W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?*
th YEAR, NO. 3. , TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHCAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. JANUARY 10. 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND W
County OK s New North River Bridge
Businessmen
Ask Clarification
On Revaluation
County Board Considers
Reducing Debt Service
Tax Rate to 60 Cents
Three Beaufort businessmen, Jack
Neal, C. Z. Chappell and Leslie
Moore, appeared before the county
board yesterday to inquire about
the property revaluation program.
The board also heard the opinion
of Judge Luther Hamilton relative
to reducing the amount of the tax
levy which is earmarked for debt
service.
Mr. Neal, Mr. Chappell and Mr.
Moore inquired what the revalua
tion would mean. James Potter,
county auditor, said that assess
ments under the new valuation will
be 50 per cent of actual value. But
no one knows what the assessments
will be until final adjustments are
made by the Board of Equalization.
Alvah Hamilton, county attor
ney, pointed out that although the
vaiuation will go up, a tax rate re
duction is planned.
The businessmen said lots of wild
rumors have been flying around
and they were interested in learn
ing exactly what the situation is.
Mr. Neal said he didn't want to pay
any more taxes.
Judge Comments
Mr. Hamilton presented Judge
Luther Hamilton to the board.
Judge Hamilton negotiated with
bondholders when the county debt
was refinanced in 1937.
At present $1.05 of the $1.80
tax rate is earmarked for debt ser
vice. Mr. Potter explained that this
more than covers the county's obli
gations in meeting interest on
bonds plus retiring them.
The board considered reducing
the debt service levy to 60 cents
(a reduction of 45 cents) which
would put the county tax rate down
to $1.35 per hundred rather than
$1.80.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk ask
ed, since it was agreed in 1937 that
a minimum of 90 cents be set aside
for debt service, whether it would
be breaking a contract with the
bondholders to reduce the amount
to 60 cents.
Judge Hamilton said that as R>ng
as the bondholders were getting
their interest and the county was
capable of meeting its obligations
by setting aside only 60 cents,
there would be no comeback.
He added that the best drawing
card this county could have to at
tract business and industry would
be a complete financial brochure
on how the county has been meet
ing its debt and steadily reducing
its tax rate. He said that at one
time the county tax rate was $2.15.
Of the 60 cents earmarked for
debt service under the proposed
system, 50 cents would retire
school bonds issued in 1945, 1947
and 1951 and 10 cents would re
tire the courthouse and new jail
bonds issued this year.
Valuation Estimated
With the revaluation, the esti
mated valuation of county property
is hoped to be $35 million as com
pared with the current valuation
of slightly more than $24 million.
Mr. Potter said that reduction of
debt service from $1.05 to 60 cents
would reduce the debt scrvice fund
annually by $105,000, but available
in the fund would be $210,000.
(When the 90 cents agreement was
made in 1937. that brought only
$90,000 total for debt service).
Mr. Potter pointed out that even
with the 45-cent reduction the
county debt could be repaid in 10
years rather than in 21 years un
der the present set-up.
He added that with the higher
valuation and the lowered tax rate
the overall increase in tax revenue
to the county would be only
$38,461 or an increase over the
present return of 9 per cent.
"That shows," Mr. Potter com
mented, "that no person could be
seriously hurt by this revaluation,
unless he hadn't been paying his
fair share of the tax in the past."
Mr. Potter pointed out that the
revaluation will also affect the
towns and the county attorney, Mr.
Hamilton, suggested that there be
a Joint meeting of the county and
town governing boards.
The board took no final action
on reducing the rate for bonded in
debtedness pending further inves
tigation as to the legality.
Phon* Firm ImprovM
Servic* at UnnoxvilU
To lighten party-line loads on
Lennoxville Road, Carolina Tele
phone and Telegraph Co. is string
ing extra cable there.
The work began before Christ
mas. After the project is com
pleted, party lines will have few
er than 10 customers on them as
ia the case now.
Flood Control Study Starts
With Newport River Survey
Social Security
Office Opens
Af New Bern
A Social Security district office
was opened yesterday at New Bern.
Prior to yesterday the nearest so
cial security office for residents
of this county was Wilmington.
The office is located at 305 Pol
lock St. Social security represen
tatives will continue to make their
calls to Beaufort and Morehead
City as usual.
The New Bern office was opened
to fill the increased need for the
services in this area. The area ser
viced by the New Bern district
office consists of the counties of
Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Hyde,
Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico,
Tyrell and Washington.
Woodrow W. Thomas is man
ager of the new office. Mr. Thom
as, who has been a social security
administration employee since
1947, was manager of the district
office at Welch, W. Va. He is a
native of Eastern Carolina and was
reared at Greenville.
Staff members of the office are
Edward Gray and William B. Wi
ley, field representatives; Eugene
L. Montfort and Earl Tyler, claims
representatives; Mrs. Grace H.
Mitchell and Mrs. Kitty L. Willetts,
stenographers, and Miss Louise
Anderson, receptionist.
The office will be open from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. every weekday. The
public, in addition to calling at
the office for official services, is
invited U visit the office this
week, according to Mr. Thom??.
There will be an informal open
house but not a formal ceremony.
State Board Issues
Allocations Report
After deduction of money to
cover bond sale expense and ad
ministration of the fund, Carteret
will get $170,142.87 as its share of
the second $25 million bond issue.
The amount originally announced
for this county has been reduced
by approximately $330 which cov
ers the two expenses mentioned
above.
H. L. Joslyn, county superin
tendent of schools, said that the
bonds have not been sold as yet,
but Carteret is going ahead with
filing the request for its share.
The State Board of Education
acted on specific allocations at a
meeting in Raleigh Thursday.
Contract Carrier, Taxi
Licenses on Sale Here
Contract carrier and taxi licen
ses will be on sale each Friday
morning through Feb. 15 at the
Morehead City police station.
Inspector M. E. Bullard of the
Department of Motor Vehicles will
be there Fridays at 9:30 a.m. to
sell the tags.
? With Thursday's surveyal of the<
Newport River, an extensive study
on flood prevention was launched.
B. F. Ingram, agriculture en
gineer with the Soil Conservation
Service, Kinston, traveled the river
with David Jones, soil conserva
tionist: Howard Garner, conserva
tion aide; Moses Howard, rounty
board chairman; R. M. Williams,
county farm agent; and Monroe
Garner, skiff captain.
The party left the prison camp
landing and went toward the
oyster rock where the river widens.
Then they returned toward the
head of the river, crossed under
the bridge at Highway 70 and went
as far as possible before running
aground.
After lunch, they went by car
and viewed the river at points
where it branches out south of
Newport in the vicinity of the Nine
Foot Road.
To Take Soundings
Mr. Jones and his aide will now
continue the survey, measuring
depth of water (especially on the
mud flats), noting high water
marks, width of stream and other
factors which will help determine
what type of flood control is feasi
ble.
Mr. Jones said that they will
have to call on the residents in the
area for certain informaiton. He
estimates that this work will take
at least a week.
To Compile Report
Then this data will be sent to
Mr. Ingram who will compile the
"preliminary report." This will in
clude a proposal for preventing
flood of the river and an estimate
on how much the project will cost.
Mr. Jones says the preliminary
report should be ready by April 1.
New Employee
Law in Effect
To explain the employment se
curity l?w which now affects em
ployers of four to seven workers, a
representative will be in Morehead
City Thursday, Jan. 26. Employers,
lawyers, accountants, or others who
may be interested, are invited.
The meeting will begin at 8 p.m.
in the courtroom of the Morehead
City Municipal Building.
Until the North Carolina Gen
eral .Assembly amended the state
law to conform with the federal
law, only employers of eight or
more workers had to participate in
the unemployment insurance pro
gram. The North Carolina amend
ment was made in 1955 and became
effective the first of this year.
Although there are some exemp
tions, practically all persons em
ploying four to seven persons come
under the new amendment.
In addition to meetings sched
uled throughout the state to ex
plain the law, the Employment Se
curity Commission is getting infor
mation to employers affected. Hen
ry E. Kendall, chairman of the
commission, said the failure of an
employer to receive this informa
tion does not relieve him of respon
sibility in complying with the law.
Any employer may choose to
come under the law regardless how
many he employs.
News in a Nutshell
INTERNATIONAL
MIDDLE EAST continues to boil
as new rioti flare in Jordan. Jor
dan is now without a government,
a condition which cauaes a shaky
situation in bordering nationa as
well as in the tiny state.
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ALGERIAN nationalists lost no
time in placing demands before
the new French assembly. Algeria,
now considered a part of France's
African empire, wants recognition
as a separate nation.
THE BATTLE betwern Formosa
and the China mainland, which la
carefully called anything but war,
continues. Communist and Na
tionalist artillery batteries are
slamming away at each other.
NATIONAL
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER has
returned to Washington from Key
West and yesterday sent a message
to Congress outlining a farm pro
gram which the Republicans hope
will pull the farmer out of the dol
drums.
VIRGINIA was the focal point
of the nation's ayes yesterday as
voters went to the polls to express
their opinion on diverting public
funds to "private" schools. The
measure is proposed to side-step
the Supreme Court's integration
ruling.
AM> CHAIN STORE president.
Ralph W. Burger, says 19M retail
food prices should be about the
same as in 19SS. Food prices last
year were U per cent lower than
in 1954 and 4.8 per cent below the
peak reached in 1992.
STATE
ALONZO C. EDWARDS, former
State Farm Bureau president, will
seek nomination as lieutenant gov
ernor in the spring primaries. Kidd
Brewer. Raleigh insurance man
and columnist for several North
Carolina weeklies, is also expected
to seek the nomination.
FAMOUS FOOTBALL Coach Jim
Tatum, former mentor for Mary
land's Terrapin Terrors, has ac
cepted the coaching job at Uni
versity of North Carolina. This
change had been rumored for
weeks. Tatum replaces George Bar
clay, whose contract at UNC ran
out Dec. 31.
A SM4.M0 FIRS destroyed a
two-story building In Waahington.
N. C? Sunday. The building housed
a department store and dentist's
office.
Army Unit Will
Meet at New
Legion Building
The Army Reserve Unit, .cap
tained by T. H. McQuaid, which
had formerly been meeting over
the Joe House drug store, Beau
fort, has leased the new American
Legion building, Lennoxville Road,
for a five-year period.
The signing of the contract was
announced at the meeting of Car
teret Post No. 99 Friday night.
The building may also be rented
by individuals, civic and church
organizations.
David Hill, Beaufort, is in charge
of rentals. For private parties the
charge is $10 nightly. Church and
civic organizations will be charged
$5 nightly.
A clean up deposit will also be
required. If the building is left in
good condition, the deposit will be
refunded.
Building trustees for the next
five years will be William Norris
Jr., commander of the post, C. L.
Beam and Mr. Hill.
It was announced that the O.
C. Buck exposition will play on
the midway of the Carteret fair
Oct. 22-28 of this year. The fair
is sponsored by the Legion post.
The Buck shows played at the New
Bern fair last year.
Plans were also discussed for
weekly community dances at the
Legion building. Ray Cummins
met with the Legionnaires and
said that arrangements could be
made to have them broadcast.
Band leaders are being inter
viewed this week.
The post decided that steps
should be taken to have a law of
ficer on hand to see that there
would be no drinking on the pre
mises during the dances.
Members of the dance commit
tee are Jimmy Range, Mr. Hill and
Ben Merrill.
It was suggested that Mayor
George Dill, Morehead City, and
Mayor Clifford Lewis, Beaufort, be
guests of honor at the first dancc.
Today's the Day
To Ask for Surplus
Federal Goods
Today is the day the govern
ment's "giving equipment away."
A representative of the State
Civil Defense office will be at
the courthouse, Beaufort, all day
today to take applications from
farmers and businessmen who
want to buy surplus government
property.
The government is selling this
I property for 10 per cent of cost.
Buyers will pay for the cost of
shipping it from the federal
warehouse to this county.
The Civil Defense representa
tive will be in the courtroom on
the second floor of the court
house. He will have a catalog de
scribing the type of equipment
available. The property is being
Offered to farmers and business
men who suffered damage to
equipment or property in the
1955 storms.
$575 for Lung
Alvah N. Willis, president of the
Lions Club, announced at the week
ly meeting Thursday night that
$575 has been collected toward
purchase of an iron lung.
Mr. Willis stated that this |
amount was "a drop in the bucket," j
in relation to the amount that is
needed.
He said persons interested in |
contributing to the project should
make their checks payable to Car
teret County Iron Lung Project,
c/o Lions Club, Morehead City, N.
C.
More money is to be raised
through the talent show to be pre
sented Feb. 16 at Morehead City
and Feb. 17 at Beaufort. Ads for
the program are now being sold.
Owens Frederick reported that
seals are still being sold. Pro
ceeds are for the sifht-saving pro
jects sponsored bf the Lions Club.
He asks those who haven't sent in
their donations for the seals to do
so at once.
Four members of the New Bern
Lions Club were guests at the
meeting.
Club to Meet
The Gloucester Community Club
will meet at 7:30 tonight with Miss
Georgia Whitehurst.
This is Coffee Day;
Crutch Pins Net $748
Sale of Blue Crutch pins got the
March of Dimes off too a flying
start Saturday. Miss Alida Willis,
campaign director, said proceeds
amounted to $748.38. Figures from
the Davis post were not available
at press time.
Legion posts in the county sold
the pins. When Beaufort's supply
gave out, pins given to the New
port post were taken to Beaufort.
Beaufort's toal was $412.30 and
Morehead City's total was $336.08.
Members of Carteret Post No.
99 who conducted the sale on
Front Street, Beaufort, were Wil
liam Norris Jr., commander of the
post, Nick Simpson, James Jar
man, Harry Edwards, Earl Jones,
David Hill. Ben Merrill. C. L.
Beam, T. E. Kelly and David Mod
lin.
Members of Morehead City
Post No. 46 who conducted the
sale on Arendell Street, Morehead
City, were J. B. Rice, commander
of the post, Mrs. J. B. Rice, Legion
auxiliary president, Mrs. Colon
Matthis and Willianrl Wade.
Persons who wish to contribute
to the March of Dimes by mail
should send their checks to Mrs.
Clem Johnson, campaign treasurer,
Box 651, Morehead City, N. C.
Port CaUndar
USS Olmstead, US8 Caprlcornus.
uss Monrovia and LSD* Plymouth
Rock and Ft. Snelliag? Due today
at state port as part of Marine
movement.
M/V ' Patella ? Shell tanker due
Thursday at state port with a load
of asphalt and fuel oil from Cur
acao for Trumbull Asphalt Com
pany.
USS Mullphen, USS Cambria.
USS Oglethorpe. LOT 1156, and
LSD San Marc** ? Due Thursday
at state port as part of Marine
movement.
Esso Worcester ? Arrived Satur
day and left yesterday, morning af
ter unloading a cargo Of petroleum
products for Standard Oil.
U8N8 Mission Los Angeles? Left
yesterday morning after unload
ing a cargo of Jet fuel at Aviation
Fuel Terminal
If you like coffee, drink lots of
it today ? and if you don't like
it, drink it anyway. Because to
day is Coffee Day in the March of
Dimes.
Most coffee-selling spots in Beau
fort, Morehead City and Newport
have agreed to turn over all coffee
proceeds to the polio drive. The
dimes for cups of coffee will be
deposited in little aluminum coffee
pots lent by Rose's Five and Ten
for the day. Pamphlets on polio
will also be available at the co
operating restaurants and diners.
Mrs. Vera Smith, Beaufort, chair
man of Coffee Day, has released
the following list of places where
coffee-drinker* today will help
fight polio:
Morehead City ? Busy Bee Res
taurant. Morehead City Drug Co.,
Carteret Drug, Goodwin's Pharma
cy, Sport Shop. Captain Bill's, San
itary Restaurant, Hush Puppy Res
taurant. and the Billiard Parlor.
Beaufort ? Joe House Drug Store,
Guthric-Jone*. Dora Dinette, Cof
fee Shop, Holden's Restaurant and
The Spot.
Cooperating in Newport is Hibbs
Soda Shop. Other places which wish
to cooperate may do so and turn
their coffee proceeds over to Mrs.
Smith who can be contacted by
phoning 6-4421, the Morehead City
bus station.
Toastmastari to M??t
At Air Bat* NCO Club
Members of the Carteret C jnty
Toastmastcrs Club will meet with
the Cherry Point Toastmastcrs to
morrow night at 7:30 at the NCO
Club, Cherry Point.
J. P. Harris will be topic master
and prepared speakers will include
E. G Phillips and Jasper Bell of
the Carteret County club.
All member* are urged to attend
the meeting. They will be admitted
at the main gate at tha Marine Air
Station, according to Theodore
Phillip*, publicity chairman of the
Carteret County club.
The Pelletier 4-H Club will meet
at 7:30 Thursday night in the com
munity building.
Two Hunters Ask
Case to be Taken
To Higher Court
Motorists Convicted,
Jail-Breaker Sentenced
In County Court
Monroe Taylor and Bill Warren
appealed to Superior Court after
they were fined $250 and half costs
each by Judge Lambert R. Morris
in County Recorder's Court Thurs
day for violation of hunting laws.
Bond was set at $350 each. Their
gun and flashlight were confis
cated.
Ganes Thomas Chapman,
charged with driving drunk, waived
hearing and his case was bound
over to Superior Court under $150
bond.
A. J. Williams was sentenced to
six months on the roads for break
ing jail Dec. 23. Williams a'.so
faces an assault charge in Super
ior Court.
Alvin Hodge was sentenced to
three consecutive terms of 60 days
each on the roads for public drunk
enness and faH>ng to comply with
former court orders.
Fines Paid
Fines of $25 and costs were as
sessed against John Henry Prit
chett and Willie Brown Lawrence,
no operator's license and careless
and reckless driving; Lloyd Fill
ingamc and Oma Stokes Walters,
careless and reckless driving.
Fines oi $10 and costs were lev
ied against Alonzo Jones Jr.,
speeding; Mabel Anderson Mills,
passing at an intersection result
ing in an accident, an<1 Ernest
Barrett, public drunkenness.
Mitchell Wethrington, charged
with non-support, was assessed
costs and must pay $10 each week
for the support of his minor chil
dren or serve six months on the
roads.
Horace Jones was assessed costs
on each of three charges of pub
lic drunkenness and forcible tres
pass. He was given a six-month
suspended roads sentence on each
charge on condition that he be on
good behavior for one year on
each count.
Bonds were forfeited by Rocky
Porter, two charges of issuing bad
checks; Johnny Mason Long, no
operator's license, and Theron Da
vis McCain, speeding.
Costs Levied
Costs were assessed against Cur
tis Josey, speeding resulting in an
accident and driving on wrong
side of road; and Blanche Morton
Springle, failing to yield right of
way.
Mary Sue Bruce Ratliffe, failing
to yield right-of-way resulting in
an accident, and William Claud
Gillikin, careless and reckless driv
ing.
Two charges of no operator's
license and a charge of careless
and reckless driving against Er
van E. Hamscey and a charge of
careless and rccklcss driving re
sulting in an accident against
Charles Lester Pake were left
open for future prosecution.
Cases against the following were
continued: L. E. Gillikin, Selby
Anderson Fulcher, Elijah Carter
Jr., Jack Gillikin. John Carlton
Gaskill, Hugh Whalcy, Robert
Adams, H. L. Lynch, Arthur Loth,
Willie Gray, William Donald Mal
loy.
Ross Good, John Daniel Martin,
David Henry Parker, Walter Joy
ner, Freddie Gaston Smith, John
J. Jordon, Alexander Sermons,
Katherine Wincgar, Rufus Fair Jr.,
Albert Foster, Manly Rogers Wil
lis and Phillip Ray Fulcher.
4 77 Families
Apply for Food
Since federal food has been dis
tributed in the county, 477 appli
cations for it have been received
by the welfare department. Not
all of those have been approved,
however. Miss Georgic Hughes,
welfare superintendent, reports.
Friday was the last day for apply
ing for the food to be distributed
this month.
In the December distribution
376 families were given surplus
commodities.
Miss Hughes expressed appre
ciation to the Curb Market women
for their cooperation In letting the
market be used aa a distribution
point in November and December.
The recreation building. More
head City, la tentatively scheduled
aa the distribution point this
month. Th? date has not been act.
Membership Totals 111
County Farm Bureau member
ahip for the current year standa at
333, according to C. N. Stroud,
membership chairman. The yoal
waa 400.
* Present Highway 70
Bridge Will Remain
A new bridge will be built across North River north of
the present bridge. County commissioners approved plans
for the bridge and the approaches to it at their meeting
yesterday in the courthouse.
The plans and map were presented by J. L. Phillips,
assistant division engineer. State*
Highway and Public Works Com
mission.
The new highway will be about
four miles long. The bridge will
span North River at a narrow point
expected to be immune to storms.
The present Highway 70 North
River bridge will continue in use.
The west approach to the new
bridge will leave the foot of the
Laurel Road. The east approach
will leave Highway 70 at Bettie.
Shortens Distance
It is estimated that persons from
down east who work at Cherry
Point will save at least four mites
by using th<j new route. It will also
provide access to the down east
area in case the present bridge
washes out as it has twice within
the past year and a half.
The state has already moved
equipment to the site and work is
expected to begin very soon.
Three other road matters were
brought to the attention of the
board.
A. W. Jones and E. Neal Jones
presented a petition asking that 150
vards of the T. C. Davis Road. Mar
shallbcrg, be put on the county
highway system. The board ap
proved and forwarded the petition
to the State Highway Department.
Dr. L. J. Dupree, Cedar Point,
isked that the road fronting the in
land waterway at Cedar Point be
filled in and rebuilt. Dr. Dupree
said that hurricanes have washed
the roadbed away and that some
residents can get to their homes
only by driving over private prop
erty.
Of the 25 houses located on the
road, 16 are occupied by perma
nent residents. The road runs be
tween Odell Smith's yacht basin
and Guthrie's Beach, about a quar
ter of a mile long.
Funds Requested
Gray Hassell, consulting en
gineer for the county, said that
Civil Defense has been asked for
funds to rebuild the road. Mr.
Hassell also said that the county's
Civil Defense applications have
been returned twice because the
fund request was "too much."
"We've trimmed the request
down every way we could," Mr.
Hassell told the county board, "and
we'll mail it back for the third ,
time this week." The Cedar Point |
project will be included. (
Mr. Hassell added that Governor (
Hodges and Civil Defense officials
are concerned over the two million
dollars allotted to North Carolina ,
for hurricane damage as compared \
See COUNTY BOARD, Page 8
Cutter Stands By
Ship in Distress
Since Saturday night the Coast
Guard cutter Agassiz has been
standing by a distressed victory
ship, the SS Marvin C. Mclntyre
about eight miles from Frying Pan
lightship.
The Mclntyre was being towed
by the tug. Fort Moultrie, when the
line evidently parted and the Mc
lntyre radioed Fort Macon Coast
Guard Station for aid Saturday
afternoon.
The Agassi*, under command of
Lt. (jg) lister Willis, left Fort
Macon at 9:57 p.m. Saturday.
Fort Macon's information on de
tails of the Mclntyre's plight were
meager. Eight or nine persons are
reported to be aboard the victory
ship.
The tug was apparently taking
the Mclntyre into Cape Lookout
Bight to escape the high winds
when the two parted. The tug has
returned to Wilmington.
Fort Macon Coast Guard Station
reported yesterday that even Fry
ing Pan lightship has moved slight
ly off station.
Harry Venters
Joins Farm Staff
Under a federal program design
ed to assist states in increasing
farm income, Harry Venters of
Onslow County fees joined the
county farm office staff.
Mr. Venters will be paid by the
federal government and will act as
assistant to the county agent, R.
M. Williams. Mr. Williams said
that Mr. Venters does not replace
A1 Newson.e, former assistant
agent and will not handle 4-H work,
rhat will be taken over by Mr.
Williams.
Mr. Venters has a bachelor's de
gree in agronomy and is a grad
uate of State College. He has farm
ed in both Onslow and Craven
Counties and will start work here
Jan. IS.
Mr. Williams said that the coun
ay may not have anyone to replace
Mr. Ncwsome until the end of the
summer.
New Committee to Work
On Seafood Packaging Plan
A second progress report on
possibilities of developing seafood
processing plants led to establish
ment of a new committee at
the Conservation and Development
Board meeting at Raleigh Friday.
A commitee, named by the chair
man of the commerce and industry
committee, Robert M. Hanes, will
work with a committee named by
Cecil Morris, commercial fisheries
committee chairman. 1U duty will
be to consult with and offer infor
mation to fish dealers interested in
packaging seafood.
The progress report, which led
to the joint committee idea, was
presented by W. A. Ellison Jr.,
former director of the Institute of
Fisheries Research. Mr. Ellison
was appointed last year to make a
survey of the state's seafood pro
cessing potential. He submitted his
first report last September.
Crab Potential
In an interview Saturday. Mr. El
lison said there is splendid oppor
tunity to expand and diversify crab
production in North Carolina. "This
natural resource," he commented,
"is practically untapped."
Mr. Ellison said he is also opti
mistic about the possibilities of
preparing breaded shrimp for mar
ket. He mentioned Carteret, Pam
lico, Beaufort, Hyde and possibly
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Turwlay. Jan. It
8:31 a.m.
6:56 p.m.
12:10 a.m.
12:92 p.m.
Wedncidajr, Jan. 11
7:12 a.m.
7:38 p.m.
12:98 a.m.
1:37 p.m.
Thoraday, Jan. It
7:90 a.m.
8:17 p.m.
1:40 a.m.
2:18 p.m.
Friday, Jan. II
8:28 a.m.
8:M p.m.
2:21 a.m.
2:>7 p.m.
Brunswick Counties as likely locali
ties for the packaging.
Frozen green shrimp (headed,
shells on) has a ready market and
this too is a highly likely possibili
ty for men in the seafood business,
he added.
Floe Quality
North Carolina, Mr. Ellison aaid,
produces fine quality shrimp. Lo
cal shrimp has no iodoform taint
as does Florida and Gulf shrimp.
It is landed within 24 hours after
taken and does not have "Mack
spot." a conical black spot in the
body found in certain shrimp.
Mr Ellison said in his report,
"While I see no processing in thia
state to a large magnitude, I do
think that possibilities exist for
community activities which will in
crease payrolls which in the aggre
gate will improve the economic
conditions of the whole industry."
Mr. Ellison said his final report,
which will contain his complete
findings and recommendations for
development of the seafood indua
try, will be completed in about a
month.
The Joint committee will then
embark on fts efforts to help estab
lish processing plants wherever
possible and feasible.
Liquor Storo Sales
Amount to $69,213.65
Sales at county liquor' stores
last month amounted to 968,213.06.
Volume, by stores, was aa follows:
Beaufort 127,734, Morehead City
*32.273, and Newport S8.216.aB.
Sales tax was $6,888.41 and ut
profit (8,745.32. Dividends were
paid as follows: Beaufort *1,530,
Morehead City Hospital (1,788.40,
Newport *503.31, and the county,
*3.784.71. ,
Total sales In November
*51.808 December sales la
were *63J9)40.
were i
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