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46th YEAR, NO. 44. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES THREE SECTIONS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNE 1. 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY8
Beaufort JC's
Launch Three
New Programs
Group Hears Report
On Safety Check, Act
On Education Program
Beaufort Jaycees launched three
new projects at their meeting Mon
day nifht at the Scout Building.
They formed a religious affairs
committee, a budget committee
and planned publication of an in
dustrial booklet.
The religious affairs committee
was proposed to expand Jaycee in
terest in religious work. Thomas
Eure was elected chairman of the
committee.
To set up a budget and a pro
gram for carrying it out, A. C.
Blankenship was named chairman,
assisted by James Steed, Mr. Eure
and Ronald Earl Mason.
Survey Finished
Mr. Mason reported that the
group's industrial survey has been
completed and said the next step
was publication of the material
gathered. Jaycees hope to pub
lish 10,000 industrial brochures.
Cost of the project was esti
mated at $1,500. Tommy Potter,
Mr. Steed and Mr. Blankenship
were named to assist Mr. Mason
in planning a way to raise the
$1,500.
John Duncan proposed that the
Jaycecs endorse the program set
forth by the United Forces for
Education for improvement of
schools and teaching conditions.
The Jaycees approved the program
and requested Mr. Duncan, secre
tary, to write Congressman Gra
ham Bardcn and North Carolina's
senators, telling them of the en
dorsement.
Report Given
Mr. Blankenship reported on the
safety check program in place of
Jack McManus who wax In charge.
He said that 1,500 cars went
through the Beaufort chcck lane.
By Monday night, Mike Mason,
Core Creek, was the only motorist
who had collected his prize, a
grease job, given by Hobcrt Kelly's
service station.
The Jaycees also expressed plea
sure that the county health center
had been approved in th? referen
dum Saturday.
Reporting lor Ralph AJ bares,
president of the beauty pageant
committee, Danforth Hill, presi
dent, announced that Mr. Eure,
BUI Tickle and Mr. McManus had
been added to the committee.
Billy Davis was appointed to
take charge of the Jaycee scrap
book during the coming year and
Ray Cummins was named Jaycee
photographer.
The meeting followed a barbe
cue supper.
Eighth Graders
Win Awards
Calvin Jones Jr. and Kay Temple
were winners of the American Le
gion awards presented at the
eighth grade commencement, Beau
fort School, Wednesday morning.
Calvin is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin Jones, Beaufort, and Kay is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Temple, Beaufort RFD. Runner-ups
were Brian Hassell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gray Hassell and Pamela Has
Mil, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Hasaell.
Winners of the awards at Queen
Street School were Doris Fisher,
Harlowe, Charles Weeks, Beaufort,
and runner-ups were Esther Cowan
and Terry Parker, Beaufort
The awards, given for courage,
scholarship, honor, leadership and
service, were presented by Alonza
Thomas, past commander of Ameri
can Legion Post No. 99.
Half Inch Rain
Falls Monday Night
Carteret was treated to more
than half an inch of rain during
the sudden thunderstorm Monday
night, reports E. Stamey Davis,
weather observer.
The high for the beginning of
the week was recorded on both
Monday and Wednesday, 60 de
grees, and the low, 61, was regis
tered Wednesday.
The high and low temperatures
and wind directions were as fol
lows:
Max. Mia. Wiada
Monday 80 68 SW
Tuesday 73 84 NE
Wednesday 80 61 SW
CONSTABLE
More head Tvwaahlp
Smith Krouse
Broad Creek 27 38
More head No. 1 318 167
Morehead No. 2 263 122
Salter Path 155 0
Wildwood 51 25
Tatak. 814 352
Board of Education Accepts
Bids on Harkers Isle School
Date Set to Discuss
Channel Bass Limit
To hear opinions on setting a
limit on the number of channel
bass (or red drum) caught by
commercial and sports fisher
men, a hearing will be held at
the commercial fisheries build
ing, Morehead City, this month.
C. G. Holland, commercial
fisheries commissioner, says the
hearing will begin at 10 a.m.
Saturday, June 30.
There has been comment re
cently that channel bass are
being taken in excessive num
ber and the future of the fish
ery may be threatened unless
conservation measures are taken.
Beer Sellers
Cited by Slate
The Chickcn Shack, Queen Street,
Beaufort, has been cited for viola
lions of beer selling regulations as
have two refail outlets at Atlantic
Beach, the Idle Hour Amusement
Center and the Pavilion.
The Chicken Shack has been or
dered closed several times. In 1954
it was ordered closed by the Beau
fort Town Board but it usually re
opens. The place is owned by Otis
Sharp and is commonly known as
a "juke joint."
Chief of Police Guy Springle
said yesterday that Mack Horner,
beer inspector, visited the Chickcn
Shack several weeks ago.
Ronald Hocutt, director of the
Malt Beverage Division of the Alco
holic Beverage Control Board, by
phone yesterday informed A. B.
Cooper, owner of the Idle Hour
Amusement Center, that citations
for violations of beer selling regu
lations against tho Idle Hour and
Pavilion had been signed by Burl
Hardison, beer inspector.
The Pavilion is operated hy
Ward Ballou. Notice of the cita
tions was mailed Monday, Mr. Ho
cutt said, but Mr. Cooper and Mr.
Ballou had not received them by
yesterday.
Fish Plant Asks
For Wharf Permit
Wallace Fisheries Co.. Morehead
City, has made application to the
district engineer, Wilmington, for
erection of two wharves in Bogue
Sound at Camp Glenn near More
head City.
The plans submitted show the
distance between the two wharves
to be 244 feet The west wharf is
6 feet wide and extends into the
sound 158 feet with a 84-foot tee
on the outer end.
The east wharf is 6 feet wide and
extends into the sound 156 feet
with a 64-foot ell at the outer
end.
Dolphins arc to be placed at the
outer end of each wharf for moor
ings. Plans may be seen at the
postofficc in Morehead City.
Anyone having objection to the
work from the standpoint of navi
gation should send their objection
to the District Engineer, 308 Cus
tomhouse, Wilmington, N. C., by
next Thursday, June 7.
The County Board of Education
approved slightly more than $130,
000 in bids on the Harkers Island
School Tuesday afternoon. H. L.
Joslyn, county superintendent of
schools, also reported that a steel
pre-fabricatcd building, which will
house four classes, has been or
dered for Morehead City School.
Successful bidders on the Mar
kers Island School, scheduled for
completion by fall 19S7, are East
Carolina Construction Co., general
contractor, $89,800 plus $1,200 for:
an alternate project; Howell
Plumbing Co., $22,800; J. T. Pear
son Co., heating, $12,581; Hatsell I
Electric Co., $5,419.72.
All are New Bern firms with
the exception of Hatsell Electric
Co.. which is located in Beaufort
State Must Act
The bids must now be approved j
by the State Board of Education j
which is expected to act on them
at the June meeting. The new
schools will contain 10 classrooms,
for grades 1 through 8. and a gen
eral purpose room which will be
used as a cafeteria and auditorium.
The Morehead City School an
nex will be placed on the property
now occupied by the grandstand.
It will be erected by local labor
and plans call for its completion
by the opening of the next school
year. Cost will be met with county
funds.
A request, by the Methodist
Church of Salter Path, to use the
school building during the sum
mer for Sunday School, was grant
ed.
Insurance Companies
Four insurance companies ap
peared before the board to pre
sent insurance plans for school
See BOARD. Page 2
County Board Meets Tuesday
To Certify Referendum Vote
Penning to Take
Place Tomorrow
Ponies on Shackleford banks
will be rounded up tomorrow in
the first pony penning of the
season.
It is estimated that 150 ponies,
an unusually large number this
year, will be penned. The round
ups are one of the feature coast
al attractions during the sum
mer. Some ponies are branded
by their owners and turned
loose; others are sold.
Spectators can reach Shackle
ford by taking boats from Har
kers Island and Marshallberg.
Boats will leave up to 8 a.m.
tomorrow.
Top Marine Officer Fishes Here
Photo by Jerry Schumacher i
Gen. Randolph Pate, commandant of the linked Slates Marine Corps, was the guest of the State Board
of Conservation and Development aboard the (2-fcot Cape Hatteras Wednesday on a deep sea fishing
trip. Pictured aboard the boat are C. G. Holland, stale commercial fhherirs commissioner, in the fore
ground with his back to the camera. Left to right. Rear Adm. Ernest J. Davis, USN (Ret.), Beaufort,
George Stovall, Morehead City, Lockwood Phillips, Beaufort, and General Pate.
Cars Damaged
In Collision
Two cars collided on Highway
70 west of Morehead City Wed
nesday morning and the driver of
one, George Alfred Hiatt, was
charged with following too closely.
Both cars were headed east. The
accident occurred at, 11:45 a.m.,
west of Mitchell's Carpenter Shop.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman W. J. Smith Jr., the dri
ver of a 1955 Chevrolet, Lieuten
ant Dotson, Cherry Point, had
stopped behind a line of cars
which were waiting for a car to
make a turn when Hiatt came up
behind him in a 1953 Chevrolet
and struck him in the rear.
Damage to Dotson 's car was es
timated at $100 and damage to
Hiatt's was estimated at $150.
Who Will be Carteret's
Father of The Year for 1956?
It's Father of the Year time!
Every year at this time THE
NEWS-TIMES sponsors selection
of a Father of the Year in Car
teret. The winner is awarded beau
tiful gifts from cooperating mer
chants.
To nominate a Father of the
Year, all you need do is fill out
the blank found on page 8 of to
day's second section, send or bring
it to the newspaper office or take
it to any of the merchant* coop
erating in the event.
Fill out the blank in 25 words
or less as to why you believe your
nominee should be named Father
of the Year.
This is the fourth year that THE
NEWS-TIMES has sponsored the
event. Last year's winner was
! Henry Carraway of Merrimon.
Ten gifts will be presented to
the lucky winner. They arc a lea
ther billfold by Early Jewelers;
box of Manhattan shirts from
Hill's; set of "Kar-rugs" from Har
desty Motor Co.; slacks, shirt, belt
and tie from Belk's; gallon BPS
paint from Lockhart Millworks.
Florsheim shoes, Webb's; lazy
susan, Smith's TV; $10 gift certifi
cate, Lcary's; Brownie flash cam
era, Morehcad City Drug Co.; and
25 theatre passes good for the
City, Morehead and Beaufort
Theatres from Morehead Theatre.
Deadline for getting the nom
ination blanks in is 10 a.m. Wed
nesday, June 13. The presentation
of gifts will be made Saturday,
June 16, the day preceding Fa
ther's Day, in front of the More
head City municipal building.
Jaycees Hear
Talk on Port
Pageant Chairmen Give
Reports; Group Endorses
Sound Bridge or Ferry
Jack Holt, manager of the More
head City Port Terminal, was
guest .speaker at the Morehead
City Jaycees meeting Monday
night at the Hotel Fort Macon.
Reports were given by chairmen
of the committees for the Miss
North Carolina Pageant and a mo
tion was passed asking the state
to build a bridge or ferry from
the western part of Bogue Banks
to the mainland. Ralph Styron
presented the motion for action.
Instead of looking overseas, the
people of Morehead City should
start looking toward the western
part of their own state, said Mr.
Holt.
He was referring to the out
look of many folks who look to
wards Europe and other ports for
business, when they should ac
tually be looking toward the in
dustrial areas of North Carolina
for goods that must be exported.
He told the audience that if the
Southern Railroad comes into
Morehead City, and he believes it
will, industry will move closer to
Morehead City, and the freight
I rates of commodities will be
I equalized with the rate at Wil
mington.
Comments on Rates
He said that with an equaliza
tion of rates it will be just as
cheap for a manufacturer in the
western part of the state to ship
through Morehead City as it is
now to ship through Wilmington.
As for rapid advancement of the
Morehead City port, Mr. Holt said
it would be quite awhile before
it could expand, even if the rail*
road does come, since "We need
additional facilities at the port as
well as the railroad. We need be
tween $10 and $15 million for
storage facilities before we can
truly expand."
During the business meeting
Russ Willan reported that 13 ban
ners and three signs for the Little
League had been sold, and an
nounced that the opening of the
season was a huge success.
Reports Submitted
Reports were given by commit
tee chairmen for the Miss North
Carolina pageant. Reporting were
James Macy, staging; L. E. Kelly,
trailers; Bob' Davis and Hal Sha
piro, publicity, and Floyd Chad
wick, program.
The club passed a motion back
ing the erection of a bridge or
ferry from the western part of
Bogue Banks to the mainland. The
motion will be sent te Governor
Hodges and Maynard Hicks, com
missioner of the Second Highway
District.
Mr. Shapiro reported that parts
of the industrial survey had al
ready been submitted to Joe Du
Bois, chamber of commerce man
ager.
Jeff Hudgins, Portsmouth, Vi.,
was a guest at the meeting.
Official Returns in County's Saturday Primary
? County commissioners, in special session at the court
house Tuesday morning, certified returns on the health
center referendum. This was necessary to comply with
regulations on borrowing the county's share of health
center funds.
William Moore Weber, Raleigh architect, who has de
signed ncaun centers inrougnouf
j the state, is scheduled to meet here
| with county officials Wednesday
j afternoon to discuss plans for the
center.
Members of the committee on
the health center are County Com
missioner Odell Merrill, Dr. Luther
I Fulcher, county health officer, and
James D. Potter, county auditor.
It is hoped that the county's
share of the total cost will be avail
able about July. The total cost is
$33,270. The health center referen
dum Saturday authorizes the coun
ty to borrow $12,000.
It is not known how soon state
and federal funds will be made
available. In addition to the coun
ty's cash contribution to the build
ing, the county is also furnishing
the site, next to the courthouse an
! nex.
| County Attorney Alvah Hamilton
i informed the board that the North
| Carolina Pulp Co. is appealing to
j the State Board of Assessment the
j valuations placed on its property
i during the recent revaluation.
| Appointments to the county air
port commission wrcre discussed. 1
i Formal action on naming the ap
pointees was deferred until Mon- ;
| day's regular meeting of the com- .
missioners.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk sug
gested that the board consider a
county-wide zoning plan with a
view to protecting future indus- j
trial sites. No action was taken but |
Commissioner Merrill suggested
that a County Industrial Develop- i
ment Committee should be ap- j
pointed.
Attending the meeting, in addi- j
tion to those mentioned were Coun- j
tv Chairman Moses Howard, Com- j
missioners Harrcll Taylor, Walter
Ycomans, Dr. Fulcher, A. D. Ful
ford. county sanitarian, Mr. Potter,
and Irvin Davis, clerk.
State Seeks New
Ideas for Small
Industries
What kind of work do folks do
in their homes which could be turn
ed into profitable small town in
dustry?
That's what Robert M. Maxwell,
associate director of Governor
Hodges' Small Industries Plan
would like to know.
Persons who practice a hand
craft or know of any type work
which could be a means of creating
more income in this area should
make their suggestions, either by
phone or in writing, to J. A. Du
Bois, manager of the Morehead
City Chamber of Commerce, or to
THE NEWS-TIMES.
For example, one of the "home
industries" in this area is small
boat building. Another is knitting
nets. There may be other hand
crafts practiced, such as ceramics,
doll clothes, rugs, or artificial
flowers, which could be added to
the list.
An {example of a new enterprise
already in the making in Carteret
is the selling of yaupon tea by the
Carteret Home Demonstration Club
women. The tea, in plastic pack
ages, with directions for making,
will go on sale at the Curb Market
Saturday, June 16.
Mr. DuBois earnestly requests
that persons think about this home
industry program and cooperate
with the governor by making sug
gestions.
Newport Trailer Resident
Held for Safe Robbery
Earl S. Hardison, 44, who has"
been living in a trailer at Mason
town near Newport, is being held
under $10,000 bond in connection
with a Johnston County safe rob
bery.
Hardison was located by the
sheriff's department Friday night
and was taken into custody by
Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell and
state agents Saturday. He was
given a preliminary hearing in
Smithfield, along with a man iden
tified as Tom Hudson, also be
lieved to be connected with a $77,
000 burglary in January.
SBI agents say $2,100 has been
recovered from Hardison.
Four bandits entered the home
of W. T. Webb in Johnston Coun
ty's Banner Township and carried
away Webb's safe five months ago.
Two other men have already been
arrested in connection with the
grand haul and warrants arc being
prepared for others.
Tlie sheriff's department here
was given a description of the car
Hardison was believed to have and
a description of his trailer. The
trailer waa located but the car was
? later model because Hardison
had recently bought a 1936 Buick
in Morehead City.
Persons who knew him say that
he always carried a fistful of hun
dred dollar bills. Folks thought he
might be a counterfeiter. i
Department Gets
Temporary Chief
Allen Jones, Atlantic, was ap
pointed temporary chief of the
Down East Fire Department at the
Lions Club meeting Monday night
at Atlantic School. The Lions are
sponsors of the fire department.
A new chief will be elected at
the fire department meeting Tues
day night at Atlantic. Fire Chief
Walter Mason died suddenly last
Saturday.
The Lions decided to change
their meeting night from Monday
to the second and fourth Fridays
at 7:30 p.m. The next meeting will
be Friday, June 8.
They also made plans Monday
to sponsor a pony penning at
Cedar Island Beach at 10 o'clock
the morning of July 4, followed
by a fish fry at noon on the Sea
Level hospital grounds. Proceeds
will go to the Sea Level Hospital.
The fish fry is an annual affair.
Because the club and fire de
partment will not be able to meet
at the school this summer a new
meeting place was dlscuaaed.
Monroe Gaskill, Cedar Island,
was admitted as a new member
at the club.
H. D. Gaskins, Morehead,
Kills Fourth Rattlesnake
H. 0. Gaskins, Morchead City,
ha* been making a hobby of de
stroying the deadly diamond-back
ed rattlesnakes.
Yesterday morning at 9 a.m. he
killed hia fourth snake, a S7 inch
long specimen with 13 rattles, and
brought his trophy to THE NEWS
TIMES office.
Tide* at Ike Beaufort Bar
Tide Table :
HIGH
LOW
Friday, June 1
12:45 a.m.
1:39 p.m.
7:18 a.m.
7:49 p.m.
Saturday, June I
1:52 a.m.
2:31 p.m.
8:08 a.m.
8;jSl p.m.
Studay, Jane 3
2:50 l.m.
3:28 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:01 p.m.
Mmday. June 4
9:t>4 a.m.
10:40 p.m.
3:49 a.m.
4:23 p.m.
ii. tw.w p.m.
Tuesday, June S ,
n. ? 10:47 a.m.
4:45 a.m.
S:18 p.m.
11:84 p m.
Mr. Gaskins got his latest kill
back of Bogue where he was work
ing as a logger.
He used the hack of axe to
strike the lethal blow and broke
the snake's neck. The snake had a
double pair of fangs and Its bite
would have dispatched Mr. Caakins
to greener pastures.
The snake was about to crawl
out of the brush when Mr. Gaskins
spotted him. He threw sand on the
snake and then struck him back
of the head with the axe.
Three years ago he destroyed his
largest one. It had 47 rattles. H*
got that kill at the fork of Spring
Creek In Craven County, and a year
ago he killed one with 28 rattles at
Gales Creek.
Mr. Gaskins brings the rattler*
Into town and lets folks take a
look, then takes them back to the
woods where he disposes of them.
Memorial nay Quiet
Memorial Day was s quiet one
in Carteret. Only one auto accident
wm reported.