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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1961PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
50th YEAR, NO. 1.
Carteret's I960 Business
Reported Better Than J959
Business-wise, 1960 was good to Carteret.
Merchants report retail sales, in most instances, slightly
ahead of 1959, which is considered excellent, in view of
the fact that some localities upstate showed a drop of 5
to 8 per cent in retail sales.
The number of businesses in eastern Carolina has in
Silver Bay
Reports on Trip
Ending Dec. 16
The Bureau of Commercial Fish
eries research vessel, Silver Bay,
returned to Brunswick, Ga., Dec.
16, completing a 15-day explora
tory fishing trip off Georgia, South
Carolina, and North Carolina. Scal
lop dredges, clam dredges, shrimp
trawls, and fish trawls were used
at 56 stations.
The Silver Bay crew reports that
trawling transects were completed
between Port Royal Sound and Fry
ing Pan Shoal light ship in depths
of 5 to 115 fathoms. Numerous
depth recorder tracings of near
bottom fish schools were observed
in the vicinity of 33° 10’ north and
77° 45’ west in depths of 20 to 50
fathoms.
Attempts to sample these indica
tions with fish trawls were uni
formly unsuccessful, the report
states, with the exception of one
1-hour tow in 30 to 40 fathoms
which caught 900 pounds of grunts,
750 pounds of goatfish, 440 pounds
of Vermillion snapper, and 130
pounds of mixed scrap species.
One complete rig (ttawlr bridle,
and doors) was lost on a hang-up
in this area.
Clam dredging was conducted be
tween Cape Romain and St. Cath
erine Sound using a 14-tooth “Fall
River”- clam dredge in depths of
4 to 8 fathoms. A few live clams
in the 3 to 5-inch size range were
caught but no beds were noted.
Large concentrations of dead
shells were dredged at some sta
tions, possibly indicative of clam
beds in shallower depths than could
be reached by the Silver Bay.
Surface trolling between stations
produced five little tuna and one
big-eye tuna.
Funeral Held
For 13-Year-Old
The funeral service for Walter
Pittman, 13-year-old grandson oi
Mrs. M. T. Lewis Sr., Morehead
City, was conducted at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday in the First Baptist church,
Morehead City.
Walter was killed Tuesday, Dec.
27, near his home in Norfolk, Va.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank. Pittman, originally of More
head City, who have lived in Nor
folk the past six years.
According to reports, Walter,
with a new bicycle he got for
Christmas, was crossing US high
way 13, when he was struck by a
car driven by a 19-year-old sailor.
Two cars behind the 19-year-old
driver also struck the boy.
Officiating at the funeral service
was the Rev. Corbin Cooper, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church.
Burial was in Bay View cemetery,
Morehead City.
In addition to his parents, Walter
is survived by a sister, Mrs. Robert
Newkirk, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
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PT Boat Docks Here
On Way to Washington
. A PT boat, like the one on which
President-elect John F. Kennedy
served during the second world
war, stopped at Fort Macon Coast
Guard station Sunday night en
route to Washington, D. C.
The boat will be mounted as a
float in the inaugural parade ac
cording to Lt. Cdr. John Riddell,
commanding officer of Fort Macor
group. It left Fort Macon statior
early Sunday morning. Its jour
ney originated in Florida. The
craft is traversing the inland wa
terway.
Vessels Please Note
The North Carolina State High
way commission announces that
the drawbridge on US highway 17
across the Neuse river at New
Bern will be closed to navigation
from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 6, 1961, to make emergency
repairs.
►creased da per cem m me f«o«.
five years, according to Dun and
Bradstreet, Inc., mercantile agen
cy. ,
Manufacturers, wholesalers and
retailers in 1955 in this county
numbered 550. In 1960, they total
ed 580, an increase of 5.4 per cent.
The only town in the county for
which figures are given is More
head City, where the number of
businesses increased from 257 in
1955 to 272, an increase of 15. This
was a percentage increase of 5.8.
Craven and Pamlico counties,
Carteret neighbors, showed a slight
decrease in the number of retail
businesses from 1955 to 1960. On
slow showed an increase of 4.4
per cent.
Carteret’s gross retail sales for
the first 10 months of 1960, accord
ing to the North Carolina Mer
chants association, totaled $23,288,
829. Figures for November and
December have not yet been re
leased.
No definite comparison can be
made with 1959 on a gross retail
sales basis because these figures
are not available from the state
merchants association on a month
ly basis before January 1960. The
amount of business done prior to
1960 could be judged only by use
of sales tax figures which did not
include food.
(Figures published in December
1959 by State magazine put retail
sales for 1959 in this county at $25,
900,000 and those for 1958 at $23,
250 000).
Gross retail shies figures coeer
clothing sales, automobiles, food,
furniture, general merchandise,
lumber and building materials,
fuel, feed, fertilizer, services, etc.
Carteret gross retail sales month
by month from January through
October 1960: January $2,407,936,
February $1,817,583; March $1,721,
844, April $1,807,126, May $2,277,
449, June $2,414,893, July $2,750,
568, August $2,911,690, September
$2,561,634, and October $2,618,106.
On the basis of those figures, Au
gust was the best month, followed
by July, then October. It is pos
sible, however, that December
sales will create a realignment.
Morehead City reported a decid
ed increase in the business pace
from Dec. 15 through the end of
the month.
Rufus Butner, president of the
greater Morehead City chamber of
commerce, notes the following
changes in the 1960 business pic
ture:
Carteret Industries opened at
Newport; the Morehead City Gar
ment Co. moved into a new build
ing; Elmer’s Diced Clams, a froz
en product, were first marketed
by Elmer Willis of Williston; Clay
ton Fulcher at Atlantic installed
a modern shrimp plant; Percy
Davis’s crab company at Davis
provided a payroll for 30 to 40 of
that area.
New marine railways, operated
by Tommy Russell, opened in
Morehead City; the new Blue Mar
lin motel docks, and Seashell motel
opened at Atlantic Beach; two go
kart race tracks were opened in
the county.
See I960, Page 7
Board Gets
fiscal Report
Taxes collected in November in
Beaufort totaled $6,238.63, accord
ing to the financial report present
ed Beaufort commissioners at their
December meeting. Taxes collect
ed since the beginning of the fiscal
year, July 1, amount to $21,296.05,
about $200 more than collected by
the same time last year.
Intangible taxes collected to date
amount to $1,674.01, almost $200
more than anticipated. Business
license fees collected, $2,107.80,
with $2,892.20 yet to be collected.
Received from the ABC store in
November was $633.65. Barking
meters yielded $217.78, for a total
so far this year of $1,698.10, as
compared with $2,700.99 for the
same period last year.
Of the $79,318.66 budgeted for the
current fiscal year, $50,934.96 was
spent in the first five months.
Budgeted for debt service was
$35,694.28. Due to be deposited as
of Nov. 30 was $11,795.59.
Accents payable at Nov. 30
amounted to $4,134.68 and balance
in the bank was $10,167.66.
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Time for a Change
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Miss Diane McBain, a Warner Bros, player currently appearing
in the “Surfside 6” television series, flashes a new Tar Heel tag,
required equipment on ail vehicles after Feb. 15. Tags go on sale
today at the First-Citizens loan department, Morehead City.
Surplus Property Available
To Government Agencies
Borden Mace
Heads New Firm
Borden Mace, of Beaufort and
New York, has been named presi
dent of the newly-formed Heath
deRochemont Corp., which will
produce film and texts for instruc
tional use in the classroom.
Mr. Mace, son of Mrs. Maybelle
Mace, Beaufort, is president also
of Louis de Rochemont Associates,
Inc., a film-producing company.
D. C. Heath and Co., Boston, is one
of the country’s leading textbook
publishers.
Louis de Rochemont says, “This
is the first -time a leading film pro
ducer and publisher have pooled
their talents to benefit the educa
tional field with a basic instruc
tional program.’’
The first project of the new cor
poration is a foreign language
course, Parlons Francais, or Let’s
Speak French. A 60-film series of
Parlous Francais is being offered
for classroom use to schools and
tv stations.
The Heath-de Rochemont series
will include written materials, rec
ords, sound tapes, and teacher’s
guides. In addition, it will feature
the new teaching machine tech
nique of instruction.
Additional projects of films and
video tapes, now in the planning
stages by Heath-de Rochemont
corp. include a Spanish and Rus
sian language series.
Dredge Sinks Monday
In Silver Lake Harbor
The 12-inch dredge, Friendship,
which completed work Friday on
the channel entrance to Silver
Lake, Ocracoke, sank at 4:15 a m.
yesterday at a wharf in the lake.
The dredge was scheduled to
start work next on Wallace chan
nel, according to the Army en
gineers’ office, Wilmington. The
dredge is owned by Hodges Dredg
ing Co., New Bern. No informa
tion was available as to why the
dredge sank.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
Tuesday, Jan. 3
9:05 a.m. 3:00
9:37 p.m. 3:38
Wednesday, Jan. 4
9:40 a.m. . 3:35
10:17 p.m. 4:13
Thursday, 'Jan. 5
10:14 a.m. 4:06
10:57 p.m. 4:44
Friday, Jan. 6
10:47 a.m. 4:34
11:34 p.m. 5:13
LOW
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■ Question: What's the best way to
get surplus government property?
Answer: Write to the State Agen
cy for Federal Surplus Property,
316 E. Lenoir St., Raleigh, N. C.,
if you head a public health, edu
cation or welfare agency.
Question: Does the agency have
a catalogue?
Answer: No. Its inventory turns
over too quickly to permit cata
loguing. But short lists of proper
ty in long supply, or lists of items
that are slow movers, are fre
quently sent to eligible institutions.
Question: Where are the ware
houses of the State Agency for
Federal Surplus Property?
Answer: In Raleigh and Ashe
ville.
Question: Can government sur
plus property be converted for va
rious uses by the recipients?
Answer: Yes.
Question: When can a recipient
dispose legally of surplus proper
ty?
Answer: Some property must be
kept and used in a bona fide way
for certain periods of time. The
period of bona fide use determines
when disposal may be made with
out specific written authorization.
Question: When was the NC Fed
eral Surplus Property agency es
tablished?
Answer: In 1946, by an execu
tive order of Gov. Gregg Cherry.
Question: What types of surplus
property are available?
Answer: A wide variety, includ
ing machine tools for vocational
training, scientific laboratory
equipment, furniture, paint, and
sometimes land and buildings.
Founder of World Federation
Reviews 20 Years Since 1940
Twenty years progress of the
World Federation movement were
reviewed by Robert Lee Humber,
founder, at First Baptist church,
Beaufort, Tuesday afternon.
Thirty-nine persons attended the
original meeting at Davis island
in 1940 and signed a resolution en
dorsing world law. The resolution
was adopted by the North Carolina
legislature and thus North Caro
lina became the first state to ob-.
ligate itself to world law.
The speaker compared conditions
now with conditions as they were
when the resolution was first adopt
ed. In 1940, Mr. Humber remark
ed, Roosevelt had been re-elected
for his third term, social security,
the minimum wage, unemployment
insurance and federal aid to edu
cation were things Americans were
thinking about. Dictators were
riding high and war had been de
clared.
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Fire Following Explosion
Burns Two Coast Guardsmen
A crank-case explosion on one of
the engines of the Coast Guard cut
ter Chilula at 9:17 p.m. Thursday
sent one man to the Marine hos
pital at Norfolk. Another man was
slightly injured.
In the hospital at Norfolk is en
gineman second class Sanford
White, Beaufort, who was serious
ly burned when fire broke out after
the explosion. The Chilula was
en route with supplies for the Dia
mond Shoals lightship.
Slightly injured was engineman
third class Daniel Ricks, Beaufort,
who was able to return to duty
after emergency treatment. Both
men, however, were taken off the
Two Injured
In Morehead
City Accident
Two were injured in an accident
at 12th and Evans street, More
head City, at 8:25 Saturday morn
ing. Still in the hospital with a
head injury is Asa E. Cannon, 203
S. 10th St., Morehead City. Also
injured was Mrs. Bobby Matthews,
2002 Evans St. Her 2-year-old son,
Matt, who was with her, was not
hurt.
Mrs. Matthews suffered a face
injury and severe bruises. Four
of her front teeth were knocked
out. Mr. Cannon was unconscious
after the accident and rallied for
a short while Sunday night, but was
in severe pain.
Mrs. Matthews was given emer
gency treatment at the Morehead
City hospital but was not admitted.
Sgt. Bill Condie of the' Morehead
City police fore* investigated. > He
that Mrs. Matthews was going
west on Evans street in a I960
Ford. Mr. Cannon was going north
on 12th street in a 1958 Studebaker
station wagon.
There is a stop light at the in
tersection. Sergeant Condie said
that he cannot conclude his investi
gation until he talks to Mr. Can
non.
Damage to the Ford was esti
mated at $800 and to the station
wagon $300.
Mr. Cannon, who with his sons
operates Cannon’s boatworks west
of Morehead City, was taken to the
hospital by ambulance. At the
time of the accident Mrs. Matthews
was returning home after taking
her husband to work.
Chamber Plans
Program for '61
A proposed program for 1961 has
been mailed by the greater More
head City chamber of commerce
to its 1960 members, as well as a
list of the chamber members.
Included in the letter is a post
card to be returned to the chamber
office, with a space for suggestions
as to the 1961 program.
Members are also asked to in
dicate which of the chamber’s eight
committees they would be willing
to serve on: membership, adver
tising, industrial development, civ
ic and military affairs, agriculture,
education, highways and water
ways.
Chamber directors will meet
Monday, Jan. 9, at the chamber
office with the new president, Skin
ner Chalk Jr., presiding.
In speaking of dictators Mr.
Ilumber said that too often men
admire success without appraising
the methods of achieving it. The
attitude of 1940 seemed to be “If
you can get away with it, it’s your
privilege”.
Today, Mr. Humber said, there
has been born the conviction that
freedom is something you have to
pay for; this is the hope of our
generation. A person should never
lose his passion for freedom and
he should be concerned with wheth
er the light of freedom will burn
on every horizon.
The speaker briefly outlined this
country’s foreign plan, stressing
the Truman doctrine, the Marshall
plan, NATO, and aid to foreign
countries as its most important
points. He said that since 1940
Europe has awakened to realize
that solidarity is the cornerstone
of its survival
ship by boats from Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard station.
The Chilula was nearing the
lightship when the explosion occur
red. It crippled the engine but
four main engines, which were
undamaged, enabled the cutter to
proceed under its own power. The
explosion is believed due to an ac
cumulation of fumes in the crank
case.
The only delay, according to Lt.
Cdr. H. A. Cretella, executive of
ficer, was caused by removing the
men from the Chilula so that they
could get immediate medical at
tention.
The Chilula returned to Morehead
Named as Officer
Rufus E. Butncr Jr., Morehead
City, has been elected a vice-presi
dent of Wachovia Bank and Trust
Co. and head of the Morehead City
bank. Mr. Butner is now with
Commercial National bank, which
tomorrow officially becomes, a part
of Wachovia.
Norman R. Harris, assistant
cashier at Morehead City, and Joe
W. Mason Jr., assistant cashier at
Sea Level, have also been elected
officer of . Wachovia, according to
John F. Watlington Jr., president.
Commercial National board mem
bers will continue to be associated
with the bank as members of the
Morehead City board of Wachovia.
They include Dr. John W. Morris,
chairman, D. G. Bell, Mr. Butner,
George W. Dill, H. S. Gibbs Jr.,
C. G. Holland, W. C. Matthews,
Marion T. Mills Jr. and Hugh Sal
ter.
Cecil O. Morris, II. C. Taylor and
Clayton Fulcher Jr. are members
of the Sea Level board.
Wachovia is the only bank in
North Carolina having an interna
tional department offering foreign
banking services for exporters and
importers.
Car Turns Over Saturday
On Road to Salter Path
A 1956 Ford turned over Satur
day at 2:30 p.m. on the Salter
Path road. It was driven by James
R. Bruce, Hampton, Va., who is
stationed at Fort Eustis.
Patrolman W. E. Pickard, who
investigated, said Bruce ran off
a slight Curve while headed toward
Salter Path. The car turned over.
The driver was given emergency
treatment at the Morehead City
hospital. He was alone at the time
of the accident.
Squad to Meet
The Morehead City Rescue squad
will meet Wednesday night at its
headquarters on Bridges street.
Officers for 1961 will be elected.
The rounder of the world fed
eration movement described its be
ginning 20 years ago and related
the struggle to have the resolution
enacted in the legislature. He dis
played a copy of the original reso
lution with 29 signatures of the
original group. Names of the oth
er 10, who have died since, were
also on the copy.
Fifteen persons heard the report.
Car Leaves Road
Highway patrolman J. W. Sykes
said a Plymouth driven by Burl
Dennis, Beaufort, ran off highway
70 east of Beaufort Sunday, Dec.
18. The car hit a pole and ended
up in a canal by the highway. Den
nis was treated for a cut on his
face at the Sea Level hospital.
The car was- owned by Dennis’s
brother-in-law, John Webb. Patrol
man Sykes said his investigation is
not yet complete.
City, its home port, Friday. Re
pairs are now being made by the
ship’s crew. A piston and cylinder
liner are being replaced.
The damage did not prevent the
Chilula from carrying out its rou
tine operations. Commanding of
ficer of the cutter is Cdr. George
Philbrick.
Mrs. Daniei Ricks went to Kitty
Hawk, N. C., Friday to bring her
husband back to Beaufort. He had
burns around his face and ears.
Visiting engineman White in Nor
folk Friday were his wife, Evelyn,
and her mother and father, Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Graham of Beau
fort.
Clifton Lynch
Heads March
Of Dimes
Clifton A. Lynch, Morehead City,
today was named director of the
1961 New March of Dimes for this
county.
The appointment was announced
by Dr. L. J. Norris Jr., chairman
of the County Chapter of the Na
tional Foundation. Campaign dates
are Jan. 2-31.
“The New March of Dimes al
ready has made a substantial be
ginning in its expanded program
of seeking to prevent birth defects
and arthritis in addition to con
tinuing to seek total control of
paralytic polio,” the new campaign
director declared.
“The people of Carteret County,
through their splendid support of
the March of Dimes for more than
Clifton A. Lynch
. . . heads campaign
20 years, have contributed sub
stantially to a great health pro
gram that resulted in the Salk vac
cine.
“The 1961 New March of Dimes
offers opportunity for all of us to
be a part of work aimed at pre
vention of still more of the great
cripplers that afflict so many mil
lions of Americans today,” he said.
“I am confident that the people
of this county will continue to fight
for better health for themselves
and their children through the
New March of Dimes, both as vol
unteer workers and through their
contributions.”
Mr. Lynch is purchasing agent,
State Ports Authority, Morehead
City. He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, presi
dent of the Morehead City JC’s
and a member of the Elks' club.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynch make their
home at 1604 Shepard St., More
head City.
Boaufort Resident Gets
Letter from Kennedy
W. J. Mishael, Beaufort, has re
ceived a letter from President-elect
John F.- Kennedy, expressing
thanks for a congratulatory mes
sage received from Mr. Mishael
after Nov. 8.
Mr. Kennedy says in the letter,
“I am most heartened by the many
expressions of good will which I
have received. I am sure that
they reflect a broad unity of pur
pose in our nation. 1 hope that my
record during the next four years
will sustain your generous confi
dence.”
Namo of Hotel Changed
To Biltmore Motor Hotel
H. J. Williamson, manager of
the Morehead Biltmore hotel, re
minds residents of the area that
the hotel’s name ha* been changed
to the Biltntore Motor hotel.
Mr. Williamson said the hotel is
remaining open all winter to ac
commodate overnight guests. He
denied Saturday a rumor that he
has resigned as hotel manager.
An accident at 9:au p.m.
Sunday, 15 miles west of
Morehead City on highway
24, claimed the lives of
two Morehead City Negroes.
Dead are William Hill and
Susie Green.
The woman was killed in the
crash, which involved only one
car, and Hill died at 2:30 a.m.
yesterday in the Morehead City
hospital. He suffered a head in
jury and internal injuries.
The two were passengers in a
1956 Buick driven by Aaron George,
janitor at Morehead City school,
who was hospitalized, as was
Needham Wiley, the fourth person
in the car.
Patrolman J. W. Sykes, who in
vestigated, said the car was head
ed toward Morehead City and ran
off the road on a very slight curve.
The driver apparently lost control
when he tried to get back on the
highway. The car skidded, went to
the left side of the highway then
to the right and started turning
over.
The patrolman said the car roll
ed over two and a half times be
fore stopping 550 feet from where
it left the road.
All were thrown from the car
except Hill. The driver had cuts
and bruises around his face, a hip
injury and broken left arm. Need
ham had bruises, cuts on his face,
head, chest, abdomen and legs.
The Green woman had head and
internal injuries.
She and Hill were seated in the
rear seat of the car. The car was
demolished.
The accident chalks up two high
way fatalities for the New Year’s
weekend and the first two fot 1961
in this county.
Fatalities in 1960 were sevcq, as
compared to 10 for Carteret in 1959.
Couple Hurt
In Auto Crash
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney C. Gasklll
in the Morehead City hos
! pital yesterday, recovering from
injuries received in an accident
New Year’s Eve at 3211 ArendeU
St., Morehead City.
The accident occurred in front of
Ray Kennedy's home on the south
side of the street. Damaged was
the Gaskill car, the wrecker owned
by Ray’s Body Shop and a Pontiac
parked in front of the wrecker. The
Pontiac, a 1953 model, was owned
by Charles Kennedy, brother of
Ray.
According to Lt. Joe Smith of the
Morehead City police force, Gas
kill and his wife were headed east
on ArendeU in a 1956 Chevrolet.
He told the officer that a car pass
ed him and forced him over on the
right, causing him to hit the park
ed wrecker. The wrecker in turn
hit the Pontiac.
Mrs. GaskiU suffered a dislocat
ed right hip. Her husband got a
cut on the lip and several teeth
knocked out.
Ray Kennedy estimated damage
to his wrecker at $125 and to the
Pontiac $300. GaskiU, originaUy
from Cedar Island, is stationed
with the Coast Guard at Sea Level.
Instructor's
Course Slated
Jin Hiix, Red Cross disaster
chairman, announces that an in
structor’s course in first aid will
be taught in Beaufort from Jan. 16
through Jan. 20.
The instructor will be Bill Mc
Donald, who is being sent here by
area Red Cross headquarters. The
classes will be three hours long,
7 to 10 p.m., and will be taught
in the Civil Defense rooms on the
second floor of the courthouse an
nex.
Teachers, particularly, are invit
ed to enroll. They need not have
had any prior first aid training,
Mr. Hux said. Those interested in
taking the course, which will qual
ify them to teach first aid, should
attend the first class on Monday
night, Jan. 16.
Five members of the Morehead
City rescue squad who will take
the course are Ray Kennedy, Cal
Dezern, Gordon Day, Oscar John
son, and Don Forster, Mr. Hux
said.
He also announced that John L.
Humphrey, Morehead City, a qual
ified Red Cross instructor, has
been appointed first aid chairman
for the county. Mr. Humphrey
keeps records on who has com
pleted courses offered by the Red
Cross so that they may regularly
take refresher courses.
These records will also be used
in case of disaster when trained
first aid personnel are needed.
Merchants to Meet
The Morehead City Merchants
issociation will meet at 11:90 a.m.
today at the Hotel Fort "