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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE ?04 AraaMl St. cit, ?-41 75 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES '?? 44th YEAR, NO. 62. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MOREHEAD UlTY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY^ In th> Spotlight 'Country Architect', with Son , Gives Carolina Good Buildings With i twinkle in his blue eyes, he c*ll> himself a "country archi tect," but Burett H. Stephens of Beaufort, who has Just passed hi* 83rd birthday, has designed build ings in the major cities of this country and Asia. During the past five years since his son, Robert H. Stephens, joined him, their firm has designed and supervised construction of buildings valued at slightly under nine million dol lars. In addition to being a delight ful person, Mr. Stephens is inven tor and engineer as well as archi tect. At one time he held seven patents on mechanical devices and continues today to hold a patent on refrigeration equipment he de Burett Stephens signed for large meat - packing plants. He was born May 19, 1872 of Scotch-Irish pa rents in Ottawa, Canada. His fa ther was Ameri can-born. When Bureit was a small cnna, me iam iiy moved to Chicago. He attended Chicago Public School* and Ar mour Institute, now the Illinois School of Technology. Beginning as a free-lance drafts man, he worked for various archi tects, including Charles T. Freijs, D. H. Burnham and Co. and Louis Sullivan, all outstanding architects of their day. Designer in Steel Then followed work as a design er of steel structures with the American Bridge Co., mechanical engineer with Armour and Co., master mechanic and promotion to superintendent of power with. Lib by McNeill and Libby, a firm which has meat and fruit canning plants from coast to coast. Mr. Stephens recalls that one of the greatest obstacles in his early days in the profession was his ap pearance. He looked so young large firms hesitated to employ him. For example, when the National Biscuit Co. was formed at the turn of the century, they had an open ing for a general superintendent of construction. Burett. who was in his late twenties, made written application from Chicago to the New York office, enclosing rec ommendations from Armour and Co., Swift and Co. and a personal endorsement by a director of the National Packing Co. He received notice that he had been selected and was instructed to report in New York for duty as soon as possible. When he report ed to the office of the National Biscuit Co., a quick secret huddle was held by the powers-that-be and he was requested to resign. Since he had left another posi tion to accept this one, he would be paid six months' salary and ex penses to and from Chicago. He was curious enough to ask why and was told that although his age and experience were satisfac tory. he LOOKED too young and it was feared that older men, whose plants the firm would be taking over, would resent one so youthful in appearance. Mr. Stephens still recalls vividly that day in the office when he was fired the same day he showed up: "The man I was speaking to kept looking at me and then he went out. "One by one, three other men walked through the office, looked at me and left by various doora. Then the first gentleman came back, hemmed and hawed awhile and finally asked me to resign. He explained that the other men who came through thr office were di rectors of the company and they believed too thyt I looked too young for the Job." But young Stephens refused the six months' salary. "I was always taught I had to work for what I got, and that salary wasn't mine." Back to Chicago ? So he hied himself back to Chi cago to look for another job. Aa a young man with a creative bent, he patented ? machine to maas produce comb* and collar but tons. This was darfag the period he was employed by Armour and Co. The combs and collar buttons were made fraaa animal bones. The collar button waa a boon to the male who uaed to spend half his time looking far it under the dreaaer. Mr. Stephens' button was square on the back and Just couldn't roll. He also invented and patented another machine for assembly-line skinning of pork fstbacks. an op eration which saved many dollars through masa production It was to Mr. Stephens thst the company referred the suggestions made by employees ss to mechsni csl improvements. Mr Stephens went over the Idea with the work man and they'd go to the machine shop to see what could be worked out II the Idea bad merit, the pa tent waa obtained in the work man's name and the company gave him a bonus far his contribution to the industry. While working lor Llbby Mc NaiU and Ubby, the yoong laveo Burett H. Stephens tor obtained a patent on the first machine to mechanically remove the seed from olives and refill the space with red pepper in mass production. Obtains Patent in '23 In 1923 he secured a patent on a refrigeration system that re duced the cost of cold storage buildings approximately 30 per cent by using the unused area be tween columns in large coolers in place of old style overhead bunk ers for the refrigerating units. This system is' in use today in many large packing plants. As ^ young man, Mr. Stephens reo?iv?4 his license to practice architecture in Illinois and en tered private practice in 1897 at the age of 25. He arted as archi tect on various types of buildings including office buildings, cold storage, warehouses, refineries and acid plants in various states, for Armour and Co., Swift and 'Co., Morris and Co., and other cor porations. . . . arcmieci. engineer, inventor He opened a branch office in Wilmington, N. C., in 1903. He built a sulphuric acid and fertili zer plant there and a cottonseed oil refinery at Charlotte. These projects were his introduction in North Carolina and were followed by an apartment building, two schools, three theatres and sev eral residences in Wilmington. He was then engaged as an ar chitect and engineer by Miss Mary Bridgers, who developed Carolina Heights, a suburb of Wilmington. This project included ifi homes, water and stwer systems as w?U as streets frncf sidewalks. A* a re sult of those projects, assignments as architect were received for in numerable residences in Raleigh, Fayetteville, New Bern and other nearby cities. Then followed, through all east ern Carolina, schools, banks, thea tres and commercial buildings. See Better Buildings, Pg. 3, Sec. 2 Morehead City Town Board Re-Routes Guthrie Drive Rerouted Wednesday night, by action of the Morehead City Town Board, was Guthrie Drive in the western put of Morehead City. The south part of the drive, which entered Arendell Street, has been closed and the drive turm east and connects with Bonner Avenue which in turn runs south to Arendell. The re-routing was requested by Edward Dixon, Morehead City, who is building a 30-unit motel on Arendell Street Just south of the new section of Guthrie Drive. Con struction on the motel is sche duled to start this week. Mr. Dixon said that motel con struction could not proceed be cause Guthrie Drive, before it wis changed, cut right down through the middle of the motel site. Dissenter Appears All property owners in the area, with the exception of one. James Hux. agreed to the street change. Mr. Hux said that he didn't object to the street re-routing but he didn't Vant the rear of a motel bordering his property on the south. The board pointed out that a motel can be built in a residen tial section, according to the zon ing law and that the hearing was not for the purpose of considering a zoning law but considering the street change. Drawings Shawn Mr. Dixon showed drawings which indicated that the rear line of the motel would be 20 to 30 feet away from Mr. Hux's property The board approved placing of a street light in an alley in square 32, between 18th and lBth StrecU. Referred to the State Highway Commission was a request by Ro bert Howard, White's Ice .Cream and Milk Co., for a crossing serosa the railroad at 25th Street. Recorder's Court Judge Herbert Phillip* told the hoard that many motor vehicle violators say they do not see the stop sign on 24th Street at Arendell as they come off the beach bridge. Mayor Oeorge Dill pointed out ?hat a new. large reflector stop sign has been placed there. Judge Phillips said a blinker light or tw? stop signs are needed. Mayor DiU suggested that a short distance south of the stop sign another sign, Stop Sign Ahead, be placed. Judge Phillips said he thought that would help. ^ Request Tabled Tabled until an investigation can be made was a request by Jo siah Bailey for reimbursement on repairs to his car. Mr. Bailey said that he caused $80 damage to hit car when he mn over a manhole July 25 in an alley between Bridges and Arendell Street in the 1500 block. A new chassis for the garbage load packer was bought. Low bid der was Sound Chevrolet, More head City. The board met in special session to hear the road re routing mat ter. Mayor Pro-Tem Ted Garner presided until the mayor arrived. All commissioner* were present. Newport Rotary Hears Ted Davis Ted Davis, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce. gave a talk. Creating the Right Climate, at the Newport Ro tary Club meeting Monday night at the Community Building. Mr. Davis, introduced by pro gram chairman. Derryl Garner, spoke on creating the right climate in this area for industry, tourists and business, and said that it was necessary te .create this climate both mentally and psychologically. He mentioned the Southern Rail road's proposed acquisition of the AfcEC as being a tremendous boost to business and industry, a well as tourists in Morehead City and Carteret County. ? In closing his talk, Mr. Davit said that the right climate eould be attained bat that "by the yard it's hard, by the inch it'i a cinch." Guests at the meeting included Morehead City Marians Clyde Carr, Gerald Mitchell. Truman Kemp. Albert OMkUl and Bob Howard, and New Bern Rotarlans A. T. Jackadn, Ernest Smith and Jim Meniua. ' Two Cars Collide On Highway M Driver Pays $25, Costs; Other Driver Suffers Broken Shoulder Mrs. Hattie Cameron Smith, At kinson, was fined $25 and costs by Judge Lambert Morris in County Recorder s Court yesterday morn ing when she was found guilty of failing to grant the right of way, resulting in an accident. The accident occurred at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of highway 24 and the Nine-Foot Road. Mrs. Smith, who was proceeding toward Morehead City, was report ed to have made a left turn in front of a vehicle driven by Mrs. Esta Wicker. Hamlet. Mrs. Wicker was headed toward Swansboro. Mrs. Smith, on the witness stand, said she was so intent in looking for the sign pointing toward the Nine-Fo?t Road that she did not see Mrs. Wicker's car approaching from the east. Mrs. Wicker suffered a broken right shoul ier and was taken to Morehead City Hospital in the Dill ambulance. Damage to the Wicker car. a 1952 Plymouth, was estimated by State Highway Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. at $300, and damage to the Smith car. a 1952 Dodge, was estimated at $150. Funeral Rites For Principal i Held Yesterday Funeral services for Gary T. Win dell, 80, were conducted at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the First Baptist Church. Morehesd City. Mr. Windell. who resigned the principalship at Morchead City High School in May, died from self inflicted pistol wounds early Wed nesday morning. Coroner Leslie D. Springle said that Mr. Windell was discovered by his wife soon after 7 a.m. He was seated in a chair on the front porch of their home at 1811 Bridges St The coroner estimated time ft death at about 4 o'clock In the morning. Friends of the former school Gary T. Windell . . . burial la SMtk Carollaa principal said that he waa known to be extremely deapondent at timea. The bullet wounda, in hia chest and head, were inflicted with a .45 calibre service revolver which he uaed while In service during the firat world war. No meaaage, giv ing a reason [or hia takiag hia life, waa found. Neither neighbors nor Mra. Wlndell heard the shots Succeeded H. L. Jtalya Mr. Windell succeeded H. L. Jos lyn, present county auperintendent of schools, as principal of the Morehead City School in 1947. He received hia bachelor'a degree at Furman University and held a mas ter's degree frwn Eaat Carolina College. He waa Mown throughout the state among educators. He held district offices in the North Carolina Education Aaaocia tion and retired this year as head of the prineipala' division of NCEA He l Ian served aa vice-president of the state organiiation. Mr. Windell waa planning to Hee FUNERAL, Page 4 Tide Table Tide* at the Beaafkrt Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Aug- 8 0:18 a.m. 3:18 a.m. 9:20 p.m. 3:23 p.m. Saturday, Au*. 4 0:58 a.m. 3:80 a.m. 8:M p.m. 3:88 P m Sunday, Alf 7 10:82 am. 4;J0 a.m. 10:18 p.m. 4:38 p.m. Maaday, Au(. 8 11:18 a.m. 4:40 a.m. 11:23 p.m. 5:18 p.m. Taeaday, A a*. 9 5:24 a.m. 12X? p.m. 8 08 p.m. Board Names Guy Springle To Head Police Department Bottoms Up! ^ IJhoto by Jerry Schumacher The HoMyn, cabin cruiser owned by H. W. (Hob) Anderson of Wilson, lies upside down after being overturned in a freak accident during a thunder squall last Thursday night. The boat was tied up behind the home of S. H. Anderson, 2503 Evans St. None of the gear aboard was lost. Other boats within 10 feet of the Iloblyn re named right aide up during the storm. Curb Market Sets A/ew Sales Record Last Month Two Teen-Agers Catch Shark Canficld Willis and Carl Ed wards, two Morehead City teen agers. caught a 7-foot ISO-pound black-tip shark Monday night at sundown while fishing in a small skiff lust off the former city dock in.Morehead City. The boys pulled the shark in at the dock after an hour-long bat tle. The shark was still alive when brought ashore It was killed and then towed back and thrown into the sea. Countians Win Awards at Base J. C. Morgan, Morehead City, and B. S. Pond, Davis, civilian su pervisors of the receiving section and the salvage and .scrap units at Cherry Point - Marine Air Sta tion, have been honored for their record of no lost-time accidents to themselves or employees under their supervision for one year. An award consisting of a certi ficate signed by the Commanding General, MCAS, and a lapel em blem indicating the number of years of accid?nt-free supervision were presented them at recent ceremonies. Mr. Morgan received his award for 1954, and Mr. Pond's award was for 1053-54. Awards were presented to civil ian employees from their depart ments for ao lost-time accidents. One of these went to M. Garner, Newport, for 1953 and 1954 in the packing section. M. E. Gould, Newport, was hon ored It the ceremony as one of six civilian track drivers with an accident-free record. Town Clerk Submits July Financial Report to Board Beaufort collected *2.423.30 in business license fees in July, ac cording to the financial statement submitted bjr Dan Walker, town clerk, to the town commissioners at Monday night's meeting. Tax collections far the current and prior years amounted to t4.M7.2S. Other collect! ona showed $875.98 from the parting meters. 1873.43 in Uquor store allotment and (283 from miscellaneous thinga such sa equipment rental and motor ve hicle license*. Opening Scheduled James H. Davia. cashier of the First-Cltlaena Bank and. Truat Co Beaufort, announces that the for mal opening of the remedied bank will Ui place from ? to ? PA. nest Friday, Aug. 11. ? A new record was potted by the Carteret County Home Demonstra tion Curb Market, 13th and Evans Street, Morehead City, during the month o I July when a grand total of 93.994.Al worth of fruits, veg etables, flowers and bgked goods were sold- ? The curb maHtet, founded in 1931, topped its previous high by over $250. and thii total in July was $500 higher than the total for the same month in 1954. Vegetables topped the list with $2,059.43 in total sales. Four la. dies seU all tlie baked goods at the market and their total in July was $705.25. Mrs. Beatrice Pittman, Merri mon, was the high seller during 'he month with a total of $726. The curb market operates from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday and Saturday. From 15 to 20 farm women, in their spic and span white dresses, bring into the mar ket dewey fresh products. Miss Alice Laughton, Crab Point, who sold on the market the very first day It opened, is chairman of the market. Mrs. M. M. Eubanks. Beaufort, RFD, is co-chairman, and Mrs. Abbott Morris, Camp Glenn, secretary-treasurer. Curb market sellers attractively package their products in plastic bags as they are sold. Some cus tomers forget, however, that plas tic is not a substitute for refrigera tion and the farm women caution their customers that products so wrapped should be treated the same aa if they were in paper bags. The group meets quarterly for business meetings or at the call of the chairman. August Brings Heat, Little Wind Temperatures continued in the high 80 s and low 90 s as the month of August ws? ushered in this week. According to E. Stamey Davis, weather observer, the high was re corded Wednesday when the mer cury rose to 91 degrees, and the low was registered Tuesday with a reading of 7S degrees. Light breezes did little to cool the atmos phere A slight tract of rain was re corded Monday. The high and low temperatures and wind directions for the first three days of the month are as follows: Max. Mia. Winds Monday 88 70 E Tuesday 90 75 SW Wednesday 81 77 WSW Eight thousand parsons visited Fort Macon State Park last week end. Sunday's attendance was 4,400. The park will close Monday, Sept. 5, Labor Day. Former Beaufort Officer Receives Top Position Guion (Guy) Springle was appointed Beaufort policc chief at the monthly meeting of the Town Board of Com mission er? Monday night at the town hall. Mr. Springle, now a lieutenant in the Morehead City Police Department, will take over his new office by Aug. 15, according to R. M. Chaplain, police commitwioner of Beaufort, who recommended Mr.+ Springle. A total of 15 letters of application for the post were read by Dan Walker, town clerk, to members of the board. The new police chief is no stranger to Beaufort since he is a native of the town, having served on the Beaufort police force in 1947 for a short period and then again in 1930-51. resigning in July 1951 to accept a position with the Morehead City department. In September 1951 he was ap pointed a lieutenant on the More head City force, a post he has held until now Chief Springle lives at 110 Front St. He has had varied experience outside the law enforcement field, having worked as an iron worker, rigger, steeplejack and shipfittcr. He is married to the former Elizabeth Lewis of Beaufort. The appointment of Officers Carlton Garner, Mack Wade, and Steve Boachem was approved by the commissioners, subject to the approval and organizational classifi cation by the new chief. The salary of the new chief will be $3,750 annually. Policewoman Sought Hiring of a policewoman, whose sole duties would be to handle parking meters, was discussed. The board decided that she would have the following qualifications: She should be able to type, be between 25-40, bondable, high school grad uate, and no shorter than 5 foot 3. Salary will be $35 per week for a 44-hour week with uniforms fur nished. The commissioners voted to trade in the police car on a new Plymouth Plaza six-cylinder auto mobile with standard tfintmissltifl. Chief Guy Sprlnglc . . . back home Paul Motor Co. wai the successful bidder. Only other firm In the county that sent in bids was Sound Chevrolet. Morehead City. Commissioner James D. Rumley suggested that the town trade the police car every 12 months, instead of waiting as they did in this in stance (or 18 months. Loadlag Zone The board voted to make a load ing tone (or George Garner on Live Oak Street near Ann, with the lone to start 30 feet from the corner on Live Oak Street and to extend for 30 feet. The budget, as set up at the June meeting, was approved. The tax rate was set at >2 per $100 of personal property and real estate, with (3.80 for sewer service per connection. Owner* of male dogs will pay ft. and owners of female dogs will pay <2, and a poll tax of (1 was also set up. Of the $2 tax rate, half will go for the general fund, and the other dollar to pay off the town debt. Sonde Retired Mr. Walker announced that the town had retired tl 1.000 worth of bonds that are due in 1974. He told the commissioners that the town had saved 1800 in principal Bee BOARD, Page 8 Port Calendar Barge B!l!t ? Made two tripa, one on Tuesday and the other Wednesday , carrying loa^s of jet fuel to Cherry Point Irom Avia tion Fifel Terminals. 8.8. Spirit ef Liberty? Due in this weekend at the Aviation Fuel Terminal from Aruba with a cargo of jet fuel. MV Patella? Arrived Monday from Curacao at Trumbull Asphalt Co. with a load of asphalt. Left for Curacao Tues day morning. Kinston Lawyer Appears Before Education Board For two and a half hours Jesse Jones, attorney from Kinston, talk ed before the County Board of Edu cation Monday, telling members why they should alter their decision on schools Stella pupils shall at tend. The board listened but dm not change the ruling they made at its July meeting. The board has assigned children of the Stella scction to schools in Jones County at Maysville and Trenton. Some parents want to send their children to White Oak School in Onslow County. Mr. Jones contended that the board of education should let children go to any school they want. John Lnrkins, Trenton, repre senting the interests of Jones Coun ty, also attended the meeting. The controversy over which schools the children should attend started several years ago when, ac cording to H. L. Joslyn. county su perintendent of schools. Onslow County without authority sent ? school bus into the Stella section of Carteret. The board agreed to offer for sale 200 feet of unused property at the rear of the Smyrna teacher age Insurance on the new -ccbool buildings in the county was dis cussed. R. W. Safrit, chairman of the board presided. All members, D. Mason, Atlantic; Theodore Smith, Davis; W. B. Allen, Newport; and George R. Wallace, Morehead City, were present. Oil Truck Upsets; Driver Uninjured Eric Hill. Beaufort, escaped In jury when the Sinclair tank truck he was driving turned over at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 24 seven miles west of Morehead City. Hill was headed toward Swana boro with a full load of kerosene and as he rounded a slight curve met a truck and auto coining to ward him abreast. He told State Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes that he either had to "split 'em down the middle" or leave the road. He went off the right, loat con trol of the truck and swerved over to the left of the highway where the truck ended on its top. Hill, thinking the kerosene might catch fire, scrambled out of the cab as fast as he could, but th? kerosene didn't explode. Some ot It was loat, however. The truck, a 1992 Chevrolet, wai extensively damaged. It was carry ing 1,200 gallons of kerosene. No charges were preferred. The car and pick-up meeting the oil truck continued on their way. Patrolman Sykes said a witneaa to the accident described the inci dent Just as Hill did. Baptists to Add To New Building; Bid* on the second story to thi recently-constructed Flrit Baptist Sunday School building, Beaufort, were opened Tuesday night. Rec ommendations of the building com* mittee will be submitted to the con gregation at the Sunday morning service. When the second floor 1* put on. a balcony will also be added in tl? church sanctuary. Bidders on the general contract were W. C. Flowers and Hay Ra? tom. Beaufort, and O. C. Lawrence, Bettie. Low bidder was Lawrence. Bidden on plumbing and heat ing were Pearaon. New Bern; Be? fort Plumbing and Heating, and Stallings and Whitehurst. Stalling! and Whitehurst were low bidden. Total coat of the work la esti mated at *31.000. Plana were draw* by the B. H. Stephana firm. New Bern.