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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ' 49th YEAR, NO. 10. RIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 1 ? - ? 1 1,1 r Fire Routs Sleeping Family Firemen battle blaze in the upper part of the Marino home Friday morning. Fire burned through the side of the house the entire length of the chimney. County Board Accepts Adjusted Inventory Reports from Four Firms Garland Scruggs Attends Session At Washington Homes built in the last 10 years may well become the most popular items in the 1960 residential mar ket, Garland Scruggs, president of the Mcrehead-Beaufort Board of Realtors, commented after attend ing the mid-winter meeting of the National Association of Real Estate Boards last week at Washington, D. C. He made his forecast on the basis of recent association market surveys discussed at the sessions. President Eisenhower spoke 30 minutes at a breakfast meeting last Monday. "We know from our surveys that most home-buyers today are look ing for certain amenities in par ticular," Mr. Scruggs explained. "These include a carport garage, second bathroom or an extra half bath and dining room. Most of these features are found with the greatest frequency in homes built since 1950." The Morehead-Beaufort realtor explained that houses in this age group are concentrated in suburb an areas and hence are appealing to one of the largest groups in the population ? families with children. Most important of all, in this pe riod of relative scarcity of mort gage money and higher interest rates, these homes are generally more acceptable to mortgage lend ers as security than other proper ty. This is one reason that these properties are selling faster now than they were a year ago, Mr. Scruggs observed. Homes priced in the $12,000-$20, 000 range were selling in greater volume in 47 per cent of the coun try and in the same volume in 37 per cent of the nation last fall com pared with a year earlier, and the trend is continuing, Mr. Scrugga said. Teenagers Raise Funds for MOD Between $?? and $75 was collect ed at the teenage March of Dimes dance Saturday night at the rec reation building. Teen-agers from all over the country, numbering about 150, attended. Combos composed of members of the Morehead City and Beaufort school bands provided music. Oth er forms of entertainment were presented by the teenagers. Miss Pat Hummer of Morehead City is teen-age March of Dimes chair man. Henry Tuck, c wintry and west ern entertainer, and the Rainbow Wranglers, hillbilly band from Cherry Point, presented a radio show it the recreation building Saturday afternoon to raise funds for the March of Dimes. Bud Dixon, March of Dimei chairman, aaid that bad weather kept most folks at home, but ex pressed his thanks to the enter tainers and those who attended. Eight members of the Beaufort Junior Woman's Club conducted a mothers' march in Beaufort Thurs day night, collecting $58. Taking part were Mrs. Wiley Taylor, Mrs. Bryan Loftin, Mrs. W. B. Longest, Mrs. Frank Langdale, Mrs. Betty Sutton, Mrs. Ann Lewis, Mrs. John dine and Mrs. Jack Taylor. County commissioners accepted, adjusted inventory reports from four county firms at their meeting yesterday at the courthouse. The firms are Allen & Bell Hardware, Newport; Sound Chev rolet, Carteret Gas and Appliance, and Carteret Ice and Coal, More head City. It was noted, upon investigation recently, that the firms' report on inventory to the county did not co incide with the report to the state for 1959. The firms were invited to make an explanation* and ad justment. Commissioner Gaston Smith com mented yesterday that the report on inventories for tax purposes is a state law not just county. Augustus Lawrence, Otway, ap- j peared before the board and re quested that the ditches be cleaned and drainage work be done on the fire tower road. J. L. Humphrey, county road superintendent, said that the state would do its share of the work, but work should be done by property owners, too, if the trouble is to be corrected. Moses Howard, chairman of the county board of commissioners, suggested that Mr. Lawrence con fer with the soil conservationist relative to draining the land in question. Malcolm Coats, Harkers Island, requested that a 9-foot paved road on Harkers Island be widened. The board asked Mr. Humphrey to in vestigate the situation. Commissioner David Yeomans, barkers Island, reported that a road on the island was under water j yesterday. Mr. Humphrey agreed o go to the island to look at the road today, but commented that none of the property owners will allow a ditch to be dug. Commissioner Smith said that the road to Cedar Island was un der water too. A. D. Fulford, county sanitarian, appeared before the board. He re ported that Woodrow Chadwick had been employed as sanitary me chanic and would assist with in sect, rodent and dog control. The commissioners asked that the clerk, Odell Merrill, write a let ter to Rep. Graham Barden, ex pressing the county's appreciation for Barden's service to this county during his 26 years in Congress, rhe congressman has announced his intention to retire. The board approved payment of *95 to C. L. Beam, county veterans service officer, to meet expenses [>f the officers' attending a rehabili tation conference in Washington, D. C., the first week in March. A jury for the March term of court was drawn yesterday afternoon. Plans for the extension of the clerk of court's north office were approved. The contract will be let some time after July 1. Estimated cost of the addition is $20,000. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to those mentioned, were com missioners Harrell Taylor, Skinner Chalk and county attorney Alvah Hamilton. A fire that started in an outside furnace room Friday morning de stroyed the major portion of the upstairs of the Frank Marino home at 109 N. 7th St., Morehead City. The fire was discovered by Miss Mary Arendell, who happened to be going by the house about 7:45 a.m. She pounded on the front door and wakened the Marinos, then called the fire department. By the time firemen arrived, flames had pretty well gutted the attic of the two-story house and had broken through the outside wall along the length of the chim ney. The Marinos were able to save only a few articles of clothing from the upstairs. By concentrating their efforts on the upstairs and attic, firemen had the blaze extinguished in less than an hour. Mr. Marino said the loss is partially insured. The Marinos are living now in another home they own at 2901 Arendell St. Mr. Marino manages the Rex Restaurant, Morehead City. 2.59 Inches Rain Fall in Four Days Carteret County was saturated with 2. 59 inches of rain from Wed nesday night through Sunday night, according to weather observer Stamey Davis. Mr. Davis said the rain stopped during Sunday night, but more is expected by Wednesday. He gave the following temperatures and wind directions for the period Thursday through Sunday: Max. Min. Wind Thursday 62 51 S Friday ;. 60 45 NE Saturday 53 47 NE Sunday 55 44 NE Methodists Meet at Atlantic Atlantic Methodist church, picturesquely situated among live oaks, was the scene of the annual ses sion of the New Bern district Friday. Methodists of the New Bern dis trict, numbering 225, met at At lantic Methodist church Friday. Pastor of the host church is the Rev. David M. Lewis. FiVe young men were licensed to preach. They are Robert Clif ton Reynolds, Newport; June* A r thur Tingle, Stonewall; Jamci Prescott Morris and Earl Wright, Vanceboro, and William Amo> Taylor, Trenton. License* of 11 other preachers, not yet having conference status, were renewed. According to the membership re port, 638 new members were ac quired in the last six months of 1958. Babies baptized numbered 144. Dr. A. t. Hobbs, district super intendent, presided. The session closed at noon with dinner served by women ol the Jaycees Present Top Awards To G. M. Paul , R. E. Outlaw Citing education as the key to prosperity and a necessity for the survival of a free country, state senator James 0. Simpkins Friday night told Jaycees and their wives attending the DSA banquet that money and more money is the only answer to the educational prob lems in North Carolina. Mr. Simpkins listed a multitude of problems with which the state education system is faced. Among these were underpaid teachers, run-down schools, out moded facili ties and crowded school conditions. Mr. Simpkins called the Hodges Incentive Plan which was proposed to the 1959 General Assembly a flop. The plan, which called for $10 million in state funds to be come available to counties on a matching basis, was termed un feasible by the senator, because of the politics it involved. The New Bern legislator said that lob byists and pressure groups caused members of the General Assembly to vote against their own convic tions. Mr. Simpkins added that he did not think that taxation programs on the city or county level were the answer to the educational prob lem, simply because there isn't enough money available at this level to pay for the needed im provements. The speaker outlined a state tax program which he believed could supply the needed money for North Carolina schools. The plan, as explained by sen ator Simpkins, would place a one and one-half cent tax on soft drinks. Such a tax, the speaker said, would put $18Vi million dol lars biennually in the education till. He also said that the plan would be one way in which the Ne gro population of the state would be given the opportunity of con tributing to the educational pro gram. In citing some of the reasons for what he called "North Carolina's sorry state of affairs in the edu cation field," senator Simpkins said, "We've got a businessman governor and he's overlooked some of the important things in the tax ation program." The senator was introduced by Judge Herbert Phillips, Morehead City. The talk preceded presenta tion of awards. Jerry Willis gave the invocation. Coast Guard Looks For Florida Trawler Coast Guardsmen were trying yesterday to establish communica tion with the Deep Water II, a fish ing trawler en route from Florida to this area to fish. ~ Shortly after leaving Florida the trawler lost radio contact with shore and Coast Guardsmen were trying to determine her location. mum Dr. Russell Outlaw . . . DSA winner ' .laa James Guthrie . . . Teenager of the Year i in Bob Safrtt y ... outstanding chairman "FT " ' Mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort, anil slat* senator James O. Simp kins, New Bern, talked a bit of politics Friday night at the Jaycee awards dinner. Pupils to Hear Music From The Gypsy Baron One week from tonight the North Carolina Little Symphony will pre sent two concerts at the Horehcad City school auditorium. A chil dren's matinee, free to students in Morehcad City and Beaufort, will be given at 2 p.m., and an adult concert is scheduled for S p.m. Under the direction of Benjamin Swalin, the state orchestra first visited Morehead City in 1947. This year the symphony is giving 113 concerts ? 72 by the Little Sym phony, including 42 free children's programs. Iocladed on the cklldrea's pro gram will be selections from three larger works: Strauss's The Gypsy Baron; Haydn's "Clock" Sym phony; and Delibe's ballet. Cop pelia. The children will join the or chestra by singing Oh Worship the King by Haydn and Marchihgkto Pretoria, a song from the African I Veld. TMir concert will alio 1? elude the ballet music from Schu bert's Rosamund? and three selec tions by Debussy: The Snow is Dancing and Golliwog's Cakewalk, (rom Children's Corner Suite; and Cortege from Petite Suite. Preparation for the children's concert is under way in local schools. In their classrooms the youngsters study about the com posers of the music they will hear, learn to sing the songs and play melodies on simple instruments. They become familiar with the in struments of the orchestra and may work creatively, dancing and painting, to the music. Friday evening the symphony will appear in New Bern at the Eleanor Marshall School Auditor ium. The 8:30 p.m. concert is open to all members of the symphony socicty, since membership entitles the holder to attend any regular adult concert given by the orches tra UOs season. Grayden Paul of Beaufort and Dr. Russell Outlaw of Morehead City were honored Friday night with the high est civic awards of their respective towns at the annual Jaycee Distinguished Service Awards banquet. The ban quet was held at the Morehead City country club. Dr. Outlaw was one of five nominations for the coveted George M. Thomas Jr. . . . Key Man Dickie Dickfcuon . . . Beaufort Sparkplug Happy G-H Day! If the Groundhog saw his shad ow this morning, we're in for six more weeks of winter. If the win ter isn't much worse than what we've had, most folks will be satisfied. Groundhog Day isn't a holiday by any means. But it is not oft en forgotten. One day as George was leav ing for work, his wife said, "You know what day this is don't you?" with that knowing tone in her voice. "Sure, sure," her husband re plied, not knowing what she was talking about, but determined not to let her think he had forgotten an important date. He went to work and all day wracked his brain to figure out what day it was. He wasn't suc cessful. but to be on the safe side, he went home laden with flowers and candy. "Why, thank you, dear," the little woman replied, "this is the nicest Groundhog Day I've ever had." New Ferry Will Be Called 'Sea Level' Name of the car ferry that will ply Core Sound between Ocracoke and Atlantic will be the Sea Level. The ferry is now at Norfolk where outfitting is being completed. It is expected to be in this county some time this month. The vessel has been built by the Sea Level Atlantic Ocracoke Ferry Co., Inc., Sea Level, an enterprise owned by Dan, Alfred, William and Leslie Taylor, natives of Sea Level. Operation of the ferry is expected to start early this spring. Couple Arrested Annette and Ernest Barrett, Beaufort, were arrested Saturday. Annette was charge^ with public drunkenness and her husband with possessing non-taxpaid whiskey, according to police chief Guy Springle. Tide Table HIGH LOW Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Feb. 2 12:06 a.m. 12:22 p.m. 6:04 a.m. 6:29 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3 12:54 a.m. 1:10 p.m. 7:02 a.m. 7:2S p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 1:42 a.m. 1:58 p.m. S:07 a.m. 8:27 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 2:33 a.m. 2:S1 p.m. 9:11 a.m. 9:25 p.m. fun an am. i lie in " J la I "UIU u^i tomctrist has long been active in civic, town and church affairs. He is a past president of the Morehead City Jaycees, a member of the American Legion, a member of the Morehead City town board of com missioners, a past president of Ihe Toastmasters club, a member u? the First Methodist Church, a mem ber of the board of directors of the Morehead City Touchdown club and a past president of the Southeast ern North Carolina Optometric So ciety. Dr. Outlaw has also been active in youth recreation programs and during the past summer was in charge of umpires for the More head City Little League. Dr. Out law lives with his wife and two sons, David and Brennan, at 2106 Arendell St. H. S. Gibbs Jr. pre sented the DSA award. Others nominated for the DSA were L e n w o o d Lee, Garland Scruggs, James Webb, and O. J. Morrow. Beaufort citizen Gray den Paul was the recipient of the Beaufort Jaycee Community Service award which is comparable to the DSA award. Mr. Paul, unfortunately, was not present to accept his award. He said he got lost and couldn't find the road to the coun try club. Mr. Paul, who as much or more than anyone else, can be called Mr. Beaufort, has spent almost his en tire life in the community. He spent two years as mayor of the town during the war years of 1940-42; he is a past president of the Beaufort Rotary Club, superin tendent of the First Baptist Church Sunday School, an ordained deacon in the church; director of the Beau fort Historical Association and has served as chairman of the civil defense program in Beaufort. Besides spearheading Beaufort'# 291st anniversary celebration in July, Mr. Paul will be in charge of the permanent Museum of the Sea and the re enactment of the capture of Beaufort by the Span ish. Mr. Paul will also conduct landmark guided tours of Beaufort this summer. Other awards presented by th? Beaufort Jaycee club included a key man award which went to Jay cee president George Murray Thomas and a sparkplug award which went to Jaycee Dickie Dick inson. The awards were presented by mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort. The club also presented certificates of appreciation to the radio and press. Dick Babcock of station WMBL received the award for his station and Larry McComb accepted the award for THE NEWS TIMES There was no representative pres ent from radio station WBMA to receive that award. Similar awards to the press and radio were made by the Morehead City Jaycecs. James Guthrie, Morehead City high school graduate, was the re cipient of the Morehead Jaycee Teenager of the Year award. James, an outstanding student and athlete at Morehead City high school, is presently attending Duke University on a football scholar ship. Dickie Dickinson and Bob Safrit were presented awards by the Beaufort Jaycees for their work as outstanding committee chairmen. Planners Obtain County Funds County commissioners approved payment of $1,000 to the county planning board yesterday. The money will be used as the plan ning board sees fit. George Huntley, chairman, and W. C. Carlton, secretary of the planning board, told commission ers, in session at the courthousc, that it will probably be used to match federal funds. The thou sand dollars was set up in the 1959 60 county budget. The community planning division of the Department of Conservation and Development has already re quested $1,000 in federal money. Mr. Carlton explained that the planning commission needs a map. The money requested from the fed eral government would be used to prepare a "county base map" at a scale of one inch to 4,000 feet, and to draw up regulationi (or subdivisions. Mr. Carttaa reported that the planning commission hai been meeting regularly since its organi zation in the fall. Its next meet ing will be Monday night.
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