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51st YEAR, NO. 7.
EIGHT PAGES
’ MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1962
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Little Symphony Will Play
In Morehead City Tuesday
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Musicians and instruments will roil, in big luxury buses next week to the eastern part of the state, be
ginning the 1962 North Carolina Little Symphony concert tour. Here some of the members of the or
chestra look over the situation as they reached one of their stops on the 1961 tour.
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Morehead City
Man Convicted
In City Court
A Morehead City man, Thomas
Howard, was given 30-day jail sen
tences In each o(. three assault
cases against him last week in
Morehead City recorder’s court.
Howard was convicted on two
charges of assault on Carolyn How
ard and another on Ella Courman.
His three 3<Pday sentences were
consolidated by the court.
In two other assault cases heard,
the prosecuting witnesses were
made to pay court costs for mali
cious prosecution. Defendants in
the two cases were Clifford Smith
and Leslie Morton, both of More
head City.
James Jatha Swindell, charged
with public drunkenness, and Ted
dy Gray Reynolds, Newport,
charged with discharging fireworks
in public, each were made to pay
court costs. Also paying court costs
was Harold Culpepper, Morehead
City, who was found guilty of be
idg drunk and disturbing the peace.
Not prosecuted were cases
against Robert O. Barnum, More
head City, charged with having an
expired operator’s license, and El
bert Lee Yancey, Morehead City,
charged with having no operator’s
license. Both defendants presented
valid licenses to the court.
Gene Willis, Morehead City, con
victed of petty larceny, was given
a 30-day jail sentence suspended
on two years’, good behavior and
payment of court costs. In. a com
panion case, Paul Matthews,
charged with the same offense,
was remanded to juvenile court.
Eddie Martin Jr., Morehead City,
paid court costs for having insuf
ficient equipment and no license
plates.
The court removed from the
docket a case against Morris Hy
man, Lumbertou, charging him
with petty larceny.
Elihue Davis, who appeared
before judge Phillips to answer
charges of window peeping, tres
passing and disturbing the peace,
was not prosecuted.
Fifteen cases were continued un
til later terms of court.
Highway Official Lists Rules
State Follows as to Roads
i»k
What’s a ’’rural” road?
How can I get my road paved by
the state?
Will the state pave streets in a
subdivision?
These are questions people ask
all the time. C. W. Snell, engineer
with the State Highway commis
sion, second division, which in
cludes this county, in the para
graphs that follow, tells how the
state defines roads and under what
conditions the state will maintain,
improve, or pave roads:
Definition of rural roads, resi
dential and subdivision streets:
RURAL ROADS: These roads
have as their primary purpose
serving abutting residential, farm
ing, business and industrial use.
c«ry small to moderate
’ The North Carolina Little Sym
phony’s second concert of the 1962
season will be presented in More
head City Tuesday.
Two concerts will be given in
the Morehead City school aditor
ium, the first for school children
at 2 p.m. and the second for adults
at 8 p.m.
On the program are numbers
from hit Broadway musicals,
Brigadoon, South Pacific and Okla
homa. •
The concert for adults will open
With Beethoven’* overture to the
Ballet, The Creations of Prometh
eus. This will be followed by Prok
ofieff’s Classical Symphony and
Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll.
The Rev. Charles Kirby, presi
dent of the county chapter of the
symphony society, reports that
there will be a guest soprano so
loist, but further information on
her was not available yesterday.
The second part of the program
will be Daniel’s Deep Forest, Ber
lioz’s Dance of the Sylphs from the
Damnation of Faust, Brull’s Intro
duction and Tarantelle, Lehar’s
Gold and Silver Waltz, with the
musical show hits as the finale.
Membership cards will admit
holders to the concert. Member
ships will be available at the door.
The full symphony will give two
concerts in this area, Friday, April
13, in the Shrine auditorium at New
Bern, and Monday, April 16, in
Brogden Hall, Wilmington. Mem
bers of the symphony society will
be admitted by showing their mem
bership cards.
Citation Issued
Following Wreck
Charges of running a red light
were filed against John Doyle Wil
lis, Harkers Island, Saturday fol
lowing a traffic accident at the
intersection of Ann and Live Oak
streets, Beaufort.
Police said that Willis was the
driver of a 1956 Chevrolet which
went through the stop light and
collided with a 1955 Ford station
wagon driven by Helen Clark War
then, 516 Ann St. Willis was going
north on Live Oak and Mrs. War
then was travelling east on Ann
street.
Patrolman Otis Willis, who In
vestigated, estimated damages to
the station wagon at $100 and that
to Willis’ car at $75. The accident
occurred at 3:25 p.m.
volumes of traffic moving to the
Principal County Routes and the
Primary Highway System. Their
dual function of serving traffic and
abutting property is variable de
pending upon their importance as
a through route or connecting link.
RESIDENTIAL STREETS: Res
idential streets differ from sub
division streets in that the major
portion (75%) of the development
has taken place and in some in
stances this development has not
been directed by an individual or
a firm.
SUBDIVISION STREETS: This
type of a street system normally
exists near incorporated munici
palities. The majority* of the
streets in the subdivision are for
the ppie pprpeee gt swvta«
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Chamber Seeks
Items for Show
Wanted in a hurry!
Free literature and souvenirs
from Carteret hotels, .motels, par
ty boatmen, fishing lodges and
other tourist businesses.
Why?
It’s needed for distribution at
the Sportsman’s Show Opening
Jan. 30 at Charlotte.
Carteret's booth at the show,
which was a huge success last
year, will be sponsored again
this year by the greater More
head City chamber of commerce.
Any give-away items, or other
advertising material must be in
the chamber office, Hotel Fort
Macon, Morehead City, by noon
Friday, announces J. A. DuBois,
chamber manager.
Job Application
Deadline Friday
Friday will be the last day that
men between 21 and 40 years of
age may apply to the Employment
Security office, Morehead City, for
commercial fisheries inspector
jobs.
Mrs. Julia P. Tenney, ESC man
ager, said the jobs involve inspec
tion of commercial fishing opera
tions and enforcement of laws and
regulations of seafood. The in
spectors also issue commercial
fishing licenses, patrol fishing* wa
ters, and inspect fishing boats.
The conservation and develop
ment board, which supervises fish
eries, and the ESC, say there are
six immediate openings for in
spectors in the coastal area.
Salaries range from t3,804 to
$4,860 a year. Applicants will re
ceive a six-day training course
given by the Institute of Govern
ment at Morehead City.
Before being accepted, the appli
cants must pass written and physi
cal'tests, background investigation
and interviews. Applicants should
be 5 feet 6 inches to 6 feet 6 inches
tall and weigh between 140 and
235. Other qualifications include
being a resident of North Carolina
for a year, citizen of the US and
a high school graduate.
ting property and the subdivision
has normally been developed by
an individual or firm for the pur
pose of selling lots and homes. De
pending upon the size and location
of the development, there may or
may not be streets that might be
classified as Principal County
Routes. *
Addition of roads to the second
ary road system:
The following standards must be
met before a rural or a residen
tial or subdivision street will be
added to the Secondary Road Sys
tem, provided, however, that the
Commission reserves the right not
to add a road to tbe System if it
is evident that the cost of improv
ing said road to'minimum stand
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Beach Patios to Have Choice:
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Either Beer or Dancing, Not Both
Beach Commissioners
Adopt Ruling Friday
Persons operating patio-type businesses on Atlantic
Beach next summer will have one of two alternatives —
they may sell beer and have no dancing or they may have
dancing and no beer.
This is the essence of an ordinance passed Friday morn
ing by the Atlantic Beach town board of commissioners in
session at the city hall. The board*
debated for well over an hour on
what measure to take against the
patio establishments in answer to
complaints from Atlantic Beach
property owners last summer.
Last season two patio businesses
were in operation on the board
walk. Both of the establishments
sold beer and both of them provid
ed live music for dancing. Prop
erty owners along the boardwalk
and ocean front complained that
the patios were a nuisance.
In Friday’s meeting of the
board, mayor A. B. Cooper went
on record as saying that he was in
favor of letting the patios operate
as they did last year with the pos
sible exception that live music be
banned from the boardwalk. Strong
exception was taken to mayor
Cooper’s argument by town clerk
M. G. Coyle.
Mr. Coyle pointed out that the
patio businesses meant little or
nothing to the town insofar as rev
enue from taxes was concerned
and added that they actually hurt
the business of more “dignified”
establishments such as motels and
hotels on the beach that attract a
“higher class” of clientele.
Mr. Coyle at first recommended
that patio business be outlawed al
together, but other members of
the board would not go along with
this. Commissioner R. A. Bare
foot said that he felt the patios
should be allowed to operate just
as they did last year, if live music
for dancing was cut out. Commis
sioner Mack Smith said that he
agreed with Mr. Barefoot since
most of the complaints he had
heard were in regards to the live
music.
Mr. Coyle then presented to the
board a revised translation of the
town’s beer sales ordinance. The
new code called for patio establish
ments not being allowed to sell
beer at all, stipulating that such
sales could be made only from in
side a building. Mr. Coyle’s ordi
nance recommendation did allow
consumption of beer on a patio at
tached to a building.
Town attorney George McNeill
interjected at this point to say
that if such an ordinance was test
ed in court it would be his. legal
opinion that it was conceivable
such an ordinance would be ruled
discriminatory in nature. Other
members of the board agreed with
Mr. McNeill.
Mayor Cooper then recommend
ed to the board that a compromise
be reached of giving the patios at
least either the privilege of selling
beer or having dancing in their
establishments. The mayor ad
mitted that he came to the meet
ing knowing that his recommenda
tions were doomed for defeat but
implored the board to leave the
patios one or the other.
Commissioner W. L. Derrickson
made the motion that the town
pass an ordinance giving patio
establishments their choice of
either selling beer and having noi
dancing or having dancing andij
selling no beer. The motion was
seconded and carried by a 4-1 vote
with mayor Cooper casting the
negative vote. The ordinance was
also worded to require beer being
sold on a patio to be consumed in
paper cups, for appearance’s sake.
The board approved a request
from police chief Bill Moore for
purchase by the town of an alter
nator to be used on chief Moore’s
car and received copies of a Civil
Defense disaster plan drawn up
for Atlantic Beach by Jack Savage.
Present at the meeting, in addi
tion to those already mentioned,
was commissioner Charles Walters.
County Names
Assistant Judge
• Judge Lambert Morris
Suffers Heart Attack _
• Luther Hamilton Jr.
To Preside
Luther Hamilton Jr., county at
torney, was named assistant re
corder’s court judge in a special
county commissioners' meeting
called yesterday because of the
illness of judge Lambert Morris.
Mr. Hamilton will preside at to
day’s session of court.
Judge Morris was stricken with
a heart attack at his home at At
lantic Wednesday and will be con
fined to Sea Level hospital from
five to six weeks, according to
Wiley Taylor Jr., recorder’s court
solicitor.
Attending yesterday’s meeting at
the courthouse was Moses Howard,
chairman, who presided, commis
sioners Gaston Smith and C. Z.
Chappell. Commissioner Skinner
Chalk cast by phone his approving
vote of Mr. Hamilton.
Also present were Odell Merrill,
clerk to the board; E. 0. Moore,
tax collector, and J. D.. Potter,
e^Qhf* Wita?r~tir well as Mr.
Hamilton.
Judge Lambert Morris
. . . hospitalized
Funds Mentioned
For Two Harbors
Recommended to Congress Thurs
am. for operation and maintenance
-head City harbor was an
W. • tion of $660,000. The rec
ov f'y ation was part of a pro
5 I JL presented by President Ken
Vj/.y. In this state, the recom
mendations totaled $3,900,900 in
rivers and harbors work.
Included was $10,000 for Silver
Lake harbor at Ocracoke. The
chief executive also recommended
that $1’4 million be set aside for
hurricane and beach erosion studies
along the North Carolina coast.
All recommendations must sur
vive examination in both Senate
md House appropriations commit
ees before any funds can be made
Available.
New Chamber Secretary
Mrs. John Jones Jr., Beaufort, is the new secretary in the office
of the greater Morehead City chamber of commerce. Mrs. Jones
began her new duties last week, according to chamber manager Joe
DuBois.
Duke to Dredge,
Add to Wharf
Dliilkc university, Durham, fiSs
made application to Army Engi
neers for a permit to dredge ap
proximately 2,200 cubic yards of
material from an area adjacent to
their existing wharf in Beaufort
harbor and to construct an addition
to their existing wharf
Plans submitted to the district
office in Wilmington show the
dredged material is to be deposited
on the south end of Pivers island.
The addition to the wharf is to ex
tend 120 feet northwestward with
a connecting walkway 12 feet wide
to Pivers island. Plans showing
the proposed work may be seen
in the engineers’ office and in the
post office at Beaufort.
A Department of the Army per
mit merely expresses the assent of
the Corps of Engineers so far as
concerns the public rights of. navi
gation. Permits are issued in
cases where there are no valid
objections from the standpoint of
navigation.* However, as a matter
of policy, permits are not usually
issued in cases where state or local
authorities disapprove the proposed
work in the public interest, accord
ing to Col. R. P. Davidson, district
engineer.
Objections to the proposed work
as outlined above will be received
in this office until Feb. 19.
Sanitation Committee Wants Towns
To Put Sewage Problems in Writing
Beaufort and Morehead City of
ficials were told by State Stream
Sanitation officials Thursday at Ra
leigh to put in writing their prob
lems on pollution abatement.
The State Stream Sanitation com
mittee summoned the officials to
Raleigh to explain why they had
not complied with state regula
tions requiring pollution control.
The committee said both towns
had been issued temporary permits
Guests Attend Bus Drivers' Luncheon
mi at the recreation center, Morehead City,
D. Slaughter, who succeeds G. W. Crowley,
ird, music supervisor with the State Depart'
tendeut of schools, and Mr. Crowley.
Jaycees to Present
Award Monday
Jaycees, former Jaycees and
anyone else interested is invited
to the distinguished service
[ award banquet end dance-at die
Blue Ribbon restaurant, Morc
head City, Monday night.
Reservations should be made
by contacting Ed Hudson, DSA
chairman, or Gordon Willis Jr.
The distinguished service
award will be presented to the
outstanding young man of 1961.
Cars Damaged
In Sunday Crash
Two autos were damaged in a
collision at 1:45 p.m. Sunday seven
miles from Morehead City on high
way 24. One driver, Samuel T.
Chadwick, route 1 Newport, was
charged with failing to sec that
his movement could be made in
safety.
According to state trooper R. H.
Brown, who investigated, Chad
wick was headed west in a 1960
Hillman station wagon and made
a left turn into the path of a 1959
Ford driven by Dewey Laws of
Camp Lejeune. Laws was headed
east.
The trooper said the Ford hit
the right side of the Hillman, de
molishing the side. Damage to
the Ford was estimated at $300.
Chadwick was taken to Morehead
City hospital for treatment of a
head cut.
to continue dumping raw sewage
into the waters in i960, but claim
ed it had had no further evidence
of plans to carry out pollution con
trol measures.
Appearing before the committee
from Beaufort were mayor W. H.
Potter,,town attorney Claud Wheat
ly, town engineer Gray Hassell,
town clerk Ronald Earl Mason and
town commissioner John Jones Jr.
Speaking for Morehead City was
town attorney George McNeill.
The town representatives pointed
out that their towns have no money
to build sewage treatment plants,
nor are they in a position to borrow
any.
E. L. Long, of the stream sanita
tion commission, pointed out that
Beaufort dumps all its town sew
age into Taylor’s creek, Gallants
channel and other surrounding wa
Tide Table
HIGH
Tides at Beaufort Bar
Tuesday, Jan. 23
LOW
9:59 a.m.
10:35 p.m.
3:49 a.m.
4:21 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 24
10:37 a.m.
11:14 p.m.
4:22 a.m.
4:53 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 25
11:12 a.m.
11:52 p.m.
4:53 a.m.
5:22 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 26
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5:22 a.m.
5:48 p.m.
11:45 a.m.
Sheriff's Hen
Investigate Five
Weekend Thefts
• Safe, Cash Stolen
From Atlantic School
t Three Businesses,
Home Entered
Under investigation by the
sheriff’s department are five
break-ins that occurred over the
weekend: Atlantic school, Oce
anana pier refreshment stand,
Howard’s inn, Smitty’s drive-in and
the W. J. Blair home.
Stolen at Atlantic school during
the basketball game Friday night
was a metal cabinet safe contain
ing $140, of which about $60 was
lunchroom money.
The green metal cabinet, about
3 feet high, was found Saturday
afternoon a block from the school
and about 100 yards from the Old
Shell road. Some youngsters came
across it. The handle was knocked
off and the door jimmied open.
It had been covered with
branches. Everything except the
money was still in the safe — some
school pins, checks and other
papers.
Deputy sheriff C. H. Davis said
that entry to the building was gain
ed through an eighth grade class
room window. Access through the
lpcked door to the principal’s of
fice, where the safe was kept, was
gained by breaking out the glass in
the door.
The thief or thieves made off
with the safe through the door of
the school building. Working on
the ease are deputy Davis and dep
uty Bruce Edward*.
| '(etwees $46and $60 in cash Was
taken from vendor and game ma
[ chines in the Oceanana business
place. Entry was made through a
window which the burglars broke.
The theft was discovered Sunday
morning.
The sheriff’s department was no
tified yesterday morning of simi
lar break-ins at Howard’s inn, east
of Newport on highway 70, and
Smitty’s, west of Newport on high
way 70. Cash was taken from ma
chines at Howard’s.
The Blair home was ransacked,
but apparently nothing was miss
ing. The break-in was discovered
Saturday by Mrs. Harvey Hamil
ton Jr., Morehead City, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Blair, who
had gone to the home to check the
furnace.
The Blair home is located at
Crab Point. It was unoccupied at
the time of the break-in. Entry
was gained from the roof of a
porch, through a second story win
dow.
Workshop -Planned
A Girl Scout badge workshop for
Beaufort and Morehead City will be
held Wednesday from 10 a.m. to
noon in the N. F. Eure building,
Beaufort. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindley,
professional worker for this dis
trict, will teach.
ters while Morehead City dumps
its sewage into Calico creek and
Bogue sound.
J. V. Whitfield, chairman of the
committee, said that five thousand
acres of “the finest shellfish
grounds on the coast" are polluted
by sewage from the two towns.
Health regulations prohibit harvest
ing those shellfish for human con
sumption.
Mr. Whitfield expressed doubt as
to the towns’ applying themselves
“as they should” to the sewage
problem.
Mayor Potter said that the town
has made inquiry as to purchase
of Carolina Water company in
Beaufort, with a view to owning a
revenue-producing utility, which in
turn would mean that the town
could probahly market bonds for
building a sewage treatment plant.
Both towns are nearing the limit
set by the state on how much tax
may be levied, and therefore feel
they cannot raise; money for a
sewage plant hy direct taxation.
E. C- Hubbard, executive secre
tary of the committee, suggested
formation of a sewer district, com
prising Beaufort, Morehead City
and Atlantic Beach.
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