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THE NEWS-TIMES
51st YEAR, NO. 30.
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MOBEHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1962
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND
Program to Commemorate
Fall of Fort Macon April 25
Members of tbe North Carolina
State Garden clubs will be enter
tained with a program at Fort Ma
con, in their honor, Wednesday
afternoon, April 25, the hundredth
anniversary of the fall of the fort
to the Yankees.
The program has been arranged
by F. C. Salisbury, Morehead City,
president of the County Historical
society, and chairman of the Coun
ty Civil War Centennial commit
tee.
The program will open with an
overture by the Morehead City high
school band under the direction of
Ralph Wade.
The Rev. Corbin Cooper, pastor
of the First Baptist church. More
head City, will give the invocation
and the Rev. Charles Kirby, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church,
Morehead City, the welcome.
He will recognize members of
the state garden club, the state
Civil War Centennial commission
and pay tribute to men killed in
the battle of Fort Macon.
The W. S. King high school quar
tet will sing Tenting Tonight on
the Old Camp Ground.
.loe Bellamah, Beaufort, will play
reveille and raise the Confederate
flag. The narration, The Day of
Rattle, written by Mr. Salisbury,
will be given by the Rev. Tucker
Littleton, Swansboro.
During the narration, the white
flag of surrender will be raised
from the parapet. At the close,
the Stars and Bars will be lowered
and the Stars and Stripes raised.
Playing of the national anthem
by the band, will close the pro
gram.
Portraying Confederate colonel
Moses J. White will be Thomas
Respess, with Mr. Bellamah por
traying his aide; portraying federal
general John G. Parke will be John
S. MacCormack and Ray V. Hop
per, aide.
The program is scheduled to last
about 30 minutes and will be open
to the public.
New Markers '
Go Up This Week
The State Highway department
has erected six new historical
markers in the county this week.
> Ope is at the intersection of high
way 70 and the Masontown road a
mile west of Newport and pertains
to Newport barracks. It points out
that Confederate wooden barracks
used in the civil war were located
' a quarter of a mile west of the
marker.
One on Arendell street between
the city park and the armory com
ments on Carolina City; another
near the Jefferson hotel deals with
the salt works; three on the beach
pertain to the fort, the line of fed
eral artillery and the site, at
Hoop Pole creek, where federal
forces landed.
Another large sign, dealing with
the battle of Fort Macon is sched
uled to be placed on highway 70 at
the western edge of Morehead
City.
Town Launches Clean-Up
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The fllorrbtrr* City town crew undertook the gigantic job of cleaning up the boulevard strip on Aren
dell street last wrtrail Work: started Friday and ended Monday. Walter Lewis, who supervised the
clean up crew, said almost a solid truckload of beer cans was picked up between the water tank at Camp
Glenn and 3Mfc street.
Postoffice Employee
Gets Commendation
Milton W. Webb of tbe Morehead
City postoffice has been awarded
a certificate of commendation for
suggestions concerning the Hght
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ing in the poetoffice. The award
was accompanied by a small cash
prize.
The award was made under a
system of employee suggestions
tor better efficiency, announces
Harold Webb, postmaster.
Mr. Webb is a fireman with the
postoffice and his been employee
there since 1M4. .
Dr. B. F. Royal
Retires Tuesday
Dr. B. F. Royal, Morehcad City
physician, officially retired Tues
day.
Dr. Royal, who was instrumen
tal in establishing the Morehead
City hospital, has long been a
leader in Morehead City civic af
fairs.
He was named Citizen of the
Century in 1957 when the town
observed its centennial and is an
ardent promoter and backer of
the Morehcad City port.
Dr. Royal is turning his prac
tice over to Dr. L. J. Norris,
Morehead City, and plans to de
vote time to development of real
estate he owns in the South River
area.
S A. Chalk Says;
Government
Discriminates
The fisherman, who is the farmer
of the sea, is entitled to the same
treatment by his government as
the farmer of the land, declares
Skinner A. Chalk Jr., Morehead
City, who is running for congress
man in the third district.
Mr. Chalk says that if he is
elected, he intends to introduce,
legislation to insure equal treat
ment, by making all inclusive any
law that provides payments to food
law that provides payments to food,
manufacturing and other producers
as a class.
Mr. Chalk issued the following
statement: “Congressman Hender
son has been voting appropriations
of hundreds of millions of dollars
to guarantee income to farmers,
and not one dime to fishermen.
“The poor fisherman not only
has to risk his life at sea to make
'a living, but has to pay taxes to
support the wealthy farmer for not
farming.
“Mr. Henderson, so far as I have
been able to determine, has not
introduced one single piece of leg
islation to correct this injustice.
“The fisherman has many serious
problems compounded by the will
ful neglect of his interests, and, if
elected I intend to see that every
one is treated alike.
“One of my first jobs 38 years
ago was helping my father stack
boxes of chemicals to process glue
made from fish used in his re
search efforts to develop a water
proof glue and an odorless fish
fertilizer.
“I have dug clams, picked pluck
(separation of edible parts of a
fish), and salted mullets for $1 a
day when 12 years old. My hands
would be raw, cut, and swollen
to twice their normal size after
packing mullets, and hurt so pain
fully I had to cry myself to sleep.
My college education was paid in
part by selling seafood on commis
sion in the depression.
“Helper on a fish truck hauling
See CHALK, Page 8
b After a crew of six men picked
| up cans, bottles and trash in the
middle of Arendell street, the
grass plot was mowed during the
past week.
The clean-up is the first in a
major push to. get the town ready
for spring visitors.
Ray Hall, town supervisor, said
a survey is being made of all lots
and persons who have not com
plied with ordinances on trash
and weeds will receive letters
asking them to comply.
Town officials ask the coopera
tion of everyone in keeping the
town clean, especially do they
ask that people not throw paper
cups, cans, bottles and other lit*
I ter from automobiles.
Mayor Questions
Phone Finn's
Building Plans
• Beaufort Board OK's
Subdivision Rules
• Board Considers Front
Street Parking Lot
Mayor W. H. Potter was author
ized Monday night by the Beaufort
town board to answer a letter from
Carolina Telephone company which
says that the phone company in
tends to erect an “exchange build
ing” on the property on Turner
street where it now stores ma
terials.
The property is located between
the Masonic and Odd Fellows
lodges. •
The phone company was inform
ed by the town recently that use
of the lot for that purpose is in
violation of the zoning ordinance.
The phone company announced
ten years ago that it intended to
put an exchange building on Tur
ner street but nothing was ever
| done.
The mayor said that in view of
| the phone company’s intention to
put in micro-wave towers and re
move its exchange from Morehead
City, he believes it has no inten
tion of putting such a building in
Beaufort.
He said that a time limit should
be put on start of construction and
if construction is not started with
in the time set, the present zoning
ordinance should be enforced and
the company required to move its
materials from the lot. ,
land' use map prepared fop*' the
town by the division of community
planning under the town’s urban
renewal program. Commissioners
indicated errors and made sugges
tions for changes.
A 22-page ordinance on subdi
vision regulations was passed. C.
R. Wheatly, town attorney, sug
gested that the board not act so
hastily.
The mayor contended that the
board had already agreed to go
along with recommendations under
the urban renewal program and
had no choice in the matter.
Mr. Wheatly suggested that the
ordinance be looked at more care
fully. “Let’s not read it!” the
mayor pleaded. “Let’s just pass
“There are blanks in here to be
filled in,” the attorney remarked.
“How are you going to pass a
blank?”
Commissioner Earl Mades ob
served, “If we do, it won’t be the
first time.”
The ordinance passed.
The board approved payment of
$258 to a radio firm, a bill {>end
See BOARD, Page 2
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Merchants Join with Lab
To Find Accommodations
■ In cooperation with Duke Ma
rine laboratory, the Beaufort Mer
chants association is calling for
IS to 20 furnished apartments in
Beaufort for occupancy this sum
mer.
It is estimated that 15 to 20 fur
nished rooms may also be needed
for a certain period this summer.
Persons who may have such ac
commodations are asked to regis
ter their name, and whether they
have an apartment or rooms, by
calling the town hall, PA8-3744.
I The request for apartments was
issued through Jim Wheatley..
If Sun Shines Saturday, Public May
Get Glimpse of JFK at Cherry Point
ill Caught It, But
iow What It Was
News-Times Photo by Tom Sloun
Stepping high to avoid being photographed, this vagrant Egyptian
goose copies the raccoon with Mack areas around the eyes, and pre
sents a unique appearance with finely barred gray breast and brown
and gtejh tail and wing feathers.
By TOM SLOAN
There's a Chenalopex aegyptica
missing ... or to put it more
plainly, an Egyptian goose belong
ing to a Beaufort resident, Dr.
Luther Fulcher.
One of two missing birds was
captured Monday by Norris Hill
on Pivers Island. He was mysti
fied as to its identity. Mr. Hill
then played a hunch and found that
it was one of a missing pair of the
odd looking birds owned by Dr.
Fulcher, highway 10i.
The missing goose is one of four
out of an original six, and accord
ing to Mrs. Fulcher, may be off
$3,500 in Silver Dollars
Will Go to Guard Unit
For Auto Theft
Men Booked
Two Cherry Point Marines were
apprehended late Wednesday night
in Morehead City, shortly after
they had allegedly taken a car in
Beaufort. Gary C. Childs and
Earl J. Siiiia' were charged with
auto theft and aiding and abetting
in auto theft, respectively, and are
now in the county jail. Bond was
set at $500 each.
The car, a 1962 Falcon, was
taken from in front of 207 Orange
St. about 9:30 p.m. The car be
longs to Earl Willis, Fulford street.
Making the arrest was Capt. Joe
Smith of the Morehead City police
department, who caught up with
the pair soon after being notified
of the theft. The arrest was made
in the 3200 block of Arendell street.
After being taken to the More
head police station, the two men
were returned to Beaufort by as
sistant police chief C. W. Garner
and put in jail.
Driver Cited After Car
Leaves Highway Sunday
Dana Lloyd Guthrie, 17, Harkers
Island, was charged with careless
and reckless driving, after his car
left, the Harkers Island road on
Yeoman’s curve Sunday at 5:15
p.m.
Guthrie was not hurt. State
trooper J. W. Sykes, who investi
gated, said that the car was not
worth repairing.
Guthrie was headed east, ran
off the road sideways, went back
to the left and turned over. Ac
cording to the officer, Guthrie said
he was doing 55. The car, a 1954
Plymouth, belonged to the driver’s
father, Lloyd Guthrie.
somewhere nesting
The geese are not penned. Mp..
Fulcher ^id, and have been known
to take leave for several days. Two
deserted the premises permanent
ly
Egyptian geese arc an ornamen
tal variety, a domesticated ver
sion of a wild goose native to
Egypt and Israel (migrating geese
in that area probably need pass
ports now) and a favorite with fowl
fanciers.
If the geese keep on flying, there
is a possibility that in time a new
North Carolina species may con
fuse wildlife specialists!
i To show the impact of the Na
tional Guard payroll in the More
head City area, the Guard unit ex
pects to pay its men $3,500 in silver
dollars Wednesday night. •
"Operation Silver Dollar” is one
of the means being used to show
the people how important the
Guard is and thus promote a “yes”
vote for the proposed armory.
Gene Smith, Havelock, com
manding officer of the unit, says,
“We are asking the merchants,
business firms and everyone who
receives a silver dollar next week
to circulate it rather than take it
to the bank for deposit or change
to a paper bill.
“Throwing the dollar in the back
of a cash register until the next
trip to the bank will not show how
the money gets around,” said the
officer.
“The National Guard payroll,”
he concluded, “is ‘stay-at-home’
money, earned here, and spent
here.”
The unit has made special ar
rangements with the bank to get a
shipment of silver dollars. There
is a remote possibility that the
quarterly drill payroll will not be
distributed this week; if not. Op
eration Silver Dollar will be car
ried out the following week.
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Friday, April 13
3:18 a.m.
4:03 p.m.
9:58 a.m.
10:20 p.m.
Saturday, April 14
4:18 a.m.
4:59 p.m.
10:48 a.m.
11:10 p.m.
Sunday, April 15
5:13 a.m.
5:49 p.m.
11:33 a.m.
11:58 p.m.
Monday, April 18
6:01 a.m.
6:31 p.m.
12:16 a.m.
Tuesday, April 17
6:44 a.m.
7:09 p.m.
12:41 a.rt.
12:58 p.m.
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P. L. Burt Runs
For JP Office
• Two Seek Morehead
Constable Job
• W. R. Hamilton, D. G.
Bell Sign Up
P. L. Burt, Cedar Point, has filed
for the office of justice of the j
peace, White Oak township, sub- \
ject to the Democratic primary, i
Mr. Burt and his family moved i
to Beaufort from Thomasville in |
1952. A year later they moved to !
Morehead City and then to Cedar |
Point three years ago.
The candidate is a member of |
the Cedar Point fire department !
and the Swansboro rescue squad.
He is an amateur radio operator
and belongs to the New River Citi- ,
zens Band Radio club of Jackson- |
ville.
He is married and the father of |
three children, Charles, Judith and
Douglas.
Others who have filed this week,
according to Charles Willis, chair- ;
man cf the county board of elec- j
tions are Democrats: D. G. Bell, j
Morehead City, for general assem- j
blyman; William Roy Hamilton,
Beaufort, and Dr. L. J. Dupree,
Cedar Point, for county commis
sioner; Buck Newsome and Bill
Cottingham, for constable of More
head township.
Mr. Cottingham filed and with
drew Saturday, then filed again
yesterday.
Woman Injured
; In Car Accident
An accident Wednesday sent a
driver to the Morehcad City hos
pital. Mrs. Hazel Hawkins Chad
wick, Morehead City, is expected
to be discharged today after being
“shaken up” considerably in the
accident.
The collision occurred about 2:15
p.m. at the intersection of Evans
and 24th streets. Mrs. Chadwick
was driving a 1962 Chevrolet which
collided with a 1954 Chevrolet
driven by James Edward Snipes,
Jacksonville.
The Chadwick car sustained
about $500 damage and the Snipes
car about $350. Snipes was going
south on 24th street when the acci
dent happened, damaging the right
front of his car. The Chadwick
car was going east on Evans and
was damaged on the left front.
Investigating officer was patrol
man Ed Gaskill.
Teen-age Benefit Dance
Planned for Tomorrow
An Easter Seal benefit dance for
teen-agers will be held at the rec
reation building, Morehead City,
tomorrow night from 8 to 11 p.m.
Admission will be 25 cents stag
and 50 cents drag. Soft drinks will
be served and prizes will be given
away. All proceeds will be donat
ed to the Society for Crippled Chil
dren and Adults.
Sunrise Service by the Sea
To Begin 5:15 A. M. Easter
Dr. A. Purnell Bailey
...sunrise service speaker
a
President to View War
Games, Visit Bogue Field
If the sun shines Saturday, the public will be allowed a
brief glimpse of President John F. Kennedy at Cherry
Point Marine Corps air station.
The commander-in-chief of the armed forces will go to
Cherry Point Saturday after inspecting the Short Air
Tactical support facility at Bogue field in this county.
At Cherry Point a 10-minute de
parture ceremony will be held. The
gates Will be opened at 4:15 p.m,
for the departure ceremony sched
uled at 4:30 — if the weather is
fair.
In case of rain, however, the
ceremony will be held in a hangar,
and the public will not be able to
witness it, according to information
from Cherry Point.
The weather forecast for the
weekend is not very favorable.
Rain and thunderstorms arc ex
pected.
Prior to his visit to Bogue field
the President and his guest, the
Shah of Iran, will witness amphi
bious assaults staged by the Marine
Corps at Onslow Beach.
Between 10,000 and 12,000 battle
equipped Marines will hit the
beaches under air and naval sup
port.
The shah arrived in WasKington
Wednesday. After leaving Cherry
Point, he plans to fly to Cape Ca
naveral and the President will re
turn to Washington.
Prior to joining the fleet on Fri
day afternoon, President Kennedy
and vice-president Johnson are
scheduled to receive top secret
briefing at Fleet Headquarters soon
after their arrival in Norfolk
(shortly after 3 p.m.).
Time permitting, the President
and vice-president will board the
I fleet ballistic submarine USS
i Thomas A. Edison for a short
cruise in the Hampton Roads area,
I after which the President will
| board the command ship, USS
Northhampton, and the vicc-presi
i dent will embark in the USS For
restal.
On Saturday morning, the Presi
dent is scheduled to review a fleet
of 48 ships and receive the tradi
tional Naval Honors consisting of
21 gun salutes with all ships “man
ning the rail,” immediately after
which he will move to the nuclear
carrier USS Enterprise where he
will witness an ASW demonstra
tion, surface-to-jiir and air-to-mis
sile firing and a strike-fire power
demonstration by fleet aircraft.
Files for Sheriff
Meredith Gillikin, Otway, has
filed for sheriff on the Republican
ticket.
The second annual “Easter Sun
rise by the Sea” service will be
held at Fort Macon at 5:15 a.m.
Easter Sunday, according to the
Carteret County Ministerial asso
ciation, sponsor.
Guest minister for the service
will be the Rev. A. Purnell Bailey,
author of the syndicated column,
Daily Bread. Mr. Bailey also has
a radio program by the same
name. He is a Methodist minister
and the superintendent of the Rich
mond, Va., area of the church.
Mr. Bailey will preach at a se
ries of services the following week
at the Methodist church in More
head City.
In charge of the program is the
Rev. BiHy T. Mobley, pastor of the
First Baptist church, Beaufort.
Other ministers in charge of phases
of the program are the Rev. Ray
E. Kirk, Broad Creek Church of
God; the Rev. Jack Mansfield,
Camp Glpnn Methodist church, and
the Rev. Lalleon Narron, Glad Tid
ings Pentecostal Holiness church,
Morehead City.
P Choirs for the program are al
ready practicing, with practice
A. B. Cooper
Tells Merchants
Of May Plans
A. B. Cooper, chairman of the
County’s Cherry Point Apprecia
tion Week scheduled for May 13
19, spoke to members of the More
head City Merchant’s association
Tuesday and revealed the exten
sive plans under way for the cele
bration.
Fourteen members of the mer
chant’s association were present
for the luncheon meeting at Capt.
Bill’s restaurant.
Mr. Cooper asked the members
to decorate their stores with post
ers and banners welcoming the
Marines and extended an invita
tion from the Marines for Carteret
people to visit the open house at
the base May 19.
Plans of hotels, restaurants,
theaters, fishing piers, headboats
and private individuals to enter
tain visiting Marines and their
families were also explained.
The merchants endorsed free
parking for all Marine personnel
during that week. Mr. Cooper also
I recommended that they place con
I gratulafory advertisements in a
Special Marine issue of the Car
teret County News-Times that is to
be distributed on the base.
Mr. Cooper also said that a spe
cial Carteret County Day for the
Marines will be held at Atlantic
Beach.
George Stovall, president of the
merchants’ association, named the
other officers for the coming year:
Cecil Adams, vice-president; O. J.
Morrow, treasurer; and Joe Du
Bois, secretary.
Washington Tour Set
For Easter Weekend
A' teen-agers’ tour of Washing
ton, D. C., has been planned for
the Easter holidays by Mrs. Al
berta J. Mann, Newport. Teen
agers in the eighth grade and high
school will get two days of sight
seeing and a boat excursion on the
Potomac during the tour, she an
nounces.
The tour is planned as a non
profit community project for Car
teret youth. Cost is $40 with all
admissions, hotel accommodations
and meals included.
Reservations may be made with
Mrs. Mann at 2851 after 5. p.m.
in Newport or the Rev. John Viser,
Morehead City.
The House Armed Services com
mittee has approved $562,000 for
military construction at Cherry
Point Marine air station in the
coming fiscal year.
sessions at the First Baptist
church, Beaufort. Last of the ses
sions will be at 7 p.m. Monday.
Directing the choirs is Mrs. Ruth
Durham Murray.
Music will be provided by the
brass section of the Morehcad City
band under the direction of Mr.
Ralph Wade.
A free will offering will be taken
for the benefit of migrant workers
in the county. A greater attend
ance than the estimated 2,200 par
ticipants last year is expected.
Plenty of parking space will be
available, the ministers report.
PTA to Meet
Newport PTA will meet Tuesday
night at 7:30 at the school to elect
officers for next year. The school
band will entertain and Leslie I
cegeay will discuss
nlatiK.
States —.-..im-Mr,
stitute, a group of one hundred
delegates, convened yesterday at
the Biltmore Motor hotel, More
head City. The con”"*4"
end today.