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48th YEAR, NO. 82. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1969 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Gibbs Jr. Reports
Keen Interest in Plan
"Lots ?( people are interested in 4
letting a county-wide development
corporation going," H. S. Gibbs
Jr., Morehead City, comments. Mr.
Gibbs has been instrumental in
arranging meetings to discuss or
ganization of such a corporation.
The second will be at 8 tonight
in the Morehead City municipal
. building. Mr. Gibbs said everyone
is invited, including those who feel
they are not in favor of the corp
oration. "Maybe we can convert
them," he remarked.
The most pressing and prime
objective at present, Mr. Gibbs
adds, is to keep the Morehead City
Garment Co. here. He reports
that already $10,000 has been
pledged.
Although it is impossible to set
policy now, with nothing organized,
Mr. Gibbs says that persons who
pledge may be asked for 10 per cent
of their pledge, in cash, now. This
would be used for immediate ex
pense incurred in simply operating
a group.
The remainder. Instead of being
a gift, would be borrowed by the
development corporation and the
lender given a bond. The lender
Uould, of course, receive interest
on his money.
Through payroll, Mr. Gibbs re
ports, the Morehead City Garment
Co. puts over half a million dollars
in circulation in the county annual
ly. Its employees come from all
parts of the county.
Other than Fry Roofing Co. and
Trumbull Asphalt Co., it is the only
"industry" in the county which
provides employment on a steady
basis. There are, of course, temp
orary cutbacks in production from
time to time, but the industry is
not totally seasonal as is the men
haden or other type of fishing enter
prise.
Mr. Gibbs, who claims he is not
even "temporary chairman" of the
industrial development project, said
that by-laws will have to be adopt
ed. They will specify who officers
arc and the officers and directors
would set the corporation's policy.
The plan wooid follow that of
other development corporations
wherein private citizens have in
vested funds to attract industrial
payrolls to their town.
The garment company, which
has been in Morehead City 23 years,
.requires new housing for its oper
ations. Other North Carolina cities,
eager fof new payrolls, have of
fered new buildings to the garment
company.
Garment company officials say
that they can no longer operate
profitably in Morehead City unless
they have new quarters. For that
reason, Carteret businessmen feel
they should make an effort to pro
vide the new building, Mr. Gibbs
remarked.
Strikers Return;
Ship Makes Port
Among the 200 cargo ships thaw
ed out of strike-ice by the Taft
Hartley mandate Friday, was the
Abbedyk which made port at More
head City Sunday morning.
the Abbedyk was loaded with to
bacco by longshoremen who had
been on strike for eight days. She
sailed Sunday afternoon.
Under the Taft-Hartley bill, the
Jcourts can order strikers back to
?work for SO days. It is expected
?that this full SO days will be en
forced to keep the International
?Longshoremen's Association mem
bers on the job until Dec. 28.
I Due at Morehead City port next
Kunday will be the Jeppesen
?Mawsk, which will load tobacco
?or the Far East. The next day the
(African Patriot will call. She will
load tha rest of the cargo left be
lind by the Pioneer Ming, which
ailed in a hurry from Morehead
:ity when hurricanc Gardic threat
ined.
?October Rains
?Total 3.46 Inches *
As of Sunday, the rainfall for
?October had mounted to 3.46
pnehes, according to the records of
athcr observer Stanley Davis.
The total was given a hearty
>t by the 2.46 inches that fell
Saturday and Sunday, Mr. Davis
aid. On Oct. 1 rainfall measured
.35 Inches, on Oct. (, .06 inches, on
fct. 8, .51 inches and on Oct. 8, .OS.
Maximum and minimum tcm
!ratures and wind direction for
ic month follow:
Max. Mbt. Wind
Oct. 1 87 76 SW
Oct. 2 7? 69 NW
Oct. 3 77 66 NE
Oct. 4 80 65 NE
Oct. 5 86 66 SW
Oct. 8 85 73 SW
Oct. 7 80 72 SW
Oct. 8 83 71 SSW
Oct. ? 85 76 SW
Oct. 10 87 78 SW
Oct 4 80 72 SW
Connecticut Youth Paddles
Kayak Here from N ew Jersey
News-Times Photo by McComb
Bob Bango says he gets awfully lonely paddling his kayak. The
solution to that, someone said, is to put {mother seat in it.
A young Connecticut adventurer,
22-year old Bob Bango of New
Haven, rowed into Morehead City
Friday in his Eskimo-type kayak
which he has piloted all the way
from Point Pleasant, New Jersey.
He stopped Friday night at the
Machine and Supply Co. dock,
Beaufort.
Bango is on his way to Miami,
Fla., and stopped at Morehead
Friday as dark skies threatened
rough waters. The bearded Bango,
wearing sweatshirt, shorts and a
beret said the trip fr*m New
Jerser to Morehead City took bim
28 days and added that if every
thing goes as cxpccted he should
be in Miami in about another
month.
Travelling only during the day
and sleeping at night wherever
he can, Bango said that he could
make as much as 30 miles a day,
depending on the weather and tides.
Asked what was the most difficult
hardship he had encountered on the
trip, Bango replied that the lone
liness and monotony soon gets
to be quite tiresome. He was quick !
to add that he thought he would
select another mode of travel for
the return trip.
With space not being too abun
dant in the 12-foot kayak, Bango
carries essential supplies in a
waterproof canvas bag that is
lashed to the front of the craft.
Bango, who was once stationed
at Fort Bragg, said that he de
cided to make the trip, "just to
sec if it could be done."
Criiqinal Charges Filed
R..'C. Kirchofer, Raleigh, presi
dent and treasurer of Kirchofer
and Arnold Inc., insolvent invest
ment firm which owned the More
head City Shipbuilding Co.,. has
been charged in Raleigh with
fraudulent investment of almost
$41,000, of which he was trustee.
rats
Miss Anita Nelson, 507 Bridges
St., Morehead City, got a start
Thursday afternoon when she
walked into the bathroom at her
home and saw a 7-inch rat in the
commode.
When she recovered from the
shock, she called her brother-in
law, L. C. Sawyer. Just as he
entered the bathroom, the rat
disappeared down through the
exit in the bottom of the toilet.
A. D. Fulford, county sani
tarian. said yesterday that it is
impossible for rats to come up
through the commode, since
there are traps that make such
impossible.
Rats, however, do get into
buildings and homes, he remark
ed. They look for water, find it
in the commode and in attempt
ing to get to it, fall in.
It is possible, Mr. Fulford said,
for a rat to go out the bottom of
the toilet bowl, because all the
traps allow exit that way,
whether rushing water or a rush
ing rat.
(Year-Old Boy
Struck by Car
A Jacksonville boy, 6-year-old
Stephen Keller, suffered a broken
leg and multiple bruises Saturday
afternoon when he was struck by a
car on Crab Point Road.
The driver of the car was Ernest
Edward Guthrie, 19, of route 1
Morehead City. According to po
lice, young Keller ran in front of
the Guthrie vehicle while playing
with some other children along the
side of the road. Guthrie said that
it all happened so faat he didn't
have time to try to avoid the child.
The boy was taken to the More
head City Hospital by Dill's ambu
lance where x-ray revealed a frac
ture of the right leg above the
knee.
The child is the son of Maj. and
Mrs. Joseph Keller of Jacksonville,
who were spending the weekend
with Mrs. Keller's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. J. Odom, who live at 107
Emeline Place.
There were no charges filed
against Guthrie.
Commissioner Reports
On Stray Dog Project
Street commissioner Bud Dixon
told the Morehead City town board
Tuesday night that he thought the
dog control program has been ef
fective.
Mr. Dixon reported that a town
employee, in a pickup truck cruises
through the town periodically and
picks up strays. They are taken
to the pound and if not claimed by
anyone, are eliminated.
Morehead City Pilots Show
Harbor Problem to Officials
f nolo Dy Bob Simpson
Officials wbo may help put Morehead City harbor In condition for night navigation attended a dinner
sponsored by the Morehead City Pilots Association Saturday night at the Rex restaurant. They are,
seated, Capt. N. W. Sprow, Capt. Hilton Lowe, Alvin Shapiro; standing, CapC Charles Finer, Morehead
City pilot; Capt. F. R. Scheiber, awl IX Leon Wlllia ms, executive director. North Carolina state parts.
Although navigation aids in More
head City harbor have been im
proved, (hips still can't negotiate
the channel safely at night. For
that reason, the Morchead City Pi
lots Association invited officials
from Washington, D. C., here Satur
day to inspect Beaufort Inlet and
the harbor.
The group left yesterday morn
ing.
The party Included Capt. N. W.
Sprow, chief, aids to navigation,
Coast Guard headquarters; Capt.
Hilton Lowe, president of the
American Pilots Association; Al
vin Shapiro, vice-president, Ameri
can Merchant Marine Institute, all
of Washington, D. C., wad Capt F.
R Scheiber, aids to navigation of
fices, Fifth Coast Guard district,
Norfolk.
All were entertained at a dinner
at the Rex restaurant Saturday
nigM. Also attending were D. Leon
Williams, executive director of
North Carolina state ports; Charles
Pinef, Charles Piner Jr., A. T.
Finer, Bill Williams, and Robert
Scaition, all of the Morehcad City
Pilots Association.
Mfyar George DUI, Morehcad
City, D. G. Bell. Dr. B. F. Royal,
I. E. Pittman. Stanley Woodland,
Bob , Hicks. Bill Davief, Walter
Friederichs, operations manager of
the Morehcad City port; Charles
McNaill, and Jim Hum.
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Oct 11
5:47 a.m. 11:56am
6:07 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct 14
8 34 am. 12:13 a m I
6 52 p.m. 12:44 p.m. |
Thursday, Oct ?
7:16 a.m. 1:03 a.m.
7:34 p.m. 1:V p.m.
Friday, Oct 1<
7:56 a.m. 1:44 ml
? u p m. 3:13 M?< |
Suburbs Turn Down Invitation
To Join Town of Beaufort
Army Engineers
To Let Contract
For Port Channel
? This Will be Done
In Current Fiscal Year
? Chief Engineer Makes
Report to Senator
Dredging of Morehead City har
bor will be among the projects oc- .
cupying Army engineers in eastern
Carolina during 1959-60.
Col. R. P. Davidson, chief en- |
gineer, reported to Sen. Everett
Jordan by letter that a contract for
the 35-foot channel into Morehead |
City will be let sometime during I
the current fiscal year.
The law, providing $585,000 for
the work was passed by Congress
over President Eisenhower's veto.
The engineers also expect to con
tinue study of the hurricane-batter
ed outer banks. Army engineers
and the state of North Carolina arc
cooperating in efforts to determine
what type of protective measures
are needed to stop outer banks
erosion.
Survey work at Boguc Inlet and
Swansboro harbor, Shallotte River
and Wright's Creek will continue
under small appropriations.
The state Board of Water Re
sources, under whose jurisdiction
comes water projects of the state,
concluded its meeting at Morehead
City Friday noon.
The board was entertained by
the Morehead City chambcr of
commerce at a luncheon at the
country club. The board had hoped
to take a trip along the outer banks
in a state boat, but rough weather
confined their trip to a ride to Cape
J^okout.
Business sessions started Thurs
day morning and ended Friday
morning. The board attended the
Morehead City Rotary Club's meet
ing Thursday night. I
Garbage Can Law
Effective Nov. 1
Morehead City's new garbage
can ordinance takes effect 18
days from today, on Nov. 1.
An ordinance passed in July
prohibits use of 50-gallon cans
for garbage. The cans must be
of 30-gallon capacity, have a
handle or handles by which they
can be readily lifted, and have a
fly-tight lid.
Persons who do not comply
with the ordinance will be sub
ject to prosecution.
If persons want further infor
mation on the ordinance, they
may contact the town clerk at
6-4205 or one of the commis
sioners.
Gun Incidents
Occur in Towns
A gun-happy fever seems to be
spreading from Morehead City to
Eteaufort. A. J. Williams was given
six months in Morehead City court
yesterday on charges involving a
jun, and yesterday morning chief
)f police Guy Springle locked up T.
SUison, charged with firing a gun
>n the streets of Beaufort and in
uring Joel Carter.
Carter suffered a wound on the
second toe of his left foot. He was
reated at the Morehead City Hos
>ital and discharged.
Williams, who has a lengthy
rourt record, was arrested Satur
lay night, according to chief of po
ice Herbert Griffin. He was
rharged with pointing a pistol at
Charles Lesesne, 18, but was found
juilty of assault without bodily in
ury, and disturbing the peace.
Williams appealed to superior
rourt. His bond was set at $500.
The shooting in Beaufort oc
:urred in front of Joe Baum's lunch
'oom and casino on Pine Street.
Ellison claims that he thought his
>istol was not loaded. He was re
eased under $200 bond and is
Socketed for appearance in county
:ourt this morning.
Williams, Lesesne, Ellison and
barter are Negroes.
Morehead Chamber Offers
Cooperation to Beaufort
Directors of the Greater More
head City Chamber of Commerce
voted at their recent meeting to
offer full cooperation of the cham
ber staff and members to the Beau
fort Historical Association, sponsor
of Beaufort's coming 250th anni
versary celebration.
The suggestion was made by S.
A. Chalk Jr. Joe DuBois, chamber
manager, was directed to advise
Grayden Paul, chairman of the
historical group, of the board's
action.
W. B. Chalk, chairman of the
industrial development committee,
reported on progress in organizing
the Carteret County Development
Corp. He invited all interested per
sons to attend the meeting tonight
at the municipal building.
S. A. Chalk Jr. told of an indus
trial prospcct which would employ
about 100 people and asked if the
board thought *50,000 could be
raised for a building if the firm's
financial backing and know how
was satisfactory. The board
thought that the amount could be
raised locally.
Dick Parker, chairman of the
advertising committee, submitted
a budget of $14,650 outlined by the
advertising sub-committccs. The
budget will be discussed at the
next membership meeting.
It was recommended that the
next general meeting be a buffet
or a barbecue at the recreation
building and that the chamber
absorb the coat. Members and
prospective members will be in
vited. The program wil be in the
form of a forum.
Newport Seniors to Give
Class Play Friday Night
The senior class at Newport
High School will present a three-act
comedy, Granddad Goea Wild, Fri
day, at 7:30 p. m. in the school
auditorium.
Admission for adults is 50 cents,
for children of school age, 35 cenla,
and for children under school age,
15 cents.
The public is invited, announces
Martha Pollard, publicity manager.
Joint Mectiag Tonight
The Beaufort Community De
velopment Corp., will meet tonight
with the Beaufort Historical Asso
ciation at ? p.m. In Holden's Res
taurant, announces Glenn Adair,
^president of Um BCDC.
The board asked that the airport
commissioners be requested to sec
that the approach to the airport
from highway 101 be paved or
improved or that steps be taken
to provide a paved entrance at
some other location.
To confirm with recent changes
in North Carolina corporation reg
ulations, several changes in the
by-laws were made. They will be
submitted for approval at the next
membership meeting:
Directors attending the meeting
were J. M. Davis, president. Ed
Swann, Mr. McNeill, Mr. Parker,
W. B. Chalk, S. A. Chalk Jr., J. R.
Sanders, Shelby Freeman, Bud
Dixon, Henry White and Mr.
DuBois.
Voters Say No' to Tune
Of 277-89 Saturday
Beaufort'* bid for extending town limits was turned
down flatly by a 277 to 89 vote Saturday. Mayor W. H.
Potter, who is extremely disappointed, said that the town
board will meet in special session this week to consider the
next move.
The mayor said that board members were of the opinion,
prior to the referendum, that they<
would expand the town limits mere
ly by ordinance, if the referendum
failed. He added that he didn't
know whether the outcomo of the
vote would alter their opinion.
By law, towns under 5,000 may
extend their town limits by follow
ing the prescribed legal procedure
which includes a public hearing, he
said. Even though objections may
be voiced at the hearing, the board
can ignore the objections.
This action can be taken by Dec.
30, Mayor Potter pointed out. The
law requires only that the town ex
tend to the new sections services of
the town as the town becomes fi
nancially able to do so.
"Ninety per cent of the people in
town want something done about
enlarging the town," Mayor Potter
continued. "The town commission
ers are their elected representa
tives and, as such, they are obli
gated to carry out the wishes of the
people," he concluded.
Of the 421 registered to vote in
Saturday's referendum, only 366
went to the polls.
The town proposed inclusion with
in its limits of a portion of Front
and Ann Streets extended, Hancock
and Highland Parks and most of
West Beaufort.
Whether the town will take in all
of that area in one move, or annex
only portions of it at a time re
mains to be seen.
Beach Proposes
Zoning Change
Atlantic Beach commissioners
decided Saturday morning at their
meeting in the town hall to con
sider re-zoning its residential area.
Instead of permitting homes only
in the area, it would be re-zoned
to permit hotels and motels.
If such a change is to be made,
it will be preceded by published
notice setting the date for a public
hearing.
Action on drawing up a master
plan for the town streets was de
ferred until the next meeting. No
appointee was named to the county
planning board.
Mayor A. B. Cooper gave an ap
praisal of town activities from Sep
tember 1958 to September 1959.
The report will appear in Friday's
paper.
Attending the meeting were com
missioners R. A. Barefoot, A. F.
Fleming, town clcrk M G.. Coyle
and mayor Cooper.
Attends Conference
D. G. Bell, chairman of the state
fisheries commission, is scheduled
to return today from Asheville
where he has been attending the
Southern Governors' Conference.
Patrol Called
To Six Accidents
In Four Days
State highway patrolmen invest
igated six accidents from Thursday
afternoon through Sunday morn
ing.
At 3:25 p. m. Thursday three
miles east of Beaufort on highway
70, a 1955 Chevrolet pickup truck
and a 1957 Ford station wagon
collided. Driving the pickup was
William A. Smith, route 1 Beau
fort. Driving the station wagon was
Earl B. Taylor, Morehead City.
Both were headed cast.
Patrolman W. E. Pickard said
that Taylor attempted to pass the
truck as the truck was turning
left. No one was hurt.
At 9:30 p. m. Friday, Elvin
Piner, Williston, lost control of a
1958 Chevrolet he was driving and
went into the ditch on the right
side of highway 70 a mile east of
Smyrna on highway 70.
Piner, who was alone, was not
hurt. Damage to the car was esti
mated by patrolman W. J. Smith
Jr. at $700.
Charges of failure to yield the
right of way were filed against
Jimmy McDonald Fox of Atlantic
Beach Friday, following an acci
Sec ACCIDENTS, Page 3
School Building
Fund Not $230,000
By the end of the fiscal year
a total of $155,000 is expected to
be in the county fund for the new
Morehead City school.
The total at the end of the year
will not be $230,000, as newsstories
reported last week. The total county
budget for education, 1959-60, was
set at $275,0000, of which county
commissioners designated $155,000
for investment in new schools.
Since Morhead City school dis
trict has priority on new construc
tion, Morehead City school officials
arc interested in whether the money
is being set aside. County com
missioners assured them last week
that it was.
They said $75,000 is now on hand
and by the end of the fiscal year,
$155,000 will be available.
It is anticipated that in the 1960-61
budget, a similar amount will be
set aside by county commissioners
so that work may proceed on a
new Morehead City high school.
Jim Crowe Becomes Governor
NmTUHa Photo by MeCanh
Lion district governor ilm Crowe, left, aid hi* wife are shown chitting with pwito at Ike Lions dis
trict convention Friday night at the Marehead Biitmore. The Installation af Crowe and his cabinet high
lighted the evening's program. At the tight in the pietara are Mr. ?ad Mr*. D. B. Mlzee e< CereUma