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48th YEAR, NO. 4. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 13. 1969 PUBLISHED TUESDAY8 AND FRIDAYS
I
Newport Board
Reviews Audit
For 1957-58
Newport commissioners, at their
January meeting last week, were
presented the audit for the 1957-58
fiscal year.
As of June 30. 1958, the audit
ahowed *5,309 29 in the general
fund and $3,102.83 in the Powell
Bill fund with $120,000 payable in
water bonds.
Total revenue for the year was
tlS.52T.13. Expenses were $14,
816.54, leaving an excess of $710.59
in revenue over expenses.
Property and poll taxes collected
amounted to $8,577.86; schedule
"B" licenses, $432.48; revenue
from ABC store, $4,041.96; beer,
wine rebate, $990.68; town auto tag
fees, $217; mayor's court fines and
costs, $212.68; cemetery lot sales,
$60; sale of municipal real estate,
$750; miscellaneous receipts,
$204.91 and interest received,
$39.56.
On the water bonds, the audit re
ported that all interest and princi
pal due June 1, 1958 had been paid.
Expenses included administrative
costs of $3,331.14; street and police
department, $6,237.88; fire depart
ment, $647.58; town hall mainte
nance, $372.99; bond issue expense,
$222.87.
Expenditures of Powell Bill funds
on streets was $4,316.74, or $413.31
more than the Powell Bill grant of
$3,803.43.
Sales of water to customers
amounted to $2,449.60. Expenses
were $2,382.30, showing a net profit
of $67.30 on operations. Interest
and bond expense totaled $5,194.93.
Departmental expenses included
$1,639.71 in administrative salaries;
$3,300 in street and police salaries;
$500 for attorney's fees and legal
costs; $1,097.70 for street and other
lighting; and $200 ! ir firemen's
memberships.
Other costs included $300 for au
d i t i n g , $543.67 for insurance ;
$351.31 for civic promotion and ad
vertising, $287.18 for mosquito con
trol and $106 to the librarian.
The audit was prepared by
Josiah W. Bailey, CPA.
Postoffice
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Business Up
Beaufort postoffice receipts for
1958 showed an increase of $2,634.36
over 1957, J. P. Betts, postmaster,
announced yesterday. Total re
ceipts for 1958 were $38,364.89 as
compared with $35,730.53 for 1957.
Mr. Betts said about 15 per cent
of the increase can be attributed
to the higher postal rates which
went into effect in July.
The Christmas mail volume was
?boot the same as 1957, the post
master estimated. He believes that
the 3-cent cost of mailing Christ
mas cards cut down a bit on the
number of cards mailed. Until
July the cost of mailing the cards
.fas 2 cents a piece.
A new rural route was added,
beginning Jan. 1, the new route
is Beaufort route 2. This may
cause an increase in the amount
of postoffice business this year, the
postmaster said. He said that the
new route operation is proceeding
satisfactorily and patrons seem
pleased with the improvement.
This is State
Symphony Week
This is North Carolina Symphony
Week.
Persons interested in bringing
fine music to this area arc invited
to join the North Carolina Sym
phony society. Workers selling
memberships can be reached at
PA 8-3155 or PA 6-4383.
A single membership is $3, a
Joint membership for two adults
at the same address $5. A student
membership (for anyone in public
school or college) is $1. An "ac
tive" membership of $10 entitles
the holder to hold office in the
state symphony society and givea
the holder four adult memberships.
A donor membership, $2S or
more, entitles the homer to 10
adult memberships or 25 student
memberships.
Members of the symphony so
ciety are entitled to attend con
certs by the North Carolina sym
phony orchestra. If sufficient mem
berships are sold in this county,
the orchestra will give an adult
and free children's concert ben
in the spring.
' Flfare Incorrect
In an article setting forth opin
ions ?o the bond issue in Friday's
paper, the $100,000 mentioned as
going to schools from court fines
and bond forfeitures was incorrect
That amount for the past year was
only $32,000. This, plus approxi
mately $10,000 derived from taxes
(at 20 ceMs per hundred) for school
operation, ytH |h^?m
German Scientist Pursues
Unusual Studies at Duke
Photo 'by Bob Seymour
Dr. Roit Sfrpmann holds tabn containing mud he scooped from
the floor of the ocean, nearly three mile* below the surface. He
"hatchea" aamplea of the mud In the incubator behind him, then
studies the forms of life that (row.
Dr. Rolf Siepmann, Neudcck,
Germany, is carrying on an un
usual research program at Duke
Marine laboratory, Pivers Island.
Working in the new laboratory
completed last summer. Dr. Siep
mann is busy "hitching" mud he
collected from nearly three miles
under the surface of the ocean.
Dr. Siepmann came to North
Carolina last September. After re
ceiving his doctorate from the
University of Kiel in 1957, Dr.
Siepmann discovered that oppor
tunities for biologists were very
limited in Europe.
He applied for and received a
grant to come to this county and
do research with Duke. After
spending two months at the cam
PIM noac JHirtwuii. Dr. Sicpnun*.
went oft ( cfulse with a crew from
Woods Hole, Mass.
It was on this cruise that he col
lected mud from the floor of the
ocean near Bermuda. The mud
was placed in sterile tubes and
has been kept under refrigeration
ever since.
Dr. Siepmann takes small sam
ples of the mud and incubates
them until microscopic growth be
gins. At thU point, his research
really begins. Dr. Siepmann says
he is attempting to isolate and
classify the various types of
growths.
The educational system in Ger
many is different from that of the
United States. Dr. Siepmann got
a diploma equivalent to a junior
college degree when he finished
public school.
After working in a dairy pro
ducts factory, he entered the Uni
versity of Kiel, where he spent
seven years working for his doc
torate. He majored in microbi
ology, with minors in chemistry
and botany.
Though he speaks English well.
Dr. Siepmann says he had only
three years of English in public
school.
Dr. Siepmann came (o the United
States on an immigration visa.
This means he can stay here and
eventually earn his citizenship if
he is able to support himself?
obviously no problem for a man
of his training and talents.
His fiucee. Miss Jutta Zcrahn,
a pharmacist, has applied for a
viva and the couple plan to get
married when she arrive! in
March.
Though he is very pleased with
American life, Dr. Siepmann re
calls that he was slightly disap
pointed with America when
first arrived.
"The first thing I noticed when
I arrived in New York was the
piers. They were not very pretty
?just like plcra in any other large
city," he says.
His first dealings with American
customs officials was somewhat
unnerving. He arrived with nearly
100 fungi cultures, which he had
failed to notify customs he was
bringing.
Rather than make him discard
the cultures, customs officials put
in a special call to the department
of agriculture and got Dr. Siep
mann to describe the cultures to
experts in Washington. They told
customs to let the cultures pass.
He was then tjken to the inter
national student house, supported
by the government, and spent two
days there aeeii>j New York. Then
he came to North Carolina.
Dr. Siepmann will stay at Pivcrs
Island through July, at which time
he plans to move and continue his
research with another university.
District Methodists Will
Meet in Beaufort Friday
Lay and clerical leaders, several
hundred strong, from the Methodist
Churches of the New Bern district
will converge on Beaufort Friday
of this week for the district con
ference. The New Bern district
comprises an area whose outer
lintiu include Jacksonville, Rich
lands. Kinston, Greenville? to the
Atlantic ocean.
Host church is Ann Street Meth
odist Church of which the Rev.
John M. Cline is pastor. Albert C.
Gaskill, lay leader, and T. D. Euro,
chairman of the official board; a
large number of the members of
Ann Street Chifrch are serving on
committees in preparation for the
conference.
Ut. A. I. Hobbs, district superin
tendent, will preside over the ses
sions which win run from 6:30 a.m
until 3:30 p.m. The conference will
convene with a devotional mes
sage by the Rey. T.' It. Jenkins?
pastor of the Trinity Methodist
Church, Jacksonville.
Statistical reports will be pre
sented, pointing up the progress
and achievements of the churches
of the New Bern District in every
phase of their work. Methodist
leaders in Uw fields of evangelism,
Christian education, missions, tem
perance, and the tv ministry will
speak oo their area of responsibil
ity.
The meniag session will close
with aa addresa by Dr. Alia P.
Brantley, district superintendent of
the Burlington District. Lunch wil
be served the conference in the
N. F. Eure educational building.
Several young man will Bad this
* most memorable conference, for
during the day the conference will
confcr upon them a license to
preach, Mr. Cline reports. In the
Methodist Church only the district
conference or its committee on
ministerial qualifications has the
power to grant such a license. It
ii'this step that must be taken by
all Methodist ministers as they
begin their life's work.
Each church in the district has
its quota of elccted and ex-otficio
delegates, but the public is cor
dially invited to attend all sessions
of the conference.
SPA Meets
The State Ports Authority met
Sunday and Monday at Fayette
villc H was expected that Cum
berland County commissioners
would offer the authority a hun
dred acres far a port along the
Cape Fear River. ,
Ticfo Table
Tides at tks Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Taeaday, Jul U
11:25 a.m. 5:02 a.m.
, 5:31 p.m.
Wedaesdly, Jan. 14
12:01 a.m. 5:4> a.m.
U:ia?m.' 6:17 p.m.
. . TWraday, Jaa. 11
12:46 a.m. 6:42 a.m.
12:54 p.m. 7:0* p.m.
Friday, Jam. 14
1:32 a.m. 7:46 a.m.
141 PJB. 1:07 pjn.
Defendant Pays
mcosis
in County Court
Morris J. W.tkta
?<Mt fine In county recorder .
z>mj&rs a?Si
snpedins careless and reckle
5?^Tm5 -???? *? "nv,te
^?e.s^whM?b
plus costs tor speeding ??**"*'
Perrigoue" who had" been fined *10
|?rted V *50 bond to appear in
superior court.
Royee L. Home paid WWj"
court costs .fter he w?? tow*
guilty of tolling to yield the right
"'charlef w. Chapman was or
dered to p?y *?0 Plu? cosU for
public drunkenness. , .
Two defend.nts were ordered to
.upport their minor children^
James Hardesty was ordered to
Day $5 a week and Charles Edward
Ue was ordered to pay ?10 a week^
Three defendants were ordered
to honor bad checks and pay court
costs They were William B. Duke,
?wcy Price and W. J- Gregory.
Three defendant, were ordered
to pay court costs. They were Rob
ert B Fulcher, speeding; Thomas
Hester Jr.' driving on the wrong
side of the road; and Lathan Wil
lis, failing to yield the right
"paying one-half cost, tor viola
tion of fishing laws wcreWardie
Fulcher Frank Harvey and Sey
mour Davis. The state continued
41 cases.
New Bern Lions
Visit Beaufort
jwsr?w?i
Beaufort Lions to send f*P"**nlJ;
tives to tta state convention in
'"president Hobert Kelly appointed
Lions Cecil Peterson, Edgar Cole
and Charles Hassell to make rec
ommendation. tor a permanent
mAlte?c33?? w?, ?pp?jn,^thu
the membership committee.
Mr. Kelly agreed to obtain ,_a
speaker from the welfare depart
ment to discus, work with the
blind for the next m^eting^The
principal project for the Ll?f
to help persona with visual defects.
Josiah Bailey
Speaks Friday
Joslah Bailey gave his fellow
Civitans an account of hia Job aa
a public accountant at the club
meeting at Mrs. Russell Willia'
Restaurant Friday noon.
Mr. Bailey described the types
of services an accountant offers
and explained the obligation an ac
countant has to his client. He
spoke at the invitation of program
chairman Walter Morris.
Projects chairman Jasper Bell
reported that he had contacted
Lenwood Lee at the high school
concerning student day. This day
is dedicated to teaching school stu
dents more about city government.
The students clect a mayor, com
missioners and other town officials
who actually do the tasks of those
officials for one day.
Fruitcake sale chairman Warren
Beck reported that the club still
haa fruitcakea for sale. He said
that people still owed nearly tlOO
for cakes they bought on credit
One guest attended the meeting.
He was J. E. Montgomery, guest
of Mr. Beck and Roper Van Horn.
52 Sign Charter Roll
At Lutheran Mission
Fifty-two persons <(gned the
charter roll at St Timothy Lu
theran mission, Havelock, Sunday.
Fifty are required to atart a con
gregation, according to the Rev.
Aaron Lippard, pastor.
Following signing at the charter
roll, the miaaioa will petition the
North Carolina synod to become a
congregation. If the petition is
graated, the church will be or
ganised.
Among these from this county
who have indicated their wish to
become a member at the congre
gation art John Delbert, Mrs. War
ren (Bump) Styron. Mrs. Bill Or
too, Mrs. C. C McCuiston, and
Miss Ruth Peeling, all gf More
baad Cttjr.
Beach Town Board Proceeds
With Plans to Expand North
$2
George Dill, the mayor of
More head City, was as happy as
a kid with a toy pistol Saturday.
He received $2 through the
mail as a contribution (or the
Morehead City firemen's "hot
papa" suits. The $2? and this is
what especially thrilled the
mayor? came from James Biggs
of Biggs Shoe Shop, Beaufort.
"This is an indication," Uayor
Dill said, "ol the growing neigh
borliness between Morehead City
and Beaufort!"
Another example was a steak
dinner Saturday night. Beaufort
town commissioners were host
to Morehead City commissioners
at a dinner at the American
Legion hut. The chef was Dan
Walker, Beaufort town manager.
Also present were the town at
torneys.
Morehead City commissioners
entertained Beaufort commission
ers at an oyster roast at Tom
Mills' camp several years ago.
Officials hope to make the din
ner an annual affair.
Scouts Collect
$208 tor MOD
Beaufort and Morehead City
Scouts who conducted the Block
of Dimes events in Beaufoit and
Morehead City Saturday raised
$206,75, Mrs. Lockwood Phillips,
chairman of he March of Dimes
chapter, reported yesterday.
Troop 130, Morehead City, Ethan
Davis, Scoutmaster, collected
$118.50. Troop 201, Beaufort, Roy
N. Vickery, Scoutmaster, collected
$92.25. Mrs. Phillips commended
both troops and was pleased with
the results.
Girts will sell blue crutches on
the streets of Beaufort and More
head City Saturday. In return for
a contribution to the March of
Dimes, a blue crutch pin wilt be
?iven.
The blue crutch event in New
port will be handled by Cub pack
61.
Grayden Paul, chairman of the
campaign, has been showing the
movie. The Challenge, to civic
groups. He invites any group that
would like to sec the film to call
him at PA 8 4443 or PA 8 4898.
Mr. Paul will show the film to
the Beaufort Rotary Club tonight,
to Morehead City Rotary Thurs
day night and to the Morehead
City Lions Thursday, Jan. 22.
AAIIW to Meet
The American Association of Uni
versity Women will meet at 8 p.m.
Friday at the civic ccnter. More
head City.
Six Building
Permits Issued;
5! Summarized
By F. C. SALISBURY
s,xDMhn?M mo?"> of December
six building permits were issued
tor nf m building inspcc
tor of Morehead City. Cost of con
struction us covcred by the per
mits, total lis, 250. Permit, cowl
the erection of three houses; E C
Weeks, Calico Drive, $7,500, and
two by frank Pigford, Bay Street
$2,500 and 15th Street, $2 000 ' I
Henry White built a warehouse
in the rear of the store occupied
by Sears at a cost of 12,500. Vcr
non Smith made alteration on his
house costing $250 and Ted Gar
^ built a car port at a cost of
JTSTT* work in tho town
6how^ a laW increase
rJ?e Pr?eed.ng year, totaling
5651 ,530, against the sum of S130
M0 for 1957. included in the yea^,
total is the sum of $400,000 for the
erection of a warehouse at the
port terminal.
Aside from this item, building
permits covcred the erection of 2?
houses at a cost of $52,700; com
mercial structures, $182,515; al
't'r,a"ons and repairs, $15,265, and
garages, $1,050.
showed1" 21 . h00ses only ,hree
showed a cost of over $5,000; E.
L .Z \ W ,,av'? ?<""<!. p.
W0 and J. O. F usscli, $6,500 Com
mercial buildings for the ycar (not
including tho warehouse) exceeded
TZm. 1857 by ? cost ol
C?"' on com"icr
, . structures exceeding $5000
included Bell and Munden funeral'
home, $50,000; First-Citizens Bank
altering front of building. Mo, 000;'
*; developing company, bus
, VM* Btyron'a bul
Jncaa block, $19,500; Jasocr Bell
business block, $15,000; W P Free'
man, dock, machine shop and re
pairing budding, S8.100; W. R,y
o?', "Bice building, $12,500 in I
course of construction. ' I
Minor alterations and repairs to
MsJS "r busine?? P'?ces totaled
$15,265. Garages, $1,050. No per
mits were required for repairing
or rebuilding the damage caused
by the hurricane. The amount of
c'tTm!LcaTd by th,t 8torm '?
over 'too, 000, of
7hJ J , ,'Um of Kl-??0 covered
the cost of rebuilding the warc
?ale*Co thC P' Frccman wholc
?ST i~
-as
and repairs $12,115; garages, $300. |
Commissioners Suggest
Hearing on Matter in March
Atlantic Beach town commissioners, in session Saturday
afternoon at the town hall, authorized advertising of a
public hearing, the first step toward expanding the town
limits northward to Bogue Sound.
Notice of the hearing will be published for four weeks,
setting date of the hearing for March. George McNeill,
town attorney, sara tnat u 15 per*
cent of the persona in the area af
fected request a referendum, the
board then sets a date for a vote
on the matter.
If IS per cent do not request a
referendum, the board can annex
the area by resolution.
Persons in the area were invited
to tho Saturday meeting. Three at
tended. They were Dom Fcmla,
Mrs. Joyce Chambers and S. K.
Hcdgecock.
Mr. Femia, who operates Dom
El's drive-in, located on the beach
causeway north of the present
town limits, said he was opposed
to becoming part of the town be
cause a town ordinance requires
businesses to close at 1 a.m.
lie told the board that he doea
most of his business after mid
night. The board told him that the
ordinance was passed to limit noise
and disturbance in the "amuse
ment area" in the beach triangle,
which is surrounded by motels and
cottages, and further, that allow
ing the businesses in the congested
area to stay open all night meant
that the police force would have to
be enlarged.
See BEACH BOARD, Page 5
Morehead Postal
Receipts Up
Total receipts at the Morehead
City postoffice for IMS were MO,
1*1 .V, Harold Webb, paymaster,
?uwmhI yesterday JMa> exceeds
by about 18, ON the amouht of bus
iness done by the postoffice in 1957.
The 1957 receipts were $72,055.56.
Included in those figures are
postage stamp sales, bulk mail
permits, box rent and second data
mail .receipts. Not included are
money order Fairs.
The volume of Christmas mall
at the postoffice exceeded 1957's
also, postmaster Webb said. Six
substitute clerks were neded to
handle the business this Christmas
as compared with five in 1957.
"And I think they did a mighty
fine job," Mr. Webb added.
The amount of business done at
the postoffice la significant, in that
1958 was a year that contained a
recession for many other parts of
the country.
Woman Injured in Two-Car
Collision Near Wildwood
Photo by Donald Edw.nU
Driviag this INI Poatiac, which ceUlded with niter car Saturday wai Frederick Taylor, Mare
head City, wha haa beca fat la Jail, charged with aaatar vehicle rMattai.
Mrs. Justin Robinson, Morchcad
City, suffered fractured ribs, a cut
head, and bruised knee at 3:45 p.m.
Saturday in an auto accident near
Wild wood on highway 70. Three
men involved in the accident were
slightly injured.
Patrolman W. E. Pickard, who
inveatifated, said that Justin Rob
inson, who was driving one of the
cars, a 19S6 Mercury station wa
gon, suffered bruiaes; Troy Morris
Sr., Atlantic Beach, who was rid
ing with the Robinson a, had ?
bruiaod chest, and mtekk Taj
lor, Morehead City, driver of the
1152 Pontile which collided with
the Mercury, aaid hli legs hurt.
The injured were taken to the
Morchead City Hoapital In the Bell
and Munden ambulance. Mra. Rob
inson waa at home yesterday.
According to patrolman Pickard,
the Robin ions were going weat and
the Pontiac waa headed eaat Tay
lor was apparently going at a high
rate of speed, failed tp.make a.
curve, ran off to the right, skidded
back to the left and hit the H f
cury. The PooUac gla? ad afi ih?
Mercury and coded up la ? ditch
on the right.
Taylor lu* hem charged with
driving drunk, apeeding and driv
ing on the wrong aide of the road.
He'a in the county Jail.
Damage to both cara exceeded
*500.
Joint Meeting
Beaufort and Morehead City
town, commiaaionera will .meet at
1-.it p.m. Friday night at the
Morrbcad CHy municipal building
to dikcuu aewaga dupnail plaata.
Methodists Plan
Workers School
For Feb. 15-18
The board of managers of the
Carteret County Workers School,
sponsored by the Methodist
Churches of the Carteret area, met
Sunday afternoon at Ann Street
Methodist Church in Beaufort. The
group planned this year's Workers
School which will be held Feb. 15-18
it First Methodist Church, More
head City.
Members of the board present
were the Rev. John Cline, Beau
fort, chairman; the Rev. W. M.
Jeffries, dean, Marshsllberg; Skin
ner Chalk, Morebead City, chair
man of local arrangements; the
Rev. Virgil Moore, Camp Glenn,
housing; the Rev. D. M. Tyson,
Williston, treasurer; and the Rev.
Ralph L. Fleming Jr., publicity.
Mr. Jcffriea reported that the
following courses would be taught:
primary laboratory session for pri
mary teachera and helpers. The
Methodist Youth Fellowship for
adult workers and teachers of
youth and teaching juniors.
There will be three courses of
general Interest to laymen and
laywomen as well as tcachcrs and
church leaders. Christian evan
gelism, Christian stewardship, and
how to read and study the Bible.
The next meeting of the board
of.ipanagcrs which is made up of
All Carteret Methodist minister*,
Sunday school superintendents and
education commissioo chairmen
will be held Sunday, Jan. 25 at
3 p.m. at First Methodist Church,
Morebead City.
Club Sends Lion
To Convention
Morehead City Lions, at their
meeting at the Hotel Fort Macon
Thursday night, voted $25 in ex
penses to O. J. Morrow to attend
the mid-winter Lioos convention at
Rocky Mount this week.
The convention started yesterday
and ends today. The club also
voted to extend an invitation to the
Lions to hold their mid-winter con
vention at Morehead City in Jan
uary 19(0.
The club voted to spend $100 in
campaign expenses in June at the
New Bern convention to help elect
Jim Crowe, a member of the More
head City Lion* Club, a* governor
of district H.
The club approved Wallace I.
West, Wilmington, a* international
director. It was reported that the
club had received a letter from the
chamber of commerce, thanking
members for attending the Nov. 20
chamber membership meeting.
Harry Van Horn wa* named
chairman of a broom aale to be
conducted in the ipring. The club
voted to pay $50 in bills, including
$29 for eye examinations and
glasses for two persons.
The club voted to extend an invi
tation to state cosmetologists to
meet in Morehead City in 1980. At
the request si Jayceea, lions are
eonaldering candidates far a Teen
Ager of the year award.
Carl Knott Heads
East Carolina
Council, BSA
Carl T. Knott, district scout ex
ecutive of Greenville, has been ap
pointed field staff director for the
East Carolina Council, Boy Scout*
ef America, according to a Joint
statement by council president Joe
E. Eaglea of Crisp, N. C., and
Scout executive O. B. Roberts of
Wilson.
Mr. Knott has been employed by
the council for the past four years
and has1 served as district scout
executive for Pitt district. During
this time be also served Rouoke
Chowan and Carteret districts
As field staff director, Mr. Knott
will ssaM the ton field and district
Scout executive* In pi? ing aad
carrying out their duties in the 21
county am. ,
He will move from Greenville