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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AMU i»kiua la
Fisheries Officers Go to School
Dexter Watts, of the Institute of Government, Chapel Hill, instructs the class for fisheries law en
forcement officers at the commercial fisheries building, Camp Glenn.
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Town Board
Adopts Tight
Budget tor Year
Morehead City commissioners
adopted Saturday morning what
the mayor terms “an austerity bud
get.” The budget totals $309,660.
Cuts were made in salaries to
city employees. There will be 'no
Christmas bonus this year, and
each employee will be required to
take his vacation rather than work
during that period and draw double
pay.
The fire truck that the town had
expected to buy will not be bought,
“simply because we don’t have the
money,” said D. J. Hall, fire com
missioner.
The mayor, George W. Dill, ask
ed that his salary be reduced to
$1,300. It had been !(2,650. Indi
vidual commissioners declined to
fallow the mayor’s lead, however.
Their pay stays at $25 per month
per commissioner. At one time
they received $10 a month.
While the budget includes a 5
cent levy for hospital maintenance,
i mayor Dill said that adoption of
the budget does not automatically
certify that the hospital will get the
money.
The levy is a part of the general
fund and according to law, he said,
may or may not be paid to the hos
pital.
The mayor said that there is evi
dence that the hospital is not losing
money because of lack of remun
eration from welfare patients,
which is what the hospital board
has claimed.
Five cents of the general fund
levy has been budgeted to pay back
into the debt service fund money
that has been borrowed from it for
current town operation during past
years.
Gordon Bell of the Local Govern
ment commission assisted Ray
mond Hall, town supervisor, in
drawing the budget. Mr. Hall says
that under the new financial pro
gram, Morehead City’s debt will
be met within the prescribed
period.
"This austerity budget, which
will bring us much criticism, will
mean a new day in Morehead
City,” the mayor observed. He
said in the future the town will
adopt a budget, then set the tax
rate.
See BOARD, Page 2
Total of Back Taxes at Beach
Amounts to $1,031, Clerk Reports
Beach town commissioners were
told at their meeting Friday morn
ing that the only unpaid taxes in
the town for 19^ through 1961 are
owed by five property owners. The
taxes amount to $1,031.15.
Property on which taxes are un
paid was sold at noon yesterday
at the town hall.
The board set 10 a.m. yesterday
for a special meeting to make a
final decision on enforcing an or
dinance requiring property owners
to remove hazardous buildings.
The building in question is own
ed by Shelby Freeman and is lo
cated on the,boardwalk, just west
of the Beach Pub. It was dam
aged in last year’s storm. The
building was condemned July 24
by R. A. Barefoot, building com
missioner.
Mr. Freeman was given 45 days
to remove the building. M. G.
Coyle, town clerk, said that a day
before the 45 days expired, Mr.
Freeman mailed a letter to the
board requesting a hearing before
the zoning board.
Mr. Freeman also stated that
the property would be improved
or cleared off before next spring.
A* kbiMmib tte
Twenty-three officers and inspec
tors of the commercial fisheries di
vision received certificates Friday
night for completing one week of
intensive training at the commer
cial fisheries building, Morehead
City.
' C. G. Holland, commercial fish
eries commissioner, said, “The
school has been very successful.
The men showed tremendous in
terest and will be able to do a bet
ter job when they get back in the
field.
“It has been my dream for eight
years,” the commissioner contin
ued, “to have a school of this sort.
I always got a lot of promises, but
this year I finally got it.”
The 1961 legislature appropriated
the funds to finance the school
which was supervised by Donald
Dayman, assistant director of the
Institute of Government, Chapel
Hill.
Beginning Monday, Sept. 18. an
other one-week school will be con
ducted for 10 recruits and for fish
eries personnel who did not attend
last week’s school. The class wiU
number 24 and will ^continue"
through Saturday, Sept. 23.
Mr. Holland said that in his eight
years as commissioner he feels his
department has been extremely
Citizens Band Radio Operators
To Stage County-Wide Test Thursday
Coastal Carteret Communicators,
citizens’ band radio operators’
club, will carry out a county-wide
exercise at 9 p.m. Thursday.
Purpose of the exercise will be
to show that the county can be
blanketed by the group, which will
be able to get information to or
from every community in case of
disaster, according to W. A. Willis,
Morehead City, president.
Mr. Willis states that the sher
iff’s department, police, fire de
partment and rescue squads can
be assured of the club’s assistance.
Eighteen mobile units and eight
base units will be used in Thurs
day’s test.
Manning the mobile units and
the location of each will be Terry
Guthrie, Cedar Island beach;
Charles Eric Russell, Atlantic;
Thomas Earl Willis, Sea Level.
Bob Russell, Stacy; William B.
Longest Jr:, Davis; Clifton Davis,
Ma'rshallberg; Paul Hancock, Shell
Point, and Harry Gaskill, bridge,
Harkers Island.
Gray Hassell, Merrimon and
South River; Wiley Taylor Jr.,
Harlowe; Otis Willis, Mill Creek;
Julius Adair, Radio island ramp.
town has received lots of criticism
because of the condition of the
building. They also were of the
opinion that if Mr. Freeman was
going to do something about the
property before next spring, he
could do it now.
Mr. Coyle said that Mr. Freeman
was invited to meet with a com
mittee at the building and did not
do so. He said that the owner has
ideas “other than cooperation.”
Mayor A. B. Cooper read a let
ter from W. C. Carlton, secretary
of the planning commission, com
mending Mr. Coyle, Atlantic
Beach’s appointee to the commis
sion. Mr. Coyle was appointed to
the planning agency Oct. 1, 1959
for a two-year term.
The board reappointed Mr.
Coyle, who will now serve a three
year term. Mr. Coyle had sub
mitted his resignation, but said he
would accept the appointment with
the understanding that if planning
commission duties become burden
some, the board will name some
one to replace him on the com
mission.
Chief Bill Moore reported that
lifeguard stands and lines have
bees brought in and that extra 90
fortunate in enforcing regulations
and obtaining convictions against
those who violated regulations.
“In the past the men have been
taught only by word of mouth as
to how to make an arrest and how
to obtain the type of evidence that
will hold up in court,” the commis
sioner observed. He said that the
schools will increase the efficiency
of his department and make the
commercial fisheries program of
benefit to more of North Carolina's
fishermen, as well as the average
citizen.
The school opened Sunday after
noon, Sept. 3, Commissioner Hol
land welcomed the men, explained
the purpose of the school and aims
of the commercial fisheries depart
ment. He reminded the men that
“this agency is as important an
agency as the highway patrol,
wildlife organization or any other
state agency.”
Courses taught and the instruc
tors were the following: historical
view of commercial fisheries by
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director of the
Institute of Fisheries Research;
theory and practice of Oshugluji
conservation and general ecology,
Dr. Chestnut, Dr. Austin Williams
See FISHERIES, Page 7
Neal Willis, route 24 at Earle
Webb property; Frank Lewis, high
way 70 Go-kart track; Albert L.
Hewitt, Broad Creek bridge; J. O.
Barbour, Swansboro bridge; Ben
nie Garner, 9-Foot road; Donald
Davis, Stella.
Alternates: Henry Smith, Cecil
Lewis, Will Guthrie, Elmond Rhue
and Tom Willis.
Manning the base units will be
Guy Gillikin Jr., Bettie; Mrs. Ju
lius Adair, Mrs. Wiley Taylor Jr.,
Beaufort: Ronald Smith, Beaufort
fire department.
W. A. Willis, Morehead City;
Keith Godwin and Mrs. Richard
Perry, Newport, and Bill Moore,
Atlantic Beach police department.
The Atlantic "Beach police depart
ment will cover the area from
Fort Macon to Bogue inlet, using
seven mobile units. •
The club’s president said that
there are more than a hundred
Citizens’ band radio sets in the
county. Thursday night’s test will
be preceded by an ice cream par
ty at the loading ramp on Radio
island at 7 p.m. All club members
and their families are invited.
lice and lifeguards hired for the
summer have been dismissed. He
reported that the civil defense or
ganization is ready to go into ac
tion in case of hurricane.
Mayor Cooper commented, “At
lantic Beach was set for a big sea
son, but we actually bad only a
month and a half of season be
cause of (he weather. There was a
bad beginning (summer was late)
and the last three weekends were
rainy.
“I hope the business places are
not alarmed at this. Lots of the
people operating them were new,
and when they don’t make money
they are inclined to blame some
‘one’ rather than some ‘thing.’
“When you try to whip the ele
ments of nature, you’ve got to
learn it’s a gamble,” the mayor
said.
He commended the police chief
and the officers for their work
during the summer.
Commissioner Charles Walters
reported that he is planning to
take care of a broken drainage
pipe on Durham street this week.
The board will meet again Fri
day, Oct. 13, at 10 a.m. in the
town balL
Businessmen Take Issue with Label
Branding Carteret as1Depressed Area
Crews Net
30,000 Pounds
In Friday Blow
Approximately 30,000 pounds of
fish were caught in the county dur
ing the first mullet blow Friday.
Capt. Ottis Purifoy, Morehead
City, says that the run flopped Sat
urday. None were caught on the
ocean side. Bogue sound crews
caught about 3,000 pounds.
Sally’s crew, the all-woman crew
of six who fish for Captain Ottis,
made two catches of mullet total
ing about 1,100 pounds Saturday.
Capt. Albert Lea’s crew at Salter
Path made the big Friday catch of
8,000 pounds.
Friday’s "mullet blow” was the
first of the season. As a result of
Friday’s catches; Captain Ottis
predicts that the coming mullet
season will be “pretty good.” No
crews were fishing yesterday.
When is the next mullet blow
due? Nobody knotos, but it will
come on a north wind and things
will “cool up,” according to the
captain.
“Until then, the only fish we’ll
get,” he said, “will be on the in
side.
The faH fishing for sportsmen is
under way, Captain Ottis says. Surf
casters on the beaches are get
ting spot, sea mullet, trout and
flounder.
Temperature Rises to 92
Thursday; Rain Friday
Temperatures ranged as high as
92 the latter part of last week, and
.56 inches of rain was recorded
Friday, reports weather observer
Stamey Davis. Readings for Wed
nesday through Saturday follow:
’’Vfednesdafy .........88 76 S
High Low Wind
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
92 76 ligh
85 74 NE
84 74 NE
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County Board
Draws Jurors
Names of the following county
residents have been drawn by
county commissioners for jury duty
in the Oct. 16 term of superior
court.
Morehead City — Maurice E.
Richardson, Theodore Roosevelt
Smith, Talmadge R. Snead, Frank
Macon Barrow, Frank Cassiano.
Beaufort — Guy Chadwick Gilli
kin, Guy Dalton Lawrence, Jack
O. Williams, Guy L. Brooks, Mer
vin Fulcher, Leonard B. Daniels,
William Lloyd Cannon, Mervin
Fulcher, Julius Carroll Dunn, Lytle
C. Smith, Carl Edwards.
Newport—Derryl Garner, Jesse
E. Haskett, J. C. Hill, Mrs. David
A. Kirk, James W. Lewis, Samuel
L. Johnson, Wren E. Lawrence,
James S. Kelly, J. B. Midgett, L.
Gatlin Arthur, Douglas Stewart,
A. L. Winberry, Mary Lucille Sal
ter, J. E. Barbour Jr., W. D. Rob
erts.
Markers Island—Dewey Wilson,
Dennie Fair Lewis, James Mal
colm Coats.
Davis—Edward M. Taylor.
Atlantic—Peter Joseph Pogera.
Stella—Dewitt Truckner, James
W. Morris.
Swansboro — Hunter H. Brown,
Woodruff C. Harris, Henry Lealon
Crumpler, Walter C. Mooney.
Marshailberg—Mrs. Lillian Sal
ter.
Atlantic Beach—Sylvester Flem
ing.
Break-Ins Occur
The sheriff's department was in
vestigating yesterday a series of
break-ins at stores in Harlowe.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Sept. 12
9:28 a.m. 3:31 a.m.
9:32 p.m. 3:48 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. IS
9:57 a.m. 3:58 a.m.
10:02 p.m. 4:19 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 14
10:30 a.m. 4:21 a.m.
10:42 p.m. 4:48 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 15
11:13 a.m. 4:46 a.m.
U:31 p.m. 5:25 p.m,
She's Miss America
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News-Times Photo by McComb
Maria Beale Fletcher, Miss North Carolina, who is now Miss
America of 1962, as she appeared, on her week-long vacation in More
head City in August. The 19-year-old Asheville girl won the Miss Amer
ica title at Atlantic City Saturday night. Ann Herring, last year’s Miss
North Carolina, was second runner-up in the 1961 pageant.
Two Get Minor Injuries
In Sunday Auto Accidents
Two persons received minor in-'
injuries in three highway accidents
Sunday.
Leroy Butz, Cherry Point, got a
cut on his lower lip when he knock
ed a 1953 Chevrolet in the rear, ac
cording to patrolman R. II. Brown.
The patrolman said Butz, in a
1957 Chevrolet, was headed west
on highway 70 and three and a half
miles west of Newport clipped the
1953 Chevrolet driven by Miss
Frances Pierce, Havelock.
The patrolman said that Butz
came up behind the Pierce car at a
high rate of speed and hit it when
he tried to pass. The accident hap
pened at 12:30 a.m. The Pierce
car was knocked 35 feet into the
woods on the right side of the road.
Butz was charged with teckless
driving.
Damage to both cars totaled
$900.
Basil L. Flanagan, Newport, got
a cut chin at 5:15 p.m. when the
pickup truck he was driving north
on the Roberts road rounded a
sharp curve, skidded to the left and
hit a ditch bank.
Damage to the truck was esti
mated at $400. Flanagan was
charged with speeding.
Clinton A. Davis, Havelock, was
charged with driving drunk, reck
less driving and H-iving without in
surance at 10 p.m. Sunday when
the 1955 Chrysler he was driving
hit the rear of a 1960 Chevrolet.
Driving the Chevrolet was Robert
C. Short, Cherry Point; According
to patrolman Brown, Davis, at a
high rate of speed, came up be
hind the Chevrolet, applied brakes,
went into a skid, and hit the Chev
rolet.
The accident happened on high
way 70 two-tenths of a mile east of
Newport. The Chrysler knocked
the Chevrolet 75 feet eastward and
150 feet into the L. W. Howard
yard, where it knocked over shrubs
and tore up the lawn.
Chief Dan Bell, Newport, cited
Davis also for speeding through
town. Damage to both cars was es
timated at $500.
Dog-Chasing Bull
Killed Friday Night
A black bull owned by Wayne
Sowers, route 1 Beaufort, was kill
ed Friday night when it collided
with a 1956 Ford driven by George
W. Courtney, route 1 Beaufort.
The accident happened at 7:30 on
highway 101, six miles north of
Beaufort.
Highway patrolman W. J. Smith,
who investigated, said the bull had
jumped a fence and was chasing
a dog when he ran in front of the
car. Courtney said the bull was
so black he didn’t see him until
it was too late to stop. The patrol
man said he was told the bull
weighed about 800 pounds.
Damage to the Ford was esti
mated at $250. There were no
charges.
William Bell
Dies of Wound
William Edward Bell, 41, More
head City, died Sunday of a pistol
wound in his head. Sheriff Robert
Bell said the death Was a suicide.
The funeral service will be con
ducted at 2 p.m. today at the Bell
Mundcn funeral chapel, Morehead
City, by the Rev. Jack P. Mans
field, pastor of Camp Glenn Meth
odist church. Interment will be
in Bayview cemetery.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs.
Henry Nichols, Morehead City,
Mrs. John McKinney, Hickory, Va.,
and Mrs. Arthur Ackerson, Char
lottesville, Va.; two brothers, Earl
Bell, San Diego, Calif, and Plefton
Bell, Wilmington, and his step
mother, Mrs. J. P. Bell, Morehead
City.
Mr. Bell lived with his sister and
her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Nich
ols. The home is west of More
head City on a road near Wallace
Fisheries.
The sheriff said the deceased
left a note in the house, addressed
to his nephew, Ralph Nichols. The
body was discovered early yester
day, according to the sheriff, in a
small building at the rear of the
home.
, Mr. Bell used a .22 pistol. The
sheriff said he did not know what
might have caused Mr. Bell to
take his life.
He was single, a veteran of the
second world war, and was em
ployed at the Fry Roofing Co.,
Morehead City.
Promises of $23,400 Made
At Meeting Thursday Night
Pledged at the business develop
ment corporation meeting Thurs
day night at Morehead City was
$23,400. This has been termed "a
starter" for the organization of a
$100,000 profit-sharing corporation.
The pledges of )100-per-share stock
subscriptions were $3,400 more
than the $20,000 minimum chair
man H. S. Gibbs Jr. had set to
organize the corporation.
The pledges quickly followed in
troductory remarks by S. A. Chalk
Jr., president of the greater More
head City Chamber of Commerce;
explanations of the corporation’s
purpose by Mr. Gibbs, and a talk
by Wyatt (Slim) Barnes, of the
department of conservation and
development.
Mr. Chalk told the 50 persons
present: “We’ve been trying to or
ganize this corporation since 1952.
This is a risk proposition. If we
put our money in it, we may lose
Labor Department Decides
This Section in Crisis
Carteret ia an area of “substantial and consistent unem
ployment” -i— according to word from Washington, D. C.
Employers in this area, as a result of a check yesterday,
don’t agree.
The following information was received by THE NEWS
TIMES Friday from Congressman David Henderson:
"The United States Department
of Labor has today announced that
Carteret county has been found to
be an area of substantial and con
sistent unemployment.
"This finding, based on Depart
ment of Labor statistics, will be
forwarded to the Department of
Commerce which can then, based
on this report, declare Carteret
county to be a depressed area and
eligible for participation in the area
redevelopment program.”
“Participation in the area rede
velopment program” means that
federal funds, if matched with lo
cal money in most instances. Will
be available here.
flow the Department of Labor
has arrived at its decision that
this is a “depiessed area” is
puzzling to the business leaders
contacted yesterday.
They admit that weather affected
the tourist season and realize that
fishing hasn’t been good, but this
is a seasonal factor with which this
county has contended for genera
tions.
County retail sales for the four
recent fiscal years have been con
sistently better: 1958 — $23,141,120;
1959 — $25,902,580; 1960 — $27,320,
310; 1961 — $28,481,704. The fig
ures are compiled by the North
Carolina Retail Merchants associa
tion.
Garland Scruggs, manager of Co
operative Savings and Loan, More
head City, when asked yesterday
if he thought this is “an area of
substantial and consistent unem
ployment,” said “No I don’t.”
The people whe want to work are
working, in Mr. Scruggs’ opinion.
The economic condition is not
quite as good as it was 12 months
ago, according to Mr. Scruggs.
There was a bad fishing season last
year, followed by a cool spring and
late summer, which affected tour
ist business.
He said he doesn’t expect the
menhaden season to be good this
winter “and that has a definite
bearing on the area.” The amount
of building going on is less than a
year ago, both here and in Wil
mington, he says. Building is slow
ing up a bit in Jacksonville, but
in Wallace, where Cooperative Sav
ing and Loan also has an office,
more building is under way than a
year ago.
Truman Kemp, manager of Car
teret Industries, Newport, one of
the county’s two clothing manufac
turing plants, was asked if he had
laid off any workers in the past
few months. “No. I’m putting
more on and business is holding up
well,” he said.
Walter Edwards, manager of Fry
Roofing, Morehead City manufac
turing plant, said that 30 men have
been laid off in the past month,
but not because of economic condi
tions.
“Our new plant opened in Atlan
ta Aug. 15 and the territory sup
plied by the Morehead City plant
has been-cut down. What we have
to do is rebuild our tonnage in the
area we now have. And we'U get
it back,” he said confidently.
When asked if the opening of the
Atlanta plant may mean closing of
this plant here, Mr. Edwards de
clared, “No, absolutely not.”
“We started from nothing here,
and this plant developed into the
top production plant of our 19
See ECONOMY, Page 2
every cent. On the other hand,
we may make a nice profit, and at
tract industry besides. There ia
as good a chance to make money
in this county as anywhere.”
Mr. Barnes’ views weren’t so
blunt. He said there are 203 such
corporations in the state, “organ
ized 203 different ways,” and that
this was “one of the best drawn
up” he had seen. He stated the
lowest profit he had known such
a corporation to make was three
per cent, and the highest, eight
per cent. He added he had known
no such corporation to lose money.
He said CAD has 200 industries
who wish to move into the state.
At least 75, per cent of them want
community help. Reasons for this
are they’re now leasing buildings
they’re in and don’t have the mon
ey to purchase another, and they
want to know the community is in
terested in them to the extent that
City Planner
Meets Thursday
With Officials
Durwood Curling, a “city plan
ner,” met Thursday night with
Beaufort town officials at the town
hall. Mr. Curling, with the divi
sion of community planning, De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment, was invited to Beau
fort by mayor W. H. Potter to tell,
in the mayor’s words, “how we
can get some of this federal money
they're handing out.”
The mayor recommended that
the town enter into a "planning
contract” with the Department of
Conservation and Development.
The cost to the town would be be
tween $2,500 and $3,000, Mr. Curl
ing estimated, and the plan would
be complete in about two years.
The federal government would
also pul up $2,500 to $3,000. Mr.
Curling said that his office, located
at Kinston, would handle the ap
plication for federal funds.
Although those at the meeting
felt planning is essential, J. O.
Barbour, president of the mer
chants association, asked, “Where
is the money coming from for plan
ning?”
Under urban redevelopment, Mr.
Curling said that the town would
apply for a loan for urban renewal
planning. Then after the planning
is complete, the town could decide
whether to carry through on urban
renewal.
If it decides to go on, the fed
eral government would make loans
and some grants. The first step
then, would be to pay back what
was loaned the town for planning.
After a blighted area is removed
under the urban renewal program,
the town would then sell the land
at public auction to the highest
bidder, Mr. Curling explained.
Relative to the federal govern
ment’s area redevelopment pro
gram, “everything’s up in the air,”
Mr. Curling observed. Before fed
eral funds can be obtained, he said
the town must be designated as a
redevolpment area.
After the two years of planning,
“you can then begin survey and
planning toward urban renewal,”
Mr. Curling said.
Dr. David Farrior, town com
missioner, asked if the town and
merchants’ association should pro
ceed with plans for widening 'Front
street. Mr. Curling said at first
to wait, then he changed his mind
and advised that the town go
ahead.
He explained in detail the fed
eral laws on rehabilitation, public
housing and what federal funds
are available for. In an area des
ignated for redevelopment he said
money is loaned for public facili
ties such as sewage treatment
plants, and for planning those fa
cilities, for technical ' assistance,
occupational training, re-training,
and for industrial and commercial
projects.
Mr. Curling advised that the
town appoint a planning board.
See PLANNER, Page 2
it will participate in heir endeav
ors.
Mr. Barnes advised the group
to make certain they secure plant
sites either by purchase or option,
and to keep sites clean, so pros
pects could see them. He prom
ised CAD would not bring a pros
pect into this area without first
thoroughly checking his creden
tials.
“It won’t be long before you
have prospects if the building site
and money are available,” Mr.
Barnes continued. He listed two
advantages Carteret has over oth
er areas in the state, the deep wa
ter port and plenty of fresh wa
ter. “You can dig a well and get
all the fresh water you want,” he
added, “whereas there is a scarci
ty of fresh water in the Piedmont
section."
Sec COlPORATION, Page 2