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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
50th YEAR, NO. 12
TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
ALL Voters in Morehead City
To Register Starting April 8
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County to Take
Part in Coining
Expositions
i Chamber Authorizes
Participation
• Ministers Plan Easter
Service at Fort Macon
Directors of the chamber of com
merce, in session Monday night,
approved participation in the
Sportmen’s Show at Charlotte this
year as well as ihe Ohio Valley
show at Cincinnati.
A thousand dollars has been ear
marked for expenses of both shows.
J. A. DuBois, chamber manager,
requests business and tourist places
in the county to offer their litera
ture or souvenirs for distribution,
free, at the shows.
Booths will be sponsored in Cin
cinnati by Dare county, the Chero
kee section of the state, the state
itself, and Reynolds Tobacco Co.,
among others.
Directors authorized negotiation
for an interview with the state
committee which is dickering for
return of the battleship North Car
olina to North Carolina. The cham
ber proposes that the battleship
be placed at Fort Macon as a tour
ist attraction.
The Rev. Charles Kirby, More
head City, reported that the coun
ty ministers’ association is plan
ning a county-wide Easter sunrise
service at Fort Macon. The state
has approved use of the fort, high
school orchestras are to be invited,
as well as choirs from the church
es. The directors endorsed the
plans.
Dr. Russell Outlaw, chairman of
the tourists and conventions com
mittee, reported that plans are be
ing made to hold a dedication serv
ice when the convention hall at
the Biltmore hotel is' completed.
The committee will offer its serv
ices to any local organization
which brings its group here for a
convention.
Letters are to be sent to science
and history teachers throughout
eastern Carolina, inviting them to
tour Fort Macon, visit the Hamp
ton Marine museum, the port and
Beaufort.
Rufus Butner, past president, re
ported that profit and non-profit
corporations are to be organized to
attract industry. He commented
on the advantage of putting up
shell buildings. He also suggested
that a sub-committee be formed
to promote the port.
Turned over to Ben Alford, chair
man of the air transportation com
mittee, was a letter from George
R. Wallace, suggesting ways in
which air traffic could be improv
ed and the passenger load increas
ed.
Dom Femia suggested that an
entertainment committee be set up
to squire visiting dignitaries and
reporters.
W. H. Potter, chairman of the
waterways committee, was com
mended for setting up the confer
ence on waterways which will be
gin at 11 a.m. Monday at the Hotel
Fort Macon.
The board approved a revised
bookkeeping system of chamber
funds. Dr. S. W. Hatcher reported
that under construction is a float
advertising Carteret county, which
will be placed in parades through
out the state.
S. A. Chalk, president, presided
at the meeting, which was held
at the Hotel Fort Macon. Direc
tors present, who are not mention
ed above, were Ed Swann, William
T. Davies, Garland Scruggs,
George McNeill, Elmer Willis, and
William Baugham.
The next meeting of the cham
ber will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday,
March 6.
Ministers Will Sponsor Institute
On Alcoholism Monday in Morehead
Butner—Roy B. Barham, chair
man of the committee on alcohol
ism, NC Council of Churches, an
nounces plans for an institute on
alcoholism sponsored by his com
mittee and the Carteret County
Ministerial association, at the civic
center, Morehead City, Monday.
The program is open to minis
ters of all denominations and to
church workers.
Registration will begin at 9 a.m.
at the civic center, 9th and Evans
streets. Mr. Barham will make
introductory remarks at 9:45.
George Dill, mayor of Morehead
City, will welcome the group. De
votions will be conducted by the
Rev. Corbin Cooper pastor of the
First Baptist church. Morehead
► Beginning Saturday, April 8, ev-'
ery voter in Morehead City will
have the opportunity lo get his
name on the town’s brand new
registration books.
The books will be open for two
weeks, until sunset Saturday, April
22. On weekdays people may reg
ister at the home of the registrar,
E. W. Olschner, 200 S. 34th St. On
Saturdays they may register at
the municipal building.
Challenge Day will be Saturday,
April 29. The municipal election
will be Tuesday, May 2. Appoint
ed as judges of election are Bruce
Goodwin and Clayton Guhtrie, with
Arthur Guthrie as alternate.
Commissioner Walter Morris was
named as liaison between the town
board and the Civitan club. The
club has offered to help get all
eligible voters’ names in the new
books.
The board suggested that leaf
lets be sent home with school chil
dren, reminding their parents to
register, that signs be made point
ing out the registrar’s home and
that, the new registration be pub
licized through every media avail
able.
The board deferred discussion of
financing the publicity until March.
Two Accidents
Occur Tuesday
In Morehead
A man on a bicycle did $150 dam
age to a car in one of two acci
dents investigated Tuesday by the
Morehead City police department.
The cyclist was Joseph Stewart,
51, 1202 Bridges St. According to
police, Stewart was riding his bicy
cle west on Arendell when it col
lided with a car leaving a filling
station at 9th and Arendell. Frank
Wickizer, 1304 Shepard St., was the
driver of the car.
Wickiser told police that he saw
Stewart coming as he was prepar
Ihg to leave the filling station and
said he stopped his car between
the sidewalk and the street to al
low Stewart to pass. Stewart ran
into the side of Wickizer’s car, a
1960 Chevrolet.
Police estimated the damage to
Wickizer’s car at $150. Stewart’s
bicycle received damage to the
basket and front tire.
Eighteenth and Bridges was the
scene of another traffic accident
Tuesday afternoon.
Drivers of the cars were Eliza
beth Dixon Simpson, Beaufort, and
Constance Warren Young, More
head City.
Police said that the Simpson auto
was going cast on Bridges and the
Young car was headed north on
18th. Mrs. Young stopped for the
stop sign at Bridges and then pull
ed onto Bridges in front of the on
coming Simpson car. Mrs. Young
told police chief Herbert Griffin
that she thought she had time to
make a right turn onto Bridges be
fore the Simpson car reached the
intersection.
Damage to Mrs. Young’s 1955
Plymouth was estimated at $200
and to the Simpsons’ 1953 Buick,
$150.
Mrs. Simpson received a silght
rib injury and a passenger in her
car, 3-year-old Gary Lynn Oakley,
got a sprained ankle.
Mrs. Young was cited for failing
to yield the right-of-way.
Carteret's Telethon
Receipts Total $1,656
Carteret March of Dimes Tele
thon collections by Wednesday to
taled $1,656.44. This includes mon
ey from Newport which was sent
to the tv station separate from
funds turned in by the Miriam Re
bekahs.
The Rebekah lodge, Beaufort,
supervised the telethon throughout
the county. Chairman of the cam
paign was Clifton Lynch, More
head City.
The Nature of Alcoholism will bet
the subject of the morning address
by Dr. Mickie Vitols, superinten
dent, Cherry Hospital, Goldsboro.
Dr. Vitols was on the staff of the
Alcoholic Rehabilitation center at
Butner for several years.
Dr Vitols is a native of Latvia
where he received his medical
training. He also is a graduate
of the Graduate Medical School,
Hamburg, Germany. He served
as medical officer with the British
Control commission in Germany un
til Oct. 16, 1949.
Be was senior physician, chief
of service at the John Umstead
Hospital, Butner, N. C., Dec. 1,
1949 to Sept. 3, 1955. He entered
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Judge Suspends
90-Day Term;
Parkers Pay
A Morehead City man, Charlie
Foreman, Monday was given a 90
day suspended jail term in More
head City recorder’s court for pos
session of a concealed weapon.
Foreman was also charged with
possession of stolen property but
pleaded not guilty and was acquit
ted. Judge Herbert O. Phillips
suspended Foreman’s jail sentence
on payment of court costs and one
year’s good behavior.
Eight defendants appeared in
court to answer overtime parking
charges. Six of them were taxed
with one-third court costs, a $2
fine and the fee for serving the
warrant. Oliver Murphy of Farm
ville was ordered to pay a $3 fine,
one-third costs and the overtime
parking ticket. J. E. Burris,
Sneads Ferry, was not prosecuted
on an overtime parking ticket.
The six paying a $2 fine and court
costs were M. J. Shubkin, Char
lotte; J. W. Aldridge, Greenville;
H. T. Waldrop, Greenville; G. S.
Taylor, Kinston; W. E. Medlin,
Louisburg and R. M. Argo, Char
lotte.
Norman F. Smith, Greenville,
was ordered to pay court costs and
to honor the checks on two charges
of issuing worthless checks and
Zeb L. Grantham paid court costs
for improper passing.
Two defendants convicted of
speeding were ordered to pay $10
and court costs. The two were
Violet S. Collins and John B. Ed
wards, both of Morehead City. Lin
wood Lee Arnold of Newport was
fined $25 and costs for the same
violation.
Malicious prosecution was ruled
in the case charging Pierson Wil
lis of Beaufort with simple assault
and petty larceny. Floyd Riggs,
prosecutor, paid court costs.. . .
Two defendants paid couft costs
for failing to yield the right of way.
They were Pearl C. McClain of
Beaufort and Vance Boyd Murphy
of Morehead City.
Judge Phillips continued a pray
er for judgment for six months for
James L. Cobb, Newport, charged
with possession of stolen property.
Cases against six other defend
ants were continued until next
week's term of court.
Wednesday—
Tag Deadline
Midnight Wednesday will mark
doomsday for lots of people if they
don’t get those 1961 tags on their
boats and cars.
C. G. Holland, commercial fish
eries commissioner, said all com
mercial fishermen who have not
bought their new tags and put
them on their boats by midnight
Wednesday will be arrested.
The tags were to go on commer
cial craft Jan. 1. They are avail
able from state fisheries agents
stationed along the coast.
Beginning Thursday, Morehead
City police will put up road blocks
to see that all Morehead City ve
hicle owners have their 1961 tags.
Beaufort and Newport motorists
who do not have town tags by
Thursday will be subject to arrest.
Those who tried to get by without
them last year, ended up in court.
State tags for cars and trucks,
etc., must also be displayed by
Thursday. Having tags of any
kind on the seat of the car, in at
window or lying somewhere in a'
boat will not excuse the owner.
The law says, “Display properly.”
Dinner Tomorrow
County Republicans will attend a
Lincoln Day dinner at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday at the Biltmore hotel.
Driver of Car Faces
Manslaughter Count
Clyde O’Neal GiUikin, 24, route
2 Beaufort, driver of the car in
which two boys met death Friday,
Jan. 27, has been charged with
manslaughter, speeding, careless
and reckless driving and driving
drunk (second offense).
Gillikin was discharged from
Morehead City hospital Monday.
He was driver of a 1950 DeSoto
which went out of control and as a
result, authorities say, caused the
death of two passengers, Thomas
P. Gillikin, 16, and William Clyde
Lawrence, 15, both of Otway.
Morehead Plots Course for Going
Out of Municipal Hospital Business
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Three-Way Business Deal
Stems from Morehead Port
Kenneth Wagner, manager of Sherwin-Williams Paint Co., Morehead City, displays products sold by
his firm. The raw material, asphalt, is dischar ,ed from a tanker at Morehead City port, shown in the
background. The asphalt is pumped through the line that can be seen coming from the ship at the right
of the picture.
'Weather' Holiday Will Be
Made Up by Schools Feb. 18
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Dr. John Way
Joins College
Of Surgeons
Dr. John E. Way of Beaufort was
inducted as a fellow of the Amer
ican College of Surgeons at its
46th congress in San Francisco,
Calif., recently. Dr! Way was one
of 16 physicians from North Car
olina receiving the honor.
Fellowships are awarded doctors
who fulfill comprehensive require
ments for acceptable medical edu
cation and advanced training in
some branch of surgery, and who
give evidence of good moral char
acter and ethical practice.
Dr. Way was graduated from
Beaufort high school and the Uni
versities of North Carolina and
Maryland. He served four years
residency at St. Agnes hospital in
Baltimore, Md.
He served three years in the
Army with the 97th Evacuation
Hospital, two of which were in
England, France and Germany.
Upon his discharge he held the
rank of major. He has been prac
ticing in Beaufort for 15 years.
Dr. and Mrs. Way have two sons,
Brady, 14, and John, 13.
County Radio Network
Plan Placed Before Board
County officials have under con
sideration a proposal whereby all
parts of the county would be con
nected by radio, with part of the
cost of the program borne by Civil
Defense funds.
The proposal was placed before
the board Monday morning by Har
ry WilliBms, county Civil Defense
director, and Tom Kincaid, radio
emergency services officer for the
county, and Odell Merrill, register
of deeds.
The control station would be lo
cated in the courthouse, according
to Mr. Kincaid, with 10 other mo
bile units available for distribution
throughout the county. Total cost
of the project would be $3,653.70;
the county’s share of the cost
would be $2,076.55.
Mr. Merrill pointed out that the
system could be manned around
the clock, with a total of three op
erators handling all police and
sheriff’s department calls as well
as the CD net. If the plan can be
perfected, former proposals to use
citizens’ band radios would be
I shelved.
Mr. Merrill presented the plan
Monday night to the Beaufort town
board, but no action was taken.
The plan calls for cooperation of
Beaufort and Morehead City with
the county.
► The school day lost Thursday,
I Jan. 26, because of the sleet and
I rain, will be made up Saturday,
Feb. 18, according to H. L. Joslyn,
county superintendent of schools.
The county board of education,
in session Monday morning, agreed
to have a dredge fill in land on the
north of Queen Street school, Beau
fort, if the county could find money
to supplement what the education
board can afford to pay.
The total cost of the dredging
will be $17,000, according to Mr.
Joslyn, but the education fund can
meet only about $8,000 of that. The
total cost is smaller than it would
ordinarily be, because a dredge
is coming to pump in fill around
new pilings recently placed at the
Beaufort bridge.
The proposition was placed be
fore county commissioners Mon
day, and while they seemed to fav
or the idea, no commitment was
made.
The superintendent reported to
the board that all new classrooms
added this year are completed and
the furniture in. Three classrooms
were added at Smyrna and two at
Queen Street.
Leon Thompson, state engineer
for the division of school planning,
told Mr. Joslyn that he informed
state school officials that “Car
teret and Tyrrell counties have
done more toward providing school
facilities, especially classrooms,
than any other county in the state
of equal financial ability.”
commissioners copies of the de
partment’s report for 1961, com
missioner Chalk suggested that a
program be instituted to test chil
dren’s hearing.
Mrs. Hammer said she believed
purchase of an audiometer or sim
ilar ear-testing devices was the
responsibility of the education de
partment and not the health depart
ment.
She mentioned that most school
children are in dire need of dental
work, but the state cannot provide
a dentist and most parents won’t,
See RADIO, Page 2
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Feb. 10
3:02 a.m. 10:05 a.m.
3:33 p.m. 10:11 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11
4:16 a.m. 11:06 a.m.
4:51 p.m. 11:14 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 12
5:25 a.m. 12:03 a.m.
5:28 p.m. _
Monday, Feb. 13
6:24 a.m. 12:12 a.m.
6:55 p.m. 12:57 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 14
7:19 a.m. 1:07 a.m.
A concrete example ot tne way
state ports generate business in
North Carolina is the Trumbull-Fry
Roofing and Sherwin-Williams op
eration stemming from the port at
Morehead City.
Tankers from the Dutch West In
dies bring in asphalt to Morehead
City. The black, gummy stuff is
pumped from the vessel in large,
steam-insulated lines to Trumbull
Asphalt Co., located several hun
dred yards away.
Trumbull packages the asphalt
in quarts, gallons and five-gallon
drums for Sherwin-Williams Paint
Co.
Fry Roofing Co., a next-door
neighbor, then distributes the prod
uct on its big orange tractor trail
ers to Sherwin-Williams stores
throughout North and South Caro
lina, Virginia and eastern Tennes
see.
There are three types of asphalt
products, asphalt roof coating with
asbestos, Blaxphalt, and asphalt
plastic roof cement.
The operation got underway two
years ago when Kenneth Wagner
of Sherwin-Williams Paint Co.,
Morehead City, sent samples of
Morehead City’s imported asphalt
to Sherwin-Williams labs for test
ing.
About six months later, the new
enterprise got started and now has
developed into a major operation.
An asphalt tanker discharges a
cargo at Morehead City at least
once a month. During 1960, sixteen
tankers tied up at berth 5 and
pumped, through the underground
lines to Trumbull, 19 million gal
lons of asphalt.
Ports authorities note that such
operations are creating “new
money” for North Carolina. Aware
of this, Gov. Terry Sanford an
nounced this week that he is in
favor of the general assembly and
the voters’ approving a bond issue
for ports of at least $13Vf> million.
Returns from Hospital
Johnny Mason of Newport, who
was injured in an auto accident
west of Newport Saturday, Jan. 28,
has returned from Duke hospital,
Durham, where he underwent brain
surgery shortly after the accident.
He plans to resume his studies at
North Carolina State college, Ral
eigh, Monday.
Town Fathers Reaffirm Procedure
On Plumbing Work, Inspections, Fees
The plumbing code shall be en
forced!
Those were the orders of mayor
George -Dill Tuesday night at the
Morehead City municipal building
after a discussion about the plumb
ing situation in Morehead City.
The town board issued the fol
lowing orders:
• The clerk, John Lasbley. shall
not issue any plumbing permits un
less the applicant has a state li
cense.
• The state - licensed plumber
must apply for the permit in per
son.
» The plumber pays the $2 for
a permit plus 50 cents per fixture
(bathtub, faucets, etc.) when he
gets the permit
► Morehead City town commissioners acted Tuesday night
on three matters slated to go before the legislature. Two
dealt with the city hospital and the third with the charge
for town tags.
The action followed presentation of opinion on the mat
ters by George McNeill, town at-'
torney.
The board ordered the following:
• That a special act be intro
dued to permit the town board to
close the city hospital when the
proposed county hospital begins op
eration. The act would also pro
vide for dissolving the hospital
board of trustees at that time and
ordv r the transfer of all hospital
property, equipment, money in the
bank, and other assets to the com
missioners of the town of More
head City. The act further provides
that any funds from the sale or
lease of that property be deposited
in the general fund of the town.
• That proceeds from Morehcad
City’s alcoholic beverage control
store be paid to the town instead of
to the hospital upon discontinuance
of the city hospital.
• That the town be exempted
from the law limiting price of auto
tags to $1 and that the commis
sioners be given authority to
charge up to $5 per vehicle. (The
board feels that the present charge
of $1 should be raised to $2).
Kenneth Wagner, representing
the Camp Glenn PTA, requested
that a patrol car be stationed on
highway TO at Camp Glenn school
between 8 and 8:30 each morning
and 3 and 3:30 in the afternoon.
The request was referred to Ted
Garner, police commissioner.
Thurlow Whealton, representing
the Morehead City Merchants asso
ciation, told the board that the
merchants association disapproves
of loading zones on Arendell street
except at businesses where there
is no other access.
He also said that the association
objects to certain store owners’
parking their cars in front of their
business and putting a nickel in
three or four times a day, only
when the patrolman comes by.
The grievances were referred to
commissioner Garner, who said he
would investigate and report to the
board in March.
Mayor George Dill requested Mr.
Whealton to carry a message back
to the merchants association.
He said he recently looked along
the back of stores in the business
See BOARD, Page 2
Merchants Plan
For New Signs
More he ad City merchants, meet
ing Tuesday noon at the Hotel Fort
Macon, decided that a sign should
be placed at 24th and Arendell
Streets, directing traffic to the
business sections of Morehead City
and Beaufort.
The association also heard plans
for putting a sign at the intersec
tion of highways 70 and 70A. The
sigri would be “Welcome to More
head City.’’
O. J. Morrow and Oscar Allied
were appointed to confer with the
Beaufort Merchants association
relative to the possibility of spon
soring, jointly, a horse show in the
spring.
Thurlow Whcalton reported on
Christmas street lighting. Five
hundred dollars is still owed on the
1960 bill. The association has'de
cided that collections for 1961 light
ing will start in June. If insuf
ficient funds are on hand Sept. 1,
there will be no street lighting in
December.
The first Tuesday of each month,
at noon, was the date set for fu
ture merchants’ meetings. Attend
ing this week’s meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were Earl
Lewis, Billy Willis, Charles Willis
and Joe DuBois. Kenneth Wagner,
president, presided.
ing inspector, Stamey Davis, that
a permit has been issued.
• The plumbing inspector checks
the Job after it has been roughed
in; if more fixtures have been
added than first declared, the
plumber has to obtain an addition
al permit and pay the necessary
fees. (The second payment Will
not include an additional base fee
of $2).
• The plumbing inspector signs
the permit or permits when the
job has passed inspection.
Commissioners recomme n d e d
that Mr. Davis, plumbing inspector
who appeared before the board,
make an arrangement with Caro
lina Water Co. that not one drop
of water be turned on at a building
lot unless the plumber presents a
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I Newport Board
Hears Report
By Inspector
Attending the meeting of New
port town commissioners Tuesday
night at the town hail was R. E
Parrish, electrical inspector. Mr.
Parrish reported that during 1960
he made inspections of 33 tem
porary wirings and 35 permanent
wirings. About six inspections
have been made thus far this year,
he reported.
The commissioners reminded
residents that all wiring must be
inspected, including new and al
terations. Electricity will not be
turned on by the power company
until an inspection has been made.
The board authorized commis
’sioner C. H. Lockey to have
wiring in the town hall inspected
to see that it is adequate from a
safety standpoint.
Motorists were reminded that
town tags must be displayed on
automobiles and trucks after mid
night Feb. 15. Those not having
a tag will be given citations to ap
pear in mayor’s court. Tags are
required for cars owned by per
sons living in town and business
vehicles used in the town.
The tags are available in plate
or decal form at Edwards’ Soda
shop for $1 each.
Gordon Cutler, water department
clerk, reported that of the 260 wa
ter customers, 210 are using wa
ter. He reported a balance of
$1,521.70 and said he will assist
the auditor Feb. IS and 16. The
board granted the water clerk a
raise of $5 per month.
The annual fire department re
port was read by fire commission
er Wilbur Garner. The department
was commended for its work and
Miss Edith Lockey, town clerk, was
authorized to pay the department
$100 the town had appropriated for
it.
Town attorney George W. Ball
reported that to sell land the town
has taken over for taxes, public
announcement must be made. The
board decided to wait until a year
had elapsed since receiving deeds,
before offering the land for sale.
Drainage and street problems
were discussed, as well as sites
for a new garbage dump. The
board approved leveling the pres
ent dump.
Commissioner Leslie Bercegeay
consented to supervise police work
during February. Commissioner
Bennie Garner was authorized to
drive the town truck, should the
necessity arise.
Bills totaling $1,075.52 were or
dered paid, leaving a balance of
$586.79.
Attending, in addition to those
mentioned, were commissioner
John B. Kelly and Mayor Leon
Mann Jr., who presided.
Cars Collide Saturday
At Highway Intersection
Two cars collided Saturday in
Beaufort at 4:35 p.m. on highway
70 at the junction with highway
101. Headed east on highway 70
was a 1957 Imperial driven by
Clara G. Harrell, Raleigh. Accord
ing to highway patrolman W. J.
Smith Jr., the Imperial turned left
into highway 101 and a 1955 Ford
station wagon, headed west on 70,
collided with it.
Driving the station wagon was
Charles Pittman Jr., route 1 Beau
fort. Damage to the wagon was
estimated at $300 and to the Im
perial $350. Charges are pending.
ter office when he makes a request
that water be supplied.
The commissioners said the
plumbing procedure should be the
same as the arrangement with the
electrical company.
Mr. Davis said that plumbers
never come to him for an inspec
tion, he has to ride around town
and catch them on the job. John
Willis, plumber who accompanied
Mr. Davis to the meeting, said un
licensed plumbers are working all
the time without permits.
Mr. Davis commented that for
the protection of the people and in
the interest of sanitation, all plumb
ing jobs should be inspected.
The board stated that
Guthrie, alternate plumbing ii
tor, should be