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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE More head City >?-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 44th YEAR, NO. 96. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1955 PUBUSHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Recommendations on Saving Coastland Adopted Tuesday Recommendations on how to pro-' tect coastal areas from future hur ricanes were drawn up Tuesday in the Beaufort town hall. The rec ommendations will be incorporated ;n a report to be presented to the Governor's Citizens Advisory Panel Wednesday, Dec. 14, at New Bern. Attending the Tuesday meeting were Dan Walker, a member of the advisory panel, Neal Campen, chairman of Carteret Soil Super visors; lfilton Truckner. president of the County Farm Bureau; Roy Keller. Bettie, chairman of the Agriculture Stabilization and Con servation Committee. B. J. May, ASC manager; R. M. Williams, county farm agent; David Jones Jr., county soil conservation ist; C. C. Abernathy, management agronomist specialist, Lumberton; and R. P. Moore, area soil con servationist, Goldsboro. Emphasized at the meeting was the fact that people in coastal areas will have to be made aware that much of the saving of land from storms depends on what the people themselves do. It is doubly important that trees, nature's best holders of land be preserved, and that coastal forest fires be combated, conservationists said. It was pointed out that already existing law provides for land use regulation in soil conservation dis tricts. Land use on the outer banks, for example, is subject to supervision by the Lower Neuse Soil Conservation District of which Carteret is a part. Recommendations were made as follows: 1. Vegetation should be estab lished to combat erosion; there fore research stations and test plots should be established for dis covery of methods suitable for stabilizing sand and establishing windbreaks. 2. Investigation should be made to determine whether livestock foraging on the outer banks is responsible for damaging vegeta tion. See MEETING, Page 7 Morehead City's Proud Of Its New Decorations < To Give Recital .1 David Small, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fairleigh A. Small, Morehead City, will appear in his own re cital at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at Chapel Hill. Mr. Small, a baritone, is a gra duate of Morehead City High School. He is well-known through out the county, having appeared in Beaufort Choral Club produc tions as well as with the Morehead City School Glee Club. He appeared as a freshman at UNC last year in the Carolina Playmakcr production of Show boat. He sang the popular 01' Man River. The "Petite Musicale" to be pre sented by Mr. Small will be given in the Graham Memorial build |ing under the auspices of the Stu dent Activities Union. Beaufort Jaycees Protest Raise in Town Water Rates Beaufort Jaycecs went on rccord Monday night in opposition to the increase in water rates. A letter, signed by each Jaycee, will be sent to the State Utilities Commission. Jaycees who can make the trip will appear at Raleigh for the rate hearing Dec. 20 and others who can't go will send telegrams protesting the rate increase. The Jaycees met for their final November meeting at the Scout hut. Their special guest was Jake West Jr., Kinston, national Jaycee director, who spoke on "Operation Civic Service." He commented on the value of Jaycees' serving their towns. Mr. West was introduced by P. H. Gcer Jr., Morehead City, ninth district vice-president of the Jaycees. Concessions Report John Duncan, chairman of con cessions, reported a profit of $159 - 27 on the refreshman stand at the five home football games and at the rodeo. The money will be used Lung Moved To Fire Station The wooden lung being built by Beaufort firemen has been moved to the fire station from a millwork shop where it wai being built. Carpentry work on it la com plete. The lung, which la like an iron lung, except of wood con struction. was adopted aa a fire men's project several years ago at the height of a severe polio outbreak in the county. The respirator parta of the out* fit have to be placed in it, other wise it is complete. Mounted on roller*, it can be moved easily from room to room. The carpentry work has been done by Artia McGehee and Ed Nelson. When completed, the lung will be made available to peraona needing it. Country Club Dane* Will B? Saturday, D?c. 17 Members of the Morehead City Golf and Country Dub . will have their annual Christmas dance Sat urday night. Dee. 17, at the Bogue Sound Club. The buffet (upper and dance will be held in the ballroom. A1 Dewey's orchestra will provide the music. Mrs Dick MeClain, Morehead City, is chairman of the affair, as sisted by Mr*. A1 Dewey, Mrs. Vic Bella mah, Mn. George Lewis and Robert Seamon. to finance repair of the Scout Building. A report on total gate receipts for the football games was de ferred until a later date. James Steed, chairman of Op eration Shotgun, a project for raising money for the Jaycee Christmas charity program, said he hoped to have the tickets ready for sale by Saturday. Sheriff Won Last year the shotgun was won by Sheriff Hugh Salter. Other projects to raise money for the Christmas program will be a Christmas light bulb sale and on See JC's, Page 7 ? Wind through the new foil street decorations in Morehead City makes a sound like silver tinkling bells. The garlands of red and sil ver foil span the business scction from 7th to 10th Streets. The lights went on last night for the first time. On each of the 12 strings are four Christmas sym bols, two stars in wreaths and two bells in wreaths. The new Christmas decorations are the culmination of a year-long project started last December by the Morehead City Jaycces. The Jaycees accepted the job of ob taining attractive holiday decora tions for the town. They have so licited money from businessmen to finance the project. In previous years the job of putting up Christmas decorations fell on the town and the town pre vailed upon the good graces of Carolina Power and Light Co. to put the lights up. This year the new decorations have been strung. by an electrical contractor employed by the Jay cees. Chairman of the projcct was Jaycee Luther Lewis. Hospitals Look For Managers The boards of trustees of the Morehead City and Sea Level Hos pitals are accepting applications for administrators. Hoyle Greene, administrator of the Morehead City Hospital, has accepted the post of administrator at Dunn Hospital, and Marshall Whisnant, administrator at Sea Level Hospital, will be adminis trator at Holston Valley Commun ity Hospital, Kiagsport. Tcnn. Both will start their new work Jan 1. The Sea Level Board of Trustees will meet tonight. It is expected that they will make a final deci sion on a replacement for Mr. Whisnant then. Mr. Greene will succeed Dr. Al fred L. Cornwell, who has re signed. He said that he and Mrs. Greene will certainly miss More head City. "Everyone has treated us well and we sincerely appre ciate it," Mr. Greene remarked. Mr. Greene's wife is the former Mary Evelyn Shcrill of Mount Hol ly. They have a 2-year-old son, Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Whisnant, who have been at Sea Level since the j hospital there was built, have a 14-month-old son, David. Property Damage Distresses Homeowners, Power Firm Damage to property has resi dent! of Highway 24 and Carolina Power and Light Co. highly dis tressed. Residents of Highway 24 are getting fed up with people dump ing garbage along the highway on their property and the power com pany is having trouble with young sters shooting their insulators la the Morehcad City public dump area. There is a state law prohibit ing dumping of garbage on high way right-of-ways (this covers an area 60 feet from the center of the highway), but violators are hard to catch. The homeowners along the highway have become so Incensed over th? continued littering of their property they say that now they are going to take license numbers and appear in court against the violators. "It's interesting to watch," said one housewife. "They'll drive along in their cars, then wait on til no cars are coming, dump thair garbage and drive away. I have gone out and made some of them pick every bit of it up again!" "No Respect' Continuing her recital of abuses, the houaewife said that people have no res poet whatever for pri vate property. "The other day." she said, "a woman from Morehead City cam* out with her children. lifted them across our fence to look for pine cones. 1 had a pile there that I had picked up and was going to give to some friends and I would have gladly given them some if they had asked, but instead she got huffy when I asked her to leave the property." Cut rtae People also go out the highway aad cut big branches of longleaf pine from tract that property I owners have planted and nurtured Dcatruction of property belong ing to the power company is ex tremely dangerous, as well as con stituting violation of law. George Stovall, manager of CP&L here, said that 16 insulators have had to be replaced In the city dump area within the past few months. He said that the shooting may cause a live 33,000-volt line to fall and aleetrocutc someone. The damage could also put a whole section of the county in darkness. 'Hut could be expensive to a lot of cuatomers," Mr. Stovall said. He appeals to children and pa renta not to use insulators on power poles for target practice. Atlantic Beach Asks $64,305.60 For Storm Repair Gray Hassell, Engineer, Takes Beach Application To Raleigh Wednesday The town of Atlantic Beach has filed a request for $64,305.60 in Civil Defense funds to finance cost of temporary repair to town property following' the hurricanes. Gray Hassell, consulting engi neer for the county, took the ap plication to Raleigh Wednesday. Mr Hassell explains that this year Civil Defense is not making blanket approval of funds request ed The letters of "approval" say "it looks as though your requests will be granted," Mr. Hassell said. Loophole Left In other words, if the towns go ahead with rehabilitation projects, a loophole is left for the federal government to get out of paying off if it deems the project out of line with what was requested. Last year after Hazel, the fed eral government agreed to pay cost of any work done, once it had returned to the town or county a notification of approval. As Mr. Hassell worded it, "This year, you're still in doubt 'til you get your money." Beaufort and Morehcad City have collected, however, some funds reimbursing them for debris clearance. Almost Million The Atlantic Beach application brings all fund requests from this county up to $927,745.10, almost a million dollars. The county itself has requested $717,878.50. Beaufort has received "approval" of $85,605 and More head City "approval" of $59,956. Mr. Hassell said some folks have asked why one town "got more money" than another. "I made out the applications on the basis of what the town asked for," he said. Relative to Morehead City's ap plication, Mayor George Dill said, "] don't believe in asking for any more than what we need. This is the public's money we're getting and we're going to be honest about It and request, as near as we can ortMBale, the-amount of money we require to get town propesty back in shape." Impressed with the excellent | work Mr. Hassell has done on Civil Defense applications, other coun ries along the coast have request ed his help in filing their applica tions. The federal government forbids inclusion of engineering fees in the request for funds from Civil Defense. Six Join Down East Lions Club Six new members joined the Down East Lions Club at the meet ing Monday night at the Sea Level Inn. They are James Paul Lewis, Donza Lee Morris, tirover Willis and William Gorges, all of At lantic; Meredith Gillikin, Otway, and Dolty Gaskill, Stacy. The Lions have also scheduled another dance for Friday night, Dec. 23. at the Atlantic gym. The dance will begin at 8 and proceeds will go to the Lions Club fire pro tection project. Happy Jack Smith and his boys from New Bern will provide the music. A final report on the dance Thanksgiving weekend was not given at the meeting because mon ey from ticket sales is yet to be turned in. The club was pleased with the success of the event. The next meeting will be Mon day, Dec. 12, at the Sea Level Inn. Those who eat dinner will be there at 6 and the meeting will start at 7. Esso Tanker Runs Aground In Morehead City Harbor ? Coming Home for Christmas Little Kimberly Elizabeth Willett, 3 >4 month-old daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. David Willett, will be leaving Yuma. Ariz., soon to spend Christmas with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rose Of Sea I l evel. Kimberly's serape and sombrero are souvenirs of her reeent 1 trip to Mexico. Driver Involved in Wreck Pays Fine, Costs Monday Town Recreation Group Confers At a meeting of the Morchead City Recreation Commission Tues day night at the recreation build ing, Chairman Frank J. Cheek, and Bill (Bull) Durham, presi dent of the Carteret Independent. Basketball League, presented a plan to change the auditorium of recreation building into a basket ball court. T'ie court would be for use of church teams, intermediate young sters at the school and for county .earns. Mr. Durham and Fred Lewis, di rector of recreation, were author ized to meet and draft plans for setting up the basketball court. Other business at the meeting dealt with use of funds received for hurricane damage Plans call for the most essential needs to be met as soon as possible. Attending the meeting were Mr. Lewis, Dr. Darden J. Eure, Mrs. J. W. Thompson and Mrs. Mamie Taylor. Ground Observers Will Plot Planes In Sunday Exercise Ground observer pouts in (his area will take part in the exercise, Skytrain IX, Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Acting a.i observers in this coun ty arc Coast Guardsmen at the stations on the banks and State Highway bridge tenders. They spot planes and transmit information on the type of plane and (he direction it is moving by phnnc (o Durham. Maj Vance R. Corbin, USAF, who is in charge of the exerciae, said purpose of Skytrain IX is to provide training in order that ef ficiency of the Ground Observer Corps may be increased. Representatives from Eight Counties Go to All-Seashore Highway Session Eight counUea were represented M the meeting of the All-Seashore Highway Aaaociation Tueaday at Nags Head. Representing t h I a county were J. A. DuBoia, More head City, accretary of the aaao ciation, and Alvah Hamilton, More head City, put president. Three reaolutiona. on moequito control, beach erosion and com pletion of the All Seaahore High way, were adopted. The resolution on moaquito con trol rails for a continuation of a program that got under way thia summer Since then most counties and communities have appropriat ed funds and if these ran be matched with state funda the pro gram can b* continued. | ;i Thia la of concern to the entire state la that control of moequltoes would encourage more tourlata to vlatt the area, thus bringing mora wealth into the iUte, the aaaocla Uon maintains. The reaolution on beach eroaion points out that preservation of the outer banks would protect more than five million acres in 21 coun ties, much of that rich farmland. The third resolution asks the State to cloae gaps in the All Sw shorc Highway by road and ferry. When the road on Ocracoke ia built, aa ia now provided, there will be 18 milea of water gap be tween there and Cedar Island. At the other end there is a gap from Duck to the Virginia line. The reaolution asks that the pro posed road be completed. Thia reaolution also calla for es tablishment of a permanent All Seaahore Highway State Commis sion with a view to building and maintaining a highway that would bring mora touriata and rones qucntly greater wealth to the lUte. Mr. Hamilton made a short ad dreaa as did Stanley Wahab, Oc racoke. Mr. Wahab ia member of a committee working to get the state to buy dredging equipment to be used in preventing beach erosion and improving harbors. The association, headed by Glenn Tucker. Carolina Beach, de cided to meet again Jan. 19 at Waahington, N. C. Track Loan Load A large Navy trailer truck lost ita cargo Tuesday afternoon oit Aremlcll Street by the Freeman Wholesale house. The truck was proceeding west when the heavy crate* on the gondola-like trailer shifted and flopped off. A Navy crane was summoned to re load the trailer. ' Clifton Wyatt Meed, Morchcad 1 City, was -fined $23 and costs by Judge llenjert O. Phillips in More head City Recorder's Court Mon day when he was found guilty of following a car too closely. On a careless and reckless driving charge he was found not guilty. The charges were filed against him after an accident Saturday, Oct. 16, in which three cars col- , lided on the Morchcad City Beau fort cattfcway, necessitating hos- : pitalization for Mrs. Ellen Dicken son. Beaufort, and Donald Chad wick, Morehead City. James John Adams was fined . $.300 and costs when he was found guilty of careless and reckless driving, drunken driving, and hit < and run. He was given a nine : month's suspended roads sentence ! on condition that he be on good i behavior for two years. Harvey Lewis was sentenced to < 30 days on the roads for public i drunkenness with the 30 days to | be part of a suspended sentence | of six months sentence also in- i voked by the judge. The suspend ed sentence was handed down Aug. 15, 1955 when Lewis was found I guilty of no operator's license and ; driving drunk. Catherine Williams noted an ap peal and bond was set at $250 I when she was found guilty of com mitting assault with a deadly wca- ? pon, inflicting bodily injuries to Oscar Boyd. She was given a sus- I pended 60-day sentence in the 1 county jail on condition that she pay a fine of $75 and costs and be on good behavior for two years. M. D. Stewart was fined $10 and costs for speeding. Donald G. Be rard was fined $25 and costs for no operator's license with the full fine to be remitted provided he presents a valid license to the court within two weeks. Hezekiah Vaught, charged with public drunkenness, forfeited his bond and a warrant was issued for his apprehension. i Costs were assessed against the following: Melba Haskins, drunk on the highway; Mrs. Pearl Hewitt, malicious and frivolous prosecu tion; James Leslie Adams, driv ing on wrong side of road; Leslie Edward Perry, speeding. William F. Brock and Elbert Hicks, public drunkenness; Robert Paul Willis and Leslie Fulford, fighting in public. Willis and Ful ford were each given one week suspended jail sentences on con dition that they "be on good be havior for six months. Cases were continued against Patrick Floyd Burt, William Thom as McKay Jr., Aubrey Leon Ni chols and Zachary Marlin Lucas. Sent to Roads Forfeits Bond Tida Table TMa at the Rraufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Dec. t 10:00 a.m. 10:48 p.m. 3:48 a.m. 4:33 p.m. Saturday, Dee. 1 11:08 a.m. 11:48 p.m. 4:40 a.m. 3:28 p.m. Saaday, Dec. 4 12:07 p.m. 1 12:48 a.m. 5:38 a.m. 8:23 p.m. Maaday, Dae. I 8:44 a.m. 1:04 pjn. 7:28 PJB. The sleek Esso tanker Worcester ran hard aground op posite the state dock at Morehead City as she was coming in yesterday morning from Baton Rouge, La., with a load of gasoline and light fuel. Fully-loaded, the tanker was being maneuvered by tugs to her berth at the Esso terminal when she ground to a stop, her Dow pointing toward* Beaufort Inlet and her stern to ward the Morehead draw. A slight list to starboard was evident late yesterday morning. H. H. Scott of the Esso office. Morehead City, said they hoped to get the Worcester off at high tide last night and if unsuccessful, tugs would be in from Charleston this morning to try to move her. The grounding is one of the rea sons that Standard Oil has been making moves toward vacating its Morehead City property. The in crease in size of tankers and depth of the Morehead City channel makes it impractical to attempt to bring petroleum products here in large volume. Contract in Effect Although Esso's contract with the State Ports Authority still has 13 years to go, Esso could, prob ably, sub-let to other companies handling liquid products in bulk. Offers have been made to the State Ports Authority by firms in terested in heavy fuel oil, cotton seed oil, lubricating oil and fish oil, but negotiations have never been successfully concluded. One of the movers of lubricating oil had a two-year government con tract and wanted to move the oil through Morehead City in tanker lots. The State Ports Authority did not want to break a 13-year con tract for a two-year agreement. No More Tanks Firms that want to build addi tional tanks are reported to have met with a cold reception on the I part of the State Ports Authority because the state is anxious for more warehouse space rather than more tank farms. Fish oil shippers, who could make use of tanks now housing petroleum products, at least the smaller tanks, say that there would be a 1 % cents saving on freitfht if fish oil from local factories could be stored at the Morehead port anU shipped from there. Esso's willingness to get out of Morehead City is common knowl edge, but questioning of Esso per sonnel headquartered at Charlotte has brought neither verification nor denial. Fayetteville Operation Esso has recently acquired prop erty in Fayetteville where it is now storing asphalt formerly brought into Morehead City. Black heavy fuel oil and gasoline are moved through Wilmington port and then by barge up the Cape Fear to Fayetteville, making possi ble a large saving on getting the products closer to inland markets. The capacity of the Morehead City Esso terminal is about 400,000 barrels or 16 million gallons. Although the state has put in creased rates for Esso into effect recently, the higher rates have ap parently not been causing as much trouble as incidents such as the Worcester grounding yesterday. Two Slated for Hearing On Whisky Violation Scheduled for a hearing In Coun ty Recorder'i Court yesterday were Harvey Lee Sewell and Roy But ner, who were apprehended by ABC Officer Marshall Ayacue in the Harlowe vicinity early Sunday morning. The 'men have been charged with having in their possession a ?mall amount of non-taxpaid whis ky. The ABC officer picked them up about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Chairman Asks JC's to Sell Their Light Bulbs Luther Lewis, chairman of tha Morehead City Jaycee Christmas lighting program told Jaycees Monday night that they should sell all their light bulbs since the mon ey is needed for the payment of the Christmas lights. It was announced that Miss America will appear at the Miss North Carolina pageant in More head City, and the dates of the pageant have been changed to July 2628. Dr. Silas Thorne was placed in charge of the outstanding young farmer contest for this area. James Webb reported that plans for the Christmas party were mov ing along well, and that the party will include a movie, songs, gifts, dinner and refreshments for chil dren between the ages of 5-12. The children will receive invita tions to the party. L. G. Dunn reported that the football banquet will be held Dec. 7 with Owen Hale, State College, as guest speaker. The public is in vited to join the Jaycees and their wives for the banquet. Russ Willan announced that Morehead City has sent in its ap plication for a full franchise in the Little League program. At the suggestion of Frank Cas siano, the members okayed a pro posed installation and indoctrina tion program Dec. 19, with Jake West, Jaycee national director, presiding. tfiQ Jaycees are cooperating with J. T. Mott of Fry Hoofing Co., in Operation Bootstrap, to bring small industry into this area. Crepe Myrtle Due Here Wednesday Crepe myrtle ordered through the Garden and Civic Club of Morehead City may be picked up at 9:30 Wednesday morning at the civic center, 9th and Evans Streets. The shrubs will be in the civic center yard on 9th Street. They will be distributed there by B. F. Copcland, nurseryman, and sev eral members of the club. Persons planting the shrubs arc warned not to put fertilizer in the hole, but to water frequently until the shrub takes root, peat mots around the roots will help hold moisture. The Garden and Civic Club un dertook the sale of shrubs last month in a project to beautify Morehead City. Judge Hamilton to Speak At Dedication Service Judge Luther Hamilton, More head City, will be the apeaker at the dedication of the veterana' memorial at 3 o'clock Saturday af ternoon at the Morehead City town hall. The memorial, which replacea a wooden frame one. hai been erect ed by American Legion Poet No. 46, Morehead City. News in a Nutshell INTERNATIONAL IN FRANCE Premier Faure pull ed the rug out from under the Na tional Assembly. They gave him (he boot Tuesday, but under a lit tle uned clause In the French Con dilution, Faure has the right to ask (or new election!. Now aasembly men arc on the hot seat ? the peo ple may not vote them back In. NATIONALIST CHINA, headed hy Chiang Kai-Shek, has ignored President Eisenhower's appeals ask ing that National!*! China not veto Outer Mongolia's request for UN membership. If Outer Mongolia is admitted to the UN, Russia says she will approve other admissions she had previously blocked. NATIONAL INTENSE COLD hit the nation this week. 6nowstorma have been blamed for eight deatha in the Great Lakes region Many schools hsd to close In New York and Mlrhig*" AT WASHINGTON in the White Home Conference for Education, Brantley Aycock, Kinaton attorney, ?uggcited that achools be used year-around to aolvc the claaaroom ahortage. THE CIO executive board haa ap proved merger with the AFL. The merger, scheduled to take place next week, will bring together over lfl million workers In on* big union. STATE AT CAPE HATTERA8 the Navy haa started work on an ocea no graphic station on a 40-acre site act aside by the Department of In terior. ROBERT I. EE HUNBER. founder of the World Federation movement and a regular viaitor to Beaufort each Chriatmaa season, thia week was elected preaident of the North Carolina State Art Society and chairman of the Roanoke Island Historical AaaociaUoo.
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