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:si CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 1#' 49th YEAR, NO. 21. TWO SECTIOKS SIXTEEN PAGES MOBEHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Beaufort Begins to Feel Squeeze as Year Nears Close Three Youths Taken to Court For Fighting Three Morehead City youths, Robert McCabe, Scotty Warren and Mark Piatt, appeared in Morehead City recorder's court Monday to answer charges of fighting in a public place. The warrant for each of the defendants was amend ed to read disturbing the peace and engaging in an affray. One of the youths, Mark Piatt, was acquitted, but McCabe and Warren were found guilty. Judg ment of the court was that Warren pay court costs and that McCabe's 30-day jail sentence be suspended on payment of $25 and court costs and a year's good behavior. In other court action a Camp Lejeune Marine, Woodfin Nicholas Jr., was convicted of drunk driv ing and careless and reckless driv ing. On the first charge he was< ordered to spend 90 days in jail, which was suspended on payment of $100 and court costs and pay ment of $50 to Garrett Fisher for damages to his car. For careless and reckless driv ing the defendant was also given a jail term of 90 days, suspended on payment of $50 and court costs. Two out-of-town residents, O. N. Saieed of Greenville and Almeta Cole of Kinston, appeared in court to answer charges of overtime parking. Both were ordered to pay fines of $2 and one-third court costs. Judge Herbert O. Phillips ruled malicious prosecution in two cases against Morehead City men. In the first, Andrew Davis was charg ed with simple assault and in the second Jack Matthews was charg ed with being drunk and disorder ly in a public place and using loud and profane language. The prosecuting witness in both cases withdrew the charges. Judg ment of the court was that coats be paid in each case by the prose cuting witnesses. On another war rant, Davis was charged with run ning a stop sign. He was found guilty and ordered to pay court costs. The verdict was appealed, by the defendant, to the next term of Carteret County superior court. Johnnie Wycally Spcllman of James City and George Dennis Sanders of Morehead City were both found guilty of drunk driving. Each was ordered to pay $100 and court ocsts. A Morehead City man, Ivey Alex ander Tillman, appeared in court . to answer charges of drunk driv ing and possession of a .25 Colt automatic. He was given 90-day jail sentences on each of the charges. me jau terms were suspended on payment of $100 and costs for drunk driving and $25 and costs for possession of the weapon. The gun was also consifscated. For driving the wrong way on a one-way street, Early B. Locklear of Newport was ordered to pay one-half court costs. John Darius Ballou of Morehead City was tax ed with costs for speeding. Edward R. Hutchins of Cherry Point was acquitted on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon and Jerome S. Mucy of Cherry Point was ordered to pay $10 and court costs tor public drunkenness and throwing trash on the street. A New Bern woman, Mrs. G. D. licCarty, appeared in court, charg ed with issuing a worthless check. She was made to pay court costs and to honor the check. Cases against Daniel Alford, Jo seph ilemman Pace, Elijah Lewis, H. E. Stewart and Nancy Kay Ca nipc were continued until next week's term of court. Travel Council Chooses W. I. Derrickson Director W. L. Derrickson, Morehead City and Atlantic Beach, was elected a director of the North Carolina Travel Council at the meeting in Durham Monday and Tuesday. Attending the meeting from this area, in addition to Mr. Derrick son were Mr. and Mrs. Grayden Paul, Beaufort, and Joe DuBois, manager of the Morehead City chamber of commerce. Mr. Paul informed travel coun cil members of Beaufort's 251st an niversary celebration scheduled for July. Attorney Presents Bill For Services at Hearing Morehead City commissioners have under consideration a bill pre sented them by George McNeill, town attorney for his service! at Wilmington during the recent freight rate hearing. The bill, cov ering fees and expenses, is $72$.15. The rate hearing was in progress five days and related to equaliza tion of Morehead City freight rates with those ?f Wilmington. ' Mayor W. H. Potter pointed out to town commissioners Monday night that for two months, January and February, the town has been unable to deposit debt service tax funds in the debt service account. Ronald Earl Mason, clerk, ex plained that if the money were put in the account earmarked for bond retirement, there wouldn't be enough money to meet the town payroll and other current expenses. The administration, for the first six months of the current fiscal year, set aside the debt service funds as required by law and was hoping to be able to continue to do so. Budgeted for debt service this year is $26,800; due to the fund as of March 1 was $18,489.35; deposit ed as of that date was $12,612; January and February funds due, $5,877.35. Accounts payable as of March 1 were $4,170.39. The budget this year totaled $88,657.67; spent to date is $63,276.58, Mr. Mason said. Mayor Potter, commenting on the debt service fund problem, said, "I think the greatest respon sibility of elected officials is to put funds where they are earmarked to go." Claud Wheatly, town attorney, said that it's the responsibility of the town to keep the debt service fund up to date. He added that all the laws say that the money for paying off debt should be set aside, but he can't find anything which says what will happen to town of ficials if they don't set it aside. Mayor Potter asked that all de partment heads plan their budget | for 1960-61 so that they may have a budget meeting in the near fu ture, survey expenses and set a tax rate accordingly. Mr. Mason said the town is ne gotiating at present for purchase of six bonds. The board directed that a car, abandoned in Beaufort several years ago, be sold. Mayor Potter commended the town attorney and his associate, Thomas Bennett, for their work in fighting the water rate raise pro posed by Carolina Water Co. The State Utilities commission denied the water company's re quest. Bill for the work in repre sentlitf the to'<vTi at the hearing was $250. The mayor requested that Snow Hill town officials be mailed a copy of the bill, in the hope that they will share in the cost. Carolina Water serves Beau fort, Snow Hill and Morehead City. The mayor termed the Ann and Turner Street intersection "a dia, bolical disgace," and asked the po lice and street commissioners to "do something about it." The in tersection has been the scene of numerous accidents. Commissioner W. R. Hamilton asked that the street in front of the school be patched. It was sug gested that the town contract with the slate to do all its street work, but it was pointed out that this would cut the amount of town funds going to town residents ? those who are on the street crew. The clerk reported that street superintendent Wardell Killingame had converted the street sweeper to a pavement roller. Mr. Wheatly reported that the writ asking the supreme court to review the proceedings thus far in the annexation case was mailed last Wednesday. Mayor Potter asked commission er Hamilton to check on whether towns of under 5,000 population have zoning jurisdiction a mile be yond their town limits. The clerk reported that he at tended the school on municipal fi nance last week at Chapel Hill and suggested that the board have the legislature in 1961 remove from I the books all taxes owed as of 10 years ago and prior. The clcrk also reported that the town has received a temporary permit for continuing to dump sewage into surrounding streams until January 1964, but the amount now being dumped cannot be .in creased. Permission to continue dumping three more years was granted by the Slate Stream Sani tation committee. A request for setting fees for electrical inspection and enacting an electrical ordinance was tabled and a request made that the elec trical inspector attend the next meeting. The clerk was asked to write a letter to the State Highway com mission asking the state to revise its traffic control plan at Cedar and Live Oak. A letter from the John Crump Insurance agency, Morehead City, was read relative to insurance po lice exptritlon dates. Commission er Hamilton said that following expiration of the policies, the insur ance should be carried with a Beaufort agent. Board Agrees To Set Zoning Hearing Date ? Block on Front Street May Open to Boats ? Zoning Commission Recommends Change Beaufort commissioners decided Monday night at the town hall to meet again this coming Monday night to consider an ordinance on rezoning. If the various parts of the ordi nance meet with the board's ap proval, it will be advertised and a public hearing on the change set for Monday, April 11. The change relates to the 600 block of the south side of Front Street, between Queen and Pollock. Gilbert Potter, zoning commission chairman, presented recommenda tions of the zoning commission on the block. The commission recom mends that the south side be zoned commercial with certain restric tions. Using the restrictions of the zon ing commission as a basis, the town commissioners specified that boats using the ar^a shall be pleasure-type boats up to 100 feet in length, no boats may tie to with in 5 feet of a property line, no oil tanks shall be above ground, build ings on south side shall be no more than 16 feet high, and signs used in the area shall be erected with due regard for safety and shall be in good taste. It was suggested that the fire dis trict ordinance be amended to ni clude that block and that the sani tation laws relative to garbage dis posal be applied to that area if re zoning goes through. Leslie Moore presented a letter from his mother, Mrs. Polly Moore, owner of the dock in front of the postoffice, asking that the dock be rezoned for business or commercial purposes. The letter cited general statute 160-173 which states that when two corners of an intersection are zoned for business, the other two corners must, automatically, be zoned likewise, upon application of lhe,0wne?.pr owners. Mr. Moore pointed out that two of the cor ners, Inlet Inn property and post office, are zoned for business. See BOARD, Page 7 80 Attend Senior Citizens Meeting Tuesday in Eure Building , Beaufort Parked Car Hit On Evans Monday Approximately $200 damage was done to a parked car at 16th and Evans Street early Monday morn ing when it was hit from the rear by a car being driven by Lottie Parker Oglesby of Morehead City. Police said that Mrs. Oglesby was going east on Evans Street and she collided with the parked car when she got over too far to allow a west-bound car to pass her. The parked car was owned by Hary Van Horn of Morehead City. Patrolman E. D. O'Neal investi gated and estimated damages to the Oglesby vehicle at $175. Charges are pending. Morehead City town commission ers have scheduled a meeting for 7:30 p.m. next Friday. W. E. Eas terling, secretary of the Local Gov ernment commission, has been in vited to meet with them. ? tignty persons attended the meeting sponsored Tuesday after noon in Beaufort by the County Coordinating Committee on Aging. As an outgrowth of the meeting, a committee of 10 to 15 persons from throughout the county will be appointed to carry out planning of programs for the aging. Speaking at the meeting, held at the N. F. Eure building, was Dr. Catherine Dennis, member of the Governor's Coordinating Meeting on Aging. ' Dr. Dennis commented that there are 300,000 people in the state who are 65 or older. That's 7 per cent of the total population. She mentioned that funds for ag ing citizens are available for home building through FHA, which also makes loans to chuchcs or frater nal organizations building homes for older people. "All generations have something to contribute to the welfare of each," she remarked, in pointing out that older people don't like to be situated too far away from their children. Pennant Rises a Funds collected or pledged by ' Wednesday in the current Great er Morehead City chamber of commerce finance drive totaled $18,400. J. A. DuBois, manager of the chamber, report! that 10S new members have been obtained, 180 former member* have rejoin ed and reports are yet to be made on 210 prospects Letters will go out today to those who have not returned pledge cards. On March 20, those who have not yet respond ed will be contacted personally. The campaign is scheduled to dote April 1. She commented on the legal problems of aging citizens, the im portance of people keeping up in terest in community affairs as they grow older, and the necessity for changing attitudes towad people who are over 45. Dr. Dennis was introduced by Mrs. Floy Garner, member of the county committee on a^ing. Miss Georgle Hughes, also a committee member, told of the ori gin of the committee on aging and its purpose, locally, state-wide and nationally. Miss Grace Wilson, chairman of the committee, named twenty per sons in the county who are between 89 and 99 years of age. There arc IS women and four men. A boutonniere was to be given to each. The two present at the meeting were Mrs. Martha Hun nings, Newport, who will be 93 in May, and Mrs. N. W. Taylor, Beau fort, who is 99. The floral tributes were to be sent to the others: Mrs. Mary Ar rington, Mrs. Lizzie Chadwick, Mrs. Sallie Fulford, Dave Godwin, Mrs. Sarab Hill. Mrs. Sudie Mc Intosh, Mrs. Celia Ann Midyette, Miss Lulu Stewart, all of Beaufort. Mrs. Ida Webb Eaton, Mrs. Lou Morris, Morehead City; Mrs. Izora Garner, Mrs. Ida Holland, Mrs. Julia Howard, I. N. Howard, and Tom Mann, all of Newport. Mrs. Kate Glancy, Bogue; Mrs. Kate Leffcrs, Gloucester;, and Maltby Taylor, Sea Level. If there are any others in the county between 89 and 100 who arc not listed here, the committee on aging would be inteested in knowing of them. Their name, ad dress and age may be sent to THE NEWS-TIMES, or to Miss Wilson, Beaufort. Earl Holt, representing the Moose Lodge, Morehead City, of fered the lodge hall as a meeting place for any meetings which may be held in conjunction with the senior citizen program. The devotional was given by Mrs. Vara Stubbs, Beaufort Group singing was led by H. L. Joslyn, with Mra. Joslyn accompanist at the piano. Rural Calls Answered Dr. David Farrior, fire commis sioner, states that Beaufort's fire trucks will answer calls in areas beyond the town limits EXCEPT in the areas proposed lor annexa tion. Menhaden Processors Fight Flood of Peruvian Fishmeal Snow Man Time . . . Again! New*-Tlme? Photo by McComb Before Wednesdays heavy snow, the second in a week, stopped falling, three boys had built this snowman on the lawn of TIIE NEWS TIMES. It probably wouldn't win any priies for site but it certainly was one of the most original seen as it greeted passerbys decked out in its red Ivy League cap. Its creators were left to right, Cecil Weeks, Larry Hyatt and Cecil Goodwin. Science May Promote Better Days for Menhaden Industry Impact of Peruvian fishmeal on American markets has caused menhaden processors to look, with ipereMed interest on the sHcntist XJV scientist may be the life-pre server for the menhaden industry, now threatened with unprofitable operation due to the low-priced Peruvian meal. At the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries laboratory on Pivers Is land, Beaufort, a staff of 13, head ed by Fred C. June, chief of men haden investigations, is making a study of the life history of the men haden?where it spawns, where it lives, what causes "good" and "bad" years in the catches, and how man's activities may affect the fishery. The menhaden fishery is the largest fishery resource in North America. Neither herring, salmon nor any other fishery surpass it. Menhaden are taken in North America only on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Last year, catches of menhaden were the largest of any year in the history of the fishery. Ironic ally, it was the year that Peruvian fishmeal soared into prominence, making it difficult for American processors to sell the products they obtain from the fish. It is estimated that the value of the menhaden industry to Carteret county in 1959 was $4Vi million? and dollar-wise it was an "off" year. In 1952-54 the Fish and Wildlife Service (now the Bureau of Com mercial Fisheries*) conducted, in Delaware, biological research on the middle Atlantic menhaden fish ery. In 1954, through the Salton stall-Kennedy act, more funds were made available for fisheries work and the menhaden project was ex panded to all of the Atlantic coast. Headquarters for the menhaden study was established at Pivers Island. Next month will mark Mr. June's fifth year there. On the basis of these five years of work, Mr. June says that re stricted predictions can be made in advance of the season as to what menhaden catches will be. With such knowledge at hand, the operators of menhaden fleets and factories can tool up according ly, thus permitting more econom ical operation. On what do Um biologists base See MENHADEN, Page 2 Tide Table TMei at the Beaafort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, March 11 6:59 a.m. 12:54 a.m. 7:23 p.m. 1:24 p.m. Saturday, March 1> 7:39 a.m. 1:39 a.m. 8:00 p.m. 2:04 p.m. Sanday, March 13 8:18 a.m. 2:21 a.m. 8:35 p.m. 2:42 p.m. Monday, March 14 8:55 a.m. 3:00 a.m. 9:13 p.m. 3:18 p.m. Taeiday, March 15 9:38 a.m. 3:40 a.m. 9:56 p.m. 3:M p.m. Fred C. Jane . . . supervise* menhaden investigations Theatre Presents Awards At Annual Dinner Meeting Miss Hortense Boomer, who di rected the play, A Man Called Pe ter, was presented the trophy for the best director at the annual din ner meeting of the Carteret Com munity Theatre Wednesday night. Other awards went to Ruth Dur ham, best actress, for her role as Mrs. Manningham in Angel Street; Thomas Respess, for his role as the senator in A Man Called Pe ter, and to Ruth Peeling, for out standing service to the theatre dur CG Aids Fishing Boat Wednesday Coast Guardsmen from the Fort Macon station assisted a fishing boat to port Wednesday morning. A call was received at 11:45 front the fishing vessel, Kate II that the Kate was towing another boat, Mildred, which was stalled by engine failure. The Kate II asked for Coast Guard assistance in bringing the boat in. Fort Macon dispatched the 40 footer which relieved the Kate of the tow in the Beaufort Inlet. The Mildred was towed to the Davi* fish docks in Beaufort and moored. Crew aboard the 40-footer was HasUe Baber, BM 2, Linton Wil liams, EN-2 and Durwood John son, SA. ? ing the past year. Winners of the firat three awarda were chosen by a secret commit tee composed of persons who saw the last three regular aeason pro ductions: Papa is All, Angel Street, and A Man Called Peter. Theatre members balloted to choose the service award winner. The awards were presented by Miss Lillian Frances Giddens, past president of the theatre, after the winners were announced by the theatre's guests of honor, mayor and Mrs. George Dill. Mayor Dill spoke on his days in the theatre, past and present. He was introduced by Miss Peeling, retiring theatre president. Incom ing officers were presented red carnations. They are Tressa Vickers, presi dent; C. A. Stone, vice-president; Patsy Holt, secretary; Jean Holt, treaaurer; Mia* Peeling, business manager, and Wayne King, assist ant business manager. The program opened with the singing of My Wild Irish Rose and closed with the singing of Auld Lang Syne. Table decorations fol lowed the St. Patrick's Day theme. Each dinner guest was given a green boutonniere. In charge of the dinner and pro gram were Mrs. Vickers and Mrs. Jean Holt. Thirty-|even persons attended. A ham dinner was served. The group met at Mrs. Russell Willis's restaur ant. Industry Hopes for Way Out of Doldrums The future of the men haden industry looks gloomy. What has put the skids un der it? Menhaden processors lay a major portion of the blame on the new Peruvian fishmeal industry. That, cou pled with a lower demand for chicken feed (of which fishmeal is a major ingredi ent), and heavy production of fishmeal and oil last year, has made it difficult for men haden processors to move their products quickly and at good price. This can have far-reaching effect in this area where six menhaden processing plants are located and where the menhaden industry keeps the dollar in circulation every November and December. Within the past year the Peruvian anchovy fishery and manufacture of meal has become such a strong factor in the fishmeal market that American manufacturers of fish meal are having to sell below cost, if they sell at all. What has projected the Peruvian fishmeal product into prominence? Peru used to concentrate on export of guano, a fertilizer. Now the an chovy fishery is being exploited. American menhaden processors say that the anchovy fishery is so rich that the Peruvians never have to worry about not being able to get the fish. They claim the wea ther off Peru is always good and the fish are so thick that they could be sucked up with a hose without ever using a net In December, menhaden boats in the Carteret area stopped fishing about two weeks earlier than usual. Warehouses were bursting with meal for which there was no mar ket. Some are still bursting. Rather than sell at a loss, men haden processors will not sell. W. H. Potter, manager of Beau fort Fisheries, Beaufort, whose boats usually fish summer as well as winter, says that Beaufort Fish eries may curtail its operations, unless things get better. Menhaden processors still find a ready market for the oil from the menhaden. (The anchovy caught off Peru is not a fat fish. Its ma jor use is as meal). It is expected that the oil market will hold up as long as the West German market exists. West Germany uses oil in the making of margarine When, or if, European fish oil production satis fies local demands, the American fish oil producers will face a dwindling market there. The oil sells in the neighborhood of 52 cents a gallon, but the price fluctuates. Menhaden solubles, a semi-liquid by-product of the pro cessing, sells for about 2'^ cents a pound. Like fishmeal, it is added to animal rations as a protein and vitamin source. One hundred ten dollars is quoted as an average price for a ton of fishmeal, but the price varies. If the market is good, a ton could sell in the neighborhood of $140; if there's no demand and things are slow, the price might be as low as $90. Peruvian meal not only sells at ? an average of $20 lass than the American, but menhaden proces sors are disturbed over the water | rail freight set-up in this country, which favors imported fishmeal over that domestically produced. The example is cited of a carload of Peruvian fish meal coming into the port of New Orleans. That car load of meal, delivered in Chicago, a menhaden processor points out, costs $17 less than it would cost a Louisiana processor of fishmeal. The cost difference is due to tho freight rate. The American menhaden proces sors arc not sitting back, watching their throne crumble beneath them. Efforts are being made in Wash ington to get legislation that will either put duties on the Peruvian meal, limit the amount imported or get some adjustment in the freight rate. Perhaps all three tools will be brought into play. Unless some so lution is found, menhaden proces sors have predicted tremendous curtailment of the industry. Club Invites Shell Collectors Anyone interested in sea shells is invited to meet this Weekend with the North Carolina Shell club. Club members will gather at 7:30 tonight at the commercial fish eries building, Camp Glenn, for an informal meeting and coffee hour. Mrs. Graham Bell, Fayette ville, will speak on her collccting trips. At 8:30 tomorrow morning the group will go on a collecting trip to Cape Lookout. They will meet in front of the commercial fish eries building and go by car to Markers Island where boats will be boarded for the trip to the cape. Club members should bring their own lunch. Harry Davis, a mem ber of the club who has a camp at the capo, has offered his cook ing facilities there for those who would like to make coffee or cook a hot lunch. A business meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. tomorrow at the com mercial fisheries building. After the meeting, Dr. M. R Carrikcr of the zoology department, Univer sity of North Carolina, will lead the group in an evaluation of the shells found on the trip to the cape. The weekend meeting was orig inally planned for last Friday and Saturday but had to be postponed because of the heavy snow upstate. Forty-seven had made reserva tions for the meeting last week. President of the organisation ia Mrs. Kenneth L. Johnson, Raleigh. Hugh J. Porter, Morehead City, ia secretary-treasurer. Warm rain Wednesday night quickly melted the snow and it was "school ia usual" yesterday.
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