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46th YEAR, NO. 63. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. JULY 2, 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY!
Fisheries Group Hears Request
For Ban on Dumping Shrimp Heads
C&D Board Meeting Begins
With Optimistic Reports
By WADE LUCAS
The change made by the 1957
General Assembly in the State's
corporate tax laws, together with
other advantages offered by North
Carolina, may result in a $300,000,
000 growth in new and expanded
industries in the State within the
next year.
The State Board of Conservation
and Development, with its chair
man Governor Luther H. Hodges,
presiding, got this word in a re
port submitted by Director Wil
liam P. Saunders of the Depart
ment of Conservation and Devel
opment as it opened its two-day
summer meeting yesterday at the
Morehead Biltmore Hotel.
For the first six months of this
year, Saunders said, investments
for new and expanded industries
in North Carolina, excluding the
$40,000,000 titanium plant for Wil
mington and a new plant and ex
pansions for the R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company at Winston-Sa
lem, amounted to approximately
$59,000,000.
"It is our belief," Saunders ad
ded "with the change in the allo
cation formula, coupled with a
real working program on the local
level by the communities them
selves. and the many other advan
tages North Carolina offers ? in
water available productive em
ployees, attractive sites, highways,
railroads, recreational, educational
and cultural facilities?that within
the next year a $300,000,000 growth
in new and expanded industries
is entirely possible."
The Rev. E. Guthrie Brown, rec
tor of St. Andrew's Episcopal
Church here, gave the invocation
as the board convened at 9 a.m.
in the ballroom of the Morehead
Biltmore Hotel.
W. B. Chalk, president of the
Morehead City Chamber of Com-1
mcrce, welcomed the board to
Morehcad City and board mem
ber Robert M. Hanes of Winston
Salem responded.
H. C. Kennett of Durham, Wal
ker Martin of Raleigh and Voit
Gilmorc of Southern Pines, recent
ly appointed to the CAD Board by
Governor Hodges under an act
passed by the 1S5? General As
sembly increasing membership of
the board from 15 to 18, were
sworn in by Associate Justice Wil
liam B. Rodman Jr., of the Stale
Supreme Court.
Miles J. Smith of Salisbury, W.
J. Damtoft of Canton, Charles 11.
Jenkins of Ahoskie, Scroop W. En
loe Jr. of Spruce Pine and W. Eu
gene Simmons of Tarboro, who
were reappointed to the board,
also received oaths of office from
Justice Rodman.
The opening session was featured
also by reports on activities for
the past six months and plans for
future programs by the CAD De
partment's divisional heads, in
cluding one by Col. llarry E.
Brown. State Hurricane Rchabili
tat ion director.
Charles Parker submitted the re
port on State Advertising; A. 11.
Grant for Commerce and Industry;
C. G. Holland for Commercial
Fisheries (Holland's report is found
elsewhere in today's News-Times);
F. 11. Claridge for Forestry; Tho
mas W. Morse for State Parks;
Dr. J. L. Stuckey for Mineral Re
sources; aitd Col. B. C. Snow for
Water Resources, Inlets and Coast
al Waterways.
The Governor and Mrs. Hodges,
CAD Board members, their wives.
CAD Director Saunders, divisional
heads, and Carteret Representative
I). 6. Bell were taken on a two
hour cruise Sunday aboard the
Coast Guard Cutter Chilula by the
ship's master, R. M. Hulchins.
Carteret Communities
Plan for July Fourth
Centennial Boat
Show is Slated
Boat dealers in North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, and Ten
nessee will.be given an opportun
ity to show off their products to
the marine-minded folks in More
head City during the Centennial
Jubilee, Aug. 4-10.
A giant boat show has been
planned as a part of the Centen
nial celebration and dealers in
these states have been invited to
participate.
Space will be provided for up to
75 displays of boats, trailers, and
outboards on the lawn of the
Morehead City Yacht Basin. Reser
vations for space arc to be made
directly with Adam Mayer, More
head City Yacht Basin, Inc.
A $10 for the first, $7.50 for the
second, and $5.00 for each addi
tional display space will be
charged any one firm.
All dealers will also be given a
place in the water pageant sched
uled for Aug. 7 at t p.m. by con
tacting Thurlow Whcalton at Sears
in Morehead City.
Newport FFA Boys
Return from State
Convention Friday
The Newport delegates to the
state FFA convention in Raleigh
last week returned home Friday.
They spent the week attending
business sessions, various contests,
and social functions, according to
C. S. Long, FFA advisor. Mr. Long
accompanied the boys to Raleigh.
Newport's tool identification
team scored 1370 of a possible |
1500 in the tool identification eon
test. Members of the team were
Ganes Chapman, Terry Garner
and Edward CorbetL
Tommy Howard, president-elect
of the Newport FFA Chapter, at
tended as a voting delegate to the
business sessions.
Alien Ray Garner, who was un
able to attend the convention, still
got his Bute Farmer Degree. This
la one of the highest awards made
by the FFA.
Policeman Promoted
Sgt. BUI Condie. Morehead City
Police Force, was promoted from
patrolman effective yesterday. He
"celebrated" his promotion by
chasing a monkey through town.
The monkey belonged to Gordon
Lewis. Sergeant Condie said that
he finally caught the monkey at
Sound Appliance Co. where a dog
had cornered iL
I.
? The lorig Fourth of July week
end will begin Thursday. From
Thursday morning until Sunday
night special activities have been
planned to occupy every possible
moment.
Ocracokc Island, 'way Down
East, leads the way in scheduled
events. The traditional pony pen
ning will be conducted Thursday
morning. One of the highlights of
the day will be the annual flag
raising ceremony at 11:30 a.m.
The ceremony will be followed by
a plate luncheon sponsored by the
women of the Methodist Church.
The hometown parade, an an
nual event, will begin at 3 p.m.
Thursday. The day's activities will
be concluded with a square dance
in the school recreation hall.
Pony Races
Friday there will be a special
horsemanship exhibit by the
Mounted Boy Scouts of Ocracokc,
pony races, swimming races and
other sporting events. A woman
less wedding will be presented
Friday night in the recreation hall.
A beauty contest and square
dance in the recreation hall will
conclude the special activities Sat
urday night.
Ocracokc can be reached by
boat from Cedar Island or by char
ter plane from the Beaufort-More
head Airport. If you care to drive
you can start a day early and go
via Elizabeth City and the outer
banks.
Pony Penning
Cedar Island, accessible from
Atlantic by auto, will have a pony
penning at the Cedar Island Beach
pens about 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Drive to Atlantic on US 70 and
follow the signs to Cedar Island.
There is a fishing pier at the
beach. A modern mold is con
venient for overnight accommo
dation.
The Fourth of July fish fry at
the Sea Level Hospital will begin
at noon. Tickets for the meal are
tl and can be purchased at the
hospital or from hospital trustees.
Fnorth Annual Fish Fry
This will be the fourth annual
hospital benefit fish fry. Last year
MO people ate in two hours. The
menu for this year includes "two
or three" kinds of fish, shrimp,
cole slaw, corn bread, sliced to
matoes, pepper and cucumbers,
assorted desserts aad soft drinks.
A new wing is being built on the
hospital that will ealarge its t j
pacity to 50 beds. Charles Cau
dell, hospital administrator, says
that visitors win be welcome to
examine the new addition.
A full day of boat races is sche
duled for Morehead City Thurs
day. Motorboat races will begin
at 10 a.m. Race course will be
around Sugar Loaf Island (town
marsh).
As soon as the motorboat races
See JULY FOURTH, Page I
By WADE LUCAS
A request for a regulation pro
hibiting the dumping of shrimp
heads into North Carolina sounds
where there is insufficient tidal
waters to clear them to the ocean
has been put before the commer
cial fisheries committee of the
State Board of Conservation and
Development.
The request was put before the
committee, which is headed by Ce
cil Morris of Atlantic, at a spe
cial meeting Saturday of the group
at the Section Base.
It was offered in the form of a
resolution by the North Carolina
Fisheries Association's president,
Garland Fulcher of Oriental.
Mr. Fulcher asserted that the
dumping of shrimp beads into slow
moving sound waters not only tend
to pollute them because of "a more
violent chemical reaction" than
with other species of dead finfish
or shellfish tossed over the side.
This chemical reaction, Mr. Ful
cher noted in the resolution, serves
to kill off or seriously impair fish
ing grounds and cause threats to
public health.
W. W. lludnell, Jack Mason and
Randolph Hardy, commercial fish
ermen of Oriental, disputed their
fellow townsman's contentions that
the shrimp heads arc as dangerous
as Mr. Fulcher claimed.
"If you're going to do this, why
not prohibit the throwing over the
side of all dead finfish and shell
fish?" Mr. lludnell asked.
State Fisheries Commissioner
Gehrmann Holland intimated that
adoption of such a regulation as
required by the Fisheries Associa
tion would serve to greatly in
crease the duties of the patrol
See FISHERIES. Page 2
Lions Install New
Officers, Make
Three Awards
New officers for the Morrheatl
City Lions Club were installed at
the club meeting atthe Hotel Fortl
Macon Thursdiy night Installing
officer was Carmi Winters of New]
Bern, deputy district governor.
Officers installed were J. B. Eu
baks, president, O. J. Morrow, I
first vice-president, E. C. Watson,
second vice-president, Lewis Hin
son. third vice-president, David
Munden, secretary, H. K. Moore,
treasurer, Owens Frederick, tail
twister, and S. K. Hcdgccock, lion
tamer.
Outstanding Lions
Outstanding Lions awards were
presented by outgoing president J.
E. Crowe to 0. N. Allrcd and O.
J. Morrow.
Perfect attendance pins were
awarded to Mr. Allrcd, Mr. Eu
banks, Mr. Hcdgccock, A. N. Wil
lis, Frank Moran, C. W. Williams,
Mr. Frederick. John T. Willis. Mr.
Crowe, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Morrow
and Victor Wickizcr.
Mr. Crowe presented awards to
Lions who had done outstanding
jobs during the past year. Those
awards were: Jack Morgan, pro
grams; Mr. Moran, finance; A.
N. Willis, official grectcr; E. C.
Watson, treasurer; and Mr. Fred
erick, presidential advisor. He
gave Mr. Winters an inscribed ash
tray for taking part in the installa
tion ceremonica.
Ladies Night
There were 41 Lions and guests
present. Ladies night door prizes
were won by Mrs. Elmer Watson
and Mra. J. G. Bennett.
Three out-of-town visitors, in ad
dition to Mr. Winters, were pres
ent. They were John H. Kaltc of
High Point, I. D. Bradham of
Rocky Mount and F. L. Edwards
of Kinslon.
Mr. Morrow reported that the
Lions had completed fourteen pro
jects during the year. They includ
ed two broom sales, a light bulb
sale, sending a boy to Boys' State,
organizing a Boy Scout troop, send
ing a blind boy to camp.
Present Trophy
Giving a trophy to the Coastal
Archers Association, furnishing a
record player for the Boy Scouts,
paying $50 on the Morehead City
High School band's trip to Wash
ington. helping pay the salary of
a blind case worker.
Conducting a "Be Thankful You
Can See" campaign, distributing
10 gum ball machines, giving $25
to the chime fund at Franklin Me
morial Methodist Church, and
turning in $200 to the state White
Cane drive.
The Morehead City Lions were
twelfth in per capita collections
for the white cane drive. There
are 300 Lions Clubs in the state.
Three Mea Drafted
Three men have been ordered to
report to the county draft board
today. They will be forwarded to
Raleigh for induction into the Ar
my. They, are Frank E. Wickizer, I
Morehead City. Alvah H. Willis,
Harkera Island, and Henry E. Par
ker, Beaufort
First Survivors of Hurricane
Arrive, One Man Reported Dead
ruuiu uj nuj r.uudiuu
The first survivors of Hurricane Audrey arrived in Beaufort yes- save something before the storm hit. Several Beaufort citisens show
terday at 10:30 a.m. Twenty-six persons were on the first bus to ar- cd up at the station to provide transportation for the travel-weary
rive at the Beaufort bus depot. Most of them were wearing clothes survivors,
given them by welfare organisations and individuals who managed to
To the C&D Board ...
Glad you are here
and why rot stay
with us to enjoy a
happy Fourth of
July?
John Woolen
Wins Awards
John C. Woolen, Newport, won
three beneficial suggestion cash
awards at the Marine Corps Air
Station, Cherry Point, last week.
The awards totaled $360. Mr.
Wootcn is quartcrman machinist
in the public works department.
The awards were: $165 for an
idea for improving the grass cut
ting procedures; $100 for suggest
ing raising the heights of 'igns
at the station; and $95 for sug
gesting a collapsible type seal for
scaling openings in storage tanks.
Eighteen other county residents
received cash awards. They are:
Cecil W. Scwcll, Morehcad City,
$150; Cyrous Hunter, Beaufort, $20;
Floyd T. Willis, Beaufort, $10;
Peter C. Beam, Beaufort, $20;
John A. Savage, Morehcad City,
$50 (in addition to a $300 award
previously given for the same sug
gestion).
Joseph M. Taylor, Newport, $55;
Thomas R. Ivcrson, Beaufort, $10;
James B. Midgcttc, Newport, $15;
John I. Taylor, Beaufort, $5;
Charles L. Greene, Newport, $10;
Franklin R. Sample, Morehcad
City, $10.
Clifton L. Pincr, Newport, $75;
Lemuel A. Elliot, Newport, $80;
Donald M. Clarke, Atlantic, $49.50;
Roy C. Carraway, Beaufort, $10;
Robert A. Sellers, Smyrna, $1$;
Norman L. Whitehurst, Beaufort,
$5; and Reginald T. Styron, Davis,
$10.
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beeatort Bar
(E Uteri! Standard Time)
HIGH LOW
Teciday, July 2
5:43 a.m.
12:12 p.m. 8:M p.m.
Wednetday, July 3
12:25 a.m. 0:38 a.m.
1:05 p.m. 7:15 p.m.
Tharaday, July 4
1:21 a.m. 7:41 a.m.
2:00 p.m. 0:20 p.m.
Friday, July 0
2:17 a.m. 8:42 a.m. I
2:57 pju. 0:22 p.m. I
two Defendants Draw
30-Day Jail Sentences
Two defendants drew jail terms'*
in county recorder's court Thurs
day morning at the courthouse,
Beaufort. Willie Moslcy and John
Taylor, both convicted of public
drunkenness, began serving their
time immediately.
Moslcy will spend 30 days work
ing on the courthouse lawn. Tay
lor was sentenced to 30 days on
the roads.
John H. Lee, originally charged
with driving drunk, was fined $200
and costs for careless and reck
less driving.
Charles H. Tolin, who was appre
hended by the Highway Patrol the
week before, was not tried for
larceny of an automobile or driv
ing without a license. He was fined
$100 for driving drunk.
Return Car
Tolin was picked up when High
way Patrolmen R. H. Browu and
William Sykes noticed that some
one was driving Constabtc George
Smith's car along the shoulder of
the road. They returned Mr.
Smith's car before he knew that
it was missing.
William P. McKenney and Rob
ert W. Smith were ordered to pay
$25 and costs for cutting the moor
ing lines of a boat. They were also
ordered to pay the owner of the
boat $15.
McKenney was in court on a
second charge, damaging personal
property. He was ordered to pay
$75 to the prosecuting witness.
Pay ISO and CosU
William E. Pittman and Jerry
Lee Jones were found guilty of
breaking, entering and larceny.
They were ordered to pay court
costs and pay $80 to Douglas Hoff
man.
Leonard West was put on five
years good behavior by Judge
Lambert Morris. A two-year sen
tence was suspended on payment
of costs, staying on good beha
vior and supporting his minor
children. West was charged with
assault.
Three defendants were fined $25
.<!td costs. James Lebingston was
fined for public drunkenness and
breaking jail. Albert T. Johnson
and William E. Franks were found
guilty of using loud and profane
language in public.
Albert B. McLaughlin was fined
$15 and costs for careless and reck
less driving.
Two Bad Check Cases
Two defendants were ordered to
pay court costs and honor bad
checks they had passed. They
were Mrs. Gerncal Coleman and
M A. Edwards.
Defendants paying $10 and coats
were: Earl Taylor, James Forbea,
Ida Mae James, Elinor Johnson,
hoe COURT, Page $
Closed for Fourth
Public buildings, including post
offices, town halls in Morchead
City, Beaufort and Newport, the
courthouse, and governmental
agencies will be closed Thurs
day, July Fourth.
THE NEWS-TIMES office will
be closed the Fourth, but Fri
day's paper will appear as usual.
Businesses that will be closed
for the day arc listed on page
four, section two.
Tax Collections
Hit 20 Per Cent
Nearly 20 per cent of the 1957 tax
levy has already been collected, E.
0. Moore, county tax collector, re
ported to the board of county com
missioners yesterday.
The amount is (98,463.71 and the
exact percentage of collection is
19.44.
The 1936 tax levy has been col
lected by 92.25 per cent, collec
tions in June on the 1936 levy being
(3.412.17.
During June Mr. Moore also col
lected (1.S1S.71 on 1935 and prior
taxes and (1,991.50 on Schedule B
taxes.
lie also showed the county com
missioners the following letter re
ceived from A. D. Capehart of Ox
ford, a Carteret County landowner,
which was enclosed with Mr. Cape
hart's 1957 tax payment:
"Gentlemen: I think your coun
ty is one of the best, if not the
best run county in North Carolina.
Sincerely, A. D. Capehart."
Board Takes
Time to Give
Vote of Thanks
Carteret County commissioners
took time out during their busy
annual budget session yesterday to
commend all law enforcement of
ficers working in the county, the U.
S. Coast Guard and Sanatarian A.
B. Fulford.
The first of the three commen
datory resolutions was proposed by
Chairman Moses Howard. That
praised all law enforcement offi
cers from constables through the
ranks of municipal, county and
state highway patrol officers.
The second resolution, proposed
by Commissioner Odcll Merrill,
praises the U S. Coast Guard for
its vigilance in inspecting private
boats, especially those from out-of
county whose owners arc not gen
erally aware of the perils of the
sea.
The third, proposed by Commis
sioner Skinner Chalk, commended
Sanatarian Fulford and pledged
him the full support of the com
missioners in the fulfillment of his
duties.
Decorator Announces List
Of Water Parade Floats
Eight Morehcad City organiza
tions have contracted to enter
floats in the Centennial water pa
rade, announces decorator Jack
Finch. The Centennial committee
has made arrangements to enter
floats in both the street and water
parades.
Other organizations entering
floats are Morehcad City Garment
Co., Scars, Fry Roofing Co., Par
ker Motor Co.. Sanitary Fish Mar
ket and Restaurant and the Town
of Morehcad City. The Town of
Beaufort has also entered a float.
County Commissioners
Hear Budget Requests
Carteret County's Commissioners
sweated through the annual budget
session yesterday from middle
morning until late afternoon.
The first petitioning department
heard was the Welfare Department
which dips heaviest into the coun
ty till.
The Welfare Department needs
I7M03 of the county funds. Fed
eral and State funds will augment
the sum by $3T?,llg. The commis
sioners OK'd the request
Stanley Woodland, chairman at
the department, announced hia
resignation and stated that the
State Welfare Board has appointed
Mason Garner of Newport to take
his place. The other two mem
bers of the board arc Mrs. Mil
dred Holland, Beaufort, and Cor
bet! H. Davis, Marahallbcrg.
Mr. Woodland commended Miss
Georgia Hughes, welfare head, for
the work she does. The commis
sioners, in turn commended Mr.
Woodland for the work ha has
Survivors of Hurricane
Audrey began arriving in
Beaufort yesterday. Moat of
them were connected with
Harvey Smith's Cameron,
La., fish plant. The first bua
load arrived at 10:30 a.m.
with 26 persons aboard. A
chartered bus was due to ar
rive in the afternoon.
To date, only one county resi
dent has been reported missing.
Alonzo Bell Jr., 44, colored, of
Morchead City is presumed dead,
announces deputy civil defense di
rector Mrs. W. J. Ipock, Beaufort.
Survivors Listed
Bell was employed by Wallace
Fisheries in Cameron. He is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. Rachel
Bell, Morchead City, two sisters,
Mrs. Bertha Dudley and Mrs. Viola
White, Morehead City, two bro
thers, John Bell, Beaufort, and
James Bell. Washington, D. C. and
a six-year-old son, Thomas Earl.
Persons aboard the first bus
brought stories of complete ruin.
Very few have managed to save
more than the clothes on their
backs. Some even had to accept
clothes from individuals and char
ity organizations.
Isolated. 29 Hours
They told how fifty persons sat
out the storm atop the boiler room
of Harvey Smith's factory. They
were isolated for 29 hours during
the peak of the storm. When they
were picked up by an oil barge,
every person was accounted for.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rose of
Beaufort were picked up from the
roof of a house. The house had
gone under, but the roof was still
floating. They tied themselves and
their son Larry together with rope.
They were hospitalized for treat
ment for rope burns.
The survivors said that many
of the men were staying in Cam*
cron to take part in clean-up and
salvage operations. They said that
all of Mr. Smith's boats were tak
en to Moss Point and were saved.
No Boats Lost
* W. E. Baugham, manager of the
Morehead City piani of Wallace
Fisheries said that none of Hie
Wallace boats were lost. He said
that George Roberts Wallace was
presumed to be in Cameron now.
He left New Orleans Sunday by
plane.
Neither of the companies have
released plans for rebuilding plants
at Cameron.
County Accepts
Deed to Harbor
At Sea Level
Carteret County became the own
er of new docks and landing area
constructed at Sea Level for com
munity use when the county com
missioners formally accepted the
deed in the county's name at their
regular monthly meeting yester
day.
Land for the building of the dock*
was given by one of the commis
sioners, llarrcll Taylor, and It.000
of the cost of dock construction
was donated by Tilghman Taylor.
Both are Sea Level residents. Part
of the dock coat was given by the
government.
The commissioners passed a res
olution directed to the State High
way Department recommendbig
that Waterfront Avenue at Broad
Creek be hard surfaced and main
tained by the department.
The commissioners also directed
that an investigation be instituted
to determine why the State High
way Department has done nothing
about maintaining the Ray Davis
Road at Marshallberg. This mat
ter was first brought to the atten
tion of the department more than
a year ago.
A request from the County Board
of Education for the old fence
around the county jail for use
around the Harkers Island school,
was tabled.
Direct Shipment
Arrives Saturday
Machine and Supply Co., located
oo the More head City-Beaufort
causeway, received a shipment of
wire rope from Antwerp f
This marked the
the company had
have the cables
from Antwerp to Mo
The shipments have
come via NorfeMt. This, of c
meant an inland !
rat time that
bean ahle to
of wire rope.
Heide and Co,
Holland-American