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Beach (Continued from Pige 1) walk. It was placed next to the aeawall on the beach. The beach itself wasn't fit for swimmers Saturday or Sunday. Waves were still coming in strong on both days. On the beach were many slabs of concrete, large pieces of wood and miscellaneous debris. The con crete came from walks that were placed at the bottom of the steps leading from beach cottages to the beach itself. The Atlantic Beach Hotel had a few window screens blown out and shingles were blown off the roof. Water In Basements A tour of the beach on Saturday revealed that there was plenty of water on West Boardwalk. The homes of Harry Hill, Mr. Royall, New York, and Paul Scott, Green ville, had a great deal of water in their basements. Streets in Ocean Ridge were flooded and a great deal of debris was piled up along the beach front. In front of L. T. White's home there was a piece of piling and part of the Atlantic Beach Pier. Mr. White is from Raleigh. From the George L. H. White house west to the end of the sum mer colony, all of the homes lost their front steps. The home of J. Mcintosh Hen drick of Winston Salem lost sev eral shingles from the roof, and the last house at Ocean Ridge, for merly owned by a Mr. Bryan, lost all of the front yard. Another house, owned by Mr. Tilley of Dur ham, had water damage in the basement. The Atlantic Beach Let Ua Termite Proof Your New Construction We use the finest wood pre* servative, and guarantee our work against infestation from termites, beetles. Coastal Termite Control PHONE 2-933! Offlcc 311 Cedar St BEAUFORT, N. C. lifelines floated through Mr. Til ley'c pragi and out the back. Bulldozing to repair the damage in Ocean Ridge was started Satur day morning. From Durham Avenue to Salter Path Road the streets were flood ed with water. George Smith, su pervisor of maintenance and po lice officer at Ocean Ridge esti mated damage there at $25,000. Steps Gone The cottages east of the board walk all the way to Money Island Beach all lost the front steps leading down to the beach, and the sand dunes that were placed in front of these houses washed away. Greenville Street and the East end of Bogue Boulevard were flooded, and bulldozers cut trench es to drain these streets on Sat urday. The K & W Apartments on Fort Macon Road lost their pier, and Hie road to the Dunes Club was flooded. Fort Macon State Park was closed on both Saturday and Sun day. At Club Colony there was some damage done to the shingles atop roofs and several TV antennas were ripped off. The Atlantic Beach Pier lost 100 feet off the end, and Triple Ess Pier lost part of its seawall which was used to safeguard its parking area. On the road leading to the beach from Morehead City most of the damage was from water which got as high as the edge of the road Several of the motels had shingles blown off, and the sign at Sonny's Motel was blown to the ground. Water was up to the entrances of Sonny's Restaurant, Moore's Mo tor Court, and in Capt. Chris's Service Station, but the water drained off Saturday. A plate glass window at Sonny's was blown out by the wind. Fleming's Pier was washed away, and large parts of Mom and Pop's Pier were also destroyed by the winds. Murphy Jenkins, police chief of Atlantic Beach, stated that his crew did a fine job during the time they spent on the beach, and he reported that damage was a lot less than he expected. The police were taken off the beach at 7 o'clock Thursday night, and they returned Friday after noon. Fire Extinguished Morehead City firemen answered an alarm Saturday night at 7:55 at the First Presbyterian Church annex. They extinguished the fire which was started in electrical wiring. Shelters (Continued from Page 1) single blasts rich time Broken circuits set the alarm off. Signs Damaged Friday morning three signs were on the street in front of Morehead City business establishments. The signs of the John I. Crump In surance Agency and Red Bird Taxi were blown down, and the sign in front of the Busy Bee Cafe was taken down when it loked as though it would fall. Capt. Buck Newsome. in ex plaining the high water on Bridges Street, which made it almost im possible to drive slong the street between 8th and 10th, said that it looks like that, "even when a dark cloud appears over the street." The West Beaufort Road remain ed closed yesterday because ap proaches were washed out. Roy Eubanks, Beaufort, esti mated damage to his Channel Apartment at $800. Rain beat in under the shingles and wet the insulation. The weight of the in sulation pushed out the ceiling which crashed to the floor. "And I had jqst gotten the apartments back Into shape after Haiel," he remarked unhappily. The east side of the roof of the home of H. J. Wetherington, 507 Fisher St., Morehead City, was blown away by Connie. Then the ceiling and the rock wool insula tion fell. Mr Wetherington also reported that his boat had sunk on the back shore. Three weeks ago his boat was rammed by another boat while he was fishing at Shackleford Banks and had sunk. He had the boat repaired and then along came Connie. Ropes were up in front of the Commercial National Bank on Arendell Street Friday after part of the glass front of the bank had fallen Thursday night. The rain evidently got into the wall and forced the glass off. Most of the dealers in TV sets in Morehead City lost their an tennas. They were George's Radio and TV Service on 8th Street, Cal's TV, Economy Auto, Carteret Elec tronics, and Blanchard's Electric Service. Many liomes also lost an tennas. At Dick Parker's Car Harbor, the stand which housed the "Daily Special" was blown down. Trees Damaged Several large tree" limbs were torn down in front of the Charles S. Wallace home, Arendell Street, and another fell In front of Mrs. a fot gtmhlt ! Don't gamble with your future. Plan for that future now! A new home, new car. new appliances, a college educa tion for your children, or a nest egg for your retirement . . . these can be yours. First decide how much money you'll need, then open a savings account at First-Citizens Make regular deposits, and you'll see that a savings account at First Citizens. with generous interest, is an investment in the future that will fulfill your wishes Saving systematically at First-Citizens is no gamble . . . it's a secure investment in your future! Wi MVir fonit ti ConvinUnt !BumafUi U *MOREHEAD CltY , * BEAUFORT / *NEWPOrr ?MAVELOCK 'CHEWY POINT ond throughout North Carolina IRST -CITIZENS BANK STRIIST corns) m ^KAuto Dealer About Our Installment Loan Dept-Save Money! Minor Hurrican* Oomagt R?p*rt*d at Stat* Part The roof and part of the cinder block wall on a small boiler room belonging to Trumbull Asphalt Co. at the Port Terminal were destroy ed by the winds and rams of Hur ricane Connie. According to Walter Friederichs, assistant port manner, this was the extent of the damage at the terminal. There was no damage to tobacco Ind sugar in the ware home*. Mary Hughes' home at Arendell and 10th Streets. Mopping-up operations at the municipal building in Morehoad City were the rule rather than the exception during the three daya that evacuees occupied the build ing. Many of the refugees did the mopping up of the police office and the outer halls on the first floor. They also picked up trash that accumulated Part of Fire Chief Vernon Guth rie's pier near the shore on New port River was destroyed and Charlie Krouse's fruit stand on the causeway fell before the gale. The stand was completely flat tened. Skip Seeks Refuge M/V Julius H. Barnes heading from Carteret, N. J. to 'Boca Grande, Fla. tied up at the state port yesterday to wait out Hurri cane Diane. S. S. Atlantic Explor er, scheduled to dock here over the weekend did not arrive. , MADE-TO-MEASURE WROUGHT WON RAILINGS I- COLUMNS Plain and fancy designs. All aaate rials used are eel Id Irea with rust resistant finish. FREE ESTIMATES MICRO MACHINE CO. Phone 6-4919 Located 6 Miles West of Morehead City, Highway 24 Mayor Cooper Explains Status Atlantic Beach, Aug. IS ? Mayer A. B. Cooper uid today that persons owning ocean-front proper ty at Atlaatic Beach wi^pow have to make their own decisions regard ing safety of their property. Mayor Cooper, commentiag on the fact that Diane is on the way. ??id that the town of Atlantic Beach has investigated every way poasible to save both public and private property, beeauae Connie has taken away many of the dunes built up after Haiel and there are now few dunes to keep hlfh water away from ocean front homes. He said that through efforts of the governor's office, Raleigh. General Nobles of Camp Lejeune contacted him today and Colonel Davis and four of his engineering staff surveyed the situation at the beach. The Marines were ready to rush in bulldozers and men but after looking the situation over, de cided that emergency measures would be no barricade against the ocean. Mayor Cooper said that a dune, pushed up this morning, had dis Thompson's Fishing Pior Snack Bar Burglarized' The snack bar and tackle shop at Thompson's Fishing Pier, Em erald Isle, was broken into Sunday night. Sheriff Ilugh Salter said that Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell was in vestigating. Early yesterday morn ing H was believed that a lew car tons of cigarettes may have been taken. ? appeared by this afternoon. Even if Diana doesn't hit here, tidea will be higher than usual, the mayor pointed out In view of this fact Mayor Cooper saitT" that he can no longer offer advice to property-owners, especial ly those whose property is in low spots. "They will have to make their own decisions as to moving furniture out of their cottages. I wish we could do something more but we have explored every possi ble way to protect property in the immediate future and can find no solution," the mayor concluded. Loses License Edward Abramofsky of Cherry Point lost his license when he was found guilty of his second offense of drunken driving recently at Carteret County Recorder's Court SECURITY SERVICE SAVINGS DIVIDENDS REDUCE INSURANCE COSTS .10% - 40% Mutual Insurance Agency 8. A. CHALK, JR. C. W. SL'MMERLIM MRS. E. C. PHILLIPS MISS JEAN BOWLES FIRST-CITIZENS BANK BUILDING Phone 6-3103 Morehead City Falling Trees Damage Home One of the most badly battered homes in Morehead City, thanks to Hurricane Connie, was the H. H Finer residence at 1008 Bridges St.. where two trees were uprooted, the front fence badly ripped .up. and part of the porch roof destroyed. An oil drum at the side of the house was thrown into the alley way by high winds. Two other trees were cut down when it seemed that they too were about to fall. The TV antenna was knocked down, but has since been replaced. According to Mrs. Piner, the back part of the roof was partially damaged and the rains came into the house. She stated that the first ; tree came tumbling down at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday night, and the second one was uprooted at 12:30 Friday afternoon. ? I M c I 1 ? ? ? ?KSK?v'f, 1 58 00 Q PINT 4/5 SQ20 QUART S TIAI OLD KINTUCXT STIAIOMT :St Hm Rk ky hd Distill*?* C*.imc r?AMK/o?r,n | j Thanks Expressed Prank itpllowell, Red Croaa d| rector from Goldsboro, expiensel thanks yesterday to restaurant! grocers and milk dealera who wef able to supply the Red Cross wi| food during the atorm. See Us For oncre/e B/ocks ? SAND ? GRAVEL ? CEMENT ? MORTAR CEMENT ? WATERPROOFING PAINT Concrete Steps Septic Tank Lids Cement Drain Tile Ornamental Products Morehead Block & Tile Co., Inc. Highway 70 West Phone 6-3970 t There's no'bu/like a ,he Best Buy in ,own ? 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