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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ,#' 48th YEAR, NO. 80. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS ? Water Resources Board Will Meet Thursday i . _ Strike Keeps Cargo Ships Out of Morehead i The longshoremen's strike which has tied up all freight piers from Maine to Texas has also affected both the Morehead City and Wil mington ports. No ships are stalled at Morehead City, however. Only petroleum tankers which do not need longshoremen services can unload. One freighter, the Abbcdyk of the Holland-America line, which was scheduled to dock here Saturday is still at its pier in Baltimore unable to load or unload. The Abbedyk was to have dis charged general cargo here and load tobacco and lumber. Another freighter, the Moham med of the Eygptian line, schedul ed to load tobacco here sometime between the 5th and 10th of this month, is tied up in New Orleans in the same predicament that has more than 200 freighters idled a long the entire east and gulf coasts. Governor Asks Fire Prevention Fire chiefs of the county an nounce that Gov. Luther Hodges has designated this week, Oct. 4-10, as Fire Prevention Week. The governor said, experience has shown that only through com munity action, endorsed and sup ported by individual citizens, can we develop a fire prevention pro gram sufficiently effective to meet the threat that annually results in , the loss of thousands of lives and millions of dollars worth of pro perty. The President of the United States, recognizing the seriousness of this problem, hat called upon state and local governments, Red Cross Chapters, Chamber of Com merce, business, labor and farm organizations, schools, civic groups and public-information agencies to participate actively in Fire Pre vention Week and in related act ivities throughout the year. "In recognition of the importance of this observance, I urge that all North Carolinians participate in this special event by cooperating with their local Fire Departments and making their own homes and businesses safer from fire." Firemen Discuss Fire Prevention Beaufort firemen were reminded at their meeting Thursday night that this week is Fire Prevention Week. Capt. Frank Langdale pre sided in the absence of the chief, Clarence Davis Jr. Reports revealed that a cement floor has been poured in the new garage which houses the rescue truck and equipment; a fire drill was held at Queen Street school and the building cleared in 18 sec onds. Robert Thompson was reinstated 4 as an active member and a com mittee was appointed to determine equipment needed by the rescue squad. Twenty-three members of the de partment attended the meeting, which was held at the fire station. * Group to Open Session at Hotel ? Public Hearing Set at 11:15 A.M. The newborn State Board of Water Resources will meet Thursday and Friday at the Morehead Biltmore Hotel, Morehead City. The public is welcome at all ot the two-day sessions, but is especially invited to the pub lic hearing at 11:15 a.m. Thursday where questions and views will be presented on state rivers, harbors, flood control, beach erosion, stream pollution, fresh water resources ? anything hav ing to do with water. J. R. Townsend, Greensboro city manager, and chairman of the board, will call the meeting to or der at 9 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. E. Guthrie Brown, rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, More head City, will give the invocation. Four Carteret dignitaries will welcome the board, Mayor George Dill, Morehead City; Mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort; D. G. Bell, chair man of the commercial fisheries committee; and Luther Hamilton, 7th district state senator. Dan K. Moore, member of the board and former superior court judge, will acknowledge the Car teret greetings. Milton Heath, assistant director, Institute of Government, wi(l de scribe the water board legislation enacted this year by the general assembly. The general business session, scheduled to start at 10 a.m., will open with reading of the minutes of the Aug. 28 board meeting. Re ports will be given by Harry E. Brown, director; Thomas H. Wal ker, in charge of staff services, and EwU C. Hubbard, chief of stream sanitation and hydrology. Following the public hearing and discussion of new business, the board will recess until 1:30 p.m. At that time board members will take a trip by state boat to the outer banks in connection with the state-federal program for rehabili tation of the portion of the banks between Cape Lookout and Ocra coke Inlet. Friday's session will open at 9 a.m. with reports on the civil works and ground water programs, and the federal watershed protec tion and floor prevention act pass ed by the 83rd Congress. Reporting on the civil works pro gram will be Maj. Leonard Edel stcin, Corps of Army Engineers, Wilmington; and Col. J. D. Snow, Corps of Army Engineers, Norfolk. P. M. Brown, geologist with the geological survey, Washington, D. C., will discuss the ground water program. The board is scheduled to adjourn at noon Friday. Members, in addition to chair man Townsend and Mr. Moore, are Glenn M. Tucker, Carolina Beach; C. H. Pruden Jr., Windsor; P. D. Davis, Durham; S. Vernon Stev ens Jr., Broadway; and Ben R. Lewis, Goldsboro. The board's duties encompass those formerly covered by five state agencies; board of water commissioners; state stream sani tation committee; division of water resources, inlets and coastal water ways, and the hurricane rehabilita tion program. H. F. Lindsay Heads Employees H. F. Lindsay . . . re-elected H. F. Lindsay, Morchead City, was elccted president of the Nation al Federation of Federal Employ ees, Cherry Point, at a recent din ner meeting at the Rex Restaurant, Morehead City. Miss Shawnee Spears, formerly of Morehead City, was elected secretary-treasurer. Other officers are Maurice King, first vice-presi dent, and Hyman Smith, second vice-president. Mrs. Lucile Garner, retiring sec retary-treasurer, presided in the absence of Mr. Lindsay, who could not attend due to the illness of his wife. Pins were presented the new officers. Following the business session, dinners of steak and seafood were served. Dick Spears, Morehead City, was a guest. New ICC Ruling Favors Southern Washington (AP) ? The In terstate Commerce Commission has refused to investigate charges that Southern Railway wrongfully lowered rates on export-import freight moving through Morehead City, N. C. Seaboard Air Line and the At lantic Coast Line railroads had asked a general investigation, a request seconded by Wilmington, N. C. The railroads asserted that (Southern, only railroad serving Morehead City, lowered export import rates there to match Wil mington rates without regard for the inland distance formula usual ly followed. In its action Wednesday, the ICC said the two railroads' petition did not set out sufficient grounds. Beaufort Audits for Two Years Published Today Appearing today on page 4 sec tion 2 arc the summarized audits of the town of Beaufort for the years 1957-58 and J958-59. No publication of Beaufort's financial condition has been made officially by the town sincc Dee. 27, 1957 when the summarized audit of the 1956-57 fiscal year was published. The two audits arc run side by side in today's paper which per mits a comparison between the years. Gasoline Stations Report On 1-Cent Tax. Price Hike At least seven stations in More head City and Beaufort have gone up od the price of their gasoline I as the result of a new one-cent tax imposed by the federal government last week. Most station operators are of the opinion that UK cents is too much tax on a gallon of gaa, but they say only a few motorists have voiced complaints. The operators are of the opinion that the price goes up and down so much the motorists just don't notice it. Janes Williamson, an employe of Lewis Shell Station in Beaufort, ? said that their station upped the price of regular gasoline to 3>.t Thursday. High test gas hat gone up to 36 cents per gallon now. Tom's Pure Oil Station In Beau fort upped their prices on Thursday also. Regular gas is now 29 9 jnd high test is 34.9. Roy Clcmmms is manager of the station. Billy Ogle shy, manager of Down town Esso in Morehead City, re ported that his price* went up ? _ " r Thursday. Regular Esso gas is 30.9 and Esso extra is 33.9. Sonny Lane, owner of Lane's 68 drive-in on the causeway says his Phillips 86 gasoline price hike went into effect yesterday. Regular gas is 26.9 cents per gallon and high test is 32.9 W. E. Mathis, manager of Bill's Amoco station west of Morehead the new tax nor arc most of his the new tax not arc most of his customers. Nevertheless, his gas price has been raised to 30.9 for regular and 33.9 for high test. The raise was effective Saturday. Shirley Overman, owner of a Texaco station in Morehead City, says he hasn't (one up on his gas oline and may not go up at all. His gasoline sells for 31.9 ccnts per gallon now and high test is 35.9. Potter's Siaclair Service, Beau fort, raised their prices Saturday. Regular gas is now 30.9 and high test is 34.9. Garner's Gulf in Morehead City uppad the price af their regular gas to 30.9 Thursday. High tot gas sella for 33. A. The average profit per gallon of gas, according to the station opera tors, is three cents. The one-ccnt increase in federal tax was voted by Congress to raise a billion dollars to keep work going on the interstate highway network. The Increase went into effect Wednesday midnight and applied to stocks of gasoline held by whole salers and jobbers. At that time, it did not apply to stocks in the tanks of retail filling stations, the Internal Revenue Service said. Within a couple days, after the wholesale stocks moved into re tail channels, the tax increase nat urally was passed on to the motor ist Morchead City merchants will meet at noon today at the Hotel Fort Macon to make final plana for the Christmas parade and set boon for the Chrutmu season. Board Considers Three Requests On County Roads ? $75,000 Reported Held In Bank for School ? Purchase of Sprayer For West Authorized County commissioners consider ed three road requests at their j meeting yesterday at the court- 1 house, Beaufort. Lem Hardy and B. G. Hardy, South River, requested that the road at South River made hard surface all the way to the water. Mr Lem Hardy sajd that there either should be a turn-table where the road stops (about a hundred feet from the water) or the hard surface continued. He said that failure to fix the road will force residents there to barri cade it and prevent people from using it to get to the water to launch boats. A hole at the end of the hard surface is big enough to bury a mule in, according to B. G. Hardy. The board approved the petition and forwarded it to the state. The board did not forward to the state a petition for adding the Johnson Road on Harkers Island to the state system since it does not meet the state requirement of four dwellings on it. Three houses and a trailer (on the road) do not constitute four dwellings, accord ing to the secondary highway man ual. Bob Sutton, George Casey and Jasper Bell requested that a road leading from highway 70 in front of Mansfield Parkway to the Coun try Club road be added to the sys tem. Moses Howard, chairman of the board, said that C. Y. Griffin, dis trict engineer, will look at the road next week. Read to the board was a letter from Dr. A. F. Chestnut, chairman of the Morehead City school board. The letter asked what progress was being made on setting aside funds for the proposed Morehead City crhnnl 1 The board said $75,000 is on de po.it now and by the , of the fiscal year it is expected that $155, m more will bo added to the jtand. Odell Merrill, clerk to the board, was asked to reply to the letter. Alvah Hamilton, county attorney, reported on investigation of rune Salter Path homeowners who owe county taxes totaling $2,500. The county has been making concerted effort to collect taxes from Salter Path residents who claim they owe no taxes since their homes sit on land owned by another party. The nine persons who owe the above taxes have agreed, Mr. Hamilton said, to pay the Uxes^ on an installment basis. Mr. HjmU ton J- D Potter, county auditor, and E. L. Brinson, delinquent tax collector, were named to work out the installment pay plan. The board was reminded that many more Salter Pathers owe uxes The auditor suggested a plan whereby the pro^y could hi- put in the name of the dweller on it, thus saving for the residents the fishing rights they now eW?y Should the owner of the land deed it to the Salter Pathers the owner would require relinquishing of the present fishing rights the county commissioners were told. Clifton Glover, cd before the board. He asked a reduction in $86 in t?? owed for the past ten years. The board saia the tax could not be ^uced^but asked Mr. Glover to pay $26 by Oct. 20 and the balancc in $5 monthly installments. E O. Moore, tax collector, ' was asked to file with the clerk of su perior court names of tax dclm quents for the years 1956-57-58. At the request of A. D. Fullora, ;?j a foccer for spreading DDT . u o~d that this new apparatus SJff ? stationed in the western part of the county. * .. , , Mr Fulford was also authorized .o onier a prc fab metal building See BOARD. Page 7 Parade Chairman Sets Float Deadline Charles Willis, chairman of the Morchcad City Christmas parade committee, asks that ill clubs, organisations, or persons who plan to enter floats contact him at once. Oct 15 has been set as the dead line for confirming entry of floats in the parade, which will be held Nov. 27. . The parade Is being sponsored by the Morehead City Merchants Association. County Board Speaks Out Against Gambling at Fair ? < Boy Scouters Attend Campaign Breakfast Twelve Morehead City business- 1 men and scouting officials attended a breakfast yesterday morning at the Busy Bee Cafe to kick off the annual Scout Fund campaign for! the county. The campaign started Oct 1 and ends Friday. Workers are canvass ing the county soliciting donations, according to the field staff director of the East Carolina Council, Carl Knott. Attending the kick off breakfast yesterday were H. S. Gibbs Jr., P. H. Geer Jr., Paul Cordova, Joe Beam, Dr. Russell Outlaw, Gordon C. Willis, George Stovall, Dr. S. W. Hatcher, L. D. Kelly, Bob Howard, Thomas Bennett and Dr. Bob Barnum. Joe Tyson, district scout execu tive for Carteret County was pres ent. It was announced at the meeting that a county-wide court of honor would be held last night at the Newport Methodist Church. More than sixty awards were scheduled to he made to Boy Scouts, with Troop 130 of Morehead receiving the largest number of awards. The following were named as campaign chairmen for county communities: Morehead City, Dr. S. W. Hatcher; Beaufort, Thomas Eurc; Marshallberg, Leon Thomas; Markers Island, Alton Willis and Julian Guthrie; Newport, Charles Hill. Wildwood, Gerald Murdoch; Gloucester, Bill Pigott and Mack Pigott; Atlantic, Dorothy Good jwin; Harlowe, Gordon Becton Smyrna, Stewart Daniels; Stacy, Howard Pittman; Broad Creek, Charles Taylor; Bogue, Ira Rus sell and Leslie Sanders. High School Supervisor Added to School System Farmers Invited To Get Soil Tests Carteret, Pamlico, Craven and Jones counties will sponsor a soil testing program the last two weeks in this month, announces county farm agent R. M. Williams. The program is being supported by agricultural extension agents, other agricultural agencies, fert ilizer dealers, farm leaders and businessmen. Mr. Williams said the purpose of>the program is to find out just what the fields in this area need to bring them up to a high stand ard. He said that all interested per sons are invited to attend a meet ing in New Bern Thursday at which David S. Weaver, director of the NC Agricultural Extension Service will speak. The time and place will be announced. David S. Weaver ... to address farmers Blown Tranformer Causes Power Failure Friday A potential transformer blew in the Navy substation at Cherry Point Friday, causing a power failure throughout all of Carteret. Power was off from 12:21 p. m. to 12:50 p. m., according to George Stovall, manager of Carolina Power and Light Co. The power had to be cut off until the trouble was located, Mr. Sto vall explained. Both Carolina Power and Light and Carteret-Craven REA lines were affected. Morchcad City town commission ers will meet at 8 o'clock tonight in the municipal building. iu . V/. a vi niacin dinviu nvuucs' day from Wilson and began his duties as high school supervisor for Carteret and Onslow Counties. Mr. Jernigan's work is closely re lated to that of Fred G. Lewis, county elementary supervisor, com mented H. L. Joslyn, county sup erintendent of schools. Mr. Jermgan was educated at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and East Carolina ColJegc, Greenville. He comes to Carteret with experience as a school principal and supervisor. The new supervisor is a member of the North Carolina Education Association, the National Education Association, the Missionary Bap tist Church and the Masonic Lodge. He is married and has three daughters, one of whom is Miss Helen Jarnigan, faculty member at Morchead City School. Lions Get Midget Football Plans Members of the Morehcad City Lions club heard a discussion Thursday nightly high school phy sical education instructor James Shine on the proposed midget foot ball program lor the school. Mr. Shine outlined present plans for establishment of the program and gave a report on progress made in getting the necessary financial assistance. Owens Frederick, chairman, of the forthcoming Lions Convention to be held at the Biltmorc, announced that Friday's installation seremon ies for district governor, James Crowe, will be the highlight of the convention. Chairman Otis Jones announced that the club's White Cane drive in now under way. He added that club members will be on the streets of Morchead City Saturday solicit ing donations to help the state's blind. Attending the meeting as a visit* or was Jake Hooks of New Bern. Tide Table Tides at (he Beaufort Bar 1I1UII LOW Tuesday, Oct. 8 11:04 a.m. 4:36 a.m. 11:38 p.m. 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7 12:05 a.m. 5:27 a.m. 6:21 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 12:40 a.m. 6:33 a.m. 1:07 p.m. 7:34 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 1:43 a.m. 7:55 a.m. 2:09 p.m. 8:46 p.m. Sheriff Promises to Close Fair If It Persists County commissioners declared ? in session yesterday morning at the courthouse that they were ready to rule out future county fairs if ; the attractions there included j gambling concessions. The matter was raised by com missioner David Yeomans. The commmissioner asked sheriff Hugh Salter about bad reports he had heard concerning the type of "en tertainment" offered at the Ameri can Legion-sponsored "county agri cultural fair" in Beaufort last month. The sheriff said that there is bound to be gambling at all types of carnivals. Commissioner Skinner Chalk said that if the "county fair brings in gambling the way it did this year, it shouldn't be allowed." Mr. Chalk put his opinion in the form of a motion. It was seconded by Mr. Yeomans but was later withdrawn when sheriff Salter assured the commissioners that he had told Thomas Kelly, fair manager, that if "any more of that stuff comes in, I'm going to close it up." Commissioner Harrell Taylor said, "It's a disgrace to have a fair like that come into the county." Commissioner Yeomans asked about a fight that occurred on the fair grounds. The sheriff said that the man who claimed he was assaulted by carnival men lost $1 at a gambling concession. The sheriff said that a story that he had won $40 and the concessionaire refused to pay was not true. Commissioner Chalk said that he didn't approve of youngsters be ing permitted to gamble, as they did this year at the fair. County commissioners on June 4, 1951 passed a resolution prohibit ing carnivals, circuses, or travel ing shows in this county. The last portion reads, "It is not the pur pose of this ordinance to exclude from this county any legitimate entertainment, educational or other wise, such as agricultural fairs or midways, so long as such operation is found to be entirely legitimate." The clause was inserted to per mit the American Legion to oper ate its annual fair. Verbal pro mises arc made annually that "next year the entertainment will be more acceptable." Red Cross Group To Meet Tonight The fall meeting of the county Red Cross chapter will be held at 8 tonight at the courthouse, Beau- 1 fort. ' The program planned includes reports on Beaufort and Morchcad ? City rescue squad activities, a review of the direct benefits re ceived from local and national 1 Red Cross organizations since 1956, ; an outline of various Red Cross i activities planned for I960 and the I election of a board of directors. I A representative of the Red Cross i area office will attend the meeting. I Mrs. James J. Rumley of Beau fort is home scrvicc secretary. , Highway Commission Sets Oct. 1 3 Meeting Trenton? Road matters in the ' Second Highway Division, which ( includes Carteret, will be discussed , at a public meeting here Tuesday, J Oct. 13, according to division eng- , inecr C. W. Snell. The meeting will be held from 2 to 4 p. m., in the courthouse here, i City and county officials and the < general public arc invited to dis cuss road matters with represent atives of the second division. The division is composed of Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, ' Lenoir, Pamlico and Pitt Counties. 1 This is one of a series of public 1 meetings to be held each month ' at various locations in the Sccond 1 Division. ' Persons Interested in Industrial Development Meet for Discussion Approximately 5# people attend ed a meeting Thursday night at the town hall in Morchcad City to hear discussion on a plan aimed at establishing an industrial devel opment corporation in Carteret County. If present plans arc realized, the corporation would be established for the purpose of exploring in dustrial possibilities and attracting them to Carteret County. The corp oration, probably under a county surveyor, Would function on ? county-wide basis. It is hoped that (he corporation can be established by the sale of stock, with each stockholder pledg ing so much in additional funds in the form of bonds. The stock holders would draft the by-laws and would also elect the officials of the corporation. Plans for establishing the corp oration camc about when it be came apparent that Morchead City was in danger of losing the More head City garment company, as other communities in the state have made offera lor the relocation of the clothing company. 11. S. i Gibbs Jr.. spokesman for the corp- i oration, said that if the corporation bccomea a reality, one nf its first projects would probably be action | on the garment company situation. Attending the meeting besides 1 interested businessmen and em ployees of the garment company were Beaufort and Morebcad City mayors, W. 11. Potter and George Dill. Another meeting has been set for S p. m. on Oct. 13 and will ?Jm be beld at tha town kalL Mullet Festival Wins Plaudits For Swansboro Nothing but praise was hoard in Carteret from those who attended Swansboro's "toast to the mullet" Saturday night. The Mullet Festi val, staged annually by Carteret's neighboring town in Onslow, was declared this year to be the best ever. In the erowd of several thousand were John Larkins, Trenton, guber natorial candidate; Graham A. Barden, congressman from this district, and other dignitaries. In addition to an afternoon pa rade which included Marine gen erals, there were boat rides and numerous parties, to which private Swansboro householders invited their friends. The supper was served on the school football field. Shrimp ? boiled in a tasty way that made lips smack ? fried mullet, candied yams, slaw, hush puppies and coffee was the menu. A sock dance followed in the school gym. Other entertainment consisted of demonstrations of judo and jiujitsu. Viators were especially impress ed by the junior policemen, youths from Jacksonville who supervised the parking of cars. The parking was so orderly that one festival goer claimed there was not a car parked, under junior police super vision, which could not be moved any time the owner chose. B&PW Honors Maybelle Neal The Carteret Business and Pro fessional Women's Club paid tri bute at a Sunday morning break fast to Miss Maybelle Neal, a bus iness woman of Beaufort who is confined to her home by illness. The breakfast, at the Morehead Biltmore Hotel, was the first event in recognition of National Business and Professional Women's Week. An arrangement of dried flowers was later presented to Miss Neal at her home. She will also receive a certificate, according to Mrs. W. I. Loftin, B&PW president, in re cognition of her service to the bus iness world. Twelve members and three visit ors attended the breakfast and do votional service. Miss Hortensc Boomer, a mem ber of the club was the speaker. Her talk was based on the 31st chapter of Proverbs. She compared the model woman of Solomon's time to the woman of today. She recited and explained the club col lect. Mrs. Loftin, who gave the invo cation, introduced Miss Nancy Atk inson, Beaufort, who is being train ed by the club in secretarial work. Other B&PW activities this week will include specially decorated store windows in Beaufort and Morehead City, and interviews with club members over local radio stations. The WMBL broadcasts will be at 8:15 a. m. and WBMA broadcasts at 11:45 a. m. Shipper Addresses Rotary Thursday WUUam T. Davies of the More head City Shipping Co. spoke to members of the Morchead City Rotary club Thursday night on the international relationship benefits to be gained by treating, as guests, :rew members of foreign ships that Jock at the state port. Mr. Davies said that the way these people are welcomed here has a lot of bearing on how they relate their impressions of our town and state to their people when they return home. Attending the meeting as a visit ing Rotartian front Beaufort was (J e raid Hill. The Rotarian meet weekly at the Rex Restaurant. Donald Bell Out on Bond, Charged with Gun Throat Donald R. Bell. Negro of route 1 Newport, hai been released on 1100 bond. He waa charged with threatening Henry Bell, also ? Negro, with a shotgun Saturday night *t Manafield. Donald BcU was Jailed by COB Georga S?'"'