THIS U HEART FUND MONTH 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 ? After readlaf Ua retirement ?r*ra at a nwfcr it F*ri Mvm Coait Gaart atatiaa FrMajr fcaraiaf. ENC Jaliua Taytar, left, Inapeeted tke atattaa crew. Here be c?*rataJa?ea kit replaremeat, EMC Earl "" Jr. la the ceater U grasp ifiaiir CWO Jam 1 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 C10 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