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46th YEAR, NO. 100. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1957 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Morehead City Mayor
Returns from Frisco
Mayor George W. Dill returned
Monday afternoon, full of the west,
and missing one suitcase and about
200 "keys to Morehead City".
The missing suitcase was not on
the schedule. Distribution of the
200 or more keys to persons at
tending the American Municipali
ties meeting was. The convention
was held at the Sheraton Palace,
San Francisco.
"I gave those keys out from Dan
to Beersheba," the voluble mayor
declared. "They went over big!"
The keys are about 2 inches long,
on a key chain and have "More
head City, N. C." imprinted on
them. They were used as souve
nirs during the Centennial.
The mayor left Morehead City
Nov. 27. As president of the North
Carolina League of Municipalities,
he was one of the state's 10 dele
gates to the convention.
He made the cross-country trip
by rail and by air It was on the
return trip that the airlines lost
one of his suitcases. His return
was delayed one day because
planes were grounded by bad
weather in Washington, D. C.
"As far as I can see," the mayor
said, "the main purpose of the
mid-continental states is to keep
the oceans apart."
The hotel in San Francisco
where the convention was held
"was lousy with mayors," declared
Morehead City's chief executive.
"Everybody called everybody else
'mayor' whether he was a mayor
or not."
Port Fraternity
Conversing with Mayor Wagner
of New York, Mayor Dill was
asked if his town had a port.
"It certainly does," Mayor Dill
said, "it's probably one of the
newest ports in the United States.
We're out looking for business. The
only place I can sec where we can
get it, is from New York."
Mayor Wagner laughed and rec
koned that maybe New York could
spare a little.
Twentieth Century Fox studios
furnished a three-hour show for
the convention-goers. George Mur
phy was emcee and one of the
stars was Andy Griffith, who has
just finished the Coast Guard pic
ture, Onionhead.
"That entertainment was a hum
dinger," the mayor declared. It
was given at the Palace.
The mayor also had lunch with
Andy Griffith in the Green Room
at Warner Brothers Studios.
At the hotel he met Erin O'Brien,
a rising starlet. He got her auto
graph for his daughter, Susan,
and Erin asked that Susan write
her. "Tell her to have all her
friends write me, too," Erin said.
"My studio rates my popularity
on how much fan mail I get and
I'd certainly love to hear from
your daughter and her friends."
Gets Key Too
Erin, of course, was presented
a key to Morehead City, and the
next day when the mayor saw her
on a studio lot, she remembered
him when he spoke to her and said,
"Oh, you're the mayor of More
head City!"
In Los Angeles, Mayor Dill was
the guest of the city manager of
Culver City, Dcanc Seegar. The
mayor explains that Culver City
is a municipality within Los An
geles. He groaned. "Do they have
municipal problems out there!
Ooo!'
At a gala cocktail party in the
San. Francisco city hall, given by
George Christopher, the mayor of
San Francisco, Mayor Dill met
folks from South Carolina and they
too were endowed with keys to
Morehead City.
On the trip home, the mayor vis
ited the Grand Canyon and threw
a penny in it. He didn't say why,
other than that he wasn't allowed
to throw a rock. Presumably, the
penny fell thousands of feet down
ward and some chipmunk on which
the penny landed probably thought
he was being hit by the falling
Sputnik.
The mayor attended a Rotary
See MAYOR, Page 6
Howard, right, cowboy-guide from ike Bright Angel, the lodge on
the south rim of the Grand Canyon, feeds Morehead City's Mayor
George Dill some Arizona snow. In the background is, of course, the
Grand Canyon.
Only Old-Timers Remember
TemDeratures Down to 16!
Two Carteret
Seniors Advance
Toward Awards
David W. Chipman, Beaufort,
and David Nelson, Morehead City,
have been named scmifinalists in
the National Merit Scholarship
competition.
Chipman, a senior at Beaufort
School, is the son of Dr. and Mrs.
Walter A. Chipman, Pivers Island,
and Nelson, also a senior, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil L. Nel
son.
The students arc among the 7,500
high scorers on the nationwide
college aptitude examination given
in 14,000 high schools Oct. 22.
The scmifinalists named through
out the nation yesterday outscored
300,000 fellow seniors, and moved
a step closer to the $4 million in
Merit Scholarships to be awarded
in the 1958 program.
Merit Scholarships are sponsored
by over 60 business and industrial
firms, as well as by professional
societies, foundations, and even
individuals. The Sears - Roebuck
Foundation is the largest sponsor,
with 100 awards worth $500,000 be
ing granted annually.
See MERIT SCHOLARS, Page 6
' The mercury plunged to a low
of 16 Wednesday night and did not
get above 20 until nearly noon yes
terday. Weather observer Stamcy
Davis says he believes it was the
coldest it has been since the win
ter of 1917, when Bogue Sound
froze over.
On Jan. 4 of that year the tem
perature dropped to seven degrees
above zero. Mr. Davis, who has
been keeping weather charts since
1947, says tjic lowest temperature
he has ever recorded was 17 on
Feb 13, 1955.
Many water pipes were frozen
and heads of the household had to
get out blow torches to thaw
things out. Smart folks who let
their spigots drip just a little bit
didn't have frozen pipes.
Motorists, even though they had
anti freeze, had a hard time getting
their cars started, and some didn't
even get theirs going.
Snow fell in Raleigh Wednesday,
as well as Kinston. A few flakes
were reported in New Bern and
numerous flakes in the eastern part
of Carteret.
Until Wednesday, temperatures
had ranged from moderate to
warm. The maximum and mini
mum temperatures and wind direc
tion for the past week follow:
Max. Min. Wind
Sunday 62 55 SW
Monday 58 55 Calm
Tuesday 55 39 NW
Wednesday . 57 38 NNW
Yesterday .. . ? 16
(Mr. Davis records temperatures
from 5 p.m. to 5 p.m.)
Down East Fire Department
Elects Officers for 1958
Gaston Smith, Atlantic, was
elected president of the Down East
Fire Department in the recent elec
tion at the fire department build
ing, Atlantic. He succeeds Clayton
Fulchcr Jr.
Other officers arc Monic Ful
chcr, who succeeds Joseph Peppers
as first vice-president; Elbert Pitt
man, succeeding Aldridgc Daniels
as second vice-president; Edwin
Davidsworth, replacing Earl Day
as third vice-president; and Ber
nicc Morris, replacing William
Gorges as secretary-treasurer.
The new officers will serve dur
ing 1958.
Firemen arc now selling tree
light sets to raise money to make
the last payment of this year on
their building.
Mr. Gorges, secretary-treasurer,
says, "To date, we have had a
very good year and hope we will
get the cooperation of all the peo
ple down east for 1958. During
1957 we paid out 81,300 on our
building We paid 8700 on old debts
that were due.
"During Christmas week, Dec.
20 and 21, we arc showing Elvis
Presley's movie, Loving You.
"Also at the Saturday show, Dec.
21, we arc going to give away 10
door prizes, including a watch, as
Christmas presents. Donations will
be 25 cents for children and 50
cents (or adults. We hope to have
a large crowd.
"We thank all the people of Down
East and elsewhere (or their help
during the year and invite all of
them to pay us a visit. We now
have the 1958 membership cards
ready for anyone who wishes to
join.
"They can mail their dues to
us and we will mail them their
membership cards. This applies to
all volunteer firemen and corpora
tion members (persons eligible for
fire-fighting service).
Churches Will Join Sunday
?
In Union Christmas Service
Churches of Morchcad City will
loin in their annual Christmas wor
ship service at the' school at 7:30
Sunday night. Music will be sung
by the school chorus, boys and
girls' glee clubs, under the direc
tion of Ralph Wade.
Soloists will be Mrs. Ralph Wade
and Mrs. Theodore Phillips at the
organ. Accompanists will be Miss
Catherine Chalk and Miss Virginia
Thompson.
Rr. John X. Runn. pastor of the
First Baptist Church, will give a
Christmas message. Prayer will
be offered by the Rev. J. F. Her
bert, pastor of the First Methodist
Church; the Rev. Noah Brown,
pastor of the Faith Free Will Bap
tist Church, will pronounce the
benediction.
The musical program foilowa:
processional by the chorus; Joy
to the World by the congregation
and chorus; Sing. O Sing This
Blessed Horn (Morgan) by the
chorus.
reter. Go Ring Dem Bella (Cain)
and There's a Song in the Air
(Speaks), by the girls' glee club;
The First Noel by (he congrega
tion and chorus; Christmas Street
(Marryotl) and the Inn Keeper's
Carol by the boys' glee club.
Three Polish Carols (Koainski),
by the chorus; What Child is This
(Frarkcnphol), by Mrs. Phillips;
Birthday of a King (Neidlinger),
by the girla' glee club with Mra.
Ralph Wade as soloist, and Silent
Night, Holy Night (Gruber), by
the congregation and chorus.
No offering will be taken. Every
one la Invited.
Officers Blow Up
Still Near Church
Another still Was "fermented" to
the skies Wednesday morning when
three county officers put several
sticks of dynamite under it.
The two ? boiler hundred ? gallon
outfit was just 300 yards from the
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church. North
River, and was located in the
woods.
It waa operating Tuesday when
discovered by the officers. The
lookout spotted the law coming,
gave the warning shut, and the op
erators took off.
There were I.SUO gallons of mash
at the still. On the dynamite de
tail were ABC Officer Marshall
Ayscuc, Deputy Sheriffs Bobby Bell
and Bruce Edwards. A still, be
tween Morehead City and Newport,
waa blown up last Thursday.
Bulkhead Gaea Up
Work is proceeding on construc
tion of the bulkhead at Marshall
berg harbor.
Kemp Wickizer
Survives Tug
Sinking in Gulf
Kemp B. Wickizer, 1304 Shcpard
St., Morehead City, was recovering
in a hospital yesterday after be
ing rescued from a lifeboat in the
Gulf of Mexico.
Mrs. Wickizer said her husband
was aboard a tug which sank in
the Gulf Sunday. Mr. Wickizer and
three other men, from New Or
leans, were adrift in a lifeboat.
Two of the men died. Mr. Wick
izer and the other survivor were
picked up by the Coast Guard
Wednesday.
Mr. Wickizer informed his wife
of the tragedy by telephone at mid
night Wednesday. He phoned her
from the hospital. Mrs. Wickizer
vas so shaken, however, that she
couldn't recall what hospital he
sa?d He was in, or where.
She planned yesterday to contact
the company which owned the tug
to learn where Mr. Wickizer is hos
pitalized.
Her husband joined the tug in
Tack.ionvillc, Fla. The tug, travel
ing without a tow, was hound for
New Orleans when it sank.
Mr. Wickizer told his wife that
he was "all right", but the doctor
told him he was in shock and ho
had to stay in the hospital several
days to guard against catching
pneumonia.
Postoff ices Go
On Extra-Hours
Holiday Schedule
To accommodate Christmas mail
ers, the Beaufort and Morchead
City postoff ices have gone on their
Christinas schedule.
J. P. Betts, Beaufort postmaster,
announces that the postoflice will
be open Saturday afternoons from
now until Christmas. Beginning
Monday, there will be an extra
assistant in the office and two ad
ditional letter carriers on the
streets.
Mr. Betts repeats postal workers'
pleas: wrap packages securely,
sec that packages and cards are
properly addressed and get cards
and packages in the postofficc
early.
He said the Beaufort postofficc s
busiest time is between 8:30 and
10:30 and suggests that persons
try to come to the postofficc after
10:30 in the morning if they want
to buy stamps or mail packages.
At Morehcad City the postofficc
stayed open Wednesday afternoon
and will be open this coming Wed
nesday afternoon. Harold Webb,
postmaster, reports that four more
persons have been added to the
postoffice staff to take care of the
Christmas rush.
He says the time between 8:30
and 10:30 a.m. is the "least
rushed" and suggests that persons
may not have to stand in line if
they do their mailing then.
Postoffices close at 5 p.m.
Newport Rotations Plan
Ladies Night Program
The Newport Rotary Club will
conduct a special' ladies' night
program at the Rex Restaurant
Monday night. The program will
begin at 6:30 p.m. with Bob Mon
tague in charge.
The club did not have a program
at its last meeting Monday night
at the PTA Center in Newport. 11.
L. Joslyn and T. D. Lewis visited
from the Morchead City Rotary
Club.
Pat Corbctt, Newport School stu
dent visitor of the month, attended
the meeting.
Law Requires Citizens OK
To Borrow School Money
Another Eyesore Burns
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The old caboose that has been "parked" east of the Morehead City Yacht Basin was burned Wednes
day. Carl Goodwin bought it from Southern Railway and asked the Morehead City Fire Department to
supervise its burning. Firemen gladly accepted the invitation. Mr. Goodwin plans to scrap metal from
the caboose.
Time Grows Short...
Persons planning to give cash <
donations to the welfare depart
ment are reminded that the time
is growing sfcprt
Miss Georgie Hughes, welfare
superintendent, said yesterday that
Carteret welfare patients in board
ing homes, foster homes, and hos
pitals will not have a happy Christ
mas without at least one gift.
In years past, cash donations
have been sent by the welfare de
partment to persons in charge of
homes or institutions and those
persons bought the gifts the Car
teret patients would appreciate
most.
In one case Miss Hughes, how
ever, brought a gaudy costume
jewelry necklace for a mental pa.
tient and the woman was
thrilled that she wrote several
thank you letters.
Last year the welfare depart
ment received approximately $150
for such gifts.
Stolen Swansboro Car
Found in Morehead City
Morehcad City police were hold
ing yesterday a 1957 Bel Air Chev
rolet for its owner Neal Hatcher,
Swansboro. The car was stolen at
Swansboro Wednesday night.
It was spotted, parked along the
Morehead City waterfront, yester
day afternoon by a resident of
Swansboro who recognized it.
The Swansboro man, unidentified,
notified the police department at
about 1:45. Morehcad City police
sent a message by radio to Swans
boro stating that the car had been
found. It was not damaged.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH ' LOW
Friday, Dec. 13
12:48 a.m. 6:46 a.m.
1:02 p in. 7:27 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 14
1:44 a.m. 8 06 a.m.
2:00 p.m. 8:34 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 15
2:42 a.m. 9:17 a.m.
2:58 p.m. 9:36 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 16
3:43 a m. 10:18 a.m.
4:07 p.m. 10:31 p.m.
Port Calendar
Montr Abri!?Docked nt state
port Monday to load cheese for
Spain. Loading had not been
completed yesterday, but she
may sail today.
Platida?Docked at state port
yesterday with asphalt for Trum
bull. Due to sail today.
Chastine Macrsk?Due at state
port Tuesday to load tobacco for
the fir east.
Soestdyk ? Due at state port
Wednesday to load tobacco for
Europe.
Committee Adds
Clayton Fulcher
Clayton Fulcher, Atlantic, has
been added to the hospital commit
tee of the Atlantic Baptist Asso
ciation. The number of committee
members has been increased from
11 to 16.
Members of the original com
mittee from this county are Mrs.
E. L. Davis, Beaufort, and Mrs.
John Lashley, Morehead City.
At a recent meeting at Havelock
the committee reported that ap
proximately 42 per cent of the
needed $600,000 for the Eastern
North Carolina Baptist Hospital at
New Bern has been pledged. This
amount has been committed on re
turn of 22 per cent of the pledge
cards distributed in the five coun
ties comprising the association.
Though no thought is being given
to abandoning the hospital build
ing program, the Association went
on record to refund all money paid
by donors should the project ever
be discontinued.
Originally it was planned that
the association would assume op
eration of Kafer Memorial Hos
pital, New Bern, Jan. 1, 1958. How
ever, unforeseen difficulties relat
ing to this proposal have arisen.
Therefore, an announcement re
garding this will be made at an
early date, said J. T. Pearson, hos
pital committee chairman.
Morehead City
Group Will Meet
With SPA Dec. 1/
Mayor George Dill, P. G. Bell,
Dr. John Morris, and Dr. B F.
Royal have accepted an invitation
to meet with the State Ports Au
thority at Raleigh at 2 p.in. Tues
day.
Mayor Dill received the invita
tion this week from Ed Kirk, sec
retary-treasurer of the SPA. Mr.
Kirk said that the authority would
convene at 10:30 a m. in the edu
cation building and that the group
would meet at 2 with representa
tives from Morehead City.
Mr. Bell, Dr. Morris and Dr.
Royal, members of the port ad
visory committee, met with the
executive committee of the SPA
last Friday. The meeting was an
emergency follow-up conference
following the SPA's firing of J. D.
Holt, Morehead City port manager
Tuesday, Dec. 3.
The advisory committee went to
Raleigh in the interest of putting
before the SPA information on the
port of Morehead City. The ad
visory committee also felt that the
SPA had acted rather hastily in
removing Mr. Holt.
According to John Reeves, chair
man, the ousting was undertaken
at the recommendation of former
ports officials. Because the SPA
executive committee, consisting of
Mr. Reeves. William Clark Jr., and
Collier Cobb Jr., could make no
decisions, the Morehead City rep
resentatives were told they would
be heard at a full session of the
authority.
New Fish, Widllife Lab
To be Inspected Monday
The new J32.onO addition to the
Fish and Wildlife laboratory. Fiv
ers Island, will get its final inspec
tion Monday and moving into the
new building will begin next week.
The building is 32 by 73 feet and
will house the radiobiological per
sonnel and other investigators now
working in the present Fish and
Wildlife building.
* W. E. Easterling, secretary
of the Local Government
Commission, has told county
officials that Carteret can
not borrow money to build
schools without approval by
the people.
H. L. Jo^lyn, county superinten
dent of schools, George Wallace,
a member of the county board of
education, Moses Howard, chair
man of the county board of com
missioners, and J. I). Potter, coun
ty auditor, conferred with Mr. Fas
tening at Raleigh.
County education officials arc
seeking $2 1 3 mil'ion to construct
school buildings throughout the
county during the next ten years.
They say that amount of money
will be needed to accommodate
the growing school population
Mr. Fasterling said that he did
not know whether the county could
market the bonds even if the peo
ple voted in favor of borrowing
the money He added that the in
terest rate would probably bg high.
He promised the Carteret group
that he would study the county's
financial status and send them a
letter reporting what he had found
and his opinion on the matter.
Mr. Potter said yesterday that
taxes would have to be raised to
meet the bond obligation.
Mr Fasterling made it clear that
regardless where the money is ob
tained. whether on the bond mar
ket or through local banks, the
citizens would have to vote ap
proval.
The county's school requirements
for the next ten years, based on a
survey by the State Department
of Public Instruction, are as fol
lows:
Morehcad City ? 750-pupil high
school building, $750,(MM)
Beaufort ? New 500-pupil high
school, $500,000
Newport?New High school, $350,
000
Smyrna ? Renovated auditorium
and gym, $100,000
Camp Glenn ? Auditorium, $60,
000
Atlantic ? Four classrooms and
gymnasium, $110,000
liarkcr* Island ? Auditorium,
$60,000
W. S. King ? Shop, gymnasium
and classrooms, $105,000
Queen Street?Four rooms and
gymnasium. $120,000
Stella?New school, $50,000
White Oak?Replace school de
stroyed by fire nine years ago,
$120,000.
The above costs are estimated
on the basis of present building
prices.
Korean Fishery
Agent Visits Here
Dong Jac Koh, a fisheries spe
cialist with the South Korean gov
ernment, is a guest at the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife laboratory, Fi
vers Island.
Mr. Koh (pronounced Ko), came
to this area last Thursday and
will leave next Thursday for Miami
and then New Orleans. He has
been visiting marine laboratories,
menhaden plants, and conferring
with federal investigators on Pi
vers Island.
Mr. Koh is particularly interest
ed in the method of obtaining and
publishing fishery statistics, ac
cording to Charles Stewart, who
is fishery statistician.
In addition to conferences with
fish and wildlife personnel, Mr.
Koh spent some time with Leon
Thomas of the commercial fish
eries office, and learned about the
shrimp and oyster fisheries of
North Carolina at the Institute of
Fisheries Research.
Yesterday afternoon he visited
Wallace Fisheries and talked with
Ted Miller, chemist, there. He
hopes to go out on a menhaden
boat if the weather ever gets de
cent.
After an eight-month stay in this
country, Mr. Koh will return to
South Korea.
Two Oyster Areas
Will Open Monday
C. G. Holland, commercial
fisheries commissioner, announced
Wednesday that two areas now
closed to oystcring will be opened
Monday.
They are Shell Bay In Hyde
County and West Bay in Carteret.
Commissioner Holland said Ihc
areas are being opened on the
recommendation of Dr. A. K.
Chestnut, director of the Institute
of Fisheries Research.
The bays were not opened when
the oyster season opened because
the oyatera there were not of mar
ketable liie Oystermen are con
tinuing to get good prices for their
catches, Commissioner Holland
Pretty Strutters Escort Santa
The Beaufort High School band wai one of the Mfgeot attractlona
at the Beaufort Chriatmaa parade laat week. The majorettea wore
white aweater* aad red akirta with tlnael aewed around the heaaa.
They had ChHataaaa hella oa their beota. Majorettea marching la
I'nnm by Bob Seymour
rant of (he band were l.lnda Fodrle, Abb Davis, Sheila Willis, Vlr
[Inia Arlhar, Dorothy Raaaom, Baaay Mosrt, Harriet Hill, Cicada
Harris, Saadra Haakias aad color (aarda Patricia Laptaa aad Doaaa
Hudnall. '