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46th YEAR, NO. 68. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
i County Legislator Commends
Folks for Interest in Schools
By RUTH PEELING
D. G. Bell, county legislator. In
an interview Wednesday, (aid that
he is (ratified at the interest be
? ing shown in the Fear sail plan in
this county.
The Pearsall plan Is Ute pro
posal to allow the slate U con
tinue its segregated schools with
out violating the limited States
conslitutUn.
Mr Bell said that in quite a few
of the counties Uiere has been no
interest whatever in the program.
During last week alone he spoke
on the plan to four different
groups: the Morehead City Jaycees,
Beaufort Rotary Club, Morehead
City Lions Club and the Jacque
line Eure Sunday School class of
the First liethodist Church, More
head City.
The legislator will speak at an
open meeting at the Beaufort
, School at 7:30 Friday night,
Sept. T. explaining the Pearsall
proposal. People will vote on it
at the polls Saturday, Sept. I.
He has been requested to speak
that week also at an open meet
ing at the Morehead City SchooL
The date has not been set.
To date no Negro groups, such
as Parent-Teacher Associations or
churches, have invited Mr. Bell to
explain the plan to them, "but 1
will be glad to do so if requested,"
he said.
The Pearsall plan is so named
because Thomas Pearsall headed
the North Carolina Advisory Com
mittee on Education which pro
posed the program.
What Plan Means
On Sept. 8 when people go to
the polls they will vote on one
school amendment, which if it
passes, will change the state con
stitution. This amendment will al
low local school units to vote (if
they want to) to close the schools
if race problems develop.
It will also allow the state to
pa% $135 per year to a child who
withdraws from school because he
does not want to attend school
with a member of another race.
Mr. Bell said that the Pearsall j
plan was an outgrowth of two
basic factors:
1. The majority of Negroes
are interested in better educa
tion and not integration
2. Regardless what some elaim,
North Carolina is not ready for
integration
"Some people say the Pearsall
plan will close all the schools," Mr.
Bell said, "but if some plan isn't
put into effect, 1 can assure you
the schools ARE going to close!"
lie made it clear that people
voting in favor of the school
amendment Sept t are NOT vot
ing to close the schools. They
are merely voting to alter the
constitution so that people U
local school districts MAY vote
to close schools if necessary.
The legislator said, "There is a
large group of people in the state
among the lower white classes
who would willingly close the
schools. Add to this group those
who have never been in favor of
public education in the first place,
then start integration -and there
won't be any public schools."
Assignment Law
Mr. Bell continued, "Some fac
tions contend that the 1955 local
assignment law is enough to meet
the problem, but it isn't. It was
merely a stalling measure that
could keep schools operating for
18 to 24 months.
"Something had to be done in
addition to that," the legislator
said. "1 believe the Pcarsall plan
is the answer."
The local assignment law re
See PEARSALL. Page 2
Marshal Iberg Harbor, Harkers Island
Channel Work to Start in November
Morehead JC's
Give Pageant
Profit to School
Morchcad City High School Ath
lctic Association has received $688
64 from the Morehead City Jay
cecs to help finance this fall's ,
football program. The amount rep- j
resents the net profit from the
Miss North Carolina Pageant.
i Jaycee President Herbert Phil
lips said that there were more
than 5,000 paid admissions to the
three-day event.
At the Jaycee meeting at the
Hotel Fort Macon Monday night
the members discussed football
plans. As sponsors of the football
program, they sell tickets, includ
ing reserved seat season tickets
and general admission tickets at
# the gate.
They started work Wednesday
afternoon on the football field at
Camp Glenn. New bleachers are
being built and old ones refinished.
Profit from concession stands
and programs will be used to pay
off bonds sold to finance the foot
ball program.
President Phillips and P. H.
Cieer Jr. reported on their week
* end trip to Greensboro where they
attended the state Jaycee board
meeting at Guilford College. They
gave the state officers a final re
port on the state beauty pageant.
Catholic School
Registration Set
Registration of pupil.s for SI.
' Fghert's Catholic School will Mart
at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 31. and con
tinue until noon and will start
attain at 1 and continue 'til 4 p.m.
Father Walter lllEKins reports that
he has received about 45 calls from
parents who are interested in hav
ing their children enroll. Regis
tration will l>c at the school.
The school is offering only the
first four grades and kindergarten
this year. Father lliggins says that
a grade will be added cacb year un
til all 12 grades are open to stu
4 dents.
Three Sisters of Mercy from
Marion. Pa., will be appointed to
the faculty. They will live in the
Annunciation School Convent at
llavelock and commute daily.
An open house has been planned
for the end of September, but a
I definite date has not been set.
Concrete plans for the opening
of school Sept. 4 and the courses
to be offered will be made when
Monsignor Edward Gilbert of
tioldsboro visits Morrhcad City. He
Is auperintendent of the Catholic
Schools in North Carolina.
t Woodmen of World Will
I Sponsor Show Tonight
To raiae money for thoir build
I ing fund. Woodmen of the World,
I Camp 188. Morehead City, will
? sponsor an entertainment at the
? Camp Glenn School tonight.
L?fty Hale and the Carolina
? Partners will give a show, starting
? at 8 o'clock. Tickets will be sold
| at the door.
I
? Early in November is the start
I in# date announeed this week by
the Corps of Engineers, Wilming
I ton, for the harbor at Marshall
I berg and the two channels around
Harkers Island.
At Marshallberg the entrance
channel will be 6 by 60 feet and
the basin, 6 feet deep, will be 100
feet wide and 600 feet long. The
basin will start in Sleepy Creek
and extend eastward on lands
owned by Ralph W. Neat, Irvin
Moore, Mrs. B. J. Jackson and
Mrs. Leah Hancock.
Funds set aside lor the project
lota! $27,000.
The channels at Harkers Island,
one at the east end and one at the
west end, will be 7 feet deep and
75 feet wide. They will provide
short cuts from the Core Sound
Beaufort route to Bardcn's Inlet
near Cape Lookout.
Cost of this work will be $90,000.
Project Starts Today
Dredging of channels and the
basin at Hatteras is scheduled to
start today. Plans call for an en
larged basin 6 by 150 by 1,000
feet and maintenance dredfing to
restore the two entrance channels
to 6 feet.
The Atkinson Dredging Co., Nor
| folk, was awarded the contract for
| the job. Cost will be $57,050.
Oregon Inlet
| The long-awaited Oregon Inlet
improvement project on the outer
banks is scheduled to begin late
this year, according to Col. H. C.
Rowland Jr., district engineer.
Colonel Rowland said the district
has been allocated $570,000 for
dredging a channel 14 feet -deep
by 400 feet wide about three miles
long across the bar and through
the gorge to Pamlico Soynd,
From the three^jile point, a
channel (Old House Chain el) 12
feet deep and 100 feet wide will
be dredged for seven additional
miles to deep water in the sound.
The work in the 12-foot channel
will begin Dec. 1 with the remain
der to start next March. The 14
foot portion will require the use
of a sea going hopper dredge be
cause wave action and generally
rough water prohibit the use of a
pipeline dredge in open waters.
The allocation docs not include
See PROJECTS, Page 2
Coast Guard
To Station Tug
Here Nov. 1
205-Foot Navy Type Fleet
Tug Will Handle Towing
Jobs on This Coast
The 205-foot tug, Chilula (pro
nounced Chy-lula), will be station
ed. at Morehead City beginning
Nov 1, Coast Guard headquarters,
Norfolk, announced yesterday.
The Chilula is a Navy-tvpe fleet
tug, like the Cherokee, which op
crates for the Coast Guard out of
Norfolk. It will handle towing
jobs.
The Chilula is now in the yards
at Baltimore where she will be
commissioned Officers and crew
will number at least 50.
The tug draws 15 feet of water
and for that reason State Port Au
thority officials have been contact
ed relative to giving the tug perma
nent docking space at the More
head City port. The water depth
at Fort Macon Coast Guard base is
too shallow.
According to the Norfolk report,
the "Agassiz most likely will be
transferred." The Agassiz is the
Coast Guard cutter now stationed
at Fort Macon.
CWO James Hunnings, who is
now commanding officer at Fort
Macon station, has been trans
ferred to the Chilula. He will re
port to Baltimore Sept. 4.
Duke Marine Lab
Ends '56 Session
Duke Marino Laboratory, rivers
Island, ended its 1956 summer ses
sion yesterday. Dr. C. G. Book
hout, director said that this year's
program was the most successful
since the opening of the marine
summer school.
Forty-seven students attended
the second session. Twenty-five re
search investigators worked there
during the summer. Most of the
investigators were faculty mem
bers of various colleges which of
fer courses in oceanography, ma
rine biology or loology. ?.,?
Classes were scheduled every
day of "the week except Sunday,
and the students Were able to com
plete six week's work in five
weeks. A series of lectures in ad
dition to regular class work was
presented by visiting experts.
Field work was also ftn important
part of the course of study.
"The addition of new buildings
and new equipment," said Dr.
Bookhout, "was instrumental in
the success of the program this
year. Plans arc already underway
to make next year's summer ses
sion even better."
Cargill Booklet Describes
Morehead Port, Grain-Loader
Photo by Jerry Schumacher
Two workmen handle (he eat of the Urge pipe which feeds soybean pellets Into the hold of (be
ship. A ship of the V. 8. lines ii expected at the Hate port Monday to load (W to I.HO tons of soy
bean pellets.
In a recently-published booklet
Cargill, Inc. features the port of
Morehead City as one of It* tea
board facilities for handling grain
for export.
Located at Morchcad City la a
grain loader, built by Cargill,
which directly transfers grain from
barge, rail car, or truck into the
hold of a vessel.
The grain loader was used this
week to load soybean pelleta
aboard the SS Mormackisle.
The following description of the
port of Morehead City appears in
the Cargill booklet, accompanied
by pictures of the port:
The I'ort of Morehead City,
North Carolina, is near Cape Look
out and about ISO miles south of
Cape flattens. Location of the
port proper Is at the north side of
Bogur Sound and the west side of
the mouth of the Newport River.
Morchead City Is a state-main
tained port terminal under juris
diction of the North Carolina State
Port Authority.
Entrance into the harbor from
open Atlantic is via the Beaufort
inlet through an improved channel
about 400 feet in width over the
ocean bar. Depth of this channel
la 30 feet at mean low water.
Within the inlet, the channcl is 300
feet in width all the way to the
harbor.
Pilots board incoming vessels at
Ihe sea buoy located in SO feet of
water, 7Vi miles, 280 degrees from
Cape Lookout.
The Y-shaped turning basin with
in the harbor bounda all five
berths and has a minimum width
in each arm of 600 feet and a min
imum depth of 30 feet.
One of America's newer ocean
harbors. Morehead City la gaining
recognition among shipping in
Sec CASOILL, Page t
Wednesdays Nor'easter
Brings First Mullet Run
Lightning Lights the Skies
Lightning danced in the skies over Carteret Sunday night. This bolt occurred over the weather tower
on Shepard Street, Morchcad City. ? . ?
Photo by Reginald Lewis
The camera caught several flashes as lightning grounded to earth
during the storm. This shot was taken across Boguc Sound. Almost
an inch of rain fell Sunday night. Thunder rumbled all day Tues
day and heavy clouds sent down more rain.
?
Electrical storms early in the
week caused a lot of minor trou
bles with electrical appliances.
Hot water heaters, TV sets,
ranges and similar household items
were knocked out by lighting Elec
tricians were kept on the jump.
Jack Williams, Beaufort electri
cian, said that there weren't any
more troubles than usual. "We're
always kept busy after a bad elec
trical storm," ho remarked.
Some folks, like Mrs. Jerry Pal
ling, 108 Broad St., Beaufort, did
not realize that their appliances
were affected until as late as Tucs
day morning. Her hot water heater
was out of commission.
George Stovall, manager of Car
olina Power and Light Co., said
yesterday that lightning shattered
a crossarm on a pole near Smyrna.
But flow of electricity continued
He said no outtagc will be neces
sary while the crossarm is re- 1
placed.
I
Over Two Inches
Of Rain Falls
Over two Indies of rain have '
been reenrded thin week, (my* K.
Slamcy Davis, weather observer
Mr. Davis measured .98 ineh Sun- 1
day night and 1 22 inchcs Tuesday
when it rained most of the day.
A gradual decline of tcmper.i
ture was also noted. From a high
of 87 on Monday to * high of 79
Wednesday, the temperatures show
ed that the cool weather everyone
had been looking for was here ?
for a couple of days.
Maximum and minimum temper
atures and wind direction for the
period were:
Max. Min. Wind
Sunday 88 73 SW
Monday 87 73 SW
Tuesday 85 70. NW
Wednesday 7? 70 NNE
Ambulance Called
Benny Guthrie, Markers Island,
suffered a heart attack Wednesday
morning and was rushed to the
Morehead City Hospital about 8:30
am in the Adair ambulance.
1
Two Cases Top
Monday Docket
A check forgery charge and Carl
ton Pittman's 25th offense for pub
lic drunkenness since March 1952,
top the docket for Monday's ses
sion of the Morchcad City Re
corder's Court.
Harvey Lewis of Morehcad City
is in the county jail awaiting trial
on the forgery count.\ He wai
picket) up Monday After allegedly
iorairig the name of Steve ftqfeerU
a $10 check drawn on tKe Flfot
Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
Pittman is free on a $50 bond.
He was arrested Tuesday for pub
lic drunkenness on the city streets.
Edwin Wright Tenny of More
head City will face charges of
driving after his driver's license
had expired and failing to stop for
a stop sign.
George S. Taylor, Orlando, Fla.,
Robert Franklin Foy Jr., Mays
villc, and Richard S. Drcnga, Cher
ry Point, have been charged with
exceeding the lawful speed in 35
|MPH zones.
Girl Scout Leaders
Reorganize County
A change in county Girl Scout j
organization took place Monday
night at the Scout Building, Beau- 1
fort. Instead of "ach town in the I
county being a "district," cach is,
now a neighborhood, with a neigh
horhood commissioner.
Mrs. Charles Todd, Morehead
City, was named Carteret district!
chairman. Mrs. Todd will be a
member of the Board of Directors j
of the Coastal Carolina Council.
Neighborhood commissioners arc
Mrs. Herbert Webb, Atlantic; Mrs.
W I. Loftin, Beaufort; Mrs. John
James, Morehead City, and a coni-j
missioncr is yet^to be named for'
Newport.
Sept. 19 through 30 was set as)
the time for the Girl Scout finance
drive. Letters requesting special
contributions will be mailed out a'
week prior to Sept. 10.
Two leadership training courses
have been scheduled for Septem
ber.
The first, Sept. 10-14 will be held
at Atlantic. The time and place
has not been set.
The second, at Newport, will
start Sept. 17 and continue through
the 20th. It will be conducted
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the New
port community building.
Both courses will be conducted
Tide Table
(Tirim at Uic Beaufort liar)
Friday, Aug. 24
IIIUH low
9:46 a.m. 3:32 a.m.
9:57 p.m. 8:57 p.m. I
Saturday, Aug. 15
10:22 a.m. 4:06 a.m.
10:34 p.m. 4:37 p.m.
Nnuday, Aug. 26
11:03 a.m. 4:41a.m.
11:15 p.m 5:21 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 17
11:40 a.m. 5:22 a.m.
6:11 p.m.
Tueaday, Aug. 2t
12:03 a.m. 6:11 a.m. I
12:43 p.m. 7:10 p.m. I
by Mrs. Eleanor Morse, district
director for Onslow and Duplin
Counties.
An exhibit for the Girl Scout
boolh at the county fair in Odobcr
was riiM'Uftsed.
It was proposed that the several
service Scouts in Morehead City
and Beaufort combine to form a
acrvicc Scout troop.
Atlending the meeting were Mrs.
Hugh rorter, district director for
Carteret and Craven Counties; Mrs.
Todd. Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Loftin, Mrs.
l.ouise Thomas, Mrs. Louise Ar
lington, Mrs. Leonard Safrit, Mrs.
Doris Smith, Mrs. Eileen Jones,
all of Beaufort.
Mrs. Juanita Gerock, Mrs. Peg
Mnggiolo, Mrs. Jane Tomlinson,
all of Newport, and Mrs. James
Lohr. Morehead City.
Court Convicts
One Defendant
Morchead City Recorder'! Court
filed * rattier unusual record Mon
day. Of seven cases on the docket,
the state failed to prosecute three
of them, and two defendant! were
found not guilty.
Roy M. Idlebcrg was charged
coals for running a stop sign.
Rodney M. Turnage, who was at
r.'ady under a suspended sentence,
forfeited bond and dQ not appear
in court. His hondsman was Abbott
Morris. Mr. Turnage will be tried
on a charge of public drunkenness
when he is apprehended again.
Doris G. Baker and S/Sgt. Rus
sell L. Mook were both found not
guilty of charges of running traffic
lights.
The state did not prosecute Ro
bert Lee Thomas. Edward P. Mc
Donald, or Charles Leslie Nelson
Jr.
' Wednesday's nor'easter, a
mullet blow, brought thou
sands of mullet into the nets
of fishermen alonjf the shore
from Salter Path to Cape
Lookout. It was the first mul
let blow of the season.
Harkers Island crews fishing on
the cape were reported to have
taken five to six thousand pounds
a crew. Salter Path crews, hauling
nets all along Boguc Banks, also
made good catches.
Crews are fishing for Capt. Ottis
Purifoy. V. J. (Puck) O'Neal. Al
bert Lea. John Seitter, all of More
head City; C. G. Austin. Beaufort,
and Clayton Fulcher, Atlantic, as
well as dealers in other communi
ties throughout the eastern half of
the county.
The fish being taken are the
summer mullet. The market is re*
ported to be spotty. While some
are being shipped, dealers report
that most are being disposed of lo
cally.
Mullet is not a fish generally
preserved by freezing. The only
ones frozen usually arc the small
ones which are used for sportsfish
bait.
The coveted roc mullet which
usually show up in Octobcr are
frozen if a ready market is not
found, and coastal folks believe
nothing is quite so dclicious as
dried roc.
Wholesale prices of mullet run 5
to IT) ccnts a pound, according to
size.
Nets were set again yesterday
and by noon quite a few boxes
were reported on hand at fish
houses.
One of the dealers, when asked
yesterday if the crews were ready
for the mullet blow, laughed and
said, "Look, those fishermen jump
just like the fish. When the fish
are there, so are they!"
On the shrimp front, boats were
still making fair catches.
Cabin Cruiser
Runs 'Aground'
The Geneva, a 23-foot cabin
cruiser owned by Warren Which
ard, Washington, N. C., was towed
in to Morehcad City yesterday
afternoon. The Geneva, captained
by Mr. Whichard, ran onto the
stone breakwater, which runs from
the east edge of Radio Island to
ward the channel, about 7 o'clock
yesterday morning.
The Lively Lady, William H.
Bates, captain, of Beaufort, towed
the Geneva to shore before she
sank. Tommy Mcrrell, Beaufort,
was also aboard the Lively Lady.
Roy Eubanks, Beaufort, notified
the Coast Guard, and a crew to
pump out the cruiser and tow it in.
Members of the Coast Guard res
cue party included BMC James L.
Gaskill. BM 1 Eugene Pond, KN-i
Earl Sells, EN 2 Earl Taylor, DC-1
Henry Thompson. EN-2 Ronald
Quidlcy. and SN Sterling Gillikin.
Mr. Whichard and two crew
members were in the boat at the
time of the accident. No one was
injured, but the boat was heavily
damaged, according to Warren
Taylor of the Morehead City Ship
building Corp., where the Geneva
was towed.
You Can Look
Free at Leo's
Aubrey W 1 1 1 1 1, Marshallbcrg,
>U nor and manager of Leo's Place,
Marker* Inland Road, Mid ycatcr
day that he la NOT charging any
body a dime to look at the shot
gun holea in the ceiling of Len'a!
Willis nid that hia sister, Mrs.
Bertie Green. Boston, who gcta
THE NEWS TIMES, read the atory
of the diaturbance there Aug 4
and aent him a dime because she
waa afraid he might plug up the
holea before ahc got here to sea
them.
The news atory said. "The rumor
goea that they're charging a dime
to look at the bullet hole* in the
ceiling of Leo's Place on the Har
kera Island Road!"
Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell, who
waa called to Leo'a that night told
a NEWS-TIMES reporter that
"someone" in the place fired a
shotgun, and he inveatigaled but
no charges had been filed.
Melvin Fulcher, Harkera Island,
appeared in county court yeater
day, however, on a charge of die
turbing the peace and refuaing to
leave Leo'a after he waa ordered
out the night of Aug. 4.
Willis aaid that Fulcher came
after him with a knife and he fired
a gun in the air to scare him.
Judge Lambert Morria gave Ful
cher a one-year aentence. auspend
ed on condition Fulcher pay $50
and coals, stay aober five years and
stay away from Leo'a.