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49th YEAR, NO. 91.
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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1960
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Voters Approve 100-Bed Hospital
Democrats Sweep County; John Kennedy Elected President
Republican Vote Heavy,
But Not Enough to Win
In a record-breaking turn-out of voters, Carteret helped
put Democrat John Kennedy in the White House Tuesday.
Going to the polls were 9,744 voters, 2,065 more than in
i956. _
.Republican candidate Richard Nixon was defeated y
Kennedy in Carteret by only 766 votes. The Presidential
race is the only one in which the*
elections board had complete re
turns from all 27 precincts by noon
yeuterday.
(MU missing on all other candi
dates is Straits precinct where
Leon Chadwick, registrar, became
ill and was taken to the hospital
'before he could complete tally
sheets, according to C. Z. Chappell,
elections board chairman.
Ten of the precincts gave Nixon
a majority. They were Cedar Is
land, Davis, Harkers Island, Har
lowe, Marshallberg, Otway, Smyr
na, Stacy, Stella and Williston.
The big surprise was Harkers
Island, traditionally a Democratic
stronghold, which gave all Repub
lican candidates a majority.
In both Morehead City precincts,
, Kennedy won by only 421 votes.
One of the Democratic candidates
attributed that majority to the Ne
gro vote.
Beaufort’s vote for Kennedy was
1,7M to Nixon’s 817.
Total vote for all candidates, ex
cluding Williston and Straits and
several minor gaps on a few can
didates, follows:
Kennedy 5255, Nixon 4489; gov
ernor, Sanford 5,145, Gavin 4,307;
lieutenant governor, Philpott 4,532,
Eggcrs 3,356; secretary of state,
Eure 4,683, Morton 3,200; state
auditor, Bridges 4,621, Reese 3,081.
State treasurer, Gill 4,659, Keith
3,074; superintendent of public in
struction, Carroll 4,629, Zachary
"3,069; attorhey general, Bruton
4,^94, Paschal 3,087; commission
er of agriculture, Ballentinc 4,636,
• Farmer ;3,074.
Commissioner of labor. Crane
4,612, Messiok 3,077; commission
er of insurance. Gold 4,633, Cam
eron ,3,077; associate justice of su
preme court, Parker 4,596, West
3,061, Moore 4,676; judge of fifth
Theatre Will Present
Little Minister Nov. 22
Howard Mason, highway Ml, Beaufort, points to holes made by a
shotgun blast in a Kennedy poster he put in front of his house. The
vandals who fired the shot got away before Mason could catch them.
One of the buckshot from the Mast ripped into the Mason home.
Sign Blasted
The Carteret Community Theatre
will present The Little Minister, a
light and charming love story ia
three acts,*® p.m. Tuesday, Nov.
22, at t|M recreation building,
More head City.
, Playing the leads are Susan
Bridgman as the gypsy girl who
comes into the life of the minister
in a little Scottish town; and the
Rev. Robert Wood, the young min
ister who falls in love with her.
Mr. Wood is pastor of Franklin
Memorial Methodist church.
Tfce play, in three acts, is laid
John F. Kennedy
. . . next President
judicial district, Mintz 4,686.
Judge of eighth judicial district,
Cowper 4,643; US senator, Jordan
4,702, Hayes 2,952; Congressman,
Henderson 4,728, Brinson 2,972.
Returns from six precincts were
lacking on the county ballot. D. G.
Bell, Democratic candidate for gen
eral assembly, defeated his op
ponent, I. D. Gillikin, on the basis
of incomplete returns. The others
were unopposed: Luther Hamilton
and Thomas White for state sen
ator, and Phillip Ball for surveyor.
Jf there are no unexpected de
lays, the complete election returns
will appear in Tuesday’s paper.
Mr. Chappell said yesterday that
he had no idea when the elections
board would meet to canvass the
votes.
On the board, besides Mr. Chap
pell, are Charles Willis, Morehead
City, and Osborne Davis, Beaufort.
I sad summer of 1860.
Members of the cast in addition
[ to the leading characters, are
Mora McLaren, Jean Holt; Mar
garet Dish art, Ruth Peeling; Jean
McFadden, Peggy Holt; Effie,
Carol Willis; Lord Rintoul, Thomas
Respess; Rob Dow, Donald Jack
son; Dr. McQueen, Dr. M. T. Lew
is; Nanny Webster, Tressa Vick
ers, and Sergeant Halliwell, Leon
ard Lewis.
Directing the play is Mrs. Joyce
Lewis, who played the lead in Bon
nie Blue Sweetheart and portrayed
Mrs. Aukamp in the production,
Pgpa is All.
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Day Off for County Workers
Witt county offices closed, for election day these three county employees took advantage of the time
to campaign .for their candidate. Left to right they are Mrs. Ray Willis, Miss Pearl Davis and Mrs. Alec
Lewis. 3 , ■ .. * ’ ■.
A Not-So-Subtle Hint?
'Wm
Moved on to the courthouse
lawn, Beaufort, late Monday
night was the above building. It
sat a short distance from the
front of the courthouse where
voters entered to cast ballots.
According to the Institute of Gov
ernment manual for elections of
Bridge Hearing Begins at lOTuesday;
Salvage Firm Deplores Bridge Height
The Morehead City Maritime t
association reports that the United
States Salvage Association, Inc.,
marine salvage firm, has requested
a meeting with state highway offi
cials and Army engineers relative
to the fixed 65-foot height of the
proposed bridge across Newport
rivdr.
The firm has also written a let
ter opposing the 65-foot clearance.
Portions of the letter follow:
“The USSA are the technical con
sultants to the American Marine
Insurance Syndicate and under
writers both here and abroad.
Among the many technical mari
time problems, our association is
required to deal with the condition
and security of our navigable
waterway; and the movement of
equipment thereon is one of ohr
prime interests. • ;
“The present highway and rail
road spaqs crossing the Newport
river have for many years proven
costly to tug operators and under
writers and the countless damages
tp these spans’ fenders systems
and to marine equipment bear this
out. We welcome, therefore, the
proposal to replace at least one
bridge at this time with a ‘high
lever span.
“According to the North Carolina
State Highway commission, pro
posals call for a span of 110 feet
with a horizontal clearance of 80
feet between fenders and a vertical
«M UUDGK. Tags X
ficials, . . no political banner
or posters may be displayed in
or near the polling place.”
The “headquarters,” which was
equipped with table and chairs
for workers was eventually aban
doned, but it remained there
throughout the day.
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Republicans Will
Meet Saturday
County Republicans will meet at
7:30 Saturday night at the Beaufort
headquarters.
Elmer D. Willis, publicity chair
man, said after the Kennedy vic
tory Tuesday, “We haven’^ quit.
We've just begun to fight!”
Asked Us opinion of the election
in Carteret, which was carried by
the Democrats, he said, “I’m real
pleased with the Republican vote.
We made some inroads. We feel
it’s definitely a victory.”
Mr. Willis said the Republican
committee expressed its apprecia
tion to all who worked in the pre
cincts and supported the Repub
licans by their vote Tuesday.
Fails from Roof
Rufus Harvell, Merrimon, was
taken to Sea Level howital by the
Adair ambulance Sunday after he
fell off the roof of a barn he was
building. He was discovered about
an hour and a half after he' fell by
his wife. He was seriously injured.
Police Report
Commissioner a t h Chaplain,
Beaufort, reported to the town
board Monday that October’s park
inn mim recainta taiQOQ
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Rural Newport
OK's Fire Program
The Newport fire district plan
for the rural area surrounding
the town was approved by a ter
Jific majority Tuesday. Votes
or it totaled 476, votes against
, it. 75.' a
Two Newport justices of the.
peace were returned to office,
Aaron Craig, It Democrat, with
$17 votes and A. L. Wilson, Re
publican, with 301 vote%
Of Newport’s 1,299 registered
citizens, 945 voted, or 73.4 per
cent, according to Mayor, Leon
Mann. Kennedy, wigning presi
dential candidate, 58.6 per
cent of the votes cast for presi
dent.
Dr. W. L. Woodard
Speaks to Rotary Club
Dr. Warden L. Woodard, Beau
fort dentist, was the speaker Tues
day night at the Beaufort Rotary
club meeting. Dr. Woodard talked
to members on the start of the
dental profession and the advances
that have been made in modern
dentistry.
Visiting Rotarians included Fred
Lewis, the Rev. Guthrie Brown,
Garland Scruggs and Jack Roberts
Veterans’ Day Today
Most offices in the courthouse
will close today, but the clerk of
court’s office will remain open if
court continues. Banks and the
Morehead City town hall will be
open. Beaufort town hall will
close.
• The Corps of Army Engineers
will conduct a hearing at 10 a.m.
Tuesday in the Morehcad City mu
nicipal building relative to the pro
posed Morehead City bridge as it
may affect navigation.
Col. R. P. Davidson, district en
gineer, will be present. The engi
neers will receive at the hearing
oral statements as well as written.
The engineers’ office reported Wed
nesday that it has already received
a flood of complaints about the
proposed fixed bridge across New
port river being no higher than 65
feet.
Most of those complaints, it was
reported, have come from sailing
craft with auxiliary motor. These
vessels usually have high masts.
The engineers’ office reminds
navigation interests that after a
recent survey, it was decided to
drop the height of bridges from a
required 80 feet to 65, mainly at
the insistence of highway builders.
The district office also points
out that sailing craft have an al
ternate route through the Gallant’s
channel bridge, a draw span, at
Beaufort. Channel depth there is
12 feet.
Army engineers have deferred
giving a permit to the state to build
the Morehead City'bridge pending
the outcome of Tuesday’s hearing.
After the testimony is heard, the
district office said it would be “a
few weeks” before the engineers
could determine whether a permit
for building the bridge, according
present plans, should be given.
Willis Family
Takes Refuge
In Net House
The Ira Willis family, Markers
Island, whose home burned Mon
day night, are living in a one-room
net house until other provisions
for a home can be made.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis and their;
seven children barely escaped with |
their lives when their two-story'
frame house caught fire Monday
night between 10 and 11 o’clock.
The house burned to the ground.
Nothing was saved.
Mr. Willis awoke to find smoke
smothering him. He got his wife
and children out, but missed his
little girl. He went back in the
house and found her under a blank
et on a bed. He suffered burns
on his left hand and arm as he
carried her from the fire.
He no sooner got out, observers
said, than the roof fell in. It is
not known how the fire started.
Neighbors on the island are help
ing the family with some contribu
tions of food and clothing. Other
contributions, including cash, would
be welcomed. Contact Carl M.
Willis, PA8-3846, Harkers Island.
Mr. Willis is 58, his wife 53. The
four youngest children are girls
age 11, 12, 14 and 17. The three
sons are age 21, 31 and 38.
The house, an old dwelling, was
located about midway on the is
land.
Board Orders
Further Work
On Annexation
Beaufort commissioners have au
thorized Gray Hassell, town engi
neer, and Claud Wheatly, town at
torney, to proceed with further
mapping and planning' relative to
annexing certain areas on the east
and north of town. The board met
Monday night.
Mayor W. H. Potter said he
would like to have a hearing on
the matter as soon as possible.
Mr. Wheatly has requested that
the sewer program be mapped and
the density of homes in the areas
indicated. • He told the board that
expected a supreme court decision
soon in an upstate case involving
annexation.
Clarence Davis Jr., chairman of
the Beaufort Rural Fire associa
tion, attended the meeting. In an
swer to questions by the mayor,
Mr. Davis said that the rural fire
truck is in working order and that
the truck was used on a rural call
at North River recently.
Mayor Potter said that as soon
as a full board is present (com
missioner David Farrior was ab
sent), he would ask them to order
that the truck be housed out of
town. “The sooner that truck is
moved out oi town, the better I’ll
like it,” the mayor said.
The board approved a request
from Wiley Taylor Jr. of the First
Baptist church. He asked permis
sion to remove part of the ceme
tery wall to permit work on the
new educational building.
The board discussed clogged
storm sewers. Ronald Earl Mason,
clerk, was asked to write the State
Highway commission relative to
traffic hazards at the Cedar and
Live Oak intersection and bad
drainage points on certain streets.
Commissioner Math Chaplain
asked the board if the police car
should.be traded. A new car was
bought last year. The clerk was
asked to check on prices. A de
cision to buy was deferred until
he reports next month.
A small claim against the town
for damages, as a result of gar
bage blowing off a truck and hit
ting a car, was settled.
The clerk reported that total
cost of hurricane clean-up was
$9,579.67. It is expected that Civil
Defense funds will reimburse the
town for the cost.
Tide Table
Tides at tie Beaafort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Nov. 11
1:42 a.m. 7:51a.m.
1:41 p.m. 8:41 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 12
2:33 a.m. 9:03 a.m.
2:34 p.m. 9:35 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 13
3:28 a.m. 9:59 a.m.
3:32 p.m. 10:22 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 14
4:18 a.m. 10:49 a.m.
4:31 p.JU. 11:03 p.m.
Majority of Precincts
Approve Hospital
Voters approved a county hospital by a 2,959 margin
Tuesday and voted for a levy up to 10 cents per hundred
dollars’ valuation by a margin of 2,193.
Votes for the hospital were 5,791, against 2,832 : for the
levy 5,049, against 2,856.
Many town and county officials expressed surprise that
the hospital bond issue was approve
ed. It was felt that no one would
have been surprised if the issue
had been voted down.
Nine precincts voted against the
hospital: Atlantic, Davis, Harlowc,
Otway, Sea Level, Smyrna, Stacy,
Straits and Williston.
Both Morehead City and Beaufort
voted for the bond issue. More
head City's vote was 2,042 for and
516 against; Beaufort's vote was
1,324 for and 600 against.
Other than efforts by a hospital
committee to promote a county
hospital, there was no concerted
effort by either political party to
carry it.
Joy at the vote given the county
hospital program was evident in
j statements made Wednesday.
Judge Luther Hamilton, More
head City, who was again elected
to the state senate Tuesday, said,
“1 think it’s one of the finest ex
hibitions of public interest and
public welfare made by this coun
ty in my time.
“I was delighted with the results.
1 was fearful it might be the other
way. The people arc to be con
gratulated. It's a forward step,
one of the finest things that could
be done,” he concluded.
Bud Dixon, Morehead City,
speaking for the citizens’ commit
tee in favor of the hospital bond
program, remarked, “Our commit
tee thank? all—each and evctyolte
who voted for the hospital.”
Dr. John Morris, Morehead City,
who did much of the spadework
on the project said, "I’m extreme
ly pleased. The Vote would indi
cate to the county,” he observed,
“that we can take the necessary
action to advance the progress of
our county.
“We ought not to be fearful of
doing anything that needs to be
done for the betterment of the
county,” Dr. Morris remarked. He
expressed sincere appreciation to
all people who worked for passage
of the bond issue.
As people approached the polls
Tuesday they were handed leaf
Sec HOSPITAL, Page 2
Ma at 100 Years
reporter Tuesday. “Now you take this one
ed at 100 years.’ ” She doesa’t look 100 and
a NEWS-TIMES
she look
it.
After celebrating her hundredth
birthday Wednesday, Mrs. N. W.
(Ma) Taylor “woke up Thursday
spry as a chicken,” her daughter,
Mrs. W. K. Hinnant reported.
The Queen Street school band
serenaded Beaufort's oldest citizen
at 2 o’clock Wednesday. Ma ap
peared on WNCT Wednesday night
and Thursday morning.
Hundreds of friends called dur
ing the day. They were served
punch and cake. The house is
overflowing with gifts and flowers.
“Every year we tell people not to
send them, but they do anyhow,”
Mrs. Hinnant said.
Ma was particularly thrilled with
a birthday card she received from
President Eisenhower. She said
in a few daya the will write him
a note of thadM*
The Beaufort tom* board, in sen
Shackleford
Animals Will
BeShot Saturday
Moses Howard, chairman of the
board of county commissioners, re
ceived another telegram from Gov.
Luther Hodges Wednesday, the
second this week about livestock
on the outer banks.
At their regular meeting Mon
day at the courthouse, the com
missioners wrote the governor, in
answer to his first telegram, that
the hurricane had destroyed the
pen on Shackleford banks and that
as soon as it had been put up again,
removal of the cattle would con
tinue.
The second telegram from the
governor said in part: “I frankly
feel that all cattle, sheep, goats
and other stock should have been
removed by now. • Hurricane Don
na was Sept. 11 and 12. I would
have thought new pens could have
been put up within a week after
the hurricane."
The governor said that if it was
a, lack of manpower causing the
jlelay, park division rangers were
available on a moment’s notice
for several days. He asked that
he be wired the anticipated date
complete removal of livestock was
expected.
Sheriff Hugh Salter met with the
board yesterday morning at the
courthouse. The board had met in
special session in reference to the
hospital bond issue. He said that
he was tied up in criminal court
until Friday afternoon but would
begin shooting all livestock on
Shackleford banks Saturday morn*
ing and would wire the governor
to that effect.
He said he did not feel it was
necessary to call in rangers, that
be and his deputies would do the
job.
sion Monday night at the town hall,
endorsed the mayor’s proclama
tion of Wednesday as Ma Taylor
Day.
In a letter to Mrs. Taylor, the
mayor said:
“As mayor of Beaufort, the won
derful town to which you have con
tributed so much, t congratulate
you on your 100th birthday. So
much has happened during the past
century that many of us forget
that the years ahead offer even
greater opportunity to the youth
of this and other communities.
“I know that you, our senior citi
zen, encourage and inspire all who
know 'you. This 100th birthday of
yours will always be remembered
as a milestone in the best of our
community.
“Congratulations to you and to
all who have had the privilege oC
your friendship over the yean.”