: CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
45th YEAR. NO. 16. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Navy Officers Visit
With Morehead Officials
L. Thomas Joins
Fisheries Staff
C. Gehrmann Holland
Reveals Appointment
Of Enforcement Officer
Leon Thomas of Marshallberg
and Edcnton started work Monday
as chief law enforcement officer
with the State Commercial Fish
erics Division.
C. Gehrmann Holland, fisheries
commissioner, in announcing the
appointment, said that Mr. Thomas
was formerly with the State Wild
life Resources Commission as chief
law enforcement supervisor.
Mr Thomas, who has a home at
Edenton as well as Marshallberg,
is working out of the Morehead
City office.
Speaking of personnel, Mr. Hol
land said that "no one could pos
sibly be found" to replace the late
Ernest Nelson, son of Capt. John
Nelson and former fisheries com
missioner.
Mr. Nelson died Dec. 30, 1955,
less than a year after his father
died. "He grew up in this business
and knew every bit of the North
Carolina coast," said Mr. Holland
in paying tribute to Mr. Nelson.
Dan Sadler, Beaufort, retired
Coast Guardsman who held the
rating of machinist, has been made
engineer in charge of the state
boats.
? Two Navy officers called Wed
nesday morning on town officials
of Morehead City.
Rear Adm. John Sylvester, com
mander of Amphibious Group 4,
and Capt. Robert R. Craighill, com
mander of Transport Amphibious
Squadron 4, visited at the More
head City Municipal Building with
Mayor George W. Dill Jr., George
McNeill, town attorney, Dr. John
Morris, member of the mayor's
Port Advisory Commission, and J.
D. Holt, state port manager.
Accessible Port
The Navy officers told the group
that Morehead City is the most ac
cessible port the Navy uses along i
this coast. Also discussed was deep
ening of the channel into More
' head City harbor, improving range !
lights so that entrance can be j
made at night, and the possibility
of widening the channel.
The new Navy LST loading ramp
is being used for the first time I
in current operations. The officers |
said the ramp constitutes a big
improvement in loading and un
loading.
Bound for Vieques
The officers are taking part in
Traex 2, which involves 12 Navy
ships, several thousand men and
supplies. The group is bound for
maneuvers on the island of Vie
ques, Puerto Rico.
In January 7,000 Camp Lejeune
Marines left Morehead City in
I Traex 1.
Ships docking here in this op
| eration have been the Fremont,
Monrovia, Rockridge, Muliphen,
Capricornus and the Oglethorpe.
Loading operations will end to
day.
National Guard, Band
Will Parade Tomorrow
The National Guard unit and thc+
Morehead City School Band will
parade on Arendell Street starting
at 1 p.m. tomorrow. The parade
will start at 14th Street and con
tinue through the business section
according to Lt. Merrit Bridgman,
commanding officer of the unit.
The parade is in conjunction
with the nationwide National
Guard recruit drive. Lieutenant
Bridgman says his unit hopes to
increase its ranks by 25. In tomor
row's one-day drive particular em
phasis will be placed on contacting 1
parents of prospective recruits.
The unit will hold open house
at the Armory, Camp Glenn all
day tomorrow. Guard personnel
will answer in detail questions rel
ative to enlistment.
Guard members will devote the
first two hours tomorrow to drill.
Teen-Age Night
Set for Friday
Teen age night at the Morehcad
City Recreation building will
change to Friday, beginning to
night.
Fred Lewis, manager of the rec
reation program, said that Friday
is the regular night for the teen
agers but during the basketball
season it is scheduled on Saturday.
Since the basketball season is
drawing to a close, the Friday sche
dule will go into effect again.
Hours are from 7 to 10:30 p.m.
Children 12 years of age upward
may attend but children 12 and
13 are to leave the building by 9
p.m. Mr. Lewis asks that parents
do not send children under 12.
"This is not a baby-sittiag ser
vice," he said, "and wc are not
prepared to take care of young
children."
The boys and girls skate until
8 o'clock and dance from 8 until
10:30 in the auditorium. Other
table games, ping pong and shuf
flcboard. are available.
Mr. Lewis said attendance is
averaging 200 each teen-age night.
"Although we have chaperones,
more parents are beginning to
come and wc appreciate that," Mr.
Lewis said.
Falling Bricks
Damage Belk's
Part of a w?H of the Morehcad
Theatre tell tod damaged the roof
of Belk's Department Store Wed
nesday afternoon.
The falling bricks causcd a
crack in Belk's roof and water
started flowing into the store like
a veritable "Niagara Falls," ac
cording to Luther Earl Lewis, man
ager of Belk's.
Mr. Lewis said he went into the
store Wednesday afternoon. The
store had closed to customers at
12 noon. He noted the crack in the
ceiling at 4 p.m. The water came
from a gutter on the roof which
had broken when the bricks fell
on it
Men's summer suits, some yet to
be tagged, were drenched by the
water and debris that fell when
the roof cracked.
The damage to merchandise was
confined to the men's department
which was roped off yesterday.
Otherwise, business was going on
as usual. Besides the suits, sev
eral men's caps and jackets were
also drenched.
Mr. Lewis was waiting for in
surance adjusters yesterday after
noon. He couldn't estimate at that
time the amount of damage done.
Making good the loss will be the
responsibility of the Wilson con
tractors tearing down the theatre,
Mr. Lewis said.
Dr. Lenox Baker Joins
State Board of Health
Dr. Lenox Baker, Durham, who
is in charge of the orthopedic
clinic conducted each month in
Morchead City, took oath yester
day as a member of the State
Board of Health
Dr. Baker is orthopedist at Duke
Hospital. He will complete the
term of Dr. Hubert Haywood, Ra
leigh, who has resigned.
The oath of office was adminis
tered to Dr. Baker in the gover
nor's office.
News in a Nutshell
INTERNATIONAL
BRITISH DIPLOMATS have pro
posed a buffer zone between Israeli
and Jordan as Jewish-Arab tensions
mount in the Middle East.
BRAZILIAN FORCES were mov
ing yesterday to crush a tiny pocket
revolt in the Amaton River city
of Snntarcm. Rebels have been
blocking river traffic from the
coast to the interior sincc Feb. 11.
NATIONAL
NEtiRO LEADERS at Montgom
ery, Ala., are resisting boycott
charges. Negroes in that city have
refused to ride busses iltlce I Ne
gro was fined there Dec. 5 for re
fusing to move lo the Negro see
lion of the bus.
FRIENDS OF IKE say he has
told them he is willing to run for
a second term. The White House
is busily denying the reports.
STATE
HIGH POINT city council has
voted to open its municipal golf
course to Negroes, beginning next
Thursday.
TRANS ? CAROLINA PIPELINE
Corp. has applied to the Federal
Power Commission for authority
to serve eaatem Carolina with a
natural gas pipeline system. The
service would include New Bern
and Wilmington.
W. P. Saunders,
Ed Kirk Visit
County Tuesday
C&D Officials Call
At Fisheries Office,
Visit State Park
William Saunders, director of
the Board of Conservation and De
velopment, and his assistant. Ed
Kirk, visited the State Commercial
Fisheries office at Camp Glenn
Tuesday.
The C&D officials also went to
Fort Macon State Park where they j
were impressed with the dunes
rebuilding project there.
Prisoners are stabilizing dunes '
which have been pushed up as pro- :
tection against future hurricanes. !
"They're doing a fine job." Mr. I
Kirk reported. Approximately a |
thousand feet of dunes have been
stabilized. Ten prison laborers are j
on the job.
Report Finished
Mr. Kirk also reported that a
special marketing study of North I
Carolina fish products has been j
completed by W. A. Ellison Jr.,
Bclhaven, former director of the
Institute of Fisheries Research.
He said copies of the report are
being sent to the C&D committee
on fisheries. Then Miles Smith,
vice-chairman of the board will
call a meeting of the committee
to discuss the report with Mr. El
lison.
He said the report will probably
be released within the next 10
days. Mr. Ellison, who has been
making special marketing studies
since leaving the institute early
last year, completed his work last
Wednesday.
"Even though he is no longer
in the state's- employ," Mr Kirk
said, "he has kindly consented to
go over his report with the com
mittee."
Return to Raleigh i
Mr. Kirk and Mr. Saunders re
turned to Raleigh Tuesday. Mr.
Kirk expects to be back in this
county the first of March.
He succeeds Eric Rodgers as as
sistant to the C&D director, and
Mr. Saunders succeeds Ben Doug
las. Mr. Saunders took over the ?
post in December.
Highway Officials
To Review Bids
At a State Highway Commission
meeting today commissioners will
review a low bid received Tuesday
on 10.68 miles of grading and
paving on Ocracoke Island.
The road will run from Ocracoke
Village northeast toward Hatteras,
trenched out of the beach and cut
through the sand dunes. A six-inch
deep compacted stone base, 18 feet
wide, will be constructed. The road
will be paved with asphalt.
Several creosoted timber bridges
will be built in the sand dune area
so that high ocean and sound wa
ter will go under the bridges ra
ther than over the road.
Low bidders were Dickerson,
Inc., Monroe, roadways, $151,267
50; and E. P Brinklcy, Raleigh,
bridges, $110,717.
Following receipt of the bids, W.
H. Rogers Jr., chief engineer for
the State Highway Commission
said that the cost would be closer
to $460,000 than the total $261,
984.50 bid.
The lower figure, he said, repre
sented only a part of the actual
cost. He said stone alone for the
load base would cost about $175,
000. Hauling and stockpiling the
stone would add to the cost of con
struction.
The state has set up only $300,
000 for construction of the road.
In view of this fact, there was
some doubt expressed in Raleigh
yesterday as to whether the road
could be built at present.
Paul Wilhelm
Hurt in Wreck
Paul M. Wilhelm, of the buoy
tender Conifer, suffered numerous
bruises when his car turned over
Wednesday night on the Fort Ma
con Road.
Riding with Wilhelm was Wil
liam J. Dow. also of the Conifer,
who escaped injury. Wilhelm was
still confined to the Morehcad
City Hospital yesterday.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman W. J. Smith Jr.. Wilhelm
was driving a 1949 Buick, headed
toward the Coaat Guard base. At
the curve entering the state park,
he lost control of the car, the pa
trolman said. The car turned over
twice.
Wilhelm was charged with driv
ing at an unsafe speed. The car
was damaged beyond repair.
Two hub caps from a new car
were stolen Wednesday night from
the Paul Motor Co. used car lot.
Medical Society Mcmbers^1^
Sve Polio Shots Free of Charg
Dutch Tanker to Move Fish
Oil From Beaufort Factory
Photo by Norwood Young j ,
This is the Nady as she moved last February through the Beaufort draw. It was a tight squeeze. The ; i
fish oil to be shipped to Europe this weekend will be made into margarine. j 1
Chamber of Commerce
Mails Pledge Cards, Report
Pledge cards were maiJed this*
week to Morchead City business
men along with copies of the
chamber's publication, The Wheel.
It was noted fn the publication
that only $170,000 was spent in
1955 for local advertising to stim
ulate business already in the area,
and a small 1 per cent, $1,171 was
all that the chamber had available
with which to seek new businesses,
new industries, new tourists, new
highways, new waterways and new
legislation.
Reports were made in The Wheel
on chamber activities. One report
deals with the All-Seashore High
way, as a means of bringing tour
ists to this area.
Relative to industrial develop
ment. it was announced that sev
eral promising inquiries involving
steady and substantial payrolls are
being processed at the present
time.
Sites Listed
L. D. Gore is chairman of the
committee and he and his fellow
members are compiling a list of
desirable industrial sites, includ
ing sites which may be made usable
by pumping up new land.
The committee is in close touch
with representatives of the South
ern Railway System who are inter
ested in securing industries for this
coastal area.
Communities cooperating in the
All-Seashore Highway project are
also interested in the needs of
ports and waterways. "Watch re
sults in this session of Congress,
especially the deepening of the |
Morchead City turning basin and
the Beaufort Inlet channel," The
Wheel says.
New Facilities
A new warehouse is under con
struction at the port terminal and
fumigation facilities will soon be
available. The chamber is con
stantly on th? alert for ways of
promoting the use of the port, ac
cording to the bulletin.
Referring to conventions, the
lack of accommodations has been
a great drawback in obtaining
them. Two conventions are tenta
tive at present, one of 190 and one |
of 200 people.
Members of the chamber were I
urged to help in getting conven
tions of different civic, business,
social and religious organizations 1 ,
See CHAMBER. Page 6
Driver Escapes Injury
When Car Lands in Canal
John T. Styron, Atlantic, escapod
injury Saturday night when the
1047 Chevrolet he was driving left
the road a mile and a half east of
Williston and ran into a canal.
The accident occurred on High
way 70. State Highway Patrolman
W. J. Smith Jr. said Styron and
a passenger with him had to awim
from the car.
The paiaenger, who wai not iden
tified. was slightly injured, ac
cording to Patrolman Smith. No
chargea against the driver were
filed.
ICC Will Hear
Rail Case March 9
Beginning at 10 o'clock Friday
morning, March 9, the Interstate
Commerce Commission will hear
arguments on Southern Railway's
takinc over the Atlantic and East
Carolina Railroad and the Camp
Lcjeune Railroad.
Presentation of the case, oral
ly, before the commission fol
lows Southern's filing an excep
tion in January to a trial exam
iner's report.
The trial examiner approved
Southern's taking over the j
A&EC, which runs from Golds- I
boro to Morchead City, but did I
not approve Southern's operat- |
ing the federal line between
Camp Lcjeunc and Cherry Point.
Southern says it wants to op
erate both lines.
Newport Firemen
Get Truck Ready
Part of Newport's first project
in the Finer Carolina program for
1956 was completed this week
when the recently-acquired "sur
plus property" fire truck was put
in operation.
The first project is improving
fire protection in the town and in
the. surrounding area.
Firemen donated over 200 hours
of labor to convert the truck, an
nounced B. T. Smith Jr., fire
chief.
In addition to carrying 1,200
gallons of water, the truck has a
pump and hose, enabling its use
on many types of fires. As the
fire department is able, more
equipment will be added.
On the second project, improv
ing recreational facilities, a church
has agreed to sponsor a Sea Ex
plorer Unit. Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, and three adult advisors have
been obtained.
Both the PTA and school arc
working on additional playground
equipment. \
Tide Tabl*
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
llir.H LOW
Friday, Feb. 24
6 48 a.m. 12:33 a.m.
7:15 p m. 1:09 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25
7:37 a.m. 1:27 a.m.
8:03 p.m. 1:58 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 26
8:25 a.m. 2:18 a.m.
8:50 p.m. 2:44 p.m.
Moaday, Feb. 27
0:12 a.m. 3.06 a.m.
9:38 p.m. ' 3:27 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 28
10:00 a.m. 3:51 t.m.
10:26 p.m. 4:10 p.m.
The tanker Maureen, owned by
N. V. Deren Igde Tankkustvaart of
Rotterdam, will arrive here this
weekend to take on fish oil at the
Fish Meal Co., Beaufort.
This will be the second time that 1
fish oil has been exported directly '
from the Beaufort fish factory. 1
The 250-foot German tanker, Nady, 1
moved the first shipment from
Beaufort last February.
The Maureen, captained by W.
J. Breekhizen, is expected tomor
row or Sunday. "The day it arrives
depends on what kind of a sailing
is made," according to William T.
Davies, Morehead City Shipping
Co., agent for the ship. The Mau
reen is coming here from Italy.
After it loads, it will go to Nor
folk enroute to Rotterdam. Be
cause the depth of the channel
through the Beaufort draw is only
12 V* feet, the Maureen will take
on a part cargo, 1.200 tons, at the
fish factory.
Loading of 400 additional tons
will be completed at the Morehead
City port. Tank truck* will carry
the oil from the factory to the port.
Exporter of the oil is Acme Mer
cantile Corp. Freight forwarders
arc Heide and Co., Morehead City.
The 1,600-ton Maureen shipment
brings fish oil exports from here
this year to 2,300 tons. Seven hun
dred tons were taken on by the
Gocttigen in January.
The Maureen is a ship of 1,876
gross tons and the crew is Dutch, i
Dredge to Work
At Morehead City
Pincr's Dredging Co., Morehead
City, has made application for ap
proval of plans to dredge on the
north side of Bogue Sound at
Morehead City, according to the
district engineer at Wilmington.
Plans show that approximately
180,000 cubic yards will be dredged
from a point just west of the At
lantic Beach Bridge to a point op
posite Taylor's Commercial F' "fl
ing Co. and deposited along < c
shoreline, to rebuild pro' ! v
washed away by recent hurr'
and to stop further erosion. 1
Plans may be seen at the office J
of Col. R. L. Hill, district engi
neer, and at the postofficc in ?
Morehead City.
Anyone having objections to this
work should contact the Office of
the District Engineer, Wilmington
District, 308 Customhouse, Wil
mington, N. C., before March 1,
1956.
Merchants' Directors
Will Convene Monday
Morehead City Merchants As- (
sociation officers, following their ,
meeting Monday, decided that the
entire membership will not meet 1
until March. 1
The board of directors only will
meet this coming Monday. At that I
time they will set the date for the '
March meeting.
Work Scheduled
Work was scheduled to start this (
week on the hurricane-resistant >
cottage to be built at Club Colony I
by Brick and Tile Service, Greens- I
bora.
Offer Follows in Wake
Of Public Resentment
Members of the Carteret County
Mcdieal Society announced yester
day that they will give polio shots,
free of .charge, to any children
whose parents cannot afford to
pay for them.
This announcement followed in
the wake of rising public senti
ment over a decision made by the
County Medical Society last week.
The society, composed of doctors,
did not approve the requesting of
additional polio vaccine under the
federal program.
Vaccine Insufficient
Five hundred thirty-one doses
of the vaccine were administered
by the County Health Department
last Thursday, but were not enough
to take care of all the children
who wanted inoculation.
Under State Board of Health
rules, additional vaccine may be
?equested for free administration
if both the health office and the
ocal medical society approve.
Federal law requires that no one
be screened as to whether he can
ifford to pay for the shots. Doctors
>ay that they don't approve of peo
ple who can afford to pay, getting
?he shots free. It was on that basis
that the medical society last week j
refused approval for additional
free vaccine.
Another federal allotment, to be
administered by the health depart
ment, will be forthcoming, but the
time of its deliveity is unknown.
Statement
The medical society's statement
of yesterday follows:
"The action taken at the Feb
ruary 13th meeting of the Carteret
County Medical Society has result
ed in a situation which has brought
criticism upon the medical profes
sion in our locality.
"It is necessary that some ex
planation be given to the public
inasmvalt as the fttfioa whic* was
taken in no intended to
prevent anyone receiving th? polio
vaccine.
"At this meeting the release of
all available vaccine to the Public
Health Service was discussod and
was not deemed advisable. It was
not realized by the doctors present
that the demand for the vaccine
from the Public Health Depart
ment would be so great as to ex
ceed the supply.
"The County Medical Society
feels that the excessive demand
for the vaccine was occasioned by
the fact that a great many patients
applied for and received the vac
cine who were able to pay their
awn private physician for the
shots.
"It has been and still is the
opinion of the County Medical So
ciety that those who arc able to
pay for medical care should do so.
it is also the opinion of all the
members of the County Medical
Society that anyone who needs
medical treatment of any kind
whatsoever should receive it, even
though they are not financially
iblc to pay for it.
"This has been the policy of the
doctors in this county for many,
many years and we sincerely hope
it will always be the policy in the
future. The supply of available
vaccine to the Public Health De
partment was exhausted before all
ipplicants could be given the
shots.
"It is the wish of the members
Df the County Medical Society that
i :y patients who feel that they do
i' t desire to wait until the next
supply of vaccine is available to
the County Health Department,
contact any of the physicians in
the county and receive their vac
cination.
"Those who are able to pay for!
[He vaccine will be expected to do
lid those who arc financially
fat to pay will be given the
^ free of charge.
' Certainly the records of every
See FREE OFFER, Page 6
Health Board
Acts on Shots,
VD Control Law
[ Meeting Wednesday afternoon at
the eounty health department,
| Beaufort, the County Board of
I Health voted to continue immuniza
tions in the schools and adopted a
resolution for control of venereal
disease.
Action on Riving shots against
diphtheria, typhoid, smallpox, and
I whooping couch was taken, follow
ing a report by Dr. Luther Fulcher,
county health officer. Certain in
I dividual! had recently proposed
I that such immunization be stopped
in the schools. For that reason,
I the matter was brought up at the
board meeting
Requirement* on VD Law
The regulation on control of ve
nereal disease requires that mi
grant workers, fishermen or farm
laborers, be required to take a
blood test when they enter the
county to work for periods of less
than six months.
Those having venereal disease
will be required to take treatment
for cure. Blood tests and treat
ment will be given through the
county health department.
Persons who refuse to comply
with the regulation shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor. The penalty can
be a fine as high as $50 or im
prisonment up to 30 days.
The board of county commis
sioners gave their approval to the
regulation at their February meet
ing. This law was found necessary
due to tfoyrterease of venereal d la
ease in thi* sectJo% of the stafe.
The heal h board "approved the
state most *uto control program
and rcqnr*?tcd that It be continued
this year.
Health Center
Building a health ccnter for the
county was discussed. It was de
cided that Dr. C. C. Applewhite of
the State Board of Health be in
vited to a joint meeting of the
| board oi health and county com
( missioncrs to discuss the project.
Paul Jones, Beaufort, was re
elected to the board for a term ol
four years. The board also ap
proved the health department's an
nual report for 1955. t
Moses C. Howard, chairman of
the board, expressed appreciation
to the health department for the
"fine work being done with the
limited number of personnel and
equipment."
Members of the board of health,
in addition to the chairman and
Mr. Jones, arc Dr. Fulcher, secre
tary, Mayor George Dill, Dr. Dar
den Eure. both of Morchead City;
Mayor Clifford Lewis, Beaufort;
and If. L. Joslyn, county superin
tendent of schools.
Morehead City
Firemen Respond
To Two Alarms
Morehead City firemen aniwercd
two calls this week.
Tuesday morning at 11:45 they
were called to Trumbull Asphalt
Co. where a pre-heater had caught
fire. The prcheater is used to heat
asphalt.
A tube was burnt out in the unit.
Damage was reported as very slight
A company spokesman said the
fire was out by the time firemen
arrived.
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 the
firemen answered a call in front
of J. B. Crowe's home on Homes
Drive where Mr Crowe's truck
battery had caught fire. The bat
tery was destroyed.
Beaufort School Trustees
Frown on Pupil Marriages
To curb an outbreak of student
marriages at Beaufort School, the
ichool board Monday night passed
? regulation limiting activities for
married students.
Married students will not be per
mitted to take part in school social
?clivitics, competitive athletics or
hold any student office, the school
board has docreed.
However, if married students de
:ide to continue their high school
education, they will be required
to attend all classes the same as
any other student.
In the resolution setting forth
the new regulation*, it wu stated
that the board of trustees "looks
with disfavor on the increasing
number of marriages."
In view of the trend and sine*
"parents of our district are becom
ing alarmed over this condition,"
the trustees sdopted the above
rules.
Since Christmas six students at
Beaufort School have married. The
regulation adopted Monday night
does not apply to them, but applies
to any students who may marry
in the future.
Chairman of the school board it
Raymond Ball.