n nii?n.,> ,, 1 1?' * i. yii.,1 -I.. . ? ? - ? HBP ? i ' 1 P P 1 7f W LN N I N r. ' j. '?"?????. f -, . . , ?- i ?;? ?? , s: CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?* 45th YEAR, NO. 29. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY? APRIL 10, 1966 PUBUSHED t'LESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 7 * ?' * County Stops Sunday Beer Sales County Sets Tentative Tax Rate of $1.35 Firemen Put Out Sea Level Blaze Down East Department Answers Sunday, Mon day Alarms Down Blast firemen were put to their first big test at 7:15 Sunday night when Mrs. Fanny Willis's home at Sea Level caught fire. Mrs. Willis, who lives alone, was at church at the time, but some one noticed the fire and called At lantic. The truck rushed to the Willis home and put the blaze out, returning to Atlantic in about two hours. Damage from smoke and water was extensive, firemen report. The | blaze is believed to have started I in a closet under the stairway Firemen of all communities in the Down Cast Fire Department ! area will attend a drill at Z p.m. j Saturday at Atlantic. where paint and rags were stored. | Painting of Mrs. Willis's house was scheduled to start yesterday morn ing. Firemen reported that they had plenty of water, with some to spare. They also put out a brush fire at about 11 o'clock yesterday morning I in the vicinity of the Sea Level Hos pital. Flames were endangering the I hospital warehouse. The blaze was j cut in about 45 minutes. Fifty firemen attended their April meeting last Tuesday night at Romain Gaskill's store, Stacy. W. J. Kirby of the Newport Fire Department spoke on equipment, and he and Capt. George Green, Newport, demonstrated nozzles and ho?es using Newport equipment and tfw Down Catt lire truck. Otway Residents To Retain Part Of Their Building Residents of Otway decided at a meeting Friday night at the Com munity Building to retain the east west wing of the building for com l munity use. They decided, however, to offer for sale the north-south wing of the building by sealed bid. The bids will be opened at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20. If the bids are not of sufficient size, they will be rejected and the north-south wing of the building will be torn down and the material used for repair of the part of the building to be preserved. L. G- Thomas, Arnold Lawrence and Lester Oillikin were named to serve as a committee to can vass the community for contribu tions to repair the cast-west wing. Mr. Gillikin was named treasurer of the fund. A chapter of the Eastern Star will be instituted at Newport at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at the Newport School gymnasium. The County Board of Commissioners yesterday tenta tively set the tax rate at $1.35, a drop of 45 cents from last year's rate of $1.80 per hundred dollars of valuation. The lower rate has been made possible by the recent revaluation of county property. James D. Potter, county auditor, said the revaluation has put value of county prop erty up to $35 million, an increase ^ of approximately $11 million over the 1955-56 valuation. With the new low tax rate the total level increase foi the 1956-57 fiscal year is estimated to be less than one-tenth of 1 per cent over 195556. The commissioners arrived at the $1.35 figure after hearing the bud get request for the welfare depart ment presented by the superin tendent, Miss Qeorgie Hughes, and the budget request for schools pre sented by the County Board of Ed ucation. Other figures on the general fund, health fund, and debt service were supplied by James Potter, county auditor. Miss Hughes, accompanicd by the chairman of the board, Stanley Woodland, and Miss Sarah Pake, case worker, said the county's share of welfare funds for the com ing fiscal year should be $84. 208.95. With matching funds, this would bring the welfare depart ment's total budget to $418,825.55. The increase in county funds be ing asked this year is $13,133.06 over the 1955-56 request. The board of education present ed a request for $95,500 for schools. | Mr. Potter said the tax rate can not be definitely set at $1.35 until | the budget is formally adopted. 1 The tax department, however, is j planning to get tax notices out ' at the usual time so that residents can take advantage of the 2 per cent discount allowed in June. Temperature Drops to 47 The first week of April ended on a rather chilly note as the tem perature dropped to 47 degrees, reports E. Stamey Davis, weather ( observer. * The high for the week was re-, corded Thursday at 75 degrees. Rainfall for the week totaled three-quarters of an inch. The high and low temperatures and wind directions for the week were as follows: Wednesday 67 59 SW Thursday 75 60 SW Smyrna Seniors to Stage Three-Act Comedy Friday For laughs and more laughs, Smyrna seniors invite folks to see their play, Call Me Darling, at 7:30 Friday night at the school audi torium. Directing the play is Mrs. Mil dred Davis. Admission is 50 and 25 crnts and proceeds will be used to buy the seniors' parting gift to the school. ; ?' Monday Tuesday Max. Min. Winds 70 52 SW 67 59 SW Friday Saturday Sunday 68 59 S 70 61 SW 69 47 WSW Nobody Can Simply Take A Shovel and Start to Dig (Editor's Note: This is the second In a series of articles being written while Mr. Bunn is a member of the staff of the American Schools of Oriental Research in the Near East. Mr. Bunn is a native of Morehead City). Contrary to the idea of most peo ple you just cannot enter a coun try of the Near East and begin dig King up a city. In fact some of the most trying requirements are ncccssary before digging can begin. Even if you happened to be traveling in Palestine and should take a shovel and start stirring up the dust of the ages on an ancient city there is every good reason to assume that shortly you would find yourself in jail and faced with a stiff fine. To dig on an ancient site in Palestine you must first have per msision of the Department of An tiquities of (he Hashemite King dom of the Jordan. Dr. G. Lancas ter Harding is the head of that de partment and a tough man to satis fy when you want to excavate. He will only give you the courte ' sy of a passing nod unless you rep resent a reliable educational insti tution. Next you mast prove be fore an official board that you have sufficient funds to carry the work to completion. At the present time the outlay of money for in excavation amounts to .about three thousand British pounds or approximately fifteen thousand dollars in American money.. If you can meet this con dition, then you must have what they term an adequate staff of workmen. This includes a director for the excavation, an archaeologist who knows the latest methods for dig ging, a surveyor or draftsman, a photographer, a recorder to cata logue all finds, a biologist or an thropologist, and a chemist. So you sec the requirements arc at the onset rugged. After such small nutters as this have been taken care of then comes the hardest part, that of getting the rights to excavate the site. Many times you have to purchase the property outright and at other times It can be rented or leased. This proves to be quite an under taking. Often times as many as fifty to one hundred people will claim own ership of flie property and some times each claim has to be satis fied. U you can get past this then you have it made, to to speak, y Moat people think that the arcl^ aeologlsts are primarily looking for such things as gold and precious 8m EXCAVATION, Page J Files for Office D. G. Bell, Morehead City, yes ] terday afternoon filed as a candi- [ date to succeed himself as general assemblyman from Carteret Coun ty Mr. Bell's statement of candidacy follows: "1 wish to announce to the peo ple of Carteret County, that I shall be a candidate to succeed myself as their representative in the Gen eral Assembly, subject to the ac tion of the voters in the Demo cratic Primary of May 26. "Many people have expressed the opinion that the 1957 session of the General Assembly will face more serious problems than has been the case in recent years, mak ing it desirable that there be a continuity of service through the special session that will be called this summer, Into the regular ses sion in January. "I shall appreciate any and all assistance in this campaign and should my candidacy receive the approval of our people, I feci that my past experience may prove useful to Carteret County and to North Carolina." Firemen to Stand By for Clean-Up If you're going to burn off a lot, please call the Beaufort Fire De partment and tell them that you're going to do it so they can be ready to answer a call if the fire gets out of control. Beaufort firemen, at their meet ing Thursday night at the fire sta tion, set the dates of April 10 to May 10 for a clean up campaign. Firemen will not actually do the burning, but they will give advice if requested and will be ready to act if the fire gets out of hand. If possible, firemen would like td be notified a day ahead of tiine when a lot will be burned. Since winds may1 shift and make a burn ing. unwise, they admit (bat 24 hour ttttjte may prove' to be far in advance, 'but thoy would rather be ready. f Chief .Charles Harrell presided at the meeting. Later that night firemen met again to put out a fire blazing in a car on Highway 101. Principal Lists Pre-School Clinic Requirements The preschool clinic for chil dren planning to enter first grade of the Beaufort Graded School for the 1896-57 school term will be held in the school gymnasium Wednesday, April 18, 1956, at 1 p.m. Every child must be accompa nied by a parent who must bring the child's birth certificate. All prospective pupils must be 6 years of age on or before Oct. 16, 1958 Members of the health depart ment will be present to give phy sical examinations and necessary vaccinations and shots necessary for entrance at the 1956-57 school term. Parents concerned are aaked to pick up information blanks to be filled in prior to the date of the clink If possible. "It is moat im portant that all concerned be pres ent so that an accurate count of the new first grade pupils for next school term can be made," said B. E. Tar lung ton, principal. Grand Jury Report Severely Criticises School Conditions The grand jury selected for the* April term of Superior Court was commended by Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn for its fine report Fri day morning at the courthouse. At the some time the report of conditions at county schools was read and the judge said that it was a sorry commentary on the part of Carteret County residents "to allow such horrible conditions to exist." The grand jury noted the fol lowing repairs that were needed by county schools: Queen Street School, Beaufort Badly infested with termites Also found cracked walls, falling and broken plaster, north wall leaning at a slight angle, floors separated and sagging from the walls, win dows in need of repair and gym nasium inadequate. Beaufort School ? Found in fair condition with exception of ter mites. Inadequate cafeteria space for storage and serving facilities. It was noted that 800 children were being fed daily in a space a little larger than a classroom. The gymnasium was found to be in adequate in size and facilities with a possible health hazard involved. W. S. King School, Morehcad City- School grounds found to be in a most unsatisfactory condition because of holes caused by shift ing sands and winds. The street leading to the school is unpaved, causing a hazard in bad weather for loading and un loading school buses. The building itaelf was found to be in excellent i condition. Morefcead City School ? School foUYMl bfcdly in need of a gymna sium, and it was noted that the present one had been condemned by the fire department. It was noted further that the gym has poor drainage, no dress ing facilities for students and needs to be repaired as a whole. It was also noted that two eighth grade classes were conducted at the recreation building because of i overcrowded conditions. Newport School ? Very poor con dition, especially the old part of the building. Many doors and win dows are out of order, constituting a fire hazard and a cause for in jury. Some of the exit doors arc locked and cannot be readily opened in case of fire. The win dow in the girls' rest room should be replaced by frosted glass for privacy. Much of the plumbing is badly in need of repair and blackboards in the seventh and eighth grade classes are too low for students at that age. It was also noted that broken locks on the gymnasium should be replaced, and the entire building should be painted. Atlantic School? Appeared to be in good condition but somfe win dows were cracked or broken, *nd SCHOOLS, ftgt ?-? A Newport Team Places Fourth In Land Contest Newport's FFA Land Judging team, composed of Billy Simmons, Donald Haskett, Albert Wallace, and Eugene Edwards, made a very commendable showing at the sec ond annual North Carolina Land Judging meet at Farmer, N. C., Saturday. Farmer is located in Randolph County and is almost directly in the center of the state The Newport team piled up 495 points which ranked them first in their district (District I), consti tuting 23 counties and fourth in the state. Western North Carolina boys dominated the top three places. The Mills River chapter of Hen derson County copped first place with a score of 550 points. Mills River was first place winner in the Land Judging contest last year. Stoney Point of Alexander Coun ty ranked second with 541 points and Beulah chapter of Surry Coun ty ranked third with 504 points. As first place winner in District I, the Newport Chapter was award ed a check of $50 and an attrac tive inscribed plaque. Fifty of the fifty-two federa tions ift the state were represented by a team of four at the meet. These teams were selected at fed eration elimination meets earlier. The boys judged four diferent fields of varying nature, deter mined the potentials and quality of both the top soils and subsoils, degree of erosion, slope, drainage, and permeability. On the basis of these selections, they place the field in one of the eight land capa bility classes. They also recommend treatment and conservation practices such as terracing, strip cropping, rotation, fertilization, conservation of crop residue, drainage, long rotation with perennials and others. The meet was sponsored by the Carolina Power and Light Co. and the North Carolina Bankers Asso ciation. The Soil Conservation (USDA) was cooperative with the North Carolina Department of Vocation al Agriculture Education in the mechanics of the contest. Conser vationists on both Mate level and county level were in attendance. C. S. Long, teacher of agricul ture and Newport FFA Chapter advisor and David Jones, Carteret County soil conservationist, ac companied the Newport team. They left Newport Friday afternoon and spent the night in . Randteman. fhey had to register at# the far mer High School Saturday mprn ing at 8:3(X f . * - Edgar Swcmn Heads New County Airport Authority Edgar Swann. Morchcad City, was appointed chairman of the Carteret County Airport Authority at the meeting of the county com missioners yesterday afternoon. He succeeds M. T. Mills, More head City, who told the board yes terday morning that he was no longer interested in being on the board. In a sweeping action yesterday afternoon, the board accepted ver bal resignations of all members of the airport authority and appoint ed new members. The new members, in addition to Mr. Swann, are Earl Noe. Charles Vellines, Dr. John Way, all of Beaufort, and Luther Hamil ton Jr.. Morehead City. Former members of the author ity were Harvey Smith, Rufua Sc wcll, AJonta Willis, Claude Whcat ly, ill of Beaufort; Mr. Mills and Kenneth Wagner, Morehead City. Mr. Mills appeared before the board yestwday morning with Earl { Taylor. Beaufort, and asked that the board consider lighting the airfield for night flying. Mr. Mills said that the coat would be about 110,000 if the lighting system was installed new. He saM, however, that the Maria* Corps may be able to assist on the cost, since the field could be used by Marine pilots in case of emergency. Mr. Mills said Piedmont Airlines is interested in having the field lighted at night. Piedmont oper ates into Bcaufort-Morchcad City in the summertime. The airport official said that if the county could get up <8,000 that private citiicns interested in flying may be willing to help out. He suggested that the towns of Beaufort and Morehead City pay part of the lighting expense too. See AIRPORT, Page ? Fir* Destroys Station Wagon on 101 Thursday Beaufort firemen answered a call on Highway 101 at 11:15 Thursday night where a IBM ita tion wagon, driven by Dalton Wil lis. was burning. The cauac of the fire was attri buted to a mechanical defect. The car was burned beyond repair, but the driver was unharmed. Los* was estimated at $3,000. Firemen returned to the station shortly be fore midnight. ? Commenting on the grand jurv : report, H L. Joslyn, county super intendent of schools, safd yestcr flay morning that the report was interesting but he has vet to see 1 JUry report on spools which tells where the money can be obtained to effect the improve- ' ments needed. I ' "I know very well that we need 1 gymnasiums and more classrooms " Mr. Joslyn said, "and if the people 1 are willing to vote a $1* million 1 bond Issue to pay for it, we'll build ' tnem." < Referring specifically to parts of Er,and jury "Port, the school official said that he has noted that i termites arc particularly bad at the i new school buildings where most I of the construction is masonry. | He said the termites travel i through the concrete blocks and ( into the wooden sills and flames. ! As for no place to house indus trial equipment at Atlantic School , Mr.. Joslyn said that industrial arts I IS not even a part of the curricu- I lum there as yet and that it is . hoped that the PTA may be able to help financc a shop when the course is started. As for the walls of the Beaufort , school leaking on the east and north, they have been treated by 1 the Rockwell-Newman Co. and if ' this work has stopped the leak- ' ing, then the inside plaster will be , torn off and replaced. In reference to the Stella School ( Mr. Joslyn said that the school 1 should be consolidated. Sixty to 70 ' per cent of the children attending there now are from Jones County. ' he aaid. Jonea County ia now build ing a new school for them and they will probably be transferred back to Johes soon. Mr. Joslyn said there are not | three grades at Salter Path, as the grand Jury report states. There are only two. Last year toilet facili ties were put in there, which of course entailed an entire plumbing system, and the school was painted and repaired. Mr. Joslyn said that members ol the grand Jury did not consult him as to what the education program at present, or proposed, is. The grand jury report was read to the county board yesterday afternoon. Moses Howard, chair man of the board, said he'd like to know where the board could get the money to do all the things necessary to the schools. Alvah Hamilton, county attorney, said that "nine-tenths of the report was silly." He said that it was "not even an honest report." James Davis Potter, county audi tor, said it would be nice if the county could find $50,000 toward building a gymnasium and that perhaps from private sources an other $50,000 could be raised to give the county a good $100,000 gymnasium. Cars Collide Near Morehead A three-eat- collision an High way .70 west of Morehead City at 11:20 a.m. Saturday caused two peorfc to be sent to Morehead City Hospital. A third suffered abrasions, cuts and lacerations. John Corbltt Norrls, route 4 New Bern, was driving a 195S Chevrolet pickup truck west, with his turn signals indicating a left turn into Bonham Heights, when he was struck by a 1950 Plymouth driven by Edward Cannon Brooks, route 1 Morehead City, going eaat Brooks in turn struck a 1955 Buick operated by Frank Gaskill Swin dell, Morehead City, according to State Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes. Brooks told the patrolman he saw the signal and blew his ! horn thinking that he could get past the truck. The Buick was sitting at the stop sign on Bon ham Heights Road. Damage to the truck waa es timated at $600 and the Plymouth was a total wreck. No damage was done to the Buick. Taken to the hospiUI were Mr Norria and his son. Billy Howard Ellis, a paaaenger In the Brooks vehicle, suffered the cuts and bruises. CltattM Issued Lucioua Chappie, Jacksonville, Fla., was apprehended by Aaaist ant Police Chief Carlton Garner of Beaufort at 8 p.m. Sunday night and charged with public drunkennesi. Board Acts on Motion Passed by Ministers By resolution yesterday afternoon the County Board or Commissioners prohibited sale of beer and wine throughout the county from 11:30 p.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Monday. In other words, no beer sales allowed on Sunday after May 1. This will not affect Atlantic Beach which is an incor poraiea town, neauiori. Moreneaa' City, and Newport do not permit sale of brer and wine on Sunday. Atlantic Beach is the only town which docs. The action was taken following presentation to the board of a reso lution by Wiley Taylor, solicitor of Recorder's Court. Mr. Taylor pre sented a resolution passed by the County Ministers Association yes terday morning. The resolution, signed by the Rev. W. T. Roberson, secretary of the association, asked the board I to forbid the sale of beer and wine ?n Sunday. Visitors Come to Buy Mr. Taylor said that most of the notor vehicle law violations in the :ounty are the result of persons from neighboring counties coming o Carteret over the weekend to jjet beer. He said that Onslow and Graven prohibit sale of beer on Sundays The solicitor told the board that Judge Lambert Morris and Sheriff Hugh Salter agreed that stopping >eer sales on Sunday would be a ;ood thing. Patrol Officer Reported Mr. Taylor said that Sgt. C. L. [Vague of the State Highway Pa rol pointed out that the number >f accidents in the western part >f the county increased on week snds. Mr. Taylor said that the South Seas on Highway 70 and places out toward Swansboro. as well as three places east of Beaufort sold beer on Sundays. Commissioner Walter Yeomans said the beer selling places east of Beaufort were "always crowded with ears and full o i young boys and girls drinking beer.'* , 1. Learns to Walk Because of help from the Easier Seal Society, Michael Smith, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frazler Smith. Mrrrlmon, ii learning to walk. With him Is a nunc at the hospital, Chapel Hill, where Michael receives treat ment. He Is the county's Easter seal child. The drive for funds dose* today. March of Dimes Total The final total in the county March of Dimes, according to Miss Alida Willis, campaign chairman, is $5,700.98. Tides at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday. April 10 7 32 a.m. 7:40 p.m. 1:28 a.m. 1:34 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 8:13 a.m. 8:31 p.m. 2:10 a.m. 2:13 p.m. Thursday, April 12 8:54 a.m. B:1S p.m. 2:53 a.m. 2:55 p.m. Friday, April IS 9:37 a.m. 10:01 p.m. 3:38 a.m. 3:40 p.m. Delegation Seeks Funds for County Mosquito Control Seven persons appeared before the county board yesterday morn ing at the courthouse, Beaufort, and requested appropriation of $5,000 to fight mosquitoes this summer. Members of the delegation were D G Bell, county legislator; Ma yor George Dill, Morehead City; Mayor Clifford Lewis, Beaufort; A. D. Fulford, county sanitarian; N. L Walker, president of the Emeritus Club, Mrs. Sally Moore, Atlantic Beach, and J. A. DuBois, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce. Mr DuBois said that at least $5,000 was needed to operate an effective mosquito control pro gram here this summer. He said the $5,000 figure was arrived at in a budget drawn up by Mr. Ful ford. He pointed out that state and federal help would be forthcom ing on mosquito control if the coastal countics showed that they were doing something for them selves. Mr. Bell said that mosquito con trol is a complicated problem be cause the insects breed one place and fly elsewhere He estimated that an effective statu moequtto control program would coat half a "million dollars annually, but said the state and federal government would probably pay the biggest part. ? He said the program has support upstate if people there can be shown that the coastal counties arc pitching in. The request for funds was ac cepted and the board said it would consider it when drawing up the budget. Mrs. Moore added that visitors left Atlantic Beach last year be cause of the mosquitoes. The towns of Beaufort, More head City, Newport and the county have mosquito spraying machines. The towns are cxpcctcd to con tinue their spraying programs if the county will cooperate. The county hopes to find the $5,000 for mosquito control in the health department funds. Commissioner Skinner ChdK raised the question of the countjrs paying $40 a week to compensate an operator at the radio switch board in Morehead City. Sheriff Hugh Salter said that the county never agreed to pay the salary of an operator, that the county agreed to pay for the coun ty radio system, plus the $75 a iponth maintenance costs and $36. TO a month lor the pboifa lire be- ?*-" (ween BeaufoH and Morehead (Sty. , He said that the county did not agree to pay for alt operator, as Morehead City contends, tie 4aid there was controversy over who would hire the one operator if the county paid the salary. He said Morehead City wanted to do the hiring and the sheriff at that titne, Gehrmann Holland, said that if she was paid by the county, the county should do the hiring. Sheriff Salter was authorized to consult parties involved and re port back to the board in May. Theodore Phillips Will be Toastmaster Theodore Phillips will be toast master tomorrow at 8:15 p.m. it the Beaufort town hall when the County Toastmaster* Club meet*. C. T. Lewia will be topic matter and the invocation will be given by J. P. Harris Jr. Prepared speaker* will be Dr. David farrior. J. B. Gubanka, E. G. Phillip*. Dr W L. Woodard and Clifford Faglle. Jasper Bell will be muter critic and other critic* will be Mr. Har ri*. C. T. Lewi*, R. E. Mason, and G. D Hill. Shrimp Takes Shrimp in small quantitiea are being taken by trawler* out of Beaufort, Morehead City and Lwansboro. Heavy aoutbwwt wind* arc believed by some flshertnM to cauae the ahrimp to leave their winter haven* early.