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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Marlin Contestants Bring in Five
Town Board Adopts
Budget of $120,762
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Board Would
Like Camp Sites
Set Up in County
Directors of the Greater More
head City chamber of commerce
decided at their meeting Monday
night to suggest to private proper
ty owners that they establish fa
cilities for persons who want to
spend their vacation campaign in
this county.
The directors decided if no one
is interested, the state will be ask
ed to establish public camp facili
ties at Fort Macon state pari.
Garland Scruggs noted that
there are no “beach buggies”
(jeeps or similar four-wheel drive
vehicles) available to surf casters
on Bogue Banks. He said the
chamber is doing nothing to make
the entire outer banks area at
tractive to surf casters.
J. A. DuBois, manager, reported
on the recent meeting of the ad
vertising committee and its han
dling of the sports fishing pro
gram. Board members expressed
approval of the program and the
work of Norwood Young, chamber
publicist.
The board unanimously endors
ed the publicity program as set
up for the current year.
Dues collections to June 1 total
ed $12,302.97. Mr. DuBois said
there is $10,000 in pledges yet to
be paid, $6,000 from businesses
which should be interested in coun
ty progress.
Mr. Wallace suggested Hi at a
letter be mailed to members whose
1961 dues have not been paid, ex
plaining the need for prompt pay
ment t* keep the 1961 program
going at full speed. A dues col
lector will be employed after July
1 if collection letters fail to bring
in the money.
Mr. DuBois reported on the re
cent meeting of the transportation
committee.
A resolution was adopted com
mending director Elmer D. Willis
for the clam bake he planned and
supervised for the chamber spring
membership meeting.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were S.
A. Chalk, president; J. R. San
ders, Dr. S. W. llatcher, Rufus
Butner, George McNeill, Dom
Femia and Norwood Young.
Smyrna Selects
New Principal
G. W. Harriett has been selected
by the Smyrna school committee
to replace S. M. Daniels as prin
cipal of the Smyrna consolidated
school for the year 1961-62, an
nounces H. L. Joslyn, county su
perintendent of schools.
Mr. Harriett is an experienced
administrator having had success
ful experience in Camden, Pen
der, Johnston and Pamlico coun
ties, Mr. Joslyn reports. He re
ceived his AB degree at Duke
university and, his MA degree at
East Carolina college. He has
done further post-graduate work
at the University of North Caro
lina and North Carolina State col
lege.
Mr. Harriett started his career
as a teacher certified in mathe
matics and science, before going
into administration.
The Smyrna committee made
selection from a field of 12 appli
cants, and after investigation and
study of qualifications and merits
of each applicant, selected Mr.
Harriett unanimously.
Mr. Harriett is married to the
i former Miss Julia Pollock of
Jones county. Mrs. Harriett also
has her bachelor of arts and mas
ter of arts degrees in primary edu
cation and has had successful ex
perience as teacher and supervis
or.
The Harrietts have one son who
graduated from high school this
year.
“We feel fortunate in having Mr.
and Mrs. Harriett in our county
system and welcome Mr. Harriett
as principal of Smyrna school,”
Mr. Joslyn said.
The Harrietts plan to make their
home in the teaeherage at Smyrna
about the middle of July.
The county planning board will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the
Carteret-Craven Electric Member
ship Corp. building, Morehead
City.
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■ Beaufort town commissioners'
adopted a budget totaling $12U,
762.18 at their meeting Monday
night in the town hall.
The budget will be placed on
file in the town hall and will be
open for inspection.
Itonald Earl Mason, town clerk,
commented that there is nothing
in the budget in the way of re
serve for depreciation, replace
ment of equipment or a reasonable
contingency fund. "People asked
me after the last meeting why I
presented a budget $18,000 out of
balance .. . it’s just that we don't
have the money to operate as we
should and I was figuring on what
we’d need to operate in an ideal
situation.”
The budget, as adopted, includes
a cut in pay for town hall clerical
employees. Commissioner John
Jones observed that town hall em
ployees, in comparison with court
house employees, were overpaid
for the number of hours they work
ed.
Mr. Mason, town clerk, remark
ed that the town cannot afford
to take care of Ann Street ceme
tery as it has been doing. Mayor
W. H. Potter said a new cemetery
is needed by the town. Claud
Wheatly, town attorney, said pri
vate investors should establish
such a cemetery, rather than have
it a municipal function.
Mayor Potter said, "People want
a lot of things done that we simply
don’t have money for.” lie men
tioned the possibility of reducing
town services.
“If you reduce what we’ve got,’’
attorney Wheatly said, “we might
as well cut out everything.”
“The town of Beaufort,” he ob
served, “is betwixt and between.
We’re too- big to be a village and
two siiibll to be a city. We have
the equipment and services to take
care of a town of 5,000 to 6,000
people. It’s just like updating a
station wagon with only a driver
and eight empty scats.”
Touching on town expansion, he
said, “We can readily expand and
taj*c care of new areas with the
equipment we have.” It was noted
that in the past 10 years the town
has acquired $120,000 in equipment.
The clerk advised the board to
think about acquisition of property
for a sewage disposal plant.
Interested in building a town
hall, the mayr said he would like
to have, at the next meeting, a
list of all the properly the town
owns to sec if any might be suit
able as a site for a tqwn hall.
The mayor said he had received
a complaint about a town em
ployee being discourteous to a citi
zen. lie advised town employees
to be polite and let the mayor do
any “cussin’ out” that had to be
done.
He also noted that he was not
turning his $600 salary back to the
town this year because he wants
to keep himself assured that he’s
underpaid for the amount of cuss
ing he takes.
The mayor informed the board
that if the town is declared eligible
it may participate in a federal
program “for development of eco
nomic growth.”
He talked about obtaining fed
eral assistance in constructing sew
age facilities and acquiring a rev
enue-producing utility. The town’s
$352,000 debt was discussed and
the mayor urged that a “more
business-like approach” be taken
in paying it off.
Commissioners present, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were Earl
Mades, Frank Morning, Dr. David
Farrior, and William Roy Hamil
ton.
Joseph Hill Hurt in Freak
Accident While Saving Kids
By GEORGE HALL
“I know how a fish feels when]
it’s gigged,” Joseph C. Hill, own
er of Lake Park subdivision at
Newport, reported Wednesday
when he stopped by THE NEWS
TIMES office on the way to the
hospital.
Mr. Hill was “gigged” during an
act of heroism Saturday afternoon
by the hood ornament of an auto
mobile owned by Robert Erbb,
Newport, a Cherry Point Marine.
Mr. Hill said the ornament went
about 5 inches into his leg.
The owner of Lake Park told the
following story about the accident:
While lifeguarding at the lake
about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, he saw
a car, out of control, rolling down
the incline near the lake. Two
small children were in the water
in the auto’s path. Mr. Hill dash
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Mayor Takes
Action on Scout
Building Issue
Mayor W. H. Potter, at the Beau
fort town board meeting Monday
night, asked commissioner Frank
Morning to look into operation of
the Scout building on Bollock
street.
Mayor Potter said that as a re
sult of a letter in THE NEWS
TIMES, he checked on conditions
at the building and found that
they were generally as described
in the letter.
The letter called attention to
condition of the building, the trash
around it and said, "The whole
place needs a facelifting.’’
Commissioner David F a rrior
said the Jaycees have “tried to
do what they could.” The town
clerk, Ronald Earl Mason, said
JC’s recently installed a new heal
ing system in the building.
The mayor asked commissioner
Morning to meet with the top of
ficer in each organization using
the building and arrange a sched
ule and specifications for use.
Claud Whcatly, town attorney, sug
gested that the minutes be refer
red to and it be determined how
the building was originally set up,
administration-wise, and the town’s
responsibilities.
Mr. Morning was asked to make
a report at the July meeting. The
mayor also asked the police de
partment to keep a check on the
building. Some activities there,
he said, have brought complaints
from neighbors.
The mayor asked the attorney
for a report on a suit against the
town brought by Miss Dorothy
Lewis, who is suing the town for
injuries sustained in a fall on a
broken sidewalk. Co-defendant
with the town is Carolina Power
and Light Co. It is alleged that
a non-burning street light contrib
uted to the accident.
Mr. Wheatly said the case would
probably be tried in the fall. He
suggested that the town indicate
on a map all its street lights and
number them and that the lights
be checked nightly. He said that
a record should be made as to
when the report is made to CP&L
that the street light is out.
The mayor asked commissioners
to support the drive to raise funds
for the battleship North Carolina
memorial.
The board discussed extension
of sewer lines on Front and Ann
streets. No action was taken.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
5:08
5:41
6:03
6:30
Friday, June 9
a m. 11:23 a.m.
p.m. .
Saturday, June 10
a.m. 12:02 a m.
p.m. 12:12 p.m.
Sunday, June
6:53 a.m.
7:15 p.m.
11
12:52 a.
12:59 p.
Monday, June
7:39 a.m.
7:58 p.m.
12
1:39 a.m.
1:44 p.m.
Tuesday, June
8:24 a.m.
8:38 p.m.
13
2:25 a.m.
2:28 p.m.
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ed about 35 yards and made a fly
ing tackle to knock the children
out of the way of the car.
The car’s owner had also reach
ed the car and thro- ,h the front
window was turning the wheel
away from the children. Mr. Hill
said he doesn't know whether he
was successful with his flying
tackle but the children were not
hurt.
Instead, the hood ornament of
the car gouged deeply into his leg.
The car went into the lake, almost
submerging. Mr. Hill escaped
from his “gig” before the car roll
ed into the deep water. He was
brought immediately to Morehead
City hospital.
Mr. Hill reported that the owner
of the car said no one was in the
automobile but a dog. Evidently,
the dog knocked the gear shift to
•neutral and the car started rolling.
State Requests
Causeway Bid
• Dual-Laning Project
To Start Next Week
• Bid Sought on Ferry
Slip at Atlantic
Tho State Highway commission
has requested a bid on resurfac
ing the Beaufort-Morehead City
causeway (highway 70). The dis
tanee to be resurfaced is six-tenths
of a mile and will replace tem
porary surfacing put down after
Donna.
.1. II. Burruss, resident engineer
with the State Highway commis
sion, says work on the dual-laning
of highway 70, west of Morehcad
City, will probably start next week.
He said every effort will be
made to avoid traffic tie-ups. Much
of the work to be done this sum
mer will consist of drainage oper
ations which will be off the trav
eled thoroughfare, he said.
Fifteen thousand yards of muck
are scheduled for removal at cul
vert sites and will be replaced with
more stable fill.
In requesting bids this week, the
highway commission also asked for
a bid on enlarging the existing fer
ry slip at Atlantic. Mr. Burruss
said that he felt that highway com
mission intended to carry through
with its plans to move the ferry
slip to Cedar Island, but some
emergency work probably has to
be done at the present landing.
Resurfacing of the Atlantic
Beach causeway is to start very
soon. Mr. Burruss said this job
will probably take three days. He
hopes it will be done in the mid
dle of the week when traffic to the
beach is lighter than on weekends.
Wayne Willis Will
Go to Wildacres
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Week of June 11
Wayne Willis, Williston, will be
sent by the Morehead City Civitan
club as a delegate to the Civitan
Youth Conference on Human Re
lations at Wildacres, Little Swit
zerland, N. C., during the week
of June 11-17.
This project in developing citi
zenship was originated in 1949 un
der the sponsorship of the North
Carolina District of Civitan Inter
Wayne Willis
national, it has been continued
each summer. Conferences are
sponsored by Civitan Clubs in
North and South Carolina, Virginia
and Tennessee. Those chosen to at
tend are selected on the basis of
good citizenship and their promise
as leaders.
The conferences are made pos
sible through the cooperation of
Dr. and Mrs. I. D. Blumenthal of
Charlotte, who make Wildacres,
their 1500-acre, mountaintop estate
available to the Civitan organiza
tion for the conferences.
The delegates practice demo
cratic processes as they develop
attitudes of understanding, mu
tual respect, and good will toward
all pebple through discussion and
other activities, according to Civi
tan executives.
Carteret Adds Two More
To List of "Admirals"
Capt. Charlie Piner Sr. of More
head City and mayor-W. H. Potter
of Beaufort became admirals in
the North Carolina navy Friday,
when $100 was donated 'to the
North Carolina battleship fund in
their name. The other admiral is
L. G. Dunn of Beaufort, fund chair
man for the county.
Mr. Dunn said yesterday that a
special drive is being planned for
Saturday in an effort to raise $1,000
in the county. Booths will be set
up in both Morehead City and
Beaufort and there will be favors
for everyone, the chairman said.
Letters have been written indi
viduals, businessmen, and clubs
asking for their support
These three marlin were caught
Wednesday. Brought in to the
Blue Marlin motel docks was the
largest to date in the tournament,
a 474,-j-pounder, by Col. Walt
Turner, second from left, and
M/Sgt. Jack Duckett, extreme
left, both of Cherry Point, caught
aboard Tom V Jerry with Capt.
School Officials Believe
Merger May Prove Feasible
Clayton FlAchcr Jr. and Roland
Salter, chairmen of the Atlantic
and Smyrna school committees,
told county board of education
members Monday that it would
probably be feasible to merge At
lantic and Smyrna high schools.
The men reported that a survey
of parents in both school districts
showed that people favored such
a move by about 4 to 1.
The board of education has re
quested state school planning per
sonnel to visit the county and give
their opinion of the proposed “wed
ding” of the schools.
Doily Gaskill, Stacy, was ap
pointed to the Atlantic school com
mittee, replacing Mrs. Charles F.
Brown, who did not accept the ap
pointment.
School insurance was placed
with Pilot Life Insurance Co. for
the coming school year. The pre
mium, per child, is $1.75.
The board approved placement
Employment Office Wants
To Find People to Fill Jobs
Morehead Board
Meets Last Night
Jim Burgess, with the League
of Municipalities, who recently
made an appraisal of town op
erations, presented his report
last night at a special meeting
of the Morehead City town
board.
Also scheduled for considera
tion by the board was the resig
nation of John Lashley, city
clerk. It is reported that Mr.
Lashley has accepted a position
with W. P. Freeman Wholesale
Co., Morehead City.
The board met at the munici
pal building.
Child Runs Car
Into Parking Meter
A child left in a car, parked
downtown Monday afternoon with
the motor running and the vehicle
in gear, did just what any child
could be expected to do—stepped
on the accelerator.
In this case the car lunged for
ward and knocked over a parking
meter.
The car, a 1959 Pontiac, was
owned by Mary Merck Weeks, 3103
Arendell, Morehead City. Mrs.
Weeks had parked the car at 9th
and Arendell streets and left the
child in the front seat.
Police estimated damages to the
parking meter at $50. Patrolman
E. D. O’Neal investigated. No
charges were filed.
Photo by Bob Simpson
Ben Day, kneeling, left. Coming
in to the Morchcad City Yacht
basin aboard Bolo Jr. of Ocean
City, Md., was W. F. Grennc.ll,
Hichmond, Va., second from
right, with two, at 42211 pounds
and 396 pounds; Mate Warren
Hawkins, extreme right, and
Capt. John Mumford third from
right.
of school insurance under a new
policy, public and institutional
property form. The new form of
insurance, which Rlr. Joslyn said
would cost less money and give
better coverage, was explained by
11. S. Gibbs Jr., Morehead City,
and L. Knox Wood, representative
of the American Casualty Co.
A request by a piano teacher lo
use Markers Island school this
summer for teaching piano les
sons was denied.
The board requested Mr. Joslyn
to write representative 1). G. Bell
and senator Luther Hamilton, of
the state general assembly, ex
pressing the board’s appreciation
for their support of the education
program.
The board presented a resolu
tion to county commissioners ask
ing the county to release funds for
building the new Morehead City
high school. The county board ap
proved.
> More people than jobs may be
the case in some parts of the coun
try, but not in Carteret, according
to information from the North Car
olina State Employment Service,
Morehead City.
Mrs. Julia Tenney, manager,
says, “We have job openings we
can’t fill.” She attributed this
condition partly to the summer
season when many jobs become
available here.
During the winter season when
there may not be as many jobs
some fishermen have'no work, but
many of those are sometimes not
interested in working anyway.
A “Hire Now” program is un
der way throughout the country.
According to records in the em
ployment office, there are employ
ers who would hire if they could
find the people they need.
Three general office clerks are
needed. They should be women
between 20 and 35, high school
graduates or better, have business
training and at least a year's ex
perience. The salary is $40 to $52
a week and hours about 40 a week.
Mrs. Tenney said one opening
could be filled by an inexperienced
worker if she has had thorough
training.
A dress shop needs a woman
sales clerk, at least 21, to work
from noon to 9 p.m. six days a
week. This is a summer job and
pays $45 to $50 a week. A high
school education and year’s ex
perience is necessary.
A man 45 or older is wanted as
a night desk clerk 5 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Switchboard closes at midnight and
clerk may retire to a room and
sleep. High school education is
required, experience * is preferred
and salary is $40 a week plus lodg
Big Game Hunt to End
At Sunset Sunday
Five marlin in seven days of fishing was the score in the
i Fabulous Fishing marlin tournament at press time yes
terday.
The 10-day tournament, which started Friday, will end
Sunday.
Boating the fifth marlin yesterday was the P.vramus,
Chamber Sends
Norwood Young
To Conference
Norwood Young, public relations
representative with the Morehead
I City chamber of commerce, al
j tended the recent conference in
I Raleigh on the proposed North
Carolina Trade Fair to be held in
Charlotte, in October.
Mr. Young reports that the More
head City Garment Co. and Willis
Brothers Seafood, Williston, are
considering entering exhibits. He
said the fair is to promote sale of
North Carolina manufactured prod
ucts, including processed foods.
I,»cal manufacturers who arc in
terested arc invited to contact Mr.
Young at the chamber office in
Hotel Fort Macon, or write North
Carolina Trade Fair, PO Box
20308, Charlotte, N. C.
Installation of exhibits will begin
Sunday, Oct. 1, at 9 a.irt., at the
Merchandise Mart. Coliseum ex
hibits and second floor Merchan
dise Mart exhibits are to be in
stalled beginning Friday, Oct. 5,
at 8 a.m. All exhibits must be
ready by midnight, Oct. 11.
The fair formally opens Oct. 12,
and continues through Saturday,
Oct. 21. Fair exhibits will be open
to the “trade” (buyers) from 11
a.in. to 1 p.m., Oct. 13 and 14, and
from Oct. 16 through the 20th.
Public admission will be from
1 to 9 p.m., Oct. 13 through the
20th; 2 to 9 p.m., Oct. 12, and'11
a.m., to 9 p.m., Oct. 21.
Moving Auto Hits
Parked Vehicle
Morchcad City police investigat
ed a minor traffic mishap early
Tuesday morning.
Thomas W. Ballou, 416 Macon
Ct., Morehead City, was the driv
er involved. According to police,
Ballou was making a left turn off
of 7th street at the intersection
of 7th and Evans and his ear col
lided with a parked car belonging
to Rhondle M. Parker, Emporia,
Va.
No damage was done to Ballou's
11)53 Plymouth. Police estimated
damage to Parker’s Ford at $20.
Ballou was not charged.
Patrolman Gerald Korccky in
vestigated.
ing, the employer says.
Five personable real estate
salesmen are needed, must have
a high school education, own a
car, work hours, necessary, and
receive pay on a commission basis,
approximately $100 per house.
A milking machine operator,
man at least 21 and with two years’
experience is being sought. Eighth
grade education is adequate. Must
be sober, dependable, and will re
ceive $45 a week plus a house and
utilities.
Another employer could use a
short order cook, a man at least
21 with a year’s experience, who
has finished eighth grade. Hours
are 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. seven days a
week; salary $50-$60.
Also needed are five waitresses
18 to 40 years old and three car
hops 18 to 35.
Mrs. Tenney said the greatest
need is for jobs for high school
pupils who would like to do some
thing qver the summer, or for high
school graduates who want to find
work in this area.
As throughout the nation, some
high school pupils looking for sum
mer work are under 18 and are
therefore limited by federal labor
laws as to the kind of work they
can do; then, too, some employers
don’t want people on a temporary
basis.
As for new high school grad
uates, they are handicapped by
not having experience and there
fore not interesting to some em
ployers.
If there are any “unemployed
in this area, Mrs. Tenney would
say they are these young people
who would appreciate employers’
giving them an opportunity — at
fair pay.
*•(>111 ol wrigntsvme Bearn, wmcn
cHinc north to join other hunters
in the FahFish "l>if» game” con
test. The marlin was caught, ac
cording to unconfirmed reports, by
Leaky Davis, Wilmington.
The Pyramus, with John Craig
captain, caught the first marlin off
the North Carolina coast last sea
son. The first marlin this season
was caught off the Carteret coast
May 20.
The first marlin taken during the
current tournament was caught
Tuesday, ending a four day water
haul. Breaking the lull was George
Bedsworth’s Dolphin. llis fish
weighcil 348 pounds.
Three were landed Wednesday,
the sixth day. Boating the largest
to date in the tourney were Col.
Walt Turner and M/Sgt Jack Duck
ett, Cherry Point. They were fish
ing aboard the Tom ’n’ Jerry.
Their marlin weighed 474Va pounds.
The Boln Jr., Ocean City Md„
came in with two marlin, credited
to W. F. Grennell, Richmond, Va.
The fish weighed 422' j pounds and
396 pounds.
Trophies to the tournament win
ners will be presented at 8 Monday
night at Capt. Bill's Waterfront
restaurant, Morehead City. The
mayors of Beaufort, Morehead
City, Atlantic Beach and assembly
man D. G. Bell have been invited
to make the presentations, as well
as T. T. (Tom) Potter, Beaufort,
who was instrumental in founding
Fabulous Fishermen.
Six trophies have been set up,
three earmarked for women an
glers, but no lady marlin hunters
have participated thus far. A cash
award of $500 will go to the captain
of the boat bringing in the biggest
marlin.
Seven marlin have been caught
off the Carteret coast this season,
two before the tournament started.
The marlin grounds are about 40
miles offshore. Boats sometime*
leave as early as 2 a.in.
Worker Found
Dead Sunday
Joseph Armstrong 30, Negro
migrant worker, was found dead
in a canal on highway 101 near
Graham’s drive-in Sunday morn
ing.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said Arm
strong was a member of the Otis
Sharpe crew, but no one knows
his hometown.
Armstrong had been with two fel
low crew members Saturday night.
He became separated from them
and when the two got back to their
quarters on the Wright farm, “Joe
Boy” was not there.
His body was found the next
morning. The sheriff said Arm
strong was apparently drunk, had
fallen in the water-filled ditch and
drowned.
Everett Forbes Jr.,
Not W. G. Carr Jr.,
Wanted by Court
Everett Forbes Jr., Wilson, is
scheduled to appear in court Mon
day in Morchead City to answer
to charges of issuing a $40 worth
less check. W. G. Carr Jr., Wil
son, who posted bond for Forbes,
is not wanted on a worthless check
charge as reported in THE NEWS
TIMES Friday, May 26.
The order for Forbes to appear
was made out May 22 against both
Forbes and the bondsman, but
Forbes’ name was inadvertently
omitted in the May 26 newsstory.
THE NEWS-TIMES regrets the
error. Forbes had issued the
worthless check to the Morehead
City Drug Co.
The court set the new bond for
Forbes’ appearance this Monday
at $250.
Threo Newport Students
Will Play in FFA Band
Three Newport students have
been selected to play with the 1961
Future Farmers of America band
at the FFA convention June 28-30
at the William Neal Reynolds coli
seum, Raleigh.
Members of the Newport school
band, directed by Melvin Edwards,
they are Mickey Simmons, cornet;
Danny Roberts, cornet, and Rob- >.
ert Haskett, saxophone.
Mrs. Ruby Simmons, Newport,
will take the band members to
Raleigh Monday, June 26. The
first rehearsal of the band will be
the next morning. _