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PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER ?I th. TAR HZEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 46th YEAR, NO. 82. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1957 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Ports Tonnage Up Over 1956, Director Reports The slate port at Morehead City handled 313.306.69 tons of cargo during the first nine months of 1957. Col. Richard S. Marr, execu tive director of the State Ports Au thority. announced this week. This compares with 316,957.27 tons han dled in the same period last year. Moved through the state port at Wilmington for the first three fourths of 1957 was 238,970.81 tons. The breakdown on Morehead City tonnages follows: military, 77, 747.02; liquid. 220.389 85, and dry. 21.169.82 The breakdown on Wil mington tonnage: dry cargo, 238, 970.81 tons; military, 2,785.30. Both ports show an increase over last year's tonnages. Total cargo at the ports in 1956 was 503,233 01 as compared with 558,277.50 tons this year. With 35 ships scheduled to dock at the ports during October, 1957's tonnages are going to far exceed last year's record. Colonel Marr said. The year-end figure last year was 669.660 tons. "There is no doubt about it," the executive director stated, "this has been and continues to be the finest year in the SPA's history." He at- ! tributcd the increased business at j SPA facilities to date (3.000 tons at j Morehead City and 52.000 tons at j Wilmington) to "additional facili-j ties availahlc at both ports, the j fine selling job the people of the ! SrA and the state are doing for the I ports, and the cooperation and in- j terest of the various steamship lines now making the two cities j regular ports of call." Town Fathers Will Carry Sewage Problem to Raleigh Marshallberg Firemen Disband The Marshallberg fire depart ment has disbanded. Chief Thomas Gillikin, other of-, ftcers and members have resigned. The resignations arc reported due j to the department's not being will ! ing to accept instructions from the Marshallberg Community Club. Thr club initiated the fire depart ment project and was instrumental; in obtaining the equipment. The present status, according to John Valentine, president of the club, is that the equipment is in Marshall berg and if there is a fire, the truck may be taken to fight it. Mr. Valentine expressed the hope that since the club has been incor-; poratcd, a new fire department ran be organized on the basis that the equipment, though at Mar shallberg. is available (as in the past) to all surrounding communi ties. New Regulations Set for Vessels Coast Guard headquarters in Washington has announeed that new rules and regulations (or small passenger vessels will become ef fective June 1, 1958. Vessels affected by the new regu lations are described by the Coast Guard as "practically any anall vessel which carries more than six passengers for hire and is: pro pelled by steam, mechanical or electrical means and of IS gross tons or less, or those not more than 65 feet in length and from IS to 100 gross tons; sailing vessels of TOO gross tons or less; or barges of 100 gross tons or less." Copies of the regulations as printed in Part II of the Federal Register dated Oct. 5, 1957, may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Print ing Office, Washington 25, D. C., for 15 cents per copy. Weather Observer Notes Calm Days Since the heavy rains of last weekend skies over the county have been clear with only light breezes recorded by weather observer E. Stamey Davis. The weekend rain of Saturday and Sunday totaled 1.5 inches. Maximum and minimum temper atures follow: (wind registered aa calm) i Max. Mia. Sunday 69' 56 Monday 75 55 Tuesday TO 55 Wednesday 75 65 Club Meets The Bogue - Cedar Point - Ocean Community Club met Tuesday night in the Methodist Church, Rogue. Community Improvements was the topic of discussion. ? Beaufort town commissioners ' ngrcfd Monday night at the town j hall to appear before the State Stream Sanitation Committee at Raleigh and explain why Beaufort cannot request a temporary permit ; to allow raw sewage to go into waters surrounding the town. A program which went into ef fect several years ago is aimed at keeping state waters clean and pre vwiflng np fut^Jher imitation Towns which dump raw sewage into nearby waters arc required by law to request a temporary permit to continue doing so. It must be stated in the permit, according to Dan Walker, town clerk, when plans for a sewage disposal plant will be completed, when work will be started on such a plant and when the plant will be in operation. Mr. Walker reported that on his recent trip to Raleigh to attend the League of Municipalities meeting, he conferred with W. E. Long, head of the pollution control section, sanitation division, state board of health. Mr. Long stated that Beaufort was lax in not applying for a per mit. Mr. Walker explained that the town is not able, financially, to start planning for sewage disposal. When asked when it would be, Mr. Walker said, "About 2,080." The town clerk suggested that the only way to show the sanita tion authorities that Beaufort is in terested in the problem is to go to Raleigh and explain, in a group, why it is impossible to file for a permit where dates for action are required. Mr. tang conferred with the town board Sept. 10, 1956. At that time, it was pointed out to him that even though Beaufort might have the money to put in a sewage disposal plant, people outside of town were dumping sewage into the water and pollution would con tinue in that manner. Mr. tang's answer was that the counties would have to control pol lution too. At the same meeting attended by Mr. tang three engineers appeared to try to sell the town on a sewage disposal system. Mr. Walker pointed out that the town's sanitation problem was call ed to attention of state authorities in recent weeks when a petition was filed by Beaufort residents asking that action be taken to pre vent outfall of sewage above the water line near Gerald Austin's fish house. The board agreed to compromise with Halscy Paul of Paul Motor Co. on an additional payment from the town on the police car trade-in. Tide Table Tlden it tke Beaufort Bar HKH1 LOW Friday, Oct. II 9:18 a.m. 3:21 a.m. 8:34 p.m. 3:35 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 9:48 a.m. 3:47 a.m. 10:10 p.m. 4:27 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13 10:28 a.m. 4:13 a.m. 11:01 p.m. 3:02 p.m. Maaday, Oct. 14 11:23 a.m. 4.48 a.m. 5:47 p.m. Pakistan Fisheries Official Visits County This Week Photo oy Boo Seymour fi. B. Talbot of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Plvers Island, dis cusses American fisheries with Dr. and Mrs. M. R. tlureshl of Pakistan. By BOB SEYMOUR F)r and Mrs. M R Ourrshi of ! Pakistan visited Carteret County , this week. Dr. Qureshi is the dircc ' tor of the Central Fisheries DepaC mrnt in Pakistan. The purpose of . the visit was to see the various fishing enterprises in the county, j Dr. tyireshi says that he is pri marily interested in the handling ar.d marketing practices followed | here Ilia wife, of course, is more I interested in American custom*. < and clothing than the technical side I of the fishing industry. 1'r and Mrs Qureshi have visit- | ?'d Italy, tier hi any and Ki.gland on ? heir umr. The two towns thai ( iia\e .impressed them most so far; iaxc been Woods Hole. Mass., and j Washington. 1). C. Camera I an The doctor is a camera fan and has taken many pictures of the ' Morchcad City sports fishing fleet. "Many of my friends in Pakistan arc interested in sports fishing and they want to sec what your | boats look like," Ik says. The most important commercial, fish in Pakistan, by the way, are \ two el this coast's most popular sports fish, spanish and king I mackerel. In comparing the United Slates j to other countries they have visit ed, the Qurcshi's say it is by far the best developed. "The lack of cheap electricity is the biggest in- j comciuencc in Pakistan," Dr. Qureshi reports. One Freezing Plant There is only one freezing plant in the country and it is devoted entirely to shrimp, most of which arc exported to the United States. There is one small canning plant for shrimp. While all the fishing in Pakistan is done by private enterprise, the government is building a fishing station at Karachi, the capital city. The United States is giving money and technical assistance. Dr. Qureshi is well qualified to direct the fisheries program in Pakistan. He was graduated from Aligarh University, received his master of science degree from Os mania University and got his doc torate at the University of Madras. Hp anrl Mrc Onrnchi loft fnr An. burn yesterday after visiting labo ratories at the US Fish and Wild life Service, Fivers Island, Insti tute of Fisheries Research and NC Division of Commercial Fisheries, Camp Glenn. Mrs. Qurcshi says that they arc getting anxious to return home to see their three girls. The children had to stay home to go to school. Slim' Washington Bound Over to Superior Court Game Protector Announces Open Season, Limits County panic protector Winfiold Rhync predicts that hunting will be better than usual this year. Shoot ing season on deer, bear, raccoons and squirrels opens Tuesday. No open season for docs has been an nounced. Open seasons on deer, bear and squirrels will end Jan. 1. 1958. Rac coon hunting will be legal until Feb. 15. Mr. Rhync lists the following regulations and bag limits: deer, one per day and two per season (bucks only); bear, two per day and two per season; squirrels, six per day (including up to two fox squirrels) and 75 per season; rac coons. no limits. He points out that it is still il legal to hunt from the highway un less you own land on both sides of the road or have written permis sion from the owners of land on both sides of the road. Marshallberg Club Gets Incorporation Papers The Marshallberg Community Club this week was granted papers of incorporation. Officers are John Valentine, pres ident; Leon Thomas, vice-presi dent; Ikie Guthrie, secretary, and Claude Brown, treasurer. Direc tors are Ralph Neal, Neal Jones and Grayer Willis. Beaufort to Put More Emphasis On Harbor Needs Town Board Heart Report On New Accounting Set-Up Monday Night More interest should do shown nv Beaufort in harbor work, the town board decided at its meeting Mon day night at the town hall. Dan Walker, town clerk, pointed out that a move is underway to cut from the Rivers and Harbors agon da any projects on which there has been no interest shown for the past few years. One of the projects to be dropped was Beaufort harbor. The clerk said that the matter was brought to his attention by Mayor George Dill of Morehcad City and as a result a letter was written asking the North Carolina Rivers and Harbors delegation to see that the Beaufort harbor project is retained. The town did not send a delegate to the Rivers and Harbors Con gress last May. Gene Smith, who has served a* a delegate in prior years, said the town should be rep resented there every year. New System A'o financial r- port was present ed because the town clerk's office is i. the midst of switching over to a new accounting system. Clifton Smith, accountant with Williams ard Wall, auditors, estimated that the new system should be in opera lion by Jan. I. The town's property valuation now. he added, is a little over three million dollars and the town needs a new system of account keeping. He remarked that Mr. Walker "has done a remarkable job" with rec ords available frum the past 30 years. The board placed on the insolven cy list $18,000 in paving assess ments which have expired under the statute of limitations. Mr. Walker explained that even though they are listed in that way. the as sessment is still collectable. Bids Requested It was announced that bids on fire hose would be opened Oct. 30 and considered at the November meeting. It was also reported that the -toning commission would like to use the town hall as a meeting place during the last week of tHe month. The town attorney and the clerk conferred last night with residents regarding the paving of Broad and Fuiford Streets. Relative to the B&M Railroad fixing its roadbed on Broad Street, the clerk said he has been told the gravel has been ordered but he hasn't seen the invoice. Gray lias sell. town engineer, found a lot of supporters when he declared that Broad Street is in the worst con dition it has ever been. The clerk reported that a man from McColl, S. C., wanted to sell ads in a traffic safety bulletin around town, but upon checking Mr. Walker said he learned that the safety associations allegedly sponsoring the booklet were non existent. The board authorized use of the fire department rescue truck at football games. The truck will stand by throughout the game. Sec TOWN BOARD, Page 2 Judge Herbert Phillips found probable, cause in the case of Ed ward "Slim" Washington in More head City recorder's court Monday. The judge ordered him bound over to superior court for trial for arm ed robbery. Washington allegedly robbed George L. Powell after threaten ing him with a pistol. Washington's bondsman posted a $200 bond for his appearance in superior court. ?Judge Phillips sentenced Wade Golden to 30 days in jail after Golden failed to pay court costs for a previous public drunkenness conviction. Edward II. Evans was fined $100 and costs for careless and reckless driving. He also had to pay the town 15 for damage to a sign. Richard Jolliff and George Mur ray also drew $100 and costs fines. Jolliff was found guilty of careless and reckless driving while Murray was found guilty of having a quanti ty of non-taxpaid whisky. Jasper D. Mallicoat was fined $75 and costs for speeding and driving without a license. Eddie Lee Howell was fined $25 and coats for speeding and driving without lights at night. John D. Midgett was remanded to juvenile court for trial. He was charged with driving with ho li cense. Three defendants were charged court costs. They were Joseph M. Hewitt, drunk and disorderly; Ed ward Earl Morris, no driver's li cense ; and Raymond Lee GardMfl^ improper parking. A case against Willie Acklin was continued until Monday. Olan Bell Rape Case Will Go to Grand Jury Nov. 4 Hypo Harry on the Job In Reginald lewis's photographic dark room there is a self-appoint ed inspector, a frog who has been christened Hypo llarry by Mr. Lewis. The frog likes the damp darkness of the room and blinks knowingly as he sits on de\eloper tanks, as he is doing above. The tank he's inspecting here is about 5 inches high. Chamber Board Chooses New Director Monday 59 Names Drawn For Jury Duty I The county commissioners have released the names of 59 persons } who will be called on for jury ser vice during the Nov. 4-7 term of criminal court. The names were drawn Monday. They follow: Julian R. Murphy, Gordon C. Willis, Gerald Wade, Julian B. Bramble, J. G. Bennett, George D. Willis, Clarence D. Adams, Cicero S llardison Jr., Paul R. Branch, Clyde G. Willis. Paul W. Cordova, Kenneth C. Wagner, William II. White, Lillian Mason Wade, Irma A. Gorham, Meriam B. Willis, Raymond C. Moore, Mrs. Henry White, L. W. Styron, Reva Wetherington and John A. West, all of Morchead City. C. T. Whitehead. Troy B. Con ner and Francis D. Guthrie, More head City RFD; Orville Gray Guth rie, W. A. Willis. Mervin F. Willis, Maxwell Willis, Manley Willis and Willie J. Davis, Barkers Island. FI wood Willis. R. W. Safrit, Thomas Eure, Mrs. H. B. Avery, Solomon A. Perkins, Reginald W. Adams. Johnnie Dudley, Carl Wil lis, Robert E. Hudncll, B. F. Willis and Thomas E. Respess, Beaufort. Francis G. Smith. Dallas Arthur. Thomas M. Garner and Linwood i Gillikin, Beaufort RFD; Neal A. Caglc, Mrs. M. A. Ebron, L. C. Glancv, Marion Lupton, Fred Can- I non and Bert yVhite, Newport RFD. | Elmer Gaskill and Maltby Tay-1 lor. Sea Level; Joseph E. Riley, | Edwin Hall Davisworth, E Gary Morris and William B. Robinson j Jr., Atlantic; Osborn G. Pigott, Gloucester; Amasa W. Murdoch, | Wildwood. Boats Go Aground At Same Place The Coast Guard reports that two boats ran aground at the same place Tuesday afternoon. Both ac cidents occurred at the Bogue Sound buoy just west of Pclletier Creek. At 2 p.m. EN/1 Earl Sells and SN Dennard Lawrence left the Fort Macon station to refloat the 26-foot cabin cruiser Wacky II, owned by William Kelly, Wrightstown, N. J. They towed the boat into Pelle tier Creek to Cannon'* boat works and were about to leave when they got word another boat had run aground at the same place. The second boat was the 30-foot cruiser Duchess, owned by H. W. Wilson of Houston, Tex. They pull ed it into deep water and escorted it to Camnon's for a ebeck-up. Morehcad City chamber direc tors, meeting Monday night, ac cepted the resignation of hoard member Jasper Bell. George Whit tle was elected to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Bell. Mr. Whittle will serve until Dec. 31', 1958. Mr. Bell's resignation was ac cepted with regret and apprecia tion was voiced for his work dur ing the past two years. The retir ing director said other duties pre vented him from fulfilling his obli gations to the chamber. J. R. Sanders, treasurer, report ed a balance of $288.77. ? J. A. DuBois, manager, as secre tary of the merchants committee, was authorized to proceed with Christinas street lighting arrange ments. He was also asked to write the outdoor advertising firm to thank them for cancelling a sign contract that otherwise would not have ended until April 1958. W B. Chalk, president, reported on plans for the annual dinner Thursday. Tickets arc now on sale and attendance will be limited to 200. Two door prizes have already been donated. Southern Railway officials were invited to the meeting, but will not be in this area until November. Mr. Chalk said arrangements will be made to welcome them at that time. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to those mentioned, were Dick Parker. Walter Morris. Bud Dixon, Jack Lewis, I*. II. (Jeer Jr., L. D. Gore and W. C. Carlton. , Beaufort High Band j Will Parade Today The Beaufort High School band will l?c featured in a parade through downtown Beaufort this afternoon. The parade will begin at 3 p.iri. at the school. The band will slop at Turner and Front Streets for a concert. Purpose of the parade is to raise funds for the band. Majorettes will collect contributions from onlook ers along the parade route and at the concert. Gerald Hill, chairman of the band fund raising campaign, says that results of the drive will be announced next week. Beaufort Firemen Conduct Fire Drills The Beaufort Fire Department conducted fire drills at the Beau fort and Queen Street High Schools Wednesday afternoon. Engineer El mond Rhue says that both build ings were cleared in orderly fashion. His only criticism was that there were no fire extinguisher! in Beau fort High School and only one at Queen Street. This condition, ac cording to Mr. Rhue, should be cor rected at once. If a true bill is returned, the trial of Olan "Shorty" Bell, 44, of Morehead City will headline the Nov. 4-7 term of criminal court. Bell allegedly raped a 6-year-old girl in his house on S. 1 f?th Street the afternoon of June 16. Bell waived a preliminary hear ing in Morehead City recorder's court in June and was turned over to the sheriff's department for safe keeping until time for a trial in su perior court. The sheriff has re fused to disclose Bell's whereabouts since a threat of lynch mobs was very real for days after the crime was committed. Neighbors reported that about ?> p.m. on the afternoon in question they heard the little girl scream ing in Bell's house. One woman said she came to her door just in time to see the child standing on Bell's porch with blood on her. Police Arrive Morehead Citv policemen Buck Ncwsome and Walter Thomas ar rived on the scene minutes after a neighbor called the police station. They found that the child had al ready been taken to the hospital and that Bell had not been seen leaving the house. They searched the house twice and were in the basement for the second time when they saw his foot sticking from a pile of pink. Bell had crawled between two old mat tresses stacked on a table in the basement and had passed out The policemen, who had been joined by Chief Herbert Griffin, said thai Bell was so drunk that the heat and tight air between the mattresses had knoeked him out. Neighbors stated that Bell had been on a drunk for several days. llis Wife and children were out of the house at the time the crime was allegedly committed. Bell has a police record with several convictions for minor of fenses in Morehead City recorder's court. Since he had no lawyer to defend him in that court, he waived hearing and was bound over to su perior court. Clerk of Superior Court A. II, James has written to William Bun dy, resident judge, asking him to appoint a lawyer for Bell. Mr. James says that the appointment is expected to he made in time for Bell to be tried in the forthcoming term of court. The grand jury is scheduled to hear evidence in Bell's case Nov. 4. If a true hill is returned, his trial is scheduled to begin the same day. Grand Jury Cases Other cases expected to go before the grand jury are State vs. Yancey S. Harbour, J. I). Small Jr. and J. Onelius Wright for violation of highway ordinances; State vs. Bar bara William Jones for allowing a dog to run at large. State vs. Willie M. Ilarkley on a whiskey charge; State vs. Leo G. Sawyer for breaking, entering and larceny; State vs. Daniel B. Al ford for reckless driving; State vs. LaCoato DeBcrry for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. State vs. Harvey Earl Lee for drunken driving; Slate vs. George Equals and Luke Mason for lar ceny: Stale vs. George F. Hender son for drunken driving; State vs. Arthur Taylor for larceny; State vs. I,on>y Bell for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill; and Leslie Morton for resisting ar rest. Defendants already cleared to go before the court follow: Delbcrt Boy Jones, breaking, entering and larceny; Ennis T. Bass, John James Jr., Russell F. Foley. Phil lip R. Moore, and Carl Sadler, drunken driving; Woodrow Wilson, attempted rape. Elton Smith, Malhcw Mitchell, Sam Green Jr., I.onnie Godrttc, Roderick Moore. Edgar l/Cwis, El ton Smith and John S. McGcc. as sault; Waller T. Lawrence, Hoyt la*. Roseoe Garner. Paul K. John son. Howard Rose Jr., and Clyde J. Connor, motor vehicle viola tions. II. Earlc Moblcv, ember/dement; Randolph Jones, fraud: Ernest O. Lewis. Roy David Smith. Harvey Earl Lee, and Phillip B. Moore, speeding; Victor J. Graves, affray; Patricia McMahon, breaking and entering. Shirley Mae Murrey, whiskey vio lation; Clarence Willis. Cecil Moore and Elbert Moore, game law viola tion: Kemp Guthrie, cohabitation; Harold Bass, interfering with an officer; Curtis Nelson, careless and reckless driving; and Eugene Hcssce, trespassing. Demonstrate Sweeper Representatives of the G. II. Ten nant Co., Minneapolis, Minn., dem onstrated a new street sweeper in Beaufort Wednesday afternoon. The sweeper, not in production yet, will sell for about $9,000. Several towns in eastern North Carolina sent dele gates to the demonstration. Jaycees to Sell Circus Tickets Until Noon Today i Noon today is the deadline for | buying advance circus tickets from | More head City and Beaufort Jayr cees Herbert Phillips, chairman , of the Morehad City ticket sales committee, announced at the club ! meeting Monday night that all un sold tickets and money would have j to be turned in to the circus by 1 noon today. The club met at Hotel Fort Macon. , Jerry Willis was brief d on a re : port he will give at the Jayece j quarterly' board meeting in Kli/.i lieth City nevt month Several I other Jaycees are planning to at ! tend. The chtb voted; to pay the $250 scholarship to Miss Morchcad City I now Anne Thomas Lewis, winner i of the title, had not made a request for the money yet. but the club . wanted to get it off the lx?oks. There was a discussion on the possibility of buying a public ad dress system for the football field. Several Jaycees agreed to check j on prices of the equipment. | C.ucsts for the evening were tcr Kdwards of Fry hoofing .Co', j and Bernard Leary of Leary'j I Store. Mr. Kdwards and Kry Hoof , ing got a rising ovation from the , club for the new press booth the i company built at the football field. Salvation Army Campaign Lags "Thus far. the Salvation Army drive is a miserable failure," Sain Adlcr, chairman, reported Wednes day. Mr. Adlcr said he recognizes the fact that there arc many drives that people have to give to. "but the Salvation Army is important." The campaign for funds opened Monday and will continue this week. Canvassers have been call ing on persons who contributed in the past. Mr. Adlcr pointed out. however, that people can contribute to the Salvation Army any time. lie said that he had three calls for help Tuesday, but with limited funds as much help as may be necessary cannot be given. Persons who would like to con tribute can mail their checks to Mr. Sani Adlcr, Morehead City, N. C., or place cash contributions in the Salvation Army kettle in the business section of Morchcad City. Club to Give $100 To Drama Group The Beaufort Rotary Club has voted to give $100 to help conduct an interest survey for the outdoor drama association. The action was taken after Jim Wheatlcy spoke at the elub meeting Tuesday night at the Beaufort Scout building. Mr. Wheatlcy outlined some of the work involved in putting on an outdoor drama and said that a sur vey would show whether enough people in the county were interest ed in it to go through with the am bitious project. Guests at the meeting were Bob Lcntz of Greensboro and A. B. Roberts Jr. and Buck Matthews Jr. of Morehead City. Committee to Work With County Board On School Fund In the absence of the chairman, Robert Safrit Jr.. D. Mason, vice chairman, presided at the meeting of the county board of education Monday afternoon in the court house annex. Mr. Mason appointed George Wallace. T. P. Allen. Mr. Safrit and H. L. Joslyn to a committee to work with the county commission ers on the request for $2 1/3 mil lion in school construction funds. The board considered a request by the Methodist Church at Smyrna to buy 15 feet of school land. The church adjoins the school property. No action was taken. The board also reaffirmed its de cision relative to a right-of-way for a road through the new school property at Markers Island. The board stated that it does not have sufficient land to allow a road to go through the property.
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