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45th YEAR, NO. 14. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
6,000 Tons Stone
To Move by Barge
From Morehead
Norfolk Dredging Co.
Bids Successfully
On Bar dan's Inlet Job
Six thousand ton* of stone, for
building breakwaters at Oriental,
will be moved from Morehead City
by barge to Oriental. The first
loads of heavy stone came into
Morehead City by rail this week.
Moving the stone to Oriental
will be Rivcnbark of New Bern.
According to J. D. Holt, port man
ager, three barges will be in ser
vice. Transportation of the stone,
a total of 130 carloads, is expected
to take about six weeks.
Contractor for the job is Good
wyn and Walls, Norfolk. The Nor
folk firm was low bidder on the
project at $78,186.
Contract Let
The Army Engineers office, Wil
mington, also reported this week
that the Barden's Inlet dredging
job was awarded Tuesday to Nor
folk Dredging Co. for $64,010. The
job includes widening the entrance
channel at Oriental.
The only other bidder was At
kinson Dredging Co., Norfolk,
which bid $93,420. The channel
will be dredged 7 feet deep and 100
feet wide. Work is expected to be
gin within 30 days.
Tuesday's bidding was the sec
ond attempt to get a low bid on
the Barden's Inlet job, a bid with
in 23 per cent of the government
estimate. Bids opened Jan. 31 were
rejected.
Bids will be opened at Wilming
ton again Tuesday on maintenance
dredging on the inland waterway
between Little River, S. C., and
Beaufort. One bid received Feb. 2
was rejected because it exceeded
25 per cent of the government es
timate.
Start of construction of break
waters at Hatteras will be de
layed until mid-March, Army en
gineers report. Wannamakcr and
Wells, Orangeburg, S. C., have
been awarded the job at $01,125.
Assembling Equipment
Equipment to be used there is
being assembled now. Stone (or
the two-wing barrier ?tovc by
rail to a port on the maMland and,
then be transported by barge
across Pamlico Sound.
Army engineers report that
plans are now taking shape for ex
tensive channel and harbor dredg
ing at Ocracoke.
The hopper dredge, Gerig, which
hat been working in Beaufort In
let, will complete its job here this
month. It was scheduled to move
from here to the mouth of the
Cape Fear River, but the bar chan
nel there has been reported to
be in good shape.
County Official Reveals
Work Plan for Hibbs Road
Moses C. Howard, chairman of
the county board of commission
ers, reported Wednesday that im
provement work on the Hibbs Road
was scheduled to start Thursday.
The Hibbs Road runs from High
way 70 east of Newport to High
way 24. The State Highway and
Public Works Commission will im
prove drainage and grade it.
I News in Nutshell |
INTERNATIONAL
FIERCE ARCTIC WEATHER in
Europe has put the winter death
toll at 4S2. The cold wave has
brought misery to millions and
ruined crops. Snow has evea (alien
in some areas of North Africa.
UNITED STATES informed the
world this week that the U. S.,
Britain and France would "work
outside the UN" if necessary to
prevent war in the Middle East.
NATIONAL
SIX PHYSICIANS reported
Tuesday that they had found Pres
ident Eisenhower "physically fit
for a second term in the White
House." Rumor now has it that
Ike will announce his future plans
about March 1.
CUTTING TOBACCO acreage by
20 per cent fastead of 12 was
squelched this weak. The prop nsad
bill was killed by the Heuse agri
culture tobacco subcommittee.
STATE
COLOR IN THB SKY, now being
shown at the More head Planetar
ium, Is acclaimed aa one of the
planetarium'! best show*. It repro
duces in color, sunaat, sunrise and
the "Northern Lights." The plane
tarium is located at Chapel Hill.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS won
again this week on the UNC cam
pus. In a vote to recall Daily Tar
Heel editors who spoke out against
"pro college football," the student
body voted to retain the incum
bent editors.
Getting Set to Workl
Fortifying themselves for their work tomorrow are three Morehead City teen-agers who will col
lect monev for the Heart Fund. Left to right are Marguerite Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Edwards; Virginia Morris, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Morris, and Fanella looper, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cooper. They will take up stations on Arendcll Street with the official heart
containers tomorrow.
I nspection Shows 49 Per Cent
Of Fire Hydrants Need Repair
Jaycees Will
Go to Valentine
Dance Tonight
A Valentine dance ?nd p"rtLt'*
b0pl*Rl'bfo* tonight's fcsHvi'lcs
?r^ssfssrtstffti
'?? Cw'lt* Schepcr, -cUl
ChMrm"h?pcr -id . three-piccc
com
ing Monday night meeting.
To Present Slate
? H Geer Jr. was named head
i the nominating committee and
wm prescT a flate of officer.
"SffiSS; announced tt?t the
i-Ltria, survey com-ttee was
sideraWe t^e'Uorc the rcsuits
chairman o'
I Jaycec Radio Day on March 14
nounced that four tc.m c.pU.ns.
t c Rennett, Jumes m*w?
sHjs.??3aS
"l G oTnn etold of ?he National
Convention to be held in Kansas
City, June ???. wcre
p'KWJ m
I jo Unload F*od
W?k? .nd Herbert Phillip
^lu?^d to a?-Un the unload
tfon ?'buUdiWg Wednesday *?*
i3?rt5frS
iSSof *72'
Geer!*were *Uoin^ up'prospective
""mt* Davis reported that quev
tionnaircs ^
nmaoectivc members, nc v
?jUTttase questionnaires to mem
? Styron.
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Morehead CHy.
ACC President to Speak
At Baccalaureate Service
Dr. Tnvl* A. White, praident
of Atlantic Christian College, Wil
son, will be the baccalaureate
speaker lor the Morehead City
High School in VUjr. T. Lenwood
Lee, principal, announces.
The baccalaureate service will
tafcv place hi the school auditor
lum at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 27.
? Fire Chief Charles Harrell, Beau--<
fort, and Gerald Woolard, secretary
of the Beaufort Fire Department,
on Tuesday inspected fire hydrants
in Beaufort and found that 31 of
the 63 hydrants need repair.
According to a letter written
Wednesday by Dan Walker, Beau
fort town clerk, to C. W. Williams,
manager of the Carolina Water Co.,
the 31 hydrants constitute 49 per
cent of all the hydrants in town.
Copies of the letter to Mr. Wil- 1
liams have been mailed to each
member of the State Utilities Com
mission which is now considering i
protest against higher rates re
quested by the water company.
The major portion of the letter
follows:
Hydrants Needing Repair
West end of Front Street ?
Leaks at base.
Live Oak and Broad ? Cap
threads stripped, will not screw on.
Broad and Gordon ? Leaks con
tinuously at base.
Ann and Gordon ? Leaks con
tinuously at base.
Front and Fulford ? Bent over
approximately 15 degrees, spindle
bent and cannot be fully opened.
Ann Street ? Middle of block
between Gordon and Fulford ?
Leans over approximately 10 de
grees, leaks at base.
Ann and Pollock ? Leans over
approximately 15 degrees, spindle
bent and very hard to turn on.
Ann and Queen ? Hydrant turn
ed backwards, should face street
for truck hookup.
Queen Street between Ann and
Front ? Hydrant bent over, spin
dle bent, cannot be fully opened.
Ann and Craven ? Hydrant turn
ed backwards, should face street
for truck hookup.
Ann and Turner ? Cannot be
turned off completely, threads in
cap rusted out.
Ann and Moore ? Leaks continu
ously at base.
Broad and Craven ? Leaks badly
at base.
Broad and Pollock ? Leaks at
base.
Broad and Queen ? Leaks at
base.
Broad and Marsh ? Leaks at
base and at top, cap threads
stripped.
Cedar and Hedrick ? Bent over
10 degrees, leaks at base.
Cedar and Live Oak ? Leaks at
base.
Cedar and Queen ? Hydrant
turned backwards, should face
street.
Cedar and Turner ? Leaks bad
ly at base.
Cedar and Orange ? Leaks badly
at base.
Pine and Craven ? Leaks at base.
Pine and Pollock ? Leans over,
spindle bent, leaks badly at base.
See HYDRANTS, Page 2
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John Steed Heads
Beaufort Rotary
John Steed was elected presi
dent of the Beaufort Rotary Club
at the weekly meeting Tuesday
night at the Inlet Inn. Dr. David
Farrlor was elected vice>president
and Dr. W. L. Woodard was re
elected sfeeretary-treanurer.
The new officers will Uke office
in July, and were selected from
the newly-elected board of direc
tors.
The directors, in addition to Mr.
Steed and Dr. Farrior, are Gene
Smith, the Rev. C. Edward Sharp,
H. D. Paul, and Carl Hatsell.
Guests at the meeting were
Morehcad City Rotarians Walter
Edwards, Bernard Leary, J. D.
Holt, Bill Blair and W. C. Mat
thews Jr.
Patrol Sergeant Says County
Has 'Worst Accident Record'
Driver Ordered
To Pay $125,
Costs Monday
Charles Williams Willis was
fined $125 and costs by Judge Her
bert O. Phillips in Morehead City
Recorder's Court Monday when he
was found guilty ?f no operator's
license and driving drunk.
Willis was given a 90-day sus
pended sentence and told to be
on good behavior for six months.
Paul Richard Taylor was fined
$25 and costs for careless and
reckless driving.
Pays $15 Fine
Bruce Ray Williams was fined
$15 and costs for careless and
reckless driving.
Raymond Kenworthy and Pa
trick Lee Baker each were fined
$25 and costs for no operator's
license with the full fine to be re
mitted provided they present a
valid license to the court within
one week.
Frank Harker was fined $10 and
costs for being drunk in a public
place. Harker was given a sus
pended 30-day jail sentence and
told to behave himself for two
years.
Willie L. Moore was assessed
half costs for being drunk and dis
orderly. He was given a 10-day
jail sentence, suspended on con
dition that he remain away from
the home of Eula Herring.
Darrell Lee Hunnings was as
sessed costs for driving a semi
trailer truck across sidewalk.
Charges Dropped
Charges of no operator's license,
against Jessie Gray and Joseph
McCarthy Carter, were dropped.
A similar charge against Cecil
Howard Mason Jr. waa dropped
and Mason was found not guilty
of no Rights on his vehicle.
Leon Whaley was found not
guilty of allowing an unlicensed
person to operate a motor vehicle.
A charge of failing to comply
with a court judgment of June 27,
1955 against Pvt. Thomas G. Davis
was dismissed.
Cases against Bobby Kenworthy,
William E. Hall, William A. Webb
and Malcolm Ray Willis were con
tinued.
County s Total Allotment
Of Vaccine Used Yesterday
Plastic Hearts Put
In Beaufort Stores
Coin collectors for the Heart
Fund drive have been placed in
the stores in Beaufort, according
to Mrs. Wiley Taylor Jr., publi
city chairman.
Mrs. Taylor said that teen age
volunteers will make the can
vass on Heart Sunday, Feb. 26,
with Miss Sylvia Harrell in
charge of lining up solicitors.
Carteret Women
Appear on TV
Under sponsorship of the Green
ville Business and Professional
Women's Club, 16 Carteret women
appeared on the quiz program.
Over the Top, on WNCT Wednes
day and Thursday afternooni of
this week.
On the Wednesday program were
Mrs. Ottis Jefferson, Mrs. D. F.
Merrill. Mrs. G. W Duncan, Mrs.
James Steed, Mrs. Ralph A1 bares,
Miss Amy Muse, Mrs. W. I. Loft in
and Mrs. Vera Smith, all of Beau
fort.
The latter four, the winning
team, received cigarette lighters
and billfolds and the other team
won ball point pens.
Members of the audience were
Mrs. Thomas H. Potter, Mr*. Ruby
Peterson and Mrs. Florence Phil
lips, all of Beaufort.
Making the trip to Greenville
yesterday to appear on the pro
gram were Mrs. A. B. Roberts,
Mrs. George W. Dill, Mrs. Malcolm
Goodwin, Mrs. G. D. Gamble, Mrs.
Earl Norwood, Mrs. Frank Reams,
Mrs. George Dunn, Mr*. F. C.
Salisbury and Mrs. Justin Robin
son, all of Morehead City.
Mrs. Theodore Phillip*, TV
chairman of the Carteret BltPW
Club, was in charge of obtatatng
the program participant*.
? All of the county's 531-dose al
lotment of Salk vaccine was used
at the clinica in Beaufort and
Morehcad City yesterday, accord
ing to Dr. Luther Fulcher, county
health officer.
One hundred eighty ahots had
been administered in Beaufort by
1:30 p.m. yesterday. At 2 p.m., Mrs.
Beatrice Lewis, who was in charge
of the Morehcad City clinic, said
that her supply would not last
through the afternoon.
The allotment was divided, half
and half, between Beaufort and
Morehead City.
It is not known when the coun
ty's next federal allotment will be
forthcoming. Dr. Fulcher aaid that
in one month those who got their
first shot yesterday should get
their second shot.
The vaccine administered yester
day waa the second federal allot
ment received by Carteret.
Cooperation Lacking Here,
Sgt. C. L. Teague Declares
Sfirt. C. L. Teague of the State Highway Patrol, New
Bern, laid it on the line Wednesday noon at the school bus
drivers' luncheon in the recreation building, Morehead
City.
Speaking of the county's highway fatality rate, he said
mrLrf\ "" "* wo?
,"f? d of ""y ln his five-county dis
He added. "And we gel less co
zz'zir ,hp ?*?*'? '"this
eauny than in any other area
l 10 S've us the informa
^,^52.'? CUrb 'h- -ecU
prolecUng someone when they re- 1
fuse to cooperate with law en
forcement officers."
?U)ShMg<,wm Tcaguc al'Pea!ed to the
fake ?H ?Ve" his aud"n? to
take a different and more cooper
ative attitude toward law enforce
ment and highway safety.
Rate Almost Double
oergcant Teague quoted the
1954 ill hlghway falaIlty rate for I
that losv WaS 6' *nd poin"-d ?"t
or almost dou
on an airst^jp" faU'"y ?CCUrrcd
Sergeant Teague said that the
area of Morehead City eastward
F,vp? ,Pa,r,"CUlar e?neern to him. I
u fala'"les have occurred on
Highways 70 and 101 cast.
?ere are more wrecks in the
tstein part of the county than
Mr. .k ! thc concentration of
cars there is heavier," the sergeant
"It is impossible for four hizh
awndy ';::r;";ncn to cut th" '??><?<
and fatality rate," he continued.
15 1,ule wc ?n do without
.Zl "operation. If you want to
(alter this record, you can do so.
but it can't be changed unless the
people take an active interest
... ? "ere
In Carteret County |f? getting
geant Teague declared.
| The sergeant was introduced by
L' Joa'yn. county superinten
dent of Khoo1,. To iiiu,trate hjJ
jwint about wrecks and fatalities,
the sergeant showed a Carteret
map Studded with red, blue and
yellow pins indicating points of
wrecks, injuries and fatalities.
Sergeant Teague introduced W.
N. Hyde, chief of Records and
Driver Improvement Representa
tives of the State Motor Vehicles
Division.
Accidents Increase
Mr. Hyde said that thc school
bua accidcnt record in this county
is not encouraging. There were no
school bus accidcnts in 1953-54
there were three in 1954-55, there
have been five so far this year and
there are still three months of
school.
"Ninety per cent of the acci
dents on our highways are not
accidents'," Mr. Hyde said. "They
are the result of 'driver error'."
He said that bad driving la con
tagious. One driver sees another
"getting away with" bad driving
habits and he imitates him and
thc accident rate rises.
He pointed out that people 16
to 24 years of age have the worst
driving records "They are in the
best condition physically, but are
not mature. Thc boys, especially,
want to show off. Studies have
shown that this show-off attitude
!? not attractive to the opposite
sex. This recklessness in cars
See WORST RECORD, Page t
Highway Patrolmen Rush
Serum Here to Aid Patient
Because of kelp from the High
way Patrol, Alvin Wot, Morehead
City, is recovering from a serious
illness which ii believed to have
resulted from an injury he incurred
Friday, Feb. 3, while working at
Mobley Buick Co.
A window regulator closed on
his right hand, mashing the index
finger.
Mrs. West said that her husband,
who is now in the Morehead City
Hospital, received emergency treat
ment at the hospital after the acci
dent happened, "but was sick all
week."
His jaws began to hurt Satur
day. she said, but he was unable to
take the regular tetanus shots that
had been given him when he was
first hurt.
He became seriously ill Saturday
night und through the 8tate High
way Patrol, arrangements were
made to rush bovine tetanus anti
toxin to Morehead City.
The serum was reliyed by State
Highway Patrolmen from Durham
to Raleigh to New Bern where It
was picked up by Carteret Highway
Patrolmen W. J. Smith Jr. and R.
H. Brown.
Mr. West was reported to be
much better yesterday. Doctors say
that they could not definitely diag
nosc Mr. West's illncu a* lockjaw.
High, Low Temperatures
Recorded on Same Day
A high of 63 degrees was record
ed on Tuesday and a low of 40 waa
marked up on the same date, ac
cording to E. Stanley Davis,
weather observer.
A trace of rain was reported on
Wednesday.
The high and low temperatures
and the wind direction* for the be
ginning of the week were as fol
low*:
Max. Mln. Wind*
Monday 00 45 SW
Tuesday 83 40 SW
Wcdacaday 02 48 SW
Down East Lions
Set Date for Start
Of Fire Program
A special meeting for organiza
tion of a Down East Volunteer Fire
Department was planned Monday
night at the meeting of the Down
East Lions Club. The Lions met in
the Atlantic School cafeteria.
The organizational fire depart
ment meeting will take place at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. The!
place will be announced. Any man
over 21 is invited to bccomc a
member.
Guest speakers at Monday's
meeting were Leon Mann Jr., ma
yor of Newport, Bennie R. Garner,
assistant chief of the Newport Fire
Department, and W. Jim Kirby,
chairman of the Newport Fire De
partment's grievances committee.
The speakers dealt with obtain
ing literature on fire department
work, and maintenance and up
keep of equipment. The Lions al
ready have a truck which is being
outfitted..
Jack Johnson, president of the
club* presided. Refreshments were
served.
After the regular meeting, the
board of directors met to draft
plans for the organizational meet
ing of the Down East Fire fccpart
mcnt ,.>>?
Shriners Plan
Dinner, Dance
Members of the Carteret County
Shrine Club will attend a dinner
dance Friday night, March 9, at
Capt. Bill Ballou's new waterfront
Restaurant, Morehcad City.
Plans for the event were made
Wednesday night at a meeting in
the Machine and Supply Co. office,
Beaufort. Hugh Salter, president
of the club, presided.
Noble Bruce Goodwin was
named chairman of the entertain
ment committee. Committee mem
bers arc Tommy Russell, Gerald
Mitchell, W. J. I pock and M. M.
Ayscuc.
N. L. Walker, former Shrine
Club president, and Leonard Safrit
were named to the committee to
obtain favors for the ladies.
President Salter will mail out
the programs and notices of the
social event. All Shriners, regard
less whether they are members of
Sudan Temple, are expected to at
tend.
Attending the planning meeting,
in addition to those mentioned,
was Norwood Young.
Dr. W. A. Chipman
To Serve With
Marine Scientists
Dr. W?ltcr A. Chipman, chief.
Special fishery Investigations of
the U. S Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice, and in charge of the Radio
isotope laboratory on Plvera It
land has ben invited by Dr. Detlev
W. Bronk, president of the Na
tional Academy of Sciences, to
serve as a member of a committee
of scientists to consider the ocean
ographic and fisheries problems re
sulting from atomic radiations.
The committee, under the chair
manship of Dr. Roger Revelle of
the Scripps Institution of Ocean
ography of the University of Cali
fornia, will consider the current
status of knowledge on the effects
of atomic radiations on marine re
sources and recommend to the
academy the needs for further re
search in this field.
The first meeting of the com
mittee is scheduled for early March
at Princeton, N. J.
Outtage Sunday
George Stovall, manager o< Caro
lina Power and Light Co., has an
nounced a power outtage. weather
permitting, for 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Sunday. The area affected will be
Queen Street, between Ann and
Front, BcauiorL
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Erlangen Loads
With Tobacco
Hamburg-American Ship
To Sail Tomorrow After
Taking on Cargo
Loading of tobacco began yester
day at the Morehcad City port af
ter the SS Erlangen, Hamburg
American Line freighter, tied up
in the morning.
The cargo is composed of 845
hogsheads, 235 of these being Ken
tucky .burlcy. Col. Richard S. Marr,
executive director of the State
Ports Authority, pointed out that
this movement of burley is the
largest to be handled by the More
head port.
J. D. Holt, port manager said
the bulk of the cargo was supplied
by a Kinston shipper, and 60 hogs
heads came from the port's wares
house storage. The Erlangen, here
on its maiden voyage, will sail to
morrow. The tobacco will be un
loaded at Hamburg for delivery to
a single consignee.
Master of the Erlangen is Capt.
Hermann Jacobs, who has served
with the Hamburg American Line
since 1920. This is the second time
he has commanded a ship on its
first trip.
He related that during the war
a freighter he commanded was
sunk by the British off Spain, and
he and his crew were rescued with
no loss of life by a Spanish ship
and taken to Lacuna. From there
he was returned to Germany to
take on a new command.
Rotarians Plan
Teen-Age Club
K. ?? Comer
ro?fc ?2s? nighl
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f?Alw discussed was the need for
ESTsw
hCKcnnclh Wagner, Morehead City,
was a visiting Rotarian.
Plans Proceed
On Hew Theatre
The contract for tearing down
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SU w^V Will start on the new
j"b Xuke about
the entire 1? M|d.
(Thrr n!T\h?tr? Wll be ful^J
equipped with air ggg^Jg
building.
, 37 foot wide screen l#-teet high^
Mr. Morrow announces that the
lobby will be widened and would
conUin the latest in concession
bars.
Defendant Faces Charge
Of Stealing $98 Check
Fred Haire, Morehead City, wm
apprehended by Sgt. Joe Smith of
the Morehead City Police depart
ment Tuesday on a chargc ot sU^
ina a $88 check and cashing ?.
The check was made payable to
the Dutch Oven Bakery.
Tommy E. 3UU. LltUe Cmfc;
Va.. waa apprehended by Sta
HiBhway Patrolman W. i- Smith
S on a charge of speed*.
85 miles per hour.
Both have been docketed for
appearance in Morehead City He
corder'a Court Monday.
Specialist Visits
A. V. Allen, Raleigh, extcniion
specialist in animal husbandry, vis
ited livestock farm* in the county
yesterday.