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' CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 47th YEAR, NO. 54. SIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1958 | PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY^ Tourists Queried on Their Interest in Proposed Ferry To obtain an estimate on the* number of persona who would use a car ferry between Ocracoke and Cedar Island, hotels and motels between Manteo and Southport are asking tourists to sign petitions. The petitions are being forwarded to Gov. Luther Hodges. The tourists are shown a map of the coast. In red is the 20-mile route a car ferry would tra< el between Ocracoke and Cedar Is land. In blue is the 300 mile route from Ocracoke north through Man teo, little Washington and south to Carteret. The 300- mile route is the one that has to be taken to reach the central North Carolina coast again, after outer banks travelers go as far south as they can, to Ocracoke. The petitions are being supplied by the All Seashore Highway Asso ciation, J. A. DuBois, Morehead City, secretary. As soon as one page is filled, the hotel or motel operator is asked to date it and mail it di rectly to the governor. The governor requested a report on how many persons -night be expected to use a state-operated ferry between Ocracoke and Cedar Island. A survey firm was con tacted but it wanted 110,000 for the job, so the petition idea was decided upon. Also indicated on the map is the proposed ferry route, another coas tal highway link at Fort Fisher, south of Wilmington. Board Promises Help on Request For Telephones In response to requests from Bogue Banks residents at Salter Path and Emerald Isle, county commissioners agreed yesterday to write to Carolina Telephone and Telegraph to ask that phones be installed in those communities. Sheriff Hugh Salter, who passed the request to the boardrta behalf of the Salter Path and Emerald Isle residents, said those residents would like to know whether the phone company plans to put phones in soon. If not, they want to make other arrangements to get phone service. The board also authorized for warding of petitions for a mosquito control district to the State Board of Health. Appearing before the board relative to the matter were F , C. Noyes and Ed Willard, Sea. Level, and Lt. Cdr. John McCor mack, Atlantic. Petitions signed by 10 per cent of the freeholders in a district are needed to establish a district. Mr. Willard said that 38 per cent have signed the petitions. It is proposed that Carteret be established as a district. As such, a separate mosquito control board would be set up, with the power to tax, up to 35 cents per hundred dollars' valuation, for mosquito control work. A mosquito tax of 10 cents per hundred is contemplated if county residents approve establishment of a mosquito control district in the November election. Prior to this election, a public hearing must be held Presiding at the hearing will be Moses How ard, chairman of the county board, and a representative of the State Department of Health. Date of the bearing has not yet been set. The petitions must first be approved by the state health department. A petition from Harkcrs Island residents was presented. The pe tition asks that the state Highway Commission improve the draw span on the Harkers Island bridge so that loads heavier than eight tons may cross it. The petition was approved and forwarded to the highway com mission. Also approved was i request by Commissioner Harrell Taylor of Sea Level. He requested that the state place drainage tile through the sea wall at three places at Sea Level to prevent water from back ing up on the highway and flood ing adjoining property. The board approved sale of a surplus police radio to George Smith, constable of Morehead township, for $200. A tax matter concerning prop erty owned by Mrs. J. M. Stalling*, Merrimon, was discussed. The matter was referred to Prentiss Garner of the auditor's office. Mrs. ^eota Hammer of the health department appeared be fort the board relative to a change in the health budget The board adopted the budget as it waa act up in May. Mm l*eaaed Ponies on Cedar Island were penned on the Fourth of July. The Penning attracted a good crowd and several horses were sold. Funeral Rites Conducted Sunday tor G. L. Davis Graham L. Davis . . . dies from injuries The funeral service for Graham L. Davit, 65, Straits, was conduct ed at 2 p.m. Sunday in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Beaufort. Mr Davis, past president of the Amer ican Hospital) Association and na tionally -known hospital consultant, died at noon Friday in the More head City Hospital from injuries received Monday, June 30, in a head-on automobile collision at Bettie. The funeral service was conduct ed by the Rev. Edward Sharp, rector of St. Paul's. Burial was in Ocean View Cemeteiry, Beau fort. -% Surviving are his wile, Anne Marie; a son, John Pierre, Balti more, Md. ; a daughter. Mrs. Roger A. Reardon, Oxnard, Cat.; his mother, Mrs. J. J. Davis, Smyrna; six brothers, Lloyd, Smyrna; Harry, Raleigh; Rear Adm. Ernest J. Davis, USN (ret.), Beaufort; Rear Adm. James W. Davis, USN, Paris, France; Mau rice, Falls Church, Va., and Ed ward, Tucson, Ariz. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Joel Davis, Harlowe; Mrs. Ruby Holland, Smyrna; Mrs. Or rie Holland, Falls Church, Va.; Mrs. William Sourwinc. Seattle, Wash., and eight grandchildren. Hospital Administrator At the time of his death, Mr. Davis was administrator of the Onslow County Hospital, Jackson ville, a position he accepted after retirement in 1952 as hospital con sultant for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Davis built a home at btraits in l!)52 where Mr. Davis engaged in cattle raising as well as serving, when requested, as ad visor on matters of hospital ad ministration. From 1924 to 1940, he served as hospital consultant for the Duke Endowment and in 1940 went to Michigan in the same capacity for the Kellogg Foundation. He served in numerous official capacities for the American Hos pital Association from 1938 to 1946, becoming president in 1948. In 1946 he was a member of the joint commission of the American HofpiUl Association and the Anier fcnn Public Healtlf^Association. He was a past president of the Michigan Hospital Association, member of the Federal Hospital Council, commission on health facilities of British Columbia, In ter-American Hospital Association, and American Statisticians Asso ciation. Edited Magazine For five years he was editor of Southern Hospitals magazine and was a contributor to numerous hospital and medical journals. Mr. Davis was born at Wood ville, N. C., and studied at Wake Forest, University of North Caro lina, George Washington Univer sity and New York University. He was in the Army Air Corps in the second world war. In place of flowers at the fu neral, the family suggested that funds be used for a scholarship in his memory at the University of Minnesota where Mr. Davis established the School of Hospital Administration. Health Department Reports Increased Amount of Work During the month of June alone, the county health department staff administered 2,230 shots. The detailed report, as given the health board last week, follows: typhoid shots 830. triple (diph theria, whooping cough, tetanias) 314; smallpox 59, polio 744, and tuberculin tests 212. (The Carteret Foundation for In fantile Paralysis has agreed to purchase another shipment of polio vaccine for adults). Other activities: blood tests IBS, health cards issued 163, venereal disease treatments 37, x rays 53. cases at orthopedic clinic 50, cases at TB clinic 17, TB cases sent to sanatorium or other hospitals since November 1957 15. Dr. Luther Fulchcr, health offi cer, reported that the work of the health department staff has in creased tremendously. A. D. Fulford, sanitarian, said the same condition prevails in his department. Tide Table Tides at the Beaafort Bar (Eastern Standard Time) HIGH LOW Taesday, July t 1:02 a.m. 7:24 a.m. 1:45 p.m. 1:07 p.m. Wedaesday, July 1 1:45 a.m. 8 22 a.m. 2:10 p.m. 9:10 p.m. Tbaraday, July It 2:33 a.m. 9:17 a.m. *:19 p.m. 10:05 p.m. Friday, Jaiy 11 1:10 a.m. lttM a.m. 4:12 p-m. 10:55 p.m. Ilia activities include the follow ing: inspection of 110 restaurants, t hotels, 21 motels, 2 summer camps, 2 hospitals, 9 school lunch rooms, U schools, 34 meat mar kets, 1 slaughtering house, 2 dairies, 23 labor camps. The Federal Housing Adminis tration also requires that septic tanks and water supplies be in spected and approved before a vet eran can get a loan. In rural sanitation, the sani tarian investigates complaints, col lects water samples on request and has them tested, inspects sep tic tanks for private citizens. lie supervises the mosquito con trol program. Total amount spent in 1957 was $13,780. The state re qtrires that the number of hours, miles, acres covered, types of ma terials used be reported. Com munity projects must be super vised. Mr. Fulford told the board, "The work load has become such a bur den on the sanitarian that it ii impossible to continue without more help or cut out some of the programs and services." Mr. Fulford said that he is un able to make inspections as fre quently aa they should be made and other things are being left undone becruse one person cannot do them. Word of Death Received Word has been received of the death of Mrs. B. G. Recce in ElUn Hospital Friday. Mrs. Reece was the sifter-io-Iaw of Mrs. S. C. Hol loway and was a frequent More bead vial tor. Funeral aervices were coodufttd Saturday la Klkin Weekend Passes In Carteret With No Deaths ? Minor Automobile, Water Accidents Occur Other than a few minor auto ac cidents, the Fourth of July week end passed quietly in Carteret. There were no fatalities, on the highways or in the water. Duane Harvey, Davis, suffered a serious neck injury, however, when he dived -into shallow water. Harvey was with a group of per sons who were coming .from the banks in a boat. They stopped to go swimming and Harvey, instead of inaking a shallow dive, dove deep. The water was about 3 feet deep. < He floated to the sutface, was pulled aboard the boat and rushed to Sea Level Hospital. Two motorboats collided in the cut to Sonny's Yacht Basin, At lantic Beach Sunday. No one was hurt. Damage totaling $30 was caused when a 1958 Nash driven by Henry C. Suggs, Morehead City, struck a parked 1957 Nash in jhe Piggly Wiggly parking lot, Morthead City, at 2:40 p.m. Thursday | The 1957 Nash had been parked py Evelyn A. Moore, . Morehead City. Chief Herbert Griffiji investi gated. At 7 p.m. on the Fourth. Richard F. Newman, 308 Moore St., Beau fort, in a 1951 Ford, was going west on Cedar Street when he ran into a parked 1955 Nash Rambler. The Rambler was owned by Wil liam Sewell, 120 Moore St. Chief Guy Springle said Newman claimed the sun was in his eyes and blinded him. Damage was slight and there were no charges. Highway patrolmen and other law officers said it was one of the "quietest Fourths" they had ever been through. The patrol men expressed their appreciation to motorists for their cooperation in obeying speed laws and other traffic regulations. They attributed the safe week end largely to this cooperation. Beach Mayor Speaks to Club Alfred Cooper, mayor of Atlan tic Reach, was guest speaker at the Morehead City Rotary Club meeting Thursday night. The club met at the Rex Restaurant. Mr. Cooper traced the history of the beach from the first toll bridge to the present. He said that two more bridges, one in Morehead City and one at Swansboro, were needed to ease the traffic problem on the one existing bridge. Tearing out the sidewalks on the bridge and making it open for three lanes of traffic would ease the traffic situation somewhat, the mayor suggested. The third lane would be open to traffic going toward the beach In the morning and early afternoon and open to traffic leaving the beach later in the day. Mr. Cooper was the guest of pro gram chairman Dr. A. F. Cheat nut. Other guests and visitora in cluded Edwin Tenney Jr., Colum bia, S. C., brother-in-law of presi dent Thomas Noe, and Frank Wootcn of Goldsboro. Mercury Hits 90 For First lime Weather observer Stamey Davis reported the highest temperature of the summer for Saturday. The mercury climbed to a scorching 90 in the shade. That was only one degree higher than the high of Friday, July 4. The temperature has dropped below 70 only for a short time this month. The mercury fell to 67 early Tuesday morning, July 1. Since then the thermometer has ranged from 71 to 90. Maximum and minimum tem peratures and wind direction for the month follow: Max. Min. Wind Tuesday 88 67 SSE Wednesday 87 71 SW Thursday 86 7S SW Friday 89 77 SW Saturday - 90 77 SW Sunday 87 75 SW Tobacco Specialist Will Be at Newport Thursday Tobacco farmer* are invited to meet at 10 a.m. Thursday with S. N. Hawka, tobacco specialiit, on the Y. Z. Simmons farm, Newport. A tobacco demonstration hai been planted on that farm. R. M. Williams, farm agent, alao invites farmers to bring any diseased to bacco plant with them and Mr. Hawks will offer advice so bow to combat tbe problem. State Proceeds with Outer Banks Restoration Plans 4 Joey Makes Like Pretzel Ifhoto by Bob Seymour Joe Hewett, 11, Morehead City, says television contortionists have nothing ontiim. Here he hat both feet locked behind his head while he waves and winks at the camera. It took- a while, but he finally got untangled. Near-Drowning Occurs Friday Floyd Johnson, Douglas Swain, Tony Johnson and Charles McCar thy Jr., all of Beaufort, were given credit for saving three girls who got into deep water while playing in Taylors Creek near the post office dock, Beaufort, Friday morning. The girls were Linda Willis, U, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Willis; Shirley Matthews, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Early Matthews; and Dorothy Willis, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Willis, all of Beaufort. Linda and Shirley, neither of whom can swim, waded into a drop-off and were in water ovel* their heads. Dorothy went after them but was not strong enough to pull her friends to safety. Charlotte Mitchell, Beaufort, saw what was happening and went to help the three girls. It was then that Mr. Johnson and the three j teen-age boys realized the girls [needed help. They swam out and brought them in. The three girls were scared but safe. Police Chief Guy Springlc warned them to stay away from deep water until they could swim well. The chief said that there were many holes in Taylors Creek that the average person would not know about. Wading in deep water is asking for trouble, he concluded. Sheriffs Meet Here Members of the North Carolina Sheriffs Association will convene today at the Morehead Biltmore for their annual meeting. Board Adopts County Budget of $711,296.80 County commissioners adopted a budget of $711,296.80 at their meet ing in the courthouse, Beaufort, yesterday. Some minor adjust ments may be made, but that is the amount of county funds sched uled to be disbursed during the cur rent fiscal year. The figure does not include state and federal funds. The tax rate of $1.35 per hun dred dollars of valuation is broken down as follows: general fund, 20 cents; welfare general assistance fund, 10 cents; old age assistance, 1 cent; aid to dependent children, 4 cents; aid to the permanent and totally disabled, 3^ cents; aid to the blind, 1^ cents. Public school maintenance. 20 cents; health fund. 7 cents; build ing maintenance, 3 cents; court house annex and jail bonds, 3 cents; special school bond retire ment fund. 1 cent; courthouse an nex and jail bonds, 3 cents; pay ment on health center notes, 1 cent, and debt service fund, 60 cents. The total valuation of property in the county was set at $39'/t> million. The county's total debt as of July 1, 1958 was $1,004,055. Bonds re tired during the past fiscal year totaled $136,000. Budget totals for the various de partments are as follows: general fund. $220,000 (includes cost of op eration of county offices, collect ing taxes, operating courts, etc.); health department $38,604 (county's share of that budget is $26,915; other funds are state and federal. Welfare, $508,997.74 (county's Patrolman Promoted U. Richard H. Chadwick, veteran Stale Highway Patrolman who wa? promoted to hi* new rank Jnly 1. Untenant Chadwick la a na tive Beaufort and Joined the hifhwijr patrol In 1M1. He tn for merly a aerfeaat hi charge of Wake Connty'i 17-man detachment of t roopera and will take aver aa eiccative officer af patrol troop B with hnadqpurtar* la Fayettcvilte. share is $91,305.80); education, $242,447 (county's share is $111, 076). The amount of money to be spent by the county in the current fiscal year exceeds the estimated 1957 58 budget by $35,796.80. To meet the increase, accamu lated surpluses are being used, since there was no raise in the tax rate. Child is Injured When He Hits Car In Beaufort Jonathan David Jones, 8, Dur ham, ran from between parked cars Thursday in the 100 block of Front street, Beaufort, and col lided with a 1958 Ford driven by George Huntley Jr., police report. The accident occurred at 7:05 p.m. Police Chief Guy Springle said the boy was carried to the hos pital for treatment of cuts on his face. He spent the night in the hospital. Mr. Huntley was driving about IS mph when the child darted from between the cars, the chief said. The little boy ran into the right front fender of the Ford. He told Mr. Huntley, "You didn't hit me, mister, I ran into you." Jayceos to Send Wires To Miss Morehead City The Morehead City Jayceea plan to send daily telegrams to Bonnie Fish, Miss Morehead City, while she ia at the state beauty pageant at Charlotte this week. Dr. Berl Lewis is chairman of the telegram committee. Anyone interested in sending congratula tions to Miss Fish can call Dr. Lewi* at hia office, 6-3312. ' Beginning Monday, own ers of property on the outer banks, between Drum and Ocracoke Inlets, will be con tacted by the statft relative to granting an easement through their property. The easement must be obtained before the stute will send prison labor to the banks to construct brush and sand fences to prevent further erosion. .... J A. DuBois, Morehead City, reports that in a preliminary sur vey taken last year, all of the property owners agreed to give the casement. The state cannot construct right-of-ways or under take work on private property^ The Beach Erosion Board of the Corps of Army Engineers has co operated with the State Hurricane Rehabilitation office in planning the dune construction program Ail of the livestock were ordered taken off the banks by July 1 The state felt that if left there, they would knock down fences and undo all the work that might be done to restore the land. Since the hurricanes of recent yeari, the ocean washes over the banks and into Core Sound on high tides. . . W. F. Babcock. director of the State Highway Commission, says aerial photos have been taken of the Drum to Ocracoke Inlet area. A center line for the proposed right-of-way has been established and ownership of property ia be ing plotted on the photo. It ia hoped that the easements can be obtained with little delay. Coat of prison labor to construct sand fences has been estimated ?t $5 per prisoner per day, or a total of $25,000. The National Park Service is rebuilding dunes and planting veg etation on the banks north of Ocracoke Inlet. Some private prop erty owners have put up sand fences; others are urged to take any protection measures they can to prevent further erosion of the outer banks. Tax Collector Makes Report Eugene Moore, county tax col lector, reported yesterday that $103,207.11 has been collected on the IMS tax levy. Received last month on the 1957 levy was $3. 957.85, on 1958 and prior levies $1 ,218.91. , _ ,. Business licensc fees last month totaled $2,104.50, making total re ceipts for the tax collector s office $110,506.17 in June. Percentage of the 1957 levy col lected is 82. In answer to a ques tion by Skinner Chalk Jr . com missioner. Mr. Moore said that by the time all legal steps are taken to collect taxes, the percentage of each levy received ia about 95 per C<The board renewed the contract with E. L| Brinaon, deputy collec tor of delinquent personal property taxea. Mr. Brinaon will receive 30 per cent commission on all per sonal property taxea he collect, on 1958 and prior leviea, and 10 per cent on 1W7. List month he collected delin quent taxea amounting to $508.13. Willie McGee Pays Fine In Morehead Cify Court Willie James McGee was fined $150 and ordered to pay court coats in Morehead City recorder'a court iaat Monday. Judge Herbert Phil lips found him guilty of driving drunk, driving without a license and using another person's license. Louis A. Masciello and John P. lRoe were fined $50 plus costs. Masciello was found guilty of hit and run and failure to report an accident. Igoe was found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon. James Frank Hall was found guilty of running a red light and driving without a license. He was fined $25 for driving without a li cense and $10 plUs costs for run ning the light. Robert W. Hotch kiss drew identical Judgments for the same offenses. Each man was given a deadline to present a li cense and get the $25 fine back. Howard L. Shinn was ordered to pay $23 and costs for public drunk ennesa. Benjamin F. De Loach paid $25 and coats for driving without a license. Ida Felton was ordered to pay court costs after she withdrew a warrant charging Joaeph Felton with disturbing the peace with dia orderly conduct. Haywood Snell and Sound Appli ance Co. settled their, differences over ? hand truck ant cbargea against Snell were sol pressed by the sUU. Three defendants did not show up for court. James Sattorwaite forfeited a caah bond he had post ed after running a red light. Leon English did not show up for the second week in a row. He has been charged with public drunkenness. Andrew Midgett, charged with driving after his li cense had been revoked, also fail ed to appear. The judge ordered both men picked up. Cases were continued against Harry Morris, Frank Grantham and Mack Thomas Harrell. Two Boys Stool $23 From Cottogo at Boach In juvenile quarters at the coun ty jaU yesterday morning were two youngsters charged with stealing $23 from a cottage at the east end of Atlantic Beach. The boys were arrested Saturday by George Smith, constable. Sheriff Hugh Salter said the boys took the money irom a pocketbook in one of two cottages they had en tered. They divided the money be tween them. Both youngsters have been con fined in the past to training school. They were scheduled to be given a hearing before A. H. James, juvenile judge, yesterday. One of the boys has canfwaed to the theft.
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