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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES '
47th YEAR, NO. 62. EIGHT PAGES MOBEHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Education Board Studies School
Planning Committee's Suggestions
Dalton Morse Posts Bond,
Appeals to Superior Court
Dalton Earl Morse posted a $200
bond and appealed a conviction in
county recorder's court Thursday.
Judge Lambert Morris had fined
him $150 and costs for driving
drunk, careless and reckless driv- 1
ing and running a stop sign
John C. Fox was found guilty of
driving drunk, speeding and driv
ing on the wrong side of the road.
He had to pay costs plus a fine of
$123. Paying the same amount was
James T. Robbins Jr., who was
found guilty of careless and reck
less driving.
Paying $100 and costs were Earl
W. Maxey and Terry W. Lynn.
Maxey was found guilty of care
less and reckless driving while
Lynn was convicted of driving
drunk as well.
Irene Smith and Stanley Dixon
were charged with cohabiting. She
forfeited a bond while Dixon ap
peared in court. He got a fine of
$50 plus costs.
Pay $50 and Costs
Also paying $50 and costs were
James W. Soloman, careless and
reckless driving, and Clayton
Steele, possession of non-taxpaid
whiskey.
Thoye who paid $25 and costs
follow: Woody Lee Barnes and
Carl R. Mills, speeding; Herbert
Baum, possession of non-taxpaid
whiskey; and Wade P. Spencer,
careless and reckless driving.
Dale A. Duclos paid $15 and costs
for speeding and driving without a
muffler. Larry Joe Dunsworth paid
the same amount for driving on
the wrong side of the road
Three defendants were charged
with violating fishing laws. Clif
ton Rose and Johnny iones each
paid costs. Charlie Jones paid
costs on one offense and $10 and
costs on a second.
Pay Costs
Others paying costs were Charlie
E. Henderson, failure to yield the
right of way; Archie Fulford, Wil
lie Stewart and Myrtle Knowland,
public drunkenness; Frankie D.
Saieed, driving on the wrong side
of the road; and Ronald L. Weyen
bere, speeding.
Those who forfeited bonds fol
low: James D. Garrett, driving
without a license and speeding;
Elmer J. Montford, allowing an un
licensed person to drive; George
Worthy and Irvin J. Strong, public
drunkenness; Richard E. Mooney,
driving without a license and care
less and reckless driving; Richard
A. Smith, driving drunk; and
Oswell Brinson Jr., following too
close and failing to maintain a
proper lookout resulting in an ac
cident.
Charges against Percy A. Green
were dismissed. Green was
charged with abandonment and ,
: non-support.
Reviewed yesterday afternoon by
members of the County Board of
Education were recommendations
on Carteret schools. The recom
mendations were made by a com
mittee of school planners, Depart
ment of Public Instruction, Ra
leigh.
The planning committee was in
vited to make the recommenda
tions by the County Citizens for
Better Schools Committee and the
county education board.
Members of the committee, J.
L. Pierce, Marvin R. A Johnson,
John L. Cameron, and W. L. La
than, visited the county May 19-21.
The county board accepted the
recommendations, with the excep
tion that the proposed new schools
be built to accommodate at least
a thousand pupils each to take
care of future growth.
Suggestions made by the com
mittee follow:
Beaufort, Harkers Island, and
Smyrna:
1. Establish a new high school
on a new site to serve high school
pupils in the Beaufort, Harkers
Island and Smyrna districts.
The most logical location for this
new school would appear to be
somewhere on Highway 70 between
Beaufort and the junction of the
Merrimon Road.
A site with at least 25 acre?
should be obtained and a school
for approximately 5.K) pupils should
be constructed. (II. L. Joslyn,
county school superintendent feels
that a 500-pupil building would be
too small to care for needs of the
immediate future).
See SCHOOLS, Page 2
County Farmers Find Record
Prices on Georgia Markets
Yule Lighting
Cost Discussed
Morehcad City businessmen de
cided at a meeting Thursday noon
to do away with the Christmas
give away program this year. The
businessmen met at the Hotel Fort
Macon.
It was pointed out that only {387
was left to apply to Christmas
street lighting last year after cash
prizes and other expenses were
met. The main purpose of the give
away was to raise money for the
street lighting.
The merchants decided that busi
nessmen should be asked if each
would accept an assessment of $1
per front foot for the street light
ing at Christmas. Letters making
this request have been drafted by
J. A. DuBois, manager of the
chamber of commerce.
The merchants will meet again
Thursday, Aug. 14, to determine
whether the assessment idea is
feasible.
Carroll Carpenter, Hickory, light
ing contractor who put up the
lights last year, is still owed HS5
on the 1957 project.
Fifteen persons attended the
meeting.
Idle Hour Truck
Found at Slocum
That'* one way of getting back
to Cherry Point!
The Ford pickup truck owned by
the Idle Hour Amusement Center,
Atlantic Beach, parked in front of
the Center Thursday night (with
the key in it) was stolen sometime
around 11 p.m.
It was found next morning (with
the key in it) on a Slocum Village
street by a Craven County high
way patrolman.
A1 Cooper, owner of the Idle
Hour, said that while this was the
first time his pickup truck had
been used as a bus for a home
ward trip to Cherry Point, many
other cars whose owners have ob
ligingly left their keys in them,
have been used for transportation
both to Camp Lejeune and Cherry
Point.
To his knowledge, Mr. Cooper
said, no damage has ever been
done to cars so used and the keys
have always been thoughtfully left
in them by those who have "bor
rowed" them.
Fir* Incorporated
Tho secretary of state haa issued
papers of incorporation to Security :
Loan Corp. of Morohead City Inc., :
to deal in general loan agency
business. Authorised capital is ]
$100,000, with tlOO to begin bus
iness. The incorporators are F.
R- Hockaday, 11. P. Burkette and
John T. Caul berg, all of Sanford.
The SO or 60 county tobacco'
farmers who took their crops to
Georgia for the opening markets
found record prices when they ar
rived. Tobacco prices averaged
$56.43 per hundred, $4.08 above the
1957 opening figure.
B. J. May, county ASC office
manager, says the farmers (topped
by his office and picked MB their
marketing eards earty. In order
to jell tobacco, a farmer must
have his card with him at the mar
ket. The eards are mailed out five
days before local markets open,
but farmers can get the cards early
by asking for them.
Eastern belt markets, where
most Carteret tobacco is sold, will
open the middle of this month.
While the average price for the
eastern tobacco belt is predicted
to run around $60 per hundred, the
local growers figure that in some
instance they come out ahead by
hauling their crop to Georgia.
Tobacco on the Georgia market
does not have lo be tied in hands
or graded so carefully as it is
here. This makes possible a con
siderable savings in labor.
Pay Freight Both Ways
Mr. May points out that these
farmers are still paying freight on
the tobacco two ways ? to Georgia
and then back to North Carolina.
"Most of the tobacco sold in Geor
gia eventually winds up in North
Carolina," he explains.
Sometimes farmers feel they
have some tobacco that will lose
in quality if they keep it stored
until the local market opens.
Others need the money as soon as
they can find an open market.
Some merely want an excuse to
take a trip.
In predicting prices for the North
Carolina markets, J. H. Cyrus,
marketing specialist with the state
department of agriculture, said,
"We see no reason why the prices
paid on the Georgia-Florida mar
kets shouldn't hold at the opening
of the border. belt."
Support Price is Up
He pointed out that the support
price this year is up almoat $4.
Last year the support price was
$50.80 per hundred and this year
it is $54.10.
In addition, the total poundage
will be up this year, he noted. The
1957 crop totaled 975 million pounds
as compared with an estimated
crop of more than one billion
pounds this year.
This increase, despite allotment
cuts, was brought about by a poor
season last year and a slightly
better-than-average growing sea
son this year.
Tide Table
(Eastern Standard Time)
Tldei at Ike Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Aug. 5
12:18 a.m. 5:40 a.m.
- 8:08 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. t
12:18 a.m. 8:18 a.m.
12:58 p.m. 7:02 p.m.
Tharaday, Aag. 7
12:55 a.m. 7:05 a.m.
1:37 p.m. 1:11 p.m.
Friday, Aag. I
1:40 a.m. 8:18 a.m.
t:24 p.m. _ _ 8:24 p.m.
County Fair Will
Run Sept. 15-20
T. E. Kelly of the Carlerot Fair
Association announced yesterday
that the county fair will be held
Sept. 15-20 this year rather than in
October as has been the custom in
past years.
This puts the fair a month ahead
of the state fair and will give ex
hibitors better opportunity to ex
hibit in both fairs.
Mr. Kelly announced that there
will be no new premium books this
year. Persons interested in ex
hibiting are asked to use the 1957
book, or 1956. Mr. Kelly has a few
of each on hand and will hand
them out as long as the supply
lasts.
Rides and shows booked for 1958
are Wolf Amusements which play
ed here in 1953.
Rotary Club
Hears Visitors
Visitors again held the spotlight
at the Morehead City Rotary Club
meeting Thursday night. Bill
Chalk, program chairman who is
substituting for Dr. A. F. Chest
nut, invited club visitors to tell
why they came to Morehead City,
and to offer any criticism they
may have.
Gene Schacfcr, Asheboro, a re
tired box manufacturer, said that
be was on his first trip here, liked
it and would consider it as a place
to live permanently.
Snowdic M. Edwards, Ayden, a
druggist, has owned a cottage at
Atlantic Beach five years and says,
in his estimation, this is the only
place to spend a vacation.
Ted Kellogg, Sumter, S. C., who
is employed by the Boy Scouts of
America, said he loved shrimp and
the only fault he had to find with
Morehead City is that restaurants
don't serve him enough of it.
Clarence Stamper, Beaufort, a
jeweler, said he considers More
head City, as well as Beaufort, hit
home. Moses C. Howard. Newport,
who is in the garage business, ask
ed visitors not to overlook the "rest
of the county" when looking for a
place to retire.
Lawrence Stroud, Greenville,
said he considers Morehead City
his home and he likes the More
head City Rotary Club the best,
next to his home club, of course.
He used to be in the furniture busi
ness.
Other visitors who did not speak
were Jim Fleming, head of the
language department, ECC, Green
ville; O. R. Pearce, Greenville,
dental surgeon; Wurth Kriegel. Ra
leigh, head of the ceramics en
gineering department, State Col
lege; J. W. Kellogg, forehead
City, and Gardner Edwards, Beu
laville.
W. C. Carlton ia program chair
man for this month.
Soil Bankers
To Get Notices
This Week
B. J. May, ASC manager, said
cards were being mailed yesterday
asking Soil Bank farmers to come
to the ASC office in the courthouse
annex to pick up their soil bank
checks. One hundred eighty-seven
farmers are eligible for the pay
ments, which total $110,771.
The farmers are asked to bring
to the ASC office with them the
card they receive through the
mail. Mr. May said it will speed
up the process of getting the check
into their hands.
If a farmer asks another far
mer to pick up his check for him,
he must send a written notice,
stating that the ASC office may
turn over the check to the person
bearing the written notice.
Mr. May said the first soil bank
check was handed out Thursday.
Soil bank checks were scheduled
to go out last week, according to
a July 18 announcement by Mr.
May but they were delayed. On
slow and Craven Counties have al
ready distributed their checks.
Chairman
Reports on Roads
Moses Howard, chairman of the
county hoard of commissioners,
said yesterday that traffic counts
will be made very soon on three
roads in the county ? the Gillikin
Hoad at Otway, the Crab Point
loop road and Crescent Drive on
Highway 70 east of Huntley's.
The amount of traffic on a road
determines whether it meets re
I quirenients for improvement.
Mr. Howard also said that work
on paving the Lockhart RQad will
begin very soon. There have been
delays on the traffic counts; and
on the Lockhart Road, the state
was reluctant to approve paving.
Mr. Howard said paving has now
been approved.
Norvie W. Day, a resident on
Crescent Drive, appeared before
the board to request a traffic
count. The commissioners ap
proved. -
Tilton Davis and Makely Brooks,
Markers Island, appeared before
the board relative to drainage
matters. Mr. Davis was asked to
confer with J. L. Humphrey, coun
ty road superintendent.
Another Wreck
At Intersection
Morchead City police said it
would happen and it ha?? several
times this summer ? smash-ups
where the beach road enters Aren
dcll Street.
The latest was at 4:05 p.m. Fri-i
day when a 1956 Oldsmobilc and.
a 1956 Ford collided, injuring two
persons, Sherman Paul Hatfield
and Ronald R. Cabeira, according
to the report filed by Patrolman
E. D. O'Neal Hatfield and Cabeira
were treated at the hospiul and
discharge^.
Driving the Oldsmobile was
Swindell C. Price, Cherry Point.
Driver of the other car was Clar
ence W. Henshaw, Burlington. The
Olds was going cast on Arendell
when it was struck on the left
rear fender by the Ford, making
a left turn off Arendell to go
south on the beach road.
' Patrolman O'Neal said that Hen
shaw failed to stop on the railroad
tracks to wait until traffic coming
from the west had cleared.
The Olds was knocked into the
fire hydrant. Total damages were
estimated at $750.
August Brings
Welcome Showers
August has brought the long
awaited rains. The shower* have
been slight but , .
most wclcome.
0 n Saturday
the rainfall re
corded by E.
Stamey Davia,
Morehead City
weather obser
ver, was .63;
fall was .11, and a hard shower
early yesterday morning brought
.63 inches. The total so far this
month is 1.11 inches.
Temperatures since Friday,
which was the first day o I the
month, follow:
Max. Mia. Wind
Friday M 77 gW
Saturday 85 77 NB
Sunday 17 75 SSE
Highway Near Completion
Engineers esitmate that the new
highway through Beaufort (Cedar
Street) will be paved by tomorrow.
The new bridge is due to open
early in September.
County Board Sets Sept. 2
For Mosquito Control Hearing
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How's This for a Catch?
Cornel Bui, Newport, shows off the 5'i foot, 45- pound alligator he caught on rod and reel recently In
Iroa^Crttk. Broad Creek flows Into Bogue Sound between Galea Creek and Cedar Potet.
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Walter Davis, Harkers Island,
Offers to Buy County Land
USMC Promises
Help on Taxes
"Disciplinary action" is prom
ised by the commanding general
of Cherry Point Marine air base
against civilian or military per
sonnel who fail to pay their taxes.
Read at the meeting of the coun
ty board of commissioners yester
day at the courthouse was a letter
from . E. C. Dyer, USMC. com
manding general. Cherry Point. He
responded to a letter sent him by
county officials July 11.
The county is interested in col
lecting taxes from Cherry Point
workers who are on the delinquent
list.
The general said, "f . . it has
always been the policy of the U.,
S. Marine Corps, and particularly
of this command, to view with dis
favor any dishonorable failure of
any military or civilian members
to diicharge lawful debts and ob
ligation*, and you may be sure
that when such instances arc found
to exist, disciplinary action is
promptly taken. You may be as
sured of the continued cooperation
of this command in such matters.
"I am very pleased to note that
the civil service employees of this
station enjoy a favorable reputa
tion with your county officials."
County commissioners told E.
O. Moore, county tax collector,
that if in the future workers em
ployed at Cherry Point refuse to
meet their tax payments that the
commanding general be notified.
Water Service Stopped
Again in Glendale Park
A road grader broke ? water
main in Glendale Park late Thura
day afternoon, cutting off water
supply around aupper time.
Glendale Park residents reported
that water service has been in
terrupted on several occasions this
summer and they are getting dis
gusted to the point that they are
going to be mighty slow la paying
their billa.
The "new" well drilled in Beau
fort still remains just a well, with
none o I the water going into the
town system.
Beaufort water company custo
mer* say they wouldn't mind pay
ing their bill* If they got service,
but they don't
f Walter Davis, Markers Island,'
appeared before the eounty board
yesterday and requested permis
sion to buy land on Markers Island
to which the county holds title.
Mrs. Ivy Scott occupies the land.
Mr. Davis said that Mrs. Scott
is building a home which extends
20 feet over on his property. His
property, he said, adjoins "her
property," which he wants to ac
quire.
He further stated that Mrs. Scott
owes back taxes and gets a $60
monthly check from the welfare
department through her son, Leo,
alio another $40 due to her hus
band's being confined to a state
TB hospital. (Sheriff Hugh Salter
said that Scott was recently re
moved to prison bccausc he re
fused to stay in the sanitorium).
Mr. Davis told the commission
ers, "I don't want to do anything
against the woman, but if she can
build a house, not pay a cent of
taxes and have the welfare de
partment feed 'cm, I'm not going
to pay one cent more tax.
"I don't owe a cent in taxes. I
worked at Cherry Point 14 years
to get $128 a month and I'm re
tired on disability, and they get
$100 a month for doing nothing,"
Mr. Davis said.
He told the commissioners that
the house Mrs. Scott is building is
being put up by a South Carolina
firm for $45 down and $39.39 a
month for the next five years.
He explained that he told the
contractors when the house was
being staked out that it was ex
tending 20 feet over on his prop
erty. He said the contractor told
him he didn't give a d? where
the line wai, he was building the
house where he was told to build
it.
Mr. Davis laid that he has since
had the line surveyed and the
house definitely is on his property.
The matter was turned over to
the Ux supervisor for investiga
tion.
North River Opened
To Shrimping with Trawls
The State Commercial Fisheries
division announced yesterday that
beginning at I this morning the
waters of North River, above the
bridge, will be open to shrimping
with trawls only. This type of op
eration must cease, however, Sept.
J.
All other regulations pertaining
to shrimping remain io lore*.
Salter Path Man
Seeks Phones
James Smith, Sailer Path, ap
peared before the eounty board
of commissioners yesterday morn
ing to request their .support for
getting phones at Salter Path and
Emerald Isle.
Mr. Smith was shown a letter
from J. K. Avent, vice-president
of Carolina Telephone and Tele
graph, tn which Mr. Avent said
that putting phones at Salter Path
and Emerald Isle would require
an investment of "ttOO.OOO for
widely scattered customers". He
said the project would not be self
sustaining.
Mr. Smith said he was aware
that the venture would not be pro
fitable at first, but it would be
eventually. The county board felt
that it had gone as far as it could
in obtaining favorable action. (Mr.
Avent wrote them in reply to a
letter the county sent him).
Mr. Smith was encouraged to
contact the State Utilities Com
mission. He said he has already
enlisted the aid of a Raleigh at
torney.
Two Hurt Monday
In Wildwood Wreck
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Michacl
Dingman, Cherry Point, were in
jured in an auto accident at 2 a.m.
Monday on Highway 70 near Wild-,
wood. Mr. Dingman auffered cuts
and bruises around his head. Mrs.
Dignman has a back injury, cuts
and bruises.
Patrolman W. E. Pickard said
that Dingman was headed east in
his 1953 Mercury and {ailed to
make a curve. He ran into a ditch
on the right side of the road.
The injured were taken to tbe
hospital by the Dill ambulance.
Damage to the car was $400.
Charges are pending.
Patient Moved
William C. Adams, Broad Creek,
who was in the auto accident fatal
to his brother, Calvin, last vreek.i
was moved by Bell and Munden
ambulance yesterday from Cherry
Point to tbe Morehead City Hoa
pital. Mr. Adams it reported still
to be in a serious oinriilioo,
k County commissioners, in
session yesterday at the
courthouse, set Sept. 2 for
the public hearing on estab
lishment of a mosquito con
trol district. They also heard
a proposal from VV. H. Pot
ter, Beaufort, for establish
ment of a County Resources
Development Authority.
The hearing will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 2. in the courtroom
of the courthouse. Moses Howard,
chairman of the county board, will
preside. At that time persons in
favor of and against establishment
of a Carteret mosquito control dis
trict, will be heard.
If the district is established, fol
lowing a vote by the people, a
mosquito control commission
would be appointed and would
have the power to levy a tax up to
35 cents per hundred for mosquito
control.
Special Election
If the county board determines,
after a public hearing, that there
is enough sentiment in favor of the
mosquito control district, a special
registration and special election
will be conducted.
According to the law, the refer
endum cannot be hold at the same
time as the general election in
November, Alvah Hamilton, county
attorney, said.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk
suggested that the board also hear
opinions at the Sept. 2 hearing on
whether voters want to raise taxes
to meet the cost of building new
schools, zoning the county and es
tablishing the resources develop
ment authority.
No Support
His proposal received no support
from other commissioners, mainly
because they felt to discuss the
four issues would be confusing and
lengthy.
Mr. Potter's suggestion for a spe
cial group charged with develop
ing county resources envisioned
one of the commissioner's heading
the authority and utilizing present
clerical help in the courthouse. He
said the iniUal expense, per year,
may be $2,000 or $3,000.
Commissioner Chalk said that he
didn't know whether the county
was legally empowered to spend
tax money for such a venture.
The board, however, decided to
appoint a board such as that sug
gested by Mr. Potter, calling it
the "planning board". Authority to
establish such a board to study
county resources and plan for fu
ture growth was granted county
commissioners in the 1945 legis
lature.
Appointed to the board were Har
rell Taylor, county commissioner;
W. II. Potter, and J. A. DuBois,
with two more to be named at a
future date.
Mr. Potter said that if a water
ways commission is established by
the legislature in 1959, he believes
each county will be asked to set
up an agency to cooperate with it.
He emphasized, however, that his
See COUNTY BOARD, Page 2
Bank Starts Suit
On Mel West Loan
The Commercial National Bank
of Kinston is suing Mclvin West
and endorsers of a note for recov
ery of $5,781 with interest.
According to the bank, $6,000
was loaned West approximately
seven months before he made his
first attempt to go from Morehead
City to Bermuda in an outboard
motorboat in October 1957. Frank
Fitzgerald, vice-president of the
bank, said the money was not
used to finance the trip.
In addition to West (who may
or may not be living), the suit has
been brought against West's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Barry L. West
and Carl J. Beacham, who en
dorsed the note.
It is reported that seven pay
ments of $150 each had been made
on the note before West disap
peared in January 1958 on an out
board motorboat trip reported to
be his second attempt to reach
Bermuda from Morehead City.
Driver Cited Following
Accident Sunday Night
Gilbert Ray Adams, Atlantic
Beach, was charged with careless
and reckless driving at 8:45 p.m.
Sunday after he ran his 1951 Ply
mouth into the rear of a 1953
Studebaker.
Patrolman W. E. Pickard said
that Mrs. GUda McDaniel. New
port, in a 1953 Studebaker, was
headed east and had stopped to
turn left into tbe Ocean Park
drive-in theatre when she was
struck from the rear.
Damage to the Studebaker was
estimated at $120 and damage to
tbe Plymouth at $200>