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46th YEAR, NO. 8. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. JANUARY 25, 1957 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Coast Asks for Waterways
Agency at Raleigh Tuesday
Beaufort Jaycees
Choose Winners
Of Two Awards
Group May Withhold
Awarding of DSA
For Past Year
The Beaufort Jaycees elected a
Key Man and Key Committee at
their meeting at the Seout llut
Monday night. The winners will
be announced at a banquet Mon
day at 7:30 p.m. at the Scout Hut.
The presentation of the Dis
tinguished Service Award, which
was originally planned for the ban
quet. may not be made. The con
census at the meeting Monday
night was that no one in Beaufort
deserved the award this year.
Winners in previous years were j
Wiley Taylor Jr. 1950. no award j
given 1951, Braxton Adair 1952,
Glenn Adair 1953, llolden Ballou |
1951, Ronald Karl Mason 1955, and I
Ray Cummins 1956.
President A. C. Blankenship an- 1
nounces that the third district
meeting will be at the Jackson ,
ville Country Club Jan. 31. He
urged all the Jaycees to attend!
the meeiing since Mr. Mason plans j
to run for the district vice-presi- !
dency at the fourth district meet- 1
ing scheduled for April.
If the Beaufort Jaycees give a
good showing at this meeting and ?
the fourth district meeting is in ?
Morehead City, Mr. Mason's i
chanccs of election will get a big |
boost, the president said.
Mr. Blankenship read a letter,
from Mrs. Tat Russell, secretafy
of the Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce. Mrs. Russell thanked the
club for a Christmas gift. She does
secretarial and correspondence
work for the club without charge.
Mr. Mason was authorized to in
vite Rudolph Alexander, district
Scout executive, to a meeting of
the Jaycees. Mr. Alexander will
prevent plans on "the format^wi of
a Sea Scout troop for Beaufort.
As a result of the Jaycees' mem
bership drive, six young men
have applied for membership. They
are Asa Buck, Virgil White, Earl
Mac Noe, Frank Morning, Hubert
Everhart, and Herbert Smith.
Research Vessel
To Return Here
G. B. Talbot, director of the Fish
and Wildlife laboratory, Beaufort,
announced yesterday that the Fish
and Wildlife Service plans two
more cmiscs in Carolina waters
during the coming year.
Mr. Talbot reported that Harvey
Bullis, head of Gulf exploration
and gear research. Fish and Wild
life Service, and Warren Rathjen,
conferred with Mr. Talbot Wed
nesday.
One of the cruises is planned
for April or May and will cover
both North and South Carolina
waters, and the other is scheduled
for the fall.
The exploration will be carried
out between the 20 and 350 fathom
depths. The 96 foot Fish and Wild
life vessel, Combat, will do the
work. The Combat is in Florida
now.
Both the Combat and Bowers
were here in November but had
so many breakdowns, the F&Wl^S
hoped to plan return trips. The
coming cruises are the result.
Mr. Talbot said that recent ex
ploration off the South Carolina
coast has turned up large num
bers of rock shrimp. This type
shrimp is also taken off this coast
near the Gulf Stream.
Although the shrimp are hard
to clean, the Fish and Wildlife
Service is working with manufac
turers of automatic peelers and
deveiners to develop a method of
mechanical cleaning which wiU
not damage the shrimp.
The F&WI-S invites any fisher
man with suggestions on explora
tory fishing or experimental gear
to contact Mr. Talbot, Pivers Is
land. If there is any exploring or
testing of gear fishermen would
like to have done, the F&WLS
would be happy to include K in
its future programs, Mr. Talbot
said.
Sam Green Jr. Cited
For Fraud, Drunkenness
Sam Green Jr., Pine Street,
Beaufort, was chanted Saturday
night with taking $1 50 to buy cig
arettea and colas for someone else,
and then using the money himself.
Assistant Chiel Carlton Garner
arrested Green, charged him with
cheating and fraud, and public
drunkenness. He was put in jail
under $100 bond. His case is dock
eted for Jan. 31 in County Re
corder's Court.
1
Raleigh (AP) ? A coastal dclc-<
Ration especially interested in hav- I
ing smaller inlets properly dredged ;
proposed Tuesday a state water- 1
way commission modeled after the (
State Highway Commission,
"There is no statewide planning 1
committee for developing the
state's navigable tide waters," de j
clared C.lenn Tucker, mayor pro j
tem of Carolina Beach.
Mr. Tucker and other members j
of the delegation told State Hep.
David Clark of Lincolnton, "What I
we have in mind is an overall sys- j
tem of water roads" along the
coast.
Governor Hodges had referred j
the group to Mr. Clark, who is '
chairman of the Commission on
Reorganization of State Govern- .
ment. Mr. Clark said he was sym
pathetic to the idea and suggested
that at the start the proposed water
con? mission be set up within the j
State Department of Conservation 1
and Development.
The C&D Department, he noted, I
with water and commercial fisher- ,
ies resources, tourists and other
factors which would be involved t
in the development of navigable ,
waters.
Bill Planned
Indications were that a bill will i
be introduced in the General As- 1
sembly to create such an agency. I
Mr. Tucker declared "There is
no over-all coordination to connect
waterways projects . . . We're 20 j
years behind other states in our '
waterways development."
He and other members of the i
commission pointed out the high- 1
wyy commission is responsible for
an over-all state highway program ;
and acts as a coordinating body in j
receiving federal aid for highways.
No Unity Now
Tin* delegation said there was no
unified front the state could pre
sent to the Corps of Army En
gineers in seeking rivers and har- 1
bors funds for special waterways ,
work
dol. B. C. Snow, head of the j
C & p Department's commercial
watefc^avs division, told the dele
gation, "1 think such a commission
would be very helpful." He -agreed
that if state and local bodies put
up tcfciiMi rfunds. they probacy,
could expect to get more help HT
the way of federal funds.
Rep. James C. Bowman of Bruns
wick said the idea of waterways
commission "stemmed from the i
needs of small, local commercial
fishermen. He said the fishermen
needed stabilized inlets to protect
their boats, and deeper inlets in
many cases so they could sail
through with full instead of half
loads.
He said, "they often find inlets
they are used to using uncared for.
They are too small for the federal
government to take cognizancc of."
Named Co-Chairman
Dr. R. O. Bamum of Morehead
City has been appointed co-chair
man in a state-wide posture train
ing program to be sponsored by the
Council on Posture for the North
Carolina Chiropractic Association. '
The appointment was made by Dr. '
J. B. Morris of Durham, who heads j
the state council.
Freak Situation
Cuts Off Power
Early Wednesday
A freak situation caused a power
failure of more than an hour in
Morehead City and down east early
Wednesday morning. The top of
a power pole on Bay Street, be
hind the Morehead City School,
burned off.
George Stovall, manager of Car
olina Power and Light Co., said
that the trouble probably started
when a 17-inch piece of ordinary
elcctric cord fell across a 13,000
volt conductor and against the
cross-arm brace.
How the cord got up on the
wires, nobody knows. Mr. Stovall
believes someone might have
thrown it up.
The rubber insulated light cord
set up a path of current which
finally burst into flame. The top
of the pole burned off under the
13,000 volt crossarm and when that
happened, the 33.000 and 13,000
volt lines dropped down into the
4, 000- volt feeder which caused a
short circuit, Mr. Stovall said.
The circuit breaker cut the cur
rent at 2 a m. An hour and 25
minutes later the current was back i
on in Beaufort and the eastern
part of the county. Part of More
head City was picked up at 3:44
a.m. Everything was back to nor
mal at 6 a.m. Mr. Stovall said
that was getting things back in
shape "in good time."
The fire on the pole was report- !
ed to the fire department and!
alarm 42 was sounded. Firemen I
notified Mr. Stovall that there was j
power trouble. Mr. Stovall had
been awakened by the fire alarm.
In addition to a C'P&L crew, a
crew with Weeks and Andrews,
electrical contractors, was also
called out. ?
Heavy Freeze
Covers County
A week ago today the thermome
ter dropped to a frigid 19 degrees,
the lowest temperature of the
winter, according to E. Stanley
Davis, weather observer.
Traces of rain fell Monday and
Wednesday. Mr. Davis measured
.12 inches of combined snow and
rain Friday, and .04 inches of rain
Tuesday. The dense fog Wednes
day was also noted by Mr. Davis.
Maximum and minimum temper
atures and wind direction for the
past week follow:
Mai. Min. Wind
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
39 19 W
43 22 SE
55 31 E
66 41 S
68 49 SW
62 55 SW
Wednesday
Bishop to Dedicate $55,000 School
Sunday Morning in Morehead City
Photo by J*rr y SvliunuuiKT
?aiHH s? Egbert's Catholic School adiacent to the rectorv in the 17IMI block of Kvans Street. More^ead Citv. opened in September.
Emeritus Club
Adds Member
Dr. C. F. Kcuzcnkamp of Salter
Path, a retired ehiropr actor, joined
the JCijierjtus Club Monday night
at the elub meeting at the Civic
Center.
C. B. Wade reported that in
terest in the construction of a new
parking area at Fort Macon State
Park is growing. Tourists have ex
pressed a desire for a parking
place from which they can see both
the fort and the Oilcan.
Dr. G. C. Cooke, R. C Dixon,
and C. B. Sage were appointed as
a nominating committee. The club
will elect officers at its March
meeting.
Mr. Sage made a motion that
a letter be lent to T. T. "Tom"
Potter commanding him for the
work he has done with the Fabu
lous Fisherman. The motion was
passed unanimously, and the, Jit
ter has been mailed to Mr. Potter.
F. C. Salisbury will be guest
speaker at the Feb. 18 meeting of
the club at the Rex Restaurant.
The program will be centered
around George Washington's birth
day, and Mrs. Rose Merrill has
agreed to come dressed as Martha
i Washington. Club members are
still looking for George.
i Walter Kidd reported that he
had presented the Emeritus Club's
park proposal to the Morehead
| City Council. The club wants the
city to make a park in the area |
between 34th Street and the state
buildings at Camp Glenn, extend |
ing from Arendell Street to Bogue i
Sound.
To Plan Fishway
Charles H. Walburg, Morehead
City, a member of the Fish and
Wildlife staff. Pivers Island, left
yesterday morning for Conowingo
Dam. Maryland. He will assist in
planning a fishway there.
Uncle Bill s Curiosity Shop
Razed by Fire Wednesday
The most unusual residence in
Russclls Creek community burn
ed to the ground Wednesday night.
The home of Uncle Bill McKnight
and his brother, Uncle Bob, was a
total loss before Beaufort firemen
arrived on the scene.
A telephone call came to the firp
station at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday,
and the caller told firemen that a
house was on fire in Russclls Creek
community. No other directions
were necessary, for a towering pil
lar of smoke and flames directed
the trucks to the building, a onc
story shack, in which the two
brothers lived.
A ?'Christmas" tree in the front
yard escaped damage. It was a
dead sapling with pieces of paper,
a P>K?y bank, cards, and miscel
laneous items tied to its branches.
The accumulation of years of col
lecting junk by the brothers was
burned in the house.
Several old tires and a large num
ber of jars and jugs were under
nearby trees and escaped the
flames. Uncle Bill arrived at the
fire just as firemen were dousing
a few remaining embers around
the destroyed structure.
lie took a flash light and began
poking around the sizzling ruins in
an effort to find particular items
which he had liked very much. He
told by-standers that he had left
a nickle on the table and that he
surely would like to find it, too.
Uncle Bob arrived while hit
brother was still searching the
ruins. He said that he and hit
brother were "up the road" when
a friend told them that their house
was on fire.
Uncle BUI McKalght l> ? familiar character In More head City and
Beanfort. He rtdef hit bicycle (aometlmea a Jeep) around the connty
col lectin^ odda and endi to put la hla ham. The ihack rMUlnrd
everything from an oM lee bra to feathera when It haraed Wedneaday
night.
i'lioio t>.v miu arytuour
Sister Maria Bcgona, FI, left, and Sister Edward Mary, CRSM, supervise after-hours study for Marie
Julienne flyman. Mary Frances flyman, Ann Femia, and Joyce Femia. Marie and Ann are in Sister Maria |
Begona's third grade class. Mary Frances and Joyce are not regular students but come in the afternoons
for special religious courses.
Senator to Leave
For Capital Feb. 4
Judge Luther Hamilton, More
hrad City, who with John Dawson,
Kinston. will represent the seventh
senatorial distriet in the legisla
ture this year, plans to leave for
Raleigh Monday, Feb. 4.
Judge Hamilton said yesterday
that he "would be looking forward
to the session with a great deal
of pleasure were it not for the fact ;
that senatorial service demands so
much personal sacrifice."
He said he could not afford to
spend three to four months away
from his law practice.
The judge conceded that there
were some compensations, how
ever. "It will be an extremely im
portant session and I will be in
terested in hiving a part in it, and
1 am looking forward to renewing
jold friends and acquaintances." I
I Judge Hamilton has served in
the senate before. He plans to
Istay at the Sir Walter Hotel and
| return to Morchcad City weekends.
Offenders Will be Cited
Pnliro HnnaHinnntx in Roaufnr
! Police departments in Beaufort
and Morehead City will begin gtv- 1
ing citations to drivers who do not
i display city tags Feb. 15. The tags
?ell for $1
Mrs. Blanda Mclxrtion, Morehead
! City town treasurer, reports that |
:440 tags have been sold. Dan
Walker. Beaufort town clerk, says
that 145 tags havo been sold in
City Tag Deadline Set;
Tide Table
TMei it the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Jan. 25
4:03 a.m.
4:31 p.m.
10 3D a m.
10:4(1 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 2*
5:03 a m
3:31 p.m
11 28 a m.
11:36 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 27
5:57 a.m.
8:24 p.m.
12:17 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 2*
6 44 a.m.
7:09 p.m
12:25 a.m.
1:03 p.m.
Ttaday, Jan. 2*
7:25 a.m.
7;il p.m.
1:12 a.m.
XM p.m.
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John Valentine
. . . designed school
Father Walter Higgtai
. 4 . pastor of the chunk
Morehead JC's Will Go
To DSA Dinner Monday
By ERNEST CARLSON
The Distinguished Scrvir c
Award. Sponsored by the More
head City Jaycees, will be pre
sented at a banquet at Fleming's
at 7 p.m. Monday announces
James Webb, chairman of the I)SA
project.
This award will l?e given to the
young man who has mad' the most
outstanding contributions to the
civic betterment of Morehcad City
during 1956. Various clubs pre
sented nominations to an impar
tial committee which will make
the final selection.
The presentation will be made
by James R. Sanders, Morehcad
City.
Tlic featured speaker of the eve
ning will be the Rev A. G. Har
ris, pastor of the First Presby
terian Church, Morehcad City.
Former Winners
The men who have won this sig
nificant award during the past 11
years wUI be the honored guests.
They are I) C. Bell, A. B Rob
erts. Robert Lowe Jr., A. B. Coop
er, James R. Sanders, James Q.
Wallace, Bernard Leary, Walter
S. Morris, H. S. Gibbs Jr., Jasper
Bell, and P. H. Geer Jr.
Thia event ranks as one of the
yearly Jaycee, social highlights.
Exhausted roosters (retired Jay
I COM) who wish to attend may do
iso if accompanicd by their wives'
or dates and appropriate folding
| money, chairman Webli announces.
The regular meeting al the Ho
tel Fort Macon Monday was high
| lighted by the presentation of a
film, "How You Stand,'' by Dr.
fi. It. Lewis and Ilr. If. O. Bar
I num. They described their sche
dule of personal appearances at
the Carteret County high schools
I stressing posture among the stu
I dents.
| A statewide contcst is presently
underway to select the two stu
dents with the best posture, bated
on X rays, grrfcral poise and pos
ture. Each of the winners will
receive a S.VYl scholarship to the
school or university of his choice,
i Presentation of the awards will
, be made during the first week of
I May, which has been designated
I National Posture Week by the Na
I tional Chiropractic Association.
Bob Davis briefly outlined the
"Speak Up Jayccc" program
which la a short course in public
speaking with participants offer
ing mutual criticisms. All Jayceca
are invited to participate.
Plans for apoaaoring a shrimp
party at the third quarterly board
meeting in Jacksonville, Jan. 31,
were discussed.
Members of St. Egbert!
parish, Morehead City, will
attend formal dedication
ceremonies of their new
school Sunday morning.
Bishop Vinccnt S W?tcrs, Ra
leigh. the Rev. Krank Howard.
Havclook, and the Rev. Paul By
ron. Durham, under whose pas
torate the school building program
started, will be present.
Bishop Waters will hold mass at
9 a.m. in St Egberts Church
across from the new school in the
17(10 block of Evans Street, flow
ing the service he will go to the
school where he will bless the
building
Designs School
The $55.1*10 school was designed
bv John Valentine, Marshallbcrg
architect, who will attend the dedi
cation service The building con
sists of three classrooms and I two
other rooms which can be combined
to serve as an auditorium.
The building is of poured rein
forced concrete footing, cement
block walls both exterior and in
terior The steel frame roof has an
exposed underside wood ceiling in
sulated with a built-up roof with
slag finish.
Ilomr l.ights
Plastic dome skylights admit
natural light and electrical light
ing consists of both fluorescent
tubes and incandescent bulbs.
The partition which can he used
to divide the auditorium is of slid
ing wood. In one comcr of the
room is a refrigerator, sink and
food warmer unit for preparation
of light refreshments.
The entrance foyer has brick ve
neered walls. Ceilings are fissured
tile and floors, asphalt tile. The
building contains an office, and
lavatories for hoys and girls The
lavatories have ceramic tile floors
and smooth finish brick walls.
Warmth is provided by a forced
hot water thredpipe heating sys
tem The building is so ^signed
that additional wings can be built
on either the side or back.
Faculty. Teachers
I Kindergarten trough grades i 4
are the classcs taught. St. Egbert s
C-n*l m September Faculty
members and the pupils in cach
class ire listed below.
Miss Dorothy Avery, Beaufort,
has the following kindergarten pu
oils Scott Allen, Frederick An
thony. John Fcmia. Gerard Hyman.
Nancy Garner. Candacc Houston
Shonie Pavonc. Katie Van Horn and
Nancy Ellen Vcitch.
Sister Edward Mary. CRSM,
teaches grades 1 and 2. Pupils ?
first grade: Robert Cantelli, Ronald
Garner. Thomas Pagano, Richard
Rash. Walter Schcpcr, James Staf
ford.
Silas Thornc, Alfred Wyatt, EUi
abcth Ann Adams.
Marv Kimberly Brady. Terry Nich
olas! Elizabeth Wade, and Theresa
^"second grade : Phillip "cnn^:
Arthur Drewyor, MichacU ahy, Da
vid Sledge, Patrick Wayne Wit
Hams. Maryann Hyman. Tercsa
Onorio, and Theresa Pagauo.
Sister Maria Bcgona. Fl. teachea
third and fourth grades. C.ary Gar
ner Francis Nicholas, Vincent
Onoiro Joseph Zajac, Ann Fe""4.
Maria Julienne Hyman. Gwendolyn
Mills. Frederika Tillery.
Fourth grade John l atchc .
William Marino. Mary L!U*1^1
Bellamah, Anna Marie Davis, Mar
tha Drewyor, and Cheryl Patrick.
Six Countians
Receive Awards
Six renidmtn of Ihc rounly were
among a group of Civil Service
emploveca honored at ccrcmonica
at Cherry Point Wedneaday. Jan.
16 The eeremoniea were on the
74th anniversary of the aiming of
the Civil Service Act hy President
Cheater Arthur in 18*3.
John M. Staton, Beaufort, and
Krcd G. Ilalaey. Newport, were
awarded pina for 20 yeara' acrvice
to the federal government.
George W. Green Jr., Newport,
and Ulyaaea L. Piner, Harkera la
land, received caah awarda for
suggestions adopted for uac by the
air atation. Mr. Green waa given
a $10 check, and Mr. Finer re
ceived a $5 check.
Clarence Gray, Newport, and
Marvin T. Pake. Beaufort, were
preaented safe driving awarda.
Thcac awarda conaiat of ? lapel
emblem and a wallet-size certifi
cate. They are authoriied by the
Navy Department to rccagnlte aafo
driving practice! of employers
whoae official dutiea require the
driving of motor vehielea ? min
imum of SI per cent of their work
ing time.
Mr. Gray haa completed 10 year*
without a preventable accident,
and Mr. Pake haa completed Ave
/?art.
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