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PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER ?f Km TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 101 47th YEAR, NO. 6. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1>6? PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Beaufort JC's Nominate Award Candidates Jaycees File Complaint With Health Officer About Water The Beaufort Jaycecs nominated candidates for their distinguished serviee award, community service award and young farmer of the year award Monday night. The cJuh met at the Beaufort Scout Building. A committee, headed by Jaycee A C. Blankenship, will select the winners after considering the nom inations of the Jaycecs and the nominations sent in by various civic organizations and businesses. Private citizens wishing to nom inate candidates for any of the awards can do so by writing to Mr. Blankenship. The awards will be made at the regular Jaycee meeting Monday night, Jan. 27. Last year the club did not make a distinguished ser vice award. The Jaycees sent one of their group, Glenn Willis, to Dr. Luther Fulcher of the county health de partment to complain about Beau fort's water. The Jaycees objected to the odor and sand they claim are in the water. They encourage other citizens to voice complaints since they be lieve the water company will do nothing about the situation unless people let it know they arc not satisfied. Deputies Recover Wheel from River After a wet and cold trip in a skiff on the Trent River Wednes day, Deputy Sheriffs Bruce Ed wards and Bobby Bell "got the goods" on Harvey Morton, Jones County, and charged him with theft. Morton is accused of taking a wheel and tire from Tom Guthrie's pickup truck at Cedar Point Mon day night. Morton was apprehended but said he got scared and threw the wheel with its inflated tire in the Trent River at Pollocksvillc. The officers got a skiff and went in search of the stolen property and found it floating on the water. Morton is docketed for trial in county recorder's court. There will be no court session next week be cause Judge Lambert Morris will be out of town. I Office Reports On Polio Shots Polio shots given in the county from April 1955 through December 1957 totaled 23,812. That's number of shots, not number of people immunized. Only 9,621 persons have at least one shot of Salk vaccine, accord ing to county health department figures. Population of the county is now estimated at 26,524, which means that only about a third of the population is partially protect ed against polio. No figures arc available on how many persons received shots from the family doctor. The health department has ad ministered 8,057 second shots, and 6,401 third shots. The department has a small amount of vaccine on hand. This will go out of date in several weeks. Dr. Luther Eulchcr, health officer, urges persons to take the vaccine while it is still available. After this present lot is gone, it is not known where more will come from. Starting the scries of three shots now would assure immunization before summer and the "polio sea son". ' 52 Contractors Submit Bids on Port Warehouse Fifty-two contractors submitted bids Tuesday for the construction of a new warehouse at the state, port. Morchcad City. Twenty-one contractors gave bids on the build ing itself. 20 submitted bids for the electrical system and 11 sub mitted bids for the sprinkler sys tem in the building. Tbc bids will be reviewed by the architect and the state budget bu reau. and contracts are expected to be let within a short time. The sealed bids were opened at the Morehcad City municipal build ing. Members of the state ports authority present were John Mer cer Reeves, Pinehurst, chairman. William G. Clark Jr., Tarboro. vice-chairman, and Collier Cebb Jr. of Chapel Hill. Acting puftr director E. E. Lee also attended the bid opening, as did Walter Friedericka. acting director of the Morchead City port. Frank F. Clarke, Goldsboro ar chitect and associate of A. J. Max-' well Jr., who designed the wan house, opened the bids. Low bids for the general con slruction, sprinkler system and electrical system follow: It. N. Rouse and Co.. Goldsboro, $355,195 (including $3411.995 base b.d and $6,500 for special doors); Kraly Mcarcs Co. of Matthews, $30,000 for the sprinkler system; and Lovette Electrical Construction Co. of Durham, $20,000. Based on the low bids and an architect'a fee of $10,270.33, the : BIDS, rage > Patrol Boys Bravo Cold Photo by Bob Seymour Regardless how hot or how cold, safety patrol boys are on the job at school crossings throughout the county. Here, Gene Mason, right, stops traffic hi front of Beaufort School to allow Bonny Joy Willis, David Downum, Dean Garner, and Janet Ann Smith to reach the curb safely. Tanker Section, Under Tow, Hits, Damages Docked Cutter An estimated $20,000 damage was caused at 3:10 Monday afternoon to the Coast Guard cotter Chilula, at dock at the Morchead City port, when a large section of a tanker was allegedly swung into it by a strong current. - ? *. ? The fodcrai government, how ever, has filed suit In eastern dis trict court, charging that Up crew of a tag pulling the tahker was negligent Md is asking $35,000 damages. Defendants it> the suit are' the Honduras Shipping Co., the Stand ard Dredging Co. of New York and a Cuban firm. The tanker (T-2) was being towed by the tug, Parris Island, and helping to maneuver it into position was the lug, Manic, More head City. According to reports, the tanker section crushed the port lifeboat on the Chilula, damaged the davits and scraped along the side of the cutter. The tanker was being taken into berth. An inquiry into details of the accident was conducted aboard the Chilula Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. Conducting the inves tigation was Lt. Vincent J. Mit chell. Fifth Coast Guard district, Norfolk. Owners of the tugs handling the' tanker section arc insured. The story begins on Dec. 2 when the Parris Island lost its two-part tow, the tanker section and the Mary V. Donnelly, a lake steamer, off Hattcras. The tug was enroute from Bal timore to Santiago, ?uba. The j Chilula went to the aid of the j Parrui Island and the Donnelly was retrieved and docked in Cape Lookout Bight. The tanker section, Was taken into Morchcad City port. The Parris Island then took the Donnelly in tow and proceeded to Santiago. The tanker was towed away from the dock and anchored south of the turning basin. The Parris Island returned here and planned to take the tanker section in tow Monday afternoon, bound for Santiago, but small craft warnings were flying so the Parris Island decided to return to the state dock, aided by the tug Manic and local harbor pilots. The Parris Island was pulling the large tanker section and the Manic helping to guide it when a heavy current reportedly swung it into the Chilula. A. T. Pincr, Morehead City, was directing op erations from the Parris Island. Cedar Street Properties Re-Zoned for Businesses No one appeared at the public hearing Monday night at Beaufort town hall to protest the zoning of Cedar Street on both sides as busi ness area. The town board revised the zoning ordinance, designating the property for business, with the exception of the area which is al ready zoned industrial. That re mains the same. Fifty feet from the center line of the street (which will be the new highway 70 through town) was designated as the building line, subject to any other building re strictions or regulations imposed by the state. For example, if a service sta tion is built op the highway, a gas pump island must be placed 12 feet from the 50-foot boundary or a to tal of 62 feet from the center of the highway. The board- also acted on a re quest made by Esso oil company at the Jan. 6 meeting. The board gave the company permission to take away the curbing at the north west corner of the service station at Turner and Front Streets. A parking meter at the cast boundary of the station on Front Street will be removed. Dan Wal ker, town clerk, said that cars parked in that space jut,- at the back, over the service station's driveway. He said the town made a mis take in putting the meter there when the angle of the parking lanes was changed about a year and a half ago. Attending the meeting were C. V. Carriker and Linwood Gillikin, from.Esso; H. D. Paul, chairman, Dr. DaVid Farrior, David Merrill, J. 0. Barbour Jr., all members of the.planning board; Mayor Clifford Lewis, who presided, Commission ers Gerald Hill, Otis Madcs, James Rumley, W. R. Hamilton and Gene Smith, town attorney; Gerald Woolard, building inspector; Earl Mason, and Jack Burruss, engineer in charge of construction of the Beaufort bridge. Correction Samuel F. Ycomans, Harkers Island, was not in coort Jan. 2, for public drunkenness as reported in last Tuesday's paper. He was charged with speeding, driving on the wrong side of the road and driving without license. The slate doaidod not to prosecute him. Gloucester Club Meets Tuesday Mrs. Floy Garner, home agent, (poke on the topic, Your Qlltloo^ for 1938, at the meeting of the Gloucester Community Club Tues day night at the home of Mr and Mrs. Monroe Whitehurst. David F. Jones Jr., soil conser vationist, attended the meeting Bill Pigott, president, expressed the club's appreciation to Mr. Jones for his help and interest in community affairs. Mr. Jones will leave this month to take a position with the public works department of the Navy at Norfolk. Mrs. Monroe Whitehurst distrib uted civil defense pamphlets. The club discussed telephone service and decided to take action to fight the proposed raise in rates. The meeting was opened with prayer by Walter Stewart. Refresh ments were served at the close of the meeting. The club will meet Feb. 11 with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pigott. 1957 Liquor Sales Drop Below 1956 Sales at county liquor stores in 1957 were $18,441 85 cents below sales for 1956. Figures arc based on the calendar years, January through December. Sales in 1956 amounted to $631, 343.20 and in 1957 they amounted to $612,901.35, according to figures from the Alcoholic Beverage Con trol Board. County sales last month were $64,909.30. Sales at the Morchead City store totaled $29,568.05, at Beaufort, $25,791.10 and at New port $9,550.15. Total sales for the month of December 1956 were $71, 114.05. Town and county shares of the profit for December 1957 follow: Morchead City Hospital $1,856.80, Beaufort $1,445.17, Newport $535.13 and Carteret County $3,637.10. Shrimp Catch North Carolina fishermen landed 1,011,668 pounds of shrimp valued at $592,453 during August 1957. TicU Tabl? Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGIf LOW Friday, Jan. 17 6 19 a.m. 12:41 a.m. 8:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 7:07 a.m. 12:49 a.m. 7:32 p.m. 1:29 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19 7:51 a.m. 1:38 a.m. 7:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29 9:00 a.m. 2:23 a.m. 8:32 p.m. 2:58 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 9:43 a.m. 3:53 a.m. ?:13 p.m. S:0S P-m. Bitter Phone Fight in ; Hearing Date Awaits Audit Negro Artist Gets Choice; 30 Days or Leave Town A one-eyed negro artist got more than his sharo of attention from Morehead City recorder's court judge Herbert Phillips Monday. After seeing samples of his work a couple of weeks ago, the judge had continued his case. The artist, George W. Donald son, had been arrested for public drunkenness and assaulting police Capt. C. E. Bunch and patrolman Walter Thomas. After seeing some of Donaldson's drawings, the judge thought they indicated talent and he decided to try a rehabilitation project. On checking his record, he found that Donaldson, a native of Baltimore, had a long string of convictions including one for armed robbery. Told to I/Cave Town When Donaldson came up for trial the judge gave him 24 hours to get out of town or serve a 30 day sentence. Donaldson promised to be "long gone" before the day was out. George Murray wasn't quite so lucky. He got a six-month sentence for possession of non-taxpaid whis key. Willard Sutton drew a 60-day term in jail for possession of non taxpaid whiskey for sale, lie was also charged court costs for as saulting a female. Carlton Pittman was in court 011 two charges of being drunk in public. He was sentenced to six months for the first charge and given one year for the second. He appealed both convictions and a $200 bond was set for each case. G. A. Barbcc and Donald L. Godwin were in court for passing bad checks. Each was ordered to honor the checks and pay court costs. Pay Costs Elijah Lewis was fined $10 and costs for public drunkenness and resisting arrest. Those who were charged costs follow : J. E. "Hookic" Morris, drunk and disorderly; Allen S. Conner Jr., running a atop sign; Edward Henderson, no driver's license; James Edward Moore, failure to yield the right-of-way; Ronald D. T. Komorski, speeding; and John N. Goodc and Eugene Bell, public drunkenness. The judge dismissed a case against William Chase Jr. because he said the court did not have jurisdiction. Chase had been found guilty by a justice of the peace of leaving the Jefferson Hotel without paying his bill. Then Chase appealed. Cases were continued against Ira D. Settle, Orlando Moye, Irma Foscue, Harrison Long, Roy Da vid Smith, Simon Cason and Fred die B. Graham. Farmers Respond Quickly On Soil Bank Sign-Up By Wednesday noon, 93 tobacco farmers and nine cotton farmcra had put land in the soil bank. The sign-up in the acreage re serve phase of the program started Monday. B. J. May, ASC office manager, said that farmers arc banking land at a faster rate this year than they did last. Loan Association Invited to Put Branch Here Members of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce, who at tended a meeting at the Re* Res Uurant Monday night voted unani mously to invite the Cooperative Savings and Loan Association, Wil tnrr.dloci?;ub,,5h a bra-h? dPi?*"'*'"8 eSairman. W B Chalk, presided and opened the meeting with a summary of the havfne a?s '? Com"lu""y '? I having a Savings and Loan Asso I C'h k" i. "counted the obstacles which have always arisen to pre vent forming a loeal association duted8' LUth? "amnion m.ro ducid the speaker. Fred Willctts Sr., president of the Cooperative WilZVnd ML?an A'^i?"on of Wilmington. Mr. Willett, gave a description of the scope of opera tions of this association which has crmes k000'<T m *SSf,s ?nd op and WalUce " J?<*'?"vilf, !of"lheSOn' ^ WiI,C" (Old of 'he manner in which a local branch could be established atjl how it would operate. After enthusiastic discussion th* Sroup voted un,n,mo^y ,T?nvt ?SK"--iSa5r."r tioned80"' *dditi?n to those men McNeill,WDr. CCnF.AK?erd' CLC?rW UwiTywRr,fU' Jcrr5, W""*< Uwis W C. Carlton, Henry White Bud Dixon, Rufus Butncr ' fred'a.rk"na,^r(;B,r!'hCWS' " t,eLr'Sj'oT,ht,,cyUBOi3' W" Car Hits Wire; Driver Cited ?jl""dlcy, 508 N. 13th ??.. Morchcad City hat \J! charged with driving drSjI ?r " less and reckless driving, and dam lina t> propcrty belonging to Caro lina Power and Light Co Dudley, in a 1948 Pontiae crash ed into the guy wire on a light oolr near the intersection of Queen and Mulberry Streets at 12.30 a m Sun day in Beaufort. iun' fenTdc7?7,hWcirc^P]d,h; right front wujif and Carlton Garner aa?i?t gated ?' "o""' whCoin""2: Dudley's bond was set at 13oo He K?~ -25? Sen. Kerr Scoff Mentions Carteret in Connection with State ASC Probe County Agent AnnouncerTour For $150 each, county farmer* can go on a tour next month through vegetable-producing sou thern states. The tour starts Feb. 23 and ends March 1. Among the states to be visited is Florida. R. M. Williams, county agent, who is going on the trip, invites those interested to contact him at his office, postofficc building, Beaufort. Making the trip will be farm agents in vegetable-producing coun ties, officials of the Department of Agriculture and Extension Ser vice, Raleigh, as well as vegetable growers. The $150 covers pullman train fare, boarding, lodging and other expenses, according to Mr. Wil liams. Grass Fire Morchead City firemen were call ed to two grass fires between Noyes Avenue and Homes Drive this week. There was no damage cither time. The first fin was at 5,p.m. Tuesday and the second one M at 6:M p.m. Wednesday. Carteret got into the ASC squab ble indirectly this week. A report from Sen. Kerr Scott's office said that this county was one from which he had heard complaints about the state ASC office. The ASC stands for Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation. Through ASC offices in each coun ty. federal farm programs, sucb as the soil bank, are handled. B J. May is head of the office in this county. When asked this week about the mention of Carteret in newsstorics on the forthcoming "investigation'' of the state ASC, Mr. May replied that he didn't know what the stories were re ferring to. After a few minutes, he said he realized what it was. "That's prob ably a complaint from a man in California who has property here. That's all I can say." ASC broke into the news recent ly when the ASC county committee in Rockingham County fired the ASC office manager. In other words, the rnmmittee told the man who holds the same Job there aa Mr May holds here, to get out. Thr state ASC administrator, Horace Godfrey, told the commit tee they had to rehire the manager. The committee refused, so the members were suspended. Then Sen. Kerr Scott got III the act. He asked Ezra Benson, secre tary of agriculture, to Investigate state ASC operation here, implying that if Benson didn't, Scott would ask for a Congressional investiga tion. Seolt said, "Since writing the sec retary (Benson) last week, I have had numerous letters, telegrams and telephone calls from all parts of the slate giving me additional information about how the state committee is operating, and it is almost unbelievable." Among sections of the state heard from, according to Scott's office, were Carteret, Yadkin, Dur ham, Lenoir, Anson, Wake, Cum berland, Johnston and PitL Charles Smith, a state ASC super visor, happened to be in the Car teret ASC office this week when Mr. May commented on the situa tion. When asked what the Inves tigation was about, Mr. Smith said, "I really don't know. I know it Is our duty to keep people informed, but I actually don't know what it's all about." He said be had met, at a recent meeting, the Rockingham ASC of fice manager and he seemed like a "nice fellow". Reporta from Washington state that the Investigation of state ASC committee activities in North Caro lina will be carried out by H. L. Msnwsring, deputy administrator of the Commodity Stabilization Ser vice. The CSS supervises state ASC committees. A hearing date in the Carolina Telephone and Tele graph Co. rate case will not be set until a further study is made of the phone company's books by the State Utili ties Accounting Department. Reports from Raleigh call the fight against Carolina Telephone and Telegraph's higher rate-seeking as "one of the most bitter rate fights to be* s agra ociore ,nc unraie. UMntm,., ?ic?. in several years" I ,J!" "'w "'?? ?c already in cf iTMnnl J!<!.mpany has P?5ted a $750,000 bond to cover rebates to telephone users in case the new ??.*"ot ,PProved by the utili tics commission. The new bike would bring the Phone company , rmil.on and a m'aljj * m?re in revt'nue an Approximately 60 towns and sev era! counties affected by the rate rata, have pledged fmancia? sup Port in the fight against the in Te1?r k ,r?Una Tc'cPbone and "1rvos 41 coun,i? 1" i&VhJTsubscribers" "" CS,ima,wi h,g^P.hr?enCh^^ "t"' f ominittce Mayor Robert I. Powell, Clinton, is chairman. atfnJT Bohrendf' former assistant attorney general, has been retained Telephone users who object to * rate rai? and are dissatisfied with phone service may contribute to the fight a*a'"' Carolina Telephone and Telegraph s rate raise hy sending ? eents, per phone subscriber, to Phones, e/o THE NEWS-TIMES, Morehead nty. N. C. A report ?" the money received to date TIMES1"" T#es<U>''s NEWS as counsel to oppose the phone company before the utilities com mission. Representing the phone company will be W. T. Joyner. The phone fight committee esti mates that 2# centa from each tele Pbooe user in the Carolina Tele rt'g?,*"' "natce the protest "f*"1* J*?ber rates. If the case is earned to the state supreme court perhaps more will be needed B*'? nool> yesterday, Atlantic W!* only town in the county whose town officials decided to pay a share of the cost to fight the raise. Atlantic Beach figured its share at |20. ' Beaufort said it would pay its liiuP0^'??ifIC 8h're' approximately fin? r towns in thc county, and thc county, paid their allotted anrt^i, ?rC.hCad C"y' Newport and thc county have taken no ac tion. Morehead City, however, sent a telegram to Mayor Powell, pledg ibg its moral support The State Utilities Commission's accounting department, headed by II. D. Dudley, has made an audit of the company's books for thc 12 months ending in August. The calendar year of 19S7 has now been included in thc test period ,hc commission is h. / company to close its books for 1957 so thc State Utili ties Commission s auditing can be completed. ' " wuIhenmUif audi,ing department will compdc a report which It is required by law to put In thc hands of the company lo days before thc bearing dale. Beach Proceeds With Zoning Leigh Wilton, League Official, Meets Tuesday With Zoning Board The Atlantic Boach zoning board has authorized the League of Mu nicipalities to proceed with pro posals for zoning the town of At lantic Beach. The move was made Tuesday afternoon at Fleming's Motel where the zoning board met with Leigh Wilson, assistant executive direc tor of the North Carolina Lcag ie of Municipalities. Mr. Wilson estimated that the cost of the league's services, in cluding travel expenses, would be, at the most, $550. The work will be done by Mr. Wilson and W. M. Ingram, who accompanied Mr. Wil son to the meeting. After Mr. Wilson and Mr. Ingram have surveyed the town, they will make zoning recommendations to the zoning board. They will pre sent a map designating residential, business and industrial sections. The zoning board, Mr. Wilson said, can make changes, and then the next step is to advertise, for three weeks, that a meeting will be held to hear citizens' opinions on the zoning proposals. Following that hearing, changes may be made or the zoning ordi nance left as recommended. Then the zoning board presents the zon ing ordinance and map to the town board. The town board sets a date for a public hearing and after three weeks' notice hears residents' opin ions on the zoning proposal. After that hearing, changes may or may not be made, as the board wishes. Then the board can adopt the zon ing ordinance. Mr. Wilson explained how the League makes the basic studies necessary before a zoning ordi nance can be drawn up. He cited the advantages of a zoned town: 1. Protection of property values 2. Decrease fire hazard by estab lishing building lines and pre venting crowding of structures 3. Provides town with a plan for growth He pointed out that zoning will not correct present unpleasant fea tures of a town. It affects only the future, not structures already built. He said zoning cannot establish areas open to persons of only a cer tain race or color, it cannot put a minimum on the amount of money to be invested in a building, nor can zoning regulations stipulate the type of architecture to be fol lowed. He pointed out that the areas zoned can be redesignated as to use from time to time, after a pub lic hearing is held. H. H. Hill, chairman of the zon ing board, presided. Present, in addition to those mentioned, were Mrs. F. W. Thomas, Mrs. M. G. Coylc, Sylvester Fleming, Shelby Freeman, all members of the zon ing board; M. G. Coylc and R. A. Barefoot, town commissioners, and Mayor A. B. Cooper. Mrs. Ila Salrit Dies Wednesday Mrs. Ila Goodman Safrit, 78. of Highland Park. Beaufort, died Wednesday morning in Murebead City Hospital. Funeral services were conducted at 9:30 yesterday morning in Ann Street Methodist Church by the pastor, the Rev. John Clinc. Burial was at 4 p m yesterday in the Sharon Cemetery at Mt. Gilead. The Rev. L. C. Larkin of- _ ficiated at graveside services. Surviving are her husband. Rob ert W. Safrit Sr.: three sons. Rob ert W. Jr. and Leonard of Beau fort and Merlin G. of Dallas. Tex.; three daughters. Mrs. J. H. Moore of Ml. Gilead, Mrs. Robert Smith and Mrs. Odcll Merrill of Beau fort) two brothers. Clarence Good man and Will Goodman of Con cord; and fifteen grandchildren. Mrs. Safrit was a member at Ann Street Methodist Church and for many years was affiliated with county Home Demonstration Clubs. She attended, at various times, the Atlantic, Gloucester and North River Club meetings and was chairman of the county Home Demonstration Pennies for Friend ship hind.