CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES EAR, NO. 3. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUTORf, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. JANUARY 8. 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Two Morehead City Churches Will Sponsor Bible Lectures Jan. 20-27 Th? first Presbyterian and First Methodist Churches of Morehcad City will sponsor a scries of Bible Icctures by Dr. Frank Crosslcy Morgan Jan. 20-27. Dr Morgan, a noted lecturer and preachcr, it the son of Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, who was one of the outstanding Bible Confer ence leaders ami preachers of his day. Like his father's. Dr. Morgan's message appeals to people of all denominations. The Rev Albert Harris of the First Presbyterian Church and Rev. J. F. Herbert of the First Methodist Church say that he can present messages, based oo years of study, in lan guage that a child can understand. They invite pastors and people of all denominations to attend the services. Sunday, Jan. 20, Dr. Mor gan will speak at the First Meth odist Church at 11 a.m. and at the First Presbyterian Church at 7:30 p.m He will conduct morning services at the First Presbyterian Church at 10 a.m. each week morning, Jan. 21-25. There will be no Sat urday scrviccs. Sunday, Jan. 27, Dr Morgan will be at the First Presbyterian Church for the 11 a.m. service and at the First Methodist Church for the 7.30 p.m. scrvicc. Fish Fry Set For 7:30 Tonight The Bt'aufurt Fire Department and the town of Beaufort will be host to the East Carolina Firemen's Association tonight. The firemen will serve a seafood supper at the Fishmeal factory dining room be ginning at 7:30. Final plans were made for the supper at a meeting of the Beau fort Fire Department Thursday night. The firemen expect between five and six hundred visiting fire men, chiefs, and representatives of the press and radio. Fried fish, boiled shrimp, potato salad, hush puppies, coffee, colas, clam chowder, hot rolls, and butter will be served. The firemen expressed their ap preciation to all the et?ic and -pri vate organizations which helped make their Christmas program a success. The firemen visited every family on their list, including fam ilies in Beaufort and Markers Island. They made plans to take down the Christmas lights Sunday. Bob by lludgins and Freddie Snooks are in charge of the project. Robert (Mousie) Willis was ad mitted as a fire department mem ber. ICC Grants Carrier Permit The Interstate Commerce Com mission, Washington, D. C., has granted permission to the South Atlantic Lighterage and Towing Corp. to serve as common carrier from the southernmost part of South Carolina to Cape Ann, Mas sachusetts. R. K. (Hardcrab) Davis, a na tive of Marshallbcrg, is owner and manager of the South Atlantic Lighterage and Towing Co. Its headquarters arc in Newport News, Va. The firm also has offices in Bal timore and Philadelphia. Mr. Da vis is a former Carteret County commissioner and recently joined the Marshallbcrg Community Men's Club. He also owns the R. K. Davis Transportation Co. Inc., a tow boat company. His daughter, Mrs. Janet D. Mayhew, is vice-president of the South Atlantic company and his wife, the former Janet Simp son. Rocky Mount, is secretary treasurer. Boom on Junkyard Crane Hits Mobley Windows The boom on the crane owned by Willie Gray's junkyard shat tered plate glass display windows at Mobley Buick Co., Morehead City, Saturday noon. The crane was being turned around next to the auto company and the boom swung through the windows. H. Farlc Mobley, owner of the firm, estimated damage it $500. 'Hadn't Beard' Beaufort Police Chief Guy Sprin gle said yesterday that he had not received any rcporta regarding tampering with tire*. Several lives have been slashed in Beaufort dur ing the past few weeks. He said that he had not been informed either of theft of a package from the car owned by John L. Crump, Morehead City, prior to Chriatmaa. Tbe ear was parked on Pollock Street, Beaufort, when a Christ mas present was allegedly taken from it. Dr. Frank Crossley Morgan . . . well-known Iccturcr Two Cars Upset at Same Time in County Sunday Lions Welcome New Members The Morehead City Lions Club welcomed two new members. Har ry Evans, Beaufort, and H. K. Moore, Morehead City, at its weekly meeting at Hotel Fort Ma con Thursday night. Jack Morgan presided in the ab sence of James E. Crowe, who is out of town due to illness in his family. Owens Frederick reported that the Lions Be Thankful stamp sales had netted over $300 so far with quite a number of stamps still not accountcd for. The Be Thankful stamps are similar to stamps sent out by the National Tuberculosis Foundation. The proceeds go toward the Lions aid to the blind program. The Lions will sell light bulbs Thursday night instead of conduct ing their regular meeting. They offer a package deal including four 60-watt bulbs, two 75-watt bulbs, and four 100-watt bulbs for $2. Actual retail value of the bulbs is $2 08. A free pass to one of the county theatres will be included in each package, raising the value to $2.58. The passes are dated to expire Jan. 1, but they will be honored in the theatres until the end of the month. Anyone who desires gpccial or ders or home delivery may call A. N. Willis, chairman of the sale, at 6-3161. The bulbs will be on sale at the Hotel Fort Macon by S. K. Hcdgecock. Scripts Arrive For 'Laura' Thomas Respess, Beaufort, di rector of the next Carteret Com munity Theatre play. Laura, an nounce! that the scripts for the play have arrived. He said both theatre member.'; and non-members will be welcomc at try-outs and at the regular theatre meeting tomorrow night at the recreation building, More head City. Play books will be available to morrow night to persona interested in trying out for parts. Mrs. John James, Morchcad City, who was originally announced as the director of the play, can not continue in that capacity be caues she plans to move to Char lotte. Miss Lillian Franccs Giddcns an nounces that tomorrow night's meeting will start at 7:30 rather than t, as in the past. Pabik Pranks James Wilson and George Tur ner have been picked up by Beau fort policemen for being drunk. Wilson was picked up Saturday night, and Turner was arrested Friday night. ? Two cars turned over in the county at the same moment, 15 minutes after midnight Saturday. One turned over on the Crab Point Road and the other on High way 21 two miles west of Bogue. State Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes investigated both. Earl Pat terson, Negro fisherman from Lou isiana who is living on Bay Street, Morchcad City, upset in a 1953 Ford on the Crab Point Road just outside the city limits. The patrolman said the car swerved off the right of the road at a curve, went back to the left | and turned over. It was demolish ed. Patterson was headed north. He has been charged with care less and reckless driving and will be given a hearing in county court Thursday morning. The man driving the 1956 Ford which turned over near Boguc has been identified as Jack Lingofelt, Camp Lejeune. Patrolman Sykes is still investigating the accident. Lingofelt is in Camp Lejeune hos pital with head injuries. The car was headed toward Le jeune when it went off the right side of the road, skid 480 feet to ward the left and turned over sev eral times in the middle of the road for a distance of 350 feet. Bicycle Rider Misses Auto LC C. F. Bunch of the Murchcad City Tolice Department investi gated an unusual accident Friday night. Kenneth W. Wright, route 1 Beau fort. was driving his '52 Cadillac cast on Arcndcll Street near the in tersection at 12th when he saw something cut across the street in front of him. It was Sam Smith of Morchcad City riding a bicycle. Smith looked back just as he cut across the street and thought he was hit. What actually happened was that he fell, Lieutenant Bunch said. He had no lights on his bicycle and he was wearing dark clothes. W?'ght said that he saw him just In time to stop, but that Smith looked back, jerked the wheel of the bicydle and fell right in front of him. X-rays showed no injuries to Smith, but he said that bis back waa still sore. Tide Table Tides li the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Jan. ft 12:51 a.m. 12:43 p.m. 6:29 a.m. 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. * 1:31 am. 1:29 p.m. 8:01 am. 7:50 p.m. Thursday, Jaa. 10 2:18 a.m. 2:2$ p.m 9:18 a.m. 9:17 p.m. Friday, Jan. U 3:18 a.m. 3:36 p.m. 10:19 a.m. 10:18 p.m. Down East Fire Department Sets Dues for 1957 Committee Members Appointed at First Meeting of New Year Down East Firemen, at their first meeting of the new year Tuesday decided to set dues in their fire district at the same rate as 1956. Notices will be sent to all proper ty owners in Atlantic, Cedar Island, Davis, Sea Level and Stacy. Dues for home and store owners, if paid within 90 days, will be as follow:.. Atlantic $5. Sea Level, $3, Stacy $2, Davis and Cedar Island $1. Those who do not pay will be billed at the rate of $25 per home and $50 per store, according to William Gorges, secretary -treas urer. Where the board of directors de cides the property owner cannot af ford to pay the dues, no penalty rate will be charged. "It is urgent that all homeown ers in our district support the fire department," Mr. Gorges said. lie reported that $240 is still ' needed on the department building I fund. Commtitces appointed for the coming year are as follows: Program and finance: Elmo (las kill, Aldredge Daniels, Karl Day, j Warden Gillikin, Elbert Pittman j and Monty Fulcher. Building committee: Charles Gil-] likin. Wayne Parker, Bernice Mor ris, Daniel Hamilton, John C. Hill and Hugh Styron. Teenage committcc: Aldredge Daniels, Robert Goodwin, Joe Ma son Jr., Clayton Fulcher Jr., and Doity Gaskill. The fire department discussed the urgent need of another small truck to serve as an auxiliary to the present truck. When the truck the department now has runs out of water, a fire can blaze away un til it goes to get another load of water. Twenty-four firemen attended the meeting. Chamber Board Meets af Inn The Sea Level Chamber of Com merce board of directors has set March as the month for the an nual membership meeting. The board met Sunday at the Sea Level Inn. President Clayton Fulcher Jr. was delegated to obtain a speaker for the March meeting. The board also adopted a reso lution asking for legislation to prevent damage to sand dunes on the outer banks, to prohibit stock and cattle from running at large there, and to make the state eli gible for participation in the fed eral flood insurance act of 1956. The directors also went on rec ord requesting that "the balance" of the hurricane rehabilitation be made available to North Carolina. The board voted to place a sign at the eastern end of Highway 70 on Cedar Island. An arrow would point westward and read "Los An geles 2,926 Miles." Attending the meeting, in addi tion to the president, were Gaston Smith, Atlantic; Jim llarker, Mar kers Island; Sam Leffcrs, Straits; Arthur Mason, Bettic; Joe Mason, Sea Level, and Joe DuBois, More head City. John Larklns Visits John Larkins, Trenton, chairman of the State Democratic Commit tee, visited in Beaufort Friday. County to Go After Non-Tax Payers Living on County Land 11 Lines Service Morehead Port for First Time in '56 Fishery Official Gives Six-Month Report at Raleigh State Fisheries Commissioner Gehrmann Holland says that the in creased production of oysters in North Carolina is a source of great satisfaction to him. In a report to the State Board of Conservation and Development at Raleigh yes terday, Commissioner Holland said that the board was greatly respon sible for the increase. Oyster production rose from 41, 385 tubs in 1955 to 107.395 in 1956. Governor Luther Hodges, chair man of the board, and the Council of State appropriated $85,000 for buying equipment needed in ex panding the oyster planting pro gram and for the actual planting of oysters and shells. Commissioner Holland said that j there was no explanation for the j fall in shrimp production except | that there just were no shrimp in North Carolina waters. An Insti tute of Fisheries Research report states that large quantities of small shrimp are in North Carolina waters at the present. This, ac cording to Mr. Holland, is a good sign for a plentiful supply of shrimp next year. He said that last fall was the most active in menhaden fishing in the history of the state, so far as large.fish were concerned. Com missioner Holland told the board that a solid mass of menhaden stretched from Cape Hattcras to Cape Lookout at one time during Mc season. Commissioner Holland compared the catches of menhaden for the last two seasons and gave the fol lowing figures: 1955 ? 219,813,000 fish; 1956?278.307,000 fish. Tubs of oysters taken since July 1, 1956 total 107,395 as compared with 41,365 tubs last year. For the same period this year 2,803,349 pounds of shrimp (heads off) were taken as compared with 4,580,927 pounds for the same period last year. Clam production for the past six months was 11,892 bushels; soft crabs, 650 dozen; hard crabs, 37, 201 barrels, and scallops 2,505 gal lons. The food finfish catch totaled 10,133,373 pounds; menhaden oil, 2.497,352 gallons; menhaden solu bles, 10,043,771 pounds, and men haden meal 39,082,000 pounds. Wade Lucas, public information officer of the board, gave an exam ple of what his office has done in connection with the fishing indus try. He contacted John Linebcr gcr. manager of the Raleigh S&W Cafeteria, and asked him to con tact Capt. Ottis Purifoy of More head City. As a result of this conversation, Captain Purifoy has sold over $2,000 worth of North Carolina sea food products to the cafeteria and they were advertised as such. Mr. Uncbcrgcr says that he plans to continue advertising "Genuine North Carolina Seafood" as part of his regular promotion. ? Eleven steamship lines made their initial calls at the Morehead City port in 1956. "I think this is most significant," J. I). Holt, port manager, said yes terday. "It indicates use of the port by major shipping lines and means increased business not only in 1956 but in years to come." The lines which used Morehead City port for the first time in 1956 are Holland-American, Moore-Mc Cormack, U. S. Lines, Isthmian Lines, States Marine, Ivarian, Bro din, Southern Cross, Maersk, Mat son and Moller. Mr. Holt said he could not make a positive prediction that the same lines will call at the port in 1957, but records show that the ships will come in if there* is cargo here to be transported. Many of the "new" ships which called in 1956 came to pick up grain and automobiles. Tobacco shipments, Mr. Holt said, arc up in 1956 over 1955. Twentv-onc ships called to pick up 10,000 hogsheads of tobacco. Only 12 tobacco ships docked in 1955 Major shipments went to Ger many. Two leaf cargoes were con signed to Japan in Japanese ships, two went to Formosa, and one was shipped to Bangkok, Thailand. Other cargoes originating from the Morehead City port in 1956, in cluded nine shiploads of general cargo consigned to South America, and five grain shipments. The lat ter consisted of linseed and soy bean pellets shipped here by rail from the mid-west for Scandina vian countries, to be used in feed manufacturing. A total of 4,000 bushels of North Carolina oats arc currently in stor age here, awaiting shipment. Beaufort Lays Storm Sewer Beaufort engineer Gray Hassell reports that laying of the storm sewer on Ann Street has been com pleted and that work has begun on running the sewer on Orange Street to Taylors Creek. The sewer be gins at the corner of Ann and Tur ner Streets. Mr. Hassell said that town em ployees are doing the work with town equipment. The state is fur nishing the pipe and a crane, and Coastal Engineering Co. is letting the town use its digging machine and a crane free of charge. The purpose of the sewer, accord ing to Mr. Hassell, is to rcfiedy the drainage problems at the cor ners of Ann and Turner and Ann and Orange Streets. There are 22 catch basins and junction boxes and two man holes planned for the new line. An 11-inch reinforced concrete pipe is being used on Ann Street, and a 24-inch pipe will be used on Orange Street. Estimated cost, or the time for completion of the project, were not available yesterday. Mr. Hassell said that the grade on Orange Street presented the biggest prob lem and that the cost of the project would depend upon how much work was required to get the pipe in properly. Beginning Jan. 1, Windstorm Insurance Expense Went Up The New Year brought with it changes in extended coverage and windstorm insurance laws which affect residents in this area. The changes include an increase in rates, sought by insurance com panies as a result of the tremen dous property loss in the 1954 and 1955 hurricanes. All insurance agents have been notified of the changes by William S. Bizzell. manager of the North Carolina Fire Insurance Rating Bureau. According to the letter from Mr. Bizzell, which was released here Friday by J. P. Harris, Beaufort insurance agent, all policies writ ten Jan. 1 and after or renewed on that date or after must include a windstorm and hail loss deduct ible clause in windstorm and ex tended coverage policies. The new regulation means that the insurance company will pay for losses only after they exceed $50. For example, repair to a house because of wind damage, If it amounts to lesa than ISO, will not be paid by the insurance company. II tha loss amounts to tW, the tfr surancc company will pay SIS or the difference between the cost of repair and the ISO. Mr. Harris estimates that the rate increase on extended cover age in this area amounts to ap proximately 43 per cent. Carteret is in the "seacoast zone" (accord ing to insurance territory deaig nations). Other areas are "cen tral" and "western." Rates have also increased there but Mr. Har ris said he had not computed the percentage Increase. For example, under the new ratea, a frame dwelling with ap proved roof (asphalt shingles and metal) would be insured at 20 cents per $100 of insurance. Previously the rate waa 14 centa per $100. The other major change of Im portance la excluaion, under a reg ular policy, of outside radio and TV acrlala. In other words, a reg ular policy will not cover damage to such aeriala. They must be spe cifically lnaured. The rate ia $5 per $100 of in surance. The minimum premium is $i. Mr. Harris said that be be lima a $100 policy will cover to J per ccnt of the antennas In thU are*. Insurance companies were to hard hit after the storms of 1954 and 1955 that some of them had to discontinue service along the coaat. Others suffered serious loss es. H. S. Glbba Jr., Morchcad City insurance agent, released Satur day a statement by Charles F. Gold, commissioner of insurance, which commented on the losses. The statement said, ". . , during the yeari 1954 and 1955, all com panies selling extended coverage in North Carolina suffered heavy losses ... $37 million have been paid in claims at a result, and the low ratio since extended coverage has been written in North Caro lina Is M per cent. "The lost ratio experience for the 10-year period from 1M? through lMt ii 107.94 per cent . . Mr. Karris commented that rates will eventually go down If evi dence through the years shows that total lots caused by storms la be ing lowered. county commissioners were confronted with a batcti 01 deeds to property owned by the county when they met yesterday at the courthouse. James D. Potter, county auditor, said that people ar? living on county property and are not paying taxes. H? suggested that the county attorney write the people in Defendant Bound Over Thursday In County Court Clarence Petteway waived pre liminary hearing in County Re corder's Court, Beaufort. Thurs day. He was charged with passing a bad check. Judge L. K. Morris bound Petteway to Superior Court under $200 bond. John Noe drew a 30-day sentence for public drunkenness. The judge ruled that he had violated the terms of a previous suspended sen tence and invoked the 30 day term to run consecutively with the first sentence. Ralph Moore was sentenced to 30 days in jail for getting drunk while serving a sentence. Moore was working on the courthouse lawn, and one of his friends slip ped him a drink to help celebrate the holidays. Drunk Drivers Three defendants were found guilty of driving drunk. Duncan Warren paid $100 and costs for drunken driving and $10 and costs for having improper brakes and no chauffeur's license. Charles Ross Odell paid $110 and costs for ( drunken driving and having an , expired license. Guy Gibbic Lewis ; paid $100 and costs for drunken ( driving. Perry Cambridge was found guilty of possession of a quantity of non-taxpaid whisky. He was fined $50 and costs. John Noe Johnson was fined $10 and costs for allowing an unli | censed person to