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THE NEWS-TIMES
49th YEAR, NO. 73.
TWO SECTIONS
TWELVE PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1960
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Postmaster Invites Public
To Dedication at 2 Sunday
Sunday’s dedication will be held at the new post office, unless it rains,
auditorium. (l*hoto by Harold Chartley).
Then it will be in the school
Everyone in Newport and the
surrounding area is invited to the
dedication of Newport’s new post
office at 2 p.m. Sunday, announces
R. K. Montague, postmaster.
4 Those attending will be taken
on a tour of the new $55,000 build
ing and will be served refresh
ments. The Rotary club is in
charge of the dedication. Derryl
Garner, chairman of the event,
will preside.
Among the invited guests will be
Gen. R. K. Rottet, commanding
general of Cherry Point Marine
air station. Representing the post
office department will be J. B.
Whitford, Atlanta, Ga.
The new postoffice, built and
owned by Joseph Hardy and Wil
liam Harvey, Kinston contractors,
was occupied July 29. The old
postoffice, now occupied by the
ABC store, had been in use 13
years.
The new building has all new
equipment, private office for the
postmaster, acoustical tile ceiling,
fluorescent lighting, is air condi
tioned, and has natural wood
doors. The interior color finish is
antique pearl and gray. The ex
terior color is sand.
The postoffice’s annual receipts
amount to about $17,000 a year
from sale of stamps and rental of
boxes. That figure does not in
clude money orders or money or
der fees.
Its rural routes serve 125 miles
surrounding the town which is in
the middle of a rapidly growing
area.
Seven parking spaces are in
front of the postoffice. Mr. Mon
tague said some folks say this is
not enough, but he explained that
the postoffice department is not
primarily in the parking lot busi
ness.
A drive-in mail box is at the
front of the building. Available
for patrons are 375 boxes as com
pared with 310 in the old postoffice.
Fifteen of the boxes are still avail
able for rental. There is space
also to install 250 more boxes.
The postoffice is designed to fill
Newport’s needs for the next fao
years. Its floor area totals 3,®9
feet plus a 450-square foot loadiig
platform at the rear and 11,126
square feet of paving around the
building. The modern front is sfot
lighted at night.
The postoffice opens daily
8:30 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m.
closes at noon Wednesdays, put
stays open all day Saturday.
Newport’s first postmaster, ap
pointed June 27, 1859 when I *w
port was known as Shepherds^ lie
was David W. Morton. Other ; ist
masters, in sequence since hat
time, have been Solomon H. ell
Nathan D. Adams, David Mc< ain
Isaac S. Hill.
Jasper B. Mann, Monroe N inn
William S. Bell Jr., Cicero N inn
Lemuel H. Hardy, William S. Bell
Jr. (second term as postmai er)
Cicero Mann, David Ira Ga ner
Alexander L. Wilon.
James L. Edwards, Mrs. Bit ichc
H. Edwards, Leon A. Mann and
the present postmaster, Mr. lon
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> Planning Cdmmission Presents
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report from the county
commission at their meeting
day.
John Voorhees and W. L.
of the division of communit;
ning, Department of Consei
and Development, showed
they have made of the count
Basic mapping, Mr. V
said, is one of the first sti
planning. The planning
sion’s other major project
division regulations.
Mr. Voorhees said it is
pated that planning propos
be complete early next su
He said that Carteret’s _
“could iead to the best kindpf
velopment in the state,
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ing, Mr. Voorhees said that
rural areas is too difficult
ect to tackle at first.
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R. K. Montague
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H. Gfcrnfer It.
Harry Miaelle
Edna Haskett
Members of the
post office staff,
in addition to the
postmaster, are
L. H. Garner Jr.,
regular clerk; Al
berta J. Mann,
Ailene G.- Garner
and Edwin L.
Garner, substi
tute clerks; Hen
ry G. Edwards,
rural carrier on route 1; Harry H.
Mizelle, rural carrier route 2;
Helon T. Barefoot, substitute car
rier route 1, Edna E. Haskett, sub
.titute carrier route 2; and Alice
Johnson, custodian.
Board Seeks Location
Of Donald R. Stanley
The county draft board would
like assistance in locating Donald
Raphael Stanley.
Mail sent to his address at SOS
Mulberry St., Beaufort, has been
returned as ‘‘undeliverable.” If
anyone knows where Stanley can
be reached, please contact the
draft office, Mrs. Ruby Holland,
clerk, PA8-4711.
The office is located on the sec
ond floor of the courthouse annex.
Fulford, county sanitarian, has
been requested to give minimum
sanitation requirements on two
problems, trash disposal and sew
age.
Mr. Huntley said that dumping
of trash throughout the county is
a problem that needs cooperation
of every community. To handle
sewage, a sanitation district is
needed, he added.
Cecil Morris, a member of the
commission, invited one of the
county commissioners to attend
each meeting of the planning com
mission- Moses Howard, chairman,
was designated by the county
board.
Commissioner Chalk expressed
appreciation to the planning com
mission, saying that their work is
probably the most important that
will be done in the county in the
next 10 years. The board passed
a resolution of appreciation.
Planning cum miss ion members
Derry I Garner
, dedication chairman
Alberta 3. Mans
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Helon Barefoot
Henry Edwards
County Board
Draws Jury List
Names of the following people
have been drawn for jury duty for
the October term of civil court:
Morehead City—Robert L. Hicks,
Lecil Herbert Smith, David B.
Gould, John Bell Willis Jr., Odis
Earl Jones, Leonard C. Lewis, Z.
B. O’Neal Jr., A. Jasper Phillips,
Edward L. Faucett, Luther R.
Lawrence, James Floyd Hux, E.
C. Guthrie, Gene M. Bell.
Beaufort — Fred N. Davis Sr.,
Luther Salter Jr., Hazel Dill Gard
ner, Robert F. McLaren, Julian
Hamilton Jr., Wyon Lewis, Henry
S. Zocka, Sterling Arthur, John
Johnson, Robert L. Russell, Her
bert J. Jackson, Ralph W. Leister,
Charles R. Austin, F. J. Worthing
ton, Melvin L. Gillikin.
Newport — Eugene Lilly, James
S. Salter, Herman Bratcher; Sea
Level—Edward C. Willard; Stacy
—Marvin Fulcher.
Davis — Charles E. Gaskill;
Smyrna—Hugh C. Willis; Harkers
Island—Hallis W. Lawrence.
present, in addition to those men
tioned, were M. G. Coyle, Atlantic
Beach; Dr. L. J. Dupree, Cedar
Point, and W. C. Carlton, More
head City, secretary of the com
mission.
The county board authorised
payment of $1,000 to the commis
sion for the services being provid
ed by the division of community
planning.
A letter to the county board from
mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort,
was read. The mayor requested
that the county take steps to zone
Radio Island for industrial, use.
Mr. Huntley said that any area
in the county which would like to
be zoned can present a petition to
the planning commission. The
commission will call a hearing on
the proposal. It will make a rec
ommendation to the county board,
-which will then act to zone or net
zone.
See PLANNING, page 3
County Sells
Acre to Church
At Harlowe
County commissioners, in ses
sion Tuesday at the courthouse,
sold one acre of land on highway
101 to the Harlowe Methodist
church. The price was $100.
’ A request for the land was made
Sy Raymond Ball, Gordon Becton
and Will Hardesty. They said the
church needed land for expansion
and it was hemmed in on all sides
except the tract to the west which
was deeded to the county by the
Bell heirs July 29, 1940 for site of
a Harlowe community building.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk ad
vised that the property be adver
tised and sold to the highest bid
der, .but other commissioners felt
that the church may not get the
property under those circum
stances.
The three petitioners agreed to
pay $100 for it.
Grover Willis of the Atlantic
Renovating Co. appeared before
I the board to request that the coun
ty consider his firm for water
proofing exteriors of county build
ings. The board thanked him for
1 his offer and advised him to con
[fer with James D. Potter, county
auditor.
The board agreed to invite the
North Carolina Association of
County commissioners to hold their
annual convention in 1962 in Car
teret county. Sheriff Hugh Salter
announced that the state sheriffs
| would meet here in 1961.
| A letter from Miss Barbara Mit
| chell, home agent trainee, was
i read. Miss Mitchell thanked the
' people of the county for their kind
ness while she was here this sum
mer.
Moses Howard, chairman of the
board, announced that the state's
appointee to the welfare board,
Nathan Garner, has been reap
pointed.
Sheriff Salter obtained the
board’s approval of a request that
the State Highway commission pro
vide parking area on its right-of
way along each side of the road
that leads to the water at Salter
Path. The road branches tq the
south where another road leads to
Emerald Isle.
The sheriff aaid sports fishermen
park their cars on the road apd
prevent commercial fishermen
from getting their truckloads of
fish up from the beach.
Marvin Powers, Morehead City,
appeared before the board to re
port an error in the listing of his
taxi-cabs for taxes. He presented
a bill of sale showing that his five
cabs were bought for $375 each and
they are listed for taxes at $1,000
each. The board said that the
least they could be listed for would
be $800 each.
Board Discusses
Fire Insurance
The county board of education
heard about the “public institution
al form” of insurance at its meet
ing Tuesday morning in the educa
tion office, Beaufort.
The insurance, for schools,
churches and public buildings pro
vides full replacement value in
case the building is destroyed by
fire. H. L. Joslyn, county super
intendent of schools, said a More
head City insurance firm has been
asked to compile a statement on
the value of Carteret school build
ings and file for a rating.
The county may take the insur
ance and it may not, the superin
tendent said. He said the board
is not contemplating more insur
ance or planning to increase the
amount it spends for insurance.
The board approved adding three
rooms for high school pupils at
Smyrna. O. C. Lawrence, con
tractor, is scheduled to start on
the rooms immediately.
Attending the board meeting, in
addition to Mr. Joslyn and two in
surance agents, were D. Mason,
W. B. Allen and T. B. Smith, mem
bers of the board of education.
Robert Safrt Jr. and George Wal
lace were absent.
Town Zoning Hearing
Set for Monday Night
Beaufort commissioner* will
hear any citizen who wishes to ex
press an opinion on rezoning the
postoffice dock property when.they
meet at 7:30 Monday night at the
town hall.
The zoning commission has rec
ommended that the dock area be
zoned’ “restricted commercial
area, the same as the block im
mediately west of it. This type
zoning restricts use of the water
front property to pleasure craft
only, stipulates how the craft may
be tied up, prohibits use of flashy,
commercial signs, etc. .
The board will conduct its regu
lar meeting after the hearii^.
License Reinstated
The North Carolina Department
of Motor Vehicles has reinstated
the driving privileges gf Avon Dar
ral Davis, Newport
Commissioners Order Sheriff
To Get Cattle Off Shackleford
Board Sets Date for Hearing
On Issuing Hospital Bonds
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Board Rejects
Proposal to Vote
On Bridge Site
A request that Carteret voters
ballot Nov. 8 on where they want
the new bridge across Newport
river, died aborning Tuesday after
noon in the county board meeting.
The suggestion was made by
commissioner Skinner Chalk, who
said he believed an expression by
the people might change the high
way commission's mind as to
bridge location.
A. H. James, chairman of the
county Dcomcratic committee,
who was present at the time of the
proposal, suggested that a referen
dum be called only if a petition
carrying names of 15 per cent of
the property owners in the county j
be presented to the <^>unty board.!
“If it goes to a vote,” Mr. James
said, “the people will want to keep
the bridge where it is.”
Mr. Chalk introduced his pro
posal by saying that there is “tre
mendous amount of disagreement”
about the proposed bridge location.
He said the Morehead City Mer
chants association voted Tuesday
noon to change the proposed loca
tion. (It was reported that about
13 attended the meeting, one. vot
ing to oppose moving the bridge).
“It’s not in the best interests of
this port to do anything to handi
cap its growth,” Mr. Chalk said.
He pointed out tltnt the port ia
hrmgtrw money mto rthff» suirnty
bycry day and has Ire i twlous im
pact on the economy. Bridge lo
cation and port development puts
a serious responsibility on the
county commissioners, he said.
“There’s a lot of talk about Rh
dio Island for port development,”
Mr. Chalk said. “But the state is
not going to duplicate port facili
ties there.”
Mr. James said that nobody op
posed the State Highway commis
sion’s plans at the hearing in New
Bern. “Now, how are you going
to change the decision the highway
commission made there?” he ask
ed.
Commissioner Gaston Smith ask
ed, "If we did vote, would it make
any difference?”
Mr. James added, “A vote is a
democratic expression, but I doubt
that it would accomplish any
thing.”
The commissioners asked the
clerk to read them the resolution
on the bridge which they adopted
at their meeting Jan. 5, 1959. That
resolution stated that the bridge
should be placed at the point where
it is of greatest convenience to the
people, and would allow for port
growth and industrial development.
Woman Injured
In Auto Accident
Nova Doris Millet, Harkers Is
land, was in the Morehead City
hospital yesterday, recovering
from injuries received at 9:30 Wed
nesday night in an accident on the
Bcaufort-Morehead caueway.
According to patrolman J. W.
Sykes, she was driving a 1960 Olds
mobile station wagon, which was
hit in the rear by a 1955 Buick,
driven by Thomas Howard, More
head City.
Both cars were headed west.
Patrolman Sykes said investigation
is still under way and charges are
pending. The Buick was demolish
ed. Damage to the station wagon
was estimated at $500.
Resuscitator Called
Beaufort firemen administered
oxygen at 5:20 a.m. Wednesday to
J. B. Gardner, 82, of 909 Front St,,
Beaufort. Mr. Gardner, suffering
from a heart condition, was later
admitted to the Morehead City hos
pital.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beanfert Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Sept. 9
11:11 a m. 4:45 a.m.
11:31 p.m. 5:14 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 19
11:59 a.m. 5:28 a.m.
_!. 8:04 p,m.
Sunday, Sept »
12:20 a.m. 8:15 a.m.
12:48 p.m. 7:04 p.m.
Monday, Sept U
1:10 a m. 7;15 a.m.
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Monday, Sept. 19, at 10 a.m. has”
been set as the date for a hearing
.on the issuance of county hospital
bonds. At that time the county
board, at the courthouse, will hear
any citizen who is against the is
suance of the bonds. (See legal
notice in today’s paper).
The commissioners, in session
Tuesday at the courthouse, said
that construction and maintenance
of a million dollar county hospital
will mean an increase in taxes of
15 cents per hundred dollars valu
ation, if all other county expenses
remain at the present level.
Actually, the county will be as
suming a financial obligation of
35 cents per hundred dollars valu
ation to operate a hospital, the
board said. The bonds would be
paid off over a 20-year period, at
a rate of $50,000 a year plus in
terest.
The present county debt of $400,
000 would be refinanced. The pres
ent tax rate is $1.65. The 15-cent
increase would make the rate
$1.80.
Cost of a 75-bed hospital would
be $1,453,000, according to figures
given by J. D. Potter, county au
ditor. Federal funds would amount
to $799,150 ( 55 per cent of total)
and county funds $653,850 plus off
site improvements, such as run
ning water lines to the new hos
pital if it is in a rural area.
Mr. Potter said it might be pos
sible to borrow less than a mil
lion dollars.
Law requires that the county
levy at least 10 cents per hundred
dollars valuation for hospital
needs, if the bond issue is approv
ed.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk
said that the deficit that the More
head City hospital claims it now
incursy would be the deficit the
' cdunty hospital'would have to bear.
Commissioner Gaston Smith, a
trustee of the Sea Level hospital,
said that the Sea Level hospital
operates at a $25,000 deficit an
nually.
Although the million dollars that
would be borrowed would be used
to buy a site as well as build the
hospital, a site has already been
offered at Crab Point. The site
has been turned over to the More
head City authorities who now op
erate the Morehead City hospital.
It was suggested that there may
be other sites in the county which
owners might consider donating.
County Commissioners
Consider Road Matters
Eight residents on Sherwood road
in Glendale Park, Beaufort, ap
peared before the county board
Tuesday morning to request that
something be done to keep the state
motor grader from tearing up
water lines when it works the road.
The group said that if the road
-could not be paved, it should be
stabilized so that water lines would
not be exposed as the grader keeps
working it.
They said that they had no in
tention of paying for paving, that
their area was no longer a “subdi
vision” since most of the lots are
privately owned. They said 13
homes are on the road.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk said
that the highway policy on secon
dary roads is not equitable in that
the state will go into a rural area
and pave a road with fewer houses
on it than in a suburban area. But,
he added, it’s state policy and
there’s nothing county commis
sioners can do about it.
The county board agreed to call
the matter to the attention of C
Y. Griggin, district engineer, New
Bern. It was also suggested that
the delegation write C. W. Snell,
division engineer.
Members of the group were Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Guthrie, W. J.
Smith Jr., Mrs. James Potter 111
and son, Frank; John Willis,
Marion Noe, and Mrs. Thurston
Hill.
Anson Cannady, Marshallberg,
appeared to request the board to
get the state's OK on building a
boat ramp at the foot of Brown
street in Marshallberg. He said
the state has paved to within 70
feet of the water and put a barri
cade there.
If the state is not going to use
the remainder of the road, Mr.
Cannady said private owners want
ed to use it. Moses Howard, chair
man of the board, appointed com
missioners Harrell Taylor, David
Yeomans and Gaston Smith to
check on the matter.and make rec
ommendations at the October meet
ing.
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Fills Vacancy
Luther Hamilton Jr., lawyer of
Morehead City, was named coun
ty attorney Tuesday by the coun
ty board of commissioners. Mr.
Hamilton succeeds the late Alvah
Hamilton.
The board passed a resolution
of respect and appreciation re
garding the late county attorney
and requested that a letter ex
pressing their sentiment be sent
to Mrs. Alvah Hamilton.
Mr. Hamilton adt in on tjic aft
ernoon session of the board, aft
er accepting the position.
The county board set Mr. Ham
ilton’s salary at $100 a month as
a retainer fee. He will attend
county board meetings, draw
deeds for the county, study pro
posals on legislation relating to
the county, and interpret local
laws and pending legislation.
For work beyond that, the
board stipulated that Mr. Ham
ilton shall be reimbursed in ac
cordance with the type of work
done.
J. L. Humphrey’s attention to ta
road at Smyrna about which Shel
ton Willis has inquired. Mr. Hum
phrey, county road superintendent,
agreed to look at the road with the
three commissioners named to
look at the Marshallberg situation.
Mr. Howard commented on roads
in general, saying that during the
past four years Carteret has re
ceived about a mile of paving a
year. At present, he said, there
are not enough men or equipment
to keep road right-of-ways cleared
where school buses travel.
Mr. Humphrey commented that
nothing m as important as a child’s
life and cutting those right-of-ways
is at present taking precedence
over everything else.
Coroner Impanels Jury
For Essie Mills Inquest
Coroner W. D. Munden has im
paneled a jury of six men for an
inquest into the death of Essie
Pinkham Mills of Sanford, who
was killed at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in
an auto accident. The accident hap
pened 14 miles west of Morchcad
City on highway 24.
Coroner Munden said the date
and time of the inquest will be set
when Roy Franklin Mills, driver
of the car in which his wife was
killed, is able to testify. Mills is
confined to Morehead City Hospital.
Jurprs aire C. W. Smith, Mar
vin Powers, Jasper Bell, Mitchell
Harris, Guy Guthrie,' and Lester
Hall Jr. .
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Director Soys Newport
Program Successful
Charles Hill, who directed New
port's summer recreation program,
announces that the program was
self-supporting and was a grand
success. The program consisted of
basketball games for boys S-15.
Small admission charges financed
the program.
The town of Newport appropriat
ed $123, which was not Deeded.
The cattle have to come off
Shackleford.
County commissioners, in ses
sion Tuesday afternoon at the
courthouse, authorized the sheriff
to proceed with removing the cat
tle as required by general statute
782, passed by the legislature in
1959.
The cattle are off Core Banks
— at least they were off a few
months ago and the sheriff saya
none can be found by surveyal
from a plane. Now goats, sheep,
pigs and cows have to come off
Shackleford. The ponies can stay.
Gov. Luther Hodges, when visit
ing Carteret the early part of Au
gust, exacted from the commis
sioners a promise that they would
take action on the matter at their
Sept. 6 meeting.
Commissioner David Yeomans,
Harkers Island, who was delegated
to contact owners of livestock on
j Shackleford, said some of the peo
j pie who own the cattle said they
j would move them. Others said,
I according to Mr. Yeomans, that
they owned land there and they
would not move them.
I The commissioners from the
l eastern part of the county, where
l owners of the cattle live, were re
luctant to make any move to or
Idcr the cattle taken off.
1 After reading the law passed by
the 1959 legislature, they decided
to authorize sheriff Hugh Salter to
proceed in accordance with law.
The law places that authority in
the sheriff's hands.
Removal of the cattle is part of
a program to restore and rebuild
the outer banks, ravished by
storms in the past six years. The
state contends that cattle gnaw
ing at the vegetation and eating
new grass growth have contributed
to erosion of the banks.
The state is now surveying Cora
Banks and participating with tha
federal government in a program
to check erosion there.
Newport Board
Appoints New "
Water Clerk
Gordon Cutler was appointed new
clerk for the Newport water de
partment by the town commission
ers who met Tuesday night at the
town hall. Cutler, who also serves
as treasurer of the fire depart
ment, replaces Junius Creech, who
has resigned.
The commissioners were told
that the total cost of the town's
new Ford utility truck was $3,658.
The truck is a green two-ton dump
truck.
Of the total cost $1,000 has been
paid; $2,000 will be paid this month
and the remainder next month. The
town hopes to have the truck let
tered soon.
The board agreed that driving
privileges for the truck should be
restricted to a minimum number
of responsible drivers. They au
thorized police chief Dan Bell, fire
chief Charles Gould, George Green
and Gordon Cutler to operate the
truck.
Commissioner Dick Lockey sug
gested that ladders be attached to
each side of the truck body for the
use of men picking up trash. He
said that the men now jump out
of the truck cab, leave the door
open while they pick up the trash,
get back in the cab and do not al*
ways close the door while riding
the short distance to the next gar
bage can. This, he said, will not
prolong the life of the truck doors.
The commissioners agreed and
voted to have the ladders install
ed.
Commissioner Lockey reported
that he had established the town
cemetery lines and identified the
lots available for sale. He said
that a couple new streets and some
cleairng of lots is badly needed.
Ira Jones, whose request for a
lot last month brought about the
cemetery check-up, was informed
that the town will sell him the lot
he wants.
A general clean-np of the town
was diacuased. It was reported
that signs and bushes obstructing
the view of the highway at Roy T.
Garner’s corner had been re
moved, although no solution has
been reached as to where a stop
sign can be erected on that corner.
Mayor Leon Mann Jr. reported
two lots that have grown up in
weeds. One owner has taken steps
to dear the lot, but the other own
er will be written and asked to do
so. If he does not, the town will
«li>^ the lot and add the cost to
taxes. . . . .
Since more homes arc scheduled
to be built in Village Heights and
West Newport, the board agreed
to have Carolina Power and Light
Co., erect street lights as shown on
a map given them recently.
The mayor commented that the
See NEWPORT, page 4
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