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PRIZE* WINNING NEWSPAPER of th. TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES m 46th YEAR, NO. 38. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. MAY 10, 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Cabbage Cutting Goes into High Gear This Week Cabbage cutting was in full swing in the county this week. Heads were flying through the air as the workers with a deft twist of the knife cut the cabbage and tossed it in the wagon that carries the load to the packing area. Fifty-pound boxes have been moving out of Beaufort by the truck load. Prices last week were $1.50 a box and on Tuesday the price was still up but by the mid dle of the week most was selling for $1.25. R. M. Williams, county farm agent, reports that the quality of the cabbage on farms which had irrigation is good. On other farms where the crop suffered from lack of water, many of the plants didn't head. The predominant varieties grown are Round Dutch and Copenhagen. Approximately 800 acres were put in cabbage in the county this year. About the same number of acres have been planted in irish pota toes. Mr. Williams says there will be an increase in tomato acreage this summer. Joe Hill, Newport pack er, is growing one hundred acres and several down cast farmers have put in extensive acreage. Many of the tomato growers got a late start due to the plants com ing in with late blight. Copper dust, Mr. Williams says, will con trol late blight on both tomato and irish potato plants. He advocates early dusting. Copper dust will not cure the blight once it starts, but is a preventive treatment. Award Cup Arrives Photo by Bob Seymour Bund director Ralph Wade, right, and Morehead City High School Principal Lenwood Lee examine the cup won by the band at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington last month. The band missed presentation ceremonies in Washington, so the cup was forwarded to Morehead City. Mrs. C. D. Jones Sr. Wins Mother of the Year Honor Speech Clinic To Open June 4 The fifth annual county speech clinic will be conducted June 4-15, announces Fred G. Lewis, direc tor of the clinic. The clinic is de signed to help children whose speech defects are caused by sub stitutions or omissions of sounds. Classes will be held each day, Monday through Friday. 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. in the Morchcad City Recreation building. The only obligation for parents is to furnish transportation for their children. There is no charge for the classes. A form letter has been sent to the parents of each child known to be eligible for the program. Mr. Lewis says that 36 children have already been accepted in the classes. The program is supported by the county chapter of the North Caro lina Society for Crippled Children. Teachers at the clinic will be Ralph Wade, Mrs. R. W. Davis, and Mrs. Sammy Williams, More head City, Mrs. Ben Arrington and Miss Gertrude Styron, Beau fort. Accepts Dues Beaufort Rural Fire Association dues arc being accepted at Biggs Shoe Shop, Front Street, Beaufort, by James Biggs. He will turn them over to the association. 1957 dues arc payable now. The fee is $5 a year. An 82-ycar-old grcat-grandmoth-* er, Mrs. C. D. Jones Sr., Beaufort, has been selected as the 1957 Car teret County Mother of the Year. An impartial board of judges se lected iicr on Ibc basis of * nom ination submitted by her grand son's wife, Mrs. Albert Chappd), Beaufort. When she was told of the honor yesterday morning, Mrs. Jones said that she was surprised and honored that she should be select ed when there were so many wor thy mothers in the county who could have won. "Many younger mothers arc more active in community affairs than I am now, and I think that one of them may deserve the hon or more than 1 do," she said. Enjoys Life "I have enjoyed my life with | all its ups and downs and I sup pose I have had as much out of it as I deserve. This honor, I know, will add many rich mem ories for me and my family." Mrs. Jones will receive a com plete outfit at Bclk's in Morchcad City in a ceremony at 11 a.m. to morrow. In addition, she Vill re ceive a 5 per cent discount on any item her immediate family buys in the sU.ro during the coin ing year. The Mother of the Year contest was sponsored by THE NEWS TIMES in coperation with Belk's. Contest judges were Mayor Clif ford Lewis, Beaufort, J. A. DuBois, manager of the Morchcad City Chamber of Commerce, and Jack Lewis, of the Commercial Nation al Bank. See MOTHER, Page 2 Hospital Sets Open House Date In observance of National Hos pital Week, the Morchcad City Hospital announces an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednes day. Persons who would like to go through the hospital arc invited to visit and will be taken on a tour by hospital personnel. There will also be information avail able for prospective student nurses. Miss Vivian May, director of nurses, remarked yesterday, "Many improvements have been made at the hospital during the past year and we would like the public to sec what their hos pital has to offer." Refreshments will be served. First Aid Class Will Have Tost at Beach The Wednesday night first aid class, taught by Dr. Berl Lewis, Morchcad City, will have the first part of its final examination in first aid at the beach Wednesday night. The group will meet at the civic center at 5 p.m. A test in treating patients and tying bandages will be given. Afterwards, hot dogs will be roasted and a picnic sup per served. The final part of the examina tion, written work, will be given Wednesday, May 22, at 1 p.m. at the civic center, Morchcad City. News-Times to Publish First Annual Resort Issue May 21 Louis Johnson 'Improved' Little Louis Johnson, Beaufort, who underwent serious heart sur gery Monday morning at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore, was reported yesterday to be "im proved." His condition was reported as critical Tuesday. The operation lasted between four and five hours,' and serious bleeding followed. Ano ther operation was performed early Tuesday morning and the bleed ing was checked. Numerous blood transfusions were given the child. He was suf fering from abnormalities of the heart which the operation is ex pected to correct. Louis, who is t years old, is the on of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph | Johnson, Beaufort Mr. Johnson is principal ai Street School. ? THK NEWS-TIMES will publish its first annual rrsort issue. Tues day. May 21, to promote Carteret County's limitless potentialities for comfortable, delightful living, whether as a permanent resident or a one-week vacationer. More than 4,000 extra copies of the issue have been purchased for mailing by 20 business firms, mer chants and realtors. The specially - prepared mail wrappers are now being addressed, some by the purchasers them selves, some by THE NEWS TIMES from lists provided by the purchasers. Including the regular list of sub scribers to THE NEWS-TIMES, more than' 4.000 people will be reached by the mail-away issue? key people in North and South Carolina and Virginia. This will provide a readership of nearly 40,000 people! The issue will carry complete in formation about Morehead CUy'a Centennial Celebration. It will reach more people, concentratedly, with the facts about the than could be successfully reached by any other media. Advertising for this iaauc is be ing sold at THE NEWS-TIMES regular advertising rates. No ad vance in advertising prices, which is customary with such newspaper issues, has been made. The list of business firms, mer chants and realtors participating in this circulation bonanza to pro mote Carteret County arc: Rochclle Realty Company, John L. Crump, Bud Dixon's Motel, Son ny's Motel, The Inlet Inn, Jeffer son Hotel, Bclk's Department Store. Frontier Village, A! Cooper En terprises, Morchcad City Drug Company, Beachcomber Motel, Early Jewelers, Deary's Store for Men. Economy Appliance Store, Scars Catalogue Sales Office. Western Auto Store in Morchcad City, Broadway Cafe, Irene's, San itary Fish Market and Restaurant and Pine Knoll Shores. Deadline for advertisements for this issue at well at per copy pur chases for mailing is Wednesday oooo, May 15. 752 Town Residents Go to Polls Tuesday; Mayors Returned to Office Commissioners Name Criminal Court Jurors County commissioners have chosen a list of jurors for the June 10 term of criminal court. The names were drawn at the commis sioners meeting Monday afternoon in the courthouse. Morehead City?Alvin V. Willis, Clarence W. Stamper, William A. Howland, Elbert M. Dewey, Ethan S. Davis, Rufus H. Guthrie, R W. Taylor, Garth C. Cooper, Lucille Finer, E. Z. Grantham, Pansy E. llorton. S. C. Holloway. Morehead City RED ? C. Ray West, W. L. McCabc, William J. Dobson, C. T. Whitehead. Beaufort?Ray Hassell, J. Vance Fulford, Orville G. Gaskill, Ralph S. Rudy, Osborne G. Davis. Beaufort RED?George T. Lewis, M. M. Eubanks. Newport ? Leon A. Mann Sr., Robert Franks, Lexic II. Garner, Lecil 11. Smith, James S. Salter, Charles E. Masters. Newport RED?lyeon T. Garner, W. R. Conner, W. L. Oglcsby, Charles F. Gordon, Thomas F. My lett, James S. Kelly, Eugene Quinn, Samuel M. Garner, Andrew J. Hunter, Eddie D. Gould, Wil liam R. Gould. Markers Island?Eugene Gaskill, Garfield Emory, Willie O. Guth rie, Harry Lewis, Charles H. Rus sell. Samuel Salter Sr. Wildwood ? Curtis L. McCabe. Davis ? Leonard Davis, Theodore R. Willis. Atlantic?Monford B. Nelson, S. P. Robinson. Smyrna?Hugh C. Willis; Swans boro RED?A. I). Ennett Sr.; Stella II. E. Taylor; Merrimon?George Tosto, Rufus A. Harvcll. Sea Level?Mitchell Taylor, Glou cester?Lola R. Leffera, Lukens? Jimmy Pittman, and Cedar Island ?Carl D. Bowcn. Names of jurors chosen for the June term of civil court will be published Tuesday. Bridge Marker Dispute Settled Mayor M. N. Lisk, Swansboro, reported Wednesday that an en gineers' marker on the bridges between Swansboro and Cedar Point shows where the boundary line is between the two counties. Mayor Lisk, with Swansboro's town attorney, John Larkins, ap peared before the Carteret county hoard of commissioners several months ago, asking that an agree ment be made oil the boundary line. When the new bridges were built, a highway workman moved the Onslow County sign to the west end of the west bridge. Swansboro maintained that the boundary was between the two bridges. That's why the Swansboro folks came to confer with the Carteret folks. Since that time. Mayor Lisk said, a marker has been found be tween the two bridges, the marker being placed at a point agreed upon by Carteret and Onslow en gineers when the bridges were built. The highway sign has been moved accordingly, the mayor re ports. Morehead City Board Conducts Brief Session After being sworn in yesterday afternoon. Mayor George W. Dill and the town commissioners had a brief business session. All present employees of the town were rehired and 75 new parking meters were ordered to re place old meters. The only officials elected Tues day who did not take their oaths yeslerday were Judge Herbert Phillips and J. R. Sanders, hospital trustee, both of whom were out of lown. "hie oaths were administer ed by A. H. James, clerk of su perior court. Tide Table TMe? at the Beaufort Bar (Kaatera Standard Time) HIGH LOW Friday, May 1* .1:04 a.m. ' 11:22 a.m. 5:3d p.m. 11:58 p.m. Saturday, May 11 6:01 a.m. 6:21 p.m. 12:12 p.m. Snaday, May 12 6:53 a.m. 12:51 a.m. 7:16 p.m. 1:01 p.m. Monday, May 13 7:42 a.m. 1:42 a.m. 6:08 p.m. 1:50 p.m. Tneaday, May 14 6:30 a.m. 2:30 a.m. 1:66 p.m. 2:66 pmt. Election Returns Beaufort MAYOR Clifford T. Ml 134 COMMISSIONERS William Rov Hamilton 148 R. Math Chaplain 148 OtiK Mades 144 Gerald Hill 138 James Rumley 136 William J. Mishacl 25 Morehead City MAYOR George W. Dill Jr. 296 COMMISSIONER Ted Garner 290 D. J. Hall 287 Gibbie Sanderson 278 S. C. Hollow ay 274 Jasper E. Bell 263 RECORDER'S COURT JUDGE Herbert O. Phillips III 267 CLERK OF COURT John E. Lashley 181 Grady bhi lis HOSPITAL TRUSTEES Mrs. Walter Freeman 202 James R. Sanders 198 Mrs. E. A. Council 128 Newport MAYOR Leon A. Mann Jr. R. S. Jones COMMISSIONER Wilbur V. Garner Hilton Gurganus Bonnie R. Garner C. II. (Itick) Lockcy Douglas Henderson Louis llibbs Wheeler Smith L. E. Sanders E. B. Comer Jeff J. Garner Dewey Phipps Lester (Mae) Gamer Swansboro MAYOR M. N. Link J. J. Rime COMMISSIONER David S. Strole A. I). Ennett Donald C. Taylor Alton E. Jones J. E. Sinclair Lenwood D. Williams Newport FFA Observes Annual Father-Son Night Achievement awards and honor ary chapter farmer degrees were presented at the annual Father and Son banquet, Future Farmers of America, Tuesday night at the Newport School. C. S. Long, vocational agricul ture instructor, presented the chap ter star farmer award to Tommy Garner, a senior; the dairy farm ing award to Terry Garner, a J sophomore, and the farm me-1 chanics award to Pat Corbctt, a | junior. Each received a medal. Honorary degrees were given Roy T. Garner, C. T. Garner and Wayne West, citizens of the town' who have been especially helpful in the FFA program. Allen and Bell Hardware Co., and its own ! ers, Stancil Bell, Nick. Allen and | Lloyd Nelson Garner were espe cially recognized for the numerous courtesies extended to the FFA and the vo-ag department. Teams Recognized Tommy Garner recognized the FFA teams which won places in federation contests this year. The Newport teams won first place in the ritual and parliamentary pro cedure contest, first in the tool identification contest and third in the livestock judging contest. The tool identification team will participate in the state contest at Raleigh June 27. The entire chapter won again this year the silver Standard Chapter Award, a round sticker which has been added to their framed certificate. As a special feature of the pro gram a prize was presented to the oldest dad present, Lokic Garner, 57 and to the youngest, Carol Millis, 35. The prizes were pre sented by Ronnie Edwards. The speaker for the evening was C. V. (Buck) Rogers, New Bern, whose hobby is gun collecting and big game hunting. Mr. Rogers has hunted in six of the Canadian provinces and most of the western states. He showed color slides of some of his big game hunts. The speaker spoke on the im portance of cooperation and com panionship between father and son, advocating, "Be more than a Dad, be a chum (o the lad, be a See FFA, Page 2 Education Board Sets Calendar The county board of education, in session Monday afternoon at the courthouse annex, adopted the school calendar for 1957-58. School will open Sept. 3. There will be one holiday in October so that teachers may attend NCEA and NCTA district meetings. There will be two holidays for Thanks giving, Nov. 28 and 29. For Christmas, school will close at noon Dec. 20 and reopen Jan 2. The Easter holidays will be April 4 and 7 (Easter is April 6) and school will close May 29. The board formally adoptm the budget for the 1957^8 fiscal year. The budget totals $185,189, of which $95,000 will be met by the county. The remainder will come from state and federal sources. For the first time this year, pro vision has been made in the budget to give principals part-time secre tarial help. It's Tuesday For Color Comics THE NEWS TIMES weekly color comic section is not included in this issue. That section appeared in Tuesday's issue. And, hereafter, the color comics will appear Tues days. One reader was thoroughly con fused when Tuesday's paper ar rived with the color comics. She couldn't understand how the week flew by so fast. She thought it was Friday. Several hours later she realized it was just Tuesday. Another reader complained about I not being able to find out what Oaky Doaks was doing in Tues day's paper. That reader will be able to find out today. A full page of black aod white comics is included in this issue. J Now you can read a full week's | fare of Oaky Doaks, Dicky Dare and Seorchy Smith all at one sitting. Senate Passes Four Bills Relating to Carteret Four county bills were passed by Ihe Senate Wednesday at Raleigh. They were the bills exempting Morchcad City from a portion of the zoning regulations (relative to zoning business corners), fixing fees of the clerk of superior cdurt and register of deeds, fixing fees of the jailer for feeding persona in Carteret, and extending the au thority of police officers of the town of Beaufort. Newport Votes for Men Favoring Water System Seven hundred fifty-two Carteret town residents went to the polls Tuesday ? a bright and clear elec tion day. They returned all incum bent mayors to office, as well as all town commissioners who chose to run. The only two commissioners who will not be back at their old jobs this coming term are Joe Cox and Prentiss Garner, Newport, who did not seek re-election. At Swanshoro. Carteret's neigh bor in Onslow County, Mayor M. N. Lisk was re-elected for his eighth term. There the town board consists of four commissioners. Three rncumbents were re-elected and David S. Strole replaces Carl Tolson, a commissioner for 29 years who did not seek re-election. Taking the place of Mr. Cox and Mr Garner on the Newport board arc Dick Lockey and Douglas Hen derson. In the election tables, left, the names of victorious candidates ap pear in bold face type. Rpard Sworn In At Newport the new board and the mayor were sworn in last night. The newly-elected officials in Beaufort and Swansboro will not be sworn in until the first of July. The Morehead City officials took oath of office at 3 p.m. yesterday at the town hall. One hundred fifty-six of Beau fort's estimated 1,500 registered voters went to the polls. J. O. Bar bour received 11 write-in votes for commissioner. Paul Jones received four write ins, Elmore Davis two and the following received one: Roy Eubanks, Gilbert Potter, Rus sell Manson, Hubert Salter, Gra ham Duncan, W. H. Potter, Dr. L. W. Moore and Johnny Dudley. Gerald Woolard received two write-in votes for mayor. 338 Vote Three hundred thirty-eight bal lots were cast in Morehead City, representing slightly more than 10 per cent of the registered voters. Jasper Bell received two write-in votes for mayor. The following re ceived write-In votes for commis sioner: D. B. Webb, 2, P. H. Gecr Sr. 2, P. H. Geer Jr. 1, Bud Dixon, Stanley Woodland 2, Ottis Puri foy 2, and W. B. Chalk 2. It was reported that approxi mately 50 persons went to the polls to vote but could not do so because they did not register for the muni cipal election. Registration in the county books, which entitles one to vote in county and national elec tions, is not valid for town clcc iions. 73 Per Cent Turn Out Mayor Leon Mann, Newport, said they hoped to have 300 of the 353 registered voters turn out. Ballots cast totaled 258, or 73 per cent of the registration. Charles Hill re ceived the only write-in vote and that was for commissioner. The Newport board met at noon Wednesday and accepted the elec tion returns as reported by Mra. Dale Parish and Miss Ada Allen, judges. Both said that the voting procedure went smoothly and ac cording to legal procedure. Mayor Mann said the only ap pointment of which he is sure for the coming two years is Commis sioner Bcnnic Garner as water and equipment commissioner. Auto Crashes Into Skating Rink at Beach Over size wheels took a spin on the Atlantic Beach skating rink at 2 a.m. Sunday. The wheels belong ed to a 1955 Oldsmobile driven by James H. Brafford. 21, Kinston. Edwin Morton, 21, Kinston. owner of the car. and a girl were also in the car. No one was injured. Atlantic Beach Police Chief Bill Moore said that it was raining at the time of the accident. The car was coming down the hill east of the skating rink and Brafford hit the brakes His foot slipped to the gas pedal i. id the ear shot forward ? right onto the skating rink, the chief said. The car knocked down a couple of street signs before crashing through the board fence of the rink, he said, lie estimated the damage to the fence, rink, signs and town property at around $350. <'hief Moore said the car was in pretty bad shape and would require about $800 work. A. B. Cooper, owner of the rink, did not press charges in the case when Morton's insurance agent agreed to send an adjuster down to settle for cost of damage. Timber Burns At Pelletier Between 35 and 40 acres of mar ketable timber burned at Pelletier Wednesday, E. M. Foreman, coun ty forest ranger, reported yester day. lie said the Croatan National Forest equipment was used until he arrived at the scene. The fire which broke out about 10 a.m. is I believed to have started from fires set by workmen laying out tho E. M. Foreman, county forest ranger, announced yesterday that the ban on burning permits has been lifted. Persons who have permits to burn may pro ceed within the regulations set up. A ban was put on burning during the recent dry spell. right-of-way for the Black Swamp road. The fire was under control by 4 p.m. Wednesday. There was another small fire in the same general area Tuesday. That too was believed to have been started by workmen on the right-of-way. National forest fire equipment was used to put it out. Two weeks ago seven acres of marketable timber burned at Gales Creek. The blaze was fought by county equipment. ? The Smyrna Parent-Teacher As sociation will meet at 7:30 Monday night at the school. Harkers Islanders Express Opinions on Incorporation By BOB SKYHOOK The need for police protection is the big issue in the proposal to incorporate Markers Island as a town. Residents of the island were given the opportunity to express their opinions in a NEWS-TIMES poll this week. Moat of the people who said they were in favor of incorpora tion gave law enforcement as their primary reason for wanting to in corporate. Rep. D. G. BcH recently re ceived a petition, signed by 3S0 persons, that asks for incorpora tion of the island. A proposed bill for the legislature would give resi dents of the Island opportunity to vote in September on whether t!)cy want to incorporate. Opinions of persons polled fol low: Alton Willis, who works at Lea's Fish House, said that he signed the petition. "There arc several reasons why 1 signed," he says. "I think we could get a lot more for the island if we incorporated. Some businesses, for instance, might come if we Incorporated. We could have a fire department, a chamber of commerce and law maybe." Mr*. Ollie Willi* say* thai she i* not in favor of the movr. "I have livrd on Ihr island all my life (35 years) and I like it just the way It is." Mrs. Earl G. Johnson mentioned law enforcement and a fire truck as her reasons for bciiut in favor of incorporation. "My husband is in favor, and I go along with him." she said. "I have heard several people say they don't want to pay any more taxes, but I think most of us would pay taxes for the ex tra services. Don Codies, who runs a motel and party boat, says that he would be willing to pay taxes for police and fire protection. Mrs. Elbert L. Davis said she thought it was a wonderful idea but that it would probably never happen. Monroe Paylor, assistant circu lation manager for THE NEWS TIMES. says that loo ftw people on the island know what the pro posal is about. "The folks In favor of incorporation should get to gether and tell everyone the ad vantages it might bring. Right now I don't know whether It is a good idea or not" Mrs. i. B. Marker said that she did not sign the petition. "Yet, I saw the petition and I think my husband signed it even though I don't believe he is too much in favor of it now. We do need law enforcement here, but the High way Patrol is doing much better. A few years ago we never saw a patrolman on the island." Mrs. Altaa Mason says that there is no law on the island at all. "Visitors to the island cause lots of trouble," she said. "I signed the petition when it came by nic." Ikie Guthrie, assistant manager of L*H Motor Co., Morehesd City, snld that he had not seen the peti tion. "There is a lot to consider," he commented. "I would be willing to pay extra taxes if I knew it was going to be run right. The island needs a governing body if it is going to get anywhere. Now every body waits for everybody else to start something." Storm Sewer Does Job The newly-installed storm sewers on Ann and Orange Streets, Beau fort, got their first test last week end in the rain storm. The water was easily carried away, eliminat ing the flooding which usually oc curred on Ann Street from ~ to Orange.
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