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46th YEAR, NO. 12. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1957 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
House Goes for Ride
Whether it's a boat or house, it doesn't necessarily stay anchored.
This house was moved about 15 miles the other day. Its owner, G. W.
Wilkins, Morehead City, had it raised, put on a truck and taken west
of Newport to the Marine Park real estate section. The house original
1'hoio by jerry Scnuniat-ncr
ly stood between 22nd and 23rd Street on Arendell. State Highway
Patrolman R. II. Brown stands on Highway 70, at the right, while the
house is moved on to its new site. At the time this picture was takrn,
the movers were having trouble getting the house across a dilch.
Island Bridge
Being Repaired
New pilings arc being placed
under the bridge leading from
Highway 70 to Pivers Island, Beau
fort.
The work started this week. Cars
which formerly drove to the is
land are being parked on the north
side of the bridge while the repairs
are being made.
G. B. Talbot, head of the Fish
and Wildlife laboratory on the is
land, says the pilings have not
been replaced since the bridge was
built in 1930.
The bridge and roads on the is
land are maintained by the federal
government and Duke University.
Each agcncy owns the island prop
erty. .
Newport Driver
Hits Parked Car
Lcston Wheeler Gillikin, 48, route
2 Newport, rammed his new Chev
rolet into a car parked in front
of 1011 Arendell St., Monday night,
according to police reports. The
parked car, a 1952 Chevrolet owned
by Rudolph W. Lucas, was knocked
27 feet by the impact.
About a year ago Mr. Lucas's
parked car was hit and then he got
the car he now owns.
Gillikin's car travelled 600 feel I
before coming to a stop. Patrol
man Elnert D. O'Neal Jr. of the
Morehead City Police Department
investigated the accident. He
charged Gillikin with driving drunk
and careless and reckless driving.
He estimated the damage to the
new car's front ^nd at $600. The
parked car did not suffer quite
as much damage, and Patrolman
O'Neal estimated the damage to
its left rear fender and trunk at
$300.
Rotary Elects
David E. Jones
David E. Jones was elected
president uf the Beaufort Kotary
Club for 1957-58 at a business meet
ing of the club Tuesday night at
the Beaufort Scout Building.
Dr. W. L. Woodard was re-elect
ed secretary-treasurer. Three new
members to the board of directors
were also named. They arc J. P.
Harris. Carl Hatscll, and Clarencc
Stamper.
Rotarian Glenn Adair, president
of the Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce, was program chairman. He
told the club of the efforts of the
chamber to obtain a hotel for|
Beaufort. He also asked the club
to back a move to keep the West
ern Union office open in Beaufort.
The company hai said the office
may be closed soon
Bernard Leary of the Morchcad
City Rotary Club was the only vis
itor.
Tax Collector Reports
On Receipts Monday
Of the 1958 county tax levy. 73.13
per cent had been collected by the
end of January, according to Eu
gene Moore, tax collector.
Mr. Moore made his monthly
report to the county board Mon
day. Collected in January on the
1958 levy was $52,838 42. Collected
on 1955 and prior levies was $1,
588 32, making a total of 154,228 74.
Street Superintendent Reports
On Orange Street Storm Sewer Job
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Chamber Board
Elects Member
! Walter Morris was elected to the
board of directors of the Morehead
City Chamber of Commerce Mon
day. The chamber board, meeting
at the chamber office on Evans
Street, elected Mr. Morris to com
plete the term of W. C. Matthews
Jr., who had resigned.
W. C. Carlton, chairman of the
tourists and conventions commit
tee, reported on activities of his
cottfnittec daring the past months.
He said that contacts had been
made with several groups which
in the past have used Morehead
City and Atlantic Beach for con
ventions.
All these organizations have been
invited to make Morehead City
and Atlantic Beach their conven- 1
tion towns for 1957.
Bud Dixon, chairman of the
membership committee, reported
on the membership committee
breakfast Monday morning. Mem
bers of the committee were given
lists of names of persons to con
tact. It is necessary that mem
bers sign up by Feb. 20, in order
that they be listed in the directory
which will be part of the 1957 bro
chure.
The merchants committee was
asked to draw up a solicitations
control program for the town. The
plan will be outlined at the next
meeting of the board.
PTA Considers
Purchase of Bus
Purchase of an activities bus fur
Atlantic School was discussed at
the PTA meeting Monday night in
the school auditorium. Action was
deferred to allow further considera
tion of the proposal.
Use of a new type report card,
used on one previous occasion at
the school, was mentioned. One ob
jection to the card was voiced.
Mrs. Lois Smith, president, in
troduced Miss Mary Ruth Wilson,
power company home economist,
who offered to give a course in
home management at the school.
Women of the community would
enroll.
Mrs. Edith Morris announced
that a second attempt would be
made this week to organize a fire
department auxiliary for the pur
pose of providing recreation for
teen-agers.
Winner of the door prize was the
Rev. Paul Lee of Stacy.
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
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LOW
Friday, Feb. 8
1:33 a.m.
1 :50 p.m.
8:29 a.m
8:16 p.m
Saturday, Feb. *
2:36 a.m.
3:04 p.m.
9:45 a.m
9.48 p.m
Sunday, Feb.
3:S0 a.m.
4:26 p.m
10:47 a.m
10:53 p.m.
II
Monday, Feb.
5:03 a.m.
5:36 p.m.
11:43 a m
11:52 p.m
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Tuesday, Feb.
6:04 a.m.
6.35 p.m.
12:36 p.m.
? The storm drain being laid in
the 100 block of Orange Street,
Beaufort, has proved to be more
of a job than anyoiK anticipated.
Wardell Filling a inc. Beaufort sup
erintendent of streets, gave a re
port on the project at the town
commissioners' meeting Monday
night in the town hall.
Mr. Fillingame said that cave
ins were holding up the work more
than any other single factor. He
remarked that every time they
were ready to lay a section of
pipe, they had to dig away dirt
and pavement which had caved
in.
i The town's crew, working under
the direction of the town engineer
Gray Hasscll. installed five sec
tions of pipe (20 feet) on Monday.
The time of completion for the
project has already been put on
an "indefinite" basis Town Clerk
Dan Walker expressed the opinion
of most of the commissioners when i
he said that he thought the pro- ]
ject would have been completed i
by now.
The state is furnishing the pipe, I
and the town is furnishing the :
labor. Mr. Hassell is letting the
town use his equipment for the
standard monthly rental rate,
based only on the days it works.
The commissioners decided that
the project should be continued j
on its present basis and made no
motion to call in a contractor. |
Town Attorney Gene S1..1U1 pre- ?
senictl a laxi can orainancc 10 inc
commissioners. The ordinance
gave the town authority to require
taxi cab operators to meet certain
qualifications, including $10,000 in
surance, electric signs on each
cab, and formal application for
permits to the commissioners. The
town retained the right to set
fares if it should become neces
sary.
Mr. Walker suggested that the
commissioners vote to give the
town policemen the right to come
under social security. A state wide
vote of policemen is slated for
May 15, at which time they will
decide whether or not they want
social security. William Roy Ham
iHon made a motion, seconded by"
Otis Madrv that the po^irerpen
be allowed to vote and that the
action be made retroactive to Jan
1, 1955. The motion was passed.
Math Chaplain then made a mo
tion that the town make the hack
payments from Jan. 1, 1957 to Jan
1. 1955. The motion was seconded
by James Rumley and passed. Mr.
Walker estimated the cost of the
action at $680 to the town.
Police Report
Police Commissioner Chaplain
submitted the police report for
January. There were 12 meter
violations and four parking viola
tions The arrests follow: Chief
Guy Springle, 11; Assistant Chief
Carlton Garner, 10; Patrolman
See BOARD, Page 2
Shore Melts Away
Photo by ftoh Seymour
The shore line ol Marahallberg harbor givea way In the ratter
head, lower right, of the dredge Marion, ?? work contiaaea on the
harbor. The dredge waa maneuvering near the abore and (or a brief
Inatant the cutter head, oeldom aeen by onlookera, broke above the
?urface of the water to nek part of the abore into the pipca, which
are spewing sand onto low places along what will be the new abore
line. The Marion la operated by the Stern Dredging to. of Norfolk. ?
12-Year-Old Girl Critically
Hurt When Hit by Automobile
Education Board
Rejects 53,500
Bid tor School
Harkers Island Building
To be Offered for Sale
Again Feb. 22
Flatly rejected by the County f
Board of Education at its meeting j
Monday afternoon was the $1,500
high bid for the present Harkers I
Island School. The building, which '
will be vacated as soon as the new i
building is finished, will again he
offered for sale at noon Friday.
Feb. 22, at the courthouse.
The highest bid at the first sale
Jan. 26 was offered by R. J. Chad
wick, Harkers Island.
H. L. Joslyn, county superinten
dent of schools, believes that the
new island school will be ready
for use by the middle of March.
I'airs i nan^rn
The board, in monthly session
at the board of education oil ice,
has changed the closing date for
Morehead City and Camp Glenn
schools.
Instead of school ending there
May 29, it will end May 30 and
the pupils will get a holiday Fri
day, March 22. Faculty members
of both schools requested the
change so that they could attend
the NCEA meeting March 22.
The old Camp Glenn School
building is being torn down by Z.
A. Norris who has been given sal
vage rights in return for razing
the building, the superintendent
reported.
Weather Delays Work
Mr. Joslyn told the board that
bad weather has been delaying
work on the roof at Beaufort)
School. Waterproofing of the walls j
of the school is scheduled to be l
done next month.
The board directed the superin
tendent to check on obtaining new
classrooms for the W S.. King
'School Three classes arc now
meeting in the school auditorium
Mr. Joslyn said that the board
realized the school would be over
crowded with the addition of high
school classes this year, but more
classrooms are planned for the
school by next fall.
A delegation of citizens from the
western part of the county met
with the board and requested an
additional school bus on the run
into Swansboro.
That bus is now on order and
it is hoped that delivery can be
made in six weeks.
The board of education said the
bus can be purchased now because
the county is advancing the funds.
Mr. Joslyn said that the cost of
[the bus, close to $4,000, would be
I taken off next year's education
| budget.
Symphony to Play
Here March 12
Mrs. W. J. I pock. Beaufort,
chairman of the Carteret North
Carolina Symphony Society, an
nounced yesterday that the Little
Symphony will present its concerts
here Tuesday, March 12.
Both will be given in Beaufort
School. The children's concert will
be at 2 p.m. and the concert for
adults at 8:30 p.m.
Next year both concerts will be
in the Morchcad City School. In
previous years the children's con
cert was given in one .school and
the adult concert in the other.
The musicians prefer both con
certs in one place, however, be
cause it means less moving of in
struments.
Morehead Police Chief
Announces Promotions
Morchcad City Police Chief Her
bert Griffin has announced the pro
motion of Carl Bunch from lieuten
ant to captain on the police force.
Captain Bunch i< filling the vacan
cy left by Buck Newsomc, who re
signed several months ago.
Joe Smith was promoted from
sergeant to lieutenant, and liomcr
Lewis was promoted to sergeant.
A new patrolman. Elbert D.
O'Neal .lr.. Morchcad City, has
been added to the force.
Three Licenses Revoked
Three county drivers have been
notified by the state highway
safety division that their licenses
have been revoked. The three men
had been convicted of drunken
driving In county recorder's court.
Beaufort. They are Charles Ross
Odell, Morehead City, and Clar
ence Duncan Warren aYid Guy
Gibbs Lawii, Beaufort.
Judy Ann Lewis, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.*
Clifton Lewis, Harkers Islaiifl, was seriously injured a few ,
minutes before 8 o'clock yesterday morning when she was|
struck by a car.
The accident occurred in front of David Yeomans' house
011 the Harkers Island Road. Driver of the car was Joe
Whitley, 70 year old resident of the4
island. He was driving a 1952 Chev-I
rolet.
Judy Ann is in the Morchead City j
Hospital suffering from a brain in !
jury and numerous brush burns. I
Dr. Theodore Salter, attending
physieian. said she was in a eriti- 1
cal eondition.
Three <;irls Walking
According to State Highway Pa
trolman J. W. Sykes, Whitley was
headed south in a 11)52 Chevrolet.
Judy Ann was walking on the right
hand side of the highway with two
other girls, Diane Davis, 10, and
Mary Ruth Willis, 12.
The driver said that there was a
patch of fog ahead of him and when
he saw the girls, he swerved to the
left but struck Judy Ann. His right
front head light was knocked out
and the fender dented.
Taken to Hospital
David Yeomans took Judy Ann
to the hospital. According to Whit
ley, he was going at a slow rate of
speed and the girls, who were on
their way to school, were walking
on the edge of the hard surface.
Patrolman Sykes said the acci
dent is still under investigation.
34 Names Drawn
For Jury Service
The county commissioners drew
names of 34 persons for jury duty
in the March term of superior court
M their meeting in the courthouse
Monday.
The following were chosen:
James Lupton, Bonnie R Willis,
Sammie Gray Merrill, and Blon
dcll Lawrence, route 1 Beaufort.
Asa B. Buck, Novis Herring,
Charlie Wickizer, T. G. Willis, Ed
mund D. Howard. Billy Guthrie,
Ruth Willis, and James B. Willis,
Morehe?<l City; Julius Willis and
John S. Davis, Davis; I^cc Daniels,
Dale Styron, Grover WUlis, and
Chaunccy Nelson, Atlantic.
Jesse T. Willis. Williston; Clyde
, M. Temple, and Frank L. King Jr..
Beaufort; Rudolph Smith, route 1
Morehead City; Walter M. Yco
mans Jr and Marvin Lee Guthrie,
Markers Island.
Junius Haskctt and Cyrus Hun
ter. Newport; Alonzo Salter, Eu
gene C. Quinn, and Hugh Thomas
Garner, route 1 Newport; Cecil
Mason, route 2 Newport; F. C.
Noycs, Sea Level; J. B. Weeks,
Willie S. Trott, Stella; and Gerald
Davis, Marshallherg
The one-week term of civil court
will open Monday, March 11.
Police Cases Continued
All Beaufort police cases in
county recorder s court yesterday
were continued for one week. Beau
fort police chief, Guy Springlc,
has been confincd to his house
sincc Monday by a cold.
Newport Agrees
To Sale of Land
To Masonic Lodge
[ The Newport town board has
I voted to sell the Masonic Lodge
i of Newport a half acre of town
| property ad joining the Jim Kirby
(properly. West Newport, if the Ma
sons decide that they want to put
I up a building on the site.
Early Mann, a member of the
committee for getting a lodge site,
appeared before the board. Mr.
Mann explained that a portion of
the property would be used as a
parking lot.
The town hoard set no pricc for
the sale.
Trade Proposed
To straighten a property line on
land across from the fire tower,
West Newport, Commissioner Pren
tis darner suggested that the town
make a trade with the property
owner. Dr. William Bell.
The town owns a jib piece in front
of the Bell property. The jib fronts
the Nine-Foot Road. In turn, I)r.
Bell would give the town an equal
amount of land on th? west side of
his property.
The board agreed to the proposal
following investigation by the town
attorney, George Ball. Les Berce
geay of the Cherry Point Veterans
Mutual Housing Association said
FHA stipulates that property facing
the housing development (as does
the town jib) could not be used for
commercial or objectionable pur
poses.
Commissioner Garner said he
didn't know whether Dr. Bell was
planning any particular use for the
land Mr. Bercegeay said that any
restrictiona on the propcrtv should
be carrted along with the deed.
Purchase Authorized
Commissioners approved pur
chase of a hundred dollars worth
of equipment for the fire depart
ment. The equipment includes fog
nozzles, spray nozzle and hose. Fire
Commissioner Wilbur Garner pre
sented the proposal, saying that
only half of the fire department
budget had been spent to date.
The Rural Fire Department will
pay for one item costing $22.50, he
said.
The board approved the cutting
of a drainage ditch between the
cemetery and J. P. Garner's land.
Mr. Bercegeay said that he would
place before his association the
proposal to pay a portion of the
cost of cutting a ditch around the
housing project to catch water
draining from the fresh pond
T^ngth of the ditch was estimated
at 3,400 feet. Mr. Bercegeay said
he thought Joe Hill would join in
paying for the ditch. The town will
also pay a share.
Erosion Experts
To Study Outer
Banks Problem
County, Town Officials
To Meet with Engineers
Here Feb. 20
A party of Army engineers, head
ed by Maj. Gen. Charles G. liolle,
will visit Carteret County Wednes
day, Feb 20. Carteret points will
be visited in the course of an outer
banks tour which will start Feb. 18
at Manteo.
General liolle is head of the
Bench Erosion Control Board,
Corps of Army Engineers. With
the engineers will be Col. Harry
E. Brown, head of North Carolina's
hurricane rehabilitation project.
General Holle and his party,
numbering seven, will be met in
Beaufort at 11:45 a.m. Feb. 20 by
Mayor Clifford Lewis and Dan Wal
ker, Beaufort; Mayor George W.
Dill and Joe DuBois, Morehead
City, and Mayor A. B. Cooper, At
lantic Beach.
From Beaufort they will go to
Morehead City for lunch at the San
itary Fish Market Restaurant.
There they will be joined by mem
bers of the Beaufort town board,
Morehead City town board and the
county commissioners.
The tentative schedule for outer
banks inspection, as released by
Colonel Brown, follows: Feb. 18,
arrive at Manteo; Feb. 19, by auto
inspect the outer banks between
Manteo and Oregon Inlet, visit Ro
danthe. Avon, lunch at llatteras,
leave llatteras by government boat
and arrive at Ocracoke, survey
Ocracoke Inlet by jeep and prefer
ably by helicopter if one is avail
able.
Feb. 20, leave Ocracoke by gov
ernment boat, arrive at Atlantic,
leave Atlantic by car and stop at
Sea Level or Marshallberg, arrive
at Beaufort, go from here to
Wrightsvillc Beach, Carolina and
Kurc beaches, then to Wilmington
airport where a plane will be
boarded for Fayetteville.
Newport to Form
Cub Scout Pack
At 7 Tuesday Night
The first of three meetings pre
ceding start of a Cub Scout pack at
Newport will be held at 7 o'clock
Tuesday night in the education
building, St. James Methodist
Church The pack will be sponsor
ed by the Methodist Men's Club.
The Cub Scout program will be
explained by James E. Crowe,
Beaufort. The meeting is open to
parents, boys 8, 9 and 10 years of
age and other interested persons.
The Men Club emphasizes that
the Tuesday night meeting is most
important. A Cub Scoutmaster will
be chosen.
Capt. Neafie B. Scarborough
Comes Home to Ocracoke
By ALICE K. RONDTHALER
"Breathes there the man with
soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said:
'This is my own, my native
land'."
Another Oeraeoker has come
hack to his native land. After over
40 years with the Corps of En
gineer*, U. S. Army, Capt. Neafie
B. Scarborough, Construction and
Maintenance Superintendent of
Rivers and Harbors, Philadelphia
District, has come back home to
spend the rest of his days amid
the scenes of his childhood.
Captain Scarborough was !>orn
at Ocracoke in 1899. the son of
Thaddcus W. and Mary Jackson
Scarborough, both now deceased.
He attended the little island school
and then enrolled in Washington
Collegiate Institute, Washington,
N. C. This completed his formal
education, but he continued hi*
studies in (hp engineering and
construction field through corres
pondence courses.
In fact he never stopped study
ing during his career, as his rapid
record of advancement indicates.
Started as Fisherman
Like many of his fellow Ocracok
crs he started out as a fisherman.
But in March 1*16 he signed up
for service with the U. S. Army
Corps of Knginccrs as a deckhand
on the Dredge Cataract. A year
later he was made deckmatc and
in two years he was dredge oper
ator.
Six years later at the age of 22
he was promoted to Master of Hy
draulic Dredge Gen. G. L Gilles
pie. At that time he was one of
the youngest men to become Mas
ter in the Government Service.
Even then his subordinates affec
tionately called him "the ol" man,"
and that nickname stayed with
For You in This Issue . . .
? Beginning in today's paper, on
the editorial page, i* a series of
articles designed to familiarize
folks with what their local gov
ernment does The aeries starts
with information on the county
commissioners., Articles on other
county efficcs will follow.
THE NEWS -TIMES believes
this aeriea, titled Know Your
Government, will be of special
interest to students studying bis
lory and government as well a*
to those who wonder "what all
those people arc doing there in
the courthouse anyway."
. . . And on page 4 section 2,
Thomas H. Carrow. Philadelphia,
writes of menhaden fishing as
he knew it over SO years ago in
Beaufort. It's a story that will
revive faded memories for many
and revaal to the younger gen
eration a past on which the cur
tain has fallen.
him through the years (luring
which no many younger and older
men worked under hit direction.
Continuing his climb up the lad
der, in 1930 he was made assistant
to the superintendent, and in 1936,
he was promoted to Superinten
dent of Rivers and Harbors in the
Philadelphia District. lie served
on in this capacity until Dec. 31,
1936.
Although his headquarters wai
Philadelphia, he was called in as
a consultant engineer in many
jobs in all parts of the country.
One of these was the development
of Lake Okeechobee, Florida.
Deepens Channel
During World War II one of his
many important jobs was the
deepening of the Delaware River
Channel in a very limited time.
For many this would have been
an impossible task under the time
limit, but not for Captain Scar
borough. He did it just as he did
many other such emergency tasks
during the war years.
Although he trained many offi
cers and crews of port repair ship*
for overseas duty in bombed har
bors and ports, he himself nevor
got the opportunity to servi
abroad: he was needed here on
the home front.
Through his organiiation, the
movement of dredges to both the
European and Pacific war zones
waa accomplished. He Is said to
have supervised the moving of i
enough tons of the earth's crust
See ENGINEER, Page X