=2= CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
47th YEAR, NO. 87. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS InD FRIDAYS
Three European
Women Speak
To B&PW Club
Natives of three European coun
tries were the guest speakers Tues
day night at the meeting of the
Carteret Business and Professional
Women's Club at the home of Mrs.
Julia Holt, Radio Island.
The speakers were Mrs. Earl
Murdoch, Wild wood, who is from
Cologne, Germany; Mrs. Ira D.
Murphy, Marshallberg, who is
from Bordeaux, France, and Mrs.
Virgil Lewis, Marshallberg, who
is from London.
Their talks were informal. In
answer to questions by Miss Ruth
Peeling, international relations
chairman, they told of the farming
and industry in their home locali
ties, gave their impressions of this
country, their appraisal of Ameri
cans and of their own nationality.
All three are wives of Carteret
men whom tbey met during the
second world war.
Items from each native country
were displayed following the talks.
Mrs. James C. Smith, president,
conducted the business meeting.
Routine reports were heard and
Dec. 17 was set as the night of
the Christmas party. Mrs. Frank
Sample is chairman.
The club will meet Tuesdsy,
Nov. 25, at the home of Mrs. W.
I. Loftin, Beaufort. Mrs. D. F.
Merrill reminded each club mem
ber to go to the polls Tuesday.
Prior to the meeting a fried
chicken dinner was served by Mrs.
Holt.
Bridge Survey
Date Postponed
The survey of Morehead City
port, with a view to finding a suit
able location for the new bridge
between Beaufort and Morehead
City, did not come off Wednesday
as originally planned.
The dates set now are Nov. 23
and 24. The plan then is to study
the port area from helicopter, boat
and ear. Representatives sched
uled to make the tour are those
from the State Highway Commis
sion, State Ports Authority and
D. Leon WUIiaas, state port*
director, was speaker Wednesday
night at Washington, N. C., before
the Eastern North Carolina En
gineers Club. He was introduced
by Mayor George W. Dill, More
head City. The ports director spoke
on the value of ports in the indus
trial development of the state.
According to recent financial re
ports, revenue at state ports docks
at Morehead City showed an in
crease of $47,461 the first nine
months of this year. Total revenue
for the nine months has been $129,
960.
Revenaes st Wilmington for the
same period showed $291,179, com
pared with $369,000 for the year
before. A 39 per cent drop in ton
nage through the Wilmington port
was due to a decrease in scrap
metal shipments.
Tonnage at Morehead City also
dropped. The drop was mainly due
to petroleum products' being
barged to Fayetteville.
Weather Observer
Reports Cool, Fair
Weather for Week
Weather observer Stamey Davia
report! that the county haa had
nicc weather (or the paat week.
"With the exception of a brief
thunder shower Monday evening,
the weather haa been clear and
cool," be points out. The tempera
ture haa ranged from a high of 76
laat Friday to a low of 43 early
Tuesday morning. Maximum and
minimum temperatures and wind
direction for the past week follow:
Max. Ma. WM
Thursday 69 63 SW
Friday _ M 58 SSW
Saturday 71 56 WNW
Sunday ?7 49 WSW
Monday ?7 57 WNW
Tuesday 55 43 NW
Wednesday ? 44 SW
Election Tuesday
Causes Changes
Because of the election Tuesday,
there will be no superior court
session that day. Court will open
Monday and is scheduled to run
for one week.
Also cloaed on election day will
be the driver's license office in
the Morehead City town hall. Da
vid Morris, license examiner, will
be in Havelock and anyone want
ing a license can see him there.
Courthouae offices will be cloaed.
as well aa other government of
fices.
Ballots may be cast Tuesday
from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. No
abeentee ballots received by the
chairman of the board of elec
tions after t p.m. Tueaday will be
twntrt.
Scooters Halloween
Photos by Bob Seymour
Well, here X is, my first Halloween. They handed me this pumpkin
and said, "This i> It, boy, let's go trick or treatin'."
I've (MB pumpkins before, bat never one like (bit. What's be
made of anyway? He'a got a face, bat Bo ears! Everybody ought to
bave eara, far heaven's sake!
They say If yam go trick or trealia* yoa might get Mmething to cat
Maybe there'a something good laside here . . .
. . It ?? I ? ? gt.T .A'5,1
WaaMn't yoo know . . . ImM iflia Nothing huMe this oM pump
kla to aakc a dag hippy. Da yaa thlak mayW Mate body will have
? haaa far me toaight whm I go trick ar treatta'T (Oinur, the Baa
act baud. bdaa?i to Ike Lackwaod Phillip. Umily, Beaufart).
Duke Scientist Wins Major Battle
In Marine Biology ; Rears Blue Crabs
Bus Firm Asks Town's Help
In Finding Bus Agency Stop
Directors of Um Morehead City i
chambcr of commerce have been
requested to find a bua passenger
stop for Seashore buses in More
bead City.
The request was made by R. C.
O'Bryan Tuesday. Mr. O'Bryan is
traffic manager for Seashore
Transportation Co. The bus com
pany reports it has to do away with
the bus terminal in Morehead City
because cost ia exceeding revenue.
It haa proposed use at Scott's ga
rage aa a bus atop, but thia pro
posal haa not met with the approval
of the town or the chamber of com
merce.
For that reason, Mr. O'Bryan has
asked townspeople to find it a bus
stop or if that is not possible, that
the chamber and town not go on
record opposing closing of the bus
terminal.
Mr. O'Bryan met at the Sanitary
Restaurant for lunch Tuesday with
Mayor George Dill, Bud Dixon,
president of the chamber; P. II.
Geer, chairman of the chamber
transportation committee, and J.
A. DuBois, manager of the cham
ber.
Mr. O'Bryan was very anxious
to impress upon the group that an
"agency office" or bua atop would
not "stop regular passenger ser
vice" as was reported by the dum
ber several weeks ago. The service
will continue as now, anly there
will be no bus terminal
Mr. O'Bryan said that most pas
sengers coming into or going out
of Morehead City yvait along the
main street for th? bus to pick
them up, rather U>w go to the
station.
In aatwer I* a qaestha by Mayor
Dill, the traffic manager said the
prgfased bus ageacy atop would
haadlc freight carried by bua in
.W-MB* .*?*. fc?wUed
now.
Mr O'Bryan said that it cost t
Seashore 37 cents a mile to operate
a bus line. Revenue derived from
operation between Beaufort and
New Bern now is 21 cents a mile,
he added, thus the bus company is
faced either with reducing scrvicc
or reducing cost.
lie laid the but company pre
fers to reduce the coat rather than
cut down on service Gross busi
ness per year during the past two
years averaged between $32,000 and
$34,000. Coat of operating the ter
minal alone is $9,000. (The terminal
is located on Arendell Street at 6th
and Is rented by the bus company
and the A4EC railroad).
Coat of operating a bus terminal
should cost no more than 10 per
cent of gross income, Mr. O'Bryan
said. From Sept. 1, 1957 to Aug.
31, 1958, operating cost of the More
bead City bus terminal ran 2>.35
per cent.
Mr. O'Bryaa said that he had
tried to find a man to operate a
bus stop on commission basia, but
could not And anyone. Income to
a person operating a station on
commisaion would be 10 per cent of
the froas.
The traffic manager said be was
aware of the potential in thia area
"We don't want to get out of the
bus buaincss in Morehead City," he
remarked, "we would like to <Ua
continue the high coat until K can
pay its way."
He pointed out that the only rea
son Beaufort and Morehead City
have the bus service they do la be
cause of Cherry Point buaineaa.
Farm Agent Announces
S??dlings Available
W. M. Stanton, extension fores
try specialist, has notified couaty
farm agent R. M. Williama that
the supply of slash pine seedlings
haa been exhausted, but there are
still plenty of loblolly and long
leaf seedlings available.
Mr. Williama saya that any far
mera interested in setting out seed
lings can stop by his office for
assistance in filling out an appli
cation.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
(Eastern Standard Time)
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Oct 11
1:45 a.m.
3:52 a.m.
4:37 p.m.
10:28 p.m.
Satarday, Nov. 1
10:31 a.m.
11:15 p.m.
4: IS a.m.
S:10 p.m.
Saaday, Not. I
11:20 a.m.
4:48 a.m.
5:50 p.m.
Monday, Not. S
12:09 a.m.
5:33 a.m.
8:52 pja.
13:18 pjn.
h? ? ?
UNICEF Campaigners
Among the boys and girls who will br making Halloween calls to
night collecting money for tke United Nations' children's fund are
Johnny Davis, left, Frank Reams, Ben llorton, and Mary Welby Wat
ties, right, all of Morehead City.
Keep those pennies, nickels and
dimes by the door tonight, because
young'uns in Halloween get-up will
be around to collect the coins.
Children wearing arm bands
bearing the UN symbol of a child
drinking a glass of milk are those
authorized to make the collection.
The UN symbol is also to be on
the container in which the coins
arc placed.
Sunday Schools throughout the
county are participating in the
program. Funds are used to pro
vide food and medical care for
children throughout the world.
Mayor George W. Dill, Morchead
City, has proclaimed today
UNICEF day. He urges that all
citizens of the town cooperate with
the UNICEF spooks and goblins
who will be sharing their Hal
loween with sick and hungry chil
dren all over the wcrld.
Churches in Morehead City par
ticipating in the program are St.
Egbert's Catholic Church, First
Free Will Baptist, Faith Free Will
Baptist, First Presbyterian, First
Methodist, St. Andrew's Episcopal,
Franklin Memorial Methodist,
First Baptist, Parkview Baptist,
and Camp Glenn Methodist.
Because of a research achievement at Duke University
Marine laboratory, Beaufort, the day may arrive when
blue crabs can be hatched in a nursery and reared to ma
turity. To the commercial fisherman this would be as im
portant as raising chickens is to the farmer.
The raising of blue crabs for the commercial market is
oil on
water
Heavy bunker ?l dumped in
the water caused a mess on the
north shore of Beaufort yester
day.
The oil slick stuck to hulls of
boats and curtailed activities at
marine railways where opera
tors were reluctant to let newly
painted boats into the water.
The oil is reported to have
come from a fish factory which
is getting ready to start opera
tion this fall.
One trawler operator said yei
terday that the oil doesn't par
ticularly hurt a boat, it mainly
causes a mess. If the tide hasn't
carried the oil around to other
shorelines by now, boat owners
could haul their boats up until
the oil is carried out by the tides.
Couple Arrested
Wednesday Night
Guy V. Avery and his wife, the
former Charleen Bryant, were ar
rested Wednesday night by the
sheriffs department. Warrants
against them charged bigamy and
cohabitation.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said that
there is evidence to the effect that
Charleen Bryant had not been di
vorced from her husband in Nor
folk. The sheriff said her Norfolk
husband appeared in this county
Wednesday night.
Avery told the sheriff that his
"wife", Charleen. had told him she
was -divorced. She i>a* t*o chil
dren. a boy, 3, and a girl, 7. A
marriage license was issued to
Avery by the Carteret register of
deeds office Sept. 22, 1958. Char
leen Bryant's address was given as
Beaufort.
Avery told the sheriff that he had
obtained a divorce from a former
wife prior to his present marriage.
Both Avery and his wife, who had
been living just east of Beaufort,
were in jail yesterday.
Dr. A. F. Chestnut Gives
Report on Oyster*
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director of
the Institute of Fisheries Research,
reports that oysters in Newport
River are in "excellent shape", lie
said he has received only one re
port of oyster damage due to
storms and that was from Oriental
where oysters are dying on one
of the rocks. Oysters are bringing
a good price this season.
Clarence Pelletier Retires
Postmaster Harold Webb, right, present* Clarence Pelletier a letter W commendation. Mr. Pelletier re
Urea today. Be was preaented an hiacribed watch aa a parting gift from the Morehead City poatofflec aUff.
Clarence T. Pelleuer, fireman
at the Morebead City poatofficc la
retiring today after completing
seventeen years and nine months
of service.
Mr. Pelletier was originally ap
pointed as charman on Jan. 13,
1M1, succeeding H. Eugene H.
Wade. Since Uik time, he has sup
ervised the postoffice building.
A veteran of World War I. Mr.
Pellctler saw active military duty
in Frabce, and after serving for
two years In the Army returned
to his borne 1b Cartaret County.
Clarence and his wire. Mist Liz
zie." ire living at 911 Fisher St.,
which fortunately (or Mr. Pelle
tier. Is near the high school base
ball field and gym.
A real sports fan, for years he
waa the official (rounds keeper
See PK1ICTM, Pap I
?seen as a possibility due to the
diligent work of Dr. John Costlow,
research associate at Duke Marine
lab, and two laboratory assistants,
Mrs. W. A. Chipman, and Mri.
Charles King, both of Beaufort. *
Although the tram of three had
accomplished, early this summer,
the major feat of raiaing a crab
from egg to crab, announcement
of the achievement was not made
until several days ago by Dr. F.
John Vernberg, assistant director
of research at the lab.
Dr. Vernbcrg termed the accom
plishment "exciting". He said
scientists have been trying to do
it for years.
The Income of the crab fisher
man now is dependent on the
whims of nature. In some years
the crabs are plentiful and in other
years there are almost none. When
there are none, the crab fisherman
has to look elsewhere for an in
come.
If, however, man can raise the
crabs, there will always be enough
to supply the ever-present market.
The work done at Duke lab does
not mean that a man can start to
morrow to raise blue crabs in a
backyard saltwater pool. It doea
mean that someone has discovered
a way to do it, and that after fu
ture developments, others can be
shown how to do it.
June 19 was a momentous day at
Duke lab on Pivers Island. On that
day, a blue crab had passed from
the just-hatched stage to the point
where he was officially a "crab".
This first one was appropriately
christened "Alpha" and has been
nicknamed Alfic by his three "par
ents", Dr. Costlow, Mrs. Chipman
and Mrs. King.
Alfie l? now five months old and
has already shed his outer shell
several times. (A crab can't grow
without shedding his shell because
the shell is not flexible).
The work on the blue crab was
financed by a National Scienco
Foundation grant on which Dr.
Costlow was research associate. Dr.
Costlow, who has been working also
on a Navy-financed project oil bar
nacles, said that the technique of
rearing barnacles was modified to
includc crabs.
Eleven species of crabi were
used and raised in 12 different en
vironments which combined three
water temperatures with waters
varying in salt content. Survival
of a crab from the just-hatched
stage to the point (seven to eight
stages later) where he ia a crab
depends on temperature of the
water and salinity ? and of course,
keeping him away from other ani
mals that may eat him.
"It has never been proved be
fore that salinity affects aurvival
of the crab, although it was sur
mised. Salinity," Dr. Costlow re
marked, "does make a difference."
It requires slightly more than a
month for a crab to paaa from the
just-hatched stage to crab. In the
lab. the temperature and salt con
tent of Carteret waters, during the
crab egg-hatching period (May IS
through September) was dupli
cated.
"From present indications, it ia
possible that the blue crab can be
reared outside the laboratory," Dr.
Costlow said, "but that is not the
next step. We don't have the tech
nique down cold."
Dr. Costlew has been a research
associate it Duke Marine lab since
See SCIENTIST, Page T
IS Cases to Go
To Grand Jury
Judge Clifton L. Moore will pre
side over the criminal term of su
perior court which opens Monday.
Fifteen caaea, ranging from murder
charges to disturbing the peace,
are scheduled to go before the
grand jury. Eighteen defendants
are involved.
Defendants and charges follow:
Arthur Days, fraud; Maylan Evans
Mattingly, murder; Willie Junior
Phillips, speeding; Manley Mason
and Leo Lawrence, assault.
William B. Lewis, Carl Locklear,
Lester Knutsen, Harold Mobley,
Hubert Thipodeoux, Hillary P. Thi
podeoux and Robert Glazier, break
ing, entering and larceny.
Robert Modlin, public drunken
ness; Hoyt Lee, disturbing the
neace: William Earl Chapman and
Milton T. Pr?tt, hit and ran; and
Thomas A. Beaver and Margaret
P. Vadeae, larceny.
Fourteen eaaes are scheduled (or
trial Monday, 11 for Wednesday, 13
for Thursday and eight (or Friday.
There will be 00 court on Tuesday,
election day.