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50th YEAR, NO. 100. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Fire Sweeps Two Buildings Tuesday
Town Board Will Consider
New Annexing Plan Monday
Beaufort town officials will con
sider a new annexation plan, fol
lowing a public hearing on zoning
matters Monday afternoon at the
town hall.
The plan will be presented by
Claud Wheatly, town attorney. It
proposes doing away with the old
plan for annexation and annexing
Hancock Park, the portion of High
land Park served by an existing
sewer system, and the portion of
Ann street where there is sewage
service and urban characteristics.
Mr. Wheatly told the board he
would like action on the new pro
posal before the first of the year.
''The annexation proposal as it
now stands would enlarge town
boundaries by 41M acres and pop
ulation by 150 to 160 persons, ac
to Ronald Earl Mason,
clerk.
Mr. Wheatly termed the recent
supreme court decision “a service
to Beaufort and all towns attempt
ing to annex by ordinance." He
reminded the board that the court
did not “dismiss” the case, but
sent the town plan back to the
town for correction.
Driver Draws
Six-Month Term
In City Court
A-Beaufort man, George Dewey
Eqyils, was sentenced to six
months in jail Monday in More
head City recorder’s court follow
ing conviction of his sixth offense
of driving without a,jjktver’s li\
cense.
Equils entered an appeal and
the case was transferred to the
next term at superior court. His
appearance bond was set at $500.
The defendant was also chatged
with having no registration and
no insurance but was not prose
cuted on those counts.
Also drawing a six-month jail
sentence was Carlton Pittman,
Morehead City, convicted of his
fifth public drunkenness offense
within 0 12-month period.
Carlton Piner, Morehead City,
found guilty of assault on a minor,
appealed a 30-day jail sentence
suspended on payment of court
costs. Bond for his appearance
in superior court was set at $50.
Robert Leon Potter, Cherry
Point, was given a 90-day jail sen
tence, suspended on payment of
$100 and costs for drunk driving
an# Ernest S. Carroway, Beau
fort, paid $7 and costs for speed
P*
laying court costs only were
fiferog Brown, Morehead City,
charged with having no muffler
and Everett Alexander Ingram Jr.,
Morehead City, charged with fail
ing to yield the right of way.
Edna Trager, Morehead City,
Charged with trespassing on the
property of Mrs. Nellie O’Neal and
:ascault of Mrs. O’Neal, failed to
appear to answer the charges.
Judge Herbert O. Phillips issued
an order for Mrs. Trager to be
brought in for a hearing in three
weeks. Bond for the defendant
was set at $200.
Malicious prosecution was ruled
in the case against Charles Hol
land, Morehead City, charged with
assault Anthony Lee Daughtery,
prosecuting witness, was ordered
to pay court costs.
A charge of failing tp comply
with a former court order, against
Deasie Pittman Gaskill, Tfeaufort,
waa dismissed.
Sixteen cases were transferred
until later terms of courts i -—
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Park Still Holds
Its Top Spot
__at Fort Xkh Mate
park did not drop during the tint
11 months of this year, as reported
in Tuesday’s paper.
The figures were reversed. At
tendance for the first 11 months
this year was 4*1,086, as compared
With 427,680 last year.
Ray Pardne, park superinten
dent. said Wednesday that. 1961’s
attendance was a new record for
Fort Macon. Total attendance at
all parks in the state was about
2,000 less than for the same period
last year.
Eight parks had higher attend
ance than in 1960 and four had
lower attendance. More persons
visited Feet Macon than any other
according to the Department
The attorney commented that the
town had originally proposed to
maintain sewage systems in the to
be-annexed areas, after paying
property owners for them. But,
he continued, the supreme court
decision has said that paying for
already-existing sewage systems is!
not required. Only if there isn’t
one, does the town have to put one
in, according to the court.
Mr. Wheatly said further that
the town would be going beyond
its authority to use tax funds for
buying an already-existing sewage
system
The judgment, simply, said three
things, the attorney said:
• The town can’t just say that
“60 per cent" of the area to
be annexed is urban; it must
establish urban development
as a fact
• Presently existing sewers
needn’t be paid for
• If sewer already exists, there
is no requirement that the
town lay another “beside it."
The board took no action on a
proposal that the town purchase
a new police patrol car. The clerk
Auto Accident Claims llth
Highway Victim in County
Boats Already Numbered
Nttiid Not Pay Ftt* Again
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Board to Get
Hospital Report
Mayor George OKI, Morehead
City, will present the audit report
on Morehead City hospital to town
commissioners at their meeting
next Thursday night at the munici
pal building.
The mayor attended the hospital
board of trustees meeting Friday
when the auditor discussed the re
port with the trustees. David Wil
lis, hospital administrator, said
that the mayor was furnished a
copy of the audit for each town
board member.
Asked his opinion of the past
year’s fiscal operations at the hos
pital, Mr. Willis commented, “It
look’s pretty good.” He said a
summary of the audit will be pub
lished in THE NEWS-TIMES in
the near future.
The administrator also said that
various church and civic organi
zations will be providing the hos
pital with favors for the patients’
hospital trays during the holiday
season.
Firemen Called
Beaufort firemen were called out
at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to extin
guish a brush fire on a vacant lot
next to the Queen Street high
school gym. No damage was re
ported.
Beaufort Jaycees Agree to Manage
Scout Building for Another Month
Beaufort Jaycces, after confer
ring with town officials Monday
night at the town ball, agreed to
continue managing the Scout build
ing for 30 days more.
The Jaycees said they get no
cooperation from organizations
that are supposed to be trustees
tl the property and are absorbing
the monthly loss incurred by keep
ing the building open.
Daring the 30-day period new in
progress, the Jaycees were asked
by the town to draw up a set of
rules for operation of the building,
assume the deficit for the month,
as usual, and meanwhile commis
sioner Frank Morning would try
to get reactivated the original
trustee arrangement set up in the
deed for the property.
Jaycees who presented their
problems to the board were Ouy
Smith Jr., spokesman; George M.
Thomas, Ernest Courtney, Billy
Hardy, Bruce Caton aid David
Perry, a prospective Jaycee.
They said that they are being
criticized for the manner in which
said purchase of a car is not in
the budget.
Approved was a mutual fire
fighting agreement with Cherry
Point. Also okayed was a pro
posal to change a street lighting ar
rangement at the school, which
will cost the town an additional
$3.34 monthly.
The clerk reported actual cash
balance in the debt service fund
at $13,959.90. One bond was re
cently purchased at 96, the clerk
said. The attorney was asked to
check on whether the money in
the debt service fund could be put
on certificate of deposit for less
than six months.
The mayor said he regretted
that THE NEWS-TIMES did not
publicize Beaufort’s Christmas pa
rade. Commissioners William Roy
Hamilton and Earl Madcs stated
that, on the contrary, the paper
had given excellent coverage and
expressed their appreciation.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were com
missioners David Farrior, Frank
Morning, chief of police Guy Sprin
gle, and building inspector Gerald
Woolard.
* Asa result of action by the 1961
Legislature, no fee will be requir
ed for renewal of certificates of
number issued to commercial fish
ing boats, if such boats come with
in certain provisions provided by
law.
The Wildlife Resources commis
sion, responsible for registration
of all boats of more than ten horse
power, said, “The General Statutes
of North Carolina authorize the
Wildlife Resources commission to
issue such renewals, free of
charge; provided, the applicant
submits with his request
• A signed statement certifying
that the boat is a commercial fish
ing boat (as defined in G.S. 75A-5)
• A receipt, signed by an author
ized agent of the Division of Com
mercial Fisheries, bearing the boat
number originally awarded by the
Wildlife Resources commission and
showing that the commercial fish
ing boat license tax (imposed by
G.S. 113-174.7) has been paid for
the period during which the appli
cation for renewal is submitted.
State law defines commercial
fishing boats as “motorboats which
are used primarily for commercial
fishing operations, from which op
erations the owners and/or oper
ators derived more than one-half
of their gross income during the
preceding calendar year.”
Owners of boats registering such
boats for the first time must pay
the $3 fee, but will be exempted
from payment of a renewal fee in
subsequent years, as long as the
boat qualifies as a commercial
fishing craft.
the building is used for the most
part by “Scouts who contribute
nothing to maintenance.”
The Jaycees said they have been
struggling to keep the building
open as a community service. They
said they put in a new heating
system and were hoping to use
rentals to finance costs of upkeep,
“but it’s taken everything we can
scrape together for minor upkeep,”
they said.
, Mr. Smith said that unless more
money can be obtained, the Jay
cees want to wash their hands of
the situation.
C. R. Wheatly, town attorney,
referring to the deed on the prop
erty, said that if the trustees of
the property fail to fulfill their
functions, the property reverts to
the town. The deed also stipulates
that the building shall be used
only for community purposes.
Original trustees of the building,
according to the attorney, were
T. T. (Tom) Potter for the Rotary
club; John Haynes, Jaycees; Mrs.
Bill Baily, Girl Scouts; Mrs.
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n.>*.o oy i.dny AviiO»mh
Ronal Earl (Skip) Willis and A. L. (Bull) Brinson, Morehead City firemen, take down a ladder after
a blaze raged through two buildings early Tuesday morning. At the left is Dec Gee's gift shop.
The funeral service lor tmeri
Lennon Perry. 52, Otway, who was
killed in an auto accident Monda>
afternoon, was conducted at 3 o'
clock Wednesday afternoon. Buria’
warin'the family cemetery on the
Crow Hill road.
State trooper R. H. Brown sak
Perry was killed at 5:50 p.m. or
highway 70 a half mile west of Ot
way. He was alone in the car
His death is the 11th fatality it
the county this year.
According to the officer, Perrj
was headed west. His car, a 196(
Chevrolet, went off to the right or
a slight curve, followed a ditch
and hit a culvert into the drive
way of the First Baptist church.
Coroner David Munden ruled thi
death as accidental. Trooper Browr
said no other car was involved
The Perry car was demolished.
A retired Coast Guardsman, Per
ry worked as a longshoreman al
the Morehead City port.
Officiating at the funeral service
was the Rev. J. W. Funk, pastor
of the Otway Christian church.
There were Masonic rites at the
graveside.
Surviving are Perry’s wife,
Alma; one daughter, Carolyn, ot
the home; five brothers, Shepperd
and Benjamin, both of Norfolk, Va.,
Harold of Quimby, Va., Dempsey
of Kitty Hawk and Lester Perry
of Morehead City; and two sisters,
Mrs. Kenneth Olsend of Norfolk,
and Mrs. Early Keller of Kitty
Hawk
Groundbreaking Sunday
Camp Glenn congregation will
break ground at 2:30 p.m. Sunday
for its new educational building,
a block west of the intersection of
highway 24 and 70 and a block oft
the highway. The new church
plant will be called St. Peter’s
Methodist church, the Rev. J. L.
Mansfield, pastor.
and Charles Hassell, Boy Scouts.
Ronald Earl Mason, town clerk,
reminded the board that Jaycees
took over management of the
building, not trusteeship. The
town attorney suggested that the
original trustees rc-assume their
responsibilities and if they don’t,
the town create a new commission
to take over.
Mr. Smith said that for the past
six months utilities eost $89.74 ami
rentals amounted only to $63. At
present the roof needs repair.
He added that the Scouts refuse
to pay anything for using the
building. Mr. Courtney said they
put the furniture outdoors and
then the Jaycees have to put it
back. Mr. Whcatly said the deed
'says nothing about "Scouts’ inter
est being paramount over any oth
er elahs or groups."
Mr. Thomas said that if the town
should take over the building and
Jaycees made trustees, that still
would not relieve Jaycees of then
financial losses.
The Jaycees said they would re
turn to the January meeting of the
John Dill, 78,
Died Thursday
John Howard Dill, a Beaufort
merchant for many years, died
early Thursday morning at John
Umstcad hospital, Butner, where
he had been a patient for a year.
Mr. Dill, 78, operated a men’s
clothing store on Front street until
he retired in 1956 because of his
health. He was the son of the late
William and Elizabeth Dill and
was a member of St. Paul’s Epis
copal church. He was born Nov.
25, 1882.
Surviving are his wife, Charlotte
Coffrcy Dill; two daughters, Mrs.
John Crump, Morehead City, and
Mrs. Robert Lucas, Beaufort, one
granddaughter, one great grand
daughter, both of Greensboro, and
three sisters, Mrs. Frank Perry,
Miss Ella Dill and Mrs. William
Wadsworth, all of New Bern.
The funeral has been tentatively
set for this afternoon at St. Paul’s
church, Beaufort. Burial will be
in the church cemetery.
The family requests that no
flowers be sent.
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Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH 1
Friday, Dec. 15
2:12 a.m. 8 39 a.m.
2:33 p.m. 909 Pm.
Saturday, Dec. 16
3:13 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
3:56 p.m. 10:05 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 17
4:14 a.m. 10:43 a.m.
4:39 p.m. 10:58 p.m
Monday, Dec. 18
5:12 a.m. 11:37 a.m
5:37 p.m. 11:48 p.m.
Program Announced
i The andual Christmas program,
I presented by pupils of St. Egbert’s
> schqoi, Morehcad City, will begin
■ at 7 p.m. Sunday at the recreation
center, Morehead City. The public
• is welcome, according to the Rev.
: Hugh Kennedy, pastor of St Eg*
bert’s church.
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Mayor Disappointed
With Letter from Base
Mayor A l*». Cooper, Atlantic
Beach, has expressed disappoint
ment wilh a letter he said was re
cently released from the provost
marshal’s office, Cherry Point.
The mayor said, at the town
board meeting Friday that the let
ter warned Marines not to visit
Atlantic Beach.
“They think we're too rough here
when the men from the base get
out of line, but we’re not,’,’ the
mayor commented. “We widcomu
the iWarincsvdind have, -tried our
host, to cooperate with (lie base,”
he concluded.
This is Dee Gee’s, as it appeared before the fire, and the bnilding
next to it, which was occupied by a shoe shop at the time this picture
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was taken. (Photo by F. C. Salisbury)
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This is the S. 8th and Evans
street corner, northeast, as it
appeared in 1925. The Abbott
Morris building destroyed in the
fire Tuesday morning was lo
cated in the same spot as the
building above at left. Dec Gee's
was located just off this photo,
at the left.
The building which housed Dec
Gee’s gift shop was built about
1915 to house the Carteret Supply
Co., according to F. C. Salisbury,
president of the County Historical
society.
When Carteret Supply moved
out, John Memakis, owner of the
Busy Bee restaurant, moved into
the building and operated his
restaurant there during 1921.
Later, the building was acquir
ed by the Marine Hardware Co.
and used as a warehouse. Floyd
Chadwick moved into the build
ing in 1925 and operated a dry
cleaning business there, until he
moved to his present location
on N. 8th street in the eairly
1930*.
Dee Gee's Shop, Abbott
Morris Building Burn
Fire which struck shortly before dawn Tuesday destroy
ed two buildings in downtown Morehead City. Burned
were Dee Gee’s gift shop and an adjoining vacant build
ing in the 100 block on south 8th street. The vacant build
ing was owned by Mrs. Abbott Morris, Camp Glenn.
I). G. Bell, Morehead City, owner and operator of the
gift shop, estimated his loss at tic-1
tween $25,000 and $30,000, Most
of the loss was covered by insur
ance.
Fred Guthrie Jr., Morehcad City,
who works at a nearby taxi stand,
discovered the blaze around 4 a.m.
Tuesday and turned in the alarm.
Firemen from the Morehcad City
fire station, just across the street,
answered the alarm and later were
joined by firemen from the West
Bind station.
The fire is believed to have start
ed among some things in the rear
of the Abbott Morris building. Fire
men seemed to have the blaze un
der control, but flames traveled
between the ceiling and roof and
suddenly engulfed Dee Gee's. Both
of the buildings were wooden
franu.
Two vacant buildings, now be
ing razed, south of the Abbott Mor
ris building, were not damaged.
A warm south wind swept flames
northward. The two buildings are
being torn down by Roper Van
Horn, owner, to make way for a
Cities Service gas station that will
go up at 8th and Evans streets,
Mr. Bell owned the building in
which his gift shop was located,
lie purchased it three years ago
from F. C. Salisbury, Morehcad
City.
Mr. Bell, former county assem
blyman and at present a state
highway commissioner, has been in
the gift shop business for 27 years.
He expects to rebuild, but plans
are as yet indefinite.
Mrs. Morris said that^sbr ^oes
not plan to. rebuild. Some of Dee
Gee’s merchandise was stored in
her building. She said she carried
Hno insurance.
At the time of the banks’ clos- *
in« in 1933, the property was one
of the assets of the Marine bank.
At that time it was purchased by
Mr. Salisbury and machinery of
the Herald Publishing Co., in the
old city hall building, was moved
by Mr. Salisbury, to the building.
Ben R. Alford acquired the
printing plant about 10 years ago,
moved It to Bridges street, and
the building was remodeled. Dee
Gee's gift shop then occupied the
space.
He’s Due Dec. 19
Santa Claus will ride a-fire truck
in Morehcad City, beginning at 7
p.ro. Tuesday, Dec. 19, and dis
tribute fruit to children. At the
samo time there will be a party
in the community center, W. S.
King school. The next day the
fire department plans to start its
delivery of food baskets to the
needy. Firemen report, that they
have received some substantial
I checks to finance their food pro
[gram.
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Board to Hold
Zoning Hearing
At 3 Monday
# Adjustment Board
Approves Changes
• Rezoning, Wider Area
Of Business Proposed
Beaufort town commissioners will
conduct a hearing at 3 p in. Mon
day afternoon relative to rezoning
the present location of Brooks and
Mason funeral home, Ann street,
from residential to business, and
widening the business district on
Cedar street.
The 1own commissioners were
told, at their meeting Monday
night, that the changes have been
approved by the board of adjust
ment.
At present, the business district
on either side of Cedar street is
110 feet back from each sidewalk.
It is proposed to widen this to 220
feet, or half a block back from
the sidewalk.
The hearing will be conducted
at thg town hall.
Commissioner* discussed collec
tion of delinquent business license
fees and personal property taxes.
C. R. Whcatly, town attorney,
pointed out that doing business
without a privilege license is a
misdemeanor each day the busi
nessman continues without the li
cense. The license was due July 1.
The board directed that the
clerk, Ronald Earl Mason, send a
letter to the delinquents and if the
letter does not bring payment, a
warrant should be sworn out for
the businessman and he be taken
to court.
The board also directed the clerk
to garnishee wages of delinquent
personal property tax-owners if
they do not pay the tax by Feb. 1.
Mayor W. H. Potter, who presided,
said if all the town’s delinquent
taxes were collected, $80,000, .the
debt service fund could be brought
up to date.
The town attorney was requested
to investigate the town’s agree
ment with bondholders and the
refinancing agreement.
The mayor reported that the
Civil Aeronautics board has no
See HEARING, Page 2
Saturation Operation
Nets 24, Patrol Reports
Twenty-four arrests were made
Friday night during a saturation
of highway 70 by the state high
way patrol, the patrol announces.
The area saturated included the
highway in the vicinity of Newport
and roads adjacent to the high
way.
Violations included speeding, im
proper registration, no operator’s
license, failure to dim lights, im
proper muffler, failure to see that
movements can be made in safety,
following too close, no liability in
surance, reckless driving and im
proper lights.
Checking stations, electrical tim
ing devices and unmarked cars
were used throughout the week
end. Patrol personnel participat
ing included Sgt. R. H. Nutt, Cpl.
A. F. Fields and troopers’ R. H.
Brown, W. J. Smith, W. E. Pick
ard ami J. W. Sykes.