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48th YEAR, NO. 11 TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAY3 AND FRIDAYS
Beaufort Board Endorses
Plan for Fire Protection
i
What Happened to Dire
Predictions About Bridge?
Braufort businessmen enjoyed
record retail sale* during the last
quarter of 1958.
The Front Street crepe hangers
were busy at work after the site
for the new bridge was selected.
They cried that it would channel
"all business" away from Beau
fort's shopping district. The bridge
and town approach to the bridge
is just two blocks north of the
former location.
Holden B alios, who operates
Holden'a Restaurant in Beaufort
and Dora Dinettes in Beaufort and
Morehead City, says the relocated
bridge has had no ill effect on bus
iness in Beaufort.
"The fact that the bridge is a
couple of blocks farther away from
town now does not make people
change shopping districts. For
years engineers have tried to dis
cover ways to make people change
their driving habits in order to
relieve congestion on crowded
streets.
"They have discovered that habit
is almost impossible to change.
People who have been shopping
in Beaufort surely won't let a
couple of blocks stand in their way.
"Business during the last quar
ter of 1958 was substantially better
than for the corresponding period
of the year before. The increased
business has continued into this
year," he concluded.
J. S. Steed, manager of the Co
lonial Store, says his business was
up 2 to 3 per cent during the last
quarter of last year. "We had a
very good Christmas and business
has held up good since then," he
reports.
The Vogue did "a little better"
than (or the same period of 1937
announce! Mrs. Frank Leonard.
F. M. Thompson, manager of
Rose's, reports at least 10 per cent
more butuiesf than the store had
in 1957. "We had a slow summer
and were behind 1957 until the fall.
"Business began picking up
about Labor Day and by the end
of the year we were ahead of 1957
on the over-all chart," Mr. Thomp
son says.
He feels that business bas been
very favorable in the Southeast
since only two of the 35 Rose's
stores in this section failed to show
increases last year.
Jim Wheatley of Wheatley's
Men's Wear says, "My business
was definitely better and 1 think
business in the county as a whole
was better this winter. We had a
good fishing season and that is
always good for business."
Since one of the three drug
stores in town burned in Decem
ber, both of the remiining stores
had a greater volume of business.
Based on parking meter receipts,
the number of cars parking in the
Beaufort business district was
about the same for both years.
The town collected $2,168 from the
meters from September through
December, 1958. This was $54 less
than was collected for the same
period in 1957.
Town clerk Dan Walker explains
that such a small difference could
be accounted for if only a few
meters were out of order for a
week or so.
He said the town offered free
parking several days before Christ
mas in both 1957 and 1958.
The Beaufort town commission
ers endorsed S plan for rural fir*
protection at their meeting at the
town hall Monday night. Newport
mayor Leon Mann and Lt. Larry
Howard of the Newport fire depart
ment attended the meeting to ex
plain the plan.
Mayor Mann said that the char
ter for the Newport Rural Fire As
sociation would expire next year.
He said that the Newport Fire De
partment would not aak to have
the charter renewed.
He suggested that the county
government enter into contract
agreements with the municipal
fire departments in the county
whereby the county would pay
those fire departments for fight
ing out-of-town fires.
The county would get then funds
from a special tax assessed on
prot>crty outside the city limits of
towns that offer fire portection.
Such a tax could be levied only
after a vote by the people affected.
Beaufort, which has long com
plained of the expense of fighting
out-of-town fires, went along with
the plan and the commissioners
agreed to give it all the support
they could.
Beaufort fire chief Clarence Da
vis Jr. attended the meeting and
reported that the fire hydrants
were in ill repair. He said they
had not been painted in many
years and were getting rusty. He
also commented that many of the
hydrants were twisted out of po
sition.
Town clerk Dan Walker asked
for permission to pay under pro
test the part of the town water
bill covering fire hydrants. The
commissioners gave Mr. Walker
their permission, not only because
of the condition of the hydrants
but because they felt that the water
company was responsible for the
lack of water at the fire on Front
Street in December.
See BOARD, Page 8
Group Analyzes Carteret Farmers
Needs, Proposes Possible Solutions
Captain Steven
Killed in Crash
Capt. Charles W. Stevens Jr.,
USAF, 41, was one of three airmen
killed in the crash of a stratojet
bomber Tuesday night near Little
Rock, Ark. Captain Stevens, whose
hometown was Beaufort, was com
mander of the B-47.
The Associated Press says the
bomber struck the earth and ex
ploded while approaching the base
for a landing after completion of
a training flight
Wreckage was flung over a wide
section of heavily wooded country
about two miles east of US High
way 67 between Jacksonville and
Cabot.
Although the remains of the air
men have not been found, they
have been declared officially dead.
Funeral arrangements for Captain
Stevens were not complete yester
day.
The two others killed in the crash
were Capt. Robert S. McCoy, 34,
Dcs Moines, la., and First Lt J.
W. Smith, 24 of Little Neck, N. Y.
Surviving Captain Stevens are
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
W. Stevens Sr. of Beaufort; his
wife, Mrs. Norma Brown Stevens;
one daughter, Pamela of the home;
three sons, Charles Keith of the
home and Richard and Wayne of
Charlotte; two sisters, Mrs. C. R.
Ward of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs.
Ncal T. McKinnon of Somerset,
Mass., and one brother, John H.
Stevens of Gloucester, Va.
Captain Stevens' sons, Richard
and Wayne, of Charlotte, are by a
former marriage.
Captain Stevens was commander
of the ill-fated aircraft, which be
longed to 54Sth Bomb Squadron
of the 384th Bomb Wing at the
Little Rock base. McCoy was co
pilot and Smith, navigator.
Extension Course
To Begin Soon
A graduate-level course, tech
niques of teaching in the elemen
tary school, will be offered in the
county. The first class meeting is
scheduled for (:30 p.m. Wednes
dsy at Camp Glenn School.
Dr. Douglas Jones of East Caro
lina College will be instructor for
the coarse, which will give three
quarters of an hour credit toward
certification, certificate renewal or
a master's degree. The course will
consist of 10 weekly classes.
County school supervisor Prad
Lewis says anyone interested in
taking the course can enroll at
the first meeting. About SO county
tochers, as well as teachers from
Swans boro and Havelock, an ex
pected to enroll. The cost is $U,
? An analysis of the Carteret far- 4
mer'i marketing problemi - and
probable solutions were discussed
by Morebead City chambcr of com
merce personnel and farm spe
cialists Wednesday afternoon at the
Rex Restaurant.
W. C. Carlton, co-chairman with
R. M. Williams, county agriculture
agent, of the chamber agriculture
committee, reported on the meet
ing's conclusions:
1. Farming is at a "low ebb" in
the county
2. Carteret farmers need a new
source of depednable income? veg
etables arc a good source
3. Major vegetable processors
are interested in the types of veg
etables that can be produced in
this area
4. Farmers' confidence in large
firms' offering to buy their pro
ducts must be established.
5. Cooperation of all farmers is
needed to get sufficient acreage
to interest large processors.
The group haa proposed the fol
lowing steps toward establishing
a new "vegetable source" income
to the farmer:
1. The agriculture extension ser
vice at Raleigh will make a study
of the VARIETY of vegetable or
vegetables that arc economically
feasible to raise here
2. Mr. Williams, with several
businessmen, will contact the in
dividual farmers to learn their
views and the extent of their in
terest in large-acreage vegetable
production.
3. Letters will be written to large
canning and frozen food proces
sors inquiring of their interests
and requirements as buyers of
farm produce.
Mr. Carlton said, "We wUl not
accomplish what wc have set out
to do overnight The process will
be slow. But our small farmers
have to get together if they are to
take advantage of the type of mar
ket available for their product*
in these times."
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to Mr. Carlton and Mr. Wil
liams, were Robert Piland, exten
sion service farm supervisor for
thU area; W. H. Potter, president
of the Beaufort Community De
velopment Corp., Harry Venters,
assistant agriculture agent; Neal
Campen, Carteret farmer; Walter
Morris and J. A. DuBois, of the
Morebead City chamber of com
merce.
Four PTA't Will MmT
Monday at Morahoad
Four Parent - Teacher Associa
tions will meet at 7:30 Monday
night, at More held City School to
hear Dr. Allen S. Hurlburt, pro
fessor o I education, Duke Univer
sity.
The PTA's who will meet are
Beaufort, Newport, Camp Glenn
and Morehead City. Dr. Hurlburt,
who recently spoke to the More
head City Rotary Club, will talk
oo education.
Industry Witt
Be BCDC Topic
Persons who fail to attend the
Beaufort Development Corp. meet
ing at 7:30 Monday night will miss
hearing the largest concentration
of "small industry" brains in this
area, W. H. Potter, president of
the organization said yesterday.
The major speaker will be G. F.
Albright of the small industries
division, Department of Conserva
tion and Development. Following
his talk, representatives of Caro
lina Power and Light, banks, rail
roads, loan departments and cham
bers of commerce will participate
in a round-table discussion.
Also invited to take part in the
discussion are town officials of
Morehead City, Beaufort, Newport
and county officials.
Accompanying Mr. Albright will
be John Johnson of CAD. J. 0.
Barbour Jr., Odell Merrill and
Braxton Adair will take Mr. Al
bright and Mr. Johnson to dinner
prior to the meeting.
Tug Experienced
Steering Trouble
John R. Mayberry, bridge ten
der on duty at the Atlantic Bcacb
drawbridge Saturday night, said
the barge that drifted ashore that
night did not break loose from the
tug ai reported.
Mr. Mayberry said the master
of the tug, Carolina, told him after
the incident that the steering gear
on the tug had broken.
The tug and barge were about
to go through the draw from east
to west Then the tug blew four
blaata for the bridge to cloae. Mr.
Mayberry said the tug first blew
at ?:1S p.m.
Until the tug crew was able to
fix the steering gear, the tug and
barge drifted aground. At 10:25
p.m., Mr. Mayberry said, the tug
and barge finally went through.
The tooting and attendant con
fusion at the bridge attracted much
attention. People ashore, and mo
torists, thought that perhaps the
bridge wps not operating.
Last Month's Court
Rvcoipts Total $2,698
January court receipts were $2,
C9S.08, A. H. James, clerk of su
perior court, reported to county
commissioners Monday.
Received by superior court waa
Ott.38, through recorder's court
I2J11.15 and probate and clerk's
fee* amounted to I13M5.
Rash of Highway
Mishaps Occur
During Rain
? Four Cars Turn Over,
Injuries Minor
? One Driver Found
Guilty Yesterday
A rut of auto accident* broke
out in the county Wednesday, as
the spell of rainy weather was
coming to a close.
At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday five
milea west of Morehead City on
highway 24, a 1952 Ford pickup
truck collided with a 1950 Oldsmo
bile. Driving the pickup was James
F. Hardison, route 1 Morehead
City. Driving the Oldsmobile was
William E. Mathis, route X More
head City.
Patrolman I. W. Sykes said that
Hardison had pulled into a man's
yard to discharge a passenger, but
as he backed out he collided with
the Oldsmobile proceeding along
the highway. Damage to the pick
up was estimated at $50. Damage
to the car was estimated at $200.
At 3:15 p.m. Wednesday a half
mile east of Sea Level a 1956 Ford
driven by Lala Morris Hill, At
lantic, skidded and turned over on
its side. Mrs. Hill, who was alone,
was not hurt.
Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. said
that the car had a slick tire. The
accident occurred during a heavy
rain. Damage to the car was about
$150.
At 9:20 p.m. Wednesday six
miles south of Newport on the
Nine-Foot Road a 1950 three-quar
ter-ton Chevrolet pickup truck went
into a ditch and struck a bridge
of pulpwood logs.
Driving the truck was William
Bradley Butler, who lives on Bogue
Sound. He told Patrolman Smith
that as he lit a cigarette, the truck
went off the shoulder of the road
and went into a skid. Butler was
uninjured. The truck was demol
ished.
At 9:45 p.m. Wednesday a 1955
Chevrolet convertible, driven by
Ernest L. Ladig, Cherry Point, ap
parently skidded and went into a
[ditch. Patrolman Smith said the
accident happened a miS- and e
half east of Newport on highway
70.
Ladig was trapped in the car.
He and h's two passengers got
sopping wet from the water in the
ditch All were taken to the Cherry
Point dispensary. The convertible
was demolished.
A 1949 Ford, driven by Guy C.
Mosley, 107 N. 10th St., Morehead
City flipped over in front of CM
Lawrence's store at Otway at 3:15
a.m. yesterday. Mosley was found
guilty of careless and reckless
driving in county court yesterday.
He was not hurt in the accident.
Damage to the car was estimated
at $200.
Patrolman Smith said that three
other cars went into ditches on
county highways Wednesday? one
between Newport and Morehead
City on highway 70, one west of
Newport and another on the Har
kers Island Road. Damage in all
of them was minor.
White Oak Spokesman Gives
Report on Beaufort Visit
Milton Tnickaer, spokesman for
the White Oak delegation which
visited the county board of educa
tion Monday, said that the main
thing they requested was that the
Carteret board of education meet
with the Onslow board aad discuss
financial arrangements involving
Carteret students going to Onslow
schools.
Mr. Truckner said the Carteret
board agreed. He said that no spe
cific amount of money was re
quested from Carteret for payment
to OnsloW.
The Carteret board told the
White Oak delegation it would have
an answer for them in March.
Mr. Truckner also said that ask
ing Carteret for money was solely
the idea of the White Oak citizens.
He said that the idea for the peti
tion did not come from Swansboro
or Onslow County. He did say,
however, that the Onslow people
would be happy to accept any
funds from Carteret to help pay
for the schooling of Carteret pupils
in Onslow schools.
The question of Carteret's pay
ing money to Onslow haa cropped
up periodically, ever since Carteret
residents have been going to the
Swansboro school, which ha* been
for about 23 years.
Carteret education officials point
out that Craven County pupils at
tend Carteret schools, but no issue
has ever been made about getting
Craven to pay Carteret any money.
They also poiat to the fact that
Onslow benefits by the added en
roilBMat and by tfcsfect that mow
parents of White Oak children'
work at Camp Lejeune, a (actor
which enables Onslow to get fed
eral funds.
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. In De
cember announced that Onslow
County will receive $253,431 from
the federal government for the
current school year. He explained
that the contribution was made
because of problems created in
the county by the operation of
Camp Lejeune.
Carteret, likewise, benefit! from
federal funds due to the nearness
of Cherry Point.
Appearing before the Carteret
education board Monday, in adi
tion to Mr. Truckner, were Allen
Vinson, Leon Weeka, Elmo Smith,
John Jones Sr., Andrew Ennett,
Ralph Paul and Don Walston.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Feb. <
7:11 am.
7:37 p.m.
12:S5 a.m.
1:32 p.m.
Satardajr, Feb. 7
7:58 a.m.
8:23 p.m.
1:45 a.m.
2:18 p.m.
8uday, Feb. 8
8:41 a.m.
>:M p.m.
2:32 a.m.
3:01 p.m.
Moaday, Feb. *
9:25 a.m.
9:53 p.m.
3:16 a.m.
3:41 p.m.
Taeaiay, Feb. M
10:08 ?.m.
3:56 a.m.
10:37 p.m.
4:18 pjB.
Flyers fo Bomb
Pamlico Targets
Cherry Point warns Pamlico
Sound navigatori that practice
bombing will take place in that
area tomorrow, Saturday.
Bombing and strafing runs are
scheduled (or the Maw-Mays
Point and Point of Marsh target
areas from sunrise to sunset to
morrow. The Maw-Mays Point lo
cation is latitude 35*08' N and
longitude 76*32?23" west.
Location of Point of Marsh tar
get is latitude 35*Q1'S9" N and
longitude 76"27'59" west in Rattan
Bay.
The surface danger area is with
in 4,000-foot radius from the tar
get center. The ordnance used will
be practice type, Cherry Point an
nounces.
Farm Report
The ESC farm labor office re
ports cabbage planting in full
swing. Growers that planted cab
bage early are having to re-set;
split stem has started to show up
from the cold weather. Cabbage
planting is 35 per cent complete.
Contract price per acre for plant
ing is lit. Labor is being used
from North River, Harlowe and
Lumber ton.
Chamber Directors Endorse
Proposed School Bond Issue
?
Beyond the Call of Duty . . .
Raymond Springle Jr., Beaufort, right, sold 175 pop bottles to
Clyde Owens, left, at Broad Street Grocery and turned In the S3.50
be collected to the March of Dimes. Then Raymond went from door
to door with his sister Susan and collected $3.53 more for the March
of Dimes. He'a In the fourth grade at Beaufort School.
Auditor Commends County
On Rate of Tax Collection
Frank P. Wall, auditor, com
mended the county on its rate of
tax collection when he presented
the 1957-38 audit at the Monday
meeting of the counly commis
sioners.
Percentage of the 1957 levy col
lected was 94. Total levy was $539,
478.06. Total valuation June 30,
1958 was S3*, **,225. It ha* since
risen to $40 million.
Cw llssioners attributed the
high rate of collection to the fact
that uo more "adjustments" are
made on delinquent taxes and the
county has carried through on sale
of land for non-payment of taxes.
Tax collections for 1957-58 exceed
ed those in 1956-57 by $33,149.68.
Total assets of the county, in
cluding school buildings, are $7,
203,057.86. Bonds and state loans
payable at the end of the fiscal
year were $1,223,867.81. Bonds re
tired during 1957-58 amounted to
$138,000.
The county's total revenue (all
funds) was $2,332,015.42. Expenses
exceeded revenue by $9,961.19. But
expenditures were less tnan the
amount budgeted, on county and
education funds alone. Budgeted
was $872,013.64. Expenses were
$15,747.29 less than that.
Expenditures exceeded revenue
in the following departments:
health, $1,206.02 deficit; welfare,
$3,058.77; and under welfare, aid
to dependent children. $102.37 def
icit, and to permanently and totally
disabled, $1,793.41.
Total tax revenue for schools was
$79,097.72. Fines and forfeitures
fro... the courts, which go to the
board of education, amounted to
$27,311.87. Total school revenue
(from all sources including state)
was $241,907.
Total revenue for the health de
partment was $35,622 06, but more
was expended as shown above. Ex
penses of the health department
exceeded budget estimates by $5,
562.39.
In general county operation,
costs exceeded budget estimates in
the following departments: tax col
lector's officc, $2,822.04 deficit;
courthouse and grounds, $2,545.68;
register of deeds, $563.03; jail,
$897.47; superior court, $619.13,
clerk of superior court's office,
$918.03.
But other departments' costs
were under the amounts budgeted,
so the budg^f* estimate came out
almost on the button. Budgeted
was $217,365. The year ended up
with $412.60 to the good.
la county funds alone (no state
or federal funds) there were over
expenditures as follows: welfare
$561.01; aid to dependent children,
$2,022.15; aid to permanently and
totally disabled, $31.05; and aid to
blind, $696.62.
Vote Will be Taken Next
Month on Chamber Name
The proposed school bond Utile was endorsed by a 2
to 1 majority Monday night at a meeting of the Morehead
City chamber of commerce directors and committee chair
men.
The group agreed that immediate action on schools was
necessary and that they should support the bond plan
since no other workable plan had*
been proposed.
At the March meeting directors
will vote on one of the following
names for the chamber, which is
soon to be incorporated: Carteret
County Chamber of Commerce,
Morehead City - Atlantic Bcach
Chamber of Commerce, Central
Coastal Chamber of Commerce,
Cape Lookout Area Chamber of
Commerce, Greater Morehead City
Chamber of Commerce.
Thursday, March 5, has been set
as the date for the spring banquet.
Organization of a Propeller Club,
which would include longshoremen,
shippers, pilots and other port
connected interests was discussed.
At the suggestion of S. A. Chalk
Jr., the board recommended that
the town be asked to provide per
manent suction line connections
along the waterfront to allow
pumping of saltwater in case of
fire, should the fresh water source
fail.
It was also suggested that a cor
poration be sponsored by the cham
ber for the purpose of raising funds
for a convention hall. J. M. Davis,
president, recommended further
study of the proposal, as well as
further study of the plan to equip
the recreation building so that it
might be used this year by large
convention groups.
Dr. S. W. llatchcr said a sign
is needed on US 17 at MaysviUe,
directing traffic to Morehead City
and Atlantic Beach. Dick Parker
showed a proof of a new brochure.
J. R. Sanders, treasurer, was di
rected to pay $75 (or an ad in the
NC Travel Book and $75 to Sea
shore Transportation Co. for bujei
used during last summer's Travel
Council meeting here.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were Bud
Dixon, Walter Morris, W. B. Chalk,
W. J. Ipock, Roy Eubanks, Shelby
Freeman, Henry White, Edgar
Swann, George McNeill, Dr. Rus
sell Outlaw, P. H. Geer Jr., and
Joe DuBois, chamber manager.
MOD Funds
Total $3,185.37
March of Dimes collections by
Wednesday had totaled $3,183 37,
Mrs. C. L. Beam, chapter treasur
er reported. This already exceeds
last year'a collections and more
money is yet to come in.
Contributed by school pupils was
the following: Newport $14162,
Harkcra Island $84.42, Atlantic
*39 .92. W. S. King $29.03, Beaufort
$439.20, Queen Street $92.73, Smyr
na $266.08, Camp Glenn $269.91,
Morehcad City School $87.41 and
St. Egbert'* $13.70.
Mothen march collections in the
Negro section of Beaufort amount
ed to $6.16. Special contributions
were $15.20 from the Mt. Zion Sun
day School class and $4 from the
Community Civic Club.
Helping on the march were Har
riet Matthewson, Millicn Hargctt,
Randcll Hartley, Myrtle Turner,
Sylvia Potter, Sylvia Odcn, and
Ingrid Ellison.
Other Mothers March receipts in
Beaufort totaled $289.74. Morchcad
City parking meters yielded $20.93
and over $900 was collected on the
telethon.
Blue Crutch receipts from Cub
Pack 61, Newport, amounted to
$28.77.
Persons who have not yet con
tributed to the March of Dimea
may mail their checks to Mrs. C.
L. Beam, Beaufort.
Rain Falls Eight
Consecutive Days
Yesterday marked the eighth
straight day or night that rain has
fallen in the county. Weather ob
server Stamey Davis reports that
two and a half Inches of rain have
been recorded since Monday.
Skies began to clear yesterday
afternoon and Mr. Davis says he
expects a clear, cold weekend. The
low temperature for the month so
far is 30, recorded early Tuesday
morning.
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures and wind direction for
the month follow:
Max. Mln. Wind
Sunday 44 40 NE
Monday 39 33 NE
Tuesday S3 30 NE
Wednesday 60 48 NE
13 FFA Boys
Get 90 or Above
At Newport
Thirteen members of the New
port Future Farmers of America
chapter attained a scholastic rat
ing of 90 or above for the first
term, according to C. S. Long, FFA
advisor.
Lewis Forrest, Everette Clark,
Joe Garner, Sterling Mann, Ron
nie Edwards, chapter president;
Johnny Bell, Phillip Gurganus,
Allen Kelly, Mitchell Smith, "Dic
ky" Garner, Joseph Parks, Eric
Gray, and Jesse Jernigan.
One of the objectives of the
Newport chapter is to improve
scholarship. Members of the schol
arship committee, responsible for
stimulating the desire for better
grades, are Joe Garner, Sterling
Mann, Lewis Forrest, Everette
Clark, Allen Kelly and Royal Gar
ner.
Following are ways devised by
the committee to improve schol
arship:
1. 70 per cent of members make
85 or above in vocational agricul
ture.
2. Committee members make
graph of all members, showing
average for each six weeks and
keep .posted up to-date on bulletin
board.
3. Committee members assist
student! with failing grades.
4. Encourage pupils to make B
or above on J1 subjects.
5. Recognize students with high
scholarship.
The committee of the Newport
Chapter is very active and they
are striving to meet all of their
objectives. The committee graph
shows that 75 per cent of the FFA
membership made a grade of S5
or above in vocational agriculture
the past six weeks, Mr. Long re
ports.
Funeral Today
For Mrs. Watley
The funeral service for Mrs.
Ruth Hcpler Watley, 39, who was
killed Tuesday luto accident
near Jacksonville, will be conduct
ed at the grave at 3 today in Bay
view Cemetery, Morehead City.
A .native of Morehead City, Mrs.
Watley lost control of her car on
NC highway 53 about three miles
west of Jacksonville. Patrolman
R. H. Nutt, who investigated, said
that she was alone in the car.
Mrs. Watley's survivors include
her husband, M/Sgt. S. E. Watley,
who is stationed at Camp Lejeune;
a son, Dalton Odell Smith, of Bel
ville, 1U; two daughters, Mrs.
Frances Howard, Newport, and
Miss llcen Smith, who is in school
at Nashville, Tenn.; her mother,
Mrs. Myrtle Hepler of Morehead
City; three brothers, Jesse Hepler
Jr., Rocky Mount; Zoley of More
head City, and Clyde of El Paso,
Tex.; a sister, Mrs. Ruby Amos
of Morehead City; and two grand
children.
Jaycees Hear
About Schools
Dr. Milton Morey visited the
Morehead City Jaycees meeting at
the Blue Ribbon Club Monday
night. He discussed legislation for
higher teacher wages as proposed
by the NCEA and made a plea
for better schools in the county
by asking the Jaycees to endorse
the bond issue.
After a lengthy discussion the
Jaycees voted to endorse the bond
issue. President Jerry Willis re
ported a close vote on the question
and emphasized that the club wai
not taking part in polities.
"The Jaycees feel it is their
civic duty to take one side or the
other," he commented.
The only other business at the
meeting wa* a report by William
Singleton. He reported on activities
of the community development
survey committee. Results of the
committees studies will be re
leased woo. he predicted.