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THE NEWS-TIMES
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
50th YEAR, NO. 34.
THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Window Displays Attract
Wide Attention in Beaufort
Those who saw exhibits placed
by down cast communities in Beau
fort over the weekend were im
pressed-with the number ef prod
ucts produced throughout the coun
ty and the hobbies in which many
folks find pleasure.
Mrrmion and South River com
munities put their display in the
Western Auto store window. It
4 included a hand-modeled trawler,
a farm scene, logging and a truck
hauling guernsey milk to the dairy.
The display by the Gloucester
community club, in Biggs shoe
shop window, included beautiful
works in wood by Charles Bovard,
who recently moved to Gloucester.
There were also shells, a fireplace
fan, handcrafted aluminum ware,
braided rug, paintings, tin can
craft and trays.
Stacy's exhibit was in Herring’s
• ) window. Billed as “The Commun
ity by the Side of the Sea,” Stacy
displayed netting, sand dollars,
models of trawlers, hand-carved
decoy and driftwood.
In Rotter’s Dress shop window.
Sea Level, Atlantic and Ocracoke
displayed a model of the ferry, Sea
Level, netting, postcards, a paint
ing, seashells and a picture of the
Sea Level inn.
Both windows of the Bob ’n Sue
shop were decorated by Atlantic.
% Alvin Harris’s beautifully carved
shore birds were in one window,
placed in a natural setting of sand
and marsh grass.
In the other window, miniature
nets were drying on racks near a
building bearing a sign, Clayton
Fulcher Seafood Co., and in an
other portion of the window were
ship models.
Dolls of different countries were
1 , displayed in Rose’s window by the
OK to Take Sponge Crabs,
State Decides at Sanford
The commercial fisheries com
mittee, at the recent Conservation
ind Development meeting in San
ford, agreed to let crabbers take
sponge crabs. These arc female
hard crabs ready to lay eggs.
1' The committee also recommend
ed that the shad and herring sea
son remain open until midnight
next Wednesday. It had already
been extended through today.
CL G. Holland, state fisheries
commissioner, said that no closing
dale has been set on taking the
sponge crabs. He said it was un
derstood that Virginia and Mary
land are allowing taking of the
, ' crabs ihere.
Crab fishermen say the “waters
are alive” with hard crabs. Prices
arc also better now than they have
been and Mr. Holland said it is
difficult to enforce the law that
prohibits taking them.
He added, too, that there is no
conclusive proof that taking of the
“pregnant” crab reduces popula
tion of the blue crab in future
years.
Commenting on the shad and her
ring season extension, he said that
\ shad catches are improving each
year. Last year was the best sea
son since 1957 and thus far this
season, shad and herring catches
arc far ahead of the same period
last year.
In those years the season^ has
Confederacy Had Four Flags
During Course of Civil War
By F. G. SALISBURY
Following formation of the Con
federate States of America in April
1861, the newly-appointed officers
* immediately ordered a design for
a flag, emblematic of the new gov
ernment.
From the banner of the United
States, from which the seven ■south
ern states had withdrawn, came
the three cardinal colors to form
the Stars and Bars, the first flag
to be adopted by the Confederacy.
Before the close of the war three
other flags had been designed and
three adopted.
/ The first flag consisted of a wide
white stripe extending horizontal
ly across the center, with red
stripes above and beneath of the
same width, and a blue canton
with a circle of seven stars, indi
catiag the number of statef in the
Russells Creek Home Demonstra-4
tion club.
In another Rose’s window the
Beaufort high school science de
partment placed an exhibit on men
haden, shells, pine products, but
terfly collection, a terrarium of
“fly-trap” plants, and a large map
showing the earth’s surface as it
would appear if the seas rose 2,000
feet or sank 600 feet.
Williston depicted its clamming
industry and the dehydration of
sweet potatoes at Elmer Willis’s
plant. Clams were shown in all
sizes, seed, little neck, cherry
stone, and chowder. There were
also photographs, and an ocean
(quahog) clam.
A display by the M.. W. Willis
and Son Boat Works, Marshallberg
was in The Vogue window. There
was a model of the boat and litera
ture on the sleek “Willis Craft.’’
Bettie placed in Stamper’s win
dow a display on truck crops.
Barkers Island placed an exhib
it in Eastern Rulane’s window. It
included a Cape Lookout lighthouse
model by the late Walter Davis,
driftwood, netting, a 1783 map of
Markers Island, old photos, model
of a ship, paintings and a history
of the island clipped from THE
NEWS-TIMES, written by Mrs.
Earl Davis.
The 101 Community club put its
display depicting aims of four com
munities in the club, in the City
Grocery window. In the club are
residents of Core Creek. Wire
Grass, Russells Creek and Wading
Creek.
The displays were in conjunction
with Good Neighbor Days, an event
sponsored by the Beaufort Mer
chants association. Stores carried
signs reading “Howdy Neighbor.”
been extended, for the same rea
son it was extended this year (bad
weather) and apparently these ex
tensions have not hurt the catches
of the years immediately follow
ing.
At Sanford, the commercial fish
eries committee recommended that
action be deferred on the catching
of trash fish and undersized food
fish, at present. The matter was
referred to the special committee
of commercial and sports fisher
men now studying the trawling sit
uation within the three-mile limit.
The committee will report by
July. Dr. A. F. Chestnut of the
Institute of Fisheries Research also
was asked to study the matter and
report his findings at tlje July
meeting.
The committee reserved action
on the petition of Dr. W. W. Har
vey Jr., Manteo, who sought a limit
on the taking of oysters in the
northeast Pamlico area. Dr. Har
vey to put his petition into proper
legal form requiring five signa
tures for a public hearing on the
matter.
The committee approved the fol
lowing oyster leases in this county:
H. O. Phillips, 1006 Evans St.,
Morehead City; William Thomas
Russell, RFD Beaufort; Winfield
Bush, route 1 Morehead City; Clif
ton Windlcy Sr., 709 Pine St., Beau
fort; and J. D. Weeks, route 1
Morehead City.
Confederacy up to that time.
* This flag was so much like the
United States flag that trouble
soon developed. As a result, in
1862 the battle flag, featuring a
Saint Andrews’ Cross on a red
field,- with the stars placed in the
cross was the second flag put in
service. This flag was never of
ficially adopted, although it is the
design of the Confederate flag ex
hibited today. It is known as the
battle flag.
The necessity for the battle flag
is explained in General Beaure
gard’s story of its conception: “At
the Battle of Manassas on the 21st
of July, 1861, I found it difficult
to distinguish our then Confederate
flag from the United States flag
(the two being so near alike), espe
cially when General Jubal A. Early
made the flank movement which
decided the fete of the day.
Publisher Makes
Election Statement
Political candidates please
note: no advertisements or state
ments of a controversial nature
will be accepted for publication
in Tuesday’s paper.
Lockwood Phillips, publisher,
said that such comments are
barred because the candidate be
ing attacked would have no time
to reply, since Tuesday is elec
tion day.
Ads saying “I would appre
ciate your vote” or a candidate’s
stating his qualifications for an
office are acceptable. The dead
line for ads in Tuesday’s paper
is noon today.
Camp Dates
For Crippled
Children Set
Any parent who is interested in
his child's going to a camp spon
sored for handicapped children is |
invited to contact Mrs. J. C. Mar
vell, Morehead City.
Mrs. Marvell, president of the
Carteret division of the North Car
olina Society for Crippled Children,
said that the local society has
funds to send one or two children
to the camp, but funds are limited.
Known as “Easter Seal Camps,”
the camps are located at Umstead
park near Raleigh and at Swans
boro.
The white children attend the
Umstead camp which operates July
9-29, and July 30-Aug. J9. The
Mammock’s Beach park at Swans
boro, for Negro youngsters oper
ates from Aug. 20 to Sept. 2.
Dr. Edgar T. Thompson, presi
dent of the state society for crip
pled children, says any child 7 to
17 years of age, who is handicap
ped, is eligible to attend.
The camping program ^ngltides
sleep-outs, cook-outs, water sports
of all kinds, and handicrafts in
cluding loom weaving. There are
other activities planned also, Dr.
Thompson said, to meet the needs
of the campers.
Further information may be ob
tained from Mrs. Marvell or Ber
nard Passer, program director,
North Carolina Society of Crippled
Children and Adults, Chapel Hill.
Cars Meet Wednesday
At Beaufort Intersection
Officer Otis Willis of the Beau
fort police department investigat
ed an auto accident Wednesday aft
ernoon at 1:15 at Front and Turn
er streets.
Officre Willis reported that Ru
fus Sewell was traveling west on
Front in a 1953 Plymouth, when
he was hit in the left side by a
1956 Chevrolet, driven by Eddie
James McGee. McGee was leav
ing a service station and stopped
to allow a pedestrian to pass. When
he started off, he struck the Ply
mouth.
No charges were filed. Damage
to both cars was minor.
“I resolved then to have ours
changed, if possible, or to adopt
for my command a ‘battle flag’
which would be entirely different
from any State or Federal flag.”
When this flag went into use, the
size indicated the service. For the
infantry, the size of the flag was
fixed at 4 x 4; for artillery, 3x3;
and for cavalry, 2Mi x 2xh feet. The
flag was most practical in that its
size and shape made it easy to
carry and prevented its being torn
by the soldier’s bayonets. It could
also be seen at a great distance.
The Confederacy’s third flag was
the Naval flag. The Navy was
dissatisfied with the battle flag be
cause it could not bd reversed or
used in signaling. Accordingly a
new flag was adopted in 1864 which
consisted of a white field with a
See FLAGS, Page 2
Two Mayor Candidates Put Views
Before People at Wednesday Forum
Morehead Commissioner
Candidates Speak at Forum
Two candidates for Morchead
City commissioner stated Tuesday
night at the Jaycee forum in More
head City school that they were
in favor of the city manager type
of government. The candidates
were Edward S. (Bud) Dixon, and
William C. Wilkins.
If others are in favor of that
type of government, they did not
make their views known. They
generally favored “good govern
ment'' and “a progressive More
head City.”
‘The order in which commission
er candidates spoke was chosen by
lot.
I). J. Ilall was the first. Mr. Hall
said that he-is primarily interested
in fire prevention, fire fighting and
the administration of the More
head City fire department. He
said that he is a volunteer mem
ber of the fire department and to
his knowledge, he has experience
in this line possessed by no other
candidate.
Mr. Hall is a former member
of the Morehead City town board.
William C. Wilkins stated that
there is a need ‘‘for better eco
nomic control of the taxpayer’s
money. He said that much of the
equipment used in town work is
privately-owned. “If it is to be
used,” he continued, “it should be
included in the assets of the town.”
Mr. Wilkins said that he is
against raising the mayor's salary,
that the mayor’s position “should
be honorary only.” He added that
if economics were effected, such
as using compact cars by the po
lice department, cost to the tax
payers would be less. He advo
•County Civil Defense Director
Comments on Operation Alert Today
Harry Williams, county Civil De
fense director, announced yester
day that full test alerts are going
ahead as scheduled from 4 to 4:30
this afternoon during nationwide
Operation Alert.
Sirens will be sounded and ra
dio communications tested.
In spite of all the publicity given
this nationwide alert, Mr. Williams
said people got ideas that they
Committee Will
Visit Hospitals
The county hospital building
committee and the doctors’ advis
ory committee will visit the Beau
fort County hospital at Washing
ton, N. C., and the Elizabeth City
hospital Sunday.
Both hospitals were recently
built under the same state-federal
and local program' under which
Carteret hopes to build a hospital.
Within the coming week, the
committee plans to visit hospitals
at Tarboro and Laurinburg, ac
cording to Edward (Bud) Dixon,
chairman of the hospital board and
spokesman for the building com
mittee.
Making the trip will be Charles
King, Charles Harris, Albert Chap
pell, Moses Howard and Mr. Dix
on, building committee members,
and Dr. John Way, Dr. John Gain
ey, Dr. W. M. Brady and Dr. John
Morris.
The committee and doctors met
recently with George Watts Carr,
architect, to review preliminary
hospital plans.
Animals Object
To Still Raid
Hogs and cows gulping down
mash at a still in the Merrimon
section gave officers a hard time
Tuesday afternoon.
Marshall Ayscue, county ABC
officer, said the livestock objected
strongly to being chased away so
that the still could be dynamited.
“One old sow,” he remarked,
“gave me a fit.”
One still was a 10-box outfit, and
another 12-box. They were about
a mile apart. A total of 4,300 gal
lons of mash was destroyed. The
stills had been run but were prob
ably only in operation a short
time, officer Ayscue said.
Making the raid with him were
deputy, sheriffs Bruce Edwards and
Billie Smith; Albert Russell, Crav
en ABC officer, and federal offic
ers.
cated a “lock check” by police otH
business concerns, cleaning up the
town, removal of shrubs on street
corners, cleaning up the water
front, and a sewage disposal sys
tem. He spoke in favor of a city
manager “backed by a qualified
board of directors.” .
Dom Fcmia remarked that
“Morehead City is progressive.”
He said that the town “has been
real good to me since 1 got out of
the Marine Corps in 1945,” and
that if elected he will do what he ■
can to see that “Morehead City
progresses along the line of good,
honest government.”
Joe Collins pointed out that for
23 years he has been affiliated with
law enforcement, lie said he has
lectured on the subject at the In
stitute of Government, Chapel Hill,
is a qualified lie detector operator
and was instrumental in organiz
ing the North Carolina Peace Of
ficers’ organization in Morehead
City five years ago.
11c said that if elected, his pri
mary interest would be in the town
police department. 11c added that
the five commissioners should act
jointly in the best interests of the
majority of Morehead City's citi
zens.
Walter Morris, who is complet
ing two years on the hoard, com
mented on accomplishments of the
past two years. He said the zon
ing board is considering better
traffic control downtown, collec
tion of delinquent taxes is being
pushed, the Employment Security
commission has been asked to
make a job classification survey of
See FORUM, Page 2
would not be able to leave their
homes after 4 p.m. today, that an
actual attack was to take place
“and many more uncalled for ru
mors.”
He said the siren tests had been
called off, but people became so
disgusted that this had been can
celled, he decided to go ahead
with them.
"There are a lot of people in the
county who are interested in Civil
Defense,” he continued, “and think
that preparedness is essential to
survival in the case of an attack
or in the case of a natural disas
ter such as tornado, hurricane or
flood.
“There are some who think that
Civil Defense is a waste of time
and money. How can anyone who
remembers Pearl Harbor and the
state of unpreparedness in which
we found ourselves, ever have the
audacity to say that Civil Defense
is a waste of time and money?
“To say such a thing is to play
into the hands of the Communists,
for that is what they want us to
do—relax and drop our guard.
Some people don’t want to be re
minded of the awful possibilities
of an atomic war, the devastation
of a hurricane, or the horror of a
large explosion.
"There are people in this county
who live in the past and even
though their livelihood is obtained
as a result of this present atomic
age, they feel that the shell of se
curity around them is sufficient
to protect them. That shell is made
of indifference, ignorance and a
lackadaisical attitude built on a
Withdraws
John E. Lashley, candidate for
clerk of court, Morehead City,
withdrew yesterday morning.
Mr. Lashley, who is also clerk
to the town board, an appointive
position, said yesterday that he
would devote full time to the
Clerk's job.
lie said that the assistant clerk
of court, Mrs. Mary Hughes,
who is running loi1 clerk of court,
is capable of doing the clerk’s
work. He added that his with- I
drawal will assist the court with
its finances.
Mr. Lashley has been clerk of
court since it started operation
in December 1951.
foundation of quicksand known as
yesterday.”
The purpose of Operation Alert ,
(Opal ’61), Mr. Williams said, is i
to test the preparedness of the gen- j
era! public and local C'l) units. The j
success of the practice alert, he
said, will be determined by the |
number of units participating, the
degree of effort they put forth and
the cooperation they receive.
Mr. Williams said, “I prefer to
think that our people are progres
sive-thinking, civic-minded individ
uals who are looking to the future
and not at the past. I prefer to
think that although one or two of
ficials may be undermining the
efforts of scores of volunteer CD
workers that this is not the will
of the people.
"I prefer to think that IF and
WHEN an attack occurs, you will
be ready for it. I also prefer to
think that you will take a more
active part in YOUR Civil Defense
and that you will insist that public
officials do the same.
‘‘If you want to support your
Civil Defense, let me know. Re
member that Civil Defense is also
concerned with hurricane and oth
er natural disasters in setting up
communications, shelters, informa
tion centers, first aid centers and
other forms of relief.
‘‘Take it upon yourself to learn
more about Civil Defense. Adopt
the motto of the Boy Scouts—Be
Prepared, so that the next time a
PRACTICE aiert is planned, Car
teret will be the best-prepared
county in the USA,” Mr. Williams
concluded.
■ Morehead City's two candidates*
for mayor squared off Wednesday
night in a Jaycee-sponsored public
forum at Morehead City high school
before an audience of 175.
Challenger Josiah W. Bailey de
livered a 10-minute speech, follow
ed by a 10-minute talk by incum
bent George W. Dill Jr.
Mr. Bailey, who read his talk,
addressed "the long-suffering citi
zens of Morehead City.” He told
them that he comes before them
“not merely as a candidate for
mayor, but a symbol of the im
patience of the citizens of More
head City with municipal govern
ment by neglect, municipal lead
ership by indifference, and mu
nicipal management without pur
pose.”
lie commented that the people
have accepted one excuse after the
other, first the depression, then
the war, then loss of clfg track
revenue and then inflation.
lie alleged that the town has fail
ed to provide “decent municipal
services at decent rates.” 11c said
that his patience has been exhaust
ed and the citizens’ should be, too.
Mr. Bailey, who is a certified
public accountant, audited More
head City’s books for the 1960-61
fiscal year He said audits for
1950 through 1960 show that the
general fund during those years
never operated in the black.
The total deficit, he _ claimed,
rose by a quarter of a million dol
lars "while Morehead City enjoy
ed unprecedented prosperity. The
Fabulous Fifties in Morehead City
were a decade of disgrace.”
“If this mayor was going to bal
ance his budget," candidate Bailey
declared, "these were the years
to do it.”
He noted that Morehead City’s
population increased by 439 and
that this small increase should not
have created the great increase
in costs of those years.
He charged that the increase in
cost "represented waste by ineffi
cient management, an indifferent
administration, and executive ne
I gleet. If you elect tnc, such waste
| will be stopped,” he said. „
Mr. Bailey elafnted that the
town’s debt cannot be paid off
when it comes due in 12 years,
that at the rate it is being paid
off it will take 57 years.
"The tax rate raise last year
was squandered,” Mr. Bailey con
tended, "to finance the deficit in
the general fund. Misuse of the
debt service levy,” he continued,
“was in violation of North Caro
lina law and a breach of faith. I
intend to prevent further misap
propriation of funds.”
In the past 10 years, the chal
lenger charged, "the general fund
deficit got worse by $249,000. Prop
erty taxes more than doubled but
other services remained inade
quate.”
He said that if his opponent in
herited problems, he has com
pounded them. He also charged
that the town’s chief executive
must bear the responsibility, not
the board of commissioners. He
likened the mayor to the captain
See VIEWS, Page 2
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
Friday, April 28
6:34 a.m. 12
6:56 p.m. 12
Saturday, April 29
7:14 a m. 1
7:32 p.m. 1
Sunday, April 30
7:52 a m. 2
8:06 p.m. 2
Monday, May 1
8:30 a.m. 2
8:43 p.m. 2
Tuesday, May 2
9:12 a.m. 3
9:25 p.m. 3
LOW
39 a.m.
53 p.m.
22 a.m.
32 p.m.
04 a.m.
11 p.m.
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One of the first buildings to outline iUelf against the sky at Spooner’s Creek Harbor is the service
station and office for the docks. George Vickroy, Morehead City, engineer who, with Sherman Rock,
is guervising harbor mUrnrtiirr, says the cupola will house lights that will guide craft late the harbor.
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Employees Get
Cash Awards
At Air Base
Eighteen Air Station employees
were presented beneficial sugges
tion, superior accomplishment, and
length of service awards by Brig.
Gen. F. C. Tharin, air station com
mander, in a ceremony at the ad
ministration building Friday.
Beneficial suggestion awards,
totaling $510, approved in recogni
tion of employees suggestions
adopted for use locally and within
the Navy Department, were pre
sented to 10 employees.
Highlighting the presentation was
a $110 additional award received
by W. B. Norman Jr., O&R me
chanic of Morehead City. The
award was recommended by the
commanding officer, Naval Air
Station, Alameda, Calif., when
Norman's suggestion concerning
the removal of hearings from pneu
matic valves was adopted for use
at that station in 1958. Previous
ly, he had received a $135 initial
award.
Other suggestion awards went
to:
From O&R: T. O. Kincaid, New
port, $32.50; O. V. Rowe Jr., $32.50,
A. R. Patrick, $70; A. L. Stilley,
$35; Clyde Cayton, $35; and Ft. E.
Robinson, $25, all of New Bern.
Public Works: R. B. Gcrock,
Newport, $55.
Supply: Helen It. Fant, Cherry
Point, $65.
Comptroller: Eula T. Basnight,
Oriental, $50.
Superior accomplishment awards
were presented to two employees
in recognition of performance of
assigned duties. They were L. D.
Asdenti, O&R, Markers Island,
$150; and M. C. Warren, public
| works, Newport. $200.
US Navy length of service
awards, in recognition of long pe
riods of Federal service, were pre
sented to the following employees
who have completed twenty years
of military and civilian service:
Public Works: J. O. Bledsoe and
J. E. Poot, New Bern, and B. C.
Wiggins, Bridgeton.
Comptroller: T. G. Willis Jr.,
Morehead City.
Si* other employees scheduled
to receive awards were absent due
to leave or shift work and will re
ceive the awards at a later date.
Four Cases
HeardMonday
Four cases were tried in More
head City recorder’s court Monday.
Thomas West, Morehcad City, was
convicted of his second public
drunkenness offense within a J2
month period and was sentenced
to 60 days on the roads.
Judge Herbert O. Phillips sus
pended the jail term on payment
of $25 and costs and one year’s
good behavior.
Simeon John Pike Jr., Wilson,
paid $15 and costs for speeding
and Mary Murray, Morehead City,
forfeited bond on a public drunk
enness charge.
Francis Wade Jr., Morehcad
City, was charged with having no
operator's license and driving the
wrong way on a one-way street.
The defendant was not prosecuted
on the first count and on the sec
ond he forfeited bond.
Cases against Robert Good, The
odore Johnson, Gerald Jones and
Abbott P. Rose were continued un
til next week’s term of court by
judge Phillips.
Town Board Sets
Date of Hearing
The Morehead City town board
will conduct a hearing at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 9, in the Morehead
City municipal building on rezou
ing two lots in Morehead City. The
lots are now zoned residential. A
change to business is requested.
One is the Hicks Corey property
on which the new Buccaneer Mo
tor lodge is being built and the
other is property east of Dorn’s
Lunch. Both are on Arendell
Street.
According to the building code,
motels are permitted in a residen
tial area. Builders of the Bucca
neer motel hope, however, to put
in a restaurant which would cater
to the general public and for that
reason are requesting change of
the lot from residential to business.
The other property is owned by
C. N. Stroud.