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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES 49th YEAR, NO. 84. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Storm Trims Crowd At Democratic Rally Terry Sanford, left, accepts key to Carteret county, from George Dill, mayor of Morehead City, and A. H. James, right, chairman of the county Democratic party. Scouts Awarded Sunday Night At Honor Court Boy Scouts from the Carteret district were presented awards at a district court of honor Sunday 1 night at Ann Street Methodist church, Beaufort. Dr. Darden J. Sure, Morehead City, presided. Gordon C. Willis, Morehead City, is chairman of the advancement com mittee. Second class awards were pre sented Steve Wickizer of troop 130, Morehead City; John Hudnell, Phillip Bennett, David McNeill, Larry Lewis and Leslie Moore of troop 201, Beaufort; Clifton Wha ley, Glenn Shivar, Sammy Whaley, Bill Young, Joe Rose and George Clegg of troop 334, Morehead City. The second class awards were pre sented by Dr. R. O. Barnum. T. D. Eure presented first class awards to Donald Crowe, Ronald Crowe and Ray Ball of troop 334; Julius Adair of troop 201; and Vic tor Wickizer of troop 130. Winning the star award were John Seitter Jr. of troop 130; James Simpson of troop 201; and Harry Drake and Larry Drake of tropp 61, Newport. Roy Barnhardt, district Scout executive, presented thy star awards. James Simpson of troop 201 and David Muffleman of troop 61 re ceived life awards from Mayor 6oorgc W. Dill. ' The following Scouts received ^nerit badges from Mr. WiUis: Troop 201: Robert Johnson, print ing; Lewis Newman, hiking; Jack ie Bridgers, citizen in nation and electricity; Guy Dickinson, pioneer ing. reptile study, and home re pairs. James Simpson, agriculture, electricity, weather, journalism, wildlife management, farm ar rangements, railroading and beef production; Ricky Johnson, beef production, wildlife management, electricity, architecture, business citizen in community, railroading, agriculture, animal industry. ^ Tommy Bridgers, art, landscap ing and gardening, railroading, masonry, citizen in nation, first aid to animals, business, painting, agriculture, architecture, electri city, woodwork, wildlife manage ment, pioneering, mechanical drawing, journalism, automobiling, dramatics, geology. Troop 130: John Seitter Jr., pub lic speaking; Gordy Eure, hiking, A>wing, wildlife management, fish ing; Benny Eubanks, fishing safe ty and personal fitness; John Hatcher, nature and cycling; Ted dy Rice, firemanship, citizen in community, safety, lifesaving. Troop 61: Kenneth Mann, archi tecture and first aid; Richard Reim, personal fitness, nature, life saving, safety; Edward Robertson, , gome repairs, architecture, cook ing; Mark Bercegeay, architec ture. Larry Drake, first aid; Harry Drake, first aid and cooking; Dav id Muffleman, cooking, first aid, citizen in nation, nature, home re pairs; David Barfield, first aid, cooking, personal fitness; Lewis Maggiolo, cooking, personal fitness, first aid. foremen Called Beaufort firemen were called to the west side of Ward’s Creek bridge at 4:05 p.m. Thursday to put out a fire sweeping through a corn field. Ronald Smith, en gineer, said the com had been har I vested and there was no property I damage. Firemen returned to the station in an hour. A thunderstorm Saturday night cut a crowd of close to a thousand to about 500, as the Democratic rally moved from the courthouse yard to the courtroom, Beaufort. Candidates Terry Sanford, for governor; Everett Jordan, for US senator, and David Henderson, for Congress, delivered addresses dur ing the two-hour rally. Mayor W. II. Potter, Beaufort, presided and at the beginning of the program read a telegram from presidential candidate John F. Kennedy, A. H. James, chairman of the county Democratic party, intro duced Irvin W. Davis and Sen. Lu ther Hamilton, past chairmen of the county Democratic committee. Senator Hamilton reviewed American history and quoted from the Bible to convince the audience that they should not vote against Kennedy because he is a Catholic. He also took to task Democrats who “are cussing the party” that made social security and old age pensions available to them. Before the main part of the pro gram, rain drops and bright flash es of lightning caused transfer of the erdwd from the gaily-lighted east end of the health center to the second floor of the courthouse. Mrs. Henry Cromartie, vice chairman of the state Democratic executive committee, was called upon to speak again since she had cut her remarks short outdoors, because of the threatening storm. She urged every woman to work to get out the Democratic vote, appealed to women, in the interest of peace and better education for their children, to vote for Kennedy. Mayor George Dill, Morehead City, introduced candidate Hender son, who was born in Carteret, and who under Congressman Barden, the mayor said, has had excellent training in Washington. “Now when he stands up,” he told the crowded courtroom, “I don’t want you clapping like a Ladies’ Aid society like you did out there (he pointed outdoors), I want you to let the radio audience know we really have a crowd here.” The audience complied. Mr. Henderson commented that he flew over Carteret the day after Donna. He said that in his opin ion a Republican administration next year would be the only thing worse than Donna. Mr. Henderson asked the voters’ support for Sanford and Jordan. He announced that he had been named as a member of the Ken See DEMOCRATIC RALLY, Page 7 Terry Sanford • ., addresses rally Farmers Must Return Marketing Cards to ASC Tobacco farmers are required by regulations to return their market ing cards to the ASC county office at the close of the marketing sea son. W. E. Matthews, chairman of the ASC State committee, predicts that again this year some farmers will neglect to return their market ing card and will have their 1961 allotment reduced because of their neglect. Last year, according to Mr. Mat thews, several producers in the District NCEA Will Convene Friday Teacher of the county who can find substitutes will attend the 38th annual convention of the east ern district North Carolina Edu cation association Friday at Golds boro high school. Although schools arc usually closed on that day to permit teach ers’ attending, the holiday has been cancelled this year so that the schools may make up one of the days lost after Donna. Dallas Herring, chairman of the state board of education, will speak at the classroom teachers’ lunch eon. Theme of the program is “Edu cation: the bulwark of tomorrow.” Red Cross Office Closes • $28,000 Spent to Aid Storm Victims Here • Headquarters Remain Open at New Bern The Red Cross office in the court house annex, Beaufort, which had been open since Donna, closed Saturday. Frank Reeves, who was in charge, reported that a total of $28,000 was approved by the Red Cross for aid to storm victims in this county. Of that amount $17,000 was used | to help victims immediately with food, clothing and the essentials for day-to-day living. The remain-1 der was used for re-establishing | families in homes and furnishing j help to those who had no financial resources of any kind. Mr. Reeves said that anyone who is holding the white disbursing or ders supplied by the Red Cross should mail them to Red Cross dis aster headquarters, New Bern, PO Box 1676. Checks will be forth coming from there. Several of the eight case workers who were on duty in this county were sent to Manteo and Southport. Mr. Reeves has returned to St. Louis, Mo. He expressed his ap preciation to all individuals and agencies who assisted the Red Cross in its work here. Car Runs Off Highway West of Davjs Sunday Four men from Pope Air Force base escaped injury at 2:30 a.m. Sunday when the 1955 Ford they were in went off the road a mile west of Davis on highway 70. Deputy C. H. Davis, who investi gated, said the driver of the car, Burton R. Setterlund Jr., fell asleep. No one was hurt and the car was driven away from the scene of the accident. New Chart Available The Coast and Geodetic Survey announces that a revised chart on Morehead City harbor, No. 423, is now on sale where nautical charts are available. » state had their 1960 allotments re duced for failure to return mar keting cards and other violations. These few farmers, compared with the 114,000 tobacco farmers in the state, represent a very small per centage. However, failure to return these cards definitely hurts the farmers whose allotments are reduced and it also slows up the work in the ASC county office considerably, says B. J. May, Carteret ASC man ager. Mr. Matthews says that the pro ducer must return .each tobacco marketing card issued for the farm to the county office within 30 days after the close of the markets in the farmer’s area. Many farmers, he said, put off returning their to bacco and peanut marketing cards, until it is too late. If all farmers return*their mar keting cards as soon as they finish selling their 1960 crop, they will greatly facilitate the administra tion of a program that incans much to them, Mr. May commented. If farmers do not return their mar keting cards promptly, they take a chance of losing vital acreage because of their own carelessness, he said. The ASC office is on the second floor of the courthouse annex, Beaufort. Bennie Rhatt, 35, Killed On Laurel Road Sunday A Woman of Year Will be Named Friday Night The Home Demonstration Wom an of the Year will be named Fri day night at the achievement pro gram of county Home Demonstra tion clubs. The program will be preceded by a covered dish supper at 6:30 in the N. F. Eure building, Beaufort. Families of Home Demonstration club members are invited. Mrs. Charles Stanley, president of the county Home Demonstration coun cil, will preside. Mrs. G. T. Spivey, Beaufort, rep resentative at the National Home Demonstration Council meeitng at Madison, Wis., in August, will make a report on that meeting. Miss Josic Pigott, Gloucester, will report on the United Nations. The Gloucester club will present several choral numbers. Mrs. Joyce S h r a k e, Harlowc club, will give the welcome. Per fect attendance certificates will be presented. Clubs in charge of phases of the program are Bussells Creek, dec orations; Harlowe, program ar rangements; Wildwood, beverages; Crab Point, corsages, and Broad Creek, clean-up. SBA Approves $87r350 in Loans C. R. Shaw, manager of the New Bern disaster field office of the Small Business administration, an nounced today the approval of thir teen business loans, totaling $84, 725, and two home loans to home owners, totaling $2,625. These loans were made for the purpose of rehabilitating victims who suffered damage from hurri cane Donna. Mr. Shaw stated that a total of 44 applications had been received to date, and were being processed as quickly as possible. He emphasized that the closing date of the temporary New Bern disaster field office would be an nounced shortly, and urged that all persons interested in loans to re pair damaged property, contact the office as soon as possible. The address is 608 Broad St., New Bern, telephone MElrose 7-5009. Dr. John Daughtery Interns At Winston-Salem Hospital Dr. John II. Daughtery of New port is interning at Kate B. Reyn olds hospital, Winston-Salem, after receiving his medical degree from Howard University College of Med icine, Washington, D. C. Upon completion of his internship, Dr. Daughtery plans to specialize in psychiatry or surgery. Born in 1930 into a family of 10 children, he attended the county elementary schools, W. S. King and Queen Street schools, graduating in 1947. He enrolled at North Car olina college at Durham, from where he graduated magna cum laude in 1951 with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry. During his college years he spent summers working for Dom Femia at the Carolina Racing association track to earn money to complete his education. By 1953 he had re ceived his master’s degree in chemistry and had qualified to study for doctor of philosophy. He was drafted into the Army in 1954 and worked as a research chemist in Virginia before being transferred to Germany, where he worked with counter intelligence for NATO. He took his pre-med ical training at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, before en rolling at Howard. He passed examinations at Johns Hopkins University enabling him to practice medicine in 44 states, including the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Oct. 18 6:33 aim. 6:48 p.m. 12:29 a.m. 12:52 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 7:10 a.m. 7:27 p.m. 1:10 a.m. 1:36 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28 7:46 a.m. 8:05 p.m. 1:49 a.m. 2:19 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 8:24 a.m. 8:46 p.m. 2:28 a.m. 3:01 p.m. Man Walking with Rhatf Injured by Automobile The coroner's inquest into thei death of Bennie B. Rhatt, 35, Ne gro of route 1 Beaufort, will be conducted at 7:30 tonight at the municipal building, Morchead City. Rhatt was killed at 7 p.m. Sun day by an automobile as he was walking along the Laurel road In jured was Pete Alexander, 36, Ne gro of route 1 Beaufort, who was walking with him. Driver of the car, a 1951 Chevrolet, was Richard E. Moeller, USMC, Cherry Point. Riding with Moeller were Louis F. Mathias Jr., John M. Bennett and Robert R. Sisk, all of Cherry Point. According to patrolman W. E. Pickard, who investigated, Moel ! ler was headed east on the Laurel road. He rounded a curve and suddenly came upon the two men. He swerved to the left to try to avoid them, but couldn’t. Rhatt was knocked 100 feet. Alexander suffered a broken leg and was taken by ambulance to the Morehead City hospital. The grill and hood of Moeller's car were damaged. Coroner David Mundcn said that Rhatt and Alexander had been drinking. The patrolman said that another motorist reported to him that about 45 minutes before the accident, he had to take his car off on to the shoulder of the road to avoid Rhatt and Alexander who were walking on the hard-surface. Sworn in as jurors for tonight’s inquest are Guy Dickinson, Alex Lewis, Joseph Long and I. E. Courtney, Beaufort; C. H. Davis of Davis and J. W. Sykes, More head City. Rhatt’s death is the sixth high way fatality in the county this year. By this time last year, there had been seven fatalities. John Reynolds to Speak To Newport PTA Tonight John Reynolds of Morehead City will be the guest speaker at the Newport PTA meeting tonight at 7:30 in the school auditorium. Mr. Reynolds is the retired wing legal officer from Cherry Point. His subject will be Our American Heri tage, the Right to Vote. Final plans for the annual PTA sponsored Halloween carnival will be made. Parents of all school children arc invited. Wins at Fair Eddie Turner of Newport won third place for four jars of chunk comb honey he placed in the 4-H exhibits at the state fair, Raleigh. Dr. J. H. Daughtery . . . Newport native Virgin islands and American Sa moa. He plans to practice in North Carolina. Atlantic Beach Clerk Gives Report on Damage by Donna Between $40,000 and $$0,000 will be needed to get the town of At lantic Beach back to where it was before the Sept. 11 hurricane, M. G. Coyle, town clerk, told the beach board Friday morning at the town hall. The boardwalk has been under mined, sidewalks tom up and oth er public property damaged. Mr. Coyle said he believes the town will be able to obtain disaster funds to meet the cost of rebuild ing, but ‘ application forms for those funds have not been received as yet. lie town authorized Mr. Coyle to continue supervising the recon struction. He said that $2,000 has been spent already to remove de bris and open streets and a thou sand dollars more has been com mitted for emergency work. Judge Burgwyn Presides This Week in Court Judge W. II. S. Burgwyn is pre siding at this week’s term of civil court, Beaufort, in the absence of judge Chester A. Morris, who is sick. The first divorce granted late yesterday, because court convened iate, was to Catherine and Ishmael Daughtcry. Sworn in as jurors were the fol lowing : Robert L. Hicks, Cecil Smith, John Bell Willis Jr., Odis Earl Jones, A. Jasper Phillips, Richard C. Jones, Edward L. Fau cett, James F. Hux, E. C. Guthrie, Gene M. Bell, all of Morehead City. Robert F. McLaren, Jack Gard ner, Julian Hamilton Jr., Wyon Lewis, Henry S. Zocka, Herbert J. Jackson, Ralph W. Leister, all of Beaufort. Fred N. Davis Sr., 1. D. Gillikin, route 1 Beaufort; F. J. Worthing ton and Sterling Arthur, Beaufort RFI). Edward C. Willard, Sea Level; Marvin Fulcher, Stacy; Hallis W. Lawrence Harkers Island; Eugene Lilly, route 2 Newport; James S. Salter, route 1 Newport; Leonard C. Lewis, route 1 Morehead City.. Robert L. Russell, Morehead City RFD; Herman Bratcher, route 2 Newport, and Hugh C. Willis, Smyrna. Talesmen arc Curtis Davis, Da vis, and S. F. Doshier, Morehead City, who will serve if necessary. Island Sea Wall To be Repaired Repair of the sea wall on fed eral property at Pivcrs Island will start in November. G. B. Talbot, director of the US Fisheries lab oratory, said that repair of the wall, on the east side of the island, will cost about $16,000. Although plans to repair had been made before Donna, the storm seriously undermined the wall in places. Total damage to federal property on the island, as a result of the storm, is estimated at $17,500. Mr. Talbot said about $12,000 damage was caused to electronic equipment in the radiobiological laboratory. The equipment was raised 30 inches off the floor to save it, but the water in the lab rose 33 inches, Mr. Talbot said. In Hazel, the water came up 26 inches and it was hoped the 30 inches would be sufficient height to save the equipment from dam age. Mr. Talbot said a new radiobio logical lab has been planned but funds have not been appropriated as yet. Donna took the pier away at Duke lab, at the southern end of the island. That, tbo, will be re placed this fall, according to Dr. John Vernbcrg of Duke Marine laboratory. License Revoked The North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles has revoked the driving license of Donald Ray Wade, 602 Fisher St., Morchead City. Wade was convicted of drunken driving. ' He reported that an engineer has been consulted relative to drain ing Charlotte Avenue where 4 to 5 feet of water stood after Donna. The Coast Guard pumped the Wa ter out right after the storm, but a petition from property owners requests that a permanent solution be found. A. B. Bass of Tarboro, who owns a beach cottage, appeared to re quest the town to assume part of the expense for building a seawall along the ocean front for protec tion against future storms. After Hazel, some property owners built a seawall, others did not. Mayor A. B. Cooper, who pre sided, is of the opinion that the seawall saved the major part of the beach hi Donna. Mr. Baa* suggested that all prop erty owners in town bo assessed Marine Drowns While Diving At Radio Island Coroner W. D. Munden has ruled the death of Doug Hammond, 21 year-old Cherry Point Marine who drowned at Radio island Saturday afternoon, an accident. The Ma rine’s body was pulled from the water at 4:55 p m. after being lo cated by Paul Norman, Morehead City skin diver. According to the coroner, Ham mand and a buddy, Peter C. Just, had gone to Radio island together to dive. They swam out to the rock jetty near the loading ramp and went down. Just decided that he wanted to move to the other side of the jetty and signalled Hammond to surface. He told the coroner that his signal was ac knowledged. Just said he thought Hammond followed him up, but when he reached the surface he couldn't see him. He started to look for him and when he could not locate him, called for help. Conducting the search were Norman and Claude Hull. Time of death was set at about 3:15. Norman said the body was lo cated about half way between the corner of the loading ramp and the jetty in water 25 feet deep. He said he removed the weight belt from the body before bringing it to the surface. The victim’s diving gear, he said, was homemade. No information on survivors or funeral arrangements were avail able at press time yesterday, but it was believed that Hammond had a wife and small child. Mayor Reports On Beach Court Paid to the clerk of superior court from court operations at At lantic Beach this summer was $1,035.50, according to mayor A. B. Cooper, who reported on court functions at a board meeting Fri day in the town hall. He commended police chief Bill Moore and reported that officers have done an excellent job. He said there is now an officer on duty day and night the year around. The mayor commented that there was one drowning this past sum mer, at Sportsman’s pier, east of the town. Atlantic Beach lifeguards operate under supervision of the police chief. In making a report on summer police activities, the mayor said that the department does not try to sec how many arrests it can make. Warnings are issued and only in serious cases are arrests made. Issued were 1,189 warning cards. Thirteen cases were sent to county court; 178 warrants were served; nine persons were found not guil ty; 42 forfeited bonds amounting to $620; 127 were found guilty. Paid to the officer’s retirement fund was $254 and fines amounted to $161.50. Engineers to Conduct Hearing on Span Height The Corps of Army Engineers, Wilmington, has set Tuesday, Nov. 15, as the date for a public hear ing relative to the fixed span ele vation of the proposed Morehead City bridge across the inland wa terway. The hearing has been set for 10 a m. at the municipal building, Morehead City. for an ocean front wall. Mayor Cooper aaid that after Hazel this proposition was made, but property owners back from the ocean do not want to share in the cost of a seawall. George McNeill, town attorney, said the town could participate in building a seawall in front of pri vate property if there are sufficient funds from tax revenue; by having the legislature pass a special act to allow assessment for a seawall, or borrow the money to .build a wall, which would require a vote of approval by the people. The board agreed to contact a contractor, get an estimate of the cost of wall construction, then no tify the property owners who do not have a wall what their share • See BOARD, Page 2
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