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49th YEAR, NO. 79.
TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1960
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Candidate for Governor Will
Come to Carteret Oct. 12
Power Will Be
Off from 6 to 1
Sunday Morning
Power will be off everywhere in
the county from 6 to 7 a.m. Sun
day, announces George Stovall,
manager of Carolina Power and
Light Co.
•The cut-off is necessary, he said,
to replace the line damaged in
the western part of the county
when a derrick hit it Monday, and
to correct conditions resulting
from Donna on more than a tem
porary basis.
A new switch mechanism will
also be installed at the sub-sta
tion at Cherry Point and work will
be done on the air break switches
in Morchead City.
The work is necessary, Mr. Stov
all said, to provide better power
service to this area.
He said most folks have been
understanding and cooperative
since the storm and he appreciates
their kindness and patience. He
added that work scheduled to be
finished at North River Tuesday
morning could not be completed
because the tug that pulls the line
crew’s barge broke down.
4 Power was off Tuesday morning
for two hours, and had to be off
again Wednesday morning from
» North River east so that the work
could be done.
The power company manager
commented that most of the line
trouble due to storms results from
debris flying through the air and
hitting the lines.
“I hope I live to see the day,”
Mr. Stovall remarked, “when this
county will have a building code
such as that in Florida. Practical
ly every place in this county any
body can put up any kind of a
6hack, call it a house, and the
only regulations they have to com
ply with are electrical. When they
come to have their power cut on
and wiring isn’t up to standard,
they get no lights.”
AAUW Wants
Fund for Schools
The Beaufort - Morehead branch
of the American Association of
University Women, meeting Mon
day night at Pivers Island, feels
that the coming hospital bond vote
should include a bond program for
schools.
•'Any bond issue which does not
Wludc schools, would be opposed
by our group,” the women said.
The statement continues: “We
recognize the need for a new hos
pital, but county needs as a whole
must be recognized. The county
schools are in dire need and can
not afford to wait another 10 years
for buildings.
“The present appropriation is
not adequate for county-wide
school needs.”
The group met at the home of
Mrs. John Vernberg, president.
Refreshments were served buffet
style. Mrs. William Nicholson and
Mrs. John Reintjes served punch.
Miss Judith Payne assisted in
serving. Members and prospective
members attended.
The next meeting on Oct. 24 will
be open to anyone who wishes to
attend. The speaker will be Miss
i Payne, who will speak on educa
tion in Australia, her native land.
The AAUW meets the fourth Mon
day night of each month.
Want a Speaker for Your
Club Meeting Next Week?
4 The Carteret Business and Pro
fessional Women’s club, in observ
ance of National Business Wom
en’s Week Oct. 2 to 8, will supply
speakers for civic club meetings
next week, if the club interested
in having a speaker will let its
wishes be known by 5 p.m. tomor
row.
The club president or program
chairman should contact Miss Ruth
* Peeling at 6-4175 or 6-5047, or Mrs.
Clem Johnson, PA6-5164 or PA6
5232.
The B&PW club speaker will tell
of B&PW club work, the club’s
role in community affairs, and con
tributions of women to the busi
ness and professional world.
Miss Peeling, chairman of Na
tional Business Woman’s Week,
will be the speaker at the More
head City Lions club meeting
Thursday night in the Hotel Fort
Macon.
Also in observance of National
Business Woman’s Week next
week, two business women of the
l county will be interviewed on the
I air.
Miss Peeling will interview Mrs.
J. W. Jackson, president of the
► Robert Gavin, candidate for gov
ernor, will visit in Carteret Wed
nesday, Oct. 12.
Grayden Paul, Beaufort, is chair
man of plans for a motorcade
which will meet Mr. Gavin at 11
a m. that day at highway inter
section 24 and 70 west of More
head City.
The motorcade will proceed
through Morehead City to Beaufort
where Mr. Gavin will speak at
11:30 a.m. at the courthouse. He
will then proceed to Jacksonville
and Goldsboro.
Mr. Gavin, born in Sampson
county in eastern Carolina, is a
graduate of UNC law school. He
was admitted to the North Caro
lina Bar in 1946 and was appointed
assistant United States district at
torney for the Middle district of
North Carolina in 1954.
He was subsequently appointed
US district attorney, serving until
1958 when he returned to success
ful private law practice. As dis
trict attorney, he distinguished
himself in prosecuting Junius
Scales, who was convicted. Scales
was ■ the Communist party leader
in North and South Carolina.
Mr. Gavin served with the Coast
Artillery during World War II, is a
member of the First Baptist church
of Sanford, the Elks, American Le
gino, Jaycees, Lee County Wildlife
club and the Rotary club.
Mr. Gavin, who terms himself a
conservative Republican, is mar
ried to the former Grace McNeill
Blue of Carthage. They have three
children, Edwin, age 10, Grace ■
Blue, age 7 and John, age 6.
Persons interested in seeing Ga-1
vin elected governor are invited
to the weekly Republican meeting
at 7:30 Saturday nights in the GOP
office, Beaufort.
Girl Scouts
Need Leaders
In Morehead
Mrs. Sam B. Kale, Morehead
City, neighborhood Girl Scout lead
er, stated this week that unless
leaders ire found soon, several
troops in the Morehead City area
will have to be dropped. One troop
was dropped last year because
there were no leaders. Specific
need are as follows:
• A new second grade Brownie
troop at Morehead City school
needs two co-leaders and three
troop committee members.
• A new second grade Brownie
troop at Camp Glenn school needs
two co-leaders and three troop
committee members.
• Troop 180 of fourth grade
Brownies at Morehead City school
needs two co-leaders.
• Troop 274 of fifth grade inter
mediates at Morehead City school
needs one co-leader.
• Troop 293 of third grade
Brownies at Camp Glenn school
needs one co-leader.
• Troop 148 of eighth grade in
termediates at Morehead City
school needs two co-leaders.
• Troop 185 of seventh grade in
termediates needs two co-leaders.
Brownie meetings are held once
a week and each lasts one hour.
Intermediate meetings arc held
weekly and last lVis hours.. Satur
day meetings may be scheduled by
leaders who work.
Interested persons may contact
Mrs. Kale by calling PA6-3673.
Shriners to Meet
Carteret County Shrine club will
meet Tuesday night at 6:30 at Mrs.
Russell Willis’s restaurant, More
head City, announces Theodore
Phillips, secretary-treasurer.
Morehead City Garment Co. over
WMBL at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday.
Mrs. W. I. Loftin, president of
the Carteret B&PW club, will in
terview Mrs. John Johnson, chief
telephone operator at Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
Morehead City, at 11:45 a.m. Mon
day over WBMA.
Rotary Sees Pictures
Of Postoffice Dedication
Members of the Newport Rotary
club Monday night saw color slides
of the recent dedication ceremon
ies of the Newport postoffice shown
by program chairman Harold
Chartley. Mr. Chartley also play
ed a recording of the ceremonies.
Attending the meeting as a guest
was honorary member Walter D.
Heath Jr.
Band Nets Profit
The Morehead City band netted
$60.15 on the religious song fest
sponsored Sunday night at the
school, according to L. O. Crowe,
president of the Morehead City
band association.
Robert Gavin
. . . Sanford’s opponent
Civil Court
Term Will Open
Monday, Oct. 17
Eighteen divorce cases are
scheduled for the October civil
term of superior court, which opens
Oct. 17. Judge Chester A. Morris
will preside. The divorce cases:
Mary B. Callock versus William
James Callock; Catherine M.
Daughtery versus Ishmael Daugh
tery; Elaine A. Nelson versus Jul
ius Nelson Jr.; Sarah Frances 1k
ner versus Robert Earl Ikner.
Floy Thomas Wickizer versus
Diane Hill Wickizer; Kathryn
Montford versus Raymond Mont
ford; Dora May Clontz versus
Charles E. Clontz; Lila L. Tate
versus Paul Cecil Tate; Verna
Mae Johnson versus William C.
Johnson.
Lewis Henderson versus Helen
Wilson Henderson; Nathaniel H.
Daniels versus Ethel Ruth Dan
iels; Winferd Lee Moore versus
Sybil Mae Moore; Mary E. Ander
son versus Ray Allen Anderson.
Audrey L. Wade versus Robert
E. Wade; Lilli* C. Wilson versus
John Thomas Wilson; Randolph M.
Salter versus Lucille Salter; Lil
liard Willis versus Jeanie Guy Wil
lis; Marian P. McLean versus
Richard E. McLean Jr.
Sixteen motions and six trials
are scheduled for Monday, along
with the divorces.
Six trials are scheduled for Tues
day, eight for Wednesday, seven
for Thursday and five for Friday,
the last day of the one-week term.
Two Major Roads Agree
To Operate Line Jointly
Gardenia Blooms
At Sea Level Home
Not only arc trees putting forth
new leaves, but a gardenia
bloomed Wednesday, Sept. 28, on
a bush in the Allen Taylor yard
at Sea Level.
Mr. Taylor sent the bloom to
THE NEWS-TIMES. “We have
been growing gardenias for over
fifty years but have never seen a
bloom as late as this one,” Mr.
Taylor said.
He discovered the flower by ac
cident when he was working in
the yard. Gardenias, or cape
jasmine, as they arc usually call'
ed here, bloom in May.
Coast Guard
Aids Three Craft
Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma
con were called out to assist three
disabled vessels this week.
On Tuesday the station received
a call that the motorboat Terry II
had engine failure in Bogue Sound.
The 40-footer was dispatched to the
scene and took the boat in'tow. The
Terry II was owned by James L.
Lee of Greensboro.
Another call on Tuesday after
noon sent the Coast Guard to res
cue a boat owned by Col. Hayden
Freeman of Morchead City which
had gone adrift. Making the re
covery was the Coast Guard 15-foot
outboard.
The third assist of the week was
made late Wednesday when a 30
foot fishing vessel, the White Owl,
developed engine trouble between
Beaufort inlet and Cape Lookout.
Fort Macon sent the 40-footer to
the scene. It took the White Owl
in tow te Morehead City. George
M. Kent oi Atlantic Beach was the
owner of the White Owl.
Coast Guard crew on the three
assists included Jack Wilson, BM-2;
Rodney Gaskill, FN; Spencer
Gunn, SA; William Morgan, BM-1;
Clayton Russell, BM-3; Harold
Snipes, EN-1 and David O’Neal,
SN.
Two Men Get
Year in Prison
For Auto Theft
Harold Marbley and Nathaniel
Reese, Morehead City, who were
captured less than 24 hours after
they stole a 1961 Falcon off the
parking lot of Parker Motors, were
each sentenced Monday to a year
in jail by Morehead City record
er’s court judge, Herbert O. Phil
lips.
Six cases that grew out of a
brawl at the Busy Bee pool room
were tried Monday. J. E. Morris
of Morehead City was the defend
ant in three of them. Morris was
acquitted in two cases charging
him with public drunkenness and
assault on Dan Merrill. In the
third he was given- 60 days in jail,
suspended on payment of $100 and
court costs for disturbing the peace
and simple assault on Charlie
Pincr Sr.
Piner was charged with fighting
and disturbing the peace. Judg
ment of the court was that he pay
costs.
The third party in the brawl,
Dan Merrill of Morehead City, was
charged with simple assault on
Morris and given 30 days in jail
suspended on payment of $50 and
costs. In another case Merrill was
charged with assault on a female.
The prosecuting witness, Vonda
Griffin, withdrew the charges and
was taxed with court costs for
malicious prosecution.
Two Havelock defendants, Gar
field Moore and William Archibald
Scroggins, appeared in court to an
swer traffic violation charges.
Scroggins was charged with
drunk driving, which was amend
ed to read careless and reckless
driving. He was convicted and
fined $100 and court costs. Thomas
Bennett, attorney for Scroggins, en
tered an appeal and the case was
transferred to the next term of
superior court. Bond for Scroggins
was set at $150.
Moore was charged with having
no operator’s license, careless and
reckless driving and running a red
light. He was given a 30-day jail
sentence suspended on payment of
$50 and costs.
Gerald W. Becton of Morehead
City was to have been tried for
public drunkenness and indecent
exposure but he failed to appear.
An order was issued by judge Phil
lips for Becton to be brought in
for trial in two weeks.
Charges of assault on a minor
were dismissed against Roy Wade,
Morehead City, and the court did
not prosecute Andrew Guthrie,
Morehead City, charged with al
lowing a vicious dog to run loose.
Five cases were continued until
next week’s term of court.
► Southern Railway and Atlantic
Coast Line have worked out an
agreement for joint commercial
operation of the Camp Lejeune mil
itary railroad between Lejeune
and the town of Jacksonville. The
agreement has been placed before
the Interstate Commerce commis
sion for approval.
The Department of Defense has
already okayed it. But it is sub
ject to review by the Senate and
House Armed Services committees.
If the ICC approves the agree
ment, it will settle a dispute that
was aired before the agency’s
three-man board last fall.
The agreement has as its base
a proposal made by the ICC, when
it rejected a Southern Railway pe
tition for rights to operate the line,
which extends about 36 miles.
The agreement provides for
Southern operation of a 28-mile
segment between Camp Lejeune
and Havelock, which is near Cher
ry Point.. Southern has operating
rights already between Havelock
and the Marine air station.
ACL operation is from Camp
Lejeune to the junction at mile
post 51, near Jacksonville. This
track covers about 8 miles.
Joint operation in the Camp Le
jeune is in the so-called “indus
trial area,” which is on the 36
mile line between Lejeune and
Jacksonville.
The Department of Defense has
supported plans for commercial
operation of the line. It has main
tained consistently that the Marine
Corps, which now operates it, is
not equipped for the job.
The whole operation for a num
ber of years has been a source of
controversy that gained impetus
when Southern obtained control of
the state-owned line that runs be
tween Morehead City and Golds
boro, thus giving Southern an east
west link across the state.
Error Corrected
A figure in today’s letter 1° the
editor on a county hospital, 10
cents additional per day per pa
tient, should read $1 per day. The
error was corrected upon request
of the writer of the letter after
200 papers were printed. Those
who may receive one of those 200
copies are asked to note the cor
rection.
Committee Will Form Sunday
To Promote Building Hospital
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Museum to Exhibit Whale
This is one of the rare pygmy, sperm whales that washed ashore
at Ocean Ridge last week. A model of the whale is being made at
Raleigh. Harry Davis, state museum director, is shown preparing
to make a plaster cast of the carcass.
Duke Student Wins First
Prize in Photo Contest
First prize of $50 in the Morchead
City chamber of commerce ama
teur color photography contest goes
to Miss Marian Menapacc, Duke
University student of Durham.
Tlie X41 color slides in the con
test were judged Wednesday night.
The contest closed Sept. 15.
Miss Menapace’s winning photo
was of two little girls laughing in
the surf at the beach.
Second prize of $25 was awarded
Mrs. Ruth Bell of Smyrna with her
photo of a darky harvesting tobac
co. Third prize of $15 was won by
Kenneth Newsom, Morehead City,
for his photo of sea oats blowing
near a dune along the beach.
Mr. Newsom also won honorable
mention on another entry, a pic
ture of a weathered tree skeleton,
and beach grass, with the ocean in
the background.
Two other honorable mentions
were won by Muriel Sandcen, Duke
University student of Durham, for
her picture of the west end of
Front street, Beaufort, taken from
Pivers Island, and by Tommy Han
cock, Louisville, Ky., for his photo
showing men mending nets on
racks along the shore.
Each honorable mention winner
will receive $10, according to Mrs.
Clayton Fulcher Jr., chairman of
the committee on literature.
Oystering Season Opens Tomorrow
By WADE LUCAS
Morchead City — North Carolina
oystermen are getting set for the
opening tomorrow of what may be
the best oyster season since 1947.
There is some question, however,
as to how much damage hurricane
Donna caused in the recent sweep
over much of the oyster-producing
areas along the coast.
C. G. Holland, state fisheries
commissioner and head of the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment’s commercial fisheries
division, and Dr. A. F. Chestnut,
director, Institute of Fisheries Re
search, and their staffs surveyed
some of the oyster-producing areas
to determine damage, if any.
Dr. Chestnut said some damage
apparently was done, but he did
not think it was extensive. Nor did
he think it was “nearly as bad”
as that caused ty Hazel in 1954
when oyster mortality was so
great that it almost wiped out the
oysters.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Sept. 39
3:59 a.m. 10:24 a.m.
4:47 p.m. 11:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. l
5:04 a.m. 11:21 a.m.
5:29 p.m. 11:51 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 2
6:01 a.m. 12:14 a.m.
6:23 p.m. ...
Monday, Oct. 3
6:50 a.m. 12:41 a.m.
7:11 p.m. 1:05 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 4
7:37 a.m. 1:28 a.m.
7:57 p.m. __ _ _ 1:53 p.m.
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The contest was sponsored to ob
tain color photos for a forthcoming
chamber color brochure.
Mrs. Fulcher said that pictures
that did not win in the contest may
be included in the brochure and if
so, the photographer submitting
the picture will be paid $10 for
each one used.
The judges recommended that a
picture of a sunset over Calico
creek by Miss Alida Willis, More
head City, and a picture of men
haden in a net by Curtis W. Lewis,
Stacy, be included in the brochure
if possible.
These two were among the top
eight selected by the judges. Judg
ing the photos were Roy Eubanks
and Mrs. W. I. Loftin, Beaufort;
Mr. DuBois, Bob Simpson and Miss
Ruth Peeling, Morchead City.
Persons submitting entries who
earn their living either in whole
or in part by taking pictures were
disqualified as were any of the
judges who might have submitted
entries. (Judges were not named
until after the contest closed).
Since the rules specified that the
contest was for color photos, black
and white pictures submitted were
not considered. Pictures taken
elsewhere than in Carteret were
not eligible.
The judging took place at Capt.
Bill’s Waterfront restaurant.
"Quality of the oysters wc found4
in our survey in waters of Pam
lico and Carteret counties was very
good,” Dr. Chestnut sgid.
Commissioner Holland hopes and
believes the 1960 catch of oysters
in North Carolina-controlled wa
ters will be the best since 1947 un
less hurricane Donna did more
damage than has been ascertained
thus far and provided no future
storms hit the somewhat defense
less oysters.
Hurricanes and bad storms cause
water to churn so violently that
sand and mud cover the stationary
oysters. Many of them smother
to death.
Oysters stay in beds provided
for them by Mother Nature or by
man. They do not move about
like shrimp, hard crabs, and some
other species of shellfish.
It takes about three years for
an oyster to reach the marketable
stage. Under state law no oysters
whose shells measure less than
three inches in longest diameter
can be taken and marketed. Mr.
Holland said the oyster cull law
will be strictly enforced during the
coming season.
North Carolina, through its De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment has been engaged in an
oyster rehabilitation program since
1947 when the general assembly,
acting at the request of Gov. R.
Gregg Cherry, enacted the oyster
rehabilitation act.
Under this program, oyster shells
and seed oysters are planted an
nually in waters where oyster? are
known to thrive. In 1947 a total
of 63,258 bushels of oyster shells
were planted; in 1949 the. plant
ings totaled 153,378 bushels. The
See OYSTUKJNti, Page 2
► A committee to promote con
struction of a county hospital will
be formed at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in
the Morehead City municipal build
ing.
Representatives of civic organ
izations throughout the county have
been invited.
Voters of Carteret, when they go
to the polls Nov. 8, will vote cither
for, or against, borrowing money
to build a hospital. State and fed
eral funds, totaling $1,040,000 will,
be added to the amount borrowed
by the county. Total cost of the
75-bed hospital, with basic con
struction for enlargement to 100
beds, would be $1,700,000
Since the amount of state and
federal funds to go into the hos
pital has been revealed, figures on
the cost to the county have been
clarified. Original statements that
the hospital expense to the taxpay
ers would be as high as 35 cents
per hundred dollars valua'ion are
erroneous.
According to the county auditing
department, 5 cents increase to the
present debt service levy would be
required to finance building of the
hospital AND the present county
debt, based on a 20-year retire
ment. A maximum of 10 cents per
hundred dollars valuation must be
approved for the operation of the
hospital
It could be that the full amount
of 10 cents may not be needed.
County residents should expect,
however, a total county tax in
crease of 15 cents. This would
bring the tax rate to $1.80. It is
now $1.65. The new tax rate would
become effective when the money
is borrowed.
With borrowing of money for the
hospital, the present debt of $600,
000 must be refinanced. The bonds
would be paid off over a 20-year
period. At present, 35 cents of the
$1.65 tax rate goes for paying off
the current debt.
Even though the hospital bond is
sue is approved, the county audit
ing department states that the to
tal amount for debt retirement
could possibly remain at 35 cents,
which would be brought about by
the fact that some Of the present
debt will be paid off by the time
the hospital bonds are issued,
While financial conditions are al
ways changing, the auditing de
partment believes that the above
view is a fair one, assuming that
economic conditions continue as
they are and other county depart
ments hold their budgets at the
current level.
Community Theatre
To Meet at 8 Tonight
The Carteret Community theatre
will have a special meeting at 8
o’clock tonight at the recreation
center to discuss the first play
scheduled for the coming season.
Mrs. Tressa Vickers, .president,
announces that a director will be
chosen.
Persons who have scripts for The
First Mrs. Fraser are asked to
return them-to Mrs. Joyce Lewis
or take them to the meeting to
night.
Retires Today
Bo’sun Carl M. Sawyer, Curri
tuck county, and officer in
charge of Frying Pan lightship,
will retire today at Fort Macon.
He leaves the Coast Guard'after
20 years’ service. Retirement
ceremonies begin today at 11
u.m., announced Lt. John Rid
dell, commanding officer of Fort
Macon group.
Low Bidder
Nello L. Teer Co., Durham, was
low bidder this week on a project
calling for 6.7 miles of resurfacing
on highway 101 from the Craven
county line southeast in- Carteret
county. The State Highway com
mission will review this bid and 2S
others week*
♦
Four Defendants
Seek Superior
Court Trials
Four cases were added Tuesday
to the docket of the next term of
superior court. Two defendants
appealed verdicts of the county
court; two requested jury trials.
The first to appeal was Clyde
Franklin Jones who was charged
with driving after his license had
! been suspended. Jones was fined
$200 and costs. Bond for his ap
pearance in superior court was
set at $250.
Another defendant, Harvey Lew
is, appealed a two-year jail term
handed him in connection with a
! non-support conviction. Judge Lam
{ bert R. Morris set bond for Lewis
at $500.
Two defendants waived county
! court action and asked for a jury
1 tiral to hear their cases. They
were Allen Gray Norris, charged
| with speeding, racing and failing to
stop for a stop sign, and Stell
i Stephens, charged with drunk driv
ing
Other defendants, their charges
and the finds of the court:
Bill Nelson Jr.—Having improp
er lights, 30 days in jail suspended
on payment of $10 and costs.
Raymond Ray Bryant — Driving
on the wrong side of the road,
costs.
William Willis—Having improp
er lights, bond forfeited.
Roscoe Keith Bruner—Speeding,
$25 and costs.
Sec COURT, Page 2
Chamber Seeks
Pledge Payment
I The September news letter of the
Greater Morehead City chamber of
commerce reports that 28 per cent
of the funds pledged for 1960 have
not been paid.
Of $24,500, only $17,401.87 has
been collected. Spent to date is
$17,177, the major items being $8,
428.91 for advertising and $4,827.38
for salaries for the manager and
secretary.
J. A. DuBois, manager, pointed
out that funds were spent only as
dues were collected. He pointed
out that all pledged funds are need
ed to get 1961 advertising in No
vember and December, not next
year after the season has opened.
The annual membership dinner
will be in November when officers
for 1961 will be elected.
Nickel Program
Up for Voting
Farmers and their wives will
vote today in the Nickels for Know
How referendum.
C. N. Stroud, county chairman of
the referendum, says all users of
feed or fertilizer and their wives
or husbands can vote. Members of
FFA, FHA, NFA, and 4-H clubs can
vote, also, if they have projects
which require purchases of feed or
fertilizer.
At stake in the referendum is the
future of the Nickels for Know-How
program in North Carolina. Under
the program, farmers donate a
nickel for each ton of feed or fer
tilizer purchased. The money is
used for research and educational
projects at State college.
A two-thirds favorable vote is
necessary to continue the program
for another three years. In Nickels
for Know-How referendums held in
1954 and 1957, the program carried
by a 12 to 1 margin.
Group Visits
Shackleford
Members of the Morehead City
chamber of commerce visited
Shackleford Banks in an amphi
bious truck (duck) Wednesday.
They observed the seriously erod
ed shoreline, areas where the tide
washed through the banks to the
sound, and animals that survived
Donna.
There were several ponies, a few
sheep and a herd of goats seen by
the expedition.
Making the trip were Bob Simp
son, pilot of the duck, Kenneth
Newsom, Bill Simpson, Dr. Rus
sell Outlaw, W. B. Chalk, Kenneth
Wagner, Roger Van Buren, George
McNeill, Rufus Butner, president
of the chamber, Edgar Swann and
two of his guests from Wilmington.