I TODAY IS
INDEPENDENCE
DAY
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
4tth YEAR, NO. 63. SIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. JULY 4, 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Riding High on Fourth of July
Three Morehead City lassies show how to have fun on the Fourth of July at the beaeh. This pictare was
ai eye-catcher even before it was takes. Operator of the rtde was ao boiy watching the girls, he fell
over his own chain fence. Hiding high is Ellen Bordeaux; the others are Sue Bordeaux and Marguerite
Edwards.
Rotarians Install
B. E. Tarkington
As Club President
B. E. Tarkington was installed
as president of the Beaufort Ro
tary Club Tuesday night at the
Scout building. Retiring president
David Jones handed Mr. Tarking
ton the gavel in a brief ceremony. !
Vice - president - elect James
Wheatley resigned from the club
effective June 30. Another vice
president will be elected later. Dr.
W. L. Woodard was re-elected and
will continue his duties as secre
tary-treasurer.
It was ladies night. Visitors were
R. P. Moore, Goldsboro, and May
nard Owens, Beaufort.
The club will meet again at 6:45
p.m. Tuesday at the Scout build
ing on Pollock Street.
Bruce Tarkington
heads Rotary Club
Chaperone Chosen
To Visit Charlotte
With Beauty Queen
The Morehead City Jaycees have
lelected Mrs. Russ Willan as cha
perone for Bonnie Fish, Miss
Morehead City, at the state beauty
pageant in Charlotte. The state
contest will be conducted July 9-12.
A discussion of final details for
lending Miss Fish to the contest
occupied most of the Jaycee meet
ing Monday night. The Jaycecs
met at the Blue Ribbon Club.
The Jaycees also made plans to
continue working on the new town
park at Camp Glenn. Materials for
tables and benches was due by last
night. Jaycees met at the park
Wednesday afternoon and worked
hi the grounds.
Soil Conservationist Welcomed
Howard Garner, Newport, enter, county aoll conservation a Mr, introduce! Mayaard B. Owen, right,
to John Yoaag of Stella. Mr. Yoaaf h cbalrnan of the county nit of Soil Cuasenratioa District Sapor
viion. Mr. Owena Is the ie* county Ml coaaervationiat. T,
Maynard H. Owens started
duty in Beaufort Tuesday ai toil
eonaervationist for Carteret
County, announced R. P. Moore,
area eonaervationist of the Soil
Conservation Service. Mr. Owena
fUle the poeition vacated by Da
vid F. Jones Jr., who transferred
to the Bureau of Yards and
Doeki of the Navy recently.
Mr. Owens came to the Soil
Conservation Service from the
Farmers Home Administration
in Hertford County. He grad
uated from NC State College in
19S2 with a degree in agricultural
?ducatioc. After graduation, be
taught vocational agriculture in
Camden County. He ia brother
to Jot Owens, vocational agri
culture teacher at Smyrna High
School.
Mr. Owena la ? native of WU
aon County. He waa born and
reared on ? farm where the prin
cipal crop waa tobacco.
Assistant Port
Manager Starts
Duties This Week
? Charles R. McNeill Will
Assist W. Friederichs
? New Official Comes
Here From Whiteville
Charles R. McNeill, Whiteville.
started duties this week as assist
ant operations manager at More
head City state port.
Mr. McNeill is a graduate of the
Merchant Marine Academy, King's
Point, N. Y , and has had a total
of five years' experience in mari
time work, including his school
ing.
He has sailed as deck officer in
all categories up to chief mate.
At Whiteville, Mr. McNeill was
in the retail drug business.
Mr. McNeill has done both com
mercial and fine art work. Through
art work he did for the South Caro
lina ports, he became interested
inaffiliation with the North Caro
lina State Ports Authority, for
which he has also done some illus
trations.
Mr. McNeill describes himself
as a realist when it comes to
painting. His interest does not lie
in abstract art. Beginning July 10,
he will have a one-man show in
the State College Union, Raleigh.
He will show 20 watercolors, sea
scapes and North Carolnia scenes.
"I guess those critics that go
for the abstract will tear me
apart," he predicts.
Mr. McNeill is a member of the
American Watercolor Society and
has sold illustrations to the Ford
Times as well as other magazines.
He has also illustrated for the
marine magazine, Rudder.
Mr. McNeill's wife is the for
mer Frances Sansbury of Tim
monsville, S. C. They have a
daughter, Janice, 11, and a son,
Charles Jr. (Chuck), 6.
Charles R. McNeill
. . . new SPA employee
Church Employs
New Director
Miss Ruth Durham, Hickory, on
Tuesday joined the staff of the
First Baptist Church, Beaufort, as
music and religious education di
rector. Miss Durham succeeds
Mrs. Robert B. Piner, who resign
ed several months ago.
Miss Durham attended Hickory
public schools and Mars Hill Col
lege. She received her bachelor's
degree at Lenoir Rhyne and her
master's in religious education at
Southern Seminary, Louisville, Ky.
Prior to coming to Beaufort.
Miss Durham was director of re
ligious education at Viewmont Bap
tist Church, Hickory.
This is Miss Durham's first ex
perience of living on the coast She
says she's enjoying every minute
of it.
The new religious education di
rector is making her home with
Mrs. E. L. Davis. 801 Ann St.
Suspends Licenses
The state driver license division
has suspended the licenses of Al
fred Anderson Sr.. Beaufort, and
Murphy Dise, Morehead City. An
derson's license was taken for
transporting whisky and Dise lost
his after his second conviction of
driving over 55 miles an hour. 1
Owners Take Free-Roaming
Livestock Off Core Banks
Highway Patrol Promotes !
Sergeants Chadwick,Teague 1
In formal ceremonies at Raleigh
Tuesday morning, Sgt. Richard H.
(Dick) Chadwick, native of Beau
fort, was promoted to lieutenant
in the State Highway Patrol. The
ceremonies took place in the of
fice of James R. Smith, command
ing officer of the patrol.
Also promoted to lieutenant was
Sgt. Clark Teague, New Bern, who
supervises the highway patrol
area, including Carteret. He is
being transferred to Salisbury and
will be replaced by Sgt. Ernest
Guthrie, a native of Harkers Is
land.
The new lieutenants took oaths
of office administered by Thad
Eure, secretary of state.
Lieutenant Chadwick, 39, has
been officer in charge of district
3, troop B, a 17-man detachment
in Wake County. He has been re
assigned as executive officer of 1
troop B, with headquarters at
Fayetteville.
Lieutenant Chadwick is a grad- '
uate of Beaufort High School, at
tended Eton College and East
Carolina College, and is a graduate
of Southern Police Institute, Louis
ville, Ky. A Navy veteran, he
joined the highway patrol July 1,
1941, was promoted to corporal j
July 1, 1951, to sergeant April 1, I
1952 and has been in Raleigh since
that time.
He is married to the former .
Maude Bloodgood, Swansboro. .
They have two children.
Lieutenant Teague, 42, joined the c
patrol May 1, 1939, was promoted [
to corporal July 1, 1951, and to "
sergeant Aug. 29, 1952.
A lormer resident of Hickory, '
he, too, is a graduate of Southern (
Police Institute. His wife is the *
former Mary Wrenn, Greensboro.
How Would You Like
To Spend the Fourth?
ABC Board Sets
Hearing on Ann's
The State Board of Alcoholic
Control, Raleigh, has scheduled
a hearing relative to revocation
of the beer permit now held by
Ann's Drive-In. Ann's Drive ln
is located on highway 70, west of
Morehead City.
W. S. Hunt, chairman of the
board, has set the hearing for
Tuesday, July 29, at the court
house, Beaufort. The hour, as
yet, has not been announced. Mr.
Hunt says that all interested per
sons are invited to testify at the
hearing.
Ann's Drive-In is now off limits
to military personnel.
Newport Rotarians
To Install Officers
Monday Night
The Newport Rotary Club will
install its new officers Monday
night when it meets at the school
lunchroom. The new president is
Junius Creech who will take the
place of C. H. Lockey.
E. B. Comer will take Mr.
Creech's place as vice-president.
Robert K. Montague will be secre
tary and Nathan H. Garner will
be treasurer. New sergeant-at
arms is Walter D. Roberts.
Plans for the installation cere
mony were discussed at this week's
meeting. Elbert Weeks, Morehead
City, was a visitor at the meeting.
Junius Creech
... to take helm
Revokes Ucease
The state driver license division
has revoked the license of Stell
Stephens, route 2 Newport, {or
drunken driving.
Patrolmen Cover the Roads
Every man on the State Highway Patrol will be on
duty this weekend. This is no holiday for highway pa
trolmen.
The highway patrol, to curb holiday accidents, will
have in operation all weapons at its command, includ
ing unmarked patrol cars, and radar, better known to
the motoring public as "whammies".
Probably one of the biggest traffic jams this week
end will be on highways leading to and from Atlantic
Beach. Motorists are aaked to be patient, obey signals
of traffic officers and try to avoid the beach roads dur
ing the peak traffic hours between 3 and 6 p.m. daily.
Have a safe, and happy Fourth. We hope all of us
will be here tomorrow to talk ?t>out it fondly.
" The Fourth of July is THE big I
summer holiday. Six youngsters, '
most of them visiting in the coun- *
ty, were asked what they wanted *
to do most today. Here arc their 1
answers: F
Kathy Hughes, 7, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Hughes,
Snow Hill: "I
want to go
swimming on
the Fourth. I
came to More
head City last
Saturday and
won't leave un
til this weekend.
"I like to swim
in the sound
better than 1 do
the ocean. The water is too rough
at the ocean." 1
Jackie Hardy, 7, daughter of Mr. |
and Mrs. James
Hardy, Snow
Hill: "I want to
go fishing on
the Fourth of
July. I had rath
er fish than any
thing. The last
time we came
down here 1
caught two lit
tle fish.
"I like to play
in the water,
too. collecting sea shells is lots of
fun on the beach."
Jimmie Ward, 9, son of Mr. and 1
Mrs. uariann
Ward, White
ville: "I want
to go to the
beach. My
mother and
daddy brought
me all the way
from Whiteville
so I could play
in the ocean.
"I think we
are going to
have a picnic
lunch over at
the beach on
the fourth. I
nope so, because it sure is tun. f
Sam Woodrow Kiser Jr., 6. son ?
of Mr. and Mrs. S. Woodrow Kiser, J
Madison: i
think a water- c
melon slicing
would be great.
I like water
melon when it
ia good and
cold. It would
be lots of fun to
take a water
melon to the
beach and spend
the day.
riaying in ine water at uie
beach is fun. too. I like to wade c
out and let the water run around (
my legs. 1 am real careful not to '
go out too far."
Gregory Law
rpncr. S, and
Rosalind Deniae
King. 3. chU- i
drrn of Mrs.
Alice Xing.
Morehead City:
"We like to go
on p i c n i c i.
There is always
something good
to eat.
"We would
like to have
sandwiches and
potato chipa
with cold drinka
and then have a
big cold water
melon. We want
to go (win
ning, too." _
Owners of cattle and ponies on Core Banks were busy
;his past week taking the animals to the mainland. Being
-emoved from Shackleford banks are sheep, cattle and
logs. On Shackleford and Ocracoke, wild banker ponies
?re being permitted to stay.
The mass movement is the result of action in the 1957
Southern Drops
Freight Rates
On A&EC Line
Rail rates on most freight at
ocal stations on the Atlantic &
Sast Carolina Railway will be re
luced soon, Harry A. DeButts,
resident of Southern Railway
System, said today.
"We are keeping a promise
nade last fall when Southern took
>ver the A&EC," he added, "that
io far as rates are concerned the
t&EC would receive the same
treatment as Southern Railway
>ystem lines.
"What we are doing is remov
ng the so-called 'short line arbi
raries,' which are slightly higher
ates that have been in effect at
t&EC stations not served by other
arge railroads."
Rates at points such as New
3crn and Kinston (which were al
eady served by major carriers)
vill not be affected. The A&EC
las always maintained trunk line
ates at these points to meet com
>etition.
"Bui (or other stations on the
t&EC," Mr. DeButts pointed out,
'removal of these arbitrages will
nean savings in tranaportation
:osts for existing industry and bus
ness and will aid the further in
lustrial development of thcae com
nunities."
The Interatate Commerce Com
nission customarily allows short
ines to set slightly higher rates,
le explained, becauae they do not
lave the volume of traffic to en
ible them to operate at the same
rate levels u larger linea.
The AirEC did not apply the ar
bilraries to all traffic, but where
!hcy have been in effect they are
wing removed.
A new and lower coal rate be
came effective Saturday. On ship
ments of coal from the Chesapeake
Si Ohio, Norfolk & Western and
Virginian Railways to points east
>f New Bern, for example, re
moving the arbitraries reduced
.he base rate by 11 cents a ton.
Elimination of the arbitrariea in
:lass tariffs applying between
t&EC stations and other stationa
n the Southern Freight territory
vill become effective July 10.
Jaycees Make
$50 on Cruise
The Beaufort Jaycees cleared
ISO on their cruise to Cape Look
>ut, reports George M. Thomas
Ir., chairman of the Miss Beaufort
committee Winki Willis, daughter
)f Mr. and Mrs. Martin Willii, was
?rowned Miss Beaufort at the
"oast Guard dock at the cape Sat'
irday night.
The Jaycees sold 52 tickets at $6
>er ticket, bringing in $312. Ex
jenses Included $3#.24 for food and
lrinks, $2171 for a trophy and
lowers, $83.10 as entrance fee and
expenses for Miss North Carolina
contest at Charlotte, a $100 gift to
Miss Beaufort, and $10.93 for incl
lental expenses.
The Carolina Queen made the
rip at no expense to the Jaycees.
Mr. Thomas said his committee
in extremely grateful to the own
ers of the "Queen" and to the
ither persons who helped make the
:ruise a success.
Mr. Thomas predicted that the
Miss Beaufort cruise would be
?ome an annual event with the
3eaufort Jaycees. "We think it is
in appropriate program for the
Towning of a Beaufort beauty
lueen," he pointed out. "Very few
communities have the facilities for
mch an event and we should take
idvantage of what we have here."
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaafort Bar
(Eastern Standard Time)
HIGH LOW
Friday, July 4
0:43 a.m. 4:24 a.m.
.0:50 p.m. 4:34 p.m.
8atarday, Jaly (
.1:32 a.m. 5:05 a.m.
.1:36 p.m. S:1T p.m.
Saaday, July (
5:17 a.m. 5:47 a.m.
6:0t p.m.
Maaday, Jalr 7
2:1* a.m. 6:JS a.m.
1:0} p.m. 7:03 p.m.
Taesday, Jaly I
1:02 a.m. 7:24 a.m.
1:43 P S. _ . ?.07jmb.
legislature. To preserve, and to
build up the badly eroded section
from Drum Inlet north to Ocracoke
Inlet, the state agreed to under
take reclamation work if the ani
mals were removed. July 1, 1958
wan set as the deadline for taking
them off.
Placed in the hands of the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment was the responsibility
to determine whether ponies, or
other types of livestock, are caus
ing damage to vegetation on the
banks. (Vegetation holds the sand
In place).
Without vegetation, normal
winds, as well as storm winds,
carry away the outer banks land.
The banks are a protection bar
rier along the North Carolina
mainland.
Why They Remain
Ponies are being allowed to re
in a i n on Shackleford because
Shackleford has not been as badly
eroded by storms as has the north
ern part of Core Banks between
Drum and Ocracoke Inlets.
If, after removal of cattle, sheep
and hogs from Shackleford, the
C&D board finds that the ponies
are contributing to erosion of
Shackleford, owners of those
ponies may be ordered to take
them off.
Some of the ponies that have
been brought to the mainland have
been retained by their owners,
some have been sold to residents
of Atlantic and Cedar Island who
are attempting to build up the
wild pony herd on Cedar Island
Sheep on Shacklcford are sched
uled to be penned Monday. One
Hatkers Island owner of a sheep
herd is selling his sheep to a North
Carolinian from upstate. Markers
Islanders don't intend to keep
sheep on the island.
Age-Old Practice
For years. Carteret resident]
have put livestock on the outer
banks to lat them roam. Every
summer, the ponies were rounded
up, branded, and some were told.
Taking the ponies off Core Banks
will put an end to the pony pen
nings there. According to present
plans, ponies will be penned at Dia
mond pen, about two miles north
of Cape Lookout, today.
A scowload of ponies were taken
off the "east'ard" banks, as the
lower part of Core Banks is called,
Tuesday. The remainder are sched
uled to be rounded up in Diamond
pen and taken off today.
Ponies on Shacklcford. at what
is known as the Bell's Island pen,
are to be penned tomorrow. The
pen ia located near the site of old
Diamond City, which lay between
Beaufort Inlet and Barden's Inlet.
Boats will leave for tomorrow's
penning from Harkera Island and
Marshallberg.
Thirty-five banker ponies are
permitted to remain at Ocracoke.
But the law specifies that they
muat all be owned by Boy Scouts.
Ocracoke claima the distinction of
having the only mounted Boy
Scout troop in the country.
Railroad Clears
Highway Island
The job of beautifying the rail
road right-of-way between the
lanes of Arendeli Street west of
Morehead City it being done by
Southern Railroad. According to
Morehead City street commission
er, G. E. Sanderson, Southern took
Dver the Job on its own.
Before Southern bought the At
lantic and East Carolina Railroad,
there had been a question of whose
responsibility the area was. Nei
ther the railroad nor the highway
department was willing to main
lain the area of land on either side
of the track.
Now Southern haa moved in with
bulldozers, tractors and other
rarth moving equipment. The en
tire stretch of land is being leveled
off and cleared.
Mr. Sanderson says that the
town will be glad to mow the
grass once Southern gets it started.
"Even though it is outside the city
limits, people get their first im
pression of Morehead City when
they turn onto Arendeli Street,"
Mr. Sanderson explains.
"Now that Southern has leveled
it off, town crews can cut the
grass with power equipment in a
short tine," bo concluded.
Reinstates Licenses
The state driver license division
has reinstated the Ucenaca of Phil
emon 8. Becton and Joe N. Gas
kins, Morehead City. Walter T.
Kenon, Newport, and FUlnore
Lawrence, Hitters bUad