CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
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46th YEAR, NO. 97. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROUNA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Eagles Beat Mt. Holly for State Title
County Officials Discuss
Ways to Get School Money
Beaufort Yule Parade
Slated for Tomorrow
The Beaufort Christmas parade/
scheduled for 4 p.m. tomorrow/
will feature three bands, nine
floats, new cars from five car deal
ers, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Brownies and Cubs. Santa Claus,
of course, will be the star.
The Craven County, Queen Street
and Beaufort bands will furnish the
music. Floats have been entered
by the Free Will Baptist Church,
Ann Street Methodist Church, First
Baptist Church, Barbour Marine
Supply Co., Styron's Department
Store, Downum's Department
Store. Eastern Rulane, Guthrie
Jones Drug Store, Western Auto
and Maola.
New cars will be entered by Paul
Motor Co., Parker Motors. Sound
Chevrolet, L&ll Motors and llardcs
ty Motors.
The parade will begin at Halscy
Paul's private dock east of the
business district. The units will
march down Front Street to the ;
turntable, turn around and go back i
to the point of origin.
Santa's fire truck will stop at
Front and Craven Streets on the
way back to the starting point.
Santa will be on the street until
5 pin. to take Christmas letters
and talk to little boys and igrls.
Beaufort merchants began giv
ing Pirate's Chest of Silver tickets
yesterday morning. Only members
of the chamber of commerce are
participating in the program. The
first drawing will be at 2 p.m. Sat
urday.
Two Cars Meet
On Highway 70
Two cars ran together at 8:30
a.m. Saturday on Highway 70 two
miles northeast of Beaufort.
One car, a 1954 Chrysler, was
driven by Mrs. Hilma Phelps, Mar
shallberg. and the other, a 1950
Oldsmobilc, was driven by Swin
nic Felton, Merrimon.
Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykcs
said that Felton, who had a learn
er's permit, was with his older
brother. Felton said he signaled a
left turn to go into ivey Eubanks'
service station when Mrs. Phelps
attempted to pass him.
The fronts of th? two cars met.
Damage to each was estimated at
$150. No one was hurt. In the car
with Mrs. Phelps was her daugh
ter.
Felton has been charged with
giving an improper signal and Mrs.
Phelps is charged with failing to
yield the right-of-way.
Magazine Cover Shows
State Port, Morehead City
J. A. DuBois, manager of the
Morehead City chamber of com
merce, announced yesterday that
the cover page of the November
issue of the Mariner and Marine
Supplier features the state port at
Morehead City.
The photo, in color, shows the
north-south dock and warehouses
with a cargo ship at anchor. At the
side of the ship is Capt. Charlie
Piker's tug. Manic.
"This," Mr. DuBois commented,
"is excellent publicity for the state
ports and Morehead City."
Phone Company
Rate Hearing
Now Postponed
The hearing in connection with I
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph I
Company's petition for an increase
in rates, originally scheduled for
Dec. 17, has been postponed by
the North Carolina Utilities Com
mission.
J. F. Havens, vice-president of
the company, says the hearing has
been postponed in order that cal
endar year end figures, together
with other pertinent data, may be
available for presentation and re
view by the commission. The new
date of the hearing will be an
nounced later.
In the meantime, the company
has provided bond of $750,000 as
set by the commission and is now
applying the rate increase to local
telephone service.
Referring to the interim rate in
crease, Mr. Havens pointed out
that this procedure, while not used
heretofore by telephone companies
in North Carolina, has been em
ployed by other public utilities
within the state.
Mr. Havens explained that infla
tion has driven steadily upward
the cost of labor and material,
while the price of telephone service
provided by the Carolina Veto
phone and Telegraph Co. remains
at rates based on 1952 investment
figures and set by the commission
in 1953.
Mr. Havens said, "Unless Caro
lina Telephone and Telegraph Co.
rates are increased now, earnings
will not be sufficient to attract the
sizeable amount of new capital the
company needs to continue its ex
pansion and improvement pro
gram."
In conclusion, Mr. Havens re
iterated that the company would
receive only about 42 cents of each
dollar of increase since stale and
federal taxes would take the bal
ance.
11 Nurses'Aides
Train at Hospital
Eleven nurses' aides have recent
ly completed a course at the More
head City Hospital. The course
was supervised by Mrs. Maria
Laggon, registered nurse, who is
a member of the staff.
The course is approved by the
American Hospital Association and
the AHA manual was used.
Completing the training were Lu
cille Guthrie, llattic Mizcllc, Alida
McCabe. Lena Newsomc, Iris
Lewis. Mary Brinson.
Kathleen Elrcd, Lee Lewis, Myr
na Willis, Rita Guthrie, and Joan
Gaskill.
Need Toys
The Beaufort Fire Departmetit
is reconditioning toys for distribu
tion to the needy children of Beau
fort. AH persons who have old toys
arc asked to call the fire station.
After a routine meeting yester- I
day morning, the county com mis- !
siouers met with the board of edu
cation yesterday afternoon to dis
cuss ways to raise money to build
schools.
A detailed report on school needs
was presented to the county board
in September by 11. L. Joslyn,
county superintendent of schools.
Two and a third million dollars is
needed, the report disclosed, to
meet school needs over the next
10 years.
County commissioners have
maintained that it will be neces
sary to raise the tax rate if the
$2 1/3 million is borrowed. The
only way the money can be ob
tained, they say, is by borrowing.
Education officials believe that
money may be available through
hanks at lower interest rates than
I by selling bonds. The meeting yes
terday was to explore the various
i possibilities.
Petition Presented
At the morning -session Jesse
iLockhart. Morehead City RFD,
presented a petition requesting the
county to take over a road in his
neighborhood on which right-of
way has been obtained. Fifteen
houses are on the road.
The state has turned down the
petition because it docs "not meet
subdivision requirements." The
county board contended that the
road is not in a subdivision and
agreed to take the matter up with
Harold. Makepeace, second division
highway official, when he visits
here.
The hoard took no action on a
proposal that it oppose the pro
posed telephone rate raise. Neither
was action taken on a request by
Herbert Phillips, attorney, that
Charlie Taylor, Sea Level, be re
lieved of the penalties on back
taxes. The letter stated that Tay
lor has paid to the county $291.28
to cover 1946 through 1957 taxes
and this included $29.61 in penal
ties.
Reads Letter
Alvah Hamilton, county attorney,
read correspondence between him
and the attorney general's office
relative to payment of taxes by
Brunswick Navigation Co., opera
tor of a stickwatcr plant, Beau
fort.
The attorney general said that
the company was subject to taxes.
A 1955 statute stated that equip
ment used solely to prevent pollu
tion of streams would be tax-free,
the county attorney explained.
While the Brunswick Navigation
Co. prevents throwing of waste
from Beaufort Fisheries into Tay
lor's Creek, the by-product manu
factured from the waste arc valu
able and sold for profit. The county
contends.
Jail Report
The board accepted the report
on the county jail. Eighty-six pris
oners were housed and fed last
month at a cost of $628. A. H.
James, clerk of court, said that
some of that expense is regained
in court costs, but a lot isn't. Com
missioner Odell Merrill pointed out
that 52 of the 86 cases were drunks
or cases of being drunk and dis
orderly.
Sheriff Hugh Salter expressed ap
preciation to the county board for
sending him to FBI School, lie
showed the commissioners his
notebooks and diploma.
Irvin W. Davis, clerk to the
board, read a letter from J. Edgar
Hoover, director of the FBI, com
mending the sheriff and the county
on their interest in law enforce
Sec BOARD, Page S
Irish Potato Producers Will Vote
Saturday on Cent a Bag Assessment
Connly irish potato producers ire
invited to vote in a referendum
Saturday.
They will vote either for or
against assessing themselves ?
cent per hundred pound big of po
tatoes marketed for the next three
yiars.
All farmers engaged in swnmer
eiil production of irish potatoes
are eligible to vote. The money is
used to promote use of white po
tatoes.
Purlng the past three years that
the potato association has been or
ganised to help the farmer, it has
advertised North Carolina early po
tatoes in the N. V. Packer, the Su
per Market News, The Produce
News and Vegetable Industry Year
Book.
The advertisements have brought
many new potato consumers and
have aided older accounts to pur
chase more potatoes, sags Fh. Jf.
Williams, farm agent. He added:
"Thin advertising has establish
ed the North Carolina potato indus
try firmly in the produee trade and
has proven to us that North Caro
lina potato producers and handlers
arc improving the quality and
packaging to meet consumer and
buyer demands.
"Marketing research has been
stepped up on North Carolina po
tatoes singe the formation of your
association. The USDA. Extension
Service and the N. C. Department
of Agriculture will continue to work
on problems of marketing, distri
bution, conditioning and packaging
of your potatoes to enable you to
meet fast changing marketing con
ditions.
"The money contributed to the
breeding program at State College
has helped to speed the develop
ment of new potato varieties.
"Until yoor association was
formed there had never been a
definite full-time program in breed
ing. production, and marketing re
search for iriah potatoes.
"We have been told that our po
tato growers are rapidly becom
ing more quality conscious. This
situation could not come about too
rapidly because growers should be
as willing to stand behind thru
product as the man who buys it is
willing to risk his money in the
product.
"Since commercial production of
potatoes is largely in the eastern
area of the county, the voting
places will be at Gaskill's Feed and
Seed Store in Beaufort, Mrs. C'lcve
Glllikin'a Store, Bettic, Lionel Con
ner's Store, llarlowe, and Charles
Freeman's Store. Crab Point.
"The polls will be open from 8
until 8 o'clock Saturday, Dec. 7.
You arc invited to cast your vote
either for or against the continua
tion of a program whose objectives
are to help you to do a better Job
in the production and marketing of
your potatoes."
"Hap" Perry, eiecutive secretary of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, presents
the state championship trophy to Morehead City's co-captains, Richard Powers, right, and Cordon
Patrick. In the background are Coach Norman Clark and Thomas Oglesby, father of fullback Freddie
Ogiesby. , ,
Judge Hears
Nine Cases
Only nine eases were tried in
Morchcad City recorder's court last
Monday. Jack C. Holmes was taxed
one-half court costs for letting John
Fitzgerald drive his car without an
operator's license. Fitzgerald was
fined $25 and costs. The $25 will
be refunded if he presents a valid
license within two weeks.
Franklin Earl Tootle was fined
$10 and costs for speeding. Clinton
Respass was charged costs for pub
lic drunkenness. Frank R. Hester
was fined one-half costs for driving
at night with no lights.
Catherine Duffy was charged
costs for driving without a license.
Amalia Sturlesc was fined one-half
costs for running a stop sign.
A speeding charge against "Ted"
Vernon J. Garner was dismissed
for lack of evidence.
Robert Reed was not tried after
he showed that he had honored a
bad check he had passed.
Cases were continued against
Joseph Gaskins, Herbert Collins,
Leon English, James D. Lambert,
Walter B. Smith, Barbara J. Wil
liams, Richard C. Berry, Ernest
Salter and James Taylor.
Firemen Answer
Three Alarms
Morehead City firemen answer
ed three ealls over the weekend.
At 17th and Kisher Streets Friday
night they put out a fire in an over
heated oil furnace in a house. The
stove was slightly damaged.
A late model I)e Soto, owned by
Eugene Savage. I!)13 Shepard St.,
caught fire at 9:30 Sunday morn
ing. The ear was parked in the
Savage yard and the motor was
idling when firemen said it caught
fire in the transmission.
The car was badly damaged un
derneath and the interior was
smoked.
A chimney caught fire at about
4 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the
white frame house on Arendell
Street just east of the former Auto
Supply store. Nolan McCabc, of
the West End fire substation, said
that rafters and trusses arouud the
chimney were damaged.
$778.64 Collected
R. M. Williams TB Christmas
seal chairman, reported yesterday J
that the total collected in the cam
paign through last week was ]
$778.64. Last wcek'i collections
amounted to $320J6.
Coach Gets Free Ride
Coach Norman Clark is carried from the field by his players after
the Eagles copped the state title at Mt. Holly Saturday night. Some
of the players in the picture are Linwood Swinson, Mokey Lasitter,
Jackie McQueen, Gerald Jones, Gary Guthrie, and James Leigh.
Guthrie Scores 20 Points
miuuw uy uuu avymuur
James Guthrie fakes to bis left and runs to the right to get the
Jump on the last man between him and the Mt. Holly goal. Guthrie
scored three touchdowns and two extra points to spark the More-bead
City attack.
Tide Table
Tides st Uw Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, l)cc. 3
S :20 a.m. 11:43 a.m.
5:37 p.m. 11:49 p m.
Wednesday, Dec. 4
6:04 a m.
6:24 p.m. 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dee. S
6:44 a.m. 12:31 a.m.
7:05 p.m 1:15 p.m.
Friday, Dec. ?
7:21 a.m. 1:14 a.m.
7:44 p.m. _ 1:5* p.m.
Employment Unit Gives
Figures on Carteret
Employment figures for April,
May and June, the second quarter
of this year show that average em
ployment in Carteret during that
period was 2,403 workers. This was
a loss of a half a per cent as com
pared with the first quarter.
Total wages paid during the sec
ond quarter were $1,550,728 or an
average weekly wage of $49.(4.
The above figures are supplied
by the Employment Security Com
Morehead Team Wins
Game in Second Half
The Morehead City Eagles won the state AA-C cham
pionship Saturday night with a 127-1 ."t victory over the Mt.
Holly Hawks at Mt. Holly. The Eagles played the game
like real champions as they overcame a 13-7 half-time lead
and won going away. The game was played on a muddy
field in freezing weather.
The Hawks won the toss and elected to receive the open
ing KK'Kon. iney returned ine kick
off to their own 30-yard line. On
the first play from scrimmage
fullback James Helton broke away
to go for 70 yards and a touchdown
He went through the right side
of his own line, cut back and tore
down the sidelines, faking the
Morehead City halfbaeks out of
position.
Charlie Hick scored the extra
point and the Hawks held a 7-0
advantage with less than a minute
gone in the game. The lead didn't
stand up for long, though.
Simpson Blocks Kick
Guard Jackie Simpson broke
through the Mt. Holly line to block
a punt on the Mt. Holly 20 yard
stripe and set up the first Eagle
score Just as it seemed that the
Mt. Holly punter would get the
ball away, Simpson reached out
and deflected the ball with, his
right hand.
Defensive end Sherman Salter
pounced on the ball on the 18
yard line to give the Eagles a first
down at that point. James Guthrie
capped the drive with a two-yard
plunge through the line. He added
the extra point that tied the game
at 7-7.
The Hawks put the Eagles in the
hole early in the second quarter
with a quick kick that rolled dead
on the Morehead City eight yard
line. The Eagles moved the ball
out to their 20 before the fumble
gave Mt. Holly possession of the
ball.
Fire Destroys
Two Houses Over
HolidayWeekend
Hawks Score
The Hawks wasted no time* in
cashing in on the Eagle miscuc.
Lane McCarter snagged a 15-yard
aerial and legged it the last five
yards to paydirt. The try for the
extra point was no good and the
half ended with the score stand
ing at 13-7 in favor of Mt. Holly.
The second half was all More
head City. The Eagles took the
kickoff and marched to the Mt.
Holly 30-yard line. Gerald Jones
broke loose to pick up 18 yards
and as he was tackled he flipped
the ball back to guard Richard
Powers who tucked it under his
arm and drove the final 12 yards
to score.
Guthrie put the Eagles ahead
for the first time when he rammed
into the end zone with the extra
point. The Eagles led, 14-13.
The Eagle defensive line took
over after the next kickoff and
held Mt. Holly cold. The Mt. Holly
punter got off a poor kick and the
Eagles took over on the 50.
Oglesby Breaks Away
With Jones, Guthrie and fullback
Freddie Oglesby carrying the ball,
the Eagles moved to the 20-yard
stripe. Oglesby broke away for 17
yards and was piled up on the
three-yard line. He carried the ball
on the next three plays but netted
only two yards.
On fourth down quarterback
John Glancy called on Guthrie,
who went off tackle for the touch
down. Guthrie carried on the extra
point attempt but he was stopped
short of the goal and the Eagles
led, 20-13.
On the kickoff following the
touchdown the Eagle line was down
the field before the ball stopped
rolling. Oglesby fell on it at the
Mt. Holly 39-yard line and the
Eagles took over.
Hawks Hold
The Hawks held for four downs
and took over on their own 30,
but they, too, were unable to move
See EAGLES WIN, Page 3
Two houses burned to the ground
over the Thanksgiving weekend.
The six-room frame home of Odell
Mason at (Gloucester burned Satur
day night and a vacant four-rooin
frame house on the east end of
Markers Island burned Thursday
night.
The Mason house caught on firo
around 9 p.m. and the Marshall
berg Fire Department was called
at 9 30. Fire Chief Ikic Guthrie re
ports that the house was on fire
inside and flames had gone through
the roof before the fire truck got
there.
One full load of water was played
on the fire. While firemen were
gone for more water the fire gain
ed momentum and made the sec
ond tank of water useless.
Mr. Mason and his family were
visiting his brother, Primrose Ma
son, at North River when the
house caught on fire. Chief Guth
rie says he is still investigating the
cause of the fire.
The Mason family is staying with
a neighbor, Aubrey Chadwick, for
the present. The family lost every
thing but the clothes they were
wearing.
The vacant house at Harkeri
Island was burned nearly to the
ground before the firemen found it.
Chief Guthrie says that he had to
stop several times before he found
someone who knew where the
house was.
It was directly across the road
from Rose's boat yard. He says
that the house had been vacant for
about a year. The cause of the
fire is under investigation by the
fire department.
Car Turns Over
Sunday on 24
A car turned over Sunday after
noon at the intersection of the
Nine-Foot Road and Highway 24.
No one was injured, but both occu
pants were ordered to appear in
court.
Stacy Guthrie Jr., 42, Markers
Island, who was driving, has been
charged with driving drunk, fail
ing to stop for a stop sign and
possession of non-taxpaid whiskey.
Walter Davis, Markers Island, a
passenger in the car, has also been
charged with possession of non
taxpaid whiskey.
Highway Patrolman R. M. Brown
*aid that Guthrie, driving a 1953
Plymouth, was headed south on the
Nine-Foot Road and at a speed of
about 50 miles an hour crossed
highway 24, hit a highway sign and
the car turned over on its top.
Damage to the car was estimat
ed at $250.
Patrolman Brown reported that
i car in a ditch at Smyrna the
vcckcnd before last was towed in
it the order of the highway patrol,
^o further information was avail
ible.
Chilula Arrives at Port
After Dramatic Rescue
The Coaat Guard cutter Chilula
arrived at atate port Sunday morn
ing with the Yankee Girl H in tow.
The return marked the end of a
dramatic reccue ctory that hit the
headlinea of the nation'a papera.
Seven peraona, including two
women, were aboard the veaael.
The Yankee Girl U, a 68-foot
achooncr, aent out an SOS at 1:37
a.m. Saturday. The achooncr'a
maatcr, Clinton Hinchman of Waah
Ington, N. J., aaid that the high
winda had ripped all hia maata
clean.
The boat'a amall auxiliary motor
waa barely enough to keep the
achooner headed into the wind. The
Chilula, which waa at the Frying
Pan Shoala llghtahip, covered
about 100 milea by 6:30 p.m. and
made contact with the achooner.
The flrat line thrown to the Yan
kee Girl II parted. The aecond ef
fort to got a lino aboard waa un
successful, but on the third try a
line was secured.
The Chilula bucked stiff winds
and high waves all night and came
through Beaufort Inlet at 10:55
a.m. Sunday. She turned the tow
over to Fort Macon's 30-footer at
Radio Island.
The Yankee Girl II was built In
1928 and won the Newport to Ber
muda race the same year. This
year the schooner baa had worse
luck. This was her third request
for assistance in leas Ulan two
weeks. In the other two calls she
had run aground, once at Hamp
ton Roads and again in the North
River Landing near Norfolk.
Aboard the yacht were Mr.
Hinchman, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Nord and Dr. John Powers tl Fair
Haven. N. J., John Pleage of
Belleville, N. J.. Mrs. Murial Cook
of Washington, N. J., and Bryco
Smith of Upper Mootclalr, M. J.