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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1962
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
61st YEAR, NO. 6. . TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES
State, County Agree
On Three Road Jobs
County commissioners, in a
meeting with division highway of
ficiate Tuesday morning at the
courthouse, agreed that the fol
lowing projects in the county
should be undertaken with 1962-63
funds now available:
• Paving of the road to the air
port (road No. 1212), two-tenths of
a mile, $4,000.
• Paving of a dirt road-connec
tion on a loop in the Mill Creek
section, 1.5 mile (road No. 1155),
$24,500.
• Widening, grading and drain
ing of the road beginning at Jim
Young’s store at Kuhns and run
ning south 1.2 mile (road No.
1103), $9,000.
Total cost of these projects was
estimated by C. Y. Griffin, district
engineer, at $37,500.
The following roads will go be
fore the State Highway commis
sion Feb. 1, recommended by the
district for addition to the second
ary road system (this means the
state would maintain the roads):
• Campen Road—two-tenths of a
mile (extension of a street paved
in the Huntley subdivision)
• Live Oak drive—six-tenths of
a mile, extension of NC 24 beyond
Bogue, parallel to the sound on
which 19 homes (some seasonally
occupied) are located
• Jones Street—half a mile, Ce
dar Point, from highway 24 to the
sound
• Bayshore Park road — seven
tenths of a mile, from highway 24
to the sound
Mr. Griffin said two requests for
addition to the system of roads.at
Atlantic and Gloucester are under,
consideration.
The Emerald Isle ferry road,
from Thompson’s pier to the ferry
landing, will be recommended for
addition to the secondary road sys
tem when all right-of-ways are ob
tained. The road is 5.7 miles long.
Mr. Griffin reported that Lake
view street in Newport will be
See ROADS, Pige 2
Beaufort Rescue Unit Functions
One Year on Donations by Public
Some of the men who some day could be coming to save your life are these members of the Beaufort
rescue squad. Kneeling left to right are Norwood Gaskill, Chief Virgil Wooiard, Tom Hewitt, and Lea
moo Eubanks. Standing are Harry Gaskill Jr., William Longest, Charles Spears Jr., and Alton Gaskill.
By LARBY McCQMB
A group of men were standing
around at a rural store when a
man joined them and said, “Gentle
men, I have a story I would like
to tell and I assure you that this
story will be repeated every time
that I can get anyone to listen to
me.
“This afternoon, while returning
home from work, 1 noticed a res
cue unit behind us using his emer
gency lights, trying to get through
the heavy traffic. I was of the
opinion, and so stated to the driv
er, that it was a group that was
out for a ride and not going any
place that would necessitate them
receiving the right of way. So I
told the driver of our car to keep
them behind us. This went on for
a couple of miles until we entered
an open stretch of road where the
See RESCUE UNIT, Page 8
Seal Funds Bought Machine
Grover Mnnden, right, presents a check for a new x-ray machine
for the health department, to Mrs. Q. T. Spivey, county health de
partment x-ray technician.
Installed during the past year
ir the bounty health center, Beau
fort, was an x-ray machine, paid
for by funds raised by the
County Tuberculosis association
through sale of Christinas seals.
The machine is used to detect
TB and to examine persons who
come from families where there
has been tuberculosis. It plays
aft jmporUInlpart in saving lives
and checking the ‘heartache and
suffering caused when a family
member has to be hospitalized
because of TB.
The county TB association this
year was about $500 short of the
amount collected last year, ac
cording to Mr. Munden. It’s not
too late to contribute. Thirty
per cent of funds raised go to
the state to help finance TB pre
vention on a statewide basis, and
the remainder stays in this coun
ty
During 1961, TB caused the
death of one county resident.
Five new cases were discovered,
according to health department
records. Taken at the health
center were 1,150 x-rays. Six
teen persons were in a sanatpr-.
ium during "the year, but atf 'of
now there are only four.
Forty-four former TB patients
are at home, under drug and
medicinal care. The number at
tending the chest clinic at the
health center once every three
months was 75. The clinic is
conducted by Dr. H. F. Eason,
head of the Eastern North Caro
lina sanatorium, Wilson.
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A resuscitator, with inhalator, aspirator, splint sets, stretchers,
fire extinguishers, pole climbers, wrecking bars, bolt cutters and first
aid supplies ane Just a few items of equipment needed by a rescue
unit to carry on their vital work. This is the Beaufort rescue squad
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Monday is Last
Night to Enroll
In Boat Course
• 27 Attend First
Session This Week
# Four USCG Movies
Will be Shown
Twenty-seven men and women
enrolled Monday night in the small
boating course at Camp Glenn
school, Morehead City. Billy R.
Corey, class chairman, also says
that the final date for enrollment,
of anybody else interested in tak
ing the free course will be Mon
day at 7:30 p.m.
In addition to regular instruc
tion material, Mr. Corey says that
four Uo Coast Guard movie films
will be shown during the course.
Titles are Common Sense Afloat,
Safety on the Water, Rules of the
Road for Boatmen and Aids to
Navigation. The course is being
taught by members of the Cape
Lookout Power squadron.
Enrolled to date are J. H. By
rum, Ramie W. Davis, Albert C.
G a skill, M. P. Hoiowiti, Billy Holo
witi, Samuel L. Htlghes, Jack C.
Lancaster.
Charles H. Leach, James B.
Macy Jr., Walter F. Patrick, Shcp
Raymond, J. D. Rivers, Estelle
S. Rivers* Charles 0. Schick and
Thurlow Whealton, all of the More
head City area.
Benjamin H. Baldwin Jr., Ches
ter A. Drinkwine, Robert A. Gloss
up Jr., L. H. McCulley, Elizabeth
D. McCulley, Bion E. Merry, Ber
nard M. Roy, Gary E. Scott, Frank
C. Than*. Guy ». Timmons, Wil
liam H. Wood Rnd C. R. Wozen-'i
craft, $11 of the Cherry Point-Have
lock area.
Judge Affirms
Town Action
Judge W. J. Bundy, Greenville,
at a hearing in the courthouse at
Beaufort Saturday, affirmed action
of the Beaufort town board Dec.
18, 1961, wherein the board annex
ed 41 Vi acres of land along town
borders.
Dismissed was action of the
board of Jan. 11, 1960. At that time
the board annexed, by ordinance,
a much larger, amount of territory.
This action was opposed and the
supreme court remanded the case
to the town for correction.
The Dec. 18 action followed the
supreme court’s decision.
Saturday afternoon’s hearing was
attended by C. R. Wheatly, attor
ney for the town; Gene Smith, at
torney for suburbanites opposing
annexation, and other interested
persons.
Commodity Tonnages Show
Increase at Port in 1961
The greater Morehead City cham
ber of commerce reports that
though handicapped by lack of
storage space and very limited
transit shed space, Morehead City
ocean terminals showed very nice
increases in 1961. Overall com
modity tonnages show an increase
of 38,000 tons over 1960.
The chamber of commerce port
committee says:
Far East tobacco shipments were
very- much on the upward trend
throughout the year. Over 1,000
hogsheads of tobacco destined for
the Far East were lost due to in
sufficient storage at the port. We
hope this situation will be alleviat
ed to' some degree with the con
struction of another 100,000 square
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
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Press Association Presents
1961 Awards at Chapel Hill
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Dr. A. P. Bailey
Will Preach Here
Dr. A. Purnell Bailey, superin
tendent of the Richmond district
of the Methodist church, will be
the guest minister at the Easter
sunrise service at Fort Macon
state park Sunday, April 22.
Dr. Bailey, who writes the
newspaper column. Daily Bread,
will be the guest minister that
week at the revival in the First
Methodist church, announces the
the Rev. B. L. Davidson, pastor.
The revival will open with the
11 a.m. service Easter Sunday.
Dr. Bailey was the guest at a
revival in the church several
years ago.
Marines Sail
From Morehead
Marines left Morehead City port
this week, bound for the Mediter
ranean and the Caribbean.
Ships sailing for the Mediterran
ean Wednesday morning were two
LSTs, De Soto County and Terre
bonne Parish; an LSD, Fort Snel
ling, and three transports, USS
Rockbridge, USS Monrovia and
USS Capricornus.
More than 1,500 combat-equipped
Marines of the Second division,
Camp Lejeune, left yesterday
ai bard ships of Amphibious Squad
ron Six, for training exercises in
the Caribbean. The exercise is
TRALEX l-«.
Highlight of the operation will
be an amphibious assault over the
beaches erf Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Ships involved in the Caribbean
movement were the USS Ogle
thorpe, Shadwell, Cambria, Wal
worth County and Grant County.
The Caribbean troops will re
turn to Lejeune early in March.
Bruce Conway Joins
Morehead Police Force
Bruce A. Conway, Laurel road,
Beaufort RFD, has joined the
Morehead City police force, replac
ing patrolman George Smith. Chief
Herbert Griffin announced the ap
pointment yesterday.
Patrolman Conway is married to
the former Jessie Wilkins. They
have a son, Bruce Jr.
Other members of the force, be
sides the chief, are Capt. Joe
Smith, Lt. Carl Blomberg, Lt. Bill
Condic, Sgt. E. D. O’Neal, patrol
men Edfred Gaskill, Buck New
some and Jack Miller.
foot storage building, early this
year.
Payrolls generated by imports
and exports through Morehead City
ip 1961 amounted to $2*4 million.
These payrolls arc not only felt
locally but can be traced back to
practically every community in the
state.
Export value of commodities
shipped out of our port for the
year totaled in excess of $100,000,
000 as per US Customs Declara
tions. Three hundred thirty-seven
vessels, docked, here in 1961, against
253 in 1960. Tobacco tonnage show
ed the largest increase of 10,000
tons over 1960.
In determining payrolls generat
ed, military tonnages, of course,
arc not included. However, aside
from the obvious revenue value to
the port operations, considerable
monetary value is spread through
out this immediate area. Totals
in this category were 182,000 tons
and 112 ships in 1961 compared to
125,000 tons and 84 ships in 1960.
Good business arid good relations
with the military should not be
overlooked. Need we be reminded
of the Potomac disaster?
Prospects for ’62 are shaping up
with the expansion program gain
ing momentum even after the
“bond issue” setback. Gains in
tobacco and grain are in the mak
ing and as more storage is made j
available, other commodities can
be solicited. Three Bermuda
cruises out of Morehead City in
May should be a real fine kick-off
far the coming tourist season. Al
« The Carteret County News-Times has received three top1*
awards in the 1961 North Carolina Press association con
test — first piace in editorials, first in features and second
in photography.
The awards were presented by Gov. Terry Sanford last
night at Howell hall, on the campus of the University of
A. F. Chestnut
Accepts County
Education Job
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, chairman of
the Morehead City school hoard,
has been appointed to the county
board, of education to replace
George R. Wallace, Morehead City,
who resigned Jan. 1.
The appointment was announced
yesterday by A. H. James, chair
man of the executive committee of
the coipity Democratic party. Mr.
James said that Dr. Chestnut will
probably be sworn in at the Feb. 5
meeting of the county board of ed
ucation.
Mr. Wallace resigned because he
said that his business kept him out
of town much of the time and he
felt he could not give the neces
sary attention to the board of edu
cation work.
Dr. Chestnut, director of the In
stitute of Fisheries Research, Uni
versity of North Carolina, at More*
dfcad- €ity, was appointed to- the
Mrrehead City school board in
succeeding G. E. Sanderson,
who accepted an appointment to
the town board of commissioners.
He was elected chairman of the
Morehead City school board in
1957, succeeding Dr. D. J. Eure.
Dr. A. F. Chestnut
. . . joins board
ready accommodations are being
made in many of our hotels and
motels.
The port committee of the cham
ber of commerce would like to
take this opportunity to thank the
many individuals, agencies, organ
izations, and “port minded” citi
zens for their assistance in reach
ing our 1961 goals.
News-Times to Publish Progress
Edition Latter Part of February
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Coast Guard Refloats
Grounded Yawl Monday
Coast Guardsmen refloated a 35
foot auxiliary yawl Monday after
noon after it ran aground near the
mouth of Spooners Creek in Bogue
sound. The first report of trouble1
was received at Fort Macon at
12:25 p.m.
The 40-footer was dispatched to
the scene and refloated the yawl
at 1:10 p.m. Manning the Coast
Guard vessel were Peter Brunk,
BM2; Frederick Hurst, EN2; and
Wilson Winstead, SN.
Meeting Cancelled
The Morehead City Civitans did
pot meet last week due to bad
weather, according to club publici
ty chairman Rudolph Mason.
North Carolina They were accept
ed by Mrs. Lockwood Phillips, as
sociate publisher of THE NEWS
TIMES; Miss Ruth Peeling, edi
tor, and Walter D. Phillips, son of
the publishers, who is a junior at
UNC and is employed by the Chap
el Hill Weekly.
The statewide press contest
awards are presented annually at
the North Carolina Press associa
tion midwinter institute.
A reception honoring winners of
the awards and Governor and Mrs.
Sanford was held yesterday after
noon in the ballroom of the Caro
lina inn, Chapel Hill.
In recent years THE NEWS
TIMES has won 11 state awards,
including the 1961 awards, and one
national award.
State awards! 1950 best series
of features, third place; 1954
best news coverage, second, and
National Newspaper Week award,
second; 1955—best editorial page,
third; 1958 — photography, first
place; editorials, second; 1959
editorials, first; 1960—photography,
third; 1961—editorials, first; fea
tures, first, and photography, sec
ond.
National: 1951 — special edition,
honorable mention; 1953 — special
edition* second place; 1959—classi
fied advertising, honorable men
i tion. The national contest is spon
[ sored by the National Editorial as
sociation.
Speakers at the 37th press insti
tute, now in session at Chapel Hill,
are Lincoln White, press officer of
the US State Department; Thomas
L. Robinson, vice-president and
general manager of the New York
Herald Tribune, and Edmund H.
Harding, humorist, of Washington,
N. C.
JC Week Will
Start Sunday
Jaycee Week, the annual anni
versary observance of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, starts Sun
day in Morehead City, Jaycee
president Tommy B a H o u an
nounces.
A highlight of the week’s events
will be the presentation of a dis
tinguished service award to More
head City’s outstanding young man
as selected by the Jaycees. The
DSA winner will be named at the
DSA banquet Monday night, Jan.
29 at the Blue Ribbon restaurant
at 7 p.m‘.
Daring Jaycee Week, the US
Jaycees will be recognizing Amer
ica’s 10 outstanding young men of
1961 in Santa Monica, Calif. Na
tional Jaycee president Bob Con
ger will make the national awards.
The DSA winner from Morehead
City will be entered in the North
Carolina Jaycee contest which
picks thef ive outstanding young
men in the state. The state win
ners will be entered in the na
tional contest.
Mayor George Dili has issued a
proclamation declaring the week
of Jan. 21-26 as Jaycee Week in
Morehead City.
h THE NEWS-TIMES will publish
(he latter part of February a 50
year progress edition on Carteret
county, Lockwood Phillips, publish
er, announces.
The edition will mark 50 years
of newspaper publishing in the
county and the observance of a
half a century of development in
the various communities, in gov
ernment and in business.
“We would be interested in using
the paper any photos folks might
have of local personalities or
scenes of 1912 and later,” Mr.
Phillips said. Anyone who has
pictures they think would be suit
able are invited to bring them to
THE NEWS-TIMES. If they are
used, they will be returned.
Work is already under way on
the progress edition, which prom
ises to be Of historic value and of
special interest to anyone who has
Handful Turns
Up fo Discuss
Scout Building
Five persons, other than trustees
of the Scout building and town rep
resentatives, attended the meeting
at the Scout building, Beaufort,
Wednesday night, to discuss the fu-’
ture of the building.
The trustees decided that they
would contact civic organizations
and individuals to try to raise the
$1,125 needed to put the building
back in shape.
The Jaycees, who have been
keeping the building open, say they
will continue payments on the heat
ing system, but otherwise, they
have finished looking after the
building.
The trustees plan to meet in
about 20 days to determine whether
money is available to fix the build
ing. If so, they hope to find a way
to fance keeping the building open,
after it’s put back in good repair.
George M. Thomas, trustee for
the Jaycees, said that lots of civic
groups, which used to meet at the
building and pay rent, do not do so
any longer. Rotary, Lions (now
defunct), Woman’s club and Junior
Woman’s club used to meet there.
He aaid the Teen Canteen has
pulled .out since the., rent was
raised. The only groups meeting
there regularly now are Boy and
Cub Scouts and the Jaycees.
The Scout building was dedicated
14 years ago yesterday. It was
valued at $15,000 when built, but
the construction cost was only
$9,200, because the architect, B.
H. Stephens, prevailed upon H. L.
Coble, contractor, to erect it at
cost.
Construction of the building was
initiated in 1943 by the Beaufort
Rotary club. The project lay dor
mant until 1946 when Rotarian T.
T. (Tom) Potter revived it. The
building was completed and for
mally handed over to the board of
trustees Jan. 12, 1948 by Mr. Ste
phens.
Trustees at that time were the
Rev. W. Y. Stewart, Mr. Potter,
Mrs. M. L. Davis, Mrs. Ed David
son, John Haynes and Mrs. George
Eastman.
Jaycees raised $1,000 toward the
cost of construction of the build
ing. Other donations were made
by the Beaufort Book club (now
the Woman’s club), the Junior Wo
man's club, the Odd Fellows and
individuals.
B. F. Copeland, nurseryman, do
nated shrubs for landscaping the
yard.
Speakers at the dedication pro
gram Jan. 18, 1948 were R. M. Wil
liams, N. F. Eure, Charles Hassell
and Mr. Potter.
Attending Wednesday night's
meeting at the building were town
commissioners Frank Morning and
John Jones; Ronald Earl Mason,
town clerk; Guy Smith, Jaycee;
Mrs. Guhm Chadwick, Mrs. W. I.
Loftin, T. If. Potter, Mr. Thomas,
trustees; FTed Smith and John
Moore, representing the Boy
Scouts; Mrs. Betty Loftin, Mrs.
Manly Mason and Mrs. Gerald
Woolard, Junior Woman’s dub
members.
ever had any connection with the
county.
“We anticipate a tremendous de
mand for this souvenir edition,’’
Mr. Phillips commented. Business
men who would like to he repre
sented in it are reminded to con
tact the newspaper office without
delay.
Republicans Will Meet
7:30 P.M. Saturday
The regular meeting of the Car
teret Republican club, which was
postponed duetto weather condi
tions. will be held at 7:30 Satur
day night at the Republican head
r gilffr
quarters (former Army
building, highway 70,
City).
Candidates for election
discussed. All Republicans are
ed to attend.