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44th YEAR, WO. 67. TWO SECTIO^ TIN PAGES . MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 19. 1965 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Second Batch of Vaccine Arrives
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S. A. Chalk Jr. Fills
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County Board Vacancy
Skinner A. Chalk Jr., Morehead
City, has been appointed to the
founty Board of Commissioners,
succeeding Dr. K. P. B. Bonner.
The appointment was made Fri
day by A. H. James, clerk of Su
perior Court. Mr. James said. "I'm
very pleased that Mr. Chalk ac
cepted the position. I am sure
his presence on the board will
prove beneficial to county officials
and I am reposing confidence and
trust in his abiljty to serve the
people of Carteret County."
Mr. Chalk, a native of Morehead
City, attended Morehead City
School, The University of William
and Mary, Georgetown University.
University of North Carolina, and
received his degree in 1936 from
Duke University. He also attended
the John Marshall School of Law
in Atlanta.
From 1936-1944 he worked for in
surance companies in Boston. Chi
cago, High Point. Charlotte, Rich
mond, Washington, D. C., Spartan
burg, Atlanta, and Miami.
He served in the Army from
1M4-46 in the European theatre of
operations and while in England at
tended the University of Birming
ham.
Mr. Chalk returned to Morehead
City in 1946, and decided to spend
the rest of (lis life in his home
town.
His wife is the former Katherine
Heffner of Spartanburg. They have
three children, Katherine. 13 V4,
Skinner III, 10, and John, 6.
The new commissioner has been
in the insurance business since 1936
and now operates the Mutual Insur
ance Agency.
Mr. Chalk is a past president of
the Morehead Ci^fr Jaycees and the
Morehead City PTA.
Currently he is a member of the
Chamber of Commerce and the
First Methodist Church of More
head City.
Tkii year he sarved as president
of the North Carolina Association
of Mutual Insurance Agencies and
is a member of the management
and advisory committees of the na
tional association, as well as a mem
ber of the board of directors of the
state group.
Referring to his appointment,
Mr. Chalk said, "I consider it an
honor to serve on the county
board. I feel it's the duty of any
one, when called upon, to serve
in what capacity he can. I have
always taken this position in the
past when asked to serve on Jay
cee committees or in the church."
Chamber Officers
Express Thanks
The North Carolina Association
of Chamber of Commerce Execu
tives passed a resolution thanking
10 persons for making their recent
convention at Atlantic Beach a
huge success.
Those officially thanked were
W. L. Derrickson, owner-manager
of the Atlantic Beach Hotel; Ma
yor George Dill of Mdrehead City;
Leroy Guthrie, president of the
Carolina Queen Corp.; Jack Holt,
manager. State Port Terminal.
Capt Robert Howard, USMC,
Cherry Point; Dow Lassiter and
'Red' Willi*, operators of the
Gulf stream boat, Danco; Lock
wood Phillips, publisher, Carteret
New?Times.
Tea Davis, manager of the More
head City Chamber of Commerce;
guest speaker Harry Krusz. U.S.
Chamber of Commerce. Washing
ton, D. C., and guest speaker, Dr
John D. Messick, president, East
Carolina College, Greenville
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Davis were
especially thanked for their gra
ciousness and hospitality. Mr Da
vis is manager of tht Morehead
City Chambar of Ctmmgnt.
S. A. Chalk Jr.
. . . succeeds Dr. Bonner
NewSfate Beauty
To be Entertained
Here Next Week
A full week of fun is scheduled
for Miss Faye Arnold, newly
crowned Miss North Carolina,
when she arrives Sunday , at the
Morehead City Beaufort airport via
Piedmont Airlines.
The week's vacation at Morehead
City-Atlantic Beach, offered by the
Morehead City Jaycees, will start
with supper at the Sanitary Res
taurant Sunday evening after she
is greeted at the airport b; Mayors
George Dill of Morehead City and
C. T. Lewis of Beaufort, and Jay
cee officers of both Morehead City
and Beaufort.
Events on her tentative schedule
are a photography session at At
lantic Beach, a tour of Beaufort
and Fort Macon, a Gulf stream
fishing trip, a tour of down east,
a tour of Cherry Point Air Sta
tion, and many fine meals at the
restaurants of this area.
The full itinerary for her and
her party follows:
Monday, July 25 ? Breakfast at
Fleming's; photography session at
Atlantic Beach; lunch at Capt.
Bill's and supper as guest of the
Morehead City Jaycees.
Tuesday, July 2S? Breakfast at
the Atlantic Beach Hotel, touT of
Beaufort. Fort Macon, port termi
nal, lunch at Holden's Restaurant,
and supper at the Rex Restaurant.
Wednesday, July 17 ? Breakfast
at the Busy Bee Cafe; Gulf stream
fishing trip aboard the Blue Water,
and supper at Capt. Bill's.
Thursday, July Zi ? Breakfast at
Atlantic Beach Hotel and a tour of
down east including lunch and sup
per at the Sea Level Inn.
Friday, July 29 ? Breakfast at
the Rex, tour of Cherry Point Air
Station, and supper at the Blue
Ribbon Supper Club.
Saturday, July St ? Breakfast at
the Busy Bee Cafe and lunch at
the Sanitary Restaurant.
Miss North Carolina will also
play miniature golf against all
comers Monday evening at Sam
Guthrie's course at Atlantic Beach.
She will be admitted toi all mo
vies in Morehead City free and
will also be allowed to play all
the games at the Idle Hour Amuse
ment Center without charge.
Chairman of Misa North Carolina
Week is Hal Shapiro, Morehead
City Jaycee.
Two Charlea C onway*
The Charles Conway, charged
with aiding and abetting in lar
ceny In County Recorder's Court
last week is not the Charles W.
Conway of 2012 Fisher St., More
head City.
Governor Will
Preside When
Board Meets
First Session Monday Will
Be Preceded by Hearings
At Office Saturday
Gov. Luther H. Hodges, chair
man, vyill preside over the mid- |
summer meeting o^f the State Board i
of Conservation and Development I
at Morehead City Monday through >
Wednesday.
The governor will open the j
three-day meeting at 9 a.m. Mon
day in the board room of the ad
ministration building at the sec
tion base, C&mp Glenn. The Rev.
E. Guthrie Brown, rector, St. An
drew's Episcopal Church, More
head City, will pronounce the in
vocation.
Mayor George W. Dill of More
head City will deliver the address
of welcome and Charles E. Jenkins,
a board member from Ahoskie,
will give the response.
Oaths of office to recently re
appointed board members Charles
S. Allen of Durham, Robert M
Hanes of Winston-Salem, Leo H.
Harvey of Kinston, and Amos R
Kearns of High Point, and the new
member, F. J. Boling of Siler City,
will be administered by Associate
Justice Emery B. Denny of the
State Supreme Court.
The board will also elect a first
and second vice-chairman and a
secretary at its opening session.
The morning session will include
acliyity reports froru ft: jcctor Ben
t: Douglas of the beWtmeiit of
Conservation and Development and
his divisioaal heads.
Prior to the board's opening ses
sion Monday, its commercial fish
eries committee will hold two pub
lic hearings Saturday afternoon at
the section base. The committee
chairman is Cecil Morris of At
lantic.
The first hearing at 2 p.m. will
be on a proposal to mark off cer
tain sections of the southwest por
tion of Pamlico Sound where tak
ing of crabs in pots will be pro
hibited. The second, starting at 3
p.m. will be on the subject of clos
ing the Point of Marsh area to
oystering until seed oysters plant
ed there have attained their full
growth. Proponents and opponents
of both proposals will be heard.
Governor Hodges, board mem
bers and Mr. Douglas will be guests
of citizens of Morehead City at a
luncheon at the Blue Ribbon Club
Tuesday at 1 p.m. and at a fish
fry that evening at 6 with the
North Carolina Fisheries Associa
tion as host.
C. Gehrmann Holland, state fish
eries commissioner, and Mrs. Hol
land will be hosts to the Gover
nor at a social hour at their home
in Beaufort Monday from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m.
Town Clark Helps Firm
Scorch for Clara Hopton
Does anyone in these parts know
Clara Hopson or where she is?
Dan Walker, town clerk of Beau
fort. has been contacted by Tra
cers Company of America which
locates missing stockholders for
corporations.
According to the Tracers firm,
the last known address of Clara
Hopson is Beaufort. N. C. Mr. Wal
ker believes she may be a Ma
rine's wife. He asks that anyone
who knows her whereabouts con
tact him at the olerk'a office.
Beaufort town hall, phone 2-3551.
Agriculture Council Discusses
Better Marketing Methods Thursday
Better marketing methods for
county fanner* were discussed at
the meeting of the County Agricul
ture Workers Council on Thurs
day at the home agent's office,
Beaufort
C. 8. Mintx, diatrict farm agent.
Raleigh, atated that the people
must be organised by communities
in order to work out better mar
keting methods.
The group decided to enter the
"County of the Year" contest spon
sored by the Progressive Farmer
All persons with sn interest in
tobacco were urged to vote in the
floe-cured tobacco and Tobacco
Associates referendum on Satur
day, July 22.
David F. Jenes Jr., sdtl conser
vationist. and chairman of the
council, reminded the group of
Farm Safety Week. July 24 30.
The council decided to meet the
second Thuraday of each month at
the home agent's office. The next
meeting is Aug. 11 at S p.m.
Mrs. Floy Garner, home agent,
ia secretary to the council.
Attending the meeting were R.
Pun Moor*, area coaaervstiaMst
from Goldsboro, who is alao chair
man of diatrict 3 comprising 20
counties; M C. Holland, diatrict
supervisor Farm Home Admlnla
t ration. Goldaboro; C. S. Long, vo
cational agriculture inatructor,
Newport; Howard Garner, county
conservation aide.
I. M. Robbins. county FHA sup
ervisor, New Bern; R. M. Williams,
county farm agent; A1 Newaome.
aaaiatant county farm agent; Mr*.
Florence Cordova, vocational home
economics teacher, Morehead City,
and Mrs. David Beveridge, voca
tional home economics teacher,
BMUtort.
Dignitaries Attend Dedication
Eleven dignitaries at the dedica
tion of the Sea Level Methodist
Church Sunday, July 10, were,
front row left to right, the Rev.
Charles Wooten, former pastor;
John W. Rose, builder and mem
ber of the building committee; the
Rev. H. K. King, New Bern, dis
trict superintendent; Herbert Sal
ter. chairman of the building com
mittee; Mrs. Roland Willis, secre
tary-treasurer of the building com
mittee; Preston Williamson, build
ing committee member.
The two men in the middle row
are the Rev. L. A. Lewis, pastor,
center, and right is the Rev. C.
Maness Mitchell, a former pastor.
In the back row are James Sty
ron, left, Jasper Daniels, center,
and Thomas Styron, all members
of the building committee.
Much of the material to build
the church was donated and labor
was contributed by members. The
interior was finished in white by
boat builders of the community.
Photo by Roy Eubanks
Mr. Rose, who has helped build
three churches down east, is the
oldest member of the building com
mittee and recalls that the first
Methodist Church in Sea Level was
built in 1884 and had only six
members.
The church dedication signifies
that all costs of construction have
been paid. It was officially de
livered to the Methodist Confer
ence and accepted by the Rev. Mr.
King.
County Agent Comments
On Leaf Referendum July 23
AU li<b??n_.n.wer? in tbc coyi?-;?
ty are requested to keep in mind
the tobacco referendum coming op
Saturday, July 23.
The tobacco growers will have
an opportunity on this date to de
cide whether they want acreage
allotments and a 10 cents per acre
assessment to support Tobacco
Associates, Inc.
R. M. Williams, county agent,
made the following comment con
cerning the referendum:
If quotas are not approved by
two-thirds of the growers on the
23, there will be no support price
program during the years that
quotas are not into effect. Grow
ers will have three choiccs on
which they can vote. (1) They can
vote for a three year control, 1958
1957-1958. (2) They can vote for
quotas for only one year, 1956
(3) Or vote against quotas.
It has been recognized far and
wide that tobacco growers have the
soundest and most practical pro
gram of any other commodity
group of farmers. One of the prin
cipal reasons for success is the fact
that through organisation and team
work they have been able to work
out their own program. So long as
acreage controls are kept in lint
with consumption demands our
government will support tobacco
prices at 90 per cent of parity
Tobacco Associates, Inc. is the
best equipment tobacco farmers
have at their disposal to help in
the marketing of one-tnird of the
tobacco crop in foreign markets.
May I ask this question, "Is ope
third of your tobacco dollar worth
protecting?" Your future income
depends on the sound tobacco pro
gram with a strong export market.
Since World War II foreign
countries have increased their pro
duction three fold. The total pre
war annual production by all for
eign countries was 398 million
pounds. The 1954 production was
1,153 million pounds. Well organ
ised and adequately financed ef
forts are being made in some of
these countries to improve the
quality of leaf and increase the
yield per acre
As these efforts produce results,
our flue-cured tobacco will be
faced with increased competition
in world markets, both price and
See AGENT, Page t
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
HI(.H LOW
Tucaday, My 1?
7 58 a.m. 1:58 a.m.
8:18 p.m. 2:04 p.m.
Wednesday, inly 28
8:51 a.m. 2:43 a.m.
9:00 p.m. 2:M p.m.
Thuraday, July >1
9:44 a.m. 3:33 a.m.
10:01 p.m. 3:45 p.m.
Friday, Jul? 22
10:36 a.m. 4:17 a.m.
10:53 PA. 4 34 p.?
14- Year-Old Girl
Finds Lost Wallet
Fourteen-year-old Teddy Davis,
son ol Mr. and Mrs. Ted Davis,
More head City, thought he'd
stvn the last of his $22 at At
lantic Beach Saturday. He l06t
his wallet while on one of the
rides.
But yesterday morning, Mrs.
Guy Smith, 211 Fulford St.,
Beaufort, phoned Mr. Davis and
said that her daughter, Gloria
Faye, had found the wallet Satur
day night.
She said she made several
phone calls before locating the
right Mr. Davis.
Mr. Davis and his son went to
Beaufort, and sure enough, it was
Teddy's. They gave Gloria Faye
$4 reward and were extremely
happy to have recovered the lost
cash.
Mr. Davis is manager of the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce.
State Auditor
To Speak Here
Henry Bridges, state auditor,
will be the speaker at Thursday
night's meeting of the Morehead
City Rotary Club, according to an
announcement released Saturday.
At last week's meeting Eddie
Smithwick Jr., Gregory Lewis,
Bobby Lewis and Leo Simpson,
Morehead City, representatives at
Poys State in June were guests.
The club meets Thursday nights
at Fleming's Restaurant.
The boys thanked the club and
the other organizations, in town
who sponsored their trip to Chapel
Hill.
Visiting Rotarians at the meet
ing were Jim Fleming, Greenville;
Earl Bowen, Gettysburg, Pa.: Paul
DeRagon, Kutztown, Pa ; Weston
Reed, Thomasville, and R. T. Ham
let, Scarsdale, N. Y.
Cubs Visit Power Plant
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Photo by Jtrry Schumacher
Member* of the Cub Scoot Park 2S3 of Morehead City rewiily loured the Carol hu Power aad Light
Co. pilot la Morehead City. Looking at oae of the large Iraaaformen la the M at Mil aad Bridge* Street!
are Cah Scouts, George Stovall, manager of the company, who conducted the tour, tad doa awthaw.
Cub Scouts moklag the visit were bay Dlchlaaon Jr., Teddy Uee. Borden Wallace, Butch Simpson.
Charlea Sledge, Billy Coadie, Eugene Caafleld, BUly Kenay, Ernest Ballard, aad Uoyd NcCahe, dea
chief.
With them wan daa mothers. *ra. Charlaa Madge aad Mia. Uorfi R- WaUaco.
Health Department Begins
Polio Shots Today
Carteret received its second ?
batch of polio vaccine Saturday
and shots will be given in Beaufort
today and in Morehead City Thurs
day.
The county health department
has also released a schedule for
the remainder of the county. It ap
pears below.
The shots will be given in Beau
fort two days. Besides today, they
will be administered next Tues
day, July 26 Hours are from 9
a m. to 3 p.m. in the health office,
second floor of the courthouse an
nex, Beaufort.
The same hours will be kept in
Morehead City Thursday and a
week from Thursday. July 28 The
place is the Morehead City Hospi
tal annex, 9th Street.
Two days have been scheduled
for Beaufort and Morehead City
to allow persons who could not at
tend this week to get to the clinic
next week But parents are asked
to come this week rather than de
sccnd all at once on the nurses
next week.
Shots will be given only to first
and second grade children who re
ceived the first inoculation in the
spring at school. The shots arc
given without cost.
Schedule for other communities:
Wednesday, July 20
1 p.m. ? North River Negro
school
1:45 p.m. Mcrrimon Methodist
Church
2:30 p.m. ? Edwards Chapel,
South River
Friday, July 22
8 a.m. Herbert Styron's Store,
Cedar Island
8:45 a.m. Atlantic theatre
9:30 a.m. ? Primitive Baptist
Church, Sea Level
10 a.m.? Pittman's Store, Stacy
11 a.m. ? Johnny Davis's Store,
Davis
12:45 p.m. -Post off ice, Williston
1:30 p.m. ? Willis's Store, Smyr
na
2:15 p.m. Postofficc, Marshall
berg
3 p.m. ? Methodist Church,
Straits
Monday, July 25
8 a.m.- Harkers Island School
9 a.m. Gillikin's Groccry, Ot
way
9:45 a.m.? Gillikin's Grocery,
Bettie
10:45 a m. ? Conner's Store, Har
lowe
11:30 a.m.? Forester's Store, Mill
Creek
1 p.m.? Newport School
2:30 p.m. ? Murdoch's Store,
Wildwood
Wednesday, July 27
9 a.m. ? Stella Negro School
10 a.m. ? Odell Smith's Store,
Bogue
10:45 a.m. ? Methodist Church,
Broad Creek
1 p.m. -Salter Path School
Mrs. Leota Hammer, health
nurse, asks that parents arrive on
time with their children in the
rural communities because those
administering the shots are work
ing a close schedule and will not
be able to wait for late-comers.
Parents of every child in the
rural areas are being sent a letter
containing the schedule for shots.
Bond for Driver
Of Death Car
Set at $3,000
Elvin Gaskill, Stacy,
Killed Friday; John
R. Zimmerman Held
It will take $3,000 to get John
Russell Zimmerman, Stacy, out of
the county jail where he was
placed after Elvin Gaskill, 40, of
Stacy, was killed Friday afternoon.
Zimmerman was driver of a
1948 Buick convertible which
struck Gaskill at Ralph Pittman's
store at 1 :05 p.m. Zimmerman
has been charged with manslaugh
ter, driving drunk, speeding and
disregarding a warning sign. The
$3,000 bond figure was set yester
day by A. H. James, clerk of Su
perior Court.
State Highway Patrolman R. H.
Brown said that Zimmerman was
headed east on high* .y 70 and
failed to make a curve at Pitt
man's store. He ran off the right
shoulder of the road, struck Gas
kill as he was walking behind his
parked car, and skidded out on
to the highway again.
Gaskill was rushed to the Sea
Level Hospital by Ralph Pittman
where he was pronounced dead
upon arrival.
The funeral was conducted Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 at the Gas
kill home. The Rev. Kermit Far
low, pastor of the Pilgrim Holi
ness Free Grace Tabernacle, Har
kers Island, officiated.
He is survived by his wife, Mar
garet; a daughter, Sandra; two
brothers, William of Stacy, Telford
of Fernandina, Fla., and a sister,
Mrs. Myrtle Nelson of Stacy.
Gaskill's parked car was a 1953
Ford. Damage to it w?s estimated
at $300. Zimmerman's car traveled
60 feet after it struck Gaskill and
the automobile.
Gaskill died of a broken neck
and internal injuries.
Two witnesses to the accident
were James G. Taylor, Stacy, who
was riding with Zimmerman, and
Jesse Graham, route 2 Newport,
who was standing about 50 feet
south of the store.
Air Reserves
Arrive at Base
Cherry Point (AP)? Marine Air
Reserves from the eastern United
States have begun Operation Vigil,
their annual two-week summer
training here.
From nine states and the Dis
trict of Columbia the 2.740 week
end warriors arrived in propeller
and let planes Saturday and Sun
day at this big Marine air baae on
the North Carolina coast.
Pilots (lew their own planes.
Ground personnel arrived in Fly
ing Box Cars of Marine Aircraft
Group from Cherry Point and
Miami. Fie.
The MO officers and 12,180 en
listed men of the 12 fighter aquad
rons and seven air control squad
rons will be under the command
of Brig. Gen. A. F. Binney, com
mander of the Marine Air Re
serves. whose, headquarters is at
Glenview. Ill
Believe It or Not,
It Was Only 891
While folks sweltered in an op
pressive heat, E. Stanley Davis,
Morehead City, who keeps weather
statistics, looked at the thermome
ter yesterday at 1 p.m. and it read
"H9 degrees."
This is just one degree less than
the high for the year, 90 degreea
registered in June.
For people who could stay in it,
the southwest breete was refreah
ing -nd people in air-conditioned
buildings didn't even think a thing
ihout the heat until they started
home. ?
Draft Offico to CIom Two
Days; Warning Issued
The Selective Service office in
the courthouse annex, Beaufort,
will be cloaed tomorrow and Thurs
day and will reopen Friday morn
ing at 8:30 a.m.
All boys In the county must
register with the board within five
days after they reach their lMh
birthday, reminded Mrs. Ruby ft. ?
Holland, clerk, yeaterday. Many
young men In failing to register,
she add. .Jk
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