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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES i rmrn a Vo BOth YEAR NO 75 TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, BCirlhMcbR 19, 1961 ' -’-:—:-—-. _ I uiwuft x o nni/ x mi/n x u - - . _ 4. Citizens' Band Operators Pleased With County Test Citizens’ band radio operators of< the county are highly pleased with the success of their test Thursday night. W. A. Willis, Morehcad City, president, said all mobile units, from Cedar Island to the Swansboro bridge could be heard clearly at the base station at the .) Beaufort fire department. It is anticipated that messages would be relayed from one mobile unit to the other should the central base unit not be receiving well, but relaying was unnecessary Thursday night. Sixteen mobile units were sta tioned throughout the county. Base units were at Bettie, Beaufort, Morehead City, Newport, and At lantic beach. , Mr. Willis said the test proves beyond a doubt that the citizens’ band operators could cover the ' county during a power failure. In case of hurricane, the operators plan to take their assigned stations as soon as the storm passes and relay messages for help or any other information. Because of the weather, the ice cream party scheduled to precede the test was postponed. It is sched uled now for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the loading ramps, Radio island, ' weather permitting. The next meeting of the citizens’ band operators, Coastal Carteret Communicators, will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at the Beau fort fire station. County Workers Given Awards At Air Base Cherry Point Civil 'Service em ployees were presented cish pnd honorary awards Sept.^ 8 by Brig. Gen. Frank C. Tharin, station cotn '* manding general. The awards were presented in recognition of individual superior accomplishments and the comple tion of long periods of Federal service. Carteret residents receiv ing the awards Were the following: Command Administration: Mar garet S. Simpson, Beaufort, $150. Supply Department: Junius T. Creech Jr., and Vivian D. Gillikin, both of Newport, $135 each; and Ruth M. Willis of Morehead City, $150. Public Works: Margaret C. Guth rie, $100; John E. Platt Jr., $250; and Harry H. Salter, $300, all of Morehead City; Eleanor R. Patter son, $100; and Peter C. Beam, $150, both of Beaufort; Lee R. Gould, $150, and Milton C. War ren, $200, both of Newport; Wer mund H. S. Hansen, Straits, $170. J Industrial Relations: Jesse M. Willis, Morehead City, $250; Goldie G. Hall, Newport, $100. US Navy Length of Service Awards, a certificate and emblem denoting honorary recognition of the completion of long periods of service, were received by the fol lowing who have recently com pleted twenty years of military and civilian service in departments and agencies of the Federal govern ment: > Earl M. Noe and William K. White, Beaufort, and Robert A. Sellers, Smyrna, aU O&R employ ees. Rotary Governor Visits Morehead William Ralph, Belhaven, gov ernor of Rotary district 773, was the guest speaker at the Thursday night meeting of the Morehead City Rotary club. The object* of Rotary, as out lined briefly by Mr. Ralph, are to exemplify the usefulness of serv ice in all personal and business endeavors, to point up the dignity of human labor, however menial, j to apply the principles of service to the bettermen of one’s vocation, and to spread international good will by whatever means possible. Governor Ralph complimented Morehead City for its 200 per cent participation in the Rotary Foun dation which has given $3.9 million to scholarship funds. He stated that his home club, Belhaven, would be in a race to see whether Morehead City or Bel haven would be the first 300 per cent club in the district. Marine Injured Pfc. Gary Mitchell Foote of Camp Lejeune was taken to the Naval hospital at Lejeune Tuesday by the Dill ambulance. Foote was injured aboard a ship being un loaded at Morehead City port when a trailer overturned on him. Rites Conducted For Young Wife Killed in Crash The funeral service for Mrs. Christine Slaughter Kennedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Slaughter, route 1 Newport, was conducted at 4 p.m. yesterday in the Holly Springs Free Will Bap tist church, Newport. Mrs. Kennedy, 22, was killed in an automobile accident early Sat urday morning near Newport, Tenn. Her husband, R. J. Ken nedy, was seriously injured. The Kennedys, who live in Nash ville, Tenn., were returning home after being in Newport for the fu neral of her grandmother, Mrs. Lillie D. Slaughter, which was conducted Thursday. They were riding in a Renault which, accord ing to reports, was involved in a head-on collision. Mr. Kennedy is a senior minis terial student at Free Will Baptist Bible college in Nashville. Mrs. Kennedy was employed in a bank there. The couple met while both were attending Mount Olive col lege and were married in 1959. They had been living in Tennessee two years. The service was conducted by the Rev. M. L. Johnson, pastor, and the Rev. Rashie Kennedy of Greenville, father-in-law of Mrs. Kennedy. Burial was in Amariah Garner cemetery, Newport. Surviving, in addition to her par ents, are two brothers, Gilbert and Alvah Blair, both of Newport. Voters Choose ASC Committees More than SO per cent of those eligible voted in the recent Agri culture Stabilization and Conser vation community committee elec tions. B. J. May, ASC administrator, said 499 out of 910 went to the polls last Monday. The man receiving t be highest votes in a community becomes chairman and delegate of the lorn mittee; next highest vote-getter is vice-chairman; the third, regular member; and the next two, alter nates. Elected are the following: White Oak township—Jim Young, chairman; Lew Sawrey, Leland Morris, Clyde Morris and Elmo Smith. Morehead—Sam Garner, chair man; John I. Smith, Leamon (Rock) Corbett, Addison McCabe, and Joe Barnes. Newport—John A. Kelly, chair man; Charles Quinn, James S. Kelly, Cecil H. Pringle, and C. T. Garner. Beaufort-Harlowe — Gordon Bec ton, chairman; A. R. Hardesty, Noah Avery, Manly Eubanks, John Felton Jr. East-Merrimon — Roland Salter, chairman; Herman Arthur, H. D. Carraway Jr., Brondell Gillikin, and Guy C. Gillikin. The chairman of each commit tee will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thurs day in the ASC office, courthouse annex, Beaufort, to select the ASC county committee. Two Cars Collide Near Thoroughfare Bridge A 1959 Chevrolet driven by Wil liam H. Styron Jr., Cedar Island, collided with a 1959 Oldsmobile driven by Joseph E. Reilly Sr., Havelock, at 1:30 p.m. Sunday just west of the Thoroughfare bridge, between Cedar Island and Atlantic. Patrolman R. H. Brown said Styron was coming off the bridge, headed west, and hit the rear of Reilly’s car. Reilly had just turn ed into a parking lot and the rear of the car had not yet cleared the highway. No one was hurt. Charges are pending. Tide Table Tide* at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Sept. 19 2:44 a.m. . 9:22 a. 3:21 p.m. 10:17 p. Wednesday, Sept. 20 4:01 a.m. 10:29 a. 4:33 p.m. 11:13 p. Thursday, Sept. 21 5:09 a.m. 11:29 a.m. 5:37 p.m. .—. Friday, Sept. 22 6:07 a.m. 12:05 a.m. 6:32 p.m. 12:25 p.m. B 3 3 3 Fire Ravages Webb Home on Bogue Sound Photo by Reginald Lewis This is the east end of the large Webb home showing flames bursting through the roof, upper left, and out the window, where Andrew Nance, caretaker, first noticed the fire. News-Times Photo by MeComb The inside of the house is a shambles. Charred wood and debris litter the staircase. Water damage was extensive. (More pictures page 8 this section.) Newport Firemen Weary After Thursday's Blaze Newport firemen, weary from a 10-hour job, expected to begin dis mantling their tank truck’s pump Saturday to see what damage, if any, was incurred while fighting the fire at the Earl Webb estate Thursday night. Fire chief C. A. Gould Jr. said Friday that if the pump has to be replaced it will cost about $800. He remarked that he didn’t think replacing it would, be necessary since they ran two or three strain ers on the suction line and stop ped pumping frequently to clean the pump out. The Newport tank truck was call ed to assist the Morehead City fire department in fighting the blaze. Morehead City called for one truck, but Newport sent two, leaving one at the station on standby. “We aren’t called to assist an other department unless we are needed,” the chief said, “so we sent both trucks to the scene. When we got there, the other trucks had given out of water and gone for more. "We pumped Mr 2,000 gallon tank dry and then pumped from the sound. Our men drove the truck head first down the grassy slope of the lawn to the water’s edge. “Seaweed in the pump hamper ed our operation. We had to shut down every 10 or 15 minutes and clean it out. That took about five minutes each time. We kept up the pumping from midnight to about 4:30 in the morning. “We lost about 400 feet of hose. It burst due to the high pressure necessary to pump the water up the hill and then along the other 1,000 feet of hose. Our loss is negligible compared to what those folks lost in the fire,” he conclud ed. Twenty firemen answered the alarm. Some of them went to the fire while others remained on duty at the station. Newport men took some soft drinks to the scene and some neighbors of the Newport firemen fixed a few sandwiches for the men. See FIREMEN, Page S Earle W. Webb, owner of the home on Bogue Sound which burn ed Thursday night, considers the place a total loss. The 11-bedroom mansion was covered by insurance. Whether the home will be rebuilt is a question, but those close to Mr. Webb expressed doubt that the mansion would be put back. Mr. Webb arrived here by plane Friday morning with his daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Moffitt, Ashland, Ky. All were attending an oil convention in Atlantic City at the time of the fire. Mrs. Webb arrived in More head City yesterday. The fire was discovered between 8:15 and 8:30 p.m. Thursday by Andrew Nance, caretaker. He said hi! was a short distance from the house and smelled something burn ing. He looked up and flames were leaping out of the attic at the east ern end of the home. “The roof is slate and the flames were probably burning in there a long time before they finally broke through,” Mr. Nance observed. He immediately phoned the Morehead City fire department. Mr. Nance and Jasper Long, an other caretaker, took turns sleep ing in the home nights. Both were working around the place when the blaze was discovered. Construction of the building was started in 1927, according to Mr. Nance, and he has worked on the property since 1928. The fire attracted hundreds of spectators. Firemen were present from Morehead City, Newport and Atlantic Beach. Atlantic Beach sent its tank truck and half of its fire department membership be tween 9:30 and 9:45 p.m. Beaufort Rural Fire association sent its tank truck, by request, at 9:45 p.m. Newport firemen drove their truck down the steep embankment in front of the home to the sound where they drafted water. The firemen also carried furni ture from the first floor. Nothing was reported saved from the sec ond floor except linens. Water damage was extensive. There have been conflicting re ports on looting. Many spectators were helping to carry items from the home. Those watching them take the items out might have as sumed they were walking away with them, rather than putting them with other things that were saved. On the other hand, it has been reported that from time to time the family is noticing that some things that were in the home are missing. No one knows what might have started the blaze, other than the possibility that it could have origi nated in electrical wiring. Mr. Nance commented that this is the first fire ever to occur on the property. Mr. Webb, who lives in New York, expects to remain here several more days. He and his daughter and her husband spent the weekend at the home of Miss Lillian Frances Giddena, Bonham Heights. Countians Urged 1 o vj et Ready; Winds Expected County resident* are urged to take all precautions in the face of approaching hurricane Esther. Lt. John Riddell, commanding officer of Fort Macon Coast Guard group, said yesterday, "We can’t miss getting high Winds unless the storm makes a radical turn." The storm is moving northwest toward the United States Scientists From Beaufort Lab Go to Colorado Four scientists at the US Bio logical laboratory, Pivors Island, j are attending the First Symposium j of Radioecology at Colorado State university, Fort Collins, Col., ac cording to G. B. Talbot, director of the laboratory. They are Dr. T. R. Rice, chief of the radiobiological program, and fishery research biologists George Rees. Thomas J. Price, and John Baptist. Dr. Rice is taking a prominent part in the symposium by present ing two papers titled The Role of Phytoplankton in the Cycling of Radionuclides in the Marine En vironment and Review of Zinc in Ecology He is also chairman of one of the section meetings. Radiobiological research began at the US Biological laboratory in 1949 when the Bureau of Commer cial Fisheries realized the impact that possible contamination of the marine environment by radioactive materials would have on commer cial fisheries. Since that time studies have been carried out at the laboratory on the uptake and accumulations of fission products and' other radio nuclides by marine organisms, and the effect of these substances on the utilization of seafood resources. This work is carried, out in co operation with the US Atomic En ergy commission. More recently in cooperation with the US Public Health Service, the Beaufort lab oratory has begun a study of the Savannah river estuary to deter mine if the atomic energy plant on the river affects marine aquatic organisms living near the river mouth. This project is under the direc tion of Mr. Baptist. The symposium in Colorado Springs brings together many of the leading scientists in the Unit ed States who are working on problems of radioactivity as it af fects the environment of plants and animals. “While radioactivity in the ma rine environment has not yet be come a serious problem in this country, the increase in fall-out from atomic explosions and opera tions of atomic powered boats and submarines, as well as atomic electric plants, makes it manda tory that we know in advance what to expect so that human life can be protected,” Mr. Talbot said. The Beaufort laboratory is tak ing a leading role in these studies, he concluded. $20,000 Loss Estimated In Saw Mill Blaze Sunday Radio School Will Begin Wednesday At Beach City Hall A radio school will begin Wed nesday night at the Atlantic Beach town hall. The class will begin at 7. jXhe course will lead to the stu dent’s obtaining his amateur ra dio operator’s license and enable him to repair radio-phones and simple radio equipment. There is no charge for the 40 hour course. The instructors will contribute their time. Bob Slater, Beaufort, one of the instructors, will teach theory. The school will consist of three-hour sessions ev ery Wednesday. Mr. Slater urges that anyone in terested appear at the first ses sion. “Stragglers,” he comment ed, “won’t get much out of it.” Woman Hart Mrs. Mildred Johnson, route 2 Newport, was admitted to More head City hospital at 6 p.m. Sun day, after she suffered a leg in jury in a jeep accident at Pine Knoll Shores. Details of the ac cident were not available at press time. Mrs. Johnson was taken to the hospital in the Dill ambulance. with winds as high as 200 mdes an hour. Harry Williams, county civil de fense director said yesterday that if the storm should move in on the central Carolina coast, all Carteret | residents would be asked to evacu ate. Chief of police Bill Moore, Atlan tic Beach, said, “If that storm has winds 200 miles an hour and hits here, none of Carteret county should stay. We’ll be wrapped up in water.” lie said that people on the beach will definitely be ordered to evacu ate. Beach civil defense personnel, emergency police and the beach rescue squad had a special meet ing last night to make plans for the emergency that will arise if Esther slams into the Carteret coast. The II o'clock advisory yesterday morning stated that small craft People should NOT call Fort Macon Coast Guard station for information on the storm. Lt.. J John Riddell, commanding offi cer, says his station has NO in formation that is not already be ing broadcast regularly by ra dio and tv stations. from Block Island, N. Y., to Miami, Fla., should remain in port or in protected waters. The storm was moving at 11 knots in a northwest direction at that time, with winds at 130 knots in the center and 150 miles an hour in the northeast semicircle. The storm is called “a large and dan gerous hurricane.” Thf Miami weather bureau said it w^ulrf be able to determine by this morning the area along the eastern seaboard that will be in greatest danger from Esther, this season’s fifth tropical storm. Mr. Williams reports that the county’s new radio equipment has been set up in the old jail, Beau fort, on the second floor and that communication had been establish ed with Raleigh Sunday. Expected to arrive yesterday were nine receivers and transmit ters which will be stationed throughout the county so that all areas will be in contact with the base station at Beaufort. In addition, he said the Atlantic Beach radio unit will have contact with Raleigh. There are also four ham operators in various sectors of the county. It had been planned originally to have the radio room in the base ment of the new addition to the courthouse, but Mr. Williams said that room floods with water and it had been impossible to keep peo ple from tramping back and forth through the rood), hampering work of authorized radio personnel. See ESTHER, Page 8 A hardwood saw millsowned by* Robert and Leonard Safot, Beau fort, burned at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The mill wai located off the Lennoxville road, in the vicinity of Jack Chadwick’s fish pond. The loss is estimated at (20,000. It is not known how the fire started. Beaufort firemen said it had been burning a long time be fore they got there. The mill was located in an isolated area. Ronald Smith, fireman, said wa ter was pumped from a pond and there was plenty of water to fight the blaze, but the mill was prac tically gone by the time firemen arrived. Lumber at the mill was saved. Insurance coverage was reported to be insufficient to cover the loss. Owners had not decided yesterday whether they would rebuild. Firemen stayed at the scene two and-a-half hours. This was the third serious fire in the county in four days. Mom and Pop’s restaurant at the beach burned early Thursday morning. Followed by the fire at the Earle . Webb home that night. Reservists Leave Several of the members the Army Reserve Heayyboat unit left yesterday for active duty. Those who left were responsible for ■paper work connected with the unit. The rest of the men will leave in sev eral weeks. County Towns To Get $46,880 For Streets Powell bill funds totaling $46, 880,65 will be distributed to six towns of the county by Oct. 1. The funds, for fixing non-highway-sys tem streets in towns, exceed last year’s payment to Carteret towns by $3,303.47. Payments to all towns, except Beaufort and Morehead City, in creased. The drop there is at tributed by the highway commis sion to the fact that population of these towns did not equal the aver age 10-year rate of population growth of 25.3 per cent. The new 1960 census figures were used this year for the first time. Funds are distributed on the basis of population ($1.92 per per son) and non-highway-system mile age in the town $453.12 per mile). The state derives the funds from the gasoline tax. Last year it was stated that Bay shore Park and Cape Carteret, in this county, did not qualify for the funds. But the highway commis sion evidently changed its mind, because this year, the Powell bill report indicates that funds for 1960 have been paid those two in corporated areas on highway 24. » The total distributed statewide this year will be $7,356,135.97, as compared with $7,015,112.19 last year. The allocations to Carteret towns this year follow (in parentheses are the amounts they received last year): Atlantic Beach $3,096.04 ($2,945.88), Bayshore Park $1, 318.20 ($1,260.20), Beaufort $9, 237.92 ($10,951.54), Cape Carteret $3,294.54 ($2,529.33), Emerald Isle $5,718.12 ($5,148.04), Morehead City $19,369.28 ($20,336.32), and New port $4,846.55 ($4,195.40). - Two Girls Hurt In Auto Accident Two girls suffered neck injuries at 9:30 p.m. Saturday when the car in which they were riding was struck from the rear by a 1952 Chevrolet driven by Jesse Bell Could, Morehead City. The girls were Glenda Morton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Morton, Morehead City, who was driving, and her cousin, Barbara Morton, Jacksonville. Both were x-rayed. Gould has been charged with drunken driving and was released under $300 bond. Miss Morton was travelling to Morehead City from the beach when the accident happened. Dam age to the Morton I960 Pontiac is estimated at $500. Cpl. Arthur Fields of the state highway patrol investigated. Commissioners to Meet The Morehead City town board will have its September meeting at f:30 p.m. Thursday at the munici ial building. Elks to Turn Earth Thursday Ground will be broken for the Morehead City-Beaufort Elks lodge it 5 p.m. Thursday on Arendell street, just west of the Buccaneer Motor lodge. John Baker, chairman of the wilding program, says the build' ng will be 50 by 100 feet, will be lir-conditioned and have facilities hat will accommodate the state odge convention and other large gatherings. Cost of the building s estimated at $45,000. The contract was scheduled to »e let early this week, with the wilding completed by Christmas jr early January. Following the ground-breaking, nembers will be served a seafood iinner by Sam Adler and Clarence Styron at the present lodge home iust west of 10th street on Aren iell. 'The lodge meeting will fol ow. Mr. Baker invites members and 'riends of the lodge to the ground jreaking. He said the new build ing will have an ample parking ot. The lodge hopes to build ten nis courts and develop other rec reational facilities on the new prop erty.