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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ""
48th YEAR. NO. 10. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD C|TY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1969 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Legislator Enumerates Laws
Discussed with County Board
Adults May Take
Fisheries Course
At Smyrna School
9 30 Enrolled to Date
For Atlantic Course
? Meeting to be Held
At Smyrna Thursday
With a course In navigation due
to begin at Atlantic Saturday,
groundwork has been laid for a
similar fisheries vocational educa
tion program at Smyrna.
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, chairman of
the county's fisheries education
committee, reports that 30 adults
have signed up for the course at
Atlantic.
Dr. Chestnut attended a meet
ing at the Marshallberg Commun
ity building Thursday night in
which plans for a course at Smyrna
were discussed.
Possible courses arc radio and
communications, navigation, en
gine maintenance and mechanics,
net mending and making and boat
building.
The following committees were
appointed to obtain instructors for
the courses and help the instruc
tors set up a course of study:
Leon Thomas, Tommie Lewis
and Lionel Salter, radio and com
munications; Claude Brown, Ar
chie Jones and Ikie Guthrie, navi
gation; Cicero Lewis and James
Gillikin, engine maintenance and
mechanics; Earl Chadwick and
Lionel Salter, net mending and
making; and James Gillikin, lkie
Guthrie and Ralph Neal, boat
building.
Others who attended the meet
ing were Tilton Davis and Russell
Swindell. Mr. Swindell is coordina
tor of fisheries education. New
llanover county.
Another meeting BMTiSkfi sihe*"
duled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at
the Smyrna school. All adults in
terested in taking one or more of
the courses are invited to attend.
Board Selects
School Sites
The county board of education
yesterday approved both sites for
the proposed consolidated schools,
the Arnold site north of Beaufort
and the site next to the Little Nine
west of Morehead City.
A delegation of persons from
White Oak township appeared be
fore the board to request Carteret
to pay some of the cost of sending
White Oak pupils to Onslow
schools. The board deferred action
until March.
H. L. Joslyn, county superin
tendent of schools, was authorized
to confer with an architect relative
to major structural changes at
Newport school. An electrician has
been contacted relative to other
work at the school. The board au
thorized work to proceed.
Mr. Joslyn said many of the elec
trical wrongs at the school had
been corrected before the Newport
firemen sent their report to the
state on fire hazards at the school.
Groundhog Fails
To See Shadow
Yesterday was groundhog day
and Weather observer Slamey Da
vis says if that groundhog didn't
come out he surely missed a good
chance of not seeing his shadow!
That's double talk (or "It was
cloudy."
Mr. Davis reported that skies
had been overcast all weekend.
Intermittent rain and drizzle have
accounted (or about a bal(-inch of
precipitation since Thursday.
Sleet was reported in some sec
tions o( the county late Sunday
night. Maximum and minimum
temperatures and wind direction
for the weekend (ollow:
Max. Mia. Wtad
Thursday 68 43 N
Friday ?7 47 SW
Saturday 57 41 NW
Sunday 44 40 NE
Patient Improves
W. J. Mishael, Beaufort, who
was severely injured in an acci
dent several weeks ago, haa re
gained consciousness and is im
proving slowly, according to his
physician. Dr. John Way. Mr. Mi
shael is still confined to Morebead
City HotpiUL
? D. G. Bell, county legislator, re-<
ports that certain legislation has
been proposed by county commis
sioners. Of local and state wide
nature, the legislation was dis
cussed by Mr. Bell and the com
missioners at a recent meeting.
In a release prepared by Mr.
Bell, he described the legislation
as follows:
Proposed by county commission
ers?
1. Changes In law or regulations
that would either give the county
commissioners the sole authority to
issue and revoke beer license (with
appeal to the malt beverage direc
tor) or remove the county from all
authority and responsibility of beer
permits.
Present regulation is county has
no authority to refuse beer permit
if original permit has been issued
by the state malt beverage divi
sion. This legislation seems sound.
"2. Place a statute of limitation
of 10 years on taxes to become ef
fective two years after ratifica
tion. This seems okay but desire
to check further.
3. Local legislation authorizing
the county to tax and lay aside
annually funds for future school
construction. I am not familiar
enough with this, must cteck with
local government commMlon and
also study capital reserve act.
4. A local law requiring persons
storing or assuming responsibility
for personal property of persons
living outside of , Carteret County
to furnish the Carteret County tax
collector during the month of Jan
uary each year with a list of such
property giving description and
owners name and address.
Comments: Many boats are
stored and left in this area for the
winter with no way for the tax
collector to determine the owner
or his address. Such property by
law is required to be reported by
the owner. To place this respon
sibility adds an additional burden
and clerical work to businesses
applicable to such legislation.
It is hoped to find some way to
prepare legislation helpful to the
county tax department and yet not
be too great a burden on the bus
inessman.
5. Amend ilat* wide bill on root
?jto .control districts authorizing
e county and not the tnosquito
control board to set the amount
and levy taxes. The mosquito con
trol district was so drawn as to
envision the possibility of a dis
trict comprising two or more coun
ties.
In such cases the district board
would have to have authority to
levy such taxes. Where the district
is solely within one county it is
probably best that the county
board control the tax levy. Legis
lation will be introduced amend
ing the bill to take care of such
cases.
*. Legislation or help from the
county representative in procuring
equipment for rural fire fighting.
It is hoped to be of some help in
obtaining surplus trucks and equip
ment from federal agencies.
There is legislation for instruct
ing volunteer fire departments both
municipal and rural. The program
is believed to be good and efforts
will be made to expund and ac
celerate this program.
1. Pass local legislation allow
ing county commissioners to set
costs for the clerk of court, regis
ter of deeds and sheriff's office.
This was the law until 19S1 at
Sec LEGISLATOR, Page S
Edward Wheatly
Survives Serious
Accident Injury
? 6- Year-Old Child
Hit by Car Friday
? Beaufort Driver Say*
Boy Ran into Auto
Edward Wheatly, ?, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. R. Wheatly Jr., Beau
fort, was reported in fair condi
tion in the Morehead City Hospital
yesterday. The child was seriously
injured when atruck by a car on
Live Oak Street at 3:20 p.m. Fri
day.
Driving the car, a 19M Stude
baker, was the Rev. Robert Suggs,
Highland Park, minister of the
Beaufort Pentecostal Holiness
Church.
Edward suffered a break in his
upper right leg. broken collar bone,
brain concussion, cuts about the
face and bruises. Teeth in his up
per jaw were knocked out.
The child was rushed to More
head City Hospital by the Adair
ambulance, escorted by chicf Guy
Springlc in the Beaufort patrol car.
At the Morehead City town limits,
a Morehead City police car pre
ceded the Beaufort police car and
the ambulance to the hospital.
Chief Springle investigated the
accident. Mr. Suggs, he reported,
was going toward his home in
.Highland Park at about 15 to 20
miles an hour. At the intersection
of Live Oak and Pine Street, the
driver said, some small boys were
going toward Ann Street on the
east side of Live Oak.
Just as he got to them, he told
the chief, one of them ran into the
right front fender of his car. He
felt the Jar and sto|lped.
"I don't think the child ever saw
[the ear." he' contfaaefc. Uta-hrtd
was down and his arms were fold
ed in front of him like he yras car
rying a football or something."
The impact threw Edward to the
curb on the northeast corner of
Live Oak and Pine. The Adair am
bulance was called by Carl Hatsell,
whose business is nearby.
Sheriff Hugh Salter happened by
and put his coat over the young
ster and William Roy Hamilton of
Hamilton's Furniture store brought
a blanket to cover the lad until the
ambulance arrived.
Edward was lifted into the am
bulance by Hugh Gordon, former
Beaufort football coach. Chief
Springlc was summoned from Ray
Gordon Lewis's Pure Oil station
where he had gone to get a snack
after taking care of traffic at the
close of the school day.
Chief Springle said the child was
so dirty and full of blood that he
didn't know who he was. Some
bystanders said it was the Wheat
ly child, others said it wasn't, and
others just didn't know.
The chief said that the child was
in Morehead City Hospital 10 min
utes after the accident happened.
The accident is the first in Beau
fort involving a pedestrian this
year.
Coast Guardsman Retires
?
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ENC Jaliua Taytar, left, Inapeeted tke atattaa crew. Here be c?*rataJa?ea kit replaremeat, EMC Earl
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County Officials Propose $1.60 Tax
To Meet School, Other County Costs
?
Cookie Sale Starts Tomorrow
Photo by Bob Strroour
Beaufort aid Morehead City Girt Scouts and Browniei atari their cookie sale tomorrow. Proceeds will
be used for Scouting activities. Pictured, left to right, are Mary Lee Gibbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Glbbs, route 1 Beaufort. Marrle Vernberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Vernberg, Pivers Island,
Eariene Dale Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Edwards, Morehead City, and Roberta Sue
Barnum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. 0. Baraum, Morehead City.
Senator from Morehead City
To Leave for Raleigh Today
Judge Luther llimiltoa, More
head City, state senator from this
4i?trist,_win leave today ior Ra
leigh. flfc wlff be'pflwfcnt tMaM
when senators caucus to elect iSeir
president pro-tem. And It's a tight
race. The contenders are 37-year
old Robert Morgan of Shelby and
31-year-old C. V. Henkel of Tur
nersburg.
Senator Hamilton didn't indicate
in which camp
his tent is pitch
ed, but granted
that "there was
a little contest
on for presi
dent pro-tem".
Also represent
ing the seventh
senatorial d i s
trict at Raleigh
this session will
be J. O. Simp- Sen. HimUton
kins, New Bern.
The senator from Morehead City
is of the opinion that there "has
to be a tax increase somewhere
if we do what we should do."
Taxes are always a big issue.
In his opinion, the sales tax is
"the fairest law ever levied" but
he's in favor of knocking out some
of the exemptions. "A lot of them,"
he said, "could be eliminated."
He's against favoring some items
by letting them go untaxed, but
taxing others. ''If you take the
sales tax off blackstrap molasses
because you think it's a poor man's
staple, you're letting off the fellow
Wttap&ITtt pap; toe. 1 like black
sfrtp molasses.'' The senator was
using molasses merely as an illus
tration. There is no sales tax on
food.
Senator Hamilton, who for many
years was a superior court judge,
said that the proposed court re
form program is "all right." He
said that one of the things in it,
to which he objected, the appoint
ment of judges by the governor,
has been removed by mutua1
agreement.
"There's no written guarantee
that the governor would not get too
much politics in this thing," said
the senator.
Mr. Hamilton said that he had
no particular pet project he want
ed to carry before the legislature.
When questioned about the port,
he said, "That's always been a so
called pet of mine. Lots of people
forget the year I spent in Washing
ton trying to get this port under
way ... I shall always exert my
efforts along lines to better this
region."
Civitans Hear
Store Owner
Civitan member Otii Jones spoke
on his business as owner of the
Morchcad City Western Auto Store
at the Civitan meeting at Mrs. Rus
sell Willis' Restaurant Friday
noon.
President Jimmy Wallace, D. S.
Femia and Ralph Styron reported
on the zone meeting in New Bern
Wednesday. They were especially
impressed with the work done by
other clubs for mentally retarded
children. Mr. Wallace said he
would appoint a committee to rec
ommend a project for the More
head City Civitans. ?
Entertainment chairman Thur
low Whealton announced that a
Valentine's dance will be held at
the Blue Ribbon Club Thursday.
Feb. 12. The cost of the party will
be paid from the club treasury.
The secretary, Joe Beam, was
instructed to write a letter of ap
preciation to the Kinston Civitan
Club for the bronze luncheon bell
that group sent as i gift.
TMea at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Ttnliy, Feb. 2
4:19 a.m.
4:51 p.m.
10:55 a.m.
11:07 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 4
5:24 a.m.
5:54 p.m.
11:50 a m
Thursday, Feb. t
6:21 a.m.
<:4S p.m.
12:02 a.m.
12:42 p.m.
Friday, Fab. ?
7:11 a.m.
12:55 a.m.
7:S7 p.m.
1:22 p.m.
Board Approves
Proposed Law
County commissioner* yesterday
afternoon approved a proposal by
sheriff Hugh Salter to confer with
D. G. Bell, legislator, on a law
that would require junk dealers to
keep a record on all from whom
they buy car accessories.
Sheriff Salter said this would
stop a lot of the hub cap stealing
that goes on.
The board approved a request by
llarrell Taylor, chairman of the
planning board, regarding joint
"ation by the county and
for federal planning funds.
vXi.,tiiiissioners discussed the
proposed schoo. b - ?? issue. If it
doesn't pass, th 9" said that the
county board will finance school
improvements to the best of its
financial ability. Moses Howard,
chairman, said he felt the people
were due an explanation of what
the county board plans to do if the
bond issue is not approved.
The commissioners, individually,
said taxes would have to be raised
whether the bond issue passes or
not, but they took no official ac
tion on an alternative to the school
bond plan.
The board accepted $161.39 in
payment of back taxes, from 1944,
on property formerly owned by
Julia Bell, Morehead City. The
check was from the late Mrs. Bell's
grandson, D. G. Bell. The county,
which holds the deed to the prop
erty, will give Bell a deed.
The board approved sending
Bruce Edwards, jailer, and sheriff
Hugh Salter to Chapel Hill this
week to attend a school for jailers
and law enforcement officers.
Barge Swings
Away from Tug
A line between a tug and barge
broke loose at the Atlantic Beach
drawbridge between 10 and 11 p.m.
Saturday. There was a lot of ex
citement before the tug and barge
got together again and proceeded
west through the draw.
John R. Maybcrry was the bridge
tender on duty. Motorists who
thought that something may be
wrong with the bridge tender, since
the bridge didn't open at sound of
the tug toots, summoned the More
head City police. There waa noth
ing wrong with Mr. Maybcrry.
When a vessel is in trouble, it
blows four blasts. The tug blew
three for the bridge to open. It
opened. Then the tow line trouble
came. The tug blew for the bridge
to close. The bridge cloaed.
After some time, the tug got its
barge ? which had drifted toward
shore ? back where It ahould be,
blew for the bridge to open and
proceeded on its way.
Bridge tenders report that the
channel on both sides of the bridge
is filling in, and several heavily
loaded barges have run aground
juM a* tbey approach tie bridga.
Education, County Boards
OK 'Information Bulletin'
County commiMioncrt and the board of education got
together Thursday night and agreed on school bond infor
mation to appear in a circular to be sent home with school
children.
The information sets forth some facts on the school bond
proposal and announces that the total tax rate, if $2 '/a
million (or schools is borrowed, will<
be $1.60. The present rate is $1.35.
Of the Sl.M, fifteen cents would
be used to retire the school debt.
Ten cents would be added to pro
vide for other county services, such
as health and welfare.
County commissioners said that
the additional 10 cents is needed
to meet the regular budget, with
out any expanded services in the
various departments. They claim
that several departments operated
at a deficit last year.
Commissioners Gaston Smith, At
lantic, and Skinner Chalk, More
head City, voted against approv
ing the information to appear on
the bulletin. Moses Howard, chair
man of the county board, voted in
favor of it in order to break the tie.
Commissioners David Yeomans
and Harrell Taylor voted in favor
of it.
The information on the "take
home" bulletin planned to be given
to school children states that the
secretary of the local Government
Commission has scheduled retire
ment of the county's total indebt
edness (school bonds and present
million dollar debt) in 17 years.
This can be done, the secretary
says, by adding 15 cents to the
present debt service rate of 65
cents. Donds would be sold as fol
lows: a million dollars' worth in
the fall of 1959, a million in the
spring of 1960 and the remaining
$500,000 in 1961.
The county expects to pay off by
June 30 of this year $200,000 of
the present million dollar indebted
ness, leaving a balance of $800,000.
The Local Government Commis
sion figures the Jnterest on $2Vi
million aver 17 yvari at $1,293,000.
The .Information bulletin ap
proved last week for publication
and distribution says, "Go to the
polls Saturday and vote for the
bond issue to provide needed
school facilities . . ."
The bulletin says that $1 million
will be spent for a consolidated
school in the west (site to be desig
nated) and $1 million for a con
solidated school in the east (site
to be designated) both to be start
ed simultaneously.
The remaining $500,000 would be
used to renovate the present
schools and build a 300 pupil ele
mentary school at White Oak when
one is needed there.
The words "site to be desig
nated" arc not those appearing on
the bulletin. Education officials
say that actual proposed location
will be filled in before the bulletin
goes to the printers.
Cars Sideswipe
On Island Road
Two cars sideswiped on the Har
kcrs Island ROad at 6:40 Thursday
night. Patrolman J. W. Sykes, who
investigated, has charged Frank D.
Gillikin, Otway, one of the driven,
with driving without a license and
driving on the wrong aide of the
road.
Gillikin, in a 1953 Mercury, col
lided with a 1951 Ford driven by
Richard Quercioli, Cherry Point.
No one was hnrt. Damage to the
Ford was eatimated at $250 and
damage to the Mercury at $150.
Gillikin was going north on the
Markers Island Road and Quercioli
south. The accident happened on
a slight curvc, the patrolman said.
Storm Insurance
Rates Go Up
? $IOO Deductible, Not
$50, Now in Effect
? Commissioner Issues
Ruling Friday
Storm insurance rates arc up as
of yesterday. p
The North Carolina Fire Insur
ance Rating Bureau Friday gave
the green light for considerably
higher rates to a seacoast area
which includes Carteret.
Now. if you suffer damage from
windstorm, such as a hurricane,
and it amounts to no more than
$100, you pay it yourself. The
?,10? dcduc,'ble and not
$50 deductible as in the past.
If you own property on the outer
banks (such as Atlantic Beach)
the extended coverage rate on
i g'' for cxamPle, has
doubted 40 cents per $100 instead
Of 20. And you can get no insur
ance reimbursement for daraace
caused to exterior paint and water
proofing by wind-driven sand.
A public bearing was called on
the matter by Charles F. Gold, in
surance commissioner, on Toes
day, Jan. 6.
Evidence presented showed that
heavy losses in the coastal areas
'' ot 1 "rie? ^ storms in
1954-58. Aa a result, aome of the
companies have withdrawn from
the coastal area. They would not
?ell insurance here at the rates in
effect prior to Monday.
Commissioner Gold observed
This has brought about economic
distress because lending institu
tions ... do not wish to extend
credit without the borrower hlvtag
insurance . . . Also, failure to fur
nish insurance can bring about
calls for payment of loans which
places undue hardship on busi
ncsses and individuals."
Evidence . I the hearing showed
tnat storm loascs from 18S4 to 19S7
^ Premiums received by
$< 1/3 million. This docs not in
clude damage from 1858's Helcne.
Commissioner Gold points out
that the law does not require com
panies licensed here to sell to any
one- If the company refuaes to
abouT'it *Ute C<in do noUUn?
The only thing the state can do,
the commissioner explains, is to
adjuat rates in a fair manner so
that insurance companies will want
to aell insurance here.
In addition to Carteret, the coun
tiea affected by the higher rates
are Beaufort, Brunswick, Camden,
Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare
?3e' Jo?*- ^w Hanover, Ons
low, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender
Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washing
ton.
Extended coverage provides in
surance against windstorm, hail
<?* plosion, riot, riot sttending a
strike, civil commotion, aircraft
smoke and vehicles. It is sold it
the buyer wants it, alnng with the
standard fire insurance policy.
Eight Pay $100 Fines
In Recorder's Court
Eight defendants in county re
corder'! court Thursday were or
dered U) pay $100 fioea and court
coata. They follow:
Wayne A. Smith, Myron B. Tay
lor and William J. Raymond, care
lcss and rccklcaa driving; John D.
Brake, allowing a drunk to drive;
and Frederick D. Taylor, Donald
E. Huff, Johnnie H. Hill and Au
brey Noma, driving drunk.
Three caaea were bound over to
auperior court. George W. Morria,
charged with receiving narcotics
under false pretense, Ernest Mar
tin, charged with hunting without
a license, and Curtia Davis Jr.,
charged with non-support, were the
defendants.
Willie M. Harkley was fined tSO
plus court, coata for speeding. Theo
dore Johnson got a similar fine
foe pwMiiian at non-Uxpaid whit
[ key, no registration (or vehicle
and Improper use of license plates.
Richard N. Bayless Jr. was tried
on counts of speeding and of fail
ing to yield the right of way. He
was fined $2S plus court costs fur
speeding and was ordered to pay
half coats for failing to yield.
Nelson R. Falford paid S25 and
costs for assault Five defendants
paid finea of $10 plus court costs.
They follow:
Ben Hopkins. Ralph Godette and
Theodore Dudley, public drunken
ness; John Smith, fighting, and
Joseph Carter, careless and reck
less driving.
Earl Wilson was ordered to pay
>10 per week tor the support of
his wife and children after he was
found guilty of nan-support.
Dean L. Chatios was ordered to
See COURT, raft i