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46th YEAR, NO. 46. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 4. 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Wallace Home to House Antique Show
Photo by Bob Seymour
The historic Charles Slover Wallace house, Eighth and Arendell Streets, will be the scene of the Cen
tennial Jubilee art and antique show. The Wallace house has been a landmark in Morchead City for
over SO years.
The 54-year-old Charles Slover
Wallace house. Eighth and Aren
dell Streets, Morehead City, has
been the scene of many "firsts"
in the 100-year history of the town.
Another first will h&.?ddcd to. the
list when the Centennial antique
and art show is conducted there
during the Jubilee.
When the house was built in
1903, Mr. Wallace wanted a build
ing that would grace the growing
town for many years to come. He
followed the rule of county ship
builders, and it was a good one.
Any good ship builder will tell you
that heart pine is the most sturdy
wood for resisting the winds and
spray that blow in from the ocean.
He found a ship that had run
aground off Cape Lookout with a
cargo of heart pine cut in Alabama
and enroute to New England. He
bought the lumber and today it is
as sound as it was the day he
brought it to Morchead City.
John F. Bell, ehicf earpenter on
the 18-month construction job, is
dead, but his son Edgar says it
is a hard Job to drive a nail into
the wood now.
The house, vacant since the
death of Mrs. Wallace three years
ago, is still one of the largest in
Morehead City. The three-story
house has 15 rooms and four baths.
Town officials point with some
pride to the plumbing in the bath
rooms.
The first sewers in Morchead
City were connected to these four
rooms and they are still working
as good as new! Fred Royal, 82,
remembers many of the highlights
in the history of the old mansion.
He can tell of the wagons bring
ing the lumber from Cape Look
out to the building site; of the car
pcntcrs who took so much pride in
their handiwork that it is still a
tribute to their carc; and of watch
ing the workmen plaster the walls
with fresco?a process in which
the color is mixed with the plaster
to make a permanent color.
George R. Wallace and Mrs.
Grace W. Taylor, son and daugh
ter of Mr. Wallace, were reared
in the house. They are letting the
centennial committees use the
building as site for the antique
and art show as a tribute to their
father.
Mr. Wallace was a prominent
civic leader. The present Morehead
City School was named in his
honor. While casual visitors at the
show will probably think, "what
a beautiful old home," the resi
dents of Morehead City and the
county will think instead of one
of the men who helped make
Morehead City what it is today.
Wafer Parade Committee Head
Announces Cash Prizes for Boats
Firemen Will
Meet Tonight
The Down East Volunteer Fire
Department will meet at 7:30 to
night in the recreation building.
Atlantic. All members, firemen
and community members, arc in
vited.
Stacy is the community closest
to 100 |?r cent membership under
the program to finance department
operations by having each home
owner pay tS yearly. William
Gorges, secretary, reports to per
cent membership at Stacy.
Atlantic membership is 30 per
cent, Sea level 3 per cent, Davis
30 per cent and Cedar Island 4 per
cent.
Thirty six volunteer firemen arc
enrolled, but 30 more are needed
to round out the full complement
In each zone. Stacy and Atlantic
are the only ones that have their
full quota of volunteers.
Mr. Gorges said, "We need the
help of all zones (com munities i we
cover for full support and member
ship."
A fire drill was conducted at
Stacy last weekend. There was a
good turn out of volunteer firemen.
Mr. Gorges remarked, "We want
to thank them for their Interest
and the time spent at this drill. We
will have more at later dates dur
ing the next few months."
Morehead City Sprays
A spray, mounted on a street
department truck, will begin reg
ular spraying for moaquitoes this
week. 1. V. Waters, head of the
street department, says that his
men are using DDT to control
mosquitoes. There Is no set sche
dule, he says, since the work has
to be done when the weather is
right
czver si.uuu nas oven aiiocaieu
for prizes and awards in the Cen
tennial water parade. It is sched
uled for 8 p.m. Friday, August 9.
Thurlow Whealton, chairman of the
water parade committee, an
nounces that six first place cash
awards of )75 each will be pre
sented. Second place prizes arc
$50, and third place, $25.
The six divisions of competition
are most beautifully-decorated pri
vate boat, most originally-dec
orated private boat, most beauti
ful float, most original float, most
beautifully-decorated party boat
and most originally-decorated par
ty boat.
Certificates will be presented to
honorable mentions as well as to
winners.
Boats and floats will rendezvous
at Fort Macon. They will leave
the fort in the order of the parade
and sail to a point just east of the
Atlantic Beach Bridge.
They will turn at the bridge and
sail back by the Morehcad City
waterfront. Mr. Whealton says that
his committee has eight floats and
SO boats lined up for the parade.
A fireworks display will be given
by the fireworks committee, under
the direction of Mac Edwards of
the Morehcad City Fire Depart
ment. The display will begin a
half-hour before the water parade
begins. After the parade an hour
and a half display is scheduled.
Mr. Whealton says final plans
for the line of march are being
made, so anyone interested in en
tering the parade and trying for
prize money should contact him as
soon as possible, 6-4110 or 6-4781.
Ordered la Report
Vincent B. Oglesby, route 1,
Morehcad City, and Donald Ray
Fulcher, Atlantic, have been t
dered to report for Induction into
the Army June 8. The announce
ment was made Friday by Mrs.
Ruby B. Holland, clerk of the
county draft board.
Banks Ponies Sell
At Premium Prices
Two-month-old banks ponies sold
for $90 at the pony penning on
Shnckleford Banks Saturday, ac
cording to David Yeomans of Har
kers Island. He said the prices on
aM ponies ranged from $75 to $100.
Only about 10 of the ponies were
sold, Mr. Yeomans said. Most were
left on the banks for breeding.
A penning was conducted at Core
Banks yesterday.
Beaufort Tax Payors
To Get Clean-Up Notice
Tax payers in Beaufort will get
personal messages from Mayor C.
T. Lewis with their tax notieca this
week. Each message is a pica for
a clean Beaufort.
Mayor Lewis warns property
owners that unless they clean up
their vacant lots and yards, the
town can have the work done and
add the cost of the job td the per
son's future tax bill.
Mayor Lewis says that visitors
judge a town and its citizens by
the cleanliness and attractiveness
of the homes, lots and streets.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
(Eastern Standard Time)
HIGH I.OW
Tuesday, Juae 4
13:40 a.m. 7:02 a.m.
1:35 p.m. 7:35 p.m.
Wedaesday, Juae S
1:37 a.m. 8:00 a.m.
2:20 p.m. 8:40 p.m.
Thursday, Juae 8
2:36 a.m. 0:11 a.m.
3:11 p.m. 9:51 p.m.
Friday, Juae 7
1:39 a.m. 10:07 a.m.
4:11 p.m. 10:49 p.m.
1957 has been raised 15 cents to
$1.75 per hundred dollars' valua
tion. Mayor George W. Dill said
yesterday that the increase had to
be made to meet payments on
bonds.
The tax rate last year was $1.60
per hundred, a reduction of 40
cents from the previous rate of
$2. The $1 60 rate was set after
the revaluation of property which
stands now at about $10,300,000.
The new rate, he continued, is
still 25 cents lower than the rate
prior to revaluation.
The new rate was first revealed
during the past week when More
head City residents received their
tax notices. The rate was set, ac
cording to minutes of the board's
transactions, at a closed meeting
after the March 21. 1957 meeting.
The breakdown* of the $1.75 rate
lollows: general fund $1, debt ser
Vicc 60 cents (an increase from 45
cents last year), recreation 10
cents, and Morchcad City Hospital
5 cents.
Mayor Dill said that the town
board erred in setting the tax rate
at $1.60 in 1956. He said that the
board had overlooked the fact that
payments were coming due on
bonds to be retired in 1973.
In making up the budget, the
mayor explained, the budget of the
previous year is referred to. In
1956, the board referred to the 1955
budget. In 1955 the debt service
fund was low because bonds com
ing due in 1956 had been paid off
with funds from the dog track in
1954.
The mayor said that no one took
that into consideration when the
1956 budget was set up and the tax
rate put at $1.60.
The board has been holding spe
cial meetings in recent weeks in
preparation of the budget, the
mayor said. The most recent meet
ing was Friday afternoon.
Beach Police
Chase Driver
In Officer's Car
A 1940 Chevrolet belonging to
Atlantic Beach policeman John
Britt ol Swansboro led the beach
police a merry chase Saturday
night. The car, allegedly stolen,
and driven by Tommy Lovcjoy, left
the beach at a high rate of speed
with Chief Bill Moore and Patrol
man Britt in hot pursuit in the
chief's car.
Lovcjoy, who was charged with
driving drunk, hit speeds up to S3
miles an hour as he went east on
the Fort Macon road, lie ran three
approaching cars off the road as
he was weaving from side to side,
the chief said.
Just beyond the Triple-Ess Pier
turn, Lovcjoy ran off the road and
stalled. He jumped out of the car
and started to run but was caught
before he could get away.
Chief Moore turned Lovcjoy over
to the highway patrol. Officer Britt
drove his car back to the beach.
The Chevrolet had a new motor in
it, but Mr. Britt says the chase
must have thrown something hay
wire. "It just doesn't have any oil
pressure now." he reports.
Lovcjoy was taken to the More
head City jail Saturday night and
was transferred to the county jail
in Beaufort yesterday afternoon to
await trial Thursday. Ilia bond
was set at $300.
Two Outboard Motors
Stolen Thursday Night
Two outboard motors were stolen
Thuraday night, one from Jon
Outboard Marina, Radio Island,
and the other from Gerald Austin's
fish house, Beaufort.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said the
thefts were reported to him Fri
day morning.
Taken from Jones was a Mark
55 forty horsepower Mercury with
steering wheel and gear shift. Tak
en from Austin's was a Johns
15 horsepower motor.
The thefts were still under in
vestigation yesterday.
Spraying
A. D. Fulford, county sanitarian,
says that spraying for mosquitoes
throughout the county wiO prob
ably start June IS, the same time
it started last year.
County Commissioners Set
Tax Rate at $1.35 for 1957
i ~ e -
Morehead City Raises 1957
Tax Rate 75 Cents to $1.75
The Morehead City tax rate for^~
Migrant Minister Arrives;
Recreation Items Sought
Thrnnrrh inadvertent error hv the<
C&D Official
Stresses Need
For Deep Inlet
Deepening and stabilization of
Drum Inlet is extremely import
ant to the fishermen and naviga
tion interests of Carteret County,
Col. Beverly C. Snow, chairman of
the water resources committee of
the Department of Conservation
and Development, pointed out Fri
day.
For that reason, he requests that
as many Carteret residents as
possible attend the hearing on
Drum Inlet at 10:30 Monday morn
ing, June 10, at the Beaufort
School. The hearing is being con
ducted by the Army engineers.
Colonel Snow points out that the
project has recently been raised
in rating from fourth to third
class. He recalled that Gov. Wil
liam B. Umstcad obtained $50,000
from the legislature for a survey
of eastern North Carolina water
resources and the second most im
portant recommendation in the sur
vey report was the stabilization of
Drum Inlet.
The Army engineers have al
ready set up $2,500 for a prelim
inary survey.
Colonel Snow declares that the
evidence offered at the June 10
hearing will be a deciding factor
in authorization of the project.
Drum Inlet is located at the
north end of Core Banks off At
lantic, N. C. Because of shoaling,
its use is limited, working a hard
ship on the state's commercial
fishing fleet. The inlet is of vital
importance both to fishing and
pleasure vessels as an entrance to
calmer waters in case of storm.
Two Cars Collide
On Arendell Street
Two cars collided in front of the
postoffiec in Morchcad City at 5:30
p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Julia Gibson
of Jacksonville was driving west
in a 1955 DeSoto when Harry S.
Bell Jr., Morchcad City, backed
from a parking place in front of
the postoffiec and hit her, police
said.
Bell was driving a 1950 Chevro
let. Ills bumper hit the right side
of the DeSoto causing about $75
damage, according to Lt. Joe
Smith who investigated. The bum
per of the Chevrolet was not dam
aged.
Geld Star Mothers Sought
Mothers whose sons were killed
in recent wars arc asked to con
tact the Beaufort VFW auxiliary.
The auxiliary is planning a dinner
in their honor. Mrs. Cecil Peter
son, Beaufort, 2-5177, will accept
the names.
North Carotin* Council of Church-1
cs the arrival dale of the migrant
minister to this county was given
as May 27 instead of June 3. The
Rev. Oric Broomficld's arrival
date was yesterday instead of a
week ago.
The Rev. If. H. Cash, chairman
of the migrant ministry commit
tee, said that Miss Kathryn Leaf,
home missions supervisor of this
area, contacted him by long dis
tance phone Thursday to say she
had made a mistake in Mr. Broom
field's arrival dale.
In speaking to the migrant com
mittee several weeks ago. Miss
Leaf mentioned several ways in
which church groups. Boy and Girl
Scout groups and civic organiza
tions could Ik- of help to Mr.
Broomfield, who will visit the mi
grant labor camps.
Play equipment is of value lor
the children. While tiicir parents
arc in the field, Mr. Broomfield
could see that the children arc oc
cupied with volleyball, softball,
horse shoes or other games, she
said. The equipment need not be
new, but should be in usable con
dition. .
Little children would like Used
toys, coloring books, crayons, art
craft scissors for making cutouts,
dolls and similar Items.
On Sundays the men enjoy rec
reation. such as horse shoes. Table
games, such as checkers, arc also
nccdod.
A health kit is a popular item.
Made with a cigar box, it contains
a cake of soap, washcloth, tooth
paste, toothbrush, comb and small
pocket mirror. Mr. Cash suggested
that making of these kits for the
laborers could be a project among
the older children who will be at
tending vacation Bible schools
during the coming two weeks.
Any toys, play equipment or
health kits collected for use among
the migrants should be taken to
the Purvis Chapel AME Zion
Church, Craven and Broad Streets,
Beaufort, the Rev. N. H. Daniel, 1
pastor.
Without recreation equipment,
Mr. Broomficld's scope of activi
ties will be limited.
lie will conduct religious ser
vices, and visiting and counseling
will probably be among his most
important activities, Miss Leaf ad
ded.
Mr. Broomfield has his own car.
His car operating expenses will be
paid out of the money collected by
county churches for the migrant
ministry program, as well as his
room and board, lie will livc^ at
Miss Marzclla Cain's home, Cra
ven Street, Beaufort.
Mr. Broomfield is a seminary
graduate from Atlanta, Ga., and
served with the armed forces be
fore enuring the ministry. He will
be in this county six weeks.
Churches which have not yet
sent in their contribution to the
migrant ministry program arc
asked to do so at once. Checks or
money orders should be sent to
the Rev. J. D. Young. Beaufort.
Farm Agencies
Seek New Office
Space in Annex
Representatives of county agri-1
culture agencies appeared before |
the eounty board yesterday and re
quested that the county remodel
the second floor of the courthouse
annex to permit all agriculture
agencies to be grouped together.
Spokesman for the agencies was
It M. Williams, county farm
agent. Appearing with him were
Mrs. Floy Garner, home agent;
David Jones, soil conservationist,
and U. J. May, ASC manager.
Part of the agriculture agency
offices arc located in the Beaufort
postofficc building and part in the
courthouse annex. Mr. Williams
said it would be much more con
venient to the farmers if the offices
were on the same floor in one
building.
When the new health canter
opens, the health department will
vacate its afficet in the coartlnaiae
annex. Those offices, according to
the present plan, will be used by
the welfare department, and the
ASC office, now in the posloffiee
building, will movo to offices on
the second floor of the courthouse
annex that were formerly used by
the welfare department.
This move is necessary, Mr. May
explains, because the ASC office
needs more space.
Moving of the ASC office will
then work a hardship on the Soil
Conservation office, because the
two work closely together. Mr.
Williams also pointed out that it
would be more convenient in 4-H
and farm and home agent work if
the offices could be together.
He said that he, personally, is
satisfied with his quarters, but
would be willing to move to facili
tate the farm program.
The county board of commis
sioners felt that the county still
needs postofficc space for offices
allied with the federal government
and suggested that the draft board
office be moved from the court
house annex to the postofficc build
ing and that the social security in
terviewer hold office hours there.
Mr. Williams was asked to de
termine whether the state and fed
eral governments would assist the
county In providing the new quar
ters. He was also asked to obtain
at least two estimates on the cost
of remodeling the second floor of
the courthouse annex.
Wreck Near Swansboro
State Highway Patrolman Brown
investigated a wreck on Highway
24 four miles cast of Swansboro
Saturday night. Persons injured
were taken to Camp Lcjcunc Naval
Hospital.
i ne cuuiii.y uuaru ui cuiii
miaaioners set the 1957 tax
rate at $1.35 yesterday
morning at the courthouse,
the same rate as last year.
The board also accepted the fi
nancial report of Eugene Moore,
tax collector, and gave Mr. Moore
authority to collect 1957 taxes. Tax
collections this past year, on 1956
and prior levies, total $499,062.58.
The 1956 levy was $515,*75.98.
James D. Potter, county auditor,
pointed out that on 1937 and prior
years no concerted effort has been
made to collect taxes. Tbc board
authorized the tax collector and
county attorney to investigate the
delinquents of those years and re
port back to the board by the first
Monday in August as to what prop
erties should be foreclosed and
which taxes written off.
Mr. Moore also reported that the
special deputy employed to collect
delinquent personal property taxes
has collected $2,500 thus far.
Under Social Security
Sheriff Hugh Salter reported that
the law enforcement officers of the
county have voted to come under
the social security program.
Also presented to the board were
new lists from which jurors for su
perior court will be chosen. Com
missioners from the different sec
tions of the county arc now check
ing the lists to remove names of
those persons who have died or arc
ineligible to serve as jurors.
Letter on Inlet
Upon suggestion of Commission
er llarrcll Taylor, the board au
thorized the clerk, Irvin W. Davis,
to write Col. H. C. Rowland Jr.,
diatrict engineer, setting forth the
need for deepening and stabilizing
Drum Inlet.
E. M. Foreman, county forest
ranger, appeared before the board
with his budget for 1957-58. The
board accepted the budget and
agreed to consider it when it
makes up the general budget for
the coming year.
The total budget is $1M00 of
whie* tho count hnsbern asked to
pay $3,805.
Mr. Foreman commented on the
value of the forestry fire-spotting
plane which he says has enabled
him to bring large fires under con
trol in several hours. The plane is
stationed at New Bern.
Error Corrected
Levi J. Hardy, South River, ap
peared before the board in regard
to taxes. Mr. Hardy said the board
had him charged with land that he
did not own. The county board di
rected that Mr. Hardy's taxes be
adjusted to rectify the error.
Elwood Willis, Marshallber, who
is in the insurance business, ap
peared before the board and re
quested that he be granted permis
sion to write the fire insurance pol
icy for the new jail and health cen
ter. The board requested Mr. Wil
lis to set forth his proposition in
writing.
At the conclusion of the meeting,
the sheriff took the commissioners
on a tour of the new jail which is
Hearing completion. Commission
ers present, in addition to Mr. Tay
lor. were S. A. Chalk, Walter Yeo
mans, Odell Merrill and Chairman
Moses Howard.
Barring Complications, Raleigh
Law Factory May Close Saturday
If the appropriation! committee
accepted the Joint aubcommiitee'a
report on appropriations ycatcrday
afternoon, the legislature will ad
journ thia Saturday. That was the
prediction of Carteret's representa
tive. D. G. Belli yesterday morn
ing.
Mr. Bell said, however, that if
there ia a squabble over teachers
salarica or any other major por
tion of the appropriations report,
adjournment could be delayed sev
eral days.
Should there be trouble, be said,
the funds for mosquito control,
Morehead City port and oyster
planting program could be wiped
out ? or taxes would have to be
raised. "But I don't think taxes
would be raiaed," he continued,
"because It would be an unpopular
move."
Bepresentativa Bell reported on
follows:
Jegjalative matters aa I
The Senate baa now received the
bill calling (or atudy of niotorboat
ing rcgulationa on atatc waters.
Mr. Bell said that if the Senate
approves the bill, as the House
has done, the state will be in posi
tion in two years to work out good
rules and regulations on boats used
on Inland lakes, rivers, and otber
waters.
On the bills regarding outer
banks ponies, Mr. Bell said that
ponica on Shackleford Banks and
Ocracokc Island arc exempt from
removal, lie said, however, that
should they be found interfering
with restoration work, they can be
removed by the Board of Conserva
tion and Development. (This Is a
change from a previous proposal
giving Carteret county commis
sioners authority to remove them).
If CAD moves them, authority Is
granted CAD to set up a means of
preserving the species. Should
Ocracoke ponies be found to be
Haip?gin| grants tr fence,! tbey
ponies ire owned by Ocracokc Boy
Scouts.
The bills preventing rcmovsl of
sand dunes and vegetation have
passed. They were preliminary to
obtaining the privilege of uaing
prison labor on the banks. The res
olution calling for obtaining right
of-ways on the banks aad use of
prison labor has passed, with the
area btween Dum Inlet and Ocra
coke Inlet specified as an area im
mediately in need of attention to
prevent further erosion.
Both bills on mosquito control
have passed. A quarter of a mil
lion dollars has been set up for
control over the next two years,
the greater part of that to be uaad
as matching funda for towns and
counties.
A hundred thousand dollars has
been set up for planting of oyster
Board Gets Four
Road Petitions
County commissioners heard (our
requests for road improvementa
when they met yesterday at the
county courthouse. All were ap
proved and forwarded to the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission for final action.
Mrs. F.mmitt Piper and H. D.
MacFarlanc, Gloucester, presented
> petition asking for the hard-sur
facing of six-tenths of a mile of
road on which 14 houses an lo
cated.
The road, already on the high
way system, goes to a dead end.
Another petition asked that the
Chadwlck Road, 800 feet long, be
widened and maintained by the
lighway commission. Located in
Gloucester, it has four houses on
It and at present la not a part of
the highway system.
The request for maintenance was
turned down by the state a year
ago because no permanent homes
were located on it. The county
hoard said the circumstances there
have changed within the past year.
A Harkcrs Island road, two
tenths of a mile long, and connect
ing two paved roads, was the sub
ject of a third petition. It was re
ported that four houses are located
m the road, with prospects ?i sev
eral more to be built.
A fourth petition asked that the
dampen Road be paved and an ex
ension of that road placed on the
?Ighway system. The
Road is located )uat north of I
tart