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49th YEAR, NO. 67. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, I960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Regional Group Opposes Bridge Site
President Gives Report
On Carteret Progress
FCC Approves
Western Union
Rate Increase
The Federal Communications
Commission has approved an in
crease in Western Union rates on
telegrams and money orders. The
new rates became effective in
some states Wednesday but Louis
Norris, manager of the office in
Morehcad City, said the rates will
not be effective in North Carolina
until approved by the State Utili
ties commission.
That approval could come soon
or be delayed as long as 90 days, j
he commented.
A 15-word full-rate telegram will
cost 5 cents more and 50-word day
The State Utilities Commission
has asked Western Union to de
fer its increase in this state un
til Nov. 15. The commission will
hold a hearing on the rate re
quest Oct. 6 at Raleigh. The
boost would increase Western
Union revenue in this state by
$55,000, according to the Associ
ated Press.
letters, 10 cents more. Fifty-word !
night letters will be boosted an av- '
erage of less than 10 cents, West
ern Union says.
Telegraphic money orders will go
up 5 cents for amounts under $100.
The increase will be graduated for
larger amounts.
The company said the higher
charges are necessary to meet in
rr cased wage costs resulting from
union contract renewals.
The proposed changes will not
affect private wire services, tele
meter measured service, and telex
scrvice or the company's discount
plan for volume users.
Silver Bay
Reports on Work
Along Coast
The Bureau of Commercial Fish
eries' research vessel, Silver Bay,
has returned to Brunswick, Ga.,
after 18 days, July 12-30, of ex
ploratory cruising between the Sa
vannah river and Cape Hatteras.
The Silver Bay was looking for
clams, scallops, industrial fish and
shrimp from 5 to 100 fathoms.
In the vicinity of Boguc inlet and
Cape Fear, scattered clams and
dead shells were taken in 29 tows
with a 14-tooth Fall River clam
dredge.
To determine abundance of scal
lops in the summer, the Silver Bay
made 18 tows with an 8-foot modi
fied Georges Bank scallop dredge
with a iv*j-inch mesh liner. The
tows were made along Core banks
and produced up to 19 bushels per
half-hour drag.
Best catches were in 20-21 fath
oms. The scallops were large (61
millimeters average) but the yield
per bushel was about 2 Vi pints,
compared with 5 pints in Septem
ber.
In 70 tows with various fish
trawls, with and without roller
gear, the largest fish catch was
2,077 pounds in an 80-minute drag.
Spots, averaging five to the pound,
made up 86 per cent of that catch.
Inside the 10-fathom curve, 27
tows produced scattered brown
shrimp and pink shrimp, except
for one 40-pound catch of 26 to 30
count brown shrimp (heads off) in
a one-hour tow.
Surface trolling at intervals be
tween trawling stations resulted in
capture of king mackerel, dolphin
and white skipjack.
Five Teachers Give
Notice of Leaving
Five teachers, scheduled to teach
this year, have resigned in the
past few weeks, 11. L. Joslyn,
county superintendent of schools,
reports.
He said this creates a very dif
ficult situation for the principals
who have to find replacements in
the few days remaining before
school opens.
Two science teachers have re
signed, one at Morehead City and
one at Smyrna; a band instructor
at Beaufort, home economics in
structor at W. S. King school and
* first grade teacher at Smyrna.
? W B. Chalk, Morehead City,
president of the Neuse Develop
ment association, summarized at
the association's meeting Wednes
day night the development ad
vancements in Carteret during the
past three months.
Mr. Chalk mentioned in his re
port the following:
1. Opening of Carteret Indus
tries, Inc., at Newport The firm
employs 87 persons and peak em
ployment will be 110. There are
prospects, he said, of expanding
the building within the next year.
"The western part of Carteret will
benefit greatly by operation of
this concern, and its success in or
ganization and operation should
attract other industry to this
area," Mr. Chalk said.
2. The new Morehead City Gar
ment Co. building in Morehead
City is 80 per cent completed. Mr.
Chalk explained how the building
was partially financed by local
funds. "This is an example of lo
cal people unselfishly investing in
an established industry for the pur
pose of strengthening the company,
providing better working conditions
for the employees and proving
their faith in the future industrial
development in Carteret county,"
Mr. Chalk said.
3. The new Russell's Marine Lift
at Morehead City for raising craft
up to 100 feet is the only one of
its kind along the central eastern
seaboard. Mr. Chalk said it "has
been operated with much early
success."
4. The tourist industry has been
bolstered by complete and exten
sive fishing reports to all news
media. The Sea Level-Atlantic
Ocracoke ferry represents an in
vestment of several hundred thou
sand dollars. "This operation will
encourage thousands of motorists
to travel the 'scenic, daring and
beautifully truly ocean highway,' "
Mr. Chalk said.
The operation of the Emerald
Isle ferry will add 15 more miles
of outer banks highway to the
present system. Mr. Ctytlk point
ed out that through conventions
and better travel conditions "we
are constantly bringing new peo
ple to our area to see and use the
benefits available for good living
and industrial advantages."
5. Port and industrial develop
ment in the Neuse valley are sy
nonomous, Mr. Chalk remarked.
The port channel is being deepened
to 35 feet, a system of range lights
has been installed to permit night
time navigation in the harbor. A
second fumigation chamber for to
bacco has been completed at the
port.
The number of ships calling at
Morehead City has steadily in
creased. More grain is being ex
ported. Sixteen grain ships have
called thus far in 1960.
Minimum needs for the port for
the next two years require invest
ment of $5,420,000, Mr. Chalk
pointed out. "The people of North
Carolina must pass a bond issue
for these improvements. This is
anticipated to be passed with en
thusiasm, since the public is quick
ly awakening to the economic
benefit the ports can provide to
North Carolina industry and agri
culture ..."
The president added that the peo
ple who have no selfish interest
in port development feel that the
closeness of the proposed bridge
to the present center of port op
eration will deter expansion of the
port of Morehead City.
He expressed the hope that a
more favorable report on the port
bridge issue can be made at the
November meeting.
Bids Opened
On Warehouse
Bids were opened Wednesday
afternoon at the state ports office,
Morehead City, on a lumber ware
house to be built at the port.
The two lowest bidders were as
follows: general contract, Miller
Building, $23,332 and Reagan Con
struction Co., $24,000; electrical,
Best Electric Co., $2,255.60 and A.
B. Blake, $3,210; sprinkler. Gen
eral Auto Sprinkler Co., $5,571 and
Kraly-Mcares Corp., $6,094.
Quite a few bids were submitted.
Date of awarding the contracts is
indefinite, according to Charles
McNeill, assistant port operations
manager.
The warehouse will be leased to
Continental Timbers, Morehead
City, the rental payments over a
period of years equalling the cost
of construction.
Store Moves
The ABC store at Newport has
moved into the building formerly
occupied by the Newport postof
fice. Operations at the new loca
tion, where there is more parking
area, started Monday.
The Face of Western Carteret
Some of the most beautiful spots in the county are found east of the White Oak river in the Cedar
Point area. This is a view from a 50-foot bluff above Pettiford creek, looking west to the point where the
creek empties into the White Oak river.
?MOH
W. T. Piner oms extensive acreage along PrttiTord creek and is offering lots for sale. This is a
view along the shore. He has dredged a canal system to give water access to lots not fronting on the
creek.
New Bern Attorney Objects to State
Plans for Bridge at Morehead City
Urging construction of a bridge
at Morchcad City to allow pass
age of ocean freighters is O. Mere
dith Smaw, New Bern, a transpor
tation lawyer who appeared be
fore the State Highway commis
sion when it met at New Bern Aug.
4
Mr. Smaw, in his testimony be
fore the commission said the need
is critical "for modern, adequate,
efficient port facilities at Morc
hcad City, which facilities neces
sarily must allow for normal
growth and expansion.
"Public port facilities invariably
attract private maritime com
mcrcc . . . the land area now
available in the Morchcad City
area for maritime industrial ex
pansion is pitifully small and en
tirely inadequate , . the attor
ney pointed out.
Mr. Smaw cited Title 33 of the
US Code Annotated, scction 494,
which states that no bridge can ob
struct "free navigation of the wa
ters over which it is constructed."
Mr. Smaw asks, "Could modern
day steamboats, or other water
craft of this Nuclear Age, navigate
the structure that is programmed
as Project 8.12004 (Morehead City
bridge across Newport river)?
That is the question that must be
affirmatively answered to meet the
statutory test of Congress as enact
ed in Title 33 . .
Mr. Smaw says that the state
cannot go contrary to Title 33 sim
ply because there isn't, at present,
water deep enough for deep draft
vessels north of the present bridge.
The ship channel must be deepen
ed both north and south of the
present bridge, in years to come.
Mr. Smaw says it is just as rea
sonable to expect water to be deep
ened north of the bridges as it is
to expect it to be deepened, and
channels maintained, south of the
bridges.
To the highway commission, Mr.
Smaw appealed. "I respectfully
and diligently petition you not to
build an obsolete and unlawful
highway bridge over the Newport
River in Carteret County between
the towns of Beaufort and More
head City.
"I . . . petition you to refrain
from unreasonably obstructing
navigation over the Newport river.
I again . . . dircct your attention
to the language of Title 33; and I
would remind you that that lan
guage is the Law of the United
States."
The highway commission, at the
hearing at which Mr. Smaw ap
peared, approved construction of
a bridge closely parallelling the
present highway bridge, with struc
tural provisions for an ocean span,
if and when such a span may be
needed.
Rotations Hear Talk
On Catholicism Monday
Newport Rotarians heard a dis
cussion on Catholicism Monday
night by Bill Boyd who was pre
sented by program chairman Ed
Comer.
Guthrie Brown and David Mur
ray. Morehcad City Rotarians, at
tended the meeting as visitors.
Ueeise Reinstated
Thelbert George Giliikin, Beau
fort, has been informed by the
North Carolina Department of Mo
tor Vehicles of the reinstatement
of Ms driving privileges.
Douglas Ingram, avid booster
of the Cedar Point area, en
visions its picturesque land as
sites for homes of retired per
sons. Here he is viewing land at
Kayshore Park, where the ferry
to Emerald Isle will dock.
Judge Puts
Arthur Lowe
On Probation
Arthur Glover Lowe Tuesday was
sentenced to a total of three years
in jail and roadwork in county
court Tuesday. Lowe was charg
ed on three separate warrants with
forcible trespass and larceny of
less than $100.
Judge Lambert R. Morris placed
Lowe on probation for three years
and fined him $50 and court costs
in suspending the jail term.
Most of the day'# court action
was taken up in the trying of de
fendants charged with speeding.
Ordered to pay court costs for
speeding were Elbert Leton Alii
good, George Harvey Winslow Jr.,
Anita Filger Reut. Samuel Clayton
Garner, Hayes Bertram Stover Jr.,
Fairley Bryon Salter, Elmer ()
Fendcrgraft and Donald Lee Bell.
Elvin Rudd and Claude Bryon
Pipkin paid $2 and court costs for
exceeding the speed limit and
James Curtis Arlege Jr., George
Edward King, and Hubert C. Crow
paid $3 and costs.
Ordered to pay $5 and court costs
for speeding were Roy Lee Buch
ana, Donald Theodore Sesslar, Ben
Britt Russell, and Richard Allen
Fields. Four other defendants,
William Seel'- Michael J. Burke,
Earl Stanley oster and T. D.
Lewis, paid ^ <<{ costs on the
same conviction.
William Lester Johnson, charged
with speeding, requested a jury
trial and his case was transferred
to the next term of superior court.
Bond for his appearance was set
at $100.
The court convicted James G.
Exum of speeding and ordered him
to pay court costs to which Exum
noted an appeal to the next term
of superior court. Bond for his
appearance was set at $25.
Other defendants, their charges
and the findings of the court were
as follows:
James E. McKcnna ? Improper
passing, not prosecuted.
Elwyne Dwayne McFalla? Hav
ing no operator's license and driv
ing on the wrong side of the road.
Not prosecuted on the license
charge, ordered to pay court costs
for driving on the wrong side of
the road.
G. W. Gray? Issuing worthless
checks. Three months in jail and
roadwork suspended on payment
of costs and the checks. An ap
peal by the defendant transfers
the case to the next term of su
perior court. Bond set at $300.
Leslie Eugene West? Having no
operator's license, not prosecutcd.
Thomas Leonard Davis ? Failing
to yield the right of way, resulting
in an accident, costs. Defendant
entered an appeal, case transfer
See COURT, Page 2
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Aug. 1*
6:20 a.m. 12:16 a.m.
6:35 p.m. 12:23 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 2(1
7:02 a.m. 1:00 a.m.
7:15 p.m. 1:08 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 21
7:41 a.m. 1:42 a.m.
7:51 p.m. 1:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 22
8:18 a.m. 2:21 a.m.
8:26 p.m. ' 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 23
8:53 a.m. 2:57 a.m.
9:00 p.m. 3:07 p.m.
Formidable opposition to the State Highway Com
mission's proposal for location of the new bridge at
Morehead City arose Wednesday night. The Neuse
Development association went on record at Golds
boro objecting to the proposed bridge site because
of "its detriment to port expansion."
The association, comprised of chambers of commerce
of Goldsboro, Kinston, New Bern and Morehead City, ap
pointed a committee which plans to meet with the high
way commission and present alternate proposals.
The State Highway commission, at New Bern this
month, voted to place the bridge a short distance north of
the present railroad and highway
bridges. This decision, according
to state port promoters, will seri
ously hamper expansion of the
port at Morehead City for the next
50 years.
They point out that the new
bridge will not be in use until 1964
and by that time will be obsolete,
due to rapid port expansion.
W. B. Chalk, Morehead City,
president of the Neuse Develop
ment association, commented yes
terday that it may be better to
make repairs to the present high
way bridge, even if those repairs
cost as much as $300,000, rather
than invest millions in a bridge
that will block port and industrial
progress in eastern Carolina for
the next generation and longer.
Mr. Chalk said, "We believe the
present bridge can be used, with
some repair, until a wiser decision
can be made."
Appointed to the committee to
confer with the highway commis
sion are Don .Deichmann, New
Bern; Bill Page, Kinston, and John
I). Lewis, Goldsboro. All are vice
presidents of the Neuse associa
tion. Mr. Chalk, as president, is
also a member of the committee.
The group met at the Goldsboro
Country club. Its next meeting
will be the third Wednesday in No
vember at New Bern. The associa
tion meets quarterly.
FBI Arrests
Two Who Broke
Info Stores
FBI agents Tuesday nabbed an
ex-Marine from Cherry Point and
a Morehead City youth in Valdosta,
Ga., on a charge of transporting a
stolen car across a state line. The
pair, Wayne Barnes and Darrell
Michaels, were wanted by the
Morehead City police department
for the recent robbery of Hill's
men's store and the Morehead City
drug store.
Before the two can be returned
to Morehead City they will be tried
in Florida on charges of robbing
a hotel and car theft. Police chief
Herbert Griffin said yesterday that
the two stole a car in Jacksonville,
Fla., after robbing a hotel there
and fled across the state line into
Georgia.
FBI agents in Florida said that
Michaels and Barnes had in their
possession at the time of their ar
rest merchandise that was stolen
from Hill's.
Michaels at one time was sta
tioned at Cherry Point while he
was in the Marines and lately had
been working at the port in More
head City. Barnes, whose approx
imate age is 17, is from Morehead
City.
Wind Shifts
The wind went around to the
north Tuesday night and has
brought cool weather to the coun
ty. Welcomed as the "mullet
shift," the cool days mean mullet
are schooling ? good news for the
fishermen.
JC's to Sponsor
Driving Contest
At I Wednesday
Morehead City Jaycees, in co
operation with the county driver
[ training school program, are spon
j soring a safe driving Road-eo at
1 2 Wednesday afternoon at the
Occanana resort.
The contest is open to all per
sons who have not reached their
19th birthday before Aug. 11, 1961,
are not married and have not had
a moving traffic violation in the
past six months.
The contest consists of a written
quiz and a practical driving test.
The winner of the local Road-eo
will be eligible to compete in the
state Road-eo and that winner will
compete in the national contest.
The winners of the national con
test will receive scholarships of
$2,000, $1,500, and $1,000.
The local Road co is co-sponsor
ed by the following Beaufort and
Morehead City insurance agents:
J. P. Harris and Co., Duncan In
surance, S. A. Chalk, Jerry J.
Willis, Chalk and Gibbs, and John
L. Crump.
The tale driving Road-eo ^as
two major goals, announces Joe
Beam, chairman:
1. To give young motorists an
opportunity to prove their driving
ability and improve their driving
habits, knowledge and attitudes.
2. To stimulate the interest of
the community in the value of high
school driving education courses.
The contest is a Jaycec projcct in
the field of traffic safety.
Anyone interested in participat
ing in the Road-eo can get addi
tional information by contacting
either Joe Beam, Morehead City,
or John Duncan, Beaufort.
Fire Destroys
Potter Camp
The Wolf's Den, camp at Ccdaf
Island belonging to the T. T. Pot
ters of Beaufort, burned to the
ground about 10:30 Wednesday
morning. The fire is believed to
have started during an electrical
storm.
Mrs. Potter said yesterday that
the loss, estimated at about $10,000,
was partly covered by insurance.
She said they had not thought
about rebuilding, but if they de
cided to do so, it would probably
not be before next spring.
The Potters were in Wilmington
Wednesday and did not learn of
the fire until their return. Bill
Brittingham, who lives near the
camp, spotted smoke from the fire,
but he and the caretaker were un
able to control the blaze.
The camp was a frame building.
Court to Consider Offers
For Assets of Two Firms
A South Carolina company and a
Durham businessman have offered
to purchase assets of the bankrupt
firm. Kirchofcr and Arnold, and
its affiliate, Morehead City Ship
building Corp., Morehead City.
The offers, which will be consid
ered at a hearing in federal court
in Raleigh Sept. 1, represent a
fraction of the creditors' claims
against the firms.
Claims against KAA for example,
arc almost $S^ million. The South
Carolina firm, IntcrAmcrican Trust
Co., has made an offer Uiat
amounts to $450,000.
Its offer on Morehead Shipbuild
ing represents a price of $120,000.
IntcrAmcrican has offered shares
of its stock for the assets of the
two firms. It stipulates that after
a certain period of time, it will
buy back its stock at $3 per share.
InterAmerieaa kas also agreed
to pay expenses, legal fees, etc.
against K&A up to $100,000, and
up to $25(000 oo any web fee?
against the shipbuilding corpora
tion.
The Durham business man. Wil
liam E. Griffin, has offered $110,
000 cash for property of the More
head City Shipbuilding firm. The
price ii based on machinery and
equipment on the property at
Morchcad City, but does not in
clude the marine railway and
equipment connected with it.
The hearing on offer* for the
bankrupt firms will begin at 11
a.m. Sept. 1 before judge Algernon
Butler in the US eastern district
courtroom, Raleigh.
Trustee in bankruptcy for K&A
is H F. Hoflcr. Durham. Several
Carteret county residents arc
among the creditors of the bank
rupt firms.
Federal charges are pending
against principal officers of KJtA,
R. ,C Kirchofer, president, who hai
been given a prison term by the
state, and James W. Thompson,
vice-president