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49th YEAR, NO. 37. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Oyster Shell-Planting to Start Soon
C&GS Party
To Finish Work
On Banks Soon
? Party Establishes
Markers for Mapping
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? Work Precedes Banks
Restoration Project
The Coast and Geodetic Survey
parly now working on the outer
banks expects to finish work here
in about three weeks.
Trailers, used by the men as
headquarters, are at a trailer park
just south of Newport. Their fam
ilies, who travel with them
throughout the United States, live
f in 17 private trailers.
The survey is being made pre
liminary to a joint state-federal
program of outer banks rehabili
tation.
Many of the old markers on the
banks have been washed out. The
survey party is establishing "ver
tical control" (elevation) markers
every mile along the banks, from
Cape Lookout to Ocracoke, and
"horizontal" markers, giving lati
, tude and longitude about every
three or four miles.
The markers consist of a bronze
disc on top of a rod driven into
the ground 24 to 50 feet.
Lt. Cdr. H. R. Lippold Jr., chief
of the party said that this is the
first C&G survey of the banks
since the early 1930's. A few of
the markers placed then are still
intact. To help the men in the
, work, the markers have names
such as Sam, Zack, Bank, Core,
Drum, Dots, Wash!
Because of reflection of light,
from the sand and ocean, much
of the work must be done at night
with lights, Commander Lippold
said.
The surveyors are using four
wheel drive vehicles that were tak
en to the banks by Coast Guard
LCM. The night-time work re
quires the men to "camp out" over
night.
After they establish their "con
? trol points" and mark them, aerial
photos are taken and mapping fol
lows.
The survey party came here
from St. Petersburg, Fla., April
6. Some of the men will be work
ing in Maine after leaving this
area.
Two of the members in Com
mander Lippold's crew are Wil
liam Ebron and Edward Murdoch,
Morehead City. Others are T.
i Hidden, W. L. Morehead, Wal
lace J. Ince, Harry Vance, llollis
C. Howes, Guy C. Ward and Mau
rice H. Cordray
In the group that establishes the
elevation-above sea level readings
are two men from Newport, Jerry
L. Garner and James N. Taylor.
Their group is headed by Spell -
man J. Diez. Others in it arc Rob
ert R. Garrish, Clark Brooks, Har
, old G. Beard, Marvin A. Randall
Jr., Ronald L. Cooper, D. C. Tay
lor and Jerry L. Pryor.
Planting of oyster shells in pub -
lic oystering grounds will begin in
several weeks.
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, shellfishery
specialist with the Institute of Fish
eries Research, said that the plant
ing of oyster seed in counties south
of Carteret is complete. There was
a scarcity of seed (spat) in Neuse
and Pamlico rivers this year, he
reported. None was planted in
Dare county at the request of oys
termen ir. that area.
The institute, part of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, works close
ly with the state in its shellfish
program.
Dr. Chestnut said oystermen
along the eastern Atlantic coast
arc deeply concerned about a new
type of fungus disease that has at- i
tackcd oysters in sections north of
this state.
The disease causes the oysters
tjb die off. Delaware Bay has lost
practically all its oysters to the
disease. It has spread now to the
Chesapeake Bay.
The disease is something new to
the marine scientist, Dr. Chestnut
said. . In 1957 Virginia set up a
laboratory on the eastern shore to
study it, with a view to finding a
remedy.
Teams of scientists are also
working on the problem at the Uni
versity of Delaware, and Rutgers
university in New Jersey.
At the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries commission meeting in
September, a resolution was pass
ed asking states to appropriate
funds to study the problem, asking
the Bureau of Commercial Fish
eries (federal) to devote time to
it and suggesting that fisheries
commissions earmark money to
search for the cause of the disease.
It is not known how the disease
gets started or how it can be pre
vented. The oyster shell opens
and the animal inside dies.
There is a bill in Congress now
asking for $500,000 to buy up oys
ters that have survived, in the be
lief that those still living have de
veloped a resistant strain and
could be used to replenish depict
ed beds.
It is believed that if the disease
shows up in North Carolina, it will
probably be noticed first in the
Dare county area, swept by water
currents coming from the Chesa
peake. (Tilis is baaed on the as
sumption, of course, that the dis
ease is carried by water).
One type 4lor North Carolina is
that Tar HeeJ oysters have * na
tural Immunity, or have survived
mild attacks of the disease and
arc resistant to it.
"I just hope It doesnt mean
what dying off of eel grass meant
to the scallop industry," Dr. Chest
nut commented. The eel grass
disappeared about 25 years ago
and scallops, which feed on the
grass, have not yet come back in
the quantity that was considered
normal prior to the eel grass dis
aster.
Dying off of oysters in certain
areas of the world has been ex- 1
perienced several times during this
century. Countries hit were Eng
land, Australia and Canada.
The disease has no effect what
ever on human beings. Dr. Chest
nut said. No one need fear that,
becausc of it, oysters should not
be eaten.
That's why the disease has not
been given much publicity up to
See SHELLFISH, Page 2
JC's to Join in Installation
Banquet at 7:30 Monday
Highlights of the Beaufort-More- .
head City Jaycce installation ban
quet Monday night at the Blue
Ribbon restaurant will be the in
stallation of officers and the pres
entation of the key man award by
' the Morehead City club. The ban
quet starts at 7:30.
Group Plans
July Water Show
' Gehrmana Holland Jr., chairman
of boat races and ski exhibitions
for Beaufort's birthday celebration,
met Tuesday night with members
of the Carteret Outboard Runabout
association at the Morehead City
armory.
The races, for family-type run
abouts, will be held July 8. A two
, hour water ski show is scheduled
for July 9. Anyone who wants to
take part in cither event is wel
come, COBRA officers said.
Mr. Hrilaad reported that per
sons at New Bern have already
contacted him relative to partici
pation.
The race course has beea tenta
tively set for the span of water in
Taylor's creek between Plvers Is
, land and the postofficc
A slalom race and barcftMt ski
ing will be two Of the features of
tbe water ski show
' Tuesday night. May 17. has been
set as a tentative meeting date to
plan further for the water events.
Persons Interested in taking part
in them should contact Mr. Hol
land in Beaufort, Robert Butler or
Roger Boggard in Morehead City.
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The key man award is the award
that goes annually to the Jayccc
who has contributed the most to
the club. Selection of the recipient
is made by secret ballot by club
members. The winner's oame is
not revealed until the night of the
banquet. The award will be pre
sented by Jasper E. Bell.
Attending the banquet and pre
siding at the installation cere
monies will be W. E. (Pop) Craft,
recently elected vicc-prcsident of
the 12th district.
New officers to be installed for
the Morehead City club include
president, Clifton Lynch; internal
vice-president, Horace C. Willis;
external vice-president, Richard
Spears; treasurer, Gordon C.' Wil
lis Jr.; secretary, Dalmon Law
rence and directors Paul Cordova,
Tommy Ballou, Billy Oglcsby, John
Edwards, Tommy Bennett.
Beaufort Jaycee officers are
president, Bobby Safrit; vice-presi
dent, Clyde Owens; treasurer, Dick
Dickinson; secretary, Billy Ipock;
and directors, Osborne Owens and
Herbert Rice.
L. G. Dunn, state director for
the Morehead City club and George
Murray Thomas, state director for
the Beaufort Jaycees, will also be
installed.
Included M the evening's pro
gram will be the welcome and in
troduction ?( guests by Bill Single
ton and George Murray Thomas,
recognition of exhausted roosters
by George Murray Thomas and
Dr. Russell Outlaw, the president's
award by Bill Singleton and the
introduction of new members by
Billy Ipock and Tommy Ballou.
Donald Davis, Morehead City, is
chairman ?f the banquet.
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New Garment
Plant to Start
Pilot Operation
Carteret Industries, Inc., at New
port. the county's newest industry,
will start pilot operations with
about 35 employees Monday, Tru
man Kemp, general manager and
vice president, announced today.
Carteret Industries, backed by
the Newport Development Corp.
and several other persons and
groups, is located on Morehead
Avenue, Newport. It will manu
facture high quality sportswear.
It is housed in a new, modern,
spacious building.
When in full operation, which
may require another two or three
weeks, the corporation will em
ploy, according to Mr. Kemp from
100 to 110 employees at an annual
payroll ranging from $234,000 to
$260,000.
Rescuer to Get
$250 Plus Medal
In addition to a bronze medal,
David Merrill, 13-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Odeil Merrill, Beau
fort, will receive a cash award of
$250.
The Merrills received a letter
Monday afternoon notifying them
of the Carnegie life-saving award.
The letter was from David B.
Oliver, manager of the Carnegie
Hero Fund commission.
The money is to be used for "ed
ucational purposes or other worthy
purpose," according to Mr. Oliver.
The letter also stated that David
was recommended for the award
by Stark H. Bishop, Easley, S. C.,
who read of David's rescuing Mrs.
David Muaselwhile and her young
son from Taylor's Creek.
Mrs. Merrill said that David
learned to swim in the summer
recreation program that was con
ducted in Beaufort several years
ago under the direction of Hugh
Gordon tod Sammy ftfegitl
Mr. Oliver stated that the medal
and check will be mailed to David.
Scientists to Go
To Greensboro
Five scientists from the county
will attend the meeting of the
North Carolina Academy of Science
today and tomorrow at Woman's
College, Greensboro.
They arc Dr. John Vernberg, and
his wife, Dr. Winona Vernberg,
Don C. Miller, all of Duke Uni
versity Marine laboratory; Dr. W.
A. Chipman and George H. Rees
of the radiobiological laboratory,'
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries,
Pivcs Island.
Mr. Rees will give a talk on the
effects of gamma in radiation on
grass shrimp and fiddler crabs.
Mr. Miller, a research assistant at
Duke, will speak on feeding me
chanisms in fiddler crabs.
After their return from the
Academy of Science meeting, Dr.
Vernberg and Mr. Miller will leave
on a two-week trip to Florida to
collect the Florida-type fiddler crab
for further study.
Dr. Vernberg reported this week
that a recent guest at Duke Ma
rine lab was Dr. C. H. Mortimer,
director of the Scottish Marine
laboratory at Millport on the islae
of Cumbre, Scotland.
He stayed at Duke two days. It
was one of several marine labora
tories he is visiting on his trip to
this country.
Lions' Gumball
Machines Stolen
Two gumball machines, placcd
by the Morehcad City Lions club,
have been stolen. The machines,
taken several weeks ago. were in
front of the Morehcad City drug
store and City newsstand, accord
ing to Cliff Edwards of the Lions
club.
Proceeds from the machine are
used to finance Lions work with
Ihoac who bavc defective vision or
are blind.
Mr. Edwards suggests that folks
keep their eyes open and report to
police anyone seen tampering with
cr carrying off a gumball machine.
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Lindsey Guthrie Elected
Morehead Fire Chief
Morehcad City firemen elected
officers Monday night.
They are Lindsey Guthrie, chief;
Eldon Nelson, assistant chief;
Doycia Rice, captain; and Sammy
Hughes, lieutenant.
The new officers will assume
their duties following approval by
the Uorehetd City town board in
June.
Alphonso Was Built Down East
By GRAYDEN PAUL
The Alphonso, serving as Mu
seum of the Sea on Front Street,
Beaufort, is a product of Carteret
county.
In 1911 the late T. K. Davis and
sons, the late Robert Davis and
Blanchard Davis, all of Davis,
using hand saws cut the pine tim
ber in Oyster Creek swamp near
Davis and hauled it to Cedar
Creek with a team of oxen.
Logs were rafted and poled down
Smyrna Creek to Lon Willis's mill
at Howland Point. There the logs
were sawed by Mr. Warren Piner
of Williston. The lumber waa then
transported by sailboat to Can
field's mill in Morehead City,
dressed and returned to Williston
creek where boat was buftt by the
late Zeff Willis and two of his bro
thers.
Built ?f heart pine at a cost of
,$300, including mast and booms,
original length was 58 feet with a
16-foot beam and two masts. The
vessel was used to haul general
freight from New Bern to More
head City, Beaufort and Davis with
an occasional trip to Sea Level
and Atlantic.
Twice her sturdy 55 foot masts
were broken by gale winds. After
about two years a 20-horsepower
Lathrop engine was installed by
the late Harry Frisby of Davis.
In 1916 sails were removed and
the vessel was converted to twin
screw and so operated about two
years. Then a 35-horsepower Pal
mer engine was installed and the
vessel changed to single screw.
Freight operations were discon
j tinucd in 1930. Subsequent owners
were Joe Hall, Charles, Wallace
| and Ottis Punfoy, ail of ^JpMad
Suit, Arising from Beaufort
Fire, Starts in Civil Court
Education Board
Okays Calendar
For Next Year
Adopted by the county board of
education, in session Monday in
the courthouse annex, Beaufort,
was the calendar for the 1960-61
school year.
It follows:
Aug. 29-30? Prc-school prepara
tion for teachers.
Aug. 31-Sept. 27 ? 1st month.
Sept. 28 Oct. 26 ? 2nd month
(NCEA Oct 21).
Oct. 27-N<fv. 23 ? 3rd month
(NCTA Oct. 28). Nov. 24-25 Thanks
giving.
Nov. 28-Dcc. 20 ? 4th month (Dec.
21 Jan. 2 Christmas). Jan. 3-5.
Jan. 6-Feb. 2? 5th month.
Feb. 3-March 2 ? 6th month
March 3-30? 7th month (March
31-April 4 Easter)
April 5-May 2? 8th month.
May 3-30? 9th month.
May 31? Post-school closing day
for teachers.
The October holiday dates are
holidays for children. Teachers at
tend teacher association meetings
on those days.
The board adopted a school in
surance plan for next year. Cost
per pupil will be $1.75 for th<*
school year. The insurance pro
vides protection for a child en
route to and returning from school
and while in school.
Sick leave for two teachers, Mrs.
Minnie Davis and C. S. Long, was
continued.
The house owned by the board
just west of the new Queen Street
gym, Beaufort, has been given
away and is now being torn down,
H. L. Joslyn, clerk to the board re
ported. The house was a fire haz
ard, he said. The board hopes
some day to get a dredge in that
area and build the land up for a
school playground.
R. W. Safrit Jr., chairman of the
board presided. Present were D.
Mason, Atlantic; Theodore Smith,
Davis, and W. B. Allen, Newport.
Absent waft George Wallace, More
jM?CKy.
Board Authorizes Transfer
Of Funds to Meet Expenses
Director Accepts
Relics for Museum
Grayden Paul, director of the
Museum of the Sea, Beaufort, an
nounces that he is now ready to
accept relics for the museum.
If everyone cooperates, he
hopes to have the museum open
by May 15. For two days, he says,
it will be open free to everyone ?
in the county. After that time,
there will be an admission
charge.
The relics will be we"-protcct
ed. Mr. Paul adds. Especially
wanted are marine relics.
Charges Filed
After Accident
Charges of failing to yield the
right of way were filed Tuesday
against Perry Rudolph McLaw
horn. 2805 Arendell St.. Morchead
City, as the rcsull of an accident
in which he was involved.
Police reports said that McLaw
horn was going north on 28th Street
at the time of the accident. He
crossed the railroad tracks and
failed to stop.
A. C. Davis of Atlantic Beach,
was approaching 28th street, go
ing west on Arendell and had to
swerve to avoid hitting McLaw
horn. When he swerved, his car,
a ISTiS Cadillac, struck a telephone
pole and street marker.
Police estimated the damage to
Davis's car at $500. Police chiei
Herbert Griffin investigated.
1.91 Inches Rain
Falls in Three Days
Weather observer Stamey Davis
measured a total of 1 91 inches o I
rain in the county, Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday. On Sunday and Mon
day 1.64 lnchcs fell and .27 incbcs
on Tueaday.
Temperature rangea and wbid
directions for the three-day period
Monday through Wednesday follow:
High Low Wind
Monday 85 54 ENE
Tuesday W 53 NE
I Wednesday 13 58 ENE
Morehead City town commission-*
crs, in session Tuesday night at
the municipal building, authorized
transfer of funds from the debt
service account to the general fund
to meet cost of operating the town
for the rest of the fiscal year.
The board also authorized bor
rowing funds to meet expenses, if
the trapsferral of $8,261.32 in the
debt service fund is not sufficient.
The board was reluctant to take
the move, but it was the most eco
nomical way out, they felt. To
leave the debt service fund alone
and borrow all the money needed
would cost a sizable amount in in
terest.
It is hoped that with a new tax
rate of $1.95, this same situation
will not happen next year.
In years past, money has been
borrowed from the debt service
fund at the close of the fiscal year,
but without approval of the board.
The board has been informed in
recent months that such action
must be approved by town com
missioners.
The board also stipulated that
the money borrowed from the debt
service fund this month be repaid
within 90 days. The new budget
calls for placing 5 cents of every
$1.95 levied in 1960 back in the debt
service fund, to repay funds bor
rowed in past years.
John Lashley, city clerk, said
the town was already overdrawn
$2,000 and at least $2,000 is needed
weekly to meet the payroll.
Mr. Lashley said that no money
has been borrowed from the debt
service fund so far this year,
whereas in prior years it had been
necessary to tap the funds before
this.
A letter from the Local Govern
ment commission, signed by Gor
See BOARD, Page 2
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Friday, May *
3:46 a.m.
4:33 p.m.
10:34 a.m.
11:04 p.m.
Saturday, May 7
4:4# a.m.
3:24 p.m.
11:20 a.m.
11:53 p.m.'
Soaday, May 8
5:44 a.m.
6:12 p.m.
12:04 a m
Moaday, May ?
6:33 a.m.
6:S6 p.m.
12:41 a.m.
12:11 p.m.
Taeaday, May M
7:21 a.m.
1:30 a.m.
7:41 p.m.
1:38 p.m.
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Upstaters Like
Morehead Park
Commissioner Walter Morris, at
the Morehead City town board
meeting Tuesday night, said he
was told by a resident of Kinston
that the folks there enjoy using,
and appreciate, the city park in
Morehead City.
The park located just west of
33rd street, is on Bogue Sound, has
picnic tables and a boat launching
ramp.
Mayor George Dill said people
using the park should be careful
?to stay on the roads and not try to
drive over the grass, because
they'll get stuck.
Dr. Russell OutJaw, commission
er, reported that he wrote letters
to the Woman's club, the Junior
Woman's club and Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Stone for the contributions
they made to the park.
The clubs contributed money and
shrubs. The Stones gave 15 rose
bushes, eight crepe myrtles and
several dogwood trees, Dr. Outlaw
reported.
USCG Helps
Cruiser Leona B
Fort Macon Coast Guardsmen
were called out Sunday to assist
a Florida-based cabin cruiser that
developed rudder trouble In the in
land waterway.
The station received the call at
5 p.m. Sunday from the boat,
Leona B, a 40-foot cruiser. The
boat's owner. Ralph Laeroix of
Bointon Beach, Florida reported
that his rudder waa damaged.
The 4*-fo?ter arrived on the
scene and took the Leona B to Can
non Boat works.
Aboard the 40-footer were Wil
liam Morgan, BM-2; G. .1 ones ,
EN-1 and Albert Pridgcn, SK.
Ob Uk same day Coast Guards
men searched for a 16-foot out
board that was reported overdue
at Morehead City. Operating the
outboard was James Lewis. James,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Champ Lewis,
returned home while the Coast
Guard #aa conducting the search
for him.
After judge Malcolm Paul denied4
a motion by water company attor
neys to dismiss the case, testimony
was started yesterday in the suit
against Carolina Water Co., filed
by James H. Potter Jr., James H.
Potter III and Gilbert M. Potter,
doing business as Potter's store,
Beaufort.
The store, a grocery, and other
places of business in downtown
Beaufort were destroyed by fire
Dec. 11, 1968.
The Potters allege that failure of
the town water supply, due to neg
ligence of the water company, pre
vented extinguishing the flames,
thus destroying their property.
Following filing of the suit, the
water company demurred, con
tending that the complaint did not
set forth a cause of action. At
the request of the Potter attorneys,
the case was reviewed by the su
preme court, which ruled that a
cause of action was stated and the
case should be tried.
Attorneys for the water com
pany, Luther Hamilton, Morehead
City, and John Dawson, Kinston,
again asked for dismissal yester
day on the basis that no cause of
action was stated. Mr. Hamilton
contended that the water com
pany's contract with the town does
not specify that it will protect in
dividuals and residents from fire.
Judge Paul remarked that unless
the contract inured to citizens of
the town, the water company
wouldn't be in the case in the first
place.
Mr. Dawson moved that the at
torneys for the Potters, Claud
Wheatly and Thomas Bennett, be
required to state whether they
were proceeding under a breach
of contract or tort action (the lat
ter is an injury independent of a
breach of contract).
The judge asked Mr. Wheatly if
he had a comment. Mr. Wheatly I
named the cases in North Caro
lina relevant to the case on trial.
Mr. Dawson remarked rather rue
fully that all Mr. Wheatly told him
was that the plaintiffs were pro
ceeding under the laws of North
Carolina.
The jttdge denied Mr. Dawson's
motion.
Allen Conway, Beaufort fire de
partment engineer, was the first
witness. He told how, on the night
of file fire, he was operating a
truck at Ann and Craven streets
when "the water gave out." He
said he drove the truck to the dock
in front of the postoffice, prepara
tory to backing the truck on the
dock and getting Water from Tay
lor's creek, but the dock started
to crack, so he pulled off and let
a smaller Morehead City fire truck
pump from the creek.
He then went back to the Ann
and Craven street Jiydrant and
estimated that he was there 30
minutes before water started flow
ing through it again. He estimat
ed that there was no water avail
able, from the town supply, for 45
to 90 minutes.
Elmond Rhuc, the next witness,
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Merchants Make
$450 Sunday
On Horse Show
Members of the Morehead City
Merchants association heard a re
port Tuesday by Charles Willis on
the horse show sponsored Sunday
by the association.
The show netted the association
approximately $450 in spite of the
poor weather conditions. In view
of the success, members voted to
make the event an annual affair.
Frank Cassiano, chairman of the
military affairs committee, an
nounced the arrangements for the
Armed Forces Day parade to be
held May 28. The event will be
publicized as Carteret County Arm
ed Forces Appreciation Day and
will be sopnsored by. the Greater
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce and the Merchants Associa
tions of Morehead City, Beaufort
and Newport.
Participating in the day's activi
ties and the parade will be Ma
rine Corps units from Cherry Point
and Camp Lcjeune, Air Force
units from Seymour-Johnson Air
Base, paratroopers from Ft. Bragg.
Coast Guard units. Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, civic clubs, local high
school bands and county a i:d town
officials.
The Air Force, Coast Guard and
Marine Corps will set up static dis
plays of weapons and equipment
in an exhibition at either the More
head City park or the football field.
Dr. R. O. Barnum will be the
parade marshal, assisted by
Charles Willis. Warren Beck will
be in charge of the construction of
the reviewing stand which will be
located on the south side of Aren
dell street between 8th and 9th
streets.
Prevent plans call for the parade
to start from the Morehead City
school at 2 p.m. It will proceed
down the north side of Arendell
street to 16th then down the south
side to 7th street where it will turn
north to Bridges and return to th?
school grounds. Soft drinks and
donuts will be provided members
of marching units at the end of the
parade.
Being planned also is a luncheon
for visiting military officers at the
Sanitary Fish Market and restau
rant.
All merchants in the county are
urged to display flags on Armed
Forces Day. Welcome placards
will be distributed by the Chamber
of Commerce to be displayed in
places of business.
President Garland Scruggs pre
sided at the meeting. Others pres
ent were Mr. Cassiano, Thurlov*
Whealton, Bill Willis, R. E Butner,
Oscar Allred, Mr. Beck, Earl
Lewis, Mrs. Bill McDonald, O. J.
Morrow and Joe DuBois.
Town Will Give Supper
AsADDreciation Gesture
Newport town commissioners*
votcd Tuesday night to give a (up
per for member* o ( the fire depart
ment in appreciation for the work
they did in Newport's recent water
system break-down.
They alio voted to send letters
of appreciation to the Morehcad
City and Beaufort fire department*
for their help in restoring the water
supply.
It was announced that the town
has acquired the deeds to several
pieces of property in Newport
through non-payment of delinquent
taxes. Some of the lots acquired
have houses on them.
The hoard ordered that one more
letter be sent to the former owners,
giving them a last chance to pay
the taxes owed on the property and
reclaim the lots.
Am additional $IM was trans
ferred to the fire department
building fund. The money will be
used to buy materials for the new
fire department and town hall, now
under construction.
Other motions acted on Tuesday
night were to adopt the same
Schedule B license for this year
and to advertise 1959 taxes in cither
July or August.
Commissioner Les Bercegeay re
minded the board that the town's
recently adopted ordinance, ban
ning outside toilets goes into effect
March 1, 1961 and suggested send
ing letters to that effect to proper
ty owners concerned.
The board voted to hire I. W.
Haskctt to remove four trees for
a fee of $100.
Operating Deferred
C. L. Beam, county veteran*
service officer, reports that the op
erating room at the Veterans hos
pital, Fayettcville, will be closed
May 16-30 while mew equipment is
being installed.
Leslie E. Riggs
Pays Fine, Costs
Five dollars and costs were
levied against Leslie E. Riggs,
Newport, in mayor's court at At
lantic Beach Tuesday night. Riggs
was convicted of public drunken
ness, resisting arrest and disturb
ing the peace.
John S. Cooke, Cherry I'oint, tor
refusing to sit down while drink
ing beer in a public building at the
beach, paid court costs. Regula
tions require patrons cither to
stand at a bar or be seated.
Ckaries Sailer, Morchcad City,
was found guilty of public drunk
enness. He paid costs. If he re
turns to the beach within a year,
he will be restricted from the area
for two years, the mayor, A. B.
Cooper, said.
Costs were paid by J. B. James,
Morchcad City, for public drunken
ness, and by Samuel G. Clark, New
Bern, for careless and reckless
driving.
Not prosecuted was the case of
Waldon Ellinsworth, Cherry Point.
Ellinsworth was charged with using
profane language in public. The
mayor warned him that if drink
ing led to profanity, he was not to
drink while on the beach the rest
of the summer.
Firemen Called
The Morehead City fire depart
ment was called to the residence
<4 David Gould, 1206 Shepard St.,
Morehead City, Sunday afternoon
at 4:45. Firemen report that a
wall socket in . the bouse became
hot. No damage was done.