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THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 48th YEAR, NO. M. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFOBT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Harry Venters, 4-H Advisor, Wilt Go to Chowan ? David Warrick to Take His Place Here ? Resignation Becomes Effective Aug. 1 Harry Venters, boys' 4-H advisor for the county, has resigned effec tive Aug. 1, and will be replaced by David Warrick. Mr. Venters' resignation was read to the county commissioners yesterday and Mr. Warrick accepted as his replace ment. Mr. Venters, who has been with the agriculture extension service in this county three and a half years, has accepted the position a* assistant agricultural agent in Chowan County. John Piland, eastern district su pervisor in the agriculture exten sion program, introduced Mr. War rick, who is 28, a native of North ampton County and a graduate of State College. Mr. Warrick majored in voca tional education and specialized in poultry and horticulture. Mr. Venters, a native of Onslow County, came to Carteret under a federal program whereby addi tional aid was given counties bad ly hit by hurricanes. When Fred Knott, former 4-H advisor, left, Mr. Venters assumed his duties. Three Men Get One-Year Jail Terms Tuesday Hiree men were sentenced to one-year jail sentences in county recorder's court Tuesday. Charlie King and Leroy Powell were con victed of larceny and drew a one year sentcncc. James L. Carroll received the same for failing to comply with term* of a suspended sentence Jan. li, 1?8?. Carroll wa* charged with disturbing the peace and possession of non-tax paid whiskey. Nine defendants, all charged with violation of shrimping" laws, for feited bond when they were called and failed to appear before the court. The nine were L. N. Moore, Theodore Willis, Fulford Lewis, Fred Lewis, Alonzo Salter, Albert Lewis. Hubert McCain, Carl Smith, and Doily Willis. Jasper Day, also charged with shrimp law violation, waived hearing and was bound over to superior court. Other defeadaata and the find ings of the court were: Willie Lee Reed, charged with failing to stop for a stop sign, bond forfeited for failing to appear. Grear Hudgins. public drunken ness, court costs; Joseph Feton, public drunkenness, failed to ap pear, forfeited bond. Leo Talmadge Ma this, careless and reckless driving, found guilty of speeding, $10 fine and costs Bevard Garner, careless and reckless driving and driving on the wrong side of the road, $10 and coats. Robert Lee Lather Jr., speeding, $55 and coats. Theodore Johnson, transporting non-tax paid whiskey, three months in jail suspended on payment of $25 and costs. Janes S. Vernon, no operator's license, not prosecuted. G. A. Ballew, speeding, court costs. Bahby Geae Mason, speeding, court costs Michael Fulcher, littering the highway; failed to appear, forfeit ed bond. Kebert J. Reiner, no operator's licenae, failing to yield the right of way and driving on the wrong side of the road, $10 and costs. Samuel H. Bussey Jr., allowing an unlicensed person to drive, hail costs. Peter Schatx, speeding, having no operator's license and careleaa and reckleaa driving, $23 and cotfs. Harry Thomas and Doaler Lewis, engaging in an affray, failed to appear, forfeited bond. Sixty -five esses, were continued until next week's term of court Beaufort Firemen Answer Three Weekend Alarms Beaufort firemen answered three alarms over the weekend. One was a falae alarm from box 41 at Pine and Queen Street* received at U:X> a.m. Thursday A bed waa on fire at the home of Mrs Mattie Bell. 116 Pollock Street. Thursday night at 11:M. Firemen pot the blase oat and re ported damage waa confined to the The awning at City Barber Shop was destroyed at U:SS a. as. Satur day. Firemen put the flit a*, hut not before a large hale had bprnM ifl m awning making it iaala?i. Governor Likes It Smoked Photo by Reginald Lewi* Frank Bur, left, smokehouse operator, and Capt. Ottis Purifoy get marlin meat ready for smoking. Beaufort's New Mayor Sets Forth Two-Year Objectives Id ut interview Friday, Beau fort's new mayor, W. H. Potter, outlined the following three points as the major objectives of his ad ministration: 1. Incorporate the entire Beau fort area within Beaufort town limits. 2. Make adequate use of water facilities for commercial and ma rine activities. X Establish whatever recreation faculties are needed to attract peo ple. Mayor Potter pulled his wallet from his pocket and said, "Money never walks by itself. People have to bring it. If we get people here we'll get the hotels and restau rants. I think our future is tied completely to sensible utilization of our waters." A starkly realistic budget recom mended by Mayor Potter indicates that another one of his objectives is to see the town of Beaufort live within its income. Whether this can be done under the present tax rate, remains to be seen. Opportunities for the town, in the mayor's opinion, are the following: 1. Construct adequate city hall. Z. Make available adequate har bor and dock facilities to handle ?arine traffic and encourage more use of Beaufort Harbor, Town Creek, Taylor's Creek, North River and the entire Newport River basin. 1. Extend city limits to include all areas eligible for annexation. 4. Aid and assist in adequate schools for the Beaufort school dis trict S. Improve streets and sidewalks. ?. Correct inept zoning and re strictive regulations. 7. Rehabilitate streets and side walks where needed. 8. Correct Broad Street traffic hazards. 9. Activate Merchants Associa tion. It. Increase efficiency of admin istrative affairs. 11. Beautify our city by taking advantage of the Datura) aw?t> at the area. 12. Encourage optimism of all the citizens. 1J. Actively pursue a program at tracting PEOPLE to Beaufort. 14. Improve hotel and motel fa cilities. , II. Study and improve contrac tual obligations of Beaufort in re lation to public utilities. 1*. Proper location of new bridge between Beaufort and Morehead City. Along with this, the proper utilization of the land adjacent to the new bridge. 17. Correct as necessary, with cooperation of NC highway depart ment, bottleneck created between new bridge location and B&M Rail road, causing inadequate sewage and storm water drainage. 15. Correct unsightly and unsan itary conditions at trash and gar bage dump. It. Radio communication be tween city hall and street depart ment vehicles. 2t. Perpetual restoration of cem eteries with continuing care and beautification. uov. Luiner Hodges on June 18, 1959 wrote to Capt. Ottis Furifoy, Mor^hcpd City. ihanking him for some marlin Captain Ottis had sent to the governor's mansion. The governor's letter follows: June 18, 1959 Dear Captain Purifoy: Our mutual friend, Wade Lucas, brought me some smoked marlin and fresh marlin which he said you were good eonugh to send. I appreciate it very much. Last night I had some of the smoked marlin and it was per fectly delicious. Possibly the cook here did not do the fresh marlin correctly as it was quite tough and not too tasty. The smoked marlin was most tasty. The number of blue marlin that and others hive brought in down there is remarkable and t congratulate you. It is going to mean a great deal to the whole North Carolina coast. Sincerely yours, Luther H. Hodges Beaufort Town Board Studies Balanced Budget Last Night ? County Survives Holiday Weekend Without Fatalities Beauties Leave Today to Take Part in Contest Peggy Jo Wallace, Miss Beau fort, and JoAnn Parson, Miss More head City, left this morning to take part in the Miss North Carolina pageant tomorrow through Satur day at Durham. Seventy-one con testants are vying for the Miss North Carolina title. Escorting Miss Wallace will be Gchrmann Holland Jr., of Beaufort, and Miss Parson's escort will be Gary Long, Morehead City. Miss Wallace's talent is singing and Miss Parson's is drama. Miss Parson will do a scene from Mac beth, the Murder of Duncan. Miss Morehead City's chapcrone will be Mrs. Rufus Butner, More head City, and Miss Beaufort's chaperone will be Miss Jean Chad wick, Beaufort. Both contestants said yesterday that they were excited as well as a bit nervous. The pageant gets under way to morrow morning with a parade at 10. The finals will be Saturday night. Competition starts tomorrow night at 8 at the high school, with the second and third performances Thursday and Friday nights. Headquarters for contestants is the Washington-Duke Hotel. The Pageant is sponsored annually by North Carolina Jaycccs. Cars Collide Minor damage was done Friday afternoon to two cars when Nicho !?s Walker of Morehead City back ed his car from the curb into a Car driven by Mazie Ellis of Morehead City, police said. The mishap oc curred in front of the postoffice. There were no charges filed against the driver. ' It was ? quirt Fourth. That's the opinion of law enforce ment officers and mo9t others in a position to know. The few accidents that occurred were minor. There were no high way fatalities and no other violent deaths. Large crowds attended both the pony penning at Cedar Island and the fish fry at Sea Level. The Sea Level Light attendant station, USCG, had on display Coast Guard equipment at the fish fry. Also on display was a model of a windmill, the type that once was used in this section. The day was cool. An overcast sky and brisk northeast breeze kept the temperature in the 80'a. The weather also kept people off the bathing beaches. They took to indoor recreation rather than brave the cool air. Highway patrolmen said traffic was very heavy but drivers, ap parently, were being extremely careful. Patrolmen on duty in the county over the weekend included Nathan Robinson of Craven County and Sgt. Ernest Guthrie, New Bern. Near-Drowning Occurs, Coast Guardsmen Called Two trucks and the 30 footer from Fort Macon Coast Guard Sta tion were called out Sunday after noon at 12:50 when a telephone call was received from Mrs. R. L. Duke, saying that a man was drowning near Oceanana pier. When Coast Guardsmen arrived on the scene witnesses said the man had been pulled from the water and had left the scene ac companied by persons believed to be his parents. He seemed to be in a state of shock, witnesses re ported.. ? Aboard the 30-footer were Aulcie Farmer, BM3, and H. L. Hosley, SN. Aboard the trucks were G. Burbage, WE, Earl Sells, ENC, R. Mitchell, CS 2, and Albert Gillikin, SN. County Board Considers Tax, Highway Matters Yesterday County commissioners consider ed routine tax and road matters at their first meeting of the new fis cal year yesterday morning at the courthouse, Beaufort. The board authorized payment of 10 per cent commission to E. L. Brinson. deputy tax collector, on 1958 delinquent personal property taxes he collects. It was reported that nine proper ties at Salter Path, on which taxes have not been paid, were sold for County Highway Men Honored .IWIIfiPl tetMaf frea the Mate Highway rwrtto laat week were tbeae three Carteret aea whe kan cam ffled a total af a yean Mrrice amaf Am. Left to ii(M, they are J. C. Norrii, ? yean; I. D. Weak*. II yean; ari 8. Naaa. > yean. The trie wai twent TtarWay night at a tkmtr keM at Mi Kaaael MVi Reetaaraat, Maitert CHy. J. C. Hanphrey, right, coaaty road eaperiataMleat, M cctai a aerrta* ImMm far H* ? jraan with (he coa miaaiaa D. C. beidaa a fcatto* lar ? jwan. taxes and were bid in by the coun ty. In another instance, the coun ty attached a car of a Salter Path resident who owed taxes. The owner then paid the delinquent taxes he owed. The board reaffirmed its inten tion to have Salter Path property listed and taxes collected on it. Heretofore, Salter Path persons have been claiming tax immunity. J. L. Humphrey . . . 35 yean !' r- D. c. C?wta The board authorised assignment of a tax certificate to William Ed ward Gillikin on lot No. 3 square 67 in Morehcad City. The certifi cate gives Gillikin a first mortgage on the property, after Gillikin pays the taxes due on it from 1953. The lot is listed in the name of E. G. Gillikin heirs. The commissioners also approved publication of names of persons who failed to list their personal property in January. If these per sons do not liat within 30 days after their names arc published, a war rant will be issued for their ar rest. Also to be advertised by the county is property for which the county holds tax deeds. Persona living on this property will be no tified by mail that the property will be sold after Aug. 3. In the past, this property haa not attracted buyers, but in view of the fact that property values in the county have increased, the board feels that the public should be given the opportunity to buy the property. Also approved was a proposal that bids be requested on supply ing fuel oil for the jail and health center. The 1950-60 budget was approved and James D. Potter was named tax supervisor for the next two years. Forwarded to the State Highway Commission was a request that a paved 2, 550-foot road in the Forest Hills subdivision be taken over and maintained by the state. The road ' adjoins the Horehead City country 1 club road. The Ward took no action on the , request for improvement to a road ?t Broad Creek because of lack of right-of-way. It was reported that one property owner has refused to grant the necessary right-of-way. The road la a quarter of a mile long and runs from the Broad Creek loop road south to Bogue Sound. A request that the Hall road at Manaficld be put on tbe state aya tem waa turned down becauae the road does not meet the require ment that ? road be two-tenths ; of a mile long before it can be addod to the system. The road i* | See BOAtO, Fife I In an attempt to operate the towij of Beaufort within limits of its income. Mayor W. H. Potter last night pre sented a balanced budget for adoption by the board of commissioners. Beaufort for many years has been unable to meet current expenses with current income. To balance the budget, mayor Potter recommended dropping one clerk at the adminis trative level, the radio switchboard operator, persona in the street de partment, elimination of $600 to the county library annually, and several minor changes. Since the budget need not be adopted until the latter part of July, decisions made last night were termed tentative. Members of the county library board and other residents of Beau fort appeared to request the town officials to leave in the budget the $600 library item. Without that money, library officials said they would be unable to pay the help presently employed at the library. Mayor Potter, In an interview Friday, said that the $600, in the past, has been in the budget as a building maintenance item. He said that should the item be put back in the budget, it would defi nitely be earmarked for the libra ry. He suggested that the $600 be raised by public subscription. The total budget for 1959-60 is $77,920, a reduction from $99,010 for 1958-59. The budget is based on 91 per cent collection of taxes. The tax rate is $1.75 per hundred based on $3V4 million valuation. Set aside" for payment of bonded indebtedness is $20,780. Estimates of expenses of depart ments follow: administrative (sal aries, office supplies, etc.), $11,225, a reduction of over $4,000 from the previoua year; administrative (in surance, building maintenance, utilities, mosquito control, election expenses, etc.), $13,763, a' reduction of more than $7,000 from the pre vious year. Fire department. $10,310, a re duction of $760; police department, $18,482. a reduction of $2,600, the major portion of this cut being elimination of Beaufort's share in paying the police radio operator salary it the central police switch board in More head Ctty. - ?? Department of stmts and public works, $23,540. a reduction of $7,000 from the previous year. A new de partment, known as trade and civic affairs, was proposed by the mayor with expenses totaling $600. Mayor Potter said he will divert his salary of $630 annually to meet expenses in this new department. Two Hurt When Autos Collide Two girls, Brrnda Bailey of Ra leigh and L?iia Weathers of Wen dell were admitted to Morchcad City Hospital early Saturday morn ing for observation and x-rays ai the result of a three-car accident at 24th and Evans Streets at 12:30 a.m. Saturday. A 1949 Ford driven by Clifton Wright of Raleigh was going east on Evans Street and ran a stop light at 24th. police said. A 1958 Studcbaker. driven by Joseph Skeen of Ashcboro, was going south on 24th and hit Wright. The force of the Impact knocked Wright's car into a car romlng north on 24th, driven by Dannie Skinner of Wilson. Both of the in jured girls were passengers in the Wright vehicle, which police re ported as a total loss. Lt. Joe Smith of the Morehead City police department investigated the wreck and charged Wright with running a stop sign. Damage to both the Skeen car and the Skinner vehicle was esti mated at $500.' The same intersection was the scene of another accident Sunday afternoon during the height erf Fourth of July traffic to Atlantic Beach. A 1*5* Ford drives by Richard Coughlin, Jacksonville, Fla., head ed west on Evana, was making a left hand turn onto 24th when he collided with a 1954 Ford driven by George Courie of Wilaon. Courie was going south on 24th. Police investigator, Sgt. William J. Condie, estimated the damage to the Courie auto to be $500 and that to the Coughlin vehicle at 1300. There were no charges filed igainat either driver. TUaa at lb* Be ?fart Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Taeaday, Jaly 1 9:14 a.m. t:13 p.m. 3:17 a.m. 3:13 p.m. Wednesday, Jaly t 9 55 a.m. t:5Z p.m. 1:52 a.m. 3:41 p.m. Tharaday, Jaly ? 10 38 a.m. 10:34 p.m. 4:25 a.m. 4:? p.m. Friday, Jaly U U:21 pjn. 11:34 a.m. ?:W 5:02 ??i t Mayor Potter DesignatesDuties At Swearing-in ? Commissioners Get Their Assignments ? Trade, Civic Affairs Department Created Mayor W. H. Potter, who with new Beaufort commissioners, took the oath of office last night at the Beaufort town hall, made the fol lowing appointments: Math Chaplain, police commis sioner; Dr. David Farrior, fire, health and welfare commissioner; William Davis, street Commission er; W. R. Hamilton, trade and civic affairs commissioner; and Bert Broolu, port and harbor commis sioner, and finance officer. Mayor Potter also suggested that Mr. Brooks serve as mayor pro tem. In remarks preceding the mimeo graphed budget proposal. Mayor Potter said, "Responsibility of of fice is the first requirement for successful service ... All of the efforts of this administration de pend on cooperation. No duty can be neglected, no task left undone." The poAt of port ?<l harbor com missioner is a new one. Even though the town charter author izes a port and harbor commis sion, this agency has rarely been Mlive. Mayor- Potter suggested that the following serve under Mr. Brooks as a port and harbor com mission: J. O. Barbour Jr., H. G. Simpson, Charles L. Davis, and David Bcveridge. In addition to his duties as fire commissioner, Dr. Farrior's health and welfare duties will cover regu lations concerning animals and pets. Mayor Potter terms the office of street commissioner of utmost im portance. Among the objectives of this department is the improvement of Broad Street through the BJcM Railroad, whose track centers the street. This has been an objective of many town administrations, most of whom met with little suc cess. The new trade and civic affairi department, under which will come zoning and planning, will have a committee of seven membera named by commissioner Hamilton. The mayor defines this depart ment's job as follows: It will be responsible for "sell ing" Beaufort. It will take the lead in effecting school improve ments, and uniting business people for better service and higher sales. The mayor recommended ap pointment of Dan Walker as city clerk, treasurer, and tax collector. Gene Smith as county attorney, and re-employment of present town employees with the exception of those necessarily dropped due to lack of funds. Other recommendations: 1. Appointment of toning and planning board consisting of those now serving. 2. Removal of the set-back line on the north side of Cedar Street. 1. Immediate re study of toning regulationa relative to the water front between Queen Street and the postoffice. 4. Sixty-foot alley running east# west through middle of blocks be tween Front and Ann Streets and extending from Turner to Pollack. J. Spoils from Town Crock north of school be deposited m such a manner as to increase the school campus. Burglars Enter Merrill Station Sunday Night A break-in at Wilbur Merrill's service station Core Creek, was under Investigation yesterday morning by sheriff Hugh Salter. Stolen Sunday night, according to the sheriff, were two watches val ued at n? and some cigarettes. Entrance to the station was gained through a window. This is the second time within a year that the station has been bur glarlpd, the sheriff remarked. JaaiMt to New Bern Five Beaufort Jayceea art plan to go to New Bern tomorrow to a workshop at the Treat Club, George Murray [nomas, announced yesterday.
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