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51st YEAR, NO. 29. TWENTY-TWO PAGES THREE SECTIONS
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA . TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1962
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Education Audience Registers
Desire for More School Tax
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Ice Cream
Trucks Banned
From Streets
t Newport Sets Budget,
$1.20 Tax Rate
• Board Hears Routine
Reports Tuesday ’Night
Ice cream trucks are prohibited
by ordinance to peddle ice cream
products on the public streets,
sidewalks and alleys of Newport.
The hoard adopted an ordinance
Tuesday night at the town hall
which docs not, however, ban the
sale of such products from door
to door, or in any other manner,
as long as no sale or delivery is
made on public property.
The ordinance was adopted in
the interest of public safety “and
particularly the safety of children
and in the interest of the general
welfare,” according to the word
ing of the ordinance.
Several children going to or
from ice cream vendor trucks have
been struck by automobiles in this
county. Many motorists have re
ported "near misses.”
To break up the gathering of
boisterous men on weekend nights
in the vicinity of the Texaco serv
ice station, the board authorized
the police chief, Dan Bell, to work
after midnight, and reduced his
daytime hours of duty.
Town commissioners were told
that boys, “from 12 to 60” gather
under the bright lights on week
ends, smash bottles, yell, fight,
curse and carry on until the wee
hours of the morning.
Police commissioner Raymond
Edwards said he would work with
the chief to try to restore peace
to the neighborhood.
Commissioner Edwards also
warns dog owners that this is the
month of “dog round-up.” Cards
have been mailed to dog owners
reminding them of the law. Un
tagged dogs and dogs known to be
strays will be dealt with as provid
ed by law, ho said.
Mayor Mann proposed a budget
of $25,113 for the coming fiscal
year, an increase of about $4,000
over the current years budget, the
budget was approved and the tax
rate tentatively set at $1.20 per
See BOARD, Page 2
Republicans Nominate Candidates
BopnKllrans nominated party
members for county office at their
coavontion at the courthouse, Beau*
fort, Saturday night.
Nominated for sheriff were El
mer Dewey Willis, Williston; A. B.
(Tain) Garner, Newport, and Mer
edfth Gillikin, Otway.
For clerk of superior court, Shel
by Freeman, Atlantic Beach; for
the legislature, T. S. Bennett,
Morchead City; for register of
deeds, John MUler, Beaufort, and
Mrs. Ruth T. Richardson, More
head City.
For coroner, Dr. M. T. Lewis,
Beaufort; for county commission
er, Ray Gordon Lewis, Gordon
i A proposal by Billy K. Corey,'
Morehead City, that the county re
tain its $1.75 tax rate and put 95
cents in schools during the coming
year met with loud applause Fri
day night at the education rally
at Camp Glenn school.
(The county board has proposed
a tax reduction of 15 cents, to
$1.60, with 80 cents of that going
to the school program.)
The rally was a follow-up to the
visit of Gov. Terry Sanford last
week, who is stumping the state
in behalf of his “quality educa
tion” program.
W. R. Hamilton, county chair
man of the citizens for better
schools committee, presided. W. H.
Potter, Beaufort, a member ^f^the
for better schools, summed up the
program at its conclusion.
After introductory remarks,
members of the audience directed
questions to county officials, state
legislators, and school officials.
A summary of the questions and
answers:
Mrs. C. R. Wbeatly Jr., Beau
fort: How many teachers docs the
county have?
H. L. Joslyn, county superinten
dent of schools: 238.
Mrs. Wheatly: How many do not
have grade A certificates?
Mr. Joslyn: About 20.
Mrs. Wheatly: How long are we
going to continue letting teachers
teach without proper certification?
Mr. Joslyn: Our teachers who
do not have A certificates are
working toward them and we do
not drop them as long as they’re
doing that.
Dr. Raymond Stone, executive
secretary of the state Citizens
Committee for Better Schools:
There’s a shortage of teachers. If
we’re going to have teachers at all,
we’re going to have some with B
certificates. Those who have A
certificates are attracted to the
larger cities where their pay is
supplemented by those cities . . .
Qualified teachers who have reach
ed age 65 are not forced to retire.
They can usually continue if they
wish.
Mr.. Joslyn: This year in our
school system, four teachers reach
ed the age of 65. All were approv
ed, by their local school boards,
to continue teaching and the coun
ty board of education approved the
local boards’ recommendations.
Dr. I. E. Ready, of the state de
partment of public instruction: The
only difference between an A and
B certificate is that the B certifi
cate holder did not do practice
teaching.
Mrs. M. E. McNiel, Mitchell Vil
lage: If a person teaches on a B
certificate, he’s doing it because
he loves to; not because he’s mak
ing any money at it. (Applause.)
See RALLY, Page 3
Hardesty, and Clifford Tilghman,
Beaufort; Kenneth Wagner, Jim
Hux, and Gerald Murdoch, More
head City; and Headen Willis,
Smyrna.
The convention also went on rec
ord endorsing any other Repub
lican who may. file for office. The
deadline is Friday.
In accepting the nomination for
register of deeds, Mrs. Richardson
said she is running because she is
an American. “Patriotism means
something to me, and it means a
two-party system. I’m an old
time school teacher and I’m main
ly concerned about our education
system and the hospital.”
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Ferry Landing Under Construction
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Under construction at Emerald Isle is the landing for the ferry which will ply Bogue sound between
Cape Carteret and Emerald Isle. The ferry is scheduled to start runs May 1, according to W. B. McLean,
Emerald Isle.
Newport Board Ups Pace
To Find Community Doctor
Grand Jury Lands Hard
On Schools, Airport
The schools and the airport were*'
the principal objects of attention
of the grand jury last week.
Aside from the usual recommen
dations for repairs and renovation
to schools, the grand jury urged
that highway pajtrolmen be assign
ed to patrol certain areas and roads
during the weekend ih the eastern
portion of the county to cut down
on accidents and fatalities.
Areas mentioned in tlje recom
mendation were North River to
Cedar Island, with special atten
tion to Harkers Island, the Hark
ers Island road, MarshaUberg and
all commuiiities cast of and in
cluding the Smyrna school area.
On the airport, the grand jury
noted that the airport’s general
condition was in need of grounds
keeping, new window glass, a big
See GRAND JURY, Page 3
Mrs. Richardson is believed to
be tbe first woman ever to run for
office in the county.
Mr. Miller said he was “honored
to be the first candidate to be op
posed by a lady.”
Mr. Freeman, accepting his nom
ination as clerk of superior court,
charged that the "plight in which
we find our county government lies
with the incumbent.” He said that
the clerk appoints men to the coun
ty board of commissioners, adding,
“the only way to get things
straightened out is to unseat this
man.”
He said this would be hard to do
because his Democratic opponent
Air Station Gets
$180,000 Unit
The Cherry Point Marine Air
Station will get a new ground
air . transmitter and receiver
sometime in the near future, an
nounces Congressman David Hen
derson. The Air Force, which
will operate the transmitter-re
ceiver, has authorized the Army
Corps of Engineers to begin con
struction.
According to congressman Hen
derson, a total of $180,000 is in
the process of being released to
the Corps of Engineers for the
project. Advertising for bids for
the contract is expected soon.*,
Congressman Henderson re
vealed the news of the transmit
ter to THE NEWS-TIMES by
telegram Friday.
“has been campaigning for 14 years
at taxpayers’ expense.”
Nr. Freeman said that if he
were a Democrat, he would be
ashamed to let it be known, “and
that applies from the local level to
the national,” he declared.
The candidate, who operates an
ocean pier, said that he has sur
vived several hurricanes “and I
believe I can survive the big wind
of the Democrats.” *
Mr. Gillikin, sheriff aspirant,
said he’d like to see a two-party
system and requested support of
his party members.
Mr. Wagner, county commission
er candidate, said be didn’t like
The Newport town board threw
its weight Tuesday night behind
Rotary club efforts to obtain a doc
tor for the Newport area. The pro
ject, in progress for almost a year,
has the endorsement of Newport’s
present doctor, Manly Mason.
The board has agreed to donate
town-owned land for a medical
clinic building. It authorized the
mayor, Leon Mann, to appoint two
town representatives to work with
the Rotary club doctor-finding com
mittee.
On Wednesday, the day following
the town hoard meeting at the town
hall, mayor Leon Mann appointed
Wallace B. Hill and G. Durwood
Hill. Both, he said, are in business
in Newport and have expressed
“intense interest” in the project.
In a letter to Derryl Garner,
Newport Rotary club president,
mayor Mann, in addition to naming
the town’s representatives, said:
“Bob Montague I believe is your
chairman for this project and I
feel that all these people can work
together for a target date for com
pletion of a building.
“My own personal thought is
See SEARCH, Page 2
what’s going on in the county wel*
fare department. He said the
county spends more on welfare
than it docs on schools.
“The county proposes to reduce
the tax rate, but we’re already
ten years behind on schools. ^ I’m
for consolidation of as many
schools as possible and still keep
peace in the family."
He continued, “The county is a
$2‘/2 million business and we want
to put people in office who know
what to do with it.”
Mr. Murdoch told how he got “a
hundred names in dead wood off
See CONVENTION, Page 2'
Institute Director Injured
In Boat Explosion Monday
W. R. Hamilton,
D.G. Bell Will
Run for Office
D. G. Bell, Morehead City, and
William R. Hamilton, Beaufort,
announced their intention yester
day to file for the Democratic pri
mary.
Mr. Beil will seek re-election to
the ■legislature and Mr. Hamilton
to, the board of county commis
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Mr. Bell is now a member of the i
State Highway commission. When
he resigns from there, he said,
will depend on the chairman of
the commission and the governor.
His resignation is not required by
law until the legislature convens,
which would be February 1963.
Mr. Bell will be seeking his fifth
term in the general assembly.
“I believe I'm as well qualified
as anyone to represent the county,”
he said, “with the experience I’ve
had,” adding, “The governor and
my friends have requested that I
run.”
Mr. Bell said he expected to file
cither yesterday or today. He
said he would have had to resign
from the highway commission
eventually, because it is a fivc
day-a-week job and he has to de
vote some time to his business,
which he plans to rebuild. Mr.
Bell for years operated a gift shop
in Morehead City, which was burn
ed in December.
Mr. Hamilton is a member of
the Beaufort town board and owns
and manages Hamilton Furniture
Co., Beaufort. He is chairman of
the county better schools commit
tee and head of the Beaufort
Boosters association.
Mr. Hamilton said he expected
to file cither yesterday or today.
Clothes Stolen
From Laundry
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Thieves are now at work in self
service laundries, according to a
report from a housewife last week.
Mrs. Martha Willis, Beaufort, says
she has lost clothes three different
times.
Mrs. Willis said she has three
small children and sometimes it is
necessary for her to dry her clothes
in the laundromat. Sometimes it
is also necessary for her to leave
the laundromat.
She reported Thursday that some
one took several pairs of her chil
dren’s overalls and several sweat
ers from a dryer Wednesday aft
ernoon. Mrs. Willis lost children’s
underwear and diapers in January
and diapers, wash cloths and tow
els just before Christmas.
The thefts have been reported
to the owner of the laundromat,
she said, but he has posted a sign
in the building stating that he is
not responsible lor loss or theft.
The police have also been alerted,
Morehead Senior Band
To Give Concert Friday
The Morehead City high school
senior band will give its spring con
cert at 8 p.m. Friday in the school
auditorium.
Ralph Wade, director, announces'
that the public is invited. Admis
sion is free.
State Boat Cape Fear
Sinks in Thoroughfare
Dr. A. F. Chestnut
.. . suffers burns
Mayor to Confer
With Highway
Folks on Bypass
Mayor Leon Mann, Newport, was
authorized by the town fathers
Tuesday night to confer with the
State Highway commission about
the proposed highway bypass
around Newport.
Mayor Mann said the bypass is
inevitable and rather than bucking
it, it would be advisable for the
town to enter into the program in
a spirit of cooperation “and we’ll
be more likely to get it where we
want it,” he observed.
Mayor Mann said that he and
Moses Howard, chairman of the
county board of commissioners,
would confer with key personnel
of the highway commission.
The board also authorized the
mayor to contact C. Y. Griffin,
district highway engineer, New
Bern, relative to contracting with
the'SHC for street work in New
port.
In a letter to Mr. Griffin, fol
lowing the board meeting, mayor
Mann requested a 4-inch base of
compacted marl with surface treat
ment to follow on the following
streets:
Lake Drive from its intersection
with East Forest drive to its in
tersection with Lake Drive at the
railroad crossing and then the un
paved portion of Lake View drive.
The width desired is 18 feet. The
approximate distance is 1,680 feet
This work would include the in
tersection of Lake drive and Circle
drive.
Law permits a town to contract
up to 90 per cent of the previous
year’s Powell fund receipts (pay
ments by the state to a town from
funds collected through gasoline
tax.) Last year Newport received
approximately $4,900. The town
expects to receive $5,000 plus, this
year.
Seat Belts Installed
In cooperation with the Jaycees
safety belt program, all Atlantic
Beach police department cars have
>hqd safety belts installed, Michael
Lq\W* of the beach rescue squad,
reported yesterday.
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, direc
tor, Institute of Fisheries Re
search, UNC, was injured at
1 a.m. yesterday when the
state commercial fisheries
boat, the Cape Fear, explod
ed and burned at its moor
ing in the Thoroughfare be
tween Cedar Island and At
lantic..
pr. Chestnut was confined to the
More head City hospital yesterday,
suffering from burns on the side
of his face and a nail wound in his
foot.
. The two other men aboard, Capt.
Tilton Davis, Markers Island, and
Capt, Reginald Lewis, Newport,
were not injured.
All, however, were taken to the
Sea Level hospital, where they
were given emergency treatment
and discharged. Dr. Chestnut was
later readmitted to the Morehead
City hospital.
C. G. Holland, state fisheries
commissioner, said it is not known
what caused the explosion. None
of the boat’s engines were running
at the time and the men were
asleep. They jumped overboard in
their' night clothes and swam
ashore. •
The Cape Fear blew apart and
sank. Captain Lewis said he was
wakened by the explosion, looked
up and “saw everything open over
head” where the roof of the cabin
had been.
The Cape Fear, 42-foot vessel
powered with gasoline engine, was
owned by the commercial fisheries
department. Commissioner Holland
estimates its value at no less than
$12,000.
He said the men had a very close
call. They were moored at the
Thoroughfare, ready to go to Ocra
coke this morning to plant seed
oysters.
The explosion was reportedly
witnessed by the tender at the ,
Thoroughfare bridge. A state-own
ed car at the boat’s mooring was
used to take the three to the hos
pital.
Commissioner Holland said the
parts of the boat that are left have
been dragged clear of the chaimol
so they would not endanger naviga
tion.
Chesterfield Payton Says
$70 Stolen from Him
A Beaufort resident, Chesterfield
Payton, reported to the Beaufort
police department that he had been
beaten and robbed of $70 Friday
night about 8 p.m.
Payton said that two youths,
both of whom he knew by sight
but not by name, attacked him in
the 800 block of Pine street, and
took his money.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Baf
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, April II
12:32 a.m. 6:50 a.m.
1:06 p.m. T:05p.m.
Wednesday, April 11
1:24 a.m. T:58 a.m.
2:02 p.m. 8:18 p.m.
Thursday, April 12
2:20 a.m. 9:«a.n».
3:02 pjn. 9:24 p.m.
Friday, April 13
3:18 a.m. 9:58 a.m.
4:03 p.m. tt:» p.n*
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