CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ,#'
48th YEAB, NO. 52. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Electrical Storm Causes Damage
Official Comments on New
Chairman, Shrimp Catches
C. G. Holland, state fisheries'
commissioner, commented Friday
on the appointment of O. G. Bell,
former county legislator, as chair
man of the state commercial fish
eries commission.
"We are fortunate to have Mr.
Bell, someone from a coastal
county who understands the fish
eries problems," Mr. Holland said.
The commissioner also comment
ed on the current shrimping sea
son. "We have more small shrimp
than we've had in many years,"
he said. As a result, numerous
shrimpers have been apprehended
for taking shrimp smaller than
regulations allow.
No one may catch, have in bis
possession or sell shrimp of more
than 70 count, beads off. The com
* missioner predicted, however, that
in several days the shrimp will be
legal size, probably 60 count, heads
off.
Why the glut of small shrimp?
Mr. Holland says that there was
a good crop last winter and the
nurseries (inland creeks, bays and
streams) produced a lot of babies
that succeeded in surviving the
winter and arc now moving out to
sea.
In addition to the brown-spotted
shrimp, some native species arc
being taken, the c ommissioner
added.
Soybeans Make
Up Carteret's
Major '58 Crop
mure cropland in tbe county is
devoted to soybean culture than
any other use, according to the
1959 county {arm census summary
released at Raleigh. Hie figures
are based on the 1957 and 1958
crop years.
Twenty-seven per cent of the
land under cultivation in Carteret
is devoted to growth of soybeans
for the beans; 26 per cent to truck
vegetables, 20 per cent to corn,
7 per cent to tobacco, 7 per cent
to small grains and 13 per cent to
other crops.
Seventy-seven per cent of all
land on farms is woods or waste
land; 12 per cent is used for grow
1 lng crops, 7 per cent for pasture
and 4 per ccnt of the cropland is
idle.
In 1958 the number of farm
acres had decreased to 93,798.
Crap* were harvested from 11,
388 acres in 1958, which was es
sentially the same as the 11,299
acres harvested during the 1957
crop year. Acreagewise corn and
soybeans were the two major
crops, and together these crops
accounted for 47 per cent of the
total harvested cropland. Live
stock inventories on Jan. 1, 1959
showed little change from tiie in
ventories taken a year earlier.
Number of milk cows, showed
an increase while brood sows and
beef cows were about on the same
level as reported tbe previous Jan
uary. Number o i bens and pullets
in laying flocks showed a drop
below the number reported in Jan
. , uary 1958. Total number of peo
ple on farms declined slightly with
2,733 reported in 1959 as compared
to 2,775 a year earlier.
Of the total number living on
farms, 442 people worked on non
farm jobs for 100 days or more
during 1958, while 329 people were
reported as being 65 years of age
and older.
'14 Highway Men
To Get Awards
Fourteen state highway commis
sion employees in Carteret County
will receive service buttons Thurs
day night at a dinner at Mrs. Rus
t sell Willis's restaurant, Morehead
City. Dinner will be at 7 p.m.
Receiving the service awards
will be John L. Humphrey, county
road superintendent, who has been
with the highway commission 35
years; D. C. Golden, 30 years; W.
E. Bell, Clyde Willis, H. D. Lewis,
H. G. Gurganus, W. H. Cannon,
and S. D. Weeks, 15 years.
Carol HUlis, H. S. Mason, S. J.
Gray, J. G. Graham, A. A. Bea
cham, and D. D. Bell, 10 years
each.
Among the guests will be Mrs.
, Cybil M. Smith, district clerk, sec
ond highway division.
Whn Election
Annette Cooper, daughter of Mr.
I and Mr*. A. B. Cooper, Morehead
L City, was elected an associate jus
V tice at Gills State, Woman's Cai
? 1*3?> GtBeubon. Thuudif.
Five Methodist
?
Churches Get
New Ministers
Five Methodist churches in the
county have been assigned new
pastors.
The assignments were made by
Bishop Paul N. Garbcr at the
North Carolina Methodist confer
ence at Wilmington Thursday.
The new pastors are J. P. Mans
field at Camp Glens, replacing the
Rev. Virgil Moore who has been
assigned as assistant pastor at the
First Methodist Church, Morehead
City; J. M. Hunter, Harlowe-Oak
Grove, who replaces J. G. Lupton,
assigned to Seven Springs.
J. 0. Jernigan, Marshallberg,
replacing William Jeffries, who
has been assigned to Whitakers;
B. L. Davidson, First Church,
Morehead City, replacing J. F.
Herbert, who has retired, and W.
G. Lowe, Sea Level, who replaces
W. R. Hale, who has retired.
Methodist pastors returning to
charges in this county arc D. M.
Lewis, Atlantic; J. E. Smith, Beau
fort circuit; J. F. Casey, Midway
Bethlehem; S. S. Moore, Franklin
Memorial, Morehead City.
R. L. Fleming Jr., Newport; J.
T. Fisher, Salter Path; C. Ray
West, Straits; D. M. Tyson, Wil
liston-Smyrna ; and the Rev. John
Cline, Ann Street Methodist
Church, Beaufort.
Other appointments of interest
to folks in this area: Stanley Pot
ter, Steele Street church, Sanford;
J. D. Young, Oxford; Robert M.
Poulk, Salem; W. W. Clarke Jr.,
Ocracoke.
Dr. A. J. Hobbs remains as sup
erintendent of the New Bern dis
trict.
New Boat Law
Effective Jan. 1
The 195* legislature passed a bill
which will require all boats using
North Carolina waters to buy a
license Jan. 1, 1960.
The law covers not only outboard
motor and other pleasure boats,
but commercial fishing boats. It
requires all boats to carry the
necessary safety equipment and
all owners to comply with federal
waterways laws.
While the law was designed to
provide for greater safety on in
land lakes, rivers, creeks as well
as sounds and bays, D. G. Bell,
county legislator, predicts that it
will have adverse repercussions.
Mr. Bell proposed a substitute
bill which failed to gain approval.
Details of the new law will be ex
plained in a subsequent issue of
THE NEWS-TIMES.
Board to Meet
The county health board will
meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the
county health center.
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Twirling Taught
News- Times Photos by MrComb
Miss Suzanne Beck, foreground, Morehead City high school student, Is conducting summer classes in
baton twirling at the recreation center. The classes are divided into beginner and advanced twirlers,
totaling 35 girls. Shown with Miss Beck are three of her beginner students. Left to right they are
Manie Piner, Valorie Ambrose and Sharon Simpson.
Fort Macon Coast Guardsmen
Make Many Weekend Trips
Two Hurt Sunday
As Car Crashes
James Warren Williams, 15-year
old Negro boy, driving a 19S2 Chev
rolet belonging to Barbara W.
Jones, 1200 Avery St., was in
jured in an auto accident at 1:30
a.m. Sunday on the Crab Point
road near the Morchcad City
limits.
Also injured was Johnnie May
fort, 19-year-old Negro girl of
Zcbulon, who was riding with Wil
liams. Williams had a back injury
and cuts on his head. She had
bruises and cuts. Both were treat
ed at Morehcad City hospital.
Sheriff Hugh Salter, who inves
tigated, said that the car skidded
65-70 fe^t on a curve, sideswiped
an oak tree and knocked a utility
pole in two. The car was de
molished.
Williams has been cited to juve
nile court, charged with no op
erator's license and careless and
recklcss driving.
License Returned
Kcrmit Lawrence of Beaufort
has been notified by the Notui
Carolina Department of Motor Ve
hicles that his driving privileges
have been reinstated effective
June 1.
? Missing fishermen, disabled
boats and fouled screws were only
a few of the circumstances re
sponsible for one of the heaviest
weekends Fort Macon Coast
Guardsmen experienced this sum
mer.
The first call for help was re
ceived at 9 Saturday morning when
a man came to the Fort Macon sta
tion and reported that the cabin
cruiser, Laura, belonging to Henry
Holt of Morehead City was having
engine trouble.
The 30-footer departed to assist
and upon arriving at the scene,
relieved the Mary II of the tow
and brought the Laura to Holt's
dock on the Morehead City cause
way.
Crew aboard the 30-footer were
Curtis F. Josey, BM-2 and Linton
Williams, EN-2.
Another Saturday morning as
sist was made when a call was
received at the station from the
cabin cruiser Gyrene stating that
the fishing vessel Sibyl, was hav
ing engine trouble.
The 30-footer was dispatched and
took the Sibyl in tow and moored
it at Morehead City. The vessel
is owned by Ottis Purifoy and. was
piloted by James Gaskins.
The crew making the assist were
Curtis F. Josey, BM-2 and Linton
Williams, EN-2.
At 1 p.m. Saturday a call was
received from R. D. Corham of
Rocky Mount, owner of the cabin
cruiser, Wax Wing. Corham re
ported that the Wax Wing had a
line fouled in its screw. The 40
footer was dispatched to make the
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rongratalatiag Walter Mania, mi prcaidrat of the Nonhead CHy CItIUm. At the right I*
pmllt af the arganh.tt? . Jimmy Wallace. Hi. Jeua attended the CMUb l
assist. The crew of the 40-footcr
cut the line and the Wax Wing
was able to proceed under her
own power.
Aboard the 44-footer were Coast
Guardsman Ronald Quidlcy, EN-1;
Cecil Taylor, BM-1; and J. B.
Johnson, SN.
? Forty-five minutes later, the
Sfladrum, owned by Robert J.
Powell at Fayctteville was report
ed having engine trouble. The Fort
Macon station dispatched the 30
footcr to aid the Seadrum. The
disabled vessel was towed to Pel
letier Creek.
Aulcie Farmer, BM-3, and Al
bert Gillikin, Seaman, made the
assist.
At 7 Saturday Bight, a Mrs. Sto
ncr from Havelock came to the
station to report that her husband
and three other fishermen were
overdue on a fishing trip. She said
that the four had left Havelock in
a 15-foot outboard and bad planned
to return home prior to 5 p.m.
after fishing in Morehead City.
The 40-footer was dispatched to
search the Morehead City channel,
Shackleford Banks, Beaufort inlet
and Taylor's Creek and the 30
footcr was sent to search Boguc
Sound. The station also dispatched
a panel truck to search the More
head City Yacht Basin, docks on
the causeway and the boat docks
at Atlantic Bcacb.
The search wai called off at
S:2t p.m. when a call was received
from Mrs. Stoner in Havelock re
porting that the missing party bad
returned home.
The crew aboard the 40-footcr
was Ronald H. Quidlcy, EN-1 and
Cecil Taylor, BM-1. Aboard the 30
faoter was Curtis F. Josey, BM-2
and Richard Mitchcll, CS-3. Driv
ing the panel truck was Albert
Gillikin, Seaman.
At S Monday morning a call was
received from the fishing vessel,
Miss Plum, that another fishing
boat. Little John, was broken down
one mile cast of Salter Path. The
Little John was towed to the More
bead City docks by the 40-footcr
which had been dispatched to
make the assist.
Ronald Quidlcy, EN-1 and Cecil
Taylor, BM-1 were the crew on the
40-footcr.
Morehead Rotations Hear
Talk on Marine Life
Dr. A. L. Chestnut of the Insti
tute of Fisheries Research was the
speaker at the Thursday night
meeting of the Morehead City Ro
tary Club. Dr. Chestnut spoke on
feeding habits of marine life.
U was announced at the meeting
that the installation of officers for
the coming year will be held this
Thursday. Plans for the installa
tion ceremonies are still Incom
plete, Thomas Noe, president at
the club, reported yesterday.
Among out-of-town guests at
tending -the meeting was Dick
Lockey of Newport.
Car Tints Over
Patrolman R. H. Brown reported
that a car turned over during a
recent rainstorm on highway 101.
Damage was light and no one in
jured, an no report on it was titad,
tea**
Stacy, Davis
Residents Will
Meet Thursday
Home owners of Stacy and Davis
are invited to meet at 7:30 Thurs
day night in the recreation build
ing at A'lantic to discuss forming
volunteer fire departments at
Stacy and Davis.
A fire department, known as the
Down East department, now cov
ers Atlantic and Sea Level.
This department, through Civil
Defense, has acquired three three
quarter ton trucks which will be
converted to tank trucks.
Also obtained with the trucks
were six large type fire extinguish
ers, jackets, raincoats and other
minor items of equipment.
John Valentine, director of civil
defense, said, "The communities
arc individually expecting to carry
their share of the cost of obtain
ing necessary fire-fighting equip
ment, as well as meet maintenance
costs."
He explains that the trucks were
originally weapons carriers but
with water tanks and two tanks
of carbon tetrachloride on each,
they will serve as effective fire
fighting units.
William Gorges, Atlantic, mem
ber of the Down East Fire Depart
ment, expressed the department's
appreciation to Mr. Valentine for
helping to get the equipment.
Lumber Causes
Damage to Cars
A lumber rack sticking out from
the back of a pickup Saturday
night damaged three cars, two of
them belonging to Raleigh drivers.
The accident happened at 8:55
p m. at 24th and Evans Streets.
The driver of the pickup, Eugene
Willis of Morchcad City, had just
comc off the beach bridge and
made a right hand turn at Evans
Street. In making the turn the
lumber rack scraped the three cars
which were waiting for traffic to
clear.
Drivers of the three cars were
William Conglcton of Morehcad
City, William Ely Phelps Jr. and
Jack Haskins of Raleigh.
According to patrolman J. V.
Giaimo there were no charges filed
in connection with the mishap.
Another accident at 2:03 a.m.
Saturday was investigated by
Morchcad City police. A 1952 Olds
mobile, driven by Aaron George of
Morehcad City, struck a parked
car belonging to Joe Howcy of
Charlotte . The accidcnt took place
near the intersection of 12th and
Avery Street. George was going
north on 12th Street and the Howey
vehicle was parked near the inter
section.
Patrolman Buck Newsomc inves
tigated and estimated the damage
to George's car at $200 and that to
Howey's vehicle $400.
? Lightning ripped and thunder
rolled Sunday afternoon bringing
hail, fire and pounding rain to a
county sweltering in temperatures
above a hundred degrees. A fisher
man on an ocean pier was struck
by lightning.
Damage from the storm was esti
mated yesterday to run into sev
eral thousands of dollars.
Injured when a bolt of lightning
hit Morehead Ocean pier on Boguc
Banks was Julius Goss, 32, of Lex
ington. Goss was taken to the
Morehead City Hospital where he
was reported to be in good condi
tion yesterday.
Dr. M. T. Lewis, Beaufort, said
Goss will probably be discharged
today. The lightning affected
Goss's right foot, temporarily af
fecting the flow of blood to the
foot.
Several other people on the pier
were knocked down by the same
charge that struck Goss.
Lightning struck an old home at
Wildwood, starting a fire which de
stroyed it. The home, unoccupied,
was owned by Lee Murdoch and
used as a storage place.
Lightning also traveled the wires
into James Murdoch's home at
Wildwood and caused sparks to
shoot from an electric stove.
Mrs. Lee Murdoch said that
every time lightning flashed,
phones in the Wildwood area rang.
The homes of Dewey Phippa and
Guy Thomas, West Newport, were
struck by lightning. Lightning is
also reported to have caused some
damage at Broad Creek. Water
heaters and tv sets bore the brunt
of the high-charged electrical at
tacks.
Trees were blown over in the
Morehead City area and one of the
panels of glass in the new Mallory
Sales building, next to the postof
fice, was blown out.
Henry White, owner of the build
ing, said that the glass was not
sealed as well as it should have
been. His damage if covered by
insurance.
The area that seemed hardest
hit by the storm was Morehead
City and the region west and south
of Morehead City. Golfers report
ed that hail lay on the putting
greens at the Morehead City golf
course for 10 minutes after it fell.
Rain started at 2 and accompanied
by high winds, continued more than
an hour.
The building on the Murdoch
farm was reported by Mrs. Mur
doch to have been more than a
hundred years old. It was original
ly owned by her late uncle, Wil
liam S. Bell, but has not been used
as a home for the past 15 or 20
years, she said.
The only thing stored in the
building at the time were tobacco
sticks. But the place has been used
to store oats as well as the tobacco
from the Murdoch farm.
The Murdochs were notified that
the place was burning by a passing
motorist. Newport firemen were
called by someone (Mrs. Murdoch
said she didn't know who). Mr.
Murdoch told them he appreciated
their coming, but there was noth
ing that could be done about the
fire.
The remains were still smoking
yesterday morning.
See STORM, Page ?
The Rev. J. F. Herbert
Writes From Chapel Hill
The Rev. J. F. Herbert, former
pastor at First Methodist Church,
wrote the following letter to THE
NEWS-TIMES and requested that
it be published.
He refers to the Rev. Virgil
Moore, former pastor of Camp
Glenn Methodist Church, who dis
appeared June 4 and has not yet
been located. Mr. Moore was ap
pointed at conference last week as
assistant pastor of the First Meth
odist Church, Morehcad City.
Mr. Herbert's letter follows:
Glenn Heights
Rt. 2, Chapel Hill, N. C.
June 27, 1959
I want to thank you for an excel
lent county paper and ask that you
please extend my subscription for
another six months, sending ' the
paper to me at above address.
Wc had expcctcd to be in More
head City until June 29, but when
wc found our successor could sure
ly be there for Sunday, June 2S, it
seemed wise, on account o ( my
condition of health, to get on to our
little home here at Chapel Hill. 1
was very happy that such an able
young minister as Barney David
son was appointed to First Meth
odist Church there.
I want to thank you for handling
the recent appeal I wrote to Rev.
Virgil Moore. There was one thing
I loft out vfctafe a If* wll km
been incudrd. That Is an acknowl
edgement of the fine way the lead
era at Camp Glenn Church have
aaaiated Mrs. Moore in her days of
anxiety and have done all they
could posaibly do to help her find
Brother Moore. There are some
splendid Christian leaders at Camp
Glenn Methodist Church.
For three happy years we have
lived at Morchcad City. It la a fine
tittle city, indeed. It ia quite possi
ble I may have overlooked some
financial obligation during that
time. This la an unfortunate thing
for a minister to do. If I have left
any unpaid obligation please let my
creditor write me at above addrcsa.
Moat aincerely yours,
J. F. Herbert
Tide Table
Tides at tba Beaafart Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, June 30
3:52 a.m. 10:16 a.m.
4:30 p.m. 10:57 p.m.
Wedaeadajr, Jaly 1
4:48 a.m. 11:04 a.m.
5:20 p.m. 11:45 p.m.
Tfcaradajr, Jaly 1
5:42 a.m. U:? a.m.
?:07 p.m. ... -
Friday, Jaly 1
? 30 a.m. 12:31 a.m.
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ESC Office
To Move Today
To Evans Street
? Manager Explains
Hours for Today
? Construction, Service
Worker Shortage Here
The Employment Security Com
mission office, now locatcd in the
Jefferson Coffee Shop building,
103 S. 4th St.. Morehead City, will
move today to its new location at
809 Evans St., in back of the More
head City Hospital.
Business in the 4th Street office
will continue until 10 a.m. today.
From 10 on, the ESC will be in
its new building. The building has
been built specifically for the ESC
and is air-conditioned. Parking
space has been provided around
the building for members of the
office staff.
Those who have business at the
office should park on the streets,
Mrs. Julia Tcnncy, office manager,
advised.
In addition to Mrs. Tcnncy, of
fice personnel include Lonnie Dill,
counselor; James Pcarce, vet
erans employment representative;
Mrs. Hazel Chadwick, interviewer
stenographer and Oscar F. Schnei
der, interviewer.
ESC personnel in the farm labor
office in Beaufort are Frank
Nance, J. D. Lilley and Hugh Gor
don.
Mrs. Tenncy says that the ESC
will invite the public to a formal
opening of its new officc in sev
eral weeks.
Regarding the local employment
situation, she states that it is dif
ficult to find construction work
ers now, or service workers, such
as short order cooks, chamber
maids and car-hops.
Most of the construction work
ers have been absorbed by the
large construction projects under
way at nearby military bases.
College students or others from
( other areas come here in the hope
of finding summer work, but most
do not have the qualifications for
the jobs available, Mrs. Tcnney
commented.
Two Men Booked
For Shoplifting
Charlie King and Lcroy Powell,
Negro laborers, arc in the county
jail, charged with shoplifting at
Conner's store, Harlowe.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said the men
took IS pairs of women's hose and
several pairs of roan's hose from
the store Friday.
He said an attempt was made
Thursday night to forcibly enter
the store. While officers were in
vestigating Friday, they learned
that the hosiery and socks were
missing.
Further checking revealed that
King and Powell had taken the
two items, but the two were no
longer employed on the Ball Bro
thers farm. Officers later found
the two at the Chicken Shack in
Beaufort.
One still had some of the loot
in hit pockets. The other items
were retrieved at the labor camp
where the men had sold them.
King and Powell arc scheduled to
appear in county court today.
Route 111 Folks
Plan Fish Fry
Residents of the area from West
Beaufort to the Core Creek bridge
are' invited to a fish fry at 7 p.m.
Saturday, the Fourth of July at
Fred McDaniels' shop on highway
101. At that time the community
club will be organized.
The fish fry, for which no charge
will be made, was planned at a
pre -organization meeting Thursday
night at the Free Will Baptist
Church, Russells Creek.
The speaker was Clayton Taylor,
president of the Harlowe Club,
who gave advice on organization
and told bow the Harlowe club had
effected improvements at Harlowe.
Among the guests were R. M.
Williams, county agricultural
agent; Harry Venters, 4-H advisor,
and Mrs. David Bcvcridgc, voca
tional home economics teacher,
Beaufort
Jaycees Meet
Twenty-five Morehead City Jay
cees met last Monday at Bruce
Goodwin's camp near Swansboru
for ? party- Charcoaled ham bur