he CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
47th YEAR, NO. 71. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Beaufort fo Sell
Property at End
Of Front Street
9 Mayor Appoint* Four
Committees Tuesday
? Parking Prohibited
East Side 300 Orange
Beaufort town board approved
Tuesday night a proposal to sell
property at the east end of Front
Street owned by the town and the
Beaufort Cemetery Association.
The lots include the site of the
former community center, plus an
other lot adjoining the former com
munity center property on the
west.
The town proposes to sell the
lots, individually or jointly, on
bids, reserving the right to reject
bids for either of the lots, or the
two combined.
Gene Smith, town attorney, was
authorized to draw up the required
sale notices for publication.
Committees Named
Mayor Clifford Lewis appointed
the following committees: Dan
Walker, town clerk, Mr. Smith and
Gerald Hill, commissioner ? study
organization of ports development
commission in accordance with a
suggestion by W. H. Potter; Mr.
Hill, commissioners Otis Madcs
and James Rumley ? set policy on
sewers, paving, curbs and gutters.
Commissioners William Roy
Hamilton and Math Chaplain ? de
linquent taxes. Gray Hasscll, en
gineer, Mr. Chaplain and Guy
Springle, police chief ? recom
mendations on traffic control de
vices resulting in change of traf
fic pattern because of the new
highway on Cedar Street.
Distributed to the board by Mr.
Walker were questionnaires com
piled by the Institute of Govern
ment and dealing with town policy
on street grading, paving, storm
sewers, curbs and gutters, side
walks, water mains and sanitary
sewers.
The questionnaires were dis
tributed to illustrate the problems
involved in town improvement
projects.
It was reported that Western
Union's request to put Baaufort on
agency status now lies In the pro
vince of the Federal Communica
tions Commission.
Vacation Policy '
The board ruled that town em
ployees are entitled to a one-week
vacation with pay after a year's
employment, the vacation period
to be arranged with the depart
ment head. Unless the vacation is
taken, the employee will not re
ceive the week's pay in addition
to the pay he would ordinarily re
ceive for (he week of work.
The board has ruled that there
shall be no parking permitted on
the east side of the 360 block of
Orange Street.
Fire commissioner llill reported
1 a grass fire Aug. 5 and a rescue
truck call Aug. 19. Commissioner
Chaplain reported 234 meter viola
tions during August and 21 arrests
by the police department.
Attending the meeting in addition
to those mentioned was Wardell
Fillingame, street superintendent.
Beaufort JC's
To Give Car Away
Beaufort Jaycees are going to
give away a car? a car that would
make a good "second car" for a
family, or a fine "first car" for
a family without a car.
The project has been deviaed to
raise money for the club. Mem
bership this year has dropped so
far below laat year that the Jay
cees are having trouble even meet
ing their dues, according to John
Young, profit-making chairman.
The Jaycees had a special meet
ing Tuesday night. The meeting
was called to make final plana on
giving away the car. Eight attend
ed. They were Mr. Young, Raven
Darden, Hubert King, Mack Sty
ron, Jesse Taylor, Merlon Bullock,
Guy Smith Jr. and George Mur
ray Thomas.
The car, a reconditioned 1951
Plymouth, will be given to some
one who makes a dollar donation
to the Jaycees. These donations
may be handed to Jaycees or made
at Ann Street Esso station, Beau
fort Bar, One-Hour Martinizing or
66 Drive-In.
Jayceea will meet for dinner at
7:30 Monday night at the Scout
building. It was reported that 23
went on the recent outboard motor
boat cruise to Core Creek. The
cruise was a projcct to recruit new
members.
Hon Service
Telephone service on a limited
basis will be available by apring
of 1959 at Salter Path and Emerald
Isle, L A. Daniels, phone company
manager says. As soon as the final
engineering plans are completed,
more definite information will be
announced.
Bridge to Close During Dedication
Photos by Bob Seymour
J. II. Burruss, resident engineer in charge of building the bridge, is shown at the west end of the
span. A "cornerstone" at the right designates the bridge as a state project, bears the date 1K7 and
states that the structure was built with federal assistance.
Bridgetender Guy W. KlttreH, Morebead City, is well pleased with the control bona* on the new Bean
fort bridge. Here he stands beside the control panel. From this panel he can operate the draw span and
both sets of barrien.
The Beaufort Bridge will be
closed to highway traffic and navi
gation from 10;30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Monday morning during the bridge
dedication. The mayor and town
commissioners invite the public to
the ceremony which will be held
on the west side of the drawspan.
Ma Taylor, Beaufort's first lady,
will cut the ribbon and thui for
mally open the $852,168 structure.
Charles Jones, director of the
Beaufort School band, has written
a march for the occasion and has
named it the Ma Taylor March.
The band will play it at the cere
mony.
Gov. Luther Hodges will be un
able to attend the affair, but will
send his representative. By noon
yesterday, planners of the bridge
dedication did not know who that
will be. Whoever represent? the
governor and gives a brief address
will be introduced by Cecil Mortis,
announce* Dan Walker, town clerk.
Mr. Walker and William Roy
Hamilton, town commissioner^
have planned the ceremony.'
The Rev. C. Edward Sharp, rec
tor of St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Beaufort, will give the invocation.
Also taking part in the program
will be Mayor Clifford Lewis, Beau
fort, and leading highway officials.
Following the ribbon cutting. In
vited guests will attend a seafood
luncheon at the N. F. Eure build
ing, Beaufort.
Mr. Walker and Mr. Hamilton
Tide Table
(Eastern Standard Time)
Tides it the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Sept. I
12:09 a.m. ) 5:44 a.m.
12:41 p.m. 7:12 p.m.
8atarday, Sept <
12:55 a.m. 0:11 a.m.
1:27 p.m. ?:* p.m.
ftmday, Sept. 7#
1:52 a.m. b:25 a.m.
2:26 p.m. t:40 p.m.
Monday, Sept 8
3:00 a.m. 9:42 a.m.
&32 p.m. 10:34 p.m.
Ma TlyUr
... to cut ribbon
said tbey are honored that Mrs.
Taylor has agreed to perform the
official act of opening the bridge,
because "Ma" haa lived in the
days when the only way of getting
from one side of the channel to
the' other was by boat.
Ma was a young 66 years of age
in 1926 when construction was
started on the now-obsolete Beau
fort bridge. That bridge, now be
ing torn down, was opened in
1927.
Ma's life has spanned the life
of the old bridge and even though
she'll be 98 in November, it looka
as though she's going to give the
new bridge a good run for its
money. '
Surveys for the new span, to be
dedicated Monday, atarted Sept.
24, 1956. Drpgline operations at
the site atarted Oct. 8. 1956 and on
Oct. 14, a dredge atarted to build
the fill on the- Beaufort aide x?f the
bridge.
Eatimated completion date of
the entire project, building the new
bridge and tearing down the old,
waa Oct. IS, 1958. The bridge it
self la ? tenth of a mile long.
The general contractor was Mc
Meekin Construction Co., Cheraw,
S. C.
40 Names Drawn
For Jury Duty
The names of 40 county residents
were drawn for jury duty at a
meeting of the county commission
ers at the courthouse Tuesday. The
jurors will serve in the October
term of superior court (civil).
Manley C. Styron, Mrs. Agnes
Spence, Mrs. C. M. Ball. D. E.
{Williams, William Joyner Oglesby,
Graham A. Whitehurst, and Nick
Galantis, Morehead City; Jarris
Weeks and Hugh L. Belsngia,
Morehead RFD
Stewart Hill, I.eslic S. Moore, J.
Ray Hasscll, James S. Holland. F.
R. Clemmons, Ben I.. Jones, B. R.
Piner, WUlard P. Willis and Henry
S. Phillips, Beaufort.
Everett Lewis Golden, J. H.
Dickinson, Primrose Gooding,
Charles L. Gillikin, Ralph T. Whit
ley, Howard M. Cox, Beaufort
RFD.
John P. Haynes, William A. For
rest, Mrs. T. N. Taylor, William
Henry Culpepper. Gordon Franklin
Garner, Donald B. Graham, Wil
liam E. McNeil, Newport RFD.
Gurnie C. Allen and Hubert H.
Murdoch. Wildwood; WUbert D.
Goodwin, Lola; Alton Davia, Mar
shallberg; Houston E. Salter, Mar
kers Island; Aldridge C. Daniels,
Sea Level; C. C. Edward*, and
Brantley A. Morris, Atlantic; and
M. E. Willis, Smyrna.
Welfare Officer Speaks
To Beaufort Rotarians
Miss Georgle Hughes, superin
tendent of the county welfare de
partment spoke at the Beaufort
Rotary CTub meeting Tuesday night
at the Scout building. Miss Hughes
discussed provisions for medical
care afforded by her department.
She told the Rotarians where the
money comes from and under
what conditions it comes. A ques
tion and answer period tallowed
Miss Hughes' talk.
People to be Asked to Vote
On 3V2 Million Bond Issue
6,005 Students Enter County
Public Schools on First Day
-?
Roland Lewis
Gets Two-Year
Suspended Term
Roland Lewis, Otway, pled guil
ty to forcible trespass in county
recorder's court yesterday and got
a two-year suspended sentence. He
had been charged with assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
Lewis was charged with rigging
a "suicide car" with the intent to
commit suicide and kill his 3-year
old daughter Sharon on July IS.
He picked up the child at Bettic,
where his wife was staying with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Gil
Itkin.
Sheriff Called
When they had not returned
when they were expected, Mr. Gil
li kin began looking for them. Fail
ing to find any trace of Lewis or
the child, Mr. Gillilun called
Sheriff Hugh Salter.
Boys vacationing at Emerald
Isle found Sharon the next morn
ing. She was face-down in sand
beside the car. Mrs. Roscoe Gas
kins, New Bern, took the child to
a cottage and washed and fed her.
The police were called.
Lewis was found on Bogue
Banks a few miles from where he
had left hia car and abandoned the
child. He told the sheriff that he
had taken hia daughter from the
car and put ber in the sand before
walking away,
Condition Set
Lewis's $2,000 feond was potted
by W. J. Ipofk, Beaufort, and he
has been free since the incident, la
?ourt yett^rday. he agreed to f*y
$00 per month to the county wel
fare department for the support of
his child, not molest or annoy his
wife, daughter or his wife's family,
get prior permission to visit the
child and remain sober and on
good behavior for five years.
Judge Lambert Morris drew a
list of conditions under which
Lewis could visit with his daugh
ter. He also taxed him costs of
court.
No testimony was given in the
case. The Judgment was reached
after lengthy huddling and con
ferring among the parties involved.
Chairman Makes Report
On Bogue Banks Phones*
Moses Howard, chairman of the
county board of commissioners,
reported at the board meeting
Tuesday that the telephone com
pany plans to "do something by
spring" to get the Salter Path
people and Emerald Isle residents
phone service.
The chairman said that he, com
missioner Skinner Chalk and
sheriff Hugh Salter conferred re
cently with two phone company
officials from New Bern.
He added that the phone offi
cials said they would make an
announcement on their plans soon.
No Court Monday
There was no session of Atlantic
Beach court Monday, Labor Day.
Court will convene this coming
Monday at the beach town hall.
County schools opened their doors -
to 6,005 students Tuesday morn
ing, an increase of 138 over open
ing day last year. County school
superintendent H. L. Joslyn com
mented that all sclvpols except
three were over-crowded.
"Harkers Island, Smyrna and W
S. King Schools are able to accom
modate their students very well,"
he said. "AU the other schools
need more room.
In Morehead City, two ele
mentary classes are being conduct
ed in the recreation building. The
56 students in the classes ride
school busses to the school for
lunch and assembly periods. Mrs.
Lois Smith has 30 fifth grade stu
dents and Mrs. Evelyn Morton has
26 sixth graders at the recreation
building.
There arc 734 children enrolled
in elementary grades at Morehead
City and 662 at Camp (Ilenn. There
arc 421 students enrolled in the
high school.
Beaufort has 896 enrolled in ele
mentary grades and 285 in high
school. Principal B. E. Tarking
ton reported one of the best open
ing days since he had been at the
school. "Students seetned to have
a cooperative spirit and the teach
esr have had next to no trouble
getting organized," he declared.
"We arc experimenting a bit
with the new lunchroom, trying to
find the most efficient way to feed
the pupils and have found no seri
ous bottlenecks there. We have
also made a request for a quonset
hut to*be used as a band building,"
he concluded.
Newport has an enrollment of
593 elementary students and 160
high school students. Smyrna has
365 in elementary graces and 178
in high school.
Harkers Island, which has no
high school, had 267 elementary
to report Tuesday. There
318 elementary students at
Atlantic plus 95 high school stu
dents.
Queen Street, Beaufort, is the
largest Negro school in the county
with an enrollment of 402 in ele
mentary school and 180 in high
school. W. S. King, Morehead City,
has 300 in the first eight grades
but only 83 in high school, Stella
has an enrollment of 66 elementary
students.
Mr. Joslyn said that students
would probably keep enrolling
through the first 10 days of the
school year.
Education Board
Will Open School
Addition Bids
The County Board of Education
will open bids at 2:45 p.m. Mon
day on a multipurpose room at
Camp Glenn School and three ed
dltional classrooms at Newport.
At the board's meeting Tuesday
afternoon achool treasurers were
approved.
They are Mrs. Delores Rose, At
lantic; Mrs. Grace Fodrie, Beau
fort; Mrs. Bill Sewell, Camp Glenn;
Mra. Eula Mae Brooks, llarkers
Island.
Misa Doris Avery. Morehead
City; Mrs. Julia R. Garner, New
port; Mrs. Nicholas Sikorsky.
Smyrna; Miss Sarah Perry, W. S.
King School, and Mrs. John Tillery
Jr., Queen Street.
?- I
Army Engineers
Earmark $146,000
For Harbor Work
Army engineers have set aside
$146,000 to complete the widening
of Beaufort harbor basin, Gene
Smith, the town's river and har
bors delegate, announced yester
day.
Mr. Smith said the harbor basin
encompasses the water area from
Marsh Street west to Pi vers Island
and the channel northward.
Depth of the authorized project
is 12 feet, and width, 600 feet in
front of the town of Beaufort.
Mr. Smith said that Bill Coch
ran, in Senator Jordan's office, |
Washington, and W. H. Potter have
been among those working hard to'
get the work accomplished.
The engineers have also set aside
S53.000 to deepen from 5 to 7 feet
the channel connecting Thorough
fare Bay with Cedar Bay in the
eastern part of the county.
Among the funds set aside for
surveys were $14,700 to study feas
ibility of a Cedar Island Bay chan
nel 12 feet deep from Pamlico
Sound to? Beaufort harbor, and $9,:
800 for a survey of the Rollinson
Channel between llatteras and
Pamlico Sound.
The engineers will spend a total
of $1,130,000 on construction and
surveys in North Carolina waters.
The planning money on the Ce
dar Island channel was included,
however, in the budget sent to
Congress this y#ar by the Presi
dent. '?
Harlowe Club
Sees Film on US
This Land of Ours was the title
of a film shown at the Harlowe
Community Club meeting Tuesday
night by R. M. Williams, county
farm agent.
Mrs. James Rumley, Beaufort,
Red Cross home service chairman,
presented home nursing pins to
nine women who have completed
a home nursing course under Mrs.
Madge Reynolds, Newport.
During the business session, the
club voted to pay for replacing a
cable on a drag line which broke
while the dragline had been bor
rowed to build a dump.
It was agreed that more mail
boxes would be erected Monday.
Visitors at the meeting, which was
held in the community building, in
cluded W. C. Carlton, Morehead
City; Harry Venters, assistant
farm agent, and Mrs. David Bev
eridge, Beaufort.
The next meeting will be Oct. 14.
Bids Sought
The town of Morehead City is
seeking bids on paving streets in
Greenwood Park Cemetery. Per
sona interested should contact Jas
per Bell, buildings and grounds
commiaaioner.
Morehead City Pays County
Board of Education $5,561
Presented to the county board
of education Tuesday, through the
board of county commissioners,
was a check from Morehead City
Recorder's court for $3,361.73.
The check covered fines and for
feitures from the court from March
195S through June 30, IMS. By law,
fines and forfeitures accruing from
court operation go to finance pub
lic school education.
Mayor George Dill, Morehead
City, presented the check. He said
that the fines and forfeitures were
being withheld without his know
ledge, and that he hoped remit
tance of the check would clarify
the situation in everybody's mind,
including the public's.
The mayor then requested that
the county pay Morehead City
$6,192.03 to cover the cost of feed
ing prisoners in the Morehead City
jail for the aeven months the court
waa la operation in 1932 through
the end of 1K7-M
The mayor said that the law puts
responsibility to caring to pria
oners on the county; therefore,
Morehead City was footing ? bill
that was really the county'*.
Mayor Dill said the $8,192.03 does
not include cost of feeding prison
ers who worked on Morehead City
streets.
According to ? Morehead City
financial statement, the sum turned
over to the town by the recorder's
court since 1952 is $18,855.02. This
is the amount left after paying ex
penses incurred in operating the
court.
Fines and forfeitures turned over
to the county board of education
since 19S2 total *73,937.75, accord
ing to the report; salaries for
1952 58 total $50,919.92, .and paid
to the state on the police officer's
retirement program. $8,785.
The amount paid to the town
yearly from the court, after court
expenses are deducted, has been
as follows; 1952 (seven months)
$2,791.17;* 1952-53, $3,714.28; 1953-54.
$3,858.37; 1954-55. $3,387.37; 1955-58,
$3,863.51; 1836-57, $1,038.77; and
1957 58, $801.55.
Court costs are set by law at
$21.50 per ease. Morehead City
town officials explained that this
money is to be used to meet court
expenses and not feed prisoners;
that the cost of feeding prisoners
is to come from the county gen
eral fund.
George McNeill, Morehead City
town attorney, read a ruling from
the attorney general, stating that
it la the county's responsibility to
care for prisoners.
The county board took no action
on Morehead City'a case.
Mayor Dill said that in the fu
ture the prisoners Morehead City
keeps for Its own convenience
(such a< street laborers) would
ba fed and housed by Morehead
City but others that must be kept
In jail will be taken to the county
Jail In Beaufort.
Accompanying Mayor Dill and
Mr. McNeill were Herbert Phillips
111, judge of recorder's court, and
jobs Laabley, court dark.
I The county board of commission
era on Tuesday afternoon voted to
put before the people the question
of whether to borrow $3?* million.
Of that amount, $2V* million
would be used to build schools and
$ 1 million to refinance the present
debt. Moses Howard, chairman of
the county board of commission
ers, was authorized to confer with
the County Board of Education and
set a date for the referendum.
Meeting with the county board
were members of the board of ed
ucation. the Citizens Committee for
Better Schools, and H. L. Joslyn,
county superintendent of schools.
Mr. Joslyn presented the county
board with the report of the state
committee on school planning and
charts showing the increase in
school enrollment for the past and
immediate future.
Resolution Presented
Also given the county board was
a resolution which concluded as
follows: "the Board of Education
of Carteret County feels that it
would be derelict in its duty if it
did not strongly urge the commis
sioners of Carteret County to call
a referendum to vote on the sale
of a 2Wmillion dollar bond issue
promptly for the purpose of new
construction and renovation of
present school plants to provide
for the needs of the present and
immediate future of the children
of Carteret County."
The board also contends that the
money can be borrowed without
necessitating an increase in taxes.
In this respect, the following was
offered to the commissioners:
Bond Program
"The Board of Education does
not presume to tell the Board of
County Commissioners how to fi
nance the county became we feel
that the members of the Board of
Commissioners are competent to
carry out their duties. We do re
quest permission to submit the fol
lowing bond plan for your consid
eration.
"The present debt service rate
of 65 cents on the present taxable
valuation of $40,000,000 produces a
revenue of $260,000 per year. Ac
cording to the Amortizing Sched
ule, Table 22, of 'Local School Con
struction' published by the US De
partment of Health, Education, and
Welfare, it would require 1185.000
per year to retire 12,500,000 indebt
ed in 20 years. This is based on
2,500 4% bonds of $1,000 denomina
tion, costing $74.00 per year per
l>ond.
"However, if It Is necessary to
retire the present bonded indebted
ness of approximately $1,000,000 it
would increase the bond issue from
$2,500,000 to $3,500,000 and increase
the coat from $185,000 to $259,000
per year."
County commissioners point out
that the above bond program as
sumes that 100 per cent of the tax
levy will be collected, which is
never the case; and further, that
the Local Government Commission
See BOND ISSUE, Page 2
Two Officials
Assume Duties
Two new county officials took
office this week. David Yeomans,
Harker* Island, who won nomina
tion as a county commissioner in
May, is filling the unexpired term
of Walter Yeomans, Harkers Is
land, who died in August.
Odell Merrill, who was named
by the county Democratic execu
tive committee to succeed Irvln
W Davis as register of deeds can
didate, was appointed by the
county board Tuesday to fill that
position now. Mr. Merrill began
his duties Wednesday.
The county board formally ac
cepted Mr. Davis's resignation
Tuesday. Alvah Hamilton, county
attorney, and the register of deeds,
Mr. Merrill, were authorized to
draw up resolutions commending
both Mr. Davis and the late Mr.
Yeomans for their service to the
county.
Observer Reports
Summer Weather
Weather observed Slamey" Davis
reports that summer weather is
back in the county for i while.
The maximum temperature every
day this month has been SO or
more.
Speaking of last month. Mr. Da
vis said that 1.11 inches of rain fell
during August. That compares to
3.50 inches of rain that fell in
August, 1957.
September got off to a damp
start Tuesday night as .2 inches
of rain fell in Morebead City. Max
imum and minimum temperatures
and wind direction for the first
three days of the month follow:
Max. Mia. ?M
Monday S4 72 SW
Tuesday S2 70 NE
Wednesday SO 65 SNB