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NEWS-TIMES mm Slat YEAR, NO. 12. TWO SECTIONS—14 PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1962 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS \ Beaufort Population Up 500 In Less Than Six Weeks For Restoration 1962 Brings Growth, More Expansion Proposed I Home Agent Hurt Wednesday In Car Accident Mrs. Floy Garner, Newport, county home economics agent, was injured in an accident at 4:30 Wed nesday afternoon at the intersec tion of highways 70 and 101, Beau fort. Mrs. Garner, who was taken to Morehead City hospital in the Beaufort rescue ambulance, suf fered a broken left forearm, frac ture and dislocation of the right foot, and bruises. According to deputy sheriff C. H. Davis, who investigated, Mrs. Garner’s car collided with a Mc Millan and Cameron auto supply truck from New Bern. The driver, Napoleon Minor, of Edward, N. C., was charged with failing to yield the right-of-way. He was not in jured. The investigating officer said Mrs. Garner was headed west and the truck, coming from, Beaufort, turned left to get on highway Id and ran in front of the Garner automobile, a 1960 Chevrolet. The right fronts of both vehicles met. The car was judged a total loss. Estimate on damage to the 1955 Chevrolet truck was not avail able. Deputy Davis said it was towed Away by the owner. Mrs. Gamer , was alone in the tar. The truck had no passengers. Jaycees to Help In War on Rats Marche ad City Jaycees have un dertaken sponsorship of a rat abatement program, in cooperation with the town. Ray Hall, town supervisor, an nounced Wednesday that the Jay cecs have agreed to supply boxes in which rat poison will be placed. The town will take the baited traps, put them at the dump and any oth > er places around town where rats are a nuisance. Keith Oates, a Jaycee, and health engineer with the state, who has worked in the past with the town on health problems, will make recommendations as to placement of the traps. The bait boxes will be built by boys in the marine vocational class at Morehead City high school, Capt. Jim Mitchell, instructor, and the Jaycees will buy the bait and poi son. Mr. Hall said that it is doubtful that pet dogs or cats will be able to get to the bait, but if they should, the poison will not harm them. The bait is a mixture of commeal and poison which should not be appealing to household pets anyway, Mr. Hall said. Camp Glenn and Morehead City schools will be closed today and Monday in the hope that all stu dents will get over the flu, the principals announce. Approximate ly 330 children were absent from Morehead City school yesterday and 229 were out at Camp Glenn. Hie days o£ school missed will probably be made up at the end of the school year, according to Lenwood Lee, Morehead City prin cipal. County to Aid in Observance Of Fort s 100th Anniversary The board of county commission ers, at their afternoon session in the courthouse Monday, authorized expenditure of $250 for the county Civil War centennial commission to put up historical markers and to finance re-enactment of the bat tle of Fort Macon in April. The approval came after Odell Merrill, clerk to the board, read a letter from F. C. Salisbury, chairman of the county commis sion. Mr.. Salisbury said in his letter that the markers are being provided by the state if th«y will bo erected at no cost to the state. The beard agreed to purchase of a 35-foot lot in Hammock sub division by Gerald Woolard for $100.' The lot is owned jointly by the county and the town of Beau fort. The town has already agreed to the purchase. The board also agreed to sale ■SMBfa * Less than six weeks of the new year have passed and the town of Beaufort has in creased its area by almost 90 acres and close to 500 per sons. When no one appeared to request a referendum on an nexation of an area east of town, inclusive of the J. W. Weathers property on Front street, and the Highland Park area, the town board Monday night moved boun daries to include those sec tions. As of Jan. 1, an area including the cemetery and eastward was annexed, as well as Hancock Park and a portion of Highland Park served by a sewer. That area con sisted of 41 Mi acres and about 140 persons. Under the same procedure as fol lowed in the most recent annexa tion, the town plans to expand next month into Glendale Park, Jones Village, and the southern portion of Circle drive. Evident at Monday night’s meet ing was a changed attitude, on the part of suburbanites who formerly would say they didn’t want to be come a part of the town. Ronald Earl Mason, town clerk, when asked Tuesday what this change may be attributed to, said that people have seen, in the areas annexed since Jan. 1, that the town has placed marl on shoulders of the road, in driveway entrances, has cleaned septic tanks, and pro vided garbage service. He said that the town has been delayed in getting in fire alarm boxes, and other improvements be cause the map, with the system of improvements plotted, was filed in the clerk of court’s office in the courthouse as required by law, and it was allowed to be taken out. First, George Herbert had it for several weeks, then Gene Smith, attorney, had the map and all the legal papers that go with it, and when the town tried to get the file recently, it was told Hugh Salter had it in Raleigh. If any citizen wanted to look at the plans at the courthouse, he’d just be out of luck. Other copies of the plan are with the supreme court in Raleigh and the town was depending on using the plan it had filed at the court 1 house. “We’ve proceeded anyway, re garding street lights, hydrants and fire alarm boxes,’’ Mr. Mason said, “but not having that plan we had worked out has not helped mat ters.” Braxton Adair, W. J. Smith Jr. and Robert Thompson, residents of Glendale Park, appeared at Mon day night’s meeting on the second floor of the town hall and said they would like to become a part of the town. Mr. Adair, spokesman, told commissioners that he felt there were advantages to being a part of town and most of the people in his section would like to be able to vote in Beaufort elections. Mr. Smith raised the question as to road paving. Mayor W. H. Pot ter explained how the state would pave the road, each homeowner paying a proportionate part. The mayor was notified by Mr. Mason, the clerk, during the course of the meeting, that Powell bill funds (for streets) would help meet the cost of giving the road on on which Mr. Smith lives (Sher wood drive) a rock and tar treat See GROWTH, Page 7 of other lots in the subdivision at a price of $200 each, with the pro vision that a building be erected within twelve months or the prop erty will revert to its joint owners, the county and the town of Beau fort. A petition was presented, signed by residents in an area adjoining the Newport fire district, request ing addition to the fire district. The clerk was instructed to write the person submitting the petition that all property owners must sign the petition and it must state that the owners unanimously agree to joining the fire district. If this is not done, then the resi dents must vote on the question. If a vote is taken, there must be a special registration of voters in the area. *A list of overdue personal prop erty taxes was presented by tax Bank Official Will Speak At Chamber Meeting Feb. 22 I Wayne A. Corpening, manager of Wachovia Bank and Trust com pany’s agricultural and industrial development department, and a vice-president of the bank, will be the speaker at the general meet ing of the greater Morehead City chamber of commerce Thursday, Feb. 22. The meeting will begin at 7:45 p.m. at the Morehead City school auditorium. Announcement of Mr. Corpcning’s appearance here was made at Mon day night’s meeting of the cham ber of commerce directors. The directors have decided to hold their board meetings in vari ous sections of the county, invit ing residents of the area to meet with them. Their next meeting, Monday, March 5, will be at the Inlet inn, Beaufort. Membership of the board will be increased from 12 to 16, to pro vide for wider county representa tion. On Feb. 22, directors will be elected from Beaufort, Atlantic Beach, Down East and Cedar Point, according to Dr. S. W. Hatch er, president. Ben Alford reported that the Car teret booth at the recent Charlotte travel show was an outstanding success. He said it is important that the county reach the thous ands, who are planning vacations, in that manner. The board requested that the manager, J. A. DuBois, write let ters to Mrs. Ben Alford and Mrs. Kenneth Wagner, thanking them for their services at the show, for the impartial manner in which they represented the entire county and for the records of inquiries which they kept for follow-up by the chamber office. Dr. S. W. Hatcher, chamber pres ident, explained a new formula to be followed in setting membership dues. The formula, based on a $25 basic membership, plus cer tain amounts for each additional employee, is being used success fully by neighboring chambers of commerce, Dr. Hatcher said. In addition to business and pro fessional memberships, it was de cided that people in every walk of life should be encouraged to contribute to the chamber’s coun ty-wide program by becoming as sociate members at $5 annually. W. T. Davies gave a financial report and stressed the need for a year-around drive to keep dues paid up so that the chamber can end this year with enough on hand to start its 1963 program. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to those mentioned above, were Garland Scruggs, S. A. Chalk Jr., Frank Cassiano, Glenn Adair, Dom Femia, Dr. Russell Outlaw, and Elmer Willis. MOD Contributors Asked To Delay No Longer Persons who have not yet mailed in their contributions to the March of Dimes, as a result of the tele thon or otherwise, are asked to do so immediately by Clifton Lynch, March of Dimes chairman. Collected thus far is $2,170. Re ceived in the Blue Crutch sale was $86.23, Mother’s March $60.52, tele thon $l,94l.09 and coin collectors $82.16. More donations are expected and Mr. Lynch said it would be ex tremely helpful if people do not delay in making those donations. collector E. O. Moore, who said the taxes were uncollectible. He asked that they be removed from the books. After looKing over the> list the board felt that some of the taxes could be collected, so they were not removed from the books. Moses Howard, chairman of the board, voiced the urgent need for more office space by agents of the state revenue department. After discussing several arrangements, the board agreed to divide the wait- j ing room in the draft board office| and provide the agents space in that room. » James D. Patter, county auditor, presented one bid for installing toilet facilities in the courthouse annex. Mr. Potter was asked to obtain other bids for consideration at a future meeting. A jury list was drawn prior to adjournment nWr Choral Club Will Present Program In Three Parts Monday, Fei). 19 By ANN CLYDE HAMILTON The choral concert to be present ed Monday, Feb. 19, in Beaufort high school will be varied and well balanced. It will offer a wide range of musical entertainment for Carteret music lovers. The program is in three parts, each one a distinctive group in musical classification. Part I is Tickets for the Choral CInb concert will go on sale Monday at Wheatley’s men’s shop, Beau fort, and The Ladies’ shop, More head City. from the classic choral repertoire with two numbers that have been sung and recorded by most of the large, well-known professional groups of cathedral choirs, Beau tiful Saviour, Christiansen’s ar rangement for his famous St. Olaf Choir, and Onward, Ye Peoples, Sibelius. This number has been made popular by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir recording. Part II is an original adaptation of three Negro spirituals and ser mons; a choral-dramatic reading. The Reverend C. Edward Sharpe will read the sermons with choral background and highlights. Part III, the finale, is the light, entertaining portion of the pro gram. It is a choral club version of the tv “Sing-Along-with-Mitch” show. This act is named “Swing Along-with-Swann” and Ed Swann, Morehead City, will be the genial, rhythmical baton wielder. The music is a medley of old choral club hit tunes, sung by many of the old stars and chorus. It con tains phrases of 25 familiar songs, with an opportunity to let the audi ence in “on the act.” In regard to the program, Mrs. Charles Hassell, director, says “We have made a real effort to choose a selection of music that will ap peal to county audiences, and at the same time maintain a high standard of performance. In this program I think we have a well balanced proportion of three dis Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Feb. 9 12:01 a.m. 5:37 a.m. 6:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 12:32 a.m. 12:54 p.m. 6:38 a.m. 7:05 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11 1:26 a.m. 1:49 p.m. 7:49 a.m. 8:12 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12 2:23 a.m. 2:49 p.m. 8:58 a.m. 9:16 p.m. tinct types of music. The perform-' ance of the singers should be bet ter than past groups. There are more good voices in the club and the harmonic balance is better.” The director, commenting on the musical-dramatic reading, says, “I think the audience would be in terested in knowing more about the background for our original adaptation of this material. Negro cprituals have long been accepted as distinctive American folk music; some claim the only true native contribution to creative art pro duced in this country—musically speaking. "They add Negro poetry, litera ture, dance and rag-time as our main artistic achievements. Wheth er this is true or has been conclu sively proved is another question. We are certain that Negro spirit uals are universally known and sung by world artists. Less pop ular but unique in the world of folk literature, are the old time Negro preacher’s sermons. “lames Weldon Johnson, the late Negro poet, scholar, teacher, trans lator and winner of many literary awards, recognized the beauty and rarity of this segment of Negro culture — fast fading from use among his race. He remembered the thrilling delivery of the old time Negro preachers of his child hood, and the stirring power of their words. “One of his last and best-selling books was a collection of Negro sermons, phrased and arranged in poetic style. ‘God’s Trombones’ startled and thrilled the literary critics when it was published in 1927. “We have taken seletcions from three of these sermons: The Crea tion, Let My People Go, and The Judgment Day and combined them with three spirituals, My Lord, What A Morning, Go Down Moses and He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand. They go together as if they were intended for the pur pose. I am convinced this will be one of the most artistic numbers we have ever done.” The old Beaufort Choral club achieved some "firsts” in musical performance in this county; such as the use of chorus for orchestral background in interpreting song and dance and the first perform ance of "The Messiah” (not pro duced directly by club but with same director and majority of per sonnel). Now the group is proud to present another new approach to choral singing in the Negro folk sequence. Board to Meet The Atalntic Beach town board will meet at 10 a.m. today at the town hall. Dr. L. J. Norris Named to City School Board • Dr. A. F. Chestnut Takes County Office ■ i Education Board Sets 1962-63 Calendar Dr. L. J. Norris, Morehead City, i was named to the Morehead City : school board Monday morning by the county board of education. He succeeds Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director of the UNC Institute of Fisheries Research, who has ac- ! cepted an appointment to the coun-1 ty board of education. Dr. Chest-! nut was sworn in Monday morning j by A. H. James, clerk of superior court. The new board member succeeds j George R. Wallace, Morehead City, who resigned. The board accepted the resigna tion of George Huntley Jr. from i the Beaufort school board. No one [ was appointed to fill Mr. Huntley’s j place. A letter from G. B. Talbot, chair- ; man of the Beaufort school board, j citing the needs of Beaufort rela tive to classrooms for 1962-63, was : read. A report of the cpnference be- j tween Morehead City and Newport) representatives, relative to school | consolidation, was given. The re port indicated that progress is be- j ing made on the project. Sick leave for C. S. Long, voea- j tional agriculture instructor at Newport school, was extended. The following calendar for 1962 See EDUCATION, Page 7 Dr. S.W. Hatcher Speaks to Club Dr. S. W. Hatcher, president of the Greater Morehead City cham ber of commerce, was the guest of program chairman Glenn Adair at the Beaufort Rotary club meeting Tuesday night. The club met at Surfside restaurant. * Dr. Hatcher gave a review of the past activities of the chamber which have benefited Beaufort. He mentioned that about 45 per cent of employees of the county’s three major industries (the state port, Fry Roofing Co., and Morehead City Garment Co.) come from east of Newport river. The All-Seashore Highway and the Ocracoke ferry were discussed by the chamber president, who also listed future plans of the chamber. He said that the board of directors will meet in Beaufort in March and invited Rotarians to the member ship meeting Feb. 22. Visiting Rotarians were Thomas Noe, Bud Dixon and Jack Roberts of Morehead' City. Holden Ballou will be program chairman next week. Four Boards Will Meet March 21 Carteret and Onslow county com missioners and members of Onslow and Carteret boards of education will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, at Swansboro school to discuss school problems of mutual interest. The meeting was called at the request of Onslow commissioners. Date of the conference was set Monday afternoon while Carteret commissioners were in session at the courthouse. Carteret children in the western part of the county attend Swans boro school and Onslow has con tended, in the past,, that Carteret should pay Onslow for taking care of those students. When Carteret proposes that it build a school to take care of the students, the Car teret folks whose children go to Swansboro, say they don’t want that, they want their children to continue going to Swansboro. Carteret contends that Swans boro school benefits by having the Carteret children, in that the high er attendance qualifies the school for a larger faculty. Federal Government Would Pay Part of Cost Army engineers have approved a million dollar plan for restoring the shoreline at Fort Macon state park and the beach are*a between the state park and Ocean Ridge on Bogue Banktf. The federal government would bear a portion of the cost of restoration. The report on work needed to rebuild the shore has been forwarded by’ Brig. Gen. H. A. Morris, USA, di vision engineer, Atlanta, to the Beach Erosion board, Washington, D. C., where the report will be reviewed. Army engineers have broken down the project in two parts, “A” referring to the state-owned Fort Macon state park, and ‘‘B,” deal ing with the area running west from the park. The total cost of both projects would be $971,000 of which the federal government would pay $200,900, plus $7,300 withheld for “federal post-authori zation costs,” plus $6,000 annually for 10 years for “beach nourish ment.” The report does not define “beach nourishment” but this prob ably means replenishment of sand, if necessary, and planting of vege tation. The report states, “Private re sorts, public recreational facilities, and historic Fort Macon are in serious jeopardy because of the receding shoreline. The erosion of the shoreline also hinders fur ther development of this recrea tional area.” At Fort Macon, Army engineers propose construction of a groin, a stone revetment and a stone wall. The beach should be built up to 8 feet above mean low water and a width of 100 feet, according to the report. Cost of the work is estimated at $583,100, of which the federal government would pay $189,600, or one-third. The sttae wall would go at Fort Macon point and the groin wo*W be 1,670 feet long from Fort Macon point seaward, paralleling Beau fort inlet channel. Annual main tenance cost on this work is esti mated at $148,900. On the Fort Macon project, “lo cal interests,” presumably the state, would pay two-thirds of the cost and the federal government the remainder. On the other area to the west, the federal government would pay 3.7 per cent of the cost of restor ing the beach. The 20,300 feet of shoreline would be restored to the same dimensions as the Fort Macon beach. Cost of the project is estimated at $388,000. The fed eral government would pay $11,300 and $3,600 annually for ten years for beach nourishment. If the government assists with the rebuilding, Fort Macon must remain in the hands of the state of North Carolina and continue to be available for public use and the rest of the beach area to Ocean Ridge must remain open to the public. Those cooperating with the fed eral government must assure Army engineers that beach nour ishment projects will be carried out annually and that water pollu tion will be controlled. It is assumed that the Beach Erosion board at Washington will approve the proposals, but if it does not, announcement of that fact will be made. Persons interested in the project may offer Written views, if they consist of new information on the beach rebuilding. These views may be mailed to The Beach Erosion Board, Washington 16, D. C., and must arrive there by March 5. Six Convicted In Hunting Cases Six county men were recently convicted of violation of hunting regulations, according to Reuben Crumpton, county game protector. The defendants, charges and pen alties, are as follows: John F. Tay lor and Milton Taylor, both of Sea Level, were tried before the US commissioner, New Bern, on charges of taking and possessing duck during the closed season. John was fined $75 and Milton $50. Appearing before justices of the peace were Ewell Taylor, Sea Level, charged with hunting quail with an unplugged gun, $17 fine; Lionel Gilgo, Atlantic, hunting doves without a license, $10 fine, suspended upon payment of costs and purchase of a license. Grover Cleveland Conway, Beau fort, and Melvin O’Neal Garner, Havelock, charged with hunting without a license, (10 fines, sus pended on payment of hosts and purchase of a license. __________________ .. ' ' -.—* Town Board Names Streets Monday Night • Advisory Committee Meets Last Night • Debt Service Funds To Earn Interest Beaufort town commissioners named a street and re-named a street Monday night at the board meeting in the town hall. The street by the cemetery was given a name, Yaupon Street, and Hammock Street, where Gerald Woolard recently purchased some lots, was re-named Elm street, to avoid confusion with Hammock House lane, on which the historic Hammock house is located. Commissioner Frank Morning re ported that the Scout building trus tees are functioning, but unless they can locate some money to repair the Scout building and keep it operating, things look bleak for continuing use of the Scout build ing. Last night was set as the meet ing date for “the • Citizens Advisory ”' » committee on urban renewal. May or W. H. Potter said the town must act on urban renewal plans by Jan. 1, 1963. The commissioners ordered transfer of the former community center property at Lennoxville from the Beaufort Ceipetery asso ciation (a town organization) to the Town of Beaufort. Mayor Potter reported that he appeared before county commis sioners Monday and again request ed that the county pay the money it owes the town (more than $4,000) for feeding prisoners some years ago. The mayor said the county has agreed to pay the funds out of “surplus” but claims it never has any surplus. He said the county auditor, J. D. Potter, said the item See BOARD, Page 7 Drivers Cited After Collision Two drivers were cited as a re sult of a three-car accident at 6:15 p.m. Monday on highway 70 just east of Newport. State trooper R. H.' Brown investigated. The cars involved were a 1950 Ford, driven by Dennis Lee Single ton, route 4 New Bern; a 1960 Chevrolet, driven by Frederick Roy McDaniel of Cherry Point; and a 1962 Ford driven by Fennell Ned Darcy of Cherry Point. The trooper said the 1950 Ford pulled out of a service station and headed west towards Newport. It had gone about 100 feet when the Chevrolet came around a curve and over a hill, also headed west, was unable to stop and hit the right rear of the Ford. The Ford was knocked several hundred feet. As the two cars collided the Chevrolet swung around and was hit in the front by the 1962 Ford, which had been following it. No one was Injured. Damage to Singleton’s car was estimated at $200, to McDaniel’s at $600 and to Darcy’s at $730. McDaniel and Darcy were charged with reckless driving. Beaufort Started War On Rats Last Month Beaufort has been fighting rats it the town dump since the first )f January, reports Ronald Earl Mason, town clerk. An editorial in Tuesday’s NEWS OMES recommended that owns of Beaufort and _ 3ty deplete the rat population jutting out poison at the dumps. Since January, the rat box* lave been baited at Beaufort’ lump. Mr. Mason also comment id that the dump has been arther north off the oad during the past year r from a