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4?th YEAR, NO. 65. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
. Father Bound
Over on Incest
Charge Monday
Probable cause was found Mon
day in Morehead City recorder's
court in the case against a More
head City taxi driver, Robert Earl
Morris. He was charged with com
tnitting intercourse with his 12
ycar-old daughter.
Morris was represented at the
preliminary hearing by attorney
Harvey Hamilton Jr. and entered
a plea of not guilty. However,
after hearing the evidence, judge
Herbert O. Phillips III found prob
able cause and the case was trans
ferred to the next term of Superior
court.
Judge Phillips set bond for Mor
ris's appearance in superior court
at $3,000. He is in the county jail.
Morris was arrested by More
head City police Friday afternoon
at his apartment at 710 Bridges
St. Chief Herbert Griffin, More
head City, made the arrest upon
receiving information from New
Bern police.
According to chief Griffin, Mor
ris's daughter was staying with
her father here. Her mother and
father arc separated. The mother
lives in New Bern.
The chief said that the child re
turned with her mother to New
Bern about the end of May and
became involved with a married
man. Cheeking into the case, New
Bern police learned from her that
she had had relations with her fa
ther in Morehead City from about
the first of May until she went
back to New Bern.
Chief Griffin said Morris is orig
inally from the Swansboro area.
A preliminary hearing was also
held Monday for two out-of-town
youths who were arrested recent
ly by sheriff Hugh Salter in con
nection with the break-in of a
Morehead City service station. The
two youths, James Hammond of
Rowland, N. C , and Richard Lee
Amos, whose home is listed as
Maryland, were each cited with
three violations in conncction with
the break-in.
On one warrant (he pair was
charged with breaking and enter
ing (lint's service station at 4th
and Arcndcll. larceny of leva Uian
1100 and damaging the personal
property of another. The seeond
warrant charged the pair with
Xcaling a 1959 International three
quarter ton pickup from the park
ing lot of the Jefferson Hotel. The
pickup was owned by Cummins
Diesel, High Point.
The court found no probable
causc against Hammond in cither
case but Amos, represented
through counsel, waived prelimi
nary hearing on both of the
See COURT, Page t
. Elvin Davis Hurt
Aboard Trawler
Elvln Davis, 3ft, of Davis was
confined to Morehcad City hospital
yesterday with a broken leg suf
fered aboard the trawler Dickic
- Boy Wednesday morning.
Coast Guard personnel from
Fort Macon and a helicopter from
Cherry Point cooperated to bring
the injured man to the hospital
The Dickie Boy called Fort Macon
to report the accident and request
ed that a hclicoptcr be sent to pick
up Davis.
Fort Macon relayed the request
to district headquarters in Norfolk
i and an official request was sent to
Cherry Point for a 'copter.
The Coast Guard 40-footrr went
to the trawler, located near middle
ground target in Pamlico sound, to
stand by. The trawler Patrick was
also standing by. The helicopter
was met at the Beaufort airport
by Dill ambulance.
Aboard the 40-footer were P. J.
Tillctt, BMC; C. E. Taylor, BM1;
and Guy S. Jones, EN1, along with
Corpsman Hubert Grant from the
, CGC Conifer.
Visitor Honored
Hassan El AM, right, commercial counselor, embassy of the Urited Arab Republics, Washington, D.
C., is presented an engraved key to Morehead City by mayor George W. Dill. Mr. Abd and his wife, |
guests at a recent dinner given by port and civic interests, spent this week here at a cottage at the
beach. (Photo by Charles McNeill).
Beaufort Board Discusses
Extension of Sewage Lines
Persons Who Do
Not Cut Weeds
May Go to Jail
Beaufort town fathers authorized
Monday night the drawing of an
ordinance that would subject to
criminal action persons who fail to
cut weeds on vacant lots.
The ordinance will require the
police chief to check the town
monthly. A follow-up check will
be made by the town clerk. If the
lots are not kept in an orderly
manner, the chief will swear out a
warrant for the owner.
The owner will be tried for vio
lation of the town ordinance and
if found guilty will be subject to
imprisonment up to 30 days, ac
cording to C. R. Wheatly, town
attorney.
The weed nuisance problem was
raised by commissioner Otis
Madcs.
Ronald Larl Mason, town clerk,
said that Mrs. George Cottingham.
who is employed in the town hall,
is not resigning. He said he had
received several applications, one
written and others verbal, for the
position.
The clerk also announced that
Craven street, between Broad and
Cedar, has been paved. He said
it was the first paving done in the
town since 1949.
Average cost to each property
owner was $82.50. The clerk said
a petition is now being circulated
requesting the paving of Pollock
street from Cedar to Broad. Cost
of paving is figured at $1.50 per
front foot.
Paving of Craven street was
done by a commercial firm. The
town collects in advance the money
from property owners who want
the paving done.
Mr. Wheatly reported that the
BAM Railroad plans to pave be
tween the railroad ties on Broad
street.
Beaufort town board, in session*
Monday night at the town hall, dis
cussed extension of sewage lines to
outlying areas to comply with state
law regarding annexation of such
areas by ordinance.
Ronald Earl Mason, town clerk,
was requested to go to Chapel Ilill
to confer with Institute of Govern
ment officials, relative to the mat
ter.
Now pending before the superior
court is a hearing on tile annexa
tion matter.
Robert Hudgins appeared before
the board to request permission to
tap on to the town sewer. Mr.
Hudgins is planning to build a
home, with VA loan, on Hill street.
The back property line of his lot
abutts on the town line.
Mr. Hudgins explained that he
will not own the property until the
home is built. He was advised to
get the present property owner to
request that the property be incor
porated in the town liimts, then
tapping on to the town sewer
would be permitted.
At the request of Alban RicHey,
the board lifted no parking re
strictions on the east side of Moore
street between Ann and Front.
The board approved a request by
Dallas Blake, who is building a
gas station at Cedar and Turner.
Mr. Blake asked that his pump
island be allowed to sit in front of
the set back line specified in zon
ing regulations.
The board tabled a request for
payment of damages to a private
car, caused by trash blowing from
a town truck, pending further stu
dy by the town attorney.
Mayor W. II. Potter reported
that he had appeared last week
before the Morehead City Mer
chants association to present a
proposal on location of the More
head City bridge. He stated that
the association commended Beau
fort on its successful 251st celebra
tion.
He also reported that pictures
and an article on Beaufort will ap
pear in the new .publication issued
by the Highway 70 Association.
The mayor informed commission
See BOARD. Page 2
Rattler Killed
In Morehead City
A 3-foot rattlesnake was killed
Tuesday afternoon just off N.
20th street, Morehead City, in
the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Frahk
T tmorio."
The snake was killed by Ralph
D. King, Klnston, who is visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Noe, neighbors of the
Onorios.
Mr. King said Mrs. Onorio was
attracted by the barking of their
collie in the side yard. She went
out and found her 3-year-old son,
Andrew, near the snake, and the
dog, Lady, barking at the snake.
Mr. King took a clothes prop
and beat the snake to death. He
says he believes the barking of
the dog distracted the snake and
saved the little boy from being
bitten.
Beaufort Hopes to Block Increase
In Private Owner's Shoal Holdings
t Mayor W. H. Potter and town
attorney Claud Wheatly conferred
with state land officers and John
B. Yarnell, Raleigh, yesterday aft
ernoon relative to land known as
Peanut and Bird shoal, opposite
the town of Beaufort.
Mr. Yarnell claims part of the
land as his, but the town of Beau
fort, at the request of the Beau
fort Merchants association, hopes
to keep it open fbr public use.
, Mr. Yanell Is using, in support
I of his stand, a resolution passed
by the Beaufort town board in
May 1M9 giving Army engineers
( the right to place spoils on those
' shoals. The resolution further
states that the town would not ob
ject to Mr. Yarnell'a attempting
to acquire the land pumped up ad
jacent to the area he claims as his.
Mr. Yarnell, according to Mr.
L
Whcatly, claims Town Marsh from
the point where Peanut shoal is
divided by a slough, and apparent
ly wants to extend his holdings as
far cast as Gordon street.
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Aug. 12
12:03 a.m.
12:36 p.m.
6:07 a.m.
6:42 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 13
12:53 a.m.
1:26 p.m.
7:02 a.m.
7:46 p.m.
Suuday, Aug. 14
1:42 a.m.
2:16 p.m.
8:03 a.m.
8:31 p.m.
Monday, Aug. U
2:35 a.m.
3:08 p.m.
9:04 a.m.
#:48 PJD.
Thr attorney said that he re
qifcstcd the state office of public
lands by telephone last week not
to put the property into private
hands. "It would be devastating,"
he told the town board Monday
night, "to allow that land to be
come private property."
Mr. Wheatly recommended to
the board that the state be aaked
to grant the land to the town and
that, further, the town limits be
extended to include it. He added
that the town should also seek the
authority to make regulations gov
erning use of Taylor's creek and
Beaufort harbor.
The merchant* association feels
that the land opposite Beaufort,
across Taylor's Craek, should be
open for use to boaters and is a
picnic and awimming area.
UoAre Studies m Evolution
? Noted German
Scientist Visits
Marine Lab
Dr. Ctrl Schlieper, Kiel, Ger
many, world-renowned authority
in the osmoregulation of animals,
is visiting at Duke Marine labora
tory, Pivers Island.
Dr. Schlieper, professor of ma
rine zoology at the University of
Kiel, will be at the island until
Sept. 25. He will then lecture at
the University of North Carolina
one week, one week at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, and one week
at the University of Illinois, re
turning to Germany Oct. 19.
His visit to this country is being
sponsored by the American Insti
tute of Biological Sciences. Dr.
Schlieper arrived Friday by plane
in New York and flew to New Bern
Sunday where he was met by Dr.
F. John Vernberg, assistant direc
tor for research at Duke Marine
laboratory.
"I am very happy to be here,"
Dr. Schlieper said, "to sec the ex
periments of Dr. Vernberg." Dr.
Vernberg is the principal investi
gator on a project centering on the
physiological adjustment of fiddler
crabs in evolution.
"I have observed animals of the
Arctic, the Mediterranean, but not
the sub-tropical animals you have
here," Dr. Schlieper said. "We
hope to be able to find physiologic
al races."
The German marine biologist
and Dr. Vernberg met in New York
last September at the Internation
al Oceanographic Congress where
Dr. Vernberg lectured.
"You have many more marine
laboratories in this country than
we do," the visitor observed Tues
day during an interview.
The institute at Kiel was found
ed as recently as 1939. But a hun
dred years ago, courses in marine
biology were offered, several pa
pers published on marine animals
in Kiel bay and a few small lab
oratories established, he reports.
Dr. Schlieper, who delivered the I
weekly lecture at Duke lab We4
n Mlay night, is warm in his praise
of the American biology student.
He said those he has met arc
"very good in discussion and ques
tions. They arc interested in ex
perimental work."
Dr. Schlieper expressed the hope
that Dr. Vernberg might visit the
University of Kiel, site of the only
institute of marine research in
Germany. He emphasized the
need for cooperation among sci
entists of different countries. "Sci
ence has no boundaries," he de
clared, "we must walk together to
find the solution to problems."
Scouts Report on Trip
1 " ? 'mi m ? *** i w
Morehead City Boy Scoats traveled the cog rail can to tbc top of
Pike's Peak on one of their tight seeing trips while at Colorado
Springs to attend the National Roy Scoot Jamboree. For more about
their trip see pages < and 7, section Z.
Scouta from Eait Carolina traveled on Ike boa in Ike foreground.
In Ike background la one of Ik* Air Farce academy bnildiafa. (Pko
tok by ttcfcart CuubIm).
News-Time* Photo by McCumb
Dr. F. John Vcrnberg, left, confers with Dr. Carl Schlieper, from
Germany, at Duke Marine lab. Dr. Schlieper has written a book on
the biology of brackish water animals, in cooperation with his col
league, professor Rcmanc, of the 1'niversity of Kiel.
Oil from Broken Tanker
Hits Tar Heel Beaches
Shrimp Now
Being Taken
Are Jumbo-Size
Many shrimp bring caught in lo
cal waters arc of unusually large
size this year.
Capt. Ottls Purifoy, Morchead
City commercial fisherman and
owner of a fleet of shrimp boats,
said the shrimp are the largest he
believes he has seen in all the
> oars he has been in the fishing
[ business.
Captain Purifoy double-rigged his
shrimp boats in May when the
shrimp season opened in the
slate's inland waters. Double rig
ging means the boats puil two
trawls at one time.
"The shrimp now being caught
in our inland waters are bigger
better, tastier and really justify
the description, 'Nothing is finer
than shrimp from North Caro
lina'," the captain said.
Many shrimp boat owners have
now equipped their craft with dou
ble rigs. As a result, Captain Ot
tis said, the catch of shrimp has
been materially increased per
boat.
While the season seems good, I)r.
Austin Williams, shrimp specialist
at the Institute of Fisheries Re
search, UNC, comments that the
first part of the season was poor,
and many good catches may have
to be made the remainder of the
year to make up for the poor start.
Four Cases Tried
In Beach Court
Four eases were heard in At
lantic Beach mayor's court Mon
day night and three continued un
til a later session qf court.
Costs were paid by P. J. Gama
cag, Cherry Point, and Eric Mid
gett, Newport, charged with fight
ing and disturbing the peace.
Bonds were forfeited by John E.
Weeks, Greenville, for walking
around drinking beer and resisting
arrest, and D. L. Chadwick, Smyr
na, public drunkenness.
The following eases were con
tinued: Buster Willis, Broad Creek,
disturbing the peace, resisting ar
rest, and failing to comply with
a court order; Charles Locklear,
Beaufort, giving beer to a minor,
and George H. Styron, Atlantic,
public drunkenness and resisting
arrest.
Mayor A. B. Cooper presided.
Kenneth Fischler Speaks
To Rotary Club Tuesday
Kenneth Kiaehler of the US Bu
reau of Commercial Fisheries,
Pivers Island, was the guest speak
er at the Tuesday night meeting
of the Beaufort Rotary club. Mr.
Fischler spoke on the blue crab
fishery.
Visiting Rotarians included the
Re*. Stanley Potter of Sanford,
past president of the Beaufort
club; Tommy Noe and Dr. A1
Chestnut of Morehead City and
York Pharr of Plymouth.
The club met at Use Scout build
ing.
? The so'cailrd "tar" which has
boon hugging bathers at the beach
the past two weeks is oil from the
(.inker MacDonald which broke up
as it was under tow off Charles
ton. S. C., several weeks ago.
Lt. John Kiddell, commanding
officer of Fort Macon, said that
he was notified about 10 days ago
by district headquarters, Norfolk,
that there was a possibility that
the oil would be carried to North
Carolina beaches. The Gulf Stream
sweeps northward along the east
ern coast and takes with it any
thing in its path.
Lieutenant Riddell said he be
lieved the MacDonald had three
million gallons of oil aboard. Sam
pies of the black deposits have
been taken by the Coast Guard and
sent to Norfolk for analysis to de
termine if it is from the MacDon
ald.
Local people have been under
the impression that the oil came
from a tanker which had washed
out its bunkers or pumped bilges
close offshore Lieutenant Riddell
said the oil pollution law provides
for fines of several thousand dol
lars, and imprisonment, or both
if tankers go through those opera
tions close enough inshore to causc
the refuse to wash on the beach.
The Coast Guard officer said he
didn't know how long the oil con
dition would exist, but termed it
"temporary."
Chief Bill Moore, Atlantic Beach,
said lifeguards there shoveled the
oil off the beach each morning,
but the situation has now clcarcd
up to a great extent.
? Scientists Use
Fiddler Crab
As 'Guinea Pig'
To finance research in study of
the fiddler crab, the National Sci
ence Foundation has granted a
total of $79,600 for the next three
years to scientists working at Duke
Marine laboratory, Pivers Island,
Beaufort.
Working on one phase of re
search, for which $39,000 has been
earmarked, are Dr. F. John Vern
berg, principal investigator, Don
Miller, David Schneider and Dick
Bruce, graduate students, who will
be joined in January by Dr. Karl
Kreuger from Germany.
On another phase. Dr. John Cost
low, who recently returned to
Beaufort from seven months at a
marine station in Scotland, and
Dr. Vernbcrg are co-principal in
vestigators. Earmarked for their
work is $40,600.
Dr. Vernbcrg describes his work
with the adult fiddler crab this
way: "As animals have evolved
and spread into new areas tfoey
face new environmental problems.
Fiddler crabs originated in the
tropics and have spread north
ward.
"How have they been able to ad
just their internal workings to live
in the new environments?" Dr.
Vernberg and his co-workers arc
seeking the answer.
"Fiddler crabs," he continues,
"are cold blooded animals. The
way of doing anything within their
bodies is dependent on tempera
ture." It's a mystery to man, at
present, as to how an animal, such
as the fiddler, which originated in
hot climates, can carry on body
functions even when subjected to
low temperatures. Fiddler crabs
on the east coast of this country
are found as far north as Massa
chusetts.
The three species found in North
Carolina exist as far south as St.
Augustine, Fla. The tropical spe
See RESEARCH, Page 2
B&PW Members
Offer Assistance
Members of the Carteret Busi
ness and Professional Women's
club interested in being guides at
the commercial fisheries museum
will meet at the museum at 2 p.m.
Saturday.
Their work at the museum will
be on a volunteer basis. They will
be called only if needed to relieve
William Palmer, curator at the
museum, on weekends.
The B4PW club is cooperating
with museum personnel at the re
quest of Harry T. Davis, director
of the state museum, who is in
charge of the fisheries museum.
The museum is located at Camp
Glenn in the commercial fisheries
building, first floor.
Board Orders Hearing
On Zoning Moore Dock
Beaufort town commissioner* ;
called for a public hearing Mon
day night on the proposal to re
zone the Moore dock, in front of
the postoffice, as restricted com
mercial zone. The rc zoning was
recommended by the zoning com
mission.
Dock usage is now checked by a
court order prohibiting use of the
dock commercially, because it is
zoned residential. Date of hear
ing will be the next regular meet
ing of the board.
If the dock is zoned for restrict
ed commercial use, its use would
be the same as the waterfront
Gloucester Club
Plans Supper
The Gloucester Community club
made plans Tuesday night for a
barbecued chicken supper Sept. 3.
The plans follow the success of a
similar supper sponsored last
month.
On cach plate will be half a bar
becued chicken, salad, slaw, rolls,
pic and drink. The price will be
$1.50. Children's plates will be 75
cents and will have one fourth a
chicken instead of one-half.
The supper will be held at the
park with serving during the aft
ernoon and evening. The club
urges that tickets be bought in ad
vance. They arc available from
any member or by calling PAS
317#.
Mist Josie Pigott and Miss Flor
ence Pigott were hostesses to the
club. After the meeting, they serv
ed lemou aauw ireeic.
property just to the west of it, be
tween Pollock and Queen streets.
Leslie Moore, representing Mrs.
Polly Moore, his molhcr, who owns
the dock, said that his family will
accept the restricted commercial
decision, providing all court in
junctions are lifted and pending
cases are non-suited.
It was reported that the B. C.
Drowns, who brought the action to
block menhaden boat use of the
dock, would agree to withdraw
their suit if the area the dock is in
is zoned limited commercial.
Mayor W. H Potter read a let
ter signed by Gene Smith, attorney
representing Mrs. A. V. Pierson,
owner of the Inlet inn, stating that
she would like the property in front
of the inn zoned for full commer
cial use.
C. R. Wbeally, town attorney,
said that Mr. Smith had stated that
if the town does not consider re
zoning the postofficc property as
"commercial," he wanted his let
ter to be ignored.
The board decided not to con
duct a public hearing on the mat
ter of re-zoning the postofficc prop
erty as commercial. It now stands
in a zone alone as a government
building, even though property
around it is residential.
The zoning commission, in its re
port, which was read at the meet
ing, took no action on re-zoning the
postofficc property.
Mr. Whcatly said the postofficc
is not affected by zoning regula
tions.
Time and date of the public hear
ing will be advertised as required
by law.
The Carteret Community theatre
did not meet this week. The meet
ing date will be innrainred