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THE NEWS-TIMES
60th YEAR, NO. 92.
THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Tugboaters Picketed; Dock Blocked
Union Angry Because
Tug Owner Wont Talk
Picketing of Carteret Towing Co., Morehead City, firm
which operates the tugs in Morehead City harbor, started
Wednesday morning.
The picketing coincided with refusal of the tanker Mon
tauk Point to move from the Aviation Fuel Terminals dock
on Radio island.
Gordon Spencer, Norfolk, port agent with the Seafarers’
International union, said yesterday,♦
however, that the union's gripe
against Carteret Towing and re
fusal of the Mootauk Point crew to
move the ship, were not related.
He said, however, that men
aboard the Montauk Point, refuse
to handle lines from the tugs.
Carteret Towing Co. men, who
are members of the SIU, are not
on strike, however. The towing
company is being picketed, accord
ing to representatives of the tow
ing company, by one man, Dewey
Willis, a member of the union who
left the employ of the company
some months ago.
The towing company employees
say they have been instructed by
the union to continue working as
usual.
Mr. Spencer said yesterday that
towing company employees are
members of the Inland Boatmen’s
union, a division of the SIU.
As the result of an election con- j
ducted at the towing company this
year by the National Labor Rela- j
tions board, he said the tug crew
men voted 6-0 in favor of union af
filiation. r
He commented that the union has i
been certified by the NLRB as rep- [
resentative of the tugboat crew-1
men. Since that time, Mr. Spen- j
cer said, Charles Piner, owner and
operator of the towing company, i
has refused to negotiate.
The union has, therefore charged
unfair labor practices. The towing
company was notified that a strike
would start early this past Monday
if negotiations were not started.
Negotiations didn't start. Picketing
did not start until two days later.
Not only was the towing company
being picketed on land, but an un
identified man in a powered skiff,
with a sign that he hid from pho
tographers, was patrolling around
the Carteret Towing Co. tugs,
which were tied up at the port.
Carteret Towing Co., through its
attorneys, six weeks ago appealed
its dispute with the union to the
National Labor Relations board.
No decision is expected soon.
Mr. Spencer said that he would
be in town until the union’s dispute
with Carteret Towing is settled
"and we will do anything we can
to force him (Piner) to do what the
law requires.”
Warm Weather
Follows Cold
The county’s one short blast of
near wintry weather didn’t last
long. Warm air moved back in
Sunday, sending readings near the
80-degree mark after lows of 38
Thursday and Friday.
Accompanying the warmer tem
peratures were widely scattered
light showers that brought .31
inches of moisture during the four
day period Sunday through Wed
nesday.
Temperature ranges and wind di
rections for the week Nov. 9-15
were recorded as follows at the At
lantic Beach weather station:
High Low Wind
Nov. 9..M 38 WNW
350 Pupils
TakeTrip Today
Morehead City school children,
350 of them, will visit the battleship
North Carolina this afternoon and
attend the Elirabethtown-Morehead
City game at Wilmington tonight.
Nine busloads of children will
leave the school at 2 p.m. today for
the combination educational-foot
ball trip. The children have passes
to go aboard the battleship, ac
cording to Lenwood Lee, principal.
The regional game tonight will
begin at 8 at Legion stadium, which
is id the vicinity of Greenfield
Park. Mr. Lee said people going
to the game should take the same
street that they take to the park.
The stadium is about a mile be
yond the park.
Thanksgiving Day, according to
Mrs Simpson, librarian.
Nov. 10...
Nov. 11...
Nov. 12
Nov. 13....
Nov. 14...
Nov. 15..
60 38 NNE
65 47 Var.
63 60 SE
78 55 ESE
.72 59 E
66 60 NNW
Scout Council
Elects Officers
Si* county Boy Scout leaders
were elected to positions m the
East Carolina council at a meet
ing Wednesday night at Green
ville.
Dr. S. Vf. Hatcher, Charles Mc
Neill, Ethan Davis, Cecil Sewell,
and Harry Salter, all of Morehead
City, were elected to the execu
tive board of the council. Ed Nel
son, Beaufort, was elected to the
council commissioner staff.
These six, in addition to the fol
lowing, are membcrs-at-large who
have been named to the council: R.
H. Howard, Council Rcnfrow, Gor
don C. Willis, and George W. Dill,
all of Morehead City.
Attending the meeting were the
Rev. John Viser, Wildwood; Mr.
Howard, Mr. Dill and T. A. Guiton,
Scout field executive for Carteret.
The East Carolina council is
composed of all clubs and insti
tutions which sponsor Scouting,
plus the elected members-at-largc.
This group in turn elects the ex
ecutive board.
Ralph T. Morris, New Bern, was
elected head of the council Wed-]
nesday night.
Carteret district Scout officials
will be elected at 7:30 p.m. Mon
day at a meeting at the civic cen
ter, Morehead City. Headfng t|ie
Carteret district at present is Dr.
Hatcher.
Crew members of the tags A. T. Piner and the Manie Finer, which «re owned by the Carteret Tow
ing Co., pass time by playing cards. Their tags were standing by yesterday, ready to take out the Mon
tank Point, tanker whose crew was “sick.” The crewmen, left to right, are Vernon Hill, Jack O’Neal,
Douglas Edwards, L. G. Lewis and Charles Rose. They are not on strike, even though the company
they work for is being picketed by a union to which they belong.
Scientists Predict Good Season
For Stripers in Albemarle Sound
Commercial striped bass fisher
men in Albemarle sound (especial
ly those fishing with gill nets) will
have the best season this fall,
winter and spring since 1958-59.
Scientists at the US fisheries lab,
Pivers Island. Beaufort, have stuck
their necks out on the prediction.
But James E. Sykes, chief of At
lantic coast striped bass research
for the Bureau of Commercial fish
eries, says catches thus far-have
borne out the forecast.
“We won’t have the final answe£
until after Christmas, perhaps as
late as April,” Mr. Sykes com
mented.
This is the first time a prediction
on the striped bass fishery, a ma
jor source of income in the Albe
marle sound area, has been at
tempted.
“Forecasting is getting to be a
big thing in fisheries,” Mr. Sykes
continued, “but we’re not guaran
teeing accuracy any more than the
weatherman does.”
Predictions for the current sea
son have been based on five years
of trawling for young stripers, de
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Photo 1>y Bob Simpson
Dewey Willis wears a sign telling why union thinks Carteret Tow
ing is unfair. The sign says the firm Mfuses to negotiate with the
Inland Boatmen’s union, an affiliate wHh of the Seafarers’ Interna
tional, AFL dO. Willi* has been picketing this week
towing company on-’flarfio island.
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tcrmining their abundance, tagging
adult fish for estimates of their
number, and studying the size and
age of fish caught by the commer
cial fisherman.
The scientists hit it on the nose
in predicting what would happen
last season —• but they didn’t broad
cast their prediction.
They said that 2 and 3-year-old
striped bass would comprise 33.2
per cent of the catch. When all the
facts were in, the actual percent
age was found to be 93.7 per cent!
Their predictions for this season
(from October through April 1962):
• Two and 3-year-old fish will
comprise 98 per cent of the catch;
2’s 29 per cent; and 3’s 69 per cent.
• Gill nets Vi inches and larger
(stretch measure), because of their
prominence and ability to catch 3
year-old fish, will in the long run
be the most successful gear.
• Three-year-old fish weigh ap
proximately 1 pound more than 2
year-old fish, so based upon popu
lation size of 3-year-olds, the pound
age landed should be high.
• What does “high" mean? Well,
the total population should consist
of 2,061,000 pounds of fish. This is
about the same as it was in the
1960-61 fishing season, but since 3
year-old fish are present in greater
numbers than other ages, more
pounds of fish should be caught
with less eftort.
The percentage of 3’s in the
catch will compare closely with
that of the 3’s in the catch of
1956-59.
Tfc* total catch this season should
be close to a million pounds, (ex
clusive of the “jumbo striper’’
catch in the ocean).
Mr. Sykes said that the fisher
men are already finding that the
larger size mesh is proving to be
the most successful.
The predictions were released
jointly last month by Mr. syxes
and Dr. William W. Hassler, asso
ciated professor of zoology, State
college.
They warn, however, that foul
weather may reduce the number
of days fishermen will be at work,
and this will affect the total land
ings.
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Schools Will
Close Two Days
ForThanksgiving
• Churches Schedule
Holiday Services
# Town, County
Offices to Close
Schools will be closed next Thurs
day and Friday for the Thanksgiv
ing holiday.
The courthouse, town halls,
hanks, postoffices and business of
fices will observe Thursday as a
holiday. Some stores will be open.
There will be a community
Thanksgiving service in Beaufort.
It will begin at 10 in the First Bap
tist church with the Rev. C. Ed
ward Sharp, rector of St. Paul’s
Episcopal church, giving the
Thanksgiving meditation.
A Thanksgiving service in the
First Methodist church. Morehcad
City, will begin at 9 a.m.
Other churches throughout the
county which are having Thanks
giving services are invited to get
information on the services to the
newspaper office, PA6-4175, by 10
a.m. Tuesday.
Next Friday’s NEWS-TIMES will
go to press Wednesday and be on
the newsstands and in the mail
Wednesday night. Carriers will
have the papers ready for delivery
Thanksgiving morning.
Deadline for classified ads for
next Friday's paper will he 10:30
a.m. Wednesday; deadline tor legal
notices 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Any
one wanting any type of ad in that
issue should contact the newspaper
office by noon Tuesday for infor
mation on deadlines.
Announcements apd other types
of news should be in the NEW?-,
TIMES office no later than 11 a.nt. j
^Wednesday.
The newspaper office will be,
dosed Thursday. It will reopen at
8 a.m. Friday.
Lawyer Reports
On Bond Matter
Luther Hamilton Jr., county at
torney, said this week that there
are a few details that will have
to be taken care of before the pro
posed county hospital bonds can
be marketed.
The bond attorneys in New York
feel that more complete disposition
of the hospital court action should
be effected. The case was non
suited last month.
Morehead City town commission
ers were scheduled to consider at
their meeting last night whether
to agree to close the Morehead
City hospital. The Medical Care
commission said that it will re
lease funds for a new hospital only
if the Morehead City hospital is
closed after the new one opens.
Doctors in the county, many of
whom opposed location of a hos
pital three miles west of Morehead
City, are reportedly satisfied with
a proposal to put the hospital on
R. R. Barbour property near the
proposed new Morehead City high
school.
Lions Begin Drive
For Sight Funds
Morehead City Lions are mailing
letters this weekend asking for con
tributions to the club’s sight con
servation work.
Enclosed in the letters are seals
bearing the words, Be Thankful
You Can See.
The club invested $1,250.80 in
sight conservation work in 1980-61,
according to A. N. Willis, chairman
of the sight conservation commit
tee. Spent in this county alone to
assist the blind was $800.
Spent since July 1 this year was
$192. Contributions should be mail
ed to Blind Fund, Morehead City
Lions club.
Tido Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Nov. 17
3:34 a.m. 10:03 a.m.
3:57 p.m. 10:29 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 18
4:35 a.m. 11:01 a.m.
5:00 p.m. 11:20 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 19
5:32 a.m. 11:54 a.m.
5:57 p.m. ...
Monday, Nov. 19
6:24 a.m. 12:29 a.m.
6:48 p.m. 12:46 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 21
7:12 a.m. 12:58 a.m.
7:35 p.m. 1:35 p.m.
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T-2 Tanker Refuses to Move
From Aviation Fuel Pier
David Small
Sings Role
^Baltimore
David Small of Morchead City
was soloist in the Baltimore Civic
Opera Company’s production of
Verdj's Aida Nov. 3 and 4. Mr.
Small appeared in the role of the
kins.
Weldon Wallace, music critic of
the Baltimdre Sun. reported that
Mr. Small"made a fine impression
as the King." In the Sunday New
York Times, John Briggs wrote: j
“One of the nastiest entrances in |
Aida’ is the King’s ‘Alta cagion j
v’aduna,’ (or which Verdi unac-1
countably gave the bass little help
in the orchestra. David Small, the i
Baltimore King, made a full voiced
entrance precisely in tunc.”
Mr. Small will also appear this
season in the Baltimore Civic
group’s forthcoming productions of
Rossini’s Barber of Seville and Puc
cini's Tosca. He is presently a j
member of the United States Army
Cbortis and lives in Arlington, Va.
Mr. Small graduated from More
head City high school, and in 1958
from the University of North Caro
lina. lie is. married to the former
Carolyn Marsh of Memphis, Tenn.
Davkf Small
JC's to Meet
With Town Board
The Beaufort Jaycees voted at
their Monday night meeting to
meet with the town board of com
missioners Dec. 4 to discuss the
condition of the Scout building.
The building houses various civic
functions. The Jaycees feel that
the building needs the financial
support of the town to be main
tained in the proper manner.
In other* business, Billy Hardy
was appointed vice-president of the
club to replace Clyde Owens, who
has resigned and Herbert Greene
was appointed internal mailing
secretary.
The club extended thanks to
those who bought Jaycee flare
kits during house-to-house sales
Monday and Thursday night and
they also expressed their appre
ciation to George Bridgers for the
fine job he did in handling the
Saturday night Teenage club.
The club voted an allocation to
Herbert Greene to finance the pub
lication of a weekly bulletin which
will cover local, state and national
Jaycee news.
Also discussed as a fund-raising
project was a turkey shoot which
the club hopes to sponsor the first
week in December if arrangements
can be made.
- Unless a T-2 tanker, the Montauk Point, moved from
Aviation Fuel Terminals’ dock on Radio island at 3 yester
day afternoon, the ship’s owners, Hull Lines, Inc., New
York, faced court action suing them for $25,000 a day
damages.
Also named with Bull Lines in the action that was being
considered yesterday by Aviation’
Fuel Terminals was the Seafarers
International Union and all indi
viduals aboard the vessel. The
crew was reportedly ill and unable
to man the ship.
The Montauk Point discharged
85,000 gallons of aviation gasoline
at Aviation Fuel Terminals Tues
day. It was the first ship at the
dock since fire swept the multi
million dollar tanker Potomac Sept.
26.
The Montauk Point was sched
uled to sail Wednesday morning
after to new crew members re- i
ported aboard. When the replace-1
ments showed up, they and the
Carteret Towing tugs went to
the Montauk Point at 3 yester
day to take her out to sea and
men aboard waved the tugs off.
The Chilula, Coast Guard cutter,
then went to the tanker to help
with mooring lines, and it, too,
was told to leave. Then crew
men aboard the Montauk Point
went ashore.
other crew members, totaling 22,
announced they were “sick” and
could not take the ship out.
Dr. B. F. Royal, Morehead City,
acting assistant surgeon, US Pub
lic Health Service, went aboard
to examine the men. lie said he
examined all who wanted to be
examined, and found they were
“not too sick to sail.’’
Gordon Spencer, Norfolk, Va.,
port agent with the Seafarers In
ternational union, said yesterday
In Morehead City that the crew is
not aboard the MantaukPoint "bo*
cause of a food arid'wathf prob
lem on the ship.” He said the men
are suffering from diarrhea and
dysentery and they would not go
back aboard until the food im
proves “and the water tanks are
cleaned out.”
When asked who can correct
those problems he said, “It’s up
to the Bull Lines. The ship is will
ing to go any time.”
Lying offshore, waiting yester
day to get to the Aviation Fuel
dock, were two tankers, the Mis
sion San Rafael, a Navy ship op
erated by the Military Sea Trans
port Service with civilian crew
aboard, and the Capt. Nicholas
Sitinas, operated by the Bull Lines.
Both ships arrived Wednesday
but could not make port because
the Montauk Point was at the dock.
It was not known yesterday how
long these ships would hang
around, waiting to discharge their
cargo. R. L. Hicks of Hcide &
Co., Morehead City agent for the
Mission San Rafael, said it’s up
to the Navy to decide how long
the ship will wait. . He said some
times ships have waited for days
to cither take on or discharge car
go.
William Davies, Morehead City
Shipping Co., agent for the Cap
tain Nicholas Sitinas, said he had
no idea how long the ship would
wait if the Montauk Point didn’t
clear out.
He added that Capt. William
Jautze of the Montauk Point
“wants to go.”
There was hope that the Mon
tauk Point would sail at 9 Wed
nesday night after the Navy had
requested the Coast Guard, on the
basis of “military necessity” to
move the Montauk Point either by
persuasion or by towing it away
from the dock.
The union reportedly agreed to
cooperate upon receipt of a let
ter from the Coast Guard, which
was written and presented to the
ship about an hour before the
See LABOR FIGHT, Page 2 ,
Forgery Case
Sent Tuesday
To Higher Court
In county recorder’s court Tues
day judge Lambert R. Morris
found probable cause in the case
against Norma Jean McGee, Beau
fort, charged with forgery, and
transferred the matter to superior
court. Mrs. McGee was charged
with forging a $75 check. Bond
for her appearance in superior
court was set at $300.
Cleared off the docket were
cases against 15 defendants who
have been tried in the past but
cannot now be located. All 15 of
the cases were dismissed and all
costs and fines vacated.
The defendants were James
Thompson. Pete Davis Jr., Her
reld Livingston Moss, Joe Wilson,
Beul Rice, Perry Goodwin, James
Montford, Alfred Grooms, George
Mosely Porter, George Coker, Ells
worth Heath, Charles Gerdon,
James Gibble, John Rick, Bert
Williams.
James William Peeden, charged
with drunk driving, hit and run
and property damage, was fined
$200 and costs 'and James Edward
Davis was fined1 $100 and costs for
drunk driving. William Glenn Bul
lock requosted a jury trial on a
drunk driving charge and his case
Was transferred to the next term
of superior court. Bullock’s bond
was set at $190.
Also requesting a jury trial was
Alton Lanier Jones, charged with
taking game with artificial light
between sunset and sunrise. Judge
Morris set bond for Jones at $300.
Other defendants, their charges
and the findings of the court fol
low:
Gibson K. Holland, having no
operator’s license, not prosecuted.
E. O. Mann, issuing a worthless
check, not prosecuted.
Herman Montford, speeding,
costs.
June Funk, issuing a worthless
check, not prosecuted.
Joseph Louis Butler, speeding,
not prosecuted.
John Gidion, no operator’s li
cense, not prosecuted.
Ted McDonald, drunk driving,
not prosecuted.
See COURT, Page 2
Troopers Will
Check Autos
State troopers will undertake Op
eration Floodlight in the county
Saturday night.
At a point on a main highway,
the area will be floodlighted. Mo
torists’ lights, brakes, license and
registration card will be checked.
Manning the station will be four
troopers, as well as Sgt. B. H. Nutt
and Cpl. A. F. Fields.
Sergeant Nutt says that in addi
tion to the checking stations troop
ers will undertake concentrated pa
trol in certain areas where speed
ers are known to hang out and
where the accident rate is higher
than average.
In addition, the usual highway
patrol activities will be under way,
such as use of unmarked cars and
speed watches.
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The Montauk Point (arrow at left) lies at the newly-built Aviation Puel Terminals dock on Radio Island.
The Mack arrow points to the hall of the Potomac, which by Nov. 3 had been moved away from the
Perth where the Montauk Point lies. At far right is the state pert terminal.
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