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60th YEAR, NO. 20. SIXTEEN PAGES
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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Among the North Carolina ex
hibits telling the “Variety Vaca
tionland” story at the Ohio Val
i ley Travel and All Sports Show
in Cincinnati this week is one
from Morchead City, complete
with mounted sportfish as well
as complete information on cen
Beaufort Board Gives Okay
On Reopening Moore Street
Patrolman Goes
To Two Crashes
Investigated recently by highway
patrolman J. W. Sykes were two
accidents.
A 1953 Oldsmobile driven by
Myrtle F. Weaver, route 1 Beau
fort, collided with a school bus,
driven by Leaton C. Dudley, route
1 Beaufort, at 7:45 a.m. Wednes
day on highway 101 in front 'of
Everett Merrill’s service station.
According to the patrolman, the
Oldsmobile was in the driveway
of the station, about to pull out on
the highway. A car parked to the
left blocked the driver’s view and
she had just started to pull out on
the highway when the bus came
along.
The bus struck the left front of
the Olds. Damage to the bus was
estimated at $50 and to the car
$200. No one was injured and no
charges filed.
At 4:15 a.m. Thursday, March 2,
a 1957 Cadillac coupe, driven by
Wallace H. Gaskill, Atlantic, turn
ed over at Bcttie. The patrolman
said that Gaskill, Coast Guards
man stationed on the Chilula, was
headed east and failed to make the
curve as he went into Bettie.
He knocked down a stop sign at
a side road after skidding 340 feet
on the highway, turned over and
hit a tree. The car was demolish
. ed. Gaskill got a cut on the nose
and was charged with careless and
reckless driving.
School Announces Plans
For Raising Band Money
By WARREN BECK
Publicity Chairman
Four years ago the Morehead
City high school band took part in
the Cherry Blossom Festival pa
rade in Washington, D. C. Our
band on that trip won third place
honors. Our band has been invited
to play again in the Cherry Blos
som Festival parade.
Last night a meeting was called
at the school to make plans for
sending our band to Washington.
/ ' Mr. Lee, of the school, gave the
tentative plans for the trip, which
will give the boys and girls a most
interesting, educational, and en
joyable time.
Mr. Lee also gave the cost fig
ures of the trip. The band mem
bers are to pay $15 each, but an
other $750 must be raised.
L. O. Crowe has been appointed
financial chairman for the band
trip. To raise money for the trip
the following plans were decided
upon:
1. A solicitation drive by the
members of the Band in the late
afternoon and early evening of
Friday, March 24.
tral coast attractions.
Among the first visitors to the
exhibit when the show opened
Saturday was Gov. Terry San
ford, shown here at the Greater
Morehead City chamber of com
merce booth with Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Fox of Atlantic Beach. The
► Moore street, which now dead
ends at Cedar in Beaufort, will be
opened as “a limited aceess ar
uih result of action taken
onday night by the Beaufort
town board of commissioners. The
board passed by a 3-2 vote a mo
tion to let the state highway de
partment proceed with plans to
connect Moore with Cedar street.
When completed, Moore street
will handle one-way traffic off Ce
dar, according to specifications of
the highway department.
Commissioner Math Chaplain re
ported to the board that he con
ducted a poll among property own
ers on Moore street in regards to
opening the street and found that
the majority of the residents would
be in favor of opening the street.
Commissioner Bert Brooks said
that a poll he conducted among
the same people showed a definite
opposition to the proposal.
Four members of the county li
brary board appeared before the
commissioners and presented a
letter requesting that $1,000 be ear
marked for the library in the
town’s next budget. The board also
requested that the library be given
funds to make necessary repairs
and improvements to the building.
Members of the board were Mrs.
J. O. Barbour Jr., chairman; Miss
Amy Muse, Mrs. Clarence Guthrie
and Mrs. W. L. Woodard. They
were accompanied by several oth
ers interested in the library ap
propriation.
The library representatives were
assured by mayor Potter that the
town would give strong considera
tion to the board’s request at the
time the budget is drawn up.
2. A White Elephant and auction
sale to be conducted on Saturday,
March 25.
The .White Elephant auction will
be held in the vacant store at 908
Arendell St. Merchandise given by
Morchead City merchants and oth
er items donated by individuals
will be auctioned at 10 a.m,, 2
p.m. and 4 p.m. Items will also
be on sale all day.
This is a good time to clean out
those items you no longer need
that may be sold to help our band.
If you have items to donate please
call Mr. Crowe at 6-3319 and he
Will have them picked up.
The band will play during the
day of the auction.
There will also be a cake sale
downtown the day of the auction.
It is' planned that every civic
club in town will appoint a chair
man to collect items for the auc
tion and call Mr. Crowe to pick up
the items.
Also anyone wishing to make a
cash contribution for the trip is
requested to call Mr. Crowe or
give him your check, made to the
Morehead City Band Association.
show will run through Monday
and features seven area exhibits
as well as a statewide exhibit
from the State Advertising Di
vision of the Department of Con
servation and Development.
(Photo by State Advertising Di
vision, Raleigh).
Also appearing before the board
was Holden Ballou who asked that
the Beaufort Merchants association
b# airan tpirmyaMit to cover park
ing meters during Down East Good
Neighbor Days next month. The
board granted the request.
Commissioner William Roy Ham
ilton, reporting on the Beaufort
Historical association, said that
the association hopes to have a
program of celebration planned
for this summer and added that
completion of plans for the cele
bration are expected to be an
nounced in a few days.
In other business, the board
passed a motion to amend the
town’s firearm ordinance to include
a ban on the use of air rifles and
other pellet-projecting weapons. It
was brought to the attention of the
board that pellet guns have been
used in recent wars on the town’s
street lights.
Mayor Potter brought to the at
tention of the board the condition
of Orange street, north of Cedar.
The mayor reported that several
deep holes in the street makes
driving on it extremely hazardous
and recommended that the town
make necessary repairs in the near
future.
Final action taken by the board
was the adoption of a resolution to
endorse Fort Macon as a perma
nent site for the battleship North
Carolina. Town clerk, Ronald Earl
Mason, was instructed to forward
a letter to that effect to Orville
Campbell, chairman of the battle
ship North Carolina committee.
Present at the meeting, in addi
tion to mayor Potter, were com
missioners Hamilton, Brooks, Dav
id Farrior, Chaplain and Otis
Mades and Claud Whcatly, town
attorney.
Spring Weather
Prevails This Week
Spring-like temperatures continu
ed into this week. Traces of rain
fell Tuesday and Wednesday, ac
cording to weather observer Stanl
ey Davis. Early-bird boaters were
out Sunday afternoon.
A mid-week daytime low of 69
was recorded Wednesday after the
mercury had climbed to 71 on both
Monday and Tuesday. Strong
southwest winds accompanied Wed
nesday’s scattered showers.
It got considerably colder yester
day. Wind was high and the day
cloudy for the most part.
Temperature ranges and wind
directions for the three-day period
Monday through Wednesday were
recorded as follows by Mr. Davis:
High Low Wind
Monday ..71 59 SW
Tuesday . 71 00 SW
Wednesday _.69 58 SW
Salute to 4-B
In observance of 4-H Week, spe
cial articles on 4-H activities, as
well as messages from business
men, in observance of 4-H Week,
appear on pages 3, 4 and 5 of the
second section of today’s paper. -
Newport Hopes to Borrow Money
To Finish Town Hall, Fire Station
Commissioner Comments
On Hospital Site Situation
Merchants Pass
New Resolution
On Bridge
Morehead City merchants, in
session Tuesday at the Hotel Fort
Macon, passed a resolution regard
ing the proposed Morehead City
bridge.
The resolution asks that “the
State Highway Commission build
a high-level bridge across the New
port River located far enough north
of the existing structure to allow
for immediate Port and railway
expansion and that this new bridge
be equipped with a draw span ade
quate to allow passage of Ocean
Shipping into the vast Newport Riv
er Basin insuring the future growth
of the Port and the industrial de
velopment of all Carteret Commun
ities.”
The association also asked that
a letter be sent the committee
seeking return of the battleship to
North Carolina, urging that the
battleship be located at Fort Ma
con state park.
The merchants agreed to co
sponsor, with the Beaufort Lions,
a horse show, provided that there
will be an equal division of either
profit or loss.
Kenneth Wagner, president, sug
gested that courtesy cards be plac
ed on cars of out-of-toVn visitors
when they overpark.
Thurlow Whealton, chairman of
the committee on parking, agreed
that aU-day parking is in violation
of town .ordinance and merchant^
and employees who continue
cupy spaces on ArendeB street ale
not only violating the law, but are
hurting all business in Morehead
City, including their own.
He said that the town had agreed
to re-check loading zones, at the
association’s request. Mr. Wheal
ton also asked merchants to com
ply with the mayor’s request to
clean up places in back of their
stores, clean up alleys and elimi
nate fire hazards.
Present, in addition to those men
tioned, were Walter Morris, Earl
Lewis, Mrs. Bill McDonald, Charles
Willis, Thurlow Whealton, Oscar
Allred, George Stovall, Garland
Scruggs and Jo DuBois, secretary.
Education Board
Hears Requests
Four members of the Beaufort
school committee appeared before
the county board of education Mon
day.
They expressed appreciation to
the board for providing funds for
50,000 cubic yards of fill north of
Queen Street school,1 asked that
the board recommend consolida
tion of Beaufort and Morehead City
schools, and if the board felt this
not feasible that it recommend a
site for future expansion of the
Beaufort school.
Representing the Beanfort school
district was the chairman, Ray
mond Bail; Halsey Paul, Gerald
Talbot, committee members, and
Albert Gainey, principal of the
school.
A Newport delegation proposed
establishment of a Western Car
teret School district. (See details
second section of today’s Paper).
The board extended sick leave
for two teachers and authorized
placing lights in front and back of
the Harkers Island school to dis
courage parkers.
Robert Safrit, chairman of the
board presided. Board members
present were D. Mason, Atlantic;
Theodore Smith, Davis; W. B.
Allen, Newport, and George R.
Wallace, Morehead City.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beanfort Bar
HIGH ' LOW
Friday, March It
1:32 a.m. 8:32 a m.
2:06 p.m. 8:43 p.m.
Saturday, March 11
2:42 a.m. 9:45 a m.
3:23 p.m. 9:57 p.m.
Sunday, March 12
3:58 a.m. 10:46 a.m.
4:39 p.m. 11:01 p.m.
Monday, March 13
5:08 a.m. 11:42 a.m.
5:43 p.m. 11:59 p.m.
Tuesday, March 14
6:08 a.m. 12:35 a.m.
6:39 p.m. .
1 County commissioner David Yeo-t
mans, in a statement to THE
NEWS-TIMES yesterday, said that
his motion regarding hospital sites,
made Monday during a board
meeting, was not intended to desig
nate preference for any site.
He said that he intended that bor
ings be made on all three sites,
the Webb waterfront site, the Webb
Wildwood site, both west of More
head City, and the Gibbs site east
of Beaufort.
Mr. Yeomans stated that after
commissioners (all except Skinner
Chalk) visited sites with William
Henderson, Medical Care commis
sion secretary, and George Watts
Carr, architect, on March 1, they
met at Bud Dixon's motel. More
head City, and felt that all but four
of the sites should be eliminated.
Those four were the two Webb
properties, the Gibbs property and
“the Oglesby site” at Crab Point.
He said that he did not include a
Crab Point site in his motion Mon
day because, while touring the
sites, Mr. Henderson felt that com
plications might arise in the Crab
Point area because it is not served
by “a through thoroughfare.”
Mr. Yeomans said that the com
missioners mentioned to Mr. Hen
derson that the new Morohead City
bridge may be located in such a
manner as to create a through
thoroughfare in the Crab Point sec
tion.
Sec COMMENT, Page 3
Doctor Cites Total
Experience of Staff
William F. Henderson, executive
secretary of the Medical Care com
mission, conferring recently with
county commissioners, suggested
that they not ignore doctors in
planing the pronged county hos
pital.
Dr. L. W. Moore, Beaufort, said
Wednesday that the 12 doctors on
the staff at the Morchead City hos
pital, who would practice at the
new hospital, represent % years
of formal medical training.
He added that they have been
practicing from five to 40 years
each, and represent 240 years of
practice in and out of hospitals.
Wins Scholarship
Charles B. (Pud) Hassell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hassell,
Beaufort, is the first Beaufort
high school student to win a
Morehead scholarship. The $5,000
scholarship provides $1,250 a
year to cover cost of tuition,
books, room and board, plus
more than $200 for incidentals at
the University of North Caro
lina. '
Names of the 25 scholarship
winners were announced Tues
day.
Albert Gainey, principal of
Beaufort school, where Charles
is a senior, said. Wednesday that
he is thrilled with Charles’ suc
cess. “He is a most deserving
person,” Mr. Gainey remarked,
“I think he will speak well for
Beaufort school and Carteret
county.”
Charles is a three-letter man,
basketball, football and baseball,
and ranks first in his class, ac
Town Board
To Meet Tuesday
• City Manager Type
Government Talked
• Policemen Request
Retirement Fund
Morehead City commissioners,
in session Tuesday night at the
municipal building, set Tuesday
night, March 14, for a special meet
ing to set up the 1961-62 budget.
Routine matters were concluded
with a disi ussion instituting the
city manager type of government.
Commissioner Walter Morris
termed town operation as ineffi
cient. lie said the town needed
someone who could devote his full
time to town affairs. “Lack of
close supervision delays getting
things done," the commissioner de
clared.
He said he believed a city man
ager would obtain for the town
fuller value for the money being
spent to operate. He added that
lack of efficient operation is cost
ing the town the goodwill of citi
zens.
, Both commissioner Morris and
commissioner Bud Dixon said they
were not in favor of instituting a
city manager type of government
without a vote of the citizens. Com
missioner Dixon said he wants to
continue to elect a. mayor and
town commlasioncrs apd they then
hire » city manager.
George McNeill, town attorney,
said this could be done by amend
ing the town’s present charter.
He said the charter can be
amended by a special act in the
legislature, but prior to the amend
ment becoming effective it would
be either approved or disapproved
by the voters. Mr. Dixon reported
that ads for a city manager, placed
Sec BOARD, Page 3
cording to the UNC News Bu
reau.
The 25 winners were selected
from an original 614 candidates
representing all but seven coun
ties in the state. There were 169
finalists.
Almost $2 million in scholar
ships has been awarded to 271
outstanding students by UNC
alumnus John Motley Morehead
since the inception of the scholar
ship program in 1951.
Charles is the second Carteret
winner. Lewellyn Phillips, More
head City alumnus, is holder of
a Morehead scholarship. He is
now a junior in pre-med at UNC.
Commission to Meet
The County Planning commission
will meet at 7:30 Monday night at
the Carteret-Craven Electric Mem
bership building, Morehead City.
Jerry Turner, Raleigh, division of
community planning, will be pres
ent.
Board to Annex Area East
Of Town to Deep Creek
The Newport town commissioners, meeting at the town
hall Tuesday night, voted unanimously to issue bonds
worth $20,000 to complete work on the new town hall and
fire station.
The action came after Walter D. Roberts presented a
detailed estimate of the cost of completing the building.
Members of the fire department,'
with some help from the town, have
raised enough money to lay the
foundation and build it up it floor
level, but work has stopped due
to lack of funds.
Mayor Leon Mann Jr., told the
board he thought the town could
handle the bonds over a 20-year
period with no increase in taxes.
The people will vote in a bond
referendum May 2.
Other major action was the de
cision to annex by resolution the
area east of town from the city
limits to Deep creek. The area in
cludes the prison camp. Town at
torney Oeorge W. Ball outlined le
gal steps involved in the annexa
tion.
Commissioner Leslie Bercegeay
presented for the board's endorse
ment a school proposal made by a
PTA committee, after an extensive
survey in the western part oi the
county.
The committee has proposed a
west Carteret high school and two
graded schools. The proposal has
been endorsed by the Newport
PTA. It has been presented to the
county board of education by the
committee. The town board en
dorsed the proposal. .
Court problems were discussed
at length. It is the board's wish
that Morchead City recorder’s
court have concurrent jurisdiction
in Newport, so that township cases
can be tried in cither Morehcad
City or county court. No decision
was reached.
Commissioner Bercegeay was re
appointed to supervise police work
for March. Commissioner John B.
Kelly was authorized to have witch
ing work done in three areas where
there are drainage problems and
another drainage problem, which
is on private property, was re
ferred to the health department.
Gordon Cutler, water clerk,
reported 213 customers using
water. He reported that bills total
ing $446.28 had been paid, leaving
a balance of $1,839.32.
Miss Edith Lockcy, town clerk,
reported that 47 town decals and
244 town license plates had been
sold. This was considerably bet
ter than last year, she reported.
Bills totaling $850.13 were order
ed paid, leaving a balance of
$279.37.
Attending were Mayor Mann,
Miss Lockcy, and commissioners
Bercegeay, Kelly, Bennie Garner,
Wilbur Garner, and Dick Lockcy,
as well as attorney Ball and police
chief Dan Bell.
PTA Announces
Its Program
The pre-school child will be the
theme of the PTA program at 7:30
Tuesday night at Beaufort school.
Mrs. G. T. Spivey, public health
nurse, will speak on preparation
of the Child for school.
Albert Gainey, Beaufort princi
pal, says the program is designed
to inform parents what the school
expects of parents who have a
child about to enter the first grade.
The present first grade pupils
will present a program designed
to entertain next year’s first grad
ers. They .and their parents are
cordially invited to the meeting,
Mr. Gainey announces.
Refreshments will be served.
The pre-school clinic will be
from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, March
28, in the Beaufort school gym.
Beaufort Band Will Play
In 1962 at Orange Bowl
In a joint statement issued yes
terday afternoon Dean L. Chatlos
Sr., band director, and Albert R.
Gainey, principal of Beaufort
school, announced the Beaufort
band’s acceptance of an invitation
to the 1962 Orange Bowl festival
in Miami, Fla. The announcement
was made after written consent of
the parents of band members bad
been obtained.
Mr. Chatlos said the band will
participate in the Orange festival
parade Dec. 30, 1961, and will re
main in Miami for the annual bowl
game to be played Jan. 2, 1962.
The 65-piece marching unit will be
School Official
Suggests Folks
Write Henderson
H. L. Joslyn, county superinten
dent of schools, said this week that
there is a possibility that Congress
may revise public law 874, which
provides current operating funds
for schools in areas where mili
tary bases arc located.
He said that House bill 4970 pro
poses that funds now provided by
that bill would be cut in half. Mr.
Joslyn said this would have very
serious effect on Carteret school
operations.
“If people are interested in sav
ing our necks here,” Mr. Joslyn
said, "they’ll write our Congress
men and ask that public law 874
be continued as is.”
Congressman David N. Hender
son reports that under PL 874 Car
teret received $105,120 in fiscal
1960.
There are also two other federal
aid-to-educhtion laws by which
Carteret profits: PL 815, which
provides funds for school construc
tion in areas where military bases
arc located, and the National De
fense Education Act.
As of the end of fiscal 1960, Car
teret received a total of $736,727.91,
under P|U 819. the National
Defense Education act, this county
got $15,336.73 in fiscal 1960.
Congressman
Writes Sexton
Congressman David N. Hender
son has written John Tillery, More
head City, relative to his long term
of service as sexton of the First
Baptist church, Morehead City.
In his letter Mr. Henderson said,
“I note with much interest in the
Carteret County News-Times the
account of your recent retirement
as sexton of the First Baptist
church, Morehead City.
“Your record of 43 years of serv
ice to the church and to your com
munity is truly outstanding and the
success which your children have
achieved shows 'beyond any ques
tion the kind of father you have
been . . .”
Mr. Tillery retired in January.
The church presented him with
$100 and established in his honor
the John Tillery Student Loan fund
for students in the church and at
W. S. King school, Morehead City.
Brush Fires Saturday
Keep Firemen on Jump
Newport firemen answered calls
to three brush fires within a short
period of time Saturday afternoon.
Grass behind the Jim Smith home
on the Nine-Foot road was burn
ing and it was feared the fire
would ignite a small outbuilding,
so firemen were called.
Woods and grass along the rail
road track on Masontown road
caught fire also. An unidentified
Marine was overcome by smoke
and was taken to Cherry Point
dispensary in the rescue ambu
lance.
Firemen put out a small woods
fire behind the Lonnie Howard
home just each of the town limits.
No damage was reported at any
of the fires.
chaperoned by parents and faculty
members.
Financing will be obtained
through a special Orange Bowl
drive now being organized. The
drive will be supported by proceeds
from special band activities as well
as contributions. Anyone wishing
to make a donation may mail it to
Mr. Chatlos or Mr. Gainey.
The first fund-raising activity
will be a spring band concert
March 23 at the school. Admis
sion is $1 for adults and 50 cents
for students. Tickets are now on
ettes, Booster club members or
i school officers.
members, major