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=5= CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 49th YEAR, NO. 16. RIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, I960 ' PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY8 $3,700 Stolen from Beaufort Store ? ? ? ? ? ? ? A. B. Cooper Urges Unity of All Carteret to Increase 1960 Business Chamber Adds 36 New Members Friday Night A. B. Cooper, chairman of the 4 Morehead City chamber of com merce finance drive, invited com ments from members of the audi ence after his talk at the greater Morehead City chamber of com merce meeting Friday night. Grover Munden, member of the finance committee, said that he was pleased with the response he \ had received from those he has been asked to contact. Jimmy Wallace, Morehead City, | remarked that the forthcoming Beaufort birthday celebration will be good for the entire county be cause many folks will be coming to participate in the events. Robert Darden, New Bern, South ern Railway freight traffic man ager, commended J. A. DuBois, manager of the chamber. His com ments were approved by spontane ous applause from the audience. George Vlckroy, Morehead City, developer of Spooner's Creek Har bor, remarked that a lot of Yankee money is going into his develop ment. "If outsiders have faith in this area, you certainly should have," Mr. Vickroy said. On a wave of enthusiasm, George Dill. Morehead City, popped up and said, "I'm glad to hear some of those Yankees are bringing that money back." Warren (Bump) Styron reported that his business, the Morehead City Yacht basin, had mailed on Friday 4,000 Morehead City maps to the Florida yacht trade. Dr. S. W. Hatcher reported that Morehead City could have taken advantage of a free mailing to 5,000 factMMate Kf- inr'r* ?" More head City last summer for a sem inar, but the chamber didn't have the 5,000 brochures to put in the letters. John Baker, AUantlc Beach, ask ed what would be done with the money Uia? ic raised. He was told that the major portion of it would go into promotion of this area. Mr. Cooper said that the greater Morehead City area has vacation facilities, shopping centers, fishing piers, hotels, motels, an enticing package. "People are looking for this and they don't know we have it," he declared. Alban Richey, Beaufort, told the audience that the little towns on Cape Cod in Massachusettes joined in an "area" chamber of com merce and the chamber there is See CHAMBER, Page 2 Development Group to Meet At Morehead The Neuse Development associa tion, a regional group organized to promote the growth of the Golds boro to Morehead City area, will meet May 3 at Morehead City. The meeting was planned Wed nesday night at a meeting of the association at the Kinston hotel, Kinston. The group discussed conditions adversely affecting development of this area: non-competitive railroad rates, proposed location of the Newport river bridge at Morehead City, and uncertainty of location of the four-lane highway 70 south of Havelock. Printing of 5,000 brochures on the Neuse area, costing $200. was authorized. Each of the four cham bers of commerce involved will pay $50 toward the cost. The cham bers are Goldsboro, Kinston, New Bern and Morehead City. The brochure project will be su pervised ? by Charles McCullcrs, Kinston, and will set forth the in dustrial advantages of each of the cities. The association has promoted the swapping of industi^ leads. J. A. BuBois, manager of the Morehead City chamber of com merce, reports ttfat a town whicH* cannot offer an industry what it wants, refers the industry to an other town in this area. Officers of the association are planning to meet in the near fu ture with Governor Hodges and the division of commerce and indus try to discuss ways of closer co operation with the state's industry promotion prograrh. Moses Howard, Newport, who at tended the meeting, reported on Newport's success in industrial de velopment in recent months. Attending the meeting from this county, in addition to Mr. DuBois and Mr. Howard, were W. B. j Chalk, president of the develop ment association; mayor George Dill, Rufus Butner, president of the Morehead City chamber of com- 1 merce and Henry White, Morehead City. FFA Chapter Hums Busily Along at Smyrna School By JOHN HILL Chapter Reporter In observance of National FFA Week, the Smyrna Chapter of Fu ture Farmers of America are analyzing their 1959-60 school year's work. The school year has been filled with many interesting and educa tional events. Shortly after school opened, the new students of voca tional agriculture began meeting the requirements for FFA member ship. The major requirements were to have an acceptable super vised farming program and to say from memory the FFA Creed. Daring the second week of school, William J. Owens, our ad visor, brought up the subject of improving our baseball diamond in connection with the subject matter we would be studying. The old dugouts were rotten and unfit for use. In their place we erected new ones of concrete blocks. In addi tion to providing dugouts for many years of future use, this project January Liquor Sales Take $30,000 Drop Sales at ABC stores in the county last month totaled $43,332.15, as compared with sales of $73,614.45 in December. Sales were as follows: Beaufort store $12,211.05, Morehcad City $15,752.95, Newport $5,907.40, and Atlantic Beach $9,480.75. Received from the profits by the towns and county were the follow ing amounts: Beaufort $293.95, Morehead City hospital $403.27, Newport $118.15, Atlantic Beach Jt27.74 and the county $1,043.11. [ Total profit was $2,086.22. taught the boys some skills in block-laying and roof construction. Also in connection with drainage problems of this area, we decided to undertake the drainage of the baseball diamond. A ditch was dug around the perimeter of the ball diamond. Tile and clamshells were placed in the ditch, then the ditch was filled over with soil. This provides good underground drainage for the field. The skills involved were the running of levels and the proper placement of tile for drainage purposes. Eariy in the school year about twenty-five loads of soil from the roadsides were hauled into the area of the agriculture building. This was leveled by the students. Later the soil was limed, fertiliz ed, and seeded to Italian rye grass which provided a beautiful green Sec FFA, Page 2 More than 200 persons, represent -4 ing all areas of the county attend ed the greater Morehead City chamber of commerce meeting Friday night at the Morehead City high school. They pledged investment of $9,540 for promotion, advertising and development of the county. Thirty-six new members signed up. Paid in cash Friday night was $1,860. These funds are in addition to the estimated $10,000 already paid by those who have joined the chamber for 1960. A. B. Cooper, finance chairman who presided at the meeting, said he was impressed with the turnout. In addition to the amount pledg ed Friday, the finance committee, headed by Mr. Cooper will con tact all those who are prospective chamber of commerce members and did not attend the meeting. These contacts will be made by Saturday. A quota of $30,000 has been set for this year's chamber budget. "We're existing," Mr. Cooper told his listeners, "but we're not progressing. We must better our relations with progress." The finance chairman asked that if anyone has any hard feeling to ward the chamber for incidents of the past, or any feelings of jeal ousy, that they forget them and consolidate efforts toward one ob jective: bettermen of this area. He said that he feels the major share of the burden should be borne by Morehead City and Atlan tic Beach, but other areas of the county are invited to join in the program. "Whether you Join us or not," Mr. Cooper remarked, "the cham ber will do all in its power for every other lection of the county." J. A. DuBois, manager of the chamber, mentioned that there hain't been a brochure pt^lished Tiy the chamber since 1953 that hasn't described the advantages of all parts of the county. "We can get more for our adver tising money by consolidating our efforts," the finance chairman de clared. "A chamber of commerce is the most important civic or ganization any community can have." Mr. Cooper likened the chamber of commerce in Morchead City to a wagon wheel. He said there is an excellent hub, but no well-de veloped spokes or rim to permit the wheel to roll smoothly and car ry the wagon on to prosperity. Spokes in the wheel, he declared, are the ocean, port, resort area, sportsfishing, farming and indus try. He advocated increasing mem bership in chamber committees promoting those "spokes," the members coming from those throughout the county who will be invited to join the chamber. Mr. DuBois stated that the con stitution has been revised to per mit enlargement of the board of directors, which would permit add ing directors from throughout Car teret. Representatives from different areas were asked to stand. Twelve residents of Beaufort were greet ed with loud applause. Other areas represented were highway 24 to Swansboro, highway 70 to Newport, the area east of Beaufort, as well as Morehead City, Beaufort, and Atlantic Beach. "Help your neighbor," Mr. Coop er advised, "and do it with a smile. Anything we do to bring more people and more business in to this area, whether it be at New port or Sea Level, helps us all." Firemen Called An overheated pipe cauaed a mi nor fire at a home in the 1500 block of Fisher Street Saturday after noon. Lindsey Guthrie, assistant fire chief, said that' about $100 damage was done to the flue and chimney. A colored family occu pies the house. Surprise Alert Calls Out Morehead National Guard Morehead City's National Guard unit, Battery C of the 690th Field Artillery Battalion, participated in the state-wide test alert, Operation Hornet's Nest, which was called Thursday night by adjutant gen eral Capus Wayoick. The alert, the largest mobiliza tion maneuver of the National Guard in the state since World War II, was to test the readiness of the guard in the event of national dis aster. The Morehead City unit, with an active strength of three officers and 56 enlisted men had 55 men participating in the alert within an hour after it was called. This gave them a 91 per cent attendance which was considerably higher than the state-wide average of 65 per cent. The hypothetical situation which brought on the mobilization was a surprise attack on the United States by enemy forces. The mis sion of the local unit in response to the attack was to set up secur ity units at strategic points in Funds Pledged j For Beaufort Celebration Due All funds pledged to Beaufort'a 25lst anniversary celebration are to be paid by Tuesday. March 1, Gray den Paul, director ?f the cali bration. announced yesterday. Pledged wa? $9,333. Collected thus far is $4,500. Much of the $4,500 has either been spent on re building the Alphonao, recondition ing the tour bus, or it has been budgeted for future expenses. Mr. Paul said that the remainder of the money is needed now so that plans for the birthday celebration can be carried out with assurance that there will be no debt unpaid. The tour bus. white with black lettering, will De placed on the Dickinson lot on Front Street this week. It will serve as field office for Mr. Paul until the tours get under way this summer. Letter ing on the bus reads, "Beaufort Historical Association Guided Tours and Field Office." The bos carries 38 persons. Home Demonstration club women have agreed to make slip covers for the bus scats. Mr. Paul announces that work on the Alphonso is almost com plete, but it will be another month before he will be able to accept exhibits for the museum that the Alphonso will house. The Alphonso is located at the south end of Pol lock Street. To start soon In THE NEWS TIMES will be a series of historical articles on Beaufort. Mr. Paul said they will be titled Echoes of the Past ? leading up to Beaufort's 251st anniversary. The articles will be written by Mrs. Wiley Taylor Jr., with the assistance of other town reaidents. S. A. Chalk to Appear On TV This Morning S. A. Chalk, candidate for Con gress, third congressional district will be interviewed on WNCT at 7:30 this morning on the program, Carolina Today. Mr. Chalk is a resident of More head City, a Carteret county com missioner, and the only Carteret candidate for Congress in many years. Newborn Daughter's Name Serves As Reminder of Stormy Vovaae A little girl, born while her father "?as on a hazardous Ashing trip, has been named Windy Gale. Her father, Fred Smith, 24, At lantic, came home by plane Satur day afternoon after he and his mate, William Rose, 22, Harkers Island, had battled 40-foot seas off the Virginia-North Carolina coast. Captain Smith, in his trawler Dolphin, and Rose left AUantic Monday afternoon. The eaptain'a daughter was born Tuesday and he was notified of the event by ra dio Wednesday. The next day in an angry northeaster, the Dolphin's radio antenna blew off. That ended any further radio communication with the boat. The Dolphin was reported over due by the Clayton Fulcher Fish Co., Atlantic. According to the Wednesday radio communication with the Dolphin, the vessel was southeast of Cape Henry, had 6,500 pounds of flounder aboard and be cause of weather conditions was going to return to port. The wind went around from northeast to northwest Thursday. Then the motor failed and neither o* the two pump* would work. Early Thursday evening the Dol phin was sighted by the Uberian moforship Iscojem. Because the trawler wai in a sinking condition, Smith and Rose decided they would go aboard the Iscojem, but the high seas made that impossible. The Iscojem heaved a line to the trawler and a message was attach ed to it, asking the big ship lo radio for help. Captain Smith said that some times the waves were higher than See STORM, Page a Morehead City and Beaufort. Within minutes after the alert was sounded, guards had been set up at the three draw bridges, the Beaufort airport, the telephone of fice, the Morehead City hospital and other likely targets of enemy operations. Lt. Merrit Bridgman, command ing officer of the local unit, stated after the operation that he was well pleased with the results and credited the men with carrying out their assignments in an excep tional manner. Mrs. Betty Loftin, a clerk at the Red and White, goes through pic tures of known rrimiuals with State Bureau of Investigation Chief George t'annady in hopes of recognizing someone who might have been in the store recently, casing it for the robbery. This i< the way meat department manager Jimmy Range found the Red and White Supermarket safe Saturday morning when he arrived to open the store. Parts of the sale door and pieces of concrete lie on the door aroand the safe. FFA Chapters Observe Future Farmers Week High Winds, Rain Lash Carteret Hgih winds and rain were the only evidence here of the fierce wintry blast that hit the rest of the state last week, reports weath er observer Stanley Davis. On Thursday night winds reached gale proportions and nearly three inches of rain fell. Temperature ranges for the past week were as ollows: High Low Monday 42 25 Tuesday 46 35 Wednesday 50 32 Thursday 55 34 Friday 65 36 Saturday 47 27 Sunday 48 33 Burned-Out Line Causes Beaufort Power Failure A primary power line on Len noxville Road. Beaufort, burned out Sunday night. Carolina Power and Light Co. said the power failure was report ed at 11:30 p.m. Service was re stored at 1:22 a.m. A power failure in the Crab Point area about two weeks ago followed trouble at Fry Roofing plant. Serv ice was restored in about half an hour. Tide Table Tidei at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tnesday, Feb. 23 5:19 a.m. 11:48 a.m. 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24 6:18 a.m. 12:03 a.m. 8:45 p.m. 12:41 p.m. Tbariday, Feb. 25 7:10 a.m. 12:57 a.m. 7:35 p.m. 1:31 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 7:58 a.m. 1:49 a.m. 8;23 p.m. _ 2:18 p.m. By JIMMY MANN Future Farmers of America igembcrs throughout the nation arc scheduling special activities to fo cus public attention on the work of their organization this week dur ing National FFA Week. Members of the Newport FFA chapter plan to put displays in store windows, items in newspa pers, hand out stickers and bul letins to the chapter members. Membership in the FFA is made up of farm boys who are students of vocational agriculture in high school. The organization's activi ties are designed primarily to help develop rural leadership and good citizenship, and to stimulate the boys to better achievement in their study and work toward successful establishments in farming. The Newport FFA chapter has 46 members. Officers arc presi dent, Ronnie Edwards; vice-prcsi dent, Dicky Garner; secretary. Bill Allen; treasurer, Lewis Forrest; reporter, Jimmy Mann; assistant reporter, Eric Gray; sentinel, Al len Kelly; parliamentarian, Mitch ell Smith; chaplain, Marvin Ed wards. C. S. Long, vocational agricul ture instructor in Newport High School, serves as advisor of the FFA chapter. The national Future Farmer or ganization has 380,000 members, with 9,000 local chapters in the SO states and Puerto Rico. Member ship in North Carolina totals 23,800. Futare Farmers choose the week of George Washington'! birthday each year for the observance of National FFA Week. Although usually recognized as a revolution ary war general and our first Pres ident, Washington's first love was the farm he called Mount Vernon. There, he was one of the first in the nation to practice contour planting, crop rotations, fertiliza tion, and other soil conservation and improvement methods. It was more than a century after Wash ington's death before general use was made of many of the sound agricultural practices that he uaetL Thieves made their entrance into the store by chopping this hole in the roof at the back of the building. After breaking into the safe and taking approximate ly S3, 700 they apparently left through the back door. Safe Pried Open At Red & White Strong-arm thieves made the big gest haul of the year in Beaufort Friday night when they chopped their way into a 2,000-pound safe at the Red and White Super Market and made off with approximately $3,700. The robbery was first discovered by meat department manager Jim my Range who was the first to ar rive at the store Saturday morning. Range said that he entered the store with his son Jimmy Jr. and went to the back room to turn on C. D. Jones, store manager, asks that anyone who gave him a cheek Friday call the store, PA8-3318, report the amount and write another check after stop ping payment on the one dated Friday. Mr. Jones expressed his thanks to the many who have already done this. the lights and furnace when he no ticed the large hole chopped in the roof over the back of the building by the thieves. C. D. (Crip) Jones, who operates the store, said that about half of the money taken was in cash and the other half in checks. Jones added that he normally makes a night deposit at the bank of the day s receipts but had failed to do so Friday night. The safe that the thieves entered is a large floor type sale located in the office in the front of the store. Its doors are made of steel with 10-inch layers of cement be tween. The intruders apparently used nothing but hammers and chisels to rip open the strong box. Investigators from the sheriff's department were called to the scene by Range. Also called to help with the investigation was Chief George Cannady of the State Bureau of Investigation. Several sets of fingerprints were taken around the safe but as yet no re port on them has been received. whief Cannady said that the rob bery is similar to several other re cent super market break ins around the state. i The thieves made their ?;n'r:wicc I riko the store by chopping hole | in the roof over the back room. ! They apparently left by the back door, as the bar which was placed across the entrance Friday night was found removed. Mr. Jones said that because of the large number of super-market robberies recently it has become almost impossible to get burglary insurance and none of the loss was covered by insurance. The store, located at highways 70 and 101, opened in November. The building is owned by Howard Jones, Beaufort. Car Cracks Up On Island Curve A Cherry Point Marine and an unidentified buddy escaped with minor injuries Saturday night when their car wrecked on the curve at M. L. Ycomans' store, Harkers Is land. The driver, Paul Roosevelt Schroyer, has been charged with speeding. He and his passenger suffered cuts and bruises. Patrolman W. E. Pickard said that Schroyer was headed east in a 1953 Hudson. The car struck and broke a power pole, causing power failure on the island as well as disrupting phone service. The car was demolished. The curve oo which the car wrecked is known as "dead man's curve" because of the numerous accidents which have occurred there, some of them fatal. I Health Office Reports Its Activities in 1 959 X-rays made at th? county health department during 1959 totaled 757, according to the annual report pre sented the county health board at its recent meeting. Skin tests to determine whether a person has tuberculosis number ed 1,1*52. Positive reactions total ed 510. (A positive reaction does not always mean the person has TB). Carteret TB patleats in sana foriums last year numbered IS. Six were In sanatoriuma Jan. 1, 1960. Seventeen TB patients are at home taking medical treatment and 60 attended the health depart ment's tuberculosis' clinics. One new tuberculosis case was discov ered in 1958. Diphtheria, whooping cough, small pox and typhoid immunisa tions totaled 17,039, polio shots 3,014. Other aeiVicMI pre- school ex aminations 643, school inspections by the nurses 4,533, examination of teacher* 107, school children ex amined by the health officer 1,811, tonsil and adenoid operations 13. Glasses for school children 13, blood tests 13M, and new venereal disease patients 110. Births In (be county in 1959 total ed 674, as compared with 703 in 1958. Deaths in 1959 were 216, as compared with 203 in 1958. Causes of death: heart and vas cular diaeases 102, cancer 35, nephritis and other kidney diseases 10, Influenza and pneumonia 4, home and farm 5, other accidents 11, suicide 2, murder 1, diabetes 5, TB 1, miscellaneous 36, and pre maturity 4. Since the beginning of the polio program in April 1955, there have been given 30,296 shots. During the past year there were 1,367 first injections, 979 second injections 'and MS third injections.
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