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46th YEAR, NO. 95. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
ClubWomen Hear President;
Mrs. Billy Smith Honored
Mrs. L. B Pate, New Bern, pres
ident of the North Carolina Fed
eration of Home Demonstration
Clubs, told of her trip to Ceylon
Friday night at the annual achieve
ment program of the county Home
Demonstration Clubs.
Mrs. Pate said she "went around
the world in 60 days". Her trip
was made in connection with the
triennial meeting of Associated
Countrywomen of the World at Cey
lon. Three hundred delegates rep
resented 23 countries.
Mrs. Pate's trip included Paris.
Rome, Athens, Beirut, the Holy
Land, Karachi, Delhi, Madras.
Singapore. Bangkok, Hong Kong,
Manila, Tokyo, Honolulu and San
Francisco.
She showed items she had pur
chased along 'the way. Two of her
souvenirs she gave as door prizes
to Mrs. H. H. Scott, Crab Point;
and Mrs. Thelina Chadwick, Glou
cester.
Mrs. Pate was introduced by
Mrs. Hugh Pake, past Home Dcm
onstration Club district director.
Year Reviewed
Mrs. Billy Smith, North River
club member, reviewed Home Dem
onstration accomplishments dur
ing 1957. In conjunction with the
report, club women and children
in their families modeled clothes
they have made.
Models were Mrs. Madge Rey
nolds, Diane Reynolds, Cynthia
Brachem. Ann Stanley, Mrs. Val
erie Stanley, Val Stanley, Reynolds
Searle III, Jody Miller, Cindy Mil
ler, and Mrs. Frances York.
Mrs. Floy Garner, home agent,
presented perfect attendance
awards as follows;
Fifteen years, Mrs. Frank Simp
son; fourteen years, Mrs. Dyon
Simpson; eight years, Mrs. Charles
Stanley; six years, Miss Alice
Laughton.
Three years, Mrs. Thomas Bca
chem, Mrs. Billy Smith.
Two years. Mrs. Elmo Smith,
Mrs. Gordon Laughton. Mrs. Rich
ard Whitehurst. Mrs. Monroe Wil
lis, Mrs. J. S. Fulchcr, Mrs. Dollie
Dudley, Mrs. Ray Lewis, Mrs. Lee
Garner, Mrs. D. R. Arnold.
One year, Mrs. Gardiner GiUikin,;
Mrs. Merle Hickox, Mrs. Madge
Reynolds. Mrs. Cecil Morris, Mrs.
N. A. Avery, Mrs. Ira T. Rhue,
Mrs. Will Glancy.
Mrs. Dyon Simpson, Bettie, col
lected the pennies clubs have saved
to finance the international rela
tions program. Mrs. Guy Carra
way, Merrimon, came closest to
guessing the number of pennies in
a glass jar and won for her club
$5 donated by Mrs. Robert Safrit
Sr.
Gloucester Wins Gavel
The Gloucester Club won the ga
See PROGRAM, Page 2
Newport Vo-Ag
Boys Win Contest
At Vanceboro
Newport School vocational agri
culture parliamentary procedure
team defeated Vanceboro's team in
a content at Vanceboro School
Thursday. Newport earned the title
of Seashore Federation champions
and brought hack a blue and gold
banner to hang in their classroom
Other schools with membership
in the federation are Smyrna, Do
ver, Jasper and/Pamlico.
The Newport iteam consisted of
the following vocational agriculture
boys: Tommy Howard, president;
Pat Corbet!, vice-president; Allen
Gray, secretary; Woody Barnes,
treasurer; Leonard Jarman, re
porter; Ronnie Edwards, sentinel,
and C. S. Long, advisor.
Newport's team will enter the
district parliamentary procedure
contest May 3, 1958. Approximately
25 chapters will be represented in
the district contest. The top win
ning tram from each of the six
districts will participate in the
state contest to he held in Raleigh
the latter part of July.
Following the contest, federation
officers were elected. They are as
follows: Tommy Howard, presi
dent, Newport School; Benjamin
Potter, vice - president, Pamlico
School; Ray Steward, secretary,
Vanceboro School; Bernie Davis,
treasurer, Smyrna School; Tuck
Nobles, reporter, Dover School;
Bobby Nobles, sentinel, Jasper
School; C. S. Long, advisor, New
port School
Businesses Will
Close Thursday
Business places, with few excep
tions, will be closed Thursday,
Thanksgiving Day.
Schools will be closed Thursday
and Friday. The county public li
brary. Beaufort, will be closed
Thursday through Saturday.
TIIK NEWS-TIMES will go to
press tomorrow afternoon. Dead
line for newsstories is noon Wed
nesday. Classified ads will be
closed at 1 p.in. Carrier boys and
postoffices will receive the news
paper Wednesday night and the
papers will be delivered to news
dealers who will be open Thursday.
THE NEWS TIMES office will be
closed Thursday, but open Friday
as usual.
Mrs. Billy Smith, North River,
was named Home Demonstration
Club woman of the year at the club
achievement program Friday night
at the American Legion building
Beaufort.
Announcement of the honor was
made by Miss Mary Ruth Wilson,
home economist for Carolina Pow
er and Light Co.
Miss Wilson read some of the
reasons cited by club women
support of Mrs. Smith as woman
of the year.
They follow:
"Mrs. Smith is a dedicated, con
scientious and hard working Home
Demonstration Club woman. She is
never too busy to help her neigh
bors, both club and non-club mem
bers. She is always ready to go to
bat for the Home Demonstration
Mrs. Billy Smith
. outstanding club woman
Program, and help explain its pur
pose, its good works and what it
means to a woman to be a part of
the organization. She is a skilled
model home-maker, with the abil
ity and know-how to make her
home what a home should be."
"Mrs. 'Billy' as we so fondly
know her, is an excellent leader
and teacher in the many phases of
ttewW1 wwwwisf rattan - ndlM wutk"
She has a wonderful personality,
is always cheerful, ami never too
busy to lend a helping ha id, whe
ther it be for her club work, a
neighbor, a fellow-club member.
In the minds and hearts of her
fellow club members, she is
tops'."
"Mrs. Smith has spent many
years of her life as an active, do
Sec AWARD, Page 2
I People Owe Morehead City
$226,769.13, Audit Shows
People owed the town of More
head City $226,769.13 as of June 30,
1957.
Of that amount, $75,016.39 is in
uncollected taxes; $5,046 is uncol
lected court costs; $810.28 is in
commissions overpaid to the town
clerk and the town treasurer; $30,
309.70 is due the town on street
paving assessments, and $115,586.76
is owed by patients to the munici
pally-owned More-head City Hos
pital.
The above figures arc taken
from the audit of the 1956-57 fiscal
year, presented to the town board
Thursday night by C. E. Smith,
who is with the auditing firm of
Williams and Wall.
Of taxes now due, $139,147.67 or
86.08 per cent has been collect^.
The total levy was $161,639.89. The
percentage of the levy collected
has dropped from 94.09 per cent in
1952 to the present 86 08 per cent.
Defendants in court, and the
amounts they owed the court as
of June 30, 1957, appear below.
Commissions Overpaid
Due the general fund is $810.28
in "overpayments of commissions
on delinquent taxes and paving
assessments" to John E Lashley,
town clerk, and Mrs. Blanda Me
Lobon, town treasurer.
According to the audit, the over
payment to Mr. Lashley July 1,
1956 was $545.94. Commissions paid
the clerk in 1956-57 were $748.92;
commissions earned, $724.53; re
imbursement to the town, nothing;
leaving a balance of overpayment
June 30, 1957, of $570.33.
As of July 1, 1956. the commis
sions overpaid to Mrs. McLohon
totaled $267.76. Commissions paid
the treasurer in 1956-57 were
$392 46; commissions earned,
$380 27; reimbursement to the
town, $40, leaving a balance of
overpayment to the treasurer as
of June 30, 1957. of $239.95
The street assessment figure is
the amount due from property own
ers on the coat of paving, a debt
incurred when the town undertook
street paving in 1924 and 1925.
| The town's total assets increased
$16,026.56 for the past fiscal year,
as compared with the previous
year. Total liabilities increased
about $9,000, according to Mr.
Smith, who explained the audit to
the commissioners.
Hospital funds invested in series
J savings bonds amount to $30,240,
having a maturity value of $42,
000
The town's bonded debt is given
as $570,453.74, but Mayor George
Dill remarked that there is some
disagreement on that figure. The
Local Government Commission
stales that the debt is actually
about $550,000. The auditor is inak
ing a further check on this point.
For the year, the expenses ex
ceeded revenue by $43,823.36. Ex
penses were as follows: adminis
trative and general $42,147.33, po
lice department $38,957.05, fire de
partment $34,789.97, street depart
ment $51,573.89.
Cemetery $8,450.65. lights and
water $13,291.01, police radio
$948 85, Christmas bonus $1,904 70.
parking meters and expense,
$949.72, Morehcad City band $750,
offiarrs' fees (recorders court)
$1,829; cemetery (well and land
scaping) $892; street paving for
property owners $3,328.65; miscel
laneous $855.22, making a total of
$200,758.04.
Deficit Increases
The town's general fund deficit
as oT June 30. 1957, was $259,112.49,
as compared with a June 30, 1958
deficit of $219,407.24.
Received through the Powell bill
in 1956-57 was $19,860.12; parking
meters yielded $9,581.50.
Revenue to the Morehcad City
Hospital, in addition to payment
by patients, which amounted to
$266,500.11, was $4,812.27 in tax
revenue; $21,786.27 from the ABC
store, $3,726.79 in state and fed
eral grants; $2,551 through Duke
endowment, and $878.34 donated by
individuals and organizations, plus
other lesser revenues. Hospital ex
penses exceeded revenue by $37,
228.83.
In the tax supported recreation
program, cost of the program was
$5,323.74. Balance in the recrea
tion fund June 30, 1957 was $1,
792.19.
Total cash on hand, including all
funds, as of June 30, 1957, (includ
ing prepaid tax funds), was $76,
148.82. On that date the town owed,
in bills unpaid, $22,632 76.
Salaries Paid
Salaries paid town administra
tors and employees: mayor, $2,600;
commissioners, $1,525, city treas
urer, $3,120; city clerk, $3,640; at
torney, $900; janitor, $1,745.30.
Judge of recorder's court, $2,
756.25; solicitor, $1,837.50; clerk of
court, $1,225; assistant clerk, $2,
544; chief of police, $3,380; pa
trolmen $30,052.29.
Fire chief, $500; firemen $15,
697.50; street superintendent, $3,
900; laborers $36,437.97; cemetery
superintendent, $3,460; laborers,
$3,560.
The board accepted the audit as
presented.
Following are the persons who
according to the audit owed court
funds at the end of the 1956-57 fis
cal year:
Mrs. Alice Abbott $50.50 (this
case was later dismissed in Su
perior Court); Charles V. Arthur
Jr., $31.50; C.uy V. Avery $100.50;
Francis L. Bailey $21.50; Abron G.
Ballou $46.50; Ellis T. Becnc
$121 50; Mrs. Faye M. Ballou $25.
Ennis T. Bass $121.50; James R.
Cummings $100; Martin S. Collins
$74.50; James R. Cummings $25;
Reginald Conway $24.50; Paul S.
Dimonco $46.50; William F. Cor
bott $121.50.
Rotho Davis $46.50; Ernest L. Eu
banks $125.50; Gerald G. Fulchcr
$27 95; William Ferguson $2150;
David W. Geddic $5; David W.
Gcddic $12; John Gaskill $21.50;
Lester W Gillikin $125 50; Henry
E. Hancock $401.50.
Ray C. Hargett $61.50; Eddie L.
Howell $225.50; Frank Harker
$31.50; Norma D. Harper $36.50;
Hubert Howell $71.50; Herbert
See AUDIT, Page 2
Northern Oyster
Shortage Hikes
Tar Heel Price
The price for oysters this season
will probably reach a very satis
factory level ? for the oystcrman.
Dr. A F. Chestnut of the Institute
;?f Fisheries Research, said yester
day.
Oysters were bringing S3.50 to
*3.75 a bushel in tbe Pamlico
Sound section last week and the
nriee is expected to rise to M a
bdshel
The reason. Or. Chestnut .said, is
poor production of oysters in Long
Island Sound and Delaware Bay.
The marine laboratory at Milford,
Conn., reported finding only one
oyster spat all summer long.
In contrast, there was an excel
lent set of spat in Pamlico Sound
this past year, Dr. Chestnut re
ported.
It is expected that some of the
oyster bods in Hyde County, now
closed, will be opened about the
middle of December.
The demand for oysters is always
good during the holiday season,
since many festive dishes call for
oysters.
Lions Hear Talk
On Salt Marsh
Mosquitoes
F C.. McKinley, Morchead City,
member of the state salt water
mosquito commission, told More
head City Lions Thursday night at
the Hotel Fort Macon that Carteret
County has 1.500 species of mos
quitoes.
Mr. McKinley, speaking at the
Lions' weekly meeting, remarked
that the mosquitoes carry no dis
eases. He said that there were five
cases of malaria in the county last
year and if the mosquitoes were
disease-carrying, there would have
been more.
The speaker added that there are
416,000 acres of salt marsh in the
county. The saltwater mosquito
lays its eggs about 2 feet above the
high water mark, then when the
arc*, fiov&v a*, during
heavy rains or high tides, the rno?
quitoes hatch.
A mosquito can fly from 30 to
50 miles from where it emerged
from the egg.
Mr. McKinley reviewed the
state's program for mosquito con
trol. He mentioned that last year
California spent $4 million dollars
on control, Florida spent $3 mil
lion, and $150,000 will be spent next
year in this state.
He reminded the Lions that a bill
is before Congress to provide $2,
400.000 for control of mosquitoes
from Virginia to Texas and said
that individuals and organizations,
if they arc interested in fighting
mosquitoes, should inform repre
sentatives in Washington that it
should be passed.
J. E. Crowe, president, was hos
pitalized due to flu. All three vice
presidents were out, so David Mun
den, secretary, presided.
Victor Wickizcr asked the Lions
to work harder on placing the
gumball machines. Locations have
to be found for 25.
John T. Willis won the attend
ance prize, a tic clip. Allen Godby
was a guest of O. J. Morrow.
The Lions will not meet Thurs
day because of the holiday.
Coast Guardsmen
Aid Two Boats
The Port Macon Coast Guard sta
tion made two assists over the
weekend. An Army tug with four
barges lost its rudder near the At
lantic Beach bridge at 9:30 p.m.
Thursday and a menhaden boat,
the Elmo, ran aground near Pivcrs
Island at 9:13 a.m. Saturday.
En/1 Earl Sells, SK/2 Edward
Privott and SN Aulicc Farmer went
on Thursday night's mission. They
towed the tug back to Morchcad
City for repairs.
A tower lookout spotted the pogy
boat when it ran aground Satur
day. One of the 150-foot vessel's
purse boats had sunk and the fish
ing vessel had run aground in try
ing to recover the small boat.
Group Commander James Ilun
nings, EN/1 Taft Pitcher and SA
Russell Gaskill made the assist,
helping recover the small boat and
getting the fishing boat Into deep
water.
Farmers to Hear Talk
On Tomatoes Tonight
R. M. Williams, county farm
agent, reminds farmers that a ape
cialist on tomato production will
speak at 7:30 tonight at the court
house, Beaufort.
The speaker, Albert A. Banady
ga, will report on disease control,
insect control, preparation^ of to
motocs for market, and marketing.
New Buildings Hospital
Value to Million Dollars
Spectators at the dedication ceremonv at Sea I^vel Hospital listen
as Dan E. Taylor, president of the Taylor Foundation, makes the
formal speech of dedication.
The Marine drill team, Cherry Point, pauses near the new medieal
center, shown in the background. The center is west of the original
hospital wing.
Gov. Luther Hodges, left, expresses appreciation to to the Taylor brothers for the new hospital build
ings. At right, dignitaries on the speakers' platform stand as J. W. Gilliam gives the invocation.
Sea Level Community Hospital is marked by this modern sign in
front of the hospital.
Voters Will Elect Soil
Supervisor Next Week
By DAVID F. JONES JR.
Soil Conservation Service
The week of Dec. 2-7 is election
week for County Soil Conservation
Supervisors this year.
In this county, Harry D. Lockey's
term expires Dec. 31, 1957. Harry
was appointed to fill the unexpired
term of Floyd Garner who resign
ed two years ago.
Harry and Ralph Creech have
been nominated, by regular peti
tions signed by 25 qualified voters,
to be placed on the ballot for elec
tion.
All qualified voters within the
county are eligible to vote. If you
are not a farmer you are still eligi
ble to vote. Every one that is qual
ified to vote should, because these
men arc elected to govern your
Soil Conservation District. In this
case, the Lower Ncusc Soil Conser
vation District.
Only one man will be elected. He
will serve a term of three years
beginning Jan. 1, 1958. The other
two members of the County Board
of Soil Conservation supervisors
Tide Table
Tides si Ibc Beaufort Bar
1111*11 low
?Tuesday, Nov. 2#
11:43 a.m. 9:15 a III.
3:97 p.m
Wednesday, Nov. 27
12:23 a.m. fi iW a.m.
12:32 p.m. 6:50 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 28
1:12 a.m. 7:10 a.m.
1:18 p.m. 7:48 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 28
2:00 a.m. 8:18 a.m.
2:(R p.m. 8:43 p.m.
arc John P. Young, Stella, and
John Fclton Jr., Beaufort.
Ballot boxes will be placed in the
following places for the entire
week :
Pigott's Store. Gloucester; Har
desty's Store, North River; L. N.
Conner's Store, llarlowe; Lee Mur
doch's Store, Wildwood; C. G. Gas
kill Co.. Beaufort; Roy T. Garner's
Store, Newport; Quinn's Store,
Newport; Joe Taylor's Store,
Boguc, and Jim Young's Store,
Stella.
Three Injured
In Friday Wreck
Three persons were injured in
an auto accident at 10:05 p.m. Fri
day on Highway 24 six hundred
feet east of the Broad Creek
bridge.
The injured were Marvin Joe
Riggs and Floyd Wayne, both of
Hubert, and Dorothy Parkins,
Stella. They were taken to More
head City Hospital in the Bell and
Munden ambulance.
Riggs was still confined to the
Morchcad City Hospital yesterday.
Mrs. Parkins was treated for cuts
and bruises and discharged Sat
urday and Wayne was treated and
discharged Friday night.
Riggs was driving a 1952 Olds
mobile. State Highway Patrolman
W. E. Pickard said that either the
car skidded or a tire blew out and
the car upset. (The patrolman had
not talked to the driver since he
was admitted to the hospital).
Riggs was headed east during a
rainfall. His car was demolished.
Court to Decide
Jerry J. Willis, trustee in the
Mobley Buick Co. receivership,
case, reported yesterday that the
court will decide whether to accept
the $32,810 bid by Coastal Corp., a
subsidiary of Atlantic Discount Co.,
for the Mobley property on Bridges
Street, Morehead City. The Coastal
bid was the fourth raise of an ori
ginal bid by Gibbic Sanderson,
Morehead City.
With dedication by the
Taylor Foundation of two
new buildings at the Sea
Level Hospital Saturday, val
ue of the hospital now stands
at approximately a million
dollars.
The new nursing wing and the
medical center were built and
equipped at a cost of $350,000. They
were turned over Saturday by Dan
Taylor, president of the Taylor
Foundation, to "all residents of the
county and eastern Carolina".
In spite of a cloudy, rainy day,
almost a thousand persons attend
ed the morning dedication service,
had a barbecue lunch, and toured
the new buildings.
Mr." Taylor, in the address of
dedication, told the audience that
their presence indicated their con
tinued interest in efforts to make
up-to-date medical and hospital fa
cilities available to eastern Caro
lina.
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Ho commented that the new
buildings double the size of the
hospital and that his friends in the
medical profession have acclaimed
the hospital and its facilities as one
of the most up-to-date in the
United States.
Mr. Taylor expressed apprecia
tion to the hoard of trustees,
neighbors, friends, and Governor
Hodges for their interest in the hos
pital and then presented the new
buildings to the board of trustees.
Governor Hodges, introduced by
Carl Goerch, master of ceremonies,
recalled attending, as a student, a
play writing class with Thorn ai
Woife at the University of North
Carolina. Mentioning Wolfe's fam
ous novel. You Can't Go Home
Again, the governor said the Tay
lor brothers have proved other
wise, that you can go home again.
Typical Spirit
"The Taylor boys," he said,
"have shown the kind of spirit we
have in North Carolina. We arc
simple people, friendly people."
With the state and federal funds
available these days to build hos
pitals, Governor Hodges remarked
that it is unusual to find someone
investing private funds in a hos
pital. But as a result of this, the
governor added, they can run the
hospital as they wish.
He admonished his listeners not
to depend, however, on the Taylor
boys to do things for them, or de
pend on Raleigh, nor should the
state depend on the federal govern
ment for what it wants.
"Do as much as you can your
selves," he declared, "carry a
See HOSPITAL, Page 6
Churches to Observe Thanksgiving
With Services Thursday Morning
Beaufort churches will join in a
combined Thanksgiving service
Thursday, and Morehcad City
Churches will hold individual ser
vices at different hours during the
morning.
The Beaufort service will be at
10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church,
with the Hev. C. Edward Sharp,
rector of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, giving the message.
The Presbyterians of Morehcad
City and Wildwood will join in a
service at 8 a.m. Thursday in the
Presbyterian Church at Wildwood.
The Rev. Alvis Daniel, pastor of
Ihc Wildwood Church, and the Rev.
\ G. Harris, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, will conduct
he service. Following the worship,
floughnutf and coffee will be
icrved.
At 9 a.m. Dr. John Bunn, pastor,
arill conduct a Thanksgiving tor
dee in the First Baptist Church,
rhe subject of his sermon will be
in Everything Give Thanks.
In St. Andrew s Episcopal
Church there will be Holy Com*
inunion and sermon at 10 a.m.
Hector of the church is the Rev.
E. Guthrie Brown. Offering given
at the service will go to the
Thompson orphanage. Charlotte.
The service in the First Metho
dist Church, the Rev. J. F. Her
bert, pastor, will be held from 10
to 11 a.m.
Christian Scientists will observe
Thanksgiving with a service at
11:15 a.m. Thursday in the Chris
tian Science room, 604 Arendcll St.,
Morehcad City.
Members of St. Egbert's Catholic
Church, Morehead City, will have
a Thanksgiving mass at 9 a.m.
Special services will be conduct
ed at the Glad Tidings Tabernacle,
19th and Bridges Streets. More
head City, beginning Wednesday
and continuing through Friday.
Services will begin each evening
at 7:30 p.m. with the Rev. W. E.
Morris as evangelist.
Thanksgiving nay. a singing con
vention will be held with singers
from various churches. The Rev.
J. Paul Jones is pastor.
The Thanksgiving services arc
open to everyone.
Morehead City Police
Officers Take FBI Course
Members of the Morchcad City
police force attended FBI school
last week.
At the course conducted at Ra
leigh Thursday were Chief Herbert
Griffin, Capt Carl Bunch, Lt. Job
Smith and Patrolman Buck Ncw
sbme.
At the course at Greenville Wed
nesday were Sgt. Bill Condie. Lt.
Carl Blombcrg, and Patrolmen
Junior O'Neal and J. C. Steele.
Received in the TB Christmas
seal campaign laat week was
M75.05, according to R. M. Wil
liams, seal cbairman.