CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
48th YEAR, NO, 99. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
PORTS GREATEST
NEEDs LIGHTS TO GUIDE
SHIPS AT NIGHT
Beaufort Puts Aside This
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Year Funds for Debt Service
16 Take Course
In Teaching How
To Read, Write
Mrs. Ben Jones, education chair
1 man for County Home Demonstra
tion Clubs, was pleased with the
number of persons who took the
tv reading instructors' course at
the N. F. Eure building, Beaufort,
Wednesday.
Sixteen were present. The in
structors, Mrs. George Owl, Cher
okee, and Miss Mildred Blanken
ship, Brasstown, termed the school
"the best we've had." There were
more students, and it was the first
time they had been served lunch!
The session started at 9:30 a.m.
and continued until 3:30. Purpose
of the training session was to teach
those who will work with adults
wanting to learn to read and write
through the tv instructional pro
gram that begins Jan. 14.
Teachers trained Wednesday will
have half-hour sessions with stu
dents after each tv program. The
programs will be televised four
4 days a week at 6:30 a.m. over
WNCT. The Laubach method of
teaching will be used.
Persons may enroll in the course
by having the blank in today's pa
per filled in and mailed to Mrs.
Maurice Richardson, Morehead
City.
Taking the course were Mrs. E.
C. McLawhorn, Mrs. Edith Small,
Mrs. Victor Mannino, Mrs. John
? Tomlinson, J. C. Terrell, D. L. Wil
liams Jr. of Snead's Ferry.
Mrs. Lilly Hester, Mrs. Estelle
Monroe, Mrs. J. M. Kennon, Mrs.
Richardson, Mrs. Floy Garner,
Mrs. J. C. Sherrill, Mrs. N. T.
Boyd, Mrs. Martha Brown, the
Rev. Ralph Fleming Jr., and Mrs.
Jones.
Mrs. Owl, of Indian descent, was
for 30 years head of the romance
? language department of the Uni
versity of Oklahoma. She is now
retired and lives at Cherokee.
Lnnch was prepared by the Har
lowe, Crab Point, Russells Creek
and Newport Home Demonstration
club women and served by Mrs/
Atlee McCabe and Mrs. Jim Miller.
The reading program, designed
to reach some of the estimated
t 3,000 non-readers and non-writers
in the county, is being sponsored by
County Home Demonstration clubs. <
? Beaufort town commissioners'
were informed through their
monthly financial report Monday
night that they are depositing in
the debt service fund this year the
amount levied for debt service.
Commissioners especially ex
pressed interest in this phase of
their financial status since reports
that both Morehead City and Beau
fort in years past have borrowed
from the debt service fund to meet
general operating expenses.
Budgeted for debt service in the
current fiscal year is $26,800. Due
to be deposited in November was
$1,513.75. Deposited to date has
been $8,637.38. Due to be deposit
ed as of Nov. 30 was $1,791.78.
Ronald Earl Mason, clerk to the
board, said that the present ad
ministration doesn't feel that it is1
financially possible to make up'
prior years' debt service deficits.
It is hoped that the town can meet
current debt service requirements
by keeping expenses down in other
departments.
The town's bank balance as of
Nov. 30 was $11,290.86. Revenue
received to date is $63,891.14. Yet
to be collected is $54,014.86.
Spent to Nov. 30 for general town
operation, administration, police,
fire, and streets was $38,219.13. Un
expended is $44,088.14. (Some of
that, of course, has not been col
lected as yet),.
Accounts payable as of Nov. 30
were $5,306.11.
The board discussed business li
cense fees. Mr. Mason was au
thorized to write the department
of revenue for a report on the gross
revenues of businesses in Beaufort
and asked to determine license
fees accordingly.
Those who do not pay their li
cense fees by a date yet to be de
termined, will have their names
posted at the town hall.
Mayor W. H. Potter requested
that each board member consider
the advisability of requesting the
State Ports Authority to assume
jurisdiction in Beaufort harbor. He
said that he has received informa
tion that land is available for port
development cast of the present
port proper, which may involve
Beaufort's water environs.
C. R. WheatJy, town attorney, re
minded the board that as of July
1, no one may pnter "made" land
in this state any longer, tlt?t any
land which is built up ?ftr private
or public property comes under
jurisdiction of a newly-created of
fice of director of public lands.
Mayor Potter stated that he has
See TOWN BOARD, Page 7
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Rufus But ner
Heads Chamber
Of Commerce
? Directors Elect
Officers Monday
? Outgoing President
Entertains at Dinner
Rufus Butner was elected presi
dent of the Morehead City cham
ber of commerce Monday night at
a meeting of the directors at the
Rex restaurant. Host at the din
ner meeting was the retiring presi
dent, J. M. Davis.
Officers, in addition to Mr. But
ner, are Dr. S. W. Hatcher, vice
president; J. R. Sanders, treasur
er, and J. A. DuBois, general man
ager.
Dr. Hatcher is a newly-elected
member of the board of directors.
Other new directors, Garland M.
Scruggs and Jimmy Wallace, along
with Dr. Hatcher, were welcomed
to the board.
Presented to the board were
prices on new decals bearing the
See CHAMBER, Page 3
Rufus Butner
. . . new president
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Shown it the tv reading program'* instructor coarse Wednesday are Mrs. Ben Jones, left, Mrs.
George Owl, Miss Mildred Blankenship, and Mrs. Floy Garner, county home economics agent
Beaufort's Protest on Rate Raise
Stalls Water Company's Proposals
I C. R. Wheitly, Beaufort town at
torney, reported to commissioners
at their meeting Monday night in
the town hall that the water hear
ing before the utilities commission
ended Thursday and Thomas Ben
nett, Mr. Wheatly's associate, who
represented the town of Beaufort
in the proceedings, returned home
Friday.
Beaufort protested Carolina Wa
ter company's proposal to raise
rates. As a result of the town's
protest, the commissioners were
, told, the water company has aaked
for an extension on the hearing and
that it be allowed 30 days to pre
pare ? brief. The utilities com
mission (ranted the request.
Mr. WheatJy said that the com
mission may make a decision at
the end of that time, but after that
there could be an appeal to the
courts.
The town attorney reported that
Mr. Bennett based Beaufort's case
on the question, "In what way has
the water company increased serv
ices to justify an increase in rates
since 1955 when the utilities com
mission denied a rate increase?"
Mr. Wheatly recalled t h a t in
1955, Beaufort. Morehead City and
Snow Hill, towns serviced by Car
olina Water Co., joined forces and
retained Beverly Lake, attorney, to
present their case.
Mayor W. H. Potter said More
head City was invited to join Beau
fort in the current protest, as well
as Snow Hill. Indications at pres
ent, he said, are that Snow Hill
may help bear some of the ex
pense of the protest.
Mr. Whwtty said tkat to date the
cost has been less than a hundred
dollars.
The water company, hopeful of
no protests, had planned to put the
new rates into effect Dec. 29.
The hearing before the utilities
commission opened Tuesday, Dec.
1.
B4PW Club to Attend
Yule Dinner Tuesday
Members of the Carteret Business
and Professional Women's Club will
attend their Christmas dinner meet
ing at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Rex
restaurant, Morehead City.
A roast turkey dinner will be
aerved. Following the dinner, there
will be Christmas entertainment
and gifts will be exchanged.
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T. D. Kemp Announces Plans
For New Manufacturing Plant
This is an artist's sketch of the front of the new manufacturing plant proposed for the county. The industry is expected to employ a
hundred persons in the production of sports clothes.
Newporf Beagle Picked
Up in Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles certainly goes to 1
great lengths to sec that its stray
animals get returned to their
owners.
Received by the town of New
port this week was a letter from
the Department of Animal Regu
lation, 215 W. Ann St., Los An
geles, Cal.
The letter was addressed to
the "Pound Master, Newport, N.
C." It reads:
"Dear Sir:
We have impounded a female
mixed beagle, black, tan and
white in color wearing a New
port city license number 126-60.
"Would you please furnish us
with the name, address, and tele
phone number, if possible, of the
owner of the above dog. And,
also notify the owners if they are
in your area so they may be
able to redeem the dog at their
earliest convenience."
Unfortunately, the number on
the tag the dog is wearing was
issued several years ago and
Newport has no record of the
person to whom it was issued.
It is assumed that the dog was
owned by a Marine family in
this area who subsequently mov
ed to California. If anyone should
know of a clue leading to identity
of the dog's owner, they are ask
ed to contact George Ball, More
head City, town attorney for
Newport.
Theatre to Present
A Man Called Peter
A Man Called Peter, a drama
in three acts, will be presented by
the Carteret Community Theatre
in February. The play is based
on the life of Peter Marshall, for
mer chaplain in the United States
Senate.
The story has been filmed and
as a book was a best seller. Miss
Hortense Boomer was elected di
rector.
During the business session, the
theatre amended a portion of the
constitution to call for election of
an assistant business manager
each year.
Miss Ruth Peeling, president,
announced that a dramatic read
ing of Dickens' Christmas carol
will be given next Friday night at
7:30 by Hardy Ray in St. Andrew's
Episcopal church. Theatre mem
bers are especially invited.
The group agreed to present a
dramatic program at the February
meeting of the Literary and Art
department, Morchead City Wom
an's Club. Tentative plans call for
presenting excerpts from A Man
Called Peter.
Miss Patsy llolt, secretary, read
the minutes of the November
meeting and Mrs. Larry Barnette
gave the treasurer's report.
Miss Lillian Frances Giddcns
gave an illustrated talk on staging
and stage management. Refresh
ments of Christmas punch, cocoa
nut cake, salted nuts and candy
were served by Miss Giddens and
Mrs. Barnette.
Beaufort Firemen Answer
Six Alarms in November
Beaufort fire department answer
ed six alarms in November, ac
cording to the report given Beau
fort commissioners at their meet
ing Monday night.
There were two out-of-town calls,
one to Otway and one to Davis,
two in-town calls, one fatality due
to fire, two false alarms and an
average of 18 firemen answering
the calls.
The expenses of the department
in November were 8974.43.
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Coast Guard Aids
Two Vessels
Coast Guard personnel from Fort
Macon refloated a 45-foot sailing
pacht Wednesday afternoon at
1:40. The yacht, Marguerita, was
aground in Calico Creek 10 yards
east of can buoy 7, near the New
port River bridge.
The owner, J. H. Samson of An
napolis, Md., and two other per
sons were aboard. Coast Guards
men making the assist were Cecil
Taylor, BMl, and Wilson Winstcad,
SN.
En route to the port terminal
from a lightship run Wednesday,
the CGC Chilula picked up the fish
ing vessel Mary Ann, which had
broken down about a mile off Cape
Lookout.
The Chilula towed the vessel to
the sea buoy, where the Fort Ma
con 36-footer relieved her of the
tow at 4:30 p.m. The vessel was
towed to the Davis docks in Beau
fort.
Adult Group Will
Attend Christmas
Party Dec. 23
Adulli who attend recreation
night each Wednesday at the rec
reation building, Morehead City,
will have a Christmas party at 7:30
Wednesday night, Dec. 23, an
nounces George Jackson, supervis
or.
Eight persons attended the ac
tivities Wednesday night for the
first time. They were Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Phillips, Mr. and Mrs.
D. Stewart, Burrly Lawrence, Dom
Lewis, Mrs. Willard Hardy, Mr.
and Mrs. Tommy Russell, and
Mrs. Naomi Barnes.
.Refreshments were served by
Geneva Williams, Betty Williams
and Ruth Morris. Clifford Faglie
furnished the tape recorder for
dancing.
The group met in the lobby of
the recreation building.
Municipalities Official
Visits Two Towns
Jim Burgess, field consultant
with the League of Municipalities,
visited Morehead City town hall
Tuesday and Beaufort town hall
Wednesday.
Mr. Burgess, who said he was
making routine visits, is filling a
position newly created by the
league. He said it la his duty to
work with towns and cities through
out the state. He left Wednesday
to go to Jacksonville.
Firm to Make Sportswear;
Building to Start Feb. 1
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Beaufort Board
Expects to Annex
Suburban Areas
Beaufert plans to annex, by or
dinance, areas to the north of the
present town limits.
The town board was scheduled
to meet at noon Wednesday to sur
vey a slightly-revised map of the
new areas, but the meeting was
postponed because the map was
not ready.
The areas include, generally, a
part of Front Street extended, Ann
Street extended, Hancock Park,
Highland Park, Circle Drive, Jones
Village, Huntley Park and certain
sections along the West Beaufort
road.
It ur estimated that the increase
in population will be about 1,400.
The board set Wednesday as the
time to reconvene when it was an
nounced Monday night at the De
cember board meeting that the re
vised map was not ready. A slight
change is being made in eastern
boundaries, according to Mayor W.
H. Potter.
The town board conducted a
hearing Nov. 30 on the proposed
annexation by ordinance. Oppon
ents were represented by attorney
Gene Smith, Beaufort.
Menhaden Catches
Normal; No Market
Although menhaden catches this
season are running about normal,
the slow market for menhaden
products is giving the industry the
willies.
In the words of one of the fac
tory operators Wednesday, "The
fish business stinks."
Boats went out Tuesday, but it
was rough; they also fished Wed
nesday. Catches were being made
north of Cape Lookout to Ocracoke
and off Wrightsville Beach.
Approximately 11 less boats are
fishing here this year than fished
last year.
Beaufort's New Police
Car Leads Yule Parade
Beaufort's new police car made
its first formal appearance lead
ing the Christmas parade Friday.
Purchase of a new car was author
ized by the town board in Novem
ber.
According to the report on police
activities for November, presented
at the board meeting Monday night
at the town hall, meter violations
numbered 156, other parking vio
lations 3, arrests 13, meter receipts
$549.79, meter fines $42 05, and de
partment expenses for the month
$1,744.49.
? Truman D. Kemp, former gen
eral manager of Morehead City
Garment Co., today announced
plans for the establishment in this
county of a new garment manu
facturing industry.
The name of the industry will be
Carteret Industries, Inc. It will
manufacture sportswear. The num
ber of people it will employ, ac
cording to present plans, is 100
and the first year's payroll will be
in excess of $250,000.
It will have no connection with
any other garment manufacturing
concern. Mr. Kemp ended his as
sociation with the Morehead City
Garment Co. Dec. 1 to devote full
time to the establishment and man
agement of Carteret Industries. He
will be general manager and ex
ecutive corporation officer.
Carteret Industries was originat
ed by Mr. Kemp with the help of
Henry White and Miss Lucille Pin
er who, like himielf, are residents
of Morehead City.
The new c oncer* has been given
financial assistance and advice by
the North Carolina Business De
velopment Corp. and more than
SO per cent of the $200,000 required
capital has been raised.
About 30 per cent of capital stock
will be available to local investors
with the remaining 20 per cent
available to employees under
terms of a voluntary payroll de
duction plan.
Mr. Kemp and his associates will
choose a site for the plant within
the next ten days. Sites near
Beaufort. Newport and Morehead
City arc under consideration.
Plant construction will start Feb.
1.
The 15, 000 square foot plant will
cost nearly $100,000. It will be air
conditioned, heated by fuel pumps,
and modern to the last detail, ac
cording to Mr. Kemp.
The latest garment-making ma
chinery will be installed at a cost
of approximately $75,000.
In his announcement today Mr.
Kemp said that the factory's first
year's production has already been
sold.
Mr. Kemp was born at Manhcim,
Pa., attended public schools there.
He attended Penn State two years.
During school vacation periods and
for several years after college, he
was employed in his father's gar
ment manufacturing plant at Man
heim. He has been general man
ager of Morehead City Garment
Company ...nee 1949.
Mr. and Mrs. Kemp live at 2912
Evans Street, Morehead City. They
have five children, Renee, a stu
dent at Greensboro College; Tru
man Jr., a student at The Citadel;
Rodney and Madclyn, Morehead
City school students; and Charles
G., three months old.
The Kemps attend the First
Methodist Church. Mr. Kemp is
a member of Morehead City Ro
tary Club and for several years
was a director of Morehead City
Chamber of Commerce. He is a
member of the Odd Fellows and
Morehead City Golf and Country
Club.
Youth Appeals Two Cases
Monday to Superior Court
Appealed to superior court Mon
day were cases against Charles
Lessene, It, Morehcad City. l<es<
sene was found guilty of assault
ing Ruth Long, Morehead City and
resisting arrest. His bond for ap
pearance in superior court was set
at $300.
According to Lt. Joe Smith, po
lice officer, the Long woman said
that Lessene attacked her outside
the Edgcwatcr Hotel, Morehead
City, at about 10 o'clock Saturday
night.
He said Ruth claimed Lessene
dragged her behind a truck and
ripped her clothes off, then her
husband, Harriioo Long, came and
dragged Lessene away from her.
Lieutenant Smith laid that when
he attempted to take Lessene into
custody, the youth resisted.
Judge Herbert Phillip* sentenced
Lessene to 12 months on the as
sault count and six months on the
resisting arreat charge, the two
terms to run concurrently.
Elijah Lewis, Morehead City,
was found guilty of public drunk
enness and appealed to superior
court also. His bond was set at
*S0.
Charles A. Wallln Jr., Raleigh,
pleaded guilty to careless and reck
See COURT, Page *
Research Men
Renort Thursday
To NCFA Board
? Local Boats Plan
To Dredge for Clams
? Silver Bay Leaves
Today for Brunswick
Joaquim Rivers, field party chief
aboard the Silver Bay, research
vessel operating out of Morehead
City during the past two weeks, re
ported yesterday to the board of
directors of the North Carolina
Fisheries Association.
The directors met at Mrs. Russell
Willis's restaurant, Morehead City.
With Mr. Rivers was Paul J.
Struhsacker. biologist.
Mr. Rivers said that ocean clams
arc available east and west of
Beaufort inlet, the eastern beds ex
tending for approximately 20 miles
along the outer banks. The clams
are present in "limited commercial
quantity," he said.
Fred Whitaker, retiring execu
tive secretary of the association,
said that fishing of the clam beds
would have to be limited by season
eventually.
To determine the extent of the
beds and the growth rate of the
clams would require another three
years of research, Mr. Rivers told
the directors.
Many shells were found off Drum
Inlet indicating that clams had
been there fairly recently. Mr.
Whitaker said that some fishermen
in this area are having Fall River
clam dredges made, the type used
by the Silver Bay. A boat and two
men are able to work the ocean
clam beds because they are close
inshore.
Elmer Willis, buyer of clams at
Williston, said that a sea clam will
shuck out to about 5'^ pounds of
meat to the bushel whereas a bay
clam will shuck out to about 84i
pounds. He said the difference lies
in the heavy shell built up by the
sea clam. He added that there is
no difference in quality or flavor.
Because of the difference in the
j amount of meat yielded. Mr. Willis
said the price for a hundred pounds
of sea clams would run about $2.50
as compared to $3 for a hundred
pounds of bay dams.
The Silver Bay also looked for
scallops. North of Cape Lookout,
Mr. Rivers said, about three
bushels of scallops were taken in
a 20-minute tow. The scallops
shucked out to 3 Mr pints per bushel.
No further evidence of scallops
was found from Lookout to Cape
Fear.
The next trip of the Silver Bay to
this area will be in February and
March. It left Morehead City this
morning for Brunswick, Ga. The
NCFA has requested that the Sil
ver Bay further explore the clam
beds and attempt to define more
clearly the extent of them. The
vessel will also undertake more re
search on scallops and industrial
fish.
George B. Garner. New Bern,
was chosen to succeed Mr. Whita
ker, who resigned in April. Mr.
Gamer will begin his duties in Jan
uary. Mr. Whitaker has been ex
ecutive secretary with the NCFA
since February 1956.
Charles Davis, Beaufort, presi
dent of the association, presided at
yesterday's meeting. Roy Watson,
former president, who had to re
sign because of an eye condition, is
serving as advisor to Mr. Davis.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were Al
bert Lea, W. H. Potter, Walter
Lasker, Ottis Purifoy, Lloyd Reed,
Earl Holton, Garland Fulcher, and
Mr. Ballancc of Hobocken.
Clarence Davis
Heads Firemen
CUrencc Davis Jr. was re-elect
ed fire chicf for the coming year
at the December meeting of the
Beaufort fire department. Other
officers elected at the meeting, are
Leon Swain, assistant chief; Frank
Langdale, captain; Freddie Snooks,
Lieutenant and Earl Willis, secre
tary.
Glenn Adair was elected assist
ant chief of the rescue squad and
Frank Lewis captain. Bobby Hud
gins was named lieutenant.
Firemen will sponsor a turkey
shoot at the Beaufort bridge each
Sunday afternoon until Christmai
and on Thursday afternoon, Dec.
24. Proceeds will be used to pro
vide a merry Christmas for needy
families.
J. S. Younts Plans
Station at Havelock
Washington (AP>? The Federal
Communications Commission Mon
day received the following stand
ard radio broadcast application;
Havelock, N. C.? Jack S. Younti
trading at Radio-Marine (P. O.
Box 570, Southern Pines, N. C.)
for a new standard broadcast sta
tion to sperate on 1330 kilocycle!,
o dc kilowatt, day.