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THE NEWS-TIMES
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
60th YEAR, NO. 77.
EIGHT PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Another Firm to Start Oil
Search Here, State Reports
Another oil firm, Atlantic Coast
Explorations Co. plans to start
drilling in Carteret this fall, ac
cording to the division of mineral
resources, Department of Conser
vation and Development.
, Already drilling is the Coastal
Plains Oil Co. The company this
month put down an exploratory
well near Merrimon and capped
it at 4,100 feet. This brings to
four the number of capped wells
in the Merrimon section. Three of
the wells were sunk in 1946.
The Coastal Plains Oil Co. is
now drilling at a spot near the
Atlantic airfield. After explora
tion there, it expects to put down
another well near Otway on prop
erty owned by George Huntley Jr.
and Ernest J. Davis, both of Beau
fort.
Plans to sink a well on Harkers
Island have reportedly been aban
doned because equipment cannot
be gotten to the site.
In April 1945 a well was sunk by
the Coastal Plains Co. on the John
Laughton farm, Crab Point, but
the well yielded nothing. At that
time it was reported that the firm
had 10,000 acres of Crab Point land
under lease and that 200 oil leases
were on file in the register of
deeds office, Beaufort.
Morehead City Board Defers
Action on Hospital Payments
Morehead City commissioners de
cided Thursday night to defer fur
ther action on paying tax funds to
Morehead City hospital until after
it meets with the hospital board
of trustees and studies the recent
hospital audit.
A letter from S. A. Chalk, More
head City resident, stating that the
town was acting illegally in ap
propriating funds for the hospital,
was presented commissioners by
town supervisor Raymond Hall.
Some of the board members felt
the letter need not be read because
it was published in THE NEWS
TIMES. Commissioner Jerry Wil
lis urged that the letter^bo read.
The mayor read it- and commented
that the writer was “meddling”
* when he suggested that the town
set up a non-profit organization to
operate the hospital.
He said that if someone wants
to do that and present the proposal
to the board, the board can then
act.
Commissioner Dom Femia sug
gested that if Mr. Chalk wants to
run the hospital, he should be put
on the hospital board. Mayor
George Dill said that people are
not appointed to the board, they’re
elected and since Mr. Chalk is a
county commissioner, he would be
in “double jeopardy” were he also
a hospital trustee.
Commissioner Femia said the
letter should be thrown in the
wastebasket. He said the letter
was sent to the newspaper and
“the board merely got a copy.”
Mayor Dill said he is “willing
to go along with the hospital” un
til the county gets a hospital built.
He commented that tne town is
holding hospital funds collected
from day to day. He said they are
Newport Youth
Hurt in Crash
Charles (Piffle) Wilton, Newport,
remained in Morehead City hos
pital yesterday suffering from a
mouth injury received in an auto
mobile accident at 10:50 p.m. Fri
day near the drive-in theatre west
of Morehead City.
According to highway patrolman
W. J. Smith, who investigated, Wil
ton was driving a 1957 Ford con
vertible which crashed into the
rear of a 1960 Chevrolet driven by
Frank Wickizer of Morehead City.
The patrolman said Wickizer was
headed west and had stopped for
a line of traffic when Wilton hit
him. Wilton told the officer he
applied his brakes, but they failed
to function.
Both cars were heavily damaged.
Wilton has been charged with hav
ing improper brakes.
Civitans Map All-Out
Membership Campaign
Plans for an all-out membership
campaign were discussed by the
Morehead City Civitan club Friday
at their meeting at Mrs. Russell
Willis’s restaurant.
Kenneth Wagner and Roy Den
kins made several suggestions and
presented an incentive plan for
gaining new members. The in
centive plan, which will be out
lined in detail at the next meeting,
was adopted by the club.
The club also voted to furnish
the labor to paint the hospital an
[ nex that is now used as a public
health clinic.
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Unless oil is located within a
certain period of time, the leases
are surrendered.
The state mineral resources di
vision said last week that the Shell
Oil Co. plans to survey for oil
along the continental shelf extend
ing from Cape Hatteras to New
Jersey. The state says that the
shelf is located more than three
miles from the coast, but the sur
vey may prove useful to oil explor
ations along this coast.
Port Calendar
Morehead City State Port
Femcliff — Docked Sunday to
load tobacco for the Far East.
Santa Rita—Docked yesterday
to load milk and batteries for
South America.
Kamperdyk—Due today to load
cargo of tobacco for Europe.
Tallium—Due today to unload
cargo of asphalt.
Teuljingen—Due Friday to load
tobacco and lumber for Europe.
Else Hugo Stinnes—Due Fri
day for tobacco and lumber for
Europe.
Johannes Maersk—Due Oct. 1
to load cargo of tobacco for the
Far East.
not being paid to the hospital at
present, as they were in previous
years.
Commissioner Sam Holloway
noted that hospital funds have al
ways been paid to the hospital.
That the board has not in the past
followed the policy of paying the
funds only if the hospital certified
need, he said.
Mr. Chalk’s letter points out
that the law requires that the first
week of January the hospital no
tify the town of its need for finan
cial aid.
Gerald Wade, operator of the
Yacht Basin Outboard marina,
wrote a letter to the b«ard stating
that, he operates a business eight
months of the year and therefore
felt he need pay for a privilege
license only for that portion of the
year.
The board took no action, stat
ing that law requires that a busi
ness pay for a full year’s operation
if it is open at least six months of
the year.
Street commissiongr Willis was
asked to investigate requests for
street lights: four lights in the new
ly-opened section of Yaupon Ter
race, a light requested by Mrs.
James Phillips, 704 N. 29th St., a
light requested by Mrs. Bertha
Siebenschuh, Guthrie drive; and a
light requested by L. B. Ambrose,
Lecil Smith and H. L. Joslyn at
12th and Bay streets by Morehcad
City school.
The board adopted regulations
for paid fire department employ
ees. Fire commissioner D. J. Hall
commended deputy chief Lin wood
Wade for “the wonderful job” he
is doing. Mr. Wade is a paid em
ployee recently added in the fire
department.
The town supervisor said that
contractors requested for bids on
fixing windows in the fire station
have not yet submitted bids.
Commissioner Russell Outlaw re
ported that the blinker at 20th and
Bridges streets is out. Police com
missioner Femia said he would
have the shrubs cleared at blind
corners in town by Nov. 7.
The board again extended the
time allowed Leroy Guthrie to get
Moose Enthused
About Session
At Morehead
Moose attending the weekend
convention in Morehead City called
it “the best convention we’ve ever
had,” according to Earl Ilolt, head
of the Morehead City lodge, host
to the state Moose convention.
Headquarters were the Biltmore
hotel. The convention opened
Thursday night and formally got
under way Friday at 1. More than
400 attended Saturday night’s ban
quet when Mrs. Josephine Dees,
Greenville, was crowned Queen of
Sponsors.
She sponsored more members
during the past year than any oth
er member. The Women of the
Moose chose Mrs. Inez Morrison,
Morganton as new deputy grand
regent. She succeeds Mrs. Louise
Carrigan, Greenville.
Among the visiting dignitaries
were Mrs. Lulu Wolf and Mrs. Bil
lie Bowman, High Point, former
members of the grand council of
Women of the Moose.
Harvey Sprinkle, Winston-Salem,
president of the state lodge, pre
sided at the business sessions.
The convention ended Sunday
noon.
down his large sign at the north
end of the Atlantic Beach bridge.
The sign is to be down by Oct. 1.
The board also stated that the
owner of another sign on the
northeast corner at Evans and 24th
should be notified to remove his
sign.
Joe Beam was appointed to the
board of .adjustment, replacing
Jerry Willis, who was recently ap
pointed to the town board. Mr.
Willis was appointed town com
missioner when commissioner Bud
Dixon resigned.
L. A. Daniels, manager of Caro
lina Telephone, requested permis
sion to put a pay booth by Beas
ley’s on 9th Street. -The “ police'
commissioner was authorized to
state how far from the corner the
booth should be placed so that it
does not obstruct motorists’ view
of traffic on Arendell.
The board granted Hall B. Miles
Jr. and wife an easement at the
end of 12th street, lot 7, square
101 on Shackleford. The Miles
want to fill in land. The matter
was referred to town attorney
George McNeill for reply.
At the request of Mr. Beam the
board also granted an easement,
in block 119, of a cross alley ad
jacent to lots 3 and 13. The alley
is under water. Mr. Beam was
acting in the interest of a client,
Willie York, who has recently sold
adjoining property to Champ Lew
is. It is located between 20th and
21st streets.
The town supervisor said he has
gotten complaints that children at
tending Camp Glenn school are not
given police protection when going
to or leaving the school. Commis
sioner Femia said the matter was
“all taken care of.’’
Mr. Hall also said that he "has
been getting complaints from privi
lege license payers saying that
they didn’t want to pay the penalty
because they didn’t get a notice the
tax was due. The board took no
action.
It was announced that reserva
tions for board members and their
wives have been made in Durham
for the League of Municipalities
meeting Oct. 21-23.
Morehead City Board Moves
To Exempt Town from Blue Law
Elks Start New Lodge Home
L. G. Dunn, exalted ruler, center, presides at the Elks’ ground-breaking ceremony Thursday afternoon.
Also pictured are Paul Jones, Beaufort; John Baker, Atlantic Beach; Warren Grant, Beaufort; J. R.
Sanders, Morehead City. Doug West, contractor; the Rev. B. L. Davidson and mayor George Dill,
both of Morehead City.
L. G. Dunn, exalted ruler of the
Elks club, Morehead City, presided
at ground-breaking ceremonies for
the organization’s new lodge build
ing Thursday at 5:45 p.m.
The new building, which will be
50 x 96 feet, is going up west of
the Buccaneer Motor lodge in the
2800 block on Arendell street and
is being built by the T. A. Loving
Construction Co. Plans call for the
new lodge to be completed around
Dec. 20.
Davis Baptists Burn Note on Mission
Chapel Built at Markers Island
Fisheries Adds
Seven New Men
C. G. Holland, commercial fish
eries commissioner, yesterday an
nounced names of seven new com
mercial fisheries inspectors. They
were selected at the conclusion of
the one-week school for recruits
and in-service fisheries personnel
Saturday.
They are Maxwell L. Blake, New
Holland; Daniel H. Kelly, Cam
eron; Robert C. Griffin, Wades
boro; Hilbert A. Swinson, Mt.
Olive.
Conrad H. Shelton, Hayesville;
Charles Maxwell, Charlotte, and
Colon W. Grandy, Poplar Branch.
The new men will start work
the first of October.
44th Name Reported
Forty-three enrollees in the Dale
Carnegie course now being taught
in Morehead City were listed Fri
day. The names were supplied by
John Myracle, class organizer. The
44th enrollee is Mrs. H. F. Lind
say, Morehead City, a transfer
from Havelock, where the class
was recently conducted.
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School Identified
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Before breaking ground Thurs
day, which traditionally signifies
the start of construction, Mr. Dunn
gave a brief history of the Elks
club which was founded in 1946
and noted some of the achieve
ments of the organization.
Mayor George Dill, representing
the town of Morehead City, urged
members of the Elks club and its
directors to continue their fine civic
work with the same spirit of en
thusiasm and cooperativeness that
they have shown in the past.
► The First Baptist church of Dav-'
is burned the note of indebtedness
on their mission church at Harkers
Island Sunday and dedicated the
church to God.
The mission church was also
named the Huggins Memorial Bap
tist chapel. The mission has been
known in the past as the Harkers
Island Baptist church.
The church is named after Dr.
M. A. Huggins, retired general sec
retary of the North Carolina Bap
tist convention (Southern Baptists).
Dr. Huggins held that post for
thirty years and is known to mil
lions of Baptists as “Mr. Baptist.’’
Due to a very generous gift of
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Nuckols of
Harkers Island and Charlotte, the
mission was paid for ahead of
schedule.
The Rev. Don Morris, pastor of
the sponsoring church, First Bap
tist church,, Davis, has pastored
the mission for over a year with
out salary. Mr. Morris states, “I
love the Harkers Island people, and
this is my way of helping them.”
The Rev. M. R. Haire started
the mission when he was pastor of
the First Baptist church of Davis.
Mr. Haire led in the dedication
ceremonies.
Car Leaves Road,
Takes Off Pole
East of Smyrna
Lambert V. Davis, 19, Williston,
was charged with speeding, after
the 1957 Ford he was driving clip
ped off a utility pole and went
into a canal east of Smyrna. The
accident happened at 12:15 a.m.
Sunday.
Patrolman R. H. Brown, who in
vestigated, said Davis was head
ed west on highway 70 at a high
rate of speed. As he rounded a
curve, the car left the pavement
on the right, skidded, hit the pole,
breaking it off, and continued 75
feet along the shoulder of the road
and into the canal.
The front end of the car was de
molished. Davis was alone and
was not seriously hurt. The pa
trolman said he had several bumps
on his head.
Education Center Now
Registering Students
Persons interested in registering
for courses at the industrial educa
tion center, Kinston, should con
tact the-center immediately. The
address is PO Box 1296, Kinston,
phone JAckson 3-5385, Kinston.
Courses are offered in electron
ics, electronic technology, farm
machinery mechanic technology,
technical mathematics, basic blue
print reading, basic drafting, diesel
engineering, fundamentals of elec
tronics, and instructional aids and
devices.
Fees are charged those taking
the courses.
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Past exalted ruler and chairman
of the club’s building fund, John A.
Baker, also spoke and expressed
the Elks' satisfaction in seeing the
fulfillment of one of their longtime
goals.
Others at the groundbreaking in
cluded trustees of the club Joe Du
Bois, Paul Jones and A. II. James.
The Rev. Barney Davidson opened
the ceremony with an invocation.
A fish fry at the present lodge
followed the ground-breaking.
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USCG Answers
Sunday Calls
Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma
con were called out twice Sunday
afternoon to aid distressed boats.
At 3, Fort Macon dispatched the
30-footer to aid a 16-foot outboard
that had developed engine failure
in the Morehead City channel. The
boat, owned by Marshall T. Wil
ford, Raleigh, was taken in tow
to the Morehead City sports ma
rina.
At 4:30, the 36-footer from Fort
Macon was sent to Shackleford
Banks to relieve a Cape Lookout
tow that was bringing the charter
boat Kenwin in. The Kenwin de
veloped engine failure several
miles offshore. The 36-footer towed
the 40-foot cabin cruiser to the
Gulf docks in Morehead City. Own
er of the boat was Kenneth C.
Moser, Morehead City.
Fort Macon crewmen on the two
assists were Howard Jones, BM-1;
James Gurganus, H>T-1; J. L. Sea
mon, GM-2; Louis C. Willis, EN-2;
and Harold Snipes, EN-1.
Claim for Gas Tax Refund
Must be Filed by Monday
By R. M. WILLIAMS
County Agricultural Agent
A number of farmers have re
quested information on when and
how to claim a refund of federal
tax on gasoline used on the farm.
Form 2240 and instructions for fill
ing out this form are the same as
last year except for dates and col
or of ink on the card.
Forms and instructions will be
mailed to any farmers who filed
refund applications last year. New
farm operators and farmers who
have not filed previously may ob
tain the necessary forms at our
office for filing your federal tax
refund. Following are facts re
garding federal tax refunds.
1. The claim may be filed only
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Sept. 26
9:28 a.m.
9:52 p.m.
3:17 a.m.
3:47 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 27
10:20 a.m.
10:46 p.m.
4:02 a.m.
4:34 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 28
11:13 a.m.
11:40 p.m.
4:46 a.m.
5:23 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 29
12:06 a.m.
5:32 a.m.
6:18 p.m.
Board Will Probably Have
To 'Resolve Again' Later
The town of Morehead City, by resolution, exempted it
self from the state blue law which becomes effective Sun
day. But the board will have to do this all over again after
Sunday . . . probably.
Andrew Jones, assistant attorney general, who was in
Morehead City over the weekend for the state commercial
fisheries school, said Saturday that
since the blue law docs not become
effective until this coming Sunday,
a town or county cannot exempt
itself from the law until after that
day.
To vote exemption prior to Oct.
1 is premature, Mr. Jones explain
ed, because exemption is author
ized in the act and therefore can
not be legally accomplished until
the whole act is in effect.
This applies to counties as well
as to towns, he said.
The state law does not force clos
ing of stores on Sunday, bpt it lists
items that may not be sold on Sun
day, such as clothing, furniture,
housewares, tools, paints, building
materials, clocks, watches, lug
gage. jewelry, appliances, silver
ware, musical instruments and re
cordings.
Things that may be sold on Sun
day. according to L. P. Watts Jr.,
Institute of Government, who com
ments on the law in the current is
sue of Popular Government, are
novelties, toys, souvenirs and arti
cles necessary for making repairs
and performing services.
The state blue law, which was SB
479 in the 1961 legislative session,
is now chapter 1156 of the general
statutes. The law makes it a mis
demeanor to sell at retail on Sun
day any of the things prohibited.
Mr. Watts says the law . .
takes the form of a blue law but
is intended more for the purpose
of regulating business competition
than to keep the Sabbath holy.
“The act . . . is frankly designed
to take the profit out of full-scale
Sunday operation on the part of
discount houses and self-service
drug stores. The merchants sup
porting the legislation stated that
they feared being forced by the ne
cessity of competition to open on
Sunday in the. absence of a law
such as this."
Commissioner Russell Outlaw
suggested that the board take ac
tion on the blue law matter. Mayor
George Dill said the town would
abide by its own Sunday restric
tions.
The Senate committee studying
the bill before it became law rec
ommended that an amendment
make the act inapplicable to resort
areas, but this was rejected on the
grounds that such an amendment
might make the law unconstitu
tional.
County commissioners are given
the authority to exempt any por
tion, or all, of the unincorporated
areas of the county.
Mr. Watts predicts that a strong
attack will be made against this
part of. the bill. He said that the
act “is basically constitutional in
the light of recent decisions of the
Supreme Court of the United
States.”
An attack on the point permitting
a county to exempt a PORTION of
a county outside towns would prob
ably be based on provisions in the
North Carolina constitution, Mr.
Watts says.
by the owner, tenant, or operator
of a farm.
2. The rate of refund is 4 cents
per gallon of gasoline used from
July 1, 1960
through June 30,
1961.
3. The claim
must be filed
before Oct. 2,
1961. Any claim
filed after Oct.
2, 1961 will noi
be honored. On
ly one claim a
year may be filed.
4. Upon request by the District
Director of Internal Revenue, a
farmer must be able to support
the amount of refund claimed.
5. If a farmer has employees
subject to Social Security tax, he
should enter his identification
number as it appears on Form 943
Employer’s Annual Tax Return for
Agricultural Employees.
6. If any farmer’s name and ad
dress is preprinted on the card
form, you should use that card.
If the name or address is incor
rectly stated, you should write in
any change that is needed to cor
rect the card.
7. For farmers living in North
Carolina the claim should be filed
with the US District Director of
Internal Revenue, Greensboro,
N. C.
R. M. Williams
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Deputy Takes
Man Off Trawler
Ray Hopkins, Pamlico Beach,
Hyde county, was in the county
jail, Beaufort, yesterday, waiting
to be picked up by Hyde county
officers.
Carteret deputy sheriff Billy
Smith said Hopkins, who was un
der way Sunday in his trawler, Mo,
was wanted in Hyde county for
stealing a ship-to-shore radio. Aft
er being notified by Hyde authori
ties, deputy Smith contacted Fort
Macon Coast Guard station, which
provided a boat and crew to go
after Hopkins’ 32-foot shrimp trawl
er.
Deputy Smith, aboard the Coast
Guard boat, and the Coast Guards
men overtook the Mo in Bogue
sound near the section base Sunday
afternoon. The Mo was then tied
up at the state. docks there and
Hopkihs taken to jail.
Deputy Smith expressed his ap
preciation to the Coast Guard and
the crewmen, Harold Snipes, H. D.
Paul Jr. and Howard Jones, for
their cooperation.
Two Marines
Hurt in Crash
Two Camp Lcjeunc Marines were
injured Saturday afternoon in a
two-ear crash on highway 24 two
miles east of Boguc. They were
Perry Smiley, driver of a 1959 Re
nault, and a passenger in the Re
nault, McKinley Hilderbrand.
Smiley is believed to have had
a concussion. Hilderbrand suffer
ed a broken arm. Both were cut
and bruised.
According to patrolman W. E.
Pickard, Smiley was headed east,
and came up behind another car.
He swung out to pass and as he
did so, met a 1954 Buick headed
west. Smiley applied the brakes
and went into a skid. The Buick,
driven by Rudolph Whitman, Camp
Lejeune, hit the Renault in the
left side.
Smiley was charged with care
less and reckless driving. Both
cars are considered beyond re
pair.
County Boys Will
Appear in Play
Denard Harris, Harlowe, and
Michael Lewis, Morehead City, will
play leading roles when East Caro
lina college Playmakers present
James Norris’s play, Robin Hood,
in October.
Harris will play the adventurous
Robin Hood. Lewis will play gen
ial Friar Tuck, a member of Robin
Hood’s band.
A performance for college stu
dents and adults will be given
Oct. 20 at S p.m. in McGinnis au
ditorium on the campus. A tour
of Pitt county schools is being ar
ranged.
The production will be one of the
annual plays for Pitt county school
children, produced by the Play
house and sponsored by the Green
ville branch of the American As
sociation of University Women
since 1941.
Fall Brings Warm
Temperatures
Fall temperatures are above nor
mal so far, reports weather ob
server Stamey Davis. Fall official
ly arrived at 1:43 a.m. Saturday.
High and low temperatures and
wind direction for the five days
beginning Wednesday follow:
High Low Wind
Wednesday .85 73 NW
Thursday .85 65 SW
Friday .87 66 NW
Saturday .90 67 NW
Sunday ..-...90 69 W
Meeting Today
Area redevelopment and urban
renewal will be discussed at a
meeting at 3 p.m. today in the
Beaufort town halL