PRIZE- WINNING
NEWSPAPER
of the
TAR HEEL COAST
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
48th YEAR, NO. 20. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. MARCH 9, 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Allen Conway
ToServeAs
Fire Engineer
Chief Charle* Harrell
Say* Hydrant* Still
Need Repair*
Allen Conw?y h*s been named
engineer it the Be?aJort
oartment, succeeding Roma Wi lis,
who his resigned. Mr. Conw'y's
irember of the town *reet dep??
mpnt He was recommended
the job Monday night at the town
board meeting by Ch'efCharl
Harrell of the fire department.
Wardell Fillingame, street sup
erintendent, said it would be dif
ficult to replace Mr. Conway on
the street crew but the arrange
ment was agreeable to him.
The board voted to give the
other engineer, Elmond Rhue,
four days additional pay to train
Conway.
Chief Harrell reported on fire
hydrants. He said that he, Gerald
Woolard and Bill Lewis of the
water company checked the hy
drants. "We got water out of
them," said Chief Harrell. but
they're not in too good
Mr. Walker said that C. W. wn
liams of the Carolina Water Co.
told him that he thought "an in
justice had been done to the water
company" in a recent rcP?rt *h'ch
said that 49 per cent of the h^
drants needed repair. Mr. Walker
said Mr. William* said that all
but two" were working.
Chief Harrell said he is still not
satisfied with the condition of the
hydrants.
All Need Paint
He said there is water available
at all, under plenty of pressure,
? but some are still leaking, one a
still in the middle of a street, and
all need painting."
The clerk was instructed to
write the water company, stating
th?t Uie town considered the hy
drants still in need of repair and
they won't be considered in good
shape until they arc fixed to the
satisfaction of Chief Harrell and
Mr. Woolard.
The board approved adeea
transferring the colored portion o
the cemetery, east of the e?a?
to trustees of tht Beaufort Com
munity Civic Cemetery Associa
tion. They are Ben E. Wesley.
Henry Williams Sr., Fred WU
liams Sr., and L. R. Johnson ^ Jr.
The town clerk reported that a
rip rap is being constructed along
Front Street, from the 1400 block
westward, where water washes out
the shoulder of the road.
He said the street department
has corrected the 8"deon.i*wer
line on Sunset Lane and that addi
tional work on the sanitary sewer
on Mulberry Street is the next pro
ject to be undertaken.
The commissioners requested
that the town fix holes put in
streets by the water company and
send the water eompany the biU
for repair. At present the water
company is repairing the holes
made to get to lines.
Commissioner William Roy
ilton said that the waterfront
benches are in bad shape and
should he repaired. It was suggest
See BOARD. Page 2
News in Nutshell
INTERNATIONAL
MOSCOW RESIDENTS are flock
ing to see a color travelogue on
America. The film, described is
picturing America "in a favorable
light," features San Francisco,
Chicago and New York.
NO ARMS TO ISRAEL is the
Mand maintained by Britain and
the United States, who fear that
tunneling more munitions into
the Middle East would light a
ready fuse.
NATIONAL
THE HOUSE this week approved
a bill appropriating more than six
billion dollars for operation of the
Veterans Administration and 17
other agencies.
THE NAVY and two aircraft
firms, Westlnghouse and McDon
nell, have been accused of botching
up a half-billion dollar program to
develop the Demon Jet fighter. The
resultant aircraft was said to have
an engine with insufficient power.
CAMP LEJELNE Marines (one
battalion) are being sent to the
Mediterranean. The move, order
ed Wednesday by the Defense De
partment, was made to show
strength of U. S. forces III the trig
ger-happy Middle East
LAURINBURG, southwest of Ra
leigh and Fayetteville, has been
chosen as the site for the Presby
terian College destined for location
in "eastern Carolina."
RIEGEL PAPER CORP. will
spend 914 1/3 million dollars to ex
psnd its plsnt at Acme, SO miles
south of Wilmington.
STATE
Camp Sea Gull Establishes
Lodge Outpost at Morehead
Is the top picture is the lodge, it viewed from
City. The camper dormitory space is on the second
The Joy Boy and Salty are pictured at their new
the Camp Sea Gull dock, Evans Street, Morehead
floor. An apartment is located on the first floor,
berth*.
Morehead City has been chosen
as the permanent cruise outpost
for campers of Camp Sea Gull,
Arapahoe.
Campers used a building at 4th
and Arendell Streets, Morehead
City, last summer, but this year
will be in newly-remodeled quar
ters on Evans Street, west of 4th.
The property in Morehead City
serves as 'Outpost' for the long
cruises and trips taken by Camp
Sea Gull campers during the sum
mer.
The camp offers an overnight
long cruise, deep sea fishing and
beach trip
"The long cruise outpost in
Morehead City was selected by
camp directors after an extensive
and meticulous search for an ideal
site to meet our needs," says Wyatt
Taylor, director.
The property is located on the
Morehead City waterfront next to
Jerry Schumacher's studio and in
cludes riparian rights for docking
and boat storage. The outpost
lodge is opposite the boat landing.
Long cruise trips will be made
on the camp's 42-foot Salty and
60-foot Joy Boy licensed by the
U. S Coast Guard Marine Inspec
tion Division.
Both the Joy Boy and Salty are
diesel powered. Their masters are
licensed by the Coast Guard.
Dock for the boats is 100 feet
in length from the sea wall with
slips 5 feet deep on both sides
for the Joy Boy and Salty.
The usual number of campers
on a long cruise is 35, though the
oiftpost lodge can accommodate a
great many more, Mr. Taylor said.
The long cruises begin the sec
ond week in June and run through
the third week in August. During
the course of summer operation,
approximately 1,000 boys and girls
make the cruise to Morehead City.
They have their meals at the Sani
tary Fish Market Restaurant.
Camp Sea Gull itself is located
25 miles east of New Bern and
seven miles west of Oriental, and
offers all forms of seafaring activ
ities including motor boating, sail
ing. and outboarding.
Other pastimes arc baseball,
softball, archery, track and field,
basketball, golf, ping pong, tennis,
2nd swimming.
Referring to the new berth in
Morehead City, Mr. Taylor said,
"We plan to promote and maintain
the Outpost so that it will not only
reflect credit to Camp Sea Gull
but also to the town and citizens
of Morehead City."
Newport Officials Work
On Water System Plan
Newport town officials conferred
yesterday morning with the Local
Government Commission, Raleigh,
relative to installation of ? town
wide water system.
Meeting with W. E. Easterling,
secretary to the* Local Government
Commission, wore George Ball,
town attorney; Mayor Leon Mann,
and Commissioners Bennie R. Gar
ner, H. C. Gurganus, and Joe Cox.
The town board, in session Tues
day night at the town kill, heard
a report by C. C. Tillejr, of the
William F. Freeman engineering
firm. The firm has drawn a plan
for supplying the entire town with
a water System which would cost
$120,000.
Payment for the system is pro
posed through revenue obtained
from operation of the system. Mr.
TlUey said if the Local Govern
ment Commission does not approve
Court Receipts Last
Month Total $3,887.10
Paid to the county from court
operation in February was $3,877.
10, according to the monthly re
port from A. H. James, clerk of
superior court.
Receipts from county court Were
$2,442.73, from superior court
?103.40, from Morehead City court
$010, and probate and dark's
fees $41B#3.
the plan, the money could be bor
rowed from the federal govern
ment at low intereat.
At present, water lines are lo
cated in certain sections of the
town but town commissioners say
contini|atlon of the process now
underway would be extremely slow
and growth of the tqwo would be
faater if every home could be
supplied with water simultaneous
ly.
Laying of water mains is one
of the town's Finer Carolina pro
jects.
Prior to Tuesday night's meet
ing Commissioner Cox was sworn
in. replacing D. Ira Garner, who
resigned. Mayor Pro-Tem Wilbur
Garner presided in the place of
Mayor Mann for the first part of
the meeting.
Commissioner Wilbur Garner
proposed that the town pay SO per
cent of $73, an estimate he had
received on moving sand out of a
ditch on the W. 1. Kirby farm.
The commiasioners agreed and the
proposal was made to Mr. Klrby
by phone Commissioner Garner
reported to the board, after the
phone conversation, that Mr. Klrby
refused the offer.
' Capt. Al Edwards announced
that he contacted the PTA rela
tive to a Civil Defense plan for
See NEWPORT, Page I
SIkh of the teaman, an anchor,
used to mark the front of the
lodge.
Sheriff Salter Locks Up
'Honeybee' Tuesday
Horace Jones, better known as
"Honeybee," was locked up in the
county jail Tuesday night.
According to Sheriff Hugh Sal
ter. Jones had a little too much to
drink, walked into a home it Bet
tie, put on a pair of glasses he
found there, sat down and started
reading the paper.
Now the homeowner who found
Jones sitting there didn't think
much of that, so the sheriff was
called to get "Honeybee" out of the
"hive" that wasn't his.
Smyrna Lunch
The lunch to be served at Smyr
na School today is salmon loaf,
sliced cheese, buttered corn, cole
slaw, devils food cake, bread and
milk.
Little Hope Held for Finding
Ocracoke Fisherman Alive
Farmers Offer
Yams for Sale
Government Will Buy
Potatoes at $2.20 Per
Bushel, Says ASC Office
County farmers have thus far of- !
fered a thousand bushels of sweet j
potatoes for sale to the govern
ment.
B. J. May, ASC manager, said
that the government announced
Wednesday it would buy sweet po
tatoes at $2 20 a bushel.
Farmers having potatoes for
sale should call at the ASC office,
Beaufort, no later than 5 p.m.
Monday. They will be asked to give
their name, address and the num
ber of bushels of potatoes they
have for sale.
This information will be sent to
Raleigh Tuesday. Mr. May said the
price the government is paying is
the "support level." The potatoes
will be distributed through the
federal school lunch program and
other approved government out
lets.
The potatoes must be of Puerto
Rican or similar variety, packed |
in new tub bushel baskets and
weigh 50 pounds net.
They must be United States com
mercial grade or better and in
spected by the federal-state inspec
tion service. Potatoes will be
bought only from growers, grow
ers* agents, or growers' coopera
tives.
Mr. May said he doubted if
county farmers have many sweet
potatoes on hand since the storms
last year caused crops to rot in
the fields.
State Tax Men
To Visit County
To fectjRfUxpayers in making out
atatr ineMnr tax returns, rcpre
(entativea of the North Carolina
revenue department will be al the
courthouse, Beaufort, Tuesdays,
March 27, April 3 and April 10.
They will be at the Morchead
Municipal Building Thursdays,
March 29, April 5 and April 12.
State Income Tax Returns for
the year 1955 must be filed by
April 15. When a return is not
filed with accompanying payment
by April 15, penalty and interest
will accrue.
Returns are required of single
persons with an income of $1,000
or more, or a married man with
an income of $2,000 or more. A
state return must be filed by a
married woman with a separate
income if the income is as much
as $1,000.
Taxpayers who filed last year
have been mailed either a short
form blank or a long form blank,
depending on which type was used
the year before. If conditions have
changed and the other blank is
desired this year it may be se
cured by writing the N. C. Depart
ment of Revenue in Raleigh or
contacting the local representative
of the Department.
Failure to receive a blank docs
not relieve the taxpayer of filing
and those who for some reason
have not received a blank but are
required to file should requeat one.
William J Brings
In Giant Grouper
The largest grouper believed
caught by county fishermen wis
landed Monday night by Arthur
Lewis, Mbrehead City, a crewman
aboard the William J, while fishing
in the gulf stream.
The grouper, weighing in at 187
pounds, was a monstrous fish and
was caught by Lewis using a wire
line on a hand winch. Lewis was
aboard the commercial fishing boat
captained by Lloyd Reed, More
head City.
The total catch of the William
J was 861 pounds. Most of the
fish taken were red snappers.
One king mackerel was also re
ported in the catch, unusual for
this time of year.
The William J docked at the
O'Neal Fish and Oyster Co. Tues
day morning. There were many in
terested spectators who visited the
storage room it the fish house to
look it the grouper.
A cit. which mikei its home at
the fish house, Investigated the
fish cirefully, but decided that It
didn't wint to tackle a fish quite
to Urge.
I?
Southern Takes
Case to ICC Today
Today is the day that Southern
Railroad argues before the Inter
state Commerce Commission its j
case relative to taking over the
Atlantic and East Carolina and
Camp Lejcunc Railroads.
Southern will attempt to show
the ICC today that its examiner,
II. J. Blond, erred in advocating
that Southern take over the
A&EC only, and not the Lejeune
road. Blond based his decision
on hearings at Goldsboro last
June.
JC'sfo Help Put
Up Little League
Fence Tomorrow
Members of the Morehead City
Jayeees were invited to join Russ
Wiilan and Bob Cantelli at the
Little l.eague diamond in More
head City tomorrow at 1 p.m. to
help put up the Little League
tenee.
The announcement was made by
Mr. Wiilan at the weekly meeting
of the club Monday night at the
Hotel Fort Macon.
? Bob Davis reported that several
new members were being pro
cessed.
Reports on Jaycee Radio Day
were heard and general chairman
Herbert Phillips said it looked as
though the Jayeees were going to
have a highly successful day Wed
nesday. Mr. Phillips set times for
members of the elub to be at the
radio station on that date.
Cooper Hamilton reported plans
for the Teen-Age Road e o were
progressing very well.
President RusacU Outlaw said ,
signs have been placed at 24th
and Arendell Street* showing the
directions to Fort Macon.
J. C. Harvell was appointed
chairman for the directory of the i
members of the club.
Committees for the fourth quar
terly district meeting to be held
in Morehead City on April 14 and
15 were announced. They are as
follows:
Bob McLean and Jerry Rowe,
meeting; Luther Lewis and Frank
Cassiano. cocktail party; Bob Davis
and Charles Summerlin, registra
tion and rooms; Charles Willis,
Marion Mills and L. G. Dunn,
dance; and Paul Cordova, adver
tising.
Nominations for forthcoming
elections were made from the
floor. Nominated for president
were Bob McLean and L. G. Dunn;
Dr. Mike Brady for internal vice
prcsident; Bob Davis and Russ
Wiilan, external vice-president; Ed
Weeks, treasurer, and James Ken
nedy, director.
Two candidates declined the
nominations. They were Paul Cor
dova for president and Charles
Summerlin for director.
Guests at the meeting included
Bill Hiatt, Maj. Hal Jobe, Tim Mc
Carthy, Bill Baughm, and Walt
Nicmi.
B. J. May, ASC manager, said
yesterday that the second load of
free grain expected In the county
should arrive the latter part of this
week or the first of n?xt.
? Little hope remained yesterday that Albert Styron, vet
eran commercial fisherman of Ocracoke, would be found
alive. Mr. Styron, who failed to return to his home Tues
day night for supper, has been the object of an intensive
Coast Guard search.
He went out in his 24-foot powered boat to plant oystet*
in Pamlico Sound Tuesday after-1*
noon. His family said that he was
subject to heart attacks. His age
is estimated at 63.
Ocracoke fishermen and Coast
Guardsmen searched all Tuesday
night without success. At dawn
Wednesday Chief Nevin Westcott
of the Ocracoke Coast Guard Sta
tion called seaplanes from Eliza
beth City to join the search.
By yesterday at 2 p.m. neither
Mr. Styron nor his boat had been
located. Kenneth Baum. command
ing officer of the Fort Macon Coast
Guard Station, said that due to the
high winds blowing from the south
west during the past several days.
LATE BULLETIN: The Coast
Guard located yesterday an 18
foot skiff Mr. Styron had with
him. The skiff was found at
Rodanthe, about 45 miles north
of Ocracoke. Mr. Styron was tow
ing the skiff with his 24-foot
powered boat. Searchers also
found that the shells and oyster
spat he was planting had been
placed at the designated spot,
which would indicate that if he
had a heart attack, it occurrcd
when he had about finished his
work.
tracc of the fisherman and his boat
could be expected to be found only
north of here.
Mr. Styron 's daughter, Mrs. Al
bert Anderson, who lives in India
napolis, Ind., flew east Wednesday.
She arrived in Raleigh Wednesday
night and came by plane to New
Bern yesterday morning where she
was met by David Beveridgc, Beau
fort, friend of tht Styron family..
Mrs. Anderson hoped to go to
Ocracokc on the mailboat yester
day, but the mailboat didn't go
to , Ocracoke due to the
weather.
She hopes to fly to Ocraeoke to
day. Her brothers and sisters live
at Ocracokc. They are Albert Jr.,
Norman, Mrs. Edna O'Neal and
Mrs. Daisy Gaskill.
Bootleggers Fare
Badly in County
Recent days have been bad ones
[or bootleggers.
ABC Officer Marshall Ayscuc
found five and a half gallons of
whisky on the premises of Allen
Murray. Mcrrimon, Sunday noon.
One jar was found in the kitchen,
the officer said, and the others
were hidden outdoors around the
house. Murray has been charged
with possessing non-taxpaid whisky
and is docketed for appcarancc in
county court.
Officer Ayscuc and Sheriff Sal
ter located a still on the Mcrrimon
Road near the Open Grounds Sat
urday afternoon. Twenty-four gal
lons of whisky were confiscated.
The rig had a 7S-gallon capacity.
Federal officers assisted in blow
ing it up.
Officcr Ayscuc also aided fed
eral officers Saturday night in
blowing up a 400-gallon still near
the fire tower in Craven County.
Eighteen hundred gallons of mash
were destroyed.
Board Selects
Jurors for April
Terms of Court
Sixty-five jurors have been se
lected to serve during the criminal
term of Superior Court, starting
April 2. and 36 jurors have been
selected to serve during the civil
term starting April 30. County
commissioners drew the jury list
Monday.
Those selected for the April 2
term arc as follows:
Morehead City ? Herbert G. Man
ning. George P. Whittle, Walter
Home, Gwcnn S. Alford, James
W Morton, Marvin H. Powers,
Earlic I.upton, Ted G. Hardy,
James Robinson. Cecil Langdale.
Grace Royal. Graham A White
hurst, Elwood Taylor, E. B Thomp
son, Mrs. Betty Williams Tarpey,
Joseph H. Willis, Lesta N. WiUts
and Ronald Earl Willis.
Beaufort ? Harold I. Holbrock,
Cecil S. Harrcll, Julian Hamilton,
Ben B Arrington, Myrtle W. Ben
nett, Douglas Hufham, Roy E. Wil
lis, and .lames D. Rumley.
Newport ? Roy T. Garner, R. S.
Pringle, Jesse A. Howard, Lemuel
A. Guthrie, IJoyd N. Garner, C.
E. Millis, Wrcnn Lawrence, Mrs.
Vivian Gillikin, J J. Keel, Manley
Smith and B. T. Burroughs.
Markers Island ? David Gray
Willis, Andrew Guthrie, the Rev.
Alton Mason, and Richard Guthrie.
Stell*? John D. Young, W. T.
Holmes aid Woodrow Bright.
fails ? Cecil Gilgo, Leslie Sty
ron, Curtis W. Davis, C. V. Styron
and Blancbard Davis.
Sea Level, Clyde Rose and 1.
Gordic Styron; Atlantic, Hugh Sty
ron; Gloucester, Jiles Willis; Smyr
na, Clifton Ycomans.
Stacy, Leslie Hamilton; Swans
boro, John A. Weeks; Newpdtt
RFD, Ellis A. Fodrie; Newpoft
route 1, M. B. Taylor, Peter J.
Pagann, and Floyd Garner.
Beaufort route 1, Ivey Gillikin
Sr., W. J. Thompson, Robert K.
Russell and Charles Merrill;
Morehead City route 1, Basil Wood.
Those selected for the April So
term of court arc as follows:
Morehead City: Wilbcr I. Willis,
Harry O. Taylor, Frank O. Swin
lell, Joe Morse, James R. Morrow,
Fred S. Willis, George Penuell,
George D. Phillips, Norman T.
Wade, Paul R. Branch, Milton W.
Webb, Roma Styron, Robert V.
Wade, Harry Willis and Clarence
V. Sanderson.
Beaufort ? Monroe Simpson, ].
B Sewell, W. H. Willis. Ira T.
Rhue, William E. Crank, Douglas
R. Arthur, A. B. Hooper and Fran
res E. Kirk.
Newport ? Lcland F. Garner, L.
E. Saunders. Gerald Gould, and
Brantly T. Mears.
Gloucester, W. A. Davis and A.
II. Chadwick; Marshallbcrg, Harry
Vfoorc; Markers Island, Telford
Rose; Davis, Kilby Salter.
Sea Level, Kenneth Gaskill;
Mewport route 1, Walter Whitley
ind Malcom Simmons; Beaufort
?oute 1, Albert Willis.
ICC Takes no Action to Stop
Lower Freight Rates to Port
New. low freight rates on grain
from the mid west to Morehead
City went into effect Wednesday.
In spite of protests by ports to the
north and eastern railroads, the In
terstate Commerce Commission al
lowed the new rates to go Into ef
fect as scheduled.
The rates were requested by
Southern Railway and its subsidi
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, March t
6:03 a.m. '
6:23 p.m. 12:18 p.m.
Saturday, March 1*
8:45 a.m. 12:31 a.m. I
7:02 p.m. 12:57 p.m. |
Sumday, March 11
7:23 a.m. 1:13 a.m. I
7:41 p.m. 1:38 p.m.
MMday, March 12
8:02 a.m. 1:94 a.m.
8:18 p.m. 2:10 p.m. I
Twadiy, March IS
8:30 a.m. 2:33 a.m.!
8:95 p.m. 2:44 pm. !
ary, Monon Railroad, which serves*
the mid-west.
As the result of the new rates,
it will cost grain exporters no
more, per mile, to ship grain by
rail to Morchcad City than it docs
to Norfolk or Baltimore.
The lower rates were supported
by the North Carolina Department
of Agriculture and the North Caro
lina State Ports Authority.
L. Y. Ballentine, state commis
sioner of agriculture, said yester
day, "the new rates should increase
the movement of grain through the
Morehead City Port Terminal, re
sult in improved grain handling
and storage facilities there, and
also have a steadying effect on the
Tar Heel grain market."
A grain loading elevator at the
Morchcad City port was built there
a year ago by Carglll Inc.. one of
the nation's largest grain shippers.
Gas StaUan Proposed
A sign In front of the former
First Presbyterian Church. 24th
and Arendell Street, states that a
aervlec station will be erected on
tbal ilto.
Rainfall Comes
With New Month
Carteret Counliani experienced
a quarter-inch of rain as the
month started last Thursday, ac
cording to E. Stamcy Davis, wea
ther observer.
The high for the beginning of
March was recorded Sunday when
the temperature rose to 87 degree*
and the low was recorded last
Thursday when the reading was
33 degrees.
The high and low temperature*
and the wind direcllona for the
week:
Mai. Mia. Wlada
Thursday M 33 SB
Friday 58 43 SW
Saturday _ 80 48 W
Sunday 87 48 SW
Monday 88 44 SW
Tuesday 84 58 SW
Wednesday