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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1960_PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
49th YEAR, NO. 83.
TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES
600 Jam Morehead School
Auditorium for Enthusiastic
Republican Get-Together
A crowd of more than 600
jammed the Morehead City high
school auditorium Wednesday night
in one of the most enthusiastic
political rallies seen in this county
in many a day. And it was a Re
publican rally!
Robert L. Gavin, candidate for
governor, told his listeners that he
wanted to see all types of trans
portation developed in the neglect
ed far eastern aid far western sec
tions of the state.
He warned voters to report to
their district solicitor any state em
ployee who delivers people to the
polls in state cars and takes them
home again, because, he declared,
this is illegal.
The candidate referred to a “po
litical boss” in Carteret county,
but left the audience to conclude
for themselves who that boss might
be.
He lashed out hard at the taxes
levied on fishermen by the state,
saying that the farmer doesn't
have to pay a tax to till the land,
a clerk-typist doesn't have to pay
a tax to get a job, but the fisher
man has to pay a tax to dig clams.
Mr. Gavin spoke of the state fish
eries commissioner and other gov
ernment officials who, he said,
were supported by fisheries taxes
and frequently “cruised your
waters.”
Sanford does not have your in
terests at heart, the tall, quiet
speaking candidate remarked. “He
’supports Kennedy and the Demo
cratic platform 100 per cent. ®San
ford said the other day that he’s
running scared. He’s not only run
ning scared,” Mr. Gavin observed,
“he’s running wild!” This remark,
as well as others throughout the
address, were met with long, loud
applause and shouts of approval.
Speaking to Democrats in the
‘audience, Mr. Gavin said, “The
Democratic party has lost its right
to expect your loyalty.”
In conclusion, he asked that the
voters “repudiate Kennedy and
Sanford who are running side by
side!”
The auditorium was gay with
bunting, large Gavin pictures,
flowers on the stage, palms, and
Gavin supporters wearing white
straw skimmers. Posters were
‘waved on long sticks to punctuate
popular remarks made by the
candidate.
John A. Wilkinson, fiery Repub
lican attorney from Washington,
N. C., introduced Mr. Gavin.
He made a concentrated pitch to
Democrats who may be afraid to
vote the Republican ticket. He de
clared that the Democratic party
today is not the party of Thomas
Jefferson. “If you think your pap
py or your Grandpa would turn
over in their graves if they knew
you voted the Republican ticket,
^ou don’t know American history
and you don’t know your own
Grandpappy either!”
“If you believe in the principles
of Thomas Jefferson and in giv
ing those principles meaning,” the
energetic orator declared, “vote
the straight Republican ticket!”
"The satraps of socialism, from
Jonathan <the speaker pronounced
this “Jo-Nathan” and brought
• much laughter) Daniels to Mayne
Albright have been invited to de
bate the issues with us, and they
flee as the devil flees holy water,”
Mr. Wilkinson reported.
"They know they’re wrong. They
know we’re right, and it’s just as
simple as that!” he shouted.
He introduced Gavin as a scho
lar, a country lawyer with ability,
integrity, character and courage.
• The candidate is a native of
Sampson county, served as district
See RALLY, Page 2
This banner on Arendell street, Morehead City, greeted the Gavin
motorcade Wednesday morning.
Was He Joining
Or Chasing 'Em?
Mayor George Dill, Morehead
► City, said yesterday, “Did you
hear about Gehrmann Holland
getting caught in the Gavin pa
rade Wednesday?
“He came out of the road to
the fisheries office at Camp
Glenn and got in the tail end of
the parade.
“What I can’t figure out,” the
mayor continued, “is whether he
was joining them or thought he
was chasing them out!”
(For those who may not know,
Mr. Holland is a Democrat and
state fisheries commission. Gav
in is a Republican).
Charles Collins
Term Suspended
A Morehead City man, Charles
Collins, was sentenced to 30 days
in jail Wednesday in Morehead City
recorder’s court for fighting and
disturbing the peace.
Judge Herbert O. Phillips sus
pended the jail term for Collins on
payment of $25 and court costs and
one year’s good behavior. Col
lins was also ordered to pay the
doctor and hospital bills of Peniel
Lowery.
Three defendants, Willie Moore
Harkley, George Carlis Williams
and his wife, Esther Williams, fail
ed to appear in court and an order
was issued for them to be brought
in to stand trial. Harkley is charg
ed with failing to comply with a
court order and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liams with stealing property of an
other.
Three Morehead City youths who
skipped school and hid out in an
abandoned house at 1004 Shepard
St. appeared in court to' answer
charges of trespassing. The three
were Gene Willis, Jerry Willis and
Johnny Ray Matthews. The court
suspended judgment on payment of
one-third court costs each.
Charles T. Eary of San Fran
cisco was ordered to pay court
costs and to honor the check on a
worthless check charge.
Continued were six cases until
next week’s term of court. Court
was held Wednesday instead of
Monday, because the solicitor,
George McNeill, was out of town.
Paving Starts
The north side of the Beaufort
Morehead causeway was paved
yesterday. The south side will be
paved sometime next week, ac
cording to J. L. Humphrey, coun
ty road superintendent.
*
Supreme Court
Rules Against
Water Company
The state supreme court upheld
Wednesday a lower court decision
requiring Carolina Water Co. to
pay $15,000 for fading to furnish
water in constant supply during a
fire in Beaufort Dec. 11, 1958.
On May 6, 1960, a jury in Car
teret superior court returned a ver
dict in favor of Potter’s Grocery
store, Beaufort, and the New
Hampshire Insurance Co. The pe
titioners had been suing the water
company for $23,365.29.
Luther Hamilton and John Daw
son, attorneys for the water com
pany, moved that the verdict be
set aside. When Judge Malcolm
Paul refused, they appealed to the
state supreme court.
According to C. R. Whcatly, at
torney for the Potters, the insur
ance firm was a party in the suit
to the extent of $2,500.
The petitioners claimed that the
fire, which broke out in House’s
drug store, was under control early
on the morning of Dec. 12, when
suddenly the water flow stopped.
When the water again started
flowing, petitioners said the fire
was out of control and their store
and its contents were destroyed.
In ruling that the water depart
ment was negligent, the supreme
court said that to favor the water
company, it would have had to
overrule previous decisions that
have “not been challenged for
nearly half a century.”
Camp Glenn Fall
Festival Begins
At 5 Tonight
Everyone is invited to come to
Camp Glenn school for their eve
ning meal tonight, where the an
nual fall festival will be held from
5 to 9 p.m. The festival, sponsor
ed by the PTA, is the main fund
raising project of the year.
Mrs. Joe Rose, PTA publicity
chairman, says hungry folks will
find hamburgers, hot dogs, sweets,
snowballs, candy apples and other
foods on sale. There will be a
country store, a cake walk, movies
for the children, a dance for teen
agers, games and rides.
The PTA will give away a tur
key, a ham, and a painting by
Charles McNeill of this city, noted
watercolor artist..
Gubernatorial candidate Robert Garin waves to supporters in Morehead City as his motorcade wends
its way to Beaufort Wednesday morning. At the right of the picture, in the back seat of the converti
ble is William Cobb, Morgan Urn, chairman of the state Republican executive committee.
Henderson, Jordan, Sanford to Speak
At Democratic Rally Tomorrow Night
Driver Crushed
When Tractor
i
Turns Over
Thomas Smith Jr., Negro, wasi
killed instantly about noon Wed
nesday when the tractor he was
driving overturned on him, crush
ing his chest. Coroner David Mun
den ruled the death an accident.
Mr. Munden said the accident I
happened in the woods on the old
Clarence Taylor farm at Crab
Point. Smith, a member of a log
ging crew, had started driving the
tractor only that morning.
He told his employer, H. D Har
dy, that he knew how to drive a
tractor, but the coroner said he
evidently lacked experience in
driving for logging operations.
Witnesses said that Smith pulled I
on an object too heavy, causing
the front of the tractor to leave the
ground. It became unbalanced and
toppled backwards, pinning Smith
beneath it.
Those who saw the accident were
Hardy, Dan Foster and Willie Bry
ant of Morehead City and Law
rence Brown of Beaufort.
Smith was originally from Foun
tain, but had been living in Beau
fort. The body was removed to
Barrow funeral home, but no de
tails on survivors or funeral ar
rangements were available at press
time yesterday.
Kings Running;
Catches Excellent
In Sound, Offshore
By BOB SIMPSON
The news on the fishing front can
be summed up in a few words.
“Fishing is great.”
King mackerel are biting, they're
big ones and the wind is right to
take them fairly close inshore.
Charter boatmen are busy taking
out parties and bringing back fine
catches.
Flounders are excellent in ocean
and sound. Bluefish and gray trout
catches are terrific in sound and
river.
The weather is the bonny kind
that only’autumn brings to the Car
teret coast and fishermen are hav
ing a hey-day.
Judge Luther Hamilton
Speaks to Democrats
Judge Luther Hamilton, state
senator, was the speaker Wednes
day night at New Bern before a
group of business and professional
men of eastern Carolina counties.
The Democratic campaign meet
ing was held in the Governor Try
on hotel.
Mayor Robert Stallings, New
Bern, presided.
Republican
Wednesday
Candidates on the state Republi
can ticket were introduced to
voters at the courthouse, Beaufort,
Wednesday morning, climaxing a
colorful motorcade which escorted
them from tne intersection of high
ways 70 and 24 at 11 a.m.
Fifty cars, some decorated and
some merely carrying Republican
supporters, followed an open con
vertible from which gubernatorial
candidate Robert Lee Gavin waved
to folks who turned out to see him.
From a sound truck in front of
the courthouse, Uie candidates
were introduced to a crowd of
about 200, including onlookers irom
courthouse offices.
William Cobb, chairman of the
state Republican committee, was
master oi ceremonies.
introduced were Clyde Eggers,
candidate tor lieutenant governor;
David L. Morton, for secretary of
state; Dallas M. Reese, state audi
tor; Fred Keith, slate treasurer.
Mrs. Waiter Zachary, superin
tendent of public instruction; Don
ald L. Paschal, attorney general;
A. H. Farmer, commissioner of
agriculture; Paul Messick, com
missioner of labor.
Julian E. Cameron, commission
er of insurance; Kyle Hayes, for
United States Senate. Paul C. West,
candidate for associate justice of
the supreme court, was not pres
ent.
Jack Brinson, of Pamlico county,
running against Democrat David
Henderson for Congress, gave a
brief talk. He said that he doesn’t
apologize for the Republican ad
ministration which has maintained
the country as the best nation in
the world — best in national de
fense and in national prosperity.
Sen. B. Everett Jordan
. . . seeks re-election
J. O. Barbour Succeeds James Potter
As Merchants Association President
Beaufort Mayor
Reports on Civil
Defense Aid
Beaufort town commissioners
Monday night heard a report on a
recent meeting between town of
ficials and state Civil Defense au
thorities in Raleigh.
Mayor W. H. (Piggie) Potter
told the commissioners that the
group was told by state CD head,
Gen. Edward Griffin, that there
was no limit to the , amount of
emergency disaster equipment the
town of Beaufort could receive
from Civil Defense if the town
could provide a building and prop
er storage facilities for the equip
ment.
Mayor Potter said that if Beau
fort could provide a building, Civil
Defense authorities could furnish
Ihe town with cots, blankets, first
aid kits, disaster kits, auxiliary
generators and just about anything
needed to be totally prepared in
the event of hurricane disaster.
He added that acquiring the
equipment would not only make
the town better prepared in the
event of hurricane but would also
provide Beaufort with a better
equipped and more active Civil De
fense unit. •
On the issue of annexation, the
board announced that residents
living in the proposed area for an
nexation, even though their prop
erty is within 1,000 feet of a fire
hydrant, will no longer receive a
preferential fire insurance rate.
Previously, property owners who
were within 1,000 feet of a fire
hydrant had been given a lower
rate by the rating bureau.
See BOARD, Page 2
Candidates Greet Crowd
Morning at Courthouse
"Our national product is worth
$150 billion dollars more than it
was in 1952,” he declared. “There
are more people in paying jobs
than ever before and I want to re
mind you that this is in peace
time, not war.
"What we need,” he declared,
"is a two-party system. The Dem
ocrats have the idea that the peo
ple serve the party and not the
party the people!”
Mr. Gavin was escorted to the
speaker’s platform by Ivey Gilli
kin, chairman of the county Re
publican party.
Mr. Gavin said he was greatly
pleased with the welcome to Car
teret. “1 understand,” he said,
"that there was a Kennedy motor
cade to meet us at the bridge and
when they saw us coming, they
changed their minds and turned
around.”
He reminded listeners of com
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Oct. 14
3:18 a m. 9:47 a.m.
3:31 p.m. 10:20 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 15
4:15 a.m. 10:38 a m.
4:28 p.m. 11:05 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 16
5:08 a.m. 11:25 a.m.
5:20 p.m. 11:47 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 17
5:53 a.m. 12:09 a.m.
6:07 p.m. ..
Tuesday, Oct. 18
6:33 a.m. 12:29 a.m.
6:48 p.m. 12:32 p.m.
David Henderson
. . . Barden’s successor?
■ J. O. Barbour Jr. was elected
president of the Beaufort Mer
chants association Tuesday night,
succeeding James Potter III. The
election was held during the busi
ness meeting on the second floor
of the town hall.
Other officers are E. W. Down
um, vice-president; Jarvis Herring,
recording secretary; Jack Barnes,
corresponding secretary, and Clar
ence Stamper, treasurer.
The new officers take office im
mediately and will serve one year.
Mr. Downum commended Mr.
Potter for his outstanding leader
ship during the past year and said
the many accomplishments of the
organization were due to its presi
dent.
Mr. Potter thanked members for
their cooperation and listed the
achievements of the'past year:
1. Christmas program headed by
Mrs. Wiley Lewis.
2. Welcome program for men
haden fishermen.
3. Establishment of the same
closing days for all businesses.
4. Revision of town privilege li
cense fees.
5. Promotion of the town anni
versary in July, decorating of dis
j play windows with historical items
! and participation in the anniver
sary parade.
6. Erection of Beaufort signs at
Hardesty’s corner and at west end
of Beaufort bridge.
7. Construction of a launching
ramp on Front street at a cost
slightly exceeding $400.
8. Sales promotions, one in Beau
fort and one with Morehead City
businessmen, the latter deemed
not as successful as the one ex
clusively staged in Beaufort.
9. Pictures supplied for the High
way 70 association brochure.
Albert Chappell, treasurer, re
ported that the year was started
last October with $224.90 in the
treasury. Collected during the
year was $1,779.50. Spent was
$1,987.92, leaving a balance at pres
ent of $16.58.
menls by Kennedy, the Democratic
Presidential nominee, who in ex
pressing his opinion of the South,
said he wanted to be elected with
out a single Southern vote.
Walter Keuther, head of the
AFL-CIO, tfle speaker continued,
apparently has little regard for the
Southern Democrat, for he said he
hoped each one would join the Ke
puDUcan party.
Gavin declared, "We want the
support ot good Democrats wno
put principles and ideals above
party loyalty.”
He stressed the need-for an ad
ministration in Haieigh that has
the interests of all Inc people at
heart.
“I want to be governor and 1
want to be governor tor tour
years,” he declared. “I’m not in
terested in any further political
amoiuons. 1 m not going to build
up a political machine and obligate
myseif to any group in this state or
out.”
He said that if elected, people
for appointive offices would be
chosen on basis of ability and not
how they voted. “There are some
good Democrats in oifice and they
should stay there. Their jobs will
be protected by a civil service sys
tem.” —
One of the planks in Gavin’s
platform is a civil service system
lor all state employees.
‘.‘People in state offices should
be working for YOU,” Gavin said,
“and not for political bosses as
they have the past 60 years.”
He urged listeners to vote Re
publican for a “top rate state with
a good Republican administratioi
beginning in 1961.”
Terry Sanford
. . . future governor?
Mr. Stamper was urged to col
lect immediately outstanding dues
owed by 22 members.
Mr. Potter outlined projects yet
to be completed:
1. Obtaining a new movie house.
11c said the present theatre is a
disgrace to the town. Repeated
promises of meetings with an of
ficial of the Stewart and Everett
theatre chain were never kept. Mr.
Potter said the theatre should be
cleaned up or closed.
He said businessmen have co
operated with Harry Evans, man
ager of the theatre, in his promo
tions, but there has been little co
operation by Mr. Evans with the
merchants.
2. East Carteret Appreciation
Days. This event, originally sched
uled for October, had to be post
poned because of Donna. The as
sociation decided to sponsor the
three-day activity in honor of down
east communities sometime after
the first of the year.
3. Reopening of the north end of
Moore Street.
4. -Improvement of parking con
ditions in town through paving of
area behind stores between Craven
and Turner streets and acquisition
of property to be made into park
ing lots.
5. Financial support of the high
school band. Mr. Potter said the
merchants depend on the band for
parades and it is as important as
the football team. At present the
school band does not have a direc
tor and $400 more is needed to
make up a $1,000 supplement for
a director.
6. Creation of a recreation area
on the shoal across from the town.
The new president appointed the
following Christmas promotion
committee: W. R. Hamilton, Gil
bert Potter, James Potter, Jim
Wheatley, and Mrs. Wiley Lewis.
The committee will meet at 8 p.m.
Thursday at the home of Mr. Bar
bour.
Attending the meeting in addi
tion to those mentioned, were Fin
ley Thompson, Mrs. Glen Harris,
Mrs. Ben Gibbs, Halsey Paul, Carl
Hatsell, Clarence Guthrie, and Bob
by .Spr ingle.
Laboratory Wins Award
r # ' ,
tomtit iu /isisi....
Seton H. Thompson, director of the regional office of the Bureau
of Commercial Fisheries, presents a Unit Citation Award to G. B.
Talbot, director of the US Biological laboratory, Beaufort.
The US Biological laboratory, Pi
vers Island, was presented last
week with a Unit Citation Award
for outstanding research on Atlan
tic coast shad.
The award was presented by
Scion H. Thompson, regional di
rector of the Bureau of Commer
cial Fisheries, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Also attending the ceremony were
Dr. J. L. McHugh, chief, division
of biological research, and Howard
Eckles, chief, branch of marine
fisheries, both of Washington, D.
C.
The award was accepted for the
staff by G. B. Talbot, director of
the laboratory.
The ciUtioa reads, in part, “for
Tomorrow night’* Demo
cratic rally at the court
house, Beaufort, is expected
to draw a crowd of close to
a thousand.
Those attending the hour-long
program will hear three leading
canuidates: Terry Sanford, run
ning for governor; David Hender
son, running tor congress, and sen.
B. Bverett Jordan, seeking re-elec
tion to the United States senate.
The rally will be at the east end
of tne county healtn center. Fold
ing chairs will be set up on tne
parking area for tne audience.
Mayor W. 11. Hotter, beauturt,
cnairntan of the rally, said cars
containing spectators will be per
mitted to park on tile hard surface
near the jail.
Introducing Mr. Sanford will be
Sen. Luther Hamilton, Morehead
City. Mr. Sanlord and his wife wdl
fly to Beautort from Chapel Hill
late Saturday afternoon, arriving
here between 5 and 5:3U.
They will be greeted at (he air
port by Mayor and Mrs. Potter,
Mayor and Mrs. George Dill,
Morehead City. Mr. and Mrs. C.
G. Holland, Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
James, Sheriff and Mrs. Hugh Sal
ter, Air. and Mrs. David F Mer
rill, and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Smith.
With the Sanfords will be Roy
Wilder of the candidate s campaign
staff. j
Mr. Sanford will be presented
with keys to the cities of Beaufort
and Morehead City and Mrs. San
ford will be given a bouquet of red
roses. The public is invited to be
at the airport to welcome the can
didate and his wife.
Introducing Mr. Henderson at the
rally will be Mayor Dill. Sheriff
Hugh Salter will introduce senator
Jordan. Mrs. Merrill, vice-chair
man of the county Democratic
committee, will introduce Mrs.
Henry Cromartic, vice-chairman
of the state Democratic committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, sena
tor and Mrs. Jordan and Mrs. Gro
in artie will arrive by automobile
i Saturday afternoon.
At 6 p.m. the guests and their
hosts in this county will have sup
per at the Sanitary Fish Market
and Restaurant. In the party will
be Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Butner Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. James, Dr. and Mrs.
John Gainey and Mr. and Mrs.
Merrill.
They will leave for the court
house at 7:15. The rally will begin
at 7:30 with the invocation by the
Rev. Ralph Fleming, pastor of St.
James Methodist church, Newport.
Mr. James, chairman of the county
Democratic committee, will be in*
troduced by Mayor Potter.
D. G. Bell, legislature candidate
from this county, will introduce
Mayor Dill and Democratic guests.
The Rev. John Cline, pastor of Ann
Street Methodist church, will close
the rally.
Free soft drinks will be available
after the program, which will be
broadcast. Candidates, their wives
and guests will greet members of
the audience near the speaker’s
platform at the close of the rally.
In case of rain, the program will
be moved into the courthouse.
inspired creative research, devoted
cooperative effort and efficiently
organized operations by all mem
bers of the staff who participated
in the Atlantic Coast Shad Investi
gations.”
Research on American, or white
shad as it is known here, was be
gun at the laboratory in 1950 at
the request of the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries commission. The
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
carried out this research as the
primary research agency for the
commission.
During the course of the investi
gation over 30 scientific paper*
See AWARD, Page t . .