2S CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES '?<
45th YEAR, NO. 103. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND F
Joy to the World . . . The Lord is Come!
The choir of the Holly Springs
Free Will Baptist Church, New
port, presented a Christmas Can
tata Sunday night at the church.
The cantata, The Music of Beth
lehem, was composed by Fred
B. Holton. It consisted of 12
selections, several of which were
based on traditional Christmas
carols.
The choir was under the direc
tion of Miss Rachel Mundine,
foreground. Miss Judy Slaugh
ter, left, was organist. The Rev.
Carroll Hansley, pastor of the
church, led the devotional prior
to the candle light service.
Members of the choir arc:
first row, left to right; Miss Joan
Rayc Gray, Mrs. Janic Garner,
Miss Linda Godwin, Mrs. Alstine
Rcwinski, Miss Jeanninc God
win, Miss Peggy Cannon. Miss
Iris Fleming, Miss Betty Frances
Gould, Miss Joanne Kelly, and
Miss Linda Pringlc.
Sccond row, left to right; Lea
Gray, James Gurganus, Clay
ton Cannon. Mrs. Faye McCain,
Mrs. Cora Lee Sanderson, Mrs.
Rena Kirk, Mrs. lna Gray Gould,
and Mrs. Dean Gurganus. Third
row, left to right; Otto Slaugh
ter, Leon Tolson, and Francis
Garner.
Firms Improve
Marine Phoning
A new marine radio station has
gone into service at Point Harbor,
near Elizabeth City, to offer im
proved ship-to-shore communica
tion facilities along the coastal
waterways.
L. A. Daniels, Morehcad City
manager for Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Co., said the new
station went into service Nov. 9.
He added that initial operations
have been "very satisfactory."
Mr. Daniels said the better ra
diotelephonc service off the Caro
lina and Virginia coasts will be
of particular benefit to boats op
crating between Norfolk and Wil
mington. The project, he added,
was a joint undertaking of the
Norfolk and Carolina Telephone
Co., Southern Bell and the Chesa
peake and Potomac Telephone Co.
of Virginia.
The new transmitter and re
ceiver are located at Point Har
bor, but calls arc handled by Nor
folk marine operators of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Co.
Mr. Daniels said this radiotele
phone service permits people on
board boats to make calls to any
telephone on shore.
"The growth of this coastal area
as a sports and commcrcial fish
ing center," Mr. Daniels said, "as
well as its industrial expansion,
played a large part in the de
cision to build the new station."
$38 Collected
For Refugees
The Carteret Red Cross chapter
had received $38 for Hungarian
relief by noon Friday. Mrs. James
Rumley, home service chairman,
said that $360 has been set as the
county's quota for the drive.
A live million dollar goal has
been set nationwide by the Red
Cross. Forty countries throughout
the world who are members of
th? International Red Cross are
also helping in the refugee pro
gram.
Frank Hollowell, Red Cross dis
trict representative, terms the
need for funds for this project "as
great or greater than any call
the Red Cross has ever had."
The American Red Cross is in
charge of one of the refugee camps
in Europe and takes charge of the
refugees when they arrive in this
country at Camp Kilmer, N. J.
Two County Residents
Lose Driver's Licenses
Logan Hart, Newport, and James
Cecil Perry, Morehead City, have
had their licenses revoked by the
State Highway Safety Division.
The revocations came as the
result of drunken driving convic
tions in Morehead City recorder's
court.
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Morehead City Chamber Manager
Reports on Activities for 1 956
Lions Report
Year's Work
The Down East Lions heard a
report on their activities for the
year at their Christmas party at
the Sea Level Inn Friday night.
The recently organized club has
already participated in several
worth-while projects, according to
president Jack Johnson.
The Lions sponsored the organi
zation of the Down East Fire De
partment, contributed to the blind
fund, organized a pony penning
for a hospital benefit, and sold
ball point pens to raise a Christ
mas charity fund.
Clayton Fulcbcr Jr. was prin
cipal speaker, and he gave an in
spirational message dealing with
the aspects of fellowship. He
showed how it affected business
relationships as well as personal
contacts.
Twenty-nine Lions and ladies
were present for the party.
Joe Mason, Lion reporter, said
that gifts were not exchanged.
? By joe Dubois
Despite insufficient funds for
proper advertising and other pro
motion, the Morehcad City Cham
ber of Commerce has made amaz
ing progress during 1956.
Inquiries reached an all-time
high of 6,200. They came from
every section of the U. S. and cov
ered about every phase of our
economy. Bathing, Fishing, Boat
ing, Hunting, skiing, hotels, mo
tels, restaurants, highways, wa
terways, boat builders, skippers,
rooms, farming, real estate, retire
ment, climate, recreation, schools.
Churches, seafood dealers, etc.
Everyone was answered in de
tail. Many called at the office in
person, upon their arrival in town.
Everyone has seen the increase
in tourists from the Western and
mid-western States during the past
year. We have helped to organize
a U.S. Highway 70 Association,
and that U.S. 70 runs from Atlan
tic, N. C. to Los Angeles, Califor
nia.
Yes, Morehcad City is on a map
which is being distributed all
along , Coast-to-Coast U. S. 70. We
arc at the business end of that
Highway.
? We understand that plans are
Emperor's New Tax Law
Brings Hundreds toTown
(Editor's Note: History often gives new meaning to the move
ments of man. lUd there been newspapers in the day of Christ's
birth, the event we eelebrate on Christmas day may have passed un
noticed. If note had been taken of it, it might have been casually
mentioned in a story like the one that follows).
Bethlehem, Judca? The city was
flooded yesterday with citizens
from all parts of Syria coming
here to list taxes.
The influx began on the 30th
day after the emperor, Caesar
Augustus, issued the order in Rome
that the head of every household
shall record the names and age
of members of his family, and
the property he holds.
Word Spread
The order from the emperor
reached Cyrenius, governor of this
province, by messenger 10 days
ago. Since that time, heralds have
been riding throughout Syria an
nouncing to the people that all
residents must go to the cities to
register with the publicans.
There has been grumbling
among some, for this is the first
time that such a listing has been
required. People started their
Journeys to the cities, however,
as soon as word at the new law
reached the outlying areas.
The listing process will prob
ably require each family to spend
several days here, for lines are
long in front of desks of the lilt
takers, and frequently patience
wears thin as scribes scratch la
boriously away, taking down
names, land holdings, number of
vineyards and size of flocks.
Tents Rented
Keepers of hostclries and inn
owners did not realize that the
new government order would cause
such an influx of people. Tent
makers have been reported rent
ing tents on the outskirts of the
city at handsome profit.
Some who have come to Beth
lehem find no shelter at all. Levi
Mcnna. keeper of the inn on the
street that leads to the Nazareth
Road, reported this morning that
a woman gave birth to a child in
the stable at his inn last night.
The woman and her husband,
whose names Mr. Mcnna did not
know, had come here from Gali
lee to comply with the emperor's
tax law. The inn keeper said they
wanted a room, but all his rooms
were taken, so he let them stay in
the stable.
Julius, the governor's aide, said
yesterday that the listing of every
one in the province will probably
require 14 days.
in the mill for making U. S. 70
a four-lane divided highway from
Haveloek to the Port of Morehead
City, as soon as the widening now
in progress is eomplcted. We must
keep pushing for early comple
tion of this our main and only
U. S. highway.
A project since 1952, upon which
this Chamber has never relaxed
its efforts, is nearing completion.
The paving of a highway on the
Island of Ocracoke is underway
and will be finished in about one
month. A. W. Daniels has a fran
chise to operate a Car-ferry from
Ocracoke to Cedar Island.
Here at Morehead City our Wa
terways arc nearly as important
as our Highways. Deep water to
our ocean "port is essential to per
mit movement of freighters and
tankers, (iood docks and channels
arc vital to continued use of our
Intra-coastal waterway.
Numerous smaller channels, ;
docking and launching facilities!
arc becoming more and more im
portant each year as an attrac
tion to the thousands of touring
boat enthusiasts.
Never before, in any one year,
has more been accomplished to
ward the improvement of, inlets,
harbors and waterways in Carteret
''ounty Your Chamber of Com
merce through its transportation
Committee has maintained con
stant touch with State and Fed
eral governments in its drive for
more and better waterways. Your
representatives have attended all
meetings and conferences on wa
terways and the Chamber has
supported all legislation with
strong resolutions.
The Chamber was the first to
call to the attention of the State
and Nation the urgent need for
saving the outer - banks, that
dwindling strip of sand which
holds the Atlantic Ocean in chcck
and protects 21 coastal Counties
from destruction by flood. We arc
urging immediate steps to save
the outer-banks.
Mosquitos, the pests which have
driven many tourists away from
Carteret County, have been kept
under control through measures
sponsored originally by your
Chamber. More funds were ob
tained last year and legislation
has been requested for even more
mosquito control funds from the
next Legislature.
Buildings constructed during the
year include: Piggly Wiggly,
Scars, Roebuck Building, Mans
field Supply Co., Downums Dept.
Store, Bud Dixon's Motel, Capt.
Bill's Restaurant.
The Pavilion, Cants Filling Sta
tion, Parker Motors Co., Bridge
view Filling Station, Texaco Dock
and Service, and West End Fire
Station.
Broadway, Cafe, Sanitary Fish
Market, Rex Restaurant, Carolina
Power and Light Co., Cannon Boat
Yard, and Goodwin's Hardware
were rcmoc^eled in 1956.
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Commissioners Open Sealed
Bids for City's Gas Supply
Defendant Appeals
To Superior Court
Richard Furlow Hill appealed tc*<
superior court, after Jud^e L. R.
Morris had fined him $125 and
costs in county recorder's court
Thursday, lie was convicted of
driving drunk, disregarding a stop
sign, and driving without a license.
He was released under $200 bond.
George Bradley and Ellis Tay
lor were convicted on liquor
charges. Both men were found
guilty of possession of quantities
of non tav paid whisky. Bradley
was fined $50 and costs, and Tay
lor was fined $10 and costs.
Robert Earl Howell paid $50 and i
costs for driving at an unsafe ?
speed and following too close.
Howard Fallin Jr. received a
year's sentence suspended upon j
payment of $15 a week to the wel
fare department for the support
of his minor children.
Guilty of Racing
Sam Howland was found guilty j
of speeding and racing and was,
fined $15 and costs. He received
a three month suspended sen- 1
tencc.
James Arthur Dorse y paid $10 j
and costs for appearing on the
highway in a drunken condition.
George Copes paid $10 and costs
for public drunkenness and loud
and disorderly conduct. Edward
Hyde Willis paid $10 and costs
for speeding.
Jim Quinn was found guilty of
passing a bad check, and he was
ordered to pay costs and honor
his check.
Pay Costs
Bryant Foster McKnight paid
costs for improper passing that
resulted in an accident. Others
paying costs were Phillip Rodman
Mason and Cecil Lenwood Peter
son, speeding too fast for condi
tions; Bert Thomas Walker, im
proper muffler.
i Oonatd * Francis Goodwin, fac
ing to comply with driver's license
restriction (wearing no glasses);
Robert Nelson, public drunken
ness; Walter Joyncr, disturbing
the peace; and Emma D. Fasano,
no driver's license. Robert Earl
See COURT, Pa*c 2
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Water Company
Seeks Franchise
General Water Works Corpora
tion, Philadelphia, Pa., holding j
eompany, applied to the State
Utilities Commission last Tuesday i
for authority to take over Carolina !
Water Company.
Carolina Water Company owns
and operates the old Tide Water
Power Company's water systems
at Snow Hill, Morchcad City and
Beaufort.
General Water Works, which de
scribes itself as "primarily a hold
ins company," owns controlling
stock in 78 water utilities and sev- ;
en telephone companies in 17!
states.
General Water Works told the I
Commission it has arranged to!
issue 15,000 shares of its $1 par j
value common stock in exchange
for 735 shares of Carolina Water's \
$100 par value common and a !
$10,500 demand promisory note.
It said that its stock has a mar
ket value now of about $11 a share
and that Carolina Water's stock
has no listed market value.
Rotarians, PTA
Entertain Patrol
The Newport School's safety pa
trol was honored at a Christmas
party Tuesday evening at the
school. The party was co-spon
sored by the Rotary Club and the
PTA. The boys and their dates
were served hot dogs with all the
trimmings.
| Rotarians Moses Howard, chair
man, Dcrryl Garner, Ed Comer,
and Dick Lockey were in charge
of preparations for the party. The
PTA supplied gifts for all the
members present.
Town commissioner Wilbur Gar
ner commended the patrol for the
doing in safety.
Greetings
This Christmas issue of THE i
NEWS-TIMES carrics greetings to |
you from Carteret County mer
chants and business firms who
have enjoyed serving you through
out the year.
Each and every one of them
wishes you and every member of
your family a joyous Christmas
and true happiness now and
throughout the years to comc.
Look through all the sixteen
pages and read tbeir greetings and |
messages. They arc :
A
Allen h Belt Hardware Co.
Ackerson's Jewelers
Ann Street Es?o Servicenter
B
Belk's Department Store
Busy Bee Restaurant
Byrd's Metal Works
Capt. Bill's Waterfront
Restaurant
Beaufort Dumbing & Supply
Co.
Beaufort Theatre
Beaufort Hardware Co.
Bell's Drug Store
Biggs Shoe Shop
Barbour's Mariac Supply Co.
Beaufort Department Store
C
Chadwick's Dry Cleaners
Couric's Villa
Cherry's Market
City Appliance * Furniture
Co.
The Coffee Shop:
Cannon Boat Wo
Carolina Water i
Carteret Quick
Carteret Plumbii
Refrigeration Co.
Carteret-Craven Electric
Membership Corp
John L. Crump Real Estate
D
Dom's Lunch & Dom-EI'S
E. W. Downum Co
George W. Dill 4 Sons
E
Eighth Street Scriicc Station
Eubanks Studio
Early Jcwclcri
Lloyd A. Fry Roiling Co.
W. P. Freeman YMiolesalc Co.
D. A. Freeman Upholstery
Garner's Gulf Service
C. G. Saskill Co.
Guthrie-Jones Dru| Co.
Roy T. Gamer
II
Hardesty Motors
J. P. Harris & Co.
Howard's Scrvicc Garage
Joe House Drug Store
Hamilton Furniture Co.
Huntley's Builders Supply
Herald Printing Co.
I
Ideal Barber Shop
Ideal Dry Cleaners
I.
T. D. Lewis Machine Shop
M
Morchcad City Garment Co.
Mobley Buick Co.
Midyctte Net & Twine Co.
Morchcad City Drug Co.
Mitchcll Village
(Rochellc Realty Co.)
Morchcad Block & Tile Co.
Machine & Supply Co.
N
Newport Dry Cleaners
Newport Tractor &
Equipment Co.
O
Oil is' Kish Market
P
Phillips Hardware Co.
T. T. "Tom" Potter & Son
Paul Motor Co.
Parker Motors
R
Russell's Glass Shop
R&N Furniture Co.
8
Sunshine Laundry & Dry
Cleaners
Styron's Department Store
Service Motor Co
Scrvicc Body Shop
Sea Level Inn
Salrit Lumber Co.
Sound Chevrolet Co., Inc.
Sanitary Fish Market and
Restaurant
Seashore Transportation
Scott's Complete Auto Scrvicc
Smyrna Supplies
G. T. Spivcy Wholesale Produce
Smith's Television
T
Taylor's Ready-Mixed Concrete
Tire Service (Jim Morrill)
W
Willis Pure Oil Service
Mrs. Russell WUIIs' Restaurant
W. Roy Willia
Western Auto Associate Store
( Bft. )
Rupert E. Willis Hardware Co.
Western Auto Associate Store
(MC)
Walter's Texaco Service
Jerry J. Willis Insurance Agency
* The Morehcad City commissioners opened sealed bids
for the city's gasoline supply at Thursday night's town
board meeting in the Municipal Building. Four distributors
submitted bids for the year-long contract, which begins
Jan. 1.
Sinclair, Texaco, Shell, and Pure bids were opened, but
the board was unable to make ?n?
immediate decision as to which one
was low bid. The bids were sub
mitted on tank car price scalcs,
and John Lashlcy, town clerk, was
authorized to examine the bids and
award the contract to the one which
i was found to be lowest.
I The board discussed the problem
I of police officers' retirement pro
I crams, which so far hive been in
effective. At prescii Morehead
[ City policemen are not covered by
I social security or a state retire
ment plan.
1 The commissioners were inform
ed by Mr. Lashlcy that policemen
would become eligible for social se
| curity next year if they pass a
state-wide referendum authorizing
the government to make the move.
To Call Meeting
They voted to call a joint meet
ing of policemen and commission
ers ?o discuss the matter at a later
date.
Commissioner D. J. Hall suggest
ed that the city begin more strict
enforcement of its garbage col
lection ordinance. He said that gar
bage cans which would not meet
sanitary regulations should be con
demned and repeat violators penal
ized.
Mayor George Dill said that size
limitations should be placed on gar
bage cans, and that oil drums with
wooden bottoms endangered the
garbage collectors who handled
them. The bottoms have a habit of
falling out when the cans arc pick
ed up, according to the mayor.
Sale of BB Guns Legal
Commissioner Ted Garner made
a motion that the town revoke an
ordinance prohibiting the sale of
BB guns in the city limits. "Since
residents of the town can buy BB
guns anywhere else," he said, "it
is unfair to penalize our own mer
chants by not allowing them to sell
the guns."
Mayor Dill noted that this mo
tion, which was passed, did not do
away with the town ordinance pro
hibiting the firing of BB guns in the
city limits.
Commissioner Jasper Bell report
ed that he had obtained 2,000 mul
tiflora rose bushes. The roses will
be used as a living fence around
the old section of the cemetery.
He got the free bushes from the
North Carolina Department of Con
servation and Development.
Other commissioners present, in
addition to the ones mentioned,
were Gibbie Sanderson and S. C.
Holloway. Town attorney George
McNeill also attended the meeting.
Newport Wins
Tool Naming Event
T. B. Elliot, district supervisor
of agricultural education from
Woodland, conducted a tool nam
ing contest at the Newport School
cafeteria Thursday afternoon. New
port won with 292 of a possible 300
points, and Smyrna was aecond
with 257.
Lyons Hardware Company, Dur
ham. supplied 100 different tools
and shop supplies, which the team
members were required to iden
tify. James Chapman, Terry ear
ner, Franklin Oglcsby, and Ed
ward Corbitt were members of
the winning Newport team.
C. S. Long i> vocational agricul
ture teacher at Newport, and
William J. Owens teaches the sub
ject at Smyrna. Four other teams
were invited lo enter the contcat,
but they did not participate.
Both Colonial Stores
Closed Dec. 25 and 26
Beaufort Colonial Store will be
closed on Wednesday, Dec. 26, as
well as on Christmas Day.
The original directive from Co
lonial Stores headquarters in Co
lumbia, S. C., that the Beaufort
store would remain open on Wed
nesday has been rescinded. Thus,
both the Morehead City and Beau
fort Colonial atorcs will ho closed
both Christmas Day and Wednes
day.
Tide Table
TMci at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Dec. 25
2:28 a.m. 1:46 a.m.
2:44 p.m. 8:58 p.m.
Wedanday, Dec. 2?
3:29 a.m. 9:53 a.m.
3:48 p.m. 9:56 p.m.
Tfcanday, Dec. 27
4:32 a.m. 10:58 a.m.
4:45 p.m. 10:53 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28
5:27 a.m. 11:52 a m.
i:41 p.m. 11:46 p.m.
Milton Truckner
To Head Bureau
For Coming Year
Milton Truckner was re-elected
president of the County Farm Bu
reau at the annual barbecue, which
marks the end of the membership
drive. The bureau met in the old
school lunchroom ( I'TA Center),
Newport, Thursday night.
Floyd Garner, Newport, was re
elected vice-president, and C. N.
Stroud. Morehead City, was re
elected membership chairman.
Secretarial work is done by the
county agent's office staff.
Archie Hardestv, Y. Z. Simmons,
and Terry Garner, Newport, and
Clayton Garner, Wildwood, won
purebred pigs for having the top
corn yields in the county. The
men will be allowed to select their
own pigs.
Paul Shackleford, district field
representative for the Farm Bu
reau, was the principal speaker,
lie discussed the need for farm
ers organizations. Mr. Shackleford
has just returned from the nation
al Farm Bureau convention in
Miami, and he gave a report on
new ideas which he had seen at
the convention.
Mr. Stroud reported that the
bureau had 225 members signed
up for 1957. The county's goal was
400.
Superintendent
Informs Principals
Of Jan. 11 Meeting
H. L. Joslyn, county superinten
dent of schools, has written a let
ter to principals throughout the
county announcing that a program
on "special education" will be
conducted at the civic center Fri
day night, Jan. 11.
Special education deals with a
program for non-normal children.
The speaker will be Dr. Frances
Henry, director of special educa
tion, East Carolina College. Also
present will be I)r. Helton McAn
drcw, psychologist with the State
Department of Public Welfare.
The meeting will begin at 8
p.m. It is being arranged by the
Morehcad-Bcaufort branch of the
American Association of Univer
sity Women. Miss Georgie Hughes
is in charge of the program.
Miss Hughes is superintendent
of the county welfare department.
Principals, tcachers and parents
are invited.
Rotarians Exchange
Gifts, Greetings
Morchcad City Rotarians ex
changed gifts and best wishes fur
the holidays at their Christmas
party Thursday night at Flem
ings, on the Atlantic Bcach Cause
way.
Two visiting Rotarians were
present. They were Lee Nance,
Aydcn, and Jim Fleming, Green
ville.
The Rotarians will meet at the
Carteret ? Craven Electric Mem
bership Corporation building,
Morchcad City, Thursday night.
Their regular January meetings
will be at Mrs. Russell Willis' Res
taurant, Morchcad City. Tho
changes in meeting placc were
made sincc Fleming's will be
closcd.
Four to Attond Banking
Course from Morehead
Four staff members of the First
Citiicns Bank and Trast Company,
Morehead City, have enrolled in a
course dealing with the legal
aspects of negotiable t instruments.
They are Miss Dorothy Harrell,
Mrs. H. F. Lindsey, Mrs. Virginia
Sample, and J. R. Sanders.
The course will be conducted
Al Ward, New Bern lawyer. Mr.
Ward has not named a definite
meeting place, but it will be some
where in New Bern.
Carteret, Craven, and Jooea
County banka will be eligible tp
send employees to the courae,
which will begin next month.
Garbage Collections
Beaufort garbage collectors win
Attempt to cover the entire tows
Monday. They will be off Tuea
day and Wednesday, and will go
back to their regular schedule
Thursday Morehead City collec
tions will be stopped for Chriat- ,
mas day only.
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