The Heart Fund
Helps Your Heart
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
47th YEAR, NO. 12. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Morehead City
Town Board Buys
New Patrol Car
Commissioners Meet
In Special Session
To Open Bids
At a special meeting Thursday
night at the municipal building,
the Morehead City town board ac
cepted a Parker Motor Co. bid on
a new police patrol car.
Three Morehead City firms sub
mitted bids. They were Sound
Chevrolet, which bid $995 plus the
1957 Ford patrol car the town
wants to trade; L&H Motor Co.,
which bid $1,050, and Parker Mo
tors which bid $950.
The car will be two door, with
standard equipment.
Police Commissioner Ted Gar
ner suggested that the town make
more parking area available on
the waterfront for fishing parties.
All-day parking on Evans Street
'(along the waterfront) is prohibit
ed.
Commissioner Garner suggested
that 5th Street be widened by
setting back the curb on the east
side between Arendell and Evans.
This would allow angle parking
for 20 cars, he explained.
The commissioner said he
thought he could raise the money
for the materials for paving among
'the party boatmen if the town
would supply the labor.
Street Commissioner Gibbie San
derson said he would look into the
proposal. He said that the street
department has already committed
itself to beautifying Arendell Street
and to improving the street near
the W. S. King School by Septem
ber.
Therefore, he said, the street
department couldn't commit itself
definitely, even though more wa
terfront parking area is badly
needed.
The mayor read a letter from
Mrs. Eva Johnson, March of
Dimes campaign manager, thank
ing the town police department for
its cooperation in picking up
March of Dimes telethon money
Jan. 25 and 26 in Morehead City.
lie also read a letter from Stan
ley Win borne, chairman of the
state utilities commission. Mr.
' Winborne invited Morehead City
representatives to a meeting on
Southern's proposed freight rates
Teb. 17 at Raleigh.
Attending the board meeting, in
addition to those mentioned, were
Commissioners D. J. Hall and Jas
per Bell, George McNeill, town at
torney, and John Lashley, clerk.
Officer Arrests
Robert Thames
Robert Lcc Thames, 29, was in
the county jail yesterday charged
with threatening Sam Smith, Ce
dar Point, with a double-barreled
shotgun.
According to Deputy Sheriff
Bruce Edwards, Thames pulled
the gun on Smith Sunday night.
The incident started in Odcll
Smith's beer parlor, east of Swans
boro.
Thames, who is under $500 bond,
was arrested by Constable Ralph
Paul. The warrant against Thames
was sworn out by John Robert
Bell.
According to the officers,
Thames was drinking and threat
ened Sam Smith. He went upstairs
over the beer parlor where he bor
rowed the shotgun. He pointed the
gun at Smith, but others took it
from him.
Sam runs the place with Odell
Smith.
Fiction and Fact
From West's Almanac?
Nobody knows anything more
about Mel West now than they did
last week at this time. There are
plenty of rumors, but very little
fact.
If the 28-year-old outboard mo
lorboat venturer started out for
Bermuda in January, from More
head City, he may be there now,
or he may be under the waves.
If he didn't start out for Bermuda,
he may be safe and sound some
where.
Mrs. Mel West railed THE
NEWS-TIMES Friday morning
She said she "was under orders
not to tell anybody anything about
Mel until 36 hours after he was
gone ". Therefore, she said, she
did ool tell the truth when she told
? reporter Jan. 30 that her bus
band was still in town the night
of Jan. 29.
She said she drove ber husband
to the Morehead City waterfront
"and put him out at 11:43 a.m."
Wednesday, Jan. 29. She did not
say where he went after she "put
him out". It la rumored that he is
trying to make the Bermuda trip
be failed at laat October.
A 17-foot boat on the waterfront,
which was heavily loaded with gas
and supplies. urns identified last
month as West's boat. It was
called The Empress of N. C. State
Folks on the waterfront who in
terestedly observed West's loading
activities the last week of Jan
uary, maintain that West did not
leave until Jan. 30. Maybe he told
then to tell a story too.
Weather between here and the
Caribbean has been extremely
rough for tbc past 10 days.
The captain of the USS Cambria,
returning to Morehcad City from
the Mediterranean, said Friday
that winds as high as AS knots
were blowing from Bermuda north,
and they were stronger than that
between Bermuda and Cuba.
The USS Rankin, also a Navy
transport like the Cambria, and
an LST were set on the same
course as the Cambria, but the
weather was so bad, the captain
said, that he finally told the Ran
kin, which was lightly landed, and
the LST to act a course to suit
See MEL WEST, rage t
Jaycees Give Awards
Photo by Bob Seymour
Dr. R. 0. Barnum, center, received the Morehcsd City Jaycee Distinguished Service Award Saturday
night at special ceremonies at the Morehead Biltmore Hotel. Charles Markey, left, Has given a certifi
cate commending him for his work on the Morehead City Centennial celebration. At the right is Jasper
Bell, former DSA winner, who presented the awards.
Engineer Due Here Next
Week with Plans for Well
Fund to Fight
Phone Rate Hike
Climbs to $75.35
Thr phone fight fund had reached
$75 35 by noon yesterday. Since
IJriday^ an additional $5.25 was
contributed by NEWS-TIMES read
ers.
This brings the county contribu
tions against higher phone rates to
$95.35, including the $20 paid by the
town of Atlantic Beach. If $4.65
more comes in, Carteret will have
contributed $100 to help fight the
battle to keep phone rates down.
Wiley Taylor Jr., Beaufort, who
contributed a dollar to the fight,
said, "Every time we have a heavy
dew or a damp fog, my phone goes
out."
J. M. Goodwin, Atlantic, writes:
"This is twenty-five cents to help
fight the raise in phone hikes. This
is what I would like to know. Why
should the phone users pay for
phones to be put in homes or
places of business?
"I think the company stockhold
ers should fork out that money, as
they are the ones who will receive
the benefits. If we who have
phones should have to pay for
other lines to be run, then give us
a stock in the company.
"I went to the office some time
ago and made a complaint about
my bill. And the lady in the office
could not help me. So she prom
ised to call me that day and tell
me what I wanted to know. But
as yet no call. If we pay for ser
vice I think we should have it:
I think THE NEWS-TIMES is do
ing a lot to help fight this worthy
cause.
See PHONE FUND, Page 2
C. W. Williams, manager of the ,
Carolina Water Co.. which serves
Beaufort, said yesterday that an
engineer from the water com
pany's Philadelphia office will be
here next week to bring pLans on !
putting down a new well in Beau-!
fort.
Mr. Williams said that the State
Health Department's report on
analysis of Beaufort water was!
sent to Philadelphia.
M. O. Caton, district engineer,
State Board of Health, took sam
ples of Beaufort water, for analy-1
iiJout t
sis, about two weeks ago. His
analysis showed, he said, that the
existing well in Beaufort "cannot
be considered a satisfactory source
of supply".
Prior to Mr. Caton's analysis,
Mr. Williams had reported that
his company had drilling of a new j
well under consideration.
Mr. Caton said that the objec
tinoablc taste and odor of the
Band Will Give
ConcertThursdayi
The Morehead City High School
band will give its winter concert
at 7:30 Thursday night at the high j
school.
Soloists will be Katherinc Chalk, ]
pianist, and Francis Swanson,
trombonist, a former member of
the band.
Numbers to be played arc the fol
lowing: A Mozart Festival, The
Rosary, Democracy (a march), I
Hungarian Fantasy, Deep River.
Roll Jordan, Roll; Poor Wayfaring
Stranger, Li'l David; L'estudian
tina (concert waltz), The Gladiator
(march), Joshua (novelty for
band), and The Stars and Stripes
Forever.
The band is under the direction
of Ralph Wade. There is no ad
mission charge. Everyone is in
vited.
water is caused by an excessive
amount of hydrogen sulphide. The
sediment consists of sand and
other deposits from water-bearing
strata, and rust from the lines,
the report continued.
Recom mendations
W. S. McKimmon, chief of the
engineering section, sanitary en
gineering division, summed the
report up with the following four
recommendations :
1. Drill a new water supply well,
properly protected and constructed
so as to produce a clear water
reasonably free of color and sedi
ment.
2. Resume phosphate corrosion
control treatment of water from
the existing well.
3. Increase rate of chlorine feed
to produce a residual chlorine test
of as least 0.3 ppm to 0.5 ppm.
4. If practical, reduce the pump
ing rate of the well to minimize
the drawing of sand from the wa
ter-bearing strata. f
Some Beaufort citizens have in
quired about having the water
company soften the water before
it is distributed to homes. Mr. Wil
liams said it would be possible for
the water company to do that, but
not at the same price being paid
for the water now.
lie said that some people would
be willing to pay the higher price;
others wouldn't. I
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Feb. 11
157 a.m. 8:31 a.m.
2:23 p.m. 8:49 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 12
2:58 a.m. 9:38 a.m.
3:28 p.m. 9:53 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 13
4 02 a.m. 10:36 a.m.
4:34 p.m. 10:50 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 14
5:05 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
5:35 p.m. 11:42 p.m.
Mayor Appoints Teen-Age,
Beer, Dancing Committee
Symphony Will
Play Here Tuesday
The North Carolina Little Sym
phony will present two concerts
at the Morehead City School next
Tuesday.
The concert for school children
will b" at 2 p.m. and the concert
for adnJts at 8.
Persons holding memberships
in the North Carolina Symphony
may also attend concerts by the
full symphony. At 8:30 p.m. Fri
day. April'25, the symphony will
appear in the New Bern High
School auditorium.
At 8:30 p.m. Monday. April 28.
it will appear in Brogdon Hall,
Wilmington.
Commission Asks
Views on Freight
Rates to Port
To learn views of parties con
cerned. relative to the proposed
Southern Railway freight rates
; into Morehead City, the State Util
ities Commission has schedueld a
j meeting for 2:30 p.m. Monday,
, Feb. 17, at Raleigh.
I Representatives o f Morehead
| City and Wilmington, the two port
cities, will attend. Mayor George
' Dill will be among Morehead City's
representatives.
Wilmington has gone on record
opposing the lower rates. Wilming
ton voiced its objection at a hear
ing before the Southern Freight
Association last fall. The State
Ports Authority took no stand.
The lower rates proposed for
Morehead City would put the port
on an equal footing. Southern says,
with Wilmington and Norfolk.
The State Utilities inquiry is in
conjunction with a request by Gov.
Luther Hodges to make an "Im
partial" study of Southern's pro
posal.
Wet Draw Span
Causes Wreck
The wooden draw span on the
Morehead City bridge, generally
regarded as the slickest place in
the county when it rains, added
three cars to its collection at 4:45
p.m. Thursday.
The cars involved were a 1956
Chevrolet driven by Benjamin Gor
don Day, a 1957 Ford station wa
gon driven by S. H. Barrow and
a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Fred
G. Lewis.
Highway patrolman W. J. Smith
gave the following account of the
wreck: A car had stopped momen
tarily to let out a bridge tender
who was about to go on duty.
Day stopped behind the first car
but when Barrow put on his brakes
his car skidded into the rear of
Day's car. The third car, driven
by Lewis, slid into the rear of
Barrow's station wagon.
Patrolman Smith said that all
three cars were well within the
20-mile speed limit and that there
were no charges. He estimated
damage to the first car at $75, to
the second at $50 and to the third
at $75.
W. E. Anderson,
Retired FWB
Minister, Dies
Body Lies in State Today
At Morehead Church;
Burial Tomorrow
The Rev. W. E. Anderson, 85,
retired Free Will Baptist minister
of Morehead City, died in More
head City Hospital Sunday night.
He had been ill for some time. The
Rev. Mr. Anderson, who held an
j honorary doctor of divinity degree,
was the son of the late Jesse Law
rence and Mpllie Holder Ander
son of Wendell.
He was the oldest Free Will
Baptist minister in eastern North
Carolina. He attended the Free
Will Baptist Seminary at Ayden
and served 36 pastorates, includ
ing 13 years at the First Free Will
Baptist Church, Morehead City.
He was associate pastor there at
the time of his death.
He founded four churches,
among them Edgemont Free Will
Baptist Church, Durham, where
The Rev. W. E. Anderson
. . . well-known pastor
j the funeral will be held at 3 p.m.
tomorrow.
[ The Rev. Floyd B. Cherry will
j officiate, assisted by the Rev. Ron
I aid Creech, the Rev. Seldon Bul
| lard of Morehead City and the
I Rev. W. A. Hales. Beaufort. Bur
jial will be in Woodland Cemetery,
Durham. The body will lie in state
from 9 to 4 today in the chapel
of the First Free Will Baptist
Church, Morehead City.
Dr. Anderson was a member of
Ocean Lodge number 405, AF&AM,
and a member of JOUAM of Wen
dell.
Minister friends of the Rev. Mr.
Anderson are invited to meet at
Edgemont Church Wednesday to
serve as honorary pallbearers.
Pallbearers will be Asa Cannon,
W. II. Marks and C. H. Barker,
deacons of the First Free Will
Baptist Church, Morehead City;
Joe Buttry and Alex Lewis, dea
cons of the First Free Will Bap
tist Church, Beaufort, and Manley
Springle, treasurer of the Beau
fort Church. The Rev. Mr. An
derson was at one time pastor at
Beaufort.
Surviving are six daughters,
Mrs. Ivie Liles of Fitzgerald, Ga.,
Mrs. Preston Andrews Sr. of Dur
ham and High Point, Mrs. Harvey
Bob Shoe of Durham, Mrs. Leroy
Fredrick of Baltimore, Md., Mrs.
S. K. Baldrec and Mrs. Leslie Day
of Morehead City; one son, Jesse
L. Anderson of Durham; twenty
six grandchildren and twenty-four
great grandchildren.
The family requests that no
money be spent for flowers, but
that it be given as a memorial j
gift to the building fund of First '
Free Will Baptist Church, More
head City.
Two Cars Collide
Near Newport
Two cars collided 2.4 milrs west i
of Newport on highway 70 at 12:1$
a.m. ycatcrday morning
Injured in the accident were
Robert Harmon and Jerome II.
Kousek. both of Cherry Point Har
mon suffered a noae injury and
Kousek a leg injury, lie waa taken
to the Cherry Point dispensary in
a Navy ambulance.
Patrolman W J. Smith Jr., who
is Investigating the accident, said
that it appeared that Pouack, in
a mi Mercury, was turning
around in the road and the 1950
Chevrolet hit it broadside
Damage to the Chevrolet was es
timated at $500 and damage to the
Mercury $150.
Bankers Present Checks
Photo by R. M. Williams
Rufus Butner, left, of the Commercial National Bant. preaenU a check to Bobby Pollard, Newport,
and f. B. Sander*, right of the Flrat-Clttaena Bank, give* a check to William Lewia, Morehead City. Mr.
Pollard and Mr. Lewia are taking the farmer*' abort eonrae at State College, apoaaorad by the North
Banker* AaaocUUoa.
Investigation Approved
By Beach Town Board
A committor to study the inter
! relation of "teen-agers, dancing,
and beer" ? if there is such inter
relation. was appointed by Mayor
A B. Cooper at the meeting of the
Atlantic Beach town board Satur
day morning at Fleming's Motel.
Mayor Cooper said that the beach
has been criticised in the past rela
tive to "teen-agers drinking beer"
and dancing at beach spots. He
said most of the accusations of
' beer being sold to teen-agers is
? unfounded.
i He said people see young people
"who look like they're under 18"
j drinking beer, but investigation by
I ABC officers has generally shown
? that the ones who look like they're
j under the legal nge are at least 18
j or older.
Named to the committee to study
the situation and report back to the
board arc Commissioners M. G.
Coyle. R. A. Barefoot, Ward Bal
lou, Joseph Willis, beach business
men; Chief of Police Bill Moore,
Paul Bray, military policeman;
Mrs. Newman Willis, Atlantic
Beach postmaster; a representa
tive of the Alcoholic Beverage Con
trol board, and Mayor Cooper.
To make a study of the town
street situation and use of Powell
bill funds during the coming year,
the mayor and Archie Fleming,
street commissioner, will confer.
Trailer Sites
The mayor reported that Sey
mour Johnson field has been of
fered two sites for location of mod
ern trailers where Air Force fam
ilies will be permitted to vacation
at the beach this summer.
Mayor Scott Berkeley, Golds
boro, and an Air Force officer met
recently at the beach with Mayor
Cooper and Commissioner Coyle.
One site available for the trailers
is between Money Island and the
Dunes Club and the other is behind i
Dom-El's. The mayor said the land
See BEACH BOARD, Page 2
Firemen Fight
Five Fires
Over Weekend
; Five fires were reported in the
county over the weekend. The most
serious was at 11:55 p.m. Friday
when the Charles Robinson Roof
ing Co. warehouse in Beaufort
burned.
Firemen battled flames at the
building on Fulford Street (former
ly Wray's Roofing Co.) until 3 a.m.
The asphalt and other flammable
materials stored in the building
were burning out of control when
the firemen arrived. Beaufort po
lice believe the fire may have been
set. An investigation is under way.
A total loss was also reported in
Morehcad City. An ice cream
storage room on 18th Street burn
ed Saturday afternoon. There was
a complete refrigeration unit in
the room. The equipment belonged
to Maola Milk Co.
At 2 p.m. Sunday, Morehcad City
firemen went to Crab Point, where
a fire was burning between the
ceiling and roof of the Ottis Kit
trell house. They put the fire out
before it made much headway.
At 11:50 a.m. Saturday there was
a grass fire on Calico Drive. Fire
men had the flames out before any
damage was caused.
The fifth fire was reported by
Mrs. L. A. Oakley, Live Oak
Street, Beaufort. She had seen
flames shooting out of the chimney
of J. E. Arrington's house across
the street. Firemen arrived on the
scene in time to prevent the roof
from catching fire so there was no
damage.
All-Seashore Group Elects
Three Officers from Here
Three Carteret men were elected
to office in the All Seashore High
way Association Saturday at the
Ark Restaurant, Wilmington.
They were Alvah Hamilton, vice
president; J. A. DuBois, secre
tary, both of Morehead City; and
Norwood Young, Beaufort, treas
urer.
Other officers are J. Vivian Whit
field, Burgaw, president, who suc
ceeds Mr. DuBois; Wallace Mc
Cowan, Manteo, vice - president;
and Glenn M. Tucker, Carolina
Beach, vice-president.
The president was authorized to
appoint a committee to determine
the amount and method of paying
annual dues. At present, no dues
arc required for membership.
Claude Brooks
Returns Home
Chief Machinist's Mate Claude
W. Brooks, Markers Island, has
retired from the Coast Guard after
20 years' service.
Mr. Brooks was honored Friday,
Jan. 31, at retirement ceremonies
at the state pier, New Bedford,
Mass. lie was given a 12 gauge
Claude W. Brooks
. . . enlisted In 1(37
shotgun and watch by hi* ship
males. LI William King made the |
presentation.
Mr. Brooks waa serving aboard
Ihe cutter Escanaba at the time
of his retirement. He waa assigned
to the cutter when it was rccom
missioncd in August 18M.
The chWfs retirement orders be
came effective Fab. 1. He Is living [
now at hla home on Markers Is
land.
The association adopted a reso
lution asking the state and Army
engineers to take immediate ac
tion to determine where and how
facilities for docking ferries at
Ocracoke, Cedar Island and Fort
Fisher can be obtained.
Col. Harry E. Brown of the hur
ricane rehabilitation project, re
ported that the State Highway
Commission is getting ready to
survey the right-of-way on Ports
mouth Island, preparatory to sta
bilizing- the island.
He added that steps arc being
taken to elevate three miles of
highway on Ocracoke. arrange
ments arc being made with the
prison department regarding use
of prison labor on the banks, and
the beach erosion board of the
Army engineers has submitted re
ports and recommendations on re
building important sections of the
outer banks.
Sidney Usry of the State Board
of Health explained the mosquito
control district law and the asso
ciation secretary was asked to
send sample petitions to all com
munities. Petitions arc needed to
start wheels turning to organize
control districts.
It was pointed out that practi
cally every project recommended
at the association's 1957 meeting
had been carried out.
Attending from this county were
Mr. and Mrs. DuBpis, A. W. Dan
iels, Sterling Dixon. Alger Willis
and E. Davis, all of Davis.
Abram Lewis Hurt
On Island Saturday
Abram Lewis, a cerebral palsy
victim, Markers Island, received
slight cuts on the head Saturday
night on the island when the wa
gon, in which he propels himself,
was struck by a pickup truck.
Driving the pickup was Fred
erick Willis, Markers Island. Ac
cording to Patrolman W. J. Smith
Jr., Lewis was going along the
road in his wagon when Willis
came upon him. Willis swerved to
the left to avoid hitting him. but
his right rear bumper caught the
wagon and tipped it over, causing
Lewis to fall out. The accident
occurred after the movie.
No charges were filed. The pick
up is owned by Oliver Davis, Beau
fort.
Head* Campaign
Durham ? David Coley Black
of Morehcad City, a member of the
Duke Univeralty clasa of 1M7, haa
been appointed area chairman of
the univeraity 1957 5* Loyalty Fund
campaign in Morehcad City.