligation, but one of deep in
terest in the job that needed to
be done and a job that was suc
cessfully done.
"Words are not available to me
to express my sincere appreciation
to you and others for whatever
part you might have played in my
being able to write this letter to
you today. Your visit to the hos
pital to sec me on Sunday night
was appreciated very much and I
wish you would pass on to the
others my deep heartfelt apprecia
tion for the wonderful efforts that
a volunteer fire department can
exert.
"Should you ever be in or near
the vicinity of Sanford, I would
appreciate a visit from you and
lirge you to come by and see us
at any time. Thanks again for
what you have done for me."
Sincerely,
M. B Harper, Cashier
The company that sold the re
suscitator to the firemen (cost
$501) wants their money or the
resuscilator back.
It's now up to the people of the
county whether or not the fire de
partment will be receiving letters
such as this.
Blackout Sunday
In Rural Areas
Many rural areas of Carteret and
Cravrn Count leu ' will be blacked
out early Sunday morning ax larger
transformers arc being added to
the Newport substation of the rural
electric cooperative.
The main feeder lines cxtcndiog
from Newport to Pelletier. to Crib
Point, to Uachclor. and to Have
lock will be de-energiied from 1
to 4:30 a.m. Sunday morning, June
26
W. C. Carlton, manager of the
rural electric cooperative, reported
that sales of electricity has dou
bled since 1952 and the use of
large substation transformers is
necessary in keeping up with the
increasing demand for electricity
on the farms, In the homes and
commercial eeUbUihmente.
Speedboat Races at 7;
Beauties Show at 8
All roads lead to Beaufort tomorrow when the Chamber
of Commerce sponsored outboard speedboat regatta will
be held on Taylor's Creek at 1 p.m., and the Jayceea'
sponsored Miss Beaufort Beauty Pageant will get under
way at the Beaufort School auditorium at 8 p.m.
Ray Cummins, chairman for the regatta, has promised
that the event will be one of the
most exciting ever staged in this
area.
Over 115 Boats Entered
A total of between 125 and 130
boats Will take part in the races
for a total of $800 in prue money,
with the events to include hydr
planes and utility boats
Starting at 1 o'clock there will
be six races consisting of two
heats each The first place wmn-.r*
in each race will receive $50. sec
ond place $25. third place $15 and
fourth place $10- , .. , ..
The events will be in the follow
ing divisions .
A utility. T* horsepower Mer
curies; B; utility. Mark 20H Mer
cury; D utility, Mark 4011 Mer
cury. A stock hydro, B stock hydro,
and D stock hydro using the same
type engines as in the utilities
6VThe course, which will run from
the postoffice on Front Street to
Pivers Island and back, will be a
little more than a mile in distance. ,
Judge On Gulf Dock
The judges stand will be on the
Gulf Dock. Judge for thc "c"
will be Jimmy Humphrey of New
^Charles Kimball of New Bern
will be in charge of inspecting
motors of the contesting boats and I
Miss Pat Springle, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, will handle
the registration of c?ntes'a"w?s
The course was laid out by wes
Jones of Jones Outboard Marina
on Radio Island, one of the con
testants in the race*.
The racing even* wiU be the
first in Beaufort since the begin
ning of World War II. If it is suc
cessful. the chamber expects to
sponsor two or three races
""serving on the committee for
the event with Mr. Cummins are
Clarence Guthrie and Glenn Adair.
Beauty Pageant at ?
Thirteen- lovelies will appear at
the Miss Beaufort Beauty Pagean
tomorrow night at 8 o clock, in
cluding the first three winners at
last week s Miss Down EMt Pa
^Th* three contestants from Down
East who will Vie with the Bea?
fort girls for the title of Miss
Beaufort are Mary
Straits: Shirley '
and Emma Dora HiU, Atlantic
The 10 other contestants, all of
Beaufort, and their sponsors are
a. follows: Barbara ,Piner
Bell Jeweler; Charlene Harrell,
WMBL* Kay Willis, City
pliance; Bonnie Brinaon Holdens
Restaurant; Bobby Dennis. WBMA
Patricia Daniels, E. W. Downum
Dept. Store, Hilda
(Tom) Potter and Son. Faye Ma
son. Guthrie Jones Drug Co., Bill ly
loan lewis Potter i Sinclair 5>er
Jv^ SUUon. and Betty William
son. Paul Motor Co.
Ray Cummins will act at master
of ceremonies for the c?nt*8''
with Barbara Harris to play aev
eral piano selections.
Each of the girls will appear on
Sec PAGEANT, Page I
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Postmaster
Explains New
Mail Service
Postmaster Harold W. Webb of
the Morehead City postoffice an
nounced today that many of the
patrons of the postoffice are not
yet familiar with the change in the
registered' mail service which re
duces the cost to patrons and
speeds the delivery on letters now
sent by registered malil.
The new mail service is called
"certified mail." A charge of 15
cents is made for giving the patron
a certificate of mailing and for
having the letter carrier take a de
livery receipt from the addressee.
This is in contrast with the present
minimum charge of 40 cents for
registered mail
This certified mail service is
used for first-class mail for which
no indemnity value is claimed. The
15 cents charge is in addition to
regular first-class or airmail post
age. Special delivery is also avail
able for the customary extra
charge.
The 15 cents charge does not in
clude the cost of obtaining a return
receipt. As in the case of register
ed mail, a receipt is received by
the carrier and retained on file at
the postoffice. An additional charge
of seven cents is made for delivery
of a return receipt to the sender.
Certified mail stamps are avail
able at the postoffice. However,
the tee and postage may be paid by
ordinary postage stamps.
You may mail certified mail at
the postoffice or in any street let
ter box or give it to the rural car
rier. Blank certified mail coupons
(no charge) are obtainable at the
postoffice or from the rural mall
carrier.
Temperatures
Vary, 55-85
The temperatures for this week
registered a high of 85 on Friday
and again on Tuesday with a low
of 95 on Saturday, according to E.
Stanley Davis, weather observer.
A total rainfall of .78 incheiifell
on Saturday and a trace was noted
on Monday, but it wasn't enough
for a reading.
The high and low temperatures,
as well as the wind directions for
the week are as follows:
Max. Mln. Winds
Thursday 83 83 NE
Friday 85 60 NE
Saturday 75 55 SE
Sunday 78 71 SW
Monday 83 72 SW
Tuesday 85 72 SW
Wednesday 83 72 SW
Youngster Wins Ice-Cream
Eating Contest at Festival
Reginald Willis Jr. of Morehead
City, aon of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald
Willis, was the winner of the ice
cream eating contest at the Car
teret County Milk Festival Wed
nesday afternoon at the Recreation
Building in Morehead City.
Competing against the mayors of
Morehead City and Newport as well
as the president of the Sea Level
Chamber of Commerce, young Wil
lis finished far more ice cream
than any other contestant.
Over 400 people attended the |
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, June 24
11:38 a.m. 9:31 a.m.
5:81 p.m. |
Saturday, June U
12:12 a.m. 8:23 a.m.
12:31 pm 8:51 p.m.
Sunday, June 28
1:02 a.m. 1:20 a.m. I
1:41 p.m. 7:97 p.m.
Maaday, June 27
1:53 a.m. *17 a m
2:32 p.m. 8:90 p.m. I
Tuesday, June 28
2:48 a.m. 9:12 a m |
3:25 ??. 9:58 pj
festival and heard a moat intereat
ing talk by R. R. Rich, Dairy Ex
tension Department, State College.
The speaker was introduced by
Mayor George Dill o< Morehead
City who also welcomed the crowd.
The Camp Lejeune Marine band
had the (oiks stamping their fwt
and cheering for more.
Free ice cream was handed out
to all who attended by the White
Ice Cream and Milk Company and
the Maola Dairy Company.
Of special intereat to Hie crowd
were the cattle exhibited by
4-H'ers Tommy Oglesby and Gor
don Becton, as well as the exhibits
of the Open Grounds and Bayiida
Farms.
Two Found Guilty
At Beach Monday
Ollie B. Jenks, Havelock. was
fined $5 and costi in Atlantic
Beach Mayor's Court by Mayor Al
fred Cooper Monday night.
Jenks was found guilty of break
ing glaaa bottles on the sidewalk!
at the beach
James A. Vickery, Cherry Point,
wot assessed coats tor using pro
toM language in pubbc.