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46th YEAR, NO. 64. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Centennial Jubilee Follows
Pattern of Coastal Festivals
By BOB SEYMOUR
Everyone who lived in
Carteret County 1938 to
1946 will probably remem
ber the annual Coastal Fes
tivals. Highlight of the fes
tivals was the water parade,
prototype of the Centennial
water parade scheduled for
Wednesday night, Aug. 7.
According to "old timers" the
Centennial water parade will have
to go sonic to outdo the well-re
membered Coastal Festival pa
rades. The first festival was Aug.
10-13, 1938.
The Morehcad City Jaycees
sponsored the four-day festival
that included sail and motorboat
races, a bathing beauty contest,
fireworks, a water carnival and
parade, a kiddie parade, street
dances, hotel dances and a coro
nation ball.
Beauty Queen
Miss Grace Clair Taylor of
Morehcad City was reigning queen
for. the festival. Miss Lucilc
Thomas, representing Beaufort in
the beauty contest, won that event
She went on to be a runner-up in
the Wilson Tobacco Festival the
same year.
After highly successful years in
1938, '39, '40 and '41, the Coastal
Festivals were dropped because of
war. The festival was revived in
1946 and that year's extravaganza
was reportedly "the best yet."
Seven floats were entered in the
water parade. The state boat Hat
tcras (now docked at Camp Glenn)
led the parade. Maynard McKis
sick and his orchestra were aboard
the boat to provide "atmosphere"
for the parade.
Seven Floats
According to Aycock Brown, then
editor of The Beaufort News, "The
seven floats and numerous party
boats moved along the waterfront
forming a procession pretty enough
for fairyland.
"Thousands of applauding spec
tators lined the waterfront and the
males, of course, gave with cat
calls when the queens came into
view."
Mr. Brown described some of
the floats. The Morehcad City High
School band was aboard one of the
boats.
The floats depicted coastal activ
ities such as swimming, boating,
hunting and fishing. One float bore
a replica of the tomb of the un
known soldier, guarded by a Ma
rine. Letters along the side of the
float said, "Honor Our Heroes."
Darcy Willis Wins
Capt. Darcy Willis copped first
prize for the most beautiful boat
in the water parade. Hubert Ful
chc.r was runner-up.
In addition to the water parade
there were numerous attractions,
both on the water and in town.
See WATER PARADE, Page 2
Decorated party boats such as this one and floats used to form tbe processions of the Coastal Festival
water parades. There were water parades alnu. 'he Morebead City waterfront 1938- tl and in 1*46. Capt.
Darcy Willis had the most beautiful party boat in the 1946 parade.
Beach Fire Department Says
It May Sell New Fire Truck
The Atlantic Beach Civil Defense
Fire Department got its new fire
truck Tuesday afternoon and made
plans to sell it the same day. The
firemen had agreed to pay for the
conversion of the truck when it
was delivered, and property own
ers have not contributed as the
firemen thought they would.
They were trying to. raise $3^ou
to pay for the truck, buy insurance
and keep the engine in operation
for a year. The Town of Atlantic
Beach gave the firemen $200, but
the property owners' contributions
have been negligible.
Mayor (and volunteer fireman)
A. B. Cooper announced that the
fire department may have to give
back all the money it has collected
and sell the truck. This was de
cided at a called meeting of the
department.
In an effort to stir up interest
in the truck, firemen took visitors
for rides through Atlantic Beach
Tuesday afternoon.
The truck will be on display
across the street from the Atlantic
Beach postofficc all weekend. The 1
fire department depends on the
support of Bogue Banks residents
for the maintenance and operation
of the truck.
It was originally manufactured
by Butler Manufacturing Company
of Kansas City, Missouri in 1946.
As designed it would haul 800 gal
lons of diescl fuel. The Marine
Corp* subsequently added an ad
ditional 400 gallona of capacity.
The conversion to a fire truck
involved replumbing the truck so
that the power take off driven fuel
pump could be used to pump water
through fire hose instead of
through a meter.
Completed, the truck can pump
water from its 1200 gallon tank at
pressures up to 100 pounds per
square inch at rates up to 100 gal
lons per minute. The truck can
draft water up to 20' in depth. In
the event of pump failure the wa
ter on the truck can be drafted
and used by another fire truck.
The truck has been equipped
with standard two and a half-inch
fire hose fittings. Some of these
have been equipped with one and
a half inch reducers for use with
one and a half inch fire hose.
Smaller booster lines can be
used although the truck is not so
equipped. One and a half inch lines
have proved to be far more effec
tive than the smaller lines.
Two hundred feet of one and a
half inch line has been preconnect
ed with the pump. This is a com
paratively new feature in fire
trucks. Firemen only have to grab
the nozzle and run to the fire
without losing time hooking up
fire lines to the truck.
Additional hose stored in the
back can be attached to other out
lets if so needed. An E-4 fog nozzle,
rated as giving the best fog pat
tern by the University of Maryland
is used on the one and a half inch
line.
The direction signals are a new
feature. Normally fire trucks are
not equipped with turn signals. Ex
perience in the most progressive
departments shows that turn sig
nals arc appreciated by the public
and arc a contribution to greater
safety.
The Atlantic Beach signals not
only indicate turn direction but
once at the fire all four lights can
be blinked simultaneously a la
Carolina Power & Light. In addi
tion the lights come on when park
ing lights arc turned on.
When the brakes are applied the
rear turn signals also show red
along with the normal brake lights.
The turn signals "override" the
last two features so that even
though the parking lights or brakes
arc on, the operator can signal a
turn.
The truck is equipped with
standard 15 pound carbon dioxide I
extinguisher, and a new style 301
pound dry chemical extinguisher.
Suction hose, crowbars, "battle |
lights," fire axe, hydrant wrench
spanner wrench, rope, and other
standard equipment make up the
balance of the smaller items on
the truck.
The truck has a 3 section 35 foot I
extension aluminum fire ladder. |
The ladder is made at Worthing
ton Pcnn. specifically for the fire |
service.
A revolving red light and Scotch
light tape for front and rear of
the truck will be installed as soon
as they arc delivered.
Courtesy Will Pay
During July, Says
Dr. Russell Outlaw
The winners of each week's cour
tesy awards will be selected by a
panel of judges on Saturday af
ternoons. Dr. Ruaaell Outlaw, chair
man of the Centennial committee'*
hospitality committer, aaya that
a f IS cash award will be presented
pvcry week during July.
The public Is Invited to partici
pate in the selection by sending I
nomination* to the committee. The |
nominations should he lent to Hos
pitality Winners, Box 373, More
head City.
A 340 cash award will go to some
business Aug. 3. The award win
ner will be selected on. the basis
of its courtesy during the month
of July.
C&D Board Will Close State Parks
Rather Than' Allow Integration
By WADE LUCAS
k
The State Board of Conservation
and Development decided at its
closing session at the Morchcad
Biltmorc Hotel this week to close
any state park if Negroes insist
on using facilities of any state
owned park specifically set aside
for use of white citizens.
Included among the ten State
Parks is Fort Macon Stale Park,
one of the most widely used of
any in the parks system.
The board noted that its parks
committee "docs not take the po
sition that there is any law or any
administrative rule or policy which
excludes Negroes from the use of
certain of our State parks."
The board adopted the parks
committee's report without any dis
cussion.
The report added: "The commit
tee requests that our citizens, in
the interest of harmony and good
will, observe a practice of volun
tary separation in the use of our
park facilities. We believe that
such a course of action will best
insure the continued operation and
improvement of our system of
State Parks and will be most con
ducive to harmony and goodwill
between all our citizens."
II Stale Parks
Of the ten state parks, two are
for exclusive use of Negroes. They
are: Reedy Creek, near Raleigh
in Wake county, and Jones Lake,
near Elizabelhlown in Bladen
county. ,
The board voted to ask for an
appraisal of Bear Island, located
off Swansboro, which has been
offered the State for public park
purposes, but the CAD Board wants
to know if the property would be
deeded without qualifying restric
tions or requirements by its own
ers, Hammocks Beach Corp.
It approved a report of its min
erals committee granting the Bear
Croak Mining Co., a subsidiary of
Kennccott Copper Corp., a lease
to prospect for phosphates in some
60,000 acres of submerged lands
in the Pamlico-Hyde counties area.
It asked Congress to request the
Board of Engineers for the Rivers
and Harbors Congress to review
prior reports regarding a proposal
to construct a bulkhead along the
Southport waterfront.
Cecil Morris Named
Named was a committee com
posed of Cecil Morris of Atlantic
and Col. Harry Brown, State Hur
ricane Rehabilitation director, to
work with the State Prisons Com
mission in connection with use of
prison labor on Portsmouth Island.
It requested the North Carolina
delegation in Congress to initiate,
plan and execute a long-range pro
gram for State waterway projects.
The board took no action on the
request of W. II. Potter of Beau
fort that it request Governor
Hodges to name a State Water
ways Commission with powers
similar to those held by the Stale
Highway Commission.
Cecil Morris, chairman of the
board's commercial fisheries com
mittee, told the board he hopes
such a commission will be author
ized by the 1KV General Assembly.
The Governor cannot name such
a commission without legislative
sanction.
Ask For llredge
The Chief of Engineers, Corps
of Engineers, was asked to allot
funds for the construction of a
shallow-draft suction dredge de
signed specifically for the main
tenance of inlet channels.
Action was deferred on a request
of some Plymouth citizens for per
mission to open net fishing in
western Albemarle Sound and for
increasing net mesh to larger size
to permit small rock fish to es
cape.
The board and its commercial
fisheries committee were told by
the State Attorney General's of
fice that there is ample statutory
authority prohibiting the dumping
of shrimp heads and other fish
refuse into navigable waters of
the State and thus no action was
necessary on a request made by
the North Carolina Fisheries As
sociation for such a law or regu
lation.
Approve Use of Dredge
The board granted approval to
Morris Burrus of llatteras for a 12
months' trial use of a hydraulic
dredge for taking clams in Hat
teras areas to be designated by the
Institute of Fisheries Research.
The request of Worth Harris of
Cedar Island, who said he repre
sented IS or more commercial
fishermen in that area, to ban day
shrimping from Swan Point Shoal
to the north point of Hack Bay in
Pamlico Sound on Grounds that
shrimp boats destroyed nets was
grantrd. Night shrimping is al
ready banned in the area.
Prior to its closing session at
the Morchead Biltmore Hotel. CAD
Board members, CAD Director
William P. Saunders and his staff
were entertained at the Blue Rib
bon Club by the Town of Morc
head City, with Mayor George Dill
acting as master of ceremonies
Miles J. Smith of Salisbury, first
vice chairman of the CAD Board,
was warm in his praise of More
head City, its people, and Mayor
Dill "for giving us such wonder
ful hospitality and we hope it
won't be too long before we will
return here for our July meet
ing."
The 1D57 General Assembly
amended an old law requiring the
CAD Board to meet every July in
Morehead City to allow it to meet
anywhere along the eoast during
that month. The law, however, re
quires the CAD Board's commer
cial fisheriea committee to meet
at least once a year in Morehead
City.
Newport Board Advances
Tax Rate, Adopts Budget
Beaufort Town Officials
Take Oaths of Office
Darden Eure Jr.
To Win Eagle
Rating Sunday
Morehead City Scout Will
Attend Scout Camps
In US and England
Darden Eurc Jr., junior assistant
Scoutmaster of troop 130, More
head City, has earned the rating
of Eagle Scout. Special prcscnta
tion ceremonies arc scheduled for
the Sunday evening service at First
Methodist Church, Morehead City.
Darden will leave Monday morn
ing for the Boy Scout camp at
Valley Forge. He will stay at camp
until July 19. From Valley Forge
he will go to Quebec to sail for
Plymouth, England.
lie plans to arrive at Birming
ham, England, Aug. 1, for the
British Jubilee Jamboree. The
Jamboree will continue until Aug.
12. After leaving England, Darden
uaraen cure jr.
... Eagle Scout
will go to Switzerland and Paris.
He and the other Seouls making
the tour will sail from La Harve,
France, in time to arrive in New
York Sept. 6.
Active tn Camps
Dardcn has been active in Scout
camps and activities since he
Joined as a tenderfoot in 1951. His
promotions follow: second class.
Aug. 2, 1951; first class, Jan. 31,
1952; star, Aug. 28, 1953; and life,
Aug. 24, 1955.
lie was made a member of the
Order of the Arrow in August, 1954.
The Order of the Arrow is the na
tional brotherhood of Scout honor
campers.
Dardcn has 21 merit badges.
They arc in music, swimming,
fishing, scholarship, first aid, cit
izenship in the community, fire
man-ship, home repairs, forestry,
citizenship in htc home, life saving,
bookbinding, pioneering, nature,
cooking, camping, hiking, citizen
ship in the nation, safety, personal
fitness and public health.
Scoutmasters Help
Dardcn attributes much of his
progress to interested Scoutmas
ters. Floyd Chadwick Jr. was
Scoutmaster of Troop 130 when
Dardcn Joined In 1951. Edward
McKinlcy took over in 1953 and
was Scoutmaster until February,
when Ethan Davis accepted the
position.
He has held four offices in the
troop in addition to his present
position. He has been assistant pa
trol leader, patrol leader, scribe
and senior patrol leader.
He was on the staff of three
cam purees, at Washington In 1955,
at Jacksonville in 1956 and at Kin
jton this year.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaefert Bar
fEastern Standard Time)
HIGH LOW
Friday, July 5
2:17 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
2:57 p.m. 9:31 p.m.
Satarday, July 9
3:18 a m. 9:44 a.m.
3:57 p.m. 10:31 p.m.
Smday, July 7
4:21 a.m. 10:38 a.m.
4:58 p.m. 11:24 p.m.
Monday, July 8
5:24 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
5:52 p.m.
Tuesday, July 9
6:30 a.m. 12:19 a.m.
8:41 p.m. 13:21 p.m.
? Beaufort town officials were
I sworn in at the town board meet
ins Monday nisht. A. H. James,
1 clerk of superior court, conducted
| the swearing-in ceremony.
Mayor C. T. Lewis made the fol
lowing appointments of commis
sioners: police commissioner.
Math Chaplain; fire and finance
commissioner, Gerald Hill; sani
tation commissioner, Otis Mades;
and public works commissioner,
James Rumley. William Roy Ham
j ilton was elected mayor pro-tem
by the board.
Employees Re-Appointed
Dan Walker headed the group
of town employees who were re
appointed. Mr. Walker is town
manager, clerk, tax collector, pur
chasing agent, budget director and
accountant. All these jobs are auto
matic appointments for the town
clerk. Gene Smith was asked to
continue as town attorney.
Fire engineers Elmond Rhue and
Allan Conway were re-appointed.
J Gray Hassell was re-named
town engineer. Others re-appointed
were chief of police Guy R. Sprin
glc, assistant chief Carlton Gar
ner, and patrolmen Maxwell Wade
and Otis Willis.
Street superintendent Warden
Fillingame was re-appointed as
were electrical inspector Leland
Peterson and building and plumb
ing inspector Gerald Woolard.
Request Too Late
Mr. Walker reported that the
town board's request for an $11,
OO0 loan from the local government
commission was too late for the
commisison to take action before
the June 30 deadline.
The commission is required to
advertise 10 days before it can sell
municipal bonds. The Beaufort re
quest did not allow them time to
advertise before their la* sale.
Attorney Smith reported that the
operators of the junk yard had
iurced to have it cleared off with
in 45 days. Work, he said, has
already begun to get the area
clean.
Ask For Ordinance
Mr. Smith suggested that the
commissioners ask the planning
board to submit an anti-junk yard
article in the zoning ordinance. Mr.
Walker was instructed to follow
through on the suggestion.
Commissioner Chaplain gave the
following police report: Arrests?
Springlc. 8, Garner, 5, Wade, 1,
and Willis, 1; meter violations, 191,
and traffic violations, 22.
Rotary, Chamber
Join for Dinner
Meeting Tuesday
Mayor George Dill of Morchcad
City was guest speaker at a com
bined dinner meeting of the Beau
fort Chamber of Commerce and
Rotary Club at the Scout Building
Tuesday night. Forty persona at
tended the banquet.
Mayor Dill spoke on the poten
tialities of Carteret County as a
tourist resort as well as an indus
trial area.
Out - going chamber president
Glenn Adair gave a report on the
accomplishments of the chamber
during the past year.
President Ronsld Earl Mason
listed the gosls he hsd set for the
organization for the coming year.
Taxes Raised to 95 Cents
At Special Called Meeting
Newport tax rates will be
75 to 95 cents per $100 valua
made by Mayor Leon A. Ma
board meeting Tuesday night
a budget adopted at a special
Mayor Mann said that the
Jaycees to Send
Miss Morehead
To Burlington
National Convention
Delegates Give Report
On Trip to Milwaukee
Miss Morehead City, Ann Thom
as Lewis, will leave Wednesday
for the Miss North Carolina beauty
pageant in Burlington. Miss Lewis
will be accompanied by Jaycec
Floyd Chad wick Jr. and her sis
tcr-in-law, Mrs. Jesse Lewis.
Final plans for Miss Lewis' trip
were made at the Morehead City
Jaycee meeting at Hotel Fort Ma
con Monday night.
The four local delegates to the
national Jaycec convention in Mil
waukee gave a complete report.
They were L. G. Dunn, P. H. Geer
Jr., Marion Mills and Herbert
Phillips.
They said that they carried the
story of the Morehead City Cen
tennial through parts of Michigan,
Illinois, New York and Canada.
Vice-president Richard Nixon
was keynote speaker for the con
vention. He said that the Jaycees
were doing a great deal for inter
national relations, saying that a
static and handshake still gets the
same results the world over.
The North Carolina state organi
zation took fourth place in the
outstanding state organization com
petition. Last year North Carolina
was number 17.
The North Carolina float won
first prize in the parade of states
through down - town Milwaukee
Wednesday.
Mrs. Hazel Piner received her
second silver dollar from Jaycees
for inviting a customer to try a
dairy product. Another Morehead
City Drug employee, Miss Fay
Lewis, won a silver dollar from
Jaycec Charles Willis.
A district meeting was an
nounced for Washington, N. C.,
Aug. 3-4. Several Jaycees ex
pressed an interest in attending.
The club voted to keep the
bleachers at the football field in
tact. The members decided that
moving the bleachers would weak
en them.
Average County Wage
Lagt Behind NC Average
Average weekly earnings in the
county during the last three months
of 1956 was $52.03, according to
Employment Security Chairman
Henry E. Kendall. Average em
ployment came to 2,625 persons.
Total wages paid in the county
during this period reached $1,910,
940.
Average weekly earnings for the
entire state came to $62.96, $10.95
more than the county average.
up 20 cents this year, from
tion. The announcement was
nn Jr. at the Newport town
The rate had been set and
called meeting Friday night,
hoard felt people would be
willing lo pay the #5 cent
for "expanding services^ Admin
istrative commissioner C. H. "ic
key said that the jump would prob
ably mean from $3 to *5 more year
ly to most persons.
The services that the tak jump
will help expand are mosquito con
trol and the water system, ine
hoard members voted $400 to be
used for controlling mosquitoes.
The water department was allo
cated $6,280 for the coming year.
Four New Items
Four new items appeared in this
year s budget. They were $100 .or
Civil Defense; $100 for housing de
vclopmcnl, $108 for the public li
brary, and $150 for teen age rccre
"'the administrative department
took a cut from last year's future.
A total of $2,050 was allocated for
the clerk, mayor, commissioners,
attorney services and audiUng The
mayor commented that this was
slightly less than was spent last
^Garbage collection w? allocated
$2 000 and policing, $1,200. tnis
amount will be spent as salary for
the town policeman-street superin
tendent. The fire department was
allowed $1,300.
Fire Chief Charles Gould appear
ed before the board Tuesday night
and informed the commissioner*
that the county had begun ch?r?"
ing volunteer firemen a poll tax.
In past years the county has been
giving the firemen their poll taxes.
Tax Notices Come
Mr. Gould said, "The $2 Isn ' M
much, it's the principle of the
thing The first the firemen knew
about this was when their tax no*
tices came from the
surely hurt the morale ol the eoun
tv fire departments."
Mr. Gould took the matter up
with the county commissioners at
their meeting at the courthouse
Monday They told him that it was
illegal to exempt the firemen from
^NewporMire* commissioner Wil
bur Garner said that he
to some of the county Mnamissmo
era "Maybe they will consider
giving each of the county fire de
partments $2 per member for ser
vice to the county,' he said.
Saves County Tax
The fire chief ..id that ever,
time a house was saved the caun>
ty collected taxes that it would
have otherwise lost.
The commissioners voted to buy
a quarter-page ad in the Morehead
City Centennial booklet^. The ad
will identify Newport as Gateway
to the Centennial."
A motion to buy a lawn mower
(or cutting the s'dcwMks.streets
and cemetery was passed CommU
sioncr Bcnnic Garner and poll"
chief Dan Bell were appointed to
check the suggested mower.
Woodmen Represented
The Woodmen of the World and
Lhc Masons were represented as
the meeting. Each of the org.nb
rations is being gWen a bui ding
lot to construct a mee ing hall.
Certain restrictions in the deed
as proposed by the town made it
impossible for ^ organizations to
accept the property. Acompro
misc settlement was reached after
dismission at both the Friday
Tuesday meetings. .....
Harold Wilton and Durwood lira
represented the
Henderson appeared for the Wood
Tther commissioner. pre??t
were H. G. Gurganus and Douglas
Henderson.
Rotary Officers
Outline Plans
New president C. H. Lockcy pro
dded at the Newport Rotary Club
neeting at the PTA Center Monday
tight. Mr. Lockey told the club
ncmbera the things he hoped
notary would accomplish
he year.
Director Roy T. Gamer,
nan at the club service
cc. called on his subcc
?halrmen to outline their i
ictivltlcs far the
re sr.
Chairmen mi
j$ob Montague,
Sarner, clai
Jreech, club
mA
Dad Comes to Rescue
rnoto by Bob Seymour
Out-of-town visitors hire been thronging Ml in tic Bench la wh*i
appear* to he record somber* thU week. DrT ?. Kenneth Ym|,
Green *b*ra, retrieve* a beach hall far hia two-yen*-old daughter Uaa.
Mr*. Jenny Bandy and Mr*. Jim Roe. Gait*hero, M MM* Ml*
Marten, Aahevllle, offer advice to the dotter as haw to keep <
?tor* happy as the beach.