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61st YEAR, NO. 1.
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAR6UNA
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2,1962 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY8
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Salvage Proceeds on Boat,
Charlie Lewis, at Lookout
Scout Building
Trustees Meet
• JC's to Meet With
Town Board Jan. 8
• Public to Meet Jan. 17
At Scout Building
Newly-appointed trustees of the
Scout building, Beaufort, have ap
proved regulations for use of the
building. Drafted by the Jaycees,
the regulations will be presented
to the town board Monday night,
Jan. 8, along with a statement on
, cost of repairs and operation.
The trustees, and organizations
they represent, ate T. H. Potter,
Rotary club; George M. Thomas,
Jaycees; Frank Morning, Boy
Scouts, Mrs. Guion G. Chadwick,
Eastern Star, and Mrs. William
I. Loftin, Girl Scouts.
Jaycees, who have been super
vising the building, told the town
board last month that they were
no longer able to handle the job,
because of the financial burden
involved. The town asked the Jay
cees to continue operating the
building for a month and authoriz
' ed Mr. Morning, a town commis
sioner, to contact the organizations
responsible for operation of the
building.
According to a deed of trust, the
property would revert to -the town,
, if the trustees fail to function.
'• * The newly^ppomted trustees mcS.
Friday. They will meet again
Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Scout
building to hear a report on town
commissioners’ reaction to the
newly-drafted regulations on use
I of the building and costs of opera
I tion.
The public is invited to a meet
ing at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17,
i at the Scout building, where they
1 will be brought up to date on the
Scout building problem. The trus
tees state that response from the
,, people at that time will determine
whether the community building,
the only one in Beaufort, shall be
restored for use by young people
and civic clubs, or whether it
should be placed in the hands of
the town.
Mr. Morning presided at Friday’s
meeting of the trustees. He com
mended the Jaycees for their work
in maintaining the building and
making it available for public use.
He explained that they were no
longer able to continue.
The trustees expressed apprecia
tion to THE NEWS-TIMES for ar
ticles in the Dec. issue, bring
ing the Scout building problem to
the attention of the people. The
trustees expressed the opinion that
the Scout building situation evolv
ed due to the organizations who
are responsible, not being inform
ed of the problems.
County Landings
Tops in October
Carteret regained top place
among coastal counties in pounds
of fish landed in October, accord
ing to the report from state and
federal fUtherise agencies.
Carteret’s landings totaled 4,633,
936 pounds. Next highest was
Brunswick county with 4,290,484
pounds.
Landings at all ports during Octo
ber totaled 11 million pounds, a
decrease of 48 per cent, compared
with October 1960. The catch of
thread herring (4.1 million pounds)
and menhaden (2.7 million pounds)
comprised 62 per cent of the Octo
ber 1961 total.
During the first 10 months of
1961, landings of fish and shellfish
at North Carolina ports amounted
to 121.2 million pounds, 3 per cent
greater than the 1960 ten-month
total.
Two Cherry Point Pilots
Missing off Guantanamo
A search was under way yester
day for two Cherry Point Marine
pilots, reported missing pt Guan
tanamo Bay, Cuba, after a collision
of two planes.
Missing are Capt. Willard J.
Wyatt and first Lt. Richard J. Mor
gart. The collision occurred Sat
/ arday 10 miles south of the Guan
i taamo Naval air station.
With luck and good weather, the*
Capt. Charlie Lewis, steeled-hulled
menhaden boat that went aground
on Cape Lookout shoals at 6:20
p.m. Friday, will be salvaged. The
salvage operation is being super
vised by the boat’s insurers.
Owned by Standard Products Co.,
Beaufort, the Lewis was the only
boat still fishing here for Standard
Products after the pre-Christmas
season closed.
Its 15-man crew, all from Salter
Path, were rescued by the Coast
Guard. One crewman, Cecil Guth
rie, suffered a broken ankle in get
ting from the Lewis to the 36-footer
from Cape Lookout lifeboat station.
Wesley Willis, manager of Stand
ard Products, said the men were
mighty lucky. “I know I’d con
sider myself lucky if I’d have been
aboard her,” Mr. Willis remarked.
The men were taken to Harkers
Island where they were met by
taxi cabs sent by Standard Prod
ucts to pick them up.
Mr. Guthrie was treated for his
ankle injury at the Morehead City
hospital.
The Lewis’s catch, estimated at
525,000 menhaden, was lost. The
Lewis was returning to port after
a day’s work and ran into extreme
ly rough weather while going
through the slough at Lookout.
Captain of the Lewis is Roma Wil
lis, but James Salter, Salter Path,
was acting as master of the vessel
Friday, according to the Coast
Guard,
Salvage plans call for pumping
the Lewis out and towing her to
port.
Chamber of Commerce
A holiday letter from
SXiSSJSS
holiday letter from the great
er Morehead City chamber of com
merce was sent this week to cham
ber members.
The letter predicts a rosy 1962
for Carteret and urged that per
sons who have not paid 1961 dues
do so immediately. Those whose
dues are not paid will not be listed
in the classified membership di
rectory for 1962.
The directory will be mailed out
with a new color brochure and will
be distributed throughout the coun
ty.
New Year Brings New Additions
STSgperTT*
Citizens in the new areas of
Beaufort have received a letter of
welcome from the town. The let
ter, signed by Rpnald B. Mason,
town clerk, follows:
Dec. 30, 1Ml
To the new citizens of Beaufort:
We welcome each of you. To
gether we can make our Town one
of the best. I hope that each of
you, as potential Mayors and Com
missioners, will take an active in
terest in municipal affairs.
Poor Harvest
Taken from Core
Scallop Bed
The federal bureau of commer
cial fisheries research vessel. Sil
ver Bay, fotind a poor harvest on
the scallop bed off Core banks last
month. *
The vessel made 27 drags and
the maximum catch was eight
tenths of a bushel per 30-minute
drag. Shell size was large (60 to
70 ram.), according to the report
on the work, and meats were poor
to fair.
The research fishermen said
there was no evidence of high death
rate (large amounts of dead shell)
or replacement stock (small seed
scallops).
A notable catch of snapper was
made during drags between Cape
Lookout and Savannah. The Silver
Bay made 14 drags using an 80/100
roller-rigged fish trawl with funnel
flappers. At 33 degrees 15 minutes
North and 77 degrees 51 minutes
West, 550 pounds of 16 to 18-inch
vermillion snapper were taken in
a total haul of 1,477 pounds.
Other catches, according to the
Silver Bay report, ran as high as
2,195 pounds of mixed fish per 90
minute drag ind consisted of tom
tate, scup, porgy, gray triggerfish
and grouper.
Small amounts of large croakers,
porgy, grouper- and fed snapper
were taken off Savannah in 35 tp
50 fathoms.
The Silver Bay ended its 19-day
exploratory cruise Dec. 16. The
vessel worked between Cape Ca
naveral, Fla., and Cape Lookout.
It made port at Morehead City for
several days to undergo repair.
Day Late
THE NEWS-TIMES observed
yesterday, New'Year’s Day, as a
holiday. Therefore, today's issue
is reaching you a day late.
We are anxious to serve you, and
will try to answer any questions
you might have.
Street lights, signs, crosswalks,
(ire hydrants, and alarm boxes
will be installed shortly, mean
while, for Police call PAMlfe] and
lor the Fire Dept, call PA8-W40. *
Garbage will be picked np in the
Ann and Belle Air area on Tues
days and Fridays, and in the Han
cock Park area on Mondays and.
Trash other than gar
Listing of Property for Taxes
Begins Today, Will End Jan. 31
Tax listing begins today and will end Wednesday, Jan.*
31. Persons owning land or buildings (real estate) must
list their holdings as required by law, for the purpose of
taxation. Everyone must list personal property, such as
automobiles, jewelry, furs, electrical appliances and house
hold furniture.
To compile an overall picture of state agriculture, farm
ers will list acres of crops plants
ed, and harvested, forest land, type
of farm machinery they have and
number of head of livestock. The
farm census is conducted each year
simultaneously with tax listing.
Listers will be available in the
various communities throughout
the county on weekdays. They are
listed below.
Listing of property cannot be
done by telephone. It must be done
in person or by someone author
ized by tlje owner to do the listing.
Failure to list, or concealing or
removing property to evade taxa
tion Is a violation of the law and
persons who do so are liable to a
fine of $50 or 30 days’ imprison
ment.
List takers: Walter Smith, At
alntic; U. E. Swann and Mrs. Eva
Bravaldo, courthouse, Beaufort;
Mrs. Dora Day, Cedar Island; Mrs.
Delia Davis, Davis and Stacy.
Charles Hancock, Harkcrs Island;
Mrs. S. D. Wilkinson, Hariowe;
Troy D. Moore, Marshallberg;
Mrs. Thelma H. Pittman, Mcrri
mon.
John A. Baker and Garth Cooper,
city hall, Morehead City; Prentiss
Garner, Newport town hall nights
and Saturdays; Mrs. Blanche Wil
Hs, Sea Level.
Mrs. DoBy Taylor, Smyrna; The
•dote JUfiHis, Stjaits, and S
Meadows, 'White Oak.
January Surplus Food •
Distribution Starts
Distribution of surplus food for
January started today and will con
tinue through Friday of this Week,
reports C. Z. Chappell, surplus
food administrator.
The food will be distributed Mon
day through Friday of next week.
Monday, Jah. 15, will be the last
day for distribution this month. ■
days. For large amounts of trash
we wdH place a trailer in your yard.
Place garbage in cans, no larger
than 30 gal. with lids, on the street
before 9 a.m. For any special
service, please call PAB-3744.
Remember to purchase your
Town Tags before Feb. 15.
We, yoor Town’s employees, are
here only to serve you. Please
call on us as needed.
Seven Wills
Filed Recently
At Courthouse
Seven wills were filed in the of
fice of A. H. James, clerk of court,
during the month of December.
Two of the wills were those of
persons living outside Carteret but!
who owned real estate in the coun-1
ty. Walter M. Hibbs of St. Peters
burg, Fla., directed that his estate!
be reduced to cash and divided
among three of his grandchildren.
Samuel D. Jackson, Laurel Hill,
left his entire estate to his wife.
The will of Robert Hugh Hill Sr.,
Beaufort, was dated Feb. X2, 1960
and was witnessed by William T.
Warren and Carl Sadler. Mr. Hill
bequeathed his entire estate, both
real and personal property, to his j
wife, Mrs. Lillye Bell Hill, and ap
pointed her executrix.
E. C. Willis Sr., Morehdad City,
named his wife, his four children
and two foster children in Jiis will,
dated Nov. 24* 1961. Elma W.
T.
Real estate in Morehead City
was divided among E. C. Willis
Jr., Ronal Earl Willis, Mrs. Millie
Willis Mason and Mrs. Mendora
Willis Nelson, children of the de
ceased, and his foster daughters,
Mrs. Mary Miller Broadhurst and
Mrs. Ann Miller Olsson.
To his wife was willed all per
sonal property including the auto
mobile and household and kitchen
furnishings which were acquired
after their marriage. Personal
property acquired before the mar
riage was left to the four children,
not to be sold but to be taken into
their homes by agreement.
To the executor of the estate,
Ronal Earl Willis, was left all cash
on hand, money in the bank and
proceeds from insurance policies.
From these funds the executor was
See WILLS, Page 7
Crewman Taken
From Gripsholm
A crewman aboard the Swedish
American vessel, Gripsholm, was
taken off the ship Monday by Coast
Guardsmen from Fort Macon.
According to Coast Guard infor
mation, the crewman, John J.
O’Connor Jr., New York, had re
fused food and water since the ship
left Haiti and had become extreme
ly emaciated and dehydrated.
Fort Macon dispatched the 40
footer to rendezvous with the Grips
holm at the sea buoy. O'Connor
was placed aboard the 40-footer
and later was transferred by am
bulance to the Morehead City hos
pital. Following emergency treat
ment there, he was sent to a Nor
folk hospital.
Crewmen aboard the 40-footer
were Grady Fulcher, EN-C; James
Pittman, BM-1; Peter Brunk, BM
2; Kenneth Johnson, EN-1; and
Claude Brooks, SN.
R. L. Hicks, of Hcidc & Co.,
Morehead City, agent for the
Gripsholm, said that the man who
is now captain of the Gripsholm,
which was bound for New York,
was chief mate aboard the Stock
holm, Swedish - American vessel,
when it made passenger trips out
of Morehead City several years
ago.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Jan. 2
4:38 a.m.
4:56 p.m.
11:16 a.m.
11:18 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 3
5:30 a.m.
5:53 p.m.
12:05 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 4
6:18 a.m.
6:43 p.m.
12:04 a.m.
12:54 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 5
7:03 a.m.
7:31 p.m.
12:53 a.m.
1:42 p.m.
What Next, World?
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After the gaiety of New Year’s Eve, the sobering thought comes, “What will the world hand us in
1962?” Contemplating the future here are E. W. Olschner, the Rev. William C. Horton, both of Jlor
City. Mrs. Virginia Wiggins, Swansboro, and /"
tteintjes, Crab TPoinl. ~ (The phofograplfwas tab
the* cooperation of Mrs. E. A. Council, librarian.)
What Folks Would Like in '62
What would you like 1962 to hold
in store?
Lt. John Riddell, commanding
officer of Fort Macon group, US
Coast Guard, hopes it will be
“safe boating.” If everyone who
puts a boat on the water would
follow safe boating practices, it
would cut out nine-tenths of the
Coast Guard’s headaches, accord
ing to the officer.
In all of fiscal 1960-61, Fort Ma
con gioup made 162 calls to aid
vessels in distress. From July 1,
1961 to the end of 1961, the Coast
Guard made 132 calls, just 30 short
Boys Will Tackle This One
David Yeomans Resigns,
Acts as Postmaster
David Yeomans, county commis
sioner, has resigned, to aceept the
acting postmastership at Harkers
Island. Mr. Yeomans’ resignation
was accepted with regret yesterday
by the county board.
He replaces postmaster Floyd
Yeomans, who retired Jan. 1.
of the entire number for the 12
months previous!
“This doesn't mean that people
are getting more careless,” the
lieutenant observed. "There are
more boats on the water and pro
portionately, the number of calls
is going to go up for us,” he ex
plained. The trend is going to con
tinue upward, instead of down,
because water sports are becom
ing more popular every year, lieu
tenant Riddell declared.
Mayor George Dill, Morehead
City, announces, “I wish 1962
could take 1961 away from us.
To be used in boat building
classes at More^ead City high
school is this 364oot vessel, the
Hatteras, obtained last week by
the school. - .f
According to James Mitchell,
marine vocational instructor at
the school, the vessel is a former
state boat and recently was
raised from the bottom of Kerr
lake, Henderson, where it sank.
It was obtained from Army aur* t
Everything’s been backwards. 1961
proved that this county is dedicated
to the concept that we don’t want
anything different than what we’ve
got.”
He noted that Carteret contrib
utes less in the way of financial
supplements for schools than any
other school system, county or mu
nicipal, in the state.
“We’re starting from the wrong
end. We work from the top down,”
the mayor declared. “I have
grown up hearing .predictions of
what this area could be. We have
See 1962?, Page 7
plus in Raleigh at no cost to the
school. Rebuilding of the vessel
is not planned It will be used in
math problems and similar
Besides boat building clas
the school, Mr. Mitchell ala
ducts evening adult edit
classes in navigation and'
marine overhaul. Both i
have openings and aajriMjgi
ing to enroll may do a#p
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