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Newcomers to Form Majority On Two Municipal Boards The msjarlty W l?hn on each of the town board* la Beau fort and More head City will be newcomer* at a result of Tues day's municipal electiooi. Beau fort alio his a new mayor? but thii was no surprise, since incum bent Clifford T. Lewis withdrew the day before the election. W. H. (Piffle) Potter defeated J. O. Barbour Jr. and Charles Hudgins for the top executive post in Beaufort. The newly-elected Beaufort of ficials will not take office until July, the beginning of the new fis cal year. Morehead City officials will be sworn in this morning and Newport officials will begin their terms June 2. The number of votes each can Newport Board Requests Check On ABC Pay ? ? ? Ordinance Sets Legal Hours for Burning ? Newly-Elected Officials To Take Office June 2 Irked ?t the continual "overpay ment" excuses it gets from the county ABC board on distribution ' of ABC funds, the Newport town board, in session Tuesday night, requested its town attorney, George W. Ball, to investigate the matter. Miss Edith Lockey, town clerk, reported that for the past two years, the check for ABC funds is usually accompanied by a note that funds have been deducted because of "overpayment the previous i month". While sales at the town ABC store may have fallen off since the opening of a fourth ABC store in the county, Newport town officials wonder why the ABC board always has trouble figuring the amount Newport is supposed to get when they can apparently figure out ac curately the monthly payments for the other municipalities. The board passed an ordinance prohibiting burning within the town Umita during any jMtu? rfher than 4 to 9 pm. Fire chief C. A. Gould requested the ordinance. He said wind is usually calm between 4 and 9 p.m. and it is safer to burn trash at that time. Several ol Newport's recent se rious fires have been attributed to careless trash burning or burning of lots. The attorney and clerk an ? nounced that judgments are to be filed next week on tax certificates, preparatory to sale of land on which taxes are owed. Miss Lockey said that less than 20 citizens have failed to pay up. It was also reported that Joe Hill and the town fathers have agreed on the boundary between the town and Mr. Hill's subidvision. The board requested the clerk to write Ashton Willis, advisor of the Explorer Scout troop, and thank the troop for whitewashing the trees in town. The clerk gave the following wa ter department report for April: 115 persons using water, ?6 coo ncctcd but not using water; aver age bill $2.90, connection fees not paid tl.no, deposited in April IM1.SS, spent in April $196.19, and toUl on deposit $2,129.57. Payable to the New Hanover Bank June 1 Is $4,977 on the money borrowed to install the water sys tem. Mayor Leon Mann Jr. was given authority by the board to make the payment. Commissioner I. It. Garner re ported that the manifold on the International fire truck needs re placing. It was suggerfed that the rural fire association be asked if it would meet the co^ o I the re pairs. The rural association paid 135 for installation at an electric hose rewind on the booster reel of the rural truck Saturday. Ordered paid to the State High way Commission was (252.24 or work done on Eaatover and West over Court. The mayor au thorized to send Information to Philip Ball, engineer, for drawing up the map and application for Powell BUI funds (or the coming fiscal year. The board decided that Hargett Street should be graded in near future. Commissioner Wj? Gar ner was appointed U supervise street work during May. The board and mayor, elected Tuesday, will be sworn in June 1. Attending Tuesday's meeting, in addition to those mentioned, were Leslie Bercegeay, commissioner elect; commissioners Douglas Hen derson, C. H. (Dick) Lockey and John Kelly. To Attend Meeting Mayor George Dill, Morehead City, and W. H. (Piggic) Potter, mayor-elect of Beaufort, will at tend the Rivers and Harbors Con gress at Waahington, D. C., Toes day through Thursday o t next wee*. . didate polled appear ia the elec tion* table below. Beaufort's electteu official* didn't finish their official tally un til yeatarday morning. On some ballots, a voter voted for two mayors, on others, they voted for more than five commissioners. Thus, the votes bad to be care fully canvassed. Approximately 650 went to the polls in Beaufort, tbe best turnout in s town election in years. It was estimated thst s hundred who to vote could not do so becsuse they were not registered, but they as sumed that they were registered to'vote in a town election. Three of the commissioners on the J. O. Barbour slate were elect ed: Bert Brooks, David Fsrrior, and Billy Davis. Incumbents de feated were Otis Hades and Gerald Hill. Re-elected were Math Chap lain and William Roy Hamilton. Mayor George Dill in Morehcad City had no opposition. Neither did Herbert Phillips, judge of re corder's court. John Lashley, clerk of court, nor A. B. Roberts and Gordon C. Willis, hospital trustees. lacambenta defeated in More head City were G. E. (Gibbie) San derson and D. J. Hall. Newcomers to the board in Morebead City are Or. Russell Outlaw, Bud Dixon and Walter Morris Re-elected were S. C. Holloway and Ted Gar ner. A total of 547 votes were eait in Uorebead City. Eaeb of the fotlowiaf received one write-in vote for mayor: E. 0. Phillips, Jasper Bell, Tommy Vinaton, Madeline Royal, and D. J. Hall. Write-ins for commissioner were A. N. Willis, 1 vote, and Billy W. Lewis, 1 vote. Mrs. Mary G. Hughes received 22 write-in votes for clerk of court, and eacb of the following received one each: Grady Bell, Bill Styron, C. B Wade, R. M. McClain and Elijah Willis. Write-ins for hos pital trustees were D. B. Webb, 1, and Mrs. W. P. Freeman, who's already on the board, 1. Fifty votes were cast in Newport. Tbe incumbents had no opposition. A. L. Wilson and Junius (Buckshot) Haskett got one vote each for mayor on write-ins. The following received write-in votes for com missioner: George W. Greeu, Bill Carroll, Charles Hill, Junius Has kett, Allen Elliott, S. E. Mann and Alton Garner, 1 each; Dewey Pbipps and M. D. McCain, 2 each. ! routh repents His conscience got the belt of him. A ltd who went into Early Jewelers Monday, April 13, and took three friendship rings, went into the Jewelry store Wednes day and told the owner, Oscar Allred, that he wanted to pay for the rings. . The youth paid Mr. Allred *4.30 for two of the rings and said he would be back to pay the remain ing $2.23 for the third. The jewelry store owner said he didn't even ask the boy's nsrae. lie says the youth was ap parently with a group of other boys who lifted from the jewelry store about $40 in merchandise. Mr. Allred, whose store is lo cated in Morehead City, said he was so pleased that the lad still had a conscience that he did not quiz him about his friends who took the other merchandise. Fire Call Answered Newport firemen answered a call at $:45 p.m. Sunday on the Nine Foot Road when a car driven by ?ne motorist ran into a car driven by Cobb Gray. Gray's car caught on fire. Firemen put it out. Residents Object to Towns Plan for Extending Limits Beaufort Board Receives Petition Seeking Vote Proposed extetiuoa of the town limits pt Beaufort caused considerable discussion at the town board meeting Monday night at the town hall. Thirty persons attended and presented a petition against annexation. Raymond Ball, a resident of the out of town section, spoke against the proposed plan, saying that a large area should be annexed by the town in-4 ?tcad of small areas, as the League of Municipalities suggests. Countering far those in favor of the plan, H. D. Paul, chairman of the planning board, stated that annexing a large area all at once, as proposed by Mr. Ball would be more expense than the city can handle. The law states that if IS per cent of the persons in a proposed annex ation area protest, a referendum must be held. After hearing argu ments on both sides, the town board decided to present the "(gainst" petition to the county board of election! which will de termine whether those signing it are qualified residents and consti tute 15 per cent of those in the area. The area suggested for annexa tion includes Ann Street extended and much o( Front Street extended. Hoiden Ballou, chairman of the Beaufort Community Development Corporation's municipal affairs committee, which has promoted annexation, explained the BCDC's See BOARD, Page 2 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10 1 48th Year, No. 37. 14 Pages Morehead City and Beaufort, N. C. Friday, May 8, 1969 Published Tuesdays and Fridays Election Returns Morehead City Mayor: Votes George W. Dill Jr. _ 475 Commissioner: V. J. (Ted) Garner 429 Edward (Bud) Dixon 380 Russell Outlaw 324 S. C. Holloway 314 Walter S. Morris 313 G. E. Sanderson 303 Warren Beck ... 296 D. J. Hall : 245 Recorder's Court Judge: Herbert Phillips 111 443 Clerk of Court: John Lashley ... 401 Hospital trustees: A. B. Roberts 393 Gordon C. Willis 434 ??avfoit Mil Mayur: William H. Potter ? J. O. Barbour Jr Charles Hudgins Clifford T. Lewis Commissioners: Bert Brooks W. Roy Hamilton ? Billy Davis ? David C. Farrior Math Chaplain Otis T. Mades Earl Mason Gerald D. Hill Wyon Grey Lewis ? Clyde M. Owens W. A. Hales Newport Mayor: Leon A. Mann Jr. .... 46 Commissioners: W. V. Garner 47 John B. Kelly 45 C. H. (Dick) Locikvy 43 Bennie R. Garner ?.... 43 Leslie Bcrcegeay 31 Army Ups Cost Of Port Project Army engineers have revised their estimate of coat of improv ing Morehead City channel and harbor. The new cost is $1,370,000 as compared with the original $1,197,000. The increase is due to the usual rise in costs, according to Mayor George Dill. Sen. B. Everett Jordan and Sen. Sam Ervin asked a Senate Appro priations subcommittee Tuesday for a total of $2,823,000 la funds for 13 water projects in this state. la addition to the Morehead City project, which calls far deepening the channel from 30 to 35 feet and widening the turning basin, the senators have asked for $23,000 for a survey of Drum Inlet end the same amount for a survey of Bogue Inlet, both in this county. 379 184 44 12 421 332 331 315 297 _ 294 291 257 253 144 54 Chamber Board RejecfsPlan to Equip Recreation Building for Conventions South River Men Capture 'Gator A South River alligator, 12 feet long, was added to the Sea Life exhibit at Atlantic Beach yester day afternoon. The 'gator, a big rambunetioui fellow, was caught by Carl Cannon, South River, in his crab net, Carl Edwards assisted Cannon in get ting the alligator . lashed into ? pickup truck to take hun to th? beach where he wis bought by A, B. Cooper, owner of the lea Life exhibit. It took 15 to 2ft men to take the 'gator from the truck to the crawl where there's a fresh water pond 9 by IS feet. Three small alliga tors are already in the crawl. The South River alligator wea thered his capture all right but was reported to be in a foul humor yesterday afternoon! He snapped the half-inch lines around him as though they were cord string. When asked whether the new captive was a male or female, Cannon aaid, "Mr. Cooper hasn't felt like investigating just yet." Wagon Upsets, Four Uninjured George W. Huntley III, Beaufort, and three girl passengers escaped Injury at 11:45 a.m. Sunday when the 1958 Ford station wagon Hunt ley was driving turned over on its top. The accident happened five miles north o < Beaufort on highway 101. Patrolman R. H. Brown said Huntley was headed north. He made a left turn into a dirt loop road. The car skidded in the sand, hit the ditch on the right, skidded back to the left and upset. Dam age to the car wai estimated at 1500. Huntley was charged with driv ing without a license. He said he had had a license, but lost it. Harkcrs Island Driver Runs Car into Cr??k Santo Phillip Bell one, Harkcrs Island, fell asleep at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday while returning from work at Cherry Point and ran his 19M Ford into a creek at Otway. Sheriff Hugh Salter investigated. Because of saltwater damage, he estimated the car a total loss. The car turned over in going into the canal. Bellone was not hurt. f Moreheid City chimbfr of com-" merce directors rejected Monday night * proposal to equip the More head City recreation building with facilities for conventions. W. B. Chalk, reporting for Dr. Russell Outlaw, chairman of the tourist and convention committee, said these facts were considered: The Morehcad Bill more can seat 400 convention delegates in its two dining rooms, or 20S in one room; for a meeting. 300 can be seated at the hotel. The recreation building could seat SS0 for a banquet by using the lobby and auditorium. Equipment .necessary would be 200 man chain at )5 each and 42 table* akiS each. The director* reasoned that since $2,050 would be required for the necessary equipment and only a few more could be accommodated at the recreation building, as com pared with the Biltmorc, the pro ject would not be practical. J. M. Davit, chamber president, expressed his thanks to Frank Cas siano for arranging the Armed Forces Day program May IS. Mr. Chalk and J. A. DuBois, manager of the chamber, reported that an auto company and steel in dustry are interested in Morehead City port facilities in conjunction with plant location. Mr. DaBois was authorised to continue using the services of the office secretary in collecting dues and having definite dates of dues payments to keep the chamber budget in balance. Attending, in addition to those mentioned, were Shelby Freeman, J. R. Sanders, and Bud Dixon. The shrimp season is expected to open in about a week. Coast Guard To Light Channel The Coast Guard has promised improvements to Morehead City channel which will allow night time navigation. In a telegram to Mayor George W. Dill this week, Congressman Graham A. Barden aaid that Ccaat Guard headquarters haa approved a plan "to improve the system (or night-time navigation in Beaufort Inlet and the ap proach thereto". Congressman JUrden contin ued, "The diatrlet commander will Increase the intensity of the Beaufort Inlet channel range lighta and effect the necessary relocation of buoys at the earliest practicable date. "It is estimated that the estab lishment of the additional light ed buoys will be accomplished by September, 1959." April Brings 4.05 Inches of Rainfall The month a f April in Carteret receive 4.05 inches of moUture in the form of rain, according to weather observer, Stamey Davis. Following are the temperature ranges for the past week. Hlgk Low Wind Thursday 72 60 SW Friday 78 62 ENE Saturday 10 61 SW Sunday 77 66 SW Mooday 83 65 N Tuesday 74 61 NE Wednesday 78 58 SW WWI Veterans Will Discuss Pensions Sunday There will be a mass meeting of all veterans of World War I, and their wives, at the city hall in Morehead City, Sunday afternoon at 3, to discuss the World War 1 veterans pension bill which is now before Congress. Raymond J. Jeffreys, Raleigh, author of the book, Must They Sell Apples Again, and Cot. John B. Hunsinger, Greensboro, will be the principal speakers. Both Mr. Jef freys and Colonel Hunsinger have bae* in Washington conferring With congressmen about the pen Moo bfll. and will bring first-band information about it. "We have a friendly Congress," says Mr. Jeffreys, "and they like our new bill, so now it is up to us to do our part back home. They want us to show some activity and interest at home, to 'get them off the hook' if they stick their necks out for us." Colonel Hunsinger says that all of the major veterans organizations have agreed upon practically the same kind of a bill now, and are presenting a solid front. Anyone attending the Sunday meeting will be given an oppor tunity to ask any questions about the legislation that they wish, Mr. Jeffreys said. Firm Picture Cultivating beans SO per ccnt complete; picking tobacco beds 80 per ccnt; cutting cabbage 5 per cent; and picking strawberrU- 5 per ccnt complete. Growers are late in Onslow County setting to bacco due to wet ground, but grow ers are planning to go "full blast" tbia week if there is no more rain. Miss Gertrude Styron Receives Scholarship in Counseling, Guidance Miss Gertrude Styron, ? member of the Beaufort school faculty, has been awarded ? scholarship to the Counseling and Guidance Training Institute at North Carolina State College June l-July 17. Miss Styron has accepted the new position of guidance counselor for Carteret schools, a position which has been created through appropriation o t federal funds. She will begin that work in the (all of 1959. One hundred eighty persons ap plied for the scholarships. Only 40 were available. The scholarships amount to $75 a week. The Department of Occupations! Information and Gaidaacc, School of Education, at State College, U one of forty inatitutions of higher learning in the United Stales to be selected for a counseling and training institute under the Na tional Defense Education Act of 1958. OuUUodiig edacaton in coun seling and guidance in the natioo will serve as professors, lecturers and consultants. Hiss Styron holds a bachelor's degree in English and French and a master'i in elementary educa tion and administration. Born at Davis, she has taught 21 years at Beaufort School where she is teach ing English and spelling this year to seventh graders. Miss Styroa hai taught in schools from the one-teacher kind to ? school with as many as 40 on the faculty. She has aslo taught from the first through the 11th grades. At one time she was supervisor in the Tender County Schools. She has taught at Newport and In On slow County. Miss Styron was installed last night at the Morehead Biltmore Hotel as president of the county unit, North Carolina Education Association. Upon completion of her course in July, she will he ? fully quali fied vocational, educational and personnel counselor. Only 59 have qualified to date In this state. Morehead Plans Armed Forces Day Norm City la goiag ad out to promote as elaborate observ ance of Armed Forces day next Friday. Frank Caaalaao, .military liaison for Morehead'CSty, announces that a parade will be kdi M J:? p.m. It will start at the school, go east on Bridges Street to Tth, south on 7th to AreodeM, then west on Arendell ' to the footbaU field at Camp Glenn where the reviewing stand will be Mated. A thoaaaad partlcipaata are ex pected Id the parade. Cherry Point will furmih 1U second Mariaa Air Wing bind, color guard, and com pany of women Marines. Camp Le jeune win aend a drum and bugle corpi, color guard, drill unit and motor-drawn artillery. The -Coast Guard will be repre aentcd by a float or marching unit; Morehead City, Beaufort and Queen Street School bands will participate, as well as county Boy Scouts. Civic clubs will be repre sented in the parade and mayors and town officials of surrounding towns have been invited to ride in open ears. Tkt Nattaul G|?rd pit aad other armed forces reserve units of the area have been invited to participate, aecordinf to Mr. Cas siano, a retired Marine Corpi cap tain. Mr. Cassiano said that be hopes to make the Armed Forces day event county-wide in word, spirit and (act. Veterans organizations throughout the county are expected to be represented in the parade alao. At the football field, the Marine bases will have infantry and ar tillery weapona on display, aero nautic kits and survivor kits. A helicopter will a?h* ? (ud ing there and Cherry Point U also* providing a Jet fly-over. A Nary vessel, which will be open to inspection by the public, is expected to be at the po rt. School* will dismiss at 2 p.m. next Friday, Mr. Casslaoo says, so that students may take part in or see the parade. The ?e at this year's Armed Forces Day is Power for Peace. The day will be observed with open bouse at Cherry Point and Lejeune Marine bases Saturday) May M. Armed Forces Week open* Sun *4 Tide Table TUe* it the Beaafert Bar HIQR LOW FrMiy, Mar > 1:43 a.m. 2:47 a.m. ?:54 p.m. 2:90 p.m. Satardajr, May 9 9:21 a.m. 3:23 a.m. 9:21 p.m. 3:22 p.m. Saaday, Mar 1* 10:00 a.m. 3:59 a.m. 9:36 p.m. 3:31 p.m. Maadar, May 11 10:42 a.m. 4:32 a.m. 10:9 pjn. r .. # Lightning Hits Coast rMto By Reginald Uwll Violent tknndrr m4 lifktninf itorm* W* Carteret Kwdajr night and Monday afternoon. Hen lightning dances from iky to ahoreline om the Morrhead City waterfront. The Monday afternoon storm cauaed power failure in Morehead City. School Bus Drivers Will Vie in Rodeo Wednesday A Beaufort Police Report Wrecks Beaufort poller report that charges arc pending against a 71 year-old Beaufort man, George J. Brooks, who Wednesday backed hit car onto Turner Street and into a passing car belonging to Fred erick C. Raymonds, route 2 Beau fort. The accident took place at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, according to po lice chief Guy Sprinkle, who in vestigated. Raymonds was driving south in the 100 block on Turner when Brooks' car struck him as Brooks wai backing away from the curb, the chief said. Damage to the Raymonds' car wai estimated by police at approxi mately $285 and to the Brooks' car, $75. A Morrhcad City man, John D. Midgctt, 1005 Bridges St., was in volved in an accident that police Investigated Sunday night. The accident happened when a tie-rod end fell out of Midgctt's car as he was driving west on Ann Street. He swerved over to the curb and hit a pickup that was parked there. The track belonged to Hubert King of Beaufort, according to police reports. Both vehicles received minor damage. Assistant police chief Carlton Garner, who investigated, said that no charges had been filed against Midgctt. Station Wagon Noses into Ditch A 1958 Chevrolet station wagon nosed Into a ditch on highway 2* at 5:15 p.m. Monday. Driving it waa Mrs. Elizabeth Wood Waitc, Jacksonville, according to patrol man R. H. Brown. The patrolman said that Mrs. Waite was going west, rounded a ?light curve, skidded to the left shoulder, back to the right and into the ditch. Damage to the car was estimated at $200. The accident happened in the rain four miles west of the high way 24 and 70 intersection. No one was bun ? The annual County School Bus Rodeo will be held Wednesday in Morchcad City, according to H. L. Joslyn, superintendent of the coun ty schools. The rodeo this year is to be sponsored by the state Department of Motor Vehicles, the county board of education, Car teret-Craven Electric Membership Corp. and the Beaufort Rotary Club. The rodeo is open to the senior drivers in the county, and each school is permitted to select one senior girl and one senior boy to participate. Selection of the partici pants will be on the basis of skill in handling the bus and upon the student's driving record for the past school year. Participants will report to More head City School at 9 a.m. in the morning for written examination. After the examinations are com pleted, each contestant will be given a road test in traffic. The afternoon portion of the contest will be held at the race track, west of Morehead City on Highway 70, where contestants will undergo tests to determine skill in handling the bus. The afternoon portion of the contest will be open to the public. The winner of the girls division will be presented a $25 bond by the Beaufort Rotary Club, and the winner of the boys division will be presented a $25 bond by Carteret Craven Electric Membership Corp. These winners will be eligible to participate in the district rodeo which will be held in New Bern in the near future. The rodeo will be under the di rection of L. L. llall, chief county school bus mechanic, and George W. Crowley, driver education rep resentative for the Department of Motor Vehicles. Judges for the event will inculdc 11. L. Joslyn, representing the board of educa tion, W. C. Carlton, of the REA, H. D. Paul, of the Beaufort Rotary Club, and Pfc. Robert H. Brown of the highway patrol. Beaufort Driver Cited After Monday Accident Clifton Lee Glover, 501 Turner St., Beaufort, was charged with driving drunk Monday afternoon after he turned a 1953 Chevrolet pickup truck over in a ditch on the Mill Creek Road. Glover was not hurt, but his 4 ycar-old daughter who was with him suffered a few scratches. Dan Bell. Newport chief at police, in vestigated.
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