Phone Company Seeks to Cut
Monthly Mileage Charges
Carolina Telephone and Tele- a
graph Co. is planning to file a pe- <
tition with the North Carolina Utili
ties commission to extend the areas
of the Morehead City and Beaufort
exchanges in which basic local
rates apply.
This would mean a reduction and.
ia some cases, elimination of the
monthly mileage charges now be
ing paid by subscribers in certain
areas.
In making the announcement, L.
A. Daniels, local manager of the
telephone company, said. "The
base rate area of these exchanges
consists generally of one-mile cir
cles from the center of the busi
ness districts. Within these areas,
telephone customers pay only a
basic rate for local service. Out
side of these areas, customers also
pay mileage charges."
Today Morehead City. Beaufort,
and a number of towns in the area
served by Carolina Telephone have
expanded to the point where exten
sions of the base rate areas are
needed. Otherwise, disparities re
sult; and many customers furnish
ed service under similar conditions
will he paying different rate?,
Daniels pointed out.
To eliminate the inconsistencies
resulting from this expansion, the
telephone company proposes to ex
tend the Morehead City base rate
area to include about 80 subscrib
ers living in the area adjacent to
Highway 70 and Arendell street;
and also a small area west of 20th
street extension, the manager said.
Thus. mHeage charges in these
areas would be eliminated Mile- i
age charges would be reduced for i
i bout 3K) other subscribers, most I
)f whom live beyond these specific i
?reas. <
Material rednrtioa* i a mileage
charges for subscribers in Atlantic
Beach are alao included in the com I
pany's proposals.
The Beaufort base rate area
would be extended to include about
50 subscribers between Lennoxville
road and Front street and in the
area adjacent to West Beaufort
road. Highway 101 and Highway j
70. Mileage charges in these areas
would also be eliminated. Mileage
charges would be reduced for
about 70 other Beaufort subscrib
ers.
Local exchange telephone rates,
prescribed by the North Carolina
IJtilities comimssion. are now
based on the total number of tele
phones in the local calling area.
The telephone service becomes
more valuable as the number of
telephones increases. Local rates
for Morehead City, Beaufort, and
other exchanges in the company,
were established based on the tele- 1
phone population of the various
communities in 1957.
In its petition, the company pro
poses to revise its rate groups to
be based generally on total tele
phones less extensions, rather than
total telephones. This is in line
with current regulatory concepts.
"Morehead City and Beaufort are
not at this time subject to any ad
justment in the basic local rate.
There are a number of exchanges
within the Carolina company area,
however, which have outgrown
their rate groups in recent years.
Application is being made for au
thority to adjust the basic rates in
DANCING AT^iE
BLUE RIBBON CLUB
FEATURING
George Jackson
AND THE CAROLINIANS
Latin Dance Contest
(CHA-CHA - MERENGl'E - RHUMBA, ETC.)
Each Wednesday Night through July
A winning couple will bp chosen f?h Wednesday night an d
presented a free priie ? A Saturday night at thr Blur Ribbon
Hub.
Grand Prue to be awarded Wednesday night, August 3rd.
Prize will be announced at later date. Weekly wtaning cauple
may take part each Wednesday night.
Admission $1.00 Per Person
these exchange* to correspond with
rates now paid by subscribers in
other exchanges of comparable
size.
"The proposals now being made
by the telephone company are de
signed to make an orderly and
equitable adjustment for the
growth which many communities
in eastern North Carolina have ex
perienced. These adjustments will
not produce any net increase in
revenue for the telephone company,
since the rate adjustments will be
offset by reduction in income re
sulting from the extension of the
base rate areas," Hw manager con
cluded.
Mrs. Norman Phillbrick, Oakland. .
Calif., are spending some time
with their aunt and uncle, the Rev.
and Mrs. Glass, and their uncles, |
Mr. Warren Chadwick and Mr
George Bunting.
The Rev. and Mrs. Guion White- i
hurst, Bel Air, Md., and their
daughter, Mrs. Lee Yates, and son.
Kevin, Norfolk, Va., are visiting
Mrs. Henry Chadwick. Mr. Lee j
Yates will arrive this weekend for
a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Macln
turff and children, Marilyn and
Robert, Culpepper, Va., are visit-,
ing Mrs. Henry Chadwick and Mrs.
Maclnturff's mother, Mrs. Sidney
Whitehurst, Straits.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hender
son have returned from Miami,
Fla. Mr. Henderson has been on a
two-month cruise in his yacht in
Puerto Rico, Haiti, and islands
and waters in that area.
Miss Winifred Willis, Hawaii, is
visiting the Misses Mary and
Georgia Whitehurst.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lowe and son.
John Bishop, Norfolk, Va., are
visiting her aunts, the Misses Mary
and Georgia Whitehurst. Mr. Les
lie Fisher, Falls Church, Va., ar
rived for the weekend to visit Mrs
Fisker and children who have been
here for a month's visit with the
Misses Mary and Georgia White
hurst.
Mrs. Murray Pigott and M>n, Joe,
Daytona Beach, Fla., are visiting
the Misses Josie and Florence
Pigott and Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Willis, and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Watson, Straits.
Mr. and Mrs. Matney Davis and
sons, Craig and Barry, are visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo
Chadwick, and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Davis, Marshall
berg.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Forbes. Miami
Beach, Fla., are visiting Lt.
Comdr. and Mrs. James Murphy.
Mr; and Mrs. D. C. McEachein,
St. Paul, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
A1 Hubbard Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Piper
have returned from Fitzgerald,
Ga., where they attended the fun
eral of Mr. Piper's brother, Mr.
Ernest Piper.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hall and
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Watson,
Klnston, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Watson.
Mrs. A1 Hubbard and Mrs. Mur
ray Pigott spent Wednesday with
Mrs. Da? Pigott, Morehead City.
Bow Bells are the bells of St.
Mary-te-Bow in Cheapside, London.
One born within their sound is a
Cockney.
Shrimp Boat
Parade Opens
Three-Day Event
Even (bough the shrimp were
ruining, shrimp boat c apt ants put
their boats in Beaufort's shrimp
boat parade Thursday morning and
made one of the nicest shows of
the anniversary celebration.
Boats, as they appeared before
the spectators, sailing west from
Beaufort Fisheries, were Che Faith
Ann, a tug owned by Thomas Eure
and carrying Miss North Carolina,
Judith Lynn Klipfel; Dickie Boy,
with Norma Jean Ingram, Miss
Carteret County, aboard ? James
Styron. Davis, captain.
Lala G.. with Miss Beaufort of
1933, Mrs. John Dtfl, aboard ? '
Harlan Murphy. Davis, captain.
Edith M !, with Mrs. Lonnie Dill,
Miss Beaufort 1935 aboard ? Jim
my Pittman, Morehead City, cap
tain; Edith M II with Mrs. Frank
Ritter, Miss Beaufort of 1938
aboard, Lonnie Pittman, Morehead
City, captain.
Allie A., with Florence Smith
Larrick, Miss Beaufort of 1940
aboard ? Elmer Guthrie, Harkers
Island, captain; Miss Brenda, with
Mrs. Sal Palazzo, Miss Beaufort
of 1941 aboard ? Guy Willis, Da
vis, captain.
The C. G. Austin with Mrs. Ray
Wheatley, Miss Beaufort of 1948
aboard ? Bill Sewell, Beaufort,
captain; the Ocean Wave with Miss
Mary F. Paul, Miss Beaufort of
1953 aboard ? Gordo? Willis, Da
vis, captain.
The Four Kids with Miss Joyce
Chadwick, Miss Beaufort of 1956
aboard ? Nathaniel Hillary, cap
tain. New Smyrna, Fla., boat own
ed by Julian Dudley; R&M with
Miss Jean Chadwick, Miss Beaufort
ot 1957 aboard ? Julian Dudley,
Davis, captain.
Lilly Lee, Broad Creek, with
Mrs. Winki Phillips. Miss Beaufort
of 1958 aboard ? Oswald Lewis,
Broad Creek captain; Miss Beau
fort with Miss Peggy Jo Wallace,
Miss Beaufort of 1959 aboard ?
North Davis, Harkers Island, cap
tain.
Josephine with future Miss North
Carolina aboard ? Norwood Rose,
Beaufort, captain; Sea Pal, cap
tained by Leroy Hill, Davis; Miss
Alma, captained by Louie Dixon,
Harkers Island.
Two Harkers Island party boats,
the Kids, captained by Stacy M
(Bert) Davis and the Cap'n Vick,
Clark Davis, captain; the Bev
eridge, with Miss Morehead City
of 1939 Miss Jo Ann Parson, aboard
? - David Beveridge, captain.
The shrimp boat parade was su
pervised by Capt. and Mrs. Bev
eridge. assisted by Miss Bobbie
Dennis.
A. B. Cooper Makes No
Comment on 'Gambling'
A. B. Cooper, Atlantic Beach,
who operates the Idle Hour Amuse
ment center, said yesterday he had
no comment on a report by an up
state newspaper that a nickel slot
machine was being operated in the
amusement center.
Sheriff Hugh Salter, who said
that he would check on the report,
reported yesterday that he intend
ed to go to the beach to see if there
is such a machine, or violation of
state laws on gambling.
More to Come
There are more Beaufort ami
versary pictures which couid not
be included in today's issue. They
will be published as soon as possi
ble.
Anniversary Drama , Unknown Seas,
Plays Before Appreciative Audiences
I'aknowa Heat, an historical ro- i
mance of old Beaufort, played be
fore capacity audiences Thursday
and Friday nights, the first two
nigtits of Beaufort's 351 st birthday
anniversary celebration
Thirty one of the 34 characters
portrayed persons who at one time
lived in itauifort. The entire cast
turned in performances both nights
tfcftt would rival those of profes
sion&t actors and actresses.
The Ifcree leads, Nancy Manncy,
Charles French and Chloe, were
played by persons with previous
stage experience. The numbers
sung by Miss Manney, played by
D?my Lee Waldrop, and Mr.
French, played by Otis Lambert
Jr., were most outstanding.
Phrth Durham, as the colored
mammy, Chloe, gave the comedy
relief in the tragic love story. She
samg two Negro spirituals. The
sound effects, by Dick Babcock.
were excellent, and the setting
most attractive.
Choral numbers were generously I
applauded. The costumes were
breath-taking in their beauty.
The play told of a young girl who
waited many years for word from
her sweetheart, but in vain, for the
postmaster, at the request of her
father, had intercepted her letters
and those of her sweetheart. In
later life he came back to Beau
fort and married her two months
before she died.
Members of the cast, in addition
to those mentioned, were the Rev.
C. Edward Sharp, Nancy Russell,
Hugh Porter, Cookie Guthrie, Helen
Slater, Joanne Allen, Mrs. Jack
Stewart.
Ann Clemmons, Roberta West,
Mrs. Jarvis Herring, Ann Davis,
Glenn Adair, Mrs. Charles Chap
pell, Bobby Willis, Guy Smith !r..
James Potter III, Mrs. Henry Kirk.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Salter, the
Rev. John Cline, Mrs. William Wil
lis, Jimmy Jarman, Mrs. J. P.
Harris, Dr. M. T. Lewis.
Mrs. Earl Lewis, Mrs. Jim Rum- 1
ley, Mrs. Ralph Eudy, Cliff Tilgh
man, Mrs. James Davis, and Mrs.
Clifton Lynch.
In charge of costumes were Mrs.
Charles Cheek and Mrs. L. G.
Dunn; lighting, Carl Hatsell; stage
crew, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson,
Thomas Respess, Carl Tilghman,
Butch Hassell and W. I. Loftin.
In charge of ushers was Mrs. W.
I. Loftin. Properties chairman was
Mrs. T. H. Potter; make-up artists,
Mrs. C. Edward Sharp and Mrs.
Otis Lambert; hair styles, Mrs.
Dave Hill; floral arrangements,
Mrs. William Thomas and Mrs. R.
P. Shrake.
Mrs. Grayden Paul, author of
Unknown Seas, directed, with the
cooperation of Mrs. Charles Has
sell, who supervised the music as
well as scenery. Mrs. Wiley Lewis
was business manager.
The play was presented in the
Beaufort school auditorium.
Negro News
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Chadwick
of Beaufort had as their weekend
guests his nephew. Mr. Joseph
Oakes Jr., his wife and daughter
from Glen Cove, N. Y., and the
Chadwick's daughter, Mrs. Roberl
While, and her daughter from
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Births at Morehead City Hospital:
To Mr. and Mrs. Zebadee Sutton,
Newport, a son, Friday, July 8.
Morefcead City Hospital
Admitted: Friday, Mrs. Ida Mae
Sutton, Newport; Master Royce
Carter, Havelock.
Discharged: Friday. Mr. Jesse
James Little, New Bern.
Sanford, Henderson Visit
Carteret Area Thursday
Terry Sanford. Democratic nom
inee for governor, and David Hen
derson, Democratic nominee for
Congress from the Third North
Carolina district, admittedly en
joyed themselves while here Thurs
day to attend Beaufort's 251st an
niversary celebration.
Guests of the town of Beaufort
and its hustling mayor. William H.
Potter, the two youthful Democra
tic leaders not only helped the town j
celebrate, but took time out to tour
and inspect the Morehead City port
terminal.
For almost two hours, the two
nominees inspected the port in j
company of Morehead's mayor
George W. Dill Jr., state represent
ative D. G. Bell of Carteret coun
ty. Wade Lucas, public information
officer for the State Department
of Conservation and Development,
who represented the agency at the
Beaufort celebration.
Walter Friederichs, port man
ager. and mayor Dill and repre- 1
sentative Bell stressed the need for j
more facilities, especially for hand- .
ling increasing amounts of grain.
Mayor Dill called Sanford's at- j
tention to the present bridge span
ning Newport river and Unking
Beaufort and Morehead City, lie
suggested that it should be moved
upstream to allow full port de- 1
velopment.
The tanned and refreshed San- i
ford is obviously interested in do
ing his utmost to help develop
Eastern North Carolina in general
and the coast in particular. He !
showed interest in commercial fish
ing activities, problems facing this
area, and hopes to be able to speed
industrialization, as well as help
those who farm.
Henderson said he plans to talk
with the Army Corps of Engineers
as quickly as he can with regard
to the possibility and feasibility of
TTIorehead
LAST TWO DAYS
Tuesday ? Wednesday
THE MOTION PICTURE GIANT OF
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using World War Il-built ships, now
in the lay-up basin near( Wilming
ton. for stabbing inlets along the
North Carolina coast.
"1 think it is a fine idea." said !
Henderson after Lucas told him
that the matter came up for rather
full discussion by members of the
North Carolina delegation to the
National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress in Washington last May.
"Not only do I believe I he use of
such ships, many of which an' al
ready being sold for a song for
scrap, would help stabilize our ?n
lets, but in time they would help
develop some of the finest fishing
grounds in the world," Henderson
said.
Henderson also was told by Lu
cas that when the North Carolina
delegation to the Rivers and Har
bors Congress was in Washington
they, along with some 300 other
NRHC delegates, toured the Port i
of Baltimore and noted numerous >
oil tankers in lay-up basins.
These tankers are of the size
which unload fuel at Morehead
City and Wilmington and are now
considered practically obsolete
since the super-tankers came into
wide use.
Neither Morehead City nor Wil
mington has deep enough channels
to handle the super-tankers, which
draw 40 feet of water. "1 hope
something can be done to deepen
the channels to our ports," he said.
Sanford. Henderson, Rear Adm.
P. V. Colmer of the Fifth Coast I
Guard District. Lucas and others 1
praised mayor Potter and his Beau !
fort committees for the excellence
of the celebration of the 251st birth
day of a really charming town.
Beaufort
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Conifer Gets
New Captain
Norfolk.- Lt. Gabriel F. Pehaim,
USCG, slated to take command of
the Morehead City based buoy ten
der Conifer this month, was ont of
World War Il's first "submarine
busters."
The new commanding officer,
currently assistant chief, Aide to
Navigation Section on the staff tA
Commander. Fifth Coast Guard
District at Norfolk, reported to his
new station Monday.
He will relieve Lt. Cdr. Fdwart
D Cassidy. who has commandec
the Conifer since July 1958. Cassi
dy is under orders to Philadelphia.
Pa., for duty as Director of Auxili
ary. Southern Area, for the Third
Coast Guard District. .
Lieutenant Pehaim earned his
"sub-busting" title in May 1942,
when the 165 foot Coast Guard Cut
ter Icarus, on which he was se
ing as watch officer, sank the first
German If - boat in AmefteMt
waters and captured 33 members
of her crew The action took place
off the coast of North Carolina.
He is a native of New York City,
but was brought up in Hahway, N.
J., and was graduated from Rail
way hiuh school in 1934.
Privileges Reinstated
Driving privileges of Pete
Forbes, Fisher St., Morehead
City, have been reinstated by the
department of motor vehicles, Ra
leigh.
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