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61st YEAR, NO. 2. TWO SECTIONS
FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1962
This bulkling, the new Elks lodge in Morehead City, will be dedicated at 3 p.m. Sunday and will be
followed by an open house and tea. The building, at 2904 Arendell St., replaces tke old lodge home,
1002 Arendell St. The public is welcome at Sunday’s events, announces L. G. Dunn, exalted ruler.
Newport Commissioners Discuss
Extension of Service to New Area
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VFW Post Gives
Out Its Profits
Proceeds from holiday turkey
shoots, sponsored by the Beaufort
VFW, will be used to sponsor Lit
tle League ball teams, feed needy
children at school cafeterias and
improve the post home.
At Monday night’s meeting at
the post home, highway 101, Wil
liam T. McKay, chairman of the
turkey shoot committee, reported
a profit of $481.20.
The post expressed its thanks to
Mr. McKay and non-VFW mem
bers who helped make the turkey
shoots a success.
Queen Street, Beaufort and More
head City school cafeterias will re
ceive $30 each. An equal amount
will be given the cafeterias of W.
S. King, Camp Glenn and Newport
schools in the near futurtu
Atlantic. Smyrna and Markers
Island schools received $30 each
in November.
Mr. McKay, chairman of the en
tertainment committee for the 4th
District meeting to be held Jan. 27
28 at Beaufort, was authorized to
get the supplies needed for the
meeting. *
Lloyd T. Nalley, formerly of post
1044, Greenville, S. C., was ac
cepted as a member of the Beau
fort post.
The next meeting will be Mon
day, Jan. 15. \ * ■ •
Maj. C. A. Speed
Speaks to Club
Maj. Charles A. Speed, director
of the safety division of the North
Carolina Highway patrol, was the
guest speaker at last week’s meet
ing of the Morehead City Rotary
club at the Rex restaurant.
Major Speed talked on the gen
eral aspects of traffic safety prob
lems with particular emphasis on
an individual’s behavior behind the
wheel of an automobile.
Speaking of the drinking driver,
be said that alcohol is a factor in
SO per cent of all fatal accidents
on North Carolina highways. Major
Speed said that obtaining a driv
er’s license is a privilege instead
of a constitutional right and once
that privilege has been abused, the
license should be taken away.
Major Speed was introduced by
Dr. John Morris, who recently was
elected to the board of directors
of the North Carolina Traffic Safe
ty council, a body setup by Gov
ernor Sanford to study ways and
means of cutting down traffic, acci
dents.
New Executive Officer r.
Reports to Fort Macon
Lt Aristides 'K. IMnihotu has
reported to Fort Macon Coast
Guard station where he holds the
position of executive officer,, ac
cording to Lt. John Riddell, dhm
mending officer. He replaces Lt.
Ken Depperman, who was trans
ferred several months ago.
Before coming to • Fort Macon,
lieutenant Manthous was in charge
of a loran station in the Mediter
ranean area. He and his wife are
living in Mansfield Park.
Scouts Plan Formation
f Drum-Bugle Corps
Scout drum and bugle
. be organized Saturday
school, announces Ed
Nelson, district Scout
the Carteret district
front of
should meet in
t 9 a.m. Mr.
help wUl
the boys after
Newport town commissioners,
meeting Tuesday night at the town
hall, discussed extension of town
facilities to include the area which
became part of the town Monday.
Street commissioner Steve Smith
reported that nine new mercury
vapor street lights have been or
dered. Eight will be placed in the
newly-annexed area and one at the
intersection of Haskett and New
Bern streets.
Police chief Dan Bell was ad
vised where the town garbage
truck may stop. The board agreed
that the truck can travel on private
property where there is a circle
drive or through alley, providing
there is written permission from
the resident.
Park Avenue, South Street and
Lakeview Drive were officially
adopted and Roberts Street was
confirmed as names of streets in
the new area.
Mayor Loan Mann Jr. reported
that laying of water mains in the
new area is scheduled to begin in
April. ' * - - •
The board- discussed grading, of
streets in the Lemuel Matin prop*
erty and agreed to ask that some
of the streets be renamed to avoid
conflict with others in town. The
streets will be graded, to meet re
quirements for Powell bill funds,
in the near future.
It was reported that an automo
bile was damaged at the railroad
crossing at the intersection of East
Railroad and Main streets because
fill-in planks have rotted away.
Miss Edith Lockey, town clerk was
asked to write the railroad, ad
vising them that repairs are need
ed.
The commissioners agreed, at the
suggestion of commissioner Smith,
to see what portion the state will
pay toward installing curb and gut
ter from McKinley Hill’s to the
new fire station, along a state
road.
Police commissioner Raymond
Edwards reported that two war
rants were served, eight calls an
swered and two citations issued
by the police department in the
past month. The board re-hired
Dan Bell as police chief for a pe
riod of six months.
\ The board decided that it would
not be feasible to allow the assist
ant garbage collector to drive the
town truck. Commissioners Ed
wards and Smith were authorized
to drive the truck in place of Ben
ny Garner, a former commission
er.
A petition, signed by twenty resi
dents of a portion of Morehead
township which adjoins Newport,
was presented by the mayor. The
petition asks the county board for
an election in May to determine
whether the area will be set up as
a fire district under the same prin
ciple as Newport fire district.
The area covered goes from the
town limits on Newport river,
across the Roberts road at a
bridge, down the Hibbs road 3.8
miles, parallel to highway 24 to
the McCabe road, along that road
Board Discusses Report
On Source of School Funds
Discussed Tuesday by the coun
ty board of education was the re
cently-released report on the source
of funds used to support schools.
The report, compiled by the
State Department of Public In
struction, revealed that Carteret
pays less than any county in the
state to meet current expense of
school operation—4 per cent of the
total current expense budget (This
does not include the amount of the
Carteret school tax revenue ap
portioned for ''capital outlay,”
such as investment in new heat
ing systems or new classrooms.)
The figures were for the year
1950-60.
The board accepted “with sin
cere regret” the resignation of
George R. Wallace, Morehead City.
Mr. Wallace’s resignation was ef
fective Jan. 1. In his letter cf
to highway 70, from the highway
to a point on the railroad, along
the railroad to the river and back
along the river to the town limits.
The board agreed to furnish fire
protection in the area until the
election. If the election fails, the
town will stop its protection.
J. B. Rhue of Swansboro was
present to inquire exactly where
the new town limit line is, what
the board’s plans are for extending
water mains and paving of streets.
He was given this information by
members of the board. Mr. Rhue
owns property in the area.
Water commissioner John B. Kel
ly gave the water department re
port. He said there are 285 cus
tomers on, record, of which 233
are using water. The average bill
is $3.05 per month.
Connection fees not paid amount
to $1,395. Expenditures during the
month amounted to $910.57, leaving
a balance on hand of $204.08.
The board authorised the mayor
to order six new water meters.
Miss Edith Lackey presented
bills totaling $1,190.44, wMcU in
cluded several bills for the build
ing fund and water department.
She reported a balance on hand of
$1,273.23. She was authorized to
pay the town’s bills with the ex
ception of one for repairs on the
tractor.
This was tabled until the com
pany could be contacted for an
adjustment.
Building Inspector
Reports to Board
Value of construction in the
county in December amounted to
an estimated $58,139, according to
the report given county commis
sioners Tuesday by Harrell C. Tay
lor, county building inspector. j
Sixteen permits were issued dur
ing the month and 30 inspections
were made. Building permit fees
totaled $221.
For the last six months of 1961,
construction in the county (exclu
sive of towns) was slightly more
than half a million dollars or
$502,800. Permits issued during that
period numbered 110 and 116 in
spections were made by the build
ing inspector.
The office of building inspector
was established July 1, 1961.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Jan. 5
7:03 a.m. 12:53 a.m.
7:31 p.m. 1:42 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 6
7:49 a.m. 1:41 a.m.
8:19 p.m. 2:29 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 7
8:37 a.m. 2:29 a.m.
• 9:M-p*m. , 3:15 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 8
9:29 a.m. 3:17 a.m.
)0:06 p.qa. t 4:02 p.m.
of town 40 per cent of the time and
is unable to devote the time he
feels is heeded to the board of
education job.
Mr. Wallace has served on the
board since April 4, 1955. His cur
rent term of office would expire
in 1965. He was reappointed in
1959 for a six-year term.
His successor will be named by
the Democratic executive commit
tee of the county.
Also accepted was. the resigna
tion of Uoyd N. Pigott from the
Smyrna school committee. A re
placement was hot named.
H. L. Joslyn, clerk to the board,
and County superintendent of
schools, told the board members
that the a el bus drivers would
be guests of honor at a barbecue
luncheon at aoon Wednesday, Jan.
17, at the recreation center, More
Hospital Problems
Of County Board
Action Deferred
On Increasing
County Salaries
• Board Discusses
Road Improvements
• Routine Matters
Handled Tuesday
A suggested 5 per cent raise in
salaries of courthouse employees
was rejected by county commis
sioners at their meeting Tuesday
afternoon at the courthouse, Beau
fort.
The question arose as the result
of a state-induced increase in sal
ary to welfare personnel at the
beginning of this fisfcal year.
Commissioner S. A. Chalk, who
was against the welfare increases,
noted in June that the other coun
ty employees would be dissatisfied
and seek raises also.
The county auditor, J. D. Potter,
said the increases could be met
with contingency funds until June
30. Commissioners unanimously
voted to defer action on the matter
until the first of the next fiscal
year, July 1.
M. T. Mills, Morehead City, ap
peared before the board to inquire
why the state has not taken over
maintenance of a seven-tenth mile
road that runs through the Tootle
farm he now owns.' Clerk Odell
Merrill was authorized to check
with the highway commission on
the matter.
The clerk was also asked to con
tact the A&EC railroad relative
to. trains blocking the crossing on
the Country Club road. Commis
ainuen Chalk asked if reduced-,
speed signs could be posted on'thtf
Country Club road in the vicinity
of Oaksmith Acres. J. L. Hum
phrey, county road superintendent,
said a road had to be 75 per cent
developed before speed limits
could be reduced.
Commissioner Chalk suggested
that the highway patrol be alerted
relative to speeders in the Oak
smith Acres area.
The placing of rock on the road
to Shell Landing v/as discussed.
Instead of the road being changed
to a new route, the present route
will be maintained, Mr. Humphrey
said. Shell Landing residents had
requested a new route.
Mr. Humphrey said he had
checked Holly Lane in Mitchell
Village and it is in good condition
for a dirt road. The board asked
the clerk to contact highway com
missionpr D. G. Bell to find out
if the state is still paving roads,
See BOARD, Page 5
Centennial
Group to Meet
Norman C. Larson, executive
secretary of the North Carolina
Confederate Centennial commission
will meet at 12:30 p.m. Monday
with the greater Morehead City
chamber of commerce centennial
committee.
Mr. Larson will also attend the
chamber board meeting Monday
night.
The luncheon meeting will be
held at Fleming's restaurant, At
lantic Beach.
Also present will be Dr. S. W.
Hatcher, who took office as cham
ber president Monday; F. C. Salis
bury, of the state and county cen
tennial commission; the Rev.
Charles Kirby, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, Morehead
City, and Mrs. Tressa Vickers,
president of the Carteret Commun
ity theatre.
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i E. W. (Bud) Dixon, chairman of*
the county hospital board of trus
tees, told county commissioners
Tuesday that George Watts Carr,
hospital architect, informed him
that “there’s no chance of getting
the hospital under contract by
April 30.”
Mr. Dixon said that Mr. Carr
told him after preliminary plans
are approved, four to five months
are required to get up final plans.
Mr. Carr stated further, according
to Mr. Dixon, that there would
probably be no additional cost if
the building is not put on the site
for which it was originally design
ed.
The hospital chairman noted,
however, that borings, to determine
on what kind 'of foundation the hos
pital would rest, would cost sev
eral thousand dollars. (Borings
have already been made on the
Webb site which is no longer avail
able for the hospital.)
Commissioner Skinner Chalk sug
gested that the doctors obtain a
a written statement from the Med
ical Care commission as to the
availability of the state’s $105,000.
Mr. Dixon said the doctors have
word “from the higher-ups” that
the money still might be available
from the state, but this money
can’t be gotten until the site is
procured and the bonds sold.
James D. Potter, county auditor,
said that the bonds cannot be sold
until the contract is awarded. “The
Local Government commission will
not let us sell more bonds than
what the county's share of the
hospital cost will be. We just can’t
go out and sell a million dollars
worth of bonds,” he remarked.
The ballot on the hospital bond
referendum specified that no more
than a million dollars in bonds
could be floated. It is hoped that
the county’s share of the hospital
cost will be less than three-quar
ters of a million ($660,000).
Luther Hamilton Jr., county at
torney, said that If the state does
not put in $105,000, a smaller hos
pital may have to be built and this
<rouM require changing architect’*
plans, thus adding expense.
“Somebody ought to be working
on assurance that we can get that
$105,000,” Mr. Hamilton told Mr.
Dixon.
Relative to location of the hos
pital, Mr. Howard said the board
does not feel it can commit itself
on a site unless it has the money
to buy it. (The architect claims
the board already owes him more
than $19,000, which the county can
not pay because of legal entangle
ments relative to sale of bonds.)
J. D. Potter, county auditor,
warned that completion of final
plans for the hospital, following
approval of preliminary plans, will
mean that the architect is then
due 80 per cent of his total bill.
Sites were discussed. Mr. Ham
ilton suggested that the board look
into the properties on which the
county has options and “see if we
can’t get something that will satis
fy everyone.”
Mr. Dixon asked the board to
let the hospital trustees select the
site. Commissioner Gaston Smith
said, “I appreciate the trustees
offering to take over, but I don’t
think that’s the thing to do.”
Odell Merrill, clerk to the board,
observed, “It’s foolish to get a lot
to put a house on before you have
the money to buy the lot.”
Mr. Hamilton said that at this
point the board is not justified in
spending any money, “but any
thing we can do without spending
money, wc wiil do.”
A. H. James, clerk of court, who
was present, suggested that the
board “pursue this as much as you
can. If you’re thrown overboard
again, you’ve gone as far as you
could.”
Mr. Howard said that a new site,
a mile west of highway 24 and 70
intersection, is available. It lies
between highways 24 and 70 and
consists of slightly less than 20
acres.
Mr. Dixon said that his board—
a hospital board without a hospital
—is “anxious to see the project
carried through, and wants action
taken.”
Talent Sought
For March of Dimes
Telethon Jan. 27
A search is on for talent for the
telethon.
Clifton Lynch, chairman of the
county March of Dimes, is looking
for persons to perform on the
March of Dimes telethon Saturday,
Jan. 27.
The telethon is an annual event
sponsored by the Washington tv
station to raise money for the
March of Dimes. Mr. Lynch said
a definite program will probably
be arranged so that those who will
perform will know when they will
appear and need not wait.
Persons. interested in appearing
oq the tv program may phone Mr.
Lynch at home, PA6-5656, or at his
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Island Gels
New Postmaster
# rloyd Yeomans Leaves
Post After 34 Years
• New Postoffice Will
Go Up on Island
David Yeomans assumed post
master duties on Markers Island
Monday, marking the first post
master changeover on the island
in 34 years.
Mr. Yeomans, a former county
commissioner, replaces retiring
Floyd Yeomans, who has served
as postmaster for the past 34 years.
The retiring Mr. Yeomans took the
job of postmaster in 1928 when the
island postoffice was located on
the water near what is now the
island theatre. The postoffice was
moved to its present location on
the Harkers Island road. 12 years
ago.
The new postmaster said that no
major changes would be made in
the policies of mail handling al
though construction of a new post
David Yeomans
. . . takes new job
office building is expected in the
near future. The site for the new
postoffice hasn’t been selected as
yet.
Mr. Yeomans’ resignation as a
county commissioner was accepted
Tuesday at the January county
commissioner meeting. He has
; served as a county commissioner
since 1958 and prior to that was a
member of the Harkers Island
school board for three years.
In a letter to the county board,
Mr. Yeomans expressed his appre
ciation to board memhers and to
the entire courthouse staff for their
cooperation.
He also thanked THE NEWS
TIMES for the coverage it has
given county government and com
mended the paper tor its stand
against salacious and suggestive
movie ads.
The new postmaster and his pre
decessor are kin. The elder Mr.
Yeomans’ father, now deceased,
and the new postmaster were half
brothers.
Walls Go Up on New A&P Store
KMH M
Major progress was seen this week on construction of the new AAP store in Beaufort. It is located
highway 70 (Cedar street). Laborers are at work on the walls in the photo above.
Construction of an A&P Food
stores super market on Cedar and
Marsh streets, Beaufort, is under
way. The spacious new store will
take the place of the present store
at 523 Front St., Beaufort. The
investment in property, building
and stock will be in excess of
$201,500, according to A&P.
The building itself will be one
story, faced with antique red brick
and of early American design. The
interior of the building will have
the latest innovations in retail gro
cery facilities, providing the con
venience, comfort and price-saving
County Attorney's Reply
To Morris Letter Read
The county hospital situationH
consumed a large part, again, of
Tuesday’s meeting of the county
commissioners.
• AGAIN the county board con
tacted W. F. Henderson of the
Medical Care commission, state
agency which determines where
state funds will go for hospitals.
AGAIN, by telegram received
Tuesday afternoon, the MCC told
the commissioners that they
couldn’t get the $105,000 the state
had earmarked for the county BE
CAUSE the hospital cannot be got
ten under contract by April 30,
1962.
The telegram stated, however,
that this would not affect the
“county’s priority” and Carteret |
may resubmit its application for j
state hospital funds when it can!
get the hospital under contract j
within the time that may be set by J
the MCC for the use of such funds j
“«s-flfhy then be available.”
• Commissioners accepted an j
offer from E, W. (Bud) Dixon, j
chairman of the county hospital
: board of trustees, to recommend
j hospital sites.
• Luther Hamilton Jr., county
I attorney, expressed the opinion
that action to clear the legal snarl
relative to sale of hospital bonds,
by the county, will be taken with- j
,in the next two weeks.
Moses Howard, chairman of the
i county board of commissioners, j
commented on a letter in THE j
NEWS-TIMES Dec. 26, from Dr.;
i John Morris, Morehcad City.
Mr. Howard said, “I don’t see
how Dr. Morris could say the
; things he did when we had worked
; together so hard on this thing. He
asked that people write me about
1 this hospital matter and I have
received only one letter.”
He asked Odell Merrill, clerk to
. the board, to read a letter from
Charles McNeill, assistant opera
tions manager, Morehcad City
state port. Mr. McNeill pointed
out that “the need for a new hos
pital is great.” The letter stated
that the writer was aware that Mr. |
Howard recognized this need “but
unseen obstacles blocked prog-i
ress.” It asked further that Mr.
Howard do anything possible to
expedite the project.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk re
ferred to implications in the Mor
ris letter that the county commis
sioners had been subjected to
“pressure” in the hospital matter.
Mr. Chalk and commissioner Gas
ton Smith said that no one had
attempted to sway county commis
sioners in any way except the doc
tors.
At Mr. Howard’s request, the
clerk read the letter from Dr. Mor
ris and then a reply written to Dr.
Morris by the county attorney on
Dec. 28.
The attorney’s reply noted that
Dr. W. M. Brady and Dr. John
Gainey personally submitted to
Mr. Howard the letter written by
Dr. Morris, with a threat to have
it published unless fast action
were taken relative to the hospital.
Mr. Howard “refused to read
See HOSPITAL, Page 8
of many individual stores under
one roof.
Fluorescent lighting and pastel
toned ceilings and walls will pro
vide a pleasant atmosphere Cor
shoppers. Three check-out stands
will speed the flow of traffic
through the store. There will be
a magic carpet door, opening and
closing automatically, for custom
ers.
“Among the outstanding features
of the new super market will be
the completely modern meat de
partment, self-service produce
cases, self-service frosted food
Sick Steward
Taken off Ship
By Coast Guard
Fort Macon Coast Guardsmen
removed from the passenger ship,
SS Jerusalem, yesterday a stew
ard reportedly suffering from in
fectious hepatitis.
The Jerusalem, flying the Israeli
flag, met the Coast Guard boat at
the sea buoy at 10:30 a.m. The
steward was an Israeli citizen,
Amram Edry, 32, who was checked
by Dr. B. F. Royal, Morehead City,
after being brought ashore. He
was taken to Norfolk by ambu
lance, according to Lt. John Rid
dell, commanding officer, Fort Ma
con.
The SS Jerusalem was bound
for New York from Haiti. Another
cruise ship, the Gripsholm, slopped
at the sea buoy Monday and a pas
senger, John J. O’Connor, was put
aboard a Coast Guard boat and
later transferred to Norfolk.
O’Connor was identified in Tues
day's report as a crewman. Ac
cording to reports, O'Connor had
become violent and was taken off
the Gripsholm as a precautionary
measure.
Coast Guardsmen on yesterday's
mission were Adolphus Quinn,
RMt; Peter Bruuk, BM2, Fred
erick Hurst. K.V2. Wilhim Grain
ger, BM3; and Pete Iraki, BN.
Slate Seeks Aid
In Getting SSps
help has boon aMpfel in •» (Male
Highway esaandas a pa aaaaa
surplus ships ter aw at cedar Is
land.
The highway cwmmiswssi ptaas
to sink the ships la prartdr a har
bor for the state ferry Sea Level.
The Sea Level now sada from At
lantic to Ocracoke, but ttre main
land landing in the future is slated
to be Cedar Island.
The state hopes to get the ves
sels without cost, but Congression
al legislation is needed to make
the transfer of the ships from the
federal government to North Caro
lina.
Highway commissioner Merrill
Evans said Bonner, congressman
from the first district, North Caro
lina, promised his cooperation in
getting the ships.
Oriental Refloated
The fishing boat Oriental, which
went aground Monday night near
the mouth of the Neuse river, has
been refloated by the Coast Guard
and towed to port for repairs. The
Oriental, fishing out of Oriental,
is owned by Garland Fulcher.
J.
year-round comfort,’’ said
Christian, vice-president
of A&P’s operation
linas.
“With few exceptions, ««
store will be completely self-a
ice throughout and will be so
signed as to make the busy he
wives’ shopping easier
and more
Construction
in time far o>
XSJSs.
Mr. Christian as
of the A*P
the