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rsz CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 49th YEAR, NO. 68. RIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Bridge Issue Taken Before C&D Committee Yesterday W. B. Chalk, Morehead City, president of the Neuse Develop ment association, appeared before the commerce and industry com mittee of the Department of Con servation and Development yester day afternoon at Nags Head to re quest the committee's intervention in the State Highway commission's plan for a new bridge at Morehead City. Mr. Chalk went armed with a resolution from the Neuse Develop ment association and the unani mous backing of the Morehead City town board. The board met in spe cial session Thursday night at the municipal building. It supports the development as sociation's request that the pres ent bridge be surveyed with a view to making extensive repairs, if necessary, to allow u?e of the bridge for several more years. Mr. Chalk told the Morehead City town board that this is the only hope for preventing the block age of Morehead City port expan sion. Blockage would be the re sult of placing the new highway bridge, as the state proposes, a short distance from the present railroad and highway bridges. The commerce and industry committee has been approached because those interested in port development feel that building of the new bridge, as proposed, ' would put the lid on port com merce and industrial expansion in eastern North Carolina for the next 50 years. Accompanying Mr. Chalk to Nags Head yesterday were mayor George Dill, Morehead City; J. A. DuBois, manager of the Morehead City chamber of commerce; and Teeney Piner, member of the Morehead City Pilots association. Gov. Luther Hodges, in an ad dress last night at Nags Head, ? mentioned Capt. Ottis Purifoy of | Morehead City and his smoked marlin enterprise, developed with in the past few years. Captain Purifoy last week sent five pounds of jumbo shrimp to the governor. FHA Supervisors Meet in County Farmers Home administration supervisors of 50 eastern counties will meet today and tomorrow at Morehead City. Horace J. Isen hower, state FHA clirector, will preside. Today's program will open with 'an address by Mr. Isenhower, fol lowed by a talk on administrative matters by Charles F. Jeffrey. Ralph W. Turner will speak on Looking Ahead in FHA; James O. Buchanan, Keeping Abreast with Changes in Agriculture; Dennis H. Sutton and Robert W. Fleetwood will speak on How the County Su pervisor Can Keep Up with Changes. Following lunch, six men will speak on FHA loan programs. They arc H. B. Riggle, Vance E. Swift, David G. Modlin, Joe B. Cash, Arthur M. Benton and Thom as H. Sears. Speakers at tomorrow's session will be Locke Holland, Paul V. Parks, W. Bryan Oliver, Mr. Rig gle, Mr. Swift, Paul Laughrun, Mae B. Mitchell, Mary D. Thom as, Mr. Turner, Ben McDonald, Marion C. Holland and Mr. Isen hower. One hundred ten persons arc ex pected to attend the meeting. Morehead City Men Will Go to Highway Convention The Highway 70 Association,-* which will meet in annual conven tion Sept. 7, 8 and 9 at Ruidoso, N. M.. announces that Morchead City will be represented at the con vention by J. A. DuBois, manager of the Greater Morehead City Chamber of Commerce, and Rufus Butner, president. Chamber of commerce directors from all eight states, through which Highway 70 passes, will be present. Principal speakers will be Carl DcBord of the New Mexico Maga zine; Walt Wiggins, international ly famous magazine writer, pho tographer and director of trave logues, and A. E. Hunt, director of the New Mexico State Finance board. Highlight of the convention will be the appearance of Dale Robert son, internationally famous movie and tv star of the Wells Fargo series. Ruidoso, N. M., is the home of the highest race track in the world, Ruidoso Downs. On Friday after noon, Sept. 9, the feature race of the day will be the Highway 70 Allowance to honor Charles Mass ing, national president of the High way 70 Association. Rotarians Hear Of River Project Woodland Shocklcy, formerly of | Morehead City, and now with the | US Engineers' waterway commis- 1 sion, Vicksburg, Miss., spoke to Morehead City Rotarians Thursday night. He reported on the "Old River" project in Mississippi. The project is designed to keep river flow through Shrcveport and New Or leans, thus allowing those two cities to maintain their river traf- , fic and port facilities. The work consists of allowing enough of the Mississippi river water to divert to keep traffic on both the Mississippi and the Ateha falaya river. It involves building of dams and gates. Visiting Rotarians were Walter Kriegel, Raleigh; Tom McCor- ! mack, Tampa, Fla., Dr. Fitzgerald, Farmville, and S. York Pharr, Ply mouth, N. C. Crab Pots, Artificial Reef Proposals Aired at Hearing No opposition was voiced to the (wo proposals considered by the commercial fisheries committee of the Department of Conservation and Development at a hearing Sat urday morning at the commercial i fisheries building, Morehead City. The first proposal: to leave crab pots in the waters of Hyde county between West Bluff shtials and Long Shoal river the year around provided the pots are kept within two miles of shore. The second: to permit building of an artificial reef off Bald Head island near Southport to furnish feeding grounds for fish and thus | improve sports fishing. j ' Eric Rodgers, chairman of the commercial fisheries committee, who presided, said the committee would make its recommendations to the C&D board yesterday at Nags Head where the board is in session. Mr. Rogers read a letter from Harry Jarvis. Englehard. Mr. Jar vis said the crab season should re main open the year around. He * added that the above proposal re garding crab pots would not inter fere with shrimping operations. H. L. Gibbs and Leo Ireland, both of Englehard, spoke in favor Eric Rodgers . . . new fisheries chairman of the proposal. Eighteen men from the Englehard area, who chartered a bus to come to the hearing, supported their remarks. C, G. Holland, commercial fish eries commissioner, said, "Crab bing, in my opinion, in the next few years will be our major sea food industry. This is the first summer I can remember when crab fishermen could sell enough crabs to make a living." He add ed that the method of taking crabs in pots rather than a trawl pro duces a better quality crab meat. C. D. Pickerrell, secretary of the Southport Development Corp., pre sented the proposal on the artifi cial reef. The reef would consist of old cars, refrigerators, washing ma chines, chained together and dropped into 19 feet of water in the vicinity of Cape Fear-Frying Pan shoals. The reef would be 100 feet wide, a thousand feet long and 6 feet high. The expense of planting the reef would be borne by Southport sportsfishing interests. Mr. Pickerrell said that the Navy has given its approval. He said the reef would be securely anchor ed so that it could not be torn loose by storms. Buoys would mark its location. A member of the commercial fisheries advisory board said that he felt Army engineers should ap prove the reef design. J. A. DuBois, manager of the See CRAB POTS, Page 4 ASC Board Sets Up Slates For Election The ASC community flection board has met and selected a slate of candidates to be voted on for community ASC committeemen The candidates have been chos en in accordance with the best judgment of the election board, but if some tai mcrs want anoUicr pcr. son listed on the slate, that will be permitted, provided a petition signed by at least 10 eligible vo ters is submitted to the commun ity election board by today When voting, they can also write in a name not on the slate if they wish, B. J. May, ASC manager, explains. . . The date of the election is Sept. g The hours arc from 7 a.m., to 6 p ill. AH farmers on the county ASC office mailing list will r<"<'"v'c a notice of both the hours and date for voting, and the nominees. Kach farmer should vote for five persons The one receiving the highest number of votes becomes the chairman of the community ASC committee and delegate to the county convention to elect mi county committee. The person receiving the second highest number of votes becomes vice-chairman of the committee and alternate delegate to the coun ty convention. If there is a tic vote, the decision will be made by the community election board un der the regulations issued by the secretary of agriculture. The com munity committees and cou"'> committee will take office on the first day of October. What farmers will be eligible to vote'1 If a farmer is of legal vo ting age and has an interest in the farm as owner, tenant, or share cropper . . is carrying out an ACr practice on the farm this year or if he's eligible for price support in any manner . . then he's eligible to vote in these elections. . Following is a list of the nomi nees for the five administrative areas of the county. White Oak: L. G. Arthur, Leslie Dudley, George Kctchuin, Lcland H. Morris, W. A. Page Robert Rhuc, Lee Sawrey, Willie Trott, Allen J. Vinson, J. F. Winbcrry, j. W. Young. Morebead: J. Bonner Bell. Lea mon Corbett, George Crccchc, Goi don Laughton, B. A. Mann, , B- K Swinson, John I. Smith, Carlton Taylor, Arthur Williams, Ross "il '"Newport: George Bryant, C. T. GarnT Jack Garner, L Ed Gar ncr R S. Garner. Oscar Hill. John A. Kelly, Ronnie Kelly, Charlie Quinn, Robert Smith. Beaufort-llarlnwc: Noah Avery, Gordon Becton, John Fclton, Sam Gibbs, Archie R. Hardcsty, Per nell Hardcsty, Graydon Jordan, George Martin, Fred McDanicl, Otis Warren. East Merrimon: Herman Arthur, Duffy Carraway, Tom Carraway, Cecil Gillikin, Stanley Gillikin, Hcbcr Golden, Augustus Lawrence, S. W. Lawrence, Hugh Pake, and Roland Salter Moving of Pipeline Necessary in Port Basin The hydraulic pipeline dredge Peru is working the turning basin at Morehead City, and until Sept. 7, its pipeline will reach across the basin, requiring it to be open ed for passage of Atlantic Intra coastal Waterway and other traf fic, Army engineers report. All navigation, particularly southbound traffic on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway through Newport River Bridge, should ex ercise due caution in approaching the dredge and anticipate that some delay may be incurred in movement of the dredge or its pipeline to permit safe passage of vessels. Driver Injured in One of 11 Weekend Accidents in County Photo by J. W. Sykrs On the right is the car driven by Richard A. Lewis, route I Beaufort, which collided with the Cadillac, left, driven by Robert W. Safrit, Beaufort, Saturday morning. ? Postoffice Boxes Will be Installed Rep. Graham Harden has in formed Joe DuBois, manager of the Morehead City chamber of commerce, that the new lock boxes will be installed at the Morehead City postoffice during October. The boxes have been promised for several years. They finally ar rived some time ago, but no date was set for installation. Harold Webb, postmaster, said postoffice personnel have been listening to a lot of gripes for many months, due to the slowness in getting the much-needed addi tional boxes. The chamber of commerce also threw its weight behind the project in the hope of getting the boxes. The 15? new boxes will be install ed where the present mail drop section is located. This wilJ elim inate one stamp sales window, but four will remain, leaving an ade quate number, Mr. Webb said. The 12 large-drawer size boxes have already been engaged and have been for some time. Rental on them is $2.25 per quarter. Applications are still being ac cepted for the middle-size ($1.50 per quarter rental) and small size boxes (1.20 per quarter). Mr. Webb said he believes the boxes will be ready by Nov. 1. "It's a great relief to know we're going to have them," he remarked. Two of Same Name The T. D. Lewis convicted of speeding in recorder's court, Beau fort, last week was T. D. Lewis of Beaufort RFD and not T. D. Lewis of Boguc Sound road, Morehead City. Tide Table Tides it the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Aug. 23 8:53 a.m. 2:57 a.m. 9:00 p.m. 3:07 p.m. Wednesday. Aug. 24 9:27 a.m. 3:30 a.m. 9:32 p.m. 3:40 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 10:03 a.m. 4:01 a.m. 10:09 p.m. 4:14 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26 10:42 a.m. 4:30 a.m. 10:52 p.m. 4:49 p.m. Photo? by Reginald Lewis William II. Lamoreaux, highway 101, Beaufort, driver of this car, suffered a skull fracture. This is the Buick which was Dulling a cabin cruiser on a trailer. The rear window of the Buick was knocked completely out. Other glass was shattered, covering the intersection. ? William H. Lamoreaux, highway 101, Beaufort, got a fractured skull Friday night in Morehead City in one of the 11 weekend automobile accidents investigated by city po lice and highway patrolmen throughout the county. Lamoreaux, driving a 1953 Chev rolet, was headed cast on Evans street and collided with a 1956 Buick towing a $5,500 cabin cruis er toward Atlantic Bcach. Driving the Buick was Cecil A. Pennington, Burlington. With him was Bill Hupman, who suffered a cut on the head and a bruised arm. Lt. Joe Smith, Morehead City officer who investigated, said that Lamoreaux ran through the stop sign at Evans and 24th The acci dent happened at about 9 p.m. Force of the impact jack-knifed the boat around Lamoreaux's car. Pennington said his boat was wrecked and he doubted that it would be worth repairing. Both cars were demolished. Traffic to and from the beach was tied up two hours until the wreckage was moved. (Twenty fourth street leads to the beach). Riding with Lamoreaux was his wife They were taken to the hos pital by the Dill and Bell-Munden ambulances. James u. Miracle, i amp L<c jcune, was charged with careless and reckless driving and hit and run at 3:30 Friday afternoon fol lowing a wreck three miles east of Swansboro on highway 24. According to patrolman K. II. Brown, Miracle, in a 1958 Chevro let, was headed toward Swansboro and tried to pass Mrs Aretta Car ter, route 1 Swansboro, on the right. She was driving a 1956 Chevrolet. He lost control of his car. hit the Carter car on the right, knocking it off the road. It turned over. He continued to the left, took down a row of mailboxes and kept going. H. W. Dickson, Atlantic Beach, and E. R. Carraway, Greenville, who were approaching Mrs. Car ter in their car, stopped Mr. Car raway went to assist the people in the Carter car, and Mr Dick son turned and pursued Miracle into Swansboro. There he got the chief of Police who gave chase, caught Miracle and brought him back to the scene of the wreck. Riding with Miracle was Robert W. Jennings. Camp Lejeune With Mrs. Carter were Mrs. Fer ry Edwards, route 1 Swansboro and several children. No one was hurt. The Carter car was demol ished. Damage to Miracle's car was estimated at $200. Robert W. Safrit, 83, Beaufort, received a cut on the nose when the 1956 Cadillac he was driving, collided with a 1957 Chevrolet driv en by Richard A. Lewis, route 1 Beaufort, at 6:45 a.m. Saturday at the Lcnnoxville road and High land Park road intersection. Patrolman J. W. Sykcs said Sa frit was pulling out of the High land park road and Lewis was go ing toward Beaufort on Lennox vtile road. Damage to the Cadil lac was estimated at $550 and to the Chevrolet $400. As a result of the traffic tie-up after the Friday night accident at Evans and 24th streets, Morehead City, another collision occurred on the beach bridge. Patrolman Sykes said a 1955 Buick had stopped and a 1953 Chevrolet pickup hit it in the rear. Driving the Buick was Kenneth Roberts, llavclock. Driv ing the pickup was Allen C. Davis, Kinston. Damage to the pickup was esti mated at $50 and to the Buick $200. Davis has been charged with fol lowing too closely and having in sufficient brakes. See WRECKS, Page S Proposal for State Fisheries Agency Opposed > Opinion was sharply divided at the hearing Friday morning in Morehead City relative to remov ing the commercial fishing phase of state government from Conser vation and Development jurisdic tion. The hearing was conducted by the commission on reorganization of state government at the com mercial fisheries building Going on record in favor of establishment of a separate com mercial fisheries department in the state government were W. H. Potter and David Beveridge, Beau fort; Roy Watson. Hobucken; sen ator-elect P. D. Midgctt; Clayton Fulchcr Jr., Atlantic; and Walter Tcich, Morehead City. The North Carolina Fisheries as sociation is in favor of a separate agency. It was represented by at torney John Rodman, who intro duced several of .(be witnesses list ed above. Speakiag against removal of commercial fishing from CAD were Monroe Gaskill, Cedar Island, fisheries commisai^er C. G. Hol land; John Seitter, Morehead City; assemblyman elect from Carteret, I D. G. Bell; and Eric Rodgcrs, chairman of the commercial fish eries committee. Mr. Potter pointed out that there arc many facets of fishing? in re search and marketing, that the present commercial fisheries com mittee has never attempted to ex plore. He recommended a De partment of Fisheries on the same level as the Department of Agri culture. He suggested that, at first, this department, might be attached to the Department of Agriculture, for a maximum of two years, until it would be ready to stand alone. Mr. Potter suggested that the fisheries department be headed by a commissioner who has an ad visory board. Under its jurisdic tion would come production, pro cessing, marketing, research, law, public relations, finance, statistics, and personnel department. A sports and recreational fisheries division would have a similar or ganization. Mr. Potter said commercial fish eries now holds a "stepchild rela tionship" in state government. He pointed out that a separate fish ;rics department will cost money, >ut the state needed a stronger igency than the commercial fish cries committee to protect its fish Ties. Mr. Watson said "more and clos er specialized attention" is needed n the seafood industry. He said he present set-up is sadly lacking n public relations, marketing, ad vertising, and education programs. Assemblyman Pat Taylor, a ncmber of the commission on re >rganization of state government, isked if the present program might x expanded and accomplish the ;amc purpose. Mr. Watson said the persons on he present fisheries committee ire not aware of the commercial 'isherman's problems. He suggest ed the state of Oregon's depart rient of fisheries as a model for *iorth Carolina.. Mr. Rodman explained that a reparation for commercial fish ;ries is desired, similar to that obt ained by the Wildlife Resources commission In 1947. Senator-elect Midgett who head Mi the shellfish study commission created in IMS said that bis group had recommended separation of commercial fisheries from C&I) He said that C4D board member ship is limited and the best to be hoped for is two men on the board with commercial fishing back ground. Mr. Beveridgc expressed h i s opinion in favbr of separation by letter. Mr. Fulchcr cited his experiences in developing gear for taking cali co scallops, a fishery he success fully exploited this year that had never been known of before. He said a commercial fisheries department should be set up to develop gear, methods of taking seafood (it's expensive for one man to do this, he pointed out) and to develop new uses for fisheries by products. Mr. Fulcher said that commer cial fisheries has muddled along all right so far under CAD but will it be able to meet the demands and the potential of the fishing in dustry in the next ten years? he asked. He said that there are so many changes afoot in fishing that moat people do ool comprehend the scopc and the possibilities. Mr. Tcich endorsed Mr. Potter's recommendations. Bob Simpson of Fabulous Fisher men, Carteret county, did not rec ommend a separation of commer cial fisheries from CAD, but made a plea that the state take more recognition of the sportsfishing in dustry. He said its gross income exceeds commercial fishing in come by $4 million. . in this highly lucrative and expanding business," Mr. Simpson said, "there is no department or agency in the state, with the ex ception of the State Advertising division . . . that has concerned itself with this facct of the state incomc." "We request," Mr. Simpson con cluded, "a recognition of sports fishing . . . and that research be expanded to help solve some of our problems." Mr. Gaskill said he was not op posing, at present, a separation of Commercial fishing from ClcD, but he wanted to know how such a separation would better com mercial fishing. "What good U making a new de partment going to do to bring the fish back?" he asked. He said that Pamlico sound has been so heavily dragged that there arc no more fin fish. "We can't market what we don't have," he said. "Sportsfishermen aren't going to have any to catch any more than commercial fisher men if we don't have some con servation." Mr: Gaskill's comments met with loud applause. Commissioner Holland read a statement outlining the present commercial fisheries set-up and the division's responsibilities. When questioned, he said, "I don't think 1 could operate any bet ter out from under C&D, unless you have the right commission ers." lie commented, though, that the division needs more funds and "expanded facilities." Mr. Potter said that he would be the first to recommend that in any new set-up Mr. Holland be retain ed as commissioner. Shelby Freeman, Atlantic Beach, suggested that in a new set-up the bee PROPOSAL, Pa*e 7 Cecil A. Pennington, Burlington, said hiv but. damaged aa the aide away from lie camera, la Mt wortk repairing.