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="i CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 49th YEAR, NO. 2. EIGHT PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAtlFOBT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 43 Hear Robert L. Humber's Annual Report on Federation Forty -three persons heard Rob < ert L. Humber, founder of the World Federation movement, give his 19th annual report Sunday aft ernoon in the First Baptist church recreation room, Beaufort. Eight men of the original group, which endorsed the movement Dec. 27, 1940 at Davis Island, were pres ent. They were Mr. Humber, F. R. Bell, George Huntley, Grayden Paul, judge Luther Hamilton, Irvin W. Davis, Raymond Ball and James L. Fleming. Mr. Humber stated that the 39 who met at Davis Island 19 years ago recognized certain concepts: ? That science was beginning to create a world community that has no ordained authority for order or administration of justice ? World peace must be founded on principles of law and individ ual responsibility Mr. Humber pointed out that world federation was not an origi nal concept, but it had had little acceptance. The group which founded the movement on Davis Island, he said, was the first to make an effort to implement, po litically, the idea of world federa tion. The speaker reviewed the de velopments of western culture which have led to the idea of world federation. After the Romans de veloped the concept of justice bas ed on law, man eventually realized that freedom cannot' be preserved without political institutions, Mr. Humber commented. "A world community is here," he continued. "We are linked to the destiny of India ... we must evaluate our responsibilities to all mankind," Mr. Humber predicted that the eye of history will light on Presi dent Harry Truman as one of the great men of this age, because Truman originated the idea of tech nical assistance to underdeveloped countries. The speaker said that other na tions have accepted this idea and arc eager to send techicians to un derdeveloped countries to teach people there how to build airports, fight disease, raise better crops and otherwise improve the level of living. "Our civilization cannot survive with a provincial horizon," Mr. Humber continued, "we must work out a sense of common destiny." Right now, America is recogniz ed as a leader among world na tions. As other nations, such as China and India become industrial ized, they will speak with authority at world conference tables and the United States must be ready to ad vocate and practice world citizen ship, based on law and world or der, the speaker emphasized. Mr. Humber pointed with pride to the World Rule of Law Center in the Duke University Law school, which was established 15 months ago. Heading the department is Arthur Larson, who, Mr. Humber related, said he thought it most fit ting that this department be estab lished in North Carolina where world federation received its ma jor impetus. Ob March 13, 1M1, the North Carolina legislature became the first political body to endorse world federation. Judge Luther Hamilton express ed appreciation to Mr. Humber, on behalf of the group, for coming an nually to Beaufort to report on world federation. The meeting opened with prayer by the Rev. Alec Thompson, pastor of the First Baptist Church. At the conclusion of Mr. Hum ber's address, Mrs. Humber served refreshments. 1 960*5 First Baby Carteret didn't have i New Year's Day baby this year but little Dorothy Ann Baldwin, shown above, was tbe first baby of 1960 to be born in the county. Dorothy arrived at 7:02 a.m. Saturday morning, Jan. 2 at tbe Morehead City hospital. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Baldwin of Marshallberg. Dorothy is the fourth child in the Baldwin family. Holding the baby is nursery attendant Iris Lewis. Firemen Report Progress On Rural Protection Plan Report Released On Silver Bay Work Offshore Received this week was the for- , mal report on work of the research j vessel, Silver Bay. Th vessel, j operated by the federal bureau of t commercial fisheries, operated out ( of Morehead City, with F. J. Cap- j tiva, field party chief. The report follows: Exploratory clam and scallop i dredging and fish and shrimp I trawling operations were conduct- c ed off the North Carolina coast ' during the 23-day cruise of the Sil ver Bay which ended on Dec. 13. i Clams: Preliminary test fishing, using a 14-tooth Fall River clam < dredge, from 10 miles west of Beaufort Inlet to Cape Lookout yielded catches of hard clams that indicate the presence of an exten sive commercial clam bed from about 4 miles west of the inlet to Cape Lookout. This area had been previously tested with a hydraulic dredge with unsatisfactory results. Catch rates varied from 0 to 6Mi bushels per 30 minute drag throughout the area. Simulated commercial fishing using a single dredge at 34*39.7' North latitude, 76*38.3' West longi tude (about two miles east of the See REPORT, Page 2 Work Begins on Addition To Lillington Garment Co. An addition mat will double the size of the working (pace it the Lillington Garment Co., was an nounced this week by Mrs. J. W. Jackson, Morehead City, president of the Lillington and Morehead City Garment companies. On Dec. IB, Mrs. Jackson an- ! nounced plans for construction of a new Morehead City Garment Co., just west of the present building j on Bridget Street. Work on (he addition at Lilling- j ton has been started and will be Fireman Answer Call To Smith Home Saturday Beaufort firemen were called to 1 the house a i W. J. Smith Jr. in Beaufort Saturday night to extin guish a fire started by an over- ! heated popcorn popper. No dam age other than some burnt pop corn was reported. The department also answered t a call Thursday night that turned . out to be a false alarm. The alarm was turned in at box 43, Mulberry and Marsh Streets. Bridge Opens The new bridge across North River was opened to highway traf fic yesterday morning for the first i lime. i completed about June 1. It is hop ed that the new Morehead City building will be ready (or occu pancy at approximately the same time. The addition at the Lillington plant is being financed by the Lil lington Industrial Building Corp., owner of the present building. It will allow employment of ap proximately 100 more persons bringing the total number of em ployees there to 350. The addition will allow inclusion there of a cut ting operation. The cutting of gar ments is now being done at More head City. Reporting the addition to the plant, the Harnett County News said: "The payroll of the garment company is the largest Lillington las ever had. It* effect on local merchantile channels has been seen in a remarkable boosting of trade. Most of the employees of the plant live either inside Lilling ton or in neart>y communities. "Recently, the plant has been working two shifts, a smaller force working night time. . . The local plant has been declared as one of the finest and moat modern in the South." Lilliagton, according to 1SS0 cen ius figures, is about the same size if Morehead City. Collected thus far from persons in rural areas around Newport is about a thousand dollars, accord ing to Newport firemen. Officers of the fire department met over the weekend at the town hall and named fire fighting com mittees for 1960. Names will be released following the depart ment's meeting, which was held last night. The firemen and the Newport Rural Fire Association plan to pre sent to Newport town commission ers tonight the proposed plan for a Newport Rural Fire Association For 1960 and possibly 1961. It is estimated that at least $100 month ly will be needed to provide rural protection. Firemen are pleased with the response thus far and believe that the quota will be met. Ending to day is the 10-year plan which pro vided residents in the rural areas, who belonged to the rural associa tion, fire protection. The following letter was sent re cently to persons living in the areas surrounding the town of Newport: Dear Rural Patron: As you probably already know, the ten year plan for the rural fire protection will expire on Jan. 5, 1960. Plans have recently been made for a new fire protection plan. The areas that will be in cluded will be east as far as Mans field Building Supply, west as far as Broad Creek bridge, the Mill Creek section to highway 101, north on highway 70 to county line and lake road as far as county line. The membership fees will be $5.00 for dwelling or business, $100 for first out building, and 50c for each additional building per year. This will be set up as a one or two year pay plan. In case you are not called on in the next few days, please contact one of the following: Ray Lackey, Cecil Pringle, Y. Z. Simmons, Cleveland Garner, Troy Cannon, Bill Pohorcsky, Clyde Foy, Lester Haskett. Let's consider the protection we have had the past ten years and try to carry out the above plan. In case you are not a member of the Rural Fire Association, the fee will be $100 if the Newport Fire Truck is called for your protection. We are depending on each and everyone of you. Each resident who joins the as sociation signs a contract listing the buildings on his property and the amount he pays for protection of those buildings on a year basis. Sincerely, Ray Lackey President of the Rural Fire Association Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Jan. I 7 ; 46 a.m. t:14 p.m. 1:31 a.m. 1:46 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. ? 1:50 a.m. 9:11 p.m. 2:23 a.m. 3:11 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7 9:49 a.m. 3:17 a.m. 3:34 p.m. 10:03 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1 10:41 a.m. 10:31 p.m. 4:12 a.m. 4:31 p.m. Historians Want Jail Preserved ? Board Okays Petition On Russells Creek Road ? Plans for New Office, Vault Presented County commissioners were ask ed yesterday that they not allow the old jail to be dismantled. Present ing the request were Grayden Paul of the Beaufort Historical Associa tion and F. C. Salisbury, president of the County Historical Society. The county hadn't been contem plating doing anything with the jail. It's used now for storage space. Mr. Paul said the jail was built in 1831 and is the oldest county built structure on countv property. The board was also alked to set aside the land between the jail and Cedar Street for historical pur poses. It is hoped that the jail may be used as a museum some time in the future, Mr! Paul said. When asked by Mr. Howard about conducting tours for wives of coun ty commissioners at their conven tion this summer, Mr. Paul said that the Beaufort Historical Asso ciation now has its own bus and is planning to run regular tours. The board approved a petition re questing improvement of the Rus sells Creek-Windy Point Road. Commissioner David Yeomans in quired about improving a cemetery road on Harkers Island. It was suggested that a petition be pre sented. Mayor W. H. Potter appeared to request that the county budget funds for its share of the cost of paving Craven Street between Ce dar and Broad. John Valentine, architect, pre sented plans for an addition to the courthouse which would accom modate the clerk of court's office and vault. Commissioners sug gested that a basement be added for storage space. Cost of the addition, without the basement, was estimated at $27,800. Cliff Edwards of Culligan Soft Water Service, presented plans on softening water for county build ings. Decision on the proposal was referred to the sheriff and county auditor. Harvey Smith of the Fish Meal Co., Beaufort, appeared at the afternoon session to explain why there was a discrepancy in his in ventory report to the state and to the county as of Jan. 1 last year. The board discussed at length the reporting of inventories. Read at the morning session were letters from Carteret Fish and Oil and Piggly-Wiggly store, both regard ing the inventory reports for list ing of taxes. Also discussed were Carteret Ice and Coal and Carteret Hardware. At the meeting, in addition to those mentioned, were Moses How ard, chairman, commissioners Har rell Taylor, Skinner Chalk and Gas ton Smith. Police Chief Reports Entries The cafeteria at Beaufort school, Ray Gordon Lewis's service sta tion, Live Oak and Mulberry Streets, Beaufort, and Russell Man son's store were entered over the weekend. Police chief Guy Springle said the cafeteria was broken into Saturday night, but apparently nothing was taken. The entry was discovered by the janitors, Clyde Everett and Frank Buttry. This is the second time in leas than a month that the school was entered. But nothing was missed either time. Entry was gained by cutting a screen out of a door. A back window was broken in the ktrvice station Sunday night and attempts made to pry open a door. Several cartons 6f cigarettes were taken, according to Mr. Lewis, who discovered the entry early yesterday morning. Chief Springle said that officer Mack Wade checked the atation at 4:30 Sunday afternoon and every thing was intact. Thieves got into Manion's Sun day by breaking a front window. Taken was $4.95 in cash. The store is located at Craven and Brokd Streets. County Officers Blow Up Still Jan. 1, 1960 County officers blew up a still on the Crow Hill road, Just off the Harkers Island road, New Year's afternoon. ABC officer Marshall Ayscuc said that the owners apparently were planning to move the still be cause the boiler had been taken out of the brick furnace. At the still were (bur boxes of spent masH. With the ABC officer on the raid were sheriff Hugh Sal ter and deputy sherifl C. H. Davis. State Releases Additional Plans on Proposed Bridge Carteret's bridges figured in a* discussion at the cbunty commis sioners' meeting yesterday morn ing at the courthouse. C. Y. Griffin, New Bern, district engineer, attended the meeting, on a routine call, with J. L. Hum phrey, county road superintendent. When questioned by commission er Skinner Chalk relative to the bridge location, Mr. Griffin said that it was his understanding that the draw now proposed for the Morehead City bridge could be en larged for ocean vessels if the port expands northward. Mr. Chalk asked if the bridge was planned with results of sur veys, that were supposed to have been made, in the hands of the highway commission. Mr. Griffin said that he was rea sonably sure the highway commis sion had all the information neces sary for drafting the bridge plans. The question was raised as to whether Carteret was getting its fair share of funds for road im provement. Alvah Hamilton, coun ty attorney, said that he had heard the excuse given that all of Car teret's money was going for bridges. "We didn't put this water here. It's God-given," Mr. Hamilton re marked, "and I don't think this county should be penalized for water." Mr. Griffin said that until the formula is changed for allotting road money, Carteret probably won't get any more funds. The formula is based on population and road mileage. He admitted that the more populous counties get more road funds. Moses Howard, chairman of the board, observed that upstate there are underpasses and overpasses and as far as he can see, they're bridges, whether they span rail roads or another highway. Mr. Hamilton said that if bridges are utilizing the county's road mon ey, the formula should be changed for determining the apportionments to counties. "We're not getting the same consideration as the peo ple in Winston-Salem," he com mented. He observed that the bridge ?cross Newport River east of Morehead City and the bridge to the beach, for example, are for the use of all the people in the state, not just those in this county. "We have a lot of travel here in Ihe summer," Mr. Howard said. The roads are crowded." He in ferred that bridges are being built for maximum winter traffic (about) four months of the year) instead of for the heavier traffic they must bear eight months of the year. Mayor W. 11. Potter, Beaufort, who appeared at the meeting, pointed out that the minimum clearance of the bridge, draw clos ed, should be 30 feet, and prefer ably 55. Unless there is at least 30 feet clearance, he said, highway traf fic will be continually delayed while small vessels pass. He cited the much heavier traffic that is expected when Carteret ceases to be a deadend county this year. The mayor said that Army en gineers, as the result of a year long survey, are recommending that no bridge without a draw, have less than 80-foot clearance. Since the bridge spans the inland waterway, a federally maintained channel, he said federal funds could be made available for a high maximum clearance. The bridge should also be "as wide as possible," mayor Potter said. He said that if it is no wider than the bridge to Atlantic Beach it will be obsolete before construc tion is finished. Mr. Howard requested that may or Potter be present at Thursday's hearing. Patrol Promises Crackdown in 1960 Highway patrolmen in the coun ty will enforce strictly all motor veh'^e laws this year, according to tf rolman R. H. Brown. This is ju to the nearly doubled fatal ity rate for 19SS over 1K8. Mr. Brown reported yesterday. He said that during the month of January proper lights will be stressed, with the emphasis on trucks. The law requires that all trucks, including pickups, have two 4-inch red reflectors on the rear of the truck. This is in addi tion to the red tail light. Folks in Carteret have been a little careless about this, the pa trolman said. He urged motorists to make sure their lights meet the law to avoid prosecution in court. Commlsskm to Meet The County Planning Commis sion will meet Monday night, Jan. 11 at the Carteret-Craven Electric Membership building, Morehead City, according to W. C. Carlton, secretary Meeting with the com mission will be Robert O. Barbour and John Voorhees of Raleigh. George Huntiley Sr. is chairman of Um commission. First Tag Buyer "j&TH CAROUKA^v ^ ? i.<i. to? wnw : Newfr-Tlme* Photo by McComb First in line at the auto license tag window Saturday when the 1 state plates went on sale was Col. Hayden Freeman, 2011 Shepard St., Morehead City. Colonel Freeman displays the tag bearing (the 1 lowest number among those to be sold in Carteret County. Work on Harbor to Begin First Half of This Year Wilmington? A deeper harbor at Morehead City, the Wilkes County flood control project, and more family housing for Fort Bragg are top features of the Corps of Engi neers construction program sched uled to get started in the state dur ing the first half of this year. Col. R. P. Davidson, district en gineer here, advises that the build ing program for the Army, Air , Force and Civil works activities is , estimated at $22 million and will require from one to four years to 1 complete. ( An estimated two million dollars 1 worth of waterway work including maintenance and new starts is scheduled for eastern North Caro lina. The Morehead City project, i to deepen the harbor from 30 feet ' to 35 feet, will account for about half of this sum. Plans show that , the job will require about 2,000,000 | cubic yards of pipeline dredging i | and upwards of 1,000,000 cubic | yards of hopper dredging. The dredging of the bar channel j at Oregon Inlet and a new inside approach channel are in plans for the spring months. The new inside ! channel, actually a rerouting of the existing channel, will connect ' with 12-foot channels leading to Pamlico Sound, Wanchese and Mantco. The existing connecting link is almost impossible to keep 1 open because it cuts across the normal flow of the inlet current. In other areas, maintenance dredging is scheduled for the Sun ny Point Army Terminal and the < Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. ? The work at the Terminal will re- i quire about 2,000,000 cubic yards I of dredging and the waterway < about 600,000 cubic yards. The $8.5 million reservoir, near < Wilkesboro on the Yadkin River. I is the responsibility of the Charles- i ton (S. C.) District. i Colonel Davidson said the Charleston District had advised 1 him that a real estate office has ' been established in Wilkesboro to ? begin acquiring land and that the 1 highway commission will start re- < locating highways in the spring. 1 I See HARBOR, Page 2 1 Raleigh ? Highway department officials will be in Beaufort Thurs day to unveil preliminary plans for construction of a new bridge be tween Beaufort and Morehead City. A public hearing, to begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at the courthouse, Beaufort, is for the purpose of hear ing public reaction to the sketched bridge plans prepared by highway department bridge engineers. I announcing the hearing, high way director W. F. Babcock said he feels the bridge design and loca tion engineers have done an excel lent job in their proposals, but he said the results of the public hear ing will be analyzed carefully to determine whether any changes are desirable. Under the proposals to be studied Thursday, a new 2,700-foot bridge would be constructed parallel to and just north of the Beaufort Morehead City railroad tracks. Total construction, including bridge and approaches, would be approximately 2 miles in length. The bridge would feature a 28-foot roadway with provision for two lanes of traffic. Three-foot side walks would be built on each side of the roadway. The bridge design will be flexi ble, the highway commission says, to permit installation of an addi tional d^aw span for ocean going vessels, should port development require it. The bridge would have a horizon tal clearance of 90 feet at the draw and a vertical clearance of 25 feet when the bridge is in closed posi tion. Members of the State Ports Au thority have been informed of the bridge plans and a representative of the authority is expected to be at the hearing Thursday. Entrance to the new structure on the Morehead City side would be from Arendell Street (US 70) and from Cedar Street (US 70) on the Beaufort side. The existing bridge would be dis mantled following construction of the new facility, according to high way officials. It is estimated that a period of 18 months would be required for actual construction of the span snce a contract is let. Mr. Bab cock explained that the public hear ing is actually one of the first steps leading to an eventual contract let ting. He said it is hoped that early agreement can be reached on both ocation and bridge design details in order that the bridge depart ment can begin its detailed design work, which is expected to take six months. 'We are anxious to move ahead as rapidly as possible in this design work and let the contract at an ?arly date to give citizens of Beau fort, Morehead City and all of Car lerct County a first class bridge racility," Mr. Babcock said. Reading Program Will Use System Missionary Devised (Editor's Note: Beginning Jan. adult reading and writing classes I throughout the southeast. The foil of teaching that will be used). Dr. Frank C. I.aubach, now in his seventies, is a man who has given most of his life to helping others. Although he has made many con tributions as a Christian mission ary, his biggest contribution has been in a field with which his name has becomc synonymous ? literacy. It all began in the ISM's when Dr. Laubach, then a young missionary in the Phillipine Islands, was try ing to teach Christianity to Moro tribes. He wasn't having much suc cess, largely because the Moras could not understand what he was saying. At that point, Dr. Laubach began his search for a simplified method of teaching reading and writing, in any language. He has succeeded. One estimate, not his own, is that his work has resulted in more than 60 million persons in the world being able to read and write elementary words and sentences in their own lan guages. His method has been used in 93 countries and in 270 languages and dialects. , Dr. Laubach's methods arc sim ple enough. He does not profess to be an educator in the formal sense. He is interested, instead, in the functional use of languages so that individuals may help them selves. He believes that literacy will solve many of the world's prob lems. He envisions, for the future, what he calls "an army of com passion" ? a group of workers who would teach such things as lit eracy, agriculture and, eventually, 14, tv station WNCT will start the Ming sponsored in this county and owing article explains the method responsible free citizenship to all the world. He sees this as the free world's best answer to Commun ism. Dr. Laubach has been working on his idea for more than 30 years. He's still working on it. There is a Laubach Literacy Center in Balti more. which has offered specialized training in literacy for a number of years. Many of its graduates are at work all over the world teaching people to read and write. Dr. Laubach is the author of the "Each One Teach One" idea. His original plan: When an adult learn ed to read and write by the simpli fied method, it became that per son's responsibility to teach another person More recently, however, Dr. Lau bach and an educational television station. WKNO in Memphis, Tenn., became interested in using hia teaching method on television as a way to reach more people quick ly. The experiment, conducted over a four-year period, worked. Two thousand adults in Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn., learned to read and write. They met in groups of 10 to 15 around a television set, watched the trained teacher and had the help of a volunteer teacher who met with each group of stu dents. The television lessons were film ed and, last winter, used in the first reading - by - television experiment on a commercial ftation, WBTV in Charlotte. Here, again, it worked. In aix months, nearly 1,000 adulU learned to read and write. Thus, the simplified method that Dr. Laubach began devisit.^ 30 years ago in the Phillipincs has moved to television ? and a mass audience. The pilot commercial station pro ject in Charlotte? for which WBTV gave the time ? was conducted by the Carolinas' Literacy Move ment. It was organized by Mayes Behrman, director of the Literacy Division of the John C. Campbell Folk School at Brasstown, N. C. Now, the Campbell School is en larging its efforts and, with Behr man as director, is seeking to co ordinate the Literacy Movement in the Southeast by Television. In January, 10 stations in North Carolina, South Carolina, and East ern Tennessee will offer reading lesions to one million adults in the area who are functional illiterates. More than 200,000 of these adults never had any formal schooling. The Alabama Literacy Move ment, a separate, cooperating movement, will use the state's three educational television sta tions, and bring to 13 the total num ber of. stations that will be offering [ree simplified reading and writing lessons to adults during the first half of 1960. Coordinated literacy movements in North Carolina, South Carolina and Eastern Ten nessee will organize classes and enlist needed volunteer workers. The entire movement, based on Dr. Laubach's philosophy, is volun teer. While some funds are needed to pay some expenses (a set of the M 30-minute films costs 16,000), the ?nly cost to students will be 14 tar Dooks they will keep. All other work, including television time, will be given.
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