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46th YEAR, NO. 78. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
' Southern Asks
11-Member ICC
To Consider Case
Petition Says If Both
Railroads not Okayed,
A&EC Should Be
Southern Railway this week ask
ed the full 11-member Interstate
Commerce Commission to review
its request for permission to op
erate both the Atlantic and East
Carolina and the Camp Lcjeune
Railroads.
Southern pointed out in its peti
tion that rejection of its proposal
by three members of the commis
sion, one of whom did not partici
pate in the decision, was not justi
fied.
Joining Southern In its new re
quest is the secretary of the Navy
on behalf of the Department of De
fense and the Camp Lejcune Rail
road Co. The Lejeune line is now
operated by the government and
the A&EC line is operated by lease
from the State of North Carolina.
If the 11-member commission
"upholds the decision of the three
member group. Southern, in its
new petition, says it should at
least be permitted to take over
the A&EC.
The A&EC runs from Goldsboro
| to Morehcad City and serves the
j state port at Morehcad City.
Centennial Date
Re-Set for August
The date of the Morchcad City
Centennial eelebration has been
changed from June to August. The
change was made at a meeting of
centennial officials Monday night
at the chamber office.
The new dates are Aug. 4-10. The
date originally set, the second week
in 'June, was discarded due to be
lief that there will be more accom
modations available for visitors in
August.
The steering committee will
meet at noon today at the Sanitary
Fish Market and Restaurant to de
cide what committed* shallfhMititt
specific events. Attending
meeting will be Mayor George Dill,
Jack Roberts, Bernard Learv,
^ Charles Markey, Jasper Bell, J. R.
Sanders and J. A. DuBois.
General chairmen for the cen
tennial will meet at 8 Monday
night at the chamber office to sub
mit names of sub-committee chair
men. Meeting with them will be
members of the steering commit
tee.
Duties of subcommittee chair
men will also be assigned. Sched
uled to attend the meeting arc
\ those mentioned above, as well as
the following:
Herbert Phillips, Warren Beck,
Alfred Cooper, Mrs. D. G. Bell,
Mrs. Truman Kemp, John Lashley,
Chief Herbert Griffin, Walter Mor
ris and the Rev. A. G. Harris Jr.
- Fire Damages
Restaurant Oven
Serious damage to Holden's Res
taurant, Beaufort, was averted yes
terday morning shortly before 8:30
when the restaurant owner, Holden
Ballon, walked in the kitchen and
saw fire blazing up from the elec
tric range
Mr Ballou shouted across the
street to Charles Willis of Ace TV,
who called the Beaufort Fire De
partment.
Firemen quickly put out the
flames and saved several pieces
of valuable equipment, Mr. Ballou
said. He expressed his appreciation
to the firemen and to his custo
mers who have willingly accepted
the fact that "the excellent meals
are being nerved under slight dif
ficulty." The range was slightly
damaged.
Mr. Ballou said he doesn't know
t how the blaze started.
Army Helicopter
Carries Airplane
To Fort Macon
i After a Naval barge failed to
float a light plane off Shackleford
Banks, an Army helicopter from
Kort Bragg made the job look
easy Tuesday night.
The helicopter hovered over the
plane while cables were connected.
When the helicopter pilot was sure
the connections were secure, he
gained altitude, taking the plane
with him. and flew to the Coast
Cuard Station at Fort Macon.
The plane was crashlanded Sun
day morning by National Cuard
Capt. R. & Hopkins, Norfolk. The
Army will disassemble the plane
and ship it to the National Guard
Air Base at Norfolk. It is now at
Fort Macon in custody of the
Coast Guard.
L
Light Company to ' Hot Up
110,000 Volt Line Sunday
Prisoner Works for Town
Days, Goes Home Nights
Judge Herbert Phillips sentenced
Barney Matthews to 30 days in jail
for public drunkenness during
Monday's session of Morehead City
Recorder's Court. Matthews will
v*ork under the supervision of the
town's superintendent of streets.
The judgment provided that he
could retain his room at My-T-Finc
Inn and sleep there so long as he
remains on good behavior.
Ernest Allen failed to appear in
court, and the bonding company
forfeited $150, the amount of his
bond. He was charged with allow
ing an unlicensed person to drive
while drunk, and public drunken
ness.
Two eases were appealed to Su
perior Court. Mrs. Garland Royal,
charged with being drunk and dis
turbing the peace, posted $50 bond.
Joseph Thomas Hall put up $75
bond and appealed a judgment of
costs and a 30-dav suspension of
his driver's license. He was charged
with careless and reckless driving.
Those who paid $10 and costs
were Waldcr Neimi, speeding; Joe
Edward Williams, speeding, im
proper muffler and passing on the
wrong side of the road; and Rich
ard Franks, speeding.
Paying costs were William Lee
Powers, public drunkenness;
Franklin Delano Salter, speeding;
and Willima Julius Earglc, speed
ing.
Garland Royal was not tried, but
the state retained the right to
bring him to trial at a later date
for drunken driving. William H.
Hall was not trier! on a charge of
selling a 1939 Ford without the
owner's permission. The .state re
fused the case because of a lack
of evidence.
Cases were continued against
William F. Willis, Edmund Mon
gcllc Foreman, Irene Andres, Alon
zo B. Pike, Guy Van Avefry, Rus
sell W. Gale, Ernest Allen, Murray
w.TUtta.
son. WilMarrt A. Willtfos, and
Henry A. Taborowski.
Cruiser Sinks
In Adams Creek
The Erla McAnn, a 35-foot
cruiser owned by W. B. Harris,
New Bern, sank in Adams Creek
late Wednesday night about 15
miles from Morehcad City.
According to observers who tied
up at Morehcad City yesterday
morning, the ortly thing that could
be seen of the Erla McAnn was
her "windshield sticking out of the
water."
Five persons aboard were res
cued by a passing fishing trawler.
The Coast Guard's 40-footcr from
Fort Macon was called to the scene
and had not returned by 1:30 p.m.
yesterday.
Aboard the 40-footcr which went
to the sunken cruiser were BM-1
Eugene Pond, EN-2 Ronald Quid
ley and SN Sebastian Rouse.
It is believed that the cruiser
hit an obstruction in the water. It
had been tied up at the Morchead
City Yacht Basin Wednesday morn
ing.
4
F. R. Seeley
Dies; Rites Take
Place Wednesday
Funeral Conducted in Ann
Street Methodist Church,
Burial in Ocean View
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon in Ann Street
Methodist Church, Beaufort, for
Frederick R. Seeley, 84. Mr. Seeley
died late Monday in a Raleigh
nursing home.
He was active in county affairs
until two months ago when he re
signed as chairman of the County
Board of Elections due to poor
health. He had held the job since
1942.
| The Rev. J. D. Young, pastor of
the church, officiated at the fun
F. It. Scewy
... 14 yean end
eraf. Burial wai in Ocean View
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were W. H. Potter,
Leslie Moore, T. D. Eure, H. I.
Saunders, Irvin W. Davis and A.
H. James.
Mr. Seeley is survived by two
sons, Horace, Raleigh, and Fred
Jr., 'Jackson, Miss., three grand
children, a great grandchild, and
a sister, Mrs. H. C. Bishop of Los
Angeles, Cal.
Born in Kansas
Born in Clay County, Kan., Mr.
Seeley went to Chicago at the age
of 16 and started work for a lum
ber company. At the age of 21 he
married the late Alice May Chris
singer. . '
For nine years he managed a
lumber mill in South Carolina and
in 1920 he and his family moved
to Beaufort. He managed the Car
teret Lumber Co. until 1926 when
he moved to Florida. From 1922
26 he was president of the Beau
fort Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Seeley returned to Beaufort
in 1929 to manage the n"aufort
Lumber Co. which was liquidated
in 1937. On his return he reor
ganized the Chamber of Commerce
which had drifted downhill, and
served as president in 1935.
A Democrat, be was elected to
See FUNERAL, Page 2
? IMprtial to Carteret (.'???<* Nmra-TlM*)
Seven months' struggle by construction crews over 21
miles of swampy Carteret and Craven Counties will climax
Sunday when a new 110,000-volt power line and a new
substation at Morehead City will be put into service by
Carolina Power & light Co.
The result will be a 62.5 per cent greater power capa
city lor the Morehead city-Beau-*
fort-Cherry Point area and im
proved service, declares George B.
Stovall, local CP4L manager. Mr.
Stovall says, "The new facilities
will take care of recent grovtth in
the area and provide extra capacity
for the future as well."
Work on the line began last Feb
ruary when crews began clearing
a path between Cherry Point and
Morehead City. The route took j
them through tangled swamps and j
about five miles of the Croatan Na
tional Forest.
"It was one of the most difficult (
lines CP&L has built," the man
ager declares. "Even larger cater
pillar tractors mired down in the
muck, although corduroy roads
were built with trees cleared from )
the right-of-way. One of the cats
almost sank out of sight in one in
stance."
The line actually is three large
cablcs suspended from 161-polc
structures. Mr. Stovall says. The
structures are known as II frames
because of their appearance. Each
has two upright poles with a cross
arm attached near the top.
The steel cores of the cables on |
the Morehead City end of the line j
were treated with a rust preventa
tive to protect them from excessive
corrosion by salt air. This is the i
first time CI'&L has used such ca
ble on a line this large, Mr. Stovall j
Uato?
Poles Sunk by Blasts
"Almost every pole had to be j
'shot' into the ground with dyna- j
mite because the ground was too
wet to dig holes," he says. "In very
few places could we dig down
more than 2 feet without hitting
quicksand. This work also was com
plicated by rains."
He explains that "shooting" a
pole is done by blasting underneath
it, letting the pole fall , iqto the
Masted- hole before th? tides of
the hole cave in.
"This is not so unusual in pole
line construction in coastal areas,"
he continues, "but we also had to
do the same thing at the substa
tion. This is unusual -as sites on
high, solid ground normally can be
found for suhstations.
Anchors Pull Out
"Many steel anchors to which
guy wires are attached sucked
loose in the infirm ground. The
guy wires support the wooden
structures which started slipping
to one side when the guy tension
slackened. Heavier stakes had to
be used."
The line construction was done
by Weeks and Andrews Construc
tion Co. of Asheboro. The substa
tion work was done by the same
firm plus regular CP&L forces.
The high-voltage line ends at the
substation which is located on the
Newport River some two and one
quarter miles west of the center of
Morchcad City.
Until now the area has been
served by a substation at Cherry
Point, he says. One 33-000- volt line
stretched from there to Morchead
City. A second of the same sire
took a more northerly route to
Beaufort. These lines will remain
in service in addition to the high
voltage line.
See MORE POWER, Page 2
Photo by Jerry Schumacher
Mr. Stovall tad the two auyan survey the power coiapuy'i ilofao m Ike fence umud the lubaUUea.
Town Chamber
Helps Apparel
Firm Hunt Site
The Jay Apparel Co., New Bern,
seeking a building to be used as
a sewing factory, was presented
with three propositions by the
Beaufort Chamber of Commerce
this week.
Glenn Adair, president of the
chamber, said that Beaufort has
available for the apparel company
one building that can be pur
chased, one that can be leased and
there are two persons willing to
erect buildings.
Mr. Adair said that the chamber
is now waiting to hear from Jay
Apparel's agent at New Bern.
According to Sam Kanner, of Jay
Apparel, who has been in Beaufort
trying to locate a plant, 30 to 40
women would be employed to do
piece work on women's clothes,
such as making buttonholes.
The work would then be sent
to Klizahcth, N. J., for finishing.
Mr. Adair said that the state em
ployment service has been contact
ed and the manager, Mrs. Julia
Tenney, said women workers are
available for the enterprise.
The Jay Apparel Co. also has a
place in New Bern. Mr. Adair said
that he was given no reason for
their interest in Beaufort, but the
chamber was most happy to try
to help them.
Board to Review
Bids on Property
County commissioners will con
sider at their meeting Monday
morning at the courthouse, bids
on county property in west Beau
fort adjacent to the Seashore Pack
ing Co.
The property was offered for
sale Monday noon at the court
house. Bidders were Charles Da
vis, Beaufort and Harvey Smith,
Beaufort, who was represented by
Attorney Claud Wheatly.
Bidding started at $1,000 and
ran to $3,500, the high bid entered
by Mr. Wheatly
County commissioners have the
right to reject any bid submitted.
Mr. Davis and associates are in
terested in the property as a site
for a sportfishing pond. Mr. Smith
owns a fish factory in the vicinity
of the property.
Steady Rainfall
Yields VA Inches
The rain which began Monday
morning and continued with hardly
a break until 6:30 yesterday morn
ing amounted to more than 2*4
inches, says weather observer E.
Stamcy Davis. Skies were cloudy
and there were occasional show
ers yesterday aa hurricane Flossy
moved north of Carolina.
The wind haa been from the
north most of the week with a
shift from northeast to southeast
being recorded Wednesday. Tem
peratures and wind directions fol
low:
Max. Min. Wind
Monday 78 65 NW
Tuesday 70 64 NE
Wednesday 80 66 NE
i iioiu u; jwi/ atnumiKnci
George Stovall, CP4I, manager in the county, left, Mayor George Dill Morehead City, and Mayor
Clifford Lewis, right, survey the control panel for automatic circuit breakers at the new substation.
The substation can be'reaclwd by turning right oil Bridges Street, opposite Noyes Avenue and tottww
ing a dirt road. , \
Chamber Directors Express
Views on Chamber's Purpose
B&PW Club Will
Give Tea Sunday
Members of the Carteret Bus
iness and Professional Women's
Club and (heir guests will be en
tertained at a tea from 4 to 6 Sun
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
C. L. Beam, 110 Orange St., Beau
fort.
The tea will be the final event
in National Business Women's
Week which is being sponsored by
the club.
Members of the club are pre
senting devotionals over the radio
teach morning this week. Mrs. Gor
don Maddrey was the club's guest
devotional speaker Tuesday and
Wednesday. Mrs. Maddrey has been
conducting leadership conferences
in the First L'^ptist Church, Beau
fort.
Other devotionals were given by
Mrs. James Siui'.h, Mrs. Julia Holt,
and Mrs. Clem Johnson. Three
other club mmebcrs appeared on
radio programs this week. They
were Mrs. Beam and Mrs. Marshall
Avscue, past presidents of the club,
and Mrs. Roma Noe, president.
An editorial in observance of
National Business Woman's Week
appeared in THE NEWS-TIMES
Tuesday.
? Directors attending Tuesday i
night's board meeting of the Beau- :
fort Chamber of Commerce pre
sented their opinions as to the
goals of the chamber. As a result,
the secretary, Miss Fat Springle,
released a formal statement of the
goal of the chamber Wednesday
morning.
The directors agreed that Bca6
fort should be advertised as a good
place to live, both for native citi
zens and tourists who may be look
ing for a place to retire. They
plan to advertise the town as a
tourist attraction through high
way signs, newspapers, and radio,
she said.
Nearly all members present were
in favor of extending the city lim
its. They also were in favor of
promoting a hotel or motel for the
town.
Ilolden Ballon said the biggest
problems of the chamber were try
ing to unite the thinking and ef
forts of the citizens. He said that
the people should be educated in
the sense that they learn what a
fine place Beaufort is.
Dr. David Farrior was in favor
of developing port terminal and
Aviation Fuel docks and making
Beaufort a residential district for
persons attracted by those bus
inesses.
A freezer plant for seafood and
farm products was the plea of
William Roy Hamilton. Other new
industries should be invited in, he
Morehead City Chamber to Elect
Three Directors at Oct. 11 Meeting
Three new directors will he
elected by the Morchead City
Chamber of Commerce at the
membership dinner meeting Thurs
day, Oct 11, it Capt. Bill's Restau
rant. 1. A. DuBois, manager, says
this will not mark opening of a
membership drive, since pledge
card* will not be lent out until De
cember.
Members of the chamber got let
ten thia week inviting them to. the
meeting and asking them to help
the nominating committee by ex
pressing preference for directors
on a card and return the card to
the chamber.
Directors whose terms expire
this year are W. 1. Blair, Walter
Edwards, Bernard Leary and H. S.
Glbfaa Jr. Other directors arc W.
B. Chalk, L. D. Wc, W. C. CarM
ton, J. R. Sanders. P. H. Gcer Jr.,
Jasper Bell and W. C. Matlhcwi
Jr.
Even though there are four di
rectors retiring this year, only
three vacancies are to be filled,
Mr. DuBois explained, because one
of those retiring U Mr Leary. last
year's president who was not elect
ed to directorship.
In addition to the election, mem
bers will consider publishing a new
brochure. A brochure, says the
chamber, is the only media for an
swering some 6.000 direct inquiries
a year about Morchcad City.
Members who attended the Oct.
11 meeting will determine the
chamber's policy. Dinner tickets
are 11.79. Wives and prospective
members are welcome to attend.
Tide Table
Tide* at Ihr Beaufort Bar
IIICH LOW
Friday, Sept. 2*
1:39 a.m. 8:09 a.m.
2:40 p.m. 9:10 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 29
3:13 a.m. 9:25 a m.
3:49 p.m. 10:14 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 30
4:22 a.m. 10:36 a.m.
4:53 p.m. 11:13 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 1
5:24 a.m. 11:39 a.m.
3:51 p.m.
Tmaday, Oct 2
0:20 a.m. 12:96 a.m.
6:44 p.m. 12:36 p.m.
said, and the town should develop
Shackleford Banks.
Jarvis Herring suggested that
the town be promoted as a resort
and as a retirement haven.
Gerald Hill and Wiley Taylor
Jr. said that the city limits should
be extended.
Halsey Paul also thought that
[he city limits should be extended.
In addition, he said the natural
resources of the area should be
recognized.
Kay Cummins was in favor of
playing up the historical interest
>f Beaufort and using it as a draw
ing card for the tourist trade.
Ronald Mason suggested putting
highway sigm on major highways
;oming to Beaufort.
Commercial fishermen got a
boost from Norwood Young, who
said the town should help them
establish fishing enterprises for
'i?h othpr than menhaden.
Dr. W. L Woodard said the
own could become a center for
ouristg' going to Ocracoke. With
he establishment of ferry service
la the island, he said, Beaufort
itands to profit more than any
>ther town He favored the invi
tation of new industries to Beau
'ort as well as helping commercial
fishermen as much as possible.
He added that most people look
jn projects for Beaufort in the
ight of "What will 1 get out of
t?" instead of considering who
her the projects will better the
own as a whole. He remarked
that the chamber should not put
'all its eggs In one basket" but
favor any project which will be
good for Beaufort.
The board voted to conduct a
-adio program each Wednesday
light at 7 o'clock. Chairmen -for
he programs for October are
tllenn Adair, Gerald Hill and Hol
ien Ballou. This week the pro
|ram was delayed until Thursday
night due to prevrous commitments
>y the radio station.
The date for the banker pony
"odeo was changed from Oct. 7
to Nov. 4.
Cars Collide -on Arendell
Street Monday Afternoon
Arthur Bauch Jr. of Morehead
_'it> pulled out of his traffic l?nc
o avoid hitting a car which had
'topped in front of him and hit
he right rear fender of ? 1950
?ord driven by Mrs. Revada Con
llcton, Beaufort.
Sgt. Joe Smith was called to the
iccident which occurred on Arcn
loll Street at 4 o'clock Monday af
ornoon. There were do charges.
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