Helping
The Heart Fund
Helps Your Heart
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
47th YEAR, NO. 11. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
USS Hodges
Takes Marines
To Caribbean
By S/Sgt. JACK BAIRD
Cherry Point?Loaded with over
750 Marines, Military Sea Trans
port Service ship, USS Hodges,
left More he ad City Wednesday for
Puerto Rico.
The ship was the last of 10 to
leave from the eastern North Caro
lina port carrying tous of equip
ment. supplies, helicopters, obser
vation planes, vehicles, and thou
sands of Marines to the Caribbean
exercise site.
An entire infantry battalion was
airlifted to the island of Vieques
from here last week, the ground
forces' training location. Marine
All-Weather Fighter Squadron-114
will complete the move to the Ca
ribbean when the squadron is air
transported Sunday and Monday
in 18 R4Q "Flying Boxcars".
Aviation units will operate out
of Roosevelt Roads, on the main
island of Puerto Rico.
Tactical Marine aircraft from
VMF(AW)-114 will depart from
here this weekend also. They were
preceded by Marine Fighter Squad
ron-251 from Miami, Fla., Marine
Attack Squadron 225 from Eden
ton, and four F9F "Cougar" jets
from Cherry Point, led by Col.
Richard E. Figley, MAG-24 com
manding officer.
Col. John P. Condon commands
all PbibTRAEX 1-58 forces. The
exercise, now well underway, will
extend through mid-March.
Morehead JC's
To Present DSA
Award Tomorrow
The Morehead City Jaycees will
present their distinguished service
award tomorrow night. A special
PSA banquet ? dance has been
planned by the Jaycees with Dr.
Russell Outlaw as chairman.
The banquet will begin at 8 p.m.
at the Morehead Biltmorc Hotel.
At 8:45 Jasper Bell, former DSA
winner, will introduce former win
ners.
He will then announce this year's
outstanding young man and make
the presentation.
The public is invited to the ban
quet and dance. The club presi
dent, Dr. R. O. Barnum, says that
tickets will be on sale until 5 p.m.
today. They can be bought from
any Jaycec.
P. R. Jones and his orchestra
will play for a dance immediately
after the DSA ceremonies. The
?teal will be catered.
Final plans for the banquet and
dance were discussed at the Jay
cec meeting Monday night. The
club met at the Hotel Fort Macon.
Driver Will Be
Tried Thursday
Itoscoo Conway, Beaufort, who
was involved in a wreck in which
bis wife received a broken leg Jan.
18, will be tried in county court
Thursday on charges of driving
drunk, driving on the wrong side
of the road and careless and reck
less driving.
Conway, in a 1956 Ford, collided
with a 1949 Ford driven by Robert
Lee Smith at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
18. on the Lcnnoxville Road.
Smith, who lives on the Lennox
viUe Road, had Just come out from
the Highland Park Road and turn
ed right on the Lcnnoxville Road.
Patrolman J. W. Sykes said that
Conway, headed west on the Len
noxvillc Road, attempted to pass
Smith, skidded 200 feet, hit the
Smith car, and knocked it in a
ditch.
A third person in the Conway
car. a boy, was not identified.
Smith and Mrs. Conway were hos
pitalized.
Damage to the 1949 Ford was
estimated at $300. Damage to the
1956 Ford was estimated at $500.
Elks Plan Event to Raise
March of Dimes Money
Klks of Beaufort Morehead Lodge
will stage a special event Sunday
afternoon to raise money for the
March of Dimes.
Front 5 to 7 p.m. at the lodge on
Arendell Street a free supper will
oe served. Sam Adler. chef, will
dish up smothered chicken. John
A Baker, exalted ruler, says each
Elk and his guest will be asked to
contribute at least 10 dimes to the
March of Dimes.
The goal la 2,500 dimes. Per
sons attending are asked to bring
a pocketful of dimes. If they come
in the door without any, a banker
will be there to change their mooey
into dimes (or them.
Mr. Baker said that sometime
between 6 and 7 there will be a ra
dio broadcast direct from the club.
An appeal Will he made to listeners
to phone the Elks Club and offer
contributions to the March of
Dlines. Elks will so to the homes
and pick the contributions up.
There will also be a tune-naming
contest, planned to bring in March
of Dimes funds.
The event Is another in the series
of Elks' service projects. The Elks
have supported the Little League
and annually take part in Christ
mas charity programs.
Gas Price War
Predicted Here
Another - gasoline price war,
which has already started in
counties to the west, is expected
to hit Carteret by Mcnday.
During the past week, some of
the lower-priced gasolines drop
pod a cent More of the large
selling brands are expected to
go down within a few days.
In some ?rcas fuel oil is sell
ing for less, as oil and gasoline
dealers aim for higher volume.
Fifty Teachers
Will Take Part
In Workshop
Fifty teachers, representing five
couDty schools, will take part in a
special education workshop at
Smyrna School Tuesday and Wed
nesday afternoons.
Dr. Felix S. Barker, director, spe
cial education, division of the state
department of public instruction,
will lecture on the slow learner j
with an IQ of 70 to 90 on the first '
day.
On the second day there will be
a panel discussion on reading prob
lems. Fred G. Lewis, supervisor of
county schools, will act as mod
erator for the panel.
Teachers taking part will be Mrs.
Audrey Edwards, Newport, Mrs.
Rosalie Davis and Mrs. Lallah Wil
liams, Camp Glenn, Ralph Wade,
Mrs. Sara Willis and Mrs. Ella
Morgan, Morehead City, Hugh Gor
don and Miss Gertrude Styron,
Beaufort, Miss Josie Pigott, Smyr
na, Mrs. Rebecca Bell, Harkers
Island, and Miss Fannie Robinson,
Atlantic.
After the discussion, Mr. Lewis
will discuss the audiometric test
ing program in county schools. An
audiometer is a device used to
check hearing.
Children with hearing defects get
special seats in classrooms and in
serious cases the parents arc asked
to get medical care for the chil
dren.
Two workshops, on art and
music, were sponsored in the fall.
For Doubting Thomases
Photo by Bob Seymour
Beaufort Mayor, C. T. Lewis, right, and water commissioner James Ruinley inspect water taken
from the Beaufort water system. The water was carried to the town board meeting Monday night by
town clerk Dan Walker. Sand, see arrow, settled to the bottom of the jars in considerable quantities.
Chilula Leaves Here Tuesday
On Unofficial Quest for West
| The Coast Guard cutter Chilula
left Morehead City at 9 o'clock
Tuesday morning to look for Mel
| West.
| Coast Guard headquarters would
deny this, but checking of several
reliable sources indicated that the
ship was on a cruise, looking "un
officially'' for the Morehead City
boating enthusiast who is reported
[ ly trying again to reach Bermuda
in an outboard motorboat.
The Chilula had not returned to
its berth at state port by noon yes
terday.
Barry L. West, father of the 28
year-old voyager, contacted TIIK
NEWS TIMES from Fort Lauder
dale, Fla., late Monday afternoon.
He was interested in news of his
son and was concerned about how
Mel would fare on this winter trip.
Mel West tried to make the Ber
| muda trip in a 15-foot boat in Oc
| tober. He was rescued, short of
j his goal, by the Coast Guard. This
time he is in a 17-foot boat with
i an enclosed cabin.
| The Gazette, newspaper of Ham
ilton. Bermuda, contacted THE
| NEWS-TIMES Wednesday to verify
| information it had received rela
tive to West's being on his way to
j Bermuda again. The telegram
said, in part. "Doubts arisen here
if West in fact en route".
THE NEWS TIMES could not and
cannot verify if West is en route
to Bermuda. The only facts known
are that he left Morehead City
early Thursday morning and is
reportedly attempting to gef To
Bermuda again.
Certain news reports have stated
that West left Wednesday inorn
Morehead City told THE NEWS
TIMES Thursday morning, Jan.
30, that her husband "was in town
last night". Since there is little
reason to doubt Mrs. West's word, I
this would mean that her husband '
had not left Morehead City Wed
nesday morning.
Persons on the Morehead City
waterfront who were keeping a
close eye on Mel's boat, said that
the boat, heavily loaded, was still
there Wednesday afternoon. Thurs
day morning the boat was gone.
Since his departure, rough wea
ther has been reported between
here and Bermuda. The Coast
Guard at Hamilton. Bermuda, has
reported waves 18 feet high and
icy rains.
If West is on his way to Ber
muda and if he does not run into
too much trouble, sidewalk fore
casters say he might reach his
destination by Monday.
Once-Important Whaling Industry
Leaves Few Reminders in County
By BOB SEYMOUR
A historical marker on Ann
Street, Beaufort, a 65 foot long
skeleton in the Museum of Natural
History. Raleigh, a couple of har
poons lying around the county and
a few old-timers with long mem
ories arc all that are left of one
of the county's first big-time indus
tries.
Up until about 75 ycar^ ago
whaling was the principal source
of income for many families living
on Shacklcford and Boguc Banks.
Residents of whaling centers such
as Diamond City and Whale Creek
struck it rich during the early
spring and lived on coliards and
fish during the other nine months
of the year.
"Whaling never was what some
of you young fcUers think it was,"
claims 82-year-old Charles B.
Lewis. "I lived at Whale Creek
until I was 12 years old and I
never saw more than three whales
killed in a year.
"During March. April and May
lookouts would stay on the beach
to watch for whales. Some years
they would stay there all spring
and never sec a whale.
Said Salt Fish
"In the summer we worked in
gardens and fished a little. Fish
ing picked up in the fall and we
Sold a lot of salt fish to have mon
ey for store-bought goods.
"My father was an oarsman on
one of the whaleboats. I was too
young to remember very much
about whaling. I never did go out
with the men," he concluded.
Capt. Gib Willis is possibly the
only man living in the county who
helped kill a whale. Captain Willis
says that he was not a Whaler but
a fisherman. "We had a chance
to kill one and we couldn't turn it
down," he says.
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Photo by Bob Seymour
Charles B. Lewis, Morchead City, holds a harpoon used by whalers
at his old home town of Whale Creek. The shackle on the end of the
harpoon held the whale secure. A ring on the shaft of the harpoon
held the shackle in a line with the shaft, forming a razor-sharp point,
until it went into the whale. When the shaft went in, the ring pulled
off and the shackle opened up.
Newport Board Formally
Opposes Telephone Rate
The Newport town board went on
record Tuesday night at the town
hall in opposition to Carolina Tele
phone and Telegraph Company's
rate increase.
Mayor Leon Mann said that in
his opinion . the phone company
would be granted some increase,
and added that he thought New
port was getting excellent service.
The "excellent service" comment
brought a chorus of disagreement
from persons at the meeting.
Commissioner C. If. (Dick) Loc
kcy, who proposed the resolution,
said that a friend from Mill Creek
came into Newport Monday night
to make an urgent phone call, lie
went to Mr. Lockcy's home and
the pbonc was dead. There wasn't
even a dial tone.
The Mill Creek resident had to
go to Morchcad City to make the
call. ,
John Wilhelmsen. a resident of
West Newport, said that he tried
to make a call to Memphis, Tenn.,
Monday night on his phone and
the pbooc was out of order.
Leslie Bcrccgcay, also of West
Newport, said his wife has told
him that their phone is out of or
der about three times a month.
Mr. Berccgcay added that New
port phone subscribers pay high
rates and can only make calls in
the immediate Newport area with
out s aying a toll charge.
Roy Thomas Oarner pointed out
that persons at Broad Creek can
call all the way to Morehcad with
out paying toll, but Newport phone
users arc soeked a toll almost any
place they call beyond the imme
diate town area, fBroad Creek is
just a short distanec from New
port).
Mr. Ilercegeay said that all the
residents In West Newport are dis
gusled with "the continually inter
rupted phone service and we're in
favor of the town taking a stand
against higher rates."
It was reported that one resident
in West Newport recently had his
phone taken out because he got
tired of ita being out of order most
of the time.
Women Offer
Scholarship
A scholarship of $1,000 annually
will be awarded to some outstand
ing young woman at the Greater
University of North Carolina this j
year This is offered by the North '
Carolina Federation of Woman's >
clubs for the first time.
The scholarship will be awarded !
on the basis of ability, citizenship,
character, and financial need. The
period of tenure is for four years
if her academic record and con
duct, in the opinion of the univer
sity committee, justifies the con
tinuance of the gift. All applica
tions must be completed and in
the hands of the scholarship chair
man by March 1.
Mrs. Charles Webb Davis, Beau
fort, is scholarship chairman for
district 12 of the North Carolina
Federation. All applicants in the
counties of Carteret, Craven, Pam
lico. Lenoir, Jones, and Onslow
should contact Mrs. Davis or the
president of the local Woman's
Club for details. The president of
the Morehead City Club is Mrs.
Truman Kemp. Mrs. Davis is pres
ident of the Beaufort club.
One applicant from each of the
16 districts will be selected for the
final interview on the state level.
Morehead Firemen
Answer Alarms
The Morehead City Fire Depart
ment'got two alarms within two
hours Wednesday. There was one
alarm at 11:30 a.m. and one at 1:30
p.m.
The first call was from a house
at 6th and Bridges Streets where
an oil stove had overheated. Fire
men said that soot had stopped up
the flue. The only damage was
caused by smoke.
The second fire was at Macon
Court, where grass had caught on
fire. The fire was put out in 10
minutes.
Clinic Kcb. IS
The next orthopedic clinic at the
Morchcad City Hospital annex will
he Saturday, Feb. IS, and not thia
coming Saturday as mentioned in
Tuesday's paper.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Ul(ill I.OW
Friday, Feb. 7
10:35 a m. 4:22 a.m.
11:07 p.m. 4:47 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 8
11:31 a m 5:12 a.m.
5.35 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. >
12 03 a.m. 0:10 a.m.
12:26 p.m. 6:31 p.m.
Monday, Feb. It
12:59 a.m. 7:16 a.m.
1:23 p.m. 7:39 p.m.
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Newport Plans Annex
Of Lake Park, Church
iNewpori town tamers took ine
initial step Tuesday night to add
two new areas to the town.
The one area is a new Subdivi
sion. Lake Park, being developed
by Joe Hill, and the other is the
area occupied by the Missionary
Baptist Church. The church prop
erty has been under consideration
(or some months.
It is being taken into the town
at the request of the church. A
street on the east side of the
chureh. which had been maintained
by the town, was found to be pri
vately owned. It was reported
Tuesday night that all the neces
sary agreements had been made
to proceed with annexation.
Resolution Passed
The board passed a resolution
regarding the new territories, au
thorising the advertising of the
board's proposal to annex, and
setting the date of a public hear
ing. April 1, as required by law.
The hearing will be at 7:30 at the
town hall.
To settle a variance in the town
line and Joe Hill property line,
George Ball, attorney, was request
ed to check on metes and bounds,
so that an agreement can be made.
Mr. Hill said that he thought it
would be advisable for the town
to take in his development before
any property is sold there. He said
that ho, personally, believes it
would be advantageous both to him
and the town, to have Lake Park
in the town.
Why Be in Town?
He asked, however, for a listing
of the advantages in being a part
of the town, sq that he would be
able to inform prospective buyers.
Mayor la?on Mann ticked off the
following:
1. The Newport Rural Fire Asso
ciation will not be in existence
after 1960, so fire fighting service
will be available only within town,
as far as can be foreseen now.
2. Fire fighting service means a
50 per cent reduction in fire in
surance rates.
3. The town provides garbage
pickup.
4. During the summer, mooqui
toes are sprayed several times a
week?a rate the county can't
match.
5. A municipal government offers
the property owner "a place of ap
peal'' to settle problems arising
within town jurisdiction.
6. The town provides street
lighting, street markers
7. Street maintenance and pav
ing is provided by the municipality
8 Pure water supply is assured.
The board and Mr. Hill discussed
location of a road which would
tie Lake Park into the town sys
tem of streets, entering West New
port. Powell street funds were dis
cussed prior to the formal reso
lution to start wheels turning to
ward annexation.
Trailer Park
Kerney Smith, Morehcad City,
reported that he plans to establish
a trader park on the property west
of Newport Tractor and Kquipment
Co He is leasing the land from
Dr. W. 11. Bell. The board had no
objections to the proposal.
Ira Jones, water clerk, gave a
report on the water system for the
period Oct. 1-Jan. 31. lie said 180
units had been connected; revenue
was $570 a month and expenses
thus far $107,424 34.
The board authorized an exten
sion of 30 days for errction of the
water tank. A 60-day extension per
iod had been requested.
Letter Read
Mayor Mann read a letter from
the prison department which stated
that the proposal for laying a water
line to the prison camp was being
considered. The town offered to
put the line in if the prison depart
ment would advance the money,
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Education Board Names
Better Schools' Leaders
Chamber Board
Backs Mosquito
Control Program
Directors of the Morehoad City
Chamber of Commerce have au
thorized the manager, J. A. Du
Bois, to circulate petitions request
ing that Carteret be organized as
a mosquito control district. The
board met Monday night
A 1967-enacted law permits areas
to organize as mosquito control
districts and levy taxes for fight
ing mosquitoes. Before such tax
can be levied, however, petitions
coming from the people must ask
that a district be formed
Then at the polls residents of the
area involved may vote on whether
they want to be a control district
and pay the tax attendant to such
organization.
Sidney TJsry, sanitation engineer
with the State Board of Health,
told the county board of health
recently that he would recommend
no less than 10 cents per hundred
dollars of valuation.
A NEWS-TIMES reporter later
asked Mr. Usry if it would be fea
sible for this county, alone, to com
prise a mosquito control district,
or whether it would be better to
join with other counties.
Mr. Usry said that since Car
teret covers a vast area, much of
it marshland, it could well com
prise its own district, lie added
that its location east of Camp Le
jeune and Cherry Point, where
M<*qutcontrol measure* are al
ready in effect is advantageous.
He said that it may be feasible
to include the Swansboro section
in the district "but they could come I
in any time."
Since much of Carteret's marsh
land is not publicly owned, Mr.
Usry was asked by the reporter
whether a private property owner
could prevent the district's under
taking drainage or other eontrol
measures on private property.
Mr. Usry said that the district
has the power and authority to
drain mosquito breeding areas
without permission from the owner,
but he doubted that such work
would be done if the owner ob
jected.
In the eastern part of the county,
the Citizens Mosquito Control of
Sea Level has already gone on rec
ord'in favor of petitioning county
commissioners to create Carteret
as a mosquito eontrol district.
Minister Hurt
When Car Wrecks
The Rev. W. R. Hale, Methodist
pastor of Sea Level, was injured
at 1:30 Monday afternoon when his
rar left Highway 70 and turned up
side down in the ditrb by the side
pf the road in front of the Sea
Level Hospital. The Rev. Mr. Hale
aval still in the hospital yesterday
morning.
Personnel from the hospital pull
Ed hi pi from the wreck.
He .was headed east in a 1953
DeSoto, according to Patrolman J.
W. Sykcs. lie was alone at the
lime. >
The car. was demolished,
? rive persons were named Mon
day afternoon by the County Board
of Education to serve as chairmen
of the Citizens for Better Schools
Committees in their respective
school districts.
They are R. M. McClain, More
head City; Charles F. Caudell Jr.,
Atlantic, Dr. Theodore Salter,
Beaufort; Gerald T. Merrill, New
port, and Mrs. Headen Willis,
Smyrna.
This group will meet with H. L.
Joslyn, school superintendent, at
the education office in the court
house annex, Beaufort, at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday night.
Members of the Beaufort School
board appeared before the county
board and pleaded for a gymna
sium for Queen Street School. A
gym for the school is on the pro
posed building program for the
next 10 years.
Members of the Beaufort board
who appeared before the educa
tion board were Raymond Ball,
Halsey Paul and George Huntley
Jr.
The board reviewed the opinion
j of W. E. Kasterling, secretary of
the Ix)cal Government Commission,
on the possibility of the county's
borrowing $2^ million for school
construction.
In view of the fact that the Bar
kers Island School board is not
in favor of granting private prop
erty owners a right-of-way through
srhool property, the county board
refused to grant the requested
thoroughfare.
Mr. Joslyn reported that the
boiler at Barkers Island School was
"re-tubed".
No action was taken on the of
fer of an architect to remodel a
room at Smyrna School to demon
strate what the cost would be
Robert Safrit, chairman of the
board, presided.
Jurors Listed
For Civil Term
The county commissioners drew
the names of 40 persons for jury
duty during the March 10 term of
civil court. The names drawn fol
low:
Morehead City and Morehead
RKD ? Stacy Willis, Gordon Tur
nagc, Clifton E. Nance, Woodrow
Wilson Fulcher, Jennie Galantis,
Warren Taylor, Reginald N. Wil
lis, George Stafford, Noah A<
Rouse.
Edward L. Smithwick, C. W. Wil
liams, Deri Gray Roberts, A. J.
Barbour, Douglass C. Wade, Ar
thur Baugh, Jerry J. Willis, Har
old D. Kettcrcr and J. T. Oglcsby.
Beaufort and Beaufort RED ?
Robert Neal Campcn, Wesley M.
Jones, C. C. Courtney, Herman It.
King Jr., W. D Pridgen, Robert
L. Lewis, Earl T. Willis, Charles
A. Clifton, Woodrow Fodrie, Rob
ert P. Humphrey. Joseph R. llig
bam Jr. and B. J. May.
Salter Path?Alvin Willis. Glou
cester?Henry R. Nisbct. Marshall
berg?Melvin Davis. Stacy?Alfred
H. Gaskill. Atlantic Beach?Shelby
M. Freeman. Newport RED?Alon
zo Salter Jr., Emanuel G. Ross,
Levi Holt Riggs and Charles C.
Barnes. Barkers Island ? Lcnnic
Whitley.
False Alarm
A false alarm was turned in from
the box at Orange and Crdar
Streets, Beaufort, at 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday.
Petition Requests Town to Maintain
Highway 70 on Live Oak from Cedar
Thr Rraufort town board re
ceived a petition bearing 76 sig
natures at its meeting in the town
hall Monday night. The petition
asked the commissioners to pass
a resolution requesting the state
to keep US 70 on Its present route
from Cedar Street north.
The state is considering extend
ing Cedar Street, cutting across
Lcnnoxville Road and coming out
near the Kast Drive-In Theatre.
This route would by-pass busines
ses along Live Oak Street.
The commissioners voted to turn
Ihc petition over to thr planning
hoard and send a copy of it to the
stale highway commission.
RrcommrndaUoes Made
The zoning board sent five rec
ommendations to the commission
ers. The zoning board suggests
that the newly-formed business dis
trict on Cedar Street be part of
the Beaufort fire zone, thereby re
quiring certain types of buildings
in the area. , y'
The 200ing group also suggested
that a set back line 45 feet from
the center of Live Oak Street be
established from Ann Street to the
north city limits.
The third . recommendation was
that a hew zoning map be put up
in the townhaD. The zoning board
also requests up-to-date copies of
the zoning regulations to be avail
able for all interested parties.
Finally, the zoning board would
like copies of the minutes of all
meetings in which the towo com
missioners discussed and acted on
zoning regulations.
These recommendations were
submitted by llalsey Faul. chair
man of the zoning board. Gerald
I till made a motion, seconded by
James Rumley, that the recom
mendations be carried out.
Helmets Requested
Gerald Woolard, secretary of the
fire department, attended the meet
ing. He had firemen's helmets
with him and showed them to the
commissioners The fire depart
ment, he said, needs 50 helmets
and plans to buy them unless the
town will pay for them.
He showed the commissioners a
surplus helmet that cost him less
than $4 and compared it with a
lit helmet. There was little dif
ference in the two.
Town manager Dan Walker said
that he would try to get the hel
mets under civil defense when he
goes to Raleigh again. Mr. Wool
ard also said that the fire depart
ment nerds some new how.
Two sections (100 feet) hurst
when cars were driven over them.
Mr. Woolard said the town should
have an ordinance prohibiting peo
ple to drive cars over fire hose.
Town attorney Gene Smith was
instructed to draw up such an or
dinance.
Fire commissioner Hill said that
there had been five alarms in
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