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-h= CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ,0' 49th YEAR, NO. 4. EIGHT PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS SPA Views Port Expansion Possibilities at Morehead Beaufort Mayor Clarifies Stand On Bridge Site W. H. Potter, mayor of Beaufort, yesterday clarified his position on the issue of bridge location over the Newport river, east of More head City. Mr. Potter said that if engineers really wanted to provide for the future, the bridge should be built across the mouth of Russells Creek. While much sentiment prevails for a bridge farther north than the state proposes, opposition to this proposal is gradually gaining mo mentum, some coming from busi nessmen now established in the eastern end of Morehead City on highway 70 and those on the pres ent Beaufort-Morehead causeway, who fear a reduction in the traffic flow by their doors. Fear has also been expressed that the state, if it agrees to move the bridge north, will move it so far north that it may have one of its ends near Cherry Point rather than near Beaufort. That, how ever, is conceded as being rather far-fetched. Mayor Potter says an ocean draw in a highway bridge, just north of the present Morehead City bridge wouldn't solve the problem of get ting an ocean vessel through the railroad bridge which parallels the highway bridge. In his written testimony, present ed to the highway commission at the hearing in Beaufort Thursday, mayor Potter said future port de velopment's influence on location of the highway bridge "should be small." His written statement continues, "There is adequate space south and east, as well as south and west, of highway and rail facilities to more than adequately meet any foreseeable requirements of port expansions. Mayor Potter is interested in bridge design. He s?id< "Primary concern of design, beyond the principals of adequate structural ? strength and beauty, deals with efficient and practical usage. In the case of the proposed bridge, practical usage will require about a 100-foot draw span, horizontally, and a vertical clearance above mean high water at the draw span of as near 55 feet as federal and state funds can allow. "The highest percentage of un interrupted traffic, both waterborne 1 and highway, should be encourag ed. Frankly, the traveling public will demand priority toward un interrupted traffic. After all, this traffic is paying the bill!" Police Arrest Three Saturday Beaufort police arrested three Negroes Saturday for causing dis turbances on Front Street, accord ing to police chief Guy Springle. Picked up and charged with pub lic drunkenness, using loud and profane language and resisting ar rest were George Worthy and his wife, Naomi Worthy. Police were also called to Front and Craven streets Saturday after noon to squelch a dispute between Tabb Watts, 23, and Flossie Reel, both of Merrimon. According to police, Watts became beligerent while sitting in a parked car with Flossie and several other people. The other people involved, whose names were not learned, managed to get Watts out of the car and locked the doors to protect them selves from him. Police say that Watts then smashed one of the windows in the car in an attempt to get at the Reel woman. She told police that some glass from the broken win dow flew in her eye. Watts was arrested and charged with damaging personal property, assault, and carrying a concealed weapon. Admitted to the Morehead City hospital Sunday morniitg was Em mett Kelly, Negro, who police say was injured in a fracas at the Chicken Shack on Queen Street Saturday night. SPA to Open Bids Today On Port Warehouse Charlotte ? Seventeen general contractors have bid on the pro posed (0,000 square foot storage warehouse for the North Carolina State Ports Authority in Morehead City, The Carolinas Branch of the Associated General Contractors of America, announced today. Bid! will be opened at 2:30 p.m. today in the office of the State Parti Authority in Raleigh. ( Editor'! Note: The following information should be of extreme interest to those in this are* interested in port development. No oae can discos* bridge location intelligently without being familiar with the SPA appraisal of Morehead City port expansion). Prepared this summer by the State Ports Authority was a state ment of expansion possibilities (or the Morehead City port. The analy sis was made in contemplation of plans (or erection of a new high way bridge across Newport River, east o( Morehead City, in the vi cinity o( the state port. Portions of the report, relative to expansion, follow: "Potential Im provements to Existing Properties ? The newest improvement to the existing facilities which is antici pated at this time would be the construction of a new warehouse approximately the same size and paralleling the warehouse com pleted this year. Open areas for other construction can be found on the western boundary of the prop erty and in an area immediately back of the old transit shed at berth 2 (the original dock constructed in the 30 s ). "There is room for one additional berth on existing properties, which would be adjacent to berth 5 ( berth 5 is the one closest to Trumbull Asphalt company). This berth would be parallel to the intercoas tal water channel , . Another possibility set forth by the State Ports Authority is to con tinue west the existing dock line on the south side of the port lur 1,800 feet and fill in the area be hind it, making available three new berths and adding additional acreage for other improvements. Then the proposals advance to use of land areas not now owned by the State Ports Authority: "Radio Island offers waterfront areas which could be developed for Ocean Terminal use at less cost than any other area. The most de sirable site on Radio Island would Diphtheria Strikes 4-Year-Old Beaufort Boy James W. Johnson Jr., 4, Beau fort, is in the Morehead City hos pital, recovering from diphtheria. The county health department re ported yesterday that the boy be came ill Wednesday. The home, at (11 Mulberry St., has been quar antined. James is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James William Johnson. be immediately south of the Avia tion Fuel property. Considerable fill (spoilage) has been placed in this area, and future dredging in the same area would offer more spoilage and ample fill for a wharf 2,000 feet long or three berths. "Additional acreage is available for industrial development seeking shipside sites. Desirable industrial sites are available to the north ot Aviation Fuel Terminals. "Radio Island is served by the B&M Railroad and other utilities are also available on the island." The appraisal of future port ex pansion continues: "The third area in the vicinity of the Ocean Terminals which lends itself to expansion to the Port Au thority would be Marsh Island. This island lies north of the Ocean Ter minal properties, across highway 70, the Southern Railroad tracks and Calico Creek. "The full utiliiaUon of Marsh Island for Port Terminal use de pends upon whether the highway department plans to use this island in the construction of a new bridge between Beaufort and Morehead City. "Should the new bruige skirt the northern boundary of Marsh Island, then the entire eastern side of the iland could be used for port facili ties development. "Should the new highway bridge bisect Marsh Island, then this area becomes less valuable for the de velopment of additional berths. "Marsh Island, if served by the new highway 70 bridge, offers de sirable industrial sites for industry dependent upon water-borne com merce and who seek areas not too far away from general cargo fa cilities. The SPA statement continues: "Future Port Industrial Planning? In planning for the future develop ment of the port area of Beaufort and Morehead, the desirable type of highway bridge over the New port River should have a span wide enough, a draw high enough and a channel deep enough to accommo date ocean-going vessels. "With a modern bridge and a draw adequate for ocean-going ves sels, the location for such a bridge See SPA, Page 3 Engineers End $110,372 Job In Town Harbor 9 Dredging Enlarges Beaufort Harbor ? Depth 12 Feet, 2,500 Feet Long, 600 Wide Dredging in Beaufort harbor, be gun Oct. 28, was completed Friday, the Corps of Engineers, reports. It required the removal of over 450, 000 cubic yards of material at a total cost of $110,372. The Norfolk Dredging Co., Norfolk, was the general contractor. Of the total cost, $30,262.50 was for restoring the existing portion of the harbor to project dept of 12 feet. The remaining $80,109.50 cov ered the cost of enlarging the har bor. The new work increased the har bor area 796,000 square feet which includes extending the length 500 feet and the width to 600 feet. The hatched area of the sketch shows the "new work" portion of the project. The area from Gal lants Channel to Craven Street was increased from 400 to 600 feet in width. From Craven to Pollock the width was increased from 200 to 600 feet. The 500 feet from Pol lock to Marsh Street is all new work. The recent work puts the "100 per cent complete" stamp on the Beaufort harbor project ? 12 feet deep, 2,500 feet long and 600 feet wide. Federal improvement work on Beaufort harbor dates back over 75 years and originally included Beaufort Inlet. Main features now consist of jetties at Fort Macon and ShackJeford Banks, Bulkhead and Gallants Channels, the basin in front of Beaufort and Taylors Creek to Lennoxville Point. The deepening of Gallants and Bulkhead Channels and the basin was completed in 1931. In 1956, Taylors Creek was deepened to Lennoxville. The cost of all work included the final job amounts to $501,000. Trafrtc in Beaufort harbor was 88,740 tons in 1958, 100,685 tons in 1956, peak year, and 32,205 tons in 1949, which would indicate that deeper and larger harbors bring ^more business. Engineers' sketch o I Beaufort harbor to which the newsstory above refers. Paul Bray, Former MP Writes from Japan Base Gy/Sgt. Paul Bray, former head of the military police unit in More head City, haa written THE NEWS TIMES from Japan and enclosed a clipping telling of the Firit Ma rine Aircraft wing Christmas party for 240 orphans. His letter follows: 1 January 1960 Dear Lockwood and Staff: Just a few lines starting the New Year off right and to tell you some of the heart-warming experiences I've had in the last 20 days. Enclosed is t clipping from our baae weekly newspaper about this experience called "Operation Hap pyface." The clipping is self-ex planatory And 1 mean we had a wonderful time! Then, Christmas Eve, four of us from this baae went to Tokiyama about SO miles south of here where there is another orphanage. We took gifts and had a little party and the most inspiring thing of all was to hear the youngsters sing Silent Night in Japan***. Even though we could not speak Japa nese the spirit of Christmas was with us all. This is the day I've been looking forward to. Now I can say I'll be home this year. I'm putting in for Cherry Point. I like it very much there and also, of course, want to return to my old friends in More head City. I would like to use The News Times to tell all my friends in Car teret County thanks for all their Christmas cards. I will long re member this past Christmas. Now the best news of all for me. I was picked up on the last promo tion list. So npw I'm not an Act ing Gunnery Sergeant. Just plain Gunnery Sergeant. This is about it for now. Best regards to all and a very happy New Year to all. Sincerely, Paul D. Bray H4MS.12-MAG 12 1st MAW-c/o FPO San Francisco, Calif. Civifan Club Gives Equipment Safety patrol boys at Morehead City schools have received equip ment bought for them recently by the Civitan Club, according to club secretary Joe Beam. Walter Morris and Bernard Mor ton met with school officials of the Morehead City, Camp Glenn and St. Egbert's school last week and presented the equipment, consist ing of raincoats, protective bats, etc. Police chief Herbert Griffin and highway patrol representative, W. E. Pickard attended the meeting and instructed the safety patrol boys on pedestrian safety in school zones. After the presentation of equip ment ice cream, furnished by Seal teat dairy, was served. Marine Movement Annual January loading opera tions at the state port, Morehead City, have started, in preparation for winter Marine maneuvers in the Caribbean. Three Morehead School Pupils Will Go to Europe Merchants Hear Finance Report on Yule Lighting O. J. Morrow give a report to members of the Morehead City Merchants Association on Christ mas lighting activities at a meet ing Tuesday at the Hotel Fort Ma con. Mr. Morrow stated that the as sociation now had $301 on hand, adding that $1,221 had been paid on this year's lights but that ap proximately $600 was still owing on last year's bill. He reported that pledges from a few people who usually contribute to the pro gram are still outstanding. Discussing the Christmas light ing program in general, Oscar All red suggested that the fair way to distribute the cost of installing the lights would be for the town of Morehead City to add a certain amount to the business privilege tax, to be earmarked for Christmas lighting only. Warren Beck recommended that the association make an investiga tion of the possibility of owning the Christmas decorations as against the lease system which has been used for the past five years. Mr. Beck was appointed to make the investigation. In other business at the meeting, president Garland Scruggs stated that he had talked with members of the Beaufort Merchants Associa tion and thought that a joint meet ing of the two organizations, in the near future, would be a step to ward closer county-wide coopera tion. Also discussed was future retail sales promotion. Mr. Beck sug gested, as a possibility, an auction day, which has proven successful in other towns. Another possible promotion plan was a sidewalk salesday outlined by Bill Willis. Discussing the idea of closing parking meters in the downtown area during Christmas shopping days, as was done in Morehead City this year, opinions were di vided on the advantages and dis advantages of the plan. Mr. D. J. Byrum, of a detective agency, met with the association and explained the operation of his agency's night watchman service and asked the members to consider making use of the service. Mr. Scruggs announced that the board of directors would meet Tuesday, Jan. 26. The place of the meeting will be announced later. Attending Tuesday's meeting, in addition to those mentioned, were Mrs. Bill McDonald, Clyde Blanch ard, Walter Morris, Kenneth Wag ner, George Stovall, V. D. Beasley, Bud Dixon, Rufus Butner, Charles Willis, Earl Lewis, Thurlow Wheal ton and Joe DuBois. County Board Approves Small Claims Division By authorization of the county < commissioners, a small claims di-j vision has been established within the framework of county superior court. A. H. James, clerk of court, who requested authorization for the small claims division at this month'a county commissioners' meeting, said that the court will handle cases involving a thousand dollars or less. It will not be necessary for the case to be taken before a jury and the person seeking to recover funds he claims are owed him, need not post bond. The cases will be calendared in the small claims division, go be fore the superior court judge, and will take precedent over other suits. Mr. James explains that to start action, a client will call on his law yer who will file the necessary pa pers. If the first pleadings request it, the case can be taken before a jury, otherwise the judge will ren der judgment. A small claims division in su perior court was authorized by the legislature in 1955. Mr. James said it will permit more rapid disposal of suits, re moving them from the always heavy general court docket. Last Week's Rain Totals 1.39 Inches The county's first rainfall of 1980 amounted to 1.39 inches, according to weather observer Stamey Davis. Mr. Davis recorded that amount during the rain that started Tues day of last week and lasted through Wednesday night. Temperature ranges for the six-day period, Mon day through Sunday, are as fol lows: High Low Wind Monday 58 37 S Tuesday SO 38 S Wednesday 50 41 NE Thursday 45 41 W Friday 58 39 WSW Saturday .51 37 SE Sunday 58 39 SW Bob Murray Speaks To Lions Thursday Night The MedaUion Home, an all-elec tric house, was the subject of * talk delivered to members of the Morehead City Lions club Thurs day night by guest Bob Murray of the Caroling Power and Light Co. Program director Oscar Allred states that next week's program at the meeting will consist of a lie detector machine demonstration by pAlygraph expert Joe Collins of Cherry Point. Three members of the club will attend the mid-winter conference in Kinston this month. They are James Crowe, district governor; Cliff Edwards and O. J. Morrow. Drainage Work Started The state highway forces started Wednesday to correct the drainage problem in the 300 block of Live Oak Street. Workmen are cutting a large drain line into the storm sewer on Cedar Street in the hope of draining off water that always accumulates in that block during a heavy rain. School Lunch Menus Listed Tu?d.yT Corn^^f h.Sh. P.nt -innlc salad, string beans, rice cus tard cornbread, butter, milk Wednesday: Spaghetti with mea sauce, cheese strips, tossed salad, buttered corn, fruit jello, bread, butter, milk. . Thursday : Sausage patties, mashed potatoes, gravy, garden peas hot biscuits, butter, dough nUFriryn%^ sticks, buttered sweet potatoes, sla?, pickle, corn bread, butter, peanut butter cook %?d,y: Hamburger, rice, gra vy, mixed greens, carrot strip, hot biscuits, butter, cookie, milk. Beaufort School Tuesday: Beef stew with pota toes onions and carrots, string beans, bread, butter, applesauce, m Wednesday: Turkey rice, gravy fresh collards cr?"be^,k S,UCC' brS?ra?yT'vegetabl'e-beef' soup ham salad sandwich, peanut but tcr and jelly sandwich, crackers, dTrid.ymnsh stick., slaw, mash ed potatoes, cornbread, butter, one half orange, milk. Camp <?lenn School Tuesday : Chicken soup, cheese | sticks, raw salad, hot rolU, chcr y Pl Wednesday : Ham p.tUe' tom.^ Juice, buttered peas and snaps, hot r0Maki?Sp"ghetti with meat sauce!lettucc heart salad, apple Friday1: Hot dogs, cabbagc slaw/ baked beans, homemade roUs, rice pudding, milk. Smyrna 8eho*l | Tuesday: Lunchmeat, creamed pouf<*. tomatoes, apple crumble, br;?^y: Barbecue, baked beans, cole slaw, jello, rolls, milk Thursday : Shepard pie, sliced cheese, green peas, plums, bread, i ""rriday: Roast turkey, rice and gravy, green beans, apple sauce, bread, milk. M. L. Davis to Preside At Meeting Tomorrow M L Davis will be toastmaster Ltl^ow nigh,, mating oMhe Toastmastcrs club. The mccunis w^U start at 7 30 at the civic cen tor Morehead City. Thomas Price will be '0P'c m*J' tpr Prepared speakers will be T R R.ce, Clifford fajlte and LciV Smith. John Bapust wiU be mil,Ua.o25ie will give the invo eation. License Returned Cecil Sheron Lynch of Smyrna has been informed by the North Carolina Department of Motor Ve hicles that his driving privileges have been reinstated. Three Morehead City high school students have been selected to attend the 10-day International Youth Confer ence next summer at Amsterdam, Holland. They are Doris Phillips, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her bert Orlandah Phillips, 1006 Evans St., Morehead City; John Crowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Crowe, 213 Virginia Symphony to Play Tuesday, Feb. 9 The North Carolina symphony ' will present two concerts in the county Tuesday, Feb. 9. According to the Rev. C. Ed ward Sharp, president of the county symphony society, the concerts will be in the Morehead City school at 2 and 8 p.m. The afternoon concert will be for school children and the night concert for adults. Symphony memberships are obtainable now by calling PA8-3400 or FA 6-4383. Two Accidents Occur Friday Two accidents occurred Friday, both north of Beaufort and within a space of three hours. At 4:40 p.m. two cars collided at the intersection of the Laurel Road and highway 101. Involved was a 1955 Pontiac driven by Clifford W. Oglesby, Beaufort, who was headed north on highway 101, and a 1958 Oldsmo bile, headed west on the Laurel Road, driven by James Luther Frazier, Goldsboro. Although both cars were dam aged, they left the scene of the ac cident under their own power. At 7:30 a.m. about two miles from highway 70 on the Merrimon road, a 1956 Plymouth, driven by Dallas H. Salter, Davis, collided with a 1951 Chevrolet pickup truck, driven by Frank W. Pake, Mar shallberg. Both were headed north on the Merrimon road. Damage to the Plymouth was es timated at $500 and damage to the pickup at $150. Both accidents were investigated by patrolman W. J. Smith. ?Ave., Mansfield Park, and Dottie Chalk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Chalk, 2800 Evans St., Morehead City. The youth conference is sponsor ed by the International Young Men's Christian Association. Affili ated groups at Morehead City school are the Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y. Expenses of delegates attending the conference will be partially paid. It is expected that the three Morehead City students will make the trip. If not, alternate delegates will probably go, according to Miss Hortense Boomer, advisor of the Alpha Tri-Y at the school. Five North Carolina students have been named as delegates. The other two are from High Point and Kannapolis. The Morehead City delegates were notified by letter Thursday of their selection. The letter came from Ward M. Gray, executive sec retary of interstate YMCA work for North and South Carolina. Students interested in attending the conference applied for the privi lege. Miss Phillips is a junior, presi dent of the 4-H club, parliamen tarian for Alpha Tri-Hi-Y and ac tive in county-wide 4-H. Crowe is an Eagle Scout, mem ber of the Beta club, president of the Library club and a member of the Hi-Y club. He is a junior. Miss Chalk, a sophomore is a member of the Sigma Tri-Hi-Y club, Monogram club, Latin club and student council. Theme of the youth conference will be In His Hand, taken from the Negro spiritual. A tour of Europe will follow the conference. The delegates will see the open ing of the Olympic games in Home, the Passion Play at Oberam* mergau, visit London and the Shakespeare country, Paris, Switz erland and Germany. They will go by chartered plane from New York to Amsterdam and then travel by bus in groups of 15. In addition to Miss Boomer, Miss Ruby Parker advises the Sigma Tri-Hi-Y and George Jackson the Hi-Y club. Rescue Squad Reporfs It's Now in Operation By LENWOOD BRINSO.N < The Morehead City rescue Kquad met with the city commissioners Tuesday night and received approv al and permission to start opera tion. That will consist of answer ing all calls of an emergency na ture where first aid or rescue work might be needed. In addition to first aid and res cue, the squad will help the city, county and state police officers to direct traffic, if and when needed. The rescue squad will answer each fire alarm that the fire de partment receives, render first aid, or rescue aid if needed. If that type of service is not needed, they will direct traffic or assist firemeu in any way requested. Any person or persons wishing to summon the rescue squad may do so by calling the Morehead City police department, 6-3131. They should give their name, nature and location of the emergency. The police will in turn notify the rescue squad. Beginning Saturday Jan. It, the former fire department general alarm number, 33, will be used to summon the rescue squad. The firemen and general public need not answer that alarm as they have done in the past. The more people who gather at the scene of an emergency only add to confusion that already exists. The squad at present consists of 12 members with Ray Kennedy as captain, Cal Dezern and Lenwood Brinson, lieutenants; and Dan For ster, secretary-treasurer. Rescue squad headquarters are located in the 400 block of Bridges Street in the old Fred Phillips ga rage building. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar LOW HIGH Tuesday, Jan. 12 1:06 a.m. 1:46 p.m. 7:18 a.m. 7:42 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13 1:49 a.m. 2:27 p.m. 7:55 a.m. 8:21 p.m. Tharsday, Jan. 14 2:28 a m. 3:04 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:59 p.m. Friday, Jan. IS 3:05 a.m. 3:39 p.m. 9:04 a.m. ?:3S pjn. ? Thieves Enter Webb's Store Thieves smashed the front glasl door of Webb's clothing store Sun day night and took clothing and shoes. Missing are six man's suits, size 38, two pairs of Florsheim shoes, size 9'4, and four pairs of Free man shoes, size 9'4. The burglary was discovered yes terday morning Lt Carl Blomberg of the Morehead City police depart ment placed time of the entry aft er 11:30 p.m. Capt. Carl Bunch of the police force checked the store at 11:30 p.m. and found ev erything normal. The lieutenant said a colored manufactured rock was heaved through the west side of the front entrance. It was thrown with such force that it dented a table inside the store. Money in two cash registers was not disturbed. Wilmington Hopes To Lick Southern Atlantic Coast Line was unsuc cessful in beating Southern Rail way on rates into Morehead City, so now the city of Wilmington is protesting. The Interstate Commerce Com mission has scheduled a hearing on the matter at Wilmington Mon day, Jan. 25. Robert D. Darden, freight traffic manager of Southern, at New Bern, said that in previous decisions, the ICC has upheld Southern. The rates, equalizing Morehead City with Wilmington on a rail shipping basis, have been put into effect over a period of months. Mr. Darden said that the exact time and place of the Jan. 25 hear ing has not been announced. Sales Total $2,588.K TB Christmas seal sales totaled $2,588.30, according to a report yes terday from R. M. Williams, seal sale chairman. This total is b? low that of lass, be said.