CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
49th YEAR, NO. 54. RIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Big Parade to Start at 11 Thursday
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Beaufort Opens Homes to Public
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News-Times Photos by McComb
Included in the Old Homes Tour Friday will be the recently restored Alonza Thomas house at Front
and Orange streets. Records indicate that this home was built about 1772. The first Thomas to acquire it
was Marcus C. Thomas, on Dec. 29, 1835. It is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John Jones Jr. and is pic
tured in the book, Early Architecture in North Caroli na.
i At Toner and Ann streets Is (lie picturesque home now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Laughing
fcoosc. Although not an old house, the land on which it is situated is believed to have been first owned
by Sir Christopher Gale, who made the earliest survey of Beaufort. These homes, and seven others,
will be open from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to S p.m. Friday.
National Science Foundation
Dignitaries to Visit Duke Lab
Civifan Club
Installs Officers
E. McLamb, Goldsboro, lieuten
ant governor of Civitan zone 14 at
' tended the recent meeting of the
Morchcad City Civitan club and
presided at installation of the
club's new officers.
New officers are Warren Beck,
president; George Vickroy, presi
dent-elect; Joe Beam, vice-presi
dent; and Roy Denkins, secretary,
' and Donald Davis, treasurer.
Three new directors were also
installed. They arc Ralph Styron,
Earl Lewis and Roper Van Horn.
After the installation ceremonies,
club members gave a standing
ovation to outgoing president Wal
ter Morris for the exceptional Way
in which he has performed the
duties of bis office during the last
twelve months.
Beaafort Band to Play
Beaufort school band will play
in Thursday morning's street pa
rade and all members are to re
port to the band room at the school
at 1 p.m. Wednesday to get their
uniforms, announces Charles Jones,
band instructor.
County commissioners met yes
terday at the courthouse.
? Dr. Louis Levin of the National j
Seicnce Foundation will speak at :
the open house and dedication |
ceremony, Duke University ma
rine lab Saturday, July 9.
Dr. Levin is deputy assistant di
rector, biological and medical sci
ences, National Scicncc Founda
tion.
Also from the National Science
Foundation will be Dr. John Wil
son, deputy assistant director, and
Dr. George Sprugcl, program di
rector, environmental biology.
Representing the Bureau of Com
mercial Fisheries will be J. H.
?McIIugh, chief of the division of
biological research, Washington,
D. C.
The new laboratory was built
with a grant of $50,000 from the
National Science Foundation. A
grant of $17,500 enlarged seminar
facilities. That amount was match
ed by Duke university for improv
ing dining hall facilities, which
are under the same roof as the
seminar quarters.
Eleven thousand dollars from the
National Science Foundation fi
nanced the purchase of laboratory
and field equipment.
Research in progress will be
demonstrated at the open house,
which begins at 3 p.m. and con
tinues until 5:45. At that time a
picnic supper, for a dollar per per
son, will be served.
Duke Marine station on Pi vers
Island, Beaufort, hat steadily
grown, la 1838 there were iivt
buildings. In 1939 the dining hall
and caretakcr's apartment were
added; in 1942, home for the resi
dent investigator.
In 1949, the first research lab
oratory was built; in 1950, a two
car garage was built and the pow
erboat Venus acquired; fn 1954 the
second rcscarch laboratory was
added; in 1956, a classroom wing
was added to the first 'lab.
Research lab No. 3 was built in
1958 and this year sees the com
pletion of the fourth laboratory
building and expanded seminar
dining hall facilities.
Also built this year was a new
home for the superintendent of the
grounds and buildings.
Commenting on the recent lab
oratory addition and acquisition of
new equipment, Dr. C. G. Book
hout, chairman of the executive
committee of the lab. said the ad
ditions will "keep Duke up to date
in scientific research.
Dr. Bookbout will welcome vis
itors to the open house during the
formal dedication program.
Illegal Soliciting
Solicitations were made in North
Carolina last month by the Fed
eral Association for Epilepsy of
Washington, D. C? and Christian
Children's Find of Richmond. Va.
The state board of public welfare
point* out that such solicitations
are in violation of the state solici
tation law, since these associations
are not licensed.
The Camp Lejeune Drum and Bugle Corps, in formation here, will march In the Beaufort street pa
rade Thursday morning.
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Shrimp Boat Parade at 9
To Precede Street Parade
Providing there isn't a tcrrific ?
run of shrimp this week, as many |
as 25 shrimp boats are expected
in the shrimp boat parade at 9
o'clock Thursday morning. Visitors i
to Beaufort will be treated to two
parades the same morning.
A speech at 10:30 by Rear Adm.j
P. V. Colmar, commander of the :
i Fifth Coast Guard district, will fol
low the shrimp boat parade. After
his talk, the street parade will
start.
Admiral Colmar will speak from j
the 36-foot-long reviewing stand at
the southwest corner of the Fair
! leigh Dickinson Jot on Front Street.
The lot is located between Queen
and Pollock Streets.
On the reviewing stand will be
, the following: Mayor and Mrs. W.
H. Potter, Admiral and Mrs. Col*
maf, Gen. and Mrs. Frank Tharin,
USMC; Col. and Mrs. J. L. Neefus,
Photo Contest
Opens Friday
The amateur color-phoio contest
sponsored by the Greater More
head City chamber of commerce
opened Friday and will continue
until Sept. 15, 1960.
The best photo submitted will
win for its owner $50. Second
prize will be $25, third $15 and the
photo getting honorable mention
will be worth $10 to the person
who submits it.
Rules of the contest follow:
1. All negatives must be 35 mm.
or larger. Photos must be of Car
teret scenes, such as beaches,
boating, skiing, fishing, historic
sites, land or seascapes.
2. Negatives must be left at a
place of business displaying the
seal (ship's helm) of the chamber
of commerce, or at the chamber
of commerce office in the Hotel
Fort Macon. Negatives will be re
turned if a stamped, addressed, |
return envelope is provided.
3. The chamber of commerce re
serves the right to use the picture,
with the entrant's name. Decision
of the judges will bp made known ,
after the close of the contest Sept. i
15.
Winning photos will be used in
1961 chamber of commercc bro
chures.
Col. and Mrs. A. H. Weinberger.
Col. and Mrs. J. A. Feeley Jr.,
Lt. and Mrs. John Riddell, USCG;
Mayor and Mrs. George Dill, More
head City; Mayor and Mrs. Rob
ert L. Stallings, New Bern; Mayor
and Mrs. A. B. Cooper, Atlantic
Beach.
General assemblyman D. G. Bell
and Mrs. Bell; Mrs. N. W. Taylor
and companion; Mr. and Mrs. Har
vey Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Grayden
Paul, Mr and Mrs. C. R. Hassell.
Moses Howard, chairman of the
board of county commissioners
and Mrs. Howard; W. V. B. Potter, |
Col. John M. Stockton, Mr. and:
Mrs. William Roy Hamilton; Mr. I
and Mrs. Math Chaplain, Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Brooks, Dr. and Mrs.
David Farrior, Mr. and Mrs. Otis
Made*, Mr. and Mrs. Od<^l Mer
t ill, and Miss Gertrude Carraway
of New Bern.
Shrimp boats will meet at the '
Beaufort fisheries docks at 8 a.m.
to line up for the parade. They
will be placed in position in the
order of arrival.
Shrimp boat captains who have
not yet gotten their flags or pen
nants for decoration arc urged to
contact David Bcvcridge of Beau
fort immediately.
Beauty queens, their attendants
land any other young people in
| nautical attire who would like to
j be in the parade are to report to
the Beaufort Fisheries office at 8
a.m. Thursday.
The beauty queens and their at
tendants will meet at 6:30 tonight
at the Museum of the Sea to make
j final plans for the parade. After
wards, they will be taken on a free
I tour of the museum.
i The shrimp boat parade will pass
I twice in front of spectators on
; Front Street. The boats will go
' west to Pivers Island, then east
again, executing a figure 8 before
the reviewing stand, before pro
ceeding east to the point of begin
ning.
The number, Shrimp Boats Arc
A Comin' will be played on the
loud speaker system prior to the
start of the parade.
Band Concert
The Morehcad City high school
band will present an outdoor con
cert on the tennis courts at the
recrcation building Friday, July
22, at 7:30 p.m. A feature of the
concert will be a performance by
the baton twirling students of Miss
Suzanne Beck.
Dr. W. L. Woodard Honored
Dr. W. L. Woodard, aecratary-treimcr of Ik Beaufort Rotary
dak for IS yeara, waa prtwll< tie plaqae, upper left, by the elab,
?bea be retired from tbe efflcc laat week. The pia?ae to ia rocof
Uaa of kia faiU/al auvka.
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One of the two professional
clowns in Beaufort s street pa
rade Thursday morning at 11 o'
clock will be Mickey, shown here
on his unicycle.
'Ma' Taylor Will
Greet Miss NC
Mrs. N. W. (Ma) Taylor, the an
niversary town a oldest citizcn,
will greet Judith Lynn Klipfel,
Miss North Carolina, when she ar
rives at 3:15 Wednesday afternoon
at Beaufort-Morchead airport. Miss
Klipfel is coming to participate in
Beaufort's 251st anniversary cele
bration.
The public is cordially invited
and, indeed, urged to be at the
airport to greet the state beauty,
announces George Murray Thom
as, Beaufort Jaycee in charge of
the iffair.
On the official welcoming com
mittee, in addition to Mrs. Taylor,
will be mayor W. H. Potter, mayor
George Dill of Morehead City,
Moses Howard, chairman of the
county board of commissioners;
sheriff Hugh Salter.
Grayden Paul, director of the
anniversary celebration; Bob Sa
frit, Beaufort Jaycee president;
Clifton Lynch, Morehead City Jay
cee president, and Mr. Thomas.
While here, Miss Klipfel will be
the houseguest of Mr. and Mrs.
David Bcveridge, Hancock Park.
With her will be her mother.
Three oilier beauties who will
be present for the celebration will
be Miss Wilmington, Miss Raleigh
and Miss Washington.
Board to Meet
Newport town commissioners will
meet at 7:30 tonight at the town
hall for their July meeting.
Tide Table
Tldei at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, July S
4:32 a.m. 10:59 a.m.
5:11 p.m 11:52 p.m.
Wednesday, July ?
5:40 a.m. 11:55 a.m.
? :10 p.m.
Thursday, July 7
6:40 a.m. 12:47 a.m.
7:04 p.m. 12:52 p.m.
Friday, July S
7:35 a.m. 1:41 a.m.
1 :57 p.m. 1:48 p.m.
33 Floats, Six Bands Will
Be in Procession
Thirty-three floats, six bands, and 16 other units will be
in the mammoth street parade at 11 o'clock Thursday
morning in Beaufort. Two professional clowns will enter
tain the kiddies. The parade promises to be the biggest
and best in eastern Carolina this summer. Mrs. Vance Ful
ford Jr , parade chairman, lists ?
the following floats.
Representing towns? Sea Level,
Harkcrs Island, Davis, Williston,
Morehead City, Beaufort, Atlantic
Beach.
Floats symbolic of Beaufort's
history? Confederate flag, entered
by the Veterans of Foreign Wars;
French Huguenot flag, Mrs. Rich
ard Bahcock in charge; Indian
float. Miss Faye Mason; Old Eng
lish. Carteret Business and Pro
fessional Women's club; Spanish
float, Beaufort firemen.
Other floats: Beaufort Jaycees,
Air Force Reserve, Ann Street
Methodist church, St. Paul's Epis
? upal church. First Baptist church.
Boy Scout Troop, (Jeorge Bridg- !
ers. Scoutmaster; Moose Lodge, !
Sanitary Fish Market and Res- J
taurant, Captain Bill's, Morehead;
City Garment Co.
First-Citizens Hank and Trust
Co.. Cooperative Savings and Loan.
Commercial National Bank, Wood
men of the World, Elks, Morehead
City Country Club.
Belk's, Eastern Rulane, Maola
Milk and Ice Cream Co., Fry Roof
ing. Carolina Power and Light,
Barbour's Marine Supply and
Causeway Yacht Basin.
Mrs. Fulford said other floats
may be entered in addition to
these.
J. P. Harris will be in charge of
a troupe of parade horses. An
tiquc cars will be in the proces
sion as weli as County Home Dem
onstration club women in native
dress of nations in the UN. They
will carry flags of those nations.
A marching unit will be compris
ed of members of Carteret Post
No. 99, American Legion.
Bands will includc the Morehead
City school band, Beaufort, New
port and little Washington schori
bands, the Second Marine Air
Wing band of Cherry Point and th'
Camp Lejcunc Drum and Buglo
Corps.
Morehead City Jaycees and car
dealers of the county will be rep
resented in the procession. In addi
tion to Beaufort beauty queens of
past years and their attendants,
! there will also be Miss Raleigh,
Miss Washington, Miss Wilming
ton, Miss Beaufort FHA and Miss
North Carolina.
The parade will start to form at
the east end of Front Street at
Beaufort Fisheries and will march
west on Front Street to Orange.
After the parade turns north on
Orange, it will disband.
Members of the parade commit
tee, in addition to Mrs. Fulford,
are James Potter III, E. W. Down
um and Clarencc Guthrie.
Your paper is late today because
THE NEWS-TIMES was closed
Monday in observance of the
Fourth of July.
Boat Races, Ski
Show Planned
Friday, Saturday
Members of the Carteret Out
board Runabout Association wilt
stage a two-hour ski show at 10
a.m. Saturday in Taylor's Creek.
The show will be one of the at
traetions in Beaufort's 251st anni
versary celebration.
L. G. Dunn has been named co
ordinating chairman of both the
ski show and boat races, succeed*
ing C. G. Holland Jr.. who has
entered the Navy. COBRA is also
sponsoring the boat races. The
races will be at 2 p.m. Friday in
Taylor's creek
Mr. Dunn asks that anyone who
wants to race or ski get in touch
with him at once. He can be con
tacted at the First Citizens Bank
and Trust Co.. Beaufort.
Persons who may have already
contacted Mr Holland are asked
to contact Mr. Dunn, too.
The outboard runabout associa
tion met Thursday night at the
Morehead City recreation building
to complete plans for the show.
Robert Butler, commodore, pre
sided.
Lt. K R Depperman, USCG, at
tended and reported on Coast
Guard requirements for operation
of boat races and water *ho*s.
Lieutenant Depperman said the
Coast Guard would supply one or
more boats to keep traffic out of
Taylor's creek during the races
i"i ski show. Spectator boats
.11 be allowed on the south side of
tliC race course and ski course,
but must stay behind the line des
ignating the boat parking area.
Ski show events will include
tandem skiing, shoe skiing and
barefoot skiing (providing water
conditions are favorable), slalom
skiing, saucer skiing, pyramid
formations, and trick skiing.
Unless guest skiers are obtained
from other areas, all of the skiing
will be done by members of the lo
cal boat club.
Skiers will appear before spec
tators from the east and go west
toward Pivers Island.
The boat races are scheduled to
start and finish in front of the
postoffice dock.
COBRA members will meet
again at 7:30 tonight at the Army
Reserve training center, just west
of Morehead City. Anyone interest
ed in taking part in the races or in
the ski show is invited to meet
with them. Mr. Dunn will be prcs?
ent.
Play Leads in Unknown Seas
Oti> l.amhert, left, and Mrs. Herbert Waldrop, who play the leads
if Unknown Seas, rehearse lines. The ploy ??" be presented Thurs
day and Friday nights in the Beaufort school auditorium at 8:1$ p.m.
Tickets lor i nKnown seas, tnc
historical drama to be presented
during Beaufort's 251st anniver
sary celebration, arc going last,
according to Mrs. Robert Russell
and Mrs. Herbert Whitchursl.
The play is being directed tiy
Mrs. GrayUcn Paul, who wrote
it, and Mrs. Charles llasscll. In
addition to Otis Lambert and
Mrs. Herbert Waldrop. another
leading role is being played by
Miss Ruth Durham, Beaufort.
She portrays the Negro mam
my, Chloc. Miss Durham re
ceived box mailer's decree in
religious education .1 1 oouinern
seminary. Louisville. Her bach
elor's degree is in music. In the
play she sings 1 Feel Like My
Time Ain't I-ong and Joshua Pit
the Battle of Jericho.
A section for Negro play goers
is being reserved Friday night.
Tickets are $2. *1.50 and $1.
Ticket! are on sale at the Mu
seum of the Sea, Town and
Sound ihop, Morehead City, and
Duchess Beauty shop, Beaufort.
No more tickets will be sold
Uun there art teals available.
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