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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET EIGHT PAGES 49th YEAR, NO. 88. MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Republican Headquarters Persons interested in learning more about the Republican ticket are invited to call at headquarters in Beaufort across from First Citizens bank on Front street. The headquarters opened in September. State, Motehead City Will Exhibit in Cincinnati Show * Republicans Meet at School One hundred persons signed the register sheet at the Republican rally at Harkers Island school Fri day night. Taking into considera tion the fact that some did not register, the number at the rally, was estimated at 130. Speakers were Joe Dunn of Ben son, I. D. Gillikin, Republican candidate for general assembly from this county; Elmer Dewey Willis, Davis; and the Rev. Sam Wichard, pastor of the Pentecostal Holiness church, Harkers Island. Mr. Willis served as master of 'ceremonies. Mr. Wichard gave the invocation and the Rev. Bill Wal ker, pastor of the Free Grace Pil grim’s Holiness church, gave the benediction. There is a possibility that there will be a rally at Marshallberg Saturday night, but plans are in definite. An announcement will be made later this week. Port Calendar j Morehead City State Port Exemplar—Arrived Friday to unload import cargo and pick up tobacco for Egypt. Granada — Arrived Friday, bringing in lumber from South 1 America. Breitenstein—Arrived Saturday to load tobacco, lumber and chemicals for Europe. Hainan—Due Nov. 5 to load .tobacco for Egypt. Excelsior—Due Nov. 14 to load - tobacco for Egypt. Board Would Like Hospital In Western Part of County (Note: This is the fourth jn a series of articles on the proposed * county hospital). County commissioners have de cided that the proposed hospital, if approved by the people, should be buiit at least three miles west of Morehead City on a tract of land of 100 to 500 acres. They believe that this would be the most desirable location since tjiere is a hospital at Sea Level in the eastern part of the county. Lo cation of a hospital in the west would make hospital services easi ly accessible to all resdicnts of the county. Private citizens have offered two sites free of charge. One site, 15 acres, is located north of Morehead City in the Crab Point area. It is cut-over timberland of high eleva tion, according to M. T. Mills, Morehead City, donor of the land. * The site is as present accessible by dirt road which is used by a school bus and occasionally used by golfers who want to take a short cut to the golf course. The other site is north of Beau fort on highway 101 and has been offered by Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Merrill of Beaufort. It consists of 20 acres, seven of which are clear ed. If the bounty borrows money to ' build a county hospital, it would be permitted to spend some of those funds to buy a site, if neither | of the two donated is acceptable. Who determines where the hos 1 pital would be built? The Medical j Care commission states that the site is decided upon by the county commissioners, or a planning com ► North Carolina and Morchead City areas will have an exhibit in the Cincinnati Travel and Sports show March 4-12. Ten booth spaces have been re served by the state. Three will be used for the state exhibit for which $7,500 has been appropriated (in cludes advance advertising). The North Carolina Travel council has earmarked $1,800 as its share in the show. The other seven booths are avail able to resort areas at a cost of $165 a booth. One of these has been reserved by the Greater Morehcad City chamber of com merce. In it will be displays used ' at the Charlotte show last March plus additions and changes. J. A. DuBois, manager of the chamber! requests that Carteret travel businesses start planning now to have some inexpensive give away items at the Cincinnati ex hibit. “The item should be something which will advertise this area and their business and which the folks in Ohio will take home with them. A few more expensive prizes could be used also, such as fishing trips, weekend vacations, etc.,’’ Mr. Du Bois said. Mr. DuBois and W. L. Derrick son attended the recent meeting of the North Carolina Travel council at Southern Pines. Mr. DuBois is a member of the highway and travel show committees. Mr. Der rickson is a member of the board. The highway committee recom mended improved and better-mark ed access highways to mountain and seashore areas, plus special emphasis on resort information along the new super inter-state north-south highway 95. Newport town commissioners will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. mittec which they may appoint, after the bond issue is approved. The Medical Care commission works with the county in making site selection and feels that to do all the work attendant to selecting a site — surveying, investigating accessibility of power and water — is wasteful expenditure of time and money if the voters decide they don’t want a hospital after all. How would the hospital be op erated? The county board of commission ers would appoint a board of trus tees who would probably serve staggered terms. If the county board would choose to have the people elect the hospital trustees rather than appoint them, this would be set up by passage of a law in the legislature. The trustees would not take of fice until the hospital was ready to operate. Construction would re quire at least a year and a half and thus there would be sufficient time to set up the machinery for hospital operation. The Medical Care commission offers advice along these lines. The trustees are responsible for employing the hospital “manager" or administrator and other top ex ecutives in the hospital. They are responsible for complying with state regulations regarding hospital operation, maintenance and other functions necessary to keep the hos pital going. (Next: How would the hospital be paid lor?) NCFA to Fight Proposal on Ban Of Trawlers Charles Davis, Beaufort, presi dent of the North Carolina Fish eries association, said this week that the association will present evidence Dec. 10 that will show there is no basis for a request that trawlers be banned within three miles of the North Carolina coast. Dec. 10 is the date set for a hear ing on the matter. It will be at 10 a.m. in the commercial fish eires building, Morehead City. The commercial fisheries advis ory committee suggested that trawlers be banned from the most productive waters of North Caro lina, on the basis that their opera tion is damaging to the sports fish ing industry. “The suggestion came as such a surprise to us that we just didn’t know what to think at first,” Mr. Davis said. Shrimp trawler opera tors are distressed and many as yet can’t believe that such a sweep ing proposal should have come from a fisheries advisory commit tee headed by a native Carteret countian. The suggestion that trawlers be banned from within the three-mile limit and in certain areas of Pam lico sound was made by A. W. Daniels of Cedar Island and Char lotte, who is chairman of the fish eries advisory committee. Three Injured In Sunday Crash Three persons were injured at 7:15 p.m. Sunday in an accident on the old Pelletier road. In the Morehead City hospital yesterday were Paul Haddock and Mrs. Grace Carlyle, Kinston, and Clarence Ed wards, whose mail address is Swansboro. According to patrolman W. E. Pickard, who investigated, Ed wards, in a 1959 Chevrolet pickup truck, turned into his private drive, cutting in front of the 1957 Buick driven by Haddock. The Buick was headed toward Stella. Edwards was going in the opposite direction, prior to making the turn. Both vehicles were considered a total loss. The injured were taken to the hospital by an ambulance from Onslow county. Charges against Edwards are pending. Officer Cites Pollution Acts Discharging oil of any kind with in three miles of shore can bring a fine of $2,500, two years in pris on or both, Lt. John Riddell, USCG, commanding officer of Fort Ma con group, reminds mariners. Discharging oil into navigable waters within three miles of the shoreline is a violation of the oil pollution act of 1924, the lieutenant says. Anyone who sees a boat of any type, or barge discharging oil should report the incident to the Coast Guard and if they happen to have a camera, snap a picture of it. Lieutenant Riddell also says that disposal of fish heads, fish carcasses or any refuse into the waters is a violation of the refuse act. This refuse may not be thrown from fish houses or boats into waters used by the public. The penalty for violation of the refuse act is the same as the pen alty for the oil pollution act, ac cording to lieutenant Riddell. Mayor Proclaims Nov. 9 As 'Ma' Taylor Day Mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort, has proclaimed Wednesday, Nov. 9, as Ma Taylor Day. Mrs. N. W. Taylor, Ann street, Beaufort, affectionately known as “Ma,” will be 100 years old on that day. She is Beaufort’s oldest citizen. Coast Guard Aids Four Boats During Weekend Four vessels have received as sistance from Fort Macon Coast Guard station since Thursday. The yacht Sai-Shun ran aground east of the Morehead City bridge Thursday and had to be refloated. The call was received at 10:40 p.m. and at 11 p.m. the 30-footcr had the vessel off. Crew of the 30-footer was Howard Jones, BM1, Jackie Moore, DC3, and Fred Gallop, SN. Dolphin IV experienced engine failure Friday morning at 8:25 at the Beaufort Inlet sea buoy and was towed to Ottis’s dock in More head City by the 30-footer. Craw making the assist was Registrars in Towns Report Saturday Rush Registrars in Beaufort and More 'head City didn’t even have time for a coffee break Saturday. Mrs. Retha King, registrar in precinct No. 2 at the West End fire station, said she got only a 10-minute break all day. The rest of the time she was writing as fast as she could to register the folks lined up. Three hundred twenty-nine registered. Lines formed at frequent inter vals in precinct No. 1, Morehead City. Stamey Davis, registrar, was out of town yesterday and could not be reached for a detail ed report. U. E. Swann, registrar in Beau-1 Fisheries Official Predicts Bleak 1960 Menhaden Year Officers Look For Eure Youth The search was continuing yes terday for 17-year-old Robert Eure, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Eure, Morehead City. Robert, a Morehead City senior, has been missing since about 11 o’clock Saturday morning. City and county law enforcement officers have been searching for the boy. He is 5 foot 10V4 inches tall, weighs 135 pounds, has blonde hair and blue eyes. When he left the house Saturday morning he was wearing dark pants, a sweater, short gray topcoat, and black loafers. He had bruises on his forehead and nose from a fall he suffered at school Friday. When he did not come home Saturday night, his parents became alarmed. Anyone having aiXr leads on whereabouts of the bo»y are asked to contact the Morehead City po lice, PA6-3131, or the sheriff’s de partment, PA8-3772. Driver Wrecks Car Sunday A Newport driver, Chester At kinson, was charged with drunk driving, careless and reckless driv ing, speeding and driving without a driver’s license Sunday as the result of an early-morning acci dent investigated by Morehcad City police. Atkinson was the driver of a car that left the road at 29th and Bridges Sunday morning at 2 a.m. and turned over. He was headed west at the time. Two Newport men who were pas sengers in the car received in juries and were taken to the More head City hospital. They were Gerald Sutton and Henry Ball. Sut ton received a bruised shoulder and Ball had cuts on both his legs. Sutton was admitted to the hos pital. Patrolman J. C. Steele, who in vestigated, estimated the damage to Atkinson’s car, a 1956 Pontiac, at $900. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar r—■ — — HIGH LOW Tuesday, Nov. 1 6:31 a.m. 12:17 a.m. 6:52 p.m. 12:47 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2 7:16 a.m. 1:03 a.m. 7:36 p.m. 1:35 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 7:57 a.m. 1:47 a.m. 8:18 p.m. 2:19 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4 8:38 a.m. 2:29 a.m. 9:00 p.m. 3:02 p.m. Jones, Clayton Russell, BN3, and Hubert Davis, ENCS. The yacht Terry II called Fort Macon at 8:50 a.m. Saturday to re port that an 18-foot outboard was having engine trouble near buoy 22 in Morehead City channel. She was towed to Bunch’s on the causeway by the 30-footer. Aboard the 30-footer were Jack ‘ Wilson, BM2; Lenton Williams, EN2, and Richard Crane, SA. The Edith M. II fouled a shrimp net in her propeUor Sunday about midnight and had to be towed to Morehead City by the Fort Macon 40-footer. Coast Guardsmen mak ing the assist were Jones, Wil liams, and Spencer Gunn, SA. fort, couldn’t get out for lunch. The rush was so heavy that he finally had to give up trying to tally the number of new regis trants. In Beaufort the books stayed open until 6 and in Morehead City until 6:30. Closing time is indefi nite. It’s specified as “sundown.” Registration at smaller commun ities throughout the county was about the same as in previous reg istration periods. The larger pre cincts, proportionately, had larger registration. Mrs. Cleveland Gillikin. Bettie, estimates the total number of reg istrants since the books opened is ► C. G. Holland, state commercial* fisheries commissioner, predicts a bleak 1960 season for the menhaden industry. In his recent report to the State Board of Conservation and De velopment, Mr. Holland said, “The production of menhaden during the summer season was below that of similar periods. “I am very much afraid this in dustry will be the most inactive this fall of any since I have been with the department. The impres sion 1 gather from the different menhaden dealers is that they will have fewer boats operating than in any recent year. “The curtailment in operation,” the commissioner said, “is caused by the competition from fish meal imported from South America.” Mr. Holland told the board that the shrimp catch fell off after Don na, but the state still hopes to ex ceed the 1959 production figure. Large catches of spots and mullet were marketed during the July September quarter, as well as blues and mackerel. The commissioner pointed out 'th.it damage toteats in Donna was not severe buw damage to real estate owned tyy fishermen was tremendous. Relative to Ijlfie menhaden out look, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries reports that the nation produced a 130,000 tons of meal and scrap during the first seven months of 1960, which is 14,000 tons below the same period of 1959. The yield of marine-animal oils amount ed to 12.6 million gallons, a de-, crease of 38,000 gallons compared with the first seven months of 1959. At the C&D meeting where Mr. Holland gave his report, the com mercial fisheries committee de cided that action on a proposed plan for operation of the commer cial fisheries department be de ferred. The plan has been proposed by George Eastman, Beaufort. The committee was informed that a new organization, the New Hanover Fishing Reef, was plan ning construction of a reef 10 miles off Wilmington for the benefit ol sports fishermen. The reef is to be 200 yards wide, a mile long and 12 feet deep. Fisheries committee members at the meeting were Eric Rodgers, chairman; F. J. Boling, H. C. Ken nett and Lorimer W. Midgett. Members of the commercial fish eries advisory board present were Windfield Daniels, chairman; Wil liam Mason and Ralph Meekins. Pet Corner Three Wi^e kittens need good homes. CT11 Linda Tilghman, Copeland Rbad, PA8-3582. Persons who would like to give pets away or acquire them at no cost are invited to use the Pet Corner free of charge. Phone THE NEWS-TIMES PA 6-4175. 10. Mrs. E. M. Foreman, Wire Grass, serving as registrar for the first time this year, said 23 regis tered. She said ait election judge in that precinct believes it to be the largest registration in Wire Grass tn recent years. Registration books will be open again Saturday at the polling places where anyone registered may be challenged as to their eli gibility to vote. Saturday will be the last day the county elections board will accept applications for absentee ballots. The elections office is on the first floor of the courthouse annex, Beaufort. * Two Houses On Causeway Will be Raised Two homeowners on the Bcau J fort-Morehead City causeway have j planned to have their houses raised. The W. J. Ipocks and G. V. Troy ] ers, who live at the east end of the causeway have requested a Cherry Point firm to do the raising. The j work will be done by hydraulic lift I at an estimated cost of $500 per j home. The cost is figured on a I square foot basis. | That cost docs not cover the amount of fill that will have to go I under the home to provide a foun dation. Both homes, even though pro | tected by a seawall, had water on j the floors in Donna. Mrs. Ipock said saltwater was 4 inches deep in her home and Mr. Troyer said the water was 22 inches deep in his. Mr. Troyer said his home was raised 28 inches after Hazel. It was after that storm that he and the Ipocks, who are neighbors, built a seawall and filled in to pro tect their homes from future storms. Mr. Troyer said that had it not been for that seawall, their houses might have been washed off their foundation in Donna as were many other buildings along the cause way. The Troyers and Ipocks plan to build a sturdy fence also to keep debris from other less well-con structed homes from washing against their houses and causing damage. It is expected that preliminary work to raising a house will take a day and another half day will be required to lift the house. The Troyers plan to raise theirs about 314 feet and the Ipocks 3 feet. Station Wagon, Truck Collide A 1960 Ford station wagon col lided with a 1951 Ford bread truck at 1:30 p.m. Saturday on highway 24, ten miles west of Morehead City. Mrs. Elizabeth Cannady, route 2 Newport, was charged with improper passing. Driving the truck was William Stanley, Jacksonville. Patrolman W. J. Smith said Mrs. Cannady at tempted to pass the truck, but cut back in the face of oncoming traf fic. She hit the rear of the truck. No one was hurt. Democratic Headquarters Voters interested in the Democratic party are invited to call at the Democratic headquarters on Arendell street, Morehead City, across from the Colonial store. The headquarters opened last week. E. L. Smithwick Heads Recreation Commission K. L. Smithwick lias been elected chairman of the Morehead City recreation commission and Mrs. Mamie Taylor has been appointed acting director. Mrs. Taylor replaces James Shine, who has accepted the posi tion as assistant director of recrea tion at New Bern. Mr. Smithwick was elected chair man of the commission at the Octo ber meeting at the recreation cen ter. He succeeds Dr. S. W. Hatcher, who has been chairman the past three years. Bernard Morton was chosen vice-chairman and Mrs. J. W. Thompson Jr. was appointed to the salaried position of secretary treasurer. Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Taylor State Ports Generate $6.3 Million Payroll Accident Causes $650 in Damage Damage amounting to $650 was caused to two automobiles Thurs day morning. According to L. Carl Blomberg of the Morehead City police depart ment, a station wagon driven by Mi's. Betty Sledge, Morehead City, struck the rear of a station wagon driven by W. L. Derricksdn, More head City. Derrickson was going south on 21st street, following a car across the railroad tracks. Mrs. Sledge, going east on Ai'endcll, skidded in an attempt to avoid the Derrick son car, but hit the right rear. Lieutenant Blomberg said it was raining at the time. Damage to the Sledge car was estimated at $350 and to the Derrickson car $300.1 Lieutenant Blomberg said a woman passenger in the Sledge car got a cut on the leg. She was Mrs. George Gorbnm, 2501 Arendell St. Named by Kennedy Prentiss Garner of route 2 New port has been named by Sen. John F. Kennedy, Democratic Presiden tial nominee, as Carteret county chairman of the Farmers for Ken nedy-Johnson Committe. Hunters Bag Two Deer f3f?" • '' W; ■■'■m M - Mm*:'. ';.y,.; •» •■ - • :;.1 Five Morehead City hunters with the two deer they bagged Friday morning near Felton's farm on Merrimon road. The two deer, one an eight-point buck and the other a cow-horn buck, were shot with in an hour and a half. The hunters, left to right are Dan Merrill Jr., Dan Merrill Sr., Marvin Roberts, Cliff Edwards and Henry Holt. began their duties yesterday, Mrs. Taylor will serve as director until a full-time director .can be found, she said. Copies of the new by-laws were distributed and new members of the commission informed of their duties at the recent meeting. New members are Mrs. Harry Salter, John Tillery and Mr. Morton Members of the commission whose terms will expire in July are Dr. Hatcher, Mrs. George McNeill" and Mrs. Taylor. The commission consists of nine members. The meetings in November and December will be the third Thurs days instead of the fourth as has been the custom. ► The Council of State visited m Wilmington last Tuesday and was informed that the state port opera tions generated a total payroll of $6,287,000 in the two port regions during the first six months of 1960. The figure was arrived at by us ing the “Philadelphia Formula,” generally conceded among ports specialists as an accurate estimate. The Philadelphia formula places the value generated per ton as fol lows: $3 per ton, bulk cargoes; $13 per ton, general cargoes, and $50 per ton, scrap iron. The amount generated at the two ports by handling bulk cargoes was $474,000; general cargo $3,263,000 and scrap iron $2,550,000. The formula takes into consid eration payrolls at the terminals, stevedores, steamship agents, freight forwarders, customshouse brokers, railroad, motor carriers, towing companies, pilots, ships chandlers and money spent by crews while ships are in port. The above was included in a larger report which gave figures on the increased business at the ports during the first six months of 1960, as compared with the same period of 1959. Judge to Introduce Malcolm Seawell At Rally Tonight Judge Luther hamilton will intro duce Malcolm Seawell, former state attorney general, at the Dem ocratic rally at 8 tonight in the Mnrehead City municipal building. Mayor George Dill will be master of ceremonies. George Jackson's band will provide music, 'beginning at 7:45p.m. During the rally there will be group singing of old-time Democratic songs. Lemonade, will be served in the lobby after the meeting. Because of the rally, the More head City commissioners, sched uled to meet tonight, have post poned their meeting until 7:30 p.ra. Thursday. News Briefs Stove Overheats Morehead City firemen were call ed to a home at 2013 Bridges St., Saturday morning. An oil heater had overheated. Firemen cooled the stove. There was no damage. Accident Down Ease Patrolman W. E. Pickard said an accident happened on a private pulpwood road down east over the weekend. No report on the acci dent was filed.