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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES i 51»t YEAR, NO. 4. v TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1262 Mother Dog Finds Bottle Helpful an 18-month-old German sheperd, offers a baby bottle to one of her nine pups born New Year’s Tina has a serious problem, feeding stations for eight but only four are operative. Thus the baby Tina and her pups belong to Cpl. and Mrs. Michael R. Sjoblom of 96 Cedar Dr., Slocum Village. (USMC Photo) Scout Building Repairs Estimated At $1,125, Upkeep $500 Annually ■4 Pupils Compete in'Clean Water' Essay Contest Mrs. Frank Nance, chairman of the Beaufort VFW high school writing contest, announces that Morehead City school is leading with the number of pupils vying for the honor of submitting the best essay on the topic, America the Beautiful—How Long Without Clean Water? One hundred twenty-seven More head City pupils, under the super vision of faculty member David Newberry, have written essays, Mrs. Nance reports. Students from the six other high schools in the county are also competing. The best essay from each school will be selected by fatuity mem bers. Three judges, H. L. Joslyn, county superintendent of schools; R. M. Williams, county agricultur al agent, and Miss Ruth Peeling, editor of THE NEWS-TIMES, will select the best from those seven, according to Mrs. Nance. The VFW auxiliary of the Jones Austin post, Beaufort, is offering awards locally to the winning stu dents; state winners will receive awards from the state' auxiliary and national winners will receive the following: first place, $1,000 cash and a gold medal; second, $500 cash and a gold medal; third, $250 cash and a gold medal; fourth, $100 cash and a gold medal. Of those winning honorable men tion on the national level, ten will receive $10 each and another ten will receive $5 each. Students wishing more informa tion on the contest may contact Mrs. Nance, PAJ-4951. Deadline for receipt of county entries is mid night March 15, 1962. The state contest chairman must receive county entries by midnight April 15, 1962. Six to Teach Boating Course Instructors for the small boating course to be given again in More head City as named by Billy R. Corey, class chairman, inetnde the following members of the Cape Lookout Power squadron: Cart Gunnersen, Samuel J. Hodges, David M. Lindsay, Joe Rose Jr., Clarence E. Styron and William C. Wilkins. Enrollment will begin at Camp Glenn school Monday, Jan. 15, at 7:99 p.m. Classes vvifl be held there each following Monday night through April 9. The course is offered, free of charge, to all men and women in terested in increasing their boating knowledge. You need not own a boat to take the course. Informa tion can be obtained by calling Mr. Corey, PA6-4348, Mr. Hodges, PA6 « Beaufort.Jaycees told town com-* missioners Monday night that $1,125 is needed to repair the Scout build ing and at least $500 annually to meet cost of light, heat and water. Commissioner Frank Morning, chairman of civic affairs for the town board, said that the building's board of trustees has been reacti vated and whether the building is kept open in the future will de pend on public response at a meet ifig at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the building. Trustees met at the building last night to look at its physical condition. Jaycee Ernest Courtney present ed a list of rules the Jaycees said they felt any group should follow who uses the building: 1. Rental, $10 a night plus a $25 deposit to be left with the build ing chairman. 2. Renter should assume all re sponsibility of seeing that the building is left in good shape. 3. Floors must be mopped with water after each function. (Jay cees said soft drinks are spilled on the floor and then become a sticky mess.) 4. Furniture and fixtures left as found. 5. Key must be returned to build ing chairman no later than the afternoon following the meeting. 6. If water not turned off, if lights left burning, and heat left on, cost of damages will be de ducted from the $25 on deposit. Mr. Morning said that the trus tees may give Scouts using the building “special consideration.” He added that if the public shows enough interest in the build ing by attending Wednesday night’s meeting “the trustees will know what to do.” Jaycees present, in addition to those mentioned, were Guy Smith Jr., George M. Thomas, Billy Har dy and Herbert Greene. Representatives of Boy Scouts were T. A. Guiton, Ed Nelson and Billy Springle. Jaycees told the town board in December that they could no long er afford to act as custodians of the building. Either they needed financial help from the town, want ed to get clear of the responsibil ity—or the town could take over. The town owns the property which is theoretically supposed to function under a board of trustees representative of town civic organ izations. Freezing Weather, Rain Hitt County Wednesday The gripping cold spell that cov ered much of the United States this week brought freezing rain to the county and a low reading of 19 degrees Wednesday night, accord ing to weather observer- Stamey Davis. Skies were cloudy yesterday and temperatures remained cold. Tem perature ranges and wind direc tions, Monday through Wednesday were as follows: High Low Wind Monday . .. 57 45 SW Tuesday . 53 30 SW Wednesday 45 28 NE Bid Sought The State Highway commission has asked for a bid for dredging a ferry channel between Bayshore Park, Carteret mainland, and I Emerald Isle on Bogue banks. The [bids will be opened Jan. 30. ► Used Christmas Trees Go to Beach Other parts of the nation may wonder what to do with used Christmas trees, but coastal Car olina has no problem. AH de*trimmed trees the state ; highway commission could put-its ■ hands on in Morehead (Sty were taken to Bogue banks where they have been used to build “brush fences” to catch blowing sand. Sand builds up around the trees (or brush), rebuilding the beach by curbing erosion. In some sections of the coun try used Christmas trees are placed in fields to provide winter cover for small game, such as rabbit. • Farm Census Data Sought By R. M. WILLIAMS Agricultural Agent Farmers, when giving in their property tax will also be asked to give farm census information. You will be asked about land use, such as harvested crop land for last year, livestock number and the number of people living on your farm during the past year. This information is strictly con fidential and is in no way used for tax purposes. Any farmer who has five acres or more of land wiU be asked to furnish information farm activities. I would like to suggest that you have this information available when you contact your farm cen sus lister in order to save time. In past years, county, state, and national agency workers have used farm census information in plan ning their work with agricultural programs. Since this information is used so much and is so valuable in making changes and improve ments, make it just as complete and accurate as possible. Your full cooperation will be greatly appreciated. Five Offer TV Talent Five persons have offered talent for the March of Dimes Telethon program Saturday, Jan. 27, over WITN, according to Clifton Lynch, MOD chairman. They are. Mrs. Randolph John son, Beaufort; Edward and Hol land MllliS, Brenda Cox, and Ber tie Bohinson, all of Newport. It is not too late, Mr. Lynch says, for others to register for ap pearance on the program. The program raises money for the March of Dimes. Handling tele phone calls for Beaufort and east will be the Miriam Rebekah lodge members, Beaufort; for Morehead City, the Esther Rebekahs. Persons interested in appearing on the tv program may phone Mr. Lynch at home, PA6-5656, or at his office, PA6-3158. $10,000 Fire Hits Outboard Marina Wednesday Night * Freezing Rain Brings on Four Auto Accidents Wednesday’s freezing rain caused four accident^ at nightfall that were investigated by officers—and numerous other accidents that were minor, such as cars easing into ditches because of the slick roads. Injured was Donald Guthrie, 45, of 1212 Shackleford St., Morehead City, driver of an Ocean Oil com pany truck that turned over on the Nine-Foot road half a mile north of highway 24. State trooper W. J. Smith Jr. said Guthrie was headed toward high way 24, lost control on the icy road and made a complete rollover. He suffered a back injury and was moved from Morehead City to Chapel Hill hospital by ambulance yesterday. He was taken to More head City hospital by ambulance after the accident happened, which p.m. The truck Guthrie was driv was about 5 p.m. The truck Guth rie was driving was reported to be loaded with barrels. Three mishaps occurred on the Atlantic Beach bridge. Fifty dol lars damage was fcnused to a car driven by Leonard Lee Guthrie, Marshallberg, who was headed to Morehead City after leaving Fort Macon Coast Guard station. Deputy sheriff Billy Smith said Guthrie applied the brakes' and' skidded into the bridge rq&tgg. Guthrie was not injured. A three-quarter ton Morehead City postoffice truck and a 1961 Cadillac collided at 6 p.m. on the bridge. Sgt. Bill Condie- of the Morehead City police department investigated. ' " ■ " ' The 1957 postoffice truck was driven by David Webb Nelson, Morehead City, and the Cadillac by Mack Gilbert Smith, Greenville, a member of the Atlantic Beach town board. No one was hurt but damage to the truck was estimated at $100 and to the Cadillac $200. Accord ing to reports, the Cadillac skidded as it was going to the beach and struck the side of the passing post office truck. trying to clear this trouble from the bridge brought on a third acci dent, according to deputy Smith. He halted traffic and E. W. (Bud) Dixon, Morehead City, in a 1961 Comet applied brakes, went into a skid and his left rear fender hit the front of the Sound Chevrolet wrecker. There was no damage to the wrecker. Damage to the Comet was estimated at $10. Reports Vary On Lewis Wreck There are conflicting Reports on the status of the Capt. Charlie Lewis, menhaden boat aground in Cape Lookout slough. One report, unconfirmed, says the insurers consider her a loss; a report yes terday from Standard Products, owner, says a salvage crew was going aboard her yesterday. The Lewis ran into trouble the night of Dec. 29. She was loaded with fish. The Coast Guard rescued the 15 Salter Path men aboard, but the catch of over 500,000 menhaden was lost. The steel-hulled vessel hit bottom about halfway between the east and west slough buoys. The vessel, which draws 12 feet of water, was abandoned when seas broke over her, flooding the hold and engine room. Fort Centennial Will be Observed I The hundredth anniversary of the fall of Fort Macon to the Union will be observed the week of April 22. Initial planning for the observ ance was made at a luncheon meeting at noon Monday at Flem ing’s restaurant, Atlantic Beach. Attending the meeting were Nor man Larsen, executive secretary of the state Civil War Centennial commission; F. C. Salisbury, chair Fire at the Yacht Basin Outboard" marina, Morebead City, did close to $10,000' damage Wednesday night. Gerald Wade, owner and manager of the marina, said the fire started at the back of the building in the workshop. He said it was probably of electrical origin. The alarm went in at 11:45 p.m. _ The marina, a sales and repair shop for outboards and boat acces sories, closed late in the fall. It is open during the early spring and summer months. Mr. Wade said he had been in the building late Wednesday after noon because he has been taking inventory since the first of the year. The office portion of the building on the cast was damaged only by water. The owner said none of his records were destroyed. He added that insurance would not cover the loss. Four outboard boats in the showroom were dam aged. One was being stored for its owner. Water skiis, life preservers, sunglasses and numerous other items in the showroom were charred or melted. The heavy plate glass windows in the front were smoked and shattered. Damaged by flames and smoke were outboard motors, boat trail ers and tools. The fire was reportedly discov ered by a Beaufort motorist who was passing by. Elderly Man Hull Byrd Smith, Smyrna, about 90 years of age, drowned sometime: during the night Wednesday, after falling in a gutter by , the side of the road about 400 yards from his home. Coroner David Munden ruled that the drowning was accidental. The body was almost covered with water. Members of the family told depu ty sheriff C. H. Davis that Mr. Smith had been put to bed between 8:30 and 9 Wednesday night, but was gone when they got up about 6 o’clock yesterday morning. Mr. Smith was wearing trousers, a shirt and bedroom slippers when he was found. Funeral, arrangements were in complete at press time yesterday. Town Seeks Equitable Deal On Cost of Police Radio Commissioner Dom Femia was authorized by the Morehead City town board Tuesday night to in vestigate financial arrangements concerning payment of radio oper ators for the county-wide police network. When the system first went into use, Beaufort, Morehead City and the county each paid for an opera tor, but last year Beaufort decided to pay only half the cost of one of the three operators, so Atlantic Beach, also connected to the sys tem, agreed to pay some of the cost. Ray Hall, town supervisor, said that Atlantic Beach pays only $500, which does not meet half the cost of one operator. Morehead City has to absorb the deficit Mr. Hall also said that Morehead City is paying $52 a month maintenance fee on the system and it appears that this is a high amount, he ob served, for Morehead City’s share of maintenance. He was authorized to check on whether $52 is the cost of main taining the whole system or just Morehead City’s equipment. Commissioner Femia said he would contact Atlantic Beach au thorities relative to upping their share of the eost. Town attorney Geprge McNeill man of the county Civil War Cen tennial committee; Dr. S. W. Hatcher, president of the greater Morehead City chamber of com merce; Mrs. Tressa Vickers, presi dent of the Carteret Community theatre; J. A. DuBois, manager of the chamber, and Norwood Young, publicist. Tentative schedule of events: • Sunday, April 22—Easter sun rise service at Port Macon, spon Fire Destroys Pigott Store At Gloucester The J. S. Pigott General Mer chandise store at Gloucester burn ed yesterday afternoon at 1:30. Both the building and almost all the contents were destroyed. The store was operated by Bill Pigott and Miss Florence Pigott. Mr. Pigott said the fire started in a flue at the back of the store. There was no insurance on the con tents of the store and only a small amount on the building itself. A couple bags of feed and a few pair of shoes were saved. Mrs. Henry Chadwick, a neighbor, call ed the Morehead City fire depart ment. But by the time the FWD fire truck got there, it was too late to be of any help, according to Linwood Wade, driver. the Marshallberg fire truck also went to the fire and put some wa ter on it, but that truck, too, was too late to be of help. New Executive Officer Reports Lt. Cdr. John F. Mundy, who will assume duties of executive officer aboard the Coast Guard cutter, Chilula, berthed at Morehead (Sty, lias reported aboard the cutter. -Commander Mundy will replace Lt. Cdr. H. A. Cretella, who is be ing transferred. At present, com mander Cretella is on a special as signment at Wildwood, N. J. Before coming here, commander Mundy was officer in charge of marine inspection at Huntington, W. Va., a port on the Ohio river halfway between Pittsburgh, Pa., and Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Mundy expects to join her husband the latter part of this month. Both their children, a son and daughter, are freshmen at Marshall university, Huntington. Commanding officer of the Chi lula is Cdr. George Philbrick. was asked to write William Mutter and inform him that unless the town receives $50 a month, as agreed May 3, 1960, on the house which the Mutter family occupies, the board will act in February to take over the property. The board rejected a claim by James {Jiggs) Griffin for $195 he said was the damage to a paint job on his house as the result of dirt blowing against it from a road maintained by the town. Mr. Hall reported that he had turned over to the chief of police the list of privilege tax delinquents and an officer would call on the delinquents within the next few weeks to collect the money. In response to a request that the town rent a motor grader to a businessman, the board establish ed the policy that no equipment will be rented to private individ uals or private corporation. The board said town equipment shall be operated by and be under the control of town employees at all times. The board was reminded that all residents must have town tags by Feb. 15 and immediately after that date police will set up check sta tions to catch back-sliders. See MOREHEAD BOARD, Page 4 sored by the Carteret Ministers association. • Wednesday, April 25 — Band concert featuring music of the civil war period. • Thursday and Friday, April 26, 27 — Drama by the Carteret Com munity-theatre. • Saturday, April 28—Re-enact ment 'of the bombardment of Fort Macon. • Sunday, April 29 — Ceremony attended by state dignitaries. ■ ' Commissioners Examine Hospital Audit Tuesday Morehead City town commission-H ers, in session Tuesday night at the town hall, requested the town supervisor, Ray Hall, to arrange for a meeting of the town board and hospital trustees. The commissioners said they would like to know how much in come the hospital has received from welfare patients since July 1, 1961 to'date, a figure not includ ed in the recently-completed audit, which covers the fiscal year end ing Sept. 30, 1961. The board said it is also interest ed in other statistics which the town supervisor started to get and then was told by hospital person nel that the auditor would furnish the figures. According to Mr. Hall, those figures have not been given the town as yet. The commissioners made no de cision on remitting to the hospital 1961-62 hospital tax funds, pending the meeting with hospital trustees. Twenty-eight hundred dollars of tax funds had been paid the hos pital in July, before payment was suspended, pending further investi gation of the hospital financial sit# uation. The town board studied the hos pital audit. Several of the com missioners remarked that it was the first time a hospital audit had ever been put before them. Dr. Russell Outlaw, commission er, noted that the hospital’s net gain, as the result of operations, was $18,799.47. When cost of re placing equipment and cost of pur chasing items for resale is de ducted, the net income for the year was $8,136.52. (Were the hospital a private corporation, this figure would be considered as “profit,” the commissioners observed). In the previous year (ending Sept. 30, 1960) the hospital showed no net income but a net loss of $21,360.94. According to th* audit# the land on which the hospital' is situated, at 9th and Shepard streets, is valued at $15,534.50, buildings at $313,416.19, equipment at $111, 077.65 and office equipment at $4,073.87, or a total of $444,102.21. Operating funds for 1961 were $96,065.81 as compared with $93, 314.98 the previous year. Gross earnings from patients were $377,937.12 and adjusted gross earnings $323,348.56. Provision for uncollectible accounts was $21, 879.44, which was one of the fig ures subtracted from gross earn ings to arrive at “adjusted gross earnings from patients.” Operating expenses, all depart ments, totaled $364,246.81, which when deducted from the adjusted gross earnings left a deficit of $40,898.25. Other income, includ ing payment for charity cases and income from the ABC store and Morehead City tax levy, totaled $59,697.72, which wipes out the “operating deficit” and leaves a balance of $18,799.47. Deducted from that figure, how ever, as mentioned above, was cost of replacing equipment ($6,454!82) and purchases for re sale ($4,208.13) or a total of $10,662.95, leaving a “net income” of $8,136.52. The audit indicates that had the hospital not received the tax levy funds, ABC funds and other income over and above its operations earn ings, it would have had a net loss rather than net income for the year. The auditor notes: “Depreciation See HOSPITAL, Page 2 Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Jan. 12 12:56 a.m. 1:14 p.m. 7:02 a.m. 7:38 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13 1:51 a.m. 2:11 p.m. 8:15 a.m. 8:43 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14 2:50 a.m. 3:13 p.m. 9:23 a.m. 9:42 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15 3:51 a.m. 4:16 p.m. 10:22 a.m. i0:36 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16 4:52 a.tn. 5:18 p.m. 11:17 a.m. 11:27 p.m During the week there will be boat tours from Morehead City to Fort Macon and tours of historic Beaufort. Mr. Larsen says the state cem tennial commission plans to erect a large colored map, on aluminum, at Fort Macon state park. This and five other markers will relate to war events in this area. Fart Macon fell April 28, 1882 after ten and a half hours of bom bardment by Union forces. m Board Discusses Sewage Issue Monday Night • Debt Service Funds Now Interest-Bearing • Board Agrees to Sell Two Town-Owned Lot ‘'"Beaufort commissioners lined up Monday night their program for a command performance before the State Stream Sanitation com mission at Raleigh Thursday, Jan, 18. Town officials have been asked to appear before the commission for failure to comply with state stream sanitation regulations rela tive to sewage dumping, accord ing to E. C. Hubbard, executive secretary of the stream sanitation commission. Mayor W. H. Potter will attend the meeting. He asked the town clerk, Ronald Earl Mason, and the town attorney, Claud Wheatly, to attend also, adding that he thought commissioners should attend, too, if possible. A representative of the W. F. Freeman Engineering firm, which has been asked to draw plans for a Beaufort sewage system, will also be there, the mayor said. The board authorized debt serv ice funds to be put immediately on 90-day certificates of deposit, yielding 3 per cent interest, and , See TOWN BOARD, Page 4 Two Deadlines, Jan. 14, Feb. 1, Coming Up Two deadlines for presenting evi dence before governmental agen cies are approaching. Sunday is the deadline for get ting before the Federal Communi cations commission any evdience supporting contention that a “sub stitute station” for Western Union in Morehead City would be inade quate. Western Union proposes to main tain the same hours of service in Morehead City, but instead of keeping the present office open at night, would handle telegrams at the City News stand. The chamber of commerce and maritime agencies in the Morehead City area are opposing the move. Army engineers have extended to Feb. 1 the deadline for expres sion of opposition, if any, to dredg ing in Calico creek, Newport river and Gallants channel. The State Highway commission applied for permission to dredge to obtain spoils for building embankments. The embankments would be used in building approaches to the pro posed new Morehead City bridge. Former deadline for receiving objections to the work was Mon day. Army engineers are interest ed primarily in objections from the standpoint of navigation. Rescue Squad Makes Two Runs This Week The Beaufort rescue squad an swered two calls for assistance this week. Tuesday noon the squad went to 601 Pine St., Beaufort, to take a Mrs. Purvis to the hospital. Assistant rescue chief Mel Law rence said that Mrs. Purvis waa injured falling down stairs. Wed nesday night the squad answered a fire alarm on Lennoxville road where an electrical wire was down. Assisting Lawrence on the calls were Norwood and Sonny Gaskill.