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YEAR, NO. 19 TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Clean-Up Begins
Photo by Donald Edwards
To launch their three-month clean up campaign, members of the Beaufort Woman'! CtuP- cleaned up
the caoaeway approach to the Beaufort bridge Wednesday. In the foreground above are Mrs. James Hun
nlngs with Mrs. N. W. (Ma) Taylor, M, who came by to lend moral support. In the background are
Stewart Troyer, standing under the sign, Mrs. W. N. Gilchrist, chairman of the clean-up committee, Mrs.
A. B. Biermann Jr., Mrs. G. B. Talbot, Mrs. G. W. Duncan, club president; Mrs. George Taylor, and
Mrs. D. F. Merrill.
William Boyd Heads Newport
Development Association
Public Hay View
Science Exhibits
At School Today
The pablic is invited to the
science (air at Morchead City hi(h
school from 3:3* to 5- p.m. today
and 7 to 9 tonight. The 80 exhibits,
made by school children, will be
in the gymnasium.
Director of the fair this year is
Alton Taylor. Students from grades
5 through 12 are participating in
the event, announces Lenwood Lee,
principal.
The divisions are elementary
physical and biological, junior
physical and biological, and senior
physical and biological.
The projects were shown to
MCHS students Thursday. The
judges were Dr. Earl Deubler,
University of North Carolina Insti
tute of Fisheries Research, More
head City; Dr. John Costlow, Duke
University Marine Laboratory, Piv
ers Island, Beaufort, and G. B. Tal
bot, head of the Bureau qf Com
mcrcial Fisheries Laboratory,
Beaufort.
The winning students will re
ceive an allotment for books or
magazine subscriptions.; first prize
is $5, sccond prize is $2, and third
price is $1.
Building Costs
Total mi
New construction in Morehead
City (or the months of January and
February, covered by permits is
sued by A. B. Roberts, city build
ing inspector, show a total cost
of $37,867.
The largest building under con
(traction is that being erected by
E. G. Phillips on Arendell street
about opposite the A&P Supermar
ket. When completed, this building
will house the Phillips Hardware
and the Carteret Plumbing Co.
Other permits cover the erection
of three medium price houses: S.
P. Rcynor, Fisher Street, $3,418;
Carl Goodwin, N. Sth Street, (4,900;
S. V. Welhauser, 17th Street, $4,
?00.
Alteration to homes was made
by Billy Lewis, Bay Street, <8S0;
C. A. Stone, Taylor Street, $1,000;
D. J. Hall, 18th Street, $800; Paul
Cordova, Noyes Avenue, $2,000.
Construction work covering the
months of January and February
for the year 1958, totaled $44,040.
On* Driver Loses License,
Another Gets His Back
The drivers license of one Car
teret County motorist has been re
voked and one reinstated, accord
ing to information from the state
department of motor vehicles.
The license of Frederick Douglas
Taylor, 1503 Avery Street, More
bead City, was revoked. He w?s
convicted of drunk driving.
Lawrence Tilton of route 1 Beau
fort kad hit license reinstated.
? William Boyd was elected prcsH
dent of the Newport Development
Association at its recent meeting
at Newport.
Other officers arc Leslie Bercc
geay, vice-president; Mrs. Ormsby
Mann, secretary, and Thomas
Temple, treasurer. They will serve
until June 30, I960.
Policies and objectives of the or
ganization have been adopted as
follows:
Policies:
1. To provide means for imple
menting the growth and the better
ment of the Newport community
and its surroundings.
2. To furnish active participation
through organizational means to
carry out various programs such
as publicity and public relations,
agriculture, industry and business,
civic improvement, religion, edu
cation, recreation, finance.
Objectives:
1. To implement growth and bet
terment.
2. Planning committees for car
rying out objectives of policy num
ber two.
3. Provide levies for revenue on
a group basis whenever needed as
determined in open forum by the
association.
4. To provide organized groups in
the form of committees to report
to a scheduled regular meeting on
the third Monday night in each
month the results of their research
and findings concerning assigned
tasks as designated by the associa
tion.
The president appointed the fol
lowing to serve as chairmen of the
various committees: publicity and
public relations, R. K. Montague;
agriculture. Harry Lockey; indus
try and business, HarTy Mizelle;
civic improvement, Leslie Bcrce
gcay.
Religion, Mrs. Nellie G. Robert -
son; education, Mrs. L. W. Gillikin;
recreation, C. H. (Dick) Lockey;
finance, Nathan Garner.
The officers and committee
chairmen will comprise the board
?? directors of the association.
Members of the committee ap
pointed to form organizational
plans were Roy T. Gamer, chair
man; R. D. Garner, A. B. Gar
ner, G. D. Hill, M. C. Howard,
Nathan Garner, R. K. Montague,
Milton Mearcs Jr. and Mrs. Mann.
Truck Hits Parked
Car in Morehead
A 1954 Chevrolet truck driven by
Rogers Murry, route 1 Beaufort,
ran into a parked car on Arendell
street, Morehead City, at 11:48
i.m. yesterday. No one was hurt,
jut car damage was estimated at
BOO and truck damage was about
150.
The car was owned by Steven :
loderick Emory, Cedar Island. It
?as a 1954 Ford, parked on the
iorth side of Arendell Street. Mur
y was headed west. .
He told Lt Carl Blomberg, In
stigating officer, that someone
ooted a horn and be looked to tee
rhat was going on. When he did
o, his truck hit (he car. .
fleeting Cancelled I
Jerry Willis, president of More- i
ead City Jaycees, cancelled Men- t
ay night's meeting due to the I
feather. i
Bass-Baritone
Soloist Will
Appear Monday
Bass-baritone Otis Lambert Jr.
will be the guatt soloist at the
evening concert to be played by
the North Carolina Little Sym
phony Monday in Beaufort. The
concert will begin at I p.m. in the
Beaufort high school auditorium.
It will be open to all membership
holders in the North Carolina Sym
phony Society.
A native of Morganton, N. C.,
Lambert has a degree in voice
from Converse College. He has
sung in recitals on the cast and
Otis Lambert Jr.
. . . symphony soloist
weft coast, and has appeared in
solo performances with the Spar- (
tanburg Symphony orchestra and {
the Charlotte Symphony.
Be appeared in a benefit recital
for the George Bernard Shaw So- j
ciety of New York last year and .
as Marchbanks in the Shaw So-' ,
cieties' production of "Candida." |
At present, Mr. Lambert is direc- |
tor of music at Highland Presby- .
terian Church in Fayetteville.
Mr. Lambert will sing two se- ;
lections by Handel in commemora- ,
tion of the 200th anniversary of '
the composer's death: Hear Me, j
See CONCERT, Page 2 i
For Once, Roy Was 1
On Winning Side
Roy T. Garner, Newport, noted
Republican of these parts, was
loyful Saturday night after the
bond referendum ballots were
counted.
It was the first time, he de
:lared, that he bad ever been on
the winning side!
Hugh Salter, Democratic sheriff,
informed Roy that he was one of
lie best Republicans be knew.
Moses Howard, Democratic
:hairmaa of the board of county
commissioners, added that it was
1 gopd thing Roy: didn't have to
ide a horse the next day because
? had. been riding- U? fence so
ong be wouldn't be able to stay
Wet Weather
Causes Newport
Drain Problems
? Clerk Reports $1,462
In Back Taxes Collected
? Board Approves New
Fire Alarm Set-Up
Rainy weather dictated the
agenda for the Newport town board
meeting Tuesday night. The topic
which consumed most of the time
was ditches and drainage.
Bruce Gerock appeared before
the board to request financial help
on opening a ditch back of his
home. The town agreed to pay $20
of a total estimated cost of $110.
After a report by commissioner
Bennie Garner on a ditch that
would drain property owned by
Ira Garner and others, the board
authorized street commissioner
John Kelly to see if the state will
clear the right of way.
Total length of the ditch is about
1,500 feet. Cost of opening would
be $12.50 an hour, after the right
of way is cleared.
At the request of Gilbert Slaugh
ter, the town agreed to furnish a
man to help Slaughter and four
other property owners clear out
a' ditch.
Leslie Bercegeay reported on a
drainage problem at the school
and recommended that drainage
tile be put under the railroad to
help solve the problem. After hear
ing from commissioner Bennie
Garner and police chief Dan Bell
that tile already was there, Mr.
Bercegeay said he would review
the situation.
The board authorized a Nello
Teer contract for putting a hard
surface (tar rock) on Eastover
Court, cost to be about $900. Tile
was also ordered for Eastover
Drive extension.
Commissioner Wilbur Garner re
ported on a county-wide planning
meeting he attended Monday morn
ing at the courthouse, Beaufort.
The board endorsed the proposed
planning program. Mayor Leon
Mann Jr. commented that Have
lock and Jacksonville are examples
of lack of planning. -
Commissioner Beanie Garner
said there was no water report
for February because the water
department administrator, Junius
Creech Jr. couldn't get in the town
hall Saturday (bond vote) to work
on the books.
Miss Edith Lockey, town clerk,
reported that as a result of 36 reg
istered letters sent to delinquent
taxpayers, $1,462.01 in 1957 and
prior taxes had been collected. The
letters informed the delinquents
that their property was to be sold.
Approximately 2 ? delinquents
failed to respond. The taxes owed
will be entered in the courthouse
as judgments against them and
after the specified lapse of time,
the property will be sold at the
courthouse door.
In answer to a question by C. H.
(Dick) Lockcy, commissioner,
George Ball, town attorney, said
that this sale will be final and the
taxpayer cannot later reclaim his
land if it has been sold to a pri
vate individual.
The origiaal taxpayer could at
tempt to upset the sale by court
action, but under normal circum
stances, the sale is final and valid,
(he new purchaser getting a deed
to the property.
Due to trouble caused by the
fire alarm ringing unnecessarily,
the board approved a new arrange
ment. Now the alarm rings auto
matically when the fire alarm
number is called. Mistakes in local
dialing and long distance dialing
have resulted in many false
alarmi.
The phone company has pro
(Kised putting five phones on a
party line. When a party answers
>ne of the five phones and learns
that the call is for help at a fire,
then be sends in the alarm by
pushing a button.
The five phones would be at the
%BC store, R. Jones store, George
Green'i, Bell's and the town hall.
The board approved the $20 instal
ation cost and the extra fl charge
per month for the service.
The board approved buying two
uore tires for the town trash truck,
See NEWPORT, Page 2
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH Low
Friday, March *
8:<H a.m. 12:22 a.m.
6:33 p.m.
Saturday, March 7
'?** * m. 12:39 a.m.
P-ra- 1:09 p.m.
8udajr, March I
7 & ? m. 1:28 a.m.
8:01 p.m. 1:54 p.m.
Monday, March ?
?:19 a.m. 2:12 a.m.
8:42 p.m. 2:33 p.m.
Taeiday, March 19
?:? a.m. 2:55 a.m.
?:3 jun. . j;u pjn.
William B. Chalk Receives
Distinguished Citizens Award
W. B. Chalk, right, recipient of the distinguished service award presented by the Morehead City cham
ber of commerce, U shown busy at one of the activities that helped bring him the honor. Here he presents
a Little League team sponsor certificate to Walter Edwards of Fry Roofing Co.
Scholarship
Finalists Named
Four high school seniors of Beau
fort and Morehead City have been
notified that they are finalists in
scholarship competition.
They are Allen Autry and Jackie
Wheatlcy, Beaufort, and Walter
Morris Jr. and Charles Lynch,
Morehead City;
Autry has been notified that he
is a finalist in the George Foster
Hankens scholarship competition.
The Hankens and General Motors
scholarships are Hk top ones of
fered prospective Wake Forest stu
dents.
Autry will be a guest at Wake
Forest March 13 and 14 for final
examinations and interviews. The
Hankens scholarship is renewable
each year.
Wheatlcy, Morris and Lynch are
finalists in the Angier B. Duke
scholarship competition and will
undergo final interviews this week
end at Duke University, Durham.
Ferry Bids Will
Be Asked Soon
Bids for the car ferry to operate
between Ocracoke and the eastern
end of Carteret County are expect
ed to be requested this month.
Clayton Fulcher, Atlantic, who
visited recently with Dan Taylor at
West Palm Beach, said this week
that Mr. Taylor and his brothers,
who plan to operate the ferry, ex
pect to be here sometime this
month to get the plans further
along.
The Taylors are starting a 6,000
acre fruit farm in Haiti and the
Cuban revolution caused disruption
in their routine affairs there, thus
delaying somewhat decisions on the
ferry project.
Landing place of the ferry, at
Cedar Island or Atlantic, ia still
indefinite.
Winds Blow Down Motel
Walls, Drop Tree on Car
Wind during Monday's blustery
rain and snowstorm did extensive
damage to construction work at
the beach and another gusty thun
derstorm Tuesday night blew a
tree on top of a car owned by
Luther Edwards, route 1 More
head City.
At the beach, a motel being
built by A. B. Cooper was severely
damaged. The new motel is going
up on Mr. Cooper's property just
west of the Dunes Club.
Concrete block walls were blown
down. Construction had reached
the point where the second story
was about to go on. The weight of
the blocks tumbling down damaged
all the plumbing, air conditioning
and tv installations on the ground
floor.
Although the loss is covered by
contractor's insurance, Mr. Cooper
said it will mean a three to four
week delay in completion of the
project. The contractor is Hardy
and Harvey of Kins(4n.
The high wind, estimated at 50
to 55 miles an hour, which did the
damage occurred shortly after
noon Monday.
Edwards' car, a 1937 Chevrolet,
was extensively damaged.
Mr. Edwards reported that the
tree was one that had been broken
off last fall during the hurricanes
and since had been leaning at
about a 45 degree angle against
another tree. The storm Tuesday
picked the tree up and sent it
slamming, in the opposite direction
from which it was leaning, onto
the roof of the car.
Mr. Edwards, employed by the
Morchcad Biltmore Hotel, said his
insurance does not cover the losi.
Car Jumps Track
One car of a freight train waa
derailed Thursday afternoon at the
crossing in front of the Fry plant,
Morchead City. Traffic piled up
for several thousand yards on both
sides of the crossing before work
men could get the car back onto
the track.
f
Wafer Resources
Hearing Slated
Members of the All Seashore
Highway Association have been ur
gently requested to attend the pub
lic hearing at t a.m. Wednesday,
March 11, the highway buikllng,
at Raleigh. The bearing will deal
with a bill calling for a separate
commission on waterways and
water resources.
The All Seashore Highway Asso
ciation and the Southeastern North
Carolina Beach Association were
original sponsors of the proposed
legislation.
The annual membership meeting
of the All Seashore highway group
has been scheduled for 2 p.m. in
the Raleigh room of the Sir Walter
hotel the same day.
Officers for 1959 will be elected,
support planned for the appropria
tion recommended by the governor
for saving the outer banks, plans
will be discussed for pushing work
on highway 17 and decisions made
on other 19S9 projects.
J. Vivian Whitfield, president,
will preside.
Theatre Members Should
Make Reservations Now
Carteret Community Theatre
members planning to attend the
banquet at 7 Wednesday night at
the Rex Restaurant must notify
Miss Hortense Boomer, PA 6-3386,
by tomorrow.
Reservations must also be made
for any guests theatre members
will take with them.
The dinner will take the place of
the regular theatre meetnig. In
charge of the program are Miss
Boomer and Mrs. Elaine Hcrndon.
Officers will be installed for the
coming year.
Traffic Check Made
Photo by Donald Edwards* I
The plaanlaf department of the State Hlfhwajr Commiition checked traffic on the Beaafart-Nare
head City caaaewap TaewUr and Wednesday. Chech era inqaired of metadata their point of origin and ,
point af deatinatiaa. The check wu made hi connection with lacatiaj tha pnpine* Horahcad CUjr hdd(a i
William B. Chalk was hon
ored with the Morehead City
chamber of commerce Dis
tinguished Citizens Award
last night at the chamber of
commerce membership meet
ing in the Morehead City
recreation building.
The (ward was presented by
Dr. Ben F. Royal, Morehead City.
Mr. Chalk, a past president of the
chamber, is extremely active in
chamber affairs. He was president
of the industrial development com
mittee last year and worked ex
tensively with Fred Webb Inc.,
grain exporters.
Mr. Chalk Is co-chairman of the
industrial development committee
this year. He is president of the
Morehead City Little League this
year and has been noted for his
interest in community affairs since
his membership in the Jaycees.
The recipient of the honor is ac
tive in the First Methodist Church,
Morehead City.
He received a key and citation.
This is the second year that the
award has been presented. The
winner last year was George W.
Dill, mayor of Morehead City.
J. Morton Davis, president of the
chamber, presided at last night's
banquet and meeting. D. Leon
Williams, state ports director, who
was the featured speaker, was' in
troduced by assemblyman D. G.
Bell.
Coast Guard
Gets Two Calls
Fort Macon Coast Guardsmen
made two assists this week. They
received a call Tuesday that a
boat was broken down off Beaufort
channel breakwater.
The 30-footcr was dispatched to
the scene, took the boat in tow
and moored it at a Beaufort dock.
The boat, owned by the Rev.
John M. CJIne, Beaufort, had a
brakes water pump.
Coast Guardsmen aboard the 30
footcr were Curtis F. Josey, BM3
and Norvie S. Gillikin, EN3.
After a radio call Wednesday
from a fishing trawler, the 30
footcr was dispatched to the Edith
M. II. Due to weather conditions
and rough sea, the Coast Guard
vessel returned to the base and
the 38-footcr was dispatched to
take the disabled fishing vessel
and moor her at the port terminal
docks at Morehead City.
Coast Guardsmen aboard the 30
footer were Ronald H. Quidlcy,
EN1, and Sam R. Wiersteiner,
ETC. Aboard the 36-footer were
Kent G. Flowers, BM1, Norvie S.
Gillikin, EN3, James R. Campbell,
SM, and Sam R. Wiersteiner, ETC.
Otis Jones Heads
Merchants Group
Otii Jones tu clocted president
of the Morehead City Merchants
Association at the meeting Tues
day noon at the Hotel Fort Macon.
Other officers are Wayne Beasley,
first vice - president; Garland
Scruggs, second vice-president; 0.
J. Morrow, treasurer and Joe Du
Bols, secretary.
J. W. Beck presided at the meet
ing and commented that the pur
pose of the association will be to
promote more business for More
head City.
A vote of thanks was extended
to THE NEWS-TIMES for the cov
erage it has given organization ef
forts of the association.
Mr. DuBois told the group of the
advantages to be gained by the
merchants' sending their em
ployees to the Travel Host School
which is scheduled for Morehead
City in April.
In other baiiaess, it was decidcd
that Easter sale promotions would
have to be on an individual basis,
since the association would not be
ready to function until after the
next meeting.
Present were Bud Dixon, Allen
Godbee, Clyde Blanchard, Mrs.
Bill McDonald, O. J. Morrow,
Charlei Willis, Rufus Butncr, Gar
land Scruggs, Thurlow Whealton,
Elmer Watson, Oscar AUred, El
mer Smith, Billy Willis. T. C. Hy
man, Bill Willis, Otis Jooes, Clar
ence Styron, Kenneth Wagner and
Joe DuBois.
On?-We*k Civil Term
Of Court Opens Monday
A one-week eivil term of superior
court will open at >:30 Monday
morning at the courthouse, Beau
Fort. Judge Henry L. Stevens Jr.
will preside.
Divorces, motions and four trials
are scheduled for Monday and 14
trials are scheduled for the re
maiodar of tka weak.