-s= CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES I#< 49th YEAR, NO. 3. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Carteret Contributes 10 To Big Highway Death Toll ~ 1 Newport Sells Tags, Decals ? Board Orders Marling Of Hargett Street ? No Change Made on 10 O'Clock Deadline Town tags and decals for cars and trucks are on sale now at Ed wards Soda shop, Newport. Both tags and decals are $1 each and must be on the vehicle by Feb. 15. Mayor Leon Mann Jr. says that no extension of time will be granted. Town commissioners, in session Tuesday night at the town hall, named Prentiss Garner as list taker. The board took no action on a request from D. Ira Garner, re layed by commissioner Leslie Ber cegcay , that the time limit on sell ing beer at night be extended from 10 p.m. to 11. Commissioner Bercegeay report ed that the Newport Industrial Corp. is in the process of getting figures on cost of a building, which it plans to erect for a plasti-metal industry. ,The board approved transferral of 5900 from the general fund to the water department. Commis sioners Dick Lockey and Berce geay reported that 127 gallons were used out of the town pump last month, quite a drop from the number of gallons used in previous months. A lock is now on the pump and a record kept of the gallonage Lonnie Howard, contractor, gave the board a price of $2 per ton on marl and the board ordered that Hargett Street be marled to a packed depth of 4 inches. Street commissioner John Kelly was au thorized to supervise the opening of Johnson Street by the side of the railroad. Commissioner Bercegeay re quested that a hole on E. Fore* Drive be repaired. The board voted payment of $100 toward rebuilding the motor in the police chief s car. Commissioner Kelly did not vote; commissioner Bercegeay voted against the pro posal, commissioners Lockey, Ben nie Garner and Wilbur Garner for The clerk. Miss EdiUi Lockey, read a letter from the town audi ^Lu0.s!ah Bailey. relative to state withholding tax and higher social security deductions. Bills in the amount of $592.82 were ordered paid, leaving a bal $2 960 66* gencral fund 01 Newport Firemen List Committees Fire department committees for 1960 were named at the meeting of Newport firemen Monday night at the town hall. They are as follows: driver-op erators, Manly Pollard, Junius Haskett, M. C. Howard, Raymond Edwards, John Lilly; ladder crew, Alien Elliott, Ira Jones, W. J. Kir by, John B. Kelly, Bill Dugee. Water supply, Bill Carroll, Fred Kelly, Leon Mann Jr., B. T. Smith Jr.; training and fire observation, Leon Mann Jr., Bennie Garner, George Green. Rescue-salvage, W. D. Heath, Doug Henderson, Gilbert Slaugh ter; Investigation, C. A. Gould Jr., Bill Dugee; fire-fighter, Milton Gould, Lionel Garner, Gordon Cut ter, Monroe Garner, Carroll Millis. Fire reports, Allen Elliott and Larry Howard. Firemen agreed to go out. of town to fight rural fires, if the town and Newport Rural Fire As sociation got together on an agree ment. James H. Gnrganus was admit ted as a new member. It was an nounced that the Eastern Carolina Firemen's Association will meet Tuesday night at 7 at the high school in Hertford. Officers will be elected and a rescue program will be presented. Twenty-five members attended. Chaplain Ira Jones opened and closed the meeting. ? Highway deaths in the state to taled 1,183 in 1959, the highest since 1941. Ten of those deaths occurred in Carteret county. The new year was only three weeks old when Mrs. Joyce Haw ley, 19, of the Beaufort-Morehead City causeway, was killed on the Salter Path road. Almost four months passed be fore another fatality occurred. On May 24, Elisha Murray Jr., 40, was killed on the Merrimon Road. August through December were the bloody months. Bert Murdoch Jr., 20, Wildwood, and Clarence D. Adams, 20, Broad Creek, were victims in the same accident at Harkers Island Aug. 2. Eben Lee Harker, 34, Beaufort, was killed in an oil tanker-moving van crash at Newport Aug. 8. The only pedestrian fatality was 5-year old Delores Jean Quidley, Atlantic, who was killed when a car struck her Sept. 20. Bobby Gene Hampton, 25, USMC, Cherry Point, was killed on high way 24 near Gales Creek Oct. 13. William M. Simmons, 22, Newport, was killed on highway 70 near Newport Nov. 8. Two weeks later, Franklin C. Oglesby, 18, Mill Creek, was killed Nov. 22 on high way 101 north of Beaufort. Two days before the year's end, Clifford Clement, 21, USMC, Camp Lejeune was killed on highway 70 when his car failed to round the curve at Willie Gray's junkyard at the west Morehead City town limits. The Grim Reaper claimed the young on the highways in Carteret in 1959. Ninety per cent of the fatalities were persons under 35. The oldest was 40. Defendant Gives Appeal Notice In County Court Charles Henry Dunn was sen tenced to a total of two years in jail Tuesday in county recorder's court for failing to comply with former court orders. Two war rant! charged Dunn with failing to comply with the terms of a for mer suspended sentence and fail ing to support his minor children in compliance with the terms of a suspended sentence of March 19, 1959. Dunn appealed the verdicts to superior court after receiving one year jail sentences on each count. Judge L. R. Morris set Dunn's bond at $500. Another defendant receiving a jail sentence Tuesday was Tommy Balding Jr. who was charged with engaging in an affray, public drunkenness, destroying county property and failure to comply with a former court order. After being found guilty on all counts Balding was sentenced to one year in jail and work on the roads. Other defendants, their charges and the findings of the court were as follows: Curtis Eugene Weaver ? Speed ing, no operator's license, no in surance and failing to transfer reg istration, 30 days in jail suspended on payment of $50 and costs. Helen Parker Ipock? Failing to yield the right of way. Not prose cuted. Edward Harold Culpher? No in surance. Not prosecuted. Walter Thomas Harkley Jr. ? Speeding. Costs paid. Thomas Taylor and Walter R. Buck? Disorderly conduct, assault and destruction of property. Case dismissed. Ollie Hargett ? Public drunken ness. Three months in jail with a recommendation for psychiatric treatment. Lawrence Nelson ? Violation of fishing laws. Paid costs. Henry Simpson? Public drunken ness. Paid coats. Eugene Rose ? Public drunken ness. Bond forfeited. Melvin I. Tillman and Ronald E. Ribichaud ? Carrying a concealed weapon. Case dismissed. Max Barry Willis ? Driving on the wrong side of the road, result ing in an accident. Costs paid. Henry Dudley? Non-support. De fendant requests a jury trial. Bond set at $300. Bill WiUiston Fitzgerald? Driving drunk. Fined $100 and court costs. Robert Noah Pritchard? Having improper lights. Paid costs. George Ellison ? Public drunken ness. Paid costs. Seventy-five cases were continu ed until later terms of court. City Board Wants1 Bridge to Run From Crab Point ? Commissioners Express! Concern Tuesday ? Approval Given Added CD Personnel CUy commissioners, meeting Tuesday night at the mu (l^lPa u g' ad?P"'d ? resolu L ?" " ?g that 'he highway bridge across Newport river be located and ,ab Point and Beaufort T.vf * four lanes wide Taking part in the bridge dis eus.ion were Rufus Butner presl tw? Meat bus drivers were honored Wednesday at a luncheon it the recreation center in More head City. John C. Noe, advisor in safety education of the state department a t public instruction, lauded the students for their part in making the student bus driving program in North Carolina second to none in the nation. He challenged them 10 (trive toward even greater goal*. After the luncheon and Mr. Noe'i talk, the student! and guesta were entertained with muaical selections furnished by Miss Bobbie Pritch ard, state music consultant, and Raymond Rhodes, a consultant in the health and physical education department. Mias Pritchard led the students in group singing and Mr. Rhodes sang several solos, ac companying himself on the elec tric guitar. Alao making brief commenta in honor of the atudcnta was George Maddrey, associate adviaor in aafety education. The apeakera were introduced by county superintendent of schools, Harvey L. Joalyn. Represented at the luncheon were the Morehead City, Beaufort, Smyrna, Atlantic, Harkera Island, Queen Street, W. S. King and New port high schools. shall be answered if the fire-fight ing equipment is reasonably avail able. For example, if both the rural and town truck should have mechanical difficulties simultane ously, the town could not be held responsible for not getting the equipment to a fire. It was agreed that the firemen will answer calls and carry out their activities under the rules and regulations of the Newport Rural Fire Protection association. All rural fire calls will be an swered up to Feb. 1, because some rural residents have not been con tacted as yet regarding their mem bership. Persons who have not been con tacted are asked to get in touch immediately with Ray Lackey, president of the rural association, or Larry Howard, lieutenant in the fire department. Mr. Lackey reported that 192 had joined the rural association by Tuesday night. Accompanying him to the meeting were Y. Z. Simmons and Troy Cannon, trus tees. At the request of fire chief C. A. Gould Jr., new fire department of ficers were approved. Chief Gould reported that the firemen had a balance of $116.S6 in their own fund at the end of December 1958. During the year they raised 11,387.23, paid out 11,367.95 for fire department improvements, leaving a balance of $19.30. The chief said a rough estimate of the amount in the firemen's fund for building a new station la (3M. Mayor George Dill, Morehead City, left, and D. Iron Williams, state ports director, look at map showing Morehead City's bridge system. The top black line on the chart would be the bridge to Beau fort. The lower black line would be the auxiliary highway from Crab Point to the port. ICC to Conduct Hearing On Southern Rail Rates Kufus Butner, president of the+ Morchead City chambcr of com merce, reported to directors Mon day night that the Interstate Com merce Commission will conduct a hearing Monday, Jan. 25, at Wil mington to hear Wilmington pro tests against rates recently put in effect by Southern Railway for im ports and exports through the port of Morehead City. A committee from the chamber will be present. If deemed neces sary, representatives of the Neuse Development Association, from Kinston, Goldsboro and New Bern, will also be asked to attend the hearing. The budget for I9?fl was ap proved. Whether the $14,650 item , for advertising exclusively would be included will depend on invest- | ments made by members. It was suggested that the cham- ' ber's transportation committee co operate with town commissioners c regarding adequate bus terminal t facilities in Morehead City. t Directors authorised a chamber 1 committee to work with town com- 1 missioners on presentation of tes timony at the bridge hearing in ' Beaufort yesterday. Dr. S. W. Hatcher suggested that ' a chamber of commerce office, ' built fn a way to serve as a tour ist attraction, be set up on the out skirts of town. The board request- ' ed that a more detailed report on ] location and costs be submitted in February. Attending the meeting were Ed I Swann. S. A. Chalk Jr., George ' McNeill, Shelby Freeman, Garland ' M. Scruggs, Jimmy Wallace and J Joe DuBois, chamber manager. ' Club to Meet < The Beaufort Garden Club will < meet at 10:30 Thursday morning at I the Scout building, Pollock Street, i Newport Group To Meet Monday The Newport Development As sociation will meet in a special session at 7:45 Monday night at the school. The speakers will be Truman Kemp and Henry White, Morehead City. Bill Boyd, president of the as sociation says the meeting has been called to discuss possibility of Carteret Industries, Inc., a new garment manufacturing con cern, locating at Newport. Mr. Boyd invites all Newport citizens to the meeting. Newport Rotarians See Movie Monday Night A film, Hazards in the Home and in the Farm, was shown to mem >ers of the Newport Rotary club >y program chairman Charles jOng at the weekly meeting of the :luh Monday. Visiting Morehead City Rotarians vere the Rev. Gutkrie Brown and Jill Baugham. Clayton Cannon, Newport, attended as the guest of Jerryl Garner. Official Promises Repair ro Bridge Approaches In answer to motorists' com ?taints about approaches to the lew bridge at North River, C. Y. Iriffin, district engineer, said yes erday that temporary repairs will >e made. Motorists have been concerned ibout the pot-holes and washed Hit approaches, aggravated by this ?reek's rains. Full paving of the approaches will not be made until tpriL If powerful testimony was needed to make the State Highway Commission change its mind about the location of the bridge across Newport river, it got it yesterday at the hearing in Beaufort. No Carteret resident spoke in favor of the commission's proposal. Whether the testimony was powerful enough will not be known for a month or more, sami Heard, public relations consultant With the State Highway Commis sion, said that the full commission will probably want to review the statements made. lie said that the highway com mission will meet Feb. 2, but whether it would make a decision on the Morehead City bridge then could not be predicted. In introductory remarks. Mr. Beard said the new bridge would require six months to design, 18 months for construction and cost $2 million, lie added that in an origin and destination survey last summer it was shown that most of the traffic using the present bridge went between the Beaufort and ! Morehead City business districts, i T. B. Gunter, chief bridge en gineer, in remarks at the close of the hearing, re-emphasized that j statement. He said. "You need a I bridge where it is now and a by- 1 pass on the north in the future. Let's take care of your immediate needs with revisions possible later." Those against that idea point out that a new bridge near the present site would block the entire mouth of Newport river for port develop- i ment. Mr. Gunter laid that the bridge would have a 25-foot under clear ance when closed, plus features al lowing for a draw for ocean-type vessels as well as addition of two more lanes. D. Leon Williams, director of the State Forts Authority, was the first to testify. He reviewed the factors needed in port develop ment, citing particulary the avail ability of land adjacent to water J or accessible to water. He said that the present port area is congested, adding that a new bridge between Beaufort and Crab Point would open much area to industrial d*yi'opment. , , He concluded with ffiete observa tions : 1. Whatever can be done to open areas to the north of the present port would be most advantageous 2. The second choice of the ports authority would be a bridge on the north side of Morehead City, cross ing Marsh Island (northeast of the Morehead City yacht basin) on the north of the island and thence to Beaufort. 3. If that is possible, under no circumstances should the upper Newport River be cut off from occan-going vessels. Spans should be used that will allow their pas sage. Following Mr. Williams' com ments, Mr. Beard read telegrams from the Kinston. Goldsboro. New Bern, and Greenville chambers of commerce, all in support of a bridge located upstream from the present bridge. R. C. McGowan, state design en gineer, introduced Moses Howard, chairman of the board of county commissioners, who welcomed the highway officials to the county. The neit to offer testimony was mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort. He said the bridge, as proposed by the highway commission, is in the wrong place, is too low, too nar row and otherwise inadequate. He added that no ocean span should ever be placed in a high way bridge. The mayor said that both the present highway bridge and railroad bridge should be re ocated He suggested that the At lantic and North Carolina Railroad should purchase the Beaufort and Morehead railroad, whose bridge spans the Newport river next to See HEARING. Page 2 Tide Table Tides at Ike Beaufort Bar LOW HIGH Friday, Jan. ? 10:41 a.m. 4:12 a.m. 10:51 p.m. 4:31 p.m. Saturday, Jan. t 11:30 a.m. S:05 a.m. 11:38 p.m. 5:27 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1* 12:17 a.m. 5:54 a.m. 6:17 p.m. Monday, Jan. U 12:22 a.m. 6:38 a.m. 1:02 p.m. 7:01 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12 1:06 a.m. 7:18 a.m. 1:46 p.m. 7:42 p.m. (Editor's Note: We regret that the times of tides, high and low, since Jan. 1, have been reversed in this table. We hope that the tide table today will be less con fusing to those whose daily busi ness and pleasure are affected by the tides. These are approxi mate tide times at the Beaufort bar. This means that the high and low tide times may vary at different points along the Car teret coast). Education Board Hopes to Match Federal Funds Members of the county board of education discussed Monday the possibility of finding sufficient funds to match federal funds for teaching-aids in science, math and foreign languages. Available to this county in fed eral money (under the National Defense Education act) is $23, 815.05. If the county education funds can match that, almost $48,000 would be available to buy library books, visual equipment and laboratory equipment for grades 1 through 12. The funds would be allotted to schools on a per capita average daily attendance basis. H. L. Jos lyn, county superintendent of schools, said that all schools have been contacted to learn whether they could put any funds in the program. All are willing, he said, and it has been suggested that about 10 per cent of the allotment for the school be put up by the school. If enough local funds cannot be raised to match the total $23,815.05, Mr. Joslyn said the federal funds would be available to match the amount that is put up locally. Robert W. Safrit Jr., chairman of the boaod, presided. Other board members present were D. Mason, Atlantic; W. B. Allen, Newport, and George R. Wallace, Morehead City. MOD Chairmen Announce Plans January is March of Dimes month. Dr. L. J. Norris, chairman of the Carteret chapter of the Nation al Foundation, and Bud Dixon, drive chairman, have planned spe cial activities for the month. Mrs. E. C Broughton of Raleigh, a state worker with the National Foundation, attended a March of Dimes meeting Monday night at Rex Restaurant, at which plans for the month were laid A 15-minute film, Do Unto Oth ers, was shown. Dr. Norris re ports that the film deals with the work of the National Foundation and he will be happy to lend it to any interested organizations. Rainbow crutches will be sold in downtown Morehead City and Beaufort Saturday. They will be sold by high school students. A teenage dance is planned for later this month and it is hoped that an all-star basketball game can be played, proceeds from both events going to the drive. Attending Monday night's meet ing, in addition to Dr. Norris, Mr. Dixon and Mrs. Broughton, were Pat Hummer of Morehead City, teenage chairman; school repre sentatives Annette Cooper and Johnny Crowe of Morehead City high school, Eric Pake and Anne Lewis of Smyrna high nchool, and Jerry Fulford and Theresa Bella mah of Beaufort high school. Newport and Atlantic were not represented, but will take part in the campaign, Dr. Norris said. NCEA Committee Will Nominate Vice-President Mis* Gertrude Styron, president of the Carteret County unit of the North Carolina Education Associa tion has appointed a committee to nominate a vice-presidcnt for the current year. The vice-president will serve with Lenwood Lee, who is presi dent, and will advance to the presi dency next year. The vacancy re sults from Mr. Lec'i advancing to the presidency. Serving on the committee are Mrs. Zelma Phillips of Morehead City, Mrs. Pearl Day of Beaufort, Mrs. Nellie Willis of Smyrna. Mrs. Rebecca Bell of Markers Island; Mrs. Sallie Mason of Camp Glenn, Miss Minnie Nelson of Newport and Mrs. Roma Davis of Atlantic. Weather Affect* Plans If the weather is bad tomorrow, the 101 Community Club meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. will Dot be held, announces G. T. Spivey, club president. If the weather i? fair, members are invited to bring a covered dish to Mrs. Ruth Davis'* cabin for ? fellowship supper.