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HLr CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES '?< 47th YEAR, NO. 58. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOBEHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Harlowe Gets New Mailboxes ? ? ? ? John In*, left, Clayton Taylor and BUI Mot**, help promote the Improved mailbox project at Hartowe. Mr. Mote* is president of the Harlowe Community Club, which has started the project. Home owners merely pay the cost of materials. Men volunteer tkclr labor and make the mailboxes in Mr. Motes' workshop. i - " Photos by R. M. Williams E. E. McCabe shows his new mailbox. The Rarlowe Community ub is aiming (or community-wide participation in the project. Highway Association, iSENCBA Form Program Directors of the All Seashore Highway Association and the Southeastern North Carolina Beach Association met jointly at Wilming ton Sunday to form a united plan of action for the development of North Carolina's coastal areas. Attending the meeting from Car teret were Joe DuBois and Alvah Hamilton, Morehead City, Norwood Young and Dan Walker, Beaufort. The two groups adopted a seven point program as follows: 1. To obtain an all-seashore high vay extending from Virginia to S?uth Carolina. 2. To establish a waterways com mission for opening, maintaining aid controlling all navigable wa terways, including coastal inlets aid channels as well as fresh wa ters, rivers and lakes, said com irission to be independent of all other state agencies with full au thority to act. 3. To stabilize outer banks and coastal shore lines. 4. To gain effective mosquito control. 5. To establish a coastal Caro line publication to aid the asso ciations in promoting and develop ing coastal areas. I. To place the services of both associations at the disposal of all state agencies and other organiza tion* in developing the resourced of North Carolina. 7. To impress upon all areasathe necessity of local financial assist ance and responsibility in devel oping coastal North Carolina. The groups agreed that the high way Was the No. 1 objective sincc it would channel thousands of North-South tourists into the coas tal areas and would encourage promotion and development. Two missing links that would currently open much of the roaktal area to through traffic via snch a highway were Hated as objectives that muat be completed In the near future. These were a ferry across Pam lico Bound, to connect Ocracoke Island and the upper coast with Morehead City and the central coaat, and a second ferry across i the lower Cape Fear to unite the southeastern North Carolina beach areas. Col. B. C. Snnw of the State's Conservation and Development De partment, and Col. Harry E. Brown, director ot the State Hur ricane Rehabilitation program, at tended the meeting as guests ad visors. Approximately 25 persons, rep resenting the coast from Curri tuck to Brunswick counties, at tended. Youth Injured In Collision Shelby Waters, 19, route 1 Grif fon, was admitted to the Morehead City Hospital Sunday after he was injured in an auto accident at 5:27 p m. at 24th and Evans Streets, Morehead City. Waters was in a 1955 Mercury convertible driven by Robert A. Bloemeke, Kinston. According to Sgt. William Condie, Bloemeke was going north on 24th Street when a 1958 Oldsmobile. going west on Evans Street, pulled out in front of him. The Oldsmobile was driven by Mrs. R. W. Taylor, 3113 Evans St., Morehead City. The sergeant said Waters stayed in the hospital overnight. He com plained of a back ache At 3:16 p.m. Sunday a 1954 Ford ran Into the rear of a 1957 Nash Rambler at Bonner Avenue and Arendel! Street. According to Ser geant Condie, Ethel W. Webb, route 4 Wilson, was driving the Ford west on Arendell. She looked on <he Mat to set where her hand bag was and ran into the rear of the Rambler. Both were headed west. Driving the Rambler was Merle T. Adkina, Durham. The Wilson woman was charged with driving without t license. Goes to Washington George H. McNeill, Morehead City, a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve is in Washington, D. C., for two weeks' training. He will return Aug. 1 Report Claims Oyster Program Not Well Run Lion J. E. Crowe is Named Deputy District Governor More head City Lion J E. Crowe ? ha., been appjinlcd deputy district ' governor by state Lions Club head quarters. The announcement was made at the Morchead City Liens meeting at the Hotel Fort Macon Thursday night. Mr. Crowe was zone ciiairman last year. Club president Lliner Watson made cominiUec assignmenis at the meeting, ite appointed his three vicc-presid^nto, o. J. Mjr row, Hairy Van Horn and C. W. Williams, as program cnairmen for tlie year. Four Ladies Nights O. N. Allred, perennial publicity chairman, was appointed special chairman for lames night pro grams. There will be four Ladies nights during the year? Halloween, Christmas, Valentine and installa tion of otiicers nights. Mr. Morrow was put in charge of the Ue Thanktul You Can See program and the gum ball ma chines. Frank Moran was made chairman of the White Cane Drive. j J. B. Eubanks will be rcsponsi We for supervising the I -ions Club bo.it show. Every meinb?r on the club was appointed to the mem bership committee The president urged all the members to invite their friends to viiit the meetings so Iaons could get acquainted with potential members. To Buy Glasses The club voted to spend up to $300 for glasses to be distributed through the welfare department. Mr. Watson read a letter from the Wilmington club thanking the Morehead City Lions for selling chances on a boat they were giving away. Mr. Watson announced that the club, after five years, now has a postoffice box. The number is 13. Mr. Crowe announced that he had nine men in Beaufort who were interested in forming a Lions Club over there. Mr. Crowe has been put in charge of promoting a new Lions Club in Beaufort. One guest attended the meeting, lie was P. L. Smith of Tucson, I Ariz., son-in-law of Mr. Crowe. Coasf Guardsmen Make Four Assists in Week Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma con made four assists during the past week. In two of the cases boats had run aground. In the other two assists, one boat had run out of gas and the other had a dead battery. Last Monday the 70-foot trawler Swcetpca ran aground near the Atlantic Beach drawbridge. The Coast Guard was notified at 5 : 50 p.m. and EN/2 Ronald Quidley and SN Russell Gaskill left to as lilt. The Coast Gaurdsmen towed the trawler while its crcw repaired a broken steering cable. As soon as repairs were complete the fishing boat proceeded under its own power. The Sweetpea is owned by Donnic Goodwin of Oriental. On Wednesday the 65-foot traw ler Clay ran aground i/i Core Sound. BM/1 Kent Flowers, SN Eugene Carpenter and FN Russell Prince went out at 5:30 a.m. but the tide was too low for them to work. At high tide Quidley and Carpen ter went back to the trawler and towed it into deep water. Captain ot the Clay is Julian Willis. Clay ton Fulcher Jr. of Atlantic owns the boat. Ben Lawrence of Mt. Airy, in a 17-foot inboard motorboat, ran out of gas north of the Morehead City drawbridge at 2:45 p.m. Thursday. Quidley and Gaskill towed him to the Yacht Basin. The 40-foot fishing vessel Mikel bet had engine failure near Camp Morehead at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Quidley and SA L. McLain towed the boat back to its home port of Beaufort. Capt. Harry Miller said his trou ble was caused by a dead battery. The boat is owned by Mrs. Miller of Marietta, Ohio. ? Two Post Bond In Hit-and-Run Earl Chapman and Levi Reece, both of Morehead City, who were allegedly in the car which struck two children Wednesday afternoon, have been released from the coun ty Jail under bond. Chapman is reported to be thj driver of the car which haclciB over Chris Davies, 7, Morchead City, near the Rex Restaurant. Chapman is charged with hit and run and Recce with, aiding and abetting. The other child struck was Steve Wagner. 6. with whom Chris was playing. Both children have re covered from the injuries. Chris was more seriously hurt than his playmate. Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr., who investigated the accidcnt an.1 as sisted in tracking down the* per sons in the hit and run vehicle, said Chapman and Reece con fessed to Sheriff Hugh Salter Wed nesday night that they were the ones in the car which hit the chil dren. Railroad Bridge Across Channel Still Closed The railroad bridge across Gal lants Channel, Beaufort, will be closed until Thursday, due to addi tional emergency repairs. Vessels are requested to uae the Newport River channel near More head City. The North Carolina Fish eries Association made seven recommendations on. oyster production Saturday morn ing to the commercial fish cries committee of the State Department of Conservation and Development and to the North Carolina Fisheries Ad visory board. The stale fisheries officials also heard pleas for doing away with the ban on Saturday shrimping. At present, no one can shrimp after 8 a m Saturday. From a Snead's Ferry delegation came a request that pawor dredg ing be prohibited in New River. The commercial fisheries com mittee is expected to act on the information and requests and pass their recommendations on to the C&D board which is in session now at Wilmington. Presentation of the oyster report brought harsh words from C. G. Holland, commercial fisheries commissioner, who charged that the report was a direct attack on him and Dr. A. F. Chestnut, direc tor of the Institute of Fisheries Research, who has been supervis ing the oyster planting and re habilitation program. The "Report on the Oyster In dustry of North Carolina" as it was called, said that 1. Planting of shell and seed oysters in coastal waters has not been properly executed 2. Existing regulations are not being enforced 3. Oyster planting program is poorly supervised 4. Productive rocks and beds arc being stripped Seven recommendations were made. They are as follows: 1. That a study of the law en forcement practices of the fisher ies division be made to ascertain in what manner that they can be improved for more thorough and impartial enforcement of the reg ulations, for the oyster industry specifically, and for the commer cial fishing industry in general. 2. That particular attention be Clvra to the type o I supervision of the seed and shell planting pro gram of the state to correct the abuses new known to exist in its execution. 3. That mofc consultation be held with members of local oyster in dustries along the coast to obtain the benefit of their knowledge and experience of their particular areas in the planting program. 4. That procedures be set up and regulations passed for the closing of shallow bay areas to tonging only. 5. That a pilot program of plant ing green shell with live oyster spats attached be inaugurated in the oyster areas to ascertain its worth. 6. That the oyster season remain as it is, except that consideration be given to a longer season in Onslow County. 7. That any part of this program set up by the board be done on a two year basis for effective evaluation. George Credle, Belhaven, said he was opposed to the fourth recom mendation, adding that all of Pamlico County oystermen were in opposition too. See HEARING, Page 1 State's New Beauty Arrives ? Photo by Be* Seymour Betty Luc Erus, Greenville, right, Mlu North Carollaa of IMS, la w*lc??w< to MorefceH City ky Mayor George DUI, aa i Bonnie Fish, left, Mlu More head (Sty. Nisi Etih anhH hen hy aatoaoofeile M? to ipead ? week'a vacattoa aa peat at the Kanhead CMjr iayceea. Marine Activity Continues at Port Photo by Bob Seymour As I'nited Slates steadily increases its military forces in the Middle East, the state port at Morehead City likewise continues to take on a wartime aspect Trucks bearing supplies and gear move with regu larity through Morehead City to the port and to the LST landing ramp on Radio Island. Shown above is a panoramic view of trucks and supplies at the port, with a Navy transport in the background. Morehead City , Atlantic Beach Officials Tackle Traffic Problem Recreation Commission Gives Financial Report Mrs. Mamie Taylor, secretary -* treasurer of the Morehead City Recreation Commission released Friday a financial report on op eration of the commission for the year July 1, 1957 through June 30, 196A Thc expenses for the year were $8,131.43 and the income was $6,425.18. Expenses were as follows : sal aries, $3,592.88; janitorial supplies, $57.18; maintenance, $213. 79; pro gram equipment. $231.33; govern ment taxes, social security and withholding taxes, $266.7$; insur ance on building, $397.58; fuel oil, $247.89; and bottled gas, $94. Income was as follows: revenue from taxes, $5,952.73 and rentals on building, $472.45. Tax Rate Mrs. Taylor explained that the recreation commission receives 5 '4 cents on each tax dollar, not 10 ccnts as many persons think. The commission gets 10 cents of each $1.80. The town's total tax rate is $1.80 per hundred dollars of valua tion. Being investigated by the town attorney, George McNeill, is the question as to whether the recrea tion commission receives it* share of the tax dollar on taxei paid after they are due. While the attorney says it is his opinion that the recreation com mission should be receiving that money, John Lashley, town clerk, at a recent board meeting said the Williams and Wall auditor told him that the recreation commis sion levy goes into the general fund when the tax is paid late. Policy Altered At a meeting of the recreation commission Wednesday night at the recreation building, the com: mission decided to include theatre as a phase of the total program. The Carteret Community Theatre uses the recreation building stage and dressing rooms and has been paying the commission half of the net profits from each production. Frank Carlson, theatre business manager, and Miss Ruth Peeling, theatre president, appeared before the commission to request a change in status of the theatre, which would allow the theatre lar ger working capital. The commission agreed to let the thfatre have all the profit from productions, charging the group only for heat used during rehear sals and productions. Recreation commission members attending the meeting were Dr. S. W. Hatcher, chairman, Dr. Rus sell Outlaw, P. H. Geer Jr., E. L. Smithwick, Frank Cheek, Mrs. George McNeil and Mrs. J. W. Thompson. Army Engineers Saek Bids on Morshood Harbor Invitations for bids have been issued by the Corps of Engineers for restoring Morehead City har bor to the project depth of 30 feet. The bid* will bo opened Aug. 13 .at 2:30 p.m. by Col. H. C. Row land Jr., dMrlct engineer. Wil mington. The successful bidder will have approximately 30 day* to begia tbo work. Defendant Gets Suspended Term in Court n?ralrl Hmrffp Ilnrn.shv f'?mn Orald George llornsby. Camp Lejeune, wis found guilty of speed ing and careiess and reckless driv ing last week in Morehead City Recorder's Court, lie was given a 30-day sentence suspended on pay ment of $50 and costs. Carlton Pittman, Morehead City, was in court again, lie pleaded guilty to public drunkenness, ap pealed as usual and was put un der $250 bond Joseph Hewitt, Morehead City, was found guilty of non- support. He was given a 90-day suspended sentence and ordered to pay court costs as well as $25 weekly to hi> wife. Joseph Smith, Macon Court, Morehead City, pleaded guilty to public drunkenness and was given a 10-day sentence suspended on payment of costs. North Freeman, Morebead City, received the same sentence for the same violation and waa ordered to stay on good behavior one year. Costs were also paid by the fol lowing : Ernest Morris. Stella, drunk on the- highway; I.loyd C. Chilson, Cherry Point, public drunkenness; John W. Slatery, Kingsport, Tenn , failing to stop at a slop sign; Hu bert Earl Rodford, Goldsboro, fol lowing too closely; Clyde W. Can non, Ayden, speeding; and Donald C. Howard. Swanshoro, speeding Harry Morris. Atlantic, pleaded guilty to overtime parking, paid a third of the costs and a $2 fine. Bonds were forfeited by James F. Fincher, Rock Hill. S. C? im proper lights; and Roy llolt Ewell, Miami, falling to stop at a stop aign. Ciuet continued were Andrew Midgett, Morehead City; Mra. D. P. Jenkins. Greenville; Durwood B. Willis, Beaufort; John Carlton Gaskill, Beaufort, and Elijah Lewis, Morehead City. Waterways Hearing At 10 a.m. Thursday the com mittee on reorganiiation of the state government will conduct a hearing in the highway commis sion building. Raleigh, relative to creation of a atate waterway! com mission. Tides at the Beaufort Bar (Eastern Standard Tine) Tide Table HIGH LOW Taasday. July 22 12:08 a.m. 12:48 p.m. 8:18 a.m. T:00 p.m. Wedaeaday, My 21 1:03 a.m. 1:44 p.m. 7:22 a.m. 8:15 p.m. Ttaraday, July 24 2:09 a.m. 2:4J p m. 8:31 a.m. ?:? p. at. ? Members of the Atlantic Beach [town board, including Mayor A. U. Cooper, met with the Morehead City town board Thursday night at the municipal building. It was the first time the two boards have met together. After thanking the MoreheW City commissioners for their co operation on projects in the past, Mayor Cooper introduced the prob lem of traffic between Morehead City and Atlantic Beach. "It uui V> be a pleasant drive fr<m Mart-head City to Atlantic Beacli and vice versa," he said. "Now it is a hazardous drive that gets worse every year." Mayor Cooper said he thought the two towns should offer a aoiid front to the highway commission in asking that the traffic problem be alleviated. Two Bridges Needed The beach mayor said that two more bridges, one east and one west of the present bridge, are needed now. "A more immediate relief to the problem might be the construction of a third traffic lane on the present bridge," he com mented. Mayor Cooper's plan is to have one lane of traffic always going to the beach and two lanes always leaving. The outside lane leaving would be for downtown Morehead City. The center lane would overpass Evans and Arendell Street] and circle around to join Bridget or Fisher Street headed west. Morehead City Mayor George Dill appointed police commission er Ted Garner and street commis sioner G. E. Sanderson to serve on a committee with Atlantic Bench commissioner W. L. Derrickson and town clerk Milton Coyle. The two mayors are exofficio mem bers of the committee which will try to get the state interested in the problem. Csmmiliw Appointed As soon as tbe committee was appointed, the Atlantic Beach group left so the Morehead City board could conduct its regular meeting. Also attending the meet ing were beach commissioners A. F. Fleming and Robert Barefoot. Mr. Garner brought up the first business of the regular session. He said that Morehead City needs a harbor master to regulate traf fic along the waterfront. "Speed boats and water skiers are the worst offenders," Mr. Gar ner said. "Sometimes a big fish ing boat will create such a swell that all the captains of boats along the waterfront have a real job keeping their boats from getting beat to pieces against the sea wall." Town clerk John Lashley was instructed to contact the Coast Guard and learn what could be done about the situation. Mr. Lashley read an application for an off-premises beer permit from George Ronald Ballou who operates Sonny's Restaurant on Evasi Street. The board approved the application. Clerk Reads Letter Tbe clerk then read a letter from attorney Herbert Phillips asking for information on the procedure to follow in getting a franeMai to operate a taxi in MoreheMny. Mr. Phillips was representing Os car Bell. Mr. Lashley wat instruct ed to send proper forma to Mr. Phillips. See TOWN MAKD, P?a I