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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES 10/zT THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES 50th YEAR, NO. 36. MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS County Tax Rate Set By Board at $1.75 Court Action-Knocks Out School Building Fund Josiah Bailey Makes Comment When Josiah Bailey, candidate for mayor in Morehead City’s re cent election, was asked yesterday if he expected to run in 1963, he said, “1 hope it won't be neces sary.” Mr. Bailey added, “I feel strong ly about the conditions in More head City and sincere1 believe what I said in the campaign. If, in the future, I feel I have some thing to offer, I don’t feel 1 could live with myself and not offer my services.” The candidate continued, "It is with no sense of defeat that 1 con gratulate Mr. Dill and the people of Morehead City on his re-elec tion. 1 am satisfied that the issues were clearly defined and effective ly presented to the voters and they were afforded an opportunity to express their will.” He expressed appreciation to those who contributed time and money to his campaign and to those who voted for him. He said, "I urge them not to be frustrated with thought of what might have been, but to take pride in the ac tual accomplishment. "I am confident that our efforts have ushered in a reign of respon sible government in Morehead City; and, if that is so, it doesn’t matter who the reigning mayor is.” lie congratulated mayor Dill and his supporters and offered them "my continued friendship.” Visitor Falls . Walter Bagwell, Raleigh, was fered a leg fracture yesterday morning in the Jefferson hotel. Greater Numbers Than Predicted Go to Polls in Tuesday's Election The number of persons voting Tuesday in Beaufort, Morehead City and Newport was more than predicted. More than 300 went to the polls in Beaufort. In Morehead City 88 per cent of those registered cast ballots and in Newport 177 voted. Newport’s registration is about 325. Commissioner W. R. Hamilton led the ticket in Beaufort with 313 votes. Mayor W. H. Potter ran second. Dr. David Farrior was re-elected. New commissioners are Beaufort Mayor W. H. Potter . 303 Commissioners W. R. Hamilton . 3X3 Earl Mades . 292 John Jones . 275 David Farrior . 261 Frank Morning . 230 M. T. Lewis . 183 •Tommy Willis . 47 Morehead City Mayor (jeorgc W. Dill Jr.679 Josiah W. Bailey . 660 Commissioners Russell Outlaw . 878 Bud Dixon . 856 S. C. Holloway . 832 D. J. Hall .-. 802 Dom Femia .743 Walter Morris .672 , Joe Collins .623 Ray Kennedy .340 O. J. Morrow . 331 Bill Wilkins .-. 202 James Nobles . 64 Judge Herbert Phillips III . 982 Clerk ol Court Mary Hughes . 759 Vernon O. Paul . 533 Hospital Trustees John L. Crump .1010 Mrs. J. C. Taylor.1086 I Newport Mayor Leon Mann Jr... 140 Commissioners John B. Kelly.-. 151 Raymond Edwards.—.. 122 John H. Thrower .—.103 C. H. (Dick) Lockey .. 98 James (Steve) Smith . 77 Gilbert Slaughter .- 75 Leslie Bercegeay - 70 Bennie R. Garner - 67 George Green- 47 Brantly Mean-— 32 ► The county tax rate for the com ing fiscal year will be $1.75, a 10 eent increase over last year’s rate. The tax rate was set at Monday’s county board meeting, Beaufort. Ninety cents of the levy will be set aside for payment of the coun ty debt. This complies with an agreement made with bondholders in 1937. Last year .15 cents was levied to pay off the debt and slightly more than 41 cents was put aside for construction of school buildings. The mdney for school buildings cannot be set aside this yoer, nor can a 5-cent levy be continued in the budget for county buildings and grounds maintenance, accord ing to J. D. Potter county auditor. These funds have to go toward making up the 90-ccnt debt levy. The county commissioners say the 10-cent tax rate increase and levy ing of 90 cents for debt service has been forced by the court action over the county hospital To guard against litigation re garding the bondholder’s agree ment, the board feels that 90 cents must be levied. To do that there must be cuts in the budget and the tax rate increased, commissioners point out. Mr. Potter said that by levying 90 cents per hundred dollars valua tion, all the refunding bonds owed by the county will be paid off by next June. The only debt remain ing will be $117,000 in school notes which can probably be paid off by December 1962, he said. The commissioners hope to re store in the budget for the 1962-63 fiscal year, funds for school con struction and the buildings and grounds maintenance levy. Levied for schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1961 will be 25 cents to meet current school expenses. Ninety cents fof paying bonded debt hat not been levied since merit bf bonds could be -met with See TAX, Page 8 John Jones, Earl Mades and Frank Morning. They will be sworn in at the May meeting Monday night at 7:30 in the town hall. At the request of defeated can didate Josiah Bailey, the votes for mayor in Morehead City were re counted Wednesday afternoon. In the recount, two ballots marked for Mr. Bailey were thrown out because the X was at the end of his name and not in the box in front as required by law. The official count returns mayor George Dill to office for his eighth consecutive term by a margin of 19 votes. Commissioner Russell Outlaw was re-elected by 878 votes. He led the ticket. The two new com missioners arc D. J. llall and Dom Fcmia. Mayor Leon Mann, who had no opposition, was re-elected at New Electric Tree Not many towns have an Elec tric Tree. Botanists may cAll it something else, but this poor otd shade tree in front of the More head City postoffice has fuse boxes mounted on it, wires run ning in and out of it, insulators in it, and apparently is serving in a jack-leg manner as a power pole. (Arrow points to switch boxes). How long have things been this way? So long that if all the eWcUneal eontraptiewMiiMhe tree were removed, it would probably be unable to survive the shock! port. Receiving the most votes was John B. Kelly, re-elected to the town board. Veteran commission er B. R. Garner was not re-elected, nor was Leslie Bercegeay who was running for his second term. Elections officials in Beaufort were U. E. Swann, registrar, C. Z. Chappell and Wiley Taylor Sr., judges. In Morehead City, registrar was E. W. Olschncr, with Clayton Guth rie and Bruce Goodwin, judges. The three elections officials made the recount; mayor candidates and others interested were present at the counting in the municipal build ing Wednesday afternoon. Elections officials at Newport were Mrs. Lilly Dale Parish, reg istrar; Mrs. Claire Mann and Mrs. Geraldine II. Wade, judges. The votes in the accompanying election tables are official returns. Education Board Sets Calendar For School Year The county board of education adopted the calendar for 1961-62 school year at its meeting Monday in the education office, courthouse annex, Beaufort. The calendar follows: Aug. 28-29—Pre-school prepara tion Aug. 30 — School opens. First month ends Sept. 27. Labor Day will be a holiday Sept. 28-Oet. 26—Second month of school. Holiday for pupils to be set for NCEA and NCTA teachers meetings Oct. 27-Nov. 27 — Third month. Thanksgiving holidays will be Nov. 23 and 24 Nov. 28-Jan. 3—Fourth month. Christmas holidays, Dec. 22 through Jan 1 Jan. 4-.lan. 31—Fifth month Feb. 1-Feb. 28—Sixth month March 1 March 28 — Seventh month March 29-April 30—Eighth month. Easter holidays, April 20-24 May 1-May 28—Ninth month. May 29—Post school closing The board pointed out that any days lost due to weather or other conditions will bo made up during the Faster holidays. The board requested II. L. Jos jyn, superintendent of schools to request Dr. J. L. Pief'cc, director of the division of school planning, to come to the county and survey future school needs. Letters were read from the town of Newport and the Newport Ro tary club endorsing the Newport PTA’s proposal for a western Car teret school district. It was also ordered that night watch lights be installed on the Atlantic and Newport school grounds. Following the inectiiig, the board went to the county commissioners’ meeting and presented its budget for 1961-62. \___ Supreme Court To Take Hospital Case This Month The state supreme court decide^ Wednesday to hear the Carte**, county hospital case Tuesday, Maj 23. This is-a date much earlier than the case normally would be heard if it went through the usual pro cedure that cases follow in going before the supreme court. Luther Hamilton Jr., county at torney, put a motion before the court asking that the case be heard as soon as possible because of its “general public interest.” The case will be the last heard at the court's May term. Mr. Hamilton said Thursday that he didn’t know how soon the court would render its decision after re viewing the case. He said the de cision would be forthcoming “as soon after May 23 as possible.” Morehead City Firemen Elect Officers Monday The Morehead City fire depart ment met Monday night at the fire station and elected officers for the coming year. Lindsey Guthrie was re-elected chief. Other officers are El Nel son, assistant chief; Doycie Rice, captain; Sammy Hughes, lieuten ant; and Dan Swindell, secretary treasurer. New Museum Opens This is a part across from Carteret their maseum in the “Treasure Board, Election Officials Hear Request for Recount If you wanted to find anybody in Morehead City Tuesday, nine chanees out of ten you found them in or around the city hall. Among those “on duty” above are A. L. (Hull) Brinson, Charles Ldwards, I). J. Ilall, Bud Dixon, Dr. Russell Outlaw, Bill Wilkins, John Lashley and Bernard Leary. At work at the polls in Beaufort Tuesday were Mrs; Bill Willis, Mrs. Nell McLaren, Miss Rebecca Robinson, Mrs. Irene Whitehurst and Mrs. Addie Robinson. ---♦ Four Forfeit Bond at Beach Four defendants forfeited bond in Atlantic Beach mayor’s court Tuesday night. They were William G. Mullen, Cherry Point, charged with public drunkenness, loud and profane language; Roger H. Gibson, Don aldsonville, La., charged with pub lic drunkenness; Douglas Gurgan us, charged with public drunken ness, disturbing the peace and re sisting arrest; and R. A. Merrell, Morehead City, fighting in public. Victor A. Blrkeland and Ai V. Mondragon, Cherry Point, were turned over to their commanding officer for reprimanding. Mon dragon, who was charged with pub lic drunkenness and use of pro fane language, was ordered to stay off the beach until Labor Day. Birkcland was charged with fighting in public. Thomas Tew, Havelock, paid costs on a public drunkenness charge. Also paying costs were Pete Forbes, Morehead City, care less and reckless driving, and Wat son H. Hale, Kinston, failing to stop for a stop sign and driving 40 miles an hour in a 20-mile zone. Continued was the case of Larry C. Guthrie, Salter Path, charged with driving 55 in a 35-mile-an hour zone. Mayor A. B. Cooper presided. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, May 5 12:03 a.m. 5:43 a.m. ... 5:42 p.in. Saturday, May 6 12:16 a.m. 6:47 a.m. 1:03 p.m. 7:01 p in. Sunday, May 7 1:18 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 2:03 p.m. 8:25 p.m. Monday, May 8 2:20 a.m. 9:06 a.m. 3:06 p.m. 9:35 p.m. Tuesday, May * 3:26 a.m. 10:04 a.m. 4:09 p.m. 10:35 p.m. Judge Herbert Phillips casts his ballot in Morchead City munici pal building. He’s not really stuffing the ballot box, it just looks that way. Two Court Officials Ask County for Increase in Pay Two recorder’s court officers, judge Lambert Morris, and solici tor Wiley Taylor Jr., appeared be fore county commissioners Monday afternoon and requested an in crease in pay. Judge Morris pointed out that the $6 judge’s fee collected during the past fiscal year as “court costs” totaled $4,927 and his salary amounted to $4,459.96. Mr. Taylor said that the $8 solicitor’s fee in cluded in “court costs” amounted to a total of $6,377.76 during the past year and his salary was $2,940. Judge Morris suggested that each of them should get at least $100 more a month. Mr. Taylor said that he felt his salary increase should be at least $150. He claim ed his private law practice was suf fering because of the work he has to do as solicitor. Miss Gcorgie Hughes, superin tendent of the welfare department, presented the budget for the wel fare department. Requested as the county’s share of welfare funds was $107,880. . The public assistance payments requested total 300 old age benefits at $44 each, 750 aid to dependent children payments estimated at $22 each, 175 aid to permanent and totally disabled at $52 each, and 54 See BOARD, Page 8 Members of the Morehead City town board who served the past two years, met Wed nesday noon at the munici pal building with election of ficials and heard Josiah Bailey, defeated candidate for mayor, request a recount of the ballots. The recount took place at 2:30 p in. Wednesday and placed the margin between Mr. Bailey and mayor George Dill, who was re elected. at 10 votes. Mr. Bailey based his request tor a recount on ‘‘the closenc-s of the votes.” Prior to the recount, the margin between the two candidates was 17 votes. (See elections story elsewhere on this page). Citing his reason for a recount, Mr. Bailey said, “If errors were not made, it would be miraculous. Voters are entitled to know for a New officials of Morehead City were sworn in at the municipal building yesterday morning at 10 o’clock by A. II. James, clerk of superior court. The town board will meet at 7:30 Tuesday night at the municipal building. certainty what the outcome was.” He commended the elections offi cials and said that the election was "very well run.” K. W. Olschner, registrar, pre sided at the meeting. He asked mayor George Dill for his com ments. ' The mayor said, “Rather than have any doubt, I would not object to a recount. If a recount were denied, people may feel they were denied an opportunity they were due. It looked to me as though the votes were accurately tallied.” George McNeill, town attorney, was asked his opinion. "This thing is in the hands of elections offi cials until the results are certi fied. They alone can decide to re count. The law seems to require that there must be more than just i closeness of baJlotiug L* .go.lhfough a recount. But as Joe Bailey said, there may be human error.” The elections officials, Mr. Olsch ner, Bruce Goodwin and Clayton Guthrie then retired to another of fice to decide whether they would recount. In 2(1 minutes they returned. Mr. Olschner commented that he con ferred with Mr. McNeill in the morning concerning a recount and that Mr. McNeill, in addition to studying statutes had phoned the attorney general's office in Ral eigh for further information. Mr. McNeill repeated that the law states that there should be other reasons than “closeness of vote” to merit a recount. Mr. Bailey commented that the light ing was not good where the votes were being tallied, there was con fusion and the strain under which the tallying was done could have caused error. He said there was seven-tenths of 1 per cent difference in the vote, “therefore if there is an error, it would alter the outcome of the election.” If Mr. Bailey could have picked up on a recount nine of the votes credited to his opponent, he would have been elected mayor by a one-vote margin. (Prior to the recount, Mr. Bailey’s votes were 662 and mayor Dill's 679). Mr. Olschner asked Mr. Bailey if he would withdraw his request for a recount. Mr. Bailey said that he would not. The margin of dif ference, he insisted, was too nar row to ignore the possibility that human error might determine the outcome. “The people,” he said, “deserve a recount.” At this point, Luther Hamilton Jr. appeared to join Mr. Bailey In his recount request. Mr. Hamil ton said that he doubted “that in the course of counting, the elec tions officials examined each bal lot.” Official counters assisting the elections officials Tuesday night (the counting went on from the time the polls closed until 11:30 p.m.) were Bill Baugham and Roper Van Horn. Mr. Bailey pointed out that 1,354 votes were cast. As of the Tuesday night tally, votes cast for mayor were 1,341. Mr. Hamilton com mented that the difference of 13 votes between those cast and the total for mayor was due to the ballot not being marked for mayor or was otherwise spoiled and not counted. He inferred that these ought to be re-checked. After conferring briefly with Mr. Goodwin, an elections judge, Mr. Olschner announced that a recount would be made that afternoon. Truck Seat Burns Morehead City firemen were called Wednesday night to the Edgewater hotel to extinguish a fire in the front seat of an Allied van truck parked in front of the hotel. Damage was confined to the seat. „ _
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