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-??& CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 48th YEAR, NO. ?. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS FofsS ??nd lssue . By BOB SEYMOUR One of the favorite topics of dis cussion In the county it the plan put forth by the citizens for better schools committees ? school con solidation. Closely connected with this is the bond issue on which county citizens will vote next month. People in Morehead City and Beaufort go along, for the most part, with consolidation as sug ' gested by the committee ? building a high school east of Beaufort and one west of Morehead City. Other plans are offered by citi zens of Newport and the down east communities. Everyone out side the two population centers has an idea that Morehead City and Beaufort will profit most by the proposed plan of consolidation. ' One of the popular alternate plans is to consolidate Morehead City and Beaufort, enlarge New port, consolidate Atlantic and Smyrna and build a new Negro high school near Beaufort. The reasoning behind this stems from the growth of Cherry Point and racial problems. Morehead City and Beaufort make a "natural" for consolida tion, declare people in favor of this alternate plan. The tremen , dous growth in population between Newport and Cherry Point at)d Swansboro makes them confident that this area should have a school of its own. The consolidation of Atlantic and Smyrna would improve facilities for students at both schools and would not work a hardship in transportation, they feel. The building of a modern high tchool for Negro students between Beaufort and the North River sec tion is a must, a number of peo ple agree. They think colored stu dents arc due a better school and equal but separate school plants is the basis for segregation in North Carolina. A hope expressed by some per sons in favor of consolidation was that "maybe we can get some new teachers in here. Some of the ones down here now have been here so long they think thdy own the schools" One man from down east said some of the schools were nothing but places for old teachcrs to wait for retirement. Mrs. Buck Newsome, Morehead City, is in favor of a consolidated school if it is built on highway 70 west of Morflhead City. She has a boy in the sixth grade and would like to see him going to a consoli ' dated high school. Mrs. Jasper Long, Wildwood, says she is in favor of having bet ter schools and that consolidation seems to be the best way to get them. Oscar Allrcd, Morehead City, speaking on the objections some people have to borrowing $2Vi million due to interest costs, said, 1 "Maybe in a couple years the cost of building schools would be so much that it would offset the in terest costs to build them now." People ia Newport seem fairly evenly divided on the issue. They ?U seem agreed that they hate to lose their high school but some feel that consolidation is the only answer to solving ovcr-crowded t conditions. Others would like to see the Newport school enlarged. Some felt that the bond issue was too limited. One person said he would like to vote for the issue if the money could be spent on all community high schools. All agreed that the full story has not been told to the public. They asked such questions as: How much more is it going to cost to transport students to consolidated i schools? Where would the schools be located? How much money would be spent at each school? Will consolidation bring better teachers into the county? Nathan Garner, Newport, said that consolidation seems inevitable. He commented, "I would love to see our high school stay just where it is. U we could be sure that we would have ade quate facilities here in four or five years, I would be in fa vor of waiting. "It seeais now Mr. Garacr that the onljr way to get relief within that time is to consolidate. I think most of the students that attend Newport could easily travel to a consolidated school if it were built between Morehead City and Wildwood. "There are a number of studenti In the Bogue and Pelletier section that attend Jones Central and Swanaboro schools. Those people seem pretty well satisfied and may not want to change. "If I had to rate today I would vote for the consolidation of See OPINIONS, r age I Down East Forces Make Bid For High School at Smyrna A new monster has raised its head on the school front? Atlantic and Smyrna better schools com mittees, meeting Wednesday night with Beaufort's committee in the board of education office, said they will not ito along with school bonds unless the east Carteret school is located at Smyrna! The proposed site is north 6f Beaufort. Formerly, Atlantic was content to have its own high school. Now some Smyrna folks have apparent ly been out recruiting persons east of Smyrna to a cause they think might move the proposed high school farther east than the now proposed site between highway 101 and 70. The board of education was also present at the meeting. Beaufort committeemen doubted that Beaufort, a center of popula tion, would go along with trans porting children to Smyrna, not because of the distance, but be cause the major part of the stu dent body would be Beaufort chil dren. It would be easier, Beaufort com* mitteemcn say, to transport fewer numbers from the Smyrna area west. The Wednesday night meeting was originally called to gain ap proval of the better schools com mittees on the proposed site east of Beaufort, owned by D. R. Ar nold. Nothing approaching approval was reached. Those in favor of the proposed school site, two miles north of Beaufort, say that to build a con solidated high school at Smyrna would subject the building to storms and the effects of storms, such as washed-out bridges which would prevent transportation of children from Beaufort. American Export Lines To Call at State Port Walter Friederichs, operations^ manager, state port, Morehca^ City, announces that American Ex port Lines will establish regular cargo service at Morchead City. American Export Lines is the third major ocean carrier to make Morehead City a regular port of call. The others are Holland Amer ica Lines and Ozean Stinnes Lines. Ships of the American Export Lines will call at Morehead City twice a month, depending on whe ther cargo is here to be loaded? or unloaded, Mr. Friederichs ex plains. The ships will call at Morehead City, Wilmington, Savannah and Charleston before sailing to all principal ports In Red Sea. Gulf of Aden, Pakistan, India, Ceylon and Burma. The first ship that will be avail able to exporters shipping through Morehead City will be the Ex change, due Feb. 12. Spphony Drive Short of Goal Although the symphony member ship drive in the county has fallen short of its goal, the state sym phony orchestra is scheduled to come to Carteret for two concerts Monday, March 9. Charles Willis, a member of the Carteret Symphony Society's board of directors, says all workers have not reported, but it is estimated that proceeds are a couple hundred dollars short of the $700 needed. There is hope that this money may be obtained during the com ing month. The Little Symphony will give a concert for school children at 2 p.m. March 9 in the Morehead City School and a concert for adults at 8 p.m. in the Beaufort School. Board to Meet Here C. G. Holland, commercial fish eries commissioner, reported yes terday that the board will meet in Morchead City in July. Its April meeting will be in Raleigh, April 28 and 27. I ? ? ? ? ? Two C&D Men To Speak Here G. F. (Gerry) Albright, and John Johnson, Raleigh, will be the speakers at the February meeting of the Beaufort Community De velopment Corp., according to W. H. Potter, president. Mr, Albright and Mr, Johnson arc with the small industries sec tion of the Department of Conser vation and Development. An informal discussion, mod erated by llr. Potter and Mr. Al bright will follow Mr. Albright's talk on small industries' locating here. Participating will be town offi cials of Beaufort, Morehead and Newport and county commission ers, and representatives of Caro lina Power and Light, First-Citi lens Bank, Cooperative Savings and Loan, B&M Railroad, Southern Railway, Beaufort Jaycecs and the Morehead City chamber of com merce. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. Monday night, Feb. 9, in the courtroom of the courthouse, Beau fort. Mr. Potter announces that the March meeting will deal with farm ing opportunities. Plans are un der way now to have an open dis cussion moderated by farm experts at the state and national level. Lions Club Plans Membership Drive The board of directors of the Beaufort Lions Club met Tuesday night at the home of Ed Nelson. Beaufort. The directors discussed plans for a membership drive. A plan by which each member is to invite one potential member to a meeting was accepted. Aims and purposes of the Lions Club will be discussed at the next regular club meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Feb. 12 at llolden's Restaurant. Elmo Wafc, right, tad Marvia KoMatoa Hkiii the febool bewl kmc la Mr. Wafc'i boat works at WUMaa. White Oak Citizens Seek County Funds for Onslow Public Schools Assemblyman Gives Views On Eve of '59 Legislature D. G. Bell, Carteret's general assemblyman, will leave Monday (or Raleigh. The legislature opens Wednesday. Mr. Bell, in an interview this week, said revision of the state's court system will "be one of the biggest things to come before the legislature". COURTS Firmly in favor of court reform, as recommended by the Bell com mittee, Carteret's legislator said, "The aim is to give the average man every advantage, at the least cost, to get justice in courts with the least delay." "All that is proposed will not be approved at this session," Mr. Bell said, "the study commission had no idea it would be. It is a long range program." (While Mr. Bell served on the laymen's committee studying the courts, it is coinci dental that his last name is the same as the chairman of the study committee, J. Spencer Bell). The main principle of the pro posed court reform, Mr. Bell said, is to give the judicial phase of gov ernment more authority. As it is now, courts have all the responsi bility for administration of justice but the authority, as to where they should sit, when and under what rules, lies with the legislature. SCHOOLS Mr. Bell said he could sec the state putting no more than $10 mil lion in a matching fund for coun ties during the next biennium. This figure had been mentioned in a study of public school financing which yill go before the legisla ture. TAXES As for the proposed state with holding tax, Carteret's legislator said he'd like to study the proposal See LAWMAKER, race <) | Firemen Give Rotary Program Officers of the Newport Fire De partment and Newport fire com missioner Wilbur Garner presented the program at the Newport Ro tary Club meeting Monday night The club met at the school lunch room. Rotarian Moses C. Howard was program chairman. He introduced the fire commissioner first. After Mr. Garner discussed his relations with the fire department, the offi cers spoke. Assistant chief Bennie Garner, Capt. George Green, Lt. Larry Howard and secretary - treasurer Gordon Cutler explained their jobs to the Rotarians. Chief Charlie A. Gould Jr. con cluded the program with a general discussion of operations, accom plishments and plans for the fu ture. E. F. Carraway, Stafford, Kan., a former president of the club, was the guest of Harold Chartley. Navy Pilot Bails Out of Doomed Jet A Navy F3H jet crashed on Boguc Banks 4 miles cast of the Swansboro life boat station Tues day afternoon. Patrick J. Gallag her, Cherry Point, pilot of the plane, bailed out over Newport. Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma con aa well as Swansboro took part in a search for the plane and pilot. A beach patrol from Swansboro found the plane but the pilot was picked up by a Marine helicopter south of Newport. BM/1 John GaskiU drove from Fort Macon to Newport to help conduct a ground scarch but was notified when he arrived that the pilot had already been found. Tidei it the Beaafwt Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Friday, Jan. M 12:14 a.m. 12:33 p.m. 1:15 a.m. 6:39 p.m. Saturday, Jaa. Ji , 1:19 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 7:51 p.m. Soaday, Feb. 1 2:06 a.m. 2:32 p.m. 1:47 a.m. 9:04 p.m. Maaday, Feb. 2 3:12 a.m. 2:41 p.m. 9:55 a.m. 10:09 p.m. 4:19 a.m. 4:U p.m. T?esday, Feb. I 10:51 a.m. 11:87 fjn. ? 1 D. G. Bell . . . Raleigh-bound Two Defendants Get Jail Terms In City Court Two defendants were sentenced to jail terms in Morehead City re corder's court Monday. Judge Her bert Phillips sentenced Edgar Tay lor, Morehead City, to six months for his third public drunkenness offense within 12 months. Harold Bass, Morehead City, got 60 days for disturbing the peace and being drunk and disorderly. Isabellc Casey, Morehead City, was sentenced to six months in woman's prison but she appealed to superior court and posted a $100 cash bond. The woman had been found guilty of possession and sale of non-taxpaid whiskey. Curtis Bell, Morehead City, was sentenced to 90 days for failing to pay court costs in a previous con viction. He managed to raise the oey after court and he was al lowed to pay and not serve time. Swindell C. Price, Cherry Point, was fined $100 and ordered to pay court costs after he entered a plea of guilty to drunk driving chargcs. Marvin Ray Horne, Morehead City, and Clen Manning, New Bern, were put on probation for one year. They were found guilty of petty larceny. Each was ordered to pay court costs. Christina Smith, Morehead City, failed to appear for trial on charges of possession of a quantity of non-taxpaid whiskey. The judge issued a capias and ordered her brought in to court in two weeks. George Pinckney, Morehead City, was ordered to pay court costs after he refused to testify against Ellis Johnson, also of Morehead City. Pinckney had sworn out a warrant charging Johnson with be ing drunk and disorderly. Others who paid costs follow: John P. Bryant, Morehead City, disturbing the peace, William Guth rie and Joseph Hester, both of Morehead City, public drunken ness, Ernest Mattox Jr., disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct, Garland Royal, improper registra tion, and Stephen S. Stephenson, New Bern, running a stop sign. N. W. Hlbbard, Kinston, was or dered to pay one-third costs plus $2 for an overtime parking ticket he had failed to pay. Edward G. McKinlcy, Morehead City, and Ernest F. Thomas, Jack sonville, forfeited cash bonds. Both were charged with speeding. John McQualg, Morehead City, was found not guilty of assault. The warrant was sworn out by An nie Mac Ilinson. Cites were continued against W. M. Bogey, Joseph N. Davis, John McQuaig, William Gray, Vclda Schrcinor. R. C. Blancbard, Kemp Guthrie. Barbara W. Roberts and Harvey Lewis. Boy Escapes Injury When Bike Hits Car In Morehead City Billy Freeman. 10. aon of Mr. and Mrs. David L. Freeman, 2200 Bay St., Morehead City, cacaped injury at S:20 a.m. Wednesday when he collided with a 1954 Olda mobile driven by Mra. Evelyn Piner Willis, Beaufort. Billy, according to police chief W. H. Griffin, rode his bicycle from behind some parked cara and ran into the side of Mra. Willia' car. Mra. Willia waa driving wcat in the 1200 block of Bridges Street. The bicycle hit the left side of the car, cauaing about $25 damage. Billy waa taken to the hoapital by his father, checked over and re leased. There were no charges tiled. Fisheries Show Higher Catches . July-December ? Commissioner Gives Report to C&D ? Only Shrimp Output Shows Decrease C. G. Holland, commercial fish eries commissioner, presented a glowing report to the board of con servation and development at Dur ham this week. The commissioner called the en tire year of 1958 "a gratifying suc cess." Statistics showed an increase in production of all types of seafood, except shrimp. Licensed were 6,243 boats, an increase of 775 over 1957, which was a record year. Oyster production increased dur ing the last six months of 1958. Mr. Holland attributed most of the in crease to the extensive planting of shells and seed oysters, carried on by the commercial fisheries department with the assistance of the UNC Institute of fisheries Re search. Shrimp production was about 62 per cent under the same six-month period of 1957. Clams as a seafood, the report said, arc gaining in popularity. Production of hard and soft shell crabs showed an in crease. Although hard freezes took a toll of scallops, production was up this year. Most were caught in Bogue Sound' and some large trawlers reported small catches in the ocean. South port enjoyed one of its best summer menhaden seasons and the fall season was termed one of the best in many years. Total fall eatch was 294,312,000 fish, exceed ing 1957's total by 87,438,000. This was attributed to good wea ther and large schools of fish off the coast. Of the 236 arrests made for fish eries violations, 170 defendants were found guilty. Seized were 129 nets and anchors. Tbcy were sold for $505. Mr. Holland credited Leon Thom as, law enforcement supervisor, for his diligent work in that divi sion and commended Frank E. Hopkins and Willis C. Mobley, for increased collections in liccnte fees. Field and office personnel, the commissioner added, lent val uable assistance. Mothers March for MOD Wednesday Night Collection reports on the Wed nesday night March of Dimes mo thers' march were incomplete at prcsstime yesterday. Beaufort's partial returns were $68. Collected in Morchcad City was $84.17. Wonien of the Moose and mem bers of the Moose lodge made the collections in Morchcad City. The march in Beaufort was sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Swansboro-Born Petitions Make Rounds in Carteret Petition* asking Carteret County to reimburse Onslow for the money Onslow spends on Carteret students are being circulated in the western part of the county. The petitions, which were drawn up in Onslow County, undoubtedly with the blessings of the Swansboro school board, are making the rounds in White Oak township, Carteret's westernmost township' bordering on Onslow. White Oak residents seem to be accepting the petitions ? and sign ing ? without argument. Onslow County estimates that it will spend $85 per pupil this year on educating Carteret pupils. They figure the total cost for the year at (29,000. The petitions are expected to be placed before county commission ers Monday morning. For more than 25 years, stu dents from Carteret have attended public schools in Onslow County. What began as a temporary ar rangement has become a perma nent affair ? with Onslow County taxpayers footing the bill. This year about 350 Carteret stu dents are attending schools in Swansboro and White Oak. Most of these students are from White Oak township, the communities of Bogue, Cedar Point, Pelletier and Stella. Some students from the Stella community are now going to Jones Central near Trenton to get a high school education. While White Oak and Swansboro schools profit by the added stu dents through federal and state assistance based on attendance, the Onslow County school board feels that Carteret County is under a moral obligation to educate its own students. The Carteret County board of ed ucation has made no immediate provision for these students in the proposed building program it hopes will be financed through the sale of bonds. Onslow County officials believe Carteret students will con tinue to attend Swansboro and White Oak schools indefinitely. With tUs In mind, the petition* arc being circulated. White Oak township citizens seem to be in favor of the peti tions. A great number of the adults in the township attended school at Swansboro or White Oak and feel closely tied to Onslow Connty. Leon Weeks operates a grocery store west of Broad Creek on high way 24. He says, "White Oak is the forgotten township in Carteret County. Our children have to leave the county to go to school and we adults have very little voice in county government. "There are cotinty commission ers from Atlantic, Sea Level, Mar kers Island, Morehead City and Newport. A look at the map will show this to be a peculiar arrange ment. 'Regardless of oar influence In the county, we like to feel that our children are getting equal oppor tunities for an education. We would prefer to send our children to achon! in this county so they can know what is going on. "If the county passes a bond is sue and builds consolidated schools near Beaufort and Morehead City there will be very little left for anything. "The connty will be in debt for the next 30 years so we will have to wait at least that long before we can expect to have even a grammar school here. "I entered school in Swansboro in 1934 when I was in the eighth grade. All the high school students from this township were already going to Swansboro. See PETITION. Page t Beaufort Plant Makes Unusual January Catches Beaufort Fisheries accountcd for a record catch of llMi million men haden in six fishing days last week and two fishing days this week according to William II. Potter, general manager. A few of the fish were roe fish, another oddity for January when all other menhaden factories close down and transfer their operations to the Gulf of Mexico. All of the fish caught were year lings, medium-size fish producing a medium quantity of oil, Mr. Pot ter said. In one previous January, Beau fort Fisheries caught lOVfc million but none of them of as good quality as the fish caught this January. Rough weather Wednesday., and yesterday stopped fishing but Mr. Potter was hopeful that weather today would moderate the seas so that fishing can be resumed. "It is gratifying to Beaufort Fisheries," Mr. Potter stated, "that our crews are willing to fish and that, as a result, many thou sands of extra and unexpected dol lars arc poured into the economy of Carteret County." Mayor Asks Club To Plant Trees The Beaufort Jaycces have ap pointed a committee to study the possibility of planting trees along the streets in Beaufort. Mayor C. T. Lewis spoke to the club Mon day night when it met at the Scout building. Mayor Lewis said thit most of the trees in town now are very old and in poor condition. He predicted that the streets would soon be bare unless some civic group took an interest in the problem. President Guy Smith appointed Merlon Bullock, Mack Styron and Billy Ipock to talk to county agent R. M. Williams and see how much work and expense would be in volved. Jaycee Jesse Taylor reported on the DSA banquet last Saturday night. All the members agreed with him that the banquet was a succcss. Four Defendants Tried In Beach Mayor's Court Four defendants appeared in At lantic Beach mayor's court Tues day night at the town hall. Wayne M. Souder, for public drunkenness and resisting arrest, paid $5 and costs. The other three paid costs. Charges against tbcm were as follows: Richard E. Mooney, using profane language in public; John E. Gavney and Buddy Dickens, fighting and disturbing the pcacc. All were from Cherry Point. Clothing Leaders Trained; County Council Meets Tuesday Afternoon Eleven of the county'* 13 Home Demonstration Clubs were repre sented Tuesday at the training meeting for club clothing leaden in the home economics agent'a of fice, Beaufort. The clothing leaden received in structions on conducting the dem onstration, Basic Patterns, in Feb ruary. la charge of the session was Mrs. Floy Garner, agent, aasisted by Mrs. W. G. Simpson and Mrs. Charles Stanley. Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Milton Pincr have made basic patterns in material, such aa muslin. They will be used in next month's club meetings to demonstrate the in structions. Attending the training meeting, in addition to those mentioned, were Mrs. Lucille Morse and Mrs. Herman Taylor, Pelletier; Mrs. Lcoo Parker, Broad Creek; Hiu Alice Laughton, Crab Point. Mm. Joe Barnes, Mri. Walter Whitley, Wild wood | Mrs. Jim Kel ly, Mrs. John Reynolds. Newport; Mr?. Henry Chadwick, Mr?. Thel ma Chadwick, Gloucester. Mrs. Will Dail, Mra. Guy Styron, Mra. R. P. Gooding, North River; Mra. Lee Garner, Rusaells Creek; Mrs. Jim Stallings, Mrs. Guy Or raway, Merrimon; Mrs. Dyon Simpson, Betlic; Mrs. David Mer rill and Mrs. L. U. Norria, Wire grass. Most of the clothing leaders stayed for the afternoon meeting of the county Home Demonstra tion council. Lunch wis served in the home agent's office. Two officers were elected to fill terms of thoae who had resigned. They are Mrs. Leon Parker, sec retary, who replaces Mrs. Stanley Gillikin, and Mrs. G. T. Spivey, treasurer, who replace* Mrs. D. R. Arnold. Named to serve on committees (or the 20th district meeting in April were Mrs. Will Dail, nom inating committee; Mrs. Douglas Stewart, resolutions; Mrs. Henry Chadwick, registrations; Mrs. Les lie Sanders, courtesy, and Mrs. Jim Kelly, time and place. Mrs. Spivey was nominated as first vice-chairman of the district. The women decided to serve pie and coffee at the 4-H development meeting tonight at the civic cen ter, More head City. The budget for 1959 was approved. Plans were made for making drapes for the home agent's officc. Attending the meeting in addi tion to tboae mentioned were Mrs. Barrett Davis, Crab Paint; Mrs. Leslie Sanders, Mrs. Douglas Ste wart. Mrs. Pat Midcett, Broad Creek, Mrs. John Ives and Mrs. E. C. McLawharn, Hallow*.
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