:s- CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?"
49th YEAR, NO. 62. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Captain Welcomed
Mayor George Dill of Morehead City presents a key to the city Thursday at Capt. Alaksander Zeri
clc, captain of the first Yugoslavian vessel to dock at Mocrhead City. Looking on arc the mayor's
daughter, Susan, and Bill Waters, agent for the Waters Shipping Co.
Mayor to Testify on Bridge
Before Highway Commission
Cape Lookout
Guardsmen Aid
Three Vessels
Quirk action by Cape Lookout
Coast Guardsmen saved a 31-foot
fishing trawler that went aground
at 1:30 a m. Friday three miles
north of the cape.
The trawler, The Steve, is owned
by Howard Gaskill, Harkrrs Island.
According to the Coast Guard, it
was proceeding along the beach,
having left Beaufort bar, when the
early cffecU of the storm began
to be felt.
In addition to the skipper, four
crewmen were aboard. The} said
they knew th*gr wren close to the
beach, but didn't know how cloae.
The trawler Dickie Boy lav The
Steve's plight and notified Cape
Lookout. Coast Guardsmen went
after The Steve in their 30-footer
at 2:30 a.m.
The Sieve was hard aground and
shipping water when the Coast
Guard arrived. Coast Guardsmen
swam to it to get a line aboard
while those on the stricken trawler
bailed.
At 7 a.m. she was pulled off and
towed to Gillikin Brothers boat
yard, Harkers Island. Aboard the
30-footer were Martin Brooks,
BM1; James L. Piver, EN3; Wil
liam K. Moore, SN, and Gary
Keaglc, SNS.
In winds reported at 60 miles an
hour, Hcadcn Willis's boat, anchor
ed at the hook near his cottage,
broke loose. Coast Guardsmen
went after the craft, seas crashing
over their boat, and brought it
back to a safe mooring.
On that assist were Rob W. Han
cock, DM3; Julian Gilgo, SN; and
Samuel Salter, SN.
At 11:10 a.m. Friday, Coast
Guardsmen noted a 15-foot out
board in trouble near its dock.
Aboard were Mr. and Mrs. Stewart
Daniels of Smyrna and their son,
Barry. The outboard had engine
trouble. It was towed to Harkers
Island by the 30 footer with Coast
Guardsmen Brooks and Moore
aboahl.
Storm Brings
Heavy Rainfall
Tropical storm Brcnda and its
after effects brought a total of 4 15
inchcs of rain, according to local
weather observer Stamey Davis.
Mr. Davis recorded that amount
from Friday, when the storm
struck, until yesterday noon.
Temperature ranges and wind
directions for the past week were
as follows:
High Low Wind
Monday 88 75 Var.
Tuesday 85 74 SE
Wednesday 89 78 E
Thursday 88 71 SSE
Friday 88 68 SF
Saturday _ 87 70 SW
Sunday 86 72 SW
Operations Start at New
Newport Potfoffice
The move into Newport's new
postoffice took place Friday, dur
ing Brenda, and business opera
tk)ns started there Friday, accord
ing to Bob Montague, postmaster.
Formal dedication of the post
office is scheduled for September.
The Rotary club Is in charge.
Making arrangements for the pro
gram are Mr. Montague and Der
ryl (jiruur, RoUriain.
Mayor George W. Dill, Morehead^
City, will appear before the State
Highway commission at 9:30
Thursday morning at New Bern,
relative to location of the proposed
new bridge across the Newport
river at Morehead City.
Other persons from this area arc
also expected to attend.
The full highway commission
will be at New Bern. The hearing
will be in the superior court court
room of the Craven county court
house.
Sam Beard, public relations of
ficer for the commission, requests
that persons expecting to appear
notify him.
"Setting appointment times ex
pedites the public hearing and
avoids long waiting periods for
those persons desiring to present
requests," Mr. Beard said.
The regular business meeting of
the commission will be held Thurs
day afternoon, it which time low
bids from ? the July 18 letting wift
be rovtewed.
Mayor DU1 said that his com
ments on bridge location will be
confined only to the bridge site
and the attendant traffic problems
as they affect Morehead City.
Mayor Dill will comment on the
tremendous traffic congestion at
the approach to the bridge from
the west, and the back-up of con
gestion into the town itself with
the bridge located close to the port.
D. Leon Williams, executive di
rector of the State Ports Authority,
and representatives of Southern
Railway arc expected to attend.
Dottie Chalk
Travels Abroad
Miss Dottie Chalk, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Chalk, More
head City, is in Europe on a YMCA
tour whieh will end with her ar
rival in New York the middle of
September.
Miss Chalk, who will be a junior
at Morehead City high school, ia
one of five young people from the
state selected to make the trip.
From tomorrow through Saturday,
Aug. 13. they will be attending the
World Youth Conference at Ams
terdam.
Prior to arrival in Amsterdam,
the travelers were in London, Rot
terdam and Brussels. After leav
ing . Amsterdam, they will spend
three days in Paris, one day at
Cologne, a day at Heidelberg, two
days at Oberammcrgau where
they will see the Passion Play, one
day at Brenner, a day in Venice,
four days in Rome at the opening
of the Olympics, two days in Flor
ence, two days in Geneva, another
two days in Paris and leave Le
Havre for New York Sept. 3 aboard
the Askaiia.
Miss Chalk left, with other
young people making the tour, on
July IS from Montreal aboard the
Greek passenger ship Arcadia.
Also selected from Morehead
City school to make the tour were
Doris Phillips and John Crowe,
but Miss Chalk is the only one of
the three making the trip.
Defendant Pays
$200 Fine, Costs
In City Court
A New Bern man, Robert Regi
nald Rivenbark Jr., was fined $200
and eourt costs last Monday in
Morehead City recorder's court for
careless and reckless driving. Riv
enbark had originally been charg
ed with drunk driving. The war
rant was amended to include the
charge of careless and reckless
driving. He was acquitted of
drunk driving.
In other court action, charges of
failing to comply with a court or
der were dismissed against two
defendants. They were Scale
Green of Morehead City and An
drew Chader of Cherry Point.
Andrew Davis of Morehead City
paid court costs called for in a
sentence March 7 of this year. On
that date Davis was convicted of
running a stop sign and ordered
to pay costs. He appealed to su
perior court but withdrew the ap
peal The case was remanded to
recorder's court for compliance
with the March 7 judgment.
See COURT, Page 7
Fred G. Lewis
Resigns as Head
Of Recreation
? James Shine Named
By Commission
? Lewis Resignation
Effective Friday
Fred (i. Lewis, director of the t
Morehead City recreation program, j
presented his* resignation Thursday
night to the Morehead City recrea- 1
tion commission.
The commission, in session at
the recreation building, named
James Shine, physical education |
teacher at Morehead City school, I
as Mr. Lewis's successor.
In a letter of resignation to the
commission, Mr. Lewis asked that
his resignation be effective this
Friday, closing day of the sum
mer recreation program.
He said, "1 have proudly watch
ed this program rapidly grow for
the past eight years and am grate
ful to have been a part of it. Mem
bers of the Morehead City Rotary
club who were instrumental in re
activating the center in 1952 and
those who have served on the com
mission since that time are to be
commended for their dedicated
services to our community.
"I shall leave the center with a
feeling of gratitude to the com
mission, my co-workers, and our
fine boys and girls who have made
my eight years here so pleasant."
Mr. Lewis said that his duties as
supervisor of the Carteret elemen
tary schools make it impossible for
him to continue as director of the
city recreation program.
The recjeation program, support
ed by tax funds, includes activities
for children, young people, and
adults, both colored and white.
Two Service Stations
Entered Sunday Night
Two service stations at highway
70 and Lcnnoxville road were en
tered Sunday night.
Taken from the Shell Service
station operated by Herbert WhHc
Jiiirst ^ere a few pennies, sheriff
"Hugh Salter said. Entry was gain
ed through a front window.
Taken from Ray Gordon Lewis's
station across the street was some
change, cigars and chewing gum.
Access to the station was made
through a side window. The sher
iff assisted Beaufort police in the
investigation.
Campers Leave
Thirty-three Carteret 4-H'ers left
yesterday morning for a week of
camping at Camp Millstone.
Solicitors Meet in Morehead City
Aaatlaltd Justice Clifton L. Moore of Burgaw, left, was the guest speaker Saturday night at the
North Carolina Solicitors convention in Morehead City. E. Maurice Braswell, third from left, wai elect
ed president, to succeed Robert D. Rouse Jr., second from left. Carteret county sheriff Hugh Salter, right,
was a guest at the convention banquet.
Maurice Braawell, Faycttcvillc,
solicitor (or the 9th judicial dis
trict, wa? elected president of the
North Carolina Association of So
licitora Saturday at the annual
meeting in Morehead City. Me
succeeds Robert Rouse Jr., solici
tor of the 5th district, which in
cludes Carteret.
During Friday's sessions, Mr.
Braswcll spoke on criminal pro
cedure.
Roy Hall, an assistant director
of the Institute of Government, re
ported on his study, canons of eth
ics, statutes and case law relating
to duties and authority of superior
court solicitors in North Carolina
Mr. Rouse reported that Mr.
Hall's study was the first of its
type. Mr. Hall also conducted a
session on the summing up to the
jury.
The meeting also featured a pan
el discussion in which Clifton L.
Moore, associate jUsticc of the su
preme court; Hugh Campbell,
Charlotte, and George M. Foun
tain, Tarboro, participated.
Speaker at the Saturday night
banquet was justice Moore.
Education Board Suggests School at Bogue
County eomatesfaaers accepted
yesterday from the county board
of education a report that recom
mended that the county "proceed
with plana to finance the building
of an elementary school . . . aa
soon aa feasible in the Bogue
are*."
The report was In the form af ?
resolution passed July 15, by the
county board of education.
The resolution noted Uut attar
fire destroyed the school at Boguc
Aug. 11, IMS, Carteret planned to
house the children who had attend
ed that ichoot in the Newport,
Camp Glenn and Morchcad City
?c tools
At that time, however, B. C.
Kessler, superintendent at Onslow
county schools, and other Onslow
citizens, visited in the Bogue area
(Carteret school district No. 4) and
urged paxaoU la tend Uwir cM
dred to the school at Swansboro.
Nr. Eessler went to Raleigh, the
resolution notes, where he told the
State Department of Public Instruc
tion that Carteret children were
needed in Swansboro to strengthen
that school system.
As a result of his activities, state
education officials informed Car
teret that the children should be
permitted to attend the Onslow
i school and ordered Carteret to bat
nish Onslow with the necessary
buses (or transportation of the
children.
The resolution continues, "11 is
to be recalled that the children of
Stella had been attending schools
in Jones county far a number of
years, when in the fall of 1953-M
a member of the Board of Educa
tion in Onslow county arbitrarily
sent a bus into Stella to pick up
pupils for Um Whit* Oak whool of
i
Onslow county to prevent the dan
ger of loos of a teacher at White
Oak, thereby disturbing the satis
factory arrangement with Jones
county, which had had these chil
dren for many years."
The resolution notes that Onslow
has benefited In receiving funds in
excess of <200,000 by virtue of
schooling Carteret children, these
funds coming from public laws US
and *74, and two kUte bond iawiea
for school house construction dur
ing the lilt in years.
H to noted that Carteret schools
accommodate approximately 200
children from Craven county and
45 from Jones.
The resolution concludes that
Carteret county regrets that the
board of education of Onslow coun
ty feels tit* children of Carteret
have now become a liability rather
than Um auat tiiey were formerly.
County Board Refuses to Put
Curb Market Land Up for Sale
Change of Command
O. J. Morrow, left, e?-presldent of the MoreheadClty Lions club hands the navel to the club's new i
president, Cliff Edwards, who was Installed recently at a club banquet In the Fort Macon hotel dining :
room. At the right is former deputy district governor, James Crowe, who installed new officers.
Hurricane Brenda Lashes Carteret
With Rain, High Tides, Gusty Winds
Construction Under Way
Now on Lockhart Road
Moses Howard, chairman of the
county board of commissioners,
reported yesterday that construc
tion is now under way on the Lock
hart road "and the residents are
very happy.''
Commissioner Skinner Chalk ask
ed that the county !ook into a com
plaint by John Edwards relative
a drainage problem in the Corel
y section. He also stated that
| grading should be done on the
marled approaches to the Calice
! creek bridge which have been
! made practically impassable by
recent rains.
Similar Names
The James Rumley Jr., who was
not prosecuted on a vehicle count
in county recorder's court July 19
20, was not James Rumley of
Beaufort, but a resident of Madi
I son, N. C.
? Hurricane Brcnda slipped up on*
coastal Carolina residents Friday.
What was merely a "low pressure
disturbance" moving up from Flor
ida turned into a storm with wind
gusts up to 60 miles an hour.
The storm moved up the coas*
of North Carolina and then cut
slightly inland in a northeast di
rection across Jacksonville and
moved northward along the At
lantic coast.
Many small skiffs and sailboats
were damaged in Bogue Sound.
Most 6t the partyboats stayed at
; their moorings along Morehead
City waterfront, but the tide was
extremely high, the water wash
ing in some placcs over the sea
wall.
The high winds did more dam
age to farm crops in some areas
of the county than others. Corn
was blown over, as well as tobac
co. Leaves blew off some of the
tobacco stalks.
The rain poured down in tor
rents, dumping 4.15 inches in the
Morehead City area, according to
E. Stamcy Davis, weather observ
er.
Farmers say their crops arc be
ginning to suffer from too much
rain. Steady rain poured from
gray skies yesterday.
In the midst of the wind and
lashing rain Friday night, power
went off on Front and Ann Streets
extended, Beaufort. Power was
off in Newport for 45 minutes.
George Stovall, manager of Caro
lina Power and Light Co.", said all
problems caused by the storm had
been cleared by 2 a.m. Saturday.
Wind tore the Morehead City fire
alarm system down at Parker Mo
tor Co. The line caught on a car
and was carried east several hun
dred yards to the Fry Roofing Co.
The line was repaired and back
in working order Saturday night,
according to Mack Edwards of the
Morehead City fire department.
Limbs of trees were twisted off
everywhere. In some places shore
line was washed away by the high
tides, but otherwise the county
came through with comparatively
slight damage.
Brcnda was the first storm to
hit Carteret this season.
While some contend that Brenda
was not, technically speaking, a
hurricane, winds were clocked at
72 miles an hour, two miles short
of hurricane force.
Firemen Answer Call
In Beaufort Friday
A fire starting in an electric drop
cord al the home of Viola Brll,
Beaufort, brought firemen to the
scene at 7:45 Friday night.
Firemen answered the call to
Queen and Pine streets and found
that things were under control
when they got to the house. There
was no damage.
Car Runs Wild
In Morehead
The circumstances that brought
a Newport driver, Donald Rca Bell,
to the intersection of 13th and Bay
Streets, Morehead City, Saturday
may never be known but there's
little doubt that Bell withes he had
been somewhere else at the time.
According to police, Bell was go
ing south on 13th and made a right
turn onto Bay Street. Up to this
point Bell was doing all right but
after making the turn the accelera
tor on his 1959 Ford stuck and
then the trouble started.
Bell's car, with engine racing,
hit the right side of a 1956 Buick,
rammed the right front of a 1955
Chevrolet, went across the street
and hit the left rear of a 1954 Chev
rolet knocking the Chevrolet into
a 1960 Pontiac and knocking the
Pontiac into a light pole.
After Bell's car had come to a
stop he was handed a citation for
careless and reckless driving by
patrolman E. D. O'Neal Jr. of the
Morehead City police department.
Estimated damages to the five
cars involved amounted to $765
with the $200 damage to Bell's car
and the $300 damage to the 1954
Chevrolet, belonging to Emerson
Eliett Whittington of Wildwood, be
ing the heaviest.
The driver* of the other cars in
volved were Thomas Henderson
Jones and Leroy Thomas Horton
of Morehead City and Jesse Wil
liams of Winston-Salem.
Dredge Finishes
Half Its Work
Army engineers, Wilmington, re
port that the dredge Peru has
ranched the half way point in deep
ening Morehead City harbor to 35
feet.
If work proceeds at the present
rate, the work should he complet
ed by Sept. 1, the engineers office
reports. Spoils arc being deposit
ed now on the west side of the har
bor.
Later the Peru will pump across
highway 70 on the side of the More
head City yachl basin. The pipe
fnte will go under the bridge near
the Easo oil terminal
The Gerig. hopper dredge work
ing offshore, is now in Brunswick,
Ga., on emergency work. It ia
expected to return to Morehead
City about Sept. 1 to finish its work
here.
" A motion to put ap for sale the
land on which the Home Demon
stration curb market in Morehead
City is located died without a sec
ond in the county board meeting
yesterday at the courthouse.
The motion was made by com
missioner S. A. Chalk, who con
tended that it is not fair that the
county furnish free a place for
private citizens to do business at
a profit.
He proposed that the two lots,
on which the curb market is lo
cated, be offered for sale at an ap
praised price and if not bought by
operators of the curb market in
30 d*>s that the property be sold
at public auction, the date and
time of sale to be set at the Au
gust meeting.
"I think the curb market is ren
dering a valuable service," Mr.
Chalk said, but he contended that
the principles involved are the ma
jor issue. He said that govern
ment does lots of things for peo
ple that they should be doing for
themselves.
He added that the county should
not furnish a business place, free,
for rural women any more than it
should furnish fish dealers or oth
er businessmen with a place to do
business.
The commissioner said he wants
to see the land go back on the tax
books and the county get some
return from it. He pointed out
that the curb market operators
pay a bookkeeper, pay water and
light bills and maintain the build
ing, but pay no taxes.
Mrs. Floy Garner, county home
economics agent, who was called
into the meeting, said that other
counties do more for the Home
Demonstration club curb market
program than does Carteret.
"That's not the point," Mr.
Chalk said, "we're doing a lot of
things in this country that shouldn't
be done, just because 'we've al
ways done them.' "
Mrs. Garner said that the Home
Demonstration club women want
to do what is right, but she said
she could not see Mr. Chalk's
viewpoint when the curb market is
part of the extension program sup
ported by-thf state and county.
Commissioner Chalk contended
See BOARD, Page 7
Cruiser Drifts
Into Bridge
Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma
con were called out Friday night
during tropical storm Brenda to
rescue a 30-foot cabin cruiser that
had drifted into the pilings of the
Atlantic Beach bridge after its en
gines had failed.
The boat, Babud, developed en
gine trouble in Boguc Sound wa
ters and the high winds of Brenda
carried the boat to the bridge.
The Coast Guar* dispatchcd the
40-footer which arrived on the
scene and towed the Babud to the
Morchcad City yacht basin The
boat was owned by D. E Hibbs
of Ocean City, N J.
Fort Macon received another
call Saturday night from a Golds
boro man, Everett Mcdcris, who
reported that two other Goldsboro
men had departed from the Fort
Macon jetties in a 15 foot outboard
runabout and had failed to return.
A Coast Guard search loeated the
boat and the men one-half mile
northwest of cBaufort inlet front
range markers. The outboard had
developed engine trouble.
The boat was towed by the 30
footcr to Fort Macon.
The Coast Guard crew on both
of the assists were C. F. Josey,
BM 2; J. L. Miller, YN-2 and W.
S. Vinson. EN-2.
Car Hits North River
Church Wednesday
A 1959 Ford driven by David
Willis, Harkers Island, knocked
down the bulletin board in front of
the North River Methodist church
and damaged the front of the
church at 11:1$ p.m. Wednesday.
State highway patrolman W. J.
Smith Jr. said Willis was headed
cast on highway 70 when his car
hit a puddle o < water and he lost
control of it.
The car was damaged extensivc
"ly. Willis was not hurt and no
charges were filed.
Tide Table
TMei it Ike Beaafort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Taesday, Aug. Z
2:57 a.m.
3:44 p.m.
9:39 a.m.
10:36 p.m.
Wedaesday, Aag. 1
4:14 a.m.
4:53 p.m.
10:41 a.m.
11:35 p.m.
Thursday , Aag. 4
5:26 a.m.
5:56 p.m.
11:40 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 5
6:26 a.m.
t.SH p.m.
12:29 a.m.
12:31 p.m.