CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ,w'
48th YEAR, NO. 81. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Milton Heath
Explains Water
Resources Law
? Col. Harry Brown,
Director, Reports
? Director Cites Water
Needs at Ocracoke
The state Board of Water Re
sources, meeting at the Morehcad
Biltmore Hotel yesterady, heard
(n explanation of water legislation
nactcd by the 1959 General As
sembly and reports from the di
rector and division chiefs.
Milton Heath, assistant director
of the Institute of Government,
explained the new legislation to
the board. He told the board they
must inventory their resources and
powers and coordinate their work
with other supervisory organiza
tions, both state and federal .
Mr. Heath said the board may re
quire periodic reports from small
watershed districts, may review
work pians and the manner in
which projects will be operated, and
may act as an intermediate ad
ministrative review board in mat
ters of land classification and
assessments.
iHc assured the board that the
Institute of Government is avail
able to help them.
Several items of interest to Car
teret countians were included in
the report of the director, Col.
Harry Brown.
Colonel Brown said the fresh
water problem at Ocracokc is not
good and will become worse when
tourists increase in number. Water
for permanent, residents is obtain
ed by storing rain water and the
supply is barely sufficient.
He said IS to 20 borings had been
made in an attempt to find potable
water, but with negative results.
Plans now call for a 700-800-foot
well to be drilled, at a cost of
$7,000. The state and federal gov
ernment will bear the expense.
Projects of concern during this
fiscal year, Colonel Brown said,
include a study of the best methods
of preserving the Outer Banks from
Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout, co
operative federal-state studies of
Ocracoke Island and the Fort Ma
con-Atlantic Beach area, and deep
ening of the Morehead City har
bor.
Thomas R. Walker, bead of staff
scrviccs, explained the personnel
'situation and explained the budget
for his department.
Earle C. Hubbard, head of
stream sanitation and hydrology,
outlined organization, program ac
tivities and program progress of
his group.
The group voted to adopt the plan
of organization of the Department
of Water Resources.
Cecil Morris of Atlantic gave a
word of welcome and cncourage
imcnt to the board. He said the
best way to raise the economy of
the coastal area is to improve the
waterways.
Greetings were extended by
mayor W. H. Potter of Beaufort,
mayor George W. Dill of Morehead
City, and D. G. Bell, Carteret's
legislative representative and
member of the board of Conserva
tion and Development. Dan K.
Moore responded. The Rev. E.
Guthrie Brown, pastor of St. An
drew's Episcopal Church, gave the
invocation.
Joe DaBois, secretary of the
Greater Morehead City Chamber
of Commerce, invited the board to
attend a meeting of the Morehead
City Rotary Club last night and to
usit the country club today.
< Weather permitting, the board
was to take a boat tour along the
outer banks yesterday afternoon.
Business sessions will end at noon
today. No one appeared to air
views at the public hearing yester
day morning.
Newport Will
Enforce Curfew
Members of the Newport town
board decided at their meeting
Tuesday night to start enforcing
g curfew ordinance.
The ordinance prohibits child
ren under 18 being on the streets
after 8:30 p. m. on school nights.
The ordinance says: "It shall be
unlawful for any parent, guardian
or other persons, acting in the
place of parent of any child to
permit such child or person under
the age of 16 years to be upon the
streets of Newport after 8:30 p. m.
during the time when public school
is in session."
The board beard a request from
L. C. Carroll, who wants the ditch
in front of his house cleaned
out. The motion was made and sec
oned that the situation be Invest
igated by the board and appropi
atc action taken.
The board also approved the pur
chase of a breathing mask for the
fire department and a red light
for the police car. Coat of the mask
will be Coo and the red light will
coat approximately ISO.
Captain Turns Over Boat Title
Photo by Reginald Lew la
Gray den Paul, right, of the Beaufort Historical Association, accepts title to the boat, Alfonso, from
Capt. Ottis Purifoy, Morchead City. The vessel will be moved to Beaufort where it will house a marine
museum.
The Beaufort Historical Association proposes to establish a perma
nent "Museum of the Sea" and stage a celebration next summer
commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of Beaufort,
N. C.
The association has suggested a $10,000.00 budget as necessary
to assure the success of the program and has asked Graydcn Paul
to try to raise it by Dec. 1.
All pledges will be contingent on the total amount being pledged.
All donations are tax deductible.
If you would like to have a part in this project, which will draw
thousands of tourists to our county, please sign this pledge and mail
to Graydcn Paul, Beaufort, N. C.
I pledge MONEY ? TIME ? MUSEUM ITEMS (cirelc one or
more) to the support of the Beaufort Historical Association for
the purposes outlined above.
Name ,
Address
(If money is pledged, please state amount: )
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Educators Ask
About Funds
The county board of education, in
session Monday morning, inquired
of the county board of commis
sioners where they stand with
funds for a new school in Morchcad
City.
I County commissioners reported
that $75,000 in on hand now and
it is hoped that $155,000 more will
be available by the end of the
[fiscal year/
, II. L. Joslyn, county school super
intendent, reported that Alvah
Hamilton, county attorney, Robert
Safrit, George Wallace and T. B.
Smith, education board members,
looked over property adjoining
the Morehead City school site Mon
day afternoon, with a view to pur
chasing. They were shown about
the tract by Roland Barbour,
owner.
Beaufort Sets Sights on $10,000
To Stage Anniversary Celebration
Red Cross Pays
Out $100,000 Here
More than a hundred thousand
dollars in Red Cross funds have
been paid to Carteret residents
during the past seven years, Mrs.
Cecilc Chiddix, Red Cross official,
told members of the Red Cross
Tuesday night at a meeting in the
courthouse, Beaufort.
J. R. Sanders, Morchead City,
was elected chairman of the county
chapter and plans were made for
a meeting Oct. 20 to name a
fund-raising chairman.
Officers, in addition to Mr. San
ders, are Odell Merrill, vice-chair
man; Garland Scruggs, secretary,
and Mrs. Ed. Potter, treasurer.
Directors are Mr. Merrill, Beau
fort; Mrs. Roy Thomas Garner,
Newport; Gaston Smith, Atlantic;
Blakcly Pond, Davis; David Yeo
mans. Markers Island; Milton
Truckncr, Stella, and the officers.
H. L Joslyn, temporary chair
man, presided.
(See Red Cross Page 2)
James X. Sander*
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t Beaufort Historical Association is
aiming toward a $10,000 budget to
stage the 250th anniversary of its
founding next June.
Grayden Paul, who is handling
finances, is seeking pledges now.
If $10,000 cannot be obtained, the
cost of celebration will be trimmed
to stay within the amount of money
available, he reports.
One of the objectives is estab
lishment of a permanent marine
museum. "We would like to have
some permanent improvement as
an outgrowth of this celebration,"
Mr. Paul remarks.
It is proposed that the celebra
tion cover three days in June. A
tentative budget has been set up as
follows: director's salary, $3,600;
boat for museum, $2,000; bulkhead,
fill and stage at south end of Pol
lock Street for dramatization of
pirate landing, $2,000; tour bus and
office headquarters, $400; printing
and advertising, $1,000, and miscel
laneous, $1,000.
Mayor W. H. Potter has pledged
support of the celebration, as a
private citizen, up to $1,000, or 10
per cent of the amount raised,
should the $10,000 quota not be
reached.
Odell Merrill has been elected
temporary president of the Beau
fort Historical Association, a group
formed to stage the town's cele
bration. Other temporary officers
are William Roy Hamilton, vice
president; Mrs. G. W. Duncan, sec
retary; and Mrs. J. P. Harris,
treasurer.
These officers and the following
comprise the board of directors:
Mrs. C. R. Hassell, Mrs. Julius
Duncan Jr., J. P. Harris Jr., C.
W. Davis, Dick Dickinson and Paul
S. Jones.
Mr. Merrill reported yesterday
that he has investigated structural
restrictions in the vicinity of the
Beaufort airport, where the boat
for the marine museum is to be
located, and the restrictions will
not prohibit mooring the boat
there.
Mr. Paul Is especially anxious to
have the vessel in West Beaufort
where the large letters on its side,
Marine Museum, may be seen by
motorists traveling highway 70. The
association hopes to lease the prop
erty needed from the county.
Mr. Paul has reported that own
ers of the Dickinson and Dey lots,
Front Street, have granted permis
sion to use the land as sites for
tour headquarters, concessions, and
office.
The boat acquired for the marine
museum from Capt. Ottis Purlfoy
is the Alfonso. Arrangements have
been made with the Marine Sal
vage Co. to tow it from Morchead
City to Beaufort.
Scouts Honored
Carteret Boy Scouts received
awards and merit badges at the
court of honor at Newport Monday
night. Their names and the awards
they received will appear in Tues
day's paper.
Shirt Factory Move Would
End 23 Years in Morehead
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Suburbanites to Vote
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
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Four hundred twenty one persons on the outskirts of Beaufort are
eligible to receive ballots like this tomorrow. The voting place will
be the (ire station. Voters may cast ballots (or or against becoming
a part of Beaufort (rom 6 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Court Clears Defendant
Of Multiple Charges
New Ferry May
Not Run 'til '(0
You can island-hop to Ocracokc,
via paved highways and free auto
mobile ferries, but you may have
to postpone your voyage on the
new toll ferry between Ocracokc
and the mainland.
Automobile ferry service between
Atlantic and Ocracokc Island prob
ably will not begin operations in
early October as planned, and
there is a possibility of its delay
until the spring of 1960.
The operators. Sea Levcl-Atlantic
Ocracoke Ferry Company, lie.,
announced this week that due to
the manufacturer's delay in de
livery of the new ferry boat, the
date of its inaugural run cannot
be forecast at this time with any
degree of certainty. Should the
delay continue for several weeks,
a spokesman for the operating
company pointed out, it is highly
improbable that operations will
begin in the dead of winter.
When the new privately operated
toll ferry scrvicc is inaugurated
between Atlantic and Ocracoke, '
it will be the first automobile
ferry to operate between Ocracoke
and the mainland (a distance of
26 miles on Pamlico Sound) and
will eliminate the present dead
end for cars at Ocracoke Island.
Tid? Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Oct. 9
1:43 a.m.
2:09 p.m.
7:55 a.m.
8:46 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 10
2:46 a.m.
3:11 p.m.
9:08 a.m.
9:49 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 11
3:05 a.m.
4:15 p.m.
10.11 a.m.
10:43 p.m.
Monday, Oct 12
4:51 a.m.
5:14 p.m.
11:06 a.m.
11:32 p.m.
a 'lonncan v iiy Man, nonaia
Lee Jordon, was acquitted in More
head City court Monday on chargcs
of trespassing, larceny and obtain
ing goods, wares and merchandise
under false pretenses.
Jordon pleaded not guilty to all
the chargcs. After hearing the
evidence the court agreed with him.
Kenneth R. Proctor of Cherry
Point was charged with assault
with a deadly weapon, possession
of deadly weapons and possession
of stolen government property. The
state decided not to prosecute on
the third chargc. Proctor was
acquitted on the first.
To the possession of concealed
weapons chargc, the court found
the defendant guilty and sentenced
him to 30 days in jail. Sentence
was suspended on payment of $75
and court cost and one years good
behavior.
Two other Cherry Point men,
Alphonso Whitner and John Mc
Cullough, were chargcd with pos
session of concealed weapons and
possession of stolen government
property. The state dccidcd not
See COURT, Page 2
If the Morehead City Garment Co. abandons its More
head City location, it will be ending a stay of 23 years in
the town. Many Morehead City and county citizens are,
of course, reluctant to see the firm leave.
The company, which manufactures sports shirts, is ac
tively interested in offers it has received from other towns.
inj> ? spacious, modern and prob
ably air-conditioned.
The firm is renting its factory in
Morehead City from the town. Be
cause the town cannot afford to
construct a new building, the gar
ment company is eyeing with favor
the new-building offers it has re
ceived during the past year.
H. S. Gibbs Jr., Morehead City,
has been spearheading a move to
raise private funds to construct a
modern building for the shirt fac
tory. A planning meeting of busi
nessmen was held last night and
another meeting is scheduled for 8
p.m. Tuesday at the municipal
building. The corporation would be
organized on a county-wide basis.
The inquiry has been made, "If
the shirt factory is a going con
cern, why doesn't it build its own
plant, as other businesses do?"
Firms that look for plants for leas
ing figure that there is no need
for them to risk large capital in
vestment when somebody else will
take the risk for them. The move
that may be involved is a minor ex
pense in comparison.
The figure of $250,000 has been
mentioned as necessary for a new
building.
Today, $44,1)00 in pay will go to
garment company employees. This
pay is compensation for two weeks'
work. It is estimated that on the
average, the bi-weekly payroll is
between $22,000 and $25,000. This,
however, is the company's busy
season.
The annual payroll last year was
slightly more than half a million
dollars.
The number of employees at the
plant at present is 240. Sometimes
the total has been M high as 400.
Information obtainable on the
situation indicates that the garment
company would prefer not to move,
but the opportunity for more suit
able quarters is enticing.
Regardless where the building is
located, it is anticipated that the
firm would sign a lease for at least
10 years with option to buy.
The company has a 15-year lease
on its plant at Lillington, with op
tion to buy. Operations there were
started in the summer of 1953. The
following year the plant occupied
a modern factory built by the In
dustrial Development Corp., com
posed of Lillington citizens.
The fireproof building contains
31,000 square feet of floor space,
is on one floor and air conditioned.
At present, 20,000 square feet is
being added by the development
corporation.
The Morehead City Garment
Company's interest in a new plant
is not sudden. The interest has
been there for the past five years.
Those interested in forming a
county development corporation
which would put up money for a
new plant, state that if such a cor
poration materializes, it could
possibly be maintained permanent
ly.
Beaufort Board
Adopts Budget
For Current Year
Beaufort town commissioners
adopted the 1959-60 budget at their
meeting Monday night at the town
hall. Revenue for the current year
is estimated at $117,906. Expenses
are estimated at $114,957.67.
Although it looks as though the
town will come out in the black,
it has to grapple with deficits of
approximately $23,000 that have
accumulated during the past two
fiscal years.
The town has not been able to
meet expenses incurred in a fiscal
year during that year. While bonds
have been retired when possible,
funds have been insufficient for
setting aside the amount necessary
to retire all the bonds when they
fall due.
In its current budget the town
has planned purchase of a new
police patrol car and hopes to
accumulate $26,800 for application
to the debt service fund.
According to the financial report
presented the commissioners, the
town's September receipts were
$8,716.64. Receipts since June 30
were $30,081.54. Accounts payable
at the end of September totaled
$13,473.38. Due the debt service
is $7,580.53. The bank balance Oct.
2, 1959 was $13,201.64.
Three members of the board of
adjustment were sworn in by
mayor W. H. Potter. Mrs. G. W.
Duncan and John Jones Jr. took
office for two years each and
Gerald Mill took office for three
years.
Charles Davis of the Charles
Davis Seafood Co. requested per
mission to fill and put a driveway
by the fish house on Front Street.
The board gave its approval, not
ing that the drive would eliminate
traffic tie-ups while trucks are load
ing at the fish house.
Fire commissioner David Farrior
reported two fire and rescue truck
calls, one on the Mcrrimoo Road
and one at Otway during Sept
ember. There were two other local
rescue truck calls.
Police commissioner Math Chap
lain reported September parking
meter receipts at $546.68. Parking
fines totaled $69.95; meter vio
lations totaled 147, parking vio
lations, 3, and arrests numbered
23.
Street commissioner William
Davis reported expenditures of his
department at $1,453.31 during
September. Man hours of labor
were used as follows: 528 hours,
garbage collection; 42 hours, sewer
repairs; 5, sewer cut-ins; 54, mow
ing; 3, pushing off dump, and 24,
grading streets.
Mayor Potter presided. Commis
sioners present, in addition to
those mentioned, were William
Roy Hamilton and Bert Brooks.
Mayor Reviews Need for 'For Vote
W. H. Potter, mayor of the
town of Beaufort, on the eve of
the town extension referendum,
addresses the following remarks
to the qualified voters in the
areas proposed for inclusion in
the town:
"Tomorrow the residents of the
area East and North of Beau
fort will have the opportunity to
become a part of Beaufort. Much
has been said for and against
this progressive referendum. As
Mayor of Beaufort I have ex
pressed my views. To make my
position clear 1 have asked the
Carteret News-Times to publish
these comments.
"Either the area involved
should incorporate and take in
Beaufort or the people of the
area should welcome the chance
to become a part of Beaufort.
The people who make up the citi
zenry of the area subject to this
cxtcnaion referendum are, to a
large extent, members of fami
lies that have lived in Beaufort
for generations.
"The business and professional
men as well as employees of
these men who arc not citizens
owe themselves the privilege of
total membership in their com
munity.
"The major objections seem to
be financial. Town taxes will be
largely offset by savings in in
surance rates, "once the area is
served by municipal fire depart
ments. The present tax rate in
Beaufort of $1.75 per $100 of val
uation ia furnishing income par
tially spent for the benefit of
suburban areas.
"Those who have moved, for
one reason or another, into this
suburban area from Beaufort
have for most of their lives en
joyed the benefits of city ser
vices and deserve these services
on a continuing basis.
"The greatest need of the Beau
fort community is the change in
attitude and philosophy of the
future, available only through the
cooperative effort of all the peo
ple. The future of the Beaufort
community will be largely deter
mined by the willingness of its
people to cooperatively join to
gether and contribute to its gen
eral welfare. The scoreboard of
progress shows no hits-runs -er
rors, just results.
"Vote FOR the Referendum on
Saturday!
American Export Ships to Call at Morehead
Mayor George Dill, Morchcad
City, expressed pleasure Tuesday
with news that the Federal Mari
time board has approved American
Export Line service to North Car
olina ports.
Mayor Dill said the state has
been working a long time to obtain
U>e line's service. It ia hoped that
the arrangement will lead to a
two-way trade on tobacco, the
bringing in of Turkish tobacco and
?sport 0 1 North Carolina's leaf.
"I am drlightrd with the announce
ment," the mayor of the port city
said. "This gives us contacta in the
Mediterranean that we did not en
joy before, other than with Egypt."
Acliin of the Federal Maritime
board was made known to the
mayor by telegram from congress
man Graham Burden. The wire
read in part, " The service ia auth
orized to begin immediately. I
uodentand American Expert la
ready to move as soon as strike
situation clears up."
American Export will call reg
ularly at both Morchcad City and
Wilmington.
The trade route serves Portu
gal. Spain and the northern shores
of the Mediterranean.
The service waa brought about
after four months of negotiations
by members of the State Ports
Authority and the North Carolina
mngroimiftml delegation.
American Export, a 40-ycar-old
firm, said its cargo liner schcd
ulcs would be a great con
venience to Southern receivers of
Grccian and Turkish tobaccos.
Tha firm operates liners be
tween the United States and the
Mediterranean, Portugal, Spain,
Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea,
Inda, Pakistan, Ceylon and Burma.
Many of the company's 16 '4
knot cargo ships are equipped
with temperature and de-bumidi
fication controls to enable them*
to handle all types of aromatic
and semi-perishable cargoa.
Its president. Vice Admiral John
M. Will, USN, retired, was elected
July 1. He is a former Navy
submariner and former cammandcr
of the Navy's Military Sea Trans
portation Service.
The line operates the luxury
liners. Independence and Consti
tution, in New York, Spain, France
and Italy.
Newport Rotations Meet
At Restaurant Monday
The Newport Rotary club met
Monday night at the Friendly
Diner restaurant in Newport. At
tending the meeting as guest of
president E. B. Comer was J. C.
Penny o < Durham.
Bob Howard, The Rev. Guthrie
Brown and Tom B. Lewis, all of
Morebead City attended.