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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES •«' BOth YEAR, NO. 71. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS T7-Year-Old Loses Race To Highway Patrol Saturday ■i H. L. Joslyn Thanks Dealers For Use of Cars "Thanks go to three of our local automobile companies for their generosity in furnishing cars to be used for driver education for high school students of the county,” said H. L. Joslyn, superintendent of schools, yesterday. Champ Lewis of Lewis-Price, Inc., Dick Parker of Parker Mo tors, Inc. and Marion Mills of Sound Chevrolet Co., Inc., were most cooperative in furnishing five cars for this training, Mr. Joslyn remarked. “The board of education of the county thanks all concerned in making this course possible,” he continued. The course is available to all 15 year-olds and those who have reached their 16th birthday but do not have a driver’s license. “All do not avail themselves of the opportunity for only nine com pleted the work at Newport and none reported for ‘behind the wheel’ instruction at King school, Mr. Joslyn said. Qne hundred sixty-two completed the course and are eligible for cer tificates of completion. Number of students who com pleted the course follows: Atlantic 18, Beaufort 48, Morehead City 52, Newport 9, Smyrna 17, Queen Street 18, W. S. King 0, making a total of 162. “Parents should express their ap preciation to the dealers making cars available and it is hoped that the course given in driver training will materially cut down on traffic accidents of the future, as this training continues to spread over North Carolina, Mr. Joslyn con cluded. Truck Driver Cited After Accident In Beaufort Friday Robert J. Matthews, S«8 Fisher St., Morehead City, driver of a retail ice. cream vendor truck, was charged Friday night in Beaufort with failing to keep a proper look out, causing an accident. According to Beaufort police chief Guy Springle, Matthews, beaded north on Live Oak street, backed up and struck a 1954 Pon tiac, which was behind him. Driv ing the Pontiac was Reva Law rence Dickinson, route 2 Beaufort. Matthews told the officer that he wanted to back up so he could turn into a gas station. Damage to the Pontiac was estimated at $250 and to the truck $50. The accident happened at 8:30 p.m. Lightning Knocks Out Power Near Newport Lightning knocked out fuses in a transformer near Newport Sun day afternoon, causing power fail ure of an hour and a half. The transformer fed the Mason town road and the far end of the Nine-Foot road. Those areas were without power from about 1 to 2:30 p.m., according to George Stovall, manager of Carolina Power and Light Co. Persons Interested in New Industry to Meet Thursday By NORWOOD YOUNG Persons interested in the propos ed profit-sharing Business Develop ment Corp., Morehead City, will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at the \ Chalk and Gibbs office, 1006 Aren dell St., Morehead City. Spurring interest in organization of the corporation, according to S. A. Chalk Jr., president of the greater Morehead City chamber of commerce, is an inquiry by an in ternationally-known chemical com pany considering construction of a t plant in coastal North Carolina. Mr. Chalk says a plant for the chemical firm would cost $1,000, 000, and would employ 500 persons. He added that tentative commit ments for the full cost of construct ing the plant have been arranged with representatives «f a life in surance company. In view of this, Mr. Chalk con ■ i tinued, no difficulty is anticipated in arranging for commercial banks to finance the project during ac tual construction. I tie president explained that for various reasons many corporations prefer to lease rather than own their property. And where their financial rating is gosd, financing can be arranged easily. He fur ther explained that broad owner ship of t|$e proposed industrial do - J. B. Samuel Bell, 17, route 2 Newport, who thought he could outrun the State Highway patrol, ended up Saturday night with a pocketful of citations: driving 100 miles an hour in a 55 zone, reck less driving, and failing to stop for a flashing red light on a patrol car. In addition, Bell was also involv ed in an accident. State highway patrolman R. H. Brown said at 11:45 p.m. Saturday he was sitting in his patrol car on the shoulder of the road two miles east of Swansboro on highway 24. A 1955 Ford, which he later found to be driven by Bell, passed him, headed toward Swansboro. The patrolman, seeing that the car was going at a high rate of speed, pull ed out to cheek it. The Ford speeded up and the patrolman clocked it at 100 miles an hour. He turned on his flash ing patrol light, but Bell still re fused to slow down. Patrolman Brown then radioed patrolman J. W. Sykes who was in the area. Patrolman Sykes park ed his car on the White Oak river bridge and turned on his red light. Then patrolman Brown dropped back, knowing that the Ford could not pass the bridge. As the Ford approached the bridge, it ran up behind a 1054 Chevrolet, driven by Richard J. West, route 2, Jacksonville. West had slowed when he saw the flash ing light ahead of him at the bridge. Bell applied his brakes, went into a sideways skid and his right rear struck the left rear of the Chev rolet, the Ford shot across to the left shoulder of the highway. Ebin J. Bell, Hubert, a passenger in the Chevrolet, was knocked out of the car. He complained of in ternal injuries and was taken to the Jacksonville hospital by a mo torist. Damage to the Ford was esti mated at $150 and to the Chevro let $200. The accident happened 50 feet east of the White Oak river bridge. When asked why he was travel ling at such a high rate of speed. Bell told the patrolman that his friends had always said if a patrol car spotted him speeding,, he could outrun it. And that’s what he was trying to do! j Varied Weather Comes to County Labor Day vacationers could just about take their pick of wea ther conditions as the three-day period saw alternately clear and cloudy skies, intermittent showers and varying winds. Measurable amounts of rain since Aug. 28 include one inch of rain on the 28th and .12 inch on Sept. 2, according to weather ob server Stamey Davis. Tempera ture ranges and wind directions for the seven-day period Aug. 28-Sept. 3 follow: High Low Wind Aug. 28. 87 74 SW Aug. 29. 88 78 SW Aug. 30.88 74 SW Aug. 31.88 78 S Sept. 1.88 77 SW Sept. 2.89 78 S Sept. 3. 89 75 Var. velopment corporations is desired to show evidence of full local sup port of the enterprise. He urged every family head and business man to attend the Sept. 7 meeting. Tentative suggestions have been made for stock subscriptions in the corporation in $100 units, Mr. Chalk continued, but whether the stock will be par, non par, or a com bination of classes including loans, will be determined at the meeting. The unit of subscription is to be kept low, he said, to insure maxi mum participation in the venture, which will be profit-making, and will not in any way subsidize the chemical company, he emphasized. “It is with pleasure,’’ Mr. Chalk continued, vwe look forward to a step to bring an industry into Car teret that will provide year-around employment for our men, and of fer an opportunity for employment for our boys who might otherwise have to leave home. This is an opportunity we have long sought. It is important for every citizen who can to attend the Sept. 7 meet ing, prepared to give a check for his part in this program.” “This industry will not create obnoxious fumes, nor discharge harmful products in our waters,” the president continued. “It will not interfere with our greatest as set—the natural resources that JCs Ask Drivers To Drive Safely Morehead City Jaycees yester day afternoon were giving mo torists literature on safe driving. They also served refreshments. The Jaycees, carrying out a Labor Day safe driving program, were at the intersection ttf high ways 70 and 70A, Morehead City. They asked motorists to keep headlights burning during the day as a pledge of safe-driving. Patrolman R. H. Brown said yesterday, “We’ve been lucky in this county so far. There have been no serious accidents. The people have been cooperating with us very well,” the patrol man said, referring to the head light-burning program. Robert Eure, 18, Dies Sunday Funeral services for Robert Fleming Eure, 18-year-old More head City youth who died at 2 a.m. Sunday from an overdose of sleep ing pills, were conducted at 11 a.m. yesterday itr the First Meth odist church, Morehead City. The Rev. B. L. Davidson, pastor, of ficiated. Coroner W. D. Munden ruled the death suicide. According to the youth's doctor he never regained consciousness after being admitted to the Morehead City hospital shortly before his death. He re portedly took the pills at his home. Eure was graduated in June from Morehead City high school and was salulatorian of his class. He had been accepted as a mem ber of the freshman class at Duke university, Durham. lie was a member of First Methodist church and was active in the Methodist Youth Fellowship. Burial was in Bayview cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard M. Eure; one brother, Hilliard M. Eure III of Greensboro, and one sister, Bet ty Lind Eure of the home. Civic leaders of Beaufort will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the town hall to hear Durwood Curling, area planning expert. There's a Monkey on Markers Island! “There’s a monkey on Harkers Island.” “There is not!” “Yes there is, too.” “I’ll believe it when I see it!” And so the argument went in the newspaper office. Well, there IS a monkey on Hark ers Island. Jock . . . climbs down tree make Carteret county so desirable as a place to live. 1 personally will be satisfied with this one in dustry, because I do not want us to become so industrialized it will interfere with our enjoyment of our beautiful beaches and water.” Mr. Chalk said Carteret’s per capita income from manufactur ing “is about as low as you will find in America.” Our people are accustomed to hard work and hardships in getting a living from the sea,” he continued. “They do not want something for nothing. Their attitude toward industry has been proven in the small plants we have, and any plant coming here will find cooperative labor Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Sept. 5 4:54 a.m. 11:04 a.m. 5:16 p.m. 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. • 5:47 a.m. 11:52 a.m. 6:05 p.m. .—....... Thursday, Sept. 7 6:33 a.m. 12:25 a.m. 6:47 p.m. 12:37 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 7:13 a.m. 7:26 p.m. 1:07 a.m. 1:21 p-m. Ports Director Tells Why Voters Should OK 13V2 Million for Ports i ■ New House Stands Empty Car Hit Saturday By Backing Truck Morehead City police investigat ed a minor traffic accident Sat urday morning at 21st and Fisher streets. Drivers of the two ve hicles involved were Richard Pow ers, 2107 Fisher St. and Albert Gibblc, 2111 Bav St., Morehead City. According to police reports, both were travelling north on 21st ,street. Gibble had stopped at Fisher street and Powers stopped behind him. Gibble then started to back up and backed into the front of Powers’ car. Police estimated damage to Pow ers’ 1955 Ford at $250 and that to Gibble’s 1950 GMC at $25. No charges were filed. Police chief Herbert Griffin in vestigated. To prove it, THE NEWS-TIMI& photographer went to the island, to a spot where the monkey is known to appear frequently and took a picture. The monkey was brought to the island by the late Wallace Guthrie 12 or more years ago. Since then, he’s had all the island jungles to himself. The monk is known as Jock. He’s fed by folks on the island—bread, bananas, eggs, apple butter—he’ll eat almost anything except cocoa nuts. The poor thing evidently doesn’t know what a cocoanut is. We fig ured that the best way to get a picture of the monkey was to “bait” him with something that he would be sure to like. Bob and Mary Simpson had brought us some cocoanuts from Florida in the spring, so Edwin Paylor, Hark ers Island, took one of them to the island and rigged it to attract Jock. Edwin says, “As far as I know, he’s not gone near it.” So Larry McComb, photograph er, had" to shoot a picture of Jock from quite a distance. That’s why there’s a black circle around him that is productive. “Carteret has a stable, conserva tive government that has brought it from insolvency in 1937, to free dom from bonded debt in 1962,” the chamber president continued. “Ours will be one of the few coun ties in America without bonded in debtedness—a good indication of the type people we have who are willing to tighten their belts and make sound progress in financing their government. “It is all of these things that in dicate we are moving to a better day. And we can become the brightest spot in the United States if we will go all out to pull our selves up another notch by our bootstraps." Mr. Chalk expressed apprecia tion to Josiah Bailey and II. S. Gibbs Jr., and their associates for all they have done and are doing “to stabilize our economy, so wc can continue to grow on a sound basis profitable to each of us.” Mr. Bailey is a personal friend of a representative of the chemical company, and it was through this friendship that the firm’s inquiry was directed to Morehead City. Mr. Gibbs is chairman of the chamber’s industrial development committee, and has spearheaded arrangements for the organization of the development corporation. News-Times Photos by McComb in the picture—t* help you see him better. Jock has become an institution on the island. In 1948 some of the boys captured him, took him to Swansboro for a basketball game, and then returned him to the is land. They were thinking of train ing Jock to be a forward. If he could sit on the backboard, catch the ball and drop it through the hoop, that would be great. The referees could do something about it, but they’d hav^ to catch Jock first. How does Jock snrvive the win ters? That’s a mystery. In re cent years the temperature in these parts has dropped to as low as 14 degrees on a few winter nights. Maybe he curls up beside a warm chimney. Even so, sur viving temperatures like that is quite a feat for a tropical animal. Jock could make Harkers Island famous. “The only place on the Carolina coast with a wild mon key!” - Since Donna picked this new house up and moved it off its foundation last fail, it has beeh abandoned. It is located on high way 70 at Sea Level. Weeds reach nearly to the roof. Frank Gas kill, who contracted with a firm that builds houses of this type, said the firm will make no repairs. He has been to see an attorney about the matter. The second pic ture shows how the floor has buc kled. The house was so moved in the storm that pillars under it forced the floor upward. When THE NEWS-TIMES pho tographer visited the house, one of the neighbors came running out to find out if the photographer “was from the company that built that house.” The photographer assured him he was not. The neighbor made an answer that left no doubt in one’s mind that the place has become an eye sore. Harrell Taylor, county building inspector, said that if the house had been built in accord with fun damentals of good structure, it wouldn't have been damaged in Donna. More Business Available If Facilities Are Added North Carolina voter* will decide Tuesday, Nov. 7, on whether to borrow $13 Vs* million to expand ports at More head City and Wilmington. The importance of North Carolinians’ voting in favor of the borrowing is emphasized by D. Leon Williams, execu tive director of state ports, in a recent talk at Wilming ton, and in a talk before the Golds- ♦ --—r boro Rotary club today. Mr. Williams points out that the ports themselves, with the new ta cilities, will be able to repay nine tenths of the bond issue them selves. “Actually, the cost to the taxpayers,” he says, “will be only $1,569,000 over a period of 20 years. He reminds Tar Heels that at the present rate of operation, the ports are generating into the state’s bus iness world payrolls of $1 million monthly. If the $13Vi million bond issue for ports is approved, the improve ments to Morehead City and Wil mington ports will be comparable, Mr. Williams says. Each port is to get three new berths 600 feet in length, two new transit sheds of 86,000 square feet each, two new warehouses of 100, 000 square feet each, improve ments to the land areas, utilities and equipment. It is hoped that construction will start in the spring of 1962 at both ports. Although people in the immedi ate vicinity of the ports benefit from port operation, a recent study shows that 90 per cent of the cities in North Carolina of 5,000 people benefit directly because of imports and exports to their areas. The state has invested, to date, only $12 million in its port facili ties. The State Ports Authority out of profit has put back into port operation $l'/» million, Mr. Wil liams points out. “In the past three years we have shown annually an increase in in come, operating profits, tonnages and vessels handled,“'the ports di rector reports. "From June 30, 1959 to June 30, 1961 our income went up 55 per cent. Our operat ing profits are up 75 per cent. Ton nages are up 31 per cent, and num ber of vessels up 40 per cent. Our gross income for the fiscal year ending June 1961 was $1,135,000. Our operating profit was $457,000. We handled 900,000 tons of cargo and 624 vessels.” Mr. Williams points out that fa cilities at the ports are not out of date, they just lack the capacity to handle the business available. “We know of 150,000 tons of gen eral cargo that is moving out of the state (to ports north and south of here) for shipment overseas be cause our deep water terminals do not have the facilities to handle this cargo . . . these out-of-state ports are profiting to the extent of $2'4 million annually and will con tinue to do so until additional im provements can be made at More head City and Wilmington.” Mr. Williams said that establish ment of a modern cold storage plant next to deep water terminals would greatiy stimulate sale of North Carolina poultry to foreign markets. Also warranted is con struction of a modern grain ele vator. Five hundred shippers through out the state are now shipping products through Morchead City and Wilmington, and the demand for North Carolina products over seas is increasing, the ports direc tor reveals. The North Carolina committee on export expansion meets every 60 days in different areas of the state to tell manufacturers and others how they can increase their trade through exports. Mr. Williams concluded his talk at Goldsboro by quoting K. J. Bof ferding, partner in the New York and San Francisco firm of Cresap, McCormick and Paget, which made an economic study of the state ports: “We came into this study of port development as completely disin terested and impartial viewers. We have made a completely unbiased and objective study and we find great potential awaiting develop ment. We believe there is sound economic justification for all haste in the further development of your ports. In fact, if you fail to do so, you are directly aiding the de velopment of your neighboring states, at a loss to yourselves, "We have already given our best professional advice based upon a complete study. We believe our recommendations are conservative and the industrial development foreseen perfectly reasonable. Our advice to North Carolina is to pro ceed at all haste before you are even further behind and suffer even greater economic disadvantages. Motorist Cited After Hitting Car Thomas A. Walton, Morchead City, was charged with having an Improper exhaust system on his car and driving on the wrong side of the road Saturday, after he ran into a parked car on highway 70 at Hancock Park, Beaufort. According to patrolman W. J. Smith Jr., Walton was headed east in a 1954 Ford. He said the Ford skidded on the wet road, shot across the highway and struck the left rear of a parked car headed The parked car was owned by William R. Briley, Durham. Dam age to Briley’s car was estimated at $75 and to the Ford, $50. The accident happened at 2:15 p.m. Yeah, He Plastered You This Time
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