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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
47th YEAR, NO. 10. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Sea Level Group
Spearheads Plan
For 'District'
The Citizens Mosquito Control
committee of Sea Level has writ
ten a petition requesting the state
to form a mosquito control district
including the entire county.
According to state law, a special
mosquito control district can be
established after 10 per cent of all
the freeholders (persons who own
land) in the proposed district sign
a petition and a majority of voters
in the area vote in favor of the
petition after a public hearing.
A special tax can then be levied
for the express purpose of con
trolling mosquitoes in the district.
A supervisory committee set up
by the county commissioners would
be in charge of the program.
First to Act
The Sea Level community is the
only one in the county so far to
take positive action to form such
a district. The Sea Level mosquito
control committee met Saturday
to begin mapping out plans for
the campaign to get the district
approved.
The following committees were
appointed for the community: fi
nance?Milton Lupton, Alvah B.
Taylor, Ewell Taylor, Aldridge
Daniels; publicity?Joe Mason, Ed
Willard, Aldridge Daniels; by-laws
?Charles CaudeLl, Harvey Taylor,
James Styron; contact committee?
Bill Loftin, Ralph Taylor and L.
M. Taylor.
F. C. Noyes was appointed to
find a site for storage of oil and
filters.
Treasury Built
A collection was taken at the
meeting and $58.50 was received
for the treasury.
The following members were
present: Harvey Taylor, Weston
Taylor, Jame6 Styron, Alvah B.
Taylor, Hilton Lee Taylor, Aldridge
Daniels, F. C. Noyes, Harry Sim
mons. Ed Willard, Ewell Taylor,
Dr. H. F. Webb, Jasper Daniels,
Charles Caudell, Harrell Taylor
and Joe Mason.
President Harrell Taylor has
called the next meeting for 8 p.m.
Saturday at the Sea Level Inn.
County Scout
Officers Named
Officials of the Carteret District
Boy Scout Council have been
named.
In addition to James Crowe,
chairman, others arc Dr. David
far nor, advancement; George Sto
vall, camping activities, assisted
by Cecil Sowell; Bob Howard, fi
nance; L. O. Crowe, training; or
ganization and extension. Council
Itcnfrow, assisted by Bill Corey,
Dr. Darden Eure, and Clyde Burr.
Floyd Chadwick Jr. is serving as
district commissioner and Dr.
Robert Barnum, assistant district
commissioner; neighborhood com
missioners arc Joe Rcilcy for New
port; Charles Hassell for Beaufort,
and P. H. Geer Jr.* and Robert
llicks, Morehcad City.
Members at large are Gordon C.
Willis and R. A. Sellers.
By Noon Yesferday No
News Received on West
Mel West, Morehcad City adven
turer who ii supposedly on his
way to Bermuda, had not been
sighted by vessels or heard from
by noon yesterday.
West left Morehcad City early
Thursday morning in a 17-foot boat
with a canvas-topped cabin. He
apparently is attempting to com
plete successfully this time a trip
to Bermuda which he tried to make
in October in an open 15-foot out
board motor boat.
His present craft, Empress of
N.C. State, is powered by an out
board motor. West reportedly had
an emergency outboard stowed
aboard, along with food, water,
juice and a large supply of gas
oline.
Rescued Near Bermuda
On his October trip he was res
cued by the Coast Guard when he
ran out of fuel 165 miles from Ber
muda. The Coast Guard picked him
up Ort. 27, ten days after he had
left Morehcad City.
West planned to leave on his
present trip early Wednesday
morning, Jan. 29. but he did not
depart until early the following
morning; Thursday, Jan. 30;
Even {hough he failed to reach
his goal on the last trip, he re
ceived much publicity. With the
encouragement of outboard motor
manufacturers, boat manufactur
ers and a gasoline company, he
decided to try again.
No Comment
The Coast Guard it keeping mum
on West's current Journey. He was
asked to notify them when be left
on his present trip. West did not do
so, nor did be inform them when be
loft on his first trip, as they re
quested.
The Coast Guard reported after
rescuing him in October that the
search and rescue cost $15,000. This
figure was scaled down from a
$30,000 estimate first made by the
Coast Guard.
West's present craft is consid
erably sturdier than the first. It
is also equipped with an "aerial"
type device projecting above the
cabin which would enable ships
equipped with radar to Sight it on
their radar screen.
Either West anticipates that he
will have to be looked for or the
device is a guard against large
shipa running over him.
Heavy 8eas
The weather was reportod ex
tremely rough offshore Saturday,
with winds of near gale intensity.
Coast Guard stations have re
ceived no orders from headquar
ters to be on the lookout for West.
A Beaufort free lance newspaper
reporter contacted upstate dailies
Thursday night, offering them stor
ies on West. They rejected the of
fer One daily is reported to have
said that it was fed up with West
and his publicity-seeking, adding
that if the sharks got him that was
the only story it was interested in.
'Explosion' Heard
People in the Beaufort area said
their houses were shaken by three
"exploeiona" yesterday morning
before 10 o'clock. Source of the
noise could not be determined, but
it was believed to be firing prac
tice by Marines offshore, or jets
breaking the sound barrier..
To Supervise Science Fair
James D. Mellon. above, leather of biology and physics at More
head City High School, U director of the I9SI science fair. The fair
will be held in the school gymnasium Thursday and Friday, March
W and M.
Phone Fight Fund Continues
To Rise; Total Now $65.55
Four Win Gifts
In Mother March
Gift certificates given in the
Mothers March Thursday night in
the March of Dimes campaign
were won by Roy Barbour and Jim
Willis of Beaufort, Mrs. Gene
Bowcn, 107 S. 30th St., and James
Pittman, 1712 Fisher St., Morchead
City.
Worker* collecting money cover
ed their areas both on foot and in
cars.
Each gift certificate was worth
$5 and was given to a pre selected
contributor who had his porch light
on ? such as the 13th contributor
or the 33rd, etc. .
A final tally has not been made
on the .amount collected, but the
total is estimated at' $280. From
Beaufort $180, and Morchead City,
about $100.
Hankers Island School collected
$61.77 in the March of Dimes.
Schools yet to be heard from are
Atlantic, Stella and Smyrna.
At 10 o'clock Saturday morning,
the campaign fund totaled $1,819.
Some telethon contributors have
not yet mailed their pledges in.
Coin collectors arc to be picked up
this week.
Mrs. Eva Johnson, campaign
manager, thanks everyone who con
tributed to and assisted in the cam
paign.
By 9.30 yestrcday morning, an
additional $7.25 had been added to
tbc phone light fund by NEWS
TIMES readers and phone sub
scribers.
This brings the grand total to
$65-55. The amount, which has
come in since the first "check for
$42.65 was sent to the East Caro
lina Phone Fight Committee, now
totals $22.90.
No definite date has been set for
hearing the phone company's peti
tion for higher rates before the
state utilities commission. The
East Carolina Phone Fight Com
mittee estimates that 20 cents from
each phone subscriber will pay
legal fees to fight the rate raise.
THE NEWS TIMES will accept
contributions from phone users as
long as they are interested in get
ting in the fight.
Some of the comments that ac
companied recent contributions fol
low:
Jan. 31, 1958
Dear Sirs:
According to your today's date
line of your paper, I am not too
late with my contribution towards
the fight against unreasonable in
crease in rates for the insufficient,
disgusting telephone service that
is prevailing in this Eastern North
Carolina area at present through
the Carolina Telephone and Tele
graph Company.
I have three telephone units, two
See PHONE FIGHT, Page 2
All Seashore
Highway Group
To Meet Soon
New President Will Be
Elected; J. A. DuBois
To Preside
Methods of obtaining ferries
fromOeracoke to Cedar Island
a ;?* th<* fano Fear section will
discussed at the AU Seashore
Highway meeting at 12:30 p m ..
urday at the Ark Restaurant. Wil
m Business to be discussed in ad_
dition to the ferry-link" ""-lude.
the following, according to J. A.
Dubois. Morehead City, presidenC
??To consolidate the hains
have made since 1953, to strength
en our 21-county organization to
reawaken the state to the need of
a State Waterways Commission, to
explore possibilities for better mos
nuito control, and to seek county,
state and federal aid for erosion
^Officers and directors will be
elected. The next president is to
come from the Wilmington district
i If ferries arc obtained, through
traffic could flow north and south
along the entire 320-mile state
C?The"pamlico ferry would operate
between Cedar Island " Oc"
coke island to connect Highway
170 east with Highway 158 at Hat
teras via Ocracoke. Such a route
would eliminate No. 70 s deadI end
| at Cedar Island, and would prov ide
| a through traffic route from More
| head City and Beaufort to Nags
I Head and Mantco.
I The Cape Fear ferry would op
erate from the vicinity of H ??*-?
or to Southport, thus connecting
I lower New Hanover and Brunswick
icount.es. as well as Carolina
' Beach, stumpy Burnt and South
P?Such ferry services would com
plete the first phase of plans for
! an all seashore highway "'"'miing
along the state's Outer Banks from
'Virginia to South Carolina and I
would abolish dead end highways!
in two heavily populated coastal j
dI*The AU Seashore Highway Asso-1
ciation, with membership in 21
coastal counties and elsewhere was
organized in 1953 primarilyfortbe
promotion and development of the
seashore route.
Coast Guardsmen
Make One Assist
Fort MacAn Coast Guardsmen
were eallod on one assist <>ver the
weekend. The 40 foot ketch , Ven
ture. was disabled in Bogue Sound
off Camp Morehead Sat<"day
A telephone call to the C?a
i Guard station was enough to send
en/2 Ronald Quidley and SN
Frank Johnson to the ketch^ By
the time the Guardsmen got to the
boat, its owner, Fred Mars of Bal
timore. had the motor ?nnin?
He asked for an escort back to
Morehead City. The Coast Guard
boat accompanied him as far
the state dock at the section base, j
Coakin' Up a Party
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Photo Or Boh Seymour
C-apt Toey Seaiaon, left, and Capt M Garner are eeahlng np
HM plana (nr a Mg 1MB anniversary party al the Sanitary Fish
Market im4 Rentaaraat. Marrhead CHy. Far mare a bant the ceie
hratiuu, aaa aectiaa I at laday'a paper.
Local Government Commission
Gives School Bond Opinion
Presented to the county board of commissioners yester
day morning was the lengthy opinion of the Local Govern
ment Commission on the county board of education's pro
posal to borrow $2'/i million to build schools in the county
over the next 10 years.
W. E. Easterling, secretary of the commission, expressed
Utilities Officers
To Receive Water
Members of the state utilities
commission and the president of
the Carolina Water Co. can ex*
pect gifts from the town of Beau
fort any day now.
Yesterday afternoon Mayor
Clifford Lewis and county sani
tation officer A. D. Fulford drew
water from the hydrant across
from Beaufort graded school.
Mayor Iacwis says that a quart
jar of the water drawn at that
time will go to each of the utili
ties commissioners and to the
president of the water company.
He points out that the water
has enough chemicals in it to
make it safe for drinking but
that the bad taste and sand still
make it "mighty unpleasant."
Hotel Owners
Offer to Take
Over Parkway
Owners of the Morehead Bilt
morc Hotel have requested the
county board to let them assume
upkeep of Mansfield Parkway, the
boulevard leading from Highway
70 to the hotel.
The proposal was brought be
fore the county board yesterday
morning by Skinner Chalk Jr.,
county commissioner.
Mr. Chalk said that V. E. Foun
tain, who is affiliated with the
hotel, has told hiin that the hotel
i would like to put in its own street
;?ig. ling system. Taking over the
1 road, he added, would also permit
the hotel to put up a "suitable
sign" at highway 70.
I Mr. Fountain, according to Com
| missunor Chalk, said that the
I road would always remain open to
the public.
Tlie county board decided to take
the matter up with the State High
way Commission, since turning the
road over to a private enterprise
would entail taking it off the county
system. The board is interested in
learning under what conditions it
could be put back on the system,
if the need arises.
Chairman of the board, Moses
Howard, said that he felt some
legal agreement ought to be made
with the hotel owners to make sure
that the public will always have
use of the road.
The commissioners are interest
ed in learning the public's reac
tion to the proposal. Residents of
that area are invited to express
their opinions to any one of the
commissioners: Chairman Howard,
Commissioner Chalk, Odell Mer
rill, Harrell Taylor or Walter Yeo
mans.
Officers Check
On Break-Ins
The sheriff's department is in
vestigating three break-ins which
occurred over the weekend.
A garage at Club Colony, used
by Jack Savage, was entered Fri
day night. Deputy Sheriff Bohhy
Bell said a lower panel was pulled
off the garage door, and aotneone
apparently went in and got in the
boat that was stored there
Nothing was missing from the
garage. Only the door wa> dam
aged
D Mason's store at Atlantic was
entered Saturday night and a con
tractor's tool shed on the Salter
Path Road was broken into.
The back door of Mason's store
was pried open Missing was a box
two thirds full" of pennies, a $2
roll of nickela, two one-dollar bills
and six cartons of ligarcttcs. The
dial was beaten off the safe where
the nickels were stored. The pen
ny box was under the safe, and the
12 was in the cash register.
The tool shed belongs to Doug
West. As far as could be deter
mined Sunday, the only thing miss
ing from the shed was a skill saw.
but West said he could not be sure
jthcr things weren't missing until
[he workmen returned to work yes
terday morning
Woods Fire
Woods behind Mansfield Build
ing Supply Co., US 70, caught on
fire Saturday afternoon. Morehead
City firemen were called at 2:20
t>.m. They had the Dre^ut in 20
minutes.
doubt that bonds, in that amount,
could be sold.
The present county debt of a mil-1
lion dollars would have to be re
financed, making the total amount I
to be borrowed $3V^ million, not
$2'v.
The county is paying 2'a per cent I
interest on the million dollar debt
it now owes. Under a refinancing
proceeding, Mr. Easterling esti
mated that the rate of interest (on
$3Vj million) would be 5 per cent,
or $175,000 interest annually on
bonds that would mature in 30
years.
Mr. Easterling said that the coun
ty may find a market for one mil
lion in bonds. The board of educa
tion has said that jBti million is
necessary to do the building it has
in mind.
Interest High
The commissioners took a dim
view of putting out $175,000 annual
ly in interest, even if $3H* million
in bonds could be marketed. Mr.
Easterling said that the county has
a fine debt repayment record, but
he said he didn't think that was
sufficient to attract buyers for $3Vi
million in bonds.
If the money is borrowed, taxes |
will have to be raised.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk said
he thought it would be advisable to
raise the taxes and put the money
aside for a school building pro
gram, building the schools as the
money becomes available.
| Commissioner Odell MerriH com
mented that putting the county into
$3V* million dollar debt for 30
| years would "hamstring ourselves
I for anything else."
The commissioners have gone on
| record in favor of the school build
ing program proposed by the coun
ty board of education, but they are
concerned about getting the money
as economically as possible.
Should the board decide that the
money is to be borrowed, the
| voters would have to approve the
' borrowing at the polls.
Mosquito Control
| The commissioners discussed
' mosquito control. Chairman Moses
Howard said that representatives
of the State Hoard of Health would
comment on the proposed Carteret
Mosquito Control district at the
March 3 meeting of the board.
The commissioners authorized
the clerk to request the State High
See BOARD, Page 6
i
Scout Fund Drive
Nets $2,460.22
The recent Boy Scout fund drive
in the county amounted to $2,460.22,
according to I)r. S. W. Ilatchcr,
fund drive chairman.
Amounts received from the com
munities follow:
Newport, Wallace Hill and Bob
Montague, chairmen, $185.34; liar
lowe, Walter Teich, chairman, $86;
Morehead City, Bud Dixon, chair
man, $1,025; Beaufort, Thomas
Eurc, chairman, $728.78.
Harkers Island, Earl Davis,
chairman, $120; Marshallbcrg, Wil
liston, Smyrna and Gloucester, El
mer Willis, chairman, $79.50;
Stacy, Homer Fulcher, chairman,
$57; and Atlantic, the Rev. L. A.
Lewis, chairman, $178.60.
Carteret district's share of the
East Carolina Council budget is
$3,780. While the county fell short
of the amount that will be required
to conduct the Scouting program
during the current year, more was
raised this year than last.
Last year $1,902 was raised.
The East Carolina Council, and
Rudolph Alexander, field repre
sentative, express their apprecia
tion to the chairmen and workers
who conducted the campaign, and
to those who contributed.
Carteret Hospital
Association Will
Meet Saturday
The Carteret Community Hos
[><1,1 Association will meet at 7
p.m Saturday at the Sea Level
Inn for a dutch dinner, which will
be followed by a meeting.
The hospital association was or
/am/.ed four years ago to assist
people in need who owed hospital
bills. Aid has gone primarily to
persons living in communities cast
>f Beaufort.
Members of the association pay
i dollar monlhly. A committee in
,'ach community makes decisions
is to who shall receive aid from
.he association.
According to the recent report I
m finances, $2,1M.M has been paid
bus far in aid to hospital patients.
'S No Foolin' ? Snow!
Snow fell Saturday night and
early Sunday morning. The fall
was a bit heavier west of the
Newport River than it was in
other sections of the county.
In the top picture are homes
on Evans Street, Morchead City,
looking east. In the picture sec
ond from the top, magnolia trees
on Evans Street wear a mantle
of white.
In the third picture, the four
Davis brothers battle with snow
balls. At the left are Robert and
Tommy Davis. David holds the
box of snowballs (he's happily
eating the ammunition) and Ger
dan is at the right. They arc the
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Davis,
1602 Shepard St.
The snowfall seemed lighter
in Beaufort. In the lowest pic
ture, parked cars have snow cur
tains over the back windows and
roofs of houses show coverings
of white. This picture was taken
on Front Street in the 1500 block.
Clerk Probates, Files
Three Wills in January
Three wills were probated and
filed in the clerk of court's office,
Beaufort, during January.
They were the wills of Dula M.
Salter, Merriroon; Mrs. Mary L.
Jones, Beaufort; and Mrs. C. B.
Arthur, Morehead City.
The Salter will was drawn Sept.
22, 1953 and was probated Jan. 6,
1958. Mrs. Salter, wife of the de
ceased, has filed a dissent, claim
ing her rights under Section 30-1 of
the general statutes of the state.
She has also declined the right to
qualify as executrix and requested
that the court appoint a disinter
ested party. The Commercial Na
tional Bank was suggested.
Mr. Salter left to his daughter,
Mildred S. Lawrence, all of his
real estate, one three-piece parlor
mite and one bedroom suite in the
Salter home, and a cow "generally
Known as the 'Gray and Elva
:ow."
He left all of his remaining per
tonal property to his wife, Flor
ence U. Salter, and named her ex
ecutrix of the estate.
The will was witnessed by Flor
?ncc V. Beam and Jean S. Wil
iams.
Jones Will
Paul S., John, and Christopher
Tide Table
Tidrs at the Beaufort Bar
lfir.ll I.OW
Tursday, Feb. 4
1:02 a.m. 2:00 a.m.
8:29 p.m. 2:35 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 5
8:50 a.m. 2:47 a.m.
8:19 p.m. 8:20 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 8
9:41 a.m.' , 3:15 a.m.
9:12 p.m. 4:02 p.m.
Friday, Fab. 7
0:35 a.m. 4:22 a.m.
1:07 p.m. 4:47 p.m.
D. Jones were named executors
of the estate of Mrs. Jones, their
mother. The will was drawn June
19, 1953 and probated Jan. 9, 1958.
Mrs. Jones stipulated that the
family business, C. D. Jones Co.,
continue under the management of
Paul for one year after her death
and then it may be sold or retained
in the family, whichever the heirs
choose.
Left to Mrs. Jones' daughter,
Mildred, was the home, including
the waterfront lot across the
street, to be hers as long as she
lives or until she marries. The
furnitugc is also to go to Miss
Jones.
On her death or marriage, it is
to go to the other heirs. The resi
due of the estate is to be divided
among Mrs. Jones' children, or
among their children, should any
of the direct heirs have prede
ceased their mother.
The will was witnessed by E. H.
and Alma R. Potter.
Arthur Will
The Arthur will was drawn Oct.
9, 1954 and probated Jan. 30, 1958.
Witnesses were H. M. Euro, Mar
garet F. Eure and Mary V. God
win. Dan G. Bell, Morehead City,
was named executor.
To Eva Webb, daughter of Eliza
beth Rouse Webb and Arnold Webb,
deceased, Mrs. Arthur left her dia
mond wrist watch, platinum brace
let with diamonds and her dia
mond and sapphire ring.
To Patricia Webb, daughter of
Gordon, Mrs. Arthur's deceased
brother, goes a platinum bracelet
with raised diamonds and sap
phires, also a diamond ring' and
stick pin and the flat silver and
china which formerly belonged to
Mrs. Arthur s mother, Lillie Bell
Webb, a glass-topped pickle Jar
See WILLS, rage ?