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49th YEAR, NO. 96. EIGHT PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1960
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Santa to Arrive
At 5 P.M. Friday
In Beaufort
# His Escort Will Be
School Bonds, Scoufr
• Festival to End at Inn;
Chorus Will Sing
Firemen have erected the Christ
mas tree on Santa Claus lane in
Beaufort and plans are proceeding
according to schedule for Beau
fort’s big welcome to Santa at 5
t p.m. Friday.
Santa, arriving on a fire truck,
will be escorted by school bands,
Boy and Girl Scouts, cheerleaders
and the Batonettes of Havelock.
At 3 p.m. Friday, a gala Christ
mas bazaac will get under way in
three tents which have been pro
vided by the Marine corps. The
tents will be set up on the lot east
of Queen Street. Santa Claus lane
will be located on the next lot. In
1 addition to the tree erected by fire
men, there will be a box in which
children may deposit their letters
to Santa.
Mrs. Emily Clyde Lewis, chair
man of the Christmas festival, an
nounces that no more than 15 or
ganizations can be accommodated
at booths at the bazaar. Those
who have reserved booths will be
assigned them and others who turn
up, without having made a reser
( vation, may be out of luck, Mrs.
Lewis said.
The organizations are permitted
to sell anything they wish. A com
plete supper will be available at
one booth. Items for Christmas
giving, refreshments and exhibits
will be featured.
Harriet Whitehurst will be the
fairy queen, who with elves (sen
iors at Beaufort school) will usher
children through Santa Claus lane.
The elves will be Lou Dudley,
Linda Chadwick, Ginny Duncan,
Sarah Gery, Beverly Willis, Mimi
Gilchrist.
Cheryl Peterson, Linda Mason,
Bobby Jean Rush, Patsy Pake, and
Judy Pake. All will be in costume.
While the children are meeting
Santa, adults will be entertained
t>y the school bands and cheerlead
ers.
The festival will end with a pro
gram at 6 p.m. in front of the In
let inn. The Rev. Don Morris, pas
tor of the Missionary Baptist
church, Davis, will give the invo
cation. The Christmas choir, un
der the direction of Miss Ruth Dur
ham, will sing.
The final rehearsal for the chor
us, which is composed of choir
members from Beaufort and near
by communities, will be at 8:30
p.m. Wednesday in the First Bap
tist church.
Speaking briefly at the Inlet inn
program will be mayor W. H. -Pot
ter. The churches of Beaufort will
place on the lawn of the inn a na
tivity scene.
B&PWClub
Goes to Play
Following their dinner meeting
Tuesday night, members of the
Carteret Business and Professional
Women’s club attended the Car
teret Community Theatre play, The
Little Minister. They reported that
the play was excellent.
During the business session, at
Jones Barbecue on the Beaufort
Morehead causeway, the club dis
cussed the Christmas party to be
a held Tuesday, Dec. 13 at the home
of the president, Mrs. W. I. Lof
tin.
Members may bring guests and
should also bring gifts to be ex
changed.
Copies of the club by-laws were
distributed and Mrs. Clem Johnson
pointed out amendments made
since the by-laws were mimeo
graphed. Miss Hortense Boomer
reported on the mid year council
meeting at New Bern.
Sale of pecans was discussed.
The club has pound packages of
the shelled nuts for sale at $1-75
for the broken kernels and $1.85
for the halves. Persons interested
in buying should contact Mrs. C.
L. Beam, Beaufort, or Miss Lyda
Piner, Morehead City.
Mrs. Eva Johnson, treasurer, re
ported $202 in the treasury. Mrs.
Floy Garner, Newport, was wel
comed as a new member.
The program, in charge of Miss
Ruby Parker, was postponed until
January. Mrs. Frank Sample, vice
president, presided in absence of
the president.
State Has Pine Seedlings
At $4.50 Per Thousand
J. A. DuBois, manager of the
Morehead City chamber of com
merce, reminds landowners that
the state has loblolly, longleaf and
slash pine seedlings available at
$4.50 per thousand.
To obtain an application blank
for ordering the seedlings, write
State Forester, Raleigh, or contact
B. M. Williams, Beaufort
Court Order Saves Cattle; Sheep, Goats to Go
Thanksgiving Weekend
Wreck Score Totals Six
Six accidents were investigated
in the county by the highway pa
trol during the long Thanksgiving
weekend. No one was seriously
injured. All accidents were in
vestigated by patrolman W. E.
Pickard.
At 3:30 p.m. a 1960 Chevrolet
driven by James Ashley, Morehead
City, made a left turn in front of a
1955 Chevrolet a half mile east of
Newport on highway 70, the pa
trolman said.
Driving the Chevrolet was Thom
as Allen, Newport. To avoid a
collision, Allen swerved his car,
causing it to turn over. Allen spent
the night in the Morehead City
hospital, but was not seriously in
jured. Ashley was charged with
failing to yield the right-of-way..
Damage to the Allen Chevrolet
was estimated at $300.
Two hours later, in a heavy rain
fall on highway 101, a 1959 Chevro
let station wagon driven by Os
borne Davis, Beaufort, ran into
the rear of a GMC pickup truck,
which 30 minutes previously had
run into the rear of a 1951 Ford
pickup being towed by a tractor.
Highway Group
Slated to Get
Ferry Report
Strength was added to pleas of
Carteret commissioners this week
with the announcement that two
State Highway commissioners will
ask the state to take over opera
tion of the Atlantic-Ocracoke fer
ry.
County commissioners, at their
special meeting Nov. 10, sent tele
grams to Gov. Luther Hodges and
governor-elect Terry Sanford urg
ing that the state givg immediate
consideration to taking over the
ferry.
The commissioners acted when
they were informed that the Tay
lor brothers, who own and operate
the ferry, plan to sell it.
Highway commissioners appoint
ed a month ago to investigate the
ferry run were Ralph Morris, New
Bern, and Stanley Betts, Hender
son. Morris and Betts are expect
ed to recommend at the highway
commission meeting Dec. 7-8 ac
quisition of the ferry, moving the
present dock in this county from
Atlantic to Cedar Island, and addi
tion of another ferry at a later
date.
The ferry, Sea Level, is now
moored at its slip at Atlantic, un
able to go anywhere because Don
na filled in channels it once used.
The ferry started operation last
spring and formed a link in the
all-seashore highway, connecting
historic areas and beaches to the
north with Carteret county.
Jaycees Ready to Dig
Jaycees John Edwards, left,
Dalmon Lawrence and Bill Ogles
by will be on hand tomorrow to
assist with City Park Day activi
ties in Morehead City. Jaycees
will plant shrubs and other grow
ing things to be donated for the
park.
Donations will be accepted
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., accord
ing to the Morehead City Wom
an’s club, sponsor of City Park
Day.
Driving the tractor was Billy
Cannon. In the pickup he was
towing was Benjamin Cannon.
Both Cannons live on route 1 Beau
fort. Driving the GMC pickup was
Willie Godette Sr. Damage to all
vehicles involved was estimated at
$950. No one was hurt and no ci
tations issued.
James E. McBride, Morehead
City, was charged with careless
and reckless driving following an
accident at 6:20 p.m. Saturday at
the south end of the Atlantic Beach
bridge.
According to patrolman Pickard,
McBride, headed toward Morehead
City, tried to pass a car making a
right turn, as he did so, he side
swiped an oncoming 1957 Ford driv
en by Max M. Burden, Raleigh.
McBride ran off the abutment at
the end of the bridge, landed on
the wheels of the car and drove
out again on the highway.
A 1960 Chevrolet pickup truck,
driven by Donald R. Mansfield,
Morehead City, hit the rear of a
1955 Nash at 5:10 p.m. Sunday in
front of the Camp Glenn Methodist
church on highway 70.
The impact knocked the Nash,
stopped in a line of traffic, into a
Mercury driven by Earl Taylor Jr.,
Morehead„£ity. Taylor had stop
ped behind a 1955 Mercury waiting
to make a left turn.
Driving the 1955 Mercury was
Richard D. Bradshaw, route 2 New
port. Driving the Nash was John
Rossie, Coast Guardsma.i of More
head City. Total property dam
age was estimated at $850. No
one was hurt. Charges are pend
ing.
At 9:45 p.m. Sunday Alfred
Crooms, Harlowe, turned over his
1948 Chevrolet on highway 101
south of the Core Creek bridge.
The car was demolished. Crooms
has been charged with driving
drunk.
At 2 a.m. yesterday a 1955 Ford
station wagon driven by E. Gray
Stewart, Newport, turned over on
highway 70, just eaqg. pf the Craven
county line. Stewart, headed west,
was charged with speeding and
careless and reckless driving.
Three men were with him. All suf
fered minor cuts.
Thieves Enter Clubhouse
Thanksgiving Night
Thieves broke into the Morehead
City Golf and Country club club
house Thursday night. A couple
dozen golf socks were stolen, as
well as cigarettes, table model ra
dio, cash from the cigarette ma
chine and a sports coat belonging
to C. C. McCuiston, golf pro.
Entry was gained by prying open
the double doors of the clubhouse
facing the ninth green. Deputy
sheriff Bobby Bell said the doors
were jimmied open with what ap
peared to be a tire tool.
Sheriff Hugh Salter and deputy
Bell were continuing their investi
gation yesterday.
Mrs. Gus- Davis, president of
the club, said many people have
announced intention to donate
items. Cash donations have alsb
been received and are most wel
come.
The Morehead City band will
play at the park from 3 to 5, she
announced. Refreshments will
be served from 11 a.m. on.
The park is located on Bogue
Sound, juat east of the commer
cial building.
Home from the Mediterranean
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Official USMC Photo
This scene will be re-enacted many times today as Navy ships bring Marines home from duty in the
Mediterranean. The troops are disembarking at Morehead City.
Water Pollution Looms As
Biggest Threat to County
St. Paul's Receives
Fund Owed School
St. Paul’s Episcopal church,
Beaufort, received $13 recently
that might be termed “found
money.”
Sent by a resident of Morehead
City, the sender said her two
daughters had attended St. Paul’s
school under “Miss Nannie” Gef
froy and she owed Miss Nannie
$15.
She explained that she would
send the other two dollars later,
which would clear the debt.
“Miss Nannie” Geffroy died in
1936 and two years later, the
school closed. Under Mrs. Gef
froy’s supervision, it had opened
in 1899.
Rainfall Light;
Weather Warm
Less than an inch of rain, .80
inches, has been recorded here for
the month of November by wea
ther observer Stamey Davis. Mr.
Davis reports rainfall on only three
days this month with the .38 inches
on the 10th being the heaviest.
Temperatures for the month
have been running above seasonal
normals, according to Mr. Davis,
with highs in the 80's and lows in
the 40’s.
Temperature ranges and wind
directions for the week Nov. 21-27
were as follows:
High Low Wind
Monday .68 47 SW
Tuesday . 71 43 SW
Wednesday .62 55 Var.
Thursday . 68 52 NE
Friday . 78 42 NE
Saturday ......77 41 SE
Sunday .72 42 S
Fog mingled with factory smoke
created a Los Angeles-like smog
over the county yesterday morn
ing. Planes without instruments
were grounded. Land visibility
was only several hundred feet.
The sun started to break through
the heavy overcast at about 11
a.m.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tnesday, Nov. 2»
5:20 a.m. 11:40 a m.
5:42 p.m. 11:53 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. M
6:10 a.m. 12:28 a.m.
6:31 p.m. ..._...
Thursday, Dec. 1
6:31 a.m. 12:38 a.m.
-6:52 p.m. 1:15 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 2
7:36 a.m. 1:22 a.m.
7:56 JM»> 2^6 p.m.
► By BOB SIMPSON
A definite danger to North Caro
lina’s tourist, sports and commer
cial fishing industries is pollution of
inland waters and the tidal areas
that include beaches and sounds.
Pollution comes from many
sources: industrial wastes, gar
bage, sewage, anything foreign
and harmful to the waters and
beaches.
At present the Morehead City
Beaufort-Atlantic Beach areas are
on the downgrade. They have a
combined population of 12,000, yet
raw sewage is still dumped into
sounds and creeks, ruining large
areas for shellfishing. It is a great
commercial loss, and a health
menace to bathing and swimming.
Besides, it offends the esthetic
sense of the tourist watching a
sunset while raw sewage from,
say, the hospital, is being dumped
into the waters that flow at his
feet. Try, then, to sell him a sea
food dinner at a waterfront res
taurant.
Garbage and fish scraps are
still being dumped into the sound,
and, aside from their putrid odor,
there has been a rash of boats’ wa
ter intakes being clogged with rot
ting fish scrap. And it IS unsight
ly to see a marlin head, half rot
ted away, bobbing beneath a res
taurant. Crabs will eat it, some
say, but even Carteret’s tremen
dous hard crab population can’t
keep up with the rate fish scraps
are being thrown overboard.
A development involving mil
lions, Spooner’s Creek Harbor, is
being endangered by scum wash
ing in from menhaden boats, to
say nothing of countless lesser in
vestments in waterfront homes,
marinas and other businesses that
suffer similarly.
Can we expect a group of in
vestors to pour hundreds of thou
sands of dollars in a project only
to find its value reduced by the
thoughtlessness of a careless few.
On the sound side of Atlantic Beach
another investor has found his
property and boats left in his care
smeared with foul-smelling, sticky
scum. ii
It can’t be helped? The captain
Miss Emma J. Lawrence
Makes Trip to Chicago
Miss Emma Jean Lawrence, Ot
way, is attending the National 4-H
Club Congress this week in Chi
cago. Miss Lawrence, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Blondell Lawrence,
is North Carolina state 4-H winner
in food preparation.
Miss Lawrence, her parents and
Mrs. Floy Garner, county home
economics agent, went to Raleigh
Friday where they attended a
luncheon in honor of state 4-H win
ners.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and Mrs.
Garner returned home Friday.
Miss Lawrence and other winners
flew to Chicago on an all-expense
paid trip to the National 4-H con
gress. She will return home this
week.
of a Norwegian freighter, dining
fn one of out better restaurants,
asked the source of an offensive
odor. The answer, ‘‘The menhaden
plant over there, but only when
the wind is such and so.” He ask
ed why we tolerate it.
He went on to say that in his
home in Norway a menhaden plant
is located in the center of town,
without pollution of air or water;
“We simply don’t allow it,” he con
cluded.
During the summer and early
fall, while the harbor was being
dredged, the dredge allegedly
dumped large quantities of waste
oil in sound and river. The re
mains are still visible on the marsh
grasses. Again, what chance of
survival has a clam or an oyster
after an oil bath? Boats along the
waterfront arc troubled by the
waste oil that is pumped over
board by other boats and ships.
It’s not at all necessary, and
runs into hundreds of dollars in
property damage. Private and
commercial boats alike are guilty;
perhaps a fine of $10,000, which
was levied recently in Ft. Lauder
dale, Florida, upon a ship that pol
luted tjie harbor, would awaken
the offenders.
A fine, enforceable and enforced,
for waterway litterbugs as well as
highway litterbugs, might help
keep North Carolina waters clean.
It’s time we realized that what was
good enough for grandpa isn't good
enough for us.
Co-Op Official to Make
Annual Report Saturday
George W. Ball, president of Car
teret-Craven Electric Membership
Corp., will make his annual report
to the members Saturday at the an
nual meeting. This meeting will be
held at the Morehead City school
auditorium, with registration be
ginning at 9:15 a.m. The meeting
will open at 10 o’clock. Gordon K.
Laughton, treasurer, Will give the
financial report.
The principal speaker will be Da
vid N. Henderson of Wallace. Mr.
Henderson is the newly-elected
congressman from this district, and
is originally from Onslow county.
This is a big day in the year for
the members who gather to trans
act cooperative business, reported
W. C. Carlton, manager of the cor
poration. An annual report on 1959
business was mailed this past sum
mer to all members, and the Sept.
30, 1960 audit has recently been
completed by Albert C. Gaskill,
certified public accountant of More
head City. Treasurer Laughton will
summarize this audit in his report.
About 800 people from Carteret,
Craven, Jones and Onslow counties
are expected to attend as well as
several dozen who live in other sec
tions but own property in the area
Pen-Bund mg Proceeds
On Shackleford Banks
Sheriff Hugh S&lter announced -yesterday that construe
tion of a pen on Shackleford Banka is proceeding and
sheep and goats will be removed.
A court order signed Thursday by W. J. Bundy, Green
ville, judge of the third judicial district, prevents the
sheriff from removing or shooting cattle on Shackleford.
Santa Will Visit
Morehead City
Morehead City will greet Santa
Claus Saturday morning at 10
a.m. Santa will appear in a pa
rade featuring the Beaufort
school band, W. S. King, Queen
Street and Morehead City school
bands.
According to Otis Jones, pa
rade chairman, there will be six
or more floats and the parade
will be led by the fire depart
ment. Santa will ride in a fire
engine.
The parade will start at 12th
and Arendell Streets, go east on
Arendell to Belk's corner, then
west on Arendell.
New Bern Puts
Itself on Record
As Future Port
Fayetteville’s bid for state atten
tion as an inland port prompted a
letter to State Ports authority
members and D. Leon Williams,
ports director, from a resident of
New Bern.
0. Meredith Smaw, New Bern,
commerce attorney, wrote:
“Gentlemen:
“When you come to consider riv
er ports, remember that New Bern,
the Colonial Capital of North Caro
lina, the land of Enchanting Wa
ters, at the confluence of the
Neuse and Trent Rivers is by na
ture most generously endowed to
serve both foreign and domestic
waterborne commerce of the Unit
ed States and of the State of North
Carolina.
“Maintained depth of water into
Port New Bern is twelve (12) feet
at all times.’’
A copy of the letter was sent to
Terry Sanford, governor-elect.
John M. Reeves, chairman of the
SPA, said after last week’s SPA
meeting that the authority was go
ing to undertake a study of the
possibilities for developing Fayette
ville as a port area.
Fayetteville, located 90 miles
from Wilmington on the Cape Fear
river receives barges of gasoline
and asphalt daily. Some of the
petroleum products that formerly
moved through Morehead City now
go into Fayetteville.
Fayetteville residents claim the
port could do a thriving business
if it had more dock space and oth
er improvements.
In other business at the SPA
meeting, approval was given for
Continental Timbers of Morehead
City to lease a warehouse at More
head City for ten years. The ware
house was built with the under
standing that the firm would lease
it and the cost of construction paid
by the warehouse rental of $4,102
annually.
Oscar Breece, Fayetteville, sug
gested that efforts be made to re
sume pleasure cruises out of More
head City and Wilmington.
David Henderson
... to deliver address
served by the cooperative.
The principal action to be taken
by the members will be the elec
tion of directors to serve for the
next year. The nominating com
mittee will make its report. Addi
tional nominations may be made
from the floor.
- a nearing on ine toun oraer wui
be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday,
Dec. 13, at the courthouse, Beau
fort, before judge Bundy.
Sheriff Salter said that the laws
under which he has authority to
remove livestock from the banks
do not require removal of horses
from Shackleford or Ocracoke. The
laws were passed in 1957 and 1959
as land conservation measures.
Two cattle owners, Ralph D.
Chadwick, Straits, and Mrs. Olive
Willis, Markers Island, have filed
a suit in civil court alleging that
the laws permitting forcible re
moval of livestock from the banks
are unconstitutional.
The laws are part of a state pro
gram to restore vegetation to the
banks and build back the land. The
livestock allegedly eat the young
grass and young tree growth, thus
preventing plant roots from anchor
ing the blowing sand. The banks
have been seriously eroded during
the past six years by hurricanes.
Chadwick and Mrs. Willis have
retained as their attorneys Charles
Stevens, Beaufort, and Harvey
Hamilton Jr., Morehead City.
Their suit is directed against
both the sheriff of this county and
Wade Bruton, state attorney gen
eral. The attorney general said he
would file an answer to the Chad
wick-Willis complaint by the mid
dle of next month.
Luther Hamilton Jr., attorney for
the county, said he- has not been
consulted about the matter. The
sheriff proceeded two months ago
to start removing livestock from
Shackleford. By order of the coun
ty commissioners, he agreed this
month to shoot all animals on
Shackleford if the owners didn’t
get them off.
Cattle and other livestock have
been removed from Core banks.
They were taken off by their own
ers and put on the mainland. Some
ponies arc now on Bird shoal
across from Beaufort.
Chadwick and Mrs. Willis say
their herd of cattle numbers about
30. The restraining order signed
by judge Bundy says that the
sheriff and the attorney general
must give at the hearing Dec. 13
sufficient reason for lifting the re
straining order, otherwise it will
continue in force until the final
court action.
The suit filed by the cattle own
ers alleges that the state laws
(Chapter 1057 of 1957 and Chapter
782 of 1959) violate state and fed
eral constitutions in that they de
prive private citizens of their
property “without just compensa
tion and without due process of
law.”
The county attorney said yester
day the suit will probably end up
before the supreme court.
Chadwick and Mrs. Willis say
that their cattle graze on the banks
on private property and that per
mission for the grazing has been
granted by property owners. Neith
er Carteret nor the state has any
control, they claim, over use of the
land.
Cars Collide
At Ann-Turner
Approximately $200 damage was
done to each of two cars at 11.30
a.m. yesterday in a collision at
Aon and Turner streets, Beaufort.
According to police, the accident
occurred when Mrs. Grace Eure,
Beaufort, going east on Ann street,
failed to stop for the stop sign at
Turner. As she entered the inter
section, her 1953 Packard was
struck broadside by a 1955 Chevro
let being driven by Douglas Guth
rie, Harkers Island.
Guthrie told police that he was
driving south on Turner at about
20-25 miles per hour and he saw
the Eure auto approach the inter
section. He said Mrs. Eure slow
ed down as she neared the corner
and then darted in front of his car.
Police chief Guy Springle inves
tigated. Charges are pending.
Port Calendar
Morehead City State Port
Navy ships—Due today with
Marines returning from duty in
the Mediterranean area.
Cleveland — French vessel due
Dec. 1 to load tobacco for
France.
Kerkedyke — Holland-America
line, due Dec. 7 with largest im- j
port cargo to date for Morehead
City port, will take on tobacco
for Europe.
Honolulu Mans—Due Dec. 8 to
load tobacco for Japan. _