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I ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 60th YEAR, NO. 72. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS «■' Hospital Board Chairman Says Bill Received • Architect Requests Payment of $19,000 • County Soft Funds Not Available Edward (Bud) Dixon, chairman of the Carteret hospital board of trustees, told county commission ers Tuesday that George Watts Carr, architect, has sent the hos pital board a bill for $19,000 for preliminary plans he has drawn for the hospital. Mr. Dixon said it was his un derstanding that the bill was not payable until the trustees have ap proved the preliminary plans, and the trustees have not yet done so. He added that Mr. Carr has told him that the Medical Care com mission has approved the plans. “It was my impression that they were not to do this until we had given our approval,” Mr. Dixon said. A letter mailed to the board last week by William F. Henderson, executive secretary of the MCC, said, “The Medical Care commis sion will approve plans after the county body does . -. Mr. Dixon said the MCC has ex pressed a desire to meet with the hospital building committee. Relative to paying Mr. Carr $19, 000, J. D. Potter, county auditor, in reply to a question, said the county has no money with which to pay hospital bills. Commissioner Skinner Chalk ask ed the clerk, Odell Merrill, to read the full letter from Mr. Hender son. The letter was writen in re ply to a letter sent by the board relative to availability of state and federal funds. The portion of the letter relating to funds, said, “If the project (hos pital) is not under contract by April 30, 1962, the commission is under no obligation with reference to the funds that have been tenta tively allocated.’’ Mr. Henderson said that both the state and federal grants “will expire if not assigned by April 30, 1962.” He added that the Medical Care commission has never made any commitment as to funds being available after that date. “State funds will be . . . limited, if available at all . . . the Medical Care commission will approve plans after the county body does, but this does not commit it to fund expenditures after April 30, 1962.” Kelative to the hospital law suit, Mr. Dixon said, “I don’t think there are a hundred people who object to building the hospital on the Webb site.” The county com missioners agreed with him. He suggested that the commis sioners might consider buying just the land on the water side and forego purchase of the larger part of the acreage across highway 24. Chairman Moses Howard said he thought that could be arranged. Luther Hamilton, county attorney, said, “We’ve already lost more money than it’s going to cost to buy the land.” He explained later that he was referring partially to the cost of building, which in creases daily. Mr. Dixon said that he under stood that if the location is chang ed from the Webb site, another group of citizens will file an in junction. The hospital board chairman re ported that Mr. Carr does not ap prove of the hospital board’s pro posal to employ an administrator as soon as hospital construction starts. “But I have talked with officials of other counties, as well as hospital administrators, and they all advise that we do that.” Mr. Dixon said that he was un der the impression that Mr. Carr would be present at the meeting, but the architect wos not. The meeting was held on Tuesday be cause the regular meeting date, the first Monday, was Labor Day. Temperatures Range in High 80's After a rainy Labor Day week end, skies have cleared and tem peratures have reached afternoon highs in the upper 80 s, according to weather observer Stamey Davis. Unlike last week, the first three days of this week saw no rain al though moisture from overnight dew accumulations have appeared. Temperatnre ranges and wind di rections for the three-day period, Monday through Wednesday, were as follows: High Low Wind Monday. 88 75 SW Tuesday .—- 87 73 SW Wednesday .9s 76 SW Carla on Move Hurricane Carla was reported yesterday to be moving toward the Gulf of Mexico and the Texas coast. Her progress was nine miles an hour and winds at center were 75 mile* an hour, /» County Adopts Subdivision Rules Leslie Moore Builds Fallout Shelter at Rear of His Home News-Times Photo by MeComb Workmen build a fallout shelter at the rear of the Leslie Moore home, Beaufort. The shelter is being built according to civil defense specifications. Supervising the job is Edward Nelson, Pollock street, Beaufort. i Merchants Group Gives Up ..._ On Christmas Lighting Job No Christmas lights will brighten the business district of Arendell street this December. That’s the report from the Morehead City Merchants association. Members of the association who for the past three years have raised funds to rent and hang the Christmas lights voted Tuesday to sustain a motion made in April. This- motion stated that “unless enough pledges and cash money has been received from local mer chants by Labor Day, 1961, the Merchants association will not be responsible for getting the Christ mas lights.” President of the association, Ken Wagner, said that in the past years the merchants association always ends the year in debt over the Christmas lights and that the in coming president and members have to work the first half of every year forcing business people to cough up the cash for the past year’s lights. This year the members of the association agreed that if the busi ness people of the city were inter Who Jock Is • • • Jock, (he Harkers Island monkey, now appears to be not the monkey we thought he was. The late Wallace Guthrie, island ers say, did indeed bring a monkey to the island. What happened to him no one knows — or will tell, so far. Jock, according to Mrs. Mary Ella Lewis, 204 S. 13th St., Morehead City, is a relatively re cent island resident. Full name: Jocko. Mrs. Lewis says Jocko was given “to an insurance agent named Ful ford by the late Gordon Lewis in March 1960.” She says that Jocko was bought from a mail order house about 1956. He was kept in a cage at the Lewis home in More head City. But it seems as though Jocko was “stuck on” his young master, Darryl Christian Lewis. The mon key literally ate Darryl up. Darryl related ruefully the other day, “That monkey would bite me.” As a matter of fact Darryl’s pic ture with Jocko appeared in THE NEWS-TIMES last summer. It was taken on the Morehead City water front by photographer Reginald Lewis. Darryl said that after the mon key was given to Mr. Fulford, two boys had it and “they must have let him loose.” So now, if Jocko was properly housed last winter, it remains to be seen if he will survive this win winter '“on the loose.” Club Takes Holiday The Newport Rotary club did not meet Monday night because Mon day was a holiday. ested in having lights they could sign and return to the association pledges of their support. A mimeo graphed pledge sheet was sent to every business and professional man in the business district. By Labor Day, pledges returned to the association totaled only $375. This left a total required for the lights of $825, Only six members of the associa tion were present for the meeting at Captain Bill’s restaurant. Presi dent Ken Wagner remarked that this was the average attendance and that he was grateful to see the same familiar faces at the luncheon table. Members of the association sug gested that the Christmas light pro gram for Morehead City be turned over to some other community or ganization. Mrs. Casey McQueen, formerly with the credit bureau in Jackson ville, was a guest at the meeting. Mrs. McQueen plans to open a cre dit bureau in Carteret county in November. Jock (caged) . . . Us Morehead City days Tax Collection Last Month Totals $52,419 Taxes collected in August by Eu gene Moore, county tax collector, totaled $52,419.66, according to the report given county commissioners Tuesday. Collected on the 1961 levy was $49,647.26 and on 1960 and prior levies $2,772.57. Fees for building permits amounted to $309. E. L. Brinson, collector of de linquent personal property taxes, collected $358.31. ► “I really began to think serious ly about it after President Ken nedy's last speech on the Berlin crisis.” The speaker is Leslie Moore fad he is talking about the radioactive fallout shelter he is building in his back yard on Pollock street, Beau-i fort. “That night after the President’s speech I went upstairs and looked at my three children who were asleep in their beds and I asked myself if I was doing all that was possible to protect them in the event of a nuclear war, as the President had urged us to do. “Early the next morning I got up and again went to their bed rooms and 1 knew then I wasn’t doing all that I could. It was then that I decided the fallout shelter had to be built,” said Mr. Moore. “Of course, I hope and pray to God that the shelter never has to be used but in the event that it does, I feel that 1 will have the peace of mind of knowing that. I have done everything that is hu manly possible to provide adequate protection for my family. When finished, Mr. Moore’s shel ter will conform with all specifi cations of Civil Defense agencies from whom plans for the struc ture were obtained. “In fact,” said Mr. Moore, “all of the information that I have re ceived and have is available right here locally. The county Civil De fense department has a very com plete setup and can provide any one with instructions in Civil De fense precautions.” When finished, the building will be a 10x10 shelter area covered by two layers of concrete block wall between which is a thick' layer of dirt. Although the entire structure actually will be above ground level, it will be an “un derground shelter” because a two and ond-half foot thick layer of dirt will completely cover the con crete slab roof. Mr. Moore plans to stock the shelter with food, clothing, bed ding, batteries and other necessi ties for survival. Air in the shelter will come through an overhead ventilator system that will employ a hand crank to pump in fresh air, filtered a$ it enters the shelter. Mr. Moore isn’t sure yet what the actual cost of the shelter will be when it is finished but be said that he views it as another form of insurance. “We have insurance for our cars and for our house and property so I feel that any cost of insurance that will insure the survival of my family is well worth any pre mium.” Hearing Last Night Morehead City commissioners conducted a hearing at the munici pal building last night on rezoning. Upon recommendation of the board of adjustment the board considered rezoning for business lots 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 in the Bruton subdivision on Bonner avenue and Banks street. The lots are located at the rear of the Marion Noe Texaco station. -A CD Director Reports on Town Preparations # Director Pleased With Cooperation # Most Can be Saved If They Prepare “Ninety-five per cent of the peo ple outside a six or seven-mile range of a nuclear explosion can be saved and will live if they have taken the precautions necessary, such as having a fallout shelter, the necessary amount of food, wa ter and other essentials in this protected living space.” Those arc the words of Gerald Woolard, Beaufort civil defense director, who is pleased with the interest being shown in the civil defense program. The town civil defense group will meet at 7:30 p.m. next Thursday, Sept. 14, at the town hall. The public is welcome. At the meet ing last week, 36 attended and saw two movies, The Atom Strikes, showing damage caused by a nu clear explosion, and A Day Called X, a story of one city’s prepara tions for a national emergency. Beaufort's civil defense group is now working on a survival plan which will be a part of the county survival plan, due to be filed in Raleigh no later than Oct. 15. “This is the plan that all resi dents of Beaufort will be required to follow if so advised by state and federal civil defense agencies in a national emeregney,” Mr. Wolard said. Carteret has been designated as a target area, Mr. Woolard re minds residents. “We have been told that in a large-scale attack we can expect no help of any kind from federal offices or the state for at least two weeks, because their facilities will be used in helping the areas of largest population,” the director said. The first family shelter jn Beau/ fort is now being erected^ Be slid Moore on Pollock street. The shel ter is to .be completed by the end of the week and is being built ac cording to plans furnished by civil defense. “Several more family shelters are in the planning stage, as arc several ‘group shelters’ that two or three families are considering building together,” Mr. Woolard revealed. Shelter plans and family sur vival plan kits are available at the civil defense building next to the Beaufort fire department on Broad street. If no one is there, the fire man on duty will give the neces sary information. Mr. Woolard says persons may also contact him by phoning PA8-4725. Mr. Woolard says: “We have had excellent cooperation from all town officials and the general pub lic. “We need more wardens and we need more women who will take an active part in the organization. Women will be the ones expected to do 80 per cent of the necessary things around the home in an emergency. “If you are contacted and asked to help in any way, listen to the person contacting you. If you are unable to help, at least do them the courtesy of listening. Remem ber, no one gets paid. They are taking an active part because they are interested in trying to help others and in learning what to do to save their lives. What they have to say may save yours. “If you are not contacted and wish to offer your help, get in touch with Charles Hassell. The nurses, nurses' aids and ladies may con tact Mrs. M. T. Lewis or Mrs. George Snooks.” . Car Clips Off Pole At Newport Saturday George Ervin Holbert, Cherry Point, was charged with careless and reckless driving after his 1957 Ford convertible hit a utility pole in Newport and turned over about midnight Saturday. Newport police chief Dan Bell said Holbert was going west, ran up over the curb and broke the pole in two places. His car flip ped over on its top. Holbert told the officer he went to sleep at the wheel. The car was extensively damaged. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Sept. 8 7:13 a.m. 7:26 p.m. 1:07 a.m. 1:21 p.m. Saturday, Sept t 7:51 a.m. 8:02 p.m. 1:48 a.m. 2:02 pm. Sunday, Sept. 10 8:26 a.m. 8:34 p.m. 2:26 a.m. 2:41 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11 8:58 a.m. 8:05 p.m. 3:01 am. 3:17 p.m. - Subdivision regulations (or the county were approved by county commissioners Tuesday afternoon following a hearing in the court house, Beaufort. Speaking against the regulations were L. Reed Gilreath, Swansboro attorney representing John S. and John R. Jones, Cedar Point; Sam Morgan, New Bern; and John J. j Jones, Ocean. Mr Gilreath said, “In a com-1 plex life, these regulations will make life more complicated. We, don’t believe this is constitutional.! We’re opposed to the whole ordi nance.” John R. Jones said he thought j people should be allowed to vote on whether they want subdivision regulations. Mr. Bell was concerned about! 86 acres which he plans to sell off gradually in building lots, but said that when he reduces the acreage he will lose some of his tobacco allotment. He was advised to subdivide the area in srtiall segments, and ap proach development of the total area gradually. W. B. Chalk, | Morehead City realtor, said, “It’s unwise to take a big area of land and plat it. Draw a plat and re cord only the section you’re sell ing in,” he remarked. He mentioned that one develop ment in Morehead City, sold at the whim of the owners without con sideration of buyers or other prop erly owners, “has ruined the sur rounding property.” Bill Corey, Morehead City, com mented that there “should be some kind of regulation.” Milton Coyle, Atlantic Beach, a member of the planning commis-j sion which drafted the regulations, ] remarked that there are always some people who will oppose any thing. He termed the subdivision regulations "essential to the growth of the county.” Dr. L. J. Dupree, chairman of the planning commission, said, “We hear about hardships this works on the developer. We forget about the fellow who buys land in good faith. He makes a mistake and then finds he invested so much money he can't get out of it. These regulations are for the welfare of the people, not for the welfare of one or two individuals.” ‘ He commented that the regula i turns provide that changes may re made, if necessary, following an other hearing. John R. Jones raised a question about streets. He said that ac cording to the regulations, all streets must be public. He said that some people want private streets. Jerry Turner, with the planning division of the board of conserva See SUBDIVISION, Page 5 a David Muffelman . . . reaches top County Hits the Limelight Welfare Official Annoyed Carteret got national notice in two magazines recently. Life mag azine carried an announcement of the Aug. 26 crab derby in More head City and the current issue of US News and World Report spotlights the county's “welfare troubles.” « The US News and World Report item was part of a staff-written report on the nation's “Growing Scandal in Relief.” The article points out that relief costs, rather than disappearing as Franklin Roosevelt predicted, hre continually rising. Twenty-five years ago they were $3 billion, to day they are $5 billion; social se curity payments are now $13 bil lion a year, up from 0, and un employment pay is $2.7 billion, up from 0. These three programs, the ar ticle notes, cost $20.7 billion a year. “Relief costs, in recent years of record prosperity, have risen to the highest levels ever seen in this country,” the report states. The magazine report, datelined Beaufort, N. C., related several instances • where Carteret welfare funds were misused by recipients. You're Welcome! ». ..u ii «■» inmimw.xxm ■,»-*. Bill Munden, left, chairman of the Javcee Labor Day safe driving campaign, and Javcee Russell Outlaw greet two dreenville college girls Monday afternoon at highway 70 and 70A, west of Morehead City. The Morehead City Jaycees handed out pamphlets on safe driv ing, ice cream, colas, and sandwiches. i Rating Bureau Seeks Higher Rates on Storm Insurance 4 Muffelman Lad Receives Eagle Scout Award David W. Muffelman, son <?f M/Sgt. and Mrs. R. M. Parker, route 2 Newport, received his Ragle Scout award at St. Paul’s I,uthcrs»" church, -Havelock, Sun day. The Eagle award was presented by Dr. S. W. Hatcher, chairman, Carteret District, boy Scouts of America. The Rev. James Rose man, pastor of St. Paul’s, assisted in the presentation. David, who was 14 last April, was born in Orange, Calif., and moved to North Carolina when he was 6. The family then moved back to California for two years. ►Upon returning, David joined Pack 51 at Havelock and then Pack 61 at Newport. During his three years in Troop 61 at Newport, David earned merit badges in citizenship in the com munity, home and nation; fishing, public health, scholarship, reading, safety, first aid. Firemanship, swimming, life saving, camping, cooking, insect life, wildlife management. Public speaking, personal fitness, nature, home repairs, and mechan ical drawing. David has served as troop scribe for two and one half years, as pa trol leader and den chief. He leaves today for Concordia school at Bronxville, N. Y., where he will take the general academic course for the 9th grade and other levels of high school work. Members of David’s troop attend ed the church service when he re ceived the Ragle award. Mothers of Eagle Scouts receive a pin de noting their son's achievement. Miss Georgie Hughes, county< welfare superintendent, said that the instances were related to the magazine reporter “by a totally biased individual.” One instance related that a wom an bought crutches with added ex pensive parts because “the wel fare department was going to pay for them,” then spent her own money on perfume. Miss Hughes said Tuesday that she investigated this instance and found it to be un true. Operator of the store where the crutches were bought maintained Tuesday that the woman ordered additional rubber items for the crutches and that she did then buy perfume. In another instance where a mother applied for public assist ance and then hired a flill-time maid to look after her children, while she got a job, Miss Hughes said that she is pleased with that, because the welfare department encourages mothers to work, "and the maid was probably the wom an’s mother or some other mem ber of the family.” The article on this county was See LIMELIGHT, Page 8 ► Carteret is one of 18 counties which will be affected by higher extended coverage insurance rates, if the rates are allowed. Charles F. Gold, insurance com missioner, was told Wednesday that hurricanes have been disastrous to Tar Heel insurance companies which insure property in coastal areas. The loss ratio on storm insur ance, Mr. Gold was told, was 381 per cent last year. This informa tion was given him by W. S. Biz zell at a hearing Wednesday. Mr. Bizzell is manager of the North l Carolina Fire. Insurance Rating bu reau. The bureau has proposed that ex tended coverage insurance rates be increased 50 per cent for dwellings and farms in the coastal area, and 25 per cent on other classes of property. Extended coverage is an exten sion of fire insurance which in cludes protection against losses caused by many hazards, including hurricanes. Companies say they have paid out $1.37 for every dollar collected in premiums in the past 15 years. Losses in 1960 were $1.66 for every dollar collected. Losses in the seacoast areas in 1960 totaled $3,992,000 whereas pre miums collected totaled $1,046,000, Mr. Bizzell said. Because of heavy losses in this area, some companies which at one time insured property here now re fuse to do so. Other counties af fected by the proposed rate in crease would be Beaufort, Bruns wick, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Jones, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquo tank, Pender, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington. The rating bureau also requested revision of commercial property fire insurance rates and fire in surance rates on unprotected homes. No one appeared at the hearing to object to any of the rate in creases or revisions. Oil Well Sunk To 300 Feet Drilling for oil in a wooded swamp on the open grounds began Labor Day. A depth of 300 feet had been reached by noon Wednesday, according to Norwood Young, Beaufort reporter who visited the spot. The well is being sunk 14 miles east of Beaufort by the Merrimon road. R. S. Gunther, Fort Worth. Tex., chief of operations, said that the well would.be dug to 4,100 feet be fore it is abandoned. He expects to reach that depth by this coming Thursday. When asked if he had seen “any signs of encouragement,” Mr. Gun ther said nothing could be discern ed at 300 feet. The operations are being under taken by the Coastal Plains Co., Fort Worth. Two other wells are planned, one on Barkers Island and one at Atlantic. % ' ■ , _
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