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45th YEAR, NO. 83. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Rural Residents Pinpoint
14 County Farm Problems
f H A Chapters Go
To District Rally
At Richlands
Beaufort and Morehead City Fu
ture Homemakers of America were
aiming the 919 persons who attend
ed the district FHA rally at Rich
lands High School Saturday.
The FHA chapter of Beaufort
High School presented the devo
tional on Love. Jackie Young waa
In charge. Others taking part were
Bronna Willis, who read the scrip
ture, Frances Bell, who sang My
Task, accompanied by Joanne Al
len, and the following girls who
represented the ingredients of love:
Bunny Moore, Glenda Harris, Ann
Davis, Pamela Hasscll, Joanne AI
lfn, Bcrta Fodric and Paula Hill.
Sandra Haskins was narrator.
Greta Rice, Morehead City, sang
in the All-District Chorus, and Jes
sie White and Faye Jones, also of
Morehead City, gave the panto
mime, Two Lost Souls.
Mrs. David Bcveridge, home eco
nomics instructor, Beaufort, was
one of three advisors elected by
the home economics teachers. The
two others were Mrs. Madeline
Cotton, Trenton, and Miss Evelyn
Davis, Grantham.
m Jackie Young was runner-up for
state historian. Jane Barrow of
Lucama was elected. Each district
elects a state officer.
Theme of the rally was "You in
Home, Chapter, School and Com
munity." Highlights of the pro
gram were the talk by Dr. Irving
Sperry of Woman's College on
Joy in Living and the pageant,
Highlights of the National Con
vention.
inc prcsiainR omcer was jrnuy
Lou Taylor of the Deep Run FHA
chapter.
Cars from Beaufort were driven
by Lionel Smith, Leo Haskins and
Mrs. Beveridge. Attending from
Beaufort, in (dditioa to those men
tioned, were Julia Smith, There***
Bellmaah, Atkinson and
Helen Lupton.
I Accompanying the Morehead
City group were Mr. and Mrs. D.
Cordova. Girls from Morehead
chapter, in addition to those who
took part on the program, were
Guylene Guthrie, Judy Steed,
Phyllis Smith, Hazel Willis, Phyl
lis Purifoy, Nicotine Christiansen
and Johnice Doshicr.
Northerly Wind
' Cools Carteret
Northeast winds prevailed in
the county over the weekend, says
E. Stamey Davis, weather observer.
Clear to partly cloudy skies and
the brisk winds combined to keep
temperatures cool, with a weekend
high of 73 recorded Sunday after
noon.
) High and low temperatures and
wind directions:
High Low Wind
Thursday 66 55 NE
Friday 69 57 NE
Saturday 72 58 NE
Sunday 73 60 ENE
Motorist Runs Car
Into Ditch Sunday
Gerold W. Remter, Cherry Point,
was charged with driving on the
fTong side of the road, after his
car failed to make the turn at the
Merrimon Road-Highway 70 inter
section Sunday.
Remter. dirving a 1950 Mercury,
was headed toward Beaufort. His
car went into a ditch and was
slightly damaged. Neither Remter
nor a passenger in the car was in
jured.
State Highway Patrolman J. W.
Sykcs investigated.
Marry Venters to Plan
Council's Fair Exhibit
Harry Venters, assistant to R. M.
Williams, farm agent, was named
chairman Thursday of the County
Agriculture Council exhibit for the
fair.
? Assisting him will be lire. David
Beveridge and David Jones, coun
cil members. The appoinUacnts
were made at the meeting o I the
agriculture council Thursday after
noon at the farm agent's office,
Beaufort
TTie speaker for the program wal
W. C. Carlton, manager of the
, Carteret-Craven Rural Electrifica
tion Adminiatration. Mr. Carlton
spoke on increased use of electri
city in rural areas.
Mrs. D. Cordova, president, con
ducted the meeting.
Towa Buys la Property
The Owen Vann property adver
tised for sale by the town of Beau
fort, waa sold last week at the
town ball to tbc town.
* Twenty-five rural residents at
tending an agriculture meeting at
the civic center, Morehead City,
Friday night pin-pointed 14 prob
lems in the county farm picture.
The problems, listed below,
wore brought out in two discussion
groups led by Mrs. Hugh Pake,
Bcttie, and W. C. Carlton, man
ager of the Carteret-Craven REA.
The meeting was the second in
a series of meetings being conduct
ed by the extension service. The
third, to consider solutions to the
problems, will be held at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 25, at the civic
center.
The problems, briefly summar
ized are designated as the follow
ing :
1. Lack of marketing facilities
2. Need for better record-keep
ing, tax information
3. Labor ? quantity, quality and
housing
4. Farms too small to support
families and therefore a need for
off-the-farm employment.
5. Control of insects and plant
disease
6. Simplified and more detailed
information on new varieties of
plants
7. New crops available to county
8. Doing a better job with crops
and projects already in existence
9. Need for cooperative owner
ship of machinery
10. Livestock parasite control
and improved feeding.
11. Community organization to
encourage working together
12. Encourage more curb market
ing
13. Education on health insur
ance and improved health of rural
citizens
14. Encouragement of home gar
dening by business folk as well as
rural leaders.
Camp Glenn Will
Sponsor Festival
The Camp Glenn PTA will spon
sor a Fall Festival at the school
from S to 8 p.m. Friday.
Ther? will be games, refresh
ment*. fldei and door prizes, an
nounces Mrs. Charles Todd, chair
man. Proceeds from the event will
be used by the PTA for school im
provements.
Door prizes include a Sunbeam
electric skillet, earrings, TV lamp,
grease job, gallon of paint, carv
ing set, window box, concrete
flower box, stationery and a set
of plastic tumblers.
Tickets may be bought at the
school or from Camp Glenn fourth
graders. The festival will be held
outdoors, weather permitting.
Working with Mr. and Mrs. Todd
on the festival committee, are Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Malone, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Yeager and Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Wagner.
Registration Continues
Registration books for the Nov.
6 election opened Saturday. All
persons who arc not registered
have until sundown Oct. 27 to place
their names in the registrar's
book in their precinct. Persons
who do not know where to regis
ter may obtain information by
phoning the courthousc, Beaufort,
2 3561.
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Shrimp Catches
Hit Season High
Catches of shrimp last week
j were better than any week so far
this year, according to reports
from shrimpers and dealers.
C. G. Holland, commercial
fisheries commissioner, said one
trawler came in Wednesday with
1.800 pounds and again Satur
day with another 1.800. The
boats have been working in
Neusc River.
Price to the shrimper is about
30 rents a pound, heads on.
Catches of spots have been
terrific this* month. Quite a few
were taken at Atlantic, and
catches in long haul nets and
beach seines have been large.
Because of the low pricc, man>
of the spots are being frozen.
Marshallberg
Club Will Make
Town Survey
The Marshallberg Community
Men's Club made plans at its meet
ing Saturday night at the com
munity building to make a survey
of the town.
A mimeograph form will be used
and the community divided into
sections which will be canvassed
by men's club members. Informa
tion collected will consist of num
ber of families, total number of
persons, available building sites
and other facts which would be
of interest to new businesses or
industries.
The club decided that a site
should be obtained for dumping
trash. Several places were sug
gested. When a site is found, the
club will make it available to the
community.
It was reported that plans are
being drawn for the additional
buildings on the community prop
erty. An outdoor cooking area for
barbecucs. will also be built, com
plete with picnic tables and
benches.
Property owners along the har
bor which will be dredged have
received maps of the area which
they arc to sign and return to
Army engineers. It was announced
that bids on the dredging will be
opened Oct. 31.
Improvements to be made fol
lowing the dredging were also dis
cussed.
It was reported that the fire
truck the club is attempting to
obtain will be available in the
near future. Work on getting emer
gency generators for Marshallberg
has also progressed.
Three club members, John Val
entine, Leon Thomas and Elmo
Fisher offered their cars for use
by Boy Scouts to attend the col
lege football game Oct. 27. Each
troop which has gained five new
members since Sept. 1 is eligible
to attend the game free.
A short meeting of the club will
be held this Saturday night at the
community building to plan a din
ner meeting in a community other
than Marshallberg Oct. 27.
NCEA to Meet
At 3 Tomorrow,
Morehead City
Group discussions on plans (or
American Education Week Nov.
11-17 will highlight the meeting
of the county North Carolina Edu
cation Association at 3 p.m. to
morrow, Morehead City School.
Faculty members and principals
from throughout the county will
attend.
Three division meetings, primary
teachers; elementary and high
school teachers, have been plan
ned.
Leading the discussion in the pri
mary group will be Dr. A F.
Chestnut, assisted by Mrs Ella
Morgan and Mrs. John Willis,
Morehead City faculty members.
Conducting the elementary dis
cussion, to be attended by teach
ers of grades 4 through 8, will be
Ray Cummins, assisted by Mrs.
John Nelson and Mrs. Mamie Tay
lor, Morehead City faculty mem
bers.
Leading the discussion with high
school tcachers will be Miss Ruth
Peeling, assisted by Mrs. Zelma
Phillips and Mrs. Florence Cor
dova, Morehead City faculty mem
bers.
Mrs. Josiah Bailey, prior to the
divisional meetings, will sing
Amcrica, accompanied by Mrs. Ice
land Day. Mrs. J. C. Harvell, pub
licity chairman, will speak on
American Education Week. The
theme of the meeting will be
"American Education Week in
Theory and Practice for Us."
Ralph Wade, president, will pre
side during the business session.
Committee reports will be heard
at that time. Refreshments will be
served by Mrs. Day. Mrs. Morgan
and Mrs. Lois Venters at 3. p.m.
The opening scripture and pray
er will be given by Lenwood Lee,
principal of Morehead City School.
Coast Guard Tug
Chilula Due Soon
Chief Boatswain Kenneth Baum,
commander of the Fort Macon
Coast Guard station, reported yes
terday that the ocean goiag tug,
Chilula, will report to Foil Macon
about the end of this month.
Mr. Baum said the tug will be
rccommissioncd Saturday at Cur
tis Bay, Md., after which she will
be tested, fully equipped, and pro
ceed to Morehead City under the |
command of Roy M. Hutchins.
The Chilula was first commis
sioned April S. 1945 at Charleston,
S. C., and served in the Asiatic
Pacific war zone in routine towing
operations for the Navy. She also
served on escort duty from the
Marshall Islands to Japan in 1945,
and was decommissioned in 1947.
The Coast Guard cutter, Agassiz,
now stationed at Fort Macon, is
being transferred to Cape May, N.
J. The Conifer, 180-foot buoy ten
der, will remain at Fort Macon.
Styron's Buy Store
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Styron,
owners of Styron's store, Morehead
City, have bought Fclton's in Beau
fort. The store, to be known as
Styron's Number Two, will open
for business Friday.
Acronize' Process Extends
Markets for Canadian Fish
By B. H. LE8E8NE
Food Industry Department
American Cyanamld C*.
Raleigh, N. C. ? The multi-mil
lion dollar fisheries industry along
the North Carolina coast may soon
be shipping fresh fish and sea
foods to new and distant markets
never economically feasible be
fore.
Fishermen in Canada, where the
industry is tremendous the an
nual catch is about two billion
pounds ? can already do this, as
the result of the clearance early
in October by the Canadian gov
ernment of the use of the anti
biotic process "Acronlic" on fish.
The process involves the use of
the antibiotic Aureomycin (chemi
cal name, chlortetracycline) to
make fish actually fresher than
can be attained with ordinary re
frigeration methods alone and
keeps fish fresher for at least one
week longer than Is the case now.
Corks Bacteria
The antibiotic process, devel
oped by American Cyanamld Co.,
simply does in another way what
refrigeration does ? halts the
growth of bacteria responsible for
the deterioration of fish from the
time it is caught to the time It
reaches the consumer. It does not
supplant, but supplements, refrig
eration.
Use of the antibiotic process on
fish in the United States isn't per
missible is yet and can't be until
it is given clearance by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration,
which nearly a year ago gave the
green light for use of Acronize in
the tremendous U.S. poultry pro
cessing industry.
Broiler production alone in the
United States top* the billion
mark, and annual production in
this fantastically growing indus
try is forecast to reach two bil
lion birds by 1961. North Carolina
is one of the large broiler pro
ducing states.
"Acronizc PD," as the formula
tion for the poultry industry is
known, represented the arrival of
the antibiotic age of food preser
vation in the United States, since
it is the first antibiotic product
for use on food for human con
TMea at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Oct. 16
3:32 a.m.
5:47 p.m.
11:43 a.m.
11:M p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 17
5:15 a.m.
6:30 p.ta.
12:29 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. II
S:5S a.m.
7:11 p.m.
12:38 a.m.
1:12 p.m.
Friday^ Oct. 11
7:34 a.m.
1:18 a.m.
J.30 pjm.
Mi pjn.
sumption ever to get FDA dur
ance.
In less than a year Acronize has
become a tremendous boon to the
poultry processing industry by
permitting plants to extend their
market in many cases, and making
available to consumers in many
areas poultry of a "(arm-freshness"
entirely new to them.
Additional formulas of Acronize
are now being developed for use
on red meat and other perlahablc
food products. Acroniie la consid
ered to hold greater potentialities
for the fish industry than perhaps
any other.
For instance, industry sources
estimate that at least 17 per cent
of the big catch of fish and ahell
fish in Canada spoils before the
boats ever dock at the pier, and
another six per cent Is lost before
the fish reaches the market.
The advent of the uae of the an
tibiotic process on fish in the Uni
ted States would mean for North
Carolina fishermen that fishing
vessels could stay out longer and
range farther out to sea to tap
new and unexplored schools of
fish
The most important commercial
fish and seafood in North Caro
lina now are shrimp, menhaden,
oysters, mullet, shad, flounder and
crabs, although a great variety of
fiah are caught
8m 'ACRONIZE' Page ?
Miami Architect Says Resort
Hotel Would be Profitable
Photos by Jerry Schumacher
Charles S. Symonds, left, Walter Edwards, president of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce,
and Carl B. Walker, right, look at the chamber's annual report. Seven Years of Progress, following the
membership meeting at Captain Bill's Restaurant Thursday night.
Six 4-H Club Members
Named County Champs
Six 4-H Club members were
named eounty champions in 4-H
work at the Achievement Day Pro
gram Saturday at the American Le
gion building, Beaufort.
They arc Linda McDonald,
crafts; Catherine Lohr and Gordon
Becton, health improvement; Mary
Ellen Chasteen, clothing; Clayton
Garner, field crops; and Paul
Wade, meat animal.
For the first time an alumni
award was presented this year.
This award, given to a former 4-H
Club member who has continued in
4-H, achieved success in her field,
and contributed to her community,
went to Miss Sadie Harris, now a
sophomore at East Carolina Col
lege.
Miss Harris, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Haywood Harris, route 6
Haveiock, was present to receive
the honor.
The championship awards were
presented by Mrs. Floy Garner,
girls 4-H advisor. She also present- 1
cd medals of achievement to the I
following:
Margaret Lewis and Mary Ellen
Chasteen, bcautification of home i
grounds; Mary Ellen Chasteen, i
canning; Virginia Ann Salter, Pat- !
sy Forrest, Donna Bell and Bar- I
bara Taylor, clothing.
Gordon Becton, Denard Harris 1
and Sherrill Hammond, dairy; i
Mary Ellen Chasteen, dairy foods I
demonstration; Eddie Clark, elec- i
tricity award; Billy Simmons and <
Clayton Garner, field crops. t
Mary Ellen Chasteen, food prepa
ration; Raymond Laughton, fores- I
try; Virginia Ann Salter, frozen I
foods; Mary Ellen Chasteen, home
economics; senior health. Peggy
Cannon and Gordon Becton; and I
junior health, Evangeline Mills
and George Simpson. '
Mary Ellen Chasteen, home eco
nomics; Cecil Gillikin and Barbara
Taylor, leadership; Paul Wade and
Dickie Garner, meat animals;
Frank Millis, poultry; recreation,
Jenny Lynn Garner and Ellen Fay (
Salter. ]
Top achievement awards went to
Mix Chasteen and Gordon Bccton.
who also won the Danforth awards.
Four-H Club members who com
pleted their projects during 1955
50 were given dollar gift certifi
cates from Belk's and certificates
of achievement. These awards
were presented by Mrs. Gamer
and Fred Knott, boys 4-H advisor.
Winners were the following:
Jenny Lynn Garner. Beverly Wil
lis. Margaret Ann Lewis, Jo Ann
Kelly. Betty Gould, Ruth Smith,
Jan Willis.
Rebecca Gillikin, Valerie Dawn
Pincr. Eddie Lynn Garner, Rosita
Guthrie. Susanna Yeoman, Linda
McDonald. Evangeline Mills, Vir
ginia Ann Salter.
CharUs R. Hassell Gets
Safety Council Award
Cbarles R. Hassell, mail carrier
for Beaufort route 1, received a
safety award from the National
Safety Council Friday morning. J.
P. Betts. Beaufort postmaster, pre
sented him with a (old lapel but
ton and a plaque from the coun
cil.
Mr. Haaaell has driven the route
for 22 years without an accident
Mr. Betts said that over the per
iod he had probably averaged
about 40 mile* a day. The route is
now 61 mile* long.
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Elizabeth Styron, Patsy Forrest,
Mary Louise Shivar, Peggy Can
non, Faye Kelly, Catherine Lohr,
Nancy Ann Willis, Eva Gant, Judy
Hill, Mary Ellen Chasteen, Bar
bara Hill and Cora Lawrence.
Dcnard Harris. Paul Wade,
George Simpson, Gordon Becton,
Billy Simmons, Clayton Garner
and Charles Carraway.
Adult 4-H leaders receiving
recognition wer? Mrs. John B. Kel
ly, Mrs. Kenneth McCabe, Mn.
Dyon Simpson. Mrs. Thomas
Bcachem, Mrs. Roland Lewis. Mrs.
Leonard Lewis, Miss Sadie Harris,
Earl l^ewis, the Rev. Alvis Daniel
Bftd Mrs. B. O. Ketner.
More than a hundred 4-H'ers
and adults attended the meeting.
The public lunch was served under
I he supervision of Mrs. Dyon
Simpson. Mrs. Roland Lewis and
Mrs. Gordon Becton.
Newport Wins
The Newport senior club re
ceived the award, a set of officers'
pins, for having the highest num
ber of club members present.
Peggy Wallace of Newport sang
i solo in place of the talk sched
uled to be given by Ann Davis.
Miss Wallace was accompanied by
Peggy Cannon.
Barbara Taylor, president of the
County 4-H Council presided. The
roll call by schools was conducted
by Betty Gould, council secretary
ind Mr. Daniel, pastor of the Wild
wood Presbyterian Church, gave
:hc devotional.
Guitar and vocal numbers were
3ivcn by Kenneth Brown, New
port.
Superior Court
Begins Today
The October term of Superior
:ourt will open at the courthouse,
Beaufort, this morning at 8:30. a
lay later than was originally schc
luled. Judge Chester R. Morris
lad the date changed because he
van unable to get here yesterday.
Fifteen motions, 16 divorces, and
hree trials are on the docket for
oday's session. Seven trials have
>ccn slated for tomorrow, and
right for Thursday.
Friday's docket includes eight
rials. Since the court session be
!?n a day late there are eases
lated for Saturday. Thirteen cases
ire docketed for that day.
Port Calendar
Mormaeyork ? Docked Sunday
at itate port, Morehcad City, for
a cargo of soybean pellets. She
Is expected to leave this after
noon or tomorrow morning.
Hlla ? Liberian tug docked at
state port Sunday for repair*.
Tug officers reported that they
had left a tanker of molasses,
which they were towing, an
chored at sea while they came
in for repairs.
88 Plagiola ? Due at Tram
bull's dock tomorrow with ?
load of asphalt.
U88 lUckhrMge, US8 Monro
via, UM Rankin. II 88 Rasaet,?
US Navy ship* due tomorrow at
state port with Marines return
ing from tte Mediterranean.
Car Hits Plug;
Fire Discovered
East Beaufort residents were
without water from about 10 p.m.
Saturday until 4 a.m. Sunday. Lar
ry W. Wade, Williston, ran over
a fire plug at the corner of Ann
and Live Oak Streets, policc rc-|
port.
When Wade hit the plug, Lewis
H. Sanders, owner of the car, was
thrown against the windshield. His
head went through, and he was
taken to the Morehead CUy hos
pital for treatment.
Wade, 17, was driving without
a license, and he ran from the
scene of the accident, leaving San
ders in the car, Chief Guy Springle
said.
Beaufort fireman J. F. Duncan
Jr. was later pumping water from
the broken hydrant when he no
ticed a fire in the Ann Street Ser
vice Station. Since there was no
pressure on his truck he turned in
an alarm, and the booster truck
came to the station.
A water cooler in the station
had caught fire when all the water
drained out of it. Firemen dis
connected the cooler and carried
it outside, putting the fire out.
Fire Department
Answers Calls
Morehead City firemen recently
answered two alarms.
The former Leary home at 17th
and Arendell Streets, Morehead
City, escaped damage Saturday af
ternoon due to prompt action by
the firemen.
The furnace to the building was
clogged up and smoking badly
when the firemen arrived. They
stood by and prevented an out
break of tire.
The First Presbyterian Church
uses the building for Sunday
School rooms and the church of
fice.
Only one other alarm was turned
in over the weekend. A fire in ?
clothes closet was put out by Mrs.
Jesse Amos at her home, 12th and
Fisher Streets yesterday morning.
After turning in the alarm, she
dumped a bucket of water In the
closet and put out the fire.
Camp Glenn 4-H
Clubs Install New
Officers for Year
The 4-H Club of Camp Glenn
had its second monthly meeting
lad Tuesday. New officers were in
stalled. They are as follows for
Junior 4-H: president, Rodney
Kemp; vice-president, Sally Good
win, and secretary, Jeannie Crowe.
Officers for the intermediate
club are president, Brenda Smith;
vice-president, Johnny Crowe; sec
retary. Jack Burns; songleader
Joan Salter; and reporter, Bar
bara Nichols.
There was an Achievement Day
program on Saturday at the fair
grounds. Four-H'ers. parents, and
friends were present. Prizes were
given to all 4H'er? turning in pro
ject hooks.
Special recognition was given to
Mrs. J? McCabe for helping with
4-H work at Camp Glenn School.
?Barbara Nichols, Reporter
Charles S. Symonds, Miami ar
chitect. told members of the More
head City Chamber of Commerce
Thursday night that a large re
sort hotel will pay here. He ad
vised that a portion of the coat bo
raised locally. Enthusiasm is an
important factor too, he said.
Carl B. Walker, freight traffic
manager for Southern Railway,
was the second speaker. He said
that Southern is anxious "to join
hands" with Morehead City.
Mr. Symonds, a graduate of
Hamilton College and Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, was
introduced by Lou Gore, chairman
| of the industrial development
[committee.
Mr. Symonds spoke, in general,
of the amount of trade, a resort
hotel would attract here. He re
ferred specifically to the ocean
and sound site near Fort Macon,
which was designated as a hotel
location last year.
The property has a 750-foot
ocean frontage, he commented,
and consists of close to a hundred
acres lying between the ocean and
sound. The property lies on each
side of the Fort Macon road.
While half of it is under water,
Mr. Symonds said, channels would
be dredged from the inland water
way to a sound-side marina and
the spoilage used to fill in the
low portions.
The hotel would be built on the
ocean side and the other area
used for motels, apartment houses,
shopping center and other tourist
attractions.
Compares Areas
Mr. Symonds commented mac
there is a great deal of similarity
between Morehcad City and Miami.
Morchead City being "Miami" and
Bogue Banks similar to the strand
now known as Miami Beach. "In
1918 Miami was not as activc as
Morehcad City, but six men built
Miami Beach into a billion dollar
enterprise," the architect re
marked.
Using figures obtained through
research since June, Mr. Symonds
said that enough people travel
through this stale now to assure
a pool from which a resort hotel
would attract its business.
Boating people and yachtsmen,
he remarked, comment frequently
that they wish they could do more
in Morehead City besides refuel.
The speaker said that convention
business is- lush money, but he
placed higher value on the tourist
trade. The ocean is terrific attrac
tion, Mr. Symonds said, "but it's
not enough."
"A resort hotel here is economic
ally feasible ? dependent on the
outlook the people have," the ar
chitect remarked. "The potential,
he continued, "is valuable enough
to put more ammunition in the
gun."
He envisioned a 250-300 room
hotel, pointing out that it would
be of social advantage, as well as
economic advantage, to the town.
He warned against setting sights
too low in launching a resort hotel
project.
Contact* Made
Mr. Symonds reported that he is
attempting to interest the second
largest hotel chain in the world in
the Bogue Banks proposition.
He said, "Such a hotel requires
big money. But it can be raised in
this area and in this town. As soon
as a portion is raised, finance men
assure that they will come in with
the balance."
Southern's freight manager was
introduced by Jack Holt, manager
of the port. Mr. Walker reviewed
breifly the status of Southern's re
quest before the ICC for control
of the Atlantic and East Carolina
Railroad.
Walter Edwards, president of the
chamber, presided during the bus
iness session. All committee re
ports drew applause except the
finance report J. R. Sanders,
treasurer, reported a balance of
$390.87 with approximately $1,100
still owed.
Mr. Holt, reporting on the port,
said that from July to October
1996, the port showed a 82 per
cent increase in business over the
same period in 1995. Three ship
ping companies used the port for
the first time during the past few
months, United States Lines,
Moore - McCormack and Holland
American.
Jasper Bell, chairman of the
civic affairs committee, reported
that the state fisheries museum
would remain in Morehead Cit J
and plans for the centennial are
underway.
See CHAMBER, Page ?
Conifer Tows Tug
To Port for Repairs
The Cout Guard buoy tender
Conifer towed in the HUa Satur
day afternoon.
The Hlla is an ocean-going tug
that was towing a tanker of molaa
w? when the developed engine
trouble Saturday and radioed the
Coaat Guard at Fort Macon. The
tanker la anchored offshore while
the tug undergoes repairs at the
sUtc port, More head City.