CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
Tho Heart Fund
Helps Your Heart
*7th YEAR, NO. 14. EIGHT PAGES AND COMICS MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
SPA Hires Ports Director
Port Officials!
Review Case
D Leon Williams, who has ac
cepted the position as executive di
rector of North Carolina state
ports, has informed John M.
Reeves, SPA chairman here, that
the investigation of Georgia ports
by the Georgia SPA does not in
volve Mr. Williams. The investiga
tion, he claims, has arisen as the
result of a dispute between Gov.
Marvin Griffin and his opponents.
Chairman Reeves, since the in
vestigation has been publicised in
this state, says that final agree
ment with Mr. Williams, as to his
being ports director here, will not
be made until further inquiry is
made into the Georgia allegations.
Georgia State Sen. Bobby Lee
Cook heads the senate committee
looking into operations of the Geor
gia State Ports Authority. Cook
says the Georgia ports have been
operated "in a very careless man
ner".
In a newspaper interview he is
quoted as saying that the Atlanta
offices of the Georgia authority
have been used for several years
as private offices of a steamship
shipping company in which Gov
ernor Griffin is said to be interest
ed.
Mr Williams' offices are in Sa
vannah, but Cook claimed the oc
cupancy of the Atlanta office was
with his knowledge.
Chairman Reeves issued the fol
lowing statement Friday:
"The allegations brought against
Mr. II. Leon Williams, director of
the Georgia State Ports Authority, |
by Georgia State Senator Bobby
Lee Cook came as a great shock to i
me and to the other members of i
the State Ports Authority.
"These allegations are in com- j
ptelc variance with the exhaustive
report furnished the State Porta
Authority by the management firm
which screened prospects for this
position.
"1 am asking this firm to make
an Immediate investigation of these
allegations, and also I am asking
Mr. Williams for a full and com
plete explanation."
The job consulting firm whicH
recommended Mr. Williams for the
job is liaody Associates of New
York City.
The firm has been paid $600 of
Its $3,500 fee for screening ports
director applicants, says Ed Kirk,
secretary to the SPA.
Mr. Williams said in Savannah
Friday that the current investiga
tion of the Georgia ports "has
nothing to do with my leaving. 1
started negotiating for the new job
prior to the ports investigation."
Robert E. Frankenfield of Sa
vannah, chairman of the Georgia
Ports Authority, expressed surprise
upon learning that Mr. Williams
had accepted the North Carolina
port. He said, "The change is a
complete shock to me. We will ac
cept the resignation with reluct
apce."
19Vi Days Elapse
Without Word
From Mel West
At noon yesterday, days
bad elapsed without word {rom
Morehead City adventurer Mel
West. The Coast Guard is still
keeping a lookout for West, wbo
left Morehead City Jan. 29 on his
second try to navigate the 580
miles of open ocean to Bermuda
in an outboard motorboat.
A NEWS-TIMES reporter called
at the West home at 3 p.m. yes
terday. Mrs. West had just re
ceived a call from Coast Guard
district headquarters but she was
so upset by the call that she could
not relate what she was told. She
was in tears. It was assumed that
the Coast Guard said they had
found no trace of West.
West left Morehead City hoping
to follow a weather front ioto Ber
muda, thereby gaining advantage
of relatively calm seas. The wea
ther has changed, though, taking
a decided turn for the worse.
Waves up to 19 feet high have
been reported in the area where
he is believed to be.
There has been no official report
concerning the Coast Guard's plana
on the search.
Persons Invited
To Take Vaccine
Persons who have not yet been
Inoculated with polio vaccine are
urged to get the vaccine without
delay.
The series of three shots should
be started now to assure the lar
gest measure of immunity by the
time summer arrives.
Shots are available without cost
at the county health department
far persons up to 40 years of age.
They may be gotten also at the
doctor's 'office.
After the vaccine available now
at the health department goes oat
of date, it la not known whether
any more will be available.
Cold Paralyzes
Inside Fishing
Offshore Trawlers Do
Well When They Can
Get Out, Official Says
The Intense.cold has paralyzed;*
'inside fishing" (non ocean) of all;
kinds. C. 0. Holland, commercial.
fisheries commissioner said yea
terday. '
This winter has probably been i
the worst since 1917 when North J
River and many of the sounds 1
froze over, Commissioner Holland 1
said Then a lot of fish were picked
up, frozen. ?
The cold has played hob with
the shad and herring season. Many
of the fishermen have not been
able to get their stakes out j
The trawlers working offshore J
make good catches when they can i
get out. Last week's hauls of
croakers and sea mullets were
good. The boats may get two work
days a we*'k, but not in succes
sion, Commissioner Holland com
mented.
How will the cold affect the
shrimp season? Commissioner Hol
land said that the shrimp might
have had enough sense to burrow
deeper in the mud to escape the
cold.
Dr. A F. Chestnut, director of
Lhe Institute of Fisheries Research,
said that on the occasional cold
winters prior to this, small frozen
shrimp were sometimes washed up
on the shore. None have been re
ported thus far this year, he said.
Mercury Drops
To 14 Sunday
The temperature plunged to a
low of 14 Sunday night, freezing
rivers, water pipes and automo
biles. Weather observer Stamey
Davis says it was the coldest
night he has recorded since he
began checking the weather in
1947.
A low of 16, recorded last De
cember, was the previous record
for Mr. Davis, who still remem
bers the winter of 1917 when
Bogue Sound froze over. The mer
cury registered seven degrees
above zero during that cold snap.
Mr. Davis says that he has seen
a number of blue birds and robins
in the past week and predicts that
spring is right around the corner.
"We will have more cold weather
in March and a little in April, but
1 don't think there will be much
more like this," he says.
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures and wind direction for
the weekend follow:
Max. Min. Wind
Thursday 36 31 WNW
Friday 40 24 SW
Saturday 50 32 SW
Sunday 50 30 W
Monday ?14 ?
Petitions Sent Out
The All-Seashore Highway Asso
ciation has mimeographed model
petitions on requesting formation
of a mosquito control district. The
petitions have been mailed to coun
ties and towns along the coast.
(Editor's Note: The following Is the newsstory on the new state
ports director as released by the SPA late Thursday. Feb. IX After
the announcement, It was re reeled by a Raleigh newspaper that the
new appointee, D. Leon Williams, Is Involved In a Georgia Senate in
vestigation which alleges that the Georgia state ports program has not
been properly handled under his directorship).
Raleigh, Feb. 13 ? The director
of the Georgia State port program,
D. Leon Williams, 61, of Savannah,
has been named as new executive
director of the North Carolina State
Ports Authority. The appointment
of Mr. Williams was announced to
lay by John M. Reeves of Pine
hurst, chairman of the authority,
and becomes effective March 15.
Governor Hodges has considered
I he recommendation of the author
ity, as required by law. and has
approved the selection of Mr. Wil
jaras. "I am impressed with Mr.
Williams' record and believe the
North Carolina Ports Authority has
employed a man with great experi
ence in ports work," he said. "We
are looking to him to provide the
active supervision and direction
which is needed to accelerate our
?itate Ports program in the *co
lomic development of our state."
Mr. Williams has agreed to a
two-year contract at ao annual
salary of $18,000; with the state ap
propriations paying for $12,000 of
this total and the remainder com
ing from operating funds of the
Ports Authority.
This compared with a $12.noo sal
ary paid from state appropriations
and $1,200 from operating funds to
the past executive director, who
was a retired Army colonel receiv
ing federal retirement pay, it is
understood, of approximately $7,
000, providing a total income of
more than $20 000 per year
In its search for an experienced
new ports director, the SPA found
that salaries for qualified and ex
perienced men In this skilled pro
fession ran from $15,000 $30,000 or
j more at other comparable port op
j erations
See SPA, Page 2
Beaufort Scouts Honored
Sammy Merrill, left, and Allen Autry were promoted to the rank
of Eagle Scout at special services In the First Baptist Church, Beau
fort, Sunday morning. The badges were presented by J. E. Crowe,
Beaufort, chairman of the Carteret District Scout Committee.
Grover Munden Heads Town
Student Exchange Project
Graver Munden was elected
chairman of the Morehead City
Student Exchange Project at a
steering committee meeting Fri
day night at the civic center. Mr.
Munden is president of the Rotary
Club.
Morehead City's application for
a foreign student to study in its
high school next year was mailed
Saturday to the American Field
Service, which sponsors study of
foreign high school .students here,
and abroad.
Mr. Munden says he expects to
name committees soon to carry
out the project. The student ex
change program has been spear
beaded by the Morehead City Wo
man's Club as a phase of the
statewide activity, Operation World
Friendship. Mrs. A. B. Roberts,
Morehead City, is state chairman
of Operation World Friendship.
Persons attending Friday night's
meeting and the organliation each
represented were Mr. Munden, Ko
tary; Mrs. W. M. Brady, Junior
Woman's Club; the Rev. J. F. Her-!
bert, County Ministers Associa
tion and First Methodist Church.
Mrs. John Lashley, First Bap
tist Church; Mrs. A F. Chestnut,
First Presbyterian Church; Mrs.
Paul Branch, St. Andrew's Epis
copal Church; Mrs. Ray Brown,
American Association of Univer
sity Women.
Lonwood lee, Morehead City
School; Paul Br3v, County Toast
masters: C. B. Wade, Emeritus
Club; Dr. Robert Barnum, Jay
cees; Rufus Butner, Morehead City
Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Tru
man Kemp. Woman's Club; Mayor
George Dill, town of Morehead
City, and Mrs. Roberts.
Club Plans Easter Seal Sale
Junior Woman'* Oak member* who are planning the Eaiter Seal campaign for Ike Society for Crip
pled Children and AdnH* are Mr*. Roy llntchins Jr., Mr*. Roma Myron, Mr*. Dick Spear*, Mr*. Wayne
Thoihpnoa, Mr*. John Gaiaey, Mrs. Thoma* Noe and Mrs. Jerry NorrK
Committee heads (or the IBM
Easter Seal campaign met in the
home of Mrs. John Gainey Wed
nesday morning for an organisa
tional meeting.
Literature was distributed to
committee heads and committees
appointed. Working with Mrs. Roy
Hutchins on coin containers will
be Mrs. Pat Dick. Mrs. Rufus But
ner, Mrs. Frank Cassiano. Mrs.
Dorothy Freeman will work with
Mrs. Richard Spears in prepare
tlon for Uly Day and Coffee Day.
Serving under the chairmanship
of Mrs. Wayne Thompson on the i
schools committee will be Mrs.
Harry Venters, Mrs. Hildrcd Par
ker, Mrs. Zeb Mauney. Mrs. Peg
gy Donnelly, and Mrs. W. M.
Brady.
Chairman of the records com- :
mittee ia Mrs. Roma Styron and :
her committee is composed of
Mrs. Billy Bell, Mrs. Joe Beam, '
Mrs. Seldon Sherwood, and Mrs. i
William Plckard.
Serving on the accounting com
mlttce under Mr>. Jerry Norris I
ii Mrs. John Gainey, Mrs. Pat |
Lrary, and Mra. Thornaa Noc
Miaa Alida Willis. who U mail
ing chairman, will select her com
mitlec from non-club members
Publicity chairman is Mra. Thomas I
L. Noe. Campaign treasurer is
Mrs D. G. Bell
The Easter Seal Campaign,
which begins next month, is being I
sponsored by the Morebead City|
Junior Woman's Club.
Candidates in May Primary
Get Ready to Wage Battle
Coin Cart Gets Test
Police commissioner Ted Garner, right, takes a look at the new
coin collector cart being used In Morehead City. Police Li. Carl
Biomberg unlocks a meter, takes out the coin box, and deposits the j
money In the box on the cart.
Thank You for My Heart'
This is tho month of the Heart
Fund Drive.
Louis Johnson, Beaufort, if one
of the children who has undergone
a serious heart operation. It has
made him a normal, healthy boy.
He tells about the operation,
which he underwent last year, in
the following article:
My name is I/Ouis Johnson and
I am 10 years old, am in the 6th
grade at Queen Street School,
Beaufort.
All my life I've had a bad heart.
At school I couldn't march in the
band or play ball. The whitea of
my eyes were always blood-shot
and my skin and fingernails were
always a sick purple.
The worst part of all, though,
usually came at night when I
couldn't get my breath and Daddy
would have to rush me to the hos
pital so that I could be given oxy
gen.
My parents read about the opera
tion and I looked at the pictures.
They were afraid for me to have
this surgery. I didn't believe it
could be much worse than fighting
to breathe.
They knew that if I didn't have
this operation that I wouldn't live
more than two years. They knew
also that I could very easily lose
my life if I had it. The decision
was difficult for them to make.
The last time Daddy carried me
to Morchead City Hospital in the
night while I struggled to breathe,
I said "Daddy, I don't want to die".
I think that then he decided to give
me my only chance to live.
We had an appointment with Dr.
Haler, John Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore on April 25, 1957.
On my last day at school April
23. 1957, everyone was swell. I
received a lot of presents and
everyone said they'd be praying for
me while I was in the hospital.
A few days before we left iny
Mother apd Daddy took me to my
church where our pastor met us
and prayed for me
Do you know that before they
operated on me they had to lower
my temperature down to 86 de
grees? They first put me to sleep,
then I whs placed on a mattress of
finely crushed ice, and covered
with a similar blanket, until my
temperature reached 86 degrees.
See THANK YOU, Page 6
Tide Table
Tides it the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Feb. 18
8:10 a.m. 2:03 a.m.
8:34 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. It
8 48 a.m. 2:44 a.m.
9:12 p.m. 3:08 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 20
9:24 a.m. 3:22 a.m.
8:49 p.m. 3:42 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 21
10:00 a.m. 3:58 a.m.
10:25 p.m. 4:13 p.m.
Although the May 31 Democratic*
primary U more than three month*
away, candidate* are already get
ting their forces lined up for a suc
cessful campaign.
Congressman Graham Barden,
Democratic congressman from the
third congressional district, which
includes Carteret, has announced
that be will run again. Robert D.
Rouse Jr., solicitor for the fifth
district, which includes Carteret,
has announced his candidacy.
Mr. Rouse and Luther Hamilton
Jr., Morehead City, vied for the
solicitor's office in the 1054 pri
mary. The contest went into a run
off which Mr. Rouse won.
Congressman Barden faced his
most serious opposition in years in
1356 when Jimmy Simpkins of New
Bern sought the Democratic nom
ination for Congressman, but the
old pro, Congressman Barden, won
with flying colors.
Candidates have until noon Sat
urday, April 19. to file for general
assembly, county and township of
fices.
County Kepubileans got in tnc j
fight with both feet in 1954. Ap- ;
pearing on the November ballot
were the names of Grayden Paul. j
for general assemblyman; R. K.
Montague, clerk of superior court; j
G. W. Duncan Jr., sheriff; J. D. ,
Daniels, register of deeds; Chris
t i n e Carroll Garner, coroner; j
George J. Brooks, surveyor; A. L. !
Wilson for justice of the peace, !
Newport, and for county commis- i
sioner: Delmar towis, WaddeU
Pridgen, Elnier D. Willis, Elmo j
Wade, and Guy L. McCain.
The only offices where Demo- i
cratic Incumbents had opposition j
in the 1954 May primary were j
sheriff, register of deeds, county j
commissioner and Morehead City
township constable.
Punning for sheriff were Hugh |
Sailer, the late Ray Higbsmlth and
G. T. Spivev; for register of deeds,
Inin W Davis. Vivian A. Chad
wick, and A. L. (Bull) Brinson.
For county commissioner: Moses
Howard, Dr K P. R Bonner, Wal
ter Yeomans, Edward Potter, Gas
ton Smith, Alvah B. Taylor, Walter
B. Chadwick, Vernon Guthrie,
Julian Brown and Ronald E. Good
win.
For Morehead township consta
ble, George Smith and William
Murphy Jenkins.
The Democrats without opposi
tion in the primary were D. G.
Bell, for general assembly; A. H.
James, clerk of superior court;
Lambert Morris, judge of county
recorder's court; Wiley Taylor Jr.,
solicitor of county recorder's court.
L. D Springle, coroner; Phillip
K. Ball, surveyor; A. R. Craig,
justice of the peace, Newport
township; R. E. Chaplain, Beau
fort township constable, and Wil
liam C. Dugee, Newport township
constable.
Loaif Johnson
. . . sarrd by oprratton
Bonner Home Razed
rhoto Dy r. u sniuoury
This home, until recently a part of the I). B. Willis estate, is be
ing torn dorni to make war for a bnslness building.
By F. C. SALISBURY
To make way for a new store
building on Arendctl Street in
Morehcad City, the former Bonner
house at 10th and Arendell Streets
is being razed.
This property was recently pur
chased by Henry 11. White and
Ben R. Alford from the heirs of
the late Mrs. Kate Parks. They
will erect a one-story brick bus
iness building containing two store
spaces. A similar building of this
size and construction is being
built on the adjoinnig lot, formerly
owned by Mrs I<cla Chad wick
The bouse being razed was built
by the late Dr. K P. B. Bonner in
1912, seven years after he came
to Morehead City to practice. He
had completed his medical train
ing at the Medical College of Vir
ginia, come to Morehead City in
1903, arid established his office in
a small building on 10th Street,
on the site of the Goodwin house,
which had been the office of Dr.
Mclntyre. Dr. Mclntyre died short
ly before Dr. Bonner came to the
city.
Dr. Bonner married Mita Nellie
C. Boll In 19(16. After the comple
tion of the new house, it was the
family home up to the time of the
death of Mrs. Bonner in 1922. This
house was built high above the
ground with basement spaee be
low, serving as the doetor'a office.
It attracted much interest during
its erection, for it was one of the
few houses in the city with a full
height basement
This corner property at the lime
of purchase by Or. Bonner was
vacant. The Dress Shop, now lo
cated at Mb' and Arendell Streets,
had its start in the basement oI
this house. Later a bookstore op
erated there for a short time.
'58 Beaufort Rural Firo
Duo* Are Payable Now
Now due are 19St dues in the
Beaufort Rural Fire Association.
The dues are $S per member
per year. They may be paid at
Biggs Shoe Shop, Beaufort, or to
Mrs. W. J. I pock, secretary of the
association, Beaufort - Morehead
Causeway.
The dues were payable Jan. 1.
Corporation
Formed to Build
Municipal Hall
A non-profit corporation, organ
ized for the purpose of erecting a
municipal building at Atlantic
Beach, has been formed.
The organization is the Atlantic
Beach Improvement Corp. Money
to buy land on which the building
will be located, and for building
the municipal hall, will be raised
by selling stock.
The town will then rent space
in the building. Rental funds will
be used to reimburse stockholders.
When the building and land are
paid for, the corporation will bo
dissolved.
Those are the plans, according
to Mayor A. B Cooper, who is
president of the corporation.
Letters went out Saturday to a
hundred beach property owners,
inviting them to invest In the cor
poration. It is suggested that the
property owner buy two shares of
stock at a hundred dollars per
share.
The land selected for the muni
cipal building site is on the Salter
Tath Road, east of Fleming's Mo
tel The property is available at
$2,500, according to Mayor Cooper.
It is anticipated that the town
hall will contain a municipal of
fice, a fire station and additional
rental area.
Officers and directors of tlje cor
poration have already taken two
shares each, Mayor Cooper says.
They are W. L. Derrickson. vice
president; M. G. v,oyle, secretary
treasurer; A. F. Fleming, R. A.
Barefoot, Dr. Edward Bizzell and
C. G. McFetters, directors.
Chairman Lists
Heart Captains
Mi.si Vivian May, heart fund
chairman (or Morebcad City, an
nounced yesterday the namea of
the captains who will be in charge
of collecting money on Heart Sun
day, Feb. 23.
Each captain has been assigned
a section of town and will select
workers to go from door to door
between 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday after
noon.
The captains are Miss Lillian F.
Giddens, Mrs. O. G. Sterlen, Mrs.
James Smith, Mrs. Walter Lasker,
Mrs. Percy Deyo, Mrs. Lottie
Ogleaby, W. C. Matthews, S. R.
McLendon. Mrs. Clem Johnson and
Miss Alida Willis.
Miss May reports that Morrbead
City contributed $400 to the Heart
Fund last year. If each person in
town would give just 10 cents, the
1957 amount would be doubled, she
said
Miss May. who is director of
nurses at Morehcad City Hospital,
said that there are 500.000 children
in the United States who need
heart care. The famous "blue
baby" operation alone costs be
tween $3,000 and $6,000.
Debra Garner. Morehead City,
who underwent the operation in
September, had a checkup in Jan
uary and is doing well, Miss May
reported.
Heart Fund income is used to fi
nance research on heart and blood
vessel diaases
Fish Boats Must
Get Licenses
Anyone using commercial fishing
gear or marketing fish caught by
handlines will be prosecuted after
Saturday, Feb. 22, if they don t
have a 1958 commercial fishing
license.
This was the announcement
made yesterday by C. G. Holland,
commercial fishcriea commission
er.
Commissioner Holland says it
has been a bad winter and his of
fice has been as easy on the fish
erman as possible, but Feb. 22 ia
the absolute deadline for getting
new license tags.
The deadline was supposed to
have been Feb. 1, but the time
was extended. Any heat which haa
been working since the first of the
year must have its license by the
end of this week, the commission
er emphasized. 1957 tags expired
Dec. 31, 1957.
Sells Tags >
The town of Atlantic Beach la
selling automobile license Ufa to
all persona who own property In
town. The toga are $1 each.