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49th YEAR, NO. 41. TWO 8ECTION8 SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1960 PIIBMSHEn TTTFRnAvg mn PuinAVg
IOOF, Rebekahs Convene
Mrs. Iola Miller, Oxford, crowns Mrs. Ola Lee, Swannanoa, as
Miss Rebekah. Mrs. Lee stood in for her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lakie
Devore, who was not present. Miss Rebekah is the member who
got the most new members during the past year. Berry A. Garriss,
Goldsboro, presents the winner a $50 bond. Mrs. Devore obtained 29
new members to help bring the state total to 104 new Rebekahs.
Edgar Womble, *5. was the oldest Odd Fellow attending the con
vention at Morebead City this week. With him is Mrs. Womble. Mr.
Womble, of Raleigh,' has been an Odd Fellow 70 years and was grand
master in 1930-31.
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Runner-up in Ik membership contest was Col. James E. Stewart,
Goldsboro, whose trophy was accepted by Mrs. Fannie Coward of
Goldsboro. Making the presentation is Berry A. Garriss, Goldsboro,
past noble grand.
Kenneth Marshall
. . . retiring grand mastei
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of
North Carolina ended their four
day meeting in Beaufort and More
head City Wednesday.
Two of the trand Lodge officers
clected at the meeting are from
this county, O. W. Winingcr, New
port. warden, and Richard Smith,
Beaufort, conductor.
Other officers are Blair Bcasc
ley, Raleigh, grand master; Sig
niond Solomon. Wilmington, deputy
grand master; Lewis McBrayer,
Greensboro, secretary; S. E. Tate,
Greensbdro. treasurer; L. H Snell,
Raleigh, marshal; Jack Mason.
Wilmington, grand herald; R. D.
Mooncy, grand guardian and J R.
Young, chaplain, both of High
Point.
Rcbckah officers arc Mrs. Irene
Sapp, Winston-Salom, president;
Mrs. Esther Ramsey. Greensboro,
vice-president; Mrs l.ula Craig,
Asheville, warden; Mrs. Inez Ram
sey, Greensboro, secretary; Mrs.
Mae Jennings, Scotland Neck,
treasurer.
Tracy Ward, Manteo, marshal;
Margaret Cash, Stalesville, con
ductor; Mamie Cash. Winston-Sa
lem, chaplain; Mildred Moore,
Elizabeth City, inside guardian;
Mrs. Bertha Skipper
. . . retiring president
and Audrey Jordan, Goldsboro,
outside guardian.
Three contestants entered the
contest on unwritten work. Mrs.
Mary Beroth of Evangeline lodge
No. 27, Winston-Salem, made 100
per cent and received a loving cup.
Mrs. Addie Ellner, Greensboro,
and Mrs. Lula Craig, Ashcville,
each made 98 per ccnt and receiv
ed a certificate.
(See CONVENTION Page 2)
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Friday, May 20
4:16 a.m.
4 :S3 p.m.
10:40 a.m.
11:13 p.m.
Saturday, May 21
5:15 a.m.
5:45 p.m.
11:28 a.m.
Sunday, May 22
6:06 a.m.
6:31 p.m.
12:02 a.m.
12:13 p.m.
Monday, May 23
6:52 a.m.
7:13 p.m.
12:50 a.m.
12:57 p.m.
Tuesday, May 24
7:34 a.m.
7:32 p.m.
1:35 a.m.
1:40 pjn.
Shrimp Season
To Open Early
Monday Morning
? Shrimpers Say Not
Many Shrimp Around
#15 Boxes Go to New
York Monday
The shrimp season in inland
waters will open Monday morning
at 12:01 a.m.
State fisheries commissioner C.
G. Holland said any shrimping
grounds ? creeks, bays, rivers or
sounds ? producing too many un
dersized shrimp will be closed.
Shrimp fishermen say there are
few shrimp around. Trawling for
ocean shrimp has produced a few
boxes. Fifteen boxes of North Car
olina shrimp went on the New York
market Monday.
They brought 80 cents a pound
(31-35 count heads off), 70 cents
(36-40 count heads off), and 65
cents (41-45 count heads off).
Shrimpers in Beaufort last week
were getting 25 cents a pound for
36-40 count shrimp, heads on. The
shrimp was wholesaling at $65 a
hundred pounds, heads off, and re
tailing at 75 cents a pound.
The season opening date was set
by William P. Saunders, director
of the Department of Conservation
and Development, upon recommen
dation of D. G. Bell, chairman of
the state commercial fisheries com
mittee; Dr. A. F. Chestnut, direc
tor of the Institute of Fisheries Re
search and commissioner Holland.
Dr. Chestnut said that best traces
of shrimp have been found, so far,
off Davis in Core Sound.
No shrimping will be permitted
between the hours of midnight Sat
urday and midnight Sunday. Com
missioner Holland reminds shrimp
ers that their boats must be prop
erly licensed. Operators shrimping
without proper licenses will be
prosecuted.
The I960 shrimp season is open
ing five days'later than last year.
The season last year, however, con
tinued far into the fall. The state's
total catch was 2,779,363 pounds,
heads off.
Fisheries chairman Bell, aware
of the effect that imports *1 shrimp
are having on the domestic mar
ket, called attention this week to
the fact that the state CIcD board
in January adopted a resolution
calling on Congress to protect the
market for domestic shrimp by
qoutas or other means.
"We are going to keep fighting
to protect the commercial fishing
industry," Mr. Bell asserted.
Floy Garner Will
Direct Pageant
Mr*. Floy Garner, home agent,
will direct the Miss Carteret Coun
ty beauty pageant June 8 at Oce
anana resort.
Paul Cordova, Morchcad City,
co-chairman of the pageant, an
nounced yesterday that the five
judges have been selected. They
arc Mrs. Claude Davis, Atlantic;
Mrs. George Eastman, Beaufort;
Mrs. Thomas Noc, Morchcad City,
Elmer Willis, Williston, and Mrs.
Harold Chartley, Newport.
Dr. Russell Outlaw is in chargc
of the selection of judges.
Young women who arc high
school graduates and who will be
18 by Sept. 1 are eligible to com
pete. For information on other
eligibility rules or for contest en
try blanks, they should cc^act Bob
Safrit, PA8-3843 or Mr. Cordova,
PA8-4706.
Two Atlantic Seniors
Win Bota Scholarships
Susan Lewis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clem Lewis of Atlantic,
and David M. Hammer, son of
Mrs. Leota Hammer of Atlantic,
are recipients of scholarships from
the Atlantic Beta club.
The scholarship fund has been
set up by the Atlantic school Beta
club through its own projects and
contributions from Atlantic school
alumni and friends. The scholar
ships are valued at $300.
Susan will attend East Carolina
college and David will attend the
University of North Carolina in the
fall.
Beaufort Businessmen Oppose Towns
Proposed Taxes on Business Places
1
Neuse Developers Meet
Among the dignitaries at the Neuse Development Association annual meeting Wednesday night at the |
Blue Ribbon restaurant were John D. Lewis, past president of the Goldsboro chamber of commerce; |
Frank G. Binswanger, guest speaker; W. B. Chalk, Morehead City, who was re-elected president, and
George Freeman, Goldsboro, a director of the association.
Industrialist Says Competition
Grows Keener in Attracting Plants
n. u. v iidiK wa? i r-cici ku
idcnl of the Neusc Development as
sociation Wednesday night at the
first annual dinner meeting.
Vice-presidents arc John D.
Lewis. (>oldftboro. Bill Page, Kins
ton. and Utn Dcichman, New Bern.
Directors from the Carteret area
are Moses Howard, George W.
Dill Jr., J. A. DuBois, J. Morton i
Davis, Rufus Butner and Gerald
Murdoch.
Charles L. McCuiicrs, Kinston,
was re-elected secretary-treasurer.
Officers serve one-year terms.
Brief talks were given by James
Tyler, Kinston, vice-president and j
treasurer of Bclk's stores; mayor
Robert L. Stallings Jr., New Bern;
John D. Lewis, past president of
the Goldsboro chamber of com
merce; and Morton Davis, past
president of the Morehcad City
chamber of commerce.
They commented on the advan
tages of a regional development
association. Each called on rep
resentatives from his town to
stand. Total attendance at the
dinner was 120.
Shown for the first time was the '
brochure on the Ncuse Valley A'
of Eastern North Carolina, ihc
attractive fold-out brochure ives
information on each of the four
cities in the region, citing the
area's industrial advantages and
showing a map establishing its lo
cation with major market areas of
the United States.
Mr. Chalk reports that the bro
chure, just off the press, has been
mailed to 50 industrial prospects.
lie added, in an interview yes
terday, that the Neuse Develop
ment association was encouraged
by Mr. Binswangcr's remarks. Mr.
Chalk hopes at next year's annual
meeting the association can look
back on a year that has shown
tangible results in attracting in
dustry to the Ncuse valley.
The association meets the third
Wednesday of each quarter. The
next meeting will be at Goldsboro.
Guests at the meeting were Paul
Kelly, industrialist administrator
with the Department of Conserva
tion and Development, who brought
special greetings from the direc
tor, William Saunders; Wade Lu
cas, public relations counselor
with C&D; Charles Ellis Jr., pub
licity director for the Binswanger
firm, and representatives of the
press, radio and tv in the Golds
boro-Kinston-Ncw Bcrn-Morehcad
City area.
Coast Guard Announces
Open House Tomorrow
Caul Guard uits in the More
head City area announce open
house from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to
morrow, Armed Forces Day.
Tours will be conducted aboard
the Chilula at the Morehead City
port, aboard the Conifer at Fort
Macon docks and at the Fort Ma
con base itself, located at the east
ern tip of Bogue Banks.
U. Mi Biddell, commanding
officer of the Fort Macon group,
announces a breeches buoy demon
stration for 2 p.m. at the beach
near Fort Macon station.
Movies on the Coast Guard will
be shown at the base at 1:30 p.m.
and 3 p.m. There will also be an
aids to navigation display and
tours conducted through the build
ings there.
Everyone is welcome, the lieu
tenant laid.
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Atlantic Honors |
Retiring Teacher
A banquet was given Tuesday j
night by the Atlantie sehool com- j
mittee for the faculty, honoring 1
i Miss Myrtle Morris, first grade
i teacher in the Atlantic school who!
1 is retiring at the end of this school j
year after 48 years teaching. She
was absent only two days and was j
never tardy.
She was presented a gold plaque j
by the school committee and a
program, This is Your Life, was
presented in which the following
people in her school life played an
important role and appeared in
person:
Mrs. Lovie Fulcher, Joe Mason
Sr., Alvah Hamilton Sr., Roma
Davis, Mrs. Mittie Nelson, Weldon
Salter, Leslie Morris, Mrs. Mamie
Morris, Thomas Salter, Jean Bell,
Joan Marie Nelson, and Helen
" alsch.
Other guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Safrit Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
Dennis Mason, Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Joslyn, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Lewis.
Dr. II. F. Webb, secretary of the
committee, acted as master of
ceremonies. Mr. Clayton Fulcher
Jr., chairman of the committee,
presented Miss Myrtle with the
plaque in behalf of the committee.
.tin mean industry will spend
about $4 billion for new and ex
panded plant facilities in 1960,
Krank G. Binswanger, Philadelphia
plant location specialist, told mem
bers of the Neuse Development as
sociation at Morehcad City Wed
nesday night.
Mr. Binswanger, president of
Frank G. Binswanger, Inc.. was
the main speaker at the associa
tion's first annual dinner at the
Blue Kibbon restaurant.
"The expansion and relocation |
of industry is becoming one of the \
biggest businesses in the country,"
Mr. Binswanger said.
"In its dollar activity, the acqui
sition of new plants is greater than
most fields of economic activity.
Companies expand, or move to
new locations, or both, to keep
pace with the need for added pro
duction of all kinds of goods.
"This is a great opportunity for
development agencies all over the
country," Mr. Binswanger said.
'But the mere fact that industry
Is looking for new plants, or is
seeking to move into existing
plants, does not mean that any
single development agency, or any
particular part of the country, can
*xpect to get its share of new in
iustry automatically.
"There is extremely vigorous
:ompctition among area develop
ment agencies for new business.
Hundreds of these organizations
have been formed since the war,
and they arc all out after new in
lustry.
(See DEVELOPERS Page 2)
? Forty Beaufort buiinewmen appeared before- the town
board in special session Monday night at the town hall and
opposed the proposed business-privilege license fees the
town wants to adopt for the 1960-61 fiscal year.
The board asked the merchants to draw up a proposed
fee schedule and present it at the June 6 meeting.
J. O. Karhnur Jr u/oe cnnl-ncmani
for the merchants association. Mr.
Barbour is chairman of the asso
ciation's committee on civic and
legislative affairs.
Mr. Barbour said, "For many
years I have had a pet theory that
it is impossible for bureaucrats to
enter heaven. I do not believe the
group responsible for this mon
strosity (bureaucracy) can even
get into the other place. It is un
fair, unjust and unreasonable and
is the end product of government
by lobby instead of by honorable
Democratic process."
Mr. Barbour pointed out that the
proposed "schedule B" fees set up j
by the state and recommended for
town adoption, has one and a quar- J
ter pages listing certain businesses
and professional persons as being
exempt from the town business
privilege license fees.
"Every one of them should pay a !
reasonable privilege tax," Mr. j
Barbour said, "because many of i
them are the highest paid people j
in the community." He added that j
the law may exempt certain ones, j
but pepole don't have to like it.
Mr. Barbour pointed out to the j
town board that Beaufort business
men are taxed on the basis of being J
in a more than 25,000 towft popu- j
lation group and are also taxed i
on the basis of gross receipts.
Using a hardware store operator
as an example, Mr. Barbour said
the hardware man's business-priv
ilege tax would amount to $375 per
year if he sold the many things
a hardware store is expected to
sell.
lie pointed out that the hardware
store has to compete with mail or
der houses and catalog stores
which pay, in comparison, only a
fraction of the tax the local busi
nessman pays.
Mr. Barbour said that under the
existing schedule of business and
privilege license fees, he doesn't
know how long the small, inde
pendent merchant can endure.
The merchants association plans
to meet in the near future to draw
up a schedule of privilege taxes
which it deems fair and equitable.
Present at the meeting were
mayor W. H. Potter, commission
ers William Roy Hamilton, Dr.
David Farrior. Math Chaplain and
clerk Ronald Earl Mason.
Mr. Mason said that the fifth
commissioner, Otis Mades, will be
sworn in at the June meeting.
Fire Commissioner
Gives Report to Board
An average of 16 firemen answer
ed the four fire calls to the Beau
fort fire department in April, ac
cording to the report made by Da
vid Farrior, fire commissioner at
the Beaufort town board meeting
last week.
Three of the calls were in town.
The call out of town was answered
by the rural truck.
Attend Convention
Attending the State Democratic
convention in Raleigh yesterday
were Hugh Salter, Irvin W. Davis,
James D. Potter, all of Beaufort;
M. M. Ayscue, Morchead City, and
the Rev. Ralph Fleming, Newport.
Irvin W. Davis, Beaufort,
Heads Larkins Committee
Irvin W. Davis, Beaufort, was
clcctcd chairman of the John D.
Larkins Committee for Governor
Tuesday noon at a luncheon at the
Rex restaurant.
The committee working with Mr.
Davis consists of the followiag: W.
N. Allen, M. M. Ayscue, Josiah W.
Bailey Jr.
George W. Ball, Charlie Barker,
A. B. Cooper, Wallacc Conner.
Maltby Taylor. Edward (Bud)
Dixon, Corbett H. Davis Sr., Lea
ton Dudley, Mrs. Adelaide Davis,
Charles Hancock, Manley Eubanks.
Lionel Pelletier. Mrs. Clayton
Fulchcr Jr., Waller Freeman,
George W. Smith, Kelly Gillikin,
Ira Garner, Colon Guthrie.
H. J. Gillikin, Mrs. Myrtle Gilli
kin, George Hardy, George Han
cock, Joshua Hardy, Gaston Hill,
George W. Huntley Jr.
John 8. Jones, Earl Davis, El
nora Lawrence, Dailey Salter, L.
R. Morris, Sam Meadows, W. C.
(Buck) Matthews Sr.
Roy Eahanks, Clcnnis McCabe,
Frank Noyes, Otis Slaughter,
Blakely Pond, Gerald Pelletier,
Flora Bell Pittman.
Ottis Purifoy, Capt. Charlie Pin
er, Earl Fulchcr, Mrs. Rose Mer
rill, Lionel Salter, Hcdrick Salter,
Mrs. Effie Smith.
OUo Slaughter, Joe Taylor, Dr.
S. O. Thornc, Mrs. Carl William
Willis, Rodger Jones, and Percy
T. Davis.
Supporters of V.arkins and con
tributors arc invited to contact
James D. Potter, Beaufort, treas
urer of the county committee for
Larkins.
John Larkins, a veteran in state
government, was the first candi
date to announce for governor this
John Larking
? . . Kit govamar?
year, llis announcement, made at
a Jan. 20 press conference in Ra
leigh, came as no surprise to slate
political leaders.
The platform announced by Lar
kins in his opening statement in
cluded solving most of the state's
problems by raising the incomc
level of its people.
He also proposes a complete
road-building program aimed at
modernizing North Carolina's high
ways. more facilities for higher
education with emphasis on com
munity colleges, and an adequate
welfare program in North Caro
lina.
Larkins advocates more pay for
prison guards as a part of a pro
gram to strengthen the state's
prison system, an agency to guide
cities in getting federal support
in slum clcarance. and instruction
in marketing and production tech
niques for farmers.
Larkins has served as National
Democratic committeeman 1 n
North Carolina for several years,
lie has served nine terms in the
state senate and was elected its
president pro-tem at the age of 32.
He has twice been chairman of the
state Senate Appropriations com
mittee and has served in many
other top level state governmental
capacities.
44 Invest Funds
In New Building
In Morehead
H. S. Gibbs Jr., Morehead City,
who spearheaded the campaign to
raise $50,000 in conjunction with
construction of a new plant for the
Morehead City Garment Co., yes
terday released a list of the indi
viduals and firms who bought
bonds.
Construction has started on the
plant, just west of the present one
on Bridges Street in Morehead
City. It is scheduled to be com
pleted the latter part of October.
Investors are the following: Old
Dominion Box Co., Inc., First-Citi
zens Bank and Trust, Commercial
National Bank of Kinston, Caro
lina Power and Light, Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph, Belk's
Department store, Ocean Oil Co.
T. T. Potter of Sinclair Refining
Co., J. Morton Davis, Texaco; I.
E. Pittman and Chester Pittman
of Morehead Block and Tile; W.
B Chalk, H. S. Gibbs and H. S.
Gibbs Jr. of Chalk and Gibbs.
S. A. Chalk Jr. of Mutual Insur
ance agency; M. T. Mills of Sound
Chevrolet; H. B. Parker of Park
er Motors; Gerald Mitchell of
Mitchell's Carpenter Shop.
G. E. Sanderson of Morehead
Builders Supply; J. S. Bell and W.
N. Allen of Allen and Bell Hard
ware; Ralph Styron and Roma
Styron of Styron's Plumbing, Heat
ing and Air Conditioning.
Ben Alford of Herald Printing
Co.; Don Fcrma of Dom's Lunch;
George Huntley Jr. of G. W. Hunt
ley Co., Inc.; George D. Phillips
of Piggly-Wiggly Store.
Frank Moran of Morehead City
Floral Co.; El Nelson of El Nel
son Grocery store; George W. Dill
Jr. of George W. Dill and Sons;
A. B. Cooper of Oceanana Motel.
C. H. Piner of Carteret Dredging
Co.; W. L. Derrickson of Atlantic
Beach Hotel; Elmer D. Willis of
Willis Brothers; Justin Robinson
and Thomas Noe of R&N Furniture
Co.
Grovcr C. Munden of Carteret
Broadcasting Co.; Warren Beck of
Sound Appliance Co.; David M.
Lindsay of Carteret Concrete; Dr.
Ben F. Royal, Claud Wheatly Jr.
Gladys Pirrson, George Stovall,
W. H. Howerton, C. F. Keuzen
kamp, H. L. Joslyn, John A. Me
makis, C. N. Stroud, Carol Bet
ters and Lillian Salter, and Frank
A. Cassiano.
ASC Explains
Support Cuts
Certain varieties of fluc-cured to
bacco, Coker 139 and 140, and Dixie
Bright 244, will be supported at
one-half the rate for comparable
grades of other varieties this year.
W E. Matthews, chairman of the
State Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation committee, says
farmers who have the discounted
varieties on their farm will be is
sued a "limited support" market
ing card.
The farmer will be asked to iden
tify the varieties he has planted
when his tobacco is measured. Va
riety identification men, employed
by the state ASC committee, will
also check fields, Mr. Matthew
said.
Further Information on proced
ures regarding "limited support"
varieties may be obtained by con
tacting B. 1. May at the county
ASC office, courthouse annex,
Beaufort.
Coast Guardsmen
Aid Cabin Cruiser
Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma
con and Swansboro assisted a cab
in cruiser Wednesday afternoon.
The boat, Jeff and John, experi
enced bent rudders and propellers
near Swansboro and was taken in
low by the Swansboro Coast Guard
boat. The 40-footcr from Fort Ma
con relieved them of the tow in
Boguc Sound near light number
37 and towed the cruiser to the
Morehead City yacht basin.
The cruiser was owned by J. F.
Livermon of Williamsburg, Va.
Two persons were aboard.
Fort Macon personnel aboard the
40-footer were William Morgan,
BM2; Sam Salter, SA; and W. S.
Vinson, EN2.