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THE NEWS-TIMES
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
49th YEAR, NO. 67. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Onslow Says Pay Up or Stay Out
Crewmen of Crippled Cuban
Ship Chug 12 Miles for Help
H A story of near-disaster at se
was told Monday by nine Cuba
seamen who came ashore at Cap
Lookout in a lifeboat after a fir
had destroyed the engine room an
tadio equipment aboard their ship
the merchant vessel M/N Mantar
13s.
The nine crewmen said the fir
broke out in the engine roon
around 4:15 Sunday afternoon a
the ship was returning to its horn*
port of Havana from Baltimore
They say they don't know how th<
lire started.
Crewmen battled the blaze fo
a*x hours before getting it unde
control. They said that the shi]
drifted. They hoped that they wouli
be sighted and sent help. Signa
flares were sent up during th
night and they tried to signal tw<
ships that came into sight, all t
no avail.
Then on Monday morning th
nine set out in a powered lifeboa
to get help. Two and one-half hour
later their lifeboat was sighted of
Cape Lookout from the Coast Guar
tower. The men were brough
-ashore where their story was re
lated to Chief Gerald Gaskill a
the station.
After learning of the Mantanzas
fate the Coast Guard dispatchei
the Chilula to stand by the disab
led vessel 12 miles southeast 0
Cape Lookout. The Chilula towe<
the Mantanzas to Cape I^ookou
)>ight, arriving there at 2 a m
Tuesday. All the Cubans yesterda;
were back aboard their ship. LI
John Riddell, commanding office
at Fort Macon Coast Guard sta
tion. said another Cuban ship, th
Oriente, en route to Havana fron
Norfolk, is scheduled to take th
Matanzas in tow to Havana. I
had originally been planned to hav
a commercial tug take the Matan
zas back to Norfolk for repairs.
? The nine Cubans reported tha
the 1,608-ton Mantanzas was carry
ing a crew of 33 men and was re
turning to Cuba after unloading 1
cargo of sugar at Baltimore.
The Cubans were asked, durini
general conversation at the Coas
Guard station, what they though
of Castro. The muttering am
laughing stopped. The silenci
could have been cut with a knife
Eventually, one of them replied
"We arc not politicians," and th<
subject was dropped.
The nine in the lifeboat wer<
chief mate Herman A. Fernandez
Engineer Enrique Sanchez and ra
dio operator Adolfo Novo. The oth
ers were Juan Lorento, Lorenzi
Dopazo, Winio Pelipiche, Jose G
CarboncII, Alfredo Danavy and A1
berto Guitierrcz.
5HC Plots
Outer Banks
The Stat* Highway eommissioi
is doing land - elevation (topo
graphic) mapping of the outci
banks from Cape Lookout north U
Ocraeoke inlet.
The mapping, to be complete*
this year, is being done at the re
quest of the Department of Watei
'Resources and will figure import
antly in the proposed state-federa
outer banks restoration project.
Lloyd H. Cook, chief locating en
ginecr, State Highway commission
reports that the mapping la doni
by aerial photography and photo
grammctry.
Mr. Cook said, "We expect ti
have our plane and aerial cameri
accomplishing the photograph;
during the coming week provide*
both weather and light are suit
able. It is tentatively planned ti
base the plane, a *d and whiti
Aero-Commander, at Hatteras dur
ing this period because of th<
availability of weather informatioi
there."
Some of the highway engineer
v?re based at Davis. They are put
ting in, on the outer banks, grouni
control markers required for prop
er interpretation of the photc
graphs. They will also obtain tids
information, note elevatiooa of stri
tegic points and distances betwee
them.
"This sort of information, o
ground control, when transferre
to the photography will enable u
to make very accurate measure
ments. both horizontally and vert;
I cally," Mr. Cook (aid.
Fifteen mea are engaged in tha
phase of the work, under the d
rcction of John C. Sherbert, local
ing engineer. Edgar J. Page, ph<
1 togrammetric engineer, is als
spending some time at Davia.
Mrs. Johniae Dill Crump wa
Miss Beaufort of 1933, not Mri
John Dill if stated in Tuesday
paper.
INcwi-Tlme* Photos by McComb
Seven of the nine Cubans who came ashore at Cape Lookout Monday in a lifeboat after a fire aboard
their ship, pose on the steps of Uie Coast Guard station. Left to right in the back are Hernan A. Fernan
dei, Enrique Sanchez and Vidulfo Novo. In the front are Juan Uoreato, Lorenio Dopazo, Wiuo Pelipiche
and Jos* G. CarboneiL Bystaadar at the right b a Coast Guardsman.
??" a -&?
One of the Cubans, Wtaio Pelipiche, samples a North Carolina
clam in the Coast Guard station galley. None of the Cubans had
ever eaten clams before. Winio was the only one willing to sample
one of the sea delicaeica.
Two Cars Crunch
Together Friday
A Beaufort man, Hush Thomas
Piner, and Anson Joseph Phillips.
Morehead City, were drivers of
cars involved in an accident at
9th and Evans streets Friday morn
ing.
According to the Morehead City
police department, Piner was go
ing south on 9th street and had
stopped for a stop sign at Evans
when his car was hit by a 1956
Buick being driven by Phillips.
Phillips was making a right turn
off of Evans onto 9th.
Damages to Piner's car, a 1956
Chevrolet, were estimated at $100
and to Phillips' auto, $75.
No charges were filed.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, July 15
1:23 a m
2:01 p.m.
7:45 a.m.
8:25 p.m.
2 16 a.m.
2:53 p.m.
Saturday, July 16
5:07 a.m.
5:35 p.m.
3:10 a.m.
3:48 p.m.
4:08 a.m
4:43 p.m
8:44 a.m.
9:16 p.m.
Sunday, July 17
9:39 a.m.
10:21 p.m.
Monday, July 18
10:30 a.m.
11.11 p.m.
Tuesday, July 19
11:17 a.m.
11:59 p.m.
Echoes of the Past
? Forgotten Men of the 'Snap Draaori
c" By WILEY H. TAYLOR JR.
" Many stories have been written
about Olway Burns and his ex
s ploits as a privateer, hut little is
? known of the men who served with
^ him on his vessel, the much talked
about "Snap Dragon." Following
?- is a copy of a power of attorney
'' by the crew of the vessel to David!
I" Hellen, recorded in Book Q Page
n 64, Carteret County Register of
Deeds:
J "Know all men by these presents
that the undersigned crew of the
s Privateer Schooner Snap Dragon
have constituted, made and ap
pointed and by these presents do I
constitute make and appoint David 1
Hellen of Beaufort our true and
'? lawful attorney for us and our
'? names and stead to our use to ask.
demand, sue for, levy, recover and
0 receive all such sums of muoey.
rents, debts, goods, wares, dues,
accounts and other demands what
is soever, which are or shall be due
I. owing payable or belonging to us
? or detained from us in any man
ner or by any buu wtaaUoavar, I
by virtue of any prize or prlzer
good which may be raptured dur
ing (he entered cruize by the laid
Privateer Snap Dragon giving and
granting to our said attorney by
the presents our full and whole
power, strength and authority in
arid about the premises to have use
and take all lawful ways and
means in our names for the recov
ery thereof and upon the receipt
of any such debts, dues, or sums
of money aforesaid acquitances or
other sufficient discharges for ua
and in our names to do cxecutc
and perform as fully, largely, and
amply to all intents and purposes
as we ourselves might as could do
if we were personally present or
as if the matter required more
special authority than is here giv
en and attornies one or more un
der him for the purpose aforesaid
to make and constitute and agair
at pleasure to revoke, satisfy and
holding for firm and effectual all
whataoever our ?aid attorney shall
lawfully do in about the premise!
by virtue hereof. In witness where
ut wa tuva hereunto bet our baadi
and seals the second day of June
in the thirty seventh year of our
independence A. D. one thousand
eight hundred and thirteen.
Witness:
James Johnson
Wm. B. Roddy (Seal)
Nicholas Bowhcn (Seal)
George Mowton (Seal)
John Atwood (Seal)
Herman Goldsmith (Seal)
The marriage, death, and other
records of Carteret County have
been carcfully checked to try and
find some reference to the "Snap
Dragon" crew. No further refer
ence can be found.
None died in the county. None
ever owned real estate. There
fore, we must assume that the
famous ship was manned by men
I who were not natives of Carteret
Who were the forgotten men o I
I the "Snap Dragon"?
I ( Editor's Note : This is the la>t
I in a aeries of historical articles
designed to provide ba
on Beaufort'i 251st am
Hopper Dredge
To Leave Here
For Brunswick
? Emergency Work Calls
Gerig for Few Weeks
? Dredge to Return; Peru
Hires Local Men
The Army Engineers office, Wil
Wilmington, announces that the
hopper dredge Gerig. now deepen
ing Morehead City channel to 35
feet, will have to leave Sunday I
to do two or three weeks of emer
gency dredging at Brunswick, Ga.
The Gerig will then return to
Morehead City to complete the job
of digging the channel to 35 feet.
The engineers office reports that
when the Gerig leaves Sunday, the
channel will be 250 wide and 30
feet deep or better.
Doing work inside the bar is the
dredge Peru, operated by the
Gahagan dredging firm of New
York. The Peru has hired approxi |
mately 60 persons in this area who
earn at least $50 a week each.
Members of the regular crew
are living in the Beaufort More
head City area, since the Peru
does not have living quarters
aboard as most dredges do.
Of the local persons hired, 18
are Gillikins!
Col. R. P. Davidson, district en
gineer, also announces that the
district's construction program for
the current fiscal year calls for
expenditure of $7.4 million.
Projects of interest locally arc
the following:
A study to determine whether
the five bridges on the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway, owned by
the corps, should be replaced with
new bridges.
The dredging of Morehead City
harbor fr?m 30 to 35 feet at a con
tract cost of $353,080 for the pipe
line dredging and an estimated cost
of $600,000 for the hopper dredg
ing in the Beaufort Inlet entrance
channel. This work began in late
June and will require from three
to six months to complete. It in
volves the removal of about 3,000,
000 cubic yards of material.
Maintenance dredging is sched
uled for Morehead City harbor,
Manteo Wallace channel near Ocra
coke, Stumpy Point, Wilmington
harbor, Atlantic Intracoastal Wat
erway and the waterway from I
Pamlico sound to Beaufort through
Core sound.
Newport Rotary Club
Installs New Officers
At the Newport Rotary club
meeting Monday night outgoing
president Ed Comer presided over
installation ceremonies of the
club's officers for the coming year.
Moses C. Howard was installed
as the new Rotary club president
and Derryl Garner took over the
office of vice-president. The new
secretary installed was Harold
Chartley and Nathan Garner took
the office of treasurer.
Neighbor Wants Money
To School Carteret Kids
Town of Atlantic
Beach Adopts
1960-61 Budget
Thf town of Atlantic Beach put j
final stamp of approval Friday ,
morning on its budget for 1960-61 (
The budget totals $33,700. The tax (
rate was set at $1.35 per hundred |
dollars valuation, the same is last |
year.
Total valuation of town beach ,
property is $1,533,773. I ,
M. G. Coylc, town clerk, present
ed a detailed financial statement i i
for 1959 60. Both the statement and j ;
the proposed budget will be pub- ' i
lished next week in THE NEWS- 1
TIMES. | I
Mr. Coyle reminded the alder
men that they are starting the last
year of their four-year term. He j
outlined their accomplishments of [
the past three years and expressed
the hope that the board's program ! <
would be completed in the current 1
year.
The clerk commended the board
for their contributions to the town, 1
their personal interest in its wel
fare and their assistance to him
Aldermen W. L. Derrickson and
R. A. Barefoot were named to
study the parking problems and to
consider placing parking meters
in certain parts of the amusement
area. I
The matter of acquiring more j
land for parking space was refer :
red to GcofRc McNcill, town at i
torney !
The board approved addition of |
a street light on the Salter Path
road between the stop light and
town hall. It was reported that
the town's new trash pile is now
in use. A check for $A3.33 has been
?ent H> Morchead City as rental
for Morchead City's trash dump
for a brief period.
Mayor A. B. Cooper commented
that a record crowd was on Boguc
Banks over the Fourth. He ex
pressed appreciation to the police 1
department for its handling of traf I
fir
A letter from Mr. and Mrs. W |(
B. Warren, cottage owners, was I
read It thanked the police chief
and the police force for alertness '
in apprehending persons who had
broken into the Warren cottage.
Also read was a lotter from the '
??H?rth Carolina School Food Serv 1
icc association, thanking the town 1
for the use of the town hall during 1 1
a recent meeting at the beach. ]
The next board meeting wiU be '
at 10 a. m. Friday, Aug. 12, at the '
town hall.
To Head Print School |i
Allen Colenda, a native of More- 1 1
head City, is succeeding retiring
J. H. Landrum as superintendent
of the Oxford Orphanage Printing
school. Mr. Colenda. a 1939 grad
uate of the school, returned there
last year. He had been employed
as linotype operator with THE
NEWS-TIMES and formerly was
with Herald Printing Co., More
head City.
Onslow county has issued an ul
timatum: cither Carteret county
helps pay some of the bill for Car
teret students attending Onslow
schools in Swansboro, or Onslow
will close its school doors to Car
teret pupils this fall.
Whether Onslow could legally do
that remains to be seen.
I. B. Hudson, superintendent of
Onslow schools, in a letter this
week to H. L. Joslyn. Carteret
superintendent of schools, and in
letters to the county board of com e<
missioners and Carteret board of c<
education, set forth figures on the r<
cost of educating 307 Carteret pu- ai
pils now going to school in Swans- ir
boro. th
Suggested were the amounts yi
Carteret should pay for the cduca- tfc
tion of those pupils. Mr. Hudson
said, "We would like very much e<
to negotiate this matter on a M
friendly and mutual basis. How- ui
ever, if no cooperative bargain can
be reached between the two county sj
boards of education, the Onslow \\
board would feel justified in de- ai
nying admission to Carteret pu- d
pils beginning with the term of at
1960-61 until satisfactory financial c
arrangements could be made for jyj
rach Carteret pupil attending Ons- v<
low county schools."
Carteret pupils attending Onslow n
schools are those who live in the 0i
western part of the county. The tt
Carteret school closest to the area p
from which they come would be a!
Newport. Newport is a distance jtl
considerably farther from their tc
homes than is Swansboro.
Mr. Hudson reports tha* Ons- tc
low county will vote Nov. 8 on a i;
$1,600,000 bond referendum. Oppon- j
pnts of the bond issue are claim- ,
ing that no bond issue would be
necessary if Onslow did not have |
to educate Carteret children.
See SCHOOLS, Page M
Flowers Cause
Freak Crash
A pot of flowers that toppled I
over on the baek seat of a ear |
Monday was the cause of an un
usual traffic accident in Morchcad |
City.
Police said that Mrs. Edna Wil- 1
liams Dawson. 2212 Arendell street,
had just made a left turn from
Bridges onto 19th when a pot of
flowers in the back seat of her car
toppled over. She turned around to
check the flowers and when she
turned towards the front again,
she found her car headed in the
direct path of a telephone pole.
She told police she applied her
brakes but couldn't stop in time
to avoid crashing into the pole.
The force of the impact broke
the pole off and sent the top part
of it crashing onto the top of a
parked car belonging to George
Bedsworth, 203 N. 19th.
Mrs. Dawson suffered slight back
injuries and was treated on the
scene by Dr. S. W. Thompson.
Police estimated damage to Mrs.
Dawson's 1958 Plymouth at $700
and to Bedsworth's 1957 Oldsmo
bile at $150. No charges were filed.
Police sergeant Bill Condie in
vestigated.
New Building Completed
Menken ?f the Firnt Methodlit ehareh ud Saaday School consecrated 8u?diy, July 1, their sew Fd
M Areaiefl street* rijKeit to the HMtury. The lav. Barney L. OavtdMB, pastor,
I ? tarsal afMtag vttfe aa ayaa ham* will ka hata Utar.
Board Amends
Business Fees
? Airport, Zoning
Officials Named
? Annexation Issue Still
At Stalemate
Br a u fort com missioners a mend
i Monday night the privilege li.
*nse schedule in accord with a
?quest submitted by the Merchants
ssociation. J. 0. Barbour, spokes
lan for the merchants, estimated
tat the schedule, as amended, will
leld $4,500 to $5,000 revenue for
le town.
The schedule, as adopted in clos
i session in June, was termed by
ir. Barbour as "unrealistic and
'i reasonable."
Bert Brooks, commissioner pro
ding in the absence of the mayor,
H. Hotter, attempted to defer
rtion on the merchants' proposal,
r David Farrior, commissioner,
sked that the matter be tabled
oinmissioners W. R Hamilton,
lath Chaplain and Otis Mades
Jted in favor of amending
The board adopted a resolution
?questing the state to defer action
i a request from John Yarnell
I purchase shoal property from
eanut shoal east to Gordon street,
Ml to consider further the turn
ig of the pro|>erty over to the
'wn of Beaufort for public use.
James II. Davis was reappointed
> the zoning commission and Wil
,m Taylor appointed a commis
oner replacing Mrs. Lockwood
hillips.
Keappointcd as the town's rep
sentativc on the county airport
>mmi?ion was Glenn Adair.
C. R. H'heaUy, town attorney,
'ported that the courts have tak
i no action as yet on the annexa
on issue.
The board adopted a resolution
?king iht zoning commission to
insider a proposal that property
1 the north corners of Pollock and
ront streets be classified RA-2
id (hat property to the south of
lat area be zoned "restricted com
ercial."
The request was made in eon
inction with the Moore family's
terest in using their dock, across
om the postoffice, for commercial
jrposes.
The board agreed to leave in its
Jdget $1,045 for a police radio
>ok-up with the rest of the coun
? This still won't meet the cost
operation of the county system
ider the present set-up, but sher
r Hugh Salter, who appeared he
re the board said he would try
find the balance, about $600
imewhcre. '
Calvin Smith requested reim
irsement from the town for dam
<c caused to his car when trash
ew off a town truck. Smith said
e trash broke his antenna and
?ackcd two windows. The attor
?y asked him to file an applied -
on with the clerk, Ronald Karl
ason, for reimbursement.
Commissioner Hamilton cxprcss
1 the opinion that the town would
reak even on its 251st anniver
iry celebration. He thanked the
jlice, street and fire departments
r their assistance in the affair.
Routine reports were heard from
ich commissioner.
Injured Parties
Collect $33,000
In final judgment, the court
warded $33,000 to the two Carlylci
ijured June 30. 1959 in an auto
>llision at Bcttic. The crash was
ital to Graham Davis, Straits,
ho was in one of the two cars.
Walter Carlylc and Norman
arlyle, Kinston, and a third per
>n were in the other car. Walker
arlyle sued the First-Citizens
ank and Trust Co.. administrator
' the estate of Graham Davis. The
iry, in the recent term of super
ir court in Carteret, awarded him
[0,800.
The attorney for the First -Citi
?ns Bank and Trust, C. R. Whcat
, moved that the verdict be set
lidc. Both parties then agreed
i payment of tit, 000 plus costs
y the estate of Graham Davia.
The jury awiirded $32,427 in the
isc of Norman Carlylc. This ver
ict, too, was set aside and parties
;recd to payment of t25,000 plus
Mts by the defendant.
(splays Remain
Displays of antiques and relics
Beaufort store windows have at
acted so much attention that the
ade promotion committee of the
eaufort Merchants association has
tclded to keep the diaplays in the
indows another week. Chairman
the committee ia X. W. Dow
ns.
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