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THE NEWS-TIMES
49th YEAR, NO. 98.
TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1960
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
• Christmas Season Officially Arrives
Maintaining a busy schedule, Santa Claus kept his date to arrive
in Morchead City Saturday morning at 10 o’clock.
Dec. 17 Set As
Lions Yule Party
. Plans for the Morehead City
Lions’ Christmas party were dis
cussed at the club’s meeting Thurs
day night. The party will be Sat
urday, Dec. 17 at the recreation
center. Invited guests will be
members of the Beaufort and Have
lock Lions clubs. Hoogan Dan,
Havelock, will work with the local
committee in arranging the party,
according to Lion Oscar Allred.
- The speaker at Thursday's meet
ing was Mrs. John Bordeaux,
Morehead City, who described the
corneal transplant operation that'
she underwent several years ago.
The delicate eye operation is a
procedure whereby the transpar
ent part of the eyeball covering,
the iris and the pupil, is transplant
ed from one person to another.
Mrs. Bordeaux told members
that without the operation, which
i was performed while she was in
high school, she would now be
blind.
Lion president Cliff Edwards
read a letter of appreciation from
a small girl who had received an
eye examination and glasses from
the Lions club..
This week the club will meet at
the Blue Ribbon restaurant with
the chamber of commerce at the
I chamber’s annual membership
banquet.
Woman Hurt
In Auto Crash
Mrs. Sarah Bell, route 2 Beau
fort, was hospitalized after an auto
accident at 6:20 p.m. Sunday ten
miles north of Beaufort on high
way 101.
Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. said
that Mrs. BeU, in a 1956 Plymouth,
collided with a 1960 Ford driven
by Jerry O. Golden, Bettie. The
patrolman reported that Golden at
tempted to pass Mrs. Bell as she
was making a left turn off the
highway. Both cars were headed
north.
Mrs. Bell was taken to More
head City hospital by the Adair
ambulance. Damage to the Ply
mouth was estimated at $200 and
to the Ford $300. Charges are
jgniling.
Beaufort firemen erected and decorated this large cedar tree in
Santa Claus Lane on Front Street. This replaces the tree they dec
orated in prior years on the courthouse lawn.
Santa takes on his lap a bundled-up little boy during the
mas Festival Friday in Beaufort.
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Members of choirs from throughout the county presented a program of Christmas music, directed by
Miss Ruth Durham, on the steps of the Inlet inn, Be aufort, to conclude the Christmas Festival Friday
night.
Fisheries Hearing Will
Begin at 10 Saturday
A public hearing on a proposal
to prohibit shrimp and fish trawl
ing within the three-mile limit of
the North Carolina coast from
Cape Hatteras to Cape Fear will
be held at Morehead City Saturday
at 10 a.m.
Proposals to close certain areas
in Pamlico Sound to shrimp and
fish trawling, and restricting the
taking of clams to tongs and rakes
only from Cedar Banks club to
Portsmouth island on the cast side
of the channel in Core Sound, Car
teret county, will also be heard.
Tbe hearing will be conducted
by (he commercial fisheries com
mittee of the State Board of Con
servation and Development in the
board room of the Commercial
Fisheries building. The commit
tee will make its recommendations
to the C&D Board at its Jan. 9
meeting in Raleigh, Eric W. Rod'
gers of Scotland Neck, chairman,
said.
The proposal to prohibit shrimp
and fish trawling within the three
mile limit was made at the October
meeting of the Board of Conserva
tion and Development at Hickory
by A. W. Daniels of Charlotte,
chairman of the advisory commit
tee to the C&D Board's commer
cial fisheries committee. The com
mercial fisheries committee set
Saturday. as the date for a hear
ing on the matter.
Mr. Daniels said requests for
closing the area to shrimp and
fish trawling came from sports
fishermen, many of whom con
tend such activity by commercial
fishermen are destructive to fish.
Others contend that trawling does
no affect fish supply.
Proponents and opponents will
be beard. \
Morehead Stop
Lights Come Alive
Morehead City’s stop lights
went on again Sunday, flashing
their red and green in time for
the Christmas season.
After months of non-operation,
all the parts and problems have
supposedly been ironed out, and
the lights started operating Sun
day afternoon, John Lashley,
city clerk, announces.
While this may annoy motorists
who have been accustomed' to
zipping through the business sec
tion ever since spring, it will de
light shoppers who have had to
take their chances on skipping
and leaping across Arcndell
street between moving cars.
Banquet Friday
The annual safety award ban
quet of Fry Roofing Co. will be
held at t:30 p.m. Friday at the
Rex restaurant, Morehead City.
The firm’s truck driver will be
given safe-driving certificates,.
Board Asks Attorney fo Check
On Carnival-Licensing Power
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Historical Articles Win
Recognition at Raleigh
Two historical articles appearing
in THE NEWS-TIMES during the
past year won recognition Satur
day morning at the meeting of the
North Carolina Society of County
and Local Historians.
George Huntley III, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Huntley Jr., Beau
fort, won the Hodges cup for his
paper on St. Paul’s Episcopal
school, Beaufort, and Tucker Lit
tleton, Swansboro, received a cer
tificate of merit for his continuing
series of articles, Annals of the
Fleeting Years.
Mr. Littleton is a former teach
er of English at Beaufort school.
The winner of the Hodges cup was
a student under him. The paper
on St. Paul’s school w^s submitted
in the historians’ contest by both
F. C. Salisbury, president of the
Carteret County Historical society,
and Mr. Littleton.
Mrs. Huntley said yesterday that
when George submitted his work as
an English assignment he did not
expect it to go any farther than
the classroom.
Mrs. N. A. Edwards, of Golds
boro and Atlantic Beach, presented
a replica of the Hodges cup to
George. His name will be engrav
ed on the large original trophy.
The trophy is presented every two
years for the best historical article
by a high school student.
At Duke university, George, a
freshman, is a member of the
chorus. He was valedictorian at
Beaufort school last Spring and
was president of the student coun
cil.
Attending the Saturday morning
session in addition to the Huntleys
and Mr. Littleton, was Miss Amy
Muse, Beaufort, who spent the past
week at Raleigh.
Firemen Answer
Three Alarms
The Beaufort fire department
was kept hopping Saturday as they
answered three alarms in a nine
hour period.
The first alarm, received at
10:15 a.m. sent the fire depart
ment to the residence of Ollie 'tcn
ry on Cedar St. to extinguig^ a
blaze that broke out in the «.•>
of the house. Firemen had the
fire out within 20 minutes and only
minor damage was done. Origin
of the fire was unknown.
The second alarm was received
at 3 Saturday afternoon. This one
sent the fire truck to Bcttic where
a cottage was ablaze. The owner
of the cottage, which was located
at the end of the North River
bridge, was not known. Damage
was limited to one corner of the
house.
A short in the Christmas lighting
wires downtown was the cause of
the third alarm, received at 7:55
Saturday night. Firemen arrived
on the scene and put out the fire
by cutting the wires feeding the
lights.
Dr. John Mprris
Will Introduce
Speaker at Dinner
Dr. John Morris will introduce
Archie K. Davis of Winston-Salem,
who will be guest speaker at the
annual Greater Morehead City
Chamber of Commerce dinner
Thursday night at 7 at the Blue
Ribbon restaurant. The topic of
Mr. Davis's talk will be Carteret
County’s Role in Future Economic
Development.
The Rev. Barney L. Davidson,
pastor of First Methodist church,
will give the invocation. Rufus E.
Butner Jr., chamber president,
will give the welcome and intro
duce the guests.
Directors will be elected to re
place Rufus Butner, Shelby Free
man and J. M. Davis, who are re
tiring. Reports will be given by
Mr. Butner on the chamber in
1960; by T. T. Potter, advertising
chairman; and A. B. Cooper, mem
bership chairman.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Dec. C
10:10 a.m. 3:58 a.m.
10:49 p.m. 4:36 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 7
10:48 a.m. 4:31 a.m.
11:34 p.m. ' 5:13 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 8
11:27 a.m. 5:01 a.m.
..'.•* 5:50 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 8
12:17 a.m. 5:33 a.m.
12:07 p.*. ... . i *:3* P-BL
George Huntley HI
. . . receives cup
Board to Invite
Architects To
Meet With Them
County commissioners decided at
their meeting yesterday morning
at the courthouse, Beaufort, that
they would invite all architects in
terested in building the county hos
pital to confer with them in a spe
cial meeting.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk said
that he thought the commissioners
should have ready, to present to
an architect, several sites and then
let the architect assist in deciding
which would be the moat desirable
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Clerk Odell Merrill commented
that the Medical Care commission
must also approve the site.
Bud Dixon, Morchead City, ap
peared before the board to suggest
that the commissioners appoint a
tyoard of trustees rather than have
(hem elected. “You need quali
ied and competent men to operate
a hospital,” Mr. Dixon said, “and
you don’* always get that kind
■r.Vn you elect them.”
Moses Howard, chairman of the
county board, said that the com
missioners plan to appoint the hos
pital trustees. He expressed the
opinion that a committee should
be appointed to handle the selec
tion of site and architect.
Commissioner David Yeomans
said that people have told him
they want the county board to get
the site and build the hospital and
not delegate the authority to any
one.
Commissioner Gaston Smith said
he believes it’s the county board’s
duty to select the architect, the
site, then appoint a board of trus
tees “and let them take it from
there.”
Judge Luther Hamilton, who ap
peared before the board to ask
their consideration of Watts Carr,
Durham, as architect for the hos-'
pital, said that he felt the county
board itself should handle the
building of the hospital, selection
of site and similar details.
Mr. Howard said that the board
has been notified by several prop
erty owners that they would be
willing to sell land for the hospital.
Mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort,
appeared to request that the coun
ty help complete the job on the
dump .on Lennoxville road and
also give the town property on the
courthouse square for a town hall.
The county commissioners told
him they could do neither.
Luther Hamilton Jr., county at
torney, said the county had no au
thority to permit its property to
be used for other purposes.
' At the mayor’s request, the board
authorized the clerk to ask the
State Highway commission to pave
the road from the Beaufort-More
head airport to highway 101.
As a private citizen, mayor Pot
ter requested the board to author
ize a $2 Vi million bond referendum
for schools in May. He said the
county should be ready to partici
pate in a state and federal fund
matching program for schools.
The board expressed the opinion
that bis suggestion may be pre
mature and suggested that it should
go first to the board of education.
Lee Murdoch appeared to request
that a road seven-tenths of a mile
long be placed on the county sys
tem. The road follows the rail
road track between Wildwood and
the homes near the old Morehead
City airport.
Mr. Murdoch was given a peti
tion to be signed by property own
ers along-the road.
* County commissioners yesterday asked Luther Hamilton
Jr., county attorney, to check on the county’s authority
on licensing carnivals. The matter was raised after a dis
cussion of the county fair, sponsored by Carteret Post No.
99, American Legion.
C. L. Beam, representing the Legion, presented a letter
to the county commissioners, rcl-'
ative to the Legion's operation of
the fair. The letter stated that
there were only two complains
against it—from the Carteret Coun
ty News-Times and the Newport
town commissioners.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk said
that there have been more com
plaints from other sources in the
past and there is sentiment against
the fair, even if people have not
complained. He said that he him
self observed money being taken
from children at gambling places
two years ago. He said that he
did not attend the fair this year.
Mr. Beam said that income from
the fair is “for charity purposes”
and added that it would be em
barrassing to the people receiving
the money to let it be known pub
licly that they receive this money.
He added that the Legion would
furnish a financial report to the
county board, but not the public,
if the board wanted it.
Commissioner Chalk said later
that if the fair is sponsored for
raising money for charity, perhaps
the matter should come under the
state's regulations on solicitation
of funds for charitable programs.
Mr. Beam said there was no trou
ble at the county fair this year,
that THE NEWS-TIMES “was call
ed three times” to learn the name
of a girl who had her watch stolen
and that the Legion had offered to
buy the girl a watch.
The county commissioners said
they are not against a good county
fair, that agricultural displays and
exhibitions of that type are fine.
Commissioner Harrell Taylor told
Mr. Beam, “You've got this sinful,
disgraceful carnival connected with
the fair.”
Commissioner Chalk suggested
that the “midway” be confined to
rides and food-selling stands.
Mr. Beam proposed that the
county board draw up a set of rules
and regulations under which toe
fair could be operated. “If we can
abide by it, we will; if not, we’ll
quit.”
Moses Howard, bhairman of the
board, said that he thought opera
tion of the county fair under the
resolution previously passed by the
board would be sufficient. That
resolution was adopted June 4,
19SX. It docs “not exclude from
this county any legitimate enter
tainment, educational or otherwise,
such as agricultural fairs or mid
ways, so long as such operation
is found to be entirely legitimate.”
Commissioner David Yeomans
said that sheriff Hugh Salter pre
vented several wheels from being
operated at the county fair this
year.
Sheriff Salter termed the visit
of a NEWS-TIMES photographer to
the fair this year an “unfortunate
episode.” He said the photograph
er “went around the back of the
fair and the people objected. I
told him if he wanted to go in the
front, I’d go in with him.” He
added that people “got something
in return” for every game they
played at the fair.
(A NEWS-TIMES photographer
was denied admission by Legion
naires at the main entrance of the
fair, because he had a camera. He
then walked around the perimeter
of the grounds in company of the
sheriff. Later he was admitted to
the fair, but Only under condition
that he take no pictures of any of
the activities on the fairgrounds or
in the shows).
A. H. James, chairman of the
county Dempcratic committee,
spoke in favor of the American
Legion and its fair. He suggested
that the county board let the mat
ter be dealt with by law enforce
ment officers.
No final action on the proposal
was taken, pending a report from
the county attorney. The board
could not locate a letter on the
carnival matter that had been
written them by the Newport town
board.
Kitten Saved Yesterday
From Marauding Dog Pack
An eight-week-old kitten was res
cued from four dogs at Evans and
10th streets, Morehead City, yes
terday morning at about 6:45 a.m.
The kitten had been grabbed by
the dogs who were following a
morning newsboy on his bicycle.
Gordon Day, who lives at 1001
Evans St., happened to see the
pack and rescued the kitten.
The kitten la now at the Day
home, 1001 Evans St, Morehead
City, where it can be claimed by
its owner. Mrs. Benjamin Day
said that if the owner doesn’t claim
the kitten in several days, she
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County PTA's
Hope to Form
District Council
Representatives of Carteret Par
ent-Teacher associations met at
the civic center, Morehcad City,
Thursday night to form a County
PTA council.
Mrs. D. W. Hancock, district di
rector from New Bern, presided.
Two temporary officers were elect
ed. They arc’ Mrs. L. J. Klein,
Beaufort, president, and Mrs. R.
K. Montague, Newport, secretary.
The group plans to coordinate ef
forts to obtain improved schools
and raise education standards
throughout the county. All PTA’s,
school principals and county school
administrative officers are invited
to participate in the council’s ac
tivities, according to Lecil H.
Smith, Morchead City, who is serv
ing as publicity chairman.
Tentative plans have been made
for meeting Thursday night, Jan..
5, at Smyrna school, to complete
organization.
Attending the meeting in addi
tion to those mentioned, were Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Mizclle, L. S. Ber
cegeay, and E. B. Comer, all of
Newport; Albert Gainey, Maj. A.
A. Metz, Beaufort, and Mrs. B.
King, New Bern, district secre
tary.
Elks Announce
Plans to Build
$30,000 Lodge
Members of the Morehead City
Beaufort Elks’ Lodge met Thurs
day and heard plans for the build
ing of a new $30,000 lodge building.
John A. Baker, chairman of the
committee for the new building,
presented preliminary plans for
the structure which, he said, will
incorporate the latest ideas in con
struction and beauty. The new
lodge will be erected on the same
site of the present building at 1002
Arendell St., Morehead City. Mem
bers will vote on the plans at the
Dec. 15 meeting.
L. G. Dunn, chairman of the en
tertainment committee, announced
plans for a Christmas party for
members and their wives Dec. 20.
Proceeds from the party will go
to the Elks’ welfare fund for the
needy.
The lodge also voted to donate
$200 to the fire department charity
fund of Morehead City and Beau
fort for their work at Christmas.
Clam chowder, prepared by J.
B. Rice, was served to the 25 mem
bers following the meeting.
Coast Guard
Assists Vessel
The Fort Macon Coast Guard as
sisted one distressed vessel over
the weekend.
The assist occurred Sunday aft
ernoon when the station received a
call from the 30-foot cabin cruiser
Seahawk that the vessel was out
of fuel.
The 30-footer was sent to aid
the Seahawk, which was towed to
Cannon boatworks. The master
and owner of the Seahawk was F.
N. Wilhelm of Baltimore, Md.
Making the assist were Jack Wil
son, BM-1; Fred Gallup, SN and
Harold Arthur, EN-3.
would like to find a home for it.
She describes it as a pretty kit
ten, brown, black and white, “a
calico cat.”
The above is another example
the ever-present dog problem
Morchcad City.
Someone said the other day.
“The Russians arc sending all their
dogs up in space ships. Wonder
what they’ll do when they run out
of dogs.”
“They won’t run out,” came a
reply. “The Soviet Union has al
most as many dogs as they have
in Morebead." ._
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