? CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
4>th YEAR, NO. 36. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Water Company
To Drill New
Well in Morehead
Well, Pumping Station
Will b? Located at
Fithor, 24th Streets
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The Carolina Water Co. today
announced through it* local man
ager, C. W Williams, that it
plana a new well and electric
pumping station for Morehead City
*t Fisher and 24th Streets.
The present plant at Filth Street
is loaded to capacity in the peak
seasons and aa a consequence,
pressures do not hold up in the
western side of town. The new
facility was located to provide in
creased pressure to the west resi
dences and improve fire protec
tion.
It is hoped a million gallon-per
day well will be developed. This
flow, pushing toward the Fifth
Street plant and elevated tank,
will give a two-way supply to
Morehead City and increased
volume of water for fire fighting,
Mr. Williams commented.
The drilling contract has been
let to Layne Atlantic Company of
Florence, S. C., which is presently
drilling a well for the Carolina
Water Co. in Seaufort.
The project is estimated to cost
$40,000 and should give Morehead
City an adequate supply of water
to meet its present demands as
well as the expansion contemplated
from the recent change in railroad
ownership and incicased activity
at the port.
The new well will be semi-auto
matic and will operate in conjunc
tion with the Fifth Street plant
where auxiliary gasoline equip
ment is available to meet hurri
cane emergencies.
Modern chlorination equipment
will be installed with the new well
pump for the purpose of disinfect
ing the water.
Phone Rate Raise
Hearing Today
Today the State Utilities flornmls
lion will consider Saroflna Tele
phone 'and Telegraph Company's
two requests for a rate raise.
The first raise went into effect
in November. The second raise
was requested in April.
To be forwarded to the East
Carolina Phone Fight Committee
today is $S.45 which has been con
tributed by NEWS-TIMES readers
toward fighting the rate raise. This
is it addition to the $80 sent earlier
this year in two Installments,
$42.65 and $37.35.
Contributed by the town of At
lantic Beach, which has become a
party to the action against the
phone company, was $20.
Representing towns a ad counties
in the Carolina Telephone territory
who are protesting the rate raise
is Samuel Behrends Jr., Albemarle
attorney.
Labor Bulletin
Reprints Articles
Two articles by Frank Nance,
Beaufort, supervising farm place
ment interviewer, have been re-,
printed in the Department of La
bor bulletin. Progress in Housing
for Migratory Workers.
Mr. Nance's articles first ap
peared in THE NEWS-TIMES last
spring.
Mr. Nance reminds boys and
girls 14 and over that they can
get employment blanks from their
principal if they would like to
work this summer.
This is part of the program ini
tiated by Mr. Nance to helii boyi
and girls find summer Job*- s
On the farm front, he reports
that a labor crew is picking straw
berries on the farm of Wayne
West. Newport
Leston Gillikin Jr.
Uninjured in Wreck
Leston Wheeler Gillikin Jr., It,
Washington, D. C., formerly of
Newport, was uninjured when his
car turned over at 1<S a.m. Sun
day on the Nine-Foot Road nine
tent t?* of a mile south of Newport.
Gillikin, driving a 1957 Ford, told
Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. that
he fell asleep. Gillikin has been
charted with reckless driving.
The ear traveled 100 feet after
leaving the proper lane of traffic
and ended up in a canal TS feet
from the hard surface. Damage to
the ear waa estimated at 1800.
Terrific Crowd
Atlantic Beach and the entire
Bogue Banks area aaw one of the
Mggeat crowds ever Sunday. Per
manent residents at the beach
claimed they never aaw a summer
crowd any trigger. Peak of the
traffic was between 1 and a p.m.
Mayor Dill Opens Show
Mayor George Dill, Morehead
City, snips the ribbon which offi
cially opened the Morehead City
Lions Club boat and auto show
Thursday night at the recreation
building.
Oscar Allred. Lions publicity
chairman, estimates that be
tween 3,000 and 3,500 saw the
show, the first of its type in this
area.
Looking on, above, left to right,
are Elmer Watson, David Mun
den, Victor Wickizer, Owens
Frederick, all Lions, George W.
Ball, Harlowe, Mrs. A. N. WUlis,
Morehead City, and her daugh
ter, Martha Ami.
Numbers of the 45 winning
door prizes will be posted in win
dows of downtown stores op
erated by Lions. Persons holding
the lucky number should go to
rnoio Dy bod Mymour
Early Jewelers where Mr. Allred
will inform them where they can
pick up their prize.
Prizes were donated by More
head City businessmen.
Mr. Allred says he believes the
Lions may have made a little bit
of money on the show, but he
said the main purpose was to
give boat and auto dealers an op
portunity to do more business.
County Approves $800 Fund
To Justify Storm Repairs
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Sought for Base
Congressman Graham A. Barden
announced Friday that the De
partment of Defense has requested
authorization for military construc
tion at Cherry Point air base for
the fiscal year 1969 in the amount
of *1 ,067,000.
The funds are being asked for
? radar air traffic control center
and station communications cir
cuits as well as a Naval supply
storehouse.
Authorization has also been
asked for construction of 849 hous
ing units at Cherry Point and 100
housing units at Camp Lejeune.
After Congress approves authori
zation, another bill must be passed
to make the money available.
Car Turns Over
At Junkyard
Arthur F. Tallman, Camp Le
jeune, was charged with driving
drunk, careless and reckless driv
ing and failure to stop for a stop
sign after he ran through the (top
sign it Arendell and Bridges
Streets, Morehead City, and turned
over in (rant of Willie Gray's
house. The accident happened at
11:13 p.m. Saturday.
Highway patrolman R. H. Brown
?0s that Tallman and two other
Marines were in the car when it
turned over. No one was injured.
The car, a 1952 Ford, tore up
about 35 feet ef the fence in front
of the bouse and plowed up grass
and shrubs in the yard. The ear
was a total loss.
Mr. Gray, who operates the
junkyard beside hi* house, is keep
ing the car, Patrolman Brown aays
that Tall man's lAnttance waa good
only on the base at Lejeune. The
car has New Jeraey license tags.
Marin*? Girlfriend G*t
Stranded in D*?p Sand
Lt. David Redfieid, Cherry Point, ]
and his girlfriend got stuck in the l
sand three mile* west of Fort Ma
con Friday, night. At S:10 a.m. ]
they contacted the Coast Guard ]
station and asked to get their ear
towed backlon the road. I
IN/1 Earl Sella and EN/2 James
Garoh took the station's power
w^goo and pulled the lieutenant's 1
1997 Chevrolet back an the road.
County commissioners approved
expenditure of $600 plus $200 (or
printing brochures on the county's
hurricane rehabilitation needs,
otherwise they weren't in a spend
ing mood yesterday.
The hurricane rehabilitation re
quest was presented by Cecil Mor
ris, Atlantic, and supported by
George Dill, Morehead City mayor:
J. A. DuBois, manager of the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce and Dan Walker, Beaufort
lown clerk.
Mr. Morris pointed out that Army
engineers need an estimate of the
amount of hurricane damage done
In the county, they need facts to
back up the estimate and the in
formation hai to be ready for pres
entation at a hearing in Beaufort
Monday, June 16.
The men seeking funds to em
ploy an engineer to do the neces
tary work said that the federal
government may spend as much as
(15 million in this county and along
the outer "banks to make improve
ments that would lessen damage
from any future hurricane.
Mr. Morris said Craven's esti
mate was $6 million and Pamlico's
|8 million.
Mr. DuBois and Mr. Walker said
bat Gray Haasel), Beaufort, haa
consented to do the work.
No Declaim
Miss Georgia Hughes, welfare
?uperintendent, asked whether the
ward had come to a decision on
.he welfare budget. A letter from
R. Eugene Brown, state director
of Public assistance, was read,
calling the board's attention to the
tact that balances in certain wel
fare funds in previous years could
lie used to make up increases
Meded this year.
The county's share in the wel
fare budget laat year was $7S,000.
Requested this year was over
1100,600 but it will probably be
trimmed down to $81,685.
The board said that no action
could be taken until all the budgets
were considered together.
Dr. Luther Fulcber, Mrs. Leota
Hammer and A. D. Fulford, county
unitarian, presented the budget
TMes at the Beaafort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, May 6
10:37 a.m.
10:54 p.m.
4:23 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
Wetoeaday, May T
11:34 a.m.
11:48 p.m.
5:13 a.m.
5:21 p.m.
Tharsday, May 8
12:28 a.m.
6:08 a.m.
6:18 p.m.
Friday, May 8
12:42 a.m.
7:05 a.m.
7:27 p.m.
request for the health department.
The total budget is $35,1(9. Items
in the budget this year, which
were not there last year, were
salary for a clerk and for Jani
torial services in the health cen
ter.
In salaries, increases, as called
for by the merit system, were
figured at a total of $24,720, as
compared with a salary total of
$22,135 last year.
James D. Potter, county auditor,
pointed out that salary increases,
requested by the welfare depart
ment were not allowed.
The total increase in the budget
this year, as compared xvith last,
is $3,449.53.
Mosquito Control
A. D. Fulford, sanitarian, re
ported $13,780 invested in mos
quito control in the county last
year. He said that spraying could
not begin this summer until funds
are made available.
The estimate for county invest
ment in control is $7,000. Com
missioner Harrell Taylor suggested
that spraying from the air is the
most effective method of spread
ing DDT. The possibility of getting
state help for spraying by plane
was discussed.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk
said that Sea Level citizens should
be complimented on the program
they have undertaken, on their
own, to get rid of the mosquitoes.
Farm Agent Badget
The budget presented by R. M.
Williams, coanty agent, and Mrs.
Floy Garner, home agent, m a
welcome sight to the commission
ers. They said it was the only
budget request, thus far, that is
not higher than last year's. The
total request is for $10,474.
It includes $(80 as the county's
share for an asaistant home agent,
if the state can find one.
Commissioners attending tfca
meeting were Moses Howard,
chairman; Walter Yeomans, Mr.
Tisylor, ' Odell Merrill and Mr.
Chalk.
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Police Take Truck
To Pick Up Dogs
More heid City Police Chief Her
bert Griffin says that his depart
ment is taking over a street de
partment truck for a dog wagon
The policemen have found so
many dogs in town that they have
trouble getting them in the cars,
he declares.
A dart gun that temporarily
paralyzes dogs has arrived and
policemen have begun, practicing
with It This gun will be used on
vicious dogs. Chief Griffin says
that within a few weeks it will be
mighty hard to find a loose dog in
the city limits.
Morehead Hospital Trustees
Plead for More County Funds
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Ticket Seller Tells How
To Clear Town's Deficit
Oscar Allred, who is handling
tickets on the color tv, fishing
rod, transistor radio, and elec
tric fry pan to be given away by
the Centennial Committee, yes
terday had a story to tell.
He said, "Saturday a lady
came in my store and said she
wanted some chances on the tv.
Usually, people who buy take
one or two chances. You could
have knocked me over with a
feather when she said she want
ed 25.
"If we had 98 more just like
that, the dcficit would be clcared
and Morchead City could hold
up its head again," Mr. Allred .
declared. "On the check ?he in
dicated that the money was to
be used to make up the 'Cen
tennial deficit," he said.
"II we can get 88 to give $25,
I'll be the 99th," he concluded.
T/Sgt. Paul Bray, who is in
charge of the give-away, is vis
iting in Rhode Island this week,
so the drawing for the prizes,
worth approximately $850, will
be held next week.
Persons have until next Mon
day to buy chances, at a dollar
each. They are available at
Early Jewelers, Leary's Store
for Men, Sanitary Barber Shop,
Economy Appliance and Beach
view Esso service station.
PT A-Sponsored Musical \
Show Scores Big Hit
The Musical Variety Show at'
Beaufort School played to a full
house Friday and Saturday nights.
The show was sponsored by the
Parent - Teachcr Association and
was directed by Mrs. Charles Has
sell.
An inovation was "live" tv
commercials, highly entertaining,
which were under the direction of
Hri. Ben Arrington.
Among the outstanding numbers
on the program were Sal Palazzo
ringing, and Jimmy Murphy on
the trumpet, presenting The Birth
of the Blues.
Grayden Paul was master of
ceremonies. Guest stars were Mrs.
Donnie Dudley, Mr?. Clifton Lynch,
Mrs. Jarvis Herring, Mr. Palazzo,
Mi? Bobbi Dennis, Guy Smith Jr.,
Mrs. Paul Geer Jr., Howard Jones
Jr., Mrs. Charles Kiag, Warren
Grant, Mrs. Vincent Wright and
Jimmy Murphy.
' "We high school *tee Club was
featured in choral music and diMe
numbers.
The glee club presented the
opening number with vocal solo
by Berta Fodrie, trumpet solo by
Denard Harris and baritone solo
by Sal Palazzo.
Mrs. Herring sang Gianina Mia;
Mrs. Dudley sang Wonderful Guy.
Featured in the Black Magic num
ber were Mrs. Lynch, Guy Smith,
Cynthia Dudley, Wiley Lewis Jr.,
Butch Hassell, Dallas Willis, Bill
Morgan and Pud Hassell.
Howard Jones Jr. appeared in
A1 Jolson Sings Again, Bobbi Den
nis in Somebody Loves Me, and
the master of ceremonies and Ann
Davis in a novelty number.
Maytime featured Mrs. Herring
and Sal Palazzo and other guest
Stars; the glee club members, ac
companied by a dance combo,
rocked and rolled, and numbers
in the finale, which included the
entire cast, were My Hero and
I'll See You Again.
Albert Chappell, PTA treasurer,
reported total gate receipt! were
$905.
County Earmarks
Dog Taxes for Dogs
The county commissioners,
meeting yesterday afternoon at
the courthouse, Beaufort, voted
to appropriate funds to be spent
in controlling stray dogs in the
county.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk,
Morehead City, made the motion
that all money collected in dog
taxes be spent in dog control,
such spending subject to the ap
proval of Moses Howard, chair
man of the board.
Morehead Band
To Present Spring
Concert at 8 Friday
The Morehead City High School
band will present its spring con
cert at t Friday in the school audi- <
torium. Ralph Wade, director, in
vites everyone. Admission is free.
The program follows: Meditation,
Atlantic Zephyrs, a cornet solo;
numbers from Gershwin'* Porgy
and Bess, the Goodwin trio.
Atlantis, Trombone Special, a
march; Song of India, Star Dust,
E Pluribus Unum, a march; My
Shawl, a rhumba; Goofin', a novel
ty number, and as the final num
ber, Gate City, a march.
Driver Cited Following <
Wreck Saturday Morning 1
Clyde O'Neal GUlikin, Otway, t
wis charged with reckless driving 1
and speeding at 1 a.m. Saturday i
after the 1954 Ford he was driv
ing failed to make a curve on the i
Cedar Island road. t
GUlikin was headed toward At- 1
lantic. The car came to rest in a i
drainage canal. Damage was ea
timated at $250. Gillikin waa not t
hurt. 1
Morehead City Hospital trustees made a life-or-death
pica before the county commissioners yesterday morning
for more funds to care for welfare patients placed in the
Morehead City Hospital.
The trustees said that unless more money was forthcom
ing to care lor the county i welfare"
patients, the hospital would have
to close.
Loss to the hospital on welfare
patients for the si* months ending
March 31, 1958 was $7,058.34 David
Willis, hospital administrator, said
that $25,500 annually is what the
hospital needs for taking care of
Ihe "no-pay" patients.
This, he explained, is just 75 per
cent of the total cost. The remain
ing 25 per cent could be absorbed
by the hospital.
The $25,500 figure was based on a
formula of 75 per cent of the per
day cost per welfare patient in the
hospital last year. That would be
[12.78 per day. The hospital is now
getting from the welfare depart
ment $9 per patient per day ? if
he funds are available Actual
:ost per day per patient is $17.04.
Once the amount set aside by the
welfare department for hospitaliia
;ion is used, then the hospital re
jives nothing, even if the fiscal
year has not expired.
The number of welfare patients
icing sent to the hospital has in
creased this year over last, ac
cording to figures furnished by the
lOspital. Admitted during the first
six months of the current fiscal
ear were 995.
Figures were also presented to
(how that of Carteret, Craven,
Dnslow and Pamlico Counties, Car
eret pays the least for hospital pa
tents on welfare rolls.
Set up for hospital care for those
>atients in the 1958-59 budget is
57 ,000, which is less than a third
>f what the cost to the hospital will
yc.
The county commissioners said
hat they would consider the re
|uest and have an answer for the
lospital board in the next 30 day?.
The hospital i( supported by
Horehead City tax funds.
Appearing before the board, in
iddition to Mr. Willis, were John
L Crump. Robert L. Hicka, hos
pital trustees, and Mayor George
Bill, Morehead City
Two Men Hurt
In Accident
Leston Gillikin, Newport, and
Harvey Jones, Morehead City,
were slightly injured in an auto
iccldent at 10:30 Saturday morn
ng on Highway 24 two miles west '
rl the highway 70 intersection.
They were in a 1957 Chevrolet
lriven by Zion Lewis, route 1
tiorehead City. ?
Patrolman W. E. Pickard said I
hat Lewis failed to make a curve, J
vent through a ditch, a field and I
?nded up back on the highway.
Owner of the car waa Gillikin, I
vhose son was in an accident on
he Nine-Foot Road about 17 hour* 1
ater. Lewis has been charged with <
ipeeding, resulting in in accident.
Both Jones and Gillikin were 1
retted for minor injuries at the I
?forehead City Hospital. ' |j
Weatherman Honored
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The U. 8. WtathtT ftnen haa fiillil a >riaai Leafth at Service Award to I. Miwr Dtih, Mart
head City, aa a takes ef aprnlaMia tar kiThf c gamete* M yean a f amtn aa a U. 8. Weather
lanai ihiinii. The award la la the tana a< ? lapel taUaa wfci the aaaihat a I jean* aarrtee ihaaa
Ifl-Year-Old Boy
Injured by Car
On Highway U
Ten ? year - old Sheldon Dawson
Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cal
vin Russell, route 2 Newport, suf
fered a broken leg at 7:35 a.m.
yesterday morning when he was
hit by a car on Highway 24 six
miles east of Swansboro.
Driver of the car was Homer
Fulcher, Stacy.
Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. said
that Russell and three other chil
dren ran out on the highway in
front of the Fulcher car, a 1955
Mercury. Fulcher was headed
west.
Another car was going east at
the same time. Patrolman Smith
said the children apparently were
watching the car going east and
did not see Fulcher's car. Three
of them escaped being hit.
The boy's legs were broken be
tween the knee and the thigh. He
was taken to the hospital by a
motorist prior to the time the Dill
ambulance arrived. No charges
were filed against the driver.
County Board
Considers Two
Road Requests
Two road gutters were brought
before the county commissioners
yesterday morning. Mrs. Walter
Lawrence, Otway, requested that
the road from Highway TO at Ot
way to Ward's Creek be improved.
A petition was presented asking
that the Nassau Road at Smyrna
be paved.
Mrs. Lawrence said that neither
the school bus nor the rural mail
carrier goes on the road to Ward's
Creek, although there are IS homes
on it and two community ceme
teries.
The board went on record to ask
the State Highway Commission to
make a traffic count on the road.
The petition on the Nassau Road
was accompanied by a letter from
Adm. James W. Davis, USN, who
Is in Paris. Admiral Davia, who
owns property along the road, said
It would be advantageous to all
property owners if the road Were
bard-surfaced.
The road, a mile long, runs from
Highway 70 southeast to Ward's
Creek. It has seven homes on it
and two on ore are to be biiiU, ac
cording to the petition. The road
turns off from Highway 70 a short
distance east of the Smyrna Drive
in theatre.
The petition has been turned
aver to the highway commission
lor final action.
J. L. Humphrey, county ' road
luperintendent, reported that the
grade is being prepared on the
Stella road, prior to paving.
Police Check
On Two Wrecks
Morehead City policemen tavei
igated two accident! Friday. The
!irst was at 10:15 a.m. at 7th and
trendell Streets.
Harold 1. Bell of New York City
lad stopped (or ? traffic light In
i 1958 Cadillac. Gordon Earl Free
nan pulled up behind him in a
1949 Ford truck and the brakes
[ave way. Total damage waa es
imated at XO by Sgt. William J.
Dondie, who investigated.
The second accident at 9:40 p.m.
iraa at 1906 Bay St. and involved
hree cars. A 19M Mercury owned
>y Benjamin Tootle, Newport
WD, was parked on one side of
he street and a 1951 Chevrolet
iwned by Lenwood Pickett, More
lead City, waa parked on the other
itde.
Charles Johnson. Morehead City,
ried to drive Ida l#46 DeSoto be
ween the two cars and hit both
4 them. CapL C. E. Bunch invea
igated the accident and said dam
i|c totaled about $200.
Waoda Ura
Newport firemen answered a call
o a woods fire two Biles west of
Newport on Highway 1? Saturday
?fteraooo. No property daaufa
raa raiiaad