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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
People Will Vote on Hospital Site
County Sets Wheels in Motion
On Food Give-Away Program
County commissioners adopted"
Monday the schedule on which
families would be eligible to re
ceive surplus food commodities.
If a family of one has an income
of less than $75 a month, he is
eligible for the food; if a family
of two has an income of less than
$95 a month, it is eligible. The
rate increases by $5 for each ad
ditional family member.
If, for examplr, a family of five
has an income of less than $110 a
month, it would be eligible.
Miss Georgie Hughes, welfare
superintendent, says that this is
the same financial basis as that
used to determine who is eligible
for welfare funds.
This does not necessarily mean
that persons NOT getting welfare
funds and who qualify for the food
could also qualify for welfare
checks.
If a welfare recipient applies for
and gets the food, the food is in
addition to his usual welfare check.
All “public assistance” or welfare
recipients are automatically eli
gible for the food if they apply for
it.
The food to be distributed is corn
meal, flour, rice, dry beans, dried
milk, lard, dried eggs, butter, pea
nut butter, pork and gravy and
rolled oats.
It will fee distributed according
to a schedule of amounts set up
by the state department of agri
culture. Giving county commis
sioners advice on the program
Monday afternoon were M. J.
Pierce, assistant director of the
commodities distribution program,
and Clair Taylor, both of the de
partment of agriculture.
Mr. Pierce said that the value
of the food to be given is $8 per
person per month or $5 pounds of
food per person per month. Ac
cording to the schedule set by thp
state, a family of five would get
the following for one month:
Fifteen pounds of cornmeal, 30
pounds of flour, 20 pounds of rice,
29 pounds of dry beans, 9 pounds
Of dried milk, 27 pounds of lard, 5
No. 2V4 cans of dried eggs, 5
pounds butter, 2 2/3 pounds pea
nut butter, 18 pounds of canned
pork and gravy and 6 pounds roll
ed oats.
The supervisor of commodities
distribution is advised to reduce
the amounts “if there is any indi
cation that any of the items will
not be properly and fully utilized
for human consumption.”
C. Z. Chappell has been appoint
ed commodities supervisor and
has been authorized by the county
board to hire two persons to help
him. He estimates that at least
65,000 pounds of food a month will
be distributed in the county.
It was thought that the food
could be given during the second
week of each month, but Mr.
Pierce said he thought it would
take two weeks, serving a hundred
families a day.
The food will be distributed from
the former C. D. Jones building,
Front Street, Beaufort.
Mr. Pierce said that 35 counties
See FOOD, Page 2
MaritimeAgency
Promotes Port
To promote the port bond issue
Nov. 7, the Morehead City Mari
time association will print a slogan
on business envelopes free of
charge.
The slogan is on the prow of a
ship and says, “Expansion is a
Must. Vote for Port Ronds Nov.
7.” R. L. Hicks, se«ffetary-treas
urer of the Maritime association,
says any business people who have
No. 10 business envelope# on which
they will permit the slogan and
picture to be printed, should call
Herald Printing Co.
Their envelopes will be picked
up, imprinted and returned to
them. The drawing of the ship
was done by Charles McNeill, well
known artist and assistant port
operations manager at Morehead
City.
T%e Maritime association also
has picture postcards of the port
which has slogan on them urging
support of the bond referendum.
Persons who have friends upstate
to whom they will mail the cards
may have them free by contacting
Ur. Hicks, PA«-5060.
Firemen to Convene
The East Carolina Firemen’s as
sociation will convene at Newport
Tuesday night. Supper will be
served in the school gym at 7:30
p.m., announces C. A. Gould Jr.,
Newport fire chief.
New Sign Posted
NO SMOKING
#0 0P£H FLAMES
OIHWDEKKBTH
o« around mm
A new white sign, with red lettering, has been posted at the west
end of the Morehead City bridge. It cautions people against smoking
or use of flames on or about the bridge. (Photo by George Hall)
County Official Comment*
On Oglesby Site Alternate
Luther Hamilton Jr., county at-*
torney, said Wednesday that coun
ty commissioners selected the
Thomas J. Oglesby site as an al
ternate to the Boguc Sound hos
pital site for several reasons.
He said the land is well-drained,
is on a hard-surfaced road, is ap
proved by the Medical Care com
mission and is more nearly in the
general Crab Point area where
some people think the hospital
ought to be built.
He said folks may think that the
Barbour site should have been
chosen as the alternate, but the
commissioners believe the cost of
paving a road to the site would be
extremely high. If the county did
not bear the cost of paving and the
state agreed to do the paving, this
would reduce the amount of mile
age the state would pave through
out the county.
The county has never exercised
the option on the Bogue sound
(Webb) site, Mr. Hamilton said.
This week the option on the
Thomas Oglesby site was renewed.
Mr. Hamilton said the distance
from the 20th street-Arendell street
intersection to the mid-point of the
Oglesby site is 1.4 miles. From
that intersection to the Webb site
is 6.1 mlies.
The Oglesby site has 1,555-foot
frontage on the Crab Point road.
While it is believed that there are
82 acres in the Webb site, Mr.
Hamilton said a recent survey in
dicates that there are probably 76;
24 of which arc on the south side
of highway 24. It is this section
on which the board proposed to
build the hospital.
Frontage of the Webb property
on highway 24 is 1,050 feet. Bogue
sound frontage totals 828 feet.
Story of Lost Trousers,
Lost Wallet, Ends Happily
An honest man lives at the
Fort Macon apartments on At
lantic Beach. He’s the apart
ments’ owner-manager, D. A.
Willis.
Clifford R. Hunley of Union
town, Pa., went bathing on the
beach near the apartments Mon
day, Sept. 25. Having forgotten
something, Mr. Hunley returned
to his car. The object was under
his trousers on the back seat.
To expedite matters he placed
his trousers on the top of his car.
When he had finished his swim,
Mr. Hunley got into his car and
drove off. His trousers, how
ever, did not go with him. They
slithered off the top of the car.
Mr. Hunley returned to the
Spooner’s Creek Harbor motel,
where be and Mrs. Hunley, sis
Board Plans
Vocational Work
Maj. H. J. McGee, USMC (Ret.J
appeared before the county board
of education Monday to discuss en
larging adult classes in vocational
education.
Major McGee is with the indus
trial education division of the
North Carolina Department of Pub
lic Instruction.
He reported that he has placed
two new diesel engines at Atlantic
school and iwo at Morehead City.
In the adult courses proposed, one
engine would be used to demon
strate proper running of an engine
and the other will be used for tear
ing down and rebuilding.
The adult training would be in
connection with fisheries vocations
and maintenance of boat engines.
The board decided to sell the At
lantic teacherage, which is now oc
cupied only by the principal.
H. L. Joslyn, county superin
tendent of schools and clerk to the
board, was authorized to send three
delegates and three alternates to
the State School Board association
meeting Nov. 8 at Chapel Hill.
Chairman R. W. Safrit Jr. pre
sided. Others present were Theo
dore Smith, W. B. Allen and
George R. Wallace.
Seldon Sherwood, Morehead City
police officer, has resigned, accord
ing to chief of police Herbert Grif
fin. He has been replaced by
George Smith, former Morehead
township constable.
ter of Sherman T. Rock, one of
the Spooner Creek owners, were
guests.
There he discovered his loss
which was more than just his
trousers. His wallet was in the
trousers and in the wallet was
$209 and all his cards, auto li
cense, and credit cards. *
Some hours later, Mr. Willis
phoned Spooner’s Creek Harbor
motel and said he had found a
pair of trousers with a Spooner’s
Creek Harbor motel key in them.
Papers in the wallet, he said,
bore the name of C. R. Hunley of
Uniontown, Pa.
Mr. Hanley was supremely
happy. He tried to get Mr. Wil
lis to accept a reward. Mr. Wil
lis refused, but finally after
much insisting, Mr. Hunley got
him to accept $10.
County Board
Selects People
For Jury Duty
The following county residents
have been selected by county com
missioners for jury duty in super
ior court for the week beginning
Nov. 6.
Newport—Milton C. Warren, Roy
al B. Bryan, Kilby M. Haskett,
Archie L. Williams, Carlton J. Tay
lor, William B. Willis, Emmett R.
Boone, William p. Cayton, Harold
J. Padgett, C. C. Jones, Edward
Gordon Chadwick, Mrs. Esther G.
Edwards, Robert E. Smith, Wil
liam J. Hardison, J. H. Thrower
Jr., Alexander Collins Sutherland,
C. H. Springle, Hugh A. Morris.
Morehead City — Jarvis Earl
Weeks, Wilbur G. Simpson, S. E.
Saratowski, William H. Singleton
III, John W. Rcintjes, James Irvin
Wade, E. H. Swann.
Beaufort — James W. Stewart,
William A. Davis, Carlton P. Rose,
Joseph Goodwin, Leo T. Gaskins,
Dan B. Arthur, Ernest J. Davis,
Elzie Stewart Tosto, George H.
Autry, Alex C. Conway, Levin Ben
nett, Alvie P. Gillikin.
Davis — Manly Murphy, Roland
Styrop Jr., Haywood Jackson Mc
Manus, Charlie Gaskill, Ira W.
Davis.
Sea Level—Julian Walter Gas
kill, Donald Lm Willis, HaUet Ward
Styron. i
, . ttwansboro—'Thomas Hill, Joseph,
B- Dickens, Lloyd Johnson, Duo s
R. Morrta, Victor A; Holland.
Mafahallfeerg-—Ira G. Lewis.
Harfcers Island—Samuel Davis,
Walter Yeomans Jr.
Stella—Brinkley G. Harrell, A.
E. Godwin, Oscar McCausley,
Theodore Earl Morris.
Williston—Henry L. Gibbs.
Atlantic — Ishmael W. Mason,
Lydia Willis.
Stacy — Ralph Monroe Nelson,
Major Salter.
Atlantic Beach—Leruc E. Kelly
Jr.
Smyrna—Earl D. Davis, Orion
H. Beals.
Weather Sharpens
After Warm Days
Temperatures fell into the “chil
ly” sixties Wednesday morning
after a high Tuesday of 85, says
weather observer Stamey Davis.
Tropical storm Frances poses no
threat to this area, Mr. Davis said
Wednesday. The weatherman said
only .17 of rain was recorded this
week.
High and low temperatures and
wind direction since Sunday, as re
corded by Mr. Davis, follow:
High Low Wind
Saturday . 78 60
Sunday .L .. 80 67 NE
Monday 76 68 NE
Tuesday . 85 68 NE
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Oct. 6
6:02 a.m.
6:15 p.m.
12:10 a m
Saturday, Oct. 7
6:42 a.m.
6:55 p.m.
12:34 a.m.
12:54 p.m.
Sunday, Oct 8
7:19 a.m.
7:32 p.m.
1:14 a.m.
1:35 p.m.
Monday, Oct 9
7:52 a.m.
8:04 p.m.
1:52 a.m.
2:lf p.m.
Potomac Fire Probe Begins Tuesday
Formal investigation into the
fire-explosion tragedy that struck
the tanker Potomac in Morehead
City harbor Sept. 28 got under way
at Fort. Macon Tuesday with day
long interrogation of six of the
ship's crewmen and three others
who witnessed the tragedy.
Handling the investigation, which
is expected to last nr days, is a
three-man Coast Guard board
beaded by Capt. Joseph A. Bres
nan, chief of staff for the Fifth
Coast Guard district. On the board
with Bresnan are Lt. Cdr. Lloyd
W. Goddu, OIC, Marine Inspection,
Wilmington and Lt. Cdr. Harry J.
Gardner, senior investigating of
ficer, Marine Inspection service,
Fifth Coast Guard fhtrkt.
«i
Probable Date
Of Newport Law
Suit Announced
#Town Hopes to Get
Sanitarian
• A. D. Fulford Meets
With Town Board
Town attorney George Ball told
Newport commissioners Tuesday
night at their monthly meeting,
that he hopes to be able to get the
hearing on the annexation lawsuit
set for Saturday, Nov. 4, in the
town hall at Newport.
Officers present for the meeting
were Leon Mann, mayor, commis
sioners C. II. Lockey, Steve Smith,
Raymond Edwards, and John Kel
ly and Miss Edith Lockcy, town
clerk.
A. D. Fulford, county sanitarian,
was present and told the board that
his department would try to aid in
any way a sanitarian appointed by
the board.
Mayor Mann said the commis
sioners hope to have a man in this
position by next month. Attorney
Ball was asked to advise the com
missioners whether it would be le
gal for the sanitarian to be paid
on a fee basis, similar to the fees
charged for a building permit.
Fulford told the commissioners
it would be necessary for the town
to adopt a plumbing and sanitation
code and offered his help on this
matter.
L. W. Howard came before the
commissioners requesting them to
permit the use of 24-inch tile for
drainage on the property owned by
Adrcw Gray, a retired Navy phar
macist, in preface to his building
a home in Newport. > ' -
fU* drainage tile wilt be iaitf bo
tween his property *fd that of Ira
Jones.
Mrs. Gordon Cutler, wife of the
water clerk, reported that the
water department now has 279 cus
tomers and balance of approxi
mately $1,500 after bills have been
paid. The town recently repaid the
water department $500 that it had
borrowed.
The bill for the town audit, con
ducted by Josiah Bailey, was dis
cussed with almost all the commis
sioners expressing their disap
proval of the cost of the audit, $485
See NEWPORT. Page 2
Board Takes Most of County
Out of Reach of Blue Law
County commissioners, by resolu
tion Monday, exempted unincor
porated places of the county t areas
outside towns) from the state blue
law.
Action on the blue law was sug
gested by commissioner Gaston
Smith. Unless counties and towns
exempt themselves, places of busi
ness arc banned from selling al
most all items of merchandise on
Sundays.
Turned over to Luther Hamilton
Jr. was a second request from
George Watts Carr, hospital archi
tect, for $19,000 Mr. Carr says is
due him. The letter from Mr. Carr,
sent by registered mail to Moses
Howard, chairman of the county
board, said that he wanted the
money by Oct. 10, or 6 per cent
interest would be charged.
Mr. Hamilton said he had already
written Mr. Carr one letter stating
that the preliminary plans he had
drawn for the hospital bad not yet
been approved by the local hos
pital trustees. Mr. Carr claims
that the Medical Care commission
The first witness called before
the board was Norris E. Nations,
of Houston, Te*as, chief engineer
aboard the Potomac. Nations told
the board that he had just left the
Potomac when he noticed fire in
the vicinity of the Morebead City
drawbridge. He said he returned
to the ship and assisted in trying
to get the Potomac away from the
dock at the Aviation Koel terminal.
Nations told the board that the
Potomac’s engines wgre doing full
astern in less than JQseepnds after
the order was redejvt#*. In an
swer to a question'by cSfhmander
Gardner, Nations told the board
that he saw no acts of disobedience
whatsoever on the part of any
crew member either prior to or
i
Dispute to Go Before
Voters Tuesday, Nov. 7
Fish Fry Will
Star! a! 5 P.M.
This Wednesday
A gigantic fish fry, with famous
cooks of the Morehoad City-Sea
Level sections presiding in the
kitchen, will announce Wednesday
the forthcoming Cancer Crusade.
The fish fry will be at the Camp
Glenn armory Wednesday from 5
to 8 p m. Tickets arc on sale now
for $1 each. All proceeds will go
to the cancer society of the county.
Sponsoring the crusade and the
fish fry is the Carteret Business
and Professional Women’s club.
Orders for tickets may be given
in Beaufort to Mrs. C. L. Beam,
phone PA8-3772, arid in Mbrehcad
City they may be given to Mrs.
Frank Sample, PA6-4151. ■
Miss Stella I*ropst, chairman of
the fish fry, says the hours have
been, set .so that persons wishing
to attend church Wednesday night
may have supper at the armory
first.
“The whole family is invited. It’s
for a good cause and the food will
be delicious. We'll be looking for
you!’’ Miss Props! declared.
Persons who have been asking
for the Conservation and Develop
ment seafood cookbooks may get
them at the fish fry for 25 cents
each. The B&PW club's profit on
the books will go to the cancer
drive.
Four to Appear
Iq Beach Court
fi&MjFuW to appear jn Atlantic
Bi-aUi mayor's court Tuesday night
are Ralph Taylor, Everett Salter,
and Ralph G. Gaskill, all of Sea
Level; and Bill Grisham, Havelock.
Bill Moore, chief of police, said
court was not held the past two
Tuesdays.
Taylor is charged with damaging
property at the Idle Hour, inter
fering with a police officer and re
sisting arrest. Salter is charged
with the same and Gaskill with
public drunkenness, fighting and
damaging private property.
Grisham is charged with public
drunkenness and disturbing the
peace. ■'
has approved the plans and the
money is payable to him because
of that.
County officials have been in
formed by W. F. Henderson, MCC
secretary, that the Medical Care
commission cannot approve the
plans until after the local trustees
approve them.
The board passed a resolution
endorsing the extension of highway
258, from its junction with 24, as
highway 258 into Morehead City.
The highway is now numbered 24
from Swansboro to Morehead City.
It would cease to become 24 at the
present 258 junction. J. A. DuBois,
manager of the Morehead City
chamber of commerce, said this
would place the highway in the
same status as highway 70, a pri
mary road.
Another resolution asks that W.
E. Marshall, district commercial
manager of Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph, meet with the board
relative to eliminating long dist
ance phone rates between towns
in the county.
immediately following the explo
sion.
He said that, in his opinion, acts
of bravery on the part of the cap
tain and mate in getting the men
off the ship were commendable.
Night relief mate, Richard W.
Cantiwell of Burgaw was the next
witness called before the board.
Cantiwell testified he was not
aboard the Potomac when it was
docked but came aboard at 5:20
p.m.
Cantiwell said that the Potomac
was discharging aviation fuel from
No. 5 tank when he came aboard
and added that No. 2 wing and 3
and 4 across started pumping JP-5
at 6:40 p.m. He also asserted that
he noticed no unusual fuel or pe
" Almost a one hundred per cent
rebellion by Morehead City hos
pital doctors against a hospital lo
cated three miles west of More
head has forced county commis
sioners to decide to let people vote
on whether they want a county
hospital on the Thomas Oglesby
site at Crab Point or at a point
about three miles west of More
head, presumably the Earle Webb
property.
Doctors told county commission
ers Monday that if the board would
agree to a vote, the pending suit
holding up hospital construction,
would be dropped.
The hospital site referendum has
been set for Tuesday, Nov. 7, the
same day people will go to the
polls to vote on state bond issues.
The people will vote on whether
they want the hospital on the $75,
000 Boguc Sound site three miles
west of Morehead City or on the
$40,000 Thomas Oglesby site at
Crab Point. The westerly site
(known as the Webb site) consists
of 82 acres and the Oglesby site,
81.4 acres.
A legal advertisement in today's
paper, gives further description of
the sites. A map showing the sites
will also be posted on the balletin
board in the courthouse, Beaufort.
Luther Hamilton Jr,, county at
torney, said that C. R. Wheatly,
Beaufort, attorney for J. O. Bar
bour and others of Beaufort, has
told him that the law suit would
be withdrawn. It was docketed for
hearing in superior court Monday,
Oct. 1G.
The plaintiffs objected to the
Webb site on the basis of clarity
of title, cost and amount of land
being purchased.
Ten doctors, five from Beaufort
and five from Morehcad City, ap
peared before the county board at
4:30 Monday afternoon and pre
sented a lettgr which said that the
doctor* staffing the Morchead City
Hospital fee) "that the selection
aJ ofnc fh.J previously considered
si&s in the Crab Point area or the
Barbour site would be in the best
interest of the people of this coun
ty and of the doctors who would
staff this hospital."
The.county board of commission
ers has decided to buy the proper
ty on Boguc Sound, owned by
Earle Webb, for the hospital. A
law suit was filed contesting the
action of the board.
After the suit was filed, R. R.
Barbour, Morchead City, offered
a 20-acrc site for the hospital,
without charge.
See HOSPITAL, Page 2
M. G. Abernathy, New Beni,
salesman for a business machine
company, appeared before the
board to explain the advantages
of a new tax billing machine. The
cost (rental purchase) would be
$621 a month for 12 months.
The board accepted the proposal
and asked that J. D. Potter also
investigate a punch card system
of operation and enter into a pur
chase agreement for the better
system.
Referred to the county attorney
was a proposal that the carnival
brought into the county by the
American Legion, Beaufort, be re
quired to post bond against any
damage it may cause.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk
said that damage amounting to $135
was caused to a county resident’s
car as a result of a carnival op
erator’s negligence and the carni
val man refused to reimburse the
car owner for the damages.
Commissioners attending the
meeting, in addition to those men
tioned were David Yeomans and
C. Z. Chappell.
troleum odor at any time during
pumping operations.
When asked if any of the lines
ashore, through which fuel was
being discharged, had bleeder
valves, Cantiwell said that they
did and added that he had checked
the bleeder valve on the Aviation
Fuel line when he came aboard.
He testified that one of the work
men at the terminal had opened
the bleeder and he saw that fuel
was going through the line.
CanUwel! then testified that he
went to the stem of the ship for a
few minutes and was watching
the Shell tanker Pallium being
berthed when one of the ship’s
crew came back and informed him
that they wear* ready to start die
Health Office
Personnel Ask
For Higher Pay
• County Thanks Those
Who Helped in Fire
• Board Approves Four
Road Petitions
County commissioners, who met
Monday at the courthouse, took
tinder consideration a request from
Dr. Luther Fulcher, county health
officer, and Mrs. Leota Hammer,
health nurse, for salary increases
in the health department.
Dr. Fulcher and Mrs. Hammer
said the salaries in their depart
ment were not even comparable
to salaries in the welfare depart
ment, where increases were grant
ed last month.
Additional funds provided by the
state enabled the« welfare depart
ment to increase pay of its work
ers. Mrs. Hammer said the state
provided additional money for the
health department too and the de
partment will still get the money,
whether it is used for salaries or
not. All pay increases must be
approved by the board.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk
commented that personnel in the
health department work hard and
he hated not to sec their salaries
raised, but he couldn’t go along
with any increases at this time.
He said be was not in favor of
the welfare increases last month,
so he couldn’t be in favor of the
health department raises.
Board chairman Moses Howard
said he knew last month's action
would create ill feeling among
other county employees.
The beard expressed its appre
ciation t» everyone who helped
in any way with the fire aboard
the tanker) Potemae. Odell Mer
rill, clerk to the board, was in
structed to write letters of thanks
to commanders at the military
bases, towns who sent fire equip
ment, port officials, civil defense,
Red Cross and others.
In connection With the fire, Mr.
Merrill read a copy of a letter
sent by Dr. John W. Gainey, chief
of staff at Morehcad City hospital,
to the hospital personnel thanking
them for their quick response to
the emergency call.
Robert Garner, county electrical
inspector, appeared and asked
that the board write a letter to
Harkers Island REA. Mr. Garner
said the REA had been making
electric connections to places
which bad not been inspected and
therefore did not have a permit.
Mr. Garner said this was in vio
lation of the law and he asked
that the board inform the coopera
tive of this fact. The board asked
its attorney, Luther Hamilton Jr.,
to study the law and notify the
cooperative if it had been violating
the law.
The board approved four peti
tions requesting that roads be add
ed to the state system. Chairman
Howard presented a petition from
residents in Jones village, Beau
fort.
K. S. Swinson, Mansfield, said
a road on his property is used as
a shortcut between highway 70 and
the country club road and, al
though there are only a few houses
on it, there is much traffic.
W. D. Roberts asked that the
state take over part of the Koonce
road on Bogue Sound. The state
maiutains the road from highway
24 to the shore, but Mr. Roberts
said residents along that portion of
the road that parallels the sound
would like it maintained.
Robert Creech, Wildwood, asked
the board if the road on which he
lives could be paved. He said that
10 families live on the road, it
leads to the only public river land
ing between Crab Point and New
See BOARD, Page 2
charging JP S.
Cantiwell told the board that the
jet fuel lines aboard the ship were
in good order when pumping start
ed and added that he noticed no
leaks anywhere in the lines or in
the connections. While the jet fuel
cargo was being discharged, Can
tiwell laid he went to the mid
ship house for a cup of coffee and
was standing near the bouse on
the starboard side of the tanker
when he first noticed the fire. He
said that be and the mate then
closed both manifolds on the tank
er.
He reported that he went over
the stern of the ship after the first
See PROBE, Page 2
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