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49th YEAR, NO. 30. EIGHT PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. APRIL 12. 1960 PIIRI.isheh TirwsriAVQ ? wn roin a vq
Public Hearing
Will be at 11
Tomorrow
# Stats Proposes New
Four-Lane Highway
? Hearing W>H be At
Courthouse, Beaufort
Persou wishing to express views
on the State Highway commission's
plans for four-laning highway 70
from highways 24 and 70 to the
western end of Arendell Street,
Morehcad City, will attend a hear
ing at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the
courthouse, Beaufort.
Sam Beard, public relations
counsel for t'.ie highway commis
sion, yesterday released the high
way commission's proposal. The
project will be 2Vi miles long and
start 1,500 feet west of the inter
section of highways 24 and 70, ex
panding into a four-lane construc
tion.
From highway 24, east to a
street west of the dog track prop
erty, a service road will be built
on the south.
Over most of the distance, the
existing pavement will be torn up
and the new four lanes built, two
for eastbound, and two for west
bound traffic, with a grassway in
the middle.
Standard "cross-overs" will be
built to allow autos to cross at
points along the new highway to
reach restaurants, gas stations, or
homes on either side, regardless
in what direction the vehicle may
be traveling.
The four-laning is part of a long
range project to have a dual high
way from New Bern to Morehead
City and thus facilitate movement
of cargo, by truck, to the port of
Morehead City.
Clerk Explains
Heavy Docket
A. H. James, clerk of superior
court, said this week that many of
the cases carried ti "continued"
, on the county court docket hava
already keen tried, but they are
being carried as continued cases
until the fines and costs connected
with the judgment are paid.
More than a hundred cases are
now labeled "continued," which
usually means they have not been
tried. Sixty-nine of those cases
have been tried, however, but are
remaining on the docket.
"That's the only way we can
keep up with those who still owe
the court money," Mr. James said.
1 When a judge gives a defendant
30 days to pay a fine or costs, the
defendant's record is placed in a
book and if he hasn't paid by the
time limit, Mr. James said a no
tice is sent. If the defendant
doesn't respond, then the officers
are sent out to bring him into
court.
The M cases in which funds are
still owed have accumulated since
June 30, 1959, according to the
clerk of court.
The clerk's financial statement
for March follows: collected
through recorder's court, $2,665.25;
superior court, $286.61; and pro
bate and clcrk's fees, $97.66.
Four Carteret Residents
Complete Seminar
Four Carteret civilian workers
were among a group of 18 grad
uated recently from a 40-hour su
pervisor seminar at Cherry Point.
The seminar, which is directed
by Mrs. F. B. Kunenetz, Havelock,
and A. D. Avallone, Morehead City,
is designed to keep supervisors
aware of the need for high quality
personnel leadership as well as
technical competence. Countians
graduating were G. Stillway, Emer
ald Isle; H. C. Akerley, Morehead
City, and R. B. Burrows and G. T.
Tosto, Beaufort.
Beach Rescue Squad Ready
I
ATLANTA p jR? DEPT#j
The Atlantic Beach rescue squad, in uniforms, helmets and with its equipment is ready for action.
Kneeling in the foreground are Tommy Webb and Marvin Willis Jr. Standing are Donald Fox, Jimmy
Leonard, Jimmy Fox, Carl Bell Jr., and Charlie Styron. Directly behind the truck cab is Bill Moore,
chief of police.
Newport Water System Pump Goes
Out; Emergency Repairs Being Made
?
Morehead Lions
Sponsor Scouts
Members of the Morehead City
Lions club voted Thursday night
to take over the sponsorship of
Girl Scout Troop 277. Troop 277
has been in operation for some
time in Morehead City but until
now has had no sponsor. Appoint
ed as chairman of the Girl Scout
project was Lion Owens Frederick.
Dr. W. L. Woolard of Beaufort
was guest speaker at the meeting.
He apoke on the county's planning
and zoning board. Dr. Woolard
also commented on the possibility
of a county school and a county
hospital in the future.
It was reported that ten mem
bers of the Morehead City club at
tended a Lions meeting in Green
ville recently to claim the jungle
prowlers award in Greenville's pos
session. Making the trip were A.
N. Willis, O. J. Morrow, George
Mizesko, Jim McLain, Herbert
Kelly, Owens Frederick, Cliff Ed
wards, Grayson Bullock, Vernon
Beasley and Oscar Allred.
In connection with the forthcom
ing clean-up and clean-out spring
clearance sale, to be sponsored by
the Lions, it was announced that
Joe Collins, Herbert Kelly and
Cliff Edwards would be available
to pick up articles to be donated.
The club will again present a
boy and girl athlete of the year
award at the Morehead City high
school commencement.
Town officials and men working-*
on the Newport water system were
in hopes that the pump would be
repaired by today, at least tem
porarily.
Since it was discovered at 3 p.m.
Sunday that the pump was not
working, workmen have gone with
out sleep to get the system repair
ed.
A temporary rig was obtained
from Raleigh and was being sent
to Newport yesterday afternoon.
The equipment left Raleigh at 11:30
a.m., according to Bennie R. Gar
ner, water commissioner.
Mr. Garner said that the pump
tore loose in the 8-inch casing in
the well.
Newport water users have been
re<|uested to use as little water as
possible until the emergency is
passed. To keep customers sup
plied, water is being hauled in
trucks from Cherry Point. The
trucks being used are the Beaufort
Rural Fire association truck, a
Morehead City truck and the New
port fire department tank truck.
The town is also drawing water
from two wells at the school. Mr.
Garner said the water is being
properly treated to assure its puri
ty.
By 3:30 yesterday afternoon, the
minimum needs of the town were
being met, but as Mr. Garner put
it, it's difficult to catch up when a
hundred thousand gallon tank has
been drained dry.
Mr. Garner asked everyone's pa
tience, and thanked people who
have cooperated thus far in using
as little water as possible.
"We're working as hard as we
can," he said, "and we'll have the
water system back in operation
just as soon as we can."
Movie to Raise
Orchestra Funds
To raise emergency funds for the
North Carolina Symphony, the Car
teret Symphony society will spon
sor the film, The Seven Hills of
Rome, the last movie made by
Mario Lanza, April 28 and 29.
The movie will be shown at the
City theatre, Morehead City. Tick
ets, now on sale, may be obtained
from members of the Beaufort and
Morehead City school glee clubs
and bands. * <
Admission for children is* SO
cents, and adults 75.
Each symphony chapter in the
state has been asked to raise extra
money because snow prevented the
symphony from meeting its com
plete schedule this winter, and thus
cut down receipts.
Each symphony chapter was ask
ed to raise $100.
Theatre Group to Meet
At 8 Wednesday Night
The Carteret Community Theatre
will meet at 8 Wednesday night at
the recreation center, Morehead
City.
Mrs. C. A. Stone will be in charge
of the program. Those attending
the meeting will take part in an
original skit, The Will, written by
Mrs. Stone. The roles will be read
from the script, with emphasis on
action and movement on stage.
Mrs. Tressa Vickers, president,
will preside.
Permission Sought on Taking
Clams Inside' by Dredging
A delegation of eastern North
Carolina fishermen asked state
fisheries officials yesterday at
Greensboro to permit dredging for
clams in inland waters of North
Carolina.
The fishermen want to take
clams with the Fall River dredge.
Presenting the request to the
state commercial fisheries com
mittee at the meeting of the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment, were Charles Davis,
president of the North Carolina
Bonnie Blue Sweet heart
Cast Will Meet April 24
Members of the cut of Bonnie
Blue Sweetheart will meet at 2 p.m.
Sunday, April 24, at the recreation
center, Morehead City. Thia will
be the fir?t meeting of the caat
since June 13 last year when Bon
nie Blue Sweetheart finished a suc
cessful two-night run in the More
head City school auditorium.
Bonnie Blue Sweetheart ia a civil
war drama, based on the life of
Emcline Pigott, Confederate spy in
Carteret county. ,
The play will be gives two nights
this year, Friday and Saturday,
June 10 and 11, in the Morehead
City school auditorium.
With a few exceptions, the cast
will be the same this year ai last
Miss Ruth Peeling, director, re
ports, however, that there are five
minor roles open for men, one
speaking role for a woman and two
non-speaking roles for women.
Anyone wishing to try out for
these roles should come to the
recreation center at 2 Sunday, April
24, when the entire cast is meet
ing.
Scripts will be distributed and
members of the cast will indicate
what days and nights it will be im
possible for them to rehearse. Re
hearsal schedules will be made up
accordingly.
Miss Peeling also asks that mem
bers of the stage crew, properties
committee, costume committee or
others who were connected with the
production last year, get in touch
with her immediately if they can
not serve in the same capacity this
year.
Fisheries association, and David
Beveridge, both of Beaufort; Bill
Jones, Atlantic Beach; George i
Garner, secretary of the NCFA,
New Bern; Roy Watson, Lowlands,
and Garland Fulcher, Oriental.
The men asked permission to I
use clam dredges inside for 30 days
in an attempt to locate clams, and
then if clams are found in suffi- j
cient number, extend the period ,
for 90 days.
(This method of taking the (
clams is different than "kicking"
clams, which means churning the
shellfish out of the sand with the
boat's propeller).
The large clams in the ocean
arc not being caught now, bccausc
warm weather increases chance of
spoilage before they can be landed.
The dredgers of clams report
that the smaller clam, found in
creeks and sounds will be purchas
ed during the summer by the clam
house at Williston. ,
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, April 12
8:31 a.m.
8:48 p.m.
2:39 a.m.
2:50 p.m.
Wednesday, April 11
9:17 a.m.
9:36 p.m.
3:23 a.m.
3:32 p.m.
Thursday, April 14
10:11 a.m.
10:30 p.m.
4:07 a.m.
4:14 p.m.
Friday, April 15
11:10 a.m.
li:2? p.m.
4:55 a.m.
S;Q2 p.m.
The possibility of getting the
regulation on clam dredging chang
ed was discussed at last week's
meeting of the North Carolina
Fisheries association at New Bern.
At that time it was also proposed
that no shrimping be allowed at
night from July until September.
This proposal was made in the
interest of conservation, stopping
the taking of small shrimp during
those months when night catches
of marketable shrimp arc very
small.
At the NCFA meeting, president
Davis distributed pamphlets on
Beaufort's forthcoming 251st birth
day celebration and invited the
shrimpers at the meeting to par
ticipate in Beaufort's shrimp boat
parade.
Pilot Killed Thursday
In Crash at Cherry Point
Cherry Paint? A Marine Jet pilot
of VMA-324 was killed here Thurs
day when his A4D "Skyhawk" at
tack plane crashed aboard the air
station.
Capt. Edwin F. Jackson, 31, was
returning from a routine training
[light when his jet crashed, explod
cd, and burned at the end of run
way 28. Cause of the crash has
not yet been determined.
Captain Jackson is survived by
liis father. D. L. Jackson, of Hope
Mills, N. C., his wife, Frances,
and their three children, Melissa,
), Todd, 7, and Edwin II, 2, who
reside it lilt Bryan Blvd., Have
lock.
College Women Express
Disappointment in Board
Officials Will
Discuss Camp
Site Tonight
To discuss further the possibility
of locating a 4-H camp in Carteret,
officials from Raleigh, officers of
the Carteret 4-H development pro
gram and other invited guests will
meet at 6:30 tonight for supper at
the Rex restaurant.
Earl Lewis, chairman of the j
county 4-H development program, '
said that Carteret, for the past J
year, has been deeply interested I
in helping the state 4-H ofganiza-l
tion locate a camp in this county,
but action has awaited the go
ahead signal from Raleigh.
Attending the meeting tonight
will be the following 4-H develop
ment officers: Mr. Lewis, Mrs. E.
C. McLawhorn, co-chairman; Mrs.
Atlce McCabe, secretary; J. R.
Sanders, treasurer; Walter Teich,
chairman of the special gifts com
mittee; and Mrs. G. T. Spives
chairman of the general fund rais
ing committee.
State nffriculture and 4-H offi
cials: uavKi S. Weaver, director
of the North Carolina Agricultural
Extension Service, Bob Shoffner,
assistant director; Bob Wood,
president of the State 4-H Club
Foundation.
L. L. Ray, director of the State
College Foundation; W. M. Gar
mon, assistant director; L. R. Har
rill, state director of the 4-H club
program; and John Piland, dis
trict agricultural agent. .
Other guests: Moses Howard,
Harrell Taylor, David Yeomans,
Gaston Smith, George Huntley Jr.,
Milton Truckner, H. S. Gibbs Jr.
Mayor George Dill, Mayor W. H.
Potter, D. G. Bell, W. B. Chalk,
Rufus Butner, Joe DuBois, Gar
land Scruggs, Ray Cummins, Grov
er Munden, R. M. Williams, Miss
Ruth Peeling, Mn. Floy Garner
and David Warrick. ?
Temperature
Hits Low 40's
The calendar lays that spring is
officially here but night time tem
peratures of the past week have
indicated that winter is still hav
ing one last fling in the county. A
cold front dipped temperatures in
the 40-dcgrec readings twice last
week.
The low during the sivday pe
riod April S through 10 was a sub
seasonal 41 recorded by weather
observer Stamcy Davis qn April 6.
Sunday the temperature dropped
to 44 degrees during the night.
Temperature ranges and wind
directions "for the six day period
were recorded as follows:
High Low Wind
April 5 64 58 SW
April 6 58 41 SW
April 7 60 54 SW
April 8 61 53 SW
April 9 62 56 SW
April 10 63 44 NW
Toastmasters to Meet
County Toastmasters will meet
at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Rex
restaurant, Morehead City. Speak
ers will be Dr. Theodore Rice,
Harold Chartlcy and James He
Lain.
Education Board By-Passes
Woman 'Candidate'
memofrs 01 ine ncauiori-More
head City branch of the American
Association of University Women,
in a letter to the county board of
education Saturday, expressed re
gret that the board of education
did not see fit to consider the
AAUW's recommendation that a
woman be placed on the Beaufort
school committer.
The board of education appoint
ed school committeemen last week.
The AAUW, in a Feb. 29 letter to
H. L. Joslyn, clerk to the County
board of education, suggested that
Mrs. Clarence II. Guthrie. Beau
fort, be placed on the school com
mittee.
The letter said in part, "Mrs.
Guthrie is a college graduate, a
former teacher in Carteret county,
has three children in the Beaufort
f school, is on the executive commit
tee of the Beaufort PTA and is
more than interested in seeing that
educational standards are raised
in Carteret county ... we hope
you will give her name serious con
sideration."
Reappointed to the school com
mittee last week were David Hill
and George Huntley Jr. Others on
the committee are Raymond Ball,
chairman, Halsey Paul, and G. B.
Talbot.
The association of university
women, in its correspondence with
Mr. Joslyn, has expressed the view
that all members of the school
board should have children in
school. Two of the present Beau
fort board members, Raymond
Ball and Halsey Paul, do not.
A copy of the Feb. 29 letter from
the university women was sent to
Mr. Ball.
Mr. Joslyn acknowledged the let
ter sent to him, saying that he
would present it to the board of ed
ucation at their April meeting. In
that letter Mr. Joslyn remarked
that he did not make recommenda
tions relative to appointment of
school committee members.
No acknowledgment of the let
ter was made by Mr. Ball.
Terms of two members of the
Beaufort school committee will ex
pire next year and the term of one
of the present members will expire
in 1962.
Officers of the AAUW said that
they do not intend to let efforts lag
in getting a qualified woman ap
pointed to the Beaufort school com
mittee.
County Erects
Pound for Strays
The sanitation department of the
county health* department is in the
process of erecting a dog pound
in which stray dogs from rural
areas will be placed.
Woodrow Chadwick, sanitation
mechanic, said that he is laying
concrete blocks for the pound now,
near the sanitation building.
Persons in the North River area
reported yesterday that dogs are
still running at large there, con
stituting a menace to livestock.
Mrs. W. M. Gilchrist, whose
sheep were attacked several weeks
ago, said that a wounded sheep
she had hoped would survive, even
tually had to be shot.
On Farm Tour
Will liardesty, Harlowe, left
Monday to represent Carteret
county on a Farm Bureau edu
cational tour through Tennessee
and Kentucky.
During the tour Mr. liardesty
and representatives of other
counties will visit a dozen or
more Farm Bureau offices in the
two states to study the services
the bureaus are offering farmers.
A number of farms will also be
visited.
Firemen Will
Sell Building
Down East firemen, at their re
cent meeting, voted to sell their
recreation building at Atlantic to
get money to maintain their fire
equipment.
If enough donations arc receiv
ed, however, to meet cost of truck
repairs and other bills, the build
ing will not be sold. Firemen doubt
that such donations will be forth
coming, though. They report that
they get very little financial sup
port from the areas they give fire
protection.
The firemen have shown movies
in the recreation building in the
summer time, the proceeds going
I to the fire department.
The recreation building is locat
ed on a corner lot and is 85 by 35
feet. Persons interested in buying
should contact Allen Jones, fire
chief, at the ice plant or his home
in Atlantic.
Homeowners wanting fire pro
tection pay $5 a year in dues. The
dues for 1960 are now payable.
"The winter has been hard on
the fire-fighting equipment," chief
Jones said. "We need good equip
ment to put out a fire, so help us
get that equipment so that we can
give you good service," he urged.
> Banks Closed Today
Banks will be closed today in
observance of Halifax Day.
Marines Retrieve Truck
A 2Vi ton Marine truck went
into 30 feet of water at Radio Ia
land Wednesday when a ramp on
which the truck wai sitting gave
way.
The driver, lance corporal
Fred B. Starling, twaa to Um
surface through * rolled down
window. The next d?y, Marine
divert and eight other men re
trieved the truck in five hours.
They attached a 160-pound snatch
block to a piling, the divers re
leased tbe brake* and steered
the truck while it wa> being
winched into ? retrieving posi
tion.
Then the wreckers lifted it.
The truck breaks the surface In
the photo above Uken by Lt. Col.
J. ?. Snnrihnlm,
Atlantic Beach
Pays Off Debt
On Town Hall
: Atlantic Beach town commission
' ers met in their own building for
I the first time Saturday morning.
! They met at the same place they've
been meeting the past two years
but the town has paid off the note
and has title to the town hall now.
The deed was recorded in the
town's name Friday.
Mayor A B. Cooper reported that
a trash pile site near town has been
located. Because no site seemed
available on Bogue Banks, the
town had made an agreement with
Morehead City to use the Morehead
City trash pile for $250 annually.
The new site is' not ready for im
mediate use. however. A road
must be built to it and No Tres
passing signs erected. The site is
on Mrs. J. T. Taylor's property
west of the town on the Salter Path
road
Chief of police Bill Moore pre
sented the names of the following
for approval as town employees:
W. E. Wilson and W. G. Mitchell,
town policemen; Homer Lewis, G.
K. Willis and R. M. Powers, spe
cial policemen; and O. H. Owens,
chief lifeguard.
The board okayed hiring of the
men. Other policemen and life
guards will be appointed in May.
Chief Moore reported that the
police station has been repaired.
The clerk, M. G. Coyle, stated that
a new fire truck has been acquired
and he is investigating to see if
fire insurance rates might be low
ered. due to the adding of the new
equipment.
The fire department was author
ized to buy a hose reel for $57 out
of its funds, with the understanding
that the town would reimburse the
department in the coming fiscal
year.
The police chief was authorized
to buy cans for trash and to crack
clown on people who drink beer out
side buildings and then throw the
cans down. The beach has an ordi
nance requiring that beer sold in
a building must be drunk there. -
Commissioners discussed the
need for more public parking space
in town. A $25,000 price on a piece
of property the town had in mind
was deemed too high for the town
to buy and make into a parking lot.
Drainage problems were discuss
ed and Mr. Coyle reported that the
bill for marling Beaufort street and
Kinston avenue amounted to $979.
The clerk reported the balance
in the general fund as of March 31
at $23,380 46. Most of that was used
to pay off the debt on the town
hall. March income from the liquor
store totaied $523.20, the clerk said.
Attending the meeting in addition
to those mentioned, were commis
sioners R. A. Barefoot, A. F. Flem
ing and Dr. M. E. Bizzell.
Jurors Drawn
For Civil Court
Names of the following county
resident! have been drawn for the
May 2 term of civil court:
M or* he?d City ? Ralph H. Bell,
C. E. Reid, Ernest Nelson, James
A. Griffin, Kenneth P. Baysden,
Mrs. Edna W. Ball, Mrs. Roberta
Woodcock, J. B. Rice, J B. Macy,
Mrs. Stanley Woodland, Charles E.
McKay, Earl Hasan, Clarence N.
Sanderson, J. W. Hcrbin, William
H. Reynolds, Stacy B. Rhue, and
Mrs. Viola Carr.
Beaufort ? H. L. Edwards, Wal
ton Lawrence, George T. Lewis,
W. D. Skarren, L. D. Springle Jr.,
Luther R. Thigpen, S. H. Styron,
Walter Douglas Arthur, Bryan Lof
tin, Douglas E. Merrell, Stanley
W. Gillikin, George T. Martin,
Shelton Clyde Salter, Charles C.
King, Minnie E. Elliott. J. A. Chap
lain Jr., John 1. Taylor, and El
wood Piner.
Newport? Adam Mayer (RFD),
Mrs. Lola McCabe, Floyd Hardes
ty, Jasper Long, James Edward
Best, Wilbur Salter, Carlyle Ogles
by, Arlie Fodrie, and J. B. Hen
derson.
Atlantic? John W. Smith, Alvin
T. Mason Jr., Charles Edwards
Jr.
Merrimo*? Clyde Cannon.
Stacy? Doity Gaskill.
Marahallberg? 1. F. Moore, El
lis Bedsworth.
Davis ? Jesse Edward Piner.
Salter Path?' Willie Cannon.
WtlJwoed Roy T. Dickinson.
Harkers Island ? Henry Allen
Brooks.
Beaufort commissioners conduct
ed a hearing last night on changing
zoning laws to permit docks be
tween Queen and Pollock.