= CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 48th YEAR, NO. 100. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1969 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Beach Board Investigates Total Street Paving Program Atlantic Beach town commission-' era voted Saturday morning to pro ceed further with a proposed three year street paving program. M. O. Coyle, clerk, reporting lor a com mittee authorized to investigate street paving, said that facts indi cate the work can be done without additional cost to the taxpayers. Mr. Coyle said that the money could be obtained through Powell bill funds and ABC funds over a \period of three years. He explain ed. however, that the town cannot earmark funds not in hand. The committee was advised by W. E. Easterling of the Local Govern ment Commission, the clerk added, that the money could be borrowed from a bank, if the people voted approval of a bond issue. It would not be the town's in tention to float the bonds, since the money could be obtained from other sources; however, authority to float the bonds would be needed as security to borrow money from ( a bank. Mr Coyle and commissioner W. L Derrickson were named to con fer further with Mr. Easterling on the matter. The cost of paving all unpaved streets in the town and resurfacing those paved has been estimated by a contractor at $30,526.75. The streets would be 20 feet wide. If they are 18 feet wide, the cost would be about 10 per cent less. Mayor A. B. Cooper said the pav ing would increase property values as well as improve traffic condi tions and benefit the residents. Commissioners R. A. Barefoot and Derrickson expressed interest in a water system before the paving ^toject. Mayor Cooper contended that the water system project would cost about $75,000 and could not be han dled without a tax raise. Mr. Coyle said that if the voters authorize a | bond issue for street paving and meet obligations as proposed, cred it would be established by the town ? so that borrowing funds for a wa ter system would create no prob * lem. No one appeared to comment on rczoning Atlantic Boulevard West to allow building of hotels and mo tels. The rezoning affects the north side of the street, for one block. The street is located behind the Atlantic Beach hotel. The rezoned portion runs west from the busi ness triangle. ' The board approved expenditure of $1,000 to correct a drainage problem on West Boardwalk. A 4 000-gallon shellbox drain will be placed beneath the street with pipes draining surface water to it. If this does not solve the prob lem of standing water, engineers suggest that a pump be installed and the water run out to the ocean through a pipe line. The board is pursuing its quest o have the beach highway widen ed from the south end of the bridge into town. The clerk was request ed to write a letter to the State Highway Commission asking that it be made four-lane. The highway commission report ed by letter that highway signs. Old Causeway Road, have been erected at the proper points. Mr. Coyle and the mayor were ' authorized to confer with Shelby Freeman relative to location of a site for a trash dump. The clerk gave a financial re port as of Nov. 30: $5,404.87 was in the general fund; $4,131.03 in the Powell fund and $18,061.71 in the savings fund. Twenty dollars was authorized for purchase of used heavy tires on the town pickup truck. Attend ing the meeting, in addition to 'those mentioned, were commission er A. L. Fleming, police chief Bill Moore, and George McNeill, town attorney. The board will meet (gain in January. Tax Collector Reports Receipts County tax collections in Novem ber amounted to $28?109.?, accord ting to E. O. Moore, Ux collector. Collected on the 1959 levy was $23,997.39; on 19M and prior levies $4,112.50. Percentage of the 1959 levy collected to date is 57.07 per cent. . Collected by by E. L. Brinson, deputy, delinquent personal proper ty U|X collector, was $704.44. Mr. Moore, at the recent county board of commissioners meeting, added his praise to that given James D. Potter, county auditor, by Frank Wall, of the auditing firm of Williams and Wall. ' Relative to the co??ty's good fi nancial position, Mr. Moore said, "Mr. Potter deservas all the cre dit. and I say that without reser vation. I've been here in this court house and I know what he's fought against. Carteret County doesn't know how lucky It is to ha?? James Potter." Hardy Ray Will Appear In Christmas Program Hardy Ray ... to give reading Defendant Given Year on Roads For Non-Support A year in jail and work on the roads was given Maniey Bailey Tuesday in county court for failure to comply with the terms of a sus pended sentence for non-support given him March 19 of this year. Robert James Johnson, charged with drunk driving, speeding, driv ing on the wrong side of the road and careless and reckless driving was made to pay $100 and court costs. The charge of drunk driv ing against him was dismissed. Two rases not proaecttcd were Ben Hopkins, charged with failnre to comply with a former court or der and A. C. Curmon, charged with public drunkenness. Another multiple traffic offender in court Tuesday was John Alex ander George who was charged with speeding, careless and reck less driving, driving on the wrong side of the road, having no lights and hit and run. George was giv en a suspended sentence of one year in jail on the condition that he not operate a motor vehicle in North Carolina for one year and pay $150 and court costs. Charges of breaking and enter ing were amended to forcible tres pass against Bruce Laverne Mer rill. Merrill was found guilty and sentenced to one year in jail by Judge L. R. Morris. The jail term was suspended on payment of $50 and costs and three years good be havior. William Thompson Willis, charg ed with failure to dim lights, for feited bond when he failed to ap pear. Thomas Gregory Brown was ordered to pay costs for speeding. The court heard drank driving cases against Richard Ernest Steb bins and Elbert Wilson. Stebbins See COURT, Page 1 Hardy Ray, Atlantic Beach, for mer teacher of English, public speaking and drama, will present a dramatized reading of a portion of Charles Dickens' Christmas Car ol at a program Friday night in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Morehead City. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. The choir will sing Christmas selections prior to Mr. Hardy's reading. All civic groups and the public art cordially invited. Mr. Rav is a native of Raleigh and holds a bachelor uf letters de gree, School of Speech, Northwest ern University, and master of arts degree. He has taught at NC State Col lege, Northwestern University, and Cleveland College of Western Re serve University. He was head of the department of speech at Cleve land College and founded his own school of speech for business and professional people prior to world war II. Mr. Ray has been active in radio as an announcer, commercial man ager, participant in dramatic pro grams and coach of announcers for approximately 10 years. He has served with several federal government agencies and for two years with the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C. Mr. Ray moved to Atlantic Beach in May 1956. A nursery will be provided for children whose parents wish to at tend the program. There will be a silver offering. Chairman Says Cancer Survey Now Complete Janes C. Smith, Morehead City, announced this week that the re sults of the cancer survey, of which he was chairman, have been sent to cancer headquarters at Ra leigh. The original survey quota for this county was SO. One hundred thirty families were interviewed. The survey will cover a period of six years. Mr. Smith said that the same families covered in this survey will be contacted periodic ally during the next six years. The survey is being carricd out, nation-wide, for the National In stitute, in the hope of obtaining in formation. on cancer, how and where it may develop and under what conditions. It's an effort to obtain more data on the habits of people, which might in turn shed some light on a cure and preventative for the disease, Mr. Smith said. After processing at the state lev el, the survey forms will be sent to New York. Mr. Smith said he was pleased with the results here. He express es appreciation to all those who carried out the survey and to those families who cooperated. Outstanding Programs Presented During Weekend Morrhf ad City and itt neighbor! were treated to two outstanding muaic programs over the weekend. The Greensboro College glee club sang Friday night in the First Methodist Church and the high school choral groups sang Christ mas music at the union Christmas service Sunday night at the school. More than two hundred persons heard the Friday night concert which included a motet by Berlioi, Veni, Creator Spiritus; two litanies, In My Orchard Pearl'd with Dew and II I Have My Jesus by Meyero witz; Laudi Alia Verginie Maria by Verdi. Psalm XIII by Johannes Brahms; Naomi and Ruth by Castelnuovo Tedesco. A Jubilant Song by Dello Joio; Longing by Stringham; Can't You Dance the Polka, a sea chan tey; Barb'ra Allen, a southern mountain ballad, and My Lindy Lou by Strickland. 1m the ffcul Mmber, Silent Night, the group was Joined by Mrs. Alvis Daniel, Wildwood, a graduate of Greensboro College this year and former member of the glee club. She sang the soprano solo part. Other soloists were Carol White, Pat Lawson, Joyce Gift and Patri cia Goodwin. Sarah Ua Bradley played the flute obligato for the number, Long ing. E. L. Williams directed, with Alma Dean Stack at the piano. A capacity crowd attended the Christmas union service Sunday. The Rev. Jack Mansfield, pastor of Camp Glenn Methodist Church, read the scripture and offered prayer. The Rev. Corbin Cooper, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Morehead City, gave the medita tion. The Rev. Charles L. Kirby, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, pronounced the benediction, which he preceded with a plea for a new school. Wishes for a happy Christmas season were extended by the prin cipal, T. Lenwood Lee. The processional, 0 Come All Ye Faithful, was sung by the high school chorus. The boys' glee club sang Good King Wenceslaus and I Saw Three Ships. The chorus sang Three Christmas Scenes by McCormick; the girls' glee club, What Child is This? and Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella. Pupils of the fourth grade, robed in white surplices and wearing large red bows, sang with the chorus The Snow Lay on the Ground. Fiaal numbers by the chorus were O Holy Night by Adam and Gloria in Excelsis by Jolley. Choral numbers were directed by Ralph Wade. Accompanists were Glenda Mor ton, Marlene Moore, Anne Marie Lewis, Jonibel Willis. Katherine Chalk, Virginia Thompson and Mrs. Theodore Phillips at the organ. Cards nag by the congregation were The First Noel, Joy to the World, and Silent NlgbL Rural Residents Will Discuss Fire Protection ? Contract with Newport To Expire Soon 9 Meeting Will Start At 7:30 Thursday Persons in the rural area sur rounding Newport are invited to a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the school to discuss renewal of the Newport Rural Fire Associa tion. The fire association's contract with the town of Newport, for fire fighting service, expires next month. Unless the organization re forms, persons in the areas around Newport will be without fire ser vice, according to Lt. Larry How ard of the Newport fire depart ment. A meeting to discuss reorganiza tion was held Friday night at the school. Representatives from all of the surrounding communities were invited. At that meeting it was decided that reorganization should be attempted. The new contract with the town would be on a year basis. The one which is about to expire has been in effect 10 years. The cost of pro tection would be $5 per dwelling plus SO cents for each outbuilding. Officers and directors are expected to be elected at Thursday night's meeting. Persons from the following areas are invited: highway 70 from the 24 and 70 junction; from a mile east of Bogue, those on the Mill Creek road from its junction with highway 101 and any others who may be in terested in obtaining protection from the Newport fire department. Lieutenant Howard will preside at the meeting. Bonnie Blue Date Set, June 10-11 The Cartent Cotnm unity Theatre has set the dates of Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11, for the production of Bonnie Blue Sweet heart. The historical play was first giv en last year and is being produced again next June by popular de mand. The play deals with the life of Emelinc Pigott, Morehead City re? ident who aided Confederate forces in this area during the War Be tween the States. The theatre hopes that insofar as possible, members of the origi nal cast will re-appear in the 1960 production. The city of New Bern, celebrat ing its 250th anniversary next June, will begin its two-week celebration Saturday, June 11. Beaufort is planning celebration of its 250th anniversary in its 251st year, I960, and tentative plans calls for the Beaufort celebration sometime in June. Boat Springs Leak Off Lookout A leak in the bow of the fishing boat Mispillion, that flooded the forward part of the vessel, sent the Fort Macon Coast Guard hurrying to the rescue Friday night. The distress signal was received from the boat, which was eight or nine miles off of Cape Lookout at the time. The 40-footer was dis patched to the scene although the Mispillion was able to return to port under her own power. The Coast Guard had also alerted the Chilula. Crew aboard the 40-footer was Eugene Carpenter, BM-3 and Nor vie Gillikin, EN-2. The station made another assist Saturday afternoon when the 40 footer refloated a 28-foot cabin cruiser that had run aground in Bogue Sound. The boat. Rusty, owned by A. A. Rice of Swansboro was towed to the Gulf docks in Morehead City. Making the assist were Eugene Carpenter, BM-3; Norvie Gillikin, EN-2 and Wilson Winstead, SN. Tide Table Tides at the Beaafort Bar HIGH LOW Taesday, Dec. U 8:19 a.m. 2:10 a.m. 8:45 p.m. 2:48 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18 8:53 a.m. 2:48 a.m. 9:24 p.m. 3:28 p.m. Thursday, Dee. 17 9:26 a.m. 3:22 a.m. 10:03 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18 9:58 a.m. 3:52 a.m. 10:43 p.m. 4:32 p.m. 12- Year-Old Boy Dies Of Bullet Wound Sunday Choir to Sing Christmas Portion of The Messiah The Christmas portion of Han del s Messiah will be presented for the second year at 8 p.m. 'onday in Ann Street Methodist Church, Beaufort. The choir will beccomposed of voices from Carteret 'communities, under the direction of Mrs. Charles Hassell, who will Mso accompany at the organ. Soloists will be Mrs. Ralph Wade, contralto, Morehead City; Mrs. Clifton Lynch, soprano, Morehead City; Mrs. Herbert Waldrop Jr., Clinton, and Mrs. Alvis Daniel, Wild wood, former soprano soloist with the Greensboro College Glee club. Members of the choir are Tucker Littleton, Swansboro; Denard Har ris, Sheron Wilkinson, Sandra Pake, Harlowe; Dr. and Mrs. Her bert Webb, Sea Level. Phillip Quidley, Atlantic; A. L. Hubbard, Mrs. Ray West, Roberta West, A1 Hubbard, Gloucester Straits; Bernice Willis, Anne Marie Lewis, Ruth Bailey III, Mrs. Wil liam Davis, Mrs. Paul Branch. Mrs. R. E. Butner Jr., Mrs. Rus sell Outlaw, Mrs. Paul Geer Jr., Mrs. Larry Barnette, Mrs. Bob Meadows, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Por ter, Edgar Swann and Bill Baughem, all of Morehead City. Clare Fulcher, Mrs. Charles Owens, Mrs. Bert Brooks, Mrs. Charlie Clifton, Ruth Durham, San dra Whitehurst, Mrs. John Cline, Mrs. David Beveridge, Nancy Rus sell. Patsy Willis, Mrs. Claude Morn ing, Betty Whitehurst, Nancy Knox, Mr. and Mrs. Sal Palatzo. Cliff Tilghman, Earl Willis, Frank Morning, George Huntley Jr., Charles Hassell Jr., Jimmy Wheat ley, Jimmy Jarman, Lt. John Haynes Jr., and Lee T. Snook. Stack Blare* Morehead City firemen at the West End . station were called to Wallace fish factory at 7 p m. Fri day when one of the stacks on the factory belched flames. Firemen stood by until the stack burned out what was bothering it. Funeral Rite For E. L. White Will be Today The funeral service for Ezra L. White, 64, who drowned in New port river Dec. 5, will be conduct ed at 2 p.m. today in the First Bap tist Church, Beaufort. The Rev. Alec Thompson, pastor, will offi ciate. Burial will be in Bayview cemetery, Morehead City. White, a resident of west Beau fort, disappeared from the rail road drawbridge the afternoon of Saturday, Dec. 5, after he had op erated the railroad draw and lock ed the control house. When a fellow employee of the Beaufort and Morehead Railroad returned by car on the highway drawbridge to pick him up, White was not there. When a search fail ed to locate him in Beaufort or| Morehead City, it was assumed ! that White fell from the catwalk j that connects the railroad draw j and the highway draw. Coast Guard drags for the body located nothing. Paul Norman, of the Beaufort-Morehead causeway, who is a skin diver, located the | body at about 2 o'clock Friday aft- 1 ernoon approximately at the point 1 where White is believed to have disappeared. Coroner W. D. Munden said cause of death was accidental drowning. Surviving arc five sons, C. S. and Morgan R. of Beaufort rout* 1, Virgil Leroy of Beaufort, Eric Gray of Las Vegas, Nev., and Bob by C. of Cameron, Calif. ; three daughters, Reta Ann of the home, 'Mrs Florence Fulcher of Moss j Point, Miss., and Mrs. Dorothy | Sadler of Beaufort route 1 ; one brother, W. C. White of Murfrees I boro, Tenn. Coast Guard Retrieves Body A Coast Gain) boat from Fort Macoa retrieve* the My of E. L. White, West Beis/ort, Friday after It was located in Newport River by Paul Nornaa, diver. (See story above). At the left Is sheriff Hugh Salter. $8,500 Pledged For Celebration Eighty-five hundred dollars has been subscribed to date to fi nance Beaufort's 250th anniver sary celebration in 1960, Grayden Paul, director, announced yester day. He points out, however, that $1,900 more is needed to meet the proposed budget. "Some folks have said they would pay their share if they saw that this thing was actually go ing through," Mr. Paul remark ed. "Well, it is and we'd like very much to have their pledges by Jan. 1. If they will do this, they needn't pay it until April 1." Persons who haven't pledged are asked to contact Mr. Paul in person, by phone or by mail. Earl William Moore of 507 Hed rick St., Beaufort, has had his driv er's licenae suspended indefinitely by the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. Morehead City Rotary Attends Christmas Party Members of the Morehead City Rotary Club held their annual Christmas party Thursday night at the Rex restaurant. Members brought gifts of toys that will be donated to the fire department for distribution to children. Included in the program was the singing of Christmas carols by the group and a special quartet con sisting of H. L. Joslyn, W. C. Carl ton, Dr. Darden Eurc and Stanley Woodland. Garland Scruggs had as his guest at the meeting Rufus Butner Jr. * Beaufort Firemen Need Toys to Fix for Children Beaufort firemen are still looking for toys to fix for Christmas. Anyone who has toys in a repair able condition are asked to take them by the fire station. They will be given to needy children at Christmas time. Phillip Garner . . . gun accident victim Wrecks Occur On Two Bridges; Newmans in Both Saturday night wasn't so good (or the Newmans. A George New man of Salter Path was in a wreck on the Beaufort draw at I p.m. and a Howard L. Newman, Hubert, was in a wreck on the Atlantic Beach bridge at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Three cars were involved in each wreck. The Salter Path Newman in a 1948 Dodge was headed west on the Beaufort bridge and sideawiped. according to patrolman W. J Smith Jr., two cars headed east. Driving the cars headed east were Lester Babbitt. Davis, in a 1960 Mercury, and John Henry Madden, Beaufort, in a 1951 Ford. Damage to the Dodge and Ford was $100 to each and to the Mer cury $200. Newman haa been charged with driving drunk and hit and run. No one waa hurt. Larry Clyde Jones, 18, Morehead City, was charged with driving drunk, careless and reckless driv ing and speeding, following the wreck 200 feet south of the draw on the beach bridge. According to patrolman J. W. Sykes, a 1954 Ford driven by How ard Newman and a 1953 Buick driv en by Stanley Dixon, route 1 New port. were stopped at the draw, headed north, when Jones, in a 1950 Dodge capie up behind them and did not stop. Patrolman Sykes said the Dodge and Buick were demolished. Dam age to the Ford was about $300. Bob Salter, riding with Dixon, had cuts on his shins; Dixon com plained of a jaw injury and Laura Watson, riding with Newman, had a neck injury. Newport Driver Hurt in Accident James 8. Qainn, Newport, suf fered a severe head injury in an accident on highway TO near Wild waod at S p.m. Thursday. Patrolman W. E. Pickard said Quinn was in a 1951 Chevrolet pick up headed east when a tractor trailer truck, headed west, pulled out of its lane, jack-knifed and hit the pickup. Nathan T. Flowers, Smithfield, driver of the tractor-trailer truck, has been charged with careless and reckless driving. The patrolman said the truck was empty, put on its brakes when it came upon some slow-moving cars, and swerved into oncoming traffic. The front of the pickup hit the right side of the tractor trailer. Damage to the big track was estimated at t2,000. The smal^ truck was demolished. Quinn was taken to the Morehead City hos pital in the Newport rescue ambu lance. Stat* Port Workman Overcome by Gat Fumes Glenwood Arnold, route 2 New port, was overcome by fumigation gas at the state port Saturday aft ernoon. Arnold was taken to the More head City hospital in the Bcll-Mun den ambulance. He was discharg ed Sunday morning. The residual effects of the gas, clinging on the tobacco after it has been fumigated and air-washed, affected Arnold, according to port official!. This danger is particu larly imminent on damp dayi. (It rained almost all day Saturday). Arnold was overcome by the gaa for a few minutes, but was revived by the time the ambulance arrived. Ha if ? state port raiployM. Phillip Mizelle Garner, 12, 906 Fisher St., Morehead City, died at 9:50 a.m. Sunday at the Morehead City hospital from a rifle wound in his head. The wound was acci dentally inflicted by his 16-year old cousin, George Alfred Chris tiansen, also of 906 Fisher St. According to Herbert Griffin, chief of police, Phillip was sitting on the settee in the living room of the home, waiting until it was time to go to Sunday school, when George, fooling with a .22 rifle, fired it. The chief said George did not know it was loaded. The bullet hit the boy on the low er lip, shattered several of his teeth and lodged in his head The accident was at 9:15 a.m. He was rushed to the hospital by Dr. T. R. Rice, Morehead City, who happen ed to be in the vicinity, en route to Sunday school. Both boys lived with their grand mother, Mrs. Alfred Smith. Phil lip was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jerome Garner. He was a seventh grade pupil at Morehead City School. The chief of police said the rifle that fired the shot was owned by Christiansen. Coroner W. D. Mun den ruled Garner's death acci dental. The funeral service will be con ducted at 3 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church by the Rev. Corbin Cooper, pastor. The body will lie at the church an hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Bay view cemetery. Besides the parents, survivors in clude a brother, Elmer Jerome Jr., Raleigh; the maternal grandmoth er with whom Phillip lived, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Garner, route 1 New port. Board Rezoned Live Oak in '54 According to reports published in THE NEWS-TIMES in 1954. Live Oak Street, from Ann northward to the city limits, has been zoned j for business. Beaufort town commissioners, at their recent meeting, were told that nothing in writing could be found to verify such action by the board. THE NEWS TIMES, however, on Oct. 15, 1954, published a legal no tice, by order of the town of Beau fort, calling for a hearing on re zoning Live Oak Street for Thurs day night, Nov. 4, 1954. The hearing was conducted and by recommendation of Halsey Paul, chairman of the planning commission, the town commission ers voted to re-zone Live Oak Street, from Ann north, for busi ness purposes. The report on this meeting appeared in THE NEWS TIMES Nov. 9, 1954. According to law, this change should have been indicated by re coloring the zoning map. C. K. WheaUy, town attorney, says this has not been done. Minutes on the Nov. 4, 1954 meeting were kept, but were never entered in the bound minute book and thus can not be found, or at least, haven't been found to date. Seashore Group To Meet Soon To take advantage of the new touriat opportunities 1960 offers, the Seashore Highway Association is planning a meeting for the near future. In a letter to coastal businesses and highway association members, Joe DuBois, secretary of the as sociation, asks for a suggestion on time and place for a meeting and states that 1980 dues, $3, are now payable. Any amount, however, will be acceptable. Five dollars entitles one to a voting member ship. Mr. DuBois reports that the as sociation has spent less than $1,100 since 19S3. Since that time, the association has brought about more and better mosquito control, north south coastal traffic (eliminatioh of dead-ends), a Salt Water Sport Fishing Association, state water resources department, and outer banks rehabilitation. Atlantic School, Churches To Give Operetta Friday The Atlantic high school, in con junction with the Atlantic Metho dist Church and the Atlantic Bap tist Church, will present a pan tomime operetta, The Extra Angel, in the school auditorium Friday at 1 p.m. There will be no admission charge. The public is invited. The program will be under the ' direction of Mrs. Jessie Parker and Mr*. Pauline Mclatoafc.