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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ""
47th YEAR, NO. 63. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Younger Set Suggests
Ideal Vacation Spots
Town Collects
$3,042 Recently
In Back Taxes
Newport commissioners were in
formed at their meeting Tuesday
night that $3,042,86 in delinquent
taxes were collected immediately
prior to and after the tax sale
July 14- Delinquent taxes ?dver_
tised in the newspaper totaled
^George Ball, town attorney, re
ported that one piece of property
on which taxes were owed, was
bought by an individual. The
others were bought in by thc town
and are being recorded at the of
fice of the clerk of superior court
'"persons against whom this lien
exists will be notified by registered
mail and in six months another
tale will be conducted, this time
at the courthouse in Beaufort. I er
sons who owe back taxes can pay
them and redeem their , PropetJ^
up to the last minute before the
sale, Mr. Ball explained^
The board commended Miss
Edith Lockey, clerk, for the effi
cient way in which she handled
the tax sale and collected the.
taxes.
New Commissioner
Sworn in as a new member of
the board was John B. Kelly, who.
will serve as street commissioner.
The oath of office was issued by.
A L Wilson, justice of the peace.
Mr. Kelly was requested to see
to changing the position of a n*w ^
installed street light, and get the
costs on marl necessary in
paving of Eastover Court and por
tions of Railroad Street.
Expenses of $70.25 for B. T.
Smith Jr. and Bennie R. Gsr"?
to attend the firemen s convention
were approved.
Insurance Renewed
Insurance was renewed with i Roy
T. Gamer, agent, the loUl '
$710.01 plus an additional $25 for
$3 000 insurance on the town hall
arid fire station. This is an Increase
of about $100 over last year due,
to an increase in rates, Mr. oar
n?Mr Ball reported on status of
legal action taken to acquire the
Campbell lot next to the fire sta
^Leslie Bercegeay appeared be
fore the board and requested that
manholes in West Newport *
fixed. He also requested an ordi:
nance against shooting air rifles
ta town. The clerk was asked to
check the ordinance book to see
if one already exists.
Mrs. lona Mason and Miss Geral
dine Haskins requested stop light*
and a lower speed limit on high
way 70 through town. Mayor Leon
Mann Jr. explained that ""town
has no authority to set speed limits
on a sUte highway.
Bills ordered paid amounted to
$1,307.80, leaving a balance ot
42 465 32.
The board requests that persons
owning vacant lots cut the weeds,
or the town will do the cutting and
levy the cost against the owner.
Attending, in addition to those
mentioned, were Commissioners
Douglas Henderson, B. R. Garner,
Dick Lockey, and Wilbur Garner.
Ten Appear
In Beach Court
Ten defendant* appeared in At
lantic Beach mayor's court Mon
day night and the eleventh defen
dant forfeited bond.
William James Griffin, More
head City, waa found guilty of fail
ing to comply with a suspended
sentence. He was fined $5 and
costs, given a 30-day suspended
sentence and ordered to stay away
from the beach for five years.
Frederick Turner and Donald R.
Wisling, both of Camp Lejeune,
paid $10 and costs for possession
of non-taxpaid beer. Howard E.
Talbot, Cherry Point, for public
drunkenness and disturbing the
peace, paid $5 and costs.
Costa were paid by the follow
ing: Richard J. Kowaiski, public
drunkenness and disturbing the
peace; Donald Norris Jr., disturb
ing the peace; Robert L. Tissue
and Ray Galbro, public drunken
ness; Ronald J. Grayson, making
threatening remarks to a police
officer. All were from Cherry
Point.
John K. Braswell. Rocky Mount,
for displaying whiskey in public,
paid costs. Bobby Gene Howard,
Greenville, improper muffler and
disturbing the peace, forfeited $25
bond.
Graas Fire
Beaufort firemen spent as hour
and a half Tuesday putting out ?
grasa fire at the airport The
?Urm w*? souxled at $ pan.
- While Carteret County ii con
sidered a favorite vacation resort,
many of the younger set would
like to get away for their vaca
tion ? at least for a week or two.
The following youngsters told a
NEWS-TIMES reporter where they
would most like to spend their va
cation:
Sherry Gar
ner, 11, declared
8 he would enjoy
a trip to Paris
this summer. "I
would like to
aee the pretty
country and vis
it in other towns
in France, too,"
she said. "I
have a cousin
somewhere near
Paris and 1
would like to
Merry Garner sce her."
Sherry is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Garner, Beaufort.
She goes to Beaufort graded school.
Another would-be foreign travel
ler is Bill Sam
pic, 11. "I
would like to
take my vaca
tion in Mexico,"
said Bill, a vet
eran of one such
trip. "I went to
Mexico with my
mother and
daddy (Mr. and
Mrs. Frank
Sample, More
head City) when
1 was o.
Mill sampie Thc thing Bill
liked moat about his first trip was
that he got back two days after
school had started. "I think I
could enjoy a trip to Mexico more
now than I did when I was young
er," BUI explained.
Big cities appeal to Gerry Willis,
i?, aaugmer 01
Mr. and Mrs.
George Willis,
Beaufort. "I
want to go to
New York," she
declared. Gerry
had a couple of
reasons for
wanting to go.
"First of all 1
want to sec all
the sights. I've
heard so much
? ?*. ; ?d?ui iiew i or*
Gerry WBIU i want to see it
<11 far myself And I want to shop
in some of the stores up there,
too," she concluded.
John Chalk, 9, says he is the out
a o o r iy(K. i
would like to
spend the rest
of my vacation
in the moun
tains," he an
nounced. John
spent two weeks
at a camp near
Tryon earlier in
the summer.
"This month I
am going to
spend some
time at camp
John Chalk Don Lee. I like
to swim, camp and live in the
open. There is more to do at camp
than there is at home," he added.
Newport Rotary
Sees Fair Slides
Newport Rotarians saw color
slides on the Brussels world's fair
at their meeting Tuesday night in
the school cafeteria. They were
shown by Cdr. Lewis Edwards.
USN, who visited the (air recently
with his wife and children.
Most of the slides were of the
American and Russian exhibits.
Commander Lewis said he visited
the Russian exhibit first and then
the American. The American
seemed disappointing in contrast
to the Russians who have empha
sized machinery and industrial
might. ,
But he said be found himself re
turning again and again to the
American exhibit and began to ap
preciate its theme more ? the
peaceful, contented American way
of life.
Roy T. Garner was program
Chairman. Visitors were Dr. A. F.
Chestnut, More held City; Ray
mond Edwards, Bill Boyd, Dur
wood Hill, Harvey Garner and the
Rev. C. B. Hansley, all of New
port.
Next week's program chairman
will be Charles Long.
Car Hit* Rear of Auto
In Morohood Wodnosday
A 1(56 Dodge driven by Eric
Pike. Bettie, humped into the rear
of a 1958 Ford station wagon driven
by Oliver DWk, Beaufort, at 12:0T
p.m. Wednesday it and and Aren
dell Streets, Morehead CKy
Both cart were going east Dim
age to the Ford was estimated at
1190 and damage to the Dodge at
$mo. U Carl Blomberg investi
gated.
House Moved by Barge
Thf home owned by the Fish and Wildlife Service, Pivers Island, was recently moved by barge from
Pivers Island to Radio Island. The home was bought by Sam Morgan, New Bern. Until recently, the
house was occupied by the G. B. Talbot family. In this picture, a workman, with his horse, operates
a pulley, which moves the house, on rollers, to the shore. ? Photos by F4WLS
Getting a house from dry land, across a sea wall to a barge. If a
neat trick if yon can do it. Here it's being done!
A six-room frame house was
transported over water recently.
It's not unusual to see a house
moving down a street on a truck,
especially in this area where
homes are built without basements.
But moving a house by barge is
not common occurrence.
The moving job was contracted
to Denard Davis of Davis. A new
home will be built.
Its architecture will be in keep
ing with the modern laboratory
buildings recently erected by the
Fish and Wildlife Service on
Pivers Island.
Beach Firemen Elect
Earl Dunn as Chief
Earl Dunn was fleeted ehief of
the Atlantic Beach Fire Depart
ment at a meeting at the city hall
Wednesday night. He succeeds
Leslie Moore.
David Morris was elected assist
ant (ire ehief. He succeeds fleorge
Smith. Shelby Freeman remains
as secretary-treasurer.
I
Here (on the house, south on Gallants Channel, towed by the shrimper, Allie A. In the background t? the west end of Front Street, Beaufort.
Town Board Turns Thumbs
Down on Telegraph Agency
Two Western Union officials
failed Monday night to obtain
Beaufort town board approval of
having a Western Union agency in
Beaufort rather than an office.
The Western Union officials,
each of whom identified himself
as a district manager, were M. A.
Temple and R. H. Barnes. Mr.
Temple presented figures to show
that the Western Union office has
been losing steadily since 19SS. In
that year its operating loss, he
said, was $850.
Losses Cited
Losses Increased until 1957 when
it was $2,119. The loss for the first
six months of this year, Mr. Tem
ple said, was $1,432.
Mr. Temple explained that as an
agency, a person in Beaufort would
keep the same hours as the office
does now, and would handle tele
grams going in and out. The
spokesman mentioned that Mount
(Hive and Tarboro both operate
under the agency system.
He wsured the commissioners
that no town has been put on agen
cy operation and then experienced
Western Union's pulling out com
pletely. Mr. Barnes said that there
are 33 agencies in his eastern
Ndrth Carolina district.
The officials explained that the
only difference in agency opera
tion is that the agent does no
bookkeeping.
The commissioners maintained
that Western Union had done noth
ing to improve its service or sell
its service in the town; that if it
had, the office would not be losing
money.
Authority Proposed
W. H. Potter appeared before
the board aid recommended that
tb* town appoint ? Harbor sad
Water Development Authority "to
affect long-range planning of water
resources".
He suggested that spoils from
harbor work be used to build up
the shoal along the town water?
front and that Beaufort look to
ward developing areas to facilitate
expansion of the Morehead City
state port.
Mr. Potter emphasized that the
authority be a permanent agency
which would serve as liaiaon be
tween the town, county, state and
federal governments.
He remarked that proposed re
moval of the bridge across New
port river to a point northward
would tend to divert traffic from
Beaufort. Mr. Potter said that he
didn't want to have to drive to
Core Creek to get to Morehead.
Changing the site of the New
port River bridge has been men
tioned in connection with expan
sion of the state port.
Tide Table
(Eastern Standard Time)
Tides it the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Aug. g
1:40 a.m. 8:16 a.m.
2:24 p.m. 8:24 p.m.
Satarday, Aug. 8
2:34 a.m. 8:21 a.m.
3:19 p.m. 10:18 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 18
3:42 a.m. 10:18 a.m.
4:18 p.m. 11:08 p.m.
Moaday, Aug. 11
4:S0 a.m. ll:?a a.m.
S:16 p.m. 11:C7 p.m.
Taesday, Aug. 12
?:? ??">. 11: se a.m.
?:0T p.m. -
The commissioners reacted fav
orably to Mr. Potter's proposal,
suggesting that the body he has in
mind could be the Beaufort port
commission, which. Gene Smith,
town attorney, says i? authorized
in the town charter.
Lockhart Road
To be on System
The Lockhart Road, west of
Morehead City, will not be paved
aa waa stated in Tuesday's paper.
The statement wai in error.
The road will be put on the
county system only, which means
that the state will maintain it.
Information that the road would
be put on the system has come
from Harold Makepeace, bead of
the secondary roads diviakm, ac
cording to Moses Howard, chair-,
man of the board. John Humphrey,
county road superintendent, said
yesterday he had not received any
notification aa yet relative to the
road's being on the system.
The Lockhart Road is about
four-tenths of a mile long and
loops form highway 70 weat of
Morehead City, with a spur run
ning to Newport River.
Ualferms Available
Parents who wish to order uni
forms for children who will attend
St. Egbert's Catholic School. More
bead City, in the fall may place
their orders Tuesday afternoon
from 2 until 4 at the school. The
uttanw ?? It ttM ?* ttat ttae.
Marines Return
Following Crisis
Marines and their gear, which
moved out of Morehead City port
at the height of the Lebanon crisis
the second and third weeks in July,
were returning home this week.
Fighting units, in full battle
dress, have been "on maneuvers
in the Caribbean area", ready to
move at a moment's notice should
the situation in the Middle East
have developed into war.
Among the units returning to
Cherry Point and Lcjeunc this
week were four transport squad
rons of helicopters which flew
Tuesday from the carrier Antie
tam, taking back to New River a
thousand Marines.
Other heavy equipment, men and
gear are being unloaded at More
head City port and transported by
truck to Cherry Point.
Mrs. Louis Sutton
To Meet With
Theatre Group
Mn. Louis Sutton, Atlantic
Beach and Raleigh, will meet with
the Carteret Community Theatre
at I Wednesday night in the rec
reation building, Moreheat* City.
Mrs. Sutton has been instrumen
tal in developing and promoting
the Raleigh Uttle Theatre and was
invited to talk with the Carteret
group on amateur theatre opera
tion.
Persons interested in theatre
work are invited. Summer sports
clothes are acceptable attire for
the meeting, which will include a
brief business session, followed by
refreshments.
The recreation building is lo
cated on Shepard Street between
IMwIlM Street*.
Fire Guts McCabes
Garage Wednesday
1 <
Judge Hears Eight Cases
In Morehead Court Monday
Two Accidents
Occur Within
Hour Wednesday
Two accidents occurred within
an hour Wednesday, one at 10:30
a.m. two miles from Sea Level on
Highway 70 and the other at 11
a.m. on Ward's Creek bridge, east
of Beaufort.
Mrs. Golden W. Hardest}-, New
Bern, suffered head injuries when
the 1956 Chevrolet she was driving
went around a curve and skidded.
The car went in the canal at the
side of the road.
The car was headed east. Its
damage was estimated at $500 by
W. E. Pickard, investigating pa
trolman.
A pickup truck driven hy Charles
Thomas Salter, route 1 Beaufort,
ran into a state truck parked on
the Ward's Creek bridge. Salter
was headed west. By the time he
got to the truck a car from the
cast had pulled out to pass the
truck.
To avoid hitting the car, Salter
put on hi* brakes and skidded into
the state truck. Damage to each
vehicle was estimated at $50.
Also reported to Patrolman
Pickard was a wreck at 9:45 a.m.
Tuesday at Emerald Isle.
Floyd William Benton, Golds
boro, in a 1957 Chevrolet attempted
to pass a 1953 Pontiac driven by
Jack W. Stokes, Kinston, when
Stokes, according to the patrolman,
started toward the left. The two
cars collided.
* Eight eases were heard in More
head City Recorder's Court Mon
day. Ten were continued.
John (James) White, Morehead
City, pleaded guilty to assault on
Elizabeth White and disturbing the
peace. He was given a six-month
sentence, suspended on condition
he remain on good behavior two
years and pay $25 and costs.
Elbert Hicks, Morehead City,
pleaded guilty to public drunken
ness. He was given a 30-day sen
tence, suspended on payment of
costs and staying on good behavior
a year.
Robert Dudley, Morehead City,
appealed after being sentenced to
six months on the road. He was
charged with driving a car after
his license was revoked, and re
sisting arrest. Bond was set at
$500.
Judge Herbert Phillips ordered
two men to be brought into court,
Harvey Lewis, Morehead City,
charged with public drunkenness,
;ind J. T. Brown, Morehead City,
charged with assaulting George
Sanders.
A $25 fine was remitted to Robert
Jack ShSfer, Beaufort, after he
showed a valid operator's license.
He paid costs upon pleading guilty
to having had an improper license.
Clarence W. Kinshaw, Burling
ton, forfeited bond for failure to
yield the right-of-way. Kinshaw
was involved in an accident at 24th
and Arendell Streets. In the news
article on the accident his name
appeared as llenshaw, as was writ
ten on the police report.
The state did not prosecute the
case against Mark S. llincs, New
Bern, charged with driving with
out a license, llincs presented his
license in court.
Board Receives
Water Report
Junius Creech, Newport's now
water department administrator,
gave the town board a detailed re
port at its meeting Tuesday night.
The report follows: number of
units on whieh the connection fee
has not been fully paid, 67; amount
of connectqion fees due, $2,537 ;
number of single units using water,
114; number of single units con
nected but not using water, 73;
amount of fees deposited during
June, $414.91; average water bill
in June, $3.64; June expenses (in
cluding $11,156.05 to llefelfinger,
the water system contractor), $11,
372.59; total assets. $159,388.83;
cash on hand July 26. $1,737.73.
The board stipulated that water
will be cut off to any home or busi
ness where the bill is not paid with
in 45 days after it is due. As of
Aug. 15, if anyone is 45 days in
arrears, the water will be cut off.
Mr. Creech said that there ire
some customers who owe bills of
more than three months.
The board also requested the
town attorney to draw up an ordi
nance making it illegal for any un
authorized person to handle water
system equipment.
Persons who want to mail water
payments to the town should ad
dress the mail to Box 665, Town of
Newport Water Department. i
' McCabe's Garage, on
| Highway 70-A near the in
tersection of Bonner Avenue,
Morehead City, was gutted
by fire Wednesday night.
Kenneth McCabe, owner and
operator of the garage, said
he had very little insurance.
The total loss has been estimated
at $10,000.
Burned in the fire was a 1955
Buick owned by John A. Baker and
a IMS ton-and-a-half stake body
truek owned by Danny Oglesby,
both of Morehead City.
The fire was diseovered shortly
before 8 o'clock. Mr. McCabe said
he had left the garage about an
hour before and had gone to his
home a hundred yards away on
Bonner Avenue.
A lad across the street from the
garage noticed smoke and ran to
the McCabe home. He told Mr.
McCabe, who called the fire de
partment.
No one has any idea how the fire
started. Mr. McCabe said it was
the first time he has been damaged
by fire in his 15 years in the
garage business.
Fire trucks had to fight the fire
with water from tank trucks and
water from one hydrant at the
north end of Noyes Avenue, about
a quarter of a mile west of the fire.
Karl Freeman's grocery store,
located next door to the garage,
was not damaged. Firemen left
the scene between 9:15 and 9:30.
Statelakes Ann's
Beer Permit
The State ABC board on Wed
nesday revoked the beer permit
held by Ann's Drive-In, located on
Highway 70 went of Morchead City.
M. M. Ayscuc, county ABC offi
cer, said yesterday he had learned
no details of the revocation but
assumed the permit had been re
voked for at lent six months and
possibly more.
The State ABC board conducted
two hearings on alleged violation
of beer regulations at the drive-in.
The latest was July 29 when 28
witnesses testified against and in
favor of the beer Joint's license
being revoked.
The hearing was conducted In
the courthouse, Beaufort. Judge
Luther Hamilton represented citi
zens in the area who wanted the
beer license taken, and Claud
Wheatly Jr. represented Mrs. Ann
Avery, now Mrs. Ann Sykes, who
operates the place.
Neighbors testified that the
drive-in was the source of repeat
ed commotions and disturbances.
Three men have been injured in
gunplay there, one fatally.
Superior Court Clerk
Reports July Receipts
July court receipts amounted to
$4,144.96, A. H. James, clerk of
superior court, told county com
missioners Monday.
Receipts from Carteret superior
court were $193.30, from county re
corder's court, $3,860.58. Again no
receipts were reported from More
head City recorder's court. The
last report of receipts from that
court was in February 19S8, $50.
Probate and clerk's fees amount
ed to $90.88.
Puerto Rican Addresses
Beaufort Rotary Club
Dr. Guitavo A. Candelas, mem
ber of the faculty of the Univer
sity of Puerto Rico, spoke Tuesday
night to Beaufort Rotarians at
their meeting in the Scout build
ing.
Dr. Candelas, who was a guest i
faculty member at Duke Univer
sity last year, was a resident in- j
vestlgator at Duke Marine lab,
Pivers Island, this summer. He ,
leaves today to return to Puerto .
Rico.
Dr. Candelas spoke on Puerto
Rico's educational system, on its j
industries (sugar is the major |
one), geography, and politics. |
The speaker said that there has
been speculation, since Alaska be
came a state, as to whether Puerto i
Rico will want statehood. He ex- ,
plained that there are three fac
tions on the ialand, the Republi
cans who favor statehood, the In
dependenta who want independence
from this country, and the middle- '
of-the-roaders who aren't plugging
for either. The last- mentioned I
group is in control now, the speak- :
er commented. I
The majority o< the islanders,
he continued, are not interested in
statehood, because aa a territory i
Puerto Rico wUcqrt many at U? :
same privileges il United States
citizens, but need not pay federal
taxes.
Taxes (ram the sale of rum, he
said, are used to support the Uni
versity of Puerto Rico, where he
teaches.
A question and answer period
Followed the talk. Program chair
man was J. P. Harris, who sub
itituted for James H. Davis. Pro
gram chairman next week will be
Dr. David Farrior.
Visitors were Albert Gaskill,
Buck Matthews Jr., Fred Lewis
?nd H. S. Gibbs Jr., aU of More
tiead City.
County Tax Collections
Total $79,741.65 in July
County tax collections in July
amounted to <78,741.(5, E. O.
Moore, tax collector, reported this
week.
Collected on the 1(51 levy was
172,890.80, on 1957 and prior levies,
(6.850.85. Percentage of the IMS
levy collected to date la 33.22.
Collected last month by E. O.
Brinson, deputy collector of delin
quent personal property taxes, was
1471.53.