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45th YEAR, NO. 74. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
St. Andrew's Lets Contract
For Parish House East Wing
The congregation of St. Andrew's
Episcopal Church, Morehead City,
has let the contract for the east
wing of the church structure, the
parish house.
General contractor is W. C.
Flowers, Beaufort. Cost of the
building, which will be built east
of the sanctuary on Arendell (
Street, will be $43,232. It is ex ,
pected to be finished by late
spring.
The new wing will be connected
to the church by an open archway.
Heating and air-conditioning con
tracts have not yet been let. Total
cost of the wing is estimated at
$55,000 to $57,000, unfurnished. \
The architect is Archie R. Davis, '
Durham. Heating and air condition
ing engineer is T. C. Cooke, Dur- ,
ham.
The new structure will contain
a hall with 200 seating capacity,
stage, kitchen, two choir vestry
rooms and lavatories.
The third phase of the building
program is the west wing which
will contain Sunday School class
* rooms and office. The spire on the
sanctuary will be built last.
The Rev. E. Guthrie Brown, rec
tor, reports that there is enough
money on hand now to retire the
debt on the sanctuary which was
built in 1953.
The new wing will be of con
crete block, brick-faced, matching
the present building.
Members of the parish house
planning committee, who will con
tinue to function until all con
tracts are let, are Mrs. George R.
Wallace, chairman; Richard M.
McCIain, W. W. Patrick, E. W
Olschner, and Stanley Woodland.
Photo by Jerry Schumacher
The wing at the left is the portion of the church for which the
contract has just been let. The central part, or sanctuary, has been
in use for more than two years. The west wing of the parish house,
at the right, will be built later.
The building committe< , which
will function during construction,
are W. W. Patrick, chairman;
Philip K. Ball, E H. Swann, Mr.
Olschner, George R. Wallace and
I Mr. Woodland.
Furnishings committee, which
will select furniture and handle
' interior decorating, Mrs. Wallace,
| chairman, Mrs. Stanley Woodland,
j Mrs. Rosalie powdy, William E.
I Haugham, and H. Earlc Mobley.
County NCEA Announces TV
Dates for Desk fdr Billie
Ralph Wade, Morehead City,
president of the Carteret unit,
North Carolina Education Associa
tion. invites TV viewers to see the
movk . A Detk for Billie, to be
shown met M4UPN Sunday and
WNC'T Saturday, S?pt. 22.
The Sunday showing is at 4:30
p.m. and the showing the follow
ing Saturday Is 4 p.m.
100th Anniversary
The movie is the centennial film
of the National Education and
North Carolina Education Associa
tions. A Desk for Billie is the
story of a successful author, lec
turer and editor who was once the
underprivileged child of hobo pa
rents.
Mr. Wade describes it as "A dra
matic film account of American
schools and the opportunities of
fered by them to ail children."
True Story
Mrs. Billie Davis, whose true
life story is the subject of the
film, first came to public attention
in Missouri when she spoke be
fore small groups of school teach
ers and parents about her career.
Her fame as a speaker, and as
a person who rose from utter pov
k erty with the help of American
schools and tcachcrs, grew until
the National Education Assocition
and affiliated State Education As
sociations chose her story for the
first feature-length film they have
produced.
A Desk for Billie follows Mrs.
Davis from early ehildhood when,
haunted by poverty, she began to
want "to ?o to school, to be a ie*l
person, clean and smoqJX, and to
live in arouse" to the moment
when she received honors and a
diploma from high school.
It has been hailed by previewers
as one at the .highest tributes ever
Kid to tiwr American system of
education.
Billie Davis, (he child of migrant parents, receives her first pair
of Klasses from the teacher who recognized Billie's need for glaoses
and bought Uiem for her. This is a scene from the motion picture,
A Desk for Billie, the centennial motion picture of the North Caro
lina Education Association and the National Education Association.
Official Referendum Returns
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Flood Insurance
Details Are
Still Incomplete
program is not yet available the
North Carolina FHr'ln.ur.^eRat
ing Bureau reported this wee*.
Since the Federal Flo?l Insur
ance Act was signed by President
Eisenhower Aug. 7. ,nsuran"
agents have received quite a lew
inquiries about it.
Handling the flood insurance
program is the Housing and Home
Finance agency This agency say .
The new program is experimental
.,nd is not intended to put the gov
ernment permanently into the
flood insurance business, but pro
vides for the government to lead
the way on a basis that w.l cnab c
our private insurance systems to
absorb this field of responsibility
in the shortest possible time.
The HHFA says. Because this
is a new and untested field of in
demnity protection which the i H ous
ing and Home Finance Agency
must develop from scratch, it will
take time to assemble the neces
sary information for eslahl'shmg
rates... and to establish the
framework for operation. Actual
operations under the Protfa";
therefore, cannot be expected for
a matter of months."
H S. Gibbs Jr., Morchead City
insuror, said this week, "It is an
ticipated that this government in
surance will be made available o
the public in a manner similar to
the war risk insurance put out by
the government in World War , .
This insurance was made avail
able through the local in*""""
agents who could receive applica
tions from the public and forward
them to the proper place
"At this 'ime, it is anticipated
that it * be possible to insure
a dwelling against
to a maximum limit of $10,000.
is also expected that the insurance
form will contain a $100 deductible.
I "]n addition to all of these, there
I will be furth-r restrictions, that
L no property can be insured
1 which is built in violation of state
or local flood ion ing laws. In addi
UoTrfUl Ju~-30. 1168 no insur
ance can be written 'in any geo
graphical location unless an a?
nropriate public body shall h*v?
adopted and shall keep in effect
such nood zoning restrictions, if
a"y as may be deemed necessary
bv the Administrator to reduce,
within practicable limits, damages
from flood in such location.
??From this, it would seem that
some public body, such as the
County Board of Commissioner ,
should start studying the possi
bility of some flood zoning laws,
Mr. Gibbs concluded.
Clerk Presents
Finance Report
A total of $4,488.39 was collected
in taxes last month, according to
a report on town finances by Dan
Walker, town clerk. The report
was made at Monday night's meet
ing of the tow n board at the town
hall.
Of that amount $3,517.32 was on
the current lev\ and $071.07 from
prior years. Total tax collection
since the beginning of the fiscal
year is $12,618.25.
Received from the ABC store
last month was $852.09. Business
licenses collected totaled $300. Re
ceived through parking meters for
August and the latter part of July
was $1,039.35.
Intangible tax rebate from the
state was $1,349.54 and miscellane
ous income totaled $837.73.
Gerald Hill, finance commission
er. commented that business li
cense collections were off, ABC
dividends and tax collections up.
Coast Guard Tows In
26-Foot Launch Tuesday
Coast Guardsmen EN-1 Earl
Sells and SN James Moore towed
in the Hornet, a 26-foot launch,
Tuesday night. She broke down
by sea buoy No. 6 and shot flares
until she was spotted by the Coast
Guard.
The Hornet was towed to Cap
tain Bill's dock where her batter
ies were recharged. She went un
der her own power back to Pelle
tier Creek where she is docked.
Five unidentified Marines were
aboard at the time of the break
down.
Marshallberg Scouts Meet
At Community Building
The Marshallberg Boy Seoul
troop held it* first fall meeting
Monday night at the community
building. Twelve boya were prea
ent.
A board of review and possible
acquisition of * vehicle for Scout
use were diaeuaaed.
Scoutmaster is Virgil Lewia. Ro
bert Sellers is aaaistant Scoutmas
ter and Leon Thomas Jr., Junior
assiatant Scoutmaater. The Scout*
meet each Monday at 7 pjn.
Fine Weather Joins Sports
Fishermen in T rophy Quest
Morehead City
Names Leaders
For Centennial
A steering committee for More- j
head City's Centennial Celebration
was named Monday night at the
city hall. Representatives of all j
civic organizations met to discuss
plans for the Centennial with Jas- 1
per Bell acting as chairman of the
meeting.
After being assured that each
of the organizations represented
was in favor of the proposed cele
bration, Mr. Bell opened the floor
for nominations for a general
chairman.
Charles Markey was elected for
the job by unanimous decision. In
addition to a general chairman,
three vice-chairmen were named.
They are Mr. Bell, A. B Roberts
Jr., and Bernard Leary.
Joe DuBois was elected secre
tary and J. R. Sanders was named
finance chairman. H. S. Gibbs Jr.
made a motion that the officers
elected, with Mayor George Dill,
act as a steering committee to
name the remaining committee
chairmen and set up the general
program. The motion was passed.
Thirty-three representatives of
civic clubs attended the meeting.
Newport FFA
Elects Officers
Allen Ray Garner, a senior at
Newport High School, has been
elected president of the Newport
chapter, Future Farmers of Amer
i ica. ?? ....
Other officers ?rc Tommy Gar
ner, vice-president; Tommy How
ard. secretary; Gerald Millei;, treas
urer; Allen R. Gray/reporter, Cur
tis Jotics, assistant reporter; Ron
nie Edwards, sentinel; Terry Gar
ner, chaplain; Robert (Bob) Gar
ner, parliamentarian; and C. S.
Long, advisor.
Tike chapter can boast 100 per
cent payment of FFA dues and will
receive membership cards from
the state office soon. "The mem
bership as a whole seems to be
very enthusiastic this year," com
mented Mr. Long. The chapter
program of work is to be complet
ed and ready to turn in by Novem
ber.
The president will appoint the
committee chairman soon. The
chapter plans to hold regular meet
ings at night and refreshments
will be served at many of the meet
ings. "Wc hope to have some splen
did programs throughout the year,"
said Mr. Long
- Allen Ray Gray, Reporter
Straits Church .
Gets $200 Gift
Two hundred dollars has been
rcecived by the Straits Methodist
Church from the Taylor Founda
tion.
The Rev. H. E. Gibat, pastor, an
onunccs that the money will be
added to the floor fund. The
church is working toward obtain
ing enough money to lay an oak
floor and carry out other improve
ments.
Mr. Gibat said, "This certainly
gives our fund a big boost." It was
reported that other down east
churches also receivod $200 each
from the Taylor Foundation.
The foundation, established by
Maltby Taylor, Sea Level, and sons,
built the Sea Level Community
Hospital.
A letter from J. Lewis Rawls,
secretary to the foundation, accom
panied the check. It said, "The
trustees of The Taylor Foundation
are endeavoring to promote the
health and general welfare of the
people of Eastern Carteret County,
and it is their feeling that the
churches of the community form a
most important segment of the
area . . .
"We believe that the Sea Level
Hospital is a vital necessity and
great benefit to (II of the people
in the community and take this oc
casion to thank you and the mem
bers of your church for the inter
est and support they are giving to
the hospital." ,
Report Given
Math Chaplain, Beaufort police
commissioner, reported to the town
board Monday night that IS arrests
were made by the police force In
August, one by Chief Guy Sprlngle,
12 by Assistant Chief Carlton Gar
ner and two by Officer Maxwell
Wade. Meter violations totaled 18
and other parkin* violation* seven.
|
excellent tishmjr weather has made sportsmen in the
Fabulous Fishing contest, Morehead City, look to their
laurels. Fabulous Fishermen will present seven gleaming
trophies in November to the champion sports fishermen
of the 1956 season.
To date the billfish (marlin or sailfish) record is held
u> l?. r,vaiis, M'xmnioii rim,1
Md., who landed a 7-foot 1-inch
sailfikh from Capt. Hubert Ful-j
chcr's Blue water.
The king mackerel record is held
by Edward E- Foster, Roanoke,
Va., who landed a 30-pound king
from Dolphin IV.
A whopping 72-pound amberjack
looks like a shoo-in for the amber
jack trophy. The mammoth 'jack
was landed by Archie Jordan,
Thomasville, aboard the Dolphin
III.
In addition to those three "off- 1
shore" trophies, the headboats are !
offering a red snapper trophy, and
three other awards will go for the
biggest spanish mackerel landed by
an inshore boat, biggest speckled
trout landed from an inshore pier
(or skiff) and for the biggest j
speckled trout landed from an
ocean pier.
To date, the red snapper record
is a 21-pounder landed by F. P.
Banks. Norfolk, aboard the Caro
lina Queen.
Largest spanish mackerel landed
by an inshore boat weighed 1
pound 5 ounces and was taken by
Ellen Jennings, Kinston, aboard
Johnny Styron's Sylvia. Also enter
ed in this contest is a 4^ -pound
spanish mackerel landed by Lonnie
Baker. Grimesland.
Judges will decide whether the
bigger one is eligible for competi
tion since it was landed from an
offshore boat.
Largest speckled trout landed
from an inshore pier, S&R Camp,
weighed 1 pound 10 lA ounces and
was taken by Jack Lee, New Bern.
There is no entry to date in the
ocean pier speckled trout classifi
cation. An unofficial entry is a
3 ^ -pounder landed in the surf by
a pier. Whether this will be ac
cepted for judgiog hw not yet
been determined. *
Anglers have Just six more short
weeks to beat the records. The
contest will close Wednesday, Oct.
31. To date there are about 50 en
tries. Only those fish are eligible
whicb were caught from boats or
piers affiliated with Fabulous Fish
ermen.
Trophies arc now on display at
Captain Bills Waterfront Restau
rant, Morehead City.
Blues and trout have been giv
ing anglers lots of thrills this week.
For further information on current
sportsfishing see the Fabulous
Fishermen's column, written by
Bob Simpson, on today's sports
page.
Fumigation Plant
To Undergo Test
Flans are being made at the I
state port, Morehead City, to test i
the new fumigation plant next
week, J. D. Holt, port manager,
said yesterday. This test will pre
eede an official test by the Bu
reau of Entomology, U. S. Dcpart
| ment of Agriculture.
| The fumigation plant will be
I used to treat flue-cured tobacco.
Mr. Holt said that 9,000 hogsheads j
| arc now in storage at the port, the
same number handled last year. |
About five thousand additional
hogsheads are expected.
"Things are looking very good
in the tobacco business," Mr. Holt
| remarked.
The new warehouse is not yet in
! use, but use of space formerly oc
cupied by the Navy makes storage
of more tobacco possible, the port
manager explained.
Due Tuesday, Sept. 25, he added,
is the first United States Lines
ship to take on tobacco. The United
States Lines serves the United
Kingdom and continental Europe.
"This could mean the opening up
of an entire new line of trade,"
Mr. Holt commented. "We have
big hopes."
The tobacco shipment will go to
Rotterdam.
Jaycees Clear $100
On Game Programs
The Beaufort Jaycees cleared
about $100 on the SMc of adver
tisements on the 8eadog football
programs for the season. Ronald
Karl Mason reported that the pro
fits would go to make up for loo
ses sustained by the Jaycees on
the Miss Beaufort contest and the
weekend entertainment of the
Carolina Aero Club.
He said that the 74 reserved and
11 general admission season tic
kets sold by the Jaycees would
cover the cost of the new football
bleachers.
The Jaycees also released at
tendance figures for last Thurs
day's ball game. There were 391
paid admissions at the gate. Tho
concession stand did a gross bus-!
iness of $68.
Two Recorder's
Court Verdicts
Are Appealed
Two defendants, Benny Willis
and McDonald Nelson, appealed de
cisions to superior court from
Morehead City Recorder's Court
Monday. Both men had been fined
$100 and costs for drunken driv
ing. They posted $150 bonds
Roy Anderson, also charged
with drunken driving, paid $100
and costs on that count plus $25
for driving without an operator's
license.
William H Hall failed to appear
before the court and forfeited $C00
bond. He was charged with selling
a 1939 Ford sportsman's racing
car without the owner's permis
sion.
James Harvey Phillips paid $15
and costs for speeding, and Au
brey Nathaniel Knight was taxed
$10 and costs for hit and run and
failure to yield the right of way.
Those taxed costs were Gerhard
Erick Frick, running a stop sign;
James Russell Stevens, improper
muffler; M. E. Guy, malicious pros
ecution against Bcnnie Murray;
James Jackson, beating his wife;
Melvin Leslie Mansfield* speed
ing; Johnnie Gordon Simpson,
speeding; and Robert Earl Jones,
drunk and disorderly, disturbing
the peace, and using loud and pro
fane language.
James L. Miller was charged
one-half costs for blocking traffic
at Arendell and 24th Streets.
John L. Lawless was given a sus
pended prayer for judgment for
90 days on a count of being drunk
and disorderly. ,
Those whose cases were contin
ued were Henry Wooten Merrill,
Raymond T. G?*bam, Mtllon Neil
Webb, Murray W. Tilton, Garland
Royal, Harvey Lewis, William
Guthrie.
Mrs. Garland Royal, William H?
Hall. Joe Edward Williams, Ernest
Allen.
Cancer Funds Total
$613.50 by Tuesday
Received by noon Tuesday in
the county cancer campaign was
$613.50, according to Dr. John
Morris, chairman.
Dr. Morris said that checks arc
still being accepted. They should
be addressed to his office, 900
Shepard St., Morchead City.
Beaufort Board Listens
To Sewage Plant Talks
Ministers Hear
Dr. John T. Bunn
Dr. John T. Bunn, Morchcad
City, was guest speaker at the
County Ministers Association Mon
day morning at the civic ccnlcr.
Morchcad City. Dr. Bunn spoke of
the importance of Biblical archae
ology as a foundation for the
Christian faith.
He led a discussion on the im
portant discoveries of archaeolo
gists in recent years and gave in
teresting sidelights on his recent
trip to the Holy Land.
President M. P. Garner of Davit
appointed a committee to make
plans to cooperate with the North
Carolina Council of Churches for
mission work among the migra
tory laborer! who work in the
county.
The ministers voted to obtain a
register which would list patient!
by religious preference at hospital*
if hospital authorities are willing
to maintain such a register.
They endorsed the Morehead
City centennial celebration and
started plana for the religioui em
phasis Sunday which will ope^the
celebration.
Virginia Firm to Oporate
LennoxvilU Fish Factory
Standard Product! Co. of Vir
ginia, operated by H. R Hum
phreys Jr., will operate thia fall
at Beaufort the fiab factory for
merly owned by Lambert Morris,
Atlantic.
The factory Is located at Lennox
ville near Beaufort Fisheries.
The Virginia firm is expected
to operate three or four menhaden
boat* thia season.
? Three engineers, all interested
in putting in a Beaufort sewage
disposal plant, appeared before the
town board Monday night at the
town hall.
They were R. M. Van Camp,
Southern Pines, C. W. Mengcl, Ra
leigh, and Guy Hudgins, Faycttc
ville.
Mr. Van Camp spoke to the
board about the sewage disposal
plan he drafted for Morehcad City
in 1B41 and suggested that Beau
fort sell bonds to finance a sewage
disposal plant.
Debt Limited
Dan Walker, town clerk, inform
ed Mr. Van Camp that the town is
already as deep in debt as the law
allows.
Mr. Van Camp said that prior
to installing a sewage disposal
plant a thorough survey of the
town should be made He said that
good parts of the present sewage
lines could be used. Mr. Walker
said there were no good parts, that
the best were worse than the worst
portion of any sewage system in
any other town.
Mr. Van Camp said that the en
gineer's fee would be ? per cent of
the total coat.
Mr. Mcngel and Mr. Hudgins
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH I.OW
Friday, Sept. 14
3:40 a.m. 0:42 a.m.
4:06 p.m. 10:33 p.m.
Saturday, Sept 15
4:37 a.m. 10:42 a.m.
4:38 p.m. U:?l p.m.
Sunday, Sept 1?
5:29 a m. 11:33 a.m. |
5:45 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 17
8:13 a.m. 12:03 a.m.
8:28 p.m. 12:18 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept It
8:53 a.m. 12:42 a.m.
7:08 p.m. 1:01 p.m.
said they were affiliated with Wil
liam C. Olson Associates, sanitary
engineering firm of Halcigh They
proposed complete engineering and
supervision of construction on a
sewage disposal plant.
Mr. Mengel said he could give
no estimate of the cost. He said a
survey of the town's present sys
tem and cost of the preliminary re
port would be applied to the final
fee.
The board took no action on the
proposals.
Offici*l Speaks
The two engineers followed ap
pearance of W. E. Long Jr., of the
sanitation division of the State
Board of Health. Mr. Long de
scribed the state's stream sanita
tion program and read the com
ment on Beaufort dealing with
dumping of raw sewage into Town
Creek and Taylor's Creek.
Mr. Long pointed out that water
is becoming scarcer because of the
numerous modern uses by towns
and industry. He said that steps
have been taken now, throughout
the state, to conserve th* water
supply in its present state of puri
ty. whatever that may be, and curb
pollution wherever possible.
The sanitation official said that
Public Law 660 provides federal
funds for towns interested in put
ting in sewage disposal plants. The
amount available under the law,
however, would be only a fraction
of the total cost.
Commissioner Gerald Hill com
mented that people living beyond
the town limits are dumping sew
sge in bays and creeks. That dump
ing is not under town control. Mr.
Long said that some action would
have to be taken to let the coun
ties to control pollution.
Mr. Walker, pointing aut again
that the town had do money, aaid
that Beaufort has agreed to pay
eight to ten thousand dollars li its
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