CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES '?<
48th YEAR, NO. 30. ' TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOKE HEAD CITY AND BJtAUTOHf, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1969 " PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Mosquito Control
Board to Handle
Spray Program
? Stacy, Sea Level
Atlantic Make Plant
? 50-Cent Assessment
Set for Each Adult
Sli residents of Stacy, Sea Level
and Atlantic have been elected to
a citizena' (or mosquito-control
board. They are Romaine Gaskill
and Monroe Nelson, Stacy; Al
dridge Daniels and William Salter,
Sea Level; Harry B. Fulcher and
Gaston Smith, Atlantic.
Mr. Gaskill and Mr. Nelson were
elected at a meeting Thursday
night at the Stacy Free Will Bap
tist Church. Dr. Herbert Webb
spoke on the mosquito control pro
gram. It will be handled this year
by the board.
Plans call for hiring a driver
full-time, spraying from May
through October, and assessing
each adult receiving the service
50 cents per week.
Canvassers will call at each
home to determine whether the
resident wants the spraying done.
In the past, some have said they
don't want their property sprayed.
The assessment fee will be col
lected by canvassers in each com
munity.
The county health department
will furnish the DDT solution as
in the past.
Residents are being asked to get
rid of garbage, tin cans and other
water-holding receptacles in which
mosquitoes breed. Four hundred
burlap bags are available for those
who want to fill them with saw
dust, soak them in oil and put in
accessible marshes or canals.
Bags will not be dropped from
the air this year, according to
present plana.
Sale of Cookies
Yields $223.20
As U>e result of the cookie tale.
Girl Scout troops in the county
are richer by 1223.20. Boxes sold
totaled 4,464. Troop profits were S
cents a box.
Girl Scout leaders report the
sale a success and thank all the
publicity media which advertised
it[
Neighborhood chairmen who su
pervised the sale were Mrs. G ro
ver A. Gunn, Newport; Urs. Sam
B. Kale, Morehead; Mrs. Leonard
Safrit Jr., Beaufort, and Mrs. Win
ston Hill, Atlantic.
Boxes sold by communities:
Morehead 2,352; Beaufort 960; At
lantic 540, and Newport 636. This
was Newport s first sale, because
troops there have just been re
cently organized.
In Morehead City, troop chair
men were the following: Mrs.
Thomas McMannis, Mrs. Bernard
Leary, Mrs. James Giilikin, Mrs.
John Baptist, Mrs. Kenneth Broad
hurst, Mrs. Guthrie Brown.
Mrs. David Willis, Mrs. G. E.
Sanderson, Mrs. E. B. Ennis, Mrs.
Lawrence Ambrose, Mrs. S. B.
Kale, Mrs. Jerry Willis, and Mrs.
Henry Goodwin.
Mrs. Robert Barnum, Morehead
City, was district cookie sale chair
man.
Art Attracts Attention
News-Times Photo by McCoinb
The Beaufort- Morehead branch of the American Association oJ University Women sponsored another
successful sidewalk art show Saturday morning in Morehead City on S. 8th Street by Rose's S and 10.
Passersby are shown viewing the artwork. j
Forest Fires Raged at Four
Points in County Saturday
Work on Bridge
To Start Today
Work on patting the Core Creek
bridge back in shape to take high
way traffic is expected to start
today.
Steve Wall of the Army En
gineers office, Wilmington, in
formed THE NEWS-TIMES yes
terday that it will take until Fri
day, April 24, or a period of 10
days, to make the bridge safe.
According to Mr. Wall, a barge
swung against the bridge Thurs
day, April 2, causing underwater
damage to 16 pilings that support
the structure. The bridge can be
opened for water tarffic, but is
not strong enough to support cars
or trucks.
Persons can park their cars and
walk across, however. Owner of
the tug and barge which caused
the damage. Gulf Atlantic Towing
Co., is being held responsible for
the repairs, and has contracted to
have the work done.
The ! nring company says that
the current caused the barge to
swing against the bridge and wreck
it. Bccause the bridge spans the
inland waterway, it is federally
controlled.
At Henderson
Patrolman R. H. Brown is on
duty at Henderson this week, where
violence is still threatened in the
cotton mill strike. Patrolman J.
W. Sykes was on duty there last
week.
'Round About Town
By ALICE H. TAYLOR
la Spring yoamg folk*' fancies
m?y turn to you-know-what, but
to property owners it means clean
up time. The season of contagious
diseases is here, and along with
the usual bumper crop of measles
and mumps, spring fever is oa
the rampage. Folks are cleaning,
painting, and gardening . . . and
that's what the Beaufort Woman's
Club is encouraging and urging
you to do.
During its "Beaufort City Beau
tiful Campaign" now through June
1 each property owner Is asked to
observe his holdings with a criti
cal eye and make necessary im
provements. First question that
comes to mind is the money prob
lem, as a rule, and some feel that
other things may be more impor
tant.
However, when yea consider that
evergreens can be purchased for
as little as 11.50 each and lovely
blooming asaleas for 80 cent*, then
multiply the years of enjoyment
and beauty derived from same,
the price is nominal.
Homes and lots that am eye
catchers can be divided Into three
categoriea .' . . beautiful, attractive,
and neat A beautiful borne is
usually an expensive one complete
with all the important extras,
banked with perfect land leaping
that complimenta the home all year
round.
Aa attractive home need not be
expensive, but it shows careful,
I
wise punning wild lis exterior
color schemcs and blending land
scape. To qualify in the "neatness"
class, no matter how conservative
the home and lot, it's void of un
sightly objects in the front yard
such as boats, swings, scattered
toys, trash cans, and litter.
A thorough raking, removal of
all debris on the lot, trimming
shrubs and cutting grass, and pos
sibly a new paint job can make the
difference in neat or unsightly
property. Now is on excellent time
to improve the appearance and
value of your property, and enjoy
the pride and satisfaction of know
ing you're making Beaufort more
beautiful.
Each week home owners who are
making improvements will be rec
ognized in this column . . . and
more names added to the Gold Star
Home list as the standards are
met. This week the Beaufort Wo
man's Club gives votes of com
mendation to lliss Annie Morton
for bcr new driveway . . . Mrs.
Carrie Styron, Mrs. Elizabeth Dill,
the A. J. Rhea's, the Hobert Kel
ly's, and the Marion Noe's for the
adding at top soil and reseeding of
their lawns . . .
Mr. aad Mrs. Tharataa Hill for
their new home under construction
in Glendale ... the complete reno
vation of the old Noe house and
yard, which is sparkling with fresh
paint and new landecaping, thanks
to Mrs. Bane* of Winston-Salem
and the occupant, Mrs. Laughing
bouse...
? Forest fires raged throughout the
county Saturday. Between 600 and
700 acres burned between Oyster
Creek and Stacy, approximately
ISO acres burned in the Newport
area and two other smaller fires,
reported by E. M. Foreman, forest
ranger, occurred at Markers Island
and on the Crow Hill Road at
Straits.
Rain late Saturday night aided
considerably in reducing further
outbreaks.
Hie Oyiter Crack-Stacy fire
started sometime Frsday atfht,
Mr. Foreman believes, as the re
sult of somebody setting a marsh
afire. The blaze spread and got
good headway before it was dis
covered.
Two tractors, the county's and
one owned by international Paper
Co., were used to plow fire lanes.
The paper company's tractor came
from west of Core Creek bridge
and had to get to the fire by way
of Morehead City because the Core
Creek bridge is still closed to high
way traffic.
Frank Thorne, assistant district
forester, New Bern, gave Mr. Fore
man assistance on the fire.
Don Varner, district forester,
flew over the Newport and down
cast blazes. In addition to Croatan
National forest rangers, fire equip
ment from Cherry Point, Newport
and Beaufort were on the scene.
Charles Gould, Newport fire
chief, requested aid from the
Morehead City west end station
at 1:20 p.m. Dan Willis, engineer,
reported that the station's tank
wagon went to the fire and stood
by back of the sawmill on the west
side of Newport.
Beaufort sent two pieces of
equipment and ten men who helped
in backfiring.
Origin of the Harkeri Island fire
was not determined. The Crow Hill
fire started when someone set the
trash pile afire.
No homes were endangered in
the down east blazes, but they
would have been if the wind had
switched from northwest to south
west, Mr. Foreman said.
Rain Causes Drop
In Temperatures
Rains that hit the area over the
weekend plunged the mercury into
the 40's. Weather observer Stamcy
Davis say* that chilly weather may
remain for a while, even though
the brunt of the cold front has
now" moved offshore.
Carteret County received 1.30
inches of rain over the weekend.
Temperature ranges for the
weekend follow:
Max. Mln. Wind
Thursday 74 82 SW
Friday 77 M SW
Saturday 77 63 SW
Sunday 72 58 NE
Senior Clou Play Draws
Crowd of 300 Friday
For Pop's Sake, the senior class
play at Morehcad City High School,
drew *n estimated crowd of 300
Friday sight.. The play was given
in the school auditorium.
Lenwood Lee, school principal,
said that the class probably made
about $140 on the play, a three
act comedy. The money will be
used for class projects. .
Miss HorUasc Boomer was the
director.
?
George Dudley
Hit, Robbed
George Dudley, Negro resident
of N. 13th Street, Morehead City,
was recovering in Morehead City
Hospital yesterday after he was
hit ooihe head and robbed early
Saturday morning in aa attey b?
twtcn 13th and 13th Streets.
Patrolman Buck Newsome said
that Dudley, a man in his SO't,
dragged himself between 25 and
30 feet after he was attacked. He
was hit on the head with half a
brick. Officers said his billfold
was missing.
Patrolman Newsome said some
one took Dudley to the hospital in
his car. By yesterday, the robbery
victim had not fully recovered con
sciousness.
Police were notified of the attack
at 6:35 a.m. Friday. Capt. Carl
Bunch and patrolman Newsome
answered the call.
Down East Lions Meet
Thursday, Plan Fish Fry
Down East Lions plan to stage
a fish fry in the near future. The
club met Thursday night at the
theatre building in Atlantic.
Among its recent projects was
purchase of a hearing aid for an
elderly man at Sea Level. The
club meets the second and fourth
Thursdays.
New Construction Promises
To Hit Record High Here
Andrew Porter Ordered
By Judge to Get Out
Andrew (J ante bug) Porter, who'
went on a spree with a shotgun
last week in Beaufort, was given
24 hours to leave Carteret County
Thursday in county recorder's
court.
Porter, who was charged with
brandishing a shotgun with the in
tent to kill and public drunkenness,
was given one year in jail and
aasigned to work on the county
roads, suspended on the condition
that he leave the county and not
return within five years. He was
also ordered to pay $2S in fines
plus court costs and the hospital
bill of Ida James, who was struck
by the shot.
Assault cases against James Col
lins, James Miles Collins and
Clyde Rufus Everett were dis
missed. Willie David Potter, fac
ing the same chargc, drew a one
year jail sentence, suspended on
three years' good behavior and
payment of $10 and court costs.
Eddie Lee Collins, appearing to
answer charges of possession of
non-taxpaid whiskey, was sen
tenced to one year on the roads.
The sentence was appealed to su
perior court. Collins' bond was set
at $500.
Clifton Earl Edwards, Lawson C.
Long, and Jerry Wayne Brown
paid $10 and court costs after being
found guilty of speeding. In addi
tion, Long was found guilty of driv
ing drunk and paid $100 fine.
Elizabeth Franklin of Fayette
ville, who was found guilty on two
counts of passing bad checks last
week in Morehead City court ap
peared before Judge Lambert Mor
ris on a similar charge. The judge
ordered her to pay court costs and
the check.
In the cim of William H. Tay
lor, judgment *u suspended on
payment of $25 and coats on a
charge of driving on the wrong
side of the road. Thomas Lee Muse
forfeited bond when h? failed to
appear to answer charges of hav
ing an improper muffler.
Ronald Howard Brewer's three
months' jail sentence was sus
pended on payment of $100 and
costs in connection with charges
of driving drunk and driving on the
wrong side of the road.
Nelson Lewis, convicted on his
second offense of drunk driving,
was given one year on the roads,
suspended on the condition that he
remain on good behavior for a
period of three years and pay $200
and costs. John Lawrence Tunnell
paid $100 and costs for driving un
der the influence.
Bobby Parker, charged with en
gaging in an affray, paid $25 and
costs, judgment suspended on the
condition that he remain on good
behavior for two years.
William Godette, charged with
speeding, having no operator's li
cense and improper uae of dealer's
plates was ordered to pay $25 and
costs or serve three months in
jail. Robert Louis Brown paid $25
and court costs on a speeding
chargc.
In other traffic cases. Earl Bell
See COURT, rage 1
Beach Officials
Discuss Cottage
Entries Saturday
? Clerk Reports on Tax
Collections to Date
? State to Put Signals
At Intersection
Atlantic Beach commissioners, in
session Saturday at the town hail,
discussed the Easter weekend
break-ins at cottages. Commission
er W. L. Derrickson said several
persons had inquired where "the
night policeman" was.
Chief of police Bill Moore said
that it is very difficult to tell,
when lights are on in a cottage,
whether the owners are in it, or
someone else. He said in the fu
ture officers will knock on the
doors and make Inquiry.
He added that anxiliary police
men also will help patrol on foot
along the oceansidc, since some
of the cottages were entered from
that side.
The board approved equipping
the CD truck with an extra gen
erator and battery to permit op
eration of the radio and siren.
Chief Moore was given authority
to hire a lifeguard for weekends
during the latter part of this
month.
He added that the flagpole at the
town hall has been painted and
step* ordered for the end ol Green
ville Avenue to give aeceaa to the
beach. The chief was aaked to get
an estimate on cost of more stop
signs and painting of the street
markers.
M. G. Coyie, clerk, said that let
ters have been sent to 1958 tax
delinquents. Uncollected on the
1958 levy is $2,543; on 1957, $915;
on 1956, $201, on 1955, $215; on
1954, $421, and on 1953, $229.
la the general fund, as of March
31, Mr. Coyle said, was $2,579.22.
He also reported that in his esti
mation the town could pay off, to
the Atlantic Beach Improvement
Association, the cost of the town
hall by June 1960.
Action on effecting a one-way
street plan on East Boardwalk St.
was deferred, pending the opening
of two new streets, Beaufort Ave
nue and Wilson Avenue.
Mayor A. B. Cooper reported
that he had informed Mayor Leon
Mann Jr., Newport, that the town
was in favor of a proposed county
wide fire program planned by
Mayor Mann.
Mr. Coyle said that $72 in build
ing permit fees has been collected
since the first of the year, "more
See BEACH BOARD, Page 1
Civitans Celebrate Birthday
Jimmy Wallace, Clritaa president,
Wallace la feadfac off with tfce knITe
Friday tfca IMk uahouiy ai tteir
feeds CI vitaa secretary J
Ma friead, Bill Taft. vbe i
Nwi-TUiim Photo by MoComb
Beam a piece of Mrikday cake. Mr.
? vamta ? Mte. Tke Urltaaa caieteatod
In ths spring tun, the sound of hammer againBt nail and
the slap of mortar against block tells of tremendous build
ing activity.
All over the state, the usual spring construction spurt
is being experienced, but here even realtors themselves
are pleasantly amazed at thc<
amount of building under way.
Things are literally "jumping"
at Atlantic Beach and adjacent
areai. Thirty new cottages are un
der construction and the usual
spring renovations are in progress.
Sylvester Fleming ia adding 11
new units to his motel on the Sal
ter Path Road. Three of the new
units will be equipped with kitch
ens. Of brick construction, the new
part of Fleming's Motel will be
next to the swimming pool, just
west of Atlantic Beach town hall.
The new units are expected to be
completed by May IS.
John Baker, Morehead City, an
nounces that he is building a 26
unit motel on the lot south of the
Idle Hour Amusement Center. The
lot was formerly used for parking.
A realtor, Mr. Baker also plans to
have his office in the building.
By the first of June, A. B.
Cooper hopes to have his new va
cation I'esort completed. This con
sists of a 40-unit motel, fishing pier
and restaurant on the ocean, east
of Atlantic Beach proper. It will
be known as the Oceanana.
M. A. Apple, formerly of Bur
lington, has bought a tract of land
west of the Oceanana and plans to
subdivide it into building lota. Mr.
Apple is now living at the beach.
R. A. Barefoot, Atlantic Beach
Grocery, has undertaken a major
renovation program. The summer
folks who patronize the grocery
will find a grand new "supermar
ket" when they arrive. The new
building will be double the lize of
the former one.
Moses Brown, Sclma, is con
structing an eight-unit motel across
from the Catholic Chapel on Fort
Macon road.
Sound view Trailer Park, across
from the Atlantic Beach town hall,
will provide a pleasant place for
trailer vacationists this year. Built
by Mr. Cooper of the Oceanana, It
will accommodate more than 40
trailers.
The lawns are neatly grassed,
the park is lighted and is equipped
with water and sewage facilities.
Renovation is under way at the
Atlantic Beach Hotel and the Pa
vilion and more amusement rides
are booked for the triangle area in
the heart of the beach business sec
tion.
In real estate, Mr. Baker esti
mates that twice as many lots have
been sold this spring as were sold
last. He places the number at 75.
Building materials have been
moved on to the lot at the intersec
tion of the beach causeway and the
road to Salter Path where the new
branch of the First-Citizens Bank
will be located.
HoUowell's Motor Coart is adding
a new unit. J. E. Talton, Raleigh,
and Daniel E. Leigh, Kinston, are
constructing duplex apartments.
Among the new cottages within
the town of Atlantic Beach are
those being built by the following:
Eruest Suggs, Kinston; William T.
Cannon, Greenville; West and Mar
shall, Rocky Mount; W. H. Garner
and Gerald Piner, Atlantic Beach;
W. E. Spencer, Newport; W. L.
Derrickson, Morehcsd City, and
George Mewborn, LaGrange.
In Morehead City, building ma
terials were moved last week to
the lot where the new Employment
Security Commission office will be
located in the 800 block of Evans
Street, north of the hospital.
In downtown Morehead City,
Henry White is building, next to
the postoffice, a $50,000 building to
bouse a furniture store. In the
1200 block of Arendcll Street E. G.
Phillips is constructing a hardware
store.
Ballding la Morehead City for the
first quarter of this year is far
ahead of the first quarter last year,
according to building periqit rec
ords.
West of Morehead City, The Do
Nut Shop on highway 70 is under
going remodeling to includc a cof
fee shop and a short distance
farther west, land has been cleared
for the new Rex restaurant.
At Mitchell Village, Mr. and Mrs.
George McNeill, Morehead City,
have just moved into their new
home. Eight other homes are in
process of construction (or owners
See BUILDING, Page 1
Tida Table
Tides it Ike Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, April 14
12:29 i.m. 5 58 a.m.
J:3> p.m.
Wedaeadajr, April IS
12:29 a.m. 7:01 a.m.
1:11 p.m. t:35 p.m.
Thursday, April It
1:21 a.m.. 8:27 a.m.
2:13 p.m. 8:41 p.m.
Friday, April ?
2:22 a.m. 9:31 a.m.
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Minimum Wage
Bill Comes Up
For Last Reading
Up (or its final reading in the
House today is the minimum wage
bill which has caused so much
furor in the capitol during recent
days.
D. G. Bell, county legislator, said
the bill, if it passes, will contain
an amendment which be bad in
serted. The amendment exempts
from the 75-cents-an-hour mini
mum wage, part time workers in
the seafood industry and any work
er paid on the basis of bow much
work he produces.
Mr. Bell explained that in many
seafood houses, a person is paid
on how many gallons of clams or
oysters he shucks. If the minimum
wage bill a fleeted such workers,
the employers would hire only the
fast shuckers, the slow ones would
get no work "and we'd just have
more people on the welfare rolls,"
Mr. Bell remarked.
The bill also exempts employer*
of five or fewer persons, persons
engaged in farming, dairying,
domestic service, handicapped
workers and apprentices.
Mr. Bell said he expects to in
troduce early this week bills con
cerning Atlantic Beach and New
port and a bill giving Carteret
commissioners authority to set fees
charged in county offices. All bills
are being introduced at request ol
the governing agencies involved.
Mr. Bell said that persons who
have asked him to introduce bills
which have not yet been intro
duced, should not be alarmed, lie
said he is making aure the bills
are drawa correctly because it'*
easier to get things done right the
first time than have to amend two
years from now.
The county legislator, relative to
the state's acquiring outer banks
territory, said the state is interest
ed only in acquiring those parts
in dire need of restoration. Land
owned by persons who are trying
to build it up by planting vegeta
tion or building seawalls need not
fear that the state will want their
land.
Mr. Bell emphasized that the
state is concerned mainly with the
portions where complete erosion
is threatened and the property
owner is doing nothing to stop it.
Coast Guard Gets
Calls for Help
A (tack Jeep and an overdue boat
created activity for the Coast
Guard over the weekend.
On Saturday the Coast Guard re
ceived a call from H. C. Clark that
a jeep he was operating was stuck
in the surf between Salter Path
and Emerald Isle. A truck waa
dispatched to the scene to pull the
Jeep out. Coast Guardsmen mak
ing the rescue were Norvie S. Gil
likin, EM 2 and Moses McNure,
seaman.
Sunday evening the Coast Guard
station received a call from Earl
Noe of Beaufort that his son and a
girl companion had left around
noon, aboard his boat, headed for
Shackleford Banks and bad failed
to return.
The 30-footcr was dispatched to
scarch for the vessel and at 7:50
p.m. aaother call was received
from Noe that the couple had re
turned.
Aboard the M-footer were Earl
Sells Jr., EN-C; Charles J arm an,
EM-1; and Richard Mitchell, CS-3.
Two Cars Collide
At Intersection
A 1950 Chevrolet driven by D. F.
Sutherland, Beaufort, collided with
a 1956 Plymouth driven by liolden
Ballou, Beaufort, between a and 9
a.m. Sunday.
Officer Willis said Ballou was go
ing west oo Ann Street and Suther
land, going north on Fulford, tried
to make a right turn to go east on
Ann.
His bumper scraped the left front
fender and side of the Ballou car.
Ann Street at that point is extreme
ly narrow.
No charges were filed and no one
was hurt. Damage to the Ballon
car ww estimated at $100. Officer
otu wan* iMMtiaatadi ,