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46th YEAR, NO. 72. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY3
Chamber Manager Tells of Trip
To Survey Outer Banks Erosion
At the left is shown one part of the 13-mile section of sand fence north of Ocracoke. Looking at the
fence are Rudolph Savage, Fred Ley and Simon Krock. At the right are Col. Harry Brown, left, and
Stanley VYahab, Ocracoke.
Photos by Joe DuBols
In the boat at left are all members of the party except Mr. DuBois who took the picture. They arc
Mr. Krock, Colonel Brown, Mr. Savage, Joe Caldwell, W. H. Rogers and R. Markham. At the right a car
backs off the llatteras-Ocracoke ferry.
(Editor's Note: J. A. DuBois, 111;
ber of Commerce, toured the outei
Army engineers and state officials
Our party left Atlantic at 9 a.m.
Thursday aboard the craft which
Ira Morris Atlantic uses to ferry
fishing parties over to the outer
banks. We were bound for Ira's
Fishing Camp at Drum Inlet. Our
pilot was Ira's son, Don.
The members of the party were
Col. Harry E. Brown, hurricane
rehabilitation director; W. H. Rog
ers, chief highway engineer, R.
Markhain. district engineer; C. G.
Holland, N. C. fisheries commis
sioner; Joseph Caldwell, engineer
for the Beach Erosion Board and
Rudolph Savage, his assistant:
Simon Krock, planning engineer of
Wilmington District and yours
truly.
From Inlet to Inlet
Upon arrival at Drum Inlet, the
party boarded Ira's beach wagon
and explored the beach from the
Inlet to Swash Inlet. The engineers
took elevations, sampled the soil
and checked on the vegetation and
the natural drift of the sand.
We next drove to Wilbur Nel
son's Fishing Camp where the state
boat, Point-of-Marsh was waiting
with a power skiff in tow for use
in getting through shallow water
to other points on Portsmouth Is
land. Mr. Rogers returned to At
lantic with Don Morris in order to
make an appointment in the after
noon.
Three other landings were made
north of Swash Inlet and the en
gineers obtained an accurate pic
ture of the erosion problems at
first hand. While going along in
the speedboat, a mullet jumped
and Krock slapped it into the boat
with his hand!
The last landing made on Ports
mouth was near the Tom Bragg
home where we had the opportun
ity of interviewing some of the
islanders. Ernest Salter said that
he would be glad to tend a wind
inagcr of ATe MoreEead City Chant- i
r banks Thursday and Friday with '
i. Ills account of the trip follows).
I direction and velocity recorder
which Mr. Caldwell thought would
be useful to get the actual slatis
tice at Portsmouth.
Bragg had just landed With the
mail Trom the mailboatr'h* ?aid
that he took the job temporarily
when Henry quit, but had now
been at it for nearly a year and
couldn't find anyone else to lake
it.
Proceed to Ocracoke
A tired and sunburned party re
turned to the Point-of Marsh and
resumed the journey to Ocracoke.
We docked at Ocracoke around
6 p.m. and sat down to enjoy some
of the best mullet and cornbread
1 have ever eaten. The cooks?
None other than Charlie Edwards,
our pilot, and his able assistant.
Bill.
The group had reservations for
the night at Wahab Village Hotel.
They arose early to explore that
island. The reason for the Ocra
coke trip was to see the amazing
results of the erosion control mea
sures taken there by the National
Park Service.
Sand Builds Up
Our first move, accompanied by
G. P. Hultman, 11. S. Brooks, park
rangers; Fred Ley, park service
landscape architect, and Stanley
Wahab, was to drive, in a convoy
of jeeps, to the edge of Ocracoke
Inlet. We made many stops along
the beach and in the dunes look
ing over the sand fences and the (
astounding way in which they have i
built up dunes in just four short i
months.
The fences were no different i
than those you have seen along our ,
beaches, but they were laid out in
a zig zagging line, like the old (
rail fences. This pattern traps sand ,
blown from any direction of the
compass. Along the entire 13 miles ,
of fence there was not a spot where ,
less than 2 to 4 feet of sand had
been trapped.
We also took a good look at Oera
roke's new highway. It is a scenic
drive, indeed, as you drive in and
out of the dunes, getting a constant
view of either sound or ocean,
green marsh, grasscovercd hills
and even a wild pony here and
there. It was carefully engineered,
with bridges over some of the
natural drainage points and wide
doping shoulders in the low spots,
rhesc low spots have occasionally
been covered by storm tides but
were not in the least bit damaged.
For the last three miles toward
Hatteras Inlet you drive over a
steel road made of landing strips
jsed for emergency airports. They
Jo not settle.
Now comes the amazing part of
this story, the Ocracoke-llattcras
See OUTER RANKS, Page 2
Two Defendants Draw Jail
Terms in Court Monday
Junior Johnson and Eddie fee
Prilchard drew jail terms Monday.
Morehead City recorder's co^rt
judge Herbert Phillips sentenced
Johnson to 90 days for atealikR
$18 worth of shirts and costufte
jewelry from Rose's, malicious de
struction of private property |e
longing to Rose's and resisting ar
rest.
The judge gave Pritchard 30 d%s
when he found him guilty of aidiag
and abetting Johnson.
Two defendants were found gi$l
ty of driving drunk and wete
fined $150 and costs each. Thty
were William J. Brown and Amal
da Erwln. Brown was also fount
guilty of driving without a licrnsr
and careless and reckless driving
l ined $50, Costs
John W. Bowling was fined $1)
and coats for aiding and abettiife
Brown in careless and rccklefe
driving and driving without a I
ccnsc. He was found not guilty tf
aiding and abetting him In drunk?i
driving.
Joyce Ann McCollum was fintd
$3$ and coats for failura to yield
io right of way and driving with
ii|>ropor license and registration.
Mrs. Eloisc Aspoohorg had to
ly court costs when she withdrew
warrant sworn out by her against
i*r husband. She had charged him
ith assaulting her.
William Deberry failed to appear
hen his case came up. The judge
?dered that he be picked up and
fid under bond for trial for driv
ig without a driver's license.
Pay Court Costs
I.amar C. Brown was taxed court
asts for running a stop sign,
ames D. Lane was also charged
asts. lie was found guilty of
aceding. Capt. Wallace Smith got
[f for one half costs, lie was
urged with driving with an im
roper muffler.
Three defendants, charged with
riving without licenses, appeared
i court with licenses and were
at tried. They were James J.
oady, Pat Marino and Charlie
mith.
Cases were continued against
ddic Lee Howell, lloyt Lee, Eve
iU A. Ingram and Richard Jolltff.
Hearing on Fish
Solubles Plant
Re-Set to Sept. 20
By agreement between the par
ties involved, the hearing on
whether the fish solubles plant,
Lcnnoxville. should be restrained
from operation, has been contin
ued from Monday, Sept. I), to Fri
day, Sept. 20.
The plant, built by Brunswick
Navigation Co.. treats stiekwater.
a by product of menhaden cooking
Brunswick Navigation was named
defendant in a suit brought by
Sperti Products Inc. in July. Sperti I
alleged that odors from the plant 1
constituted a nuisance.
Judge W. J. Bundy issued a tern- I
porary restraining order July 16 j
and on July 25, at a hearing in
Beaufort, an agreement was work
ed out whereby the plaintiff gave
Brunswick two weeks to make
necessary plant repairs and an ex
tra JO days to get deodorizing
equipment working pro|?erly.
Wiley Taylor Jr., representing
Sperti, said yesterday that Bruns
wick encountered unexpected ob
stacles in making repairs and it
was agreed to postpone the Sept.
9 hearing until 30 days from Aug.
22, which would be Sept. 20. On
Aug. 22 the plant repairs had been
made and according to Mr. Taylor,
the plant has been operating since
then.
C. R. Wheatly, representing
Brunswick Navigation, said yester
day that the deodorizing process in
use at the plant has proved effec
tive.
Deadline Passes
For Island Vote
The deadline has passed for call
ing a referendum on the incorpo
ration of Markers Island.
According to a bill passed by the
1957 legislature, the county board
of elections had to set a date for
a referendum prior to Sept. I, 1957.
C. Z. Chappcll, chairman of the
board of elections, reported this
week that no Markers Island resi
dent or residents appeared before
the board to request that a refer
endum date be set.
The bill relative to incorporating
the island was introduced by Rep.
D. G. Bell at the request of a
group of Markers Island residents.
Mad a referendum been held, the
law also called for electing town
officials at the same time. The of
ficials would have taken office, of
course, only if the majority of!
voters had wanted the island in
corporated.
Those in favor of incorporation I
were interested in police protec-1
tion on the island which would i
have been financed by town taxes. |
Newport Board Formally Authorizes
Sale of $120,000 in Water Bonds
Newport commissioners at their
regular meeting Tuesday night at
:hc town hall passed an ordinance
authorizing sale of $120,000 in water
bonds. The bonds arc scheduled
io be sold by the Local Govern
ment Commission Sept. 17 at Ra
leigh.
One hundred twenty negotiable
coupon bonds, valued at $1,000
E?ach will be offered for sale. In
terest on the bonds will bo pay
able in June and December and
the bonds will mature annually in
June.
If the sale proceeds as sche
duled, it is hoped by the board
lhat the water lines will be down
in November and the tank up by
the end of December. Commis
sioners authorized the sending of
a letter to residents reminding
them that the tapping fee (cost of
lieing connected to the system)
will be $40 while the contractor is
at work, but after he leaves, it
will be $75. All will be required
to tap on within a certain period
of time. Residents arc asked to
register Saturday mornings for a
lap by phoning Ira Jones, water
clerk, at 2081. No money is re
quired In advance.
Putting in the system will be
C. M. Hefelfingcr, Wilmington. The
town board also set $2.50 as the
minimum monthly water rate.
Request Made
Firemen requested that the old
water tank supports be allowed to
stand, to be used by the firemen
as a training tower. No formal
action by the board was taken.
Commissioner Dick Lockcy said
lie wouldn't object if the tower
did not become an eyesore. The
tank on the tower will be taken
down.
The board authorized a 10 per
cent penalty on privilege licenses
that were due Sept. 1 and author
ized public notice of the proposed
sale of the town lot next to Hatch's
Grocery.
The board suggested that the
county initiate procedures to sell
the CambcII lots, next to the pres
ent town hall, lor taxes. George
Ball, attorney, said that under the
circumstances, a clear title can
not be obtained should the town
ever buy it.
The attorney was requested to
draw up an ordinance giving the
town authority to impound stray
dogs.
Petitioners Appear
Charlie Fleming appeared be
fore the board to request that
weeds near his home be mowed
down and the ditch cleaned. Street
superintendent Dan Bell was au
thorized to burn the weeds off and
clean the ditch with a motor grad
er.
Bill Dugce reported that a rail
road ditch near his home on the
Nine-Foot Road needs cleaning
out.
Fred Prescott, Mack Garner and
John Maggiolo asked that E. Over
court Drive in West Newport be
paved. They said that some per
sons who want to build there can't
get loans until it is paved.
Commissioner Hilton Gurganus.
in charge of streets, was asked to
Beaufort Chamber
Prepares Material
For School Cards
The Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce is preparing for its annual
"school session." Chamber presi
dent Ronald Earl Mason says that
this is the time of year when school
children begin their North Caro
lina notebooks.
"Beaufort gets more than its
share of requests for information
because of its historic intcrrsl,"
he says. Chamber secretary Mrs.
Tat Russell says that a few pre
school cards have already been
received and answered.
Requests for information about
retiring in Beaufort are second on
the list of chamber lettera for the
past month. Other information re
quested pertained to deep sea fish
ing, Ocracoke, pony pennings aud
uiotcl and hotel facilities.
get prices on materials for stabiliz
ing the street and paving it.
The board authorized repair of
holes in East and West Forest
Drive and requested the street
superintendent to cut the weeds in
the lot next to the Rhodes prop
erty.
Commissioner Lockey inquired
about mosquito spraying. The
mayor said that spray that was
not of sufficient strength was sent
to the town by mistake and the
matter has been corrected.
Two signs ordering reduction of
speed to 35 miles an hour at the
north intersection in West New
port were authorized to be bought.
The signs will be reflectorizcd and
cost $7.56 each.
A balance of approximately $4(X)
was left in the general fund after
bills were ordered paid. Commis
sioner Bonnie Garner returned
$60 of $100 authorized for firemen
to attend a recent convention. Mr.
Garner was the only one who went.
A request for an increase in pay
to the librarian, Miss Ada Allen,
was tabled. The mayor pointed out
that no allowance for a pay in
crease was made in the budget.
Attending the board meeting, in
addition to those mentioned, were
Commissioners Wilbur Garner,
Douglas Henderson, and Miss
Edith Lockey, clerk, Mayor Leon
Mann Jr. presided.
Pennies Stolen During
Weekend from Gatkill't
Between 50 and 60 pennies were
stolen from C. G. Gaskill Co.,
Beaufort, over the Labor Day
weekend.
The store, on Ix-nnoxville Koad.
was entered sometime between 6
p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Tuesday,
according to the sheriff's depart
ment.
The hasp and lock were pried
off the door at the southwest cor
ner of the building. An attempt to
open the safe was unsuccessful.
Officers investigating said the bur
glary was not carrcid out by pro
fessional thieves.
Stolen Car Runs Wild, Hits
Car, Wrecks in Morehead
Arthur Taylor, , a Ncrto j
resident of Rocky Mount, [
driving a stolen lavender-1
colored 1057 I'ontiae, wreck
ed the ear on Arendell Street
in Morchead City at 12:25
p.m. yesterday.
The Pontiac belonged to S T. I
Vick, Beaufort. It crashed into the
rear of a 10.Y1 Plymouth before
skidding aeros.s the railroad tracks
and plowing into a brick wall in
front of Miss Sudir Welib's house.
1001 Annthll SI.
Driving the Plymouth was Mrs.
Mary Owens O'Neal. Beaufort. She
was attempting to turn into the
curb to park in front of Askew's
Credit Clothiers when Taylor,
the Pontiac. rammed her left rear
fender, evidently lost control,
skidded into the east-bound lane ot
traffic on Arendell Street and into
Miss Webb's front yard.
The car climbed over a parking
meter and bent it to the ground.
The automobile came to a rest on
the sidewalk after bouncing off the
brick wall around the front of the
Webb yard.
Car Itrportcd Stolen
Chief Guy Springlc, Beaufort, re
ported that at 12:20 p.m. he got a
call from Mr. Vick. who reported
that a "drunk colored fellow" had
just driven away in his ear. The j
car was parked at the Vick home. !
Cedar and Turner Streets. Mr. j
Viek said the keys were in it.
A few minutes later Morchead
City police were called to Arendell :
and loth Streets where the Pontiac
was wrecked. Chief Herbert C.rif- '
fin. Morchead City, sent Taylor by
ambulance, to the hospital where
he was chocked by Dr. Milton
Morcy.
'Couple Cuts'
Dr. More.v said that Taylor had a
couple of cuts on his face but was
evidently not injured otherwise.
The colored man did not have any
identification on him and was too
drunk to talk right after the wreck
The two police chiefs estimated
total damage at near $1,000. They
allowed $100 for the rear fender of
Mrs. O'Neal's car, $75 for the park
ing meter, $100 for the brick wall
and $700 or more for the Pontiac.
The windshield of the car was
cracked where Taylor's head evi
dently hit it. The sides of the car
were scraped, the grill was wreck
ed and the parking meter ripped
into the bottom of the car when it
ran over the curb.
Chief Springlc has charged Tay
lor with stealing a car. Chief Grif
fin has charged him with driving
drunk, careless and reckless driv
ing, driving without a license, driv
ing on the wrong side of the road
and speeding.
Chief Herbert Griffin, Morehead City, looks at grounded parking meter (arrow) and Chief Guy
Springle, Keaufort, right, surveys damage to grill of S. T. Vick's I'ontiac. At the right is the brick wall
the car smashed into. Driving the car, which was stolen in Beaufort, was Arthur Taylor, Rocky Mount.
Mosquitoes Take Over When
Two Fogging Machines Quit
County Schools
Have 29 Pupils
Per Classroom
School opened Tuesday and the
average classroom in c o u n t y
schools this year has 29 pupils.
County superintendent H. L. Jos
lyn reports that 204 teachers will
teach 5,863 students this year. The
number of students, of course, will
vary as the year progresses.
Mr. Joslyn gave the following
enrollment figures for the various
schools (figures are listed as ele
mentary, high school and total):
Beaufort. 913, 253. 1,042; More
head City, 715, 377, 1,092; Newport.
580, 145, 725; Atlantic, 315. 93. 408;
Smyrna. 308. 105. 533; Queen
Street, 383. 190, 573; and W. S.
King, 295, 97. 392.
The following are elementary
schools only: Camp Glenn, 038;
Barkers Island, 202; and Stella, 74.
Only 19 of the 204 teachers did
not teach in the county last year.
Mr. Joslyn said that he was well
pleased with the teachers this year
and that every vacancy had been
filled before school opened. Last
year there were 40 new teachers
in the county.
Enrolled at St. Egbert's school in
Morchead City are 89.
Sting Ray
Attacks Mayor
Mayor Clifford Ix*wis, Beaufort,
is in Morehead City Hospital re
covering from an attack by a sling
ray Wednesday afternoon at North
River.
Mrs. Lewis said yesterday that
her husband was fishing a mullet
net with David Curman, one of
his employees, when he stepped
on the sting ray. The fish lashed
out with its tail, striking the mayor
on his right leg about 4 or 5 inches
above the ankle. The tail went
clear through the calf of the leg.
The mayor pulled it out, tried
to put a tourniquet on his leg,
then helped Curman row the skiff
to a larger power boat. They took
the bigger boat into Lcnnoxvillc
where the mayor's sister-in-law.
Mrs. Alex Lewis, put Mayor Lewis
in her car and carried him to the
Morehead City Hospital.
The accident happened between
2 and 2 30 p.m. Mrs. Lewis said
her husband apparently stepped
on the poisonous fish when he got
out of the small boat.
When he got to the hospital, he
was suffering from loss of blood
and shock. Dr. John Way, his phy
sician, said he was getting along
"very nicely" yesterday.
County ASC Office Staff
It Pleated with Office
The staff of the county ASC office
i> well pleased with the new loca
tion of the office in the courthouse
annex, Reaufprt. The office ia lar
ger and hax a reception dcak in
the hall.
Farmers and other persons call
ing on the office arc requested to
stop at the reception desk and try,
if possible, to conduct their bus
iness there.
If Hiiro's anything left, of Car
lore! County, it's .the part the inos
luitoes couldn't find in the past I
to days.
Not since Hazel have mosquitoes |
been present in such droves. Clay
ton Fulchcr Sr.. Atlantic, says, I
? I've not seen them this bad since |
I was a boy."
Things started to change for the
better Tuesday when southerly
winds started to blow. Prior to that
time a prevailing calm of a week's
duration let mosquitoes swarm and
feed at will.
To heighten human distress, I
both of the county's mosquito
fogging machines broke down.
A. D. Fulford, sanitarian in
charge of mosquito control de
clared. "We've had the worst luck
any poor mortal has ever had!"
On the Thursday night before La
bor Day weekend the county ma-1
chine that sprays west of More
head City burned up at Mansfield I
Park near the Morehcad Biltmore. |
The two men operating the ma
chine, Charles and Harvey Fillin
game, were sprayed with fuel oil
and had to run for their lives, said
Mr. Fulford. The fire occurred
when the hose broke that leads
from the fuel oil tank to the flame |
that helps create the fog.
Break-Down Friday
The next day the county sprayer
that works east of Beaufort broke
down. Men worked on it all day
Saturday and all day Sunday, Mr.
Fulford said, and at about 11 a.m.
Monday they had it fixed.
They started to spray at Davis
and it broke down again. Monday
was a holiday and it was a job find
ing a mechanic anywhere, the san
itarian said, but they finally got
the truck working again at 6 p.m.
Then the machine worked all night
long.
"The two men on that truck de
serve a lot of credit," Mr. Fulford I
said. The men are Myron Taylor |
and Alvin Day of Sea Level.
"They work 16 hours a day and
get messed up with fuel oil and
DI)T. But they know the mosqui
toes are bad and we're trying to
do all we can to get rid of them."
Why So Many?
Why the sudden plague of mos-1
quitoes when they have been al
most non-existent all summer?
Mr. Fulford said the cause has
been high tides, northeast winds
and the heavy rains several weeks
ago. Mosquitoes lay eggs all the
time, but during dry weather when
ponds recede or when the tides are
about average in the marshes, the
eggs don't hatch.
As soon as the eggs get wet, the
young mosquitoes hatch. Last week
the crop fed by rain and high tides
had reached the adult stage and
were on the wing. The talcs about
them have been something to hear.
They say that two ponies on Cedar
Island died when the mosquitoes
See MOSQUITOES, Page 2
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
(Eastern Standard Time)
IIIGll LOW
Friday, Sept. 7
7:0* a in. 12:58 a.m.
7:20 p.m. 1:11p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 8
7:45 a.m. 1:39 a.m.
7:57 p.m. 1:56 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. I
8:21a.m. 2:17 am.
8:31 p.m. 2:34 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 10
8:54 a.m. 2:52 a m
9:03 p.m. 3:11 p.m
Tuesday, Sept. 11
9:27 a.m. 3:23 am.
9:33 p.m. 3:44 p.UI.
Power Flow Will
Stop Twice for 3
Minutes Sunday
Two power interruptions, each of
three minutes' duration will take
place Sunday morning, announces
tlcorgc Slovall, manager of Caro
lina Power and Light Co.
The first interruption will be at
6 a.m. standard time and 7 a.m.
daylight time. It will affect Slo
cum and Hancock Villages and the
llavelock and Harlowe REA sub
stations in the Cherry Point area.
The second interruption at 6.30
a.m. standard time and 7:30 a.m.
daylight time will affect all Car
teret County, including the REA
substation at Newport.
The interruptions arc necessary
because another transformer, pa
ralleling the present one, is being
installed at the Cherry Point sub
station. This is required, Mr.
Stovall explained, to allow the
power company to replace the poles
which carry lines across Newport
River at the Morchcad City draw
bridge.
The poles have been there sev
eral years, Mr. Stovall said. Al
though they arc not in danger of
falling, they arc being replaced be
fore any danger of that type,
which could cause a major power
interruption, occurs.
Replacing of the poles, which
will be done by working from
barges, has been so arranged that
should the flow of power be inter
rupted either from the Beaufort or
Morchcad City side, power could
be restored in a maximum of two
and a half hours. The work is be
ing contracted.
Library Adds
Saturday Hours
Beginning tomorrow, the county
public library at Broad and Pol
lock Streets, Beaufort, will be open
Saturday afternoons from 2 to 4.
Miss Dorothy Avery, library di
rector, announces that these addi
tional hours arc offered on an ex
perimental basis and will bccuine
permanent if enough people come
to the library during those hours.
"It is hoped thai many people
who were unable to come to the
library on the other weekdays be
cause of their work schedule, will
now make use of the library,"
Miss Avery said.
Those who work Saturday after
noons will find the library open
Wednesday afternoons. The full
schedule follows: 10 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday, and 2 to 4 p.m.
Saturday.
Tanker to Arrive
The Esso Patterson, originally
due Wednesday, will dock at state
port this morning. The tanker la
bringing petroleum products for
Standard Oil. It is coming from
Baton Rouge via Bermuda. No
other ships are due at the port un
til Sept. 17.
Serving temporarily as driver
license examiner in Beaufort,
Morebcad City and Havelock ia
Jack Woodiey.