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{ / ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES » 51st YEAR, NO. 14. TWO SECTIONS—14 PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1962 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS -: . - - - —- . Highway Commissioner Bell Comments on Bridge Issue 1 Jaycees Invite Regional Group To Morehead Morehead City Jaycees have in vited the Southeast regional Jay cees to meet in Morehead City March 31 and April 1, and have appointed Charles Grant chairman of the event. I Announcement of the bid for the meeting was made at the Jaycee meeting Monday night at the Blue Ribbon restaurant. State Jaycee director Russell Outlaw reported that 10 Morehead City Jayeees attended the quarter ly board meeting last weekend at Rocky Mount. In addition to extending the in vitation for the Southeast regional meeting, the following was decided at the Rocky Mount meeting: 1. Boys Home will sponsor an All-Star Football Game at East Carolina College for east Carolina high school seniors. Jaycees will sell tickets. 2. March 3, 1963 is Ja< cee Day at the state legislature a id all Jay cees are invited. 3. The state organization adopted as a project the sale of seat belts. This will be a state project from March 15 to April 15, 1962. 4. The names for the Jaycee di rectory must be in by March 15, 1962 and the new officers by April 1, 1962. There will be more than 70 contestants for the Miss North Carolina pageant this year. 5. Philco Corporation will help the local Jaycee units sponsor a beauty pageant by making a fi nancial contribution. 6. John McNair and Henry White sides announced their candidacy for state Jaycee presidency for 1962-63. John Wagner, chairman of the citizenship committee, gave a talk on communism. He will give this talk to any civic or school group lhat would like td‘hear hilft. ' ’ Police Report Two Accidents Morehead City police investi gated two accidents this week, one at 24th and Evans and the other at Freeman Wholesale Co. Willie Clyde Lupton, Elizabeth City, was charged with failing to stop at a stop sign following a col lision at 4:45 p.m. Monday. Ac cording to Sgt. E. D. O’Neal, who investigated, Lupton was going east on Evans, started to stop at the stop sign, but his foot slipped off the brake. He collided with a 1956 Nash driven by Don Willis, Harkers Island. Willis was coming off the beach bridge into Morehead City. Damage to Lupton’s car was esti mated at $350 and to the Nash $250. A Plymouth driven by M. E. Ap plewhite, Conway, S. C., was pull ing away from Freeman Wholesale warehouse at 3:55 p.m. Wednes day when the door of a truck, park ed at the warehouse, swung open and hit the right rear door of the car, causing $15 damage. The track was owned by the Freeman firm and driven by Rich ard P. Jolliff Sr., 402 Macon Ct., Morehead City. Patrolman Bruce A. Conway investigated. Chairman Says Convention Open to All Who Will Go 4 Chamber Will Display Booth On exhibit at the greater More head City chamber of commerce meeting at the Morehead City school auditorium Thursday night will be the exhibition booth used at Charlotte and Cincinnati travel shows to promote this county. Ben Alford, chairman of the ad vertising committee, will report on plans for the $14,000 advertising budget for the coming year. Wayne Cnrpening, Winston-Sa lem, vice-president of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., and active in industrial development of western Carolina, will be the speaker. “What is good for this county is good for you and your business,” chamber members to bring friends to the meeting. “Better planning will bring more new business, new industry, new vacationers and retired families in • D. G. Bell, Morehead City, state highway commissioner, said yes terday that he was "encouraged” by the top level meeting Wednes day at Raleigh among representa tives of agencies involved in the bridge location at Morehead City. "That is something I have been working toward for a long time,” Mr. Bell said. He remarked that it was important that the governor, ports officials, the railroad and certain highway authorities “get together so they could look at some facts.” Mr. Bell, who was scheduled to attend the meeting was not able to do so because of business rea sons. ' Present were Merrill Evans, chairman of the State Highway commission; Bill Babcock, state highway director; Cam Lee, chief highway engineer; James Lacy, di vision engineer with the US Bureau of Public Roads; representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers and Dr. John Morris, Morehead City. Dr. Morris, who had originally planned to go to the meeting with commissioner Bell, is a member of the Morehead City ports ad visory commission, a municipal agency. Commissioner Bell and Morehead City municipal officials favor lo cation of the proposed new bridge across Marsh island, ’about 1,200 feet north of the location proposed by the state highway department. While governor Sanford express ed the opinion Wednesday that a decision on the bridge could be made “in a week or two,” com missioner Bell said that a decision on the bridge is “possible at the highway commission’s meeting March 1, but highly improbable.” He said that some studies have to be made by the highway de 50-Foot Whale Stranded On Shoal at Cape Lookout Ministers Plan Coining Events Members of the Carteret Minis terial association planned observ ance of One Great Hour of Sharing for Sunday, April 1, when they met Monday morning at the Webb civic center, Morehead City. In addition to an offering in the churches, there will be a drive to collect winter clothing for ship ment overseas. It has been pro posed that summer clothing also be collected to supply migrant farm laborers who will come to the county this year. The Rev. Robert Wood and the Rev. Ralph Fleming Jr. reported that the Conference of Christian Social Concerns of the Methodist church has earmarked $250 for use in buying medicine for migrant laborers in the county in 1963. The Easter sunrise service at Fort Macon was discussed. The service will be sponsored by the ministerial association. The Rev. C. Edward Sharp con ducted the program, a discussion of the Catholic faith. The town of Beaufort has issued its second news letter, inviting peo ple to clean vacant lots and visit the library, which the town has re cently repaired and provided heat ing plants for. As many as wish, not only dele gates, may attend the Republican district convention at Kenansville Wednesday, Feb. 28, according to I. D. Gillikin, chairman of the county Republican executive com mittee. Delegates nominated to the dis trict and state convention Satur day night include Neal Cagle, Broad Creek, and not Neal Camp en, Beaufort RFD, as reported Tuesday. Mr. Campcn says he’s been a Democrat all .his life. He’s also one of the Democrat repre sentatives on the county elections board. Other delegates: Osborne Davis, Clifford Tilgb man, John Miller, Mr. Gillikin, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hardesty, Mrs. Clifford Tilghman and Mrs. C. R. Wheatly, all of Beaufort. John Wpgner, Ashton Willis Sr.,' Thomas Bennett, Josiah Bailey, Jimmy Howland, all of Morehead City; Mrs.' Maurice Richardson and Jb&lsrJi JSSftgfdBttr and Mrs Turner, Jesse Piner, Elmo Wade, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dewey Willis, Wil liston; Bob Reed and Shelby Free man, Atlantic Beach; and Luther Smith. Atlantic. ___ partment and facts ascertained that cannot be gotten together in a few days. “Tbe state port, the state-owned railroad leased by Southern and the development of this area have to be considered in the location of the bridge,” commissioner Bell said. “Heretofore, nothing has been considered but the highway angle.” After Wednesday’s meeting, gov ernor Sanford said he had request ed additional information and addi tional engineering investigation and is placing ‘‘as the primary consid eration the long range interest of the state.” The highway commission of the Hodges administration said the bridge should go 60 feet north of the present railroad bridge, which parallels the highway bridge. The highway commission of the San ford administration voted to re consider location, but there were indications recently that the bridge would go where the Hodges group said it would. Eastern Carolina newspaper edi tors, as well as editors and leaders of the Piedmont section, which is affected by port business, have been outspoken in their support of a bridge that would be located far enough north to provide more berths for ocean ships. After one more berth is built on the present state ports property, there will be no more space for berths there. But this is termed by some a minor consideration as compared to the fact that to locate the new bridge in approximately the same location as the present one chan nels highway traffic through switching yards of Southern rail way, thus congesting the port area with both railroad and highway traffic. ► A 50-foot whale has run aground at Cape Lookout and marine sci-. enti&U, of this area .went to fpqk at it yesterday afternoon to see whether it could be returned to deep water. The whale, according to chief Reginald Lewis of Cape Lookout lifeboat station, apparently got stranded on a shoal known local ly as Catfish Point. It’s about 150 yards north of the Coast Guard docks in the bight. The chief said Catfish Point is sometimes under water and sometimes above. The whale was spotted by the station’s boat crew who were making the daily trip to Harkers Island yesterday morning. The Coast Guard has made no at tempt to get the whale back in the water. That’s a civilian job, chief Lewis said, but the Coast Guard would give any help it could, if requested. He said the whale has tried to get back in the water and was still thrashing around quite a bit yesterday morning. The chief said he was unable to tell what species of whale it is. Mrs. Salter Announces Fund Drive Chairmen Mrs. Hugh Salter, community leader for the Heart fund drive in Beaufort, has announced the com mittee chairmen who will serve with her during the drive this month. Mrs. Tommy Stanley is chairman of advance giving. Mrs. George. Snooks and Mrs. Edmond Nelson will supervise businesses, Mrs. An nie Dixon is Heart Sunday chair man and Mrs. T. H. Potter and Hm. Sammy Merrill are in charge of special events. Persons who would like to mail their contributions may send them to Mrs. Salter or any of the chair men named above. Five Participate in Contest Taking part in the American Legion oratorical contest at More head City school Tuesday were John Mark Lee, left, Borden Wallace, both freshmen; Anne Marie Lewis, Ben Webb and BUI Faby, all Juniors. Anne Marie Lewis, a junior, :922},Legion qrator ical comes^W^a in caSP1^ Morehead City school Tuesday. She also received a silver medal. Topic of her talk was The Evolu tion of the Concept of People’s Bightg as Snfrfiiaftd in thfl Con* A. P. McKnight Dies Wednesday § Suffers Heart Attack While Hunting • Funeral Set for 3 Saturday Afternoon Andrew Patrick McKnight, More head City, was dead on arrival at Morehead City hospital Wednesday morning after suffering a heart attack while hunting. Mr. Mc Knight, 59, was with Dr. Berl Lew is and J. C. Sherrill in the woods a short distance from highway 70-A at Camp Glenn. When he became ill, one of his companions remained with him while the other went to a telephone i and called an ambulance. He was given oxygen en route to the hos pital but died on the way. The funeral service will be con ducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Bcll-Mundcn funeral chapel, More head City. The Rev. Corbin Coop er, pastor of the First Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Bayview cemetery, with Ma sonic rites. Mr. McKnight was a member of First Baptist church, Sudan j Temple in New Bern, Morehead j City Masonic lodge and Woodmen j of the World, He retired from' military service in 1939 and from his civil service job in 1958, be cause of physical disability. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Wade McKnight; four daughters, Mrs. J. D. Springle, Germany; Mrs. W. R. Sammons, Westover, Mass.; Mrs. Johnny Mc Bride, Wake Forest, and Polly Ann of the home; one son, Tarver E., Lake Worth, Fla. Three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Cheeks and Mrs. C. A. Netherland, Augus ta, Ga., Mrs. A. W. Adams, Nor folk, Va.; three brothers, Raymond R., California, B. F., Augusta, and T. R., Charleston, S. C., and 18 grandchildren. By R. M. WILLIAMS County Agricultural Agent Neal Campen, north of Beaufort, began planting irish potatoes Mon day. So far as our records show, these are the first irish potatoes to be planted here for this year’s spring crop. North Carolina, the third largest late spring potato producing state, reports intentions of planting 15,300 acres of potatoes. This is 12 per cent below last year’s acreage of 17,300. Of this acreage, eight northeast ern counties, Carteret, Pamlico, Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Pasquo tank, Camden, and Currituck are planting 11,900 acres as compared with 13,500 last year. The other 3,400 acres are being planted throughout the other coastal coun ties. The reduced acreage is govern ed by the acreage planted in the early-producing states farther south and the carry-over of pota toes from last year’s crop. Coast Guard Tows Trawler to Beaufort The trawler, Novelda, owned by Clayton Fulcher Jr., Atlantic, was towed to Beaufort Monday by Tort Macon Coast Guardsmen after it experienced engine trouble 20 miles south of the sea buoy at Beaufort inlet. Captain of the trawler was Ru-! dolph M. Salter. Aboard the 40 footer making the assist were Ern est L. Styron, BM1; William O. Grainger, BM3; Frederick Hurst, EN2, and Lenton Lewis, seaman. stitution of tne United States. Placing second and winning $10 on The Communist Threat. Oth er participants in the contest, who won bronze medals, were SwteP Wallace, Sill fahy and _ Edgar Hibbs, Newport, Files For County Sheriff's Office -t Scouts Advance In Rank Sunday At Honor Court Gordy Eure, troop 130, Morehead City, achieved the rank of Life Scout Sunday at the Boy Scout court of honor in the Faith Free Will Baptist church, Morehead City. The award was presented by Ethan Davis Jr. To Joseph A. Trigleth, troop 446, sponsored by the Methodist church, Bogue, went the rank of Star Scout. The presentation was made by Dr. S. W. Hatcher. Edmond T. Nelson presented first class Scout ratings to the fol-1 lowing: Paul Culliford, Gary Mann, troop 61 Newport; Tommy Guiton, troop 283, Morehead City; Bruce Free, i troop 334, Morehead City; Charles Adams, troop 446; Kenney Lewis, troop 449, Smyrna. Second class scouts: Bill Lewis, Ronnie Smith, Craig Talbot. Ron ald Mason, Edmond T. Nelson, Hudson Guthrie, David Springle, troop 51, Beaufort. Steven Jones, Charles Lawrence, George Nelson, David Lawrence, Nicky Lewis, Jonathan W. Willis, troop 75, Harkers Island. Mike Salter, troop 130; Thomas Hill, troop 228, Marshallberg; Fred die Beaver, troop 283; Joe Rose, Glenn Shivar, Bruce Free, troop 334. William H. Trigleth, Richard D. Stewart, Kenneth Dawson, Michael W. LaCroix, troop 446, and Gerald Hunnycut, Gary Brock, troop 449. Second class awards were pre sented by C. W. Rcnfrow. Gordon C. Willis presented merit badges to the following: Hudson Guthrie, troop 51; Rich ard C. Reim, Kenneth Mann, Lewis E. Cutler, Paul Culliford. Tony CMWersyinop tR*-"' * f* ” • - W. B. Chalk Jr., Gordy Eure, troop 130; Tommy Guiton, Randy Talton, troop 283. Joseph A. Trigleth, Lynnuel Trigleth, Walter Trigleth, troop 446, and James Simpson, troop 472. 22 Ships Call During Month Twenty-two ships called during January at the state port at More head City. According to the monthly report on port activity by the greater Morehead City chamber of com merce, January shipments were a little slow in some categories, but bulk liquid commodities some what filled the gap, bringing total tonnage up to par: Normal first-of-the-year “getting back to work” delays show espe cially in tobacco. February ship ments could easily balance this commodity with large shipments moving to the Mediterranean. Small shipments of tea, kapok (import) and lithium (export) were among the “unusual” items for January. Military tonnage amount ed to 14,711 tons, totaling 11 ships. Payrolls generated through your port, the chamber reveals, came to $141,801, not including military tonnages. Funds Requested The Department of Defense has asked Congress to appropriate $562,000 for Cherry Point Marine air base for the year starting July 1. The funds would be used for training, maintenance, administra tive facilities and troop housing. Ben Webb. The judges were Floyd Chad 1Hihwrtfti7i and Robert Reed. The contest is sponsored an nually by American Legion Post . No. 46, Morehead City. < Newport Democral Is First in Race Edgar Hibbs, Newport, filed Tuesday for the office of sheriff. Mr. Hibbs thus became the first to file for any county office this year. He is a Democrat. Candidates for the November election will be selected at primaries in May. Deadline for filing is Friday, April is, announces canaries c. wuus, \ chairman of the county board of elections. Mr. Hibbs announced some time ago that he intended to run for sheriff. A native of Newport, he was graduated from Newport high school in 1939. He joined the Army Air Force in July 1942 and was discharged with the rating of tech nical sergeant in April 1946. He opened Hibbs Soda shop when he returned to civilian life, and in 1952 expanded into the furniture business at Newport. Mr. Ilibbs married the former Betty Garner April 11, 1942. They have a son, Rocky, 7. The office-seeker served one term as Newport town commis sioner and one term as mayor. He is a member of St. James I Methodist church, Newport Ma- | sonic lodge and York Rite, New Bern; charter member of the New port Rotary club, a past president and past secretary of the club, and member of the Newport American Legion post. Forest Ranger Puts Out Fires Two fires were brought under control by the county forest ranger, E. M. Foreman, Wednesday after noon. Sixty acres of marshland caught fire {nun » blaze stalled by some one burning trash. The fire oc curred in the North River section. Three acres of marketable tim ber burned in the Core Creek sec tion. The timber was owned by the International Paper Co. That fire spread from a person burning ! off grass in a garden plot, Mr. | Foreman said. I He reminds people that those j who intend to burn off fields must I have permits to do so, unless they | do the burning between 4 p.m. and Blanks Ready For Candidates Candidates who wish to run for nomination in the primaries Sat urday, May 26, may get filing blanks from Charles C. Willis, Morchead City, chairman of the county board of elections. A filing fee must be paid at the time an office-seeker files. Filing fee for county commissioner is $10; for slleriff, clerk of court and register of deeds, $40 plus 1 per cent of the office income over $4,000; for general assembly $18; for township constable or any jus tice of the peace office, $10 plus 1 per cent of the office income over $1,000. For county offices (other than' those mentioned) that may be in whole or part supported by fees, (he filing fee is $20 plus 1 per cent of the income above $2,000. For further information on filing or fees, prospective candidates may check with Mr. Willis at Hill’s men’s store, Morehead City, or re fer to general statute 163-120. David Freshwater Named Lieutenant In National Guard The appointment of David Hales Freshwater as a first lieutenant in the North Carolina Army National j Guard, has been announced by ; governor Sanford. Lieutenant Freshwater was born j in Morehead City where he pres- : ently lives with his wife and daugh- 1 ter at 2008 Shepard St. Lieutenant Freshwater graduated from the University of North Caro lina in Chapel Hill in 1956 and re ceived his doctor of dental surgery degree from that university in 1960. Lieutenant Freshwater’s assign ment in the North Carolina Army National Guard is with the 205th Medical Detachment, Raleigh. Firemen Called * Morehead City firemen were call ed about 3 p.m. Wednesday to put Club road between the T. C. Bass and Elvin Franks homes. No dam age was reported to either resi dence. _ _ Edgar Hibbs . . . hat’s in ring Salvors Check Potomac's Hull Salvors of the tanker Potomac and Cdr. T. R Bacheler, of the Bureau of Ships, USN, were in town this week to confer on the procedure of salvaging the Poto mac. Merritt Chapman and Scott have received the contract for getting the T-5 tanker, a charred steel hulk, out of Morehead City harbor. | The tanker burned Sept. 26, 1961. The' salvage tug, Cable, left [ Morehead City Wednesday and Capt. T. F. Peterson, who will be supervising salvage operations, left yesterday with commander Bache ler. Captain Peterson said that the Potomac will be raised and taken out but he wouldn’t know when the work would begin until after he conferred with his office in New York Monday. The underwater portion of the Potomac was surveyed by closed circuit television Tuesday, a diver using an underwater camera and the picture being televised to cap tain Peterson and commander Bacheler on a ship above. Choral Club Concert Will Begin at 8 P.M. Monday By ANNE CLYDE HAMILTON The County Choral club will pre sent its first concert of 1962 at 8 p.m. Monday. The club plans to operate on a nine-month schedule; of weekly rehearsals and three an nual concerts. This first one will be followed by a sacred oratorio on Good Fri day, name and place of perform ance to be announced later. This will be the last, program for the current school year, with the club recessing for the summer months. Beginning in September, rehears als will start on a Christmas per formance, probably The Messiah, an Easter oratorio, and a late spring show. The director, Mrs. Charles Hassell, says that a three concert schedule is a year-round job for anyone. The February con cert, this year, will take the place of the spring show as planned in the future schedule. “We did not organize in time to give a Christmas performance so this mid-winter concert is about half way in our three-month re hearsal period. We are not using elaborate scenery or costumes, al though our program is as varied and entertaining as any we have done,” Mrs. Hassell said. We will have to save that kind Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Feb. 16 6.16 a.m. 12:35 a.m. • 6:45 p.m. . Saturday, Feb. 17 7:02 a.m. 12:45 a.m. 7:29 p.m . 1:20 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18 7:42 a.m. 1:30 a.m. 8:08 p.pi 2:02 p.m. Monday, Feb. It s oil a m .2:12 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28 8:57 a.m. 2:52 a.m. 9:23 ff.m. 3:18 pjn. County Will Be Represented At 70 Meeting Mrs. Clayton Fulcher Jr., At lantic, acting president of the North Carolina US Highway 70 as sociation, will be among the speak ers this weekend at the associa tion’s meeting in Durham. The session opens this afternoon at the Jack Tar hotel. Attending the meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Fulcher will be Mr. and Mrs. J. A. DuBois, Morehead City. Mr. DuBois will give a report from the by-laws and constitution committee at the Saturday morn ing session. Anyone who operates a business establishment along highway 70 is invited to the meeting. Present will be Fred Patton, Santa Fe, N. M., who has been named head of promotion for the Highway 70 association; Jack Di Paolo, Ruidoso, N. M., president of the association; Lynn Nisbet, president of the North Carolina Travel council; Duck Lewis, for mer vice-president of the North Carolina Motel association, and Harvey Rape, president of the North Carolina Restaurant associa tion. Election of officers and directors, adoption of highway 70 maps, and reports on national advertising will be among the business items to be handled. Thomas Respess Heads Community Theatre Group Thomks Respess was elected i president of the Carteret Commun ity theatre at the meeting Wednes day night at the Webb civic center, Morehead City. Other officers are Jean Holt, vice-president; Julia Herndon, sec retary; Lillian F. Giddens, treas urer; Ruth Peeling, business man ager, and Trcssa Vickers, assist ant business manager. The new officers will take over the first of march. Mr. Respess succeeds Mrs. Vickers as presi dent. The club decided tp present best actor, actress, director and service awards at the annual banquet, the date yet to be set. Mr. Respess presided in the absence of the president. of job for the late spring shows | in order to have access to a large auditorium after schools close. It is impossible to stage musical com edy or song and dance revues with out at least two weeks final work in the place it will be produced. “However, there is a great deal that can be done to add color and dramatic effect to any perform ance through the use of lighting, sound and stage arrangement. Stage techniques can produce il lusions that are quite as satisfying to the audience as very elaborate sets and costumes.’’ Well-known local soloists will be heard in various numbers in Mon day's concert. Barbara Harris Davis, Beaufort soprano, was orig inally scheduled to appear as the only featured artist. This number has been postponed until a later concert. Sirs. Davis has not been presented in formal concert here since her return from several years’ study in -Germany. The Choral Club hopes to spon sor such an appearance in the near future. She will, however, • sing with the chorus in this con cert and will do the dramatic solo “lead” in “Go Down Moses.” “I do not want to spoil audience surprise by giving away too much of the show,” says Mrs. Hassell. “But I must tell everyone that they can look forward to some new and exciting voice discoveries. We have a mezzo-soprano and a bass who will certainly preate a sensa tion. “They are Mrs. Billy Jean Guth rie, Morehead City, and Ralph Lowrimore, Davis. Although they are active vocalists in their com munities, we do not believe they have been heard by a large audi ence in this kind of production. Personally, 1 have never heard two amateur voices with more quality, power and natural beauty. •> vUU* 'nmk&umn* excited and thrilled as the mem 'bers uf the dub are about our new