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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1960
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
I Democratic Candidates Will
j Appear at Beaufort Rally
!
Terry Sanford, Everett Jordan*
and David Henderson will be the
speakers at a Democratic rally at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the
courthouse, Beaufort.
Mr. Sanford is the Democratic
candidate for governor, Mr. Hen
derson the Democratic candidate
for congressman from the third
district, and Mr. Jordan is US sen
ator seeking re-election.
Mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort,
o'lairii.in of the rally, invites all
/democrats, Republicans and any
one else who would like to come.
Precinct chairmen, he said, will
be given seats of honor with the
visiting candidates. Music will be
furnished by a band.
On the rally committee, in addi
tion to Mr. Potter, are Hugh Sal
ter, Rufus Butner, Dr. John
Gainey, Mrs. J. F. Duncan Jr.,
Mrs. William Roy Hamilton, Mrs.
Garland Scruggs, and Mrs. Lela
Chadwick.
Board Voices
Dislike of Bridge
'Misinformation'
Directors of the Morehead City
chamber of commerce, in session
| Monday night, discussed recent
comments by the State Highway
commission on location of the
I* proposed bridge between Beaufort
and Morehead City.
The directors termed the com
ments “misinformation” and voted
to call the governor’s attention to
I facts about the bridge and to testi
mony given at hearings.
J. Melville Broughton, chairman
of the highway commission, in a
recent release to a daily newspa
per, said that the bridge location
v was endorsed “by the Carteret
Board of Commissioners, the Town
of Beaufort, 40 leading merchants
of Morehead City and by other
prominent citizens of the area.”
The directors say that tjje coun
ty board did not endorse the loca
tion.
Rufus Butner, president, report
ed on chamber-sponsored trip to
Shackleford, and erosion there due
to Donna. J. A. DuBois, manager,
was asked to determine whether
repair to chamber signs at Folk
See CHAMBER, Page 4
Movie Managers Attend
Meeting in Morehead
O. J. Morrow, manager of the
City and Morehead theatres, was
host recently to theatre managers
' of the Stewart and Everett chain.
Over 75 towns in North and South
Carolina were represented at the
annual convention held at the Bilt
more hotel. (See photo page 2
section 3).
The meeting was called to order
at the City theatre. There the man
agers were shown a film on sources
of light that have been used from
the beginning of motion pictures
up to the present time. Today’s
method of projecting light from
the projector to the screen is the
most modern method to date, done
by the use of arc carbons.
Mayor George Dill attended the
luncheon and commented that the
theatres in Morehead City were
the most up to date in North Car
olina, and how the local theatres
show pictures even before larger
Commissioner Announces Paving
Plans; Recreation By-Laws Approved
E. W. (Bud) Dixon, street com
missioner, informed the town
board, in session Tuesday night at
1 the municipal building, that streets
by two schools would be paved and
that other paving is scheduled for
the near future.
The “school streets'’ arc 16th to
17th on Fisher, in front of the W.
S. King school, and Bridges to
Fisher on the west side of the
Morchead City school.
• Also to be paved is 17th street
from Arendell to Fisher. Mr. Dix
on said that property owners par
ticipating in the paving are the
First Presbyterian church, More
head City Garment Co. and the
schools.
The commissioner added that the
Morchead City PTA has also re
quested a price on paving Bay
street from 11th to 12th.
‘ The board approved by-laws sub
mitted by the recreation commis
sion as to the aecrcation commis
sion’s method of organization and
operation. Also approved were
two new appointees to the com
mission, Mrs. Harry Salter and
John Tillery Jr. Each will serve
a three-year term beginning July
l, 1959.
E. L. Smith, commission mcm
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Library Puts Up Signs
Carteret County library boasts a
new sign—two in fact—to inform
the folks of the library’s location,
no matter from which direction
they approach. It replaces a sign
which was a casualty of a hurri
cane—not Donna, but a previous
one.
The location of the library seem
ed well established and the circu
lation indicated that readers had
Stop Light Fixer Finally
Arrives in Morehead City
Jim Bowen, Apex, who might be
called the “most wanted man” in
Morehead City finally showed up
Wednesday afternoon. John Lash
ley, town clerk, said he came to fix
the stop fights.
After the fights are -put back in
condition, the town expects the
state to take them over and main
tain them, since Arendell street,
on which they arc located, is high
way 70.
cities, such as New York and Chi
cago.
During the business meeting
Charles B. Trexlcr, vice-president
of Stewart and Everett theatres,
explained that during the past
year, there was a shortage of pic
tures and the theatres were forced
to play pictures that ordinarily the
theatres would pass up.
But, in order to keep the thea
tre doors open, all the pictures,
including some imported ones had
to be shown. Mr. Trexler said
that now more people are making
of pictures, and that the coming
See MEETING, Page 4
Licenses Taken
The State ABC board has revoked
the beer permit of P. J.’s Station,
Newport, and suspended the per
mit of Edna G. Mooney, Edna’s
Place, Newport, for 45 days.
ber, appeared before the board and
asked that the town look into iden
tity of owners of land in the vicin
ity of W. S. King school.
The board requested that the
recreation commission report to
town ' commissioners quarterly on
its activities and its financial sta
tus.
Commissioner Walter Morris said
that he felt the board ought to get
regular reports from all agencies
or divisions of government using
town funds, such as the hospital
and recorder’s court. Zoning com
mission (board of adjustment) was
also mentioned.
Commissioner Morris said that
citizens are donating time to the
town and carrying on town busi
ness but neither the board nor the
commissioners themselves know
what is being done,
John Lashley, tows clerk and
clerk of court, said that the board
could be furnished a monthly re
port on court operation.
Commissioner Morris said he is
not only interested in fiscal af
fairs, but a general summary on
what operations town agencies are
carrying out.
He added that he would like to
know about the airport operation
through the town's recent ap
no trouble in finding it, but two re
cent inquiries brought the library
board up with a jerk: A newcomer,
“Is there a Library in town?” and
another, “Is this the freight sta
tion?”
The board hopes the signs will
not only be informative but will
serve as an invitation to all those
interested, who are not using the
library, to come in and get ac
quainted.
When told at the town board
meeting Tuesday night that the
repairman would be here “tomor
row,” commissioners asked, “What
tomorrow?” (Recent attempts to
get the repairman met with fail
ure).
Mayor George Dill said that one
time he was told the lights needed
parts, the next time he was told
Carolina Power and Light had to
do something to them.
At one meeting this summer he
said that for all the good the
lights were doing, they could be
melted down and used for sinkers
on a crab line.
Jumpy pedestrians, irate motor
ists and some folks alarmed at the
high speed of trucks through the
business section prompted a
NEWS-TIMES editorial last week
on the situation.
When the street lights were first
installed several years ago, many
complained, saying they weren’t
needed. But the town board re
fused to order the lights taken
down. Today, most people want
them.
Mr. Lashley reported yesterday
that parts costing $225 for the
lights have been received. He said
that all wiring is as it should be.
Commissioner Russell Outlaw
asked Tuesday night if there were
going to be a new light placed at
8th and Arendell street. The may
or said that such appears neces
sary unless the light there is to
be put back together with bubble
gum. Donna tore it up.
Commissioner Walter Morris
said, “Let’s not talk about it. I
don’t want to hear any more about
it!”
pointee to the county airport com
mission, but he said the appointee,
John Morrison, hasn’t been able
to get up with the chairman of the
airport commission — Morrison
doesn’t' know when meetings are
held, if any, or anything about
what his responsibilities are.
Mr. Morris, fire commissioner,
said that only two out-of-town resi
dents who received fire department
service this year have paid the
required $100 for a call. The board
requested that insurance policies
of the delinquents be checked to
determine whether the company
may not have paid the fee (pro
viding a clause to that effect is inr
eluded in the policy) and the own
er failed to forward it to the town.
It was also suggested that those
who have not paid, and refuse to
pay, be denied service in the fu
ture.
Mayor George Dill announced
that the town has received a tem
porary permit from the State
Stream Sanitation committee to
dump raw sewage into Calico creek
and Bogue Sound until Jan. 1, 1964.
C. E. Bunch appeared to get the
board’s formal approval on loca
tion of his vending machine in the
See BOARD, Page 2
Newport Board to Ask County Board
To Bar All Carnivals from County
Education Board Asked
To Add Rooms at Beaufort
Board Endorses
New Hospital 4-1
Morehead City town commis
sioners, by a vote of 4 to 1, ap
proved the proposed hospital
bond issue at their meeting Tues
day night.
Voting against the proposal
was commissioner Walter Mor
ris, who said he could not favor
the proposal because he did not
know enough about it.
He said he felt that the 5-cent
town levy for the hospital should
be eliminated now.
Commissioners informed him
that the town not only gives all
its ABC revenue to the hospital,
but the 5-ccnt levy as well.
Town Orders
Registration
Of Voters in '61
Morehead City commissioners or
dered Tuesday night a new regis
tration of town voters. The regis
tration will take place after Jan.
1, 1961 for a period to be designat
ed by the board.
John Lashlcy, city clerk, pre
sented new books for registration,
but the board felt that starting a
town registration now would con
fuse voters, in view of the nation
al election now confronting every
one.
There arc two sets of registra
tion books. One set retained by
the county for county and national
elections, and another set retained
for the town and used only in town
elections. i
Warren Beck and Donald Davis,
members of the Civitan club, ap
peared to offer the club’s assist
ance in the new registration. The
board accepted his offer and ex
pressed its appreciation for the
club’s interest.
Commissioner Russell Outlaw
suggested that the county be ask
ed to have a new registration of
county voters.
The board discussed the request
to the county for a separate listing
of town taxpayers rather than hav
ing them in the same book with
Morehead township taxpayers.
The county decided that More
head City could have such a list
ing if it bore the expense. The
county auditor’s office reports that
no towns are separate from the
township, in the list books. The
only split in Morehead township
is separation of all Bogue banks
from the rest of the township. An
exception to this is Emerald Isle
(Bogue Banks), which is in White
Oak township.
Commissioner Walter Morris re
ported that the county has turned
the town’s request for a county
building inspector and fire mar
shal over to the county planning
commission.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were com
missioners Ted Garner, S. C. Hol
loway, Bud Dixon, mayor George
Dill, who presided, and George
McNeill, town attorney.
Truck Backs into Police
Car at Intersection
Approximately $40 damage was
done to one of the Morehead City
police cars last week in a traffic
accident at 22nd and Arcndcll
Streets.
The police car was following a
truck on 22nd Street and stopped
behind the truck at the intersec
tion of 22nd and Arendell. The
truck driver, thinking he was too
far out onto Arendell, backed up
and hit the police car. No charges
were filed.
No accident report was filed and
name of the truck driver was not
available.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufert Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Oct. 7
9:48 a.m. 3:35 a.m.
10:11 p.m. 4:05 p.m.
Saturday, Oct S
10:34 a.m. 4:13 a.m.
10:58 p.m. 4:47 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 9
11:21 a.m. 4:51 a.m.
11:47 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. it
12:07 a.m. 5:31 a.m.
6:20 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 11
12:37 a.m. 6:21 a.m.
12:54 p.m. 7:23 p.m.
• Members of the county board of
education, in session Monday morn
ing at the courthouse annex, heard
a request from the Beaufort school
committee for six more classrooms
by August 1961.
The board took the request un
der consideration.
In response to a request for adult
classes in garment sewing, the
board authorized appointment of
an advisory committee which will
include officials of the two shirt
factories located in the county,
and other citizens.
The board went along with the
state board of education in passing
a resolution endorsing a "quality
curriculum” and requirement of
18 units for graduation from high
school.
School treasurers were appoint
ed. They are Delores Rose, Atlan
tic; Mrs. Grace Fodrie, Beaufort;
Mrs. Betty Sewell, Camp Glenn;
Mrs. Vera M. Davis, Harkers
Island.
Mrs. Gracie Garner, Morehead
City; Mrs. Blanche Comer, New
port; Mrs. Louise Wiggins, Smyr
na; Mrs. Betty Tillery, Queen
Street, and Mrs. D. M. Carraway,
W. S. King.
The board heard a report on the
marine vocational training at
Morehead City school. The report
was made by a committee consist
ing of Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director
of the Institute of Fisheries Re
search, Morehead City; Asa Can
non, boat builder, and Herbert O.
Phillips 111, attorney.
The report stated that 30 boys
were enrolled in the course last
year. The training was valuable
to them and to the building trades,
according to the committee. Sub
jects taught included safety, navi
gation, structural design, drafting
and reading of blueprints.
The instructor is James Mitchell.
Two boats in the 20 to 25-foot class
•Were built.
The committee said that addi
tional power equipment is needed
and the course is being taught in a
sub-standard building. It suggest
ed that in the future, more time
be devoted to course work and rig
ging of gear.
The board thanked the commit
tee for the report, which will be
forwarded to Washington, since the
vocational course is partially fi
nanced by federal funds.
Morehead JC's
Welcome Two
Morehead City Jaycees welcom
ed two new members at their
meeting Monday night. They were
Wayne Guthrie and Richard Rob
erts.
The dub discussed their support
program (or the high school foot
ball team and chairman George
Whittle pointed out that the proj
ect is not being backed to the full
est extent by the club. Commit
tees for this week’s game were
appointed by Whittle.
Dates of three important Jayccc
meetings were announced. A work
shop will be held in Kinston Oct.
12 and the second quarterly board
meeting will be Wednesday, Nov.
28, at New Bern. A state meeting
is set for Nov. 4-6 at Hickory.
On Monday night the club will
hold a stag social at Bruce Good
win’s camp, Beaufort. Horace
Willis, chairman of the affair, an
nounces that all Exhausted Roost
ers arc invited.
Dick Spears reported that the
recent facial tissue sale netted ap
proximately $216, which represents
a Jaycee profit of $73.
Historical Association
To Moot Tuesday Night
The Beaufort Historical associa
tion will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tues
day at the courthouse, Beaufort, to
hear final reports on the town’s
birthday celebration last summer.
At a meeting in August, the asso
ciation decided that Tuesday
night’s agenda would include dis
cussion on renewing the associa
tion’s charter, appointing three
new members to the board of di
rectors, and advisability of sched
uling, next year, some of the events
included in the birthday celebra
tion.
Firemen Called
A tarring machine caught on fire
about 2 p.m. yesterday at the town
garage on Fisher street, Morehead
City. Firemen had the Maze out
in a few minutes and said that
there was no damage except old
tar that burned off the outside of
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Board Requests
Suggestions
On Radio Set-Up
fWell Merrill, chairman of the
county Red Cross chapter, and
John Valentine, county Civil De
fense chairman, were requested by
county commissioners Monday to
work on plans for an emergency
communications system for the
county.
Mr. Merrill told the commission
ers that Donna proved how impera
tive the need is for radio com
munication throughout the county
when other communications arc
knocked out.
Mr. Merrill said that there were
ham operators in contact with Ra
leigh, but they were located at the
beach and Morehead City. There
were no communications from
Morehead City east until after the
storm had passed, and then' due to
misinformation, radio units that
had been sent to Beaufort were
told that they were not needed.
“We need a radio communica
tions system and we need it now,”
Mr. Merrill said.
When asked by commissioner
Skinner Chalk if the sheriff’s radio
set-up might have been used, Mr.
Merrill said that messages being
sent by Raleigh drowned out at
tempts to use police radio here;
furthermore, some of the messages
deemed important by the Red
Cross were not considered so by
law enforcement officers.
Mr. Merrill said that citizen band
radios would be satisfactory if
there were six or eight through
out the county. He said reliable
owners of citizen band radios
would be authorized to buy a spe
cial crystal which would put them
all on the same band in case of
disaster and messages could be
relayed from all parts of the coun
ty.
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Victim Moves
To Serious List
Perry Jones Goodwin Jr., who
was severely injured in an auto
accident Sunday morning .near At
lantic, is still in serious condition
at Sea Level hospital, although he
has been taken off the critical list.
Dr. Harold Peacock said yester
day that Goodwin’s recovery was
remarkable and that he was doing
quite well. Goodwin suffered ma
jor skin injuries when the sport
car convertible he was driving
overturned and skidded 150 feet
on its top.
Dr. Peacock .reported that no
paralysis is apparent and that if
there is no infection, very little
skin grafting is expected.
' News-Times Photo by McComb
Mayor Georg* Dill, Morehcad C'ity, asked Tuesday if THE NEWS
TIMES photographer got any pictures at all Saturday night at the
“county fair." The answer is no. He was finally allowed to take the
Camera in, hut no pictures were permitted. The space above would
have contained one of the pictures.
Newport Principal Seeks
Information on Courses
Classes for adults will be offer
ed at Newport school if there is
sufficient interest, announces E. B.
Comer, principal.
Mr. Comer said that several per
sons have expressed the hope that
classes could be taught in English,
algebra, typing, bookkeeping, me
chanical drawing and US history.
'Anyone interested is asked to
send a postcard to Newport school
listing the type of course he is in
terested in. It may be a course
listed above, or other courses.
Board Also Endorses, 4-1,
Hospital Bond Issue
Newport town commissioners"
passed a resolution Tuesday night
at the town hall requesting that
county commissioners bar all car
nivals from the county.
The motion followed a discussion
of the recent "county fair” at
Beaufort and the fact that minors
were admitted to strip-tease shows.
Mayor Leon Mann, in suggesting
the motion, said, "While the fair
is held in Beaufort each year and is
sponsored by American Legion
Post No. 99. it still remains a mat
ter of vital importance to the peo
ple of Newport because our chil
dren attend the event.
"Because the event goes under
the name of a ‘county fair’ instead
of a local thing, blame for such
incidents is placed on the entire
county.”
The resolution carried unani
mously.
By a vote of 4 to 1, the board
endorsed the forthcoming hospital
bond issue. The motion was made
by commissioner Wilbur Garner.
Voting against it was commission
er C. 11. (Dick) Lockcy.
Mrs. Gordon Cutler, wife of the
water department secretary, pre
sented the monthly report. As of
Oct. 1 there were 202 unit custom
ers using water in Newport who
were paying an average monthly
fee of $3.16.
She also presented the board a
list of customers who were delin
quent in their water bills. The
board authorized Dan Bell, police
chief, to collect the past-due bills.
He was authorized to cut off serv
ice to anyone whose bill wasn’t
settled.
Mayor Mann reported that road
improvement work in Newport,
that was originally estimated to
cost nearly $1,800, has been com
pleted at a cost of just over $1,500.
He also reported that Newport’s
Powell bill check for $4,195.40 has
been received.
The board beard a request from
the NMtfdrt postoffiee reeking per
mission to install a mail deposit
box downtown. The postoffice said
that the most likely location for
the box would be between Hill's
Hardware store and Hill’s grocery.
The board granted the request.
The mayor reported that two per
manent tags for city trucks had
been ordered and the board au
thorized police chief Bell to pur
chase eight police patches, two
badges and a hat.
Mayor Mann requested and re
ceived permission for the town
truck to be taken to the surplus
warehouse in Raleigh to bring back
an auxiliary generator for the fire
department.
Present at the meeting, besides
those mentioned, were commission
ers Lcs Berccgeay, John Kelly and
Bennie Garner; town attorney
George Ball and town clerk Edith
► Lockey.
Mr. Comer said the cards should
be in his office no later than Fri
day. Oct. 21.
Classes would be taught at night
or on the weekends by a qualified
person who may or may not be a
member of the Newport faculty.
The courses would not offer any
credit toward a high school or col
lege diploma, but would be taught
only for the individual’s own en
lightenment, Mr. Comer remarked.
There will be a minimum charge
for each one enrolled, tbe principal
said.
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Republicans
To Open Branch
Office, Newport
The Republican party will open
a branch office this weekend in
Newport in the buildijng formerly
occupied by the ABC store.
At a meeting at 7:30 there to
night, Republicans will elect offi
cers to spearhead the campaign
for Nixon-Lodge-Gavin.
I. I>. Gillikin, Beaufort, chairman
of the Republican county commit
tee, expressed the hope that a large
crowd will meet Robert L. Gavin,
candidate for governor, at 11
o’clock Wednesday morning at the
race track west of Morehead City.
The motorcade will proceed to
Beaufort where Mr. Gavin will
make a talk at 11:30 a.m. at the
courthouse.
Mr. Gavin will then leave the
county and return by plane later
in the day to make an address at
the Morehead City school audi
torium at 8 o’clock that night.
Introducing him will be John A.
Wilkinson, attorney of Washington,
N. C.
Speaking at the meeting at Re
publican headquarters in Beaufort
Saturday night were Mr. Gillikin,
Elmer Dewey Willis and C. R.
Wheatly Jr. Further plans were
made on getting out voters for the
Nixon-Lodge-Gavin ticket. Fifty
persons attended.
The next meeting will be at 7:30
tomorrow night at the headquar
ters on Front street.
Marine Pilot
Killed Tuesday
Cherry Point (AP) —A Marine
pilot killed Tuesday in the crash
of his jet fighter plane has been
identified as First Lt. James C.
Norton of Havelock.
Lieutenant Norton was flying
with three other F4D1 Skyray all
weather fighter planes on a routine
gunnery mission when he radioed
the control tower at the Cherry
Point Marine Air Station and re
ceived clearance for landing. He
was then about five miles from the
tower and reported no trouble.
When no further word was re
ceived from the plane, a search
rescue helicopter was sent out and
spotted the plane’s wreckage in
the woods in the vicinity of Ray
and Earl’s service station near
Newport. Norton’s body was found
in the wreckage.
Lieutenant Norton was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Norton of
Houston, Tex. He is also survived
by his wife, Maudinc Eloise, and
two sons, Robert C., 2, and Michael
Scott Norton, 1.
Rotary Sees
Movie on Pools
Woody Stanley and Larry Spivey,
Greensboro, representatives of a
swimming pool firm, Monday
night showed a movie on different
types of swimming pools to the
Newport Rotary club.
Mr. Stanley and Mr. Spivey were
in Newport at the request of a vet
erans housing committee that is
investigating the possibility of
building a swimming pool in New
port.
Members of the housing com
mittee, who also attended the
meeting are Junius Creech, Bill
Hopkins, Joe Cox and Les Berce
gcay.
Guests included the Rev. Gra
ham Bowers of Newport and the
three Marines who acted as color
guards at the dedication cere
monies of the Newport postofficc.
The Marines were Sergeant Bow
ers, Corporal Savory and Private
Hollis.
Visitors were Bill Cordova, Luth
er Hamilton Jr., Dr. A. F. Chest
nut, Bill Clark and Bud Dixon.
Dr. John Morris Talks
To Beaufort Rotarians
Dr. John Morris was the guest
speaker Tuesday night at the Beau
fort Rotary club meeting. He
spoke on the forthcoming bond ref
erendum on a county hospital.
Visitors included Charles Mc
Neill, Garland Scruggs and Tommy
Noe, Morehead City Rotarians.