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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 50th YEAR, NO. 69._TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS School Doors Open Today for 6,972 By H. L. JOSLYN < Superintendent of Schools With the opening of school, Car teret is ready to do its part in sup porting Governor Sanford and the State Board of Education’s pro gram of “Quality Education.” As the governor has stated “Money won’t buy ‘quality educa tion,’ ” nor can we get “quality education” by making learning a burden to the child. The teachers of this county are serious about this job of teaching, but to have “quality education” we must have the loyal support of the parent and pupil. Parents must work with the teacher in getting the right learn ing attitudes on the part of the child. The teacher makes a sacri fice of herself and time in order to give to the individual child her best. Parents must make sacrifices to see that the child has the right attitudes and the readiness to learn. There is no place for self ish desires on the part of the child, the parent or the teacher. We are working for one common cause and toward one goal—the education of the boys and girls of this county. Our teachers are ready to im part and we hope the pupils are ready to acquire knowledge. We are living in a complex, yet enlightened world, that requires clear thinking and reasoning, with resourcefulness on the part of our children as they prepare for the responsibilities of adulthood. The classroom teacher is the key to “quality education.” The state is calling for 180 full days of pupil instruction. When a child is taken out for a personal or trivial reason by a parent, there is bound to be a weakened link in the chain of progress the child is forging. Dr. William Brunton, director of industrial education of the city of Philadelphia, speaking before some 200 teachers and others in attend ance at the Annual Trade and In dustrial Teachers’ Conference held at the Biltmore Motor hotel in Morehead City Aug. 21-24, summed up one panel discussion by saying, “Regardless of your physical.facii-. Hies or your fine equipment you must first have a teacher.” Dr. Brunton, a* do Dr. Charles F. Carroll and Governor Sanford, places the teacher as the key to good learning. Carteret county is fortunate in having a large proportion of qual ity teachers. This number will in crease as the year goes by, for teachers with past experience in this county, and those coming this year for the first time, are deter mined to make “Quality Educa tion” felt during the year 1961-62 and those years yet to come. Education is on the move and those boys and girls not taking ad vantage of their opportunities are going to find themselves passed by. To assist principals, teachers and pupils, in the production of “Qual ity Education,” the board of edu cation of Carteret County has adopted a statement of policy which appears elsewhere in this issue. Still Broken Up In Bogue Section A 50-gaHon still on the Spring Garden road, Bogue, was put out of commission Wednesday, accord ing to Marshall Ayscue, county ABC officer. Mr. Ayscue said that the still was the first he had ever found in that area. It was less than a mile from the Bogue air field. He called it an unusual type still, “copper submarine,” and bricked. Two hundred gallons of mash were poured out and five gallons of non taxpsid whiskey confiscated. fbe still was broken up with axes. With the ABC officer on the raid was deputy sheriff Bruce Ed wards. Session Ends Duke Marine laboratory’s second term of the summer ended Wed nesday. The first term ran until July 18. Board of Education Outlines Its Policy for Coming Year The county board of education, in line with the state board of ed ucation’s Resolution of Acceptance of the Challenge to Bring About an Improved Educational Program, has adopted the following policy for Carteret schools: • Principals, as administration executives, shall be responsible for the progress of their school by proper organization and adminis tration whereby the best instruc tional program possible may be ob tained from both teacher and pu *>• Vs ---:- - - Excitement Reigns During Derby iWliifflM———■■huliii m >1 mOi—W—f — S3. . ;•.■*:...:3:-S^:%r*2m>£!WK. VT. ■. Photo by Bob Simpson Dan Walker, left, holds King Bruno I, which came in third in the state crab derby Saturday. Jim Nel son, center, holds Earl of Craven, which placed second, and Dan Holt, Carolina Beach, displays the win ner, Carolina Bill, which ran the 16-foot sloping track in 29.2 seconds. .w.w.n«:**.*: Ottis Purifoy, Morehead City, left, helps raise the starting board for the derby. Identifiable in the photo are Dan Walker, next to Mr. Purifoy, Wade Lucas, next to Mr. Walker, and in the striped shirt is Elmer Willis, Willlston, with Carteret’s entry. Mr. Lucas, publicist with the Board of Conservation and Development, promoted the crab derby idea. - ■ ., Photo by Bob Simpson Crowned ty North Carolina Seafood queen was Miss Ginny Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lewis, Beaufort. She is a waitress at the Sanitary Fish Market and Restaurant, Morehead City. Placing third in the contest, conducted by Morehead City Jaycees, was Carol Pelletier, left, a waitress at Fleming’s. Placing second was Carlene Hinson, center, a waitress at Captain Bill’s. • Substitute teachers will not be acceptable for the “Extended Term for Teachers” except under dire circumstances. • No school day shall be less than that in School Law, General Statues 115:36, unless resulting from natural catastrophe. (No ab breviated days.) • No school time shall be allow ed for NCEA meetings, teacher workshops or other professional meetings, except when serving as a delegate from the unit. • Any time lost in the school calendar shall be made up during Christmas and Easter holidays so far as possible. • Soliciting of funds by pupils during school hours must not be al lowed whether for school, commun ity or other purposes, nor shall school time be given for any soli citing of funds by others. • Regular attendance shall be re quired of all pupils. • No pupil shall be allowed to leave the school during school See STATEMENT, Page 2 The black arrow points to Carolina Bill as he crosses the finish line. Coming in second is Earl of Craven, the Craven county entry. First Crab Derby Was Big Success “The wHole derby was fine!” Those were the words yesterday of J. A. DuBois, manager of the greater Morehead City chamber of commerce, one of the sponsors of North Carolina's first annual crab derby Saturday at Morehead City. Carteret’s hopes of sending a winning crab to Maryland this Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Aug. 29 10:49 a.m. 11:11 p.m. 4:28 a.m. 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 89 11:44 a.m 5:15 a.m. 5:49 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31 12:05 a.m. 6:05 a.m. 6:50 p.m. 12:38 p.m. Friday, Sept 1 Two Injured In Three-Car Crash Saturday Two persons were injured in a three-car collision at 9:25 p.m. Saturday on the beach causeway near the intersection of the old causeway. They were W. Parham Edwards Sr., Seaboard, N. C., who suffered a head injury, and Charles E. Wells, route 1 Newport, who had cuts on the mouth. Wells was charged with improper passing and careless and reckless driving. After the accident it'was learned that a warrant had been sworn out for theft of the car Wells was driv ing. The car, a 1957 Oldsmobilc, is owned by Mabel Butner Van Orden, Kinston. She reported the theft Saturday to Atlantic Beach police. Wells will be tried in county re corder’s court on the car theft count Tuesday, Sept. 12, and in Morehcad City court on the other counts, according to patrolman J. W. Sykes. Involved in the accident, in addi tion to the Olds, was a 1961 Chrys ler driven by Reid V. Harris, Sea board, and a 1959 Plymouth station wagon driven by- Margaret W. Chambers, Durham. According to the patrolman, the Chrysler and Plymouth were head ed toward Morehead City from the beach. The Chrysler was in the middle lane, preparing to turn in to Dom-L’s, when Wells, headed to the i>each and passing cars, crashed into it head-on. The impact knocked the Chrys ler into the Plymouth, which hap pened to be moving in the right lane at the time. Edwards, one of the injured, is owner of the Chrysler, which was damaged to the extent of $1,000. The same damage estimate was made on the Olds, and the station wagon was judged a complete loss. k to toe Harris car. In addition to Edwards and the driver, were Mrs. Reid V. Harris and Elcanore Mitchell. Cedar Island Ponies Will Be Penned Labor Day The second and last pony penning in the county will be on Cedar Island Labor Day, Sept. 4, an nounces the Cedar Island Banker Pony association. The ponies will be penned be tween 10 and 11:30 a.m. The first penning this season was July 4. weekend were dashed when a New Hanover crab came in first. In the Carteret elimination race, El mer Willis’s Clamcraft, a whop ping big blue crab started from the box and without hesitation dashed to the finish line in 20 sec onds flat. He left in his wake 15 other com petitors. Coming in second was White Lightnin’, entered by Mar shall Ayscue, Morehead City, and third was Front Runner, bandied by Tom Wade, Morehead City. The New Hanover crah which won in the race that really counted was owned by Dan Holt, Carolina Beach. Second was Earl of Crav en, handled by Jim Nelson, New Bern. Third was King Bruno I, Brunswick county, followed by Sound Packer, Pamlico county. Bogue Banks ocean pier anglers competed in the biggest crab and biggest fish caught Friday and Saturday. The winners: ■tgpMt fish -w HVi-fund triple ► Children return to public schools^ for a half-day session today. Enrollment in county schools this fall is expected to approach the 7,000 mark. Education officials estimate that the enrollment this year, over last year’s figure, will be about one hundred, or 6,972. Teachers started the school year Friday with a meeting at Beaufort school in the morning. They received checks totalling $40,964.78, representing a retroac tive 5 per cent contingency bonus. Included in the payment were checks also to supervisors, prin cipals and superintendents. The 5 per cent “bonus” for the school years of 1959-60 and 1960-61 j was made permanent by the 1961! legislature as part of a 25 per cent j salary increase voted the teachers, j H. L. Joslyn, county superinten dent of schools, said of Friday’s meeting, “I was impressed with the earnestness of the teachers. It was a good start and I hope we have a good year.” Friday’s meeting was the first of its type for many years. The J meeting opened with an invocation by the Rev. Charles Kirby, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Morchead City. Mr. Joslyn spoke on quality education. Other speakers were C. E. Jerni gan and Fred Lewis, teacher su pervisors; Miss Gertrude Styron, director of guidance counseling, and Mrs. Ben Arrington, speech therapist. This is the first year there will be a speech therapist working in the county schools. It is estimated that there are more than 200 chil dren with speech defects. As of yesterday there existed only one teacher vacancy, a sci ence teacher at Newport. James B. Gillikin, originally announced as a teacher at Atlantic school, has resigned, but Mr. Joslyn said that he thought a replacement had been found. After the meeting, the teachers went to their respective schools. Tomorrow will be a full school day. Monday, Sept. 4, Labor Day, will be a holiday. iteres Alert Coast Guard; Cruiser Found A 25-foot cabin cruiser, the Wes leys, was the object of an intense Coast Guard search centered around the Cape Lookout area late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. The operator of the yacht, South wester, reported to the Fort Macon station at 8:30 Saturday night that he had sighted three flares off Shackleford Banks. The lookout in the Fort Macon tower had also sighted the flares. Fort Macon dispatched the 40 footcr to search the outside of the banks and sent the 30-footer to pa trol the inside. Cape Lookout sta tion also dispatched its 30-footer to aid in the search. At 10:30 the Wesleys was sighted by the Cape Lookout 30-footer and was taken in tow. The Fort Macon 30-footer relieved the tow at Cape Lookout and brought' the Wesleys 1 to Cannon boat works, Morehead City. ! E. B. Wesley, Durham, owner of the cabin cruiser said that his boat J had developed engine failure ' earlier in the evening. Crewmen on the Fort Macon 30- i loiter were Howard Jones, BM-1; Richard Johnson, YN-3; and Rich ard Crane, SN. False Alarm ! The Beaufort fire department an swered a false alarm early Sunday i morning. It was turned in from ' box 42 at Queen and Ann streets. I tail, caught from Iron Steamer pier Saturday by L. M. Daugh tery, Smithfleld; second, 6-pound 2Vi-ounce black drum caught from Iron Steamer Saturday by Tommy Isgett, Winston-Salem; third, 5 pound 13-ounce black drum caugbt Saturday from Iron- Steamer by John Buckner, New Bern. Biggest crab — 714 -inch 11V4 eunce caught at Bogue inlet pier by C. F. Wilkerson, Hillsboro; sec ond, 714 -inch 10'/i-ounce crab caught at Bogue Inlet pier by Faye Dillon, Winston-Salem; third, 7 5/8 inch crab caught at Iron Steamer by Mike Coleman, Havelock. The first two were caught Sat urday and were tied in the dimen sion across the back, so were weighed to determine the winner. The crab placing third was caught Friday. The pier contests were arranged by Norwood Young, publicity of ficer with the greater Morehead City chamber of commerce. Gene Smith Will Leave For Raleigh Next Month Gene C. Smith ... to leave county Army Reserve Unit To Leave by Oct. 1 The Berlin crisis came even closer home Friday with the call of Carteret’s Army Reserve unit to active duty. The unit, com manded by first Lt. Paul Cor dova, Morehcad City, is to re port Oct. 1 to Fort Eustis, Va., for one year of duty. It was one of six North Caro lina units called up. The unit, the 824th Transportation Heavy Boat Co., was put on aiert Wed nesday, Aug. 16. Shell Firm Wants to Dredge ' : 4>\ Oyster Shells A company at Elizabeth City would like permission to dredge up deposits of old oyster shells in Albemarte sound. The shells would be used to make poultry feed and material for paving. The request to do the dredging was placed before the commercial fisheries committee Friday at the fisheries building, Camp Glenn. The committee decided to have the Institute of Fisheries Research look into the request. To determine whether dredging the shells would be beneficial or harmful to fish and wildlife would cost between $2,000 and $3,000, the committee said. The Conservation and Development board will be asked in October to make this money available. The study would be made under the supervision of Dr. A. F. Chest nut, director of the institute. The institute, a part of the University of. North Carolina, is located at Morehead City. The company which would like to mine the oyster deposits in Al bemarle sound is the North Caro lina Shell Products Co. Presiding at Friday’s meeting was Eric W. Rodgers, Scotland Neck. Other committee members present were Ernest Parker, Southport; Luther W. Gurkin, Ply mouth; Lorimer W. Midgett, Eliz abeth City; and Dr. John T. Dees, Burgaw. The committee was shown a film on dredging of oyster shells in Alabama waters. It was shown by Stewart Thames, vice-president, Southern Industries Corp., Mobile. The commercial fisheries com mitteemen also met Saturday, re viewing the new and revised com mercial fisheries regulations. Gene C. Smith, Beaufort attorney who has accepted a position on the North Carolina Industrial commis sion, said Friday that he plans to go to Raleigh the middle of Sep tember. Mr. Smith said that for the time being he will rent an apartment in Raleigh and his family will join him later. As a member of the three-man ; industrial commission, Mr. Smith l will hear testimony in cases in volving workmen’s compensation I claims. He said he expects to be j traveling throughout the state ! hearing cases one week, then will : return to the capital to review testimony in cases for a two-week period. Chairman of the commission is J. W. Bean. The other member is John McLaughlin of Iredell, coun ty. Mr. McLaughlin, like Mr. Smith, is a new member of the commission. Mr. Smith came to Beaufort to practice law in April 1949, the same year he received his law de gree at the University of North Carolina. A native of Galesburg, 111., he attended public schools there and did his undergraduate work at Bradley university. Mr. Smith has been president of the Beaufort Jaycees, Beaufort Ro tary club and the Morebead City Country club. For five years he served as attorney for the town of Beaufort. He said that he feels the appoint ment to the industrial commission is “a splendid opportunity." He said that he considered the offer seriously before accepting it. "It took quite a lot of thinking,” he said, “because 12 years of law practice will just have to be thrown over.” Mr. Smith and his family live at Shell Landing, near Beaufort. The Smitlfs have two daughters, Becky, 13, and Janet, 10. Child Struck By Car Saturday A 6-year-old girl, Barbara .Jane Johnson, was struck by a car Fri day afternoon on the Merrimon road near the North River section. The girl, daughter of Otto John son, had just made a purchase from a soft ice cream vendor truck that had parked on the side of the road. The girl ran around the truck and into the path of an on coming car. Highway patrolman W. J. Smith, who investigated, said that Jimmy D. Barnes, route 1 Kenly, was the driver of the car that struck the child. Barnes was driving a 1957 Chevrolet. Several of the girl’s teeth were knocked out and she received a bad bruise on her knee, according to patrolman Smith. She was tak en to a doctor's office for treat ment. No charges were filed against Barnes. This is one of several accidents that have resulted this summer in connection with the ice cream vendor trucks. One child Dn Harkers Island was struck aft er buying ice cream and another was killed when he ran around the truck. One Vote Cast Of the five Carteret farmers eli gible to vote in Thursday’s wheat referendum, only one voted. The vote was in favor of wheat market ing quotas, according to B. J. May, ASC agent. Small gold trophies wore pre sented tt\e piers with the largest number of winners. The fish tro phy went to Iron Steamer and the crab trophy to Bogue Inlet pier. First place winners received $50, second place $25 and third place $12.50. Winners of the motorboat and sailboat races are listed in stories on today’s sports page. Hospital Case Now Set For October Court Term Continued yesterday in superior court was the case, J. O. Barbour and others versus Carteret county commissioners. The case deals with the proposed county hospital and was set as the first case to be heard in the October term of court. Twenty-five cases were continued at the calling of the calendar when court opened yesterday morning. Presiding is Judge H. U. Walker. ►—-: German Crewman Stays in Hospital After Fall Thursday Anton Schroll, a German seaman aboard the freighter, Erlangen, re mains confined to Morehead City hospital with a fractured and badly lacerated foot suffered in a fall from the freighter’s smokestack late Thursday afternoon. Schroll was painting the smokestack at the time of the accident. The Erlangen, which loaded to bacco and lumber at Morehead City state port, sailed Friday after noon. Schroll will stay at the local hospital until he is able to be moved to Norfolk, Va. Later he will board his ship or another of the same line. The Erlangen, whose home port is Hamburg, is bound for Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Bremen. h
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