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TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
49th YEAR, NO. 80.
Club Survey Reveals Earning
Power of Women in Carteret
Women at work in Carteret coun-^
ty have an earning power annually
of slightly more than $4 1/3 million.
A survey of the number of work
ing women in the county has been
made by the Carteret Business and
Professional Women’s club in con
- junction with National Business
Women’s Week this week.
The total number of women
w age-earners is 2,142. This includes
both full and part time workers,
but not women migrant labors who
help plant or harvest crops.
If each woman works a 40-hour
week and earns a minimum wage
of $1 an hour, the total annual pay
roll is $4,455,360. Many of the
working women earn, however,
considerably more than $40 a
week.
Maids, part time workers and
others earn less, but no effort was
made to differeniate in arriving at
the total earned. The liberty was
taken to assume that the earners
of more than $40 a week would bal
ance off, over a year, the amount
paid to women who earn less.
The number of women workers
in various phases of business, ac
•cording to the B&PW club survey,
follow: bookkeepers, 100; legal sec
retaries, 7; town, state and federal
employees, 40; banking, savings
and loan employees, 43.
Nurses, doctors’ receptionists,
hospital employees, 101; motel, ho
tel and restaurant employees, 144;
teachers, 143; and one teacher su
pervisor; telephone operators, 36;
Ciews media, 5; paid church secre
aries, 5; domestics, 500.
Office clerical help, 200; indus
t trial (shirt factories, fish packing,
etc.), 560; retailing, 176; beauti
cians, 35; plus an estimated total
of 40 women such as realtors, in
surance saleswomen, scientists en
gaged in research, and women who
operate their own businesses and
pay themselves a salary.
The B&PW club feels that the
figure arrived at for the total earn
ing power of women in the county
is a conservative one, bound to in
crease.
The theme of National Business
Vomcn’s Week is Symbol of the
Sixties — More Women at Work.
More women are at work this
year than ever before in the his
tory of the nation — and the wo
men work force is ever increasing.
The National Business and Profes
, sional Women’s club reports that
young women are choosing from
500 different career fields rather
than about a dozen of 25 to SO years
ago.
Older women whose children are
grown are re-entering business.
In this modern day, it is not
over-statement to say that with
out the women in America’s busi
ness world, many a firm, office
and industry would grind to a dis
astrous halt.
Driver Injured
As Car Wrecks
Perry Jones Goodwin Jr., 20, of
Cedar Island was confined to Sea
Level hospital yesterday suffering
from severe injuries received when
a ,1955 Triumph convertible he was
driving wrecked on the Cedar Is
land road early Sunday morning.
Highway patrolman J. W. Sykes,
who investigated, said the accident
occurred 2V6 miles cast of Atlantic.
Goodwin was headed east when
the sports car ran off the left side
of the road. As he cut back on the
shoulder the car began to skid and
flipped over on its top. The car
skidded about 528 feet. About 150
l feet of the distance was on its top,
according to the patrolman.
Goodwin remained pinned in the
wreckage about two hours. He was
found by Tilton and Sylvester Law
rence of Otway, who were going
fishing, when their car hit some
thing in the road. They stopped
to investigate and soon found the
wrecked Triumph.
They lifted the car enough to get
Goodwin out and took him to Sea
' * Level hospital. Patrolman Sykes
estimated damage to the Triumph
at $550. The patrolman said the
car belonged to a sailor, whose
name he had not been able to get
from the driver.
Lightning Causes Power
Failure Friday Morning
J A mild thunder storm, with a bit
of lightning, played havoc with
power Friday morning.
From 8:15 a.m. to 9:21 p.m. the
power was off in Beaufort, High
land Park, on Lennoxville road and
Radio island. George Stovall, man
ager of Carolina Power and Light
Co. said lightning hit an insulator
on the 12,000-volt circuit at Hamil
ton Furniture Co., Beaufort.
Mr. Stovall adds that necessary
4 repairs were completed during the
scheduled power outtage Sunday
morning. He said that during the
outtage it was discovered that the
operating mechanism on a 110,000
volt air brake switch was out of
alignment and this necessitated a
15-minute power cutoff Sunday aft
ernoon.
Waltzing Cat
Photo by Reginald Lewi*
. All Sparky needs is a partner in this number titled Waltz of the
Cat by I. C. A. Moth.
Lions Colled
SIH in Drive
Members of the Morehead City
Lions club report that the club has
collected over $200 to date in their
sale of White .Cane membership
cards. The memberships are sold
each year in connection with the
club’s annual White Cane drive, a
fund-raising campaign to help the
blind.
Members heard a short talk at
their meeting Thursday night on
the origin of the white cane by for
mer district governor, James
Crowe. Mr. Crowe told the Lions
that the idea originated with a
Peoria, 111., mah several years ago
as he watched a blind person at
tempt to cross a busy street.
As a result of his concern the
white cane was to become adopted
as the symbol to designate blind
citizens.
George Jackson, president of the
Morehead City adult recreation
club, was the guest speaker. He
told members of the club activities
weekly at the recreation center.
Camera Makes Characters at Carnival Cringe
By LARRY NcCOMB
Crowds jammed through the
turnstile at the so-called county
fair Saturday night at the Legion
grounds on Lennoxville road, Beau
fort. Whether the big attraction
was the midway or a NEWS
TIMES reporter armed with cam
era isn’t known. This story has to
do with only the latter. I was the
reporter with the camera.
During the week, THE NEWS
TIMES was informed that children
under 18 were being permitted in
the girlie shows. We decided to
see if this were true. It was.
There were also reports on the
type of shows, so I thought it
would be interesting to take a pic
ture bf some of the girls doing
their act. It was a foregone con
clusion that pictures would not be
permitted.
It’s damning to have proof like
that around. Neither the Legion,
the carnival people — or as we
found out, the sheriff’s department
would permit it. But being DE
NIED PERMISSION to take pic
tures of the girls in their act was
all that was needed.
(This is quite a switch. Other
shows given in the county at
schools or at the recreation center
beg to have a photographer come
and take a picture. Now why
wouldn't their want a picture tak
ChilulaGets
New Commander
Cdr. George A. Philbrick as
sumed command of the CGC Chi
lula, based at Morehead City port
terminal, Friday. He was trans
ferred to the Chilula from Coast
Guard district headquarters, New
Orleans, La. >
Philbrick replaces Cdr. Claude
Winstead, who was transferred
to the Coast Guard base at Mi
ami, Fla. He left Friday to join
his family there.
Commander Philbrick and his
wife have two small children.
They arc presently making their
home 'at Atlantic Beach.
$75 Stolen from Idle
Hour at Atlantic Beach
Seventy-five dollars in dimes was
stolen from the Idle Hour Amuse
ment cenler, Atlantic Beach, early
Sunday morning.
Sheriff Hugh Salter and deputy
sheriff Bobby Bell assisted the At
lantic Beach police department in
the investigation.
The sheriff said the thieves gain
ed entry by breaking a hole in the
back part of the amusement center.
cn at the shows at the fair?)
They did#t want any pictures
taken of their actresses or of their
gaining booths.
Ralph (Ruffy) Daniels, Beaufort,
and I had no sooner gotten out of
our car Saturday night when a Le
gionnaire came running up and an
nounced that I wouldn't be allow
ed inside the gate with my camera.
Word of our-coming, happily, had
preceded us. One glance toward
the gate, heavily patrolled by uni
formed officers, Legion members
and un-uniformed officers confirm
ed the fact that everybody was
ready for me.
Denied permission to take the
camera inside, Ruffy and 1 decided
to patrol the outer area of the
grounds. We locked the camera
in the car. We had not taken 20
steps around the outer perimeter
of the grounds when a carnival
worker halted us and said we had
to buy tickets at the gate.
We tried to explain that we mere
ly wanted to take a walk and were
not interested in buying a ticket.
He didn’t have time to discuss,
the issue. He called sheriff Hugh
Salter. The sheriff listened to our
problems.
The carnival man said that he
had expensive equipment lying
around and couldn’t risk any of its
being stolen. We said we were
only walking around and if he
wanted, he could accompany us.
Four Mayors
To Head Drive
For Hospital
# Promotion Campaign
Gets Under Way
• Committees Formed
Sunday at Morehead
Four Carteret mayors were nam
ed Sunday afternoon to head a
drive to promote passage of a bond
issue for building a Carteret Gen
eral hospital.
They are A. B. Cooper, mayor
of Atlantic Beach: W. H. Potfer,
mayor of Beaufort; George W. Dill,
mayor of Morehead City, and Leon
A. Mann, mayor of Newport.
Named to an advisory committee
were Dr. Silas Thorne, Morehead
City, president of the County Med
ical society; Dr. L. W. Moore,
Beaufort; Dr. John Morris, More
head City; David Willis, adminis
trator of the Morehead City hos
pital; John Crump, Morehead City
hospital trustee; Jack Roberts,
chairman of the Morehead City
hospital board, and Derryl Garner,
Newport.
Heading the drive among wom
en’s organizations will be Mrs. D.
Cordova, Mrs. Dick Parker, both
of Morehead City, and Mrs. W. 1.
Loftin, Beaufort.
On the education coordination
committee are H. L. Joslyn, coun
ty superintendent of schools; R. W.
Safrit, chairman of the county
board of education; George R.
Wallace, member of the board of
education and Randolph Johnson,
principal of Queen Street school,
Beaufort.
Heading the speakers’ commit
tee is Bud Dixon, Morehead City;
religious committee, the Rev.
Ralph Fleming, Newport, president
of the Carteret Ministers associa
tion, and on the public relations
committee arc Grover Munden,
Ray Cummins and Miss Ruth Peel
ing.
The committees were named at
a meeting at the Morehead City
municipal building, to which rep
resentatives of county organiza
tions were invited.
Mayor Potter presided. Mayor
Dill arrived later. Mayor Potter
remarked that the meeting, and
future meetings would not be held
to find fault with the proposed hos
pital program, but to emphasize
what’s right about it.
Dr. Morris reported that the
Medical Care commission has ap
proved a, 100-bed hospital for the
county, with state and federal
funds totaling $1,040,000 earmarked
for it. The county’s share, for
which a bond issue must be floated
upon approval of the people, is
$660,000. The vote will be Tues
day, Nov. 8.
Dr. Morris said a new hospital
for this county has been given No.
1 priority by the Medical Care
commission. He said the addition
al county tax will amount to 5 or
10 cents on a hundred dollars’ val
uation.
(The county auditing department
says 15 cents, but admits that it
could be less than that. It’s im
possible to state exactly what the
tax will be until the rate of inter
est on the bonds is learned when
the bonds are sold—and the bonds
may not be sold for a year or
more).
“The biggest danger in this is
apathy on the part of the people,”
Dr. Morris said, lie pointed out
that Wilmington lost $2 million for
a new hospital there because pco
See HOSPITAL, Page 2
Then his honor, the sheriff him-J
self, decided to accompany us.
We're sure this was only for our
own protection, since carnivals
can be pretty rough places. The
carnival worker, after first refus
ing to go with us because he was
“too busy,” now fell in behind.
After making the trip, we thank
ed the carnival worker and the
sheriff for their cooperation and
headed towards the car to get the
camera. With camera in hand we
again started for the main gate.
Wc again were stopped.
This time by someone who evi
dently was one of the managers
of the carnival. After explaining to
us what little profit the carnival
itself received from the fair and
how “clean” the show was, he
echoed the Legion official’s words
that we wouldn't be allowed to take
any pictures. He said that if we
persisted, his only alternative
would be to close the show.
Having never seen a carnival
manager who was willing to turn
his back on gate receipts, wc
doubted him and told him we would
persist We proceeded towards
the main gate, with camera,
bought tickets and were in.
The girlie shows at a carnival
aren’t hard to find. They’re usual
ly right in front of the largest
crowd on the midway. A public
address system from Streets of
Paris is screaming the strains oi
Board Will Allow Vote
On Newport Fire District
County Dog Warden Will
Pick Up Strays in Country
A. B. Fulford, county sanitarian,
told county commissioners yester
day that if folks in rural areas
want stray dogs picked up, they
should phone the sanitation build
ing between 8 and 9 a.m.
The building is located on the
airport road, Beaufort. W. W
Chadwick, county dog warden, is
usually there during that time,
Mr.- Fulford said. The number is
PA8-3121.
This information came to light
after commissioners received a
letter from Oscar Hill, route 2
Newport, who requested $222 re
imbursement for turkeys killed by
dogs on his farm on the Roberts
road.
The commissioners asked that
Mr. Fulford, county sanitarian,
give them a report on what the
dog warden had been doing.
Mr. Fulford said a dog pound
has been built and a cage for dogs
has been put on a half-ton truck.
He said if owners agree to turn a
dog over to the dog warden, the
dog is destroyed. If a dog is tag
ged, the owner is notified; if an
owner reclaims a dog, he is charg
ed $1 a day for board at the coun
ty pound. If a dog is not claimed
in three days, it is destroyed.
Luther Hamilton, county attor
ney, said that the taw states that
loss of livestock, due to dogs, may
be paid out of revenue from the
dog tax, after the dog warden’s j
salary is met. These payments
are to be made at the end of the
fiscal year, and if there is more
than one claim and funds are in- j
sufficient, the claimants are to be j
paid on a pro rata basis.
Mr. Fulford said that Mr. Chad
Commands Change
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Exchanging commands at Cherry Point Friday were Maj. Gen.
R. K. Rottet (left), new commanding general of the Second Marine
Aircraft Wing, and Brig. Gen. F. C. Tharin. General Tharin now is
in command of the Marine Corps Air Bases, Eastern Area and the
Mamie Corps Air Station, Cherry Point.
a bo-bop records; the barker is
telling the people that this is the
“long and strong one, the show
that gets down to bare facts.”
Behind him are the girls, two of
them, just standing. They are
chewing gum and their skirts are
split to their hips. Their faces
could be anyone’s but the barker
assures the people that they are
the girls they’ve been reading
about in magazines from coast to
coast. They’ve both just complet
ed successful runs in some of the
biggest nightclubs and burlesque
theatres in the country.
Ruffy and I joined the crowd in
front of the show. The man who
had last stopped us outside the
gate now came over and whispered
something to the barker who bent
over from the stage to listen. The
barker then told the girl in the
ticket booth to stop selling tickets:
the show was closed!
Ruffy and 1 remained, A few
minutes later the barker reopened
the show but this time there was
a new line added to his spiel. He
told the crowd that unless they
were 18 or over, they wouldn’t be
allowed inside. A group of boys
8 to 12 years old, were told to “go
ride the ponies.” They had been
watching the show-teasers and lis
tening to the barker for about 30
minutes.
The record started up again, the
barker began pitch end
wick is paid $230 a month. Moses
Howard, chairman of the board,
said that dog tax does not amount
to a fraction of that salary. The |
attorney was requested to write
Mr. Hill.
At the request of Mr. Kulford, !
the county designated James D. .
Potter, county auditor, as agent in 1
filing for disaster aid funds to
fight mosquitoes.
A letter from Frank Reeves, Red'
Cross disaster chairman, was read. t
The letter thanked the county for
its help to the Red Cross during j
and after Donna. The board re
quested that the clerk write gen
erals at the Marine bases and all
other units that assisted the coun
ty during and after Donna.
A letter was read from Harry E.
Barkley, correctional institutions
inspector, who said that the de
partment of welfare is against pad
ded cells in jails. A request for
a padded cell in the county jail j
was made several months ago.
The board received letters from
C. Y. Griffin and C. W. Snell, high-:
way officials, relative to Sherwood
drive in Glendale Park, Beaufort.
Mr. Griffin said the road is classi-1
fied as a subdivision road and can
be paved only by property owners
participating in the cost at $1 per
square yard.
Treatment to prevent dust (sta
bilization) would be done by the
state only if the road were im
passable. Griffin said the road is
not impassable.
Protection of water lines, report
ed to be broken by state grading
machinery, rests solely with the
See BOARD, Page 2
the girls reappeared on the stage.
The crowd had increased in size.
The barker was pleading. “All
right men, don’t push at the ticket
booth. There’s plenty of room in
side. The show starts in one min
ute. Step right up.” No one mov
ed.
Presently one man stepped for
ward. We later learned that he
worked for the carnival. His job
was to buy a ticket for the show,
go inside, out the back and around
to the front again.' They could
have gotten a less conspicuous
character for the job. This one,
besides being a little wobbly on his
feet, had a toy cap pistol sticking
out of his back pocket.
Encouraged by the man in the
checkered shirt with the toy pis
tol in his pocket, a few people
stepped forward and bought tickets
for the show. One of them was a
sophomore boy at Morehead City
high school. He was asked if he
could prove he was 18. He couldn’t
so he was told he couldn’t buy a
ticket. He put his dollar back in
bis pocket and said, "Gee whiz,
you sold me a ticket last night."
1 just smiled. t
The shows went on, but to con
siderably fewer people than had
seen them the previous night. The
man with the cap pistol worked
overtime. The barker and the
girls were hard put to get 15 peo
ple into each show, even with
Petition Signed by 202
Seeks Vote on Nov. 8
County commissioners yesterday*
agreed to a vot^ on establishing
a Newport fire district, subject to
recommendations by the town at
torney.
The vote would be taken on Nov.
8 throughout the township, but ex
cluding the town of Newport. The
town fire department has agreed
to furnish the fire protection. Es
tablishment of a fire district en
tails the levying of a tax to finance
the fire-fighting service.
Ray Lackey, president of the
Newport Rural Fire association,
who appeared before the board,
said that the tax would be offset
by lower fire insurance premiums.
A petition containing 202 names
which was said to represent more
than 15 per cent of the resident
freeholders of the township, was
presented. The petition asked that
a vote be permitted.
Mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort,
appeared before the board to ask
the county’s financial assistance in j
completing the clean-up of the |
dump on the Lcnnoxville road. He i
also commented that he would like
the county to look favorably on the
proposed hospital program and ex
pressed confidence in county com- I
missioners to administer it.
The board accepted a bid from
Carolina Oil Co., on 5,000 gallons
of fuel oil at 2'i cents under tank
wagon price prevailing at the time
of delivery.
County Offered
Hospital Sites
Two sites for a county hospital
were formally offered county com
missioners yesterday.
By letter, Mr. and Mrs. D. F.
Merrill, Beaufort, offered approxi
mately 29 acres of land on high
way 101 five miles from Beaufort.
If the land is not used for a hos
pital, it would be retained by the
Merrills.
Marion Mills, Morehead City,
presented a map yesterday after
noon of 15 acres of land in the
Crab Point area, being made avail
able by his father, M. T. Mills.
The board requested that the
clerk, Odell Merrill, write a letter
to the donors, expressing the coun
ty’s appreciation.
The board discussed the mini
mum amount of land recommend
ed by the Medical Care commis
sion. Moses Howard, board chair
man, said that if the land offered
does not satisfy acreage • require
ments, the county has the author
ity to purchase a site.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk said
lhat if the county has to go in the
hospital business, he suggests that
the hospital be financed with
revenue bonds, the hospital paying
the bonds off with its proceeds.
Tools Stolen
Developers of Spooner’s Creek
harbor, west of Morehead City, re
port that $2,000 worth of tools were
stolen from a tool shed recently,
Dn another occasion $30 jvorth of
tools were taken. The sheriff’s
department said it had received
no report of either theft.
warnings after every show that this
was “the last show.”
After about an hour, they stop
ped turning children away. Any
one who had a dollar went in. Re
peat customers came out, wonder
ing what happened to the lurid
show they had seen the night be
fore.
Other strip shows were Cindy’s,
featuring colored girls, Kathy, the
Body Beautiful, and Fifi, where a
naked red-haired woman, show
goers told us earlier in the week,
paraded in front of men on lookers
who sometimes touched her to see
if she was real.
We played games on the mid
way and got took, like everyone
else. We stood at one gambling
booth for an hour, watched the
man take in $80 and give away
one little stuffed bear.
There were the usual “games of
skill” such as baseball throw,
throw the hoop and bingo.
Incidentally. I wasn’t even al
lowed to buy a soft drink. Every
body else was buying drinks but
the man running the stand wouldn’t
sell me one. Apparently he had
run into reporters before—report
ers representing newspapers of
this nation who don’t care so much
about being popular as they do
about trying to protect the Ameri
can public from thievery, immor
ality and filth peddled by the car
oivili ynrf thoBf ftpofflftnf them.
4
Boy Scout Fund
Drive Begins;
Goal $4,500
If Carteret Boy Scout officials
raise $4,500 in their drive which is
under way this week, a Boy Scout
field executive will be stationed in
Beaufort to serve this county ex
clusively, according to Robert
Howard, Moreheqd City, chairman
j of the finance drive.
The quota for the Scouts last
! year was $3,500. There are 456 Boy
(Scouts now, but there are 3,500
| boys who should be reached by
] the Scouting program, Mr. Howard
j said.
i It is estimated that the cost is
$11 per boy for a full-time Scouting
program.
Chairmen to whom contributions
may be paid in communities
throughout the county, arc the fol
lowing ;
Dr. S. W. Hatcher, Morehead
j City; James Crowe and Thomas
Eure, Beaufort; Fernie Willis, Mar
shallbcfg; Alton Willis, Barkers
Island.'
George Hancock, Smyrna;'
Charles Finer, Williston; Guy Ham
ilton, . Stacy; Mrs. Brantley Mor
ris, Atlantic.
Charles Hill, Newport; B. O.
Kctncr, Wildwood; Joe Morton,
Broad Creek; Floyd Chadwick and
Clyde Burr, Mitchell Village and
Mansfield Park.
Mr. Howard said the following
letter from a Boy Scout tells how
important Scouting is:
"I am Gordy Eure of Troop 130
Morehead City. This year’s our
Golden Jubilee — fifty years!
That’s before mom and dad
thought about me. So you might
think that Boy Scouting is really
getting old!
"It isn’t, because Boy Scouting
is for boys like me, and it keeps
young with us. We help keep it
young, just the way we try to keep
mom and dad on the ball.
“We have a lot of say through
our Patrol and Troop in planning
what we do, and there are over
100 merit badges we can choose
from. Whether Boy Scouting is
fifty or five hundred years old, it
will always be young for us.
“So do your Good Turn and tell
folks to help us youngsters, by
helping Boy Scouting through giv
ing your contribution to your local
finnacc chairman."
Tax Matters Go
Before Board
Four tax matters were taken be
fore the county commissioners yes
terday at the courthouse.
In response to a notice from the
auditors.’ office, C. H. Case, Hunt
ington, W. Va., through his attor
ney, Wiley Taylor Jr., agreed to
pay $113.88 in back taxes due on
land he bought in 1952. The board
accepted the offer, subject to ap
proval by the tax collector, and
also recommended that the 1,605
acres listed to Case be revised to
the accurate figure of 793 acres.
Annie G. Parker, Beaufort, re
ported that she got notice of funds
due the tax office amounting to
over $400. She presented receipts
showing that the amount referred
to had been paid in 1943 and 1944.
The funds had been paid to the of
fice of the clerk of superior court.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk re
quested the auditor to determine
why she had not been credited with
paying the taxes.
Turned over to county attorney
Luther Hamilton Jr. was the tax
problem of A. M. Nelson, Bridge
ton, relative to a tax bill of $56.82
on land owned by his late father,
C. S. Nelson, at Merrimon.
Isaac Tyndall appeared with a
tax problem and was referred to
the auditor’s office.
Tide Table
Tidei it the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Oct. 4
7:37 a m. 1 28 a m.
7:57 p.m. 153 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 5
8:20 a.m. 2:13 a m.
8:40 p.m. 2:39 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. •
9:04 a.m. 2:55 a.m.
9:25 p.m. 3:23 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 7
9:48 a.m. 3:35 a.m.
10:11 p.m. 4:06 pan.