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49th YEAR, NO. 89.
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1960
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
,200Hear Seawell Blast Gavin
At Democrats' Rally Tuesday
County Court
’ Hears Speeding
Cases Tuesday
County court action Tuesday in
volved cases of speeding violators
who appeared before judge Lam
bert R. Morris.
' Fourteen of the 22 speeders were
ordered to pay court costs. They
were William Americus Henry,
Marvin'Roy Wilkins, P. E. McIn
tosh, Stanley Edward Sherman,
McAlphin Wood, John Earl Grif
fin, Sharron Lane Anthony, Oliver
Leon Isbell, Thurman Douglas Wil
lis, Columbus Washington Abrams
Jr., Thomas Michael Howard, Joe
Harold Holcomb, Richard Edward
Whaley, and Clark Grayden Low
r7
Two defendants, Glen Nelson
> Mackey and William Joe Cocker
ham, were fined $5 and court costs
and James Allen Lewis received
$10 fines plus costs on two speed
ing convictions.
Laury Guthrie was fined $25 and
costs for speeding and Donald Ray
Martin $50 and costs. Guthrie was
also charged with having no op
erator’s license.
Another speeder was Mariyn
Benjamin Highlands who was fin
ed $3 and costs. The court did
4 not prosecute Donal Gray Knudsen.
Other defendants, their charges
and the findings of the court were
as follows:
Dorothy Hawkins — Issuing a
worthless check. Defendant or
dered to pay court costs and to
honor the check.
„ Calvin Samuel Duke—Driving on
the wrong side of the road and
improper passing. The defendant
was not prosecuted on the improp
er passing count but for driving on
the wrong side of the road was or
dered to pay costs.
John S. Foray Jr.—Failing to
yield the right of way, ctjsts.
John Leroy Styron—Having an
improper operator's license, costs.
Roger Whelton — Attempted lar
ceny, $25 and costs.
Willie L. Moore—Public drunk
enness, 30 days in jail suspended
on payment of court costs.
James McDonald—Public drunk
enness and vagrancy, three months
in jail suspended on six months’
good behavior.
W. A. Cole—Possession of non
taxpaid whiskey, bond forfeited.
Guy Dill Copes—Having an ex
pired chauffeur’s license, costs.
Darrel Edwin Lupton—Failing to
slop for a stop sign, costs.
John Edward Bowes—Driving on
• the wrong side of the road, bond
forfeited.
R. C. Conley—Public drunken
ness, bond forfeited.
Zimmie and Frank Millis— Issu
ing a worthless check. Defendants
ordered to pay one-half court costs
each and to honor the check.
A total of 142 cases were con
jtinued until later terms of court.
County Hospital Could Be
Operated at Small Cost
(Note: This is the last in a five-part series of articles on a pro
posed county hospital. The articles have presented views of those in
- favor of the hospital program).
The Medical Care commission is
a state agency established by leg
islative act. It supervises the con
struction of hospitals built in this
state with federal and state funds
and oversees operation .of institu
tions offering medical care to the
citizens of North Carolina.
__ The Medical Care commission
in September announced that for
a new $1,700,000 hospital in Car
teret, to replace the present More
head City hospital, the federal gov
ernment will give $935,000 and the
state will contribute $105,000.
The county’s share of the cost
would be $660,000.
Since the county doesn’t have
that amount of money for invest
ment in a hospital, it would have
to be borrowed.
v Money borrowed has to be re
paid—with interest. To do this,
law requires that such borrowing
must be approved by the voters
who would be responsible for pay
ing the money back.
The county auditing department
estimates that the present amount
levied to pay off the county debt,
about 35 cents, need not be in
creased if money is borrowed to
\ build a hospital. It may be that
an additional levy would be neces
sary to meet operating costs of the
hospital.
Tuesday's ballot will provide a
place to vote for levying an amount
up to 10 cents per hundred dollars
valuation for operation and main
tenance of the hospital.
► Approximately 200 Democrats*
j filled the court room of the MOre
head City municipal building Tues
day night to hear unsuccessful gu
bernatorial candidate i Malcolm
Seawell level a blast at Republi
can candidate for governor Robert
Gavin.
Seawell, who was introduced by
judge Luther Hamilton, said that
the Republicans have chosen a
man to represent them who knows
nothing of the past, very little of
the present and who holds no hope
for the future.
Seawell called Gavin a nice fel
low but added that his qualifica
tions for governor were absolutely
nil. He admonished the GOP
standard bearer for calling him
self the Conservative candidate in
stead of the Republican candidate.
In answer to Gavin’s charges of
grifters and grafters in Raleigh
under the Democrats, Seawell said
that “history will show that there
has never been a state that has
been better run than North Caro
lina has under 60 years of Demo
cratic administration.
Hitting on Sen. Jack Kennedy’s
theme of America’s loss of pres
tige abroad, Seawell told the large
gathering that our country has nev
er been at as low a level as it has
been under the Do-Nothing Repub
lican administration. “I want
someone to tell me one single con
structive thing president Eisen
hower has accomplished besides
losing golf balls during the time
he has been in office,” said the
former attorney general.
Seawell, in closing, urged Dem
ocrats to get out and vote a straight
ticket, from top to bottom Tuesday.
He warned that only by doing this
can the Democrat party enjoy an
other 60 years of proven leadership
in North Carolina.
Preceding Seawell to the rostrum
were county Democrat leaders Al
phonso James, D. G. Bell, and
Mayor Alfred Cooper of Atlantic
Beach. All of the speakers were
introduced by Mayor Gecge Dill.
Mr. James, county Democratic
chairman, told the crowd that the
Democrats have the weapons to
win this year, the candidates to
oil the weapons, an army of voters
and the leadership to guide the
army to victory on Nov. 8.
State representative Ml, who
re assured "the gathering that he
does have a Republican opponent
for his seat, said that everything
that has been done in Morehead
City and Carteret county for the
last 60 years has been done by
the Democratic party.
Refreshments of lemonade and
cookies were served following the
rally.
Criminal Court Term
Will Open Monday
The one-week November term of
criminal court will open at 10 a.m.
Monday in the courthouse, Beau
fort. If judge Chester Morris has
recovered from the illness which
prevented him from holding court
here in October, he will be the
presiding judge.
Twelve cases are scheduled to go
before the grand jury Monday
morning.
Court will not be in session Tues
day, election day, but the session
will be resumed Wednesday.
In Edgecombe county where a
new hospital is located, a levy of
S cents has been set up, but the
hospital has not needed the money
thus far. At Smithfield, Johnston
Memorial hospital was granted a
levy of 10 cents. It was used the
first year but has not been used
for hospital operation the last four
years.
If the tax rate is increased 10
cents, and it is entirely possible
that there may be no increase, the
total county tax rate would be
$1.75, or 5 cents lower than the
total county tax rate was four
years ago.
This new rate will not go into
effect until it is necessary to bor
row the money. It is estimated
that the borrowing will not be
necessary until 1962, because it
will take some time to get a hos
pital site, plans drawn, and bids.
To borrow money for a hospital
means that the present county debt
must be refinanced. In other
words, the $634,000 owed now can
not continue to be paid off at its
present interest rate. When re
financed the interest would go up
to about 4V4 per cent, whatever
rate the hospital bonds would car
ry. The entire debt, then, would i
be paid off over a period of 25 j
years.
If the county continues to oper
ate under the present efficient ad- I
ministration, it is believed that op- I
eration of a hospital would not i
jeopardize other county improve- i
meat programs in the future. i
Band Members
To Make Rounds
Band Tag Day in Morehead
City gets under way at 5:30 p.m.
today.
Band members will make calls
from door to door, requesting
funds for the Morehead City
school band.
Majorettes and flag-bearers
will make collections in the busi
ness section tomorrow morning.
At 1 p.m. the band will march
in a Thank You parade.
Leigh Wilson
Confers Tuesday
With Planners
S. Leigh Wilson, assistant execu
tive director of the North Carolina
League of Municipalities, Raleigh,
explained the necessary steps in
preparation of a hurricane build
ing code to the planning commis
sion Tuesday night.
The special meeting of the plan
ning commission was called by Dr.
L. J. Dupree, chairman, so that
the regulation of building construc
tion in the county will meet re
quirements of established codes.
Mr. Wilson assisted in drafting
hurricane codes at Wrightsvillc
Beach and Carolina Beach. He
said that the state building code
and the state uniform residential
building code are basic to the reg
ulation of any building as far as
construction is concerned.
Mr. Wilson, in a memorandum
to the commission, made several
suggestions as to construction re
quirements. The memorandum was
given Milton Coyle, head of a sub
committee which is drawing up a
hurricane building code.
Mr. Coyle will seek advice from
builders and inspectors on aspects
of the code. \
A resolution of appreciation to
the former chairman. G. W. HuiW
ley, for his leadership in the first
year of the planning commission's
operation, was read and unani
mously adopted.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned were com
missioners Dr. W. L. Woolard and
W. C. Carlton. H. S. Gibbs Jr.
also attended.
Coast Guard
Aids Vessels
Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma
con station assisted three vessels
this week.
Monday afternoon at 1:45 the sta
tion received a call from the 59
foot yacht, Dragger Lady, report
ing that she was aground and had
engine failure in Core Creek.
The Coast Guard 30-footer re
floated the yacht and towed it to
the Morehead City yacht basin,
mooring her at 3:30 p.m.
Aboard the Coast Guard boat
were Howard Jones, BM1, A. E.
Strain, FN, and Richard Crane,
SA. Owner of the yacht was Wil
liam Parker of Boston, Mass. She
was operated by Arthur Randolph
of Boston.
A 24-foot cabin cruiser owned by
the Rev. John Cline of Beaufort
experienced engine trouble at the
Army dock on Shacklei rd. banks
Wednesday morning at 8:50.
The Coast Guard 30-footer towed
the disabled cruiser to Beaufort.
Crew of the 30-footer was Jones,
Robert Conway, BM1, and Fred
Gallop, SN.
The M-foot shrimp trawler, Mil
dred, was towed to Davis's dock
in Beaufort Wednesday morning
after she had fouled a line in her
screw one mile south of the sea
buoy.
The Coast Guard received the
call for help at 9:15. John Austin
was operating the vessel, owned
by Carteret Fish Co. Crew of the
Coast Guard boat was Robert Han
cock, BM3, Strain and Gallop.
Mrs. Clem Johnson Will
Talk to Cedar Point Club
Mrs. Clem Johnson, Morehead
City, member of the Carteret Busi
ness and 1 Professional Women's
club, will speak Monday night at
the meeting of the Cedar Point
Community club. Mrs. Johnson
will speak on Your Community and
Public Affairs.
The meeting will start at 6:30
>.m. at the fire house with a sup
>er. Mrs. Johnson will speak at
:30.
Proceeds from the supper will go
oward the fire department. Of
icers of the club s%y, “Your at-'
endance and support is in your
nterest. Be sociable. Help your
elf by helping others.”
Knife-Wielder
Enters House
In Morehead
A knife-wielding daylight intrud
er was the object of a neighbor
hood search by the Morehead City
police department Tuesday after
noon.
According to police, the intruder
boldly entered the house of Mrs.
Roy (Buddy) Clark, 2613 Arendell,
at 2:30 Tuesday and demanded
money from Mrs. Clark who was
home alone at the time. When
she told him she didn't have any
money, the man started towards
her with a knife.
Mrs. Clark told police that she
screamed and he made a hasty
departure out the back door. She
described the knife used by the
man as a “paring knife.’’
Neighbors who heard Mrs.
Clark’s screams called the police.
Mrs. Clark told officers that she
didn’t recognize the man because
she had never seen him before.
She did, however, furnish police
with a good description.
Mrs. Clark said the intruder was
a slim, middle-age man with gray
ing hair and partially bald. She
said he was wearing light trousers
and shirt and what appeared to
be bedroom slippers.
Mrs. Clark, who was consider
ably shook up by the incident, told
police she didn’t sec which way
the man went after he left her
house. None of the neighbors who
heard Mrs. Clark scream saw him.
Sergeant Bill Condie of the More
head City police department con
ducted a search of the immediate
neighborhood but failed to turn up
any trace of the man.
Motorist Gets
Suspended Term
In City Court
Ronald Delano Savage, Morchcad
City, received a suspended jail
sentence Monday after he was
found guilty of multiple traffic
offenses in Morehcad City record
er’s court. ft
Savage was convicted of speed
ing, careless and reckless driving,
running seven stop signs, and fail
ing to stop for a police siren and
red light. Judge Herbert O. Phil
lips sentenced Savage to 90 days
in jail suspended on payment of
$150 and court costs.
The defendant was also ordered
not to drive a car for six months.
Another Morehead City man, Wil
liam Brock, was sentenced to 30
days in jail for public drunken
ness and Charles Blair Saunders
of Iron Station, N. C., forfeited
bond on a charge of running a
stop sign.
Ida and Joseph Felton, More
head City, appeared before judge
Phillips, charged with disturbing
the peace. The case against Ida
Felton was dismissed and Joseph
was fined $15 and costs.
Pearly Spell of Plattsburg, N.
Y., who was convicted of drunk
driving last month in court ap
peared in court Monday and was
given- 90 days to comply with the
terms of his suspended sentence.
Charles Holland Jr., Morehead
City, charged with possession of
stolen property, pleaded not guilty.
Prayer for judgment was continued
until Nov. 14.
Donald Wesley Mason, Morehead
City, paid court costs for failing
to yield the right of way and Eliz
abeth Davis Stallings of Clinton
paid one-half costs on the same
conviction.
Peniel Lowery, Morehcad City,
appeared in court charged with
failing to comply with a court or
der of Oct. 3. He was ordered to
pay the fine and court costs called
for in his original suspended sen
tence. Lowery was also charged
on a separate warrant with fight
ing and disturbing the peace but
was not prosecuted.
Daniel Best, Morehead City,
charged with simple assault on a
female, drew a 30-day jail sen
tence, suspended on payment of
court costs. He was charged with
throwing Edna Warren to the floor.
For speeding and having no op
erator’s license, Ronald P. King
of Cherry Point was fined $25 and
costs. The court stipulated that
the full amount of the fine would
be remitted to tnc defendant if he
could present a valid operator's
license within five days.
Joseph F. Long, Beaufort, charg
ed with issuing a worthless check,
was ordered to pay court costs and
to honor the check.
Six cases were continued until
next week’s term of court.
House Goes Down
Being torn down at Ann and
Craven streets, Beaufort, is the
O’Bryan house, which is owned by
Ann Street Methodist church. The
O’Bryan property adjoins the Ann
Street educational building and is
catty-cornered across the Street
from the church.
Rural Newport Township Will
Vote on Fire Plan Tuesday
How's That Again?
News-Time* Photo by McComb
And then there was the Democratic candidate for the general assembly, D. G. Bell, who went to his
store one morning, and what did he see? Exactly what you see above. Needless to say, the unsolicited
Republican literature didn't stay there very long. Both political parties urge that their followers re
frain from activities interfering with the opposition's campaign. It's fun to fight, but they’d like to keep
the fight in the open and on the level.
Newport Board Considers
Routine Problems Tuesday
Newport commissioners dealt
with routine matters at .their meet
ing Tuesday night at the town hall
—street work, drainage, fire de
partment, water department, com
plaints and finances.
nV board apprnwm yurcba-^
and installation of me under a
street in the Joe Hill subdivision.
Street commissioner John Kelly*
and Leslie Bercegeay were asked
to investigate ditch problems in
Village Heights.
After hearing the water depart
ment report from Mrs. Gordon
Cutler, wife of the water clerk,
the bo~rd made a new ruling. Any
one who does not give notice by
the 20th of the month that a trail
er, apartment or other place get
ing water is vacant, will have to
pay the total bill for that month.
Mrs. Cutler said people let bills
pile up and when they come to
pay, claim that the place which has
been billed has not had any oc
cupants for several months.
Mrs. Cutler, whose husband is
in the hospital, said that balance
in the water department fund Sept.
1 was $652.80. Deposited last month
was $1,731.89; expenses totaled
$383.56; cash on hand Oct. 31 was
$2,001.13; connection fees not paid,
$670.
The board authorized transfer of
$50 from the town general fund
Merchants Hear
Yulefide Plans
Plans for Beaufort’s Christmas
Festival, to start Dec. 2, were
made Tuesday night at a meeting
of the Beaufort Merchants associa
tion at the town hall.
William Roy Hamilton, publicity
chairman, says a special effort is
being made this year to present a
new and entertaining program to
usher in the Christmas season.
Details will be announced later,
but one of featured attractions will
be a carry-over from last year’s
program, the choir from Beaufort
and eastern communities.
Mrs. Wiley Lewis, committee
member, and J. 0. Barbour Jr.,
president of the association, pre
sented the proposed program to
the merchants. Activities will be
concentrated on Front Street, in
the block between Queen and Pol
lock.
Committees were appointed.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Nov. 4
8:38 a.m.
9:00 p.m.
2:29 a.m.
3:02 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 5
9:19 a.m.
9:43 p.m.
3:09 a.m.
3:42 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 8
10:01 a.m. .
10:30 p.m.
3:46 a.m.
4:22 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 7
4:21 a.m.
S:01 p.m.
to the water fund to meet payment
on a $2,900 bond.
The board granted a request
from fire chief Charlie Gould for
lumber and preservative for a new
hose rack, also for two new tar
paulins to replace old ones.
The clerk was requested to write
letters to several residents who
are responsible for creating nui
sances in town, such as owners
of barking dogs, etc. The letters
will ask that persons responsible
take steps to stop the nuisances
because neighbors have complain
ed to the town fathers.
The board requested street su
perintendent Dan Bell to be more
careful in keeping on helpers when
they’re not needed. The board
again informed the superintendent
that the garbage truck is not to
remove cardboard boxes or sim
ilar combustible material from
business places.
Miss Edith Lockey, town clerk,
reported that balance in the gen
eral fund Oct. 31 was $1,895.20.
Bills authorized paid amounted to
$623.82, leaving a balance of
$821.38.
The board appointed commission
er Bennie Garner to get another
door cut in the town hall between
the office and the fire station so
that voters on Tuesday may go in
one door and out the other. Com
missioner C. H. Lockey said that
he was requested to put the mat
ter before the board.
Commissioner Berccgcay said
work has started on placing equip
ment on the playground in West
Newport.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were
Mayor Leon Mann, who presided,
and commissioner Wilbur Garner.
ThingsYouShoul d Know
About the Election
1. Everyone will get at least four
ballots. See that you do. In
Morehead City township and in
Newport township there will bo
five. Morehead township resi
dents will vote on a constable
and justice of the peace. New
port township residents (beyond
town limits) will vote on levy
ing 10 cents fdr fire protection.
2. You do NOT have to vote the
Republican ticket just because
you are registered as a Repub
lican. You do NOT have to
vote the Democratic ticket just
because you are registered as
a Democrat. You may vote
ANY WAY you choose in this
election.
3. Mark your ballot carefully.
Take your time. If you split
your ticket, that is, vote for
some Democrats and some Re
publicans, you must put an X
in the little square box beside
the names of the candidates you
like. If you split your ticket,
DON’T put any mark in the cir
cle for a “straight” ticket. (See
ballots page 6 section 3).
4. If you vote a straight ticket, a
Lost Youth
Returns Home
Robert Eure, 17-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Eure, More
head City, has been confined to
bed this week at his home, recov
ering from a weekend of exposure,
lack of food and water.
Robert left his home at 11 a.m.
Saturday and returned about 8
a.m. Tuesday. Police officers had
been on a search for him since
Saturday night after his parents
became alarmed when he did not
return home.
Robert said that he vaguely re
membered wandering in the woods.
It is believed that he was in the
woodlands between highway 70A
and the Country club road.
The youth fell at school Friday
and suffered a severe injury to
his head. He was taken home that
afternoon by the principal and a
classmate.
Republicans to Meet
At 7:30 Saturday Night
A rally at the Republican head
quarters in Beaufort will begin at
7:30 Saturday night.
All poll-holders, markers, and
judges ate asked to be present,
according to 1. D. Gillikin, chair
man of the county committee.
The headquarters will also be
open Tuesday night to receive elec
tion returns and to hear reports
by tv on the national vote.
mark in the circle is all that is
necessary.
5. You may “write in" names of
people you would like to sec in
office where there is a line pro
vided to write those names on.
6. Any ballot with unnecessary
marks on it will not be counted.
If you make a mistake, turn
your ballot in to the pollholdcr
and ask for another.
7. On the hospital ballot there must
be two marks. One cither for
or against borrowing money for
a county hospital AND one ei
ther for or against a levy up to
10 cents to meet cost of opera
tion.
8. If you have any questions as to
methods of marking the ballot,
request information from one of
the pollholdcrs.
9. If possible, do not wait until the
last minute to vote. To mark
all the ballots carefully will
take time. A long line at the
polling place a few minutes be
fore closing time may mean
that you won’t get to vote. The
polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and
dose at 6:30 p.m.
♦ If * majority of the resi
dents in Newport township
approve, those in the town
ship — outside town limits
— will get fire protection
from the town under a new
plan. The matter will be
voted on Tuesday.
In a letter mailed this week to
rural homeowners, the fire district
plan was explained as follows:
"Basically, the plan is this: The
county will collect 1 per cent or 10
cents per hundred dollars valua
tion along with your regular taxes.
This additional amount will be paid
to the Rural Fire Association un
der contract with the Town of New
port to furnish fire protection with
in the township.
"After careful investigation and
study of other fire districts in the
state it is indicated that an insur
ance reduction of 20 per cent to 30
per cent will be realized, with sim
ilar circumstances as is found in
this proposed fire district. Most
people will save as much or more
on insurance as the additional
taxes will amount to.
“Your Rural Fire Protection
] Association officers, the Fire De
partment, the County Board of
Commissioners and the Town
Board have all given their approval
to this plan. After a careful and
exhaustive study of the problem we
feel that this is the best possible
plan to meet our needs.
“The present association does
furnish money to operate the rural
fire trucks, but no money for a new
rural truck which is sorely need
ed . . .”
The letter was signed by Ray
Cackey, president of the Rural Fire
association; C. A. Gould Jr., New
port fire chief; and Leon Mann Jr.,
Newport mayor.
Everyone who is eligible to vote
in rural Newport township is eligi
ble to vote on the fire district plan.
Approval by 51 per cent of the
voters is necessary to carry the
proposal.
It Is estimated that if the plan
goes into effect, $3,668,800 of rural
Newport property will come under
protection of the Newport town fire
department.
A thousand ballots arc expected
to be printed for the fire district
referendum. A sample ballot was
not available for today's paper be
cause the ballots had not been
printed by press time.
Stores Agree
On Schedules
Morehead City merchants, at
their meeting Tuesday, agreed that
most businesses would close
Thanksgiving Day, stores would
remain open all day Wednesday
during Dcctmber; most will bo
closed Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 and will
remain open until 8 p.m. the week
before Christmas, closing at 6 p.m.
Christmas Eve.
Otis Jones, parade chairman, re
ported that four floats had been
promised for the parade, with more
in prospect. Charles Willis re
ported on street lighting arrange
ments. He was authorized to con
tract with Logan Whitehurst for
the erection, servicing and remov
al of the street lights.
They are to be put up the first
week in December and taken down
right after New Year’s Day.
O. J. Morrow reported an addi
tional $240 collected for the light
ing project. The financial report
showed a balance of $40 from dues
on deposit.
Need for a credit reporting serv
ice was discussed. Members were
asked to present their ideas on the
matter at the next meeting Nov.
15.
Garland Scruggs, president, pre
sided. Others present were Ken
neth Wagner, Walter Morris, W.
C. Matthews, Clyde Blanchard,
Thurlow Whealton, Charles Willis,
O. J. Morrow, Oscar Allred, Mrs.
Bill McDonald, Bernard Leary,
and Joe DuBois.
Society Sets
Sights on $1,000
The Coaaty Symphony society
hopes to raise $1,000 in its cam
paign which opened Tuesday.
The drive will continue two
weeks. Persons interested in ob
taining memberships should call
Hill’s store or Wagner’s Esso in
Morehead City, or contact Miss
Nancy Russell, Beaufort.
Single memberships are $3, and
membership for a couple is $5.
The membership cards will admit
holders to a concert by the North
Carolina Little Smyphony orchestra
in the early part of March at Bean
fort.