3iE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
46th YEAR, NO. 48. THREE SECTION8 TWENTY-TWO PAGES MORE HE AD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNE 15. 1986 PirMJawpn T'TSPAYS ANn E-wmlVS
Ed Hussman to Speak Tuesday
T o Chamber ; President Named
County Accepts Jail Bids;
Cost Will Total $65,000
Glenn Adair wis elected presi-<
dent of the Beaufort Chamber of
Commerce at a special meeting of
the chamber board of director*
Tuesday night at the chamber of
fice.
Ray Cummins was elected vice
president; William Roy Hamilton
was re-elected treasurer, and Miss
Pat Springle, secretary.
In addition to the officers, the
new directors for the coming year,
as announced at the meeting are
Ronald Earl Mason, Dr. W. L.
Woodard, Gerald Hill, Halsey Paul,
Charles Davis, William H. Potter.
Holden Ballou, Jarvis Herring, and
Norwood Young, also Danforth
Hill, representing the Jaycees; Dr.
David Farrior, representing the Ro
tary Club; Mrs. Charles W. Davis.
Woman's Club, and Mrs. Billy
Davis, Junior Woman's Club.
Pact Director
The new president has been a
director of the chamber five years,
aerved as treasurer two years and
was vice-president during the past
year.
He is a graduate of State Col
lege, class of 1948. where he ob
tained his degree in mechanical en
gineering. After graduation he
worked at Langley Field, Va., as a
research engineer, returning to
Beaufort in IMS.
He is co-owner with his brother,
Julius, of the Adair Funeral Home,
and is also a part owner of the Hi
Drive and Dora Dinette, Beaufort
restaurants.
Although Mr. Adair's main com
munity interest has been the Cham
ber of Commerce, he is a past pres
ident of the Beaufort Rotary Club.
This month he started teaching the
collcgc student class of the Ann
Street Methodist Sunday School.
July Meeting
Mr. Adair said there will be no
more meetings of the board of di
rectors this month but there prob
ably will be a call meeting early
in July.
During Tuesday's business ses
sion, Mr. Young reported on a re
cent meeting of the US Highway 70
Association and the directors voted
$20 for Beaufort's membership fee
in the association. Holden Ballou
was appointed to represent the
chamber on the (eaociaUon's board,
of dinctots.
Mr. Cummins, chairman, reported
on the speedboat regatta. Six hun
dred fifteen dollars was donated by
businessmen to finance the event.
Sale of refreshments yielded
$230.16. Expenses amounted to
$777, leaving a balance of $68.36
for the chamber, which sponsored
the regatta.
It was reported that the new
brochure being published by the
chamber will probably be ready the
last of this month.
' More Than 6,000 Visit
Fort Macon Park Sunday
More than 6.000 persons attend
ed Fort Macon State Park Sunday,
according to Smith Ray, superin
tendent of the park. That was the
first day of the opening of the
bcach.
Mr. Ray said that largest group
went through the fort itself. Ap
proximately 1,250 went swimming.
The park is open to swimmers
daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; for
picnickers from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
and the fort is open for inspection
from 8 a.m. to S p.m.
The park wjll be open daily from
now until Labor Day.
'Uses Hoe'
Lcamon Wynn, route 1 Newport,
was apprehended Wednesday by
Sgt. Joe Smith of the Morehead
City police for allegedly commit
ting an assault on Cecil Best with
a deadly weapon, a hoc.
State to Send
More Vaccine Here
The County Health Depart
ment received notice from the
State Health Department Tues
day that 531 doses of polio vac
cine will be sent to this county
within the next week.
Dr. Luther Fulcher, health of
ficer, announces that it will be
administered, for the first time,
at clinics next Thursday.
The hours are from 9 to 11
a.m. in Beaufort at the health
office and 1 to 3 p.m. in fore
head City at the hospital' annex.
Grand Jury
Checks on Jail,
Prison Camp
Members of the grand jury ex
amined the prison camp and coun
ty jail this week.
Of the prison camp, they said,
"We have examined the prison
camp No. 202 at Newport and
found it to be in very good shape
with only one exception. The
guards quarters have deteriorated
to some extent and are in need of
immediate repairs. We understand
that the work order has been ap
proved by the State maintenance
office for these repairs.
"The inmates' quarters and fa
cilities are in excellent condition,
being neat and adequate. We feel
that they are well cared for and
wish to commend Mr. Roscoe Skin
ner, the camp superintendent, and
his staff for their efforts concern
ing the well-being of the peopla
in their charge."
The county jail was found to be
"in fair condition under the cir
cumstances," the circumstances be
ing that the jail is old and no
longer adequate to meet the needs
of the county.
The bounty was commended for
its plans to build a new jail.
The grand jury said it deliber
ated on each case presented.
In conclusion, the jurors,
through Foreman Cecil W. Scwell,
Morchead City, thanked the judge
for his assistance and also thanked
the court officials for their co
operation.
Members of the grand jury were
William J. Hardison, Milton War
ren, George Norris, Adam Mayer,
J. Stancil Bell, and Thomas E.
Clancy, all of Newport; J. M. Da
vis, Straits, and Lola Pincr, Wil
liston.
N. W. Day, Robert Van Etten,
A. H. James Jr., and Ben L. Jones,
Beaufort; M. L. Yeomans and Joe
Davis, Harkers Island; C. W. AUi
good, Davis; Gordon Earl Freeman,
Morchead City, and Leon W.
Emory, route 2 Newport.
Grayden Paul Sp?aks
To Beaufort Rotarians
Grayden Paul, brother of Ro
tarian H. D. Paul, Beaufort, spoke
on his experiences as a tourist
guide in St. Petersburg, Fla., at
the meeting of the Beaufort Ro
tary Club Tuesday night at the In
let Inn.
Mr. Paul gave a word picture of
St. Peteraburg and its surroundings
and at next week's meeting will
continue "the tour." ,
Visiting Rotarians were Jasper
Bell and Dr. John Morris, More
head City, and C. C. Abcrnathy,
Lumberton.
On?-We?k Term
Criminal Court Ends ;
Nobody Sent to Jail
Philemon Shaw Bccton was fined
$129 and costs by Judge Malcolm
Paul in superior court this week
when a Jury found hftn guilty of
driving drunk. The jury found him
not guilty of carrying a concealed
weapon. ,
Becton was given a suspended
four-month roads sentence.
The criminal term ended yester
( dsy morning, with the msjority of
| the cases on the docket being con
I tinued sfter bonds were called.
Canes Thomas Chapman was
I fined 9100 and costs when he pled
fcguilty to driving drunk. He was
hven a suspended four-month
Bosds sentence.
Pays SIM. Casts
I Johnnie Logue was fined $100
Band costs when the jury found
?him guilty of driving drunk and
Kavfng bo operator's license. He
Bras given a 80 days suspended
Hoed* sentence.
I Waiter fmrn a* Catkins was
fined *50 and costs when he pled
guilty to careless and reckless
driving. He was given a suspended
60-day roads sentence.
Thomas C. Basa was fined $200
and costs for driving after his
license had been suspended. He
was given a suspended six-month
sentence.
Fined ?2H
Larry D. Kemniti was fined 1200
and costs when he pled guilty to
breaking, entering and larceny. He
must make restitution of (30 to
Mrs. Maxwell Wade.
KemniU was given a suspended
11-month roads sentence on con
dition that he continue his enlist
ment ta the Navy when his cur
rent enlistment ends in December
ISM. and that he be on good be
havior and not violate any atata
or federal law for five yean.
Ralph Arnold waa aaaessed
coats for breaking, entering and
8m COOT, ra?t 1
Dr. D. C. Farrior
To Head Rotary
John Steed, Formerly
Slated for Top Office,
Submits Resignation
John Steed, who was to take of
fice as president of the Beaufort
Rotary Club next month has re
signed, and Dr. David Farrior,
Beaufort optometrist, was appoint
ed by the board of directors Tues
day night to take his place.
Mr. Steed resigned because of
business reasons. Dr. Farrior, who
has been a member of Rotary for
three and a half years, has served
on the board of directors, is a mem
ber of the Carteret Toastmasters
Club, Carteret Post 99 (American
Legion), Jones Austin Post 2401
(Veterans of Foreign Wars), and
St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Dr. Farrior would have assumed
the office of vice-president in July.
Carl Hatscll has been elected to
the vice-presidency and Ray Cum
mins was elected to the board of
directors to fill the vacancy creat
ed by the shift.
The board met following Tues
day's regular Rotary meeting at
the Inlet Inn.
1
Reader Offers
Kitten a Home
Capt. Buck Ncwsome of the
Morehead City Police Depart
ment, recently received a letter
from Mrs. Thurman Gaskill, P.O.
Box 72, Brigantine, N. J., who
offered to care for the kitten
which survived a fire in More
head City May 5.
Other cats died in the lire,
which also took the life of their
mistress, Hattie Monroe, but one
survived and it* picture ap
peared in THE NEWS-TIMES.
Mrs. Gaakill Mid (he saw the
picture and would like very
much to give the kitten a home,
since someone had stolen her
kitten recently.
Captain Newsomc said he
would write Mrs. Gaskill, thank
ing her for her kind offer. The
"burned out kitten," he said, has
found a home in Morchcad City.
Members of the Beaufort Clum
ber of Commerce will hear Ed
Hussman, of the small industries
division. Department of Conser
vation and Development, at their
annual dinner Tuesday night.
The dinner will begin at 7:30
p.m. at the Inlet Inn. Ronald Earl
Mason, chairman of the dinner
committee, who will be toastmas
ter, says the dinner is free to
chamber members and wives.
On the menu is roast fresh ham,
mashed potatoes, green peas,
mixed salad, rolls and butter, iced
tea and ice cream. The Beaufort
Rotary Club will meet with the
chamber. Mr. Mason said 125 per
sons are expected.
Members of the dinner commit
tee are Odell Merrill and Ralph
Albares.
Ocracoke Road
Project Gets
Another $100,000
Another $100,000 has been allo
cated for construction of the Ocra
coke Highway, bringing to $460,
OOO the amount available for the
road.
The $100,000 was earmarked last
week by Gov. Luther Hodges and
comes from the highway surplus
fund. Of the total $460,000, First
Highway Division funds are sup
plying $160,000 and the remainder
is coming from the surplus.
W. H. Rogers Jr., chief engineer
for the highway commission, said
it is estimated that this will be
sufficient to cover the cost of
building the road.
E. P. Brinkley of Raleigh, who
has the contract for bridges in
cluded in the Ocracoke road, has
informed the Highway Commis
sion that he will begin work on
his portion of the contract this
week. ?
Dickerson, Inc., of Monroe, gen
eral contractor for the road, said
he would beglfe ? soon aa the
bridge contractor starts making
progress.
Mr. Rogers said that 25,OAO tons
of stone which will form the base
of the road already has been trans
ported to Ocracoke Island. Another
10,000 tons will be required for
the project and is being delivered
as rapidly as possible.
Ann Street Church Accepts
Bids for New Building
Base bids for the Ann StreeH
Methodist education building total
$166,461. Bids were awarded by
the planning committcc Tuesday
night to O. L. Shacklcford Inc., Kin
ston, general contractor, $138,800;
Beaufort Plumbing and Supply Co.,
plumbing. $8,175, and heating,
*19.300. and Jack Williams, Beau
fort, electrical, *9.986.63.
Bids were opened at 2 p.m. Tues
day at the Lottie Sandfp Building.
Bidding was brisk, 11 contractors
bidding on the general contract;
six on plumbing, six on heating,
and seven on the electrical work.
Only on the heating contract was
the lowest bid accepted, but the
planning committee felt other mat
ters, such as church membership
and Beaufort location of firms
warranted accepting other bids.
Law Bidders
Low bidden were O. C." Law
rence, Otway, general contract;
Styron Plumbing and Heating,
Morehcad City, plumbing; and
Blanchanfs Electric Service, More
hcad City, electrical.
The committee formally accept
ing bids Tuesday night consisted
of W. H. Potter. Lance Smith, Lea
lie Moore, Tommy Eure, Gerald
Hill, Braxton Adair, C. Z. Chap
pell, E. W. Downum and the Rev.
J. D. Young, pastor.
Steel Supply Lew
Architect is Burett H. Stephens
and Son, New Bern. Robert Ste
phens, who was present at the bfd
opening Tuesday afternoon with
another member of his firm, John
Peterson, commented, "The steel
situation is bad," and said thai
earliest delivery on steel, if the
order is placed Immediately,
wouldn't be until September or Oc
tober.
Mr. Shacklcford said, however,
that be expects to start laying out
the building next week.
The new building, named in
memory of the late N. F. Eure,
Beaufort, will be built opposite the
Lottie Sanders Building. The
ground-breaking ceremony will take
place Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
."
The County Health Department
reports that it is continuing Its VD
control work with migrant workers
and the program if moving along
satisfactorily.
Owners Asked
To Move Ship
Roy Eubanks, Beaufort, ship
wreck commissioner, reported yes
terday that the owners of the Omar
Babun. a freighter located at More
head City, have been notified to
move the ship.
The freighter was wrecked at
Rodanthc two years ago and was
salvaged by the Canipes of Have
lock. In October of 1035 it was
towed to Morehead City and has
been tied up since then at a sal
vage company on the Beaufort
Morehead City cauacway.
J. A. DuBois, chamber of com
merce manager, reports that he
contacted Mr. Eubanks relative to
getting the ship moved because
it* present poaition poses a threat
to the channel to the Morehead
City Yacht baaln and surrounding
property.
Mr. Eubanks said yesterday that
he had requested Wiley Taylor Jr.,
Beaufort attorney, to notify the
owners that they would have "a
reasonable time" to move the ship
before action will be taken against
them in federal court
R. A. Canipe, owner of the ahip,
said in the fall of 189S that he
planned to pot diesel engines in
the Omar Babun, a 97-foot vessel,
and use it In salvage work.
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Jue IS
1:17 a.m.
1:M p.m.
7:31 a.m.
8:10 p.m.
Satarday, Jue 11
2:1B a.m.
2:88 p.m.
8:20 a.m.
8:24 p.m.
Suday, Jue 17
1:20 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
8:27 a.m.
10:27 p.m.
4:20 a.*.
4:M p.m.
MwaOay. Jue 18
10:22 a.m.
11:29 p.m.
Tncaday, Jue 18
5:15 ??? 11:15 t ot.
5.47 pjtt.
Arlie Daniels, Cedar Island,
Is County's Father of Year
JC's on Monday
Set June 29 As
Date tor Contest
The Miss Beaufort contest has
tentatively been set for Friday,
June 29, 8 p.m. at the Beaufort
Theatre, according to an announce
ment made Monday night at the
meeting of the Beaufort Jaycees
at the Scout building.
Ralph Albares, chairman of the
event, said that contestants are
being sought. Members of his com
mittee are Jack McManus, Bill
Tickle, and Tommy Eure.
Dates Changed
The club decided to meet weekly
on Monday nights with the excep
tion of the first Monday of the
month. Heretofore the Jaycees
have been meeting the second and
fourth Mondays.
Dinners will be served only on
the second and fourth Mondays.
Jack McManus gave the final re
port on the safety check, stating
that 1,500 cars were inspected in
Beaufort. He also announced that
letters of thanks had been sent to
all who assisted in making the
check a success. Mr. McManus was
in charge of the program in Beau
fort.
Budget Set
The club adopted a budget of
$4,450 for the fiscal year, 1956
1957 and also set up its year's
program.
The program, as outlined by
Ronald Earl Mason, chairman, and
his committee members, follows:
June, Miss Beaufort contest; July,
sale of bumper reflector tape, car
wash program, and a social event
for Jaycees.
August, program for the Caro
lina Aero Club, Jesse Taylor,
chairman; September, membership
drive; October, football concessions
stand, fire prevention program,
host to district meeting.
November, get out the vote cam
paign, football concessions, sale
of bumper reflector tape, Voice of
Democracy contest; December,
Christmas charity program, and
social event for Jaycees; January,
JC Week (awards and Radio Day).
February, church month (Jay
cees and families to attend church
es in group), stage production;
March, build and sell picnic tables;
April, clean-up campaign; May,
auto safety check and Teen-Age
Roadco.
Members of Mr. Mason's pro
gram committee were Danforth
Hill, James Steed, Tommy Potter
and Tommy Eure.
Motorist Pays
$50 Fine Monday
Thurman Gray Morton was fined
$50 and coats for no operator's li
cense by Judge Herbert Phillips in
Morchead City Recorder's Court
Monday.
Morton wai given a suspended
3<May roads sentence on condition
that he be on good behavior for
one year and not drive a vehicle on
the streets or highways of the state
for six months.
Mrs. Louis Bratcher was fined
<25 and coats for public drunken
ness when It was noted that it was
her third offense. She waa given
a 30-day suspended jail sentence
on condition that she be on good
behavior for wie year.
Reginald Conway waa found guil
ty of failing to stop for a stop
light and waa assessed costs. A
charge of no operator's license
against him was dropped.
James F. Collins waa aaaessed
half coats for being drunk on the
highway, and one-third costs were
assessed Arthur Carroll Taylor for
speeding.
Cases were continued againat
Rollins D. Mumford, Carlton N.
Frayer and Lcnatcry Eubanks.
Two Fred Smiths . .
The Fred Smith, whose case waa
continued in Superior Court thia
week. Is not Fred E. Smith of 111
Circle Dr., Beaufort. A. H. James,
clerk of court, said that the Smith
charged with driving drunk haa ap
parently left the county. He had
tno^about a year ago from
? Arlie Daniels, 55. of Cedar
Island, has been selected as Father
of the Year for 1956. He was nom
inated by his wife, Mrs. Maude
Daniels.
Mr. Daniels, father of six chil
dren, celebrated his 35th wedding
anniversary last Friday. He will
be presented with gifts from More
head City merchants tomorrow at
11 a.m. at the Morehcad City Muni
cipal Building.
The presentation will be made
by Mayor George Dill. The gifts
will be trom 10 businessmen who
sponsored the Father of the Year
contest in cooperation with THE
NEWS-TIMES.
The six Daniels children are Dur
wood, currently in the Navy, whose
family lives at Morganton; Mrs. Ar
lene Brittingham, Morehead City;
Edwin, Morehead City; Mrs. Gloria
Emory, Cedar Island; Frank, in the
Army in Germany, and Neil, now
living at home after his discharge
from the Air Force.
Mr. Daniels has been a fisher
man most of his life and is a na
tive of Cedar Island. He and his
j wife have 14 grandchildren.
I Gifts to be presented to him are
a leather billfold by Early Jewel
ers: box of Manhattan shirts by
Hill's; set of "Kar-rugs" from Har
desty Motor Co.; slacks, shirt, belt
and tie from Belk's; gallon 3Fo
paint from Lockhart Millworks.
Florsheim shoes, Webb's; lazy
susan, Smith's TV; $10 gift certifi
cate, Leary's; Brownie flash cam
era, Morehead City Drug Co.; and
25 theatre passes good for the City,
Morchead and Beaufort theatres
from the Morehead Theatre.
Previous winners of the contest,
now in its fourth year of sponsor
ship by THE NEWS-TIMES were
Henry Carraway, Merrimon, 1955;
John Tillery. Morehead City, 1954,
and Charles Garner, Newport, 1953.
THE NEWS TIMES and the busi
nessman sponsoring the contest
thank everyone for sending in their
entries. All fathers nominated were
certainly worthy of the honor and
it is hoped that they will be nom
inated again next year, for nom
inations are not kept from year to
year, and it is entirely possible that
this year's close contender may be
the lucky fellow in 1957.
County Doctors Release
Their Surplus Vaccine
tuumy pu> MlldlW, dl U1CU UJCTTV T
ing Monday night at the Morehead
City Hospital, decided to release
to the county health department
the surplus of polio vaccine not
being used in their offices.
The public relations committee
of the medical society announced
Tuesday that It acted in accord
ance with a request from the State
Health Department TS? a de? ,
ptrtiMnt reported thpt apparently
certain counties are *ot getting as
much vaccine as needed and sug
gested that doctors in those coun
tie? release some of their surplus
to the local health department.
County doctors aaid that al
though they have been adminis
tering the vaccine, the people have
not taken advantage of the doc
tors' offer, made several months
ago, to give shots free of charge
to those who could not afford to
pay.
Dr. Luther Fulcher, county
health officer, estimated that only
25 per cent of the persons eligible
for the vaccine have received it.
The public relations committee
added that even though doctors
arc releasing surplus vaccine, it
may not be enough to take care
of all who want the shots. The
doctors point out that if persons
who can afford to pay get the free
shots from the health department,
even the supplementary supply
may not be sufficient.
Dr. Fulcher requests that per
sons who can do so should go to
their family doctor for the vaccine.
The county health department
received notice this week that it
has been allocated 331 doses from
(he state. Health officials believed
that with state allotments, plua the
surplus releaaed by doctors, vac
cine will be available on a more
steady basis in the future.
The speaker at the medical so
ciety meeting waa Dr. Lawrence
Erdman, New Bern, whose topic
was Traumatic Injuries of the
Chest. He was Introduced by Dr.
Herbert Webb, program chairman.
Dr. W. M. Brady, president, con
ducted the meeting.
Port Calendar
Earn Worcester ? Due today at
Esso Terminal with petroleum
products from Baytown, Tex.
MV Buenos Aires ? Due to
morrow at Morehead City to load
cargo lor Trinidad,
k. CaaMa ? Buc Sanday
a* forehead City. .
MV PlatkHa ? Due at Trum
bull Asphalt Sunday with a load
of asphalt and fuel oil from Cu
racao.
SS Rahummel ? Due Monday
at Esso Terminal with a load of
fuel oil from Aruba.
Funds Approved;
School Official
Reports on Survey
H. L. Joslyn, county superinten
ient of schools, received clear
incc from Raleigh Tuesday on ex
penditure of funds for the new
Markers Island School.
Mr. Joslyn also commented that
Carteret County ranks sixth among
ill counties in the state in the
number of high school graduates
Enrolled in college.
The survey establishing this fact
was conducted by the State De
partment of Public Instruction. Of
Carteret's 196 high school grad
lates last year, SB went to college,
)r a total of 30.1 per cent.
Eleven others enrolled in Junior
:ollege, comprising 5 8 per cent
>f the total 198. Fourteen, or 7.1
per cent enrolled in trades, bus
iness schools, nursing, and similar
training; 16 or 8.1 per cent went
into military service. The remain
ier, constitute 49.1 per cent of the
otal 196.
Mr. Joslyn pointed out that high
ichools with higher percentage*
of graduate! In college are located
In cities where colleges arc lo
cated.
Firemen Hope to Eliminate
Resuscitator Call Mix-Ups
Beaufort firemen set up new
alqrms for the resuscltator it their
meeting last Thursday night at
the fire station.
If a call for the reauacitator is
received at night, the alarm will
sound twice and stop. Bong, bong
and that's It. If the resuacltator
is needed In the daytime, another
new alarm will be given.
The firemen have devised this
new system to prevent confusion
on a rcsuacitator call. When one
of the established alarms is rung,
the firemen are called out unnec
essarily and the whole town geta
stirred up.
Firemen alio hope U> devise
some other plan of taking the re
suacltator out in a vehicle other
than the tire truck.
Bryan Loftin reported that ef
forta to find a rescue truck have
thus far proved unsuccessful. Jim
my bip u4 9m llemU ware
appointed to investigate the pot
?ibility of sponsoring a movie to
raise money.
Several firemen offered to do
nate blood for Thornton Darling's
mother who Is 111 and it was re
ported that Prank Langdale, a
member of the department, is ill
in the hospital.
Roma Willis, former engineer,
offered bis assistance on the alarm
system and Claude Morning re
quested to be returned to the ac
tive membership list. A collection
for the Christmas fund was made.
Purchase of a camera to take
pictures of fires was discussed, but
boeauae of the expenae involved.
Fireman Joe Long was requested
to take picturea with hla camera.
The pictures would be used as a
fire record la addition to written
records.
Chief C. D. Harrell pre
Carteret's new jail will
cost $65,000. A second set of
bids w*as opened at the court
house yesterday afternoon
and Robert Stephens, archi
tect, said work on the new
project should start in about
three weeks.
Successful bidders on the new
jail, which will contain the sberiffi
office and an apartment for the
jailkeeper, were 0. C. Lawrence,
Otway. $49,995, general contract;
Roy Norrii Co., $8,650, plumbinf;
Beaufort Plumbing and Supply, $3.
396, heating; and Carl Hatsell
Electric Co., Beaufort, $2,834.50,
electrical, making a total of $64,
984.50.
The first set of bids was opened
in March but all were rejected be
cause they totaled over $80,000.
The county is borrowing $70,000
to meet jail construction costs.
The original plan to tear down
the old jail has been discarded.
The new jail will be built either
at the rear of the courthouse or
on the site to the east of the court
house. The present jailkeeper*s
house will be moved should the
east site be selected.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said the
present jail would be used for
storage of records. It is a fireproof
building, he added.
There were four bids on general
construction, four on plumbing,
five on heating, and three on wir
ing. The jail will be of brick cavity
wall construction. Present for the
opening of the bids, in addition to
bidders and members of the county
board, was T. A. Early, state jail
supervisor.
After bids were opened, a dele
gation of timberland owners re
quested that the county revise its
amount budgeted for forestry pro
tection, but the county board said
that the budget had already been
adopted. Commissioners added,
however, that they would "take the
request under advisement."
Don Varner, district forester,
said that the state forestry dlvUion
had revised its request. Instead of
asking far $4,200. they believed
the* could get by on $3JB0. ?
.Accompanying Mi. varner wtn
E. M. Ffcreman, county raapc;
Tom Hassell. International Paper
Co., Miss Georgina Yeatman, Mrs.
Mildred Mumford, and Robert Sa
frit Jr., all of Beaufort; Joel Davli,
Harlowc; and Howard Duzan, N. C.
Pulp Co.
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Statement Goes
With Tax Notices
Sent out with county tax no
tices thin week was a statement
on the 1958-57 levy and how the
rate of *1.35 is apportioned. The
tax rate this year is *1.35 instead
of $1.80 as was last year's. The
reduction is due to a revaluation
of property.
With the new valuation and
lower rate, the total levy increase
is twelve onc-hundredths of 1 per
cent.
On the statement was listed alao
the 10 points the county hoped to
accomplish by the revaluation.
They are as follows:
1. Equalize property values.
2. Reduce the tax rate.
3. Provide a uniform basis for
valuing properties.
4. Make county taxes attractive
to industry.
3. Increase the revenue to op
erating funds.
8. Provide additional revenue
for schools.
7. Adjust the retirement of
county debt
8. Adjust taxes in line with
other counties of the state.
9. Provide a stronger financial
statement.
10. Raise the credit standing of
the county.
According to the statement, the
county debt as of June 1, ISM was
$1,471,093. Health center bonds,
when issued, will bring the debt
up to $1,483,053. On hand for re
tirement of bonds now ia 9108,048.
The major part of the debt waa
incurred when the county under
went refinancing in 1037.
Mrs. Julia Basdcn
Heads District VFW
Mrs. Julia Basden, Beaufort, waa
Installed aa district prcaldent of
the VFW auxiliary over the week
end at the State VFW convention, <
Wilmington.
Delegate to the convention from
the Beaufort auxiliary was Mrv
Ervin Lupton, Morehead City, and
alternate waa Mrs. Baedaa.
Others who attended were Mr.
and Mn. Cecil Peterson, Mr. and
Mrs. Vance Fulford, Mr. and Mrs. .
Al Phillip*. Roy Eubanka, Fred
Snyks. JMyr Cole. David Modlin,