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NEWS-TIMES
49th YEAR, NO. 93.
THREE SECTIONS
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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1960
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Beaufort JC's
Start Campaign
For Members
• Charter Members
Invited to Dinner
• Dignitaries to Visit
Monday Night
Invitations have gone out for a
membership drive dinner meeting
to be given by the Beaufort Jay
cees Monday night.
George Murray Thomas, past
president of the Beaufort club, an
pounces that the dinner will begin
in the Scout building at 7. National
Jaycee director John Kennedy of
Fayetteville will attend the meet
ing as will Pop Craft, district vice
president of the 32th district.
Other honored guests will include
all of the presidents of Jaycee
clubs in the district and the 22
charter members of the Beaufort
organization, founded in 1941.
In announcing plans for the din
ner, Mr. Thomas said that mem
bership in the club is now lower
titan it ever has been. Only five
members are now active. “We
feel that if we invite prospective
members to the meeting Monday,
explain the Jaycee purpose to them
and tell them something about our
club, we can work our membership
back to full strength,” said Mr.
Thomas. About 15 prospective
members have been invited to at
tend.
Short skits, depicting past Jay
cee projects, will be presented
•Monday night following the dinner.
The 22 charter members of the
club who have been invited are
James H. Potter, Leon K. Thomas,
Charles Davis, Julius E. Adair,
James R. Sanders, Orville G. Gas
kill, John Chadwick, John P. But
ler.
G. W. Huntley Jr., W. H. Potter,
W. A. Mace, Edward C. McConnell,
George Eastman, James R. Wheat
ley, Perry F. Reavis Jr., C. D.
Jones, Leslie Moore, Pritchard
Lewis, Walter Morris, Graham W.
Duncan Jr., and Charles Hassell.
Officer Checks
On Three Wrecks
Highway patrolman R. H. Brown
investigated three wrecks since
Friday. Charges were filed against
one driver.
At 7:15 Friday night a 1960 Ford
Falcon was wrecked 300 yards from
Jim Young’s store on the Stella
road. Driving the car was Wil
liam Prentiss Vinson of Swansboro
RFD.
Patrolman Brown said that Vin
son was going east on the Stella
road when he blacked out. The cat
sWcrvcd to the left, back to the
right, abruptly to the left and ran
into a ditch bank.
The front end of the car was
smashed. There were no charges.
Charges of exceeding a safe
speed limit were filed against Wil
liam Earl Cayton of route 1 New
port after a collision at 10 a.m.
Saturday four miles south of New
port on the Nine-foot road.
The accident occurred, the pa
trolman said, when Elbert Garner
of Newport, driving a 1951 Ply
mouth, stopped to let a piece of
farm machinery cross a narrow
bridge he was approaching. Cay
ton came up behind Garner, was
unable to stop, and hit the rear
end of the Plymouth. Both were
headed south.
Damage to the Plymouth was
^estimated at $150 and to the Ford,
*$200. No one was injured.
Alex John Willis of route 1 New
port turned a 1957 Ford over at 3
a.m. Wednesday 50 feet east of
NC 58 on highway 24. The car
was headed cast, ran off the right
side of the road, back to the left,
into a yard and turned over. Wil
lis told the patrolman he went to
sleep at the wheel.
Patrolman Brown said the car
i was a total loss. Charges against
Willis arc pending.
Governor-Elect Stops
At Morehead Monday
Governor-elect Terry Sanford
stopped at Morehead City Monday
en route by yacht from Mattamus
.kcet to Wrightsvillc Beach.
Mr. Sanford went fishing off
Morehead City Tuesday. He is
vacationing following his success
ful campaign for governor. Visit
ing with Mr. Sanford while he was
here were mayor W. H. Potter,
Beaufort, and mayor George Dill,
Morehead City.
Report Made
According to the recent survey
conducted by the county board of
education, there are 1,482 children
in Carteret schools whose parents,
one or both, are employed by the
federal government. Financial aid
is available to the county from the
federal government in proportion
to the number of federally-connect
ed pupils.
Jury Finds That Slayer of Pulpwood
Worker Used Knife in Self-Defense
A six-man coroner’s jury ruled
Tuesday night that Paul Williams,
charged with the Saturday morn
ing knife-slaying of 26-year old
Louis Carter, acted in self-defense.
Conflicting testimony was given,
although testimony of those at the
scene of the killing upheld Wil
liams’ story.
The first to testify was James B.
Lee. Lee said that on the night of
Friday, Nov. 12, he had been with
Carter and the two had stayed up
all night. He said that they went
to the house, where Paul Williams
and Sampson Hunt, an Indian,
were staying, shortly after sunrise
Saturday morning. The house is
located in a camp on the Laurel
road, north of Beaufort.
Lee said that when they entered
the house, Williams was sitting
near the heater. He added that
Carter came in swearing and said,
“I’m going to kill me someone
anyhow.” He said that Carter
went over to Williams, drew a
knife and cut a gash on his right
arm. Lee said he told Carter to,
“leave that boy alone, he’s not
hurting you.”
Williams then, according to Lee,
left the house and Carter followed
him. He said that he didn’t see
the ensuing fight outside but add
ed that he thought they fought for
about 25 minutes after leaving the
house.
Williams was called to the stand i
Four Churches Will Erect
Nativity Scene on Inn Lawn
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Mayor Appoints
Two Committees
• One Will Investigate
Court Operations
• Other Will Review
Bookkeeping Routine
Two committees were appointed
at a special meeting of the More
head City town board Tuesday
night in the municipal building.
One committee will investigate op
erations of Morehead City record
er’s court and make recommenda
tions regarding future operation.
The other committee will study
recommendations made by the
auditor relative to bookkeeping pro
cedure and general office proce
dure.
On the court committee arc com
missioners Bud Dixon, chairman;
Walter Morris and Ted Garner. On
the bookkeeping committee are
commissioners S. C. Holloway,
Russell Outlaw and Dixon.
Present at the meeting were of
ficers of the court, Herbert Phil
lips, judge; George McNeill, so
licitor, John Lashley, clerk, Mrs.
Mary Hughes, assistant clerk, and
police chief Herbert Griffin.
The meeting was a continuation
of a meeting earlier this month
at which the audit for 1959-60 was
discussed. The audit indicated
that the court had operated at a
loss for the past two fiscal years.
The court clerks presented fi
nancial statements on a calendar
year basis. It was noted that fig
ures could not be directly com
pared with the audit, since the
audit was made on the basis of the
fiscal year.
The court reports stated that
from the beginning df court opera
tion in December 1951, $89,542.85
in fines had been turned over to
the county board of education as
law requires.
They showed that $20,584.78, re
alized from court costs, had been
paid the town of Morehead City
during the same period. For the
three years, 1958 through 1960, paid
to the town from court funds was
$1,000.
Judge Phillips said that the court
was not set up as a business and
is not a money-making agency. He
said it was established because a
heavy docket in county recorder’s
court proved burdensome to citi
zens of Morehead City in that their
See BOARD, Page 6
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Nov. 18
7:20 a.m. 1:16 a.m.
7:42 p.m. 1:56 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 19
8:03 a.m. 2:01 a.m.
8:29 p.m. 2:42 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 20
8:50 a.m. 2:47 a.m.
9:22 p.m. 3:29 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 21
9:43 a.m. 3:33 a.m.
10:22 p.m. 4:17 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 22
10:43 a.m. 4:21 a.m.
11:20 p.m. 5:07 pan.
and he told the jury that after he
left the house, Carter again came
after him with a knife. He said
Carter cut at him once and he
threw up his hand to ward off the
blow and received a deep gash on
his hand. Williams said that he
then took out his knife and struck
Carter. He said Carter exclaimed,
“Well, you’ve got me," and then
staggered off into the weeds.
Williams said that he then called
to the house, to Lee, and told him
to get a doctor because he didn’t
know how badly he had wounded
Carter. He said that he then start
ed down the road to get a ride to
Beaufort and give himself up.
Earl Campen, who owns the
house where Williams and Hunt
were staying, was called to the
stand. He told the jury that on
Saturday morning he went to the
house at the request of Causey
Branton. Branton, a pulpwoodcr,
rents the house from Campen.
Campen said that Branton came
to his house and asked him if he
would go to the camp and put Wil
liams out of the house. He told
Campen that he had been to the
camp earlier to get the men to go
to work but found them in no con
dition to work and so had come to
Campen.
Campen said that he went to the
camp and added that when he ar
rived he found Williams trying to
force his way into the house and
k Four churches of Beaufort will
join in erecting a Nativity scene on
the lawn of the Inlet inn during the
Christmas season. The scene will
cover the width of the lawn.
The churches are St. Paul's Epis
copal, Ann Street Methodist, First
Baptist and the Free Will Baptist.
There will also be a bazaar on
the vacant lots near the inn prop
erty. Booths will be available for
communities from down east to
display products typical of their
communities, sell craft items or re
freshments. The booths will be in
three large tents.
There are still some booths un
reserved. Any community which
would like to have a booth is asked
to contact the Christmas festival
chairmen, Mrs. Wiley Lewis or Wil
liam Roy Hamilton, by Nov. 28.
Gilbert Potter, member of the
publicity committee, says that it is
hoped there will be a 300-voice
choir which will sing from the In
let inn steps. The choir will be
composed of choir members from
Beaufort churches and churches
east of Beaufort.
There will be three practices only
and any choir not represented at
the organizational meeting Tuesday
night is invited to the coming prac
tices: Tuesday, Nov. 22, Friday,
Nov. 25, and Wednesday, Nov. 30.
The first two rehearsals will be
at 7:30 p.m. and the last at 8:30
p.m. in the First Baptist church.
Miss Ruth Durham is choir direc
tor.
Choirs represented at the organ
izational meeting this week were
the following:
Mt. Zion Baptist, St. Paul’s, Ann
Street, Purvis Chapel, St. Ste
phen’s, First Free Will Baptist, St.
Clement’s Episcopal, all of Beau
fort.
Russells Creek Free Will Bap
tist, Marshallberg Baplist, Mar
shallbcrg Methodist, Harlowe Meth
odist and Harkers Island Mormon
church.
Phone Company
Extends Service
Construction work was started
last week on a project to extend
urban cable facilities within the
Beaufort exchange. Additional ca
ble will be placed along Turner,
Cedar and Live Oak streets and
also along Lennoxvillc road and
US Highway 70 east.
L. A. Daniels, Morehead City,
manager for Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Co., stated that this
work is necessary to serve new
applicants, provide higher grades
of service and to take care of ex
pected growth.,
He further stated that the work
will involve placing approximate
ly five miles of cable facilities
along existing poles and right-of
ways at a cost of $37,504. Work
is expected to be completed by
January 1961.
Chamber Office Offers
Civil Defense Literature
Civil Defense literature is avail
able at the Morehead City chamber
of commerce office.
J. A. DuBois, manager, said that
numerous requests have been made
by school children and others for
such literature, so he obtained
pamphlets from the state CD of
fice.
They are available upon request
from the chamber office in the
Hotel Fort Macon. Those making
requests by mail should include
a stamped envelope.
being restrained by what he called,
“a big yellow-looking man.” (It
was later brought out that the yel
low-locking man was Hunt, the In
dian, who lived in the house with
Williams.)
Campen said that he told Wil
liams to leave and stay away from
the house. He said that Williams
left, walking down the road to
wards the highway. Campen said
that it was then that he learned
of the stabbing and after examin
ing Carter’s body, he said he came
to Beaufort to report the incident
to the sheriff.
Deputy sheriff Bruce Edwards,
who with sheriff Hugh Salter in
vestigated the incident, was called
to the stand. He told the jury that
Williams had voluntarily surren
dered. He also told the jury that
Carter had a lengthy police record
and was known as a troublemaker
and heavy drinker. Edwards said
that Carter had been placed in the
county jail on several occasions.
Williams, on the other hand, Ed
wards testified, had no police rec
ord except for a traffic violation
and had never been any trouble
to the sheriff’s department.
The jury retired at 9:03 and re
turned with their self-defense ver
dict at 9:21. ABC officer Marshall
Ayscue, acted as spokesman. Oth
er jurors were J. W. Sykos, Charles
L. Pake, S. J. Rabon, Henry Hat
sell and Cecil Boroks.
Beaufort Band
Makes Collections
Tomorrow will be Tag Day for
the school band in Beaufort. Ma
jorettes will make collections in
the business section and the band
will play.
The school band is supported
solely by contributions from peo
ple in the Beaufort school dis
trict. Band Week started Mon
day and will continue through to
morrow.
The band paraded Tuesday and
yesterday. Persons who would
like to mail checks should send
them to the school and indicate
on the check that the contribu
tion is for the band.
Coast Guard
Aids Pogey Boat
Coast Guardsmen from the Fort
Macon station assisted in towing
a 44-foot pogey boat to port Tues
day afternoon.
A call was received at the sta
tion from a Cape Lookout patrol
boat that the boat, Douglas, was
being brought in and requested a
relief of the tow at Beaufort Inlet.
Fort Macon dispatched the 40
footer which relieved the Cape
Lookout patrol boat at Beaufort in
let and brought the Douglas into
Morehead City. The Douglas was
disabled due to engine failure. G.
L. Winter, Morehead City, was pi
lot of the fishing vessel.
Crew aboard the 40-footer includ
ed Jack Wilson, BM-2; William
Granger, BM-3; Bill Vinson, EM-2
and James Guthrie, SN. •
The Douglas is owned by Bea
trice Buckm aster, Swansboro.
Opposition to No-Draw
Bnd9e Voiced at Hear*
mg
A. T. Piner of the Morehead City
Pilots association testified at the
Army engineers’ hearing Tuesday
that the drawbridge at Morehead
City was beneficial to many ves
sels, but with its removal upon
i construction of the proposed new
bridge, many vessels which for
merly used the waterway because
it was unobstructed, will be re
stricted.
He said that you can’t remove
something that has been beneficial
J to navigation and not work a hard
ship on navigation interests.
Mr. Piner said that some of the
tows now going through the More
head City bridge are 200 to 250
feet long. Wind velocity is hazard
ous to long tows, and this hazard
would be further complicated by
the solid fender system the state
■ proposes from the railroad bridge
through the highway bridge.
Mr. Piner added that tides would
be hazardous even in an ocean
draw span, but if such were con
structed its horizontal clearance
should be at least 200 feet, pref
erably 300, and the vertical clear
ance 138 feet.
He said that ocean spans, similar
to the one proposed sometime in
the future by the state, have prov
ed hazardous in situations similar
to that at Morehead City.
Exportation of fish oil is ham
pered because of the hazards en
countered in attempting to pass
through the present railroad and
highway bridges, Mr. Piner re
marked.
A contract with Aviation Fuel
Terminals, to send oil by barge to
Cherry Point had to be terminated
because of the dual bridge condi
tion; another firm declined nego
tiation for a contract for the same
reason, Mr. Piner said.
Robert L. Hicks of Heide and
Co. said that two foreign vessels
which loaded fish oil here never
returned because of the trouble
encountered in going through the
Morehead draw. A third came back
the second time, but that was the
last time.
Mr. Hicks said that the Gallants
channel bridge at Beaufort, where
there is a draw, is not feasible as
an alternate route because the
railroad draw next to it does not
raise at a UR degree angle, but
slants and thus materially reduces
clearance.
He said one vessel that went
through there to take on fish oil
at the Smith factory had its radar
tower and superstructure knocked
off.
He commented that 16,000 tons
of fish oil were exported from
Morehead City last year. “And
that’s local. That's not material
brought in here from some place
else and then shipped out,” Mr.
Hicks said.
Mr. Piner said that if the fish
oil business had not been restrict
ed in the past, there’s no telling
what it might have meant to this
area today.
He said that in his’opinion, if a
continuous 200-foot fender system
is built between the two bridges,
navigators should be relieved of
any responsibility in case of acci
dent.
He said that the Morehead City
Pilots association opposes a fixed
level bridge and believes that no
ocean draw should be designed
without consulting all interested
parties.
Relative to a survey made a year
ago, which led to the fixing of a
65-foot height for all vessels using
See TESTIMONY, Page 6
To Appear in Play Tuesday
Carol Willis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward 1. Willis, More
head City, plays the role of Effle ip The Little Minister, which will
be given by the Carteret Community Theatre at 8 Tuesday night in
the Morehead City recreation center. Other pictures appear on page
3 section 2. (Photo by Lillian GMdens).
Charles Hassell Chosen
As Scholarship Candidate
Beaufoit school nominated
Charles (Pud) Hassell, who was
chosen Wednesday by a county
committee, as candidate for a
Morehead scholarship. Charles, a
senior, is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles R. Hassell, Beaufort.
An outstanding student in his
four years in high school, Charles
was described in a letter from his
principal to the county scholarship
committee as “never satisfied with
less than his best." Principal of
the school is Albert Gainey.
The letter pointed out further
that he has the characteristics of
a good citizen. “His truthfulness
and courage will mark him as a
leader in any group in which he
participates,” Mr. Gainey said.
Charles, 17 years old, is editor
of the school annual, president of
the senior class, was president'of
his junior class, was elected sec
retary of state at Boys State last
summer, is sports editor of the
school paper, Student council mem
ber, library club, debating club
and Monogram club member; is
a Star Scout and Scout lifeguard.
He is a letter man in football,
basketball and baseball, played on
the school’s two state champion
ship basketball teams and was
elected a member of the all-state
team each year.
He is a member of St. Paul’s
Episcopal church, the Young
Churchmen, church choir and ac
colytc guild. Charles has, because
of scholastic achievement, been a
marshal each of his years in high
school and i$ one of the top three,
scholastically, in the senior class.
A Morehead scholarship consists
of $1,200 per year for each of a
student's four years at the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
Fort Macon Finally
Gets Additional
Telephone Service
L. A. Daniels, manager for Caro
lina Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
says the phone company was con
necting the extra trunk line to Fort
Macon Coast Guard station yester
day morning.
Referring to an editorial in Fri
day’s paper, he said that the phone
company informed the Coast Guard
in April of the facilities available,
but the Coast Guard never request
ed that the service be provided.
“It was there, all they had to do
was ask to have the line connect
ed,” Mr. Daniels said.
The request came through Wed
nesday. Contacting Fort Macon
Coast Guard station by phone is
usually an ordeal, as THE NEWS
TIMES has pointed out on several
occasions. Now, instead of only
one line into Fort Macon station,
there are two, and if one number
is busy, the other may be dialed.
Chamber Offers Berth
For Battleship Memorial
The greater Morehead City
chamber of commerce has request
ed that the battleship USS North
Carolina be placed in Carteret
county if it is obtained as a war
memorial by the state.
The request was made in a re
cent letter to Orville D. Campbell
of Chapel Hill, head of the gov
ernor’s committee to bring the
battleship “home.” The letter was
written by Rufus Butner, presi
dent of the chamber.
Howard Garriss, extension plant
pathology specialist, Raleigh, was
in the county Thursday morning
to arrange a cabbage variety dem
onstration.
Chamber Membership
Meeting Set for Dec. 8
The annual membership meeting
of the greater Morchcad City
chamber of commerce has been
set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8.
The time and place will be an
nounced.
The dinner will be for members
only. The large chamber mem
bership makes it impossible to ac
commodate couples, J. A. DuBois,
chamber manager, announces.
Three persons will be elected to
serve on the chamber board of di
rectors.
The chamber board met recent
ly for its November meeting at the
chamber office in the Hotel Fort
Macon. Bob Simpson showed three
reels of 16 mm. color film from
which a 15-minute film on Carteret
as a resort area will be made up.
The manager stated that more
than $5,000 is owed on 1960 dues.
He said at least $4,000 will be need
ed for operation during the rest
Charles Hassell
. . . wins nomination
Claud Wheatly Jr., Beaufort,
chairman of the Morehead scholar
ship committee for this county,
said yesterday in announcing the
committee’s decision that it was
not easy to choose just one boy
of the two who applied.
John Crowe, Morehead City sen
ior, was the only applicant besides
Charles (Pud) Hassell.
“We have never had so few ap
plicants as this year,” Mr. Whcat
ly said. "One year we had 14.”
The winning county candidate
surpassed the other applicant in
participation in school athletics.
Hassell is outstanding in sports
as well as scholarship. "We would
have liked to have selected both
boys,” the scholarship committee
chairman said.
Members of the county scholar
ship committee arc Luther Hamil
ton Jr. and Albert Gaskill, More
head City, and J. F. Duncan, Beau
fort.
County winners next proceed to
district committees. On a district
basis, Hassell will be competing
with Carl G. Pruit, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Pruit, formerly of New
port. Pruit will advance to dis
trict competition from Duplin
county.
He is the grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. C. G. Gaskill, Beaufort. After
district elimination, those reinain
irijg are screened for selection of
approximately 30 winners. Seven
hundred high school seniors com
pete for the Morehead scholarships
annually.
Coast Guard Picks
Up Drifting Skiff
An 18-foot skiff whose home port,
pilot and owner are unknown, was
picked up early Wednesday morn
ing by the Fort Macon Coast Guard
after it was reported adrift near
the port terminal.
Crewmen aboard the Chilula,
docked at the port, spotted the
skiff adrift shortly after midnight
and called the Fort Macon station
which dispatched the 40-footer to
investigate.
The 40-footcr took the skiff in
tow to Fort Macon. The boat had
no identification whatsoever and
will be kept at the station until
its owner can be found.
Crew aboard the 40-footcr includ
ed Jack Wilson, BM-2 Alan Strain,
FN and James Guthrie, SN.
To Receive Pin
Reginald E. Bland of Morchcad
City will become eligible this
month for a gold pin representing
five years of telephone company
service. He is employed by Caro
lina Telephone and Telegraph Co.
as a central office repairman in
the plant department.
of the year and in preparing ad
vertising for 1961. The board ap
proved employment of a collector
to collect delinquent dues on a
commission basis.
The financial statement showed
collections to date totaling $18,
220.50, spent was $18,088, leaving
a balance of $132.50. More than
$9,000 was spent on advertising.
.The board agreed that the adver
tising program had proved effec
tive and that it should be expanded
for 1961.
W. B. Chalk reported on activi
ties of the Ncusc Development as
sociation, of which Morchcad City
is a member.
Attending .the meeting were Ru
fus Butner, president, who presid
ed; Garland Scruggs, George Mc
Neill, W. B. Chalk, S. A. Chalk,
Ed Swann, Shelby Freeman, J. M.
Davis, Mr. DuBois and Mr. Simp
son.
♦ Eleven agencies and organiza
tions protested formally Tuesday
against a new bridge without a
draw across Newport river at
Morehead City.
Filing objections before Army
engineers at a hearing in More
head City were the town of More
head City, the Neuse Development
association (Goldsboro, Kinston,
New Bern and Morehead City), the
United States Salvage association,
Morehead City Maritime associa
tion, Morehead City Pilots asso
ciation, Southern Railway, Heide
and Co., Carteret Towing Co., Fin
er Dredging Co., Morehead City
chamber of commerce, and Long
shoremen’s Local No. 1807. AFL.
The hearing was called by the
Corps of Army engineers to hear
protests, if any, relative to the
State Highway commission’s pro
posal to place a bridge across the
Newport river at Morehead City.
The bridge plans call for a height
of 65 feet over the channel and a
horizontal clearance of 80 feet.
Col. R. P. Davidson, district en
gineer, Wilmington* stated that the
engineers were interested in ob
jections to the proposed bridge as
they might affect navigation.
1. The town of Morehead City, in
its resolution, termed the 65-foot
clearance “totally inadequate” for
craft using the waterway. It stat
ed that the 60-foot distance be
tween the proposed highway bridge
and the present railroad bridge
would create a menace to naviga
| tion.
2. The Neuse Development asso
ciation said the bridge, as propos
ed, would hamper operation in the
port area. It suggested that the
State Highway commission repair
the present bridge and continue its
use as long as possible in the hope
that a more suitable new bridge,
that would benefit navigation,
could be devised.
3. The United States Salvage as
sociation presented a letter point
ing out that a 65-foot stationary
bridge would force much marine
repair and salvage equipment, not
built for ocean travel, to go around
Cape Hatteras. It further stated
that the distance between the pres-1
ent railroad bridge and the propos
ed bridge would create “lock”
conditions.
4. The Morehead City Maritime
association pointed out that vessels
of foreign flag, which formerly
went through the Morehead City
draw, would be unable to pass if
a fixed bridge were built. Forcing
coast-wise traffic out into the ocean
would also increase insurance
costs to navigation interests.
5. Southern Railway said con
struction of such a bridge would
be detrimental to port commerce.
6. The Morehead City Pilots as
sociation said that a continuous
fender system from the railroad
draw through the highway draw,
a distance of about 200 feet, would
create anxiety for navigatiors and
cause accidents. It was further
stated that even if the ocean draw
proposed were constructed, it
would be hazardous if the bridge
were built just 60 feet north of the
railroad bridge, because it would
be almost impossible to maneuver
ships through two bridges where
tide and winds figure as impor
tantly in navigation as they do
here.
7. Heide and Co., ships’ agents,
pointed out that three ocean-going
vessels, which attempted to load
fish oil at a Beaufort factory and
then use draws in this area, re
fused to make return trips because
of the hazard the bridges created.
8. The Morehead City chamber
of commerce stated that the bridge
as proposed will block development
of the state port.
9. The Longshoremen’s Local is
of the opinion that a fixed bridge
would set back port development
25 years and instead of a steady
growth of work for longshoremen,
as is the case now, would cause
a decline.
10. The Carteret Towing Co. and
Pincr Dredging Co. said a station
ary bridge would obstruct free nav
igation, and requested plans for
an open draw or a fixed bridge
at a height of 138 feet.
Colonel Davidson explained that
he makes a recommendation in a
case of this nature, forwards it to
the engineers’ office at Atlanta,
which makes further review, and
then to Washington where the fi
nal decision is made.
See HEARING, Page 6
Woodmen of World
Begin Repairing Toys
Members of the Morehead City
Woodmen of the World camp will
meet at the lodge tonight at 7:30
to begin work on repairing the used
toys they have collected.
The toys will be repaired, paint
ed and distributed to needy chil
dren this Christmas. Anyone hav
ing toys their children have out
grown are invited to bring them
to the lodge, behind Bud Dixon’s
motel, tonight or takes them to Auto
Supply during the day. For pick
up, persons should call PA6-4822
after 6 p.m.