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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES IOjzT 60th YEAR, NO. 22. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Painting of Morehead City Port Wins at Miami Exhibit A painting of the Morehead City State port won first prize in the .American Artists Professional League, greater Miami chapter ex hibit, 1961. The painting, a water color, was done by. John Llewellyn Skinner, Coral Gables, Fla. The painting was made during the summer of 1959 when Mr. Skin ner was visiting the W. J. Blairs, Morehead City. It shows a British i freighter out of Hull, England, load ing soybeans. Mr. Skinner, an architect by pro fession, is a graduate of the Uni versity of Toronto. He received his master’s degree in architecture at Harvard in 1920, travelled two years in Europe on the Harvard Nelson Robinson travelling fellow ship, was an affiliated fellow of the American Academy in Rome, Italy, 1921-22, head of the depart ment of architecture at Georgia ' Tech, 1922-25, and since then has been a practicing architect in Mi ami, Fla., with the firm of Stew ard, Skinner Associates. The firm has designed the Miami public library, Dade County audi torium, Gulf Stream ‘race track. University of Miami Medical School, Florida State University library and other outstanding build ings. By invitation Mr. Skinner has exhibited his paintings at the Uni versity of Florida, Fairchild Gar den, Miami, and in Nassau, the Bahamas. Part I Why It's Better to Live in Town Tomorrow will be the last day the people in the area proposed for annexation to the town of Beau fort may register. The day of bal loting will be Saturday, April 1. Ninety-eight had registered by noon Wednesday, Ronald Earl Mason, town clerk, in a recent interview, commented on the advantages of beiHg a resi dent of the town. Mr. Mason points out that town dwellers have little difficulty get ting veteran and Federal Housing loans. A town provides the serv ices that enhance property values and makes investment in in*' town proparty more attractive to lending agencies. -- -> The clerk said these same factors contribute to increasing the re-sale value of property located withirf town limits. On Front Street extended is a home, now outside the town limits, which Will be in the town if the Seven of Ten Housewives Object to Food Tax Proposal By ELLEN B. MASON Carteret housewives don’t think much of governor Sanford’s pro posal that a tax be placed on foods to help finance a state education program. Of ten housewives con tacted by telephone, only three said they were in favor of the program. Mrs. Thomas McQuaid of Beau fort, wife of the Beaufort high school basketball coach, said that since her husband is in the educa tion profession, she’d be willing to do most anything to get aid for education. “It would have to be a pretty bad arrangement for me not to be willing to do my part,” she commented. Mrs. Guy M. Styron of Laurel Road, on the other hand, said she was not willing to pay a tax on food. “I think I’m paying enough tax without taxing foods and medi cines as I’ve heard they are go ing to do,” Mrs. Styron said. Mrs. Eugene Pond of Beaufort said she didn’t like the idea, but Easter Seal Parade Planned The Easter seal parade, a moth er’s march for crippled children’s funds, will be conducted in More head City and Newport Sunday afternoon between 2 and 3 p.m. Volunteers conducting the door to door canvass in Morehead City will be Mrs. Henry Cretella, Mrs. Fred Bartholomew, Mrs. John Mor rison, Mrs. Russell Outlaw, Mrs. Charles Tolson, Mrs. Kenneth Broadhurst, Mrs. Ray Kennedy, Mrs. Bob McLain, Mrs. Albert Lea, Mrs. Norman Canfield. Mrs. Joe Beam, Mrs. J. L. Sea mon Jr., Mrs. Roy Denkins, Mrs. O. J. Morrow, Mrs. Carl Lewis Jr., Mrs. Bernard Weeber, Mrs. D. J. Odom, Mrs. Joe Elkins, Mrs. Les ter Styron, and Mrs. Dale McCon key. Mrs. Zeb Mauney is chairman of the campaign in Newport. She will be assisted by Mrs. James L. Adams, Mrs. Charles Hill and others. i V *. - This painting, which won first prize in Miami, shows Morchead City pier No. 1, which runs north and south. At the left is the grain loader and the vessel being anchored to take on grain is at the right. annexation program goes through. The increase in cost to the owner, if it becomes part of the town, will be $17.66. And the owner says the street lighting he will get and the privi lege of being a citizen of Beaufort will be worth that. The following table shows the ac tual comparison of costs this home owner has now and what he would pay if he were in town: Out of Town In Town Taxes .None $92.76 Insurance .. $66.00 36.90 Garbage Collection .. 26.00 No«o Septrc tank Flushing .10.00 None Rural Fire Membership . 10.00 None Total Cost $112.00 $129.06 Assessed valuation of the above property is $4,638. The property is insured for $9,000. wasn’t familiar enough with the entire program to really know. Mrs. Roma Styron, Morehead City, remarked that she wondered if a tax on food was the best way to get revenue. “A tax on cigarettes and luxuries might not bring in enough,” she stated, Mrs. Pender Smith of Broad Creek thinks food is high enough as it is. “Let them find something else to tax. It should be on beer, liquor or something that’s not necessary to the family,” she said. “I am very much against it,” remarked Mrs. Loren Ballance of Morehead City. ‘‘I don’t think it’s a good way because it wouldn’t be equal to everyone.” Mrs. Gerald Mitchell, Morehead Bluffs, said, “It seems to me that we have enough taxes now. I want good schools, but I wish there was some way to revise the taxes we have now.” Mrs. Marguerite Yeomans of Harkcrs Island said she didn’t know whether she’d be willing to or not, but the schools needed mon ey so badly, she guessed she favor ed the tax. She suggested a higher tax on luxuries. “I think I am in favor of the tax, even though alcohol could stand a Motorist Cited Following Wreck Michael Ebron, route 1 Mprehead City, was charged with making an improper turn following an ac cident at 3:20 p.m. Tuesday 150 feet west of the highway 24 and 70 intersection. Patrolman W. J. Smith, who in vestigated, said that Ebron, in a 1954 Chevrolet pickup truck, was headed east. A 1958 Plymouth, driven by Braxton E. Blythe, New Bern, was headed west. The patrolman said Ebron made a left turn in front of the car. Damage to the Plymouth was esti mated at $250 and to the pickup truck $200. Arrested Monday James Simpson, Beaufort, was picked up Monday in Beaufort on a charge of public drunkenness, according to officer Mack Wade. The town tax rate is $2 per hun dred dollars of assessed value. Seven and one-half per cent of that rate is used for general town ex penses; 7 per cent to pay salaries of the clerk and other department heads; 12Mj per cent for the police force; 16 per cent for the street department, and 7 per cent for op eration of the fire department. Trade promotion funds helped finance the birthday celebration last summer, which was a tremen dous success. This fend, though small, is available fur use in co operating with the Klamort Mer chants association. In cooperation with downtown businessmen, the town is constant ly working to improve traffic con ditions on Front Street and the gen eral appearance of the shopping district, all of which stimulate trade in the entire Beaufort area. (To be Continued) higher tax,” remarked Mrs. Lewis Williams of Morehead City. Mrs. Williams said she had a family of five and her food bill amounts to about $30, so she wouldn’t object to paying 90 cents tax. “I don’t think that’s too much,” she said. Mrs. O. J. Morrow said she was for education and anything to im prove the schools, but she thought -the tax should come from some source other than food, perhaps -liquors and other luxuries. Several legislators were expect ed to introduce substitute bills this week to combat the governor’s pro gram, which has received strong opposition from all parts of the state. • Woman Draws Jail Term In City Court A Greensboro woman, Marietta Gay Dixon, will spend the next four months in jail as the result of sentences handed her on four dif ferent convictions in Morchead City recorder’s court Monday. Mrs. Dixon was convicted of falsely registering as the wife of Vernon Claudis Chappel, High Point, at a motol in Morehead City, i In addition, she was charged with ! three counts of issuing worthless j checks. Judgment of the court was j that she serve 90 days in jail for i falsely registering at the motel and 30 days in jail on one of the bad check charges. On the other two counts of issu ing worthless checks she was given 30 days in jail, each suspended on payment of court costs and the checks. Chappell was also charged with falsely registering at the motel and drew a 90-day jail sentence. In other court action, William Jones Griffin was given 90 days, | suspended on payment of $200 and costs on a drunk driving convic | lion, his second within a 12-month period. Elizabeth Dawson, Swansboro, was ordered to pay court costs and to honor a worthless check. Wil | liam David Ballou was taxed with I court costs for having an improper muffler. Three defendants were called and failed to appear, forfeiting bond. They were Richard Ray Cummins, Morehead City, failing to display 1961 slate plates and having no city tag; Augustine Piner, Morchead City, having ex pired North Carolina plates; and R. C. Blanchard, Morehead City, public drunkenness. Beverly Raes Shibicki and Con nie Willis Hall, both of Morehead City, were taxed court costs for having no city tag. Thomas Mer [ lin Bullock of Beaufort, booked on the same charge, was not prose cuted. Two Cherry Point Marines, Ken neth G. Mer.ald and Neil D. Ma gill, appeared in court to answer charges of breaking into a pay telephone coin box and larceny of its contents, plus malicious dam age to property of Carolina Tele phone Co. Each was given a six TRTfhth jAil sentence, suspended on payment of $75 and court costs aqd one year’s good behavior. Thomas Oliver Stanley, Jackson ville, charged with speeding, fail ed to appear and an order was sent out by judge Herbert O. Phil lips for the defendant to be brought before him in two weeks. Two cases not prosecuted were against W. L. Biggs III, Laurin burg, charged with overtime park ing and Ernest Wade, charged with vagrancy. No home address was listed for Wade. Also not prosecuted was Carey Durham Wil son, Newport, charged with having no operator’s license. Judge Phillips continued six cases until next week’s term of court. Contested Divorce Suit Goes to Jury Yesterday The contested divorce suit, La Rose Mann v. udleen Mann, went to the jury late yesterday morning. The jury decided all issues in favor of the defendant, Mrs. Mann, who was granted alimony without di vorce. The suit,1 in civil court, Beau fort, opened Tuesday afternoon. A. H. James, clerk of court, said he expected the one-week term would end today. Presiding judge is Albert Cowper. Jaycees Buy Heating Unit sgpg! Gay Smith, left, of the Beaufort Jaycees presents a check to L. J. Hill for a 90,000 BTU thermostatically-controlled suspended heating unit which the Jaycees purchased recently far the Scout building in Beaufort. Doctors Hope to Persuade Board Toward Crab Point 1 Stars of Portrait in Black News-Times Photo by McComb Rciier Kemp, Morehead City, plays the widow of a wealthy ship owner in the community theatre play, Portrait in Itlack, to be pre sented next Friday and Saturday in Morehead City school auditorium. Bill l.ockard, Beaufort, above, plays the role of Dr. Graham, her lover. Forest Ranger Fights Four Fires in Four-Day Period —'—*--“-' Board Sets Town Tax Rate at $1.95 Morehead City town commis sioners, in session Xucsday night at the town hall, tentatively set the tax rate for the coining fis cal year at $1.95 per hundred dollars valuation, the same as last year. The board discussed revenue and expenses, preparatory to preparing a budget for 1961-62. Attending the meeting was Jo siah Bailey Jr., who audited the books for 1960-61, the commis sioners and mayor George Dill, who presided. 95 Republicans Attend Meeting Ninety-five attended the Carteret Republican club meeting Saturday night at the Billmorc hotel, More head City. Mrs. Andrew Murdoch was ap pointed club historian and other committee appointments were dis cussed. A. B. (Tom) Garner, club mem bership chairman, reported that a membership chairman has been appointed in each precinct. Mem bership stands now at more than a hundred and the list is still grow ing, Mr. Garner said. The club executive committee will meet Saturday, April 1, and the club will meet Saturday, April 8, at the Markers Island school. An officer of the state Republican or ganization is expected to be the speaker. Plan Described Roy T. Garner was the program chairman for the Newport Rotary club meeting Monday night. He discussed the Western Carteret School district proposal that has been presented to the county board of education. He outlined the studies that were made in draw ing up the proposal that would consolidate the four school districts now serving western Carteret county. Tides at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Friday, March 17 8:41 a.m. 9:06 p.m. 2:36 a.m. 2:59 p.m. Saturday, March 18 9:30 a.m. 9:54 p.m. 3:23 a.m. 3:44 p.m. Sunday, March 19 10:20 a.m. 10:44 p.m. 4:08 a.m. 4:26 p.m. Monday, March 20 11:11 a.m. 11:34 p.m. 4:51 a.m. 5:06 p.m. h Four forest fires ... four days have been brought under control by E. M. Foreman, county ranger. Mr. Foreman says March has been an extremely dry month and warns everyone to guard against fire. A one-acre woods fire at Atlantic was put out Saturday. Mr. Fore man said two Marine corps ser geants at the airfield helped keep the fire under control until he got there. Three more acres of woods burned at Atlantic Tuesday. Mr. Foreman said he believed the Tuesday fire resulted from trash burning. Both the Atlantic fires were attributed to careless ness and negligence. One hundred thirty acres of young growth, belonging to the In ternational Paper Co., on the Mer rimon road near Hack creek, burn ed Sunday. Mr. Foreman said the fire was deliberately set. A mile from that fire, another fire occurred Tuesday night. It started about 9 p.m. and three acres burned. Mr. Foreman said that he has been busy patrolling forest areas throughout the county. Fires in the Croatan Forest have been han dled by the National Forestry serv ice. In addition to there being little rain, high winds have done much to take moisture out of the ground and encourage fire. People who want to burn off fields or undergrowth must get permits to do so, unless they burn between 4 p.m. and midnight. Per mits are available from Mr. Fore man at Core Creek, the sheriff’s office, Beaufort Hardware, district wardens and the Otway fire tower, manned by Mrs. Patricia Law rence. 12 Candidates Run for Office Twelve owners of beach proper ty have notified M. G. Coyle, town clerk of Atlantic Beach, that they are running for office. Opposing the mayor, A. B. Coop er, who is seeking re-election, is John A. Baker, Atlantic Beach realtor. Running for town commissioner (or aldermen as they are called in the town charter) are W. L. Derribkson and R. A. Barefoot, who are on the town board at pres ent; J. E. Talton, J. C. Sherrill Sr., R. G. Wrightenber^y and Charles Walters, all of Atlantic Beach; M. D. Foxman, Kinston; Mrs. N. A. Edwards, Goldsboro; Mack G. Smith, Greenville, and Oscar G. Gulley Jr., Tarboro. The ballots will be mailed to eligible voters March 27 and must be returned to the clerk, Mr. Coyle, by Saturday, April 8. Those elect ed will serve a four-year term be ginning May 1. Wednesday, March IS, was tlje last day lor filing lor office. _ Hospital - Staff Objects To Distance to Webb Site Moses Howard, chairman of the county hoard of com missioners, said yesterday that doctors have contacted him relative to changing the site of the proposed county hos pital. Skinner Chalk, Morehead City, who is a member of the county board, said "two or three emissaries” representing the doc tors had been to see him. Although no doctor will permit himself to he quoted, the doctors are generally known to favor a Crab Point site over the Webb site which the county board chose last week. Mr Howard said yesterday he was calling no more special meet ings to discuss the hospital. The county board is meeting Monday as the board of equaliza tion to consider tax matters. Com missioner Chalk said, in his esti mation, that is no time to hear other matters, but he supposed that if the board, by motion, agreed to hear another matter, it could be done. The doctors feel that the Webb site is too distant from their Beau fort and Morehead City offices. They believe the Crab Point area would be cjoscr. Mr. Howard said yesterday, "I don’t see how we can consider anything unless it is within the bounds of what we told the people before they voted Nov. 8.” The board announced before the refer endum that the hospital should be at least three miles west of More head City. Doctors, in speaking of getting the site changed, are anxious to add that they don’t want to do anything to jeopardize building of a county hospital, a county hospital. If a doctors’ delegation doesn’t appear before the board in person, a petition ask ing the board to consider a “more convenient site in the Morehead City area” may be put before the board. One county commissioner was told that mayor W. H. Potter, wLd was leading a Beaufort force in terested in getting the hospital in Beaufort, has consented to go along with a Crab Point site. Mayor Potter, in a letter to Mr. Howard last week, threatened court action unless the county board considered two Webb sites and a Beaufort site known as the Gibbs farm. The mayor’s letter was sent to Mr. Howard following the board’s decision on the waterfront Webb site Thursday, March 9. The county had not, by yester day, exercised its option on the Webb site located on Bogue Sound. It was decided that the final agree ment would not be made until test borings were completed this week. The last boring was expected to be taken yesterday. Fumes Affect Driver of Aufo Michael Lewis, Morehcad City high school senior, was hospitalized about 10:30 Tuesday night after he was overcome with fumes from the car he was driving. According to Bill Moore, Atlan tic Beach police chief. Lewis’s 1956 Chevrolet station wagon ran up over the curb at the Idle Hour Amusement center, Atlantic Beach, and came to a stop. He said he was called by em ployees at the Idle Hour and when he opened the car door, he thought Lewis was dead, Ilis pulse was strong, however, so he was rushed to . the Morehcad City hospital where he was revived. Lewis said the last thing he re membered was going under the signal light at the beach and Salter Path road. Chief Moore said that when he opened the car door, the odor of carbon monoxide fumes in the car was extremely strong. He said that when the driver was overcome, the car probably choked out, because the motor wasn’t running when it came to a stop. Employees at the Idle Hour turned off the ignition and the headlights before calling chief Moore. Lewis was discharged from the hospital Thursday morning. He’s a member of the Atlantic Beach rescue squad and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lewis. Chamber Mails Folder ' About Ocracoke Island The two-color brochure on Ocra coke, published by the Ocracoke Civic club, is being mailed by the greater Morehead City chamber of Commerce, to those who inquire about the outer banks. j: A. DuBois, chamber manager, calls the attractive folder “a re markable piece of literature." ♦-— Merchants Make Plans for Good Neighbor Days Plans for East Carteret Good Neighbors Days were made at a meeting of the Beaufort Merchants association Tuesday night at the Surfsidc restaurant. Good Neghbor Days are sched | tiled for Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22, and have been planned to give eastern Carteret communities an opportunity to pub licize their area. Windows in Beaufort stores were assigned the various communities. They may put in the window any type of display they wish. The windows will be available for the displays Wednesday, April 19. Mrs. Leslie Moore is chairman of a coffee which will be held at the Inlet inn Saturday, April 22, in conjunction with the event. Mrs. W. R. Hamilton is assisting Mrs. Moore. Making brief talks at the meet ing Tuesday night were mayor W. H. Potter, sheriff Hugh Salter, Mrs. Charles Hassell and Mrs. Moore. The next meeting of the asso ciation will be Tuesday, April 11, according to William Roy Hamil ton, publicity chairman. Pathologist's Report Awaited Edgar Willis, Straits, is being held in the county jail, pending a [ report from Dr. D. H. Lippitt, New Bern pathologist, who examined the body of Mrs. Agatha Ballou. Mrs. Ballou was found dead Feb. 13 in a barn at Straits where she had been reportedly living with Willis. Sheriff Hugh Salter said Tues day that a report from the labora tory of the Federal Bureau of In vestigation indicates that there were no traces of poison or nar cotics in the woman’s vital organs, sent there for chemical analysis. He considers the report incom plete until he hears from Dr. Lip pitt, who examined the body soon after it was found by officers. The sheriff is also holding Willis for violating terms of a suspended sentence and is contemplating charges against him of attempting suicide. Willis slit his throat Feb. 13 be fore officers broke into the barn and found Mrs. Ballou’s body. He also tried to hang himself, but the rafter from which he had suspend ed a chain broke under the weight of his body. He was under 24-hour guard at Morehead City hospital until he was discharged Saturday. Officers Hake Trip Wednesday Law enforcement officers of this area attended the Eastern North Carolina Law Enforcement asso ciation meeting Wednesday at Goldsboro. Deputies Bobby Bell and Billy Smith (former Morehead township constable) flew to Seymour John son field, Goldsboro, from Cherry Point. Other officers who made the trip by car were Marshall Ayscue, county ABC officer; Bill Moore, Atlantic Beach police chief; David Morris, license examiner; H. W. Dickson, state internal revenue of ficer in this area; Herbert Griffin, Morehead City police chief; Carl Bunch, Carl Blomberg, Bill Condie and Joe Smith, all of the Morehead City police force. The next meeting of the associa tion will be Sept. 20 at Camp Le jeuoe. Taken to Hospital Luke Rice, Beaufort, was taken to Morehead City hospital about noon Wednesday by the Brooks and Mason ambulance, after he col lapsed at the corner of Moore and Broad St., Beaufort. According to Brooks and Mason funeral home, he apparently suffered a heart at tack. j _
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