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SSI CARTERET COUNTY NEWS -TIMES "" 48th YEAR, NO. 82. TWO SECTIONS TEN PACKS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Lumber from Wrecked Ship Went into Home Being Razed By V. C. SALISBURY Older residents of Morehead City, who for many years were closely associated with the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Wallace in (he religious, civic and social life ol the town, regret to see the home of this family become a memory. Heirs of the family have sold the house itself to William Lewis, Morehead City, a retired Navy of ficer, who will salvage the ma terial for construction of a house on his stock farm in the Harlowe section. The Wallace house, now being razed, has stood for over half a century as a town landmark. II represented the thrift and indus try of a man who from a humble station in life came to be recog nized as a leader in his commun ity. A man of integrity in business, a man who gave of his best effort! in the civic and religious affair: of the town, county and state. The memory of the old house will pass away, but that of its buildei will be cherished by those whe were associated with, and whose lives were influenced by the Chris tian character and worldly aid ol both Mr. and Mrs. Wallacc. The site of this old house is twe lots at 8th and Arendcll Streets It was one of the early sales 01 lots by the Shcpard Point Lane company following the opening ol Morehead City in 1857. Elijah M Dudley was the first purchaser ol the lots in 1859. The census of I860 shows Dudle) to be a man of considerable means especially for that period. His hold ings were listed as $3,000 in real estate and $23,000 personal prop erty ? occupation a farmer. N< doubt his personal property in eluded a large number of slaves At the time of the census, his fam ily consisted of his wife and five children, four daughters and one son, ranging in age from 1 to 1 years. The two-story brick house whicl stood on the lot at the time of the purchase by Wallace in 1902 is be licved to have been built by Dud ley for a family home. The prop erty or house was never identifiee! by the name of its builder or own ers through the years, but was ai ways referred to as the "slate house." It had a slate roof. Ii some of the transfers of the prop erty it is referred to as the Dud ley property. This home was or the northwest corncr of 8th anc Arcndell. Of square design, two storie! high with basement, it was erected before the coming of Federal troops into the town in 1862, foi it was taken over by the Signal Corps as headquarters. From the upper porch, facing south, men ol the Corps signaled to the>se or Bogue Banks during the battle ol Fort Macon, giving directions as to the elevation and range of the shots from the cannons loeated ir the sand dunes. Down through the years the house was occupied by variout families. During that period in the life of the town when its children were receiving their education from private teachers and schools Miss Mary Annie Barnes for sev cral years conducted a school in the basement of this house. En trance was at the froot under the porch. Stairs at each end of the porch led to the first story. During the time the Rev. E. L, Stamey was pastor of the Meth odist Church, 1886-88, he marrieel Miss Barnes. Later the family came back to the town after Sta mey was obliged to give up preach ing on account of throat trouble. See HOUSE, Page I Two from Beaufort Attend K&A Bankruptcy Hearing Candidates Have Only Few More Days to File ' Deadlines in Three Towns Draw Near I ?Election Will Be Two Weeks from Now If anybody wants to run (or town I office, they had best start digging | for those filing fees. Candidates for office in More head City must pay their filing fees to John Lashley, city clerk, by 4:30 p.m. Friday. The deadline for filing at Newport is 6 p.m. Sat urday and the deadline in Beau fort is 4 p.m. next Monday. Fees are payable to the town clerks in Beaufort and Newport. In Beaufort and Newport a may or and five commissioners will be elected. In Morchead City a mayor, five commissioners, recorder's court judge, clerk of court and two hospital trustees will be elected. Mayor Cliff Lewis of Beaufort and Mayor Pat Dill of Morchcad City faced no opposition in 1957. Mayor Leon Mann Jr. at Newport polled almost double the number of votes polled by his opponent. In Beaufort six candidates ran in 1957 for the five town commis sioner posts. The incumbents were re-elected. The incumbents were re-elected in Newport and- in More head City. Morchcad City commis sioners had no opposition but in Newport 12 were in the running. Judge Herbert Phillips faced no opposition in Morchcad City. Court clerk John Lasblcy defeated his opponent by 36 votes. Three can didates ran for hospital trustee. J. R. Sanders and Mrs. Walter Freeman were elected. Present elected town officials | are the following : Beaufort ? Mayor Lewis; com missioners, James Rumley, Ger ald Hill, William Roy Hamilton, Otis Mades and Math Chaplain. Morchead City ? Mayor Dill; commissioners, S. C. Holloway, Gibbic Sanderson, Ted Garner, D. J. Hall Jr. and Jasper Bell; clerk of court, John Lashley; judge of recorder's court, Herbert O. Phil lips III; hospital trustees, A. B. Roberts Jr., Gordon C. Willis, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. J. C. Taylor, John L. Crump, and Robert Hicks. The terms of Mr. Roberts and | Mr. Willis expire this year. Newport? Mayor Mann; commis sioners, Wilbur Garner, Douglas Henderson, C. H. (Dick) Lockey, John Kelly, and P ft. Garner. Town clerk position in all towns | is appointive. The municipal elections will be I Tuesday, May 5. ? Aurnmng the Bankruptcy Hear ing of Kirchofcr and Arnold, Inc., Thursday in the federal courtroom at Raleigh were Glenn Adair and Mr. Adair's attorney, Claud Wheat ly Jr. They represented the inter ests of Mrs. Rosa Adair, Beaufort. At the hearing, creditors of the bankrupt investment firm voted to allow Joseph B. Cheshire, referee in bankruptcy, to appoint a com mittee of creditors to supervise continued operation of Kirchofcr and Arnold. This plan was adopted in the hope that creditors might get more out of their investment than 19 cents on the dpllar, which is what their return is estimated to be if K&A were liquidated immediately. It is hoped that the Morehead City Shipbuilding Corp., in which K&A had controlling interest, may be sold as a going concern. The firm ceased operation the latter part of last year. Creditors were presented a dis mal picture. The firm's losses are between three and five million dol lars, with the higher figure being more accurate, according to a K&A attorney. Mr. Adair said yesterday that he did not know when Mr. Cheshire would appoint the committee to su pervise K&A affairs. At present Donald M Nairne, formerly of Morehead City, is acting as debtor in-possession and a skeleton staff is manning the Raleigh office as well as the Morehead City ship building office. K&A. according to Mr. Adair, is operating under chapter 11 of the bankruptcy act which permits it to collect funds owed to it, but no creditor may sue to retrieve his in vestment. Although K&A itself is bankrupt, firms in which it held controlling interest are considered assets. In addition to the shipbuilding cor poration, those firms are Anvil Brand, manufacturers of clothing; Frank Corp., automotive wholesale bouse, Savannah, Ga., and the Warlick Restaurant chain. Among the witnesses at the hear ing was J. W. Thompson, More head City, who holds the position of vice-president with K&A. Mr. Thompson said he was paid $2,000 monthly as a salesman. He said that he was only a "glorified office boy" and the title of vice-president meant nothing. Thompson was indicted last month in Harnett County on a fraud charge in connection with sale of mortgages on trawlers built by the Morehead City Shipbuilding Corp. Amoog the many creditors of K&A are the following of this coun ty: Mrs. Adair, $2,946.70 and $1, 652.86; W. H. Muse, Beaufort, $2,850; Dr. S. W. Thompson Jr., Morehead City, $2,964; and J. W. Thompson Jr., the firm's vicc -pres ident, $716.93. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, April 21 6:33 a.m. 12:33 a.m. 12:50 p.m. 6:56 p.m. Wednesday, April 22 7:22 a.m. 7:43 p.m. 1:25 a.m. 1:38 p.m. Tfcarsday, April- 23 8:11 a.m. 8:31 p.m. 2:15 a.m. 2:26 p.m. rhoU by T. C. Sallaburjr The Cfcariee S. Wallace kmc u it apyeared kefare wt?n alartrd to tear K dowa MveraJ week* is*. Tfca ban* ii tocatod aa lha aactfearea4 caracr al Mfe aad Araadell Strata. M.T. Mills Gives Crab Point Tract To Morehead as Hospital Site News-Times Photo by McComb A. B. Roberts, left, chairman of the Morehead City Hospital board of trustees, and David Willis, hospital administrator, right, observe presentation of the deed to a hospital site. The land at Crab Point is a gift to Morehead City from M. T. Mills, Morehead City, second from left. Mayor George W. Dill, ac cepts the deed on behalf of the town. Morehead City School Band Began on Tottering Legs Morehead Board Acts on Building Code Report Morehead City town fathers heard Thursday night at their monthly board meeting a report on the April 14 meeting of the board of adjustment. (The board administers the zoning ordinance). The town board confirmed a rec ommendation by the board of ad justment permitting M. S. Smith, Bridges and Sth Street, to rebuild a garage. Because the power com pany has a building partly situated on Smith property that space re quirement of the zoning law could not be met. The board tabled action on three other recommendations by the ad justment board: David Freeman, 2200 Bay St., wanted permission to sell groceries on an enclosed porch of his house; Corey Hicks wanted property re-zoned for bus iness west of the Gulf oil station at 28th and Arendcll, and Dom Fcmia wanted permission to build an enclosure across the south end of the west alley between 17th and 18th streets. Patrick Lee Baker, lessee of the Busy Bee Pool room, applied to the state ABC board for a beer license. The town board said it had no objections to granting of the permit for on-premises con sumption of beer. John Lashley, town clerk, re ported that the League of Munici palities has informed the town that tajt kick-backs will show a alight increase. The increased receipts will be in franchise and intangible taxes, and beer and wine rebate. Powell bill receipts arc reported ly up 5'/i per ccnt. The board set speed limits throughout town at 25 miles an hour except on streets controlled by the State Highway Commis sion. George McNeill, town attorney, and Mr. Lashley were authorized to work out a settlement on lot 11 on Shcpard street on which the town holds a deed of trust. The property was never foreclosed and persons living on the property want to settle the taxes. The board discussed the disrep utable waterfront situation. Com missioner Ted Garner said that some of the business people on the waterfront are getting together and hope to keep the waterfront clean, with the town's cooperation. All members of the board were present. Reader Comments Mrs. Virginia Piner, 1000 Bridges St., Morehead City, reports that the William Headen Piner in Morehead City court waa not her son, Wil liam Edmund Piner. She said peo ple are under the impression that her sta waa named for his father, wh<?e name was William Headen M mt. By JEAN HOLT As the audience listens to the spring concert of the Morehead City school band Thursday night, they might compare today's band with the first school band of 1923. The first band might be called an ofrshdortr-V-Wy SPBut band which had "dis banded". G. D. Canficld and J. B. Sawyer had signed a promissory note to get the money to buy instruments for the band. When the band no longer existed, Mr. Sawyer, to try to re trieve some of the money that had been invested in the instruments, offered them to H. L. Joslyn, Morehead City's new school prin cipal. Mr. Joslyn, with the approval of the school board, -made the pur chase for $100. He got the instru ments into shape and started to organize the first school band. The first band association, or ganized to support the school band, was formed about 1936 with J. W. Jackson as president. Mr. Jack son served as president until his death. The band's first uniform was a blue and red cape with white duck trousers. The instruments were a double B flat upright bass, E flat upright bass, two alto horns, two trombones, one baritone, two clari nets, two cornets, one tenor horn, one snare drum and one bass drum. Past members of the school's early bands are still residents of Morehead City ? Clyde G. Willis, Jimmy Alvin Willis, Skinner Chalk, Charles Lincoln, David Styron. Reginald Willis, James Willis, George Roberts Wallace, Borden Wade. Floyd Chadwick Jr., Bruce Goodwin, Harold Webb, David B. Webb. H. S. Gibbs Jr., Elizabeth Arcndcll, Dorothy Harrcll, Oscar Joslyn and Sam Guthrie. In 1925, Gib Arthur joined the faculty at Morehead City school. He taught science and directed the band until his death. Then fol lowed a procession of band instruc tors, including Zcb Butts, Henry Wade, and Sam Guthrie? the band barely existed. Then Mr. Jackson assisted Mr. Jtelyn in promoting a larger and more activc band. Ralph Wade came on the sccnc in the fall of 1948 and a fine band which has won many honors has come into being. So won't you come out and hear this excellent band Thursday night at 8 o'clock? 'Eaf-Em-Up' Got Cut Up Saturday A 22-year-old Beaufort man, Le roy (Kat-'em-up) Jones, was the loser in a cutting scrapc that took place in Beaufort Saturday after noon. Police received a telephone call at 3 p.m. reporting a fight that was taking place at Queen and Pine streets. Upon arriving at the scene, officers could find no trace of ? fight and returned to the police station. Twenty minutes later, another call was received saying that a man who had been knifed was In a rooming house at Cedar and Moore streets. Upon entering the rooming house policc found Jones sitting on the side of a bed, bleed ing from cuts on both sides of his neck. Jones was able to identify hit assailant only a* "J.T." and he refused to press charges. Inves tigating officer Otis Willis and dep uty sheriff Bobby Bell took Jones to the Morehead City hospital where he was released after treat ment. Mayor George Dill Accepts $4,500 Gift Friday Hopes for a new hospital in Morehcad City took a giant step forward Friday when M. T. Mills, of Moreh?ad City, met with the hospital board of trustees at the hospital and presented them the deed to a 16-acre plot of land for a hospital site. The land, valued a $300 an acre, is located in the Crab Point area, cast ox the Morehcad * City Country Club. The acreage be gins at the north side of the Coun try Club road and runs approxi mately 1,000 feet back from the road. The land was purchased by Mr. Mills and his son, Marion, about three years ago. In the event that a hospital is not built on the site within five years, the land will revert to Mr. Mills. Because the hospital is munici pally-owned, the land has actually been given to the town of More head City for use as the proposed new hospital site. Referring to the Mills' gift, Mayor Dill said, "This is the be ginning of really getting something started and 1 feel that now other people in the county who arc able to help will do so." The gift will put the hospital board in better position to nego tiate with the federal government for funds provided for in the Hill Burton Act. Under this act, the ! government will provide two-thirds of the money for the building of a hospital, provided a city has met certain requirement* stipulated in the act. Although no official action was taken, Morehcad City commission ers, in session Thursday night at the municipal building, commented that they would look favorably ? if still in office ? on applying the worth of the present hospital and land on Evans Street toward matching federal fuoda for the new hospital. "This generous gift from Mr. See GIFT, Page t Jaycees Choose John Hood Jr. To Head District John Ilood Jr., of Kinston was clected district vice-president of the Jaycees at their district meet ing Saturday and Sunday at the Morchcad Biltmore. More than 13S Jaycees from nine clubs attended the two-day meet ing. Hood, who Is a pharmacist in Kinston, was opposed by Gene Smith, editor of the Havelock Pro gress. The meeting got underway Sat urday afternoon with registration which was followed by a social mixer and a dance at the Biltmore Saturday night. The vice-presiden tial election highlighted the bus iness session Sunday morning. It was announced that three cities, Wilmington, Charlotte, and Burlington, had submitted bids to be the 1960 site of the Miss North Carolina Pageant. The pageant will be held this year in Durham. State dignataries at the meeting included Marvin Kooncc, of Ra leigh, state president of the Jay cees, and Al Harrison and Ed Mil ler who arc candidates for state president. Dr. led Arnold, of Hamlet and Bill Stewart of Charlotte, candi dates for national director, also attended the meeting. You've Asked for It, Here It Is - Southern Homes Shad, Herring Season Extended To Sunday, May 10 A 15-day extension of the season (or taking of shad and herring in North Carolina commercial wateri has been announced by Director William P. Saunders of the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment. The season, which was to clow April 25, has been extended until Hay 10. That date is a Sunday, which means that commercial fish ing on that day is illegal. Mr. Saunders said the extension was made on the advice and recommendation of C. Gchrmann Holland, state fisheries commis sioner and head of the Department of Conservation and Development's commercial fisheries division, and Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director, Insti tute of Fisheries Research, Uni versity of North Carolina, at More- I head City. 1 Herring and shad fishermen, Mr. ? Holland said, have been greatly hampered by bad weather and late ? runa of fish. For those reasons, the season has been lengthened. County Residents Comment On Library's Value to Them In observance of National Libra ry Week last week, ?omc of -those who make use of the county li brary and its bookmobile service have commented on the value of the library. Their remarks follow: Mrs. Louise C. Pittman, Merri mon: The expression, "It'i in tbc Book," became papular a few years ago. This was a comedy line, but a big variety of good things arc in books. Personally, when the bookmobile comes here to our sta tion, I look for books by Agnes Turn bull, Lloyd Douglas, Zane Grey, Elizabeth Seifert, Grace Liv ingston Hill, to name only ? few of my preferences. We have readers who want a good detective story or one of ad venture. Our school children read the book* picked for them and the live* at historic character! an very popular. Books hive come to mean so much in our community. We read more and are better, happier peo ple because of it. ' Billy Simpson. Baenfort: The common thread in what I admire in literature is beauty of form, good style, and profundity. That is why War and Peace la my favorite book. I've read it four times. I also have great admira tion for the French writer*, Proud, Ride, Mauraic, and Colette. Every thing they have written is good and have the qualities that mean so much to me. As for American prose fictioa, Gone With the Wind is the greatest. It la truly Ameri can both in story and style. On the religious side, the Bible is above all tfce moat important. It la a book that should be read every day. Other religious works that have meant a great deal to me are The World's First Love by Bishop Kulton Sheean which shows the importincc that the Blessed Virgin has in our life today; and Cardinal Newman's Apologia Pre Vita Sua, telling the story o i a great man's search for Truth. Mr*. I. C. Skinner, Newport:^ "Freckles" and "Girl of the Lira bcrlost" by Gene Stratton Porter are two o I the best I've read by thia author. They are written about the great out of doors and they give the reader a new vision of nature in all of its beauty. ? I can't confine myself to any certain book by Grace Uvingtson Hill as I've enjoyed every one I've read. I'm sure each reader of her books will get a great spiritual inspiration from them and be able to feel the Christian influence of this great writer. (Ta to CaatiMrt) With this issue THE NEWS TIMES inaugurate! a new and dif ferent home building plana aerica which it ia expected will more closely conform to building re quirements in this area. llomca For Southern Living ia .he title of thia new series pre pared by the architectural firm jf Summer, Prater, White and As lociates of Atlanta, Ga. The plans are currently appear ng in 11< daily and weekly news papers throughout the South. Their publication waa first begun by the Mlanta Journal and Constitution n its Sunday real estate section. Future homebuilders may be particularly interested in obtain ing the booklets which offer a num ber of plans for study. See this pew Homes for Southern Living feature on page 3 section 2 of to lay's paper. The mall r on poo for sending to Mlanta for plana or booklets ap peara with the home plan that is pictured. Errand of Mercy rurns Out to Be Wild Goose Chase Gladys Lewis of Beaufort led po lce on a wild goose chase Satur lay night. At 11 p.m. Saturday, assistant ;hief of police Carltoa Garner was lispatched to a residence on high way 101 where it was reported that i Negro woman was about to have i baby and didn't have any way o get to the hospital. Officer Garner pat the woman n his car and headed for More lead City at speeds thst reached 100 mph at times. All the way to More head, the officer reported that he woman was crying and moan ng and telling him to hurry or the >aby would be born ia the car. LL Joe Smith of the Morehead ;ity police department met the :ar at the port terminal and es corted it through town to the hos >ital. Upta reaching the hospital, the voman was rushed to the delivery ?oom but attendants came out ihortly and announced that she vasn't even pregnant. She waa charged with public Irunkenness. To Repeat Wedding Because people had to be turned iway Saturday night at the Wo nanless Wedding at Atlantie High School, the PTA has scheduled an ither performance for ? p.m. thia
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