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46th YEAR, NO. 84. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1956 PUBUSHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Pakistan Fisheries Official
Studies County Operations
A recent visitor at the U. S>
Fishery Laboratory, Pi> rs island,
was Showkat Ali of Pakistan. Mr
Ali is a graduate of the University
i of Pakistan and taught science and
biology in his country for four
years before entering fisheries
work. He did graduate work at the
University of India before obtain
ing a position in fisheries work
with the Pakistan government
His six-month tour of fishing
centers in the United States is
sponsored by the Food and Agri
cultural Organization of the United
I Nations. In addition to reviewing
the research work being done at
the U. S. Fishery Laboratory and
the Radiobiological Laboratory.
Beaufort, under the direction of
Dr. Walter Chipman, he also vis
ited several of the local fisheries,
lie was shown through the Wallace
Menhaden plant and a menhaden
vessel by research chemist Theo
dore Miller.
Mr. Ali pointed out that Pakis
tan, with a population of over 75
? million people, had two million
people dependent almost entirely
upon seafood products for sub
sistence. Despite this, all fishing
operations are carried out entirely
by manpower.
Only sailing vessels and rowboats !
arc used, lie was particularly in
terested in the Carteret fisheries
because of their adaptation to his
own country's needs.
During his stay he visited the
Smith and Guthrie long haul seine
operations near Salter Path. Clyde
baiter of Beaufort showed him the j
operations of a small trawler, oy
ster dredge, and mullet nets. He
alsa discussed the handling of fish
ery products with Billy Davis, Wil
liam Way and Elmer Willis at the
Charles Davis Seafood Co., Beau
fort.
At Sea Level Monroe Taylor |
demonstrated to him the method
of setting mullet nets using out
board motor powered boats, and
T. A. Taylor showed him the pro
cess of splitting and salting mttl
lets.
At Davis, Grady Davis, Hal
Davis, and Manley Murphy phowed
him the construction of small
shrimp trawls.
Mr. AH, before Mis departure,
Mjted that lie was jy^ ^i.elmed i
by the cooperation ana help of
Carteret's fishing experts in mak
* ing his visit a profitable one. He
staled that he had probably re
ceived more information in this
area applicable to the development
of the fisheries in his own country
than in any other he had visited
in this country.
Mr. Ali left Beaufort for Wash
ington, D. C., and from there will
leave for home, stopping off for
a few days in England and at Bag
dad before resuming his position
with the Pakistan government.
Boats Collide
In Core Creek
Two craft collided in the inland
i waterway three miles north of
Morchead City at 5:06 p.m. Monday.
The 33-foot Chris Craft, Beverly,
out of Richmond, Va., was severely
damaged when it collided with the
trawler Echo, of Davis, Charles Al
ligood, captain.
The Beverly, with its owners, Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Marshall aboard,
was beached and the Marshalls
were taken aboard the Echo and
brought into Morchead City.
The accident occurred by day
beacon 21 in Core Creek. The Bev
erly was cut all the way down
its starboard side and 2 feet under
the bottom. Partially submerged
after it was run aground, the boat
was raised by Adam Mayer and
Bump Styron of the Morehead City
Yacht Basin Tuesday morning,
patched and towed to Morehead
City.
It is now being repaired at Can
non boatworks The Coast Guard
investigated the collision Tuesday
morning. Captain Alligood in
formed the Coast Guard at about
5:30 p.m. Monday of the collision
and reported that passengers
aboard the Beverly were safe. 1
Five Divorces Given
In Superior Court
Kive divorces were granted in
the civil term of Superior Court
which started Tuesday. Minor chil
dren were involved in all five cases
and the mothers were given cus
tody.
Divorces granted were: Henry
Williams Jr. vs. Marie N. Williams;
Elizabeth F. Guthrie vs Clifton E.
Guthrie; Elizabeth G. DiBartolo vs.
Anthony V. DiBartolo; and Myrna
F. Taylor va. Robert E. Taylor.
Plaintiff and defendant failed
to appear in Hilterbrick vs. Hitter
brick, and the case was non suited.
False Alans
The ahort blasts of the Morehead
City fire whistle this week were
due to trouble with the alarm
caused by the storm.
4
A. T. Leary Jr.
Seeks Railroad
A. T. Lcary Jr., Morchead
City, has tiled an application for
permission to acquire and op
erate the federally-owned rail
road between Camp Lcjeune and
Cherry Point.
At present acquisition of the
rord is also being sought by
Southern Railway which is hop
ing to obtain permission to op
erate the Atlantic and East
Carolina Road.
Mr. I^eary is affiliated with his
father in the Beaufort-Morehead
City Railroad Co., Beaufort.
Jaycees Launch
Money-Raising
Yule Program
Morehead City Jaycecs have ord
ered 300,000 tickets for Morehead
City merchants to distribute during
the Christmas season. Luther Lew
is, chairman of the Christmas light
ing program, explained the system
^t the Jaycee meeting Monday
night at the Hotel Fort Macon.
Merchants buy the tickets for a
penny each, he said, and give one
ticket for each dollar's worth of
merchandise purchased in their
stores. The tickets will be delivered
to merchants by Nov. 26, at which
time they will begin giving them
to customers.
The tickets will make their hold
ers eligible for prizes at drawings
each Saturday afternoon at the
City Hfll. The Jaycees will give
prizes of $100, $*0, $25, $15, and
$10 the tjrst ?tirec weeks of De
cember, and on the fourth Saturday
they will add a $200 first prize.
Tickets mist be presented at the
d> <wing for prizes. Ticket holders
may send all their tickets in with
a friend or member of the fam
lly,\but the ticket must be at the
drawing.
> TIm pennies paid for the tickets
will" to toWlird Christmas decora
tions for the town. In addition to
last year's display, the Jaycecs
hope to put up lighted Merry
Christmas signs across Arcndcll
Street at each end of town.
Dr. Lenox Baker
To Go to Europe
Dr. Lenox D. Baker, professor
of orthopedic surgery, Duke Uni
versity, who is in charge of the
Crippled Children's Clinic at More
head City Hospital each month,
will sail for Europe Monday, Oct.
29, aboard the Vulcania.
Dr. Baker is one of five faculty
members who will conduct a sym
posium on shipboard. The course
of instruction will be under aus
pices of Duke University.
Purpose of the cruise, according
to Dr. Baker, is to offer post grad
uate work to the general practi
Dr. Ltaax D. Biker
Honor, inc cruise will end ai
Rome after an lfrday tour, includ
ing visits at Lisbon. Barcelona,
Palermo. Naples and Venice.
Dr. Baker conducted Saturday's
orthopedic clinic and will be at
the December clinic. Dr. J. Eric
Bell will be in charge o? the clinic
Nov. 10.
The clinic is sponsored by the
notary Club of More head City,
rhirty-cixht patients attended Sat
irday, 14 of them were new and
E9 were returnees.
Dr. Charles Keck, resident, train
ng in orthopedics, Duke Hospital
ind Bert Titus, head of Duke
Srace Shop assisted Dr. Baker.
Volunteer workers were, Mrs. J.
J. Holt, Mrs. V. E. 1 .awrrnco, Mrs.
lohn Parker Jr., and Mrs. Lcota
lammer, Mrs. Leonard Lewis and
Urs. Louise Spivcy from the health
Irpartment
Ice cream was served by Ma?la
tiilk k Ice Cream Co., and a bai
iet of red gladiolas were (tvea by
be More bead City Floral Co.
W. H. Potter
To Present Fads
On Inlet Channel
Engineers Will Conduct
Hearing at Oriental
Next Saturday
W. II. Totter, Beaufort, a dircc
' tor of the North Carolina Fisheries
I Association, will present Nt'FA
evidence in favor of dredging Oera
coke Inlet at the Army engineers
hearing next Saturday at 10 a m.
lat Oriental. The hearing will take
place in the school auditorium.
The hearing is being conducted !
as authorized by the Committee on :
Public Works, House of Reprc- j
sentatives.
It is proposed to dredge a chan- j
ncl 20 to 24 feet deep through
Oeracoke Inlet.
In addition to oral arguments
next Saturday, the engineers re
quest that important facts and
arguments be filed with them, in
writing, in quadruplicate
The engineers request that data
show the type, number, origin, des
tination and draft of vessels ex
pected to use the channel if the
dredging is done; also the esti
mated benefits from increased
catches of fish and shellfish, elim
ination of fish spoilage, preven
tion of damage to boats, reduction
of operating expenses and similar
items.
Mr. Totter points out that Ocra
coke Inlet, North Carolina's third
most important gateway to the At
lantic Ocean, is now
1. Uncharted
2. Inaccessible to shrimp trawl
ers of normal size
3. Inaccessible to the menhaden
fishing fleet
It is estimated that a million
dollars a day is lost to the com
mctci^l fishing industry, during
the Mttnn, when the vast area# of
Raleigh Jiav aiftd the water* of
North llattcras'opfinot be reached
because of the shoaled inlet chan
nel.
If the channel is authorized at
20-24 foot maintenance at mean
low water, Mr. Potter points out
that the inland ports program will
benefit; drainage of eastern North
Carolina will be favorably affect
ed; recreational, as well as com
mercial use of the state's best fish
ing and vacation area will be en
hanced, and the channel will pro
vide another safety measure to
protect men who use the sea as a
means of livelihood.
The inlet has not been maintain
ed as a passageway in past years
because, as charts indicate now, it
was believed impossible to control
the shifting sands.
Coastal Storm Deposits
Over 2 Inches Rain Here
Hazel, in the form of a blustery
coastal storm, returned to haunt
the Carteret coiist this week Two
and an eighth inches of rain fell
here during the 48-hour Tuesday
and Wednesday period, according
to E. Stanley Davis, weather ob
server.
Just two years ago, on Oct. 15,
Hazel struck Carteret, causing
widespread destruction. The coas
tal storm, now moving through
New England, came in almost two
years to the day from Hazel's ap
pearance.
Tides were about a foot higher
than normal. Winds reached 30 to
35 miles an hour in gusts.
The eastern section of Morehead
City, all of Beaufort and the down
eaat area were without power from
5:10 to 5 33 p.m. Wednesday, when
the wind took off the top of a
power pole in front of Fry Roofing
Co., Morehead City.
George Stovall. manager of
Carolina I'ower and Light, said
Cattlemen to Show
Livestock at Fair
Joel Davis, Newport, and Gra
ham Davis. Smyrna, will show pure
bred Angus cattle next week at
the county fair. 4-H'crs, Dennard
Harris, Bachelor, and Sherrill Ham
ilton, Williston, will enter dairy
cattle.
Dennard will show hia Jersey and
Sherrill will show her Guernsey.
Pernell Hardesty plans to enter
a Jersey cow that should give some
competition for top honors.
Richard Garner, Newport, plana
to show his Duroc hogs. Hugh Car
raway, Beaufort, alio plana to show
soma pure bred hogs, and John Fel
ton. Beaufort RFD, will show some
fine (at hogs, according to Harry
Venters, assistant to tha farm agent :
and chairman of livestock exhibits. 1
that the pole was damaged recent
ly when a nr ran into it. The
damage was not apparent, but it
was evidently enough to weaken it
so that the wind toppled it off
about 20 foci above the ground.
The power had to be eut to al
low repairs. Morchead City v
affected from the Jefferson Hotel
eastward. Things were back to nor
mal by 8 p.m Wednesday, al
though a 30-second interruption in
Beaufort was neccssary about 9:50
p.m.
Winds since Saturday were pre
dominately northeast. Sunday they
blew from the east southeast and
again Wednesday became strong
from the southeast as the storm
passed to the north.
The rain started early Tuesday
morning and continued through
Wednesday.
Temperatures since Saturday
were as follows:
Max. Min.
Saturday 72 M
Sunday - 73 80
Monday 74 61
Tuesday .... 69 64
Wednesday 74 84
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HKiH LOW
Friday, Oct IS
7:34 a.m. 1:18 a.m.
7:50 p.m. ' 1:54 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. t?
8:13 a.m. 1:54 a.m.
8:30 p.m 2:38 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 31
8:54 a.m. . 2:33 a.m.
9:11 p.m. 3:17 p.m.
Monday, Oct tt
9:38 a.m. 3:13 a.m.
9:5# p.m. 4:03 p.m.
Tneaday, Oct 33
10:23 a.m. 3:58 a.m.
10:43 p.m. 4:91 pjfc
Port Calendar
Mormacyork Arrived Sunday
fur a cargo of soybean and lin
seed pellets. She sailed yester
day afternoon from the state
port, More head City.
USS Plymouth Rock? U. S.
Navy landing ship dock arrived
at state port yesterday morning
with government equipment from
the Mediterranean.
USS Rockbridge ? arrived at
state port yesterday afternoon
with Marines.
USS Rankin - Due this morn
ing at state port with equipment.
I'SS Monrovia ? Due this
morning with Marines.
Ilila Ocean-going tug docked
at State Port Sunday for repairs
and is still tied up there. She
left a tanker of molasses, which
she had been towing, anchored
at sea while the repairs arc be
ing made.
Plagiola Shell tanker due to
day with a cargo of asphalt for
Trumbull.
Marine Dow Chcm ? Due to
morrow to pick up glycol. Will
sail from here to Texas.
Mom and Pop's to Rebuild
Following Tuesday Blaze
Fireman Joe frulcher of the Moretaea^?t^ir^epiirtroei)M^dll>oiiett?^^Bcr!rffroini^ig!iIiist
(be flames which destroyed Mom and Pop's place, Atlantic Reach, early Tuesday morning
Firemen saved the home, right, of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith,
owner* of Mom and Pop's. On the roof of the house right, is Fire
man Ernest Holding a hose in the foreground, his back to
Photos by Jerry Schumacher 1
the camera, is William Murrill. Walking past the truck toward the
fire is Chief Vernon Guthrie and standing on (he runntag board of
the truck is John Parker, engineer.
Beaufort JC's
To Collect Paper
The Beaufort Jaycces will con
duct a paper drive Sunday after
noon, announces A. C. Blankcn
sh;p, president. They will begin
collections about 2 p.m. and will
cover all the streets in town. Resi
dents are requested to put old
papers and rags in front of their
houses.
The Jaycces plan to make collec
tions once a month.
Twenty-four Beaufort Jaycees
will attend the district Jayccc
meeting Nov. 7 In New Bern. They
hope to have the district meet in
Beaufort next February.
Bjll Tickle, chairman of the
Voice of Democracy program, re
ported this week that the tap<* re
cordings of speeches will be com
pleted and sent to the district be
fore the deadline. Oct. 30. The
district winner will be announced
at the meeting in New Bern.
The Voice of Democracy is a na
tional project of the Jaycces. High
school students compete for local,
state, and national honors on the
basis of content and delivery of
the speech.
Secretary Announces
Wilmington Concerts
Mrs. W. J. Ipock, secretary of the
Community Concerts Association,
announces that the Wilmington
concerts will be aa follows:
Boston Pop* orchestra, Thursday,
Jan. 10; Waller Gesieking. world
renowned pianist. In March, and
Jean Madiera, contralto soloist,
Thursday, May 2
The concerts will be presented
?t Brogden suditrolum. Communi
y Conccrt members are eligible
:o attend.
Floor Poured
The concrete floor In the new
own garage, Beaufort, was poured
reaUrday.
Committee Seeks Slogan
For Forthcoming Centennial ,
A slogan contest has been an-'
nouneed by the Morehcad Cen
tennial committee. The prizes will
include a complimentary ticket to.
all centennial (unctions and a full I
page picture of the winner and a
write-up in the souvenir booklet, j
A short, catchy slogan promot
ing Morehead City's celebration is
the object of the contest. All en- 1
tries should be mailed to the Ccn-{
tennial Committee, Box 472, More
head City, before Thursday, Nov.
IS.
At a business meeting Monday
night members of the committee
voted against bringing in the John
R. Rogers Co., a professional pro
motion organization, and decided
to continue plans as they were
originally made.
Secretary Joe DuBois read a let
ter from Thomas Morse, superin
tendent of state parks, in which
Mr Morse agreed to let the com
mittee use Fort Macon State Park
as the scene of a historical pa
geant if there were no legal com
plicationa.
He advised the committee to
send him complete details on how
they plan to use the park, and he
in turn would see the attorney
general.
The committee voted to incor
porate as a non-stock, non-profit
organization Plana were begun to
obtain permission of the town
commissioners to Incorporate uA
der the municipality.
Serves on Committee
Serving on the committee to
plan the County Agriculture Work
ers Council exhibit for the fair la
C. S. Long, vocational agriculture
teacher, Newport. Othera on the
committee are Harry Venteri,
chairman, David Jones and Mrs.
David Bcvcridgc.
? . ?
Men's Club Hears
History of Customs
J. E. Crowe was Burnt speaker
.it the Emeritus Club meeting
Monday night at Fleming's Restau
rant. He spoke on the history of
customs and tariff, giving both fac
tual and legendary information.
C. A. Stone, secretary of the
club, said that about 33 persons
were present. Several guests were
there as well as two new members,
it. K. Moore and C. D. Wade.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Pelletier, Mr. and Mrs J. E.
Crowe, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Wade, ,
and H. B. Butler of Warrcnton.
Glenn Adair Spoaks
To Beaufort Rotary
Glenn Adair spoke on commun
ity activities at the Monday night
meeting of the Beaufort Rotary
Club at the Inlet Inn "Mr. Adair
gave a challenging talk in which
he urged the Rotarians to take a
more active part in community af
faira," according to Jack Oakley,
publicity chairman.
One vlaltor attended the meeting.
He was Albert Gaaktll of the More
head City club.
1 956 July Solos in County
Excood Sato in July 1955 1
July retail aalea in the county I
this year exceeded sales in July
1955 by 8.8 per cent, according to t
the recent report issued by the f
North Carolina Merchants Associa- i
lion. ? ? B
The figures are baaed on aalea c
tax collections galea in July total- *
ed $1,170,000. Food sales and farm r
aalea are not Included In that fig
ure because they are exempt from u
aalea tax. s
Work started Wednesday on
clearing away the rubble of the
fire that destroyed Mom and Pop's
Cafe and Tackle Shop at Atlantic
Beach early Tuesday morning.
Heat from the fire scorched the
paint on the nearby home of the
owners, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith,
but the Morchead City firemen
kept the blaze from doing addition
al damage to the home
Mr Smith said that the buildings
were valued at approximately
$4,000 Tackle, outboard motors
and other equipment loss was
about $8 000 Insurance, he said,
will cover $3,000 of the loss.
The cafe and oyster bar were
in one building and the tackle shop
in an adjacent building. Both
were of wood construction.
Patrolman Walter Thomas of the
Morchead City police force spotted
the fire shortly before 3 a.m. while
on patrol duty. The cafe and tackle
shop are loeated across Bogue
Sound from Morchead City at the
end of the highway that led to the
old Atlantic Beach bridge.
Mr. Smith says that he plans to
rebuild, making a few minor
changes. This is the third time in
three years that he has suffered
major loss. In 1954 and 1055 hur
ricanes severely damaged the
place.
Cause of the fire has not been
definitely determined, but Mr.
Smith believes there may have
been a gas leak and a spark from
an electric motor caused an explo
sion.
Patrolman Thomas notified the
Morchead City fire department
which arrived a few moments after
the Smiths themselves discovered
the blaze.
Jaycee Essay
Winners Named
Winners of the Morehead Cily
Jaycce's fire prevention essay con
test have been announced by More
head City principal Lcnwood Lee.
Wintier of first prize is Morris Jef
fers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Jef
fcrs, 206 N. llUi St., who is in
Miss Flora Davift's sixth grade.
Second prize winner is Jonibcl
Willis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Willis, 1509 Arcndcll, who
is in Mrs. Margaret Day's seventh
Kadc. Third place went to Miss
yce Femia, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dom Femia, 1611 Arcndcll, a
student in Mrs. Evelyn Morton's
rifth grade.
Prizes were $10 for first place,
E5 for second, and $2.50 for third.
Ralph Styron, Jaycee fire pre
vention chairman, will present the
awards at a forthcoming chapel
program.
700 Boaters Use
Launching Ramp
The Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce estimates that around 700
people have used the small boat
aunching ramp which the charn
[Mt maintains on the south aide
>f the Beaufort bridge.
The ramp is open to anyone free
>f charge. A majority of the boats
aunched arc local craft, but cham
jcr secretary, Miss Pat Springie,
lays that more and more out-of
itatc cars are making use of it.
The chamber began operation
>f the launching ramp July 1. The
own of Beaufort cleared the
?rking space as a public service.
Due to the success of the pres
ent launching ramp, the chambcr
las voted to build another one on
rront Street Extension before next
ummer.
Speech Contest Will
rake Place Wednesday
Tommy Cordova, chairman of
he Morchead City Voice of Dem
>cracy program, says that the con
est will take placc at the high
ichool auditorium Wednesday at
il a.m.
Principal Lcnwood Lee has an
lounced that visitors will be wet
?omc to hear the speeches.
The Voice of Democracy is a
lational Jaycee contest in which
vinnera of local contests enter dis
rict, state, and national competi
ion. The speakers are graded on
he content of their apccchca aa
veil as their delivery.
taming Grease Starts
5ire on Kitchen Wall
Morchead City firemen anawer
d an alarm Tucaday aftcrnooa at
he residence of Dr. Milton Clark,
003 Shackleford Ave. A pan of
;reasc on the kitchen stove had
aught fire and the kitchen wall
ras burning when the firemen ar
ived.
The kitchen was badly smoked
ip. and the wall waa damaged {
idcrably, firemen said.