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45th YEAR, NO. 80. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES THREE SECTIONS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Town Grants Option on Lots
For Mausoleum in Cemetery
Town Officials
Tackle Sewer
Line Problem
Mayor Clifford Lewis,
Town Engineer to Confer
With Bridge Engineers
Unless an agreement can be
worked out with the firm doing
dredge work for the new Beaufort
bridge, the town will have to meet
an unexpected expense of $8,000
to build a new sewer line in the
vicinity of Cedar Street.
Mayor Clifford Lewis and Gray
Ilassell, town engineer, were au
thorized by the town board Mon
day night at the town hall to con- I
fer with Dewey Merrill, in charge
of the work for Atkinson Dredg- 1
ing Co.
Mr. Ilassell told the board that
if the sewer line can be jacked up j
and saved as the dragline moves
out muck, the town will have to'
lay new pipe only 154 feet out ;
into Gallarts channel.
If the tine can't be saved in that
way, a thousand feet of new 16- 1
inch cast iron line will have to be '
laid -at a cost of about $8,000. Mr.
Ilassell said that if the dredge or
dragline breaks the line, a large
section of the north part of town
will be without sewer service.
The state, he added, has agreed
to let the line remain under the
fill for the new bridge approach.
Mr. Merrill has been out of town
and the mayor and engineer had
not been able to contact him by
the middle of the week!
Attorney Gene Smith recom
mended that the planning board
revise zoning regulations for Cedar
Street which will be the new high
way when the bridge is completed.
Dan Walker, clerk, said that he
will write, the planning board in
regard to the suggestion.
The board passed an ordinance
restricting operation of junkyards.
Although the board has taken ac
tion on junkyard operation in the
past, the attorney said he could
find no record of an ordinance in
the minutes.
The new regulation requires a
fence around the junkyard, use of
scientific devices for burning rub
See BOARD, Page 2
Beaufort granted a six-month op
tion on four cemetery lots Monday
night to William Lord. Beaufort,
who hopes to construct a mau
soleum.
Mr. lx?rd appeared before the
board Monday night. He showed
commissioners a picture of the type
of mausoleum his firm hopes to
build.
Since lots available in Occan
View, the town cemetery, are fast
dwindling, the to?n officials be
lieve that a mausoleum would re
lieve the situation. Mr Lord said
th.it 14 days after the foundation
is laid, the land would be paid for.
He offered $500 for the four lots.
Cost of burial in the mausoleum
would be $400, less than cost of
ground burial, Mr. Lord said.
Eighty persons could be buried j
where only 32 could be accom- 1
modatcd by ground burial.
Mr Lord laid that witkin four!
months he would know how large j
a mausoleum should be built. He '
mentioned that he contacted min- j
isters in town and they were in
favor of the enterprise.
He said that on some occasions '
undertakers have objected to mau I
solcums but he said that the struc
tures have proved convenient to ,
them in holding bodies.
Mr. Lord commented that con
struction work would be done by
local contractors.
New Pamphlet
Advertises Ports
The State Ports Authority has;
issued this week a special publica
tion advertising North Carolina j
ports at Wilmington and Morehead j
City as "export outlets serving the
bright leaf tobacco market."
The quarter fold brochure, meas
uring 8ui by 11 inches, opens to;
show in color the tobacco belt
served by the Tar Heel ports. The.
colors are green and gold.
The publication comes simul-l
tancously with the successful test
ing of the new fumigation system
at Morehead City. The test was
completed most satisfactorily Wed-;
nesday night, according to Jack
Holt, manager of the port at More- j
head City.
Certain foreign countries re j
quire that tobacco be fumigated'
to guard against importation of!
insects or plant disease. H
Now both ports offer fumiga
tion facilities to shippers.
Large amounts of tobacco have
been moving through Morehead
City during recent weeks.
23 Newport Citizens File Suit to Upset
Election on Water System for Town
Mayor to Check
On Incorporating
Island with Town
As the result of Duke Univer
sity's interest in town services.
Mayor Clifford Lewis, Beaufort,
said at the board meeting Monday
night that he would inquire about
the possibility of incorporating
Pivers Island with the town.
The island is dually owned by
Duke University, whieh operates
a marine laboratory on the south
end, and the federal government,
which has a laboratory on the
north end.
Dr. Carter Broad, resident in
vestigator at Duke lab, appeared
before the board, stating that the
lab is confronted with a garbage
disposal problem.
The town is using a new site as
a town dump and an agreement
with the owner of the dumping
site says that no garbage will be
placed there except that collected
by the town.
In the past, the town truck has
been meeting a truck from Duke
and taking the garbage. Dr. Broad
said that Duke has no vehicle in
which to haul its garbage and cost
is too great to take it to sea to
dump.
\Villing to l*ay
Dr. Broad said that the univer
sity would be willing to pay the
town for garbage service if such
a system could be devised, lie
pointed out that the load limit on
the bridge to the island may pose
a problem.
lie said Duke is interested in
the fire protection and garbage
service the town could offer and
for that peuson would be interested
in being a part of the. town. Dr.
Broad said that he believed the
federal govero?Mn*t, however,
not be in favor of such a move.
The university official added
that it would probably cost the
town money to take in Pivers Is
land, since all the property there
is tax-exempt.
The mayor assured Dr. Broad
that, the town would like to help
See BEAUFORT BOARD, Page 2
Little Miss Warns 'No Fires!'
"Ciller Becky FMM in all art to pul Ht any flrea ch.ring Fir* Prevention Week Beit meek. Becky
?M all Ike ether Newport firemen hope yonH ke mighty careful about fire* aext week ? tad ether
weeki too. Becky la <lkln of Mn. Lmbt JVhe of Newport.
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Before the Game . . .
L i ^ Photo by Jerry tK'hum.u m r
(iordon Patrick, left, Morvhcad City ceater, traveled to llcaufort Tuesday afternoon to shake hands
; with Beaufort Co-captains Larry Kirk, tailback, and Dickie Moore, end. The players agreed that the
Mullet Backet will look much better tonight when it is full of Dom's hamburgers. See more about to
i night's big game on the sports page.
Railway Official, Architect
Will Speak Here Thursday
Wrecks Involve
Two Parked Cars
More head City police invest i gal ;
cd two wrecks tins week, one Wed
Inesday and one yesterday, both in
volving parked cars.
Yesterday Francis Paul Funk,
New Bern, backed a Carolina Tele
phone and Telegraph Co. truck
into a 1906 Chevrolet owned by
Vernon Guthrie, police report. ?
Mr. Guthrie was parked at Port
Terminal, and Funk said he did
not see the parked car.
Damage to the car was estimated
at $50 by Morchead City Chief of
Police Herbert Griffin, who Inves
tigated.
Mrs. Doris Griggs, Morchead
City, drove her 1950 Chevrolet
into a parked car owned by Francis
Davis of Morehead City Wednes
day. according to police. Mrs.
Griggs said she reached for her
baby who was playing on the front
seat, and then lost control of the
car, which was headed down Aren- :
dell St.
Damage to Mr. Davis's car was
estimated at $200 and damage to
Mrs Griggs' car was estimated at
$100 by Sgt. Joe Smith, who in
vestigated. No charges were filed.
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Rally Attended
Attending the Democratic rally
at Greenville last Friday night, in
addition to the 10 listed in Tues
day's paper, were Dick Lockcy and
Ed Comer of Newport.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
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LOW
Friday, Oct. 3
8:48 a.m.
0:03 p.m.
2 28 a.m.
3:09 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. (
9:31 a.m.
9:48 p.m.
3:08 a.m.
3:31 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 7
10:14 a.m.
10:30 p.m.
3:31 a.m.
4:3d p.m.
Monday, Oct. ?
11:00 a.m.
11:13 p.m.
4:34 a.m.
3:23 p.m.
Tueaday, Oct. t
11:44 a.m.
3:18 ?jn.
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? C. B. Walker, Washington, I). C.,
freight traffic manager for the Sou
thern Railroad, and Charles S. Sy
monds, noted architect, of Miami,
will be the .speakers at Thursday's
meeting of the Morchead City
Chamber of Commerce. The meet
ing will start at 6:45 p in. at Cap
tain Bill's Waterfront Restaurant.
Mr. Bclficld will speak on the
unlimited industrial possibilities
which may be realized if Southern
is allowed to come into the area,
according to J. A. DuBois, cham
ber manager.
Mr. Symonds will report on a
survey made by his office concern
ing the need of a convention hotel \
for the county. His office designed
the U. S. Federal Building in Ra- !
leigh and buildings at Wake For
est College at Wake Forest.
The chamber will hear reports j
from committee chairmen and con- j
duct other business, including the
election of three directors. Direc
tors whose terms expire this year
arc W. J. Blair, Walter Edwards,
Bernard Leary and H. S. Gibbs Jr.
Other directors arc W B. Chalk,
L. D. Gore, W. C. Carlton, J. R.
Sanders, P. H. Gccr Jr., Jasper !
Bell, and W. C. Matthews Jr. j
Chamber manager DuBois ex- j
plained that even though there j
are four directors retiring this .
year only three vacancies arc to be
filled. This, he said, is due to the ,
fact that Mr. Leary, last year's,
president was not elected to a di
rectorship for this year but served j
the additional year as past-prcsi j
dent.
In addition to the election, mem
bers will consider publishing a 1
new brochure.
Members who attend the meet
ing will determine the Chamber *
policy. Dinner tickets arc $1.75 1
each and the Chamber would ap
preciatc advance ticket purchase
or notification by phone from
those who plan to attend.
Clerk Reports September
Court Receipts, $4,255.1 1
A. H James, clerk of superior
court, reported to county com
mis.sinncrs Monday that court re
ceipts during September were S4,
23511
Received through county record
er's court waa SI, 821.97, superior
court S274.70, Morehcad City re
corder's court SI ,523.90, Beaufort
cam SSI .38. Atlantic Beach may
or** court 9474, and probate and
cl?ffc'i few ?DM u?tod to 1108.89.
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Concrete Firm
Starts New Plant
DavM l.ind^ay, owner and man
ager of I !?c Carteret Concrete Co.,;
Morel irad City, amiotincr-.l Wed
nesday that his firm is locating a I
new plant in Beaufort behind the I
I Carteret Quick-Freeze Plant.
M?\ Lindsay sakl that operations
in Beaufort will represent an in- j
I vestment of $12,000. The new en
terprise is expected to net under- 1
v* ay in al>oiit three or four days, I
he said.
The firm has the contract for pour
in;* concrete for ,thc new bridge, j
For that reason and in the interest
of giving better service down cast, !
Mr. Lindsay said the Beaufort op- j
eration was dccidcd upon.
Trucks will operate from both j
the Beaufort and Morehead City
plants. A new truck is on order. |
Mr. Lindsay bought the concrete
company in Morehead City the
first of the year, coming to thia 1
section from High Point.
? Twenty-three Newport citizens have filed a suit in Su
perior Court to throw out the recent water bond election
at Newport. The complaint was entered Tuesday in the of
fice of A. H. James, clerk of court.
Named as defendants in the suit are the town officials,
Mayor Leon Mann Jr., Commissioners Prentis Garner, Ben
nio It. Garner, union uurganus,'
Wilbur Gainer, J. M. Cox, and the
town clerk. Miss Ldith Lockey
Named as plaintiffs are Jeff J
Garner and others: Charles L.
Green, Claude A Henderson, Lcs
lie Mann, Claude Henderson, H. r.
Williams. J. I. Mizcllc, J. C. Bell,
lvey V. Haskctt, T. W. llaskctt, J.
S. Smith.
L P. Smith. C. M. Garner, Leon
ard Carroll. C C. Norris. It. S
jones, L. C. Mann, Lee F. Brock.
Amy Havkley, John Carroll, J.
Wheeler Smiih. William It. Bell
and C. A. Gould Sr.
Representing the citizens who
are objecting to the town's pro
posal to float $120,000 in bonds for
I n water system is C. R. Whcatly,
Beaufort attorney.
By noon yesterday none of the
summons had been served on the
town officials since law allows 20
days for the nervine of
papers. Each defendant will be
served individually
Mavor Comments
Mayor Mann said Wednesday
night. "We have no intention of
letting 16 vcars of work on this go
to waste." I!c added that the suit
did not come as a surprise. Repre
senting the town in its fight against
the dissenters will be George Ball,
town attorney.
The complaint requests the court |
to grant a preliminary injunction |
which would prevent any action
being taken toward selling bonds
or working on the water system. It j
1 also asks, of eoursc, for a pcrma- 1
nent injunction.
The borrowing of $12(1.000 was
approved in a town election Tucs
day, Sept. 4, by a vote of 126 to
114 a margin of 12 votes. Over)
77 per cenl of the elcgihle voters
cast ballots. |
The complaint alleges that the
town board passed an ordinance
Inlv 27 preparatory to Incurring
the town with a $120 000 debt, but
in the ordinance no interest rate
wns specified and no tax was speci
fied sufficient to pay the principal
and interest on bonds.
Illegality Charged
The disgruntled citisens also al
lege that on Sept. 4 "what purport
ed to be an election" was held and
the town officials appointed Mar
garet Bell as registrar and Lois
Cox and Lucy Dale Parish as
judges. ,. . ;
They allege that Mrs. Cox did 1
? i.t appear when the polls opened ;
?nil her p'ace was taken by Mis.
William Allen, also that none of the
three officials at the polls were;
sworn "but merely sat."
The plaintiffs say that they did
not check names in the registra- j
lion book, did not keep an accurate
list of voters and allowed ballots j
to be placed in an unlocked boxj
??so constructed that large cracks
would permit ballots to he entered
without going through the slot.
The election, they contend, was
not legal and had it been conduct
ed properly, the water bond pro
posal would have been defeated.
The complaint states that the bal
lots did not advise the voter of the
"affect of the ballot" and further
that there is discrepancy bet ween
the statement of result, the ballot
itself and the original ordinance
regarding the water system
The complaint says issuance of
the bonds would result in a tax
levy that would excccd the limit
allowed by law.
The rase will be heard in su
perior court in this county, or if
court is not In session here, it may
be heard before a resident judge
upstate No one has ventured a
guess on when the hearing might
lake place.
74 Names Drawn
For Jury Duty
In November
j Seventy-four persons have been
selected by the county board for
jury duty for the November term
i of Superior Court. They arc as fol
lows:
More head City ? George Stovall,
C. C. Land, Raymond J. Lewis,
; Waldron Baily Jr., George W.
[Adams Jr., Lindsey Guthrie,
j George I). Gamble, W. C. Carlton,
i Mrs. Wcltha Ballon. Thomas L.
j Noc, James R. Sanders, Rupert L.
I Willis, Grady Willis, Mrs. Edmund
W. Ball. Don E. Wcglcy, and
I Charles K. Broad hurst.
| Newport ? Mrs. Elizabeth Gar
ner, Maney Salter, R. T. Mundinc,
L. C. Smith, C. R. Cannon, Clar
ence Gray, G. E. Mason, Fred
Lewis, Mrs. W. H. Johnson, C. W.
Garner, J B. Rice, Upton Miller,
j Eugene C. Quinn, David R. McCain,
I Moody Morton. Samuel Pollard Jr.,
George S. Bryan, and M. Cornell
Gamer.
Beaufort ? Edward S. Nelson,
Charles B. Noc. C. Roy Eubanks,
Leslie Moore, R. B. Burrows, Ed
ward C. Willis. Mary (). Lewis, Lon
nie Rhuc, Raymond Gillikin. Yan
ccy S. Barbour, Mrs. B. G. O'Neal,
Alex Truitt, Van A. Potter, I^con
ard B Daniels, Edmund T Nelson,
and William C. Smith.
Beaufort Route 1 ? G. N. Simp
son, William F. Gillikin, Ira Pake,
Tyler Lewis, Tom Gibbs, Leon E.
Fodrte and Robert Ncal Campen.
Atlantic ? Wesley F. Goodwin,
Ira S. Morris Jr., and Nadine Ham
ilton.
Straits ? J S. Pigott.
Ilarkcrs Island ? E. G. Dixon,
Fernie Willis. Henry Hamilton, W.
T. Salter, and Cecil Julian Moore.
I>avi* ? Johnnie A. Davis and
Alonza Salter Jr.
Swansboro ? Elbert C. Guthrie
and Roger L. Phillips.
Mrrrimon ? Henry I. Carraway.
Williston ? Seymour Davis.
Marshallberg ? Alton T. Gas
kill.
Sea Level ? Ilarvcy Taylor.
Criminal cases will be tried at
the November term of court, which
means that a grand jury will bo
impaneled.
Cases docketed include rape and
several burglaries.
Burglars Enter
Airport Grill
Burglars at the Airport Grill on
Highway 70 made a grand haul
Monday night.
Sometime between midnight and
daylight Tuesday, the front door of
the grill was forced open and sev
eral watches, cases of beer, ciga
rettes. money from the juke box,
and rolled coins in the cash regis
ter were taken, according to Depu
ty Sheriff Bobby Bell. The pack
aged coins included dimes and
quarters.
The lock on the front door didn't
hold securely and it was fastened
with a large nail, according to Dep
uty Bell. The owner and operator
of the grill, Guy Avery, discovered
the theft when he opened the place
Tuesday morning.
Committee Votes Centennial
Profits Toward Gymnasium
Al a Monday night meeting of
the centennial general committee,
the profitM of the centennial were 1
votea to be used for the construc
tion of a John M. Morchcad Me
morial Gymnasium.
The committee recognized the
fact that funds raised in the cen
tennial alone would be insufficient,
but they expressed the hope that
interested parties would make do
nations.
The program for the week was
discussed, and several changes
were made.
Tentatively the week's program
is as follows: Sunday, religious em
phasis day; Monday, beauty pa
geant; Tuesday, school day; Wed
nesday, sail boat races, golf tourna
ment, water parade, fireworks, and
a street dance; Thursday, fishing
and beach da/, Friday, fish fry aid
homecoming; Saturday, parade,'
band conccrt. and grand dancc.
The Morchead City Woman'a
Club has agreed to sell advertise
ment in the louvenir booklet.
Attending the meeting at the
Chamber of Commerce office were
Charles Markey, Jack Roberts, Joe
DuBois. Herbert Griffin. A. B.
Cooper, Dr. John Bunn. John Lath
ley. Warren Beck, Jasper Bell, Bob
Davis, Bernard Lcary. Dr. Rusacll
Outlaw. Mias Alida Willis. Herbert
Phillips, and Walter Morris.
Official! Return
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director of
the Institute of Fiaheries Research,
Morchead City, and C. G. Holland,
atate commercial fiaheries commis
sioner, recently returned from the
meeting of the State Marine Fish
eries Commission, Atlantic City,
N. J.
'Courtesy Nickel'
Pays Dividends
Mi** Pal Springlc, Beaufort
Chamber of Commerce secretary,
announced Wednesday that ? dol
lar had been inserted In one of
the chamber's courtesy nickel en
velopes.
The envelop* was turned la by
the Jack 'n Jill Store from an un
known customer. Mai Springlc
said donations of dime* and quar
ters wer* quite commas, with an
occasional half-dollar being put la
the envelopes.
She said. "With such coopera
tion as this our well Intended
courteay nickel program will cer
tainly remain a goad program for
all. The Beaufort Chamber of
comiaaree thank* jroui"
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