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47th YEAR, NO. 77. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Coastal Dwellers Keep
Weather Eye on Helene
High tides for list night and to
day were predicted along this coast
as the eighth hurricane of the sea
son moves northward toward the
North Carolina coast. ?
The Miami weather bureau said
yesterday that there was a SO-SO
chance that the storm would veer
away from the mainland, but per
sons wise in the ways of tropical
storms were not taking any
chances.
At 11 o'clock yesterday morning,
Helene was 420 miles east of Day
tona Beach, Kla., and moving
northwest at six miles an hour. It
was expected to pick up speed as
it traveled.
Tides today were predicted to be
a foot above normal. Helene's
winds arc reported to be as high as
90 miles an hour in squalls.
Thus far, none of the tropical
storms has caused the central
North Carolina coast any trouble.
The closest threat was Daisy,
which passed offshore Aug. 28.
While mainland residents were
watching Helene, the ninth storm,
llsa, was spotted late Wednesday
TOO miles east of San Juan. It was
moving west northwest at 16 miles
an hour.
B&PW Club
Hears Cancer
Drive Report
Mrs. Frank Sample reported
Tuesday night at the Business and
Professional Women's Club meet
ing that the total received in the
cancer drive last April was $1,
294.56. The drive was conducted
by the B&PW Club, with Miss
# Vivian May as chairman.
Of that amount, approximately
$500 is available for direct aid to
needy cancer patients in Carteret.
Mrs. Sample reported that $211.05
has already been spent to aid
county patients.
The club will observe National
' Business Women's Weak Oct. 5-11
with displays in store windows and
devotional? over Hie air. Mia Lyda
Piner is chairman of the obser
vance.
Mrs. James Smith, president,
read committee appointments for
the year. Chairmen of the com
mittees briefly outlined their re
spoasibilities.
Club members will attend the
district meeting at Goldsboro Oct.
12. Mid year council will be at
Fayetteville Nov. 15 and 16.
Mrs. W. I. Loftin reported on a
recent leadership conference she
attended at New Bern. Mrs. W.
F. Merion gave the treasurer's re
port and Mrs. Marshall Ayscue the
secretary's report.
The club voted to enter its meet
ing date on the Beaufort Junior
Woman's Club calendar for 1959.
Visitor* at the meeting were
Mrs. William H. Herring Jr., Wil
mington; Mrs. Haywood Snell,
Beaufort; Mrs. George Lore and
Mrs. Ed Oglesby Jr., Morehead
City.
Band Boosters
Meet Wednesday
Methods and means of raising
funds to meet the animal budget
were discussed at a meeting of the
executive board of the Morehead
City Bind Association. The board
met Wednesday at the school. The
treasurer reported that the balance
on hand was $144.97.
The annual band tag day will be
conducted on Friday night, Oct. IT,
and Saturday morning, Oct. 18.
Director Ralph Wade reported that
the band had been invited to attend
band days at two North Carolina
CoDeges.
The band has been invited to
play at the Carolina-Wake Forest
game at Chapel Hill Oct. 2S and
the Duke-Baylor game at Durham
on Oct. 11. The board voted to
provide funds to pay for one bus
to Durham.
Since one bus will not hold the
entire band, parents and band
boosters will have to take the other
members in their cars.
Mr. Wade reported that even
though the band has graduated a
number of experienced members,
the outlook is bright considering
the great number of promising
new members coming into the
band this year.
Weather Observer Gone
Persona looking for the weather
report will have to wait until
Stanley Davis, weather obaerver,
returns from Ocracoke. His ion,
S. Ethan Davis Jr., who works at
Cherry Point, is keeping the rec
ords aad has been unavailable on
press days during ttte put week.
Hopes are that Helene will follow the normal hurricane route
shown here. The storms generally follow the mainland, offshore,
then pass out to sea off Ilatteras. Winds revolve in a counter-clock
wise direction.
County Farmers to Elect
Community Committees
County ASC office manager B.
J. May announces that community
committeemen will be elected Oct.
2. There will be five community
committees in the county this year,
as always. They are White Oak,
Morchcad, Newport, Beaufort- Har
lowe and East-Merrimon.
In each of these administrative
areas of the county, 10 men have
been selected and their names
placed on ballots. Each farmer is
permitted to vote for five of the 10.
The three receiving the highest,
number of votes in each commuh
Sergeant Bray
Given New Duty
Sgt. Paul Bray
... to Cherry Point
T/Sgt. Paul D. Bray, Mnrc-tead
City, will complete Tuesday hi*
duty as non-commissioned officer
in charge of the military police
detachment at Morchead City. Ser
geant Bray will report for duty at
Cherry Point Oct, 1 where he will
be assigned to the station opera
tion and engineering squadron.
S Sgt. Alexander Barron, 710
Bridges St., Morehead City, will
succeed Sergeant Bray as officer
in charge of the MP detachment.
Mrs. Bray, the former Bonnie
Spaziano of Providence, R. I , and
the two boys, Paul A., 14, and Rich
ard E , 11, will continue living at
1602 Evani St. during Sergeant
Bray's duty at Cherry Point.
Sergeant Bray has been in the
Marine Corps 13 years, having
served most of this time with the
military police. He relieved S/Sgt.
See SERGEANT, Page Z
Tide Table
(Eaitcrn Standard Time)
Tidei at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, serf 98
7:10 a.m. 13:59 a.m.
7:25 p.m. 1:30 p.m.
Satarday, Sept n
7:41 a.m. 1:40 a.m.
8:03 p.m. 2:03 p.*.
Saaday, Sept. IS
8:24 a.m. ? 2:18 a.m.
8:37 p.m. 2:42 p.m.
Monday, Sept 28
8:58 a.m. 2:54 a.m.
?:13 p.m. - 3:18 p.m.
Taeaday, Sept 38
8:31 a.m. 3:18 a.m.
9:44 p.m. 3 54 pjs
ity will be declared as regular
community committeemen and the
two receiving the next highest
number of votes will be alternate
members.
Following is a list of candidates
by district:
WMte Oak ? Everettc Koonce,
Willie Mitchell, Clyde Morris, Lee
Sawrey, Marion Weeks, Colon
Wethington, George Wethington,
Walter Wethington, Allen Vinson
and Jim W. Young.
Morehead ? J. Bonner Bell, Lea
rn on Corbett, George Creech, Les
ter Hall, B. A. Mann, Clinton Mur
doch, Hubert Murdoch, Clarence
Oglesby, John 1. Smith and B. F.
Swinson.
Newport? Clayton Cannon, C. T.
Garner, M. Cornell Garner, R. S.
Garner, Clarence Gray, John A.
Kelly, H. D. Lockey, Sam Pollard,
Charlie Quinn and Robert Smith.
Beaufort-Hariowe ? Noah Avery,
Neal Chadwick, Ralph Creech,
Marvin Dudley, John J. Felton,
Archie R. Hardesty, Pernell Har
desty, Ralph Thomas, Jim Ward
and Ralph Wilkins.
Eaat-Merrimon ? Duffy Carra
way, Thomas I. Carraway, Heber
Golden, Augustus Lawrence, S. W.
Lawrence, Doll Lewis, Hugh Pake,
Oaborne Pigott, Roland Salter and
Ben Wataon
Polling places follow: White Oak
?Jim Young's store, Pelletier com
munity building and Joe Taylor's
store; Morchead ? Lee Murdoch's
atore; Newport? Newport Tractor
and Equipment Co. and Durwood
Quinn s store; Beaufort-llarlowe?
GaskiU's Feed Store, Beaufort,
and Lionel Connor's store, Har
lowe; 'East-Mcrrimon ? Merrimon
postoffice and Gillikin'a store at
Bettie.
Man Gets Six
Months in Jail
In Court Monday
Clarence W. Brown, Beaufort,
got a six-month jail sentence in
Morehead Ciiy recorder's court
Monday. Judge Herbert Phillips
found Brown guilty of assaulting
Herbert Pollock with a knife.
Louis G. Casper, Kernersville,
was (ound guilty of careless and
reckless driving, fined $100 and
ordered to pay court costs.
Royal Durwood Golden, Beau
fort, didn't show up for court. The
judge ordered his bond forfeited
and asked the police to have him
picked up and brought to court
next week. Gulden is charged with
driving drunk.
Lydia P. Grady, New Bern, paid
$50 and costs for careless and
reckless driving. Henry J. Julian,
Morehead City, charged with the
same offense, was fined $25 plus
costs.
Those who paid costs follow:
Floyd L. James, Camp Lejeune,
running a red light; Horace Jones,
liarkers Island, George G. Lewis
and Garland R. Smith, Morehead
City, all for public drunkenness;
Larry C. Guthrie, Salter Path,
running a stop sign; and Carlton
M. Lewis, Beaufort, speeding.
Two defendants forfeited cash
bonds. They were Johnnie P.
Clark, Elm City, public drunken
ness; and Ward Ballou, Atlantic
Beach, running a red light.
The state did not try William S.
Davis for indecent exposure due
to lack of evidence.
Cases were continued against H.
R. Blake, Luther M. Smith, Earl
R. Ezzelle, Hoyt Lee, Preston E.
Murdoch and Evie M. Taylor.
Ferry Requests
Go to Hodges
The Morehead City chamber of
commerce board of directors, as
well as other organizations in the
county, has approved a resolution
commending the State Highway
Commission for the progress which
has been made in aa all-seashore
fcighway and requests that the
state establish a car ferry between
Ocracoke and Cedar Island.
J. A. DuBois, manager of the
Morehead City chamber, points
out that the chamber started the
movement to get a car ferry in
1953 and resolutions from num
erous governing bodies were sent
to Governor Umstead.
"Actually, Governor Hodges has
never officially been asked to help
get the ferry," Mr. DuBois aaid.
"but he has done a great deal. We
feel, as do others along the coast,
that a renewal of support for the
ferry will help link up this county
and Ocracoke."
The resolution points out that
200,000 tourists visit the dead-end
national seashore park at Hat
teras annually, while 500,000 visit
historic Fort Macon in dead-end
Carteret.
Linking of these two areaa, pro
viding an all-coastal 300 mile auto
route, the resolution continues
"would return to the state of
North Carolina far in excea* of all
expenditures incident to inatalla
tion and maintenance, would at
tract much needed development
and would raise the per capita
income . of the lagging coastal
area."
Photo by lUclimld Lawla
Mrmhera o f the anh-commltte on food prscetaiag aad packaging o I IV State Board of Conservation
and Development, Ike Department of Agrieultare, and North Carolina State Callage rtaMed CapC Ottla
Purlfoy at Ma market. Morehead City, Wedneaday. Left to right: Frank Thorn a?, food proceaaing ape
rial lit. State Collate; John Johaaaa, development engineer with the Departanent at Ciannittw and
Development; *. Walker Martin of Raleigh, ank-eom mlttee chnlrmaa; C. F. Albright, administrator of
the Small Indnilrki geetloa, Department of CanatH atton and Devnlnprnent; Captain Farifagr; John Kelt
nd, aaslatant atate agrienltare rammlartanec; John PUnnd, dMrict extension agent, state College; and
E. V Thompson Jr., Wilmington, agrtealteral davafspmenl agwt, Carolina Povnr * light C*.
Ocean, Stay Away!
Photo by Bob Seymour
The Continental Construction Co., Wilmington, began repair work on the Jettiei at Fort Macon State
Park this week. Here a dragline scoops up small rocks that have been washed from a Jetty and puts
them back in place. Large blocks of rock are being hauled in to make the jettiei more stable.
Beaufort Group Talks with C&D
On Processing Fish, Farm Products
By WADE LUCAS
The people of Beaufort and east
ern Carteret county are "ready,
willing and able" to work for the
establishment of an industry to
help process fruits, vegetables and
seafoods.
This statement was made Tues
day night by W. H. Potter of Beau
fort to members of the sub-com
mittee on food processing and pack
aging of the State Board of Con
servation and Development, and
agricultural and industrial devel
opment specialists accompanying
them on a week-long coastal tour.
Mr. Potter, president of the
newly-formed Beaufort Community
Development Corp., and six of the
100 members of the Beaufort group
met with the state representatives
at the Morehead Biltmore Hotel
for about two hours.
Accompanying Mr. Potter were
B. J. May, Dr. Theodore Salter,
Braxton Adair, Glenn Adair, Dr.
David Farrior, and R. M. Wil
liams.
B. Walker Martin of Raleigh
chairman of the subcommittee of
the C&D Board, G. F. Albright, ad
ministrator of the Small Indus
tries Section of the Department of
Conservation and Development,
.and Frank Thomas, food process
ing specialist of North Carolina
i State College, outlined what must
be done before that community
can secure an Industry.
Securing an industry, Mr. Al
bright declared, is no easy task in
view of the stiff competition being
waged nationwide for manufactur
ing plants that provide jobs. "We
are service agcncies in Raleigh
and have no industries to parcel
out for the asking," Mr. Albright
added.
"A community must have some
thing concrete to offer an industry
and then it must work very hard
if it hopes to land it," he said.
Mr. Potter declared there are
sufficient finfish and shellfish in
the state's inland waters and off
shore to Justify the establishment
of more seafood processing plants
along North Carolina'i coast.
Asked by II. C. Kennett of Dur
ham, a sub-committee member,
if fishermen would deliver water
products In sufficient amounts to
seafood processing plants, Mr. Pat
ter asserted that in his opinion
they would.
"Processors can and will pay
more for products they want to
process," Mr. Potter added.
Mr. Kennett then told the group
that if "you have the products to
sell you can find markets for
them."
Mr. Potter thought something
should be done to process "the
huge number of menhaden roe that
are allowed to go to waste every
season."
He thought processing plants in
this area could obtain enough
speckled trout, blue fish, and other
species, such as king mackerel, to
operate full time.
The study group, which also in
cludes John Reitzel, assistant state
agriculture commissioner, visited
the seafood processing plants of
Elmer Willis at Williston and Clay
ton Fulcher at Atlantic and the
R. W. Taylor and Co. in Morehead
City Taaaday.
Before proceeding to New Bern,
Washington, and the Elizabeth City
area in the tour that ends today,
the group visited the following
plants in Beaufort Wednesday:
Beaufort Fisheries Co., Carteret
Quick Freeze, and the Seashore
Packing Co.
Henderson Acts
On Phone Issue
The city of Henderson is bucking
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph
Company's derision to stop all free
service to municipalities.
The city council decided this
week at a called meeting that dis
continuance of the free service Is
a breach of the franchise the com
pany holds with the town. The
council sail it will honor no state
ments from the phone company
other than statements for long
distance service.
The telephone company recently
notified aU towns in its territory
that beginning Oct. 1, regular fees
will be charged for phone services
the towns had been getting free
in the past.
George McNeill, town attorney
for Morehead City, when asked for
comment yesterday, said the mat
ter would be worth looking into as
far ss Morehead City is concerned,
but he felt that any franchise the
company may hold with the town
would be subject to rulings made
by the utilities commission.
The pbone company contends 1
that it must discontinue the free i
service aa a result of the recent, i
utilities commission decision which i
granted the phone company higher i
rates. 1
Contractor Starts
Jetty Rebuilding
At Fort Macon
? Dragline Begins Piling
Up Rock Tuesday
? 1,200 Tons Rock Will
Be Added to. Groins
? Park Attendance Sets
New Record This Year
Rebuilding jetties at Fort
Macon state park started
this week. The state has al
lotted $50,000 (or badly
needed work to prevent fur
ther erosion of the beach.
The contractor is Conti
nental Construction Co., Wil
mington. Specifications call
for 1,200 tons of capstone to
rebuild existing groins.
Also included in the contract are
additional sand fences.
Ray Pardue, superintendent of
the park, reports that a dredge is
to dig up sand and fill in eroded
areas, but the contractor has not
been announced.
The Continental firm is to com
plete its work in 30 days and the
fill is to he completed in 60 days.
Mr. Pardue reported that attend
ance at Fort Macon park, the
state's only ocean park, broke all
records this year. From January
1 through Labor Day, attendance
was 368,513, an increase of 270,900
over the same period in 1957.
Attendance from June 1 through
I.abor Day this summer wn
239,360.
Driver Cited
To Town Court
Layton Dean Norria, Colon, N. C.t
is scheduled to appear in More
head City recorder's court Monday
to answer to charges of hit and
run, careless and reckless driving
'and speeding.
Deputy sheriff Bruce Edwards
reported yesterday that Norria
struck a 1857 Chrysler owned by
Joe Buttry, route 1 Beaufort, Sat
urday night at Dom-El's on the
beach. Driving the car at the time
was Mr. Buttry's daughter, Milan
Wray Buttry.
Deputy Edwards said that More
head City police stopped Norris in
town and charged him with speed
ing and careless and reckless driv
ing. Norris did not stop after hit
ting the Buttry car because, Norris
told the officers, "some boys in an
other car were after me.
Deputy Edwards said he believes
damage to the Buttry car was
minor.
Arosa Sky Sold, Will
Make No CruiM* This Fall
The Aroea Sky, Swiss paasenger
liner which was to sail form More
head City this fall, will not make
the trip, Bob Hicks, Morehead
City, announced yesterday.
Mr. Hicks, agent for Heide and
Co., the shir's agent, said the
Arosa Sky has been sold to another
concern and will make no trips
this fsll. The information was for
warded to Heide by Caribbean
Cruise Lines.
The Arosa Sun is still scheduled,
however, to mske ?. trip to Ber
muda from Morehead City June
14, 1959.
Motor* Htnlea
Morehead City police got two
reports of stolen outboard motors
this week. J. B. Royal reported
that his Sea King motor was taken
Tuesday from Ms skiff just west
of the Atlantic Beach bridge. Har
old Guthrie called Wednesday to
report that someone had taken a
four-cylinder Evinrude from his
boat Just east tl the beach bridge.
Home Demonstration Women Will
Observe Achievement Day Oct. 24
County Home Demonstration
Clubs will celebrate Achievement
Day with e family night covered
dish supper Friday, Oct. 24, at the
American Legion building. Beau
tort.
Plans (or the event were made
at a meeting of the County Council
Tuesday at the home agent's office,
Beaufort. The Home Demonstra
tion Woman of the Year will be an
nounced that night.
Clubs which will be in charge are
the following: North River, pro
gram; Crab Point, corsages; Rus
sells Creek, stage and properties;
Merrimon, coffee; and Wild wood,
registration.
The council adopted tba (allow
ing plan of work for January
through December 1959: January,
Basic Pattern* (sewing I; Febru
ary, Tailoring Tips; March, Family
Food Supply.
April, Pouch Freezing; May,
Minute Meals; June. Milk Dea
aerta; July, Handmade Art for the
Home; August, Family Recreation;
September, Young at Any Age; Oc
tober, Family finance; November,
Craft* ; and December. Christmas.
Special eventa during the year
will be a clothing workshop in
March, an upholstering workshop
in May, craft workshops through
out the year, and a special inter
est meeting on garden variety
vegetables In January.
Club* an taint to try to <M a
Carteret woman who would repre
lent the district next August at the
Triennial Conference of Associated
Countrywomen of the World in
Scotland.
Two county women will make the
LTN educational study tour this fall,
rhey are Miss Josie Pigott, dele
fat*. and Mrs. Monroe Willis, both
>f Gloucester.
Si* clubs were represented at the
council meeting by the following:
Mrs. Dyon Simpson, Bettie; Mrs.
Billy Smith and Mrs. Will Datl,
Morth River; Mrs. Charles Stan
ley, Crab Point; Mrs. Henry Chad
irick, Gloucester; Mrs. Jim St* li
ngs and Mra. Guy Carraway,
Merrimoo, and Mrs. Joe Bane*,
WOdwood.