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PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of th? TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "" 46th YEAR, NO. 81. EIGHT PAGES PLUS COMICS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1957 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS C&D Hears Fishery Report By C. G. Holland Southern Pines ? The outlook for j a good oyster sea on in North Caro lina's euastal waters is good, the ! State Board of Conservation and j Development was told here today. C. (iehrmann Holland, state fish cries commissioner and head of the I Department of Conservation and Development's commercial fish erics division, also told the board that the 1957 shrimp season has been better than last year. Commissioner Holland said a sur vey made by I>r. A. F. Chestnut, | director of the Institute of Fish eries Research at Morehead City, indicated a gvyod oyster catch dur- I ing the season which opened last | Toe-day. "Dr. Chestnut feels very optimis tic about a good season this year," the commissioner said. "This op timism, to a great extent, can be attributed to the seed oysters plant ed by the Department of Conserva tion and Development with the help of the governor and council of state in the oyster rehabilitation program being carried on." The C&D Department's commer cial fisheries division, Commission er Holland added, has carried on extensive seed oyster and oyster shell plantings for the past several years in an effort to rehabilitate oyster production in the state's in land waters. "The program is now apparently beginning to pay off," he said. Indications are that the scallop season, which opens Dec. 1, will also be good, Mr. Holland con cluded. Train Hits Car, Woman Hurt Mrs. Ann Norris Sanderson was | slightly injured at 3:10 p.m. Thurs day when her car collided with the engine of the Beaufort and More head Railroad at the train crossiag on the Bcaufort-Morehead cause way. Patrolman W. E. Pickard said Mrs. Sanderson, in a 1956 Mercury, was headed toward Morehead City, when the B&M engine backed out from the north side of the highway and struck the car. Engineer on the train was A. T. Leary Jr. Mrs. Sanderson suffered a cut lip, cut right leg and bruised left leg. She said she did not set the train moving and Mr. Leary told the patrolman a flagman was on the highway. Damage to the car was estimated at $450. No charges were filed. Rotary Hears About Scouting Thursday night was Boy Scout right at the Morehcad City Rotary Club meeting. The club met at the Re* Restaurant. Dr. Sam Hatcher, county finance chairman, intro duced district chairman Bob How ard. Mr. Howard spoke on the finan cial needs of Scouting and showed the growth of Scouting in the county. He discussed the various Scout activities and introduced Scouts in the various categories. Present were Tom Dixon, Cub Scout, Jim Eubanks, tenderfoot. Cordon Eurc, second class. Bud Daniels, first class, Truman Kemp, star, Ethan Davis, life, and Dardcn Eure Jr., eagle. President Grover Mundrn read a letter from S. R. McLendon. principal of the W. S. King School, thanking the club for assisting in providing meals for needy chil dren. The Rotarians voted to make an award to the outstanding student at W. S. King school each year. They make a similar award at the Morehcad City High School. Visitors at the meeting were Charles Carter of Kinston, Graham Davis of Jacksonville, Manley Ilines of Wilmington and Vernon i/owc, Jim 1-cc and Charles Kraft of Mount Olive. The clue will meet with the Chamber of Commerce Oct. 17 at the Blue Ribbon Club. Country Club Announces Costume Party for Oct. 26 Members of the Morehcad City Golf and Country Club will observe Halloween with a costume party from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 Saturday night, Oct. 28, at the Morehcad Bill more. Everyone is to dress in a Gay Nineties costume. The entertainment committee re ports that music will be provided by a combo specializing In Gay Nineties waltzes and featuring a bongo drum! Other dances scheduled for the year are the annual Christmas dance Dec. 14, valentine dance Feb. l.t and the annual spring dance May 10. 763 Attend District FHA Rally Saturday at Beaufort Photo by Bob Seymour Members of the Southwood FIIA Chapter worked at one of the registration tables at the district FIIA meeting in Beaufort Saturday. Here June Harper, left, Judy Jernigan, center, and Lillie Rouse, right background, all of Southwood, stand by as Lynda Chadwick of Beaufort registers. There were almost as many per sons as there were drops of rain Saturday when the Beaufort School Future Homemakers chapter was hostess to FHA district 2. Register ed for the all-day meeting were 763 persons. Of that number, 640 were stu dents, 49 were advisors, 35 were parents of FHA members, 18 were special guests and 21 others were guests of the individual chapters. All of the 11 counties in dis trict 2 were represented. Mrs. David Beveridge, Beaufort voca tional home economics teacher, is serving this year as advisor of dis trict 2. Joyce Harper, of B. F. Grady School, Duplin County, was elected state parliamentarian. She is au tomatically presiding officer for district 2 for 1958. She will be in stalled March 29, 1958 at the state FHA convention in Raleigh. First alternate for the position is Lura Berry High, Lucama High School, Wilson County, and second alternate is Lottie Faye Outlaw, Southwood High, Lenoir County. An alternate will assume the po sition should Miss Harper move from the district or otherwise be unable to be parliamentarian. Miss Jane Barrow, presiding of ficer of district 2 and state his torian. conducted Saturday's meet ing. Miss Barrow, a student at Lu cama High School, last year de feated Miss Jackie Young, Beau fort, by six votes, for the position. Devotions by Newport Members of the Newport FHA chapter conducted the devotions by presenting a narrated pantomime based on the song, Bless This House. Taking part were Patsy Forrest, narrator; Alida Sue Graham, Signa Faye Robert*, Glenda Miller, Judy Hardcsty, Jane Murdoch, Ada Mur Sec RALLY, Page 5 Two Men Added To Water Group Two more persons were appoint ed to the county water committee by the county board yesterday. They are R. M. Williams, county farm agent, and Clayton Fulcher Jr., Atlantic. Mr. Fulcher replaces Brantley Morris, Atlantic, who can not serve. The appointments were request ed by H. S. Gibbs Jr., chairman of the committee. Mr. Gibbs ex plained the work of the committee thus far and announced that hear ings have been scheduled (see story page 1). Mr. Gibbs, who is in the insur ance business, also said he has a proposal to put before the board relative to insurance being carried by one agent, but with all agents in the county splitting the commis sion. New rates are expected to go into effect and the proposal, Mr. Gibbs said, would save the county money. The board chairman said he would call a special meeting, if necessary, to consider the pro posal. Welfare Officials Will Attend November Session Mrs. C. G. Holland, chairman of the county welfare board, and Miss Georgic Hughes, welfare superin tendent, will attend the North Carolina Public Welfare Institute Thursday and Friday, Nov. 7 and 8, at the Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh. Each of the state's hundred wel fare departments will be represent ed. Five hundred persons are ex pected to attend. Charles W. Phillips, director of >ubllc relations. Woman's College, 5recnsboro, told FHA members at Beaufort School Saturday, "As fu ure homemakers, you have the vorld in your hands ? but it won't >e easy." Mr. Phillips was introduced by rcssic White, member of the Morc lead City FHA chapter. The speaker reminded his listen rs that the home is the greatest nfluence in creating good citizens le cited the remark by the founder if Woman's college who said, 'When you educate a boy, you ed icatc an individual. When you ed icate a girl, you educate a family." j The speaker pointed out three j actors which "have made Ameri-, a great". X. Concern for the individual. Mr. 'hillips said that Abraham Lincoln s honored not because he was born n a log cabin, but because he got ut of it. He emphasized that con ern for the individual also means hat the individual must assume ertain responsibilities and obliga ions. 2. Opportunity for freedom. The lomcmaker, Mr. Phillips declared, las made our freedoms work. Fre lucntly he said, when the names of eroes arc written, the names of omemakers should head the list nd the battlefield heroes' names omc after. 3. Development of leadership. Without leaders, no country can each its greatest potential. Lead rship, the speaker explained, is eveloped in the home. It doesn't iegin in college or later in life, he ontinued. Mr. Phillips said that iy the age of 6. a child is molded n the way that he will go. 1 Mr. Phillips' remarks met with csounding applause. ? For the rally, the stage was dec rated in greenery along the front, < rith baskets of while gladiolas at ; ithcr side. < "TTQOAr's. J CENTERS Mi T afe fei iTOMOPROWS Bruce Tarklngton, principal, at Um speaker's stand, greets district 2 FHA girls Saturday at Beaufort School. Sealed on the stage, left to right, are Brenda Owens, Elm City School; Billle Honeycutt, and Lura Berry High, both of Lucauia, Charles Phillips, director of public relations. Womaa's College; Jaac Barrow, Lacawa, preaiding officer; fnuio uy turn s?ymour Mrs. David Beveridge (behind flowers), district 2 advisor; Miss Theresa Bellamah, acting secretary for district 2, and H. L. ioslyn, county superintendent of schools. Obscured by the speaker's stand is Jessie White, Morebead City, who introduced Mr. Phillips, the morn lag speaker. County Gets Road ; State Rejects Three Petitions Series of Meetings on Water To Begin Thursday, Pelletier Thursday night will begin the first of a scries of meetings on water resources in the county. The meeting Will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Pelletier Community building. Dr. L. J. Duprcc will be in charge. Five meetings will be held in other sections of the county prior to Oct 30 H. S. Gibbs Jr., chairman of the county water resources committee, announces that the purpose of the meetings or "hearings" is to learn from the people about their water problems. The state water commissioners have asked each county to appoint a committee. This committee, through hearings, is to "inventory water problems and resources." Mr. Gibbs says that it is import ant that Carteret put its informa tion before the state water commis sioners because there is bound to be legislation in regard to water at the next general assembly and it will be important to have facts re lating to Carteret before the proper authorities. What does the committee want lo know? For example, it would like to know what the drainage and flood ing problems are in the Pelletier section. Does extensive use of water by a farmer upstream limit the amount of water other farmers lownstream can obtain? What types of problems are encountered in putting down wells? Mr. Gibbs says that the commit tee is especially anxious that well diggers attend the meetings in their respective areas. If. for ex ample, wells must be drilled to a depth of 150 to 200 feet these days to get water when, in years gone by, they only went, usually, to a depth of too, this would be an in dication of the level of the water table. The level of the water table helps engineers to tell how much water is available for public, private and industrial use. Other hearings this month, in ad dition to the one at Pelletier, will be at Newport. Mayor Leon Mann in charge; Beaufort, W. 11. Potter in charge; Mcrrimon, R. M. Wil liams; Smyrna, David F. Jones Jr., and Atlantic, Brantley Morris. Dates will be announced. Morehead Police Check Accidents Morehead City policemen investi gated two accidents over the week end. The first accident, involving lamages of less than $50, was at Fifth and Arendell Streets at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Lt. Carl Bloinberg says that cars driven by Edna Pitt man and Margaret Grantham, both jf Morehead City, collided at the ntersection. A Cherry Point Marine, Lt. Dan <. Hanna, went to sleep at 2:30 i.m. Sunday and the 1956 Oldsmo )ilc he was driving jumped the *urb and hit a 1956 Ford parked in ront of 3011 Arendell St. Capt. C. E. Bunch and PtI. J. Z. Steele investigated the wreck, rhcy estimated damage to the lldsmobile at $500 and to the Ford it $350. There were no arrests or harges made after either accident. Sonny Sykes is Bound Over to Superior Court Rotary Clubs Will Award Fellowships A year of study abroad as a Ro tary Foundation Fellow is possible for some student from Beaufort, I Morehead City or Newport, an nounces David Jones, president of the Beaufort Rotary Club. In charge of the fellowship pro- \ gram at Newport is Charles II. Lockey and in Morehead City, Graver Munden. Applications are now being ac j eepted by the Rotary Club for the I ; fellowship, which includes all trans portation. education and living ex penses for the 1958-59 academic year. Application for the fellowship may be made only through the Ro tary club in the town where the student has his permanent resi dence. In Beaufort the application should be made to Dr. W. L. Woodard. Candidates must be between 20 and 29 years of age. They must have a college or university degree (or they must now be in their sen ior year), a record of high scholas tic standing, and a thorough knowledge of the language of the country in which they propose to study. They must have the ability to make friends easily, be vitally in terested in world affairs, and pos sess an instinct for leadership. Rotary Fellowships are granted without regard to race, creed or citizenship. The applicant selected by any Ro tary club of the county will com pete for the Rotary Fellowship with applicants selected by the other 42 Rotary clubs in this district. The district comprises that portion cast of the western boundaries of the counties of Scotland, Hoke and Har nett, south of the southern boun daries of the counties of Wake, Johnston. Wilson, Edgecombe, Mar tin and Washington and west and south of the western and southern boundaries of Hyde County. Deadline for the receipt of appli cations for the 1958-59 academic year by the local Rotary club is Nov. 15. Two Unhurt As Truck Hits Canal Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gaskill, Sea Level, emerged uninjured from a truck that went partially in a canal at 4 45 a.m. Friday. The accident occurred a mile cast of the Oyster Creek bridge on Highway 70. Patrolman R. H. Brown reported that Mrs. Gaskill was driving their 1953 Ford fish truck. As the truck was rounding a curve, a skunk ap peared in front of the truck and I she swerved to the left to avoid J hitting it. The truck, loaded with fish and shrimp, and bound for New Bern, went out of control and went over to the left of the highway. It turn ed over on its right side with the | front in the canal. Mr. and Mrs. Gaskill got wet but I otherwise were not hurt. All the | fish on the truck was saved. Dam age to the truck was estimated at I $200. No charges were filed against | the driver. Tide Table Tide* at the Beaufort Bar IIIGII I.OW Tuesday, Oct. 8 7:48 a.m. 1:43 a.m. 8:02 p.m. 2:08 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. ? 8 20 a.m. 2:18 a.m. 8:34 p.m 2:46 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18 8:50 a.m. 2:52 a.m. 8:04 p.m. 3:22 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 8:18 a.m 3:21a.m. 8:14 pJO. 3.55 p.m. bonny bykes, Morcncaa city RFD, was hound over to superior court Thursday as the result of a shooting spree at Ann's Place be tween Morehead City and Newport Sept 8. Judge Lambert Morris dis missed charges against Ann Avery, who allegedly waved a pistol and threatened persons trying to keep Sykes from shooting Pfc. D. W. Simmons. According to testimony in re corder's court, Simmons was try ing to get out of the place when he was shot in the foot. Judge Morris set bond for Sykes at $500. He was formally charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Appeals Verdict Ronald E. Goodwin and Fred C. Goodwin were found guilty of vio lating hunting laws. Each was fined $250 and costs for hunting deer out of season with a light at night. Ronald Goodwin appealed his conviction and posted $300 bond. The gun, shells and light allegedly being used were confiscated Four Marines paid $25 and costs each for destroying private proper ty and using profane and vulgar language. They were fined $10 and one-fourth costs each for engaging in an affray and inciting a riot. They were Walter Davis, Raymond Montoya, Robson Rice and Jerry Blackburn. Kenneth Chafin, named on both warrants, was not con victed. Forfeits Bond Charlie W. Windham was fined $100 and costs for driving drunk. James S. Mannctte, charged with speeding 100 mph and careless and reckless driving, forfeited his bond Randolph Jones paid $10 and costs for being drunk in public. Hu bert Perry was ordered to pay costs and honor a bad check he had passed. Those who forfeited bonds fol low: William H. Hockaday, speed ing; Virgil Gaskill, no license; Od dic M. Godctte, driving too fast for existing conditions; Vera L. Adams, following too close; Ken neth Meadows, speeding, careless and reckless driving and driving without a license; and James R. Monroe, public drunkenness. Three defendants were not tried due to lack of evidence. They were Bryan T. Hill and Leonard Smith, charged with assault, and Lonnic Nolon, charged with failure to yield the right of way. County commissioners received a road petition at their meeting yes terday and Moses Howard, chair man. reported that three road peti ions approved by the county have been rejected hv the state The new road petition was pre sented by Hoy Kubanks. Beaufort. It requests grading and surfacing of the "Morgan Street" road on Kadio Island. ... ,.k The road, a half mile in length, runs from Highway 70 south to Beaufort Channel, according to Mr. Kubanks There are seven houses ""'I he board accepted the petition, hut Chairman Howard said that the state cannot act on it until Jan. , 1958 Until new secondary road regulations are more thoroughly understood and the new program gets under way, the state has an nounced it will act on no road re quests until the first of the year. Three Rejects Road requests turned down by the slate were a road west of Morehead City along Bogue Sound, the old road from Sea Level to At lantic and the Chadwick Road in Gloucester. , John L. Humphrey, county road superintendent, commented that under new regulations the state will not take over any road less than two tenths of a mile long. R L Garner, newly-appointed inspector of school electrical sys tems, attended the meeting and discussed fees. He said that the fees have been recommended by the state, but he will keep account of mileage and hours consumed in inspection and the county can ar rive at a figure it wants to pay. The board considered the statute regarding the electrical inspection of schools and decided that respon sibility for paying the inspector lies with the county board of education. The county board will set the fees, but J. I) Potter, county auditor, said the funds will have to come from the education budget. ? In the end we pay for it all anyway, the auditor said. Audit Presented Clilton E. Smith, auditor with Williams and Wall, reviewed the 1956 57 county audit. A separate audit of accounts in the clerk of court s office was presented Mr. Smith pointed out that bust ness in the clerk s office has gone up to about a quarter million dol lars a year. Because there arc numerous court costs that have not been paid, Commissioner b. A. Chalk said particular attention should be paid to collecting those A H James, clerk of court, said that between $1,500 and $2,000 in back costs have been collected since the close of the fiscal year but since that time between $J,000 and $4,000 has been added. Chairman Howard said that jail costs and uncollected court costs arc "getting too big' Mr. James said that there are "seven regular boarders at the jail costing the county $500 a month. See BOARD, Page 5 Morehead City Drug Store Owner Reports Fine Sale W. C. (Buck) Matthews, owner and general manager of Morehcad City Drug Co., sent the following letter yesterday, with permission to publish, to Lockwood Phillips, publisher of THE NEWS-TIMES: Oct. 7, 1957 Mr. Lockwood Phillips Publisher Carteret County News-Times Morchead City, N. C. Dear Phil: I want to express to you and your staff my thanks for your coopera tion in our weekend sale on Friday and Saturday. In spite of the rain on Saturday our friends came to see us and they purchased merchandise. I was amazed by the crowds of customers both days. Would you believe it when 1 say more people came in our store on those two days than have on any weekend or any two days this year including the sum mertime days? Well, they did! We had more people and made more sales than we did during any weekend thus far thia year. Even though wc sold many, items so cheaply 1 was great ly surprised when I looked over the cash receipts. It doesn't seem pos sible considering the bad weather and the fact that there are natural ly not as many people in this area now as in summertime. I will say also that more people read our advertisement in THE NEWS-TIMES than I had any idea did. You will recall that we insert ed coupons In our ad stating we would give free prizes at different times upon presentation of the cou pons. Frankly we were interested in learning how many people, and from where, read our advertise ment. Would you have thought that wc would have had customers waiting when we opened our doors at 8 a.m. Friday, such a short time after THE NEWS TIMES was delivered? Wc did! And in a relatively short time wc had given away, on cou pons, 100 Sheaffer pens. Then the coupons good for a pair of hose after 1 p.m. were presented and 50 pairs of hose were given away in 45 minutes. Of course cou pons kept coming in even until clos ing time at 10 p.m. Then starting on Saturday at 8 a m a constant line of customers came in with coupons for another 100 Sheaffer pens. They lasted only 35 minutes. At 1 p.m. Saturday during a downpour we redeemed another 50 coupons for hose in less than 25 minutes. Of course cou pons continued to come in but the allotted number of premiums had been redeemed. It was also interesting to see where the coupons came from. Wc had each customer sign his name and address on the coupons. We had customers presenting coupons from Atlantic to Havelockand from Highway 24 to Swansboro. I really appreciated seeing so many friends and some from so far away. Fortunately 1 was able to be around most of the two days and I appreciate so much having so many of our friends and cus tomers visit us and make pur chases. I thought you would be interested also to know THE NEWS-TIMES has so many readers. Again, thanks for helping us to get the news around. I am, sincerely yours, (signed) Buck W. C. Matthews
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