! zsz CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
, 49th YEAR, NO. 36. TWO 8ECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1960 PTtm.TSUfrp TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Two Injured in Crash
Photo by J. W. Sykeff
Earl Lewis, Broad Creek, and Mrs. Grace Long, Wildwood, were sli(htly injured wben their car col
lided with a truck on highway 70 west of Morehead City, last week. Driving the truck was Vance T. j
Robinson, Maysviile.
County Board Gets Budget
Requests, Petitions on Roads
Grayden Paul
Issues Appeal
For $4,000
Six thousand dollars has been
paid so far to finance Beaufort's
85lst birthday celebration in July.
Thirty - five hundred dollars in
? pledges is unpaid. This means that,
actually, $4,000 is yet due to meet
the goal of $10,000.
In an appeal to all those who
nave not yet contributed toward
ihc celebration, Grayden Paul, di
rector said yesterday.
Where do you stand?
Add up your own score ?
Beaufort's 251st birthday celebra
tion is only two months away ?
tfrn months and six thousand dol
lars have gone In the planning for
tius occasion. The Museum of the
Sea and historical landmarks and
tours will be permanent tourist at
tractions. The birthday celebration
will be only a memory.
WUI yon be able to say "1 had a
part in making it a success" or
are you one of those who just as
soon sec it fail?
So far, only 165 people have
pledged $9,500 and 121 have con
tributed $6,000. That leaves us
short $4,000. We are abiding by our
pledge "hot to incur any debts for
which we do not have the money to
p?y
There are over four thousand
people in Beaufort. Surely there
must be others who would like to
have a part in making our celebra
tion and Museum of the Sea a suc
cess.
I We need the money now, not
?fter the celebration.
Send your check to Beaufort His
torical Association.
Thanks very much,
Grayden M. Paul, Manager
Plant to Start
Fishing May 9
Beaufort Fisheries will start
summer menhaden fishing Mon
day, May 9, according to W. H.
Potter, manager.
Mr. Potter said that in view of
, the market situation there is "no
I prospect for profit," but the firm
feels it has an obligation to the
economy of the community.
Mr. Potter went to Washington
Monday to attend a meeting of the
import committee of the menhad
en industry. The committee met
with officials of the Department
of the Interior relative to distri
bution of fish meal, fish oil and
solubles.
The import committee plans to
apply to the state department for
p meeting of representatives of all
countries involved in the menhad
en industry.
Tke purpose would be to attempt
to devise an arrangement where
by imports and exports could flow
without endangering th? growth of
any country's menhaden industry.
Application is also being made
to the tariff commission. Mr. Pot
ter said, relative to the commis
sion's holding hearings and mak
ing studies. It is hoped that the
studies will show justification for
some control on mcnhadcn-product
imports.
Waterway to Stay Open
The Inland waterway between
?wansboro and Onslow Beach
bridge, will NOT be closed May 2
knd 4, as originally planned, ac
cording to the Army engineers.
t>cean waters in the Lejeune areas
will be dangerous because of firing
Exercises during the early part of
this month.
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? County commissioners received^
budget requests and road petitions
at their meeting yesterday morn
ing in the eourthouse, Beaufort.
Budget requests were presented
by A. D. Fulford, county sanitar
ian; Miss Georgie Hughes, welfare
superintendent; R. M. Williams
and Mrs. Floy Garner of the ex
tension service.
Mrs. James McCoy, spokesman
for a group of Wildwood petition
ers, asked that a road two-thirds
of a mile long in Wildwood, with
eight homes on it, be hard-surfac
ed. The road is the area former
ly used as an airport.
The petition was accepted by the
commissioners, to be passed on to
the State Highway commission for
action.
John S. Mason, Highland Park,
was spokesman for a group of per
sons liying on Craven avenue.
Highland l'ark. They asked that
the street be {lard-surfaced. The
street loops through Highland Park
and for a long time was net ser%
1 iced by th4 state due to a wate?
line being to the svrfece of
the road. The line has been low
ered, Mr. Mason said.
The board accepted the petition
for forwarding to tiie State High
way commission.
Moses Howard, chairman of the
board, invited Mr. Mason to ap
pear before highway officials when
they conduct a hearing in the
courthouse, Beaufort, at 2 p.m.
Thursday, May 19.
Commissioner Gaston Smith ask
ed that the state investigate the
possibility of improving a loop
road al Davis.
Mayor W. II. Potter, Beaufort,
commissioner Bert Brooks and
Ronald Earl Mason, clerk, appear
ed before the board at invitation.
They discussed reimbursement to
Beaufort of $4,572.18 paid to the
county for feeding of prisoners
from July 1, 1952 to July 1, 1956.
The board approved repayment
of the funds "at the earliest pos
sible time." Also approved was a
motion that a bill be introduced in
the legislature that would prohibit
splitting of any county court coats
with Beaufort or any other munici
pality in the county.
Mayor Potter read excerpts from
minutes of the Beaufort town board
of May 1816 wherein the board set
aside property for erection of a
courthouse and one lot for use of
a "public building as the county
or town may wish to erect."
Mayor Potter said that on the
basis of those minutes, the county
is obligated to give to the town the
northeast corner of the courthouse
square for a new town hall, or else
reimburse the town for the prop
erty.
The county attorney later in the
day located a deed from Beaufort
to the county giving the county
clear title to the land in question.
Mayor Potter asked that the
county join Beaufort in a request
to the State Highway commission
that highway 70 on Cedar Street
be extended east of Live Oak, thus
bypassing the school on highway
70.
He also reported that Sen. Ever
ett Jordan is working diligently to
get necessary dredging done in
Wallace channel and Wainwright
slough. Odcll Merrill, clerk, re
ported that a letter to senator Jor
dan, relative to the matter, was
mailed Thursday.
E. L. Mcintosh, Morchcad City,
appeared and asked that his prop
erty valuation be reduced because
the town of Morchcad City has de
nied him access to part of his prop
erty in Morchcad City.
He said the town has repeatedly
denied cooperation on the matter ;
and that he can neither rent nor ]
sell the property involved. I
The board-, advised him to appear <
before the board of equalization in ]
March. I
Attending the meeting, in addi- i
tion to those mentioned, were com
missioners Harrell Taylor, Skinner 1
Chalk, Gaston Smith, David Yeo- i
mans, and J. L. Humphrey, coun- ]
ty road superintendent. ,
Commissioners
Okay Hospital
Bond Balloting
County commissioners yesterday
afternoon approved putting before
the people in November the ques- j
tion of borrowing a million dollars
to put up a county hospital.
The commissioners, after long
consultation, said the borrowing 1
would mean an increase of at least j
35 cents in the tax rate. This;
would be necessary to retire the
bonds and to meet hospital main
tenance costs.
A group of doctors and civic
leaders met with county commis
sioners last month and placed be
fore them a proposal for a county
feeneral hospital, asking that the
people be allowed to vote on bonds.
The question was approved by a
four to one vote of the board. Skin
ner Chalk voted against, but sev
eral of the other commissioners
reluctantly voted in favor of it. '
Mr. Chalk says he was not in \
favor of the proposal because the j
board did not receive a petition !
from 15 per cent of the qualified
voters. He said that the venture
is so new that he felt the board
should not undertake it without
"some expression from the peo
ple."
It's not a necessary expense, he j
added. He is opposed to the coun
ty borrowing any more money. To
float additional bonds, for hospital (
or any project, requires refinan
cing the present debt.
Mr. Chalk said that he is in fav
or of a county hospital built with (
private funds.
The board fears that the hospital j
would operate at a deficit, thus be
ing a constant drain on the county.
Factors Point
To $15,000 Sale
Of Plant Bonds
? D. E. Stewart Urges
Support of Venture
? Funds Needed to Put
Up Shirt Factory
Indications yesterday were fav
orable on the raising of $15,000
needed to reach a $50,000 quota in
the Morehead City Garment Co.
building campaign.
D. E. Stewart, area development
manager for Carolina Power and
Light Co., urged chamber of com
merce members Thursday night,
at their spring meeting, to invest
in the project.
The Merehead City Garment Co.
is planning to put up a new fire
proof, air-conditioned building just
west of the present plant on
Bridges street. The major part of
Lhe financing is being handled by
Lhe garment company, which has
offered $500 bonds at 5 per cent
interest to obtain $50,000 of the
$175,000 construction cost.
The bonds will mature in 15
years, but are callable at any time
prior to 1975.
Mr. Stewart reported that four
Morehead City firms pledged $5,000
each toward the $50,000, the rest
of the $35,000 already raised com
ing from 22 individuals. Several
thousand dollars was raised Thurs
day night, according to H. S. Gibbs
Jr., Morehead City, who has been
D. E. Stewart
... 'hang on to industry'
working on the project.
Mr. Stewart said that a well
balanced community should not
flepend on seasonable business,
such as tourists or agriculture, but
should promote industry which
"can carry a community 12
months of the year."
He gave statistics on what a 100
man industry can mean to a com
munity, then translated those fig
ures into the value of a 250-em
ployee plant such as the garment
company.
A payroll of that size supports,
he said, 750 people, 240 households,
creates $1,500,000 in personal in
come, $675,000 in bank deposits,
means 260 more passenger cars,
creates jobs, actually, for a total
of 450 people, supports 10 retail
establishments and means $850,000
in retail sales a year.
See BONDS, Page 2
Receives Carnegie Medal
m.
David William Merrill
. . . wins medal far bravery
David William Mrrrill, 13, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Odcll Merrill of
Beaufort, has been awarded a
bronze medal for bravery by the
Carnegie Hero Fund commission.
Merrill is one of four North Caro
linians receiving the Carnegie
medal.
The commission cited Merrill for
the rescue of Dwain A. Mussel
white, 4, and his mother, Elizabeth
Musaehvhite, 29, last Sept. 21.
The child fell from a dock into
Taylor'i Creek and was carried
along by the current. His mother
jumped in to rescue him, but was
only able to keep his head above
water. David, summoned by their
calls for help, ran 800 feet to the
water's edge and swam 30 feet to
Mrs. Mussclwhitc and her son.
Taking the boy, David swam to
shore and give him to others who
were attracted by the cries. He
See MEDAL WINNER, Page 2
175 Hear Ports Chairman
Predict Big Year in 1960
W. B. Chalk, left, presents the chamber of commerce Distinguished Citizen's award to I)r. John W.
Morris. Seated is John Reeves, chairman of the State Ports Authority, who spoke Thursday night at
the chamber of commerce spring meeting at the Blue Ribbon restaurant.
Chamber Honors Dr. John W. Morris
With Distinguished Citizen's Award
County Board
Requests Budget
For Airport
Glenn Adair, chairman of the
Beaufort-Morehead City airport
commission, was authorized by the
county board yesterday to prepare
a 1960 61 budget citing "minimum
needs" for airport operation.
The county board and the coun
ty attorney, Alvah Hamilton, com
mended Mr. Adair for his services
and said they would like him to
continue serving on the airport
commission if the town of Beau
fort reappoints him.
Mr. Adair says his term and the
terms of office of other airport
commissioners expire June 30. The
town of Beaufort names a com
mission member, as does the town
of Morehcad City. The county ap
points the other three.
Mr. Adair said that he had been
informed by W. H. Potter, a mem
ber of the commission, that the
highway commission has agreed
to improve the airport road. Mr.
Potter, who attended the meeting,
urged the county commissioners to
act favorably on any requests Mr.
Adair may present.
The airport commission chair
man described conditions at the
airport, including lease arrange
ments. and land titles. He said
the airport is as important as a
water port.
In a tax matter, Mitchell Tay
lor, Atlantic, was reimbursed
$13.52 in taxes. Property he had
sold was listed in his name, by
error.
At the afternoon session, the
county board drew jurors for June.
County officials were entertained
at lunch in the courthouse annex
by the County Home Demonstra
tion club women.
Army Engineers
Expect Dredging
To Start by May 25
Dredging of Morehcad harbor by
the Gahagcn firm of New York
is scheduled to start Wednesday,
May 25, but may start earlier, ac
cording to information received
Friday from the Corps of Engi
neers office, Wilmington.
Relative to shoaling in the in
let, the engineer survey party at
Beaufort is scheduled to make ita
monthly check this week.
The Gerig is scheduled to work
in the inlet in the next several
months, in addition to the Gahagcn
dredge, but no dates arc available
as yet.
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, May 3
12:56 a.m. t
1:04 p.m.
7:50 a.m.
1:07 p.m.
Wednesday, May 4
1:45 a.m.
2:43 p.m.
8:53 a.m.
9:1? p.m.
Thursday, May i
2:42 a.m.
3:37 p.m.
9 48 a.m.
10:14 p.m.
"There is a destiny that makes
men brothers
None goes his way alone;
All that is sent into the lives of
others
Comes baek into our own.
?Edwin Markham"
Those words are at the top of
the Distinguished Citizen's ccrtifi
catc presented Dr. John W Morris
of Morehead City Thursday night
at the chamber of commerce
spring dinner meeting.
Dr. Morris is the fourth recipient
of the award. Other winners are
Dr. B. F. Royal, mayor George W.
bill and W R. Chalk Mr Chalk
presented the award for 1959 to
Dr. Morris. He received, in addi
tion to the certificate, a gold key.
The award is presented annually
to the "most outstanding citizen
in Morehead City for meritorious
service rendered the community."
The recipient is chosen by a cham
ber committee whose members'
identity is not revealed.
Mr. Chalk pointed out that Dr.
Morris was the principal organizer
of the Morehead City Golf and
Country club and is a past presi
dent of the club. He's a past prcsi-'
dent of the Morehead City cham
ber of commerce, a member of
the Morehead City port advisory
commission and former city com
missioner.
He has acted in the interest of
improving railroad service into
Morehead City, is active in wild
life conservation and for 14 years
has been a member of the More
head City Rotary club. During the
past year, with other members of
the medical profession, he has ini
tiated a project for a county gen
eral hospital.
He is chairman of the Morehead
City board of directors of the Com
mercial National Bank.
Dr. Morris was born May 8, 1910
at Winston-Salem and came to
Carteret in 1945, starting medical
practice in Morehead City. A grad
jatc of Duke university, he receiv
ed his medical degree at the Uni
/ersity of Virginia in 1936.
He is a member of the county
medical society, state medical so
:iety, the American Medical as
sociation, a fellow of the Southeast
ern Surgical Congress, and a fcl
ow of the American and lntcrna
ional Colleges of Surgeons.
Married to the former Vera Wil
iams of Snowden, Va., they have
rour children, Virginia, a student
it the School of Nursing, Baptist
lospital, Winston-Salem; Watson,
i sophomore at the University of
Morth Carolina; Evelyn, a senior
it Morehead City high school, and
Mary Alice, a freshman in high
ichool.
Almost 2 Inches 1
Rain Falls Sunday
The calendar moved up to May
Sunday but the weatherman must
lave thought it waa still April. An
early afternoon shower that started
around 1:30 Sunday dumped 1.05
nches of rain, according to local
weather observer Stanley Davis.
Temperature ranges and wind
jirections for the four-day period
Thursday through Sunday were as
follows :
High Low Wlad
Thursday 70 57 NE
Friday 72 48 NE
Saturday 77 54 SE
Sunday 78 82. Var.
ICC Hearing
On Rail Freight
Rates Concludes
The Interstate Commerce com
mission hearing on freight rates t*
Morehead City ended Friday after
noon at Raleigh.
ICC examiner Robert Boyd gave
Southern railway, and those oppos
ing Southern in the rate fight, un
til June 22 to file briefs.
Mr. Boyd will make a report on
his findings to the ICC. Those dis
satisfied with his report can ap
peal to three of the 11 Interstate
Commerce commission members.
Their ruling could be appealed
to the full commission and the full
commission's ruling could be ap- j
pealed to federal court.
The past week was the second J
week of the hearing, which started
in January in Wilmington. The 1
hearing was recessed until April
25 at Raleigh.
In testimony the latter part of
last week, Cicero Yow, attorney (
for the city of Wilmington, objected
to State Utilities commission testi
mony in the hearing. The utilities
commission, through commissioner
Clarence Noah, said rail rates into
the ports of Morehcad City and
Wilmington should be the same.
Prior to Southern's putting More
head City rates on a competitive
basis in September 1958, it cost
shippers more to move some items
through Morehead City than
through Wilmington.
Southern put rates into effect to <
Morehead City that make the port i
equally attractive with Wilming
ton, as far as shippers are con- <
ccrned.
It is those rates that Atlantic
Coast Line, which serves Wilming- i
ton, the city of Wilmington, and , I
the South Carolina ports object to. ;
One hundred seventy-five persons
attended the Greater Morehead
City chamber of commerce spring
dinner meeting Thursday night
aftd heard
? John Reeves, State Ports Au
thority chairman, say the ports
outlook for 1960 "is most encour
?King ."
? A. B. Cooper, membership and
fincnce chairman, predict that this
coming summer season "will be
the greatest season this area has
ever had? and business will con
tinue to get better."
? T. T. (Tom) Potter, ehairman
of the chamber advertising com
mittee, declare, "One of the larg
est industries in the United States
is here? fishing and boating!"
Mr. Reeves was introduced by
D. G. Bell, chairman of the state
commercial fisheries committee
and candidate for general assem
bly.
Mr. Reeves cited statistics show
ing that North Carolina ports had
their best year in 1959. There were
increases in business, both in dol
lars and tonnage.
"Our goal for I960 is based on a
33 1/3 per cent increase, tonnage
wise, over 1959," Mr. Reeves said.
"In 1959 we handled 750,000 tons
and we expect to reach I million
tons in 1960."
Commenting on the value of the
ports on a statewide basis, Mr.
Reeves said that 90 per cent of the
cities in North Carolina of over
5,000 population are benefited
through import export activities at
Morehead City and Wilmington.
(Both cities have state-operated
ports).
He cited the need of navigation
aids that would permit 24-hour op
eration at Morehead City. At prcs
?nt ships can arrive and sail only
Juring daylight hours.
The chairman reported that
spoilage areas for the dredging
Aork about to begin in the harbor
lave been obtained. "The proper
ly owners with whom we worked
lave been most cooperative," he
said. (Spoilage areas are the
places where dredged-up sand is
ailed).
Mr. Reeves reported on experi
ence he and members of the SPA
Itad on their summer trip to Eu
rope. "The reaction to many of
!>ur calls was that any group of
[>eople interested enough to travel
thousands of miles to thank them
for business certainly deserved
nore business and many of the
European tobacco manufacturers
assured us of their appreciation of
>ur fine services and advised us
:hat wt could expect more busi
less from them."
He reported that there was much
nterest in North Carolina frozen
poultry. "We must arrange for
rold storage facilities at Morehead
?ity to handle the poultry and oth
?r frozen products. We are nego
iating at the present time with a
company to build such cold stor
ige facilities and hope that this
nay be done at a very early
imc," he remarked.
Rufus Butner, president of the
chamber, presided. He introduced
nembers of the board of directors
ind chairmen of committees.
Meeting with the chamber were
fiotarians, Lions and Civitans.
The invocation was given by the
*ev. Charles Kirby, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church.
Vandals Damage Davis
Home on Harkers Island
The home of Earl Davis, llark
?r? Island, was vandalized Friday
light.
Sheriff # Hugh Salter sa. ! the
loors were scarred with knife cuts,
rhc Davis's arc away on a visit.
The sheriff s department, which
s continuing investigation of the
neident, was notified of the dam*
ige Saturday morning.
Institute on Alcoholism
T o Meet Monday, May 9
Roy B. Barham, chairman of the
committee on alcoholism of the
North Carolina Council of Churches
announced plana today for a one
day Institute on Alcoholism spon
sored by his committee, to be held I
at 9:15 a.m. at the Morehead City
civic center Monday, May ?. Co
sponsor of the institute is the Car
teret County Ministers association.
The program is open to all min
isters and church workers. Regis
tration blai.ks and programs are
available from Mr. Barham, Box 1,
Butncr, N. C.
The speakers at the conference
will be George Dill, mayor of
Morehead City; the Rev Corbin
Cooper, First Baptist church, More
head City; the Rev. Worth Cotton,
Richlands Methodist church. Rich
lands; the Rev. Denver Blcvens,
Neuae Forest Presbyterian church,
New Bern.
Dr. Mickie Vitols. superintendent
of Cherry hospital, Goldsboro; the
Rev. Leon Couch. St. Paul Meth
odiat church, Goldsboro; the Rev.
Guthrie Brown. St. Andrew's Epis
copal chureh, Morehead City; and
s member of Alcoholics Anony
mous.
The session mill continue after
lunch, closing at 2:45 p.m.
Car Skids Off Highway
Sunday Near Newport
A 1958 Cadillac was slightly dam
aged at 5 30 p.m. Sunday when it
skidded on the cast side of the
Newport river bridge at Newport.
Driving the Cadillac was Jesse
Williams, chauffeur. He was alone
in the car. Williams was headed
west, according to patrolman R. H.
Brown, who investigated. He start
ed to paaa a car, saw a car ap
proaching. applied brakes and
skidded off the highway. A door
of the Cadillac waa bent. Williams
was not hurt.
The car belonged to J. T. Barnes,
Winston-Salem. The accident oc
curred in a heavy downpour of
rain.