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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
47th YEAR, NO. 8. EIGHT PAGES AND COMICS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Chamber Office at New Location
ruoio u> ttou ov>iiii>ui
J. A. DuBois, Morehead City chamber manager, above, now sends out bis signals from the lobby of
the Hotel Fort Macon. The office is located across from the registration desk, in the southwest corner
of the lobbv. The phone number is the same as alwa ys, 6-3404.
50 Years Ago Today Fire Destroyed
Block of Buildings in Morehead City
This picture made a tew days following the fire covers the burnt area. At the right near the small
office building of Dr. Headed ran he seen the large chimneys of the Olson boose still staading. Also the
chimneys of the Willis house on Evans Street are outlined against the Jesse Bell shop which is the two
story building next to the city hail. Back of the city hall stood the furniture store of T. D. Webb. Later
the present hospital was erected on this site. Photo by F. C. Salisbury
This is a today's view of tbe area swept by fire in 192S. The fire was checked at the point now occupied by the Commercial National
Bank, the building with the deep aluminum front.
By F. C. SALISBURY
Fifty years ago today, Morchcad
City suffered on? of its most dis
astrous fires, when several bus
i iness places and homes in the
square between 8th and 9th streets
were totally destroyed.
It was about midnight when the
cry of fire was carried from house
to house. Firemen and citizens re
sponding to the rail found the two
story Wallace building standing
next to the Paragon building, in
a mass of flames.
This building consisted of two
store spaces on the ground floor
with a stairway between. The cast
side was occupied by Robert Wal
lace and J. B. Davis who conducted
a general store.
Next to the alley was the de
partment store of L. L. Leary,
known as the Paragon Store. It
was in the millinery department
0f this store that the fire is thought
to have started.
On the second floor of this build
ing was the barber shop of Fred
L. Royal, also the printing plant
, of the Morchcad City Coaster,
owned and operated by B. F. Mc
Cullen. The space in the rear was
a large room known as Wallafe's
Hall where civic and social events
were held.
Two years before this fire, the
town had purchased a motor-driv
en pumper, as well as organizing
a volunteer fire de|Jartment con
sisting of the young men of the
town.
Firemen and citizens, aroused
by the cries and the clanging of
the fire bell, so-m had the hand
drawn pumper connected with a
'cistern on 8th Street. With a head
start and a strong northeaster
Mowing, the fire spread rapidly to
adjoining buildings. Of wood con
struction, the buildings made a
fierce tire that turned what little
water could be played on them,
into steam as it hit the flames.
On the corner of 8th Street was
a one-story building containing the
general store of W. P. Adams. His
home stood between his store and
the Wallace building. In a section
of the Adams' house was a small
store space which in former years
was the office of Dr. Mclntyre,
town physician and compounder
of that famous family remedy,
"Mclntyre Liniment."
This space was occupied by R.
E. Lee as a candy and refresh
ment store. On 8th Street in the
rear of the Adams' building was
the home of Jim Arthur. It was
not long before all of these build
ings were a mass of flames.
Efforts on the part of the fire
men to prevent the fire jumping
across the alley to the adjoining
Dixon building was of no avail.
The Dixon building, a one-story
structure, housed the general store
of Will Dixon. Here was located
the postoffice under the post mas
tership of Alvin S. Willis. Adjoin
ing the store was the Dixon or
Stockton house occupied by Post
master Willis and family.
Exhausting the supply of water
from nearby cisterns, the pumper
was moved to a dock over the
sound, the water at that time, be
fore the building of the seawall in
1911, came port way up 8th Street.
A vacant space between the Dix
on house and the office of Dr. Hea
den combined with the unlimited
water supply from the sound, pre
vented the spread of the fire. Be
fore the pumper was moved over
the sound, the home of Thomas
C. Willis, facing Evans Street in
the rear of the Dixon building,
caught fire and was destroyed.
In the rear of the Wallace build
ing stood a metal covered build
ing used by Will and Ide Howland
| as a woodworking shop. At the <
! end of the alley between the Wal
lace and Dixon buildings was the
machine shop of W. R. Wade,
built out over the water. Neither
of these buildings suffered any
loss.
Farther along Evans Street was
the carriage and coffin shop of
Jesse Bell, and the city hall.
Across the street was the home of
George Styron and J. O. Wyatt.
These buildings escaped the fire.
Like other sections of the town
that have met with improvement
during the past half century, this
square has become the principal
business site of the town.
Check for $42.65
Goes to Phone
Fight Committee
Money Will be Accepted
To Fight Rate Raise As
Long as Folks Send It
A cheek for $42 65 went from the
newspaper office Friday to Mayor
John D. Wilson, of WUson, tre:*s-1
urer, East Carolina Phone Fight
Committee.
The money was given by NEWS
TIMES readers to help finance the
fight against higher telephone
rates.
Since Friday, more money has j
come in. The phooe fight commit j
tee says 20 cents from each sub
scriber is needed to finance
battling the case before the State
Utilities Commission. Should the
case be carried to the supreme
court, more funds may be needed
Money will be accepted as long
as telephone subscribers want to
send it in. Names of persons send
ing their 20 cents are published
only to assure the sender that his
money was received.
If readers don't want to be iden
tified, they needn't identify them
selves.
Received since Friday was $7.90.
Contributions ranging from 20
cents to a dollar, were given by
the following:
Atlantic--Mrs. Wallace Robinson.
Brantley Morris, Lambert Morris,
Mrs. Dale Styron, (no name) CA
53101, Samuel Salter.
Marshallberg ? A W. Daniels,
Tenny Lewis, Guy C. Lewis, Ralph
Neal, Archie Jones. Neal Jones
Beaufort ? David L. Beverid",e,
Mrs. Dallas Willis, Charles Noe,
Mrs John Steed, James Steed,
Beauty Bar. Mrs. Maude R. Gar
per, Mrs. B E. Windley, Mrs.
Mary Roberts, Earl T. Willis, R
C. Allen.
Morchead City?Paul W Cordo
va, Jessie Holland, Tony Scamon,
Bob Atkinson, Mrs. Thomas Noe.
J. L. Humphrey, Kenneth Fisch
ler. (no name) 6-4850, J. C. Mor
gan, Eugene M. Espy.
D. A. Pigott, Kemp Wickizer, Lu
ther Simmons. K. W. Olsen, Vira
Lockcy, and Mrs. L. M. Jones.
Suspends License
John A. Sewell, Morehead City,
has lost his.driver's license for six
months. The license suspension
came after he was convicted of
racing anil driving 90 miles per
hour.
SPA Meets Today
The Slate Ports Authority, will
meet today at Wilmington. An
open meeting is scheduled at 2
p.m. at the ports authority office.
The authorily will also confer in
the morning and inspect shipyards
the Maritime Commission is plan
ning to sell.
Also to be inspected are the
Champion Compress and Sprunt
docks which may be used for tem
porary storage. The SPA decided
in December not to purchase the
decks.
It Is possible that the SPA today
may select a ports director to re
place Col. Richard S. Marr. who
has resigned. Recommendations
will be made to the authority by
Handy Associates of New York,
the firm retained to seek qualified
candidates for the position.
Edward E. Lee Jr. is acting ports
director.
Morehead School to Stage
Science Fair March 27, 28
Only 540 Doses
Polio Vaccine Left
Whether there will be any free
polio vaccine available after
April 1 is a question no one can
answer.
Neither the state nor the fed
eral government has appropriat
ed funds for vaccine and no com
mitment has been made by the
County Chapter for Infantile Pa
ralysis for purchase of vaccine
in 1958.
That is why the county health
department urges persons to take
now the vaccine the health de
partment has on hand.
Only 540 doses arc left and
they must be used by April 1.
The shots are given at the regu
lar health department clinics
Tuesday and Thursday in Beau
fort and Morehead City.
President Calls Little
League Session Tomorrow
All persons interested in helping
build a Utile League baseball
field at Camp Glenn school arc
invited to a meeting at 7:30 p.m.
tomorrow. The meeting will be at
the offices of Dr. R. O. Barnum.
1512 Arendell St.
Dr. Bamum, president of the
Little League, says that plans for
next season will be discussed.
? Morehead City High School will
stage its second annual Science
Fair Thursday and Friday, March
27 and 28. A Science Fair is an
exhibit of the work of junior and
senior high school students who
arc interested in science.
James D. Mellon, teacher of bio
logy and physics, is director of
the 1958 fair. Assisting him is Mrs.
J. C. Harvcll, former teacher and
director of the 1957 fair.
Lcnwood Lee, principal, com
mented Friday,
Interest High
' Preliminary planning sessions
have revealed that student interest
in the fair is quite high again this
year. To date 189 students have
expressed their desire to exhibit
119 individual or small group pro
jects. There will be class room
projects also.
"To stage a successful Science
Fair it is necessary to tap com
munity resources. Last year school
officials presented their plans to
many individuals whose training
and professional experience qualify
them to act as consultants and ad
visors to the students. These peo
ple responded enthusiastically and
gave a great deal of their time
and energy to the undertaking. The
success of the fair was of course,
in a large measure, due to their
help and interest."
Advisors Named
Many of these same people are
serving, again this year along with
several new ones. Following is a
list of those who have already
agreed to serve:
Institute of Fisheries Research:
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director and
associate professor; Dr. William
E. Fahy, Dr. Austin B. Williams
Dr. Earl E. Deubler Jr., all asso
ciatc professors; Hugh J. Porter
instructor; Mrs. Fred K. Parrish
research assistant.
I)uke University Marine Labora
tory: George Reese, resident in
vestigator; Mrs. Walter Chipman
research assistant.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Fishery
Laboratory. Piveis Island: Charles
Walburg, Fred June, John W.
Reintjes, Doyle Sutherland. Ken
neth Fischler, James Sykes.
Radiobiological Laboratory: Dr.
Theodore Rice, John Baptist, Miss
Joyce Smith.
The Oyster Institute of North
America, Pivers Island. Dr. Ken
neth Downes, Frank Carlson, Miss
Joan Chipman.
Dr. L. J. Norris Jr., M.D., Miss
Lillian F. Giddens, anesthetist,
Morehead City Hospital; Mrs. John
D. Cost low. zoologist, Mrs. George
Reese, anesthetist, Mrs. John Tay
lor, botanist, all of Beaufort.
Mrs. Hugh J. Porter, biologist.
Mrs. James C. Ilarvcll, bacteriol
ogist, and Mrs. Malcolm Goodwin,
laboratory technician, all of More
head City.
Among the sponsors of North
Cfrolina Science Fairs is the Car
teret Publishing Co., publisher of
THE NEWS-TIMES.
Beaufort Jaycees Present
Three Top Awards Last Night
Beaufort Tries New Trash Can
riiuto oy bob .Seymour
I)an Walker, Beaufort town clerk, drops a paper cup in a new-lid
trash container on Front Street. The can is a 5.> ^al'.on oil drum with
a special lop made by the prison department.
Making use of DDT drums. Dan ,
Walker, town clerk, and Wardell
Fillingamc, strict superintendent,
say they will be able to save the
town about $22 on each new trash
can.
The present town trash cans need
replacing. New ones cost about
| *40. But with a DDT drum and a
1 special lid made by the State
Prison Department, the can will
I cost only about *18.
i The problem of getting a lid for
the drums was taken by laugh
Wilson, assistant executive director
of the league of Municipalities, to
Ratcigh. State Prison Industries
worked on the idea and came up
with a lid that will coat $14
Welding handles on each side of
! the can will cost about $4. Mr.
Walker said.
! A new trash can, with custom
' made lid, is now in front of the
1 Merrill budding on Front Street,
i on trial.
Driver Bruised
As Car Wrecks
Gehrmann Guthrie, Sailer Path,
(got a bruised cheek and Larry
Guthrie, Salter Path, who was rid
ing with him, was unhurt at 1 a.m.
Sunday when their car wrecked
on the Salter Path Rood.
Gehrmann, who was driving the
1957 Buick, said he fell asleep The
car skid to the left, back to the j
right and through y a upon and
myrtle thickets for a total distance
of 370 feet, according to Patrolman i
J. W. Sykes.
Damage to the car was esti-1
mated at $1,500. Gehrmann has!
been charged with careless and
reckless driving, speeding and j
driving on the wrong side of the
highway. The accident happened j
about two miles west of Atlantic
Beach.
Mothers to March
To Lighted Porches
Please let your porch light burn
If helping polio patients is yonr
Thursday's the night From f>
to 710 p.m. mothers will collect'
for the March of Dimes at porch
lighted homes in Beaufort and
Morchead City.
Two lucky contributors in each
town will win a gift certificate
from leading stores. A total of
four gift certificates will l?c giV
Thc Mothers March will end
the March of Dimes campaign
Marine Movement
US Navy Ships began arriving"
at state port today to load Ma j
rines for maneuvers. Nine ships j
will take part in the exercise. They |
are the Thuban, Plymouth Hock, i
Rushmorc, Capricornus, Monrovia, I
Hermitage, Vermillion, C a s a
Grande and Shadwell.
Dan Walker Honored As
Community Leader
Throe men were honored at the Beaufort Jaycee dinner
meeting last night at the Scout building, Beaufort. They
were Dan Walker, Ralph Creech and A. C. Blankenship.
Dan Walker received the Community Sen-ice Award.
The award was established last year and is given annually
to an outstanding community leader over 35. The Distill
I ?SerV'Ce Award' "???
year was no* Presented this
I Mr. Walker, who is (own man
?8er, cam.- to R, aufort ,n August
1948 as manager of the chamber
of commerce. He became town
manager Aug 7. 1?50. The Javcee"
I Mr Wilt"' Khi" SI"C'' thal limo
? talker has given unceasingly
Of his time and ability t? promote
and improve the town, lie has ef
| tected improvements in town gov
ernment, gmded the town on a firm
vebm Ta n"lrnt pr?Kram ??<! de
veloped all departments on a busi
ness like basis
j Mr Walker was born in New
I with hi"y b"' "10V<'<' t0 "ur"nSton
?'lh his parents when he was 5
e was graduated from llurltngt??
"igh School.
I Davidson Graduate
'.leer r,'c,civ<'1 his baeMor of arts
mgr. e from Davidson. If,. has
"P*fi??.rt?"lem at Johns
I v.arJ n 'vorsily. Baltimore, and
Vilre Dame University. South
J111 als0 attended the
?Southeastern Institute for Organ.
ZJJ|i>nal tsecutives at Chapel Hill
Mr. Walker was the charier pres
whe n thT Bl,rl'"Slon laycees.
Who honored him with a life mem
heirship 1?S. lie was a national
Jascce director at one tune and has
. -? ""v mi.i*. dim n;i
s,a'e wide recognition ;,r
his work as a Jaycee.
Mr. Walker married Mrs. Ruth
St"' i1'''1"'0" in Si'Pteinmer
].i.?4. They have a son, Neal Kan
Bast year's winners of the CSA
were Mr. and Mrs Charles Hassell I
rhey were invited to present the
award to Mr. Walker last night j
Outstanding Farmer
The Outstanding Young Farmer
award went to Ralph Creech of
farlowe. Mr. Creech has been |
(arming in (he county for less than
a year. In that short period he I
has been recognized as one of the !
rest farm managers in the county I
Me won second place in the county 1
in the News and Observer s farm I
income contest this year.
A C. Blankenship was named
key man in the Jaycee organiza-1
lion. Mr. Blankenship has lived in
Beaufort since 1946 He is the sec
ond oldest Jaycee in years of mem
bership in the club.
lie was graduated front Beaufort
High School in 1949 and married
Miss Peggy Guthrie in 1950. He
has worked for Esso Standard Oil i
Co. for six years, with a break of
two years in the service.
During his membership in the 1
Jaycees, he has been chairman of
every committer in the club. This I
year he is public relations chair- i
man.
Committees Tie
Awards for (he outstanding com
mittcc went to the beauty pageant
committee and to the football com
mittee. A tie in the voting made
the twin awards necessary.
George Murray Thomas was
chairman of the beauty pageant.
Ronald Earl Mason was chairman
of the football committee.
Hubert King won the spark plug
award. The award goes to the out
standing member who joined dur
ing the past year.
Principal Warns
Against Unlicensed
School Solicitors
Lenwood Lit, principal of More
head City School, warns persons
against unlicensed out - of - state
trade and correspondence school
solicitors.
Unless a solicitor has a pocket
card signed by I)r. Charles F. Car
roll, bearing a picture of the solici
tor and other personal data, the so
licitor is violating the laws of the
state and the person solicited may
become subject to fraud.
A list of the North Carolina li
censed trade and correspondence
school solicitors will appear in Fri
day's paper.
Tide Table
Tidei ?( the Beaufort Bar
HIGH l.OW
Tuesday. Jan. 2D
8:32 a.m. 1 44 a.m.
8:32 p.m. 1 46 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 29
9:38 a.m. 2:34 a.m.
9:39 p.m. 2:46 p.m.
Thursday. Jan. 38
10:34 a.m. 3:34 a.m.
10:33 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 31
11:26 a.m. 4:39 a.m.
11:27 p.m. 5:09 p.m.
Sea Level Group
Maps Program
To Kill Mosquito
j To fight mosquitoes, residents of
I Sea Level have organized the
group, Citizens Mosquito Control
j of Sea Level.
llarrell C. Taylor was elected
president, Aldridgc Daniels, vice
president, and Joe Mason Jr., sec
jretary.
! Members of the board of direc
tors are Ed Willard, T. A. Taylor,
Dr. 11. M Peacock, F. C. Noyes.
Jasper Daniels, Weston Taylor,
rlaflet W. Styron and Dr. Herbert
Webb.
The first meeting took place Sat
urday night at the Sea Level Inn.
Aldridge Daniels presided.
The mosquito problem and ways
to solve it were discussed.
It was reported that of 20 fam
ilies contacted, the average one
spent about $17 50 for insecticides
last year. Dr. Peacock said that
with an organization, an aerial
survey could be made and low
places mapped for draining.
bill Loftin, who operates a fill
ing station at Beaufort, said that
\c will contact other stations and
ask them to save oil and filters.
Stations interested in saving the
oil can contact Mr. Loftin at Lof
tin's Shell Service Station and he
will deliver the barrels in which
the oil can be placed.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were Har
vey Taylor, Hilton Lee Taylor, the
Rev. T. C. Smith, Ewell Taylor,
Ralph Taylor, Maltby Taylor, Curt
Davis, Alvah B. Taylor, Jesse Gas
kill, William Gnskill, L. M. Taylor,
and Chris Mulholland.
The next meeting will be at 8
p.m. Saturday at the Sea Level
Inn. All residents of Sea Level are
invited.
Group Opposes
No-Toll Seaway
The Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce has gone on record op
posing operation of the St. Law
rence seaway on any basis except
by tolls.
A resolution stating the cham
ber's position has been sent to the
North Carolina Congressional dele
gation.
The resolution points out that
traffic on the St. Lawrence sea
way is competitive with foreign
and domestic commerce through
the port of Morehead City, as well
as other southern and eastern
ports.
At present, the law creating the
seaway requires that it ^ operate
on a toll structure that would make
the seaway self-sustaining.
The chamber's action is in re
buttal to potential users of the sea
way who "are uniting in an effort
to achieve lower tolls as a primary
step toward elimination of all tolls,
which ... if successful, will re
sult in the establishment of a sub
sidized and discriminatory opera
tion for unjustifiable benefit of
Creat Lakes ports to the detriment
of southern and eastern ports and
at the expense of all taxpayers in
the entire United States."
Weather Observer
Reports Heavy Rain
Weather observer Stamey Davis
recorded nearly an inch of rain
in Morehead City Friday. Reports
from Newport indicate a much #
heavier fall of rain in the western
end of the county. The rain started
at 9:30 a.m. and ended at 1 a.m.
Saturday.
The temperature climbed to 60
degrees Sunday afternoon to make
that day the warmest recorded
since December. The maximum
and minimum temperatures and
wind direction for the weekend
follow:
Max. Mia. Wind
Thursday 49 32 ENE
Friday 55 41 SF.
Saturday 58 46 SW
Sunday CO 36 W