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47th YEAR. NO. 68. EIGHT PAGES MOKEHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
4-Year-Old
Harkers Island
Boy Drowns
? Funeral Conducted
Yesterday Afternoon
? Gary Yeomans Finds
Son's Body Saturday
The funeral service for Rodney
Livingston Yeomans, 4, who
drowned Saturday at Harkers Is
land, was conducted at 2 p.m.
yesterday in the Free Grace Pil
grim Holiness Church, Harkers Is
land.
t Rodney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Le
land Gary Yeomans, Harkers Is
land, drowned about noon Satur
day in a small creek at Joe Whit
ley's boatyard. The creek had been
dredged to launch boats.
Rodney left home about 11 a.m.
Saturday. When he had not re
turned by about 2, his father went
to look for him. He spoke to a
little boy who had been playing
v i t h Rodney. The playmate,
Robert O'Neal, said Rodney had
gone home.
Mr. Yeomans went back home,
but when the child was not there,
he went down to the small creek
again, walked out on the dock and
saw the boy floating in the water.
He jumped in and brought his son
to shore. The boy was apparently
dead at that time.
A doctor, after examination, told
Mr. Yeomans that Rodney had
I probably drowned about two hours
before he was found.
Conducting the funeral service
was the Rev. C. C. McMasters,
pastor. Burial was in the Virgie
Mae cemetery.
Survivors include, besides his
parents, a brother, Leland Wayne,
0, his maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Bessie Lawrence, and his paternal
t grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
Luther Yeomans, all of Harkers
Island.
Dutch Minister
, To Speak Here
The Rev. John Vieser, Amster
dam, Holland, pastor of the First
Free Baptist Church to be organ
ized In the world (1609) will preach
in the First Free Will Baptist
Church, Morehead City, at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday night.
The Rev. Seldon Bullard, pas
tor. says Mr. Vieser is touring the
United States in the interest of
missions in Holland, Spain and the
Netherlands.
The church in Holland is known
as Free Baptist. The "Will" is not
used as it is in this country, Mr.
Bullard explains.
Mr. Vieser was speaker at the
National Association of Free Will
Baptists in St. Louis in July. Dur
l big the second world war, he was
confined for several months in a
Nazi concentration camp.
- The public is invited to hear Mr.
AVieser. The church, officially
?opened Sunday after complete ren
lovation, ia loeated at 10th and
?Bridges Streets.
Capacity audiences attended
morning and evening services and
several hundred visited the church
during the day.
Rusty Beats the Heat
j Photo by Reginald Lewis
Thing): get hot, even on the waterfront sometimes. Here Rusty takes rrfuer under a parasol lathed to
the flnltr of one of the large anchors in front of Capt. Ottis Purtfoy'a, Morrhead City.
School Official Tells How
To Get New School Funds
H. L. Jostyn, county superin
tendent of schools, was the speaker
at the meeting of the Morehead
City Rotary Club Thursday night
at the Rex Restaurant. He was
introduced by W. C. Carlton, pro
gram chairman.
Are your children worth more
than $15.13 a year? This is the
amount presently being spent by
the county annually for the educa
tion of each school child, said Mr.
Joslyn. (Out of a total outlay of
i more than $1 million for current
'? expenses during the school year
1957-5?, the county's share was
h only $>5,000 and the remainder of
" funds represented state and federal
support. For the total expendi
1 turps, the average per child was
I $161.26.
f Growth Rate High
I During the past 11 years the
I county school system has experi
? enced a 35.2 per cent increase in
? growth, with capital improvements
I lagging far behind. Recent new
I buildings have been almost totally
? financed through outside aid. the
I county having received $717,000
B from the state and $300,000 from
R the federal government.
Even with these additions the
? county will begin the school year
? this September with 10 adequate
? or obsolete rooms. Something
H should and must be done to take
? care of an annual increase of 200
?itudents, said Mr. Joslyn.
H Survey MUt
I A survey at the county school
^krstem was made ? few months
tad the recommendations of
this study were discussed with the
school committees, the county
board of education and the county
commissioners.
The county's problem is finan
cial. Where is the money to be
found that is necessary for the re
quired capital improvements?
Presently there is a bonded in
debtedness remaining from capital
improvements other than for
schools of $1 million dollars and
$2.5 million is needed presently for
adequate school requirements.
Without increasing the present
county tax rate apportionment of
65 cents for debt service, a new
bond issue totalling $3.5 million
can be financed, thus permitting
the retirement of the old bonds and
the beginning of some critically
needed school construction.
Th? 65 cent* per hundred valua
tion applied to the total county val
uation of properties of $40 million
will produce $260,000 annually, and
this amount is sufficient to amor
tize interest and principal on $3.5
million of bonds over a period of
20 years.
"We must quit walking, and
'run' and do something for our
children," Mr. Joslyn concluded.
Visiting Rotarians were R. P.
Bender, Polloeksville; George Car
ter, Kinston; Jim Fleming, Green
ville.
Guesta were A] Archer, Ridge
wood, N. J., son-in-law of Paul
Geer; Herbert O. Phillips III,
Morehead City, guest of Dr. Silas
Thome, and John Stevens, Hern
don, V?.; guest of W. B. Chalk.
Water Manager Says Beaufort's New
Well May be Ready in Several Weeks
Dr. Chipman
LeavesforEurope
Dr. Walter A. Chipman, chief,
radiobiological investigations. Bu
reau of Commercial Fisheries, and
director of the Radiobiological
Laboratory on Pivers Island, is
leaving today for Europe.
He will represent the US Bureau
of Commercial Fisheries at the In
ternational Conference on the
Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
to be held under the sponsorship
of the United Nations in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Following the conference he will
review the programs on atomic
power installations and disposal of
radioactive wastes with officials
in Sweden and Holland. Dr. Chip
man will return to Beaufort early
in October.
Ship Due
"Hie Bischofstein is due at state
port, Morehead City, Friday to load
tobacco for Germany.
?? C. W. Williams, manager of the
Carolina Water Co., said Friday
morning that Beaufort's new well
should be in use "in several
weeks".
Mr. Williams added that when
the system is completed "Beau
fort will have the best water it
has ever had."
He said his company, he and his
men have been working- hard all
summer to get the well, pump
house and other necessary projects
completed.
The people in Beaufort who ob
ject to quality of the present water
have been unable to determine
why, if a new well was drilled in
May, it has still not been put in
use.
Mr. Williams said, "People don't
understand. They're used to well 1
drillers around here putting a hole
in the ground, putting a pipe on
it and pumping water. We can't i
do that.
Costs Important
He added, "We've also got to
put in a system that Beaufort users
are able to pay for. You can't run
a Cadillac on Ford prices. We
could tell companies to ship us
any equipment we need, no mat
ter what the cost. But I've bar
gained and watched prices on that
job like I've never watched any
thing before."
He said that the meters being
used sell for $30 retail, but his
company is getting them for con
siderably less. He inferred that a
smaller firm than his, or an inde
pendent outfit, such as a munici
pal water company, would not be
able to obtain similar low prices.
The water company manager
cited some of the problems he has
had. The concrete floor was poured
in a pumphouse and the contractor
said he'd be "back next week" to
do some finishing up work.
Contractor Disappears
The contractor never did comr
back. Mr. Williams had to chase
him down. "And that man is sujy
posed to be a reliable contractor,"
the manager said.
lie's had a similar problem on
fencing, to go around the pump
houses in both Beaufort and More
head City ? promises were made
but no action resulted.
Referring to an editorial which
appeared in Friday's NEWS
TIMES, Mr. Williams wanted to
Tide Table
(Eaitern Standard Time)
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Aug. 20
6:02 a.m. 12:08 a.m.
6:23 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 27
6:S1 a.m. 12:42 a.m.
7:01 p.m. 12:56 p.m.
TfcarMUy, A?g. 28
7:35 a.m. 1:21 a.m.
1'30 p.m. 1:42 p.fb.
Friday, Anf. 2*
l:U a.m. 2.10 a.m.
1:29 p.m. 2:2$ p.m.
know why people call the news
paper to complain about water
scrvice, why don't they call the
water company?
The people in Beaufort disgusted
with the water say they arc tired
of calling the water company and
getting no action.
Mr. Williams contends that every
complaint is investigated.
The people say that investigation
has not improved the situation.
They remember the 50 per cent
increase in rates in 1956. They re
member that only after Beaufort
town officials contacted the state
health department in February
and housewives were up in arms
over the taste and smell of water
that the water company took any
action whatever toward putting
down a new well.
Why They Do It
To understand why people "call
the newspaper" when they become
aroused, one has to understand
democracy. When people present :
problems to a ruler, be he premier 1
or president, and he ignores their 1
complaints, they want those com- ,
plaints aired. The newspaper, since '
colonial days in America, has been J
the "public forum". Most students
)f American history can recall the 4
story of John Peter Zenger and 1
how his trial in New York estab- 1
lished the tenet of freedom of the
press in this country? freedom of 1
the press being, simply, the right '
>f the people to express their 1
grievances and seek alleviation of j
the problems causing them dis- 1
!omfor?.
Today, when people have griev- 1
inces, be they against the govern- *
nent, a group of individuals, an
See WATER, Page 3
Hearing on Mosquito Control
To Begin at 2 Next Tuesday
State Civil Defense Official
To Talk with Morehead Group
Mayor George Dill reported aH
the August meeting of the More
head City town board Thursday
night that Gen. Edward F. Griffin,
head of the state Civil Defense or
ganization, has agreed to send a
Civil Defense official to Morehead
City to speak with local officials
about defense. The date has not
been set.
In connection with defense, Lt.
Merrit Bridgman. commanding of
ficer of the National Guard Unit,
appeared before the board to re
quest that a number be established
on the fire alarm system that
would serve as an alert for Guards
men.
D. J. Hall, fire commissioner,
was appointed to confer with the
superintendent of the fire alarm
system, and then contact Lieu
tenant Bridgman. The commission
ers were in favor of establishing
an alert alarm
Crossing Wanted
The mayor was delegated to con
tact Southern Railway to obtain
permission to put a highway cross
ing over the railroad in front of
the West End fire station. At pres
ent, fire trucks go several hundred
feet westward before they ^ can
turn to go cast.
Roper Van Horn appeared be
fore the board. He requested per
mission to put a room on his home
at 1713 Evans St.. on the west side
next to 18th Street. Adding the
room on that side would be ex
tending a building in violation of
the zoning ordinance. He said the
board of adjustment approves the
request, but it has no power to
grant it. The town board said it
would give its OK if it receives
a recommendation in writing from
the board of adjustment.
Oscar Bell appeared before the
board with the request for a taxi
franchise. The board approved, but
George McNeill, attorney, pointed
oot tbat a clause in the ordinance
on taxi franchises says that a
franchise not in use for 90 days
becomes void.
Since Bell did not want to start
operating the cab until Jan. 1, the
commissioners asked that he come
before the board again in October.
The mayor was authorized to
write letters to Morehead City
firms which put gigantic crates
See TOWN BOARD, Page 3
Tar Heels Asked
To Watch Daisy
North Carolinians were advised
yesterday to keep in touch with
reports on Daisy, the fourth tropi
cal storm of the season.
At noon yesterday the storm was
280 miles cast of Palm Beach and
had reached hurricane proportions,
rhe storm was expected to move
jnly slightly yesterday afternoon,
starting its north-northwest move
ment again last night. i
Hurricane winds were reported 1
within a radius of 30 miles of the I
:enter, with winds of gale force ;
reaching out 85 miles on the east I
tide of the storm and 12S miles ]
:o the west. I
The storm was expected to pose
10 threat to the coasts of Georgia i
>r South Carolina.
The first three storms of the i
icason have passed the mainland, I
noving northeastward out to sea. i
State Driver License
Division Tops Nation
Chamber Reports
Tourist Business
Increase in '58
? Total Income This
Summer, $4,375,000
? Industrial Development
Report Given
The Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce reported to chamber
members in a letter last week that i
$875,000 more in tourist dollars i
came to Carteret this summer. The '
total was $4,375,000 for 1958 and j
$3,500,000 for 1957.
The chamber pointed out that
this was due to mailing of pictorial
brochures to places all over this
country and Canada, answering
every question put to the chamber,
and furnishing pictures and copy
for state and national publications.
It attributes the 25 per cent in
crease in tourist business this year
largely to contacts made by the
chamber last winter and this
spring.
The amount of business done this
summer la based on reports by res
taurants. motels and other retail
businesses. J. A. DuBois, manager
of the chamber, says.
The chamber bulletin points out
that four carloads of tourists mean
16 persons. They spend an aver
age of $20 a day or $320. This
times 365 days a year equals
$107,300. In terms of "payroll",
that's not bad at all, the chamber
declares.
Included in the letter was a re
port from W. B. Chalk, chairman
of the industrial development com
mittee. This report stated that on
the Markley grain loading proposi
tion, $488.80 was invested.
(The Markley firm has acquired
a lease to ship grain out of More
head City port).
Along with this report and the
tourist summary, was the set of
rules and regulations on solicita
tions, adopted by the merchants
committee.
Coast Guard Refloats
Three Vessels Sunday
Three vessels ran aground |n
Rogue Sound Sunday. A 90 foot tug.
Carolina, and it* tow, ? converted
LST, ran aground about halfway
lo Swansboro Sunday afternoon. '
Sunday night George Ballou's par
ly boat Pal ran aground between
Morehead City and the beach
bridge. i
Coast Guardsmen DC/1 Capes i
?nd EN/2 Barbee refloated the tug 1
?nd barge at 4:15 p.m. after about .
tn hour, with the help of the ris- I
ing tide. Capes and YN/3 !<ewis I
refloated the Pal at 10:40 p.m.
? The North Carolina driver li
cense division has been selected
as the best in the nation for the
third consecutive year. The an
nouncement was made last week
by Klton R. Peel, division director.
The annual rating survey is con
ducted by the American Associa
tion of Motor Vehicle Administra
tors in cooperation with the Na
t ion al Safely Council.
items considered in grading
were personnel and training, field
supervision, examining standards
and procedures, central driver rec
ord file, driver improvement and
control and all office activities in
general.
Local license examiner David
Morris says that North Carolina
had a score of 97 per cent. Califor
nia was in second place with a 94
per cent score. Others in the top
five were Minnesota, Connecticut
and Utah.
Mr Morris points out that prior
to 1935 North Carolina had no
state-wide driver licensing pro
gram. By 1935 there were about
one-half million cars on North
Carolina highways.
Driver licensing laws were
passed to promote safe and sensi
ble conduct on the public high
ways. This is accomplished by
denying to those who are physi
cally or mentally incompetent for
safe motor vehicle operation the
authorization to operate motor vc
hides.
A second safeguard is taking
away a previously granted license
when a driver's conduct has
stamped him as dangerous, or
when his condition has changed 1
so that he is no longer a safe
driver.
? One week from today the county
board of commissioner# will bear
opinions from the public on a tax
for mosquito control.
The hearing will be at 2 next
Tuesday afternoon in the court
room of the courthouse, Beaufort.
Moses C. Howard, chairman of
the county board will preside. Also
present will be a representative
from the state health department.
The public hearing is required
by law to determine whether there
is sufficient interest in mosquito
control to warrant a special elec
tion to establish a mosquito con
trol district.
The law states that a special
election and special registration
prior to that election, is the pro
cedure to be followed.
If the voters say they want to
create a Carteret Mosquijo Con
trol District, then a Board of Mos
quito Control Commissioners is to
be appointed. It would consist of
five members, three appointed by
the county commissioners, one by
the state health officer and the
other by the director of the Wild
life Resources Commission.
Among the powers of this group
is the privilege to levy a tax for
mosquito control, the tax not to
exceed 35 cents on a hundred dol
lars of valuation. This group would
also have the power to borrow
money and issue bonds. Issuing of
bonds must bt approved, however,
by the people.
At present, spraying to control
mosquitocR is done by individual
communities in Carteret, supple
mented by spraying by the county.
Doctor Makes Call
30 Miles Offshore
Dr. L. J. Norris made an un
usual rail Friday afternoon. The
fishing boat Danco had called the
Fort Macon Coast Guard station
that Capt. Kemp Wickizer was
having pains in his chest.
Dr. Norris drove to Fort Macon
and BM/1 John Gaskill and EN/2
Billy Barbee manned the 30-footer
to take the doctor out to meet the
Danco, some 30 miles offshore.
Dr. Norris boarded the Danco
aod treated Captain Wickiter on
Uu way back to Morehead City.
Captain Wickiter was admitted to
the Morehead City hospital shortly
after the Daneo docked.
Arosa Sun to Sail in Spring
The Swiss liner, Aroaa Sun,
will ttnke a Caribbean cruise
from Morehcad City in the apring
of 1859. Information on the
crnise waa received tBia week by
J. A. DuBoia, manager d tba
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce.
Another Swiaa liner, the Atom
Sky, will uil for the Caribbean
from Morehead City this fail,
leaving port Oct 21 and return
inc Nov. 6. The tall cruiae baa
been requested by members of
the North Carolina Pharmaceu
tical Association, who will make
the trip. Others may also book
passage.
The Atom Sua U a 2C,ooo-toe
liner with ? cruise capacity of
900 persons.
Reservations (or the ipring
cruises are being made now at
the Washington office of the Ca
ribbean Cruise Lines, Southern
Building, Washington ?, D. C.
Numerous Accidents Keep
Highway Patrolmen Busy
Highway accidents have born
happening so (ant the past few
days that patrolmen can hardly
keep up with them. The rash of 1
wrecks started Thursday and con
tinued until yesterday morning. i
At 4:45 p.m. Thursday a 1956
Chevrolet parked by Percy Davis's
fish house, Marshallberg, waa 1
struck by a 1952 Chevrolet pickup 1
truck driven by Fonio N. Simmons. <
Siihmons works on a dredge at
Marshallberg.
The car he struck, according to
ratrolman J. W. Sykes, was owned
by Robert E. Owens, Asheville.
Damage to the car was estimated
at $250.
Simmons was later apprehended
hy Sheriff Hugh Salter on the Har
kera Island Road. He has been
charged with hit and run.
Accident No. 2
At 6 p.m. Thursday on highway
70 at the intersection of the Mc
ahe Road. Wildwaod, a Red Ball
moving van, driven by Judge
Brimag, Pollocksville. collided with
i tractor-trailer driven by Elwood .
Basden, Kinston. Basden works '
for Barrua Construction Co.
Patrolman Sykea laid that Bri
mis, headed west, signaled a left
turn, but Baaden, thinking the sig
nal meant that it was all right (or
him to pasa, started around the
van just as Brimag started to turn
on the MeCabe Road.
Damage to the van waa esti
mated at $450; damage to the
tractor-trailer about $73. Baaden
lias been charged with passing at
an interaection.
No. J
E. K. Corl, Cherry Point Marine,
suffered extensive head injuries at
12:15 a.m. Friday when his head
went through the windshield of a
1952 Ford driven by Dale W. Pyles,
Cherry Point Marine.
The accident happened on high
way 70 at the west city limita of
Newport. Patrolman Sykes aaid
that Lester H. Harbaugh, Newport,
in a 1956 Mercury, alowed to make
i right turn. He was headed weat.
Pyles came up from the rear and
itruck him. Pylea haa been charged
arith reckleu driving, speeding,
ind possessing non-taxpaid bear.
Corl, alao charged with poaaeia
ng non-taxpaid beer, was taken to
rherry Point in a Navy ambulance.
N? 4
A 1951 Pontiac was demolished
it 11:25 p.m. Saturday three-tenths
>f a mile west of the South Seaa
cstaurant on highway 70. The car,
Iriven by Richard A. Saurbaum,
herry Point, waa headed eaat.
It went off the shoulder on the
ight and struck a large pine tree,
iaumbaum waa taken to Cherry
?oint by Navy ambulance.
No. $
I-einder Harry Carter Jr.. route
I Havclock, ended up in a ditch in
lis 1953 Ford at 5:10 a.m. Saturday
in highway 101 two miles south of
larlowe.
Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. aaid
barter told him he fell asleep. The
:ar scooted 150 feet along a ditch
See ACCIDENTS, Page I
Mrs. John Butlor to Got
! 0-Year ASC Service Pin
Mrs. John Butler will receive a
iin for 20 years service with the
ounty ASC office at a banquet at
he Rex Restaurant at 7:30 p.m.
omorrow. Mrs. Butler waa forced
o resign this month because of
er health.
Guest speaker will be J. N. Bry
m Jr.. diatrict ASC fleMnaa from
ireenville. The banquet haa been
ilanned by county ASC office mao
?. J. Kay