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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES 50th YEAR, NO. 89. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Wildlife Federation Honors Cecil Morris A Newport Group Visits County Commissioners / Members of a Newport delega tion which appeared before the county board of education yester day morning, also called on the county commissioners. They asked the commissioners to keep schools foremost in their minds when adopting budgets. Harry Mizelle, chairman of the Newport school planning commit tee, reviewed the committee’s work and said that in drafting their plan they hoped Beaufort and Morchead City would get together in a “hands across the river ges ture” in consolidating as one school. He said that even though the board of education handles school problems, he felt the county com missioners are “captains of the ship” and “should take the re sponsibility in schools.” Moses Howard, chairman of the board, admitted that the Newport school plan is good (eastern, cen tral and western school districts) “if it could be carried out.” He mentioned that some people in dif ferent areas do not share New port's enthusiasm for it. He said that $335,000, accumulat ed over several years, was turned over to Morchead City school where the need for a new school is - greatest. He added that he knows a lot of children are in “sub-stand ard” classrooms, but Carteret isn’t alone in this. He mentioned Green ville as a place where the same problem exists. Mayor Leon Mann Jr., Newport, lold the board, “We want to be at the door for more money when budget time rolls around.” He said the school library is on the stage and “the toilets are laboratories.” Leslie Bercegeay spoke in favor * of long-range educations and plead ed for “open discussion” of school plans. After the school matter closed, mayor Mann requested that the county provide, in May, a ballot which would let people east of Newport as far as “the picnic ta ble east of Lee Murdoch’s store,” vote for Newport fire protection. The board made no official com mitment but seemed inclined to go along with the proposal. Mayor Mann also discussed re drawing of township lines, Com missioner C. Z. Chappel, former chairman of the county board of elections, said that he thinks by May that people living a mile east of Newport will be allowed to voti in Newport precinct even though they live in Morehead township. The change would affect several families who recently moved from Newport. The mayor also expressed dis gust with the county’s delay in providing the town of Newport with the contract between the county and town relative to collecting tax for fire protection in the rural fire district. Mr. Howard said he would speak to Luther Hamilton Jr., county at torney, about getting the contract typed. Fire Consumes Car Tuesday A 1961 Pontiac belonging to Dav id Bryan, Morehead City RFD, burned at about 9 p.m. Tuesday on the Merrimon road. , Morehead City police got a re port at 10:46 p.m. that the car had been stolen at Atlantic Beach. It had been parked in front of the Idle Hour. The Beaufort Rural Fire depart ment was called, but the car was beyond saving. Deputy sheriff Bruce Edwards received a report at 9:03 from Fulcher’s store at > Highway 70 and the Merrimon roads that a car was afire in a ditch on the Merrimon road. A passing motorist saw it and stopped at the store to report it Deputy Edwards said a , Beaufort service station operator said he recognized the car. It had stopped at his statioif for gas. a short time prior to the fire. He said two colored men were in it. Investigation is still under way. V To Transport Voters Beaufort Jaycees urge everyone to vote today and to help them do so, the chib will provide transpor tation for anyone desiring it. Those who would like a ride to the polls and back home again should call PA8-4483, according to Jaycee Her bert Green. 1 Cecil Norris, Atlantic, former | chairman of the state commercial fisheries committee, was honored by the North Carolina Wildlife fed eration Friday night at Greens boro. He was presented an 18-inch marble and bronze trophy as a regional winner in the federation’s conservation program. The trophies were given by the Scars Foundation and were pre sented by former ballplayer Ted Williams and Gov. Terry Sanford. The presentation took place at the end of the opening day of the wild life federation’s 1961 convention at the O Henry hotel. Mr. Morris was declared the eastern regional winner for out standing work in water conserva tion in North Carolina. The citation accompanying the 18-inch trophy, stated that Mr. Morris was selected as a winner because of his “lifelong interest in the economic welfare of North Carolina, his early recognition of the vital part that the protection, conservation and development of water resources would have in the continued well-being of the state ... “His conviction that the goal of wisest use of water could best be accomplished through creation of a state agency that would develop and conserve water resources . . . his vision that rehabilitation of the outer banks is necessary for con tinued reproductivity of much of our coastal water resources, both as a source of livelihood and as a source of recreation . . . “His active work for these aims as a member of the Board of Con servation and Development and particularly as chairman of the committee on commercial fisher ies, and member of the committee on water resources . . . “By proposing and supporting legislation enacted by the general assembly of 1959 that established the Department of Water Re sources and made available means for initiating action to save and preserve the outer banks, particu larly between Ocracokc and Cgpe Lookout.” Accompanying Mr. Morris to Greensboro to accept the award ' wore Mrs. Morris, ancj their son in-law, the Rev. Jacob Vlverette, ! Episcopal chaplain at the Univer i sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. _ Game Managing Agent Transferred Here from Georgia Malvern H. Cecil, 36, has report ed for duty as US game manage ment agent, Beaufort. He came here from Savannah, Ga. Mr. Cecil is married and has two children. He lives at 123 Sher wood Blvd., Glendale Park, Beau fort. He is a Marine veteran of World War II and is a native of Tennessee, where he attended high school and the University of Ten nessee. Mr. Cecil taught in high school one year and then became a Ten nessee State Conservation officer for the next seven years. He was with the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Savannah as a ?ame management agent for four and a half years prior to coming to Beaufort. Driver Injured in Crash Patrolman Otis Willis inspects damage done to one of two cars involved in a traffic accident on Front street, Beaufort, Friday morning. Bobby Gene Mason, at left, was driver of the car, which collided with a 1981 Falcon driven by A. B. Hooper. Mason was charged with passing in an intersection and faiiin g to yield the right of way to a turning vehicle. The bystander at right is unidentified. A. B. Beeper Sr., Beaufort, was taken to the Morehead City hos pital Friday morning with shoulder and side injuries following a wreck on Front street, which involved a car he was driving and one driven by Bobby Mason, Beaufort. According to police, both Hooper and Mason were travelling east Cecil Morris . . . receives trophy Navy to Sell Ship As She Stands The Navy has decided not to move the tanker Potomac, but will sell her as she stands. The tanker has been pulled clear of Aviation Fuel Terminals dock and is clear of the state port turn ing basin. The decision to move her no farther was made Sunday. The Potomac, Navy tanker which was swept by fire Sept. 26, has never been afloat since she burned. She has been literally dragged to the point she is now, her bow facing the Morehead City drawbridge. The Navy plans to ask for bid' from "ship breakers,” salvagers who are interested in acquiring ships for their junk valQc. Water was pumped out of the Potomac to facilitate moving her, but as more water came out, the more she broke up. This led to the decision to sell her on the spot. Criminal Court Opens Monday A one-week term of criminal court opened yesterday at the courthouse, Beaufort, with judge Walter J. Bone presiding. Members of the grand jury are James I. Wade, foreman; George H. Autry, Edward G. Chadwick, Carlton J. Taylor, Emmett R. Bone. Major Salter, Walter Yeomans Jr., Thomas Hill, Robert E. Smith, Lloyd Johnson, Elzic S. Tosto, Da vid R. Morris. Theodore E. Morris, Ernest J Davis, C. H. Springle, W. H. Sin gleton III, Sigismond E Saratow ski, and Alex C. Conway. Cases to go before the grand jury are Nancy C. Debrix, murder; five drunken driving cases, three public drunkenness cases, three violations of fishing Jaws ,one forg ery case, one worthless check case and one case involving violation of a motor vehicle law. on Front street. Mason told po lice that he was following the Hooper car and Hooper pulled to the right side of the street near the intersection of Marsh and Front. Mason said that he pre sumed Hooper was going to park and so started around on the left. Hooper started to make a left turn onto Marsh street just as Ma Moses Howard Says He Favors Barbour Site # Chairman Reluctantly Approves Location # Board Makes No Commitment Moses Howard, chairman of the county board of commissioners, yesterday expressed the opinion that the site originally offered by R. R. Barbour, Morehead City, is a logical place for the hospital. “It',» not where I’d like the hos oital, but I think it’s the only place we can build it,’ ’he said. The site consists of 20 acres and ‘he proposal is to buy 13 addition al acres at $880 an acre, Mr. How ard said. “We would have con trol of three sides of the hospital property,” he commented. He said it would put the hos pital closer to the western part of the county than a Crab Point site and would also be readily acces sible to the Beaufort-Morchead area. Comissioncr S. A. Chalk question ed the advisability of selecting an other site before “we can find out whether we can get the mopey.” The county has already invested $4,000 in the Webb site, which is now out of the picture, and has a $19,000 bill from the architect hang ing over its head. The bill is for preliminary hospital planning. Several of the commissioners looked at the Barbour site in “Country Club Heights” yesterday morning prior to their meeting at the courthouse. Mr. Howard said the property is 2Vi miles from the Morehead City postoffice. He said it is hoped that if the hospital is put there, the state will pave a road to it without taking from the county any of its paving allotment for other roads. The board is taking the matter’ under consideration, pending an investigation as to whether state and federal hospital money Will be available. Mr. Howard presented a letter wJ}ichjq|^eale<lj$ the board not to place the nospTlal less than three miles west of Morehead City. It was signed by residents of the western part of the county. “I hope people will go along with us on this site,” Mr. Howard said. He a'dded that the board would like to please everyone, but he’s about come to the end of his rope “after worrying night and day about this thing for six months.” In addition to the site in Coun try Club Heights, Mr. Barbour, during the past two weeks, also offered another site on the Country Club road. Mr. Howard said this site is about a mile and a half from the 24 and 70 intersection and consists of 20 acres of woodsland. Cost of clearing the site was estimated at $500 an acre. To Attend Meeting Miss Georgie Hughes, welfare superintendent; Mrs. C. G. Hol land, chairman of the welfare board; Miss Coralie Hatsell and Mrs. Cecil Adams, welfare staff members, will attend the 42nd an nual public welfare institute at Sir Walter hotel, Raleigh, Wednesday and Thursday. son was passing him and the front of Mason’s 1953 Chevrolet station wagon collided with the side of the Hooper auto, a 1960 Ford Falcon. Mason’s car was termed a total loss by police and damage to the Hooper vehicle was set at $200. Police chief Guy Springle and pa trolman Otis Willis investigated. Charges are pending. Newport School Planners Talk to Education Board Vote Expected To be Light Today County elections officials pre dict a light vote today. Osborne Davis, member of the county board of elections, said that people have shown little in terest in the bond referendum. Registration of new voters was very light, he commented. Voters will ballot today on borrowing money for 10 projects. The polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 6:30 p.m. Pollhold ers in each precinct are asked to phone results of the balloting to the sheriff's office, Beaufort, PA8-3772, as soon as they count the ballots. Big Tree Wanted The Beaufort Merchants associa tion would like to have a 30 to 40 feet tree, preferably cedar, to place in downtown Beaufort for the Christmas season. The association will cut and transport the tree. Persons who may be able to help the merchants out may contact William Roy Hamilton or Earl Mades. Two Club Women Honored M Two Home Demonstration club women were named women of the year at the achievement program Thursday night at the N. F. Eure building, Beaufort. They were Mr*. R. L. Searle, Wire Grass, left, and Mrs. R. P. Sbrake, Hartuwe, right. Their trophies were presented by Mrs. Billy Smith, North River, center, winner of the woman of the year award last year. Each winner also received a trophy for being nominated for the county-wide honor by her individu al club. ----—--f*_■ Wreck Causes $900 in Damage A total of $900 damage was done to two late-model cars in a wreck on highway 70 west of Newport at 12:45 a.m. Monday, according to highway patrolman W. J. Sykes, who investigated. The patrolman said both cars were headed west.. Terry Garner, route 2 Newport, in a 1961 Chevro let, had gone past the Mann road, stopped, and was backing up to turn left into it. Clyde W. Patterson, Morchead City, driving a 1960 Simca, ap proached the Chevrolet from the rear. The driver said he saw the car backing up, thought it was go ing to pull off the highway, and moved into the left lane to pass it. As the Simca came alongside, Garner turned left and hit it, ac cording to the patrolman. He was charged with failing to see that his movements could be made in safe ty. Damage to the Chevrolet was estimated at $400 and to the Simca at $500. Two front 27 A pair of false alarms, both from Box 27, were turned in early Sun day morrting in Beaufort and Morchead City. In Beaufort, fire men went to Ann and Gordon streets at 1 a.m. and in Morchead City firemen answered a 1:30 a.m. false alarm at 16th and Fisher streets. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Nov. 7 7:19 a.m. 7:36 p.m. 1:16 a.m. 1:48 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8 7:52 a.m. 8:11 p.m. 1:53 a.m. 2:29 p.m. Thursday, Nov. • 8:25 a.m. 8:47 p.m. 2:29 a.m. 3:08 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 9:01 a.m. 9:29 p.m. 3:04 a.m. 347 p.m. ' Board to Sponsor Newport, Morehead City Meeting Three Injured In Car Collision One person suffered a broken arm and two got minor injuries at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in an auto col lision on the Ilcaufort-Morehead causeway. Mrs. Harvey Lawrence, a pas senger in a 1960 Volkswagen, driv en by Wesley I. Rosso, Manassas, Va., sustained a broken arm. Mr. Rosso and his wife suffered minor injuries. According to patrolman J. W Smith Jr., Rosso said he was head ed west when a car passed him then stopped immediately in front, of him. He hit the rear of it. Driving the other car was James Evans, Mprry Hill. Damage to the VW was estimated at $150. The Evans car was not damaged. ► Newport’s 13-member delegation, which appeared before the county board of education Monday to dis cuss Newport’s school proposal, was told by board chairman Robert Safrit that the board intends to stick to its original school plan (Beaufort-Smyrna and Newport - Morehead) until a better one comes along and that no matter what the board decides to do, it must have funds first. The board did, however, agree to sponsor a meeting of Newport and Morehcad City representatives to discuss the Newport proposal and possible site for a Newport Morchead school, should the coun ty follow its present plan. Invited to the meeting will be PTA representatives, school com- i mittees and the chairman of the county board of education. Date and place was not specified at Monday's meeting. / Leslie Bercegeay, spokesman for j the delegation, reviewed the New- j See SCHOOL GROUP, Page 7 ---i--— rmKMWWt«y™i U. K ifttS'f <M*4. * <*» v. «»**• «»•*.*» !. v;p M p* -r^-j r*»« %** • fr, tV' • C.‘.-.*vj '4 : *,» ' .. vi J« - »P*sl 4, ; ,ft :. .. IHwtau' .**!>.•*» ;'»r , r l^^y. «#*• * > ■ ^ - Job.. . b . . * '* |:^SyF; *' 1 MilwfcllsMK :.jssJ'isr-. ’!** .».*:sC. This is the international relations exhibit shown by Home Demon* stration club women at their achievement program Thursday. The sign lists club members who have toured the United Nations. Dolls are dressed in costumes of different countries. These sparkling attractive oecorauons were maae ir by Home Demonstration club women who attended tincratt The exhibits were open to the public from Z to 4 Thursday f — ' - - ■ County Board Gets Requests On Five Roads County commissioners consider ed five road requests at their meet ing yesterday morning at the courthouse. Mrs. W. B. Norman asked that 200 yards of road be added to the secondary road system. The road is at Gloucester and leads off road 1342. John Jones, John B. Yamall and E. W. Harris, all of Cedar Point, asked that a half-mile dirt road that turns off at Crumpler’s ga rage, be improved. The road is named Jones street and has six houses on it. At the request of Mr. Harris, the board will call to the attention of Robert Rouse, solicitor for this district, a dangerous road condi tion. Mr. Harris said that a school bus travels the road and that a private property owner, Joe Tem ple III, has been uncooperative in permitting the road to be main tained as a public road. Luther Hamilton Jr., county at torney, said that the supreme court has ruled that the road is a public road. He said the matter to which Mr. Harris referred had been in the courts several times. Commissioner Gaston Smith pre sented a road petition from Atlan tic residents. They asked that the road from the Methodist church to the old shell road, with 13 houses on it, be improved. With the exception of the road matter referred to the solicitor, all petitions were referred to the State Highway commission. Held until December was a peti tion for improvement of two-tenths of a mile of road at Crab Point. The petition was signed by John Tillery, "Gl'acc and Henry Jones. The board said that it was doubt ful that the road met state require ments for improvement, but want ed to check on whether changes had been made recently in those requirements. W. B. McLean, Emerald Isle, appeared before the board relative to a road problem on Emerald Isle. Moses Howard, chairman of the board, said he had no petition on the road and the board could not act until it had the petition. H. W. Dickson, state revenue agent in the county, appeared to ask that the board provide him more room because he has been joined by another state agent. Mr. Dickson's office is in the court house annex. J. D. Potter, county auditor, said that a proposal to partition a room now used as a waiting room by the draft clerk and vet erans’ service office, is opposed by the draft clerk, Mrs. Ruby Hol land. Mrs. Holland appeared before the board and said that the space allotted her was shared by her with Mr. Beam and that they can not give up any waiting room space. Asked if the hall might not be used for a waiting roqm, she said that her Raleigh office would not approve of that. She said that the welfare department has an ex tremely large space on the second floor which is not being utilized to the fullest. She suggested that if the com missioners visited the courthouse annex and saw how space was be ing used, they would understand the situation better. No decision was made. Mr. Howard presented a letter from the Gloucester Community club offering its help in a cam paign to eliminate the necessity for making long distance calls be tween ope community and another in the county. Commissioner Gaston Smith said, “If the club can do anything to better the phone service, I'm for it, 'cause half the time I might as well have a conch on my desk.’’ Car Hits Pol« on Sailor Path Road; Driver Cited Sanford Earl Long, who was in volved in an accident at 3 p.m. Saturday on the Salter Path road, just off the beach road, has been charged with driving after his li cense was revoked. State highway patrolman J. W. Sykes said that Long told him he was headed toward Salter Path when a car ahead of him stopped. Long said he turned sharply to the right to avoid ft. He hit a Coast Guard telephone pole. Long was driving a 1957 Ford owned by Pauline Fowler Harrel son, Morehead City. Damage to the car was estimated at the pole $75.
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