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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Mullet Bucket Kickoff Set for 8
New Fisheries Regulations
Appear in Today's Paper
Appearing in the second section ♦
of today’s paper are the revised
fisheries regulations recently,
adopted by the Board of Conserva
tion and Development.
The regulations will become ef- \
fective Friday, Nov. 24. They will
appear soon in booklet form, ac
cording to C. G. Holland, commer
cial fisheries commissioner.
The regulations have been re
codified and put in language the
average person can understand,
according to the attorney general’s
office, which handled the codifica
tion.
The new regulations were ex
plained to fisheries law enforce
ment officers at the school con
ducted for the officers in Septem
ber.
Regulations which do not appear
in today's paper, but were in the
former fisheries regulation book
have not been changed. They re
main as they are.
Two Men Hurt As
Boat Hits Shoal
Ur. George P. Heckel, Roches
ter, N. Y., and W. A. Thawley,
Westfield, N. J., were injured
Wednesday morning when the 36
foot cabin cruiser they were
aboard ran aground in Boguc sound
near Spooner’s creek.
Dr. Heckel is suffering from a
fractured shoulder. Thawley has
a chest injury. Both were admit
ted to Morchead City, where they
were still patients yesterday. They
were thrown to the deck when the
boat ran hard aground.
Mrs. Albert C. Mayhew, Mitch
ell Village, said she heard the
boat go by her house and then
heard the engine quit. When the
horn and whistle began sounding,
she said she knew the boat was in
trouble so she called the Coast
Guard.
Fort Macon’s 40-footCr went to
the scene, took the injured men to
Morchead City hospital and re*
turned to free the boat. It was
refloated at 11:40 a.m.
B. R. Jamison of Rush, N. Y.,
owns the boat, which was en route
south. Six persons were aboard.
Oil Well Capped
At Straits Site
A one-hundred foot cement plug
has been put in the “oil” well at
Straits at a 600-foot depth. Drill
ing at the site, the third well sunk
in the county this fall, ended Sat
urday afternoon at a depth of
slightly more than 5,000 feet.
Oils sands were struck and the
well sunk deeper than had at first
been planned.
“Good shows’* were reported at
both the Atlantic and Straits wells.
The first well this year was sunk
in the Mcrrimon section.
All three wells have now been
capped. To retain their leases
with the state the Coastal Plains
Oil Co., which did the drilling,
must sink * least 15,000 feet of
wells every /o years.
Explorations for oil have been
extensive in eastern Carolina in
recent years. Oil men are con
fident that they will find oil.
Six Appear
Before Mayor
Six defendants received judg
ments in Atlantic Beach mayor’s
, court recently.
Appearing before mayor A. B.
Cooper Tuesday night were Adrian
S. Warren and Donald Harrelson,
both of Mprehead City, and Fred
Douglas, Hillsboro. All paid costs.
Warren was found guilty of using
loud and profane language in pub
lic and resisting arrest. He was
restricted from the town (or three
* years. Harrelson was charged
With fighting and disturbing the
peace and Douglas with public
' drunkenness.
Paying costs in court last week
were Lawrence G. Humphrey and
James Flanagan Jr., Cherry Point,
both charged with public drunken
ness, Neal Adkins, Cherry Point,
cbareed with reckless driving and
speeding in a 20-mile zone, paid
$10 and costs.
Club to Meet
The Gloucester community club
will meet Tuesday night at 8 at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Henderson. Because of the
revival at Straits Methodist church
next week, the meeting is being
held a week early, according to
Mrs. Bill Pigott, publicity chair
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Bond Rally Set
For 7:30 Monday
An out-of-county speaker will
explain all 10 state bond issues
at • a rally at Newport school
Monday night at 7:30.
Garland Scruggs, Morehead
City, said yesterday that the
speaker had not yet been ob
tained, but would probably be
one of the men who jnadc the
European industry-hunting tour
with Gov_ Luther Hodges.
The bond issues will be put
before the people Tuesday. Polls
will be open from 6:30 a .an. to
6:30 p.m.
Mr. Scruggs invites all voters
to the rally.
Defendant Told
Monday to See
Psychiatrist
Psychiatric examination was
recommended Monday for a de
fendant who appeared in More
head City recorder’s court charged
with assault on a female. The
defendant was Thomas W. Barring
ton, Morehead City.
Barrington was charged with
beating a woman with a leather
belt, choking her with a bath robe
belt and threatening her with a
gun. He was given a 30-day jail
sentence, suspended on payment
of $10 and costs and the recom
mendation that he be sent by the
Coast Guard to a US Public Health
hospital to undergo psychiatric
evaluation.
Assault cases against five other
defendants were also heard Mon
day. p Jesse Amos Holland and
Cramer HeWitt, Morehead City, ap
peared before judge Herbert O.
Phillips charged with assault on
a female and disorderly conduct.
In both cases the prosecuting wit
nesses were ordered to pay court
costs for malicious prosecution.
The same was ruled in the case
against Elijah Lewis, Morehead
City, charged with assaulting Rob
ert Claypool.
Earl Nance, Morehead City, paid
$25 and costs for assault on John
nie Stewart and Stewart, also of
Morehead City, was acquitted of
charges of assault on Nance. In
another case Nance was made to
pay court costs for not having a
horn on his car.
A Newport man, Russell Ward,
was found guilty of fighting and
disturbing the peace in Dudley’s
place, Morehead City, and was
given a 30-day jail sentence, sus
pended on payment of $10 and
costs. Ward was also restricted
from Dudley^ for one year.
The court Ordered two defend
ants, convicted of issuing worth
less checks, to pay court costs
and to honor the checks. They
were W. C. Rice of Weaverville
and Kenneth W. Bridgers of Ken
ly. N. C.
Joseph Honeycutt, Albemarle,
paid $10 and costs for speeding
and Bennie Jones, Jacksonville,
paid the same for making an im
proper left turn. The court de
cided not to prosecute Ervin Ris
See COURT, Page 2
News-Times Photo by McComb
The November football classic in these parts is the Mullet Bowl game tonight at 8 at Beaufort.
“Bucket, bucket, who’s going to get the bucket?” ask Dottie Chalk, Morehead City cheerleader, left,
and Nancy Huntley, Beaufort cheerleader, right. The winner of tonight’s contest, of cdurse, gets the
bucket!
Wages Rise in County in 60
Carteret is one of 82 counties in
the slate in which wage payments
increased in 1960. according to the
recent annual report issued by the
Employment Security commission.
Average weekly earnings also
! increased slightly, from $52.65 to
$52.92. The ESC points out that
the average weekly wage payment
does not represent the weekly
wage scale, but is a firtr indicator
of wage trends.
TotM wage payments in the
county (firms and companies cov
ered by the employment security
law) were $7,193,898, up from the
19§9 total of $6,935,363. (These
figures do not include wages paid
to federal employees, of whom
there are many in the county, nor
do they include wages to farm
workers, servants in homes, re
ligious and charitable employees,
interstate railroad employees, fam
ily workers and the self-employ
ed.)
The data is. estimated to repre
sent about 75 per cent of total non
agricultural employment.
Drivers Cited After Car
Hits Trailer Tuesday
Two motorists were cited by
state highway patrolman W. E.
Pickard following an accident
Tuesday at 11:55 a.m. on the More
head City bridge.
They were Bobby Dail, Swans
boro, charged with failing to give
a proper signal, and Richard A.
Ballance, Kenly, charged with fol
lowing too closely.
According to the patrolman, Bal
lance, in a 1957 Ford, was headed
west and hit a trailer being towed
by Dail, who was in a 1957 Ford
truck. - The trailer, for carrying
a small bulldozer, had $25 damage.
Damage to the bar was estimated
at $350. No one was hurt.
Last year there were 199 firms
in Carteret covered by employ
ment insurance, three more than in
1959. Average number of insured
workers rose from 2,533 to 2,614,
an increase of 3.2 per cent.
(Establishments with fewer than
four workers do not come under
the employment security law un
less they elect to do so, nor do
businesses which operate less than
20 weeks a year.)
Of total wages paid in the-icouo
ty in 1960, $5,948,767 was taxable
by employment security. (After
$3,000 annual salary is reached,
employment security “tax” is no
longer required. Paid to the em
ployment security commission was
$116,940, or 1.97 per cent of the
taxable payroll. The statewide
contribution rale is 1.60 per cent
of the taxable payroll.
Employees covered by the em
ployment security law in 1960 in
this state totaled 906,953.
The ESC report states, “Follow
ing the seasonal downtrend in the
first quarter, insured employment
Theater to Present Four
One-Act Plays at 8 Tuesday
Four one-act plays will be pre
sented Tuesday night at the More
head City recreation center by the
Carteret Community theatre. No
admission will be charged. Mrs.
Tressa Vickers, theatre president,
says everyone is welcome. Cur
tain time is 8 o’clock.
The first play, 6 suspense drama
entitled The Record, features the
following cast: Peggy Holt as
Joyce, Bob Wood as Romeo, Marie
i Blanchard as Diane; Lester Willis,
.detective Brent; Tom Willis, de
tective Jackson, and officer O’Mal
ley, Thomas Respess.
'Here We Are!'
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If you’re the average homeowner, a scene like this faced you many times Tuesday night as Trick or
Treaters came to your door demanding tribute. Behind these disguises are Melanie Noe (the WIMh’s
Cat), Douglas Fairdoth (the Littlest Ghost), Don Matthews (Chief Sitting Bull) and Kathy FaiiwMh
(Laugh Clown Laugh). These characters live in Morehead City!
reached the 900,000 mark in April
and remained above that level for
the remaining months, peaking at
932,254 in September.”
The insured workers earned
wages totaling $3,245,189,233, an in
crease of 5.6 per cent over 1959
earnings, the average weekly
earning of $68.81 was $1.68 or 2.5
per cent more than the 1959 aver
age.
‘The weekly average earnings of
insured workers has increased by
$22.04 or nearly 47 per cent be
tween 1950 and 1960. During this
10-year period, the overall payroll
increased 102 per cent, while in
sured employment rose 37 per
cent.
Employment security is the pro
gram whereby the employer pays
“insurance premiums” which en
title an employee, under certain
conditions, to benefits should he
be thrown out of work. The “em
ployment insurance” program is a
federal program, administered
through state and local offices.
Appearing in a tragedy. Don’t
Spend It All, will be Carol Willis
as Cathy, Joyce Lewis as Mary,
and Thomas Respcss as the police
man.
In the cast of the melodrama,
Red as the Blushing Rose or Who
Blew Up the Gas House? are Tres
sa Vickers as Fanny; Bob Boyd
as Honest Harry; Lesta Willis,
Roscoc Villandell, and Tom Willis
as the fireman.
Appearing in the comedy, If You
Can’t Lick ’Em, Join ’Em, are
Maxine Jones as Sue, Peggy Holt
as Ann, Bob Boyd as Sam, Lesta
Willis as Bill, Bob Wood as Mr.
Williamson, and Lillian Frances
Giddens as Miss Witherspoon.
The following Brownies and Cubs
will also take part: Shirley Bar
num, Carol Ann Bullock, Joanne
Cannon, Sally Davis, Ginger Ful
cher, Beth Guthrie.
Mary Jane Moran, Deborah Mor
ton, Bobbie Purifoy, Dorothy Rob
inson, Phyllis Thorne, Wilma Wil
lis, Louise Mizellc, Beverly Smith.
Branton Hall Jr., Bennie Willis,
Dempster Wheeler, John Gillikin,
David Fuller, Wayne Hardison,
Douglas Howard, and Ralph Wade
Jr.
All plays except the melodrama
were written by Mrs. Vickers, who
is also directing. The melodrama
was written by Miss Ruth Peeling.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Nov. 3
4:35 a.m. 10:54 a.m.
4:47 p.m. 11:15 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 4
5:23 a.m. 11:40 a.m.
5:36 p.m. , 11:56 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 5
6:05 a.m. 12:24 a.m.
6:20 p.m. .-.
Monday, Nov. 6
6:44 a.m. 12:37 a.m.
6:5# p.m. 1:06 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 7
7:19 a.m. 1:16 a.m.
7:36 p.m. * !:• P-m.
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McQueen Termed 'Out'
For Traditional Battle
The curtain on the 1961 regular football season rings
down tonight when both the Beaufort Seadogs and the
Morehead City Eagles close out their schedules, clashing
head-on in the traditional battle for the Mullet Bucket.
Last year it was the Eagles who put on a spectacular
passing dispin;, to score a 14-7 win in the classic at More
County Eligible,
Henderson Says,
For ARA Help
Congressman David N. Hender
son announces that Carteret is one
)f the 126 additional areas desit;
nated as eligible to participate in
the programs of the Area Rede
yelopment administration of the
US Department of Commerce.
It is emphasized that designa
tion of an area under this pro
gram does not mean automatic as
sistance from the federal govern
ment, Mr. Henderson said. This
is merely the basic step. Actual
participation in (he program rests
on local initiative, investment and
planning, he explained. In order
for a redevelopment area to re
ceive assistance, a representative
local group must first study the
area’s economic problem and its
potential.
Mr. Henderson pointed out I ha I
under the regulations governing
this program, this group must draw
up an overall economic develop
ment plan which assesses the eco
nomic conditions in the area, eval
uates the human, physical and na
tural resources available for eco
nomic growth; and sets forth the
area’s own plans for rebuilding
the economy.
Once these long-range economic
development plans have been ap
proved, consideration will be given
the Area Redevelopment ad
ministration to requests for as
sistance on specific projects aimed
at creating permanent employment
opportunities.
Congressman Henderson further
states that ARA funds are avail
able to supplement private, com
munity and state investments for
expansion of existing plants or
erection of new factories; for such
facilities as sewers, water systems,
access roads, and railroad spur
lines which are connected with the
creation of permanent new jobs;
technical assistance to help com
munities in their long-range plan
ning, job retraining, and subsis
tence allowances for workers re
ceiving new skills.
Car Damaged
A 1961 Chevrolet owned by Ter
ry Garner, route 2 Newport, was
damaged in a two-car collision at
highway 70 and the Mann road
early Monday morning.
Potomac Moved from Coffin'
By Wednesday afternoon the bow of the Potomac, arrow at left, was headed north toward the More
bead City bridge. Arrow at right shows direction in which bow was pointed immediately after the devas
tating fire of Sept. 26.
By today the berth at Aviation
Fuel Terminals, Radio Island,
whjch has been blocked since
Sept. 26 by the fire-damaged tank
er Potomac, is expected to be
clear.
More than a month of work by
salvage crews put the Potomac in
condition Wednesday to be moved.
Water was pumped out and with
breeching gear and windlasses the
scorched hull of the multi-million
dollar Navy tanker was nudged
: northward.
| The Potomac will be beached on
► hm'.I City and-this year the Sead:>gs
will lie out to try arid bring the
pri/.i<1 trophy back to Beaufort
The two teams present a variety
of contrasts. The Eagles, current
ly fourth-ranked 2 A team in the
state, are undefeated in eight con
tests arid have been scored on only ,
once this year. David O’Neal
passes to James Nolan, Ernest
l ewis, Bernard Learv and Ludvik I
I’ospisil have been the Big Red Of- l
tensive trade mark.
I lie Sea dogs, nil the other hand,!
playing their first year in 2-A ball. !
Wave dropped five of eight contests !
while compiling a 2-1 conference j
record. Offensively the Big Green '
has featured the running of Kay
Hassell, Gene Mason and Bill liar
ris. t hrough the air the Seadogs i
have been less than impressive.
A big factor in the outcome of j
the game could very well be the
| status of Eagle halfback Danny
: McQueen- The official word from
, Dr. Milt Morey and Coach Norman
1 Clark Wednesday was that the fiery
| McQueen will not be able to play
i in tonight's game.
McQueen broke a collarbone in
the Eagles’ game with Wallace
, three weeks ago. Dr. Morey said
I Wednesday that x-rays show that
the hone has not healed yet.
“Not being able to use McQueen ;
is definitely going to hurt us both
offensively and defensively," said I
Clark. Tonight Clark will shift end j
Bernard Leary to Danny’s half
back slot on offense and will prob
ably utilize Janies Davis on de
fense to try and fill the gap. The
Eagle mentor also reported Wed
nesday that junior varsity defen
sive end Eddie Morton has been
promoted to the varsity and will
see action on defense.
“Eddie has played some fine ball
for the junior varsity this year and
we feel that he can help us,” said
Clark.
In the Seadog camp coached Curt
Lancaster and Tom Hewitt report
spirits low as the Seadogs prep for
their arch rivals.
The biggest switch in the Big
Green lineup has been the moving
of All-Eastern gridder Bill Harris
from fullback hack to his original
tackle position. Bill started at
tackle last week against Aydcn and
Lancaster praised his work in open
ing holes for Seadog hall carriers.
Junior Mahlon Williams will
again handle the fullback position
for the Lancastermen if a bruised
leg heals in time.
Besides Williams on the ailing
list, the Seadogs have Chuck Lewis
and Rus Struyk listed as doubtful
starters. Both of the gridders re
ceived injuries in practice Mon
’day and it won’t be known until
Sec GAME TONIGHT, Page 8
Radio Island, just north of where
she burned. There it will be pump
ed out and a complete investiga
tion made. After that investiga
tion, the Navy and salvagers will
make a decision as to further dis
position of the ship.
G. L. Bennett, superintendent of
Aviation Fuel Terminals, says that
the dock, badly damaged by the
fire, was taken down and a new
one is now in its place.
The terminal expects its first
tanker between Nov. 10 and 13.
The tankers bring in jet fuel for
military aircraft is eastern Caro
County, State
Town Offices To
Close Tuesday
• Voters Will Decide
On Borrowing Money
• Polls to Open 6:30
Tuesday Morning
The courthouse and all state and
municipal agencies will bo dosed
j Tuesday when voters will decide
; on borrowing money for 10 state
projects.
The ballot will list the 10 issues:
• $2,858.(MH) lor buildings in the
capitol area at Raleigh
• $1,110,000 for improvements at
state correctional schools
• $31,008,000 for the state edu
cational institutions
• $1,483,000 for community col
lege improvements
• $2,500,000 for new building to
house department of archives
and history and the state li
brary
• $13,500,000 for improvement of
state ports
• $7,396,000 for improvement at
state mental institutions
• $500,000 for Medical Care Com
mission funds for hospital con
struction
• $961,0(H) for improvement of
state parks and forest protec
tion ,
• $289,000 lor improvements at
state agriculture research sta
tions
Each issue must be voted on
separately. When a voter is fin
ished marking his ballot, he should
have 10 marks on it, either for or
against each issue. Ho may vote
lor . some, he may von.' against
SUIi;i
Rolls will lie open in all the coun
ty's precincts train 6:30 u.m. to
6:30 p.m.
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Back Bay to Open
To Oystermen
Monday, Nov. 6
Back Bay in this county will be
open for oystcring Monday, Nov. 6.
The bay was closed until oysters
planted by the state reached mar
ketable size. Permission to open
the area was given yesterday by
Hargrove Bowles Jr., director of
the Department of ‘Conservation
and Development.
The area was opened at the sug
gestion of C. G. Holland, commer
cial fisheries commissioner and
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director of the
Institute of Fisheries Research,
UNC.
Commissioner Holland said the
oysters must be culled where
caught. The cull law, he added,
will be strictly enforced.
lina. The fuel is stored in tanks
at the terminal and then moved
overland to air bases.
The Potomac blazed up at about
6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26. The
crew abandoned ship. One man
died and another, whose body has
never been found, is presumed
dead.
The Coast Guard conducted an
inquiry last month into the cause
of the blaze. Its findings are ex
pected to be released in several
months. Damage caused by the
fire is estimated in excess of $10 ^
! million.