NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??<
44th YEAR, NO. 72. TWENTY PAG!
36 THREE SECTIONS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1965 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
School Opens ; 5,520
Pupils Start New Year
Chamber to Present New
Meter Plan to Town Board
Beaufort's Chamber of Com-'*'
merce will present to the town
board Monday night a proposal by
which it hopes to alleviate gripes
over the parking meters.
The project propones the passing
out of handbills with the heading
Welcome to Beaufort, followed by
this message:
To Our Friends and Customers:
In order to make your visit to
Beaufort more pleasant and con
venient the city council in cooper
ation with the Beaufort Chamber
of Commerce, has worked out the
following arrangement.
If your car is found in "Over
time" violation, the traffic officer
will drop a nickel in the meter
for you from "A Courtesy Nickel
Fund," and will leave an envelope
with the time and date listed. This
envelope is furnished you for your
convenience in repaying this nickel
to "The Courtesy Nickel Fund,"
thus eliminating the customary
fine. You may return this enve
lope with your coin to any police
officer or any merchant.
In the event your "Courtesy
Hour" elapses and you are again
in violation, the police officer will
issue a violation ticket for this
offense.
We hope you will visit Beaufort
often and you will cooperate with
our officials as explained in the
preceding paragraphs. This we be
lieve is a fair and reasonable ar
rangement and we hope you will
like it. Keep this fund active by
returning your envelope, with coin,
promptly.
Thank You ? Visit Us Often.
The small courtesy nickel ma
nila envelope also has a printed
message, stating that the vehicle
was found overparked. It requests
that the driver place a nickel in
it and give the envelope to the
nearest Beaufort merchant.
The Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce believes that this gesture
will be more haspitable than the
present system.
Summer Building
Totals $37,410
Building permits issued in Beau
fort from Jane 1 through Aug. 31
represented construction costs to
taling $37,410.
Permits issued in June were the
following: Otis Sharpe, to build
apartments on Queen Street,
$2,000; A. B. Hooper, build and
remodel Esso Service Station,
Front Street, $17,000; Hamilton
Furniture Co., alter building on
Live Oak Street, $1,000; Mrs. J.
W. Humphrey, repair dwelling on
Front Street, $2,500; Free Will
Baptist Church, alter church on
Turner Street, $10,000.
July permits: Harry Whitehurst,
alter dwelling on Ann Street, $2,
500; and Roscoe Miller, re-roof
dwelling on Broad Street $190.
August permits: W. E. Arring
ton, re-roof dwelling on Live Oak
Street, $270; T. H. Potter, repair
ts Sinclair Service Station, $200;
Miss Ella Davis, repair dwelling
on Front Street, $1,200; W. E. Ar
lington, re-roof dwelling on Front
Street, $350; and Mrs. Miry Sut
ton, alter dwelling on Queen
Street, $200.
Permits are Issued by Gerald
Woolard, building inspector.
Court Awards
Oysterman Tax
Refund of $16.04
Because he paid an oyster tax
"under protest" last year, B. A.
Oglesby, Newport route 2, got a
refund of $16.04 in Wake County
Superior Court last week.
The refund was for oyster taxes
collected from him from March
12 to March 90. 1094. Collected
by the state was 8 cents per bushel
on oysters taken from private beds.
By arror the regulation on the
fisheries regulation book, bad not
been included as statute, there
fore it could not be legally col
lected.
The 1955 legialature, however,
rectified the error, and made the
tax legal. Upon advice of his at
torney, B. A. Ogleaby paid the tax
but paid it under pretest
Representing Oglesby was
George W. Ball, Morehead City
attorney.
The attorney told Wake County
Superior Court officials that cen
tering was one of the most heavily
taxed industries He said there is
? tax of 4 cents a bushel on oyiters
taken from public beds, a dollar
an ten rent on private beds, a
fee of |8 for selling oysters in the
shells and a 123 fee for selling
! shucked oysters.
Officers Check
On Two Wrecks
Two Modlin Children Hurt
In Crash in Morehead
City Tuesday
Two accidents took place within
IS minutes Tuesday afternoon in
Morehead City and both were in
vestigated by Lt. Carl Blomberg
and Chief Herbert Griffin of the
Morehead City police department.
Two children were slightly hurt
in one of the accidents.
At 12:15 p.m. a car driven by
Mrs. Marge Knittel Todd, More
head City, collided with a vehicle
driven by Willie Jasper Chadwick,
route 1, Newport.
According to the investigating
officers, Mrs. Todd was driving a
1951 Studebaker north on 28th
Street and Chadwick was driving
his 1948 Ford west on Arendell
Street. Mrs. Todd stopped on the
railroad tracks and Chadwick was
driving behind another car on
Arendell Street. The car in front
of Chadwick turned left across the
railroad tracks, blocking Mrs.
Todd's view. Not seeing Chad
wick's car, she pulled out in front
of it.
Damage to Mrs. Todd's car was
estimated at S200. Both doors on
the right side were badly banged
up. Damage of $100 was done to
Chadwick's car on the left front
fender, light and grill. No charges
were lodged.
Curtiss Lee Johnson, Clewiston,
Fla.. was charged with failing to
yield the right of way, when his
cat. a 195Q Chevrolet, collided with
? IMS Studebaker pickup driven
by Carlton Johnson Modlin, route
1, Newport at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday
at 24th and Arendell Streets.
Johnson was traveling south on
24th street and crossed railroad
tracks and said that he didn't see
the Modlin vehicle coming east
on Arendell Street until too late
to stop because of the rain. John
son's car hit the Modlin vehicle
on the left front side with the
right front of his car.
Carlene Modlin, 4V4, and De tit
ans Modlin, 9, were injured in
the collision and taken to More
head City Hospital by an uniden
tified motorist. Carlene suffered a
cut on the forehead and De maris
had some bruises.
Auxiliary Policemen
Apply for CD Course
Newport auxiliary policemen
have applied for the Civil Defenae
Basic Police course. The courae
provides mail instruction on po
lice duties.
The auxiliary police force meets
each Monday night. Traffic direct
ing and accident report forma
were studied at a recent meeting.
Sgt. C. L. Teague of the State
Highway Patrol has been serving
as instructor.
Auxiliary officers are Doug Hen
derson, Alfred Henderson and
Mack Garner. Town officer is Dan
Bell.
In a downpour of rain Tuesday
youngsters rode busses and trudged
to school for the opening day of
the 1955-56 term. The number of
pupils this year totals 5,520, an
increase of 192 over the first-day
enrollment a year ago.
Elementary pupils number 4,
311 and high school, 1,209. These
numbers are expected to swell by
the end of the first week. Last
year the enrollment had jumped
by 100 at the close of the fifth
day.
H. L. Joslyn, county superinten
dent of schools, said the first day
of school "went along very well."
All teacher positions were filled
?temporarily at least.
Mrs. William Cherry, Morehead
City, is serving as home economics
instructor at Smyrna School until
another can be found. Mrs. Luther
Hamilton Jr. is serving as libra
rian at Morehead City School. Mrs.
Thomas Eure, Beaufort, is filling
a vacancy on the Camp Glenn fa
culty and Mrs. Norma Mason of
Atlantic is filling the 6th grade
vacancy at Morehead City School.
'Impossible' Done
At Beaufort, B. E. Tarkington,
principal, said "We did the im
possible again." Three hundred
children went into the new pri
mary building even though more
work is to be done on it.
He said the desks will have to
be moved out this weekend to al
low the builder to complete work
on the floor.
Enrollment by schools, elemen
tary, high school and then total,
follows: Atlantic. 311 - 81 - 392;
Smyrna, 380 - 155 - 535; Harkers
Island (elementary only) 236;
Beaufort, 868 - 248 - 1,116; Queen
Street. 371 - 184 - 555.
Morehead City, 716 - 342 - 1,
058; W. S. King, 234 - 56 290;
Camp Glenn (ele'.nontary only)
570; Salter Path (primary only)
27; Newport, 532 - 143 - 675; and
Stella. 66.
Mr. Joslyn said that "school bus
stations" have been put up along
Highway 70 by several Morehead
City businessmen. The stations,
sold by a firm at Raleigh, are
small shelters and painted on the
roof is the name of the business
man which bought it.
"We were hoping to have them
throughout the county, but tlwy're
not cheap," he said, "and those
who want to use them for adver
tising purposes would rather not
have them on the rural roads
where we need them most."
He added, however, that he
hoped more would be put up in
ihe county in the near future.
They furnish a place to protect
children from the rain.
New Residential
Area to Go on Sale
At 2 Tomorrow
Morehead Gardens. Carteret
County's newest residential .sub
division, will be sold at auction
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock,
weather permitting.
Sale of the 44 lots in the prop
erty was to have taken place last
Saturday, but was postponed be
cause of rain.
The property is situated north
of Bridges Street. Morehead City.
During the last war it was used
as a rifle range by the Coast
Guard.
Two weeks ago another auction
o< property, part of an area desig
nated as Mitchell Village, took
place. The lots lay along the rail
road weat of Morehead City. It
was reported that all lots put up
for sale were disposed of.
Three Specialists
Will Appear
At Heart Forum
Meeting Will Begin at 3
Wednesday Afternoon
At Morehead School
Specialists at the heart sympo
sium Wednesday in Morehead City
School auditorium will be Dr. Her
bert O. Siker of Duke University,
Dr. Emery C. Miller Jr., of Bow
man Gray Hospital, Winston-Salem,
and Dr. Will Camp Sealy. in charge
of thoracic surgery at Duke Hos
pital.
The time of the forum has been
changed from 4 to 3 p.m. The pro
gram is being sponsored to ac
quaint persons with the symptoms
and behavior of heart disease.
Physicians of the Second Medical
District will attend They are co
sponsors of the meeting with the
North Carolina Heart Association
and the Carteret County Heart
Committee.
Heading the county heart com
mittee is Dr. Theodore Salter,
Beaufort. Members of the program
committee for the coming meet
ing are Dr. M. B. Morey and Dr.
S. W. Hatcher, Morehead City, and
Dr. Luther Fulcher, Beaufort.
The North Carolina Heart Asso
ciation highly endorses the pro
gram as an opportunity for lay
men to become acquainted with
heart disease, the No. 1 killer.
Each of the three speakers will
talk 30 minutes and then will
answer questions.
Persons who wish to have ques
tions answered at the forum may
mail their questions to THE
NEWS-TIMES. Plans are being
made to have the program broad
cast.
Following the afternoon forum,
which is open to the public, there
will be a reception for the doc
tors at the Blue Ribbon Club. A
banquet will follow and then scien
tific discussions on heart disease
will take place.
Several civic organizations are
joining in sponsorship of the af
ternoon forum and asking their
members to attend.
Dairy Show Will
Start Wednesday
The fourth annual Coastal Jun
ior Dairy Show will take place in
New Bern Wednesday and Thurs
day. 4 H Club boys and girls and
F1IA members in Beaufort, Cra
ven, Carteret, Jones, Onslow, and
Pamlico counties are training and
grooming their calves for this
show. All calves must be blood
tested.
A certificate must be presented
at the show indicating that the
calf is free of both TB and Bangs
diseases. All animals should be
at the show barn by 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday afternoon. Calves will
be judged by the Danish system
and participants in the show will
receive a cash prize which is ex
pected to cover expenses in tak
ing the calf to the show.
One of the highlights of the
show will be a banquet which will
be given at 6:15 p.m. in the Moose
Manor Building, Kinston Road,
Wednesday afternoon. All club
boys and girls and their parents
are invited to attend the banquet.
Entertainment will be provided.
The county farm agents in each
of the above-mentioned counties
are urging *11 boys and girls who
have calves, and their parents, to
cooperate in making this one of
the best shows held during the
past four years.
Ministers Suggest Vesper Service
As Time for Baccalaureate Sermon
County ministers adopted a re#
olution on baccalaureate sermons
at their meeting Tuesday morning
in the Morehead City Civic Cen
ter, and elected new .officers.
The resolution requests that
schools of the county "do not
schedule their commencement ser
mons on a Sunday morning at 11
o'clock.
In a letter forwarding the reao
lution to H. L. Joalyn, county sup
erintendent of schools, the secre
tary, the Rev. E. Guthrie Brown,
said that members of the associa
tion (eel a Sunday evening hour
would be preferable and make for
greater community participation.
The Rev. Mr. Brown, rector at
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,
Morehead City, waa elected pres
ident of the organisation, suc
ceeding the Rev. 1. D. Young, pas
tor of Ann Street Methodist
Church, Beaufort
Elected vice-president was the
Rev. M. P. Garner, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, Davis; sec
retary, the Rev. W. T. Roberson,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Beaufort; and treasurer, the lev.
Samuel S. Moore, pastor of Frank
Lin Memorial Methodist Church,
Morehead City.
The Rev. Mr. Garner succeeds
the Rev. A. h Benton, pastor of
the Marshallberg and Woodvtlle
Baptist Churches. The Rev. Mr.
Moore is serving his second term
as treasurer.
The date of the monthly meet
ing was changed from the first
Tuesday to the Monday following
the second Sunday. The next meet
ing will be Monday, Oct. 10.
Two new members were admit
ted to the association. They are the
Rev. J. T. Fisher, pastor of the
Methodist Church at Salter Path,
and the Rev. C. R. Teddar, pastor
of the Holiness Church at Broad
Creek.
A radio and program committee
was appointed as follows: the Rev.
Mr. Young, chairman; the Rev. C.
Edward Sharp, rector of St Paul's
Episcopal Church, Beaufort; the
Rev. Albert Harris, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, More
head City; the Rev. J. H. Waldrop,
pastor of the Newport Methodist
Church; and the Rev. R. Paul Par
ker. pastor of the Otwsy Chris
tian Church.
Tide Table
Tides it the Beaalert Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Sept. ?
1:14 a.m. 7:17 a.m.
1:48 p.m. 8:35 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 1*
2:21 a.m. 8:45 am.
2:55 p.m. 8:43 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 11
3:34 a.m. 8:56 a.m. |
4:08 p.m. 10:41 pjn.
Monday, Sept. 1Z
4:43 a.m. 10:86 a.m.
5:10 p.m. 11:34 p.m. I
Tueaday, Sept. II
5:44 a.m. ll:jl a.m.
8:07 p.m.
Fir* Prevention Menage
Hoping to promote (ire preven
tion, Newport firemen have con
tacted a business firm there rela
tive to sponsoring a (ire preven
tion menage on 1857 calendar*.
B. T. Smith Jr.. (ire chle(, aaid
calendar* (or the coming year
have already been printed, there
fore the suggestion was submitted
(or 1857. '
Two Trawler Collisions
Occur in Neuse Monday
Jasper Bell Heads
State Barbers
Jasper Bell, Morehead City,
was clected president of the
Associated Master Barbers of
North Carolina at the 27th an
nual convention of the group in
Durham this week.
The association voted once
again tr sponsor the drive for
funds for crippled children
which features the barbers' giv
ing one day's profits to the drive.
Last year $7,000 was realized
through the association's efforts.
The new president is a past
president of Morehead City Jay
cees, was winner of the Jaycee
Man-of-the-Year award this year,
heads the town's Finer Carolina
program and is a member of the
Morehead City Town Board.
Thomas B. Mann
Pays $200 Fine
In County Court
Thomas Ball Mann was fined
$200 and costs and ordered to pay
$183 to F W. Taylor to reimburse
him (or damages to his car. Mann
pled guilty to driving drunk and
having no operator's license be
fore Judge L. R Morris in County
Recorder's Court Thursday, Sept.
1.
He was given a suspended one
year sentence on the roads on the
condition that he remain sober
and on good behavior for three
years.
Guy Calvert Hart was fined $75
and costs instead of three months
on the roads when he pled guilty
to careless and reckless driving.
Pays <30, Costs
John Arthur Greer was fined
950 and costs and given a three
months' suspended roads sentence
on conditio), that he remain aober
and on good behavior for two
years. He was found guilty of be
ing drunk and disorderly in a pub
lic place and attempting to break
in a ladies rest room.
Joe Gillikin was fined $25 and
costs when found guilty of driv
ing w.thout a valid license. He
was found not guilty of driving
drunk and hit and run driving.
Ralph W. Boughton was fined
$25 and costs for careless and
reckless driving resulting in an
accident. Kenneth Austin was fined
$25 and costs for public drunken
tSee COURT, Page 2)
Hugh Page Home
At Pelletier
Destroyed by Fire
Poor Condition of Road
Causes Delay in Get
ting Fire Trucks
The home of the Rev. and Mrs.
Hugh Page, Pelletier, was des
troyed by fire at 12:15 a.m. Sun
day. The only things saved were
a bookcase, books and radio.
The fire was discovered by Mrs.
Page, who was wakened by smoke.
In 10 minutes the whole house,
consisting of four rooms and a
bath, was aflame. The house was
built of heart pine and after just
a few minutes, the fumes from
resins in the wood were so terif
fic that the house could not be re
entered.
The Rev. Mr. Page said that
the road to his house, which leads
to Willie Mitchell's and Buck's
Corner, was in such terrible con
dition that his car was torn up
trying to get to Swansboro to get
the fire department. Then it took
the trucks such a long time to get
in the road that the house was
beyond saving by the time they
arrived.
Mrs. Page took the car to get
help, but the holes in the road
were so deep that at one point
water washed up over the hood.
"We've been trying to get that j
road fixed for years," the Rev.
Mr. Page said, but neither the
j state nor the county will do any
thing about it. There aren't even
any ditches on it."
The fire is believed to have
started from a wire to the elec
tric pump which entereu the
house through a lightwood sill.
The loss is almost covered by in
surance but there was only $1,000
insurance on personal property.
Mrs. Page was scheduled to
leave Monday for East Carolina
College to begin her senior year
there, b*t all her clothes were
destroyed in the fire. With the
help of the women Of the Pelle
tier Baptist Church, she was able
to leave yesterday. They gave her
money and clothes.
Tlje Rev. Mr. Page, scheduled
to lead the singing at the dedica
tion of the Pelletier Baptist Church
Sunday afternoon, could not do so
because his throat had been dam
aged by the smoke and fumes.
He is now living at 1602 Shack
lcford St, Morehead City.
Coast Guard Seeks Hit
And Run Craft
Four shrimp boats were involved in two collisions early
Monday morning in the Neuse River. No one was hurt,
but the 83-foot trawler, Sweetpea, was severely damaged.
It is not known what boat rammed her ? the guilty craft
took off without offering assistance.
It is believed that the boat was owned by an operator
at Southport.
The other two boats which col-w
lided, causing minor damage, were
the Miss Beulah, owned by W. S.
Wells, Southport, and the Little
Mary, owned by V. J. O'Neal,
Morehead City.
Weather No Factor
Chief Boatswain Kenneth Baum,
commanding officer of Fort Macon
Coast Guard Station, who inves
tigated both accidents, said wea
ther was no factor in the inci
dents. There was little wind, a
light haze, and nothing to obstruct
visibility. All boats had their
running lights on when the acci
dents occurred, he said.
Donnie Goodwin of the Oriental
Fish Co., owner of the Sweetpea,
said yesterday that the trawler
was put on the ways at New Bern
at 5 o'clock yesterday morning.
A tug, diver and other fish
boats helped salvage the badly
damaged Sweetpea.
Hole in Stern
A 7 by 8-foot hole was knocked
into her port stern at 4 a.m. Mon
day. The impact knocked out the
Swcctpea's radio, ruined the life
boat and crippled the steering
gear. The men aboard her, Des
ber Fodrey, skipper, Benjamin
Hale and Henry Sawyer, manned
the pumps to keep the Sweetpea
afloat and then ran at least four
miles until the trawler fetched up
on Garbacon shoal, two miles from
Oriental.
A passing boat then took the
crew off. Efforts to salvage the
Sweetpea were successful late
Wednesday and she was towed in
to New Bern for repairs. The
craft is a converted Navy vessel.
Commander Baum said Coa*t
Guard boat 56304 of New Bern
stood by at the scene until 3 p.m.
Wednesday. He said the Coast
Guard is continuing its efforts to
locate the other boat which hit
the Sweetpea.
When the Little Mary and Miss
Beulah collided at 4:25 a.m. Mon
day the Little Ifary had stopped
to set its trawl. The Mary could
continue operations but the Beu
lah had to return to Morehead
City where she was put on the
ways. Skipper of the Mary was
Jake O'Neal, Morehead City.
Mayor Reports Newport Now
Has 'A' Fire Insurance Rate
Red Cross Takes
182 Applications
One hundred eighty-two applica
tions have been filed with the Red
Croaa office set up here after hur
ricanes Connie and Diane.
Miss Daisy Marshall, supervisor
of the office, said that no more
applications are being accepted,
and the office, located in the
courthouse annex, will probably
cloae the middle of next week.
"There is a tremendous demand
for us in New England and we're
asked every day how soon we'll
be able to man offices there," Misa
Marshall said. New England was
seriously hit by floods as Diane
moved northward.
Miss Marshall, who came here
from the Atlanta office, said that
she and her workers will probably
hold a final meeting with local
Red Cross official* Tuesday.
In this area during the past
four weeka, in addition to Miss
Marshall, were Mrs. Janet Bene
dict, Miss Sarah Barrett, Misa Bess
Allen and George Wellborne. Miss
Agnea Waldron, who was here a
short time, has (one to New Eng
land.
Ocklawaha Crewman
Brought into Hospital
Robert Thompeon, 8.1, of Balti
more, a crewman aboard the USNS
Ocklawaha. waa brought into More
head City HoapHal at S p m. Tues
day by the Fort Macon lifeboat,
CO 40403.
Thompaoa waa aerioualy ill from
a heart condition. The Ocklawaha
waa northbound and waa met at
1 1 ha aaa buoy by Um Coaat Guard.
Newport has ben given an A'
rating by the State Fire Insurance
Rating Bureau, Mayor Leon Mann
Jr. announced at the town board
meeting Tuesday night.
The rating was dependent, how
ever, on the fire department's ob
taining an additional 500 feet of
2 "4 -inch hone and that was pur
chased by the Newport Rural Fire
Association and given to the de
partment.
The mayor said the town appre
ciated the gesture because there
were no funds available in the
town budget to buy additional
hose. The higher rating he said,
should brnlg a 20 to 30 per cent
reduction in fire insurance rate*
throughout town.
Spraying Appreciated
The mayor also said that the
State Board of Health is furnish
ing the town DDT for spraying.
Commissioner Bennie Garner and
other commissioners said they have
had many favorable comment* on
the mosquito-spraying project.
The board adopted two ord
inances, one reducing the speed
limit to 20 in the vicinity of the
school during school hours and
the other clarifying the ordinance
on town tags.
Town taga must be purchased
and displayed by owners of private
vehicles and must also be displayed
on commercial vehicles "primarily
stationed and operated within the
town limits."
Motor vehicle owners living
within the town Jan. 1 must pur
chaae a tag, one for each vehicle
he owns.
Two hundred town tags will be
ordered for IMS, an increaae of
90 over IBM.
Proposal Eaiirati
The board endorsed a proposal
by Mom Howard, resident of
Newport, and chairman of the
County Board of CommMonert.
Mr. Howard is pushing a project
(See NEWTOBT, Pago I)
Car Overturns
On Highway 24
A 1953 Mercury coupc, owned
and driven by Richard A. Kittrell,
Crab Point, turned over at 2:30
p.m. Saturday on Hifhway 24
eight mllei west of Morehead City.
Kittrell was slightly injured, but
the car, which he had )uat bought
in Wilmington and was bringing
home, was demolished. State High
way Patrolman Brown took Kit
trell to the hospital where he was
examined and discharged His left
arm was sprained and hia back
slightly hurt
According to the patrolman,
Kittrell was traveling east on the
highway when he loat control of
the ear, it skid and turned over.
It waa raining at the time. No
charges were prehrred.
The accident occurred about 450
feet west of the Galea Creek
Bridge.
25 Foot of Clear Channel
List Watt of Drodga
Col. R. L. Hill of the Corp* of
Army Engineers announced yes
terday that about 28 feet of chan
nel is clear at the western side
of the sunk dredge near Cape
Lookout.
The dredge. Bill, owned by the
Carteret Dredging Co.. sank early
laat Saturday morning. It is
marked with four white lighta at
night.
The dredge la in the center of
the channel from Back 8ound to
Capo Lookout Bight. It Ilea in ?
to 7 feet of water with superstruc
ture exposed about 10 feet above
mean low water, 100 foot aouth
of marker 22.
i
Mullet Festival
Begins Tomorrow
At Swansboro
Pleasure boat rides starting at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon will
get the third annual Swansboro
Mullet Festival underway. The
rides will include a trip down the
Inland Waterway and back to
Swansboro. Boats will leave from
the foot of Main Street. Guests
are asked to register as soon as
they arrive.
A big seafood dinner will be
served in the Elementary School
Cafeteria starting at 5:30 p.m.,
with special hostesses on hand to
greet the 800 guests. Souvenir
booklets on Swansboro history will
be distributed.
Information on events of the day
will be available from 2 to 5:30
p.m. at the Community Building
and after 5:30 at the Elementary
School.
Music and guest speakers will
hold the spotlight from 7:30 to 9
p.m. at the Elementary School
auditorium. John Larkins, Tren
ton, and Mayor M. N. Lisk will
preside. At 9 there will be danc
ing to an orchestra at the Coat
munity Building.
Two banners advertising the
Mullet Festival have been hung
across the highway. One is located
near the bridge entrance and the
other one at the warning light at
the intersection at the Elementary
School.
Admission to festival events is
by invitation only. Among the
guests will be members of the
North Carolina congressional del
egation, military and civilian per
sonnel from Cherry Point and
Camp Lejeune, and residents of
surrounding communities.
Swansboro merchants, clubs, or
ganizations and residents have
joined forces to make Mullet Fes
tival Day an outstanding event.
The theme is to make Swansboro
one of "Coastal Carolina's Finest"
in' the Finer Carolina program for
1955.
The Mullet Festival started in
1953 when the new Swansboro
Bridge, spanning the White Oak
River, was dedicated. A mullet
dinner was planned for all re
sponsible for the bridge construc
tion, as a fitting climax to the
dedication ceremonies.
It was at that time the name
"Mullet Festival" came into being.
At the Mullet Festival of 1954
about 500 meals were served to
the guests by the Town of Swans
boro.
This year, the invitation list has
been increased by about 300.
National Guard
Unit Returns
Thirty-six members of the More
head City National Guard unit re
turned recently from their apecial
two weeks of training at Fort
Bragg. Men who were on the two
week tour of duty were the follow
ing:
First Lt. Merritt Bridgman, com
manding officer: First Lt. McDon
ald Nelson. Second Lt. Charles G.
Cooper, M/Sgt. Benjamin G. Jonea;
Sfc. Lester Hall Jr., Sfc. Roger L.
Hoggard.
Sgt Robert F Butler, Sgt. Hen
ry Frost, Sgt. Alton L. Garner,
Sgt. Clarencr L. Glancy, Sgt. Loul*
H. Graham. Sgt. Fredrick C. Ray
mond, Sgt. Delbert C. Rhue, Cpl.
Walter E. Glancy. Cpl. Raymond
T. Graham, Cpl. Robert H. Mur
dock and Cpl. John C. Noe.
Pfc Ted H. Conway, Pfc. Charles
D. Gibson, Pfc. Howard A. Hewitt,
Pfc. Ronald L. Jordan, Pfc. Har
ry C. River*. Pfc. Robert M. Rus
sell. Pfc. Billy W Smith, Pfc.
Kemp E. Wickizer Jr., Pfc. Jamea
D Willis and Pfc. RuaaeU E. Willis
Jr
Pvt. E-2's Larry G. Arnold,
Blane Longmers. Thorton L Prin
gle. William A. Smith. George W.
Taylor, William T. Taylor, Leon
ard P. Willi., Raymond E. Willis,
and Clayton L- Howard.