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46th YEAR, NO. 40. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Dutch Scientist Takes Soil Sample
I)r. C. II. Edelinan, soil scion
list from the Netherlands, looks
at a soil sample taken from the
Morchcad City waterfront, lie is
holding an auger used to pull
out soil for testing purposes.
Standing'" fa his immediate left is
Dr. J. M. Van Stavcrcn, also of
the Netherlands.
The two Dutch scientists visit
ed the county Wednesday morn
ing as part of a month-long tour
of coastal states from Texas to
New Jersey. County soil conser
vationist David Jones, left, was
leader of a tour which covered
the eastern half of the county.
Nine soil scientists accom
panied the visitors and Mr.
Jones. They visited the K. W.
Wright Farms, Highway 101, to
study the methods used to man
age the water table (amount of
moisture in the soil and its
depth below the surface) in his
truck crop operations.
The second stop was made at
Dr. C. S. Maxwell's farm at
North River. Here the scientists
studied salt damages to soil.
The third and last stop was at
Miss (ieorgina Yeatman's Open
Grounds farm on the Merrimon
Road. Here they observed man
agement of organic soils (muck)
and drainage facilities.
Photo by Bob Seymour
The visiting scientists were
Dr. W. J. Ligon, Knoxville
Tenn., John Sutton, Washington
N. C., E. A. Schlaudt, Spartan
burg, S. C., Forrest Steele, Ita
Icigh, R. P. Moore, Goldsboro
J. A. Meadows, New Bern
George Sherman, Raleigh, J. B.
Watts, Goldsboro, and E. H. Kar
nowski, Washington, D. C.
The scientists visited Pamlico
County Wednesday afternoon.
USS Cardinal, Minesweeper
Invites Weekend Visitors
Down East Lions
Elect Officers
Down East Lions elected officers
at their meeting Monday rfight at
the Sea Level Inn.
The new president is Aldridge
Daniels, Sea Level. Joe Mason,
Sea Level, was elected secretary
treasurer; Wayne Parker, Wordcn
Gillikin and Charles Morris, all of
Atlantic, were elected first, sec
ond and third vice-president re
spectively.
Tail twister is Allen Jones, At
lantic; lion tamer, Ed Willard, Sea
Level, and the two new directors
are Burnis Morris, Atlantic, and
Elbert Pittman, Davis. Other di
rectors arc Roy Willis, Stacy, and
Charles Caudell, Sea Level.
Officers will be installed at a
meeting at the Sea Level Inn Fri
day night, May 31. Carnii Winters,
a Lions Club official from New
Bern, has been invited as guest
speaker.
27 Candidates
Twenty ? seven candidates have
been nominated for the 12 positions
on the Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce board of directors.
Chamber secretary Mrs. Pat
Russell has sent ballots to all
chamber members, asking them
to vote for any 12 candidates and
return the ballots to her by May
21.
Those nominated for the board
of directors arc Jim Wheatley,
Clarence Stamper, Clarence Sty
ron, Calvin Jones, Finlcy Thomp
son, E. W. Downum, Walter Hcw
ett, George Huntley Jr., Leslie
Moore, Gilbert Poller, Vic Bclla
mah.
Mrs. Myrtle lluncan. Jim lliggs.
G. T. Spivcy, C. G. Gaskill, Glenn
Adair, Ray Cummins, William Roy
Hamilton, Ronald E. Mason, Hal
sey Paul, Gerald Hill. Jarvis Her
ring, Dr. W. L. Woodard, llolden
Ballou, Norwood Young, Charles
Davis and Dr. David Farrior.
library Director Lists
Schedule for Bookmobile
Miu Dorothy Avery, director of
the county library, has released
the bookmobile schedule for next
Monday and Tuesday. H follows:
Monday: Gales Creek, Broad
Creek, home of Mra. Leslie San
ders; Boguo. home of Mrs. Emily
Buascll: Prlleticr. home of Mrs.
Allen Vinson; and Stella, borne of
Mrs. Herman Taylor.
Tuesday: Stacy, home of Mrs.
G. G. Lewis; Davis, home of Mrs.
Edna Piner, and Williston, homes
of Mrs. Pauline Wade and Mrs.
Martha Wade.
Sreartty for Yea
The column, Security for You,
which usually appears Friday on
the editorial page, appears today
on page f section 2.
" The minesweeper, USS
Cardinal, visiting Morehead
City this weekend in observ
ance of Armed Forces Day,
j will be open to the public
from one hour after arrival
today until 4:30 p.m.
Visiting hours tomorrow, Armed
Forces Day, arc 9:30 a.m. to 11:30
a.m., and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sunday hours will be the same,
except that the ship will be open
until 5 p.m. The Cardinal will
leave Morehead City at 8 a.m.
Monday.
Officers attached to the CSS
Cardinal arc Lcdr. R. T. Hanson,
USN, commander mine division
Forty-Five; Lt. J. R. Bachtotd,
USN, commanding officer of the
minesweeper; Lt. (jg) H. R. Jones,
USN, executive officer; Ens. A.
Spcctor, USNR, first lieutenant;
and Ens. W. F. Ryan, USNR, en
gineering officer.
The Cardinal is a 136 foot wood
en hull motor minesweeper at
tached to Mine Force, U. S. Atlan
tic Fleet.
Sets Wartime Record
During World War II the Car
dinal engaged in mincswcerfing
operations along the Atlantic
Coast and was based at Key West,
Fla. In the Mediterranean area
during World War II she swept
78 enemy mines, a wartime rec
ord.
After being out of commission
two years, the Cardinal was re
activated in December 1948 and
was used as a reserve training
ship. For three years she operated
in the Pacific and in 1954 rejoined
the Atlantic Fleet. At present her
home port is Charleston, S. C.
The USS Soley was the visiting
ship here on Armed Forces Day
last year. An 18-year-old Negro
crewman jumped from the ship
while it was in port and drowned.
Morehead City Hospital Entertains
Visitors at Open House Wednesday
Photo by Bob Seymour
The nursery wan one of the favorite slops for visitors at the Morehead CHy hospital's open house
Wednesday afternoon. Here Mrs. Betty Salter, Mrs. Nell Lewis and Mlsa Mattie Kennedy hold the Car
rier, WhitUafton and Uavla babies.
Open house at the Morchacd City
hospital was conducted Wcdncs
day afternoon in observance of
National Hospital Week and Flor
ence Nightingale's birthday May
12.
Visitors to the hospital were
greeted by David P. Willis, hos
pltal administrator and Miss Vi
vian May. director of nurses. After
signing the guest book, they were
invited to the punch table for a
cup of punch with cookios and
assorted nuts.
Hospital personnel acted as
guides for a tour of the building.
On the main floor visitors were
taken to the X-ray room and op
crating room. Nurses were in both
rooma to explain the procedurca
followed by doctors and nuraea.
The a e c o n d floor, commonly
called the maternity floor, waa the
next atop on the tour. Gueatj
watched the three babica in the
nursery through a glaaa window
but didn't get to visit the delivery
room. One of the nurses explained
that there were uaually more than
three babies in the nursery. "That
ia one way of saying the delivery
room ia going to be pretty busy
thia afternoon." she said.
After touring the second floor,
everyone was taken downstairs to
Um kitchen, llare they could watch
scientifically-planned meals being
prepared "jusl like tbc doctor or
dered."
The hospital laboratory is also
located in tbc basement. I.ab tech
nicians keep busy here with vials,
microscopes, tubes and other lab
equipment which were carefully
explained to visitors.
The emergency room was the
last slop on the tour. The room la
always prepared for any type case
that might be brought in. The
nurses on duty understand the im
portance of their Job and told
guests that a few minutes could
See HOSPITAL, Page Z
Power to Go Off
Saturday A.M.
CIcorge Stovall, manager of
Carolina Power and Light Co., an
nounced yesterday that power will
be off three hours Saturday morn
ing on Lennoxville Iload, Ann
Street cast of Bel Air, and Front
Street east of the T. T. Potter
residence, Beaufort.
The outage is scheduled for 4
a.m. to 7 a.m. There will also be
a momentary interruption of power
at 7 a.m. affecting the west part
of Front Street and all of the
Bcaufort-Morchcad City causeway.
Mr. Stovall said the outages arc
necessary to transfer flow of cur
rent in the Lennoxville area into
a larger line. This is needed, he
explained, because of the increased
commercial use of power in the
Lennoxville section. Three addi
tional crews arc being brought in
to do the work.
The power company manager
said Saturday morning was select
ed because the outage will cause
least inconvenience then to com
mercial places.
Brunswick Navigation Co.
Builds Fish Solubles Plant
Board Talks Again About
Junk Yard, Hears Reports
Aside from (he recurring com
plaint about the awful condition
of the junk yard off Broad Street,
the Beaufort town hoard heard
routine reports Monday night and
went home.
Police Commissioner Math Chap
lain said the junk yard is in worse
condition than ever and people
are complaining The matter was
turned over to the town attorney,
Gene Smith, who said he would
contact the county solicitor. Wiley
Taylor Jr , who would "take neces
sary action."
The operator of the junk yard
has' never obtained a privilege li
cense, according to Dan Walker,
town clerk, nor has he complied
with any of the requests the town
has made about erecting a fence
repairing the sidewalk or operat
ing with respect for surrounding
property owners.
Churches Thanked
The board members expressed
appreciation to the Baptist church
es of Davis which contributed $23
to the Beaufort Fire Department.
The firemen fought a grass and
woods fire at Davis recently.
Suggestions were made for new
appointees to the planning board.
They arc Halscy Paul, who is
presently serving as chairman,
Paul Jones, J. O. Barbour, C. Z.
('happcll and Gerald Austin. These
persons will be contacted, and if
willing to serve, length of terms
will be assigned them.
Finance Report
The clerk gave the finance re
port for April. Current taxes col
lected totaled $1,320.81; collections
on prior levies were $172.71; ABC
allotment was $578 19, parking
meters yielded $578.58; miscella
neous income was $318.83 and bus
iness license fees $15.
Mr. Walker also reported on
work of the town crew The storm
sewer job on Ann, Orange and
Turner Streets was completed; 485
cubie yards of fill were placed on
streets, repair work was done on
one main sanitary sewer, 22 other
sanitary sewers, one storm sewer,
eight special work orders were
issued and three sewer cut-ins
made.
In the absenee of Fire Commis
sioner Gerald Hill, Mr. Walker re
ported that the fire department
during April answered six out-of
town calls, three in town, one false
alarm, and the rescue truck with
resuscitator got one call.
Police Report
Police Commissioner Chaplain
reported a total of 14 arrests dur
ing April, seven by Chief of Po
lice Guy Springlc, one by Assist
ant Chief Carlton Garner, three
by Officer Maxwell Wade and three
by Officer Otis Willis.
Meter violations totaled 330 and
other parking violations numbered
Attending the meeting in addi
tion to the commissioners and at
torney, were Chief Springlc and
Wardcll Fillingamc, street super
intendent.
First Aid Class
Gets Instructor
Newport firemen got back on the
track Monday night. The firemen
had been sidetracked by lack of an
instructor for their first aid
course. Town Commissioner Hil
ton Gurganus had his teaching
papers ironed out by Monday
night and covered the sixth period
of instruction.
If no further (rouble develops,
firemen and Explorer Scouts will
be through with the course the sec
ond week in June.
Firemen also viewed a new film.
Fog Against Fire. The color film
was produced by the Exploratory
Committee on (he Application of
Water and dealt with using small
I and 1 'iinch fog nozzles against
fires where the water supply is
limited.
The film has also been shown to
the Beaufort. Cherry Point, and
New Bern departments. The fire
men met at the educational build
ing of the Methodist Church.
Tida Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
(Eastern Standard Time)
LOW
Friday, May IT
11:03 a m. 4:43 i m
11:11 P m 4:43 p m
Saturday, May II
11:34 a.m. 3:27 a.m.
11:59 p.m. 3:31 p.m.
Sunday, May 19
? 9:13 a.m.
12:42 p.m. 8:25 p.m.
Monday, May ?
? rn- 7:09 a.m.
1:29 p.m. 7:32 p.m.
Resort Issue Will
Appear Tuesday
THE NEWS-TIMES first an
nual resort issue will be pub
lished Tuesday.
The issue will constitute a spe
cial invitation to folks to visit
Morehead City during its Cen
tennial celebration, to spend the
summer here?or even consider
this area as the place for per
manent residence.
In addition to the regular read
ers of THE NEWS TIMES, ad
vertisers and other businessmen
are mailing 4,000 extra copies to
friends and business associates
in North and South Carolina and
Virginia.
It's an issue you won't want
to miss!
Representatives
Call for Study
Of Motorboating
Wild and reckless operation of |
speedboats in North Carolina wa
ters has resulted in a resolution
calling for a state commission to
study the problem and report back
to the 1959 legislature.
The resolution was introduced |
jointly in the House of Represen
tatives, Raleigh, Wednesday by
Rep. I). G. Bell of Carteret and
Rep. Ned Dclamar of Pamlico
County.
Operation of motorboats a n d |
speedboats without regard to safe
ty regulations last summer caused
other craft to overturn and also
caused several deaths, according
to reports from Raleigh.
Representative Delamar said
that with the increase in boating,
the state should sec what needs
to be done to regulate boat own
ers and operators.
He said different widths of bod
ies of water and depths of water |
require different speed limits.
The commission requested would |
consist of three members appoint
ed by the governor.
Frank Wootcn, Pitt County rep
resentative, introduced a bill regu
lating boats on the Tar River. That
bill has passed both the House and
Senate.
Trawler Loses Rudder
Off Atlantic Beach
A 57 foot trawler enroute from |
Key West to Bclhaven lost her
rudder just off Atlantic Reach |
Wednesday evening. The Kirby Al
len, owned by C. R. Totter of Bcl
haven, radioed the Kort Maeon |
Coast Guard Station at 6:15 p.m.
The auxiliary boat CG 40403 with I
EN/1 Taft Pilchcr and SN Aulchie |
I.. Farmer aboard made the tow.
Brunswick Navigation Co
start operation of its new'fis
within the next several days
The plant has already had
bugs have to be ironed out, 1
superintendent, yesterday.
The fish solubles plant i
Tree Crashes
Onto Road, Just
Misses Auto
Mother, 18-Month-Old
Daughter Have Narrow |
Escape Yesterday
Mrs. Thclma Ward and her 18
month-old daughter, route 1 Beau
fort, escaped without a scratch at
11 o'clock yesterday morning when
a pine tree crashed across High
way 101 in front of the car Mrs.
Ward was driving.
Mrs. Ward and her daughter
were in a 1955 Ford going north
about two miles from Beaufort
when the accident happened. Mrs.
Ward stopped the car but the tree,
which had been felled by workmen,
smashed the windshield and did
other damage estimated at $300.
State Highway Patrolman J. W.
Sykcs says charges against the
tree-cutters, owner of the timber
and owner of the land arc pend
ing.
The tree was on the property of j
D. H. Arnold, who, the Patrolman |
said, had apparently sold the tim
ber to Yancey S. Barbour. The
men cutting the tree were Julius
D. Small Jr., Harkers Island and
Onclius Wright, North River. They
said they were cutting the tree
for Barbour.
Mrs. Ward said she was travel
ing at about 35 miles an hour when
the tree fell across the road. Pa
trolman Sykcs said the tree was
a pine about 2 feet in diameter.
Police Check
Monday Robbery!
Police arc still investigating the
break-in at the Morchead City |
Western Auto Store Monday night.
About $85 worth of merchandise I
was carried through a back win-|
dow of the store.
The police say that the robbery |
was probably the work of young
sters since a box was put underl
the window in order for them to |
climb into the building.
The nature of the stolen mer
chandise also points to children.
BB rifles, bows and arrows, 120
packs of BB shot, two bicycle
tires, a bicycle head lamp and
several baseball bats were taken.
H. R. Cooper, owner and man
ager of the store, said that the I
loss was not covered by insurance.
Southport, ig expected to
fi solubleg plant, Lennoxville,
several trial rung, but a few
eportcd Leslie Garner, plant
?epresents an investment of
?more than $150,000 and ia situated
on property leased to Brunswick
Navigation by Beaufort Fisheries.
Plant at Southport
The Brunswick firm also op
erates a fish solubles plant at
Southport but the plant here em
bodies the latest improvements in
the process of recovering solubles
from "stickwater".
"Stickwater" is the term applied
to the liquid formerly considered
waste ' from the menhaden cook
ing operations. The stickwater was
usually thrown overboard. It not
only reduced oxygen content in
water, thereby killing marine life,
but caused discoloration of boats
passing through the water.
The Brunswick solubles plant
will receive stickwater from Beau
fort Fisheries. The liquid will be
piped from the fish factory to the
receiving tank, then by pipe into
the plant where by a direct heat
method the moisture content will
be reduced.
The finished product, of a con
sistency like heavy molasses, will
then be stored in another large
tank. From that tank it will be
run into railroad tank cars for
shipment.
Used In Feed
Fish solubles arc sold to manu
facturers of chicken and hog feed
and provide a desirable proteui
content for the animal food.
The solubles plant will be able
to handle stickwater from three
million fisb daily,
Dan Vincent, Tampa, Fla? in
ventor of the evaporator being
used at the Brunswick plant, has
been at the plant this week super
vising installation and observing
trial runs. The Vincent equipment,
which evaporates moisture by ap
plying heat directly to stickwater,
differs from otber processes where
evaporation is effected by use of
steam.
Another innovation at the mar
Lennoxville plant will be use of a
dc-odorizer. Smoke fumes from
the plant will be sprayed by a
chemical coating $8 a gallon. The
chemical smells like the enticing
combination of orange, lemon, lime
and mint.
The solubles plant is of metal,
40 by 60 feet.
Haul Job
For the past three years, Bruns
wick Navigation Co. has been haul
ing stickwater from the R. W. Tay
lor Co., Morchcad City, to its
Southport plant for processing
Brunswick boats fished for the
Taylor company.
The Fish Meal Co., Beaufort, has
a stickwater plant and it is re
torted that Wallace Fisheries,
Morehcad City, is considering in
stallation of one.
Construction of the new plant
near Beaufort started the first of
April. Plans for the work got un
der way in March. General man
agcr of the operation is Jimmy
Barnes. Superintendent Garner is
a native of Lennoxville. llig
brother. J. O., is in charge of the
stickwater plant at Southport.
President of Brunswick Naviga
tion Co. is II. W. (Hob) Anderson,
Wilson.
Rector to Speak
To Graduates
The speaker at Beaufort com
mencement exercises at 8 p m
Tuesday, May 28. will be the Rev.
C. Edward Sharp, rector of St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, Beau
fort.
The Rev. Louie Lewis, pastor of
the Atlantic Methodist Church, will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon
at 11:18 a.m. Sunday, May 28, in
the school auditorium.
The seniors wUl observe class
night at I p.m. Monday, May 27
Bruce Tarklngton, principal, an
nounces that the class valedictor
ian is Rae Francca Hasscll. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gray Hasscll,
Beaufort, and Jean Chadwlck,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivey
Chad wick, Beaufort, is salutalor
ian.
30 Attend Showing
Of Cancer Films
Thirty persons attended the
showing of films on cancer at the
home agent's office, Beaufort,
Monday night.
Dr. John Morris, Morehead City,
gave a brief talh and then ana
The films shown were The Other
City and Self]
Breast Cancer. The program was
under the supervision of Mrs. Floy
Garner, turpi chairman of the
current Caoccr Crusade.
Jaycees Install President
Photo bp Bob lopmour
Niath Jaycee dlotrict vice prerideat, Wet Cookllai, right, ptas the
JiftN preotdeatal emWen n Jibh Steed, eew pwrideat el the
Beeelert Jayceei. Mr. Ceakllag aae priaelpal ipeaker at the Jiycff
laitefleHea at the l