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40th YEAR, NO. 63. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
New Bridge to Go Near Present One
Two Carteret Investors Buy '
Major Part of Rochelle Land
Charles Hester, of Durham and*
fane Knoll Shores, and Charles
Hugh Styron, Morehead City, have
purchased all of the holdings of
Rochelle Realty Co. west of Ro
ehelle drive in Mitchell Village,
also Marine Park (the area be
tween highways 24 and 70), and
ihe business area on the north
fide of highway 70.
The transaction was concluded
Monday and deeds recorded Tues
day. Purchase price was in the
neighborhood of $100,000. Mr. Ro
chelle estimated total acreage sold
at 300.
The land was acquired in 1954
by I. K. Rochelle, Roanoke Rap
ids, who subdivided it. Property
in Mitchell Village, cast of Ro
chelle drive, has been retained by
Mr. Rochelle.
Mr. Styron, a contractor, said
Wednesday that he and his part
ner, Mr. Hester, hope to make the
area an exclusive residential sec
tion.
"We're not after quick sales,"
Mr. Styron said. "We don't need
the money and we're not going to
make a lot of promises."
11c said that they have no imme
diate plans for tWs year, but per
haps in 1961 they will build 25 or
30 homes in the area.
Mr. Styron, who was born and
reared at Davis, said that he and
Mr. Hester have faith in the poten
tial of the county and for that rea
son have made the major real
estate investment.
Commission
Will Consider
Fisheries Set-Up
The commission on rcorgaoiza->
tion of stale government, creaiea
by the 1059 general assembly, will
conduct a hearing at Morehead
City at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 19.
Purpose is to inquire into the
advisability of divorcing commer
cial fisheries from the State De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment and creating a separate
fisheries department.
If a "North Carolina Commer
cial Fisheries Commission" would
comc into being, it would adminis
ter regulations on commercial fish
ing in the state.
The hearing will be conducted
in the commercial fisheries build
ing at Camp Glenn.
Legislative nominees from all
coastal counties arc being invited,
as well as any persons interested
in the subject.
The commissidn on reorganiza
tion of state government consists
of George R. Uzzell, chairman;
Dr. D. J. Rose, vice-chairman;
Sen. Claude Currie, David M.
Britt, Dwight Quinn. Frank Sncpp,
Fred Weaver and H. Pat Taylor
Jr.
Two Newport Firemen
To Attend Convention
Bcnnic Garner and Alton L. Gar
ner, members of the Newport fire
department, will attend the state
Bremen's convention at Carolina
Beach Aug. 17-19.
Fire chief Charles Gould appear
ed before the town commissioners
at their meeting Tuesday night
and requested the $100 budgeted
for two firemen and one alternate
delegate to attend the convention.
The alternate has not been selected
yet, according to the chief.
5-Year-Old Boy
Drowns Tuesday
At Mill Creek
Funeral services for 5-year-old
Vernon Charles Whaley, who
drowned Tuesday afternoon at Mill
Creek, were conducted Wednesday
at 3 p.m. at Bayview Baptist
church by the pastor, the Rev.
Earl Reece.
According to coroner W. D. Mun
dcn, the youngster drowned in a
canal behind Ira Culpepper's fish
house in Mill Creek community.
The canal juts out into Newport
River and water in it is 6 to 8 feet
deep.
Mr. Munden said the child evi
dently followed his father, Early
Whaley, to the fish house from his
home nearby. When the boy was
missed and could not be found
around the fish house or his home,
a search was begun in the water.
The body was located with a pole
and Eugene Lilly dived in and
brought him to the surface. New
port and Morehead City rescue
squads were called and oxygen
and mouth-to-mouth respiration
were administered to no avail.
Newport rescue ambulance took
him to Morehead City hospital
where he was pronounced dead.
Burial will be in the church
cemetery. Surviving arc his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Early Whaley;
two half-broUicrs, James Earl
Whaley and Michael Reid Robin
son; his maternal grandfather,
Charlie Robinson, and his paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Whaley, all of route 2 Newport,
Mill Creek community.
It ? i . li
nercnams act
On Bridge Plan
Morehead City merchants, in ses
sion Tuesday, adopted a resolution
approving a high level bridge
across the Newport river just north
of the present structure, with pro
vision for a draw span for ocean
going vessels.
Mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort,
was present to set forth a bridge
proposal. J. A. DuBois, secretary,
said Mr. Potter was invited by
several members of the associa
tion.
On Mr. Potter's first proposal,
the vote was evenly divided. On
the resolution adored, approval
was unanimous.
The first proposal called for a
bridge that would enter Arcndcll
street and provide no ocean draw.
The second proposal was submit- j
ted by Dick Parker.
Mr. DuBois reminded Mr. Pot
ter that Morehead City supported
Beaufort in requesting a new
bridge over Gallants channel but
made no attempt to state where it j
should go.
The association also discussed '
Christmas lighting and a horse j
show in September. It was report
ed that the group owes no money |
and has a $50 balance in the trcas- !
ury.
Attending the meeting were Gar- j
land Scruggs, president; Earl Lew- 1
is, Kenneth Wagner, Thurlow
Whcalton, Bud Dixon, Harry Dob
bins.
Dick Parker, O. J Morrow, Os
car Allrcd, Marion Mills, and Mrs.
Bill McDonald.
Marine Authorities Promise Closer
Briefing of Flyers on Regulations
Military authorities at Cherry
Point, in con/crencc with officials
and pilots from Beaufort, agreed
Tuesday afternoon to make more
'diligent effort to acquaint military
aircraft not based at Cherry Point,
and Marine Reservists, with the
regulations on use of air space in
the Cherry Point "restricted area."
This area extends from a point
just north of Wilmington to a point
northeast of Greenville, circles to
north of Pungo Lake in Hyde
lounty, to Ocracokc and thence
peaward for a distance of SI to 111
iiauticat miles.
' TV officers at the conference
leaned heavily on their claim that
the recent four-jet pass at 500 feet
wer Beaufort-Morehead City air
port, while a civilian plane km
landing, was executed by Marine
Reservists who were at Cherry
Point for two weeks' active train
ing.
, According to verbal information
Irom Cherry Point, jeU are out to
fly be tow 2,noo foot and civilian
planes aro, theoretically, safe at
1,500 and below.
A written statement distributed
at the conference and dated July
13, 1960 states that all air space,
from the surface of the earth to
55,000 feet it restricted. Another
statement says "Civil aircraft will
not normally be clcared to fly
above 1,000 feet . .
No reference is made to the
1,500 and 2,000 altitudes.
Steve Oakley, manager of the
Bcaufort-Morchcad City airport
said that last month an P4D flew
under him at 300 feet. Lt. Oil.
H. W. Horst, station air apace of
ficer, who presided, contended
that all their planes wore on the
ground at the time Mr. Oakley re
ported the incident.
Mayor W. H. Potter, who attend
ed the conference, said that appar
ently military planes coming Into
Cherry Point from carriers or oth
er base* are not aware Uut an
air corridor is designated for ci
vilian use from a point in Onslow
county southeast to Bogue, across
Beaufort-Morehcad City and along
the outer banks to Ocracokc.
Civilian planet using that air
space must always obtain clear
ance from Cherry Point control
tower.
Referring to a regulation pro
hibiting clearance of civilian
planes unless there is visibility for
three miles and 1,500 feet up, Mr.
Oakley contended that frequently
Cherry Point is fogged in or has
bad weather, yet it's clear in Beau
fort, but he can't get an OK to fly.
Calonrl Horst said the only way
to solve that would be to have a
Civil Aeronautics weather station
at Beaufort. Glenn Adair, chair
man at the Beaufort-Morehead air
port coanmission, expressed inter
est in establishment of a station.
See AIR SPACE, Page *
? i
Towing Company Buys New Tug
The new tuff, A. T. Finer, nudges the Danish ship, Jeppesen Maersk in Morehead City harbor. The tug was formerly operated at Phila
delphia. (Photo by Charles McNeill).
Carteret Towing C?., which op
erates tugs in Morchead City har
bor, has announced the addition
of a new tug, the A. T. Piner. This
brings the tugboat fleet to three,
plus one pilot boat.
Capt. Charlie Piner, super?i?or
of tugboat operations, bought the
new vessel from Sheridan Trans
portation Co., Philadelphia. Thci
tug, under the name Brilliant, was 1
in use at Philadelphia at the time I
of purchase.
It has been rechrUtrnrd the A.
T. Piner, in honor of Captain Char
lie's father The tug is all steel
welded construction, #2 gross tons,
81 feet long with 25-foot beam. It
is powered with a Kairbanka-Morie
dicscl developing over 650 horse
power. Now repainted in the col
ors of the Carteret Towing Co., the
A. T. Piner has been working in
the harbor during the past week.
Captain Charlie said, "The addi
tion of this large tug will increase
the safety and efficiency of dock
ing vessels and will also speed up
the ship turn-around."
Charles Hose, Marshallherg, is
captain of the tug, and William
Noe, Beaufort, engineer. Charles
Lewis, Markers Island, and Mack
O'Neal, Morchcad City, make up
the crew.
The other two tugs arc the
Manic, named for Captain Char
lie's wife, and the Charlie.
Second Marines to Move!
From Port to Camp Glenn
D. G. Bell, Assemblyman,
Comments on Port Requests
In an interview Saturday, as
scmblyman-elect D. G. Boll com
mented on the State Ports Author
ity's request to the budget com
mission (or funds for 1961-63.
The SPA requested $5,420,000 for
major improvements at Morchcad
City.
Mr. Bell termed the request "all
we need to do what we want to in
the next five years."
Requested for the Wilmington
port was $9,020,000. "Even if a
hundred million had been request
ed for Wilmington, the amount ask
ed for Morchcad City is all that if
nccessary," Mr. Bell said.
(Some people always contend
that the same amount of money
should be appropriated for each
port. That is not logical, Mr Bell
explained, since the type of car
goes handled at each port are dif
ferent, thus needs arc different.
Furthermore, cost of construction
it Wilmington runs higher than
at Morchcad City because pilings
must be sunk in river silt to pro
D. G. Bell
. . . 'request sufficient'
vide foundations (or port struc
tures ).
He added that appraisal of the
port situation must be on a five
year basis, because if the money
is made available, it will take
about two years to get it, two years
.for spending it in construction, and
a year to benefit from the improve
ments. The status at the end of
five years will dictatc the next
step.
The SPA plans to extend the
present cast west dock 2,000 feet
which would add three more
berths.
"Then that's it," Mr. Bell said,
"there's no other place the port
can expand at its present loca
tion."
The budget request for 1961-63
includes funds for a gantry crane,
two transit sheds, and three ware
houses.
The budget commission staled
that Uic 114'ti million sought (or
state ports would have to be rais
ed by a bond issue.
Mr. Bell stated that unless the
bond issue la properly presented,
it would run a good chance of fail
ing.
He said It is imperative that Wil
mington and Morehead City co
operate in selling the ports so that
they both get the funds needed to
generate better business for the
entire state.
? Morehead City town commissioners offered Tuesday
night their cooperation to the second Marine division,
Camp Lejeune, in providing public utilities for a new
"holding area" to be established at Camp Glenn.
The area, 4.9 acres, has been made available to the Ma
rine division by Southern Railway. It is located just south
of Bridges street and west of thci
paved road that runs south to the
commercial fisheries building.
Mayor George Dill said that the
town's cooperation has been re
quested in obtaining lights, tele
phone. and water. Making the
request were Lt. Robert E. Bursch,
USN. assistant to the public works
officcr, Camp Lcjeunc, and Col.
Howard Dunlap, division embarka
tion officcr, Second Marine Divi
sion. who conferred with the may
or last week.
The mayor said that the tent
camp, now maintained by the di
vision at the state port, is being
moved from the port and will be
replaced by the holding area.
Quonset huts and other metal
buildings will be placed there. Fa
cilities will accommodate up to
200 men, but unless loading oper
ations arc in progress at the port,
only three men will be there per
manently.
The mayor said that the prop
erty will be maintained with the
same care as a military base.
Commissioner Bud Dixon was
asked to check with the street su
perintendent, J. V. Waters, as to
the advisability of sewage scrvicc.
The mayor read a letter from
Carolina Water Co. reporting that
Woortrow Marks, 2108 Arcndcll
St., owes sewage fees totaling $14.
The letter reported that Mr. Marks
put down a well and haa since not
paid the sewage fees, due the
town, that arc billed through the
water company.
See BOARD, Page 7
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
Friday, Aug. i
LOW
6:26 a.m.
6:52 p.m.
12:29 a.m.
12:38 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. (
7:22 a.m.
7:44 p.m.
1:23 a.m.
1:33 p.m.
8uadijT, Aug. 7
8:14 a.m.
8:33 p.m.
2:14 a.m.
2:27 p.m.
Maadajr, Aug. 8
9:97 a.m.
9:27 p.m.
3:01 a.m.
3:17 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 9
10:00 a.m.
10:tf p.m.
3:48 a.m.
4:05 fJB.
Park Attendance
Increases in July
Attendance at Fort Macon
state park in July exceeded the
July 1959 attendance by 5,000 and
exceeded June 1960 attendance
by approximately 12,000.
Ray Pardue, superintendent of
the park, said that if August at
tendance runs as high. 1960 will
be a record year for the park.
Visitors in July numbered
78,653; visiting the fort were
41,750; there were 39,080 swim
mers, and 14,356 picknickers.
Highway Commission
Decides Site Yesterday
The State Highway commission <
yesterday at New Bern approved
plans for a new bridge at More
head City to be located just north
of the railroad bridge, with a 65
foot clearance for inland waterway
traffic and provision for a draw
span for ocean-going vessels, if
such a span is needed.
The bridge will have a 28 foot
roadway, two lanes, and a 3-foot
safety sidewalk that can be used
in emergency in case someone has
a breakdown on the bridge and
must get out of the way of traffic
Cost of the bridge is estimated at
$1,982,000.
The east end of the bridge will
join the Beaufort Morchead cause
way approximately 300 feet from
the end of the present bridge. The
present highway 70 to the port will
remain, to servicc businesses and
the port.
The road from the bridge would
rejoin the present Arendell street
in the vicinity of the yacht basin.
An access point will allow traffic
to get to the port immediately
upon leaving the bridge. There will
also be a "cross-over" point be
tween Parker Motors and the
asphalt plant.
The grade of the 65-foot bridge
height opposite the railroad draw
would be 3 per cent, according to
W. F. Babcock, director of high
ways, with a 5 per cent grade drop
into Morehead City. The vertical !
lift span would be put to the east
of that clearance at a "natural
channel" when it would be needed,
he said.
Mr. Babcock said that the bridge
is going at approximately the same
site mainly because an origin and
destination survey shows that of
the 10,000 cars using the present
bridge daily, the greatest per cent
are bound either for Beaufort or
Morchead City.
He said placing the bridge north
in the Crab Point area "would cost
the motorist $700,000 a year more"
than locating the bridge near the
present site. The Crab Point site,
he added, would cost the motorist
25 to 30 cents more per trip.
In answer to a question by may
or George Dill of Morehead City,
Mr. Babcock said it would take 10
to 12 months to put in an ocean
span and a temporary bridge.
Rufus Butner, president of the
Morehead City chamber of com
merce, asked Mr. Babcock on what
factors the highway commission
would base its decision as to when
an ocean draw would be necessary.
The question was not answered.
He also asked why the highway
commission ignored the chamber's
proposal to put a road into the cen
ter of Morehead City from the sug
gested Crab Point location. Mr.
Babcock said traffic flow did not
indicate that such was feasible.
C. F. Toal of Southern Railway
said he would hate to see anything
done which would curb potential
development of the area to the
north of the present bridge. He
wouldn't say whether he liked or
didn't like the highway commis
sion's plan, but inferred that he
would like some other plan better.
Mayor W. 11. Potter, Beaufort,
suggested a high level approach
at the west end of the bridge so
that truck and tanker highway
traffic might go under and be di
See BRIDGE. Page 2
Census Bureau
Reports Figures
For Carteret
? Beaufort, Atlantic
Lose Population
9 Total Count for
County Set at 27,419
While the total population of Car
teret county has increased to 27,419
? up from 23.059 ? in the last ten
years according to the preliminary
1960 Census of Population, Beau
fort and the unincorporated com
munity of Atlantic sustained losses.
All other communities, incor
porated and unincorporated, for
which census figures have been
released, gained.
Beaufort lost 275 residents. The
1950 census credited it with 3,212,
the 1960 with 2,937. Beaufort's
1940 population was 3,272, thus
Beaufort's downward population
trend has been occurring over the
past 20 years due to migration to
its peripheral areas.
In 1950 the Bureau of Census
credited Atlantic with 1,519 resi
dents but the 1960 census gives it
only 808, a drop of nearly 50 per
cent. This is probably due to a
definition of the boundaries of At
lantic.
In 1950 the Bureau of Census un
doubtedly used Atlantic as an
"umbrella" to cover a wide area
of eastern Carteret.
Three areas non-existent in 1960
are included in the 1960 count.
They are Bayshore Park, 21; Cape
Carteret, 48; and Emerald Isle, 14.
Atlantic Beach which* in 1950,
was lumped with "remainder in
county" is now credited with a
year-round population of 66. Dur
ing the tourist season it has a pop
ulation of several thousands.
Figures for Cedar Island and
Marshallberg have not yet been
compiled. Their 1950 populations
were Marshallberg, 1,350; Cedar
Island, 290.
Morehead City's 1960 population
is numbered at 5,596 (1950 popula
tion, 5,144; Newport's 1960 popula
tion at 861 (1950 population, 676);
Harkers Island's at 1,381 (195(1
population, 1,244).
Coast Guardsmen
Refloat Ketch
Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma
con refloated a 50-foot auxiliary
ketch which ran aground in the
channel to Morehead City yacht
basin Wednesday morning.
Kort Macon received the call at
9:20 a.m. and al 10:15 a m the
ketch was refloated. Owned by A.
M. Sampson of Warrenton, Vi ,
the vessel was named Margarclta.
Two persona were aboard.
Crew of the 40-footer making the
assist were W. J. Morgan, BMI;
J. R. Gilgo, BM3; and R. C. Gas
kill. FN.
Onslowto Keep on Schooling
Carteret Children Next Year
Upon advice of (heir attorney,
Jesse Jones, Carteret residents of
the White Oak area Monday night
dropped their efforts to pressure
Carteret into paying fees for their
youngsters to attend Onslow
schools.
4 joint resolution, adopted by
Carteret education officials and
Onslow education officials Tuesday
night, in the hoard of education
office at Beaufort, states that On
slow officials request that Carteret
assign the pupils concerned to the
Swanaboro and White Oak schools
in Onslow for the 1960 61 school
year.
The motion was made by a Car
teret board member, seconded by
an Onalow board member and car
ried with only one Onslow official,
Ormond Barbec, dissenting.
Attending, in addition to the
present Onslow county education
board, were three education board
members who will take office next
year: Gene C. Knnett, Starkey
Shaw and Hoaea Parker.
After the above resolution was
adopted, the Carteret board res
cinded its action of July IS which
agreed to take the pupils in ques
tion Into the Carteret school sys
tem.
Mr. Jones' advice to his clients
was based on records in his file
when be reprtaenlad parents in a
school issue several years ago.'
Those records indicated that On
slow residents went into Carteret
and solicited Carteret pupils so
that their school would be main
tained at the level they wished.
On that basis. Mr Jones said
he felt his clients didn't have ?
leg to stand on.
Two men from the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction attend
ed the meeting. They were J. E.
lluntcr, director of teacher allot
ment and C. C. Brown, director of
transportation.
R. W. Safrit Jr., chairman of the
Carteret board presided. Mem
bers of the Carteret board present
were D. Mason, Theodore Smith,
W. B. Allen and George R. Wal
lace; from the Onslow board,
Clyde llurat, chairman; Mr. Bar
bee, Leon Rowc Sr., Sterling
Grant; and the Onslow superinten
dent of schools, I. B. Hudson.
Members of the White Oak citi
zens' committee who retained Mr.
Jones as their attorney: J. B.
I.icko, W. W. Bright, D. E. Hill,
J. O. Weeks, Leland Crumplcr,
and J. F. Morris.
H. L. Joslyn, county superinten
dent of schools for Carteret, w*a
present. He said that the issue o<
assignment of the pupils involved
will com* up for renewal next
year.
Marines Return
From Exercise
The First Battalion, Sccond Ma
rines returned to Camp Lejeune
Friday, after participating in NAR
MID-60 at Little Creek, Va. The
battalion participated in five am
phibioui assault landings at Camp
Pendleton, near Little Creek.
Designed to acquaint Midship
men from the Naval Academy with
the latest in amphibious doctrines,
NARMID is held yearly during the
summer months. After witnessing
the First Battalion stage a land
ing. the Midshipmen joined them
in the final operations last week.
This year's Second Division unit,
participating in the exercise, was
transported to and from Morehcad
City on ships of the amphibious
Forcc, Atlantic Fleet. Ships in
cluded the USS Grant County and
USS Waldo County.
The returning battalion, com
manded by Lt. Col. S. N. McLeod,
was met at Morehead City in the
driving tropical storm, Brenda, by
the battalion executive officer,
JUj. 11. 0. Km.