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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES 61st YEAR, NO. 32. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 19*52 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS - —i— ..— ' .■« ...—• Churches to Observe Day of Resurrection Photo by J. S. Fitzgerald During the civil war, pastors used Easter Sunday, with its promise of life eternal, as the time to console those who had lost loved ones in battle. Altars were decorated profusely with flowers. The Bermuda lily was widely used for that purpose and thus became known as the Easter lily. This is the interior of St. Paul’s Episcopal church, Beaufort, arrayed in Easter lilies for an Easter service of several years ago. Names of Four Need Not Go On May Ballot Luther Hamilton Jr., county at torney, said yesterday that since four are to be appointed to the county board of education early next year, it will be unnecessary for the four who have filed to have their names on ballots in the pri mary. Actually, terms of three -gpunly board members expire, arid the fourth, Dr. A. F. Chestnut, must be approved by the gertcral as sembiy. Dr. Chestnut was ap pointed to fill the unexpired term of George R. Wallace, who resign ed. Those who have filed for the board of education, all Democrats, are Dr. Chestnut, Charles Davis, Beaufort; Wayne Parker, Atlantic, and Charles Harris Jr., Marshall berg. Present members of the board of education are R. W. Safrit Jr., Beaufort, chairman; D. Mason, At lantic; Theodore Smith, Davis; W. B. Allen, Newport, and Dr. Chest nut. Prior to convening of the legis lature in 1963, the county board of elections will certify names of sug gested appointees to Dr. Charles Carroll of the department of public instruction, who will forward those names to the legislature, which will make the appointments in leg islation known as the “omnibus bill.” This bill appoints board of education members throughout the state. State Approves Addition Of .4 Mile of Roads Roads totalling four-tenths ’of a mile have been approved by the State Highway commission for ad dition to the county system, an nounces Odell Merrill, clerk to the county board of commissioners. The roads, in Mitchell Village, are unpaved. Addition to the coun ty system means that the state will maintain them, Mr. Merrill said. They are Bogue avenue, Knox drive and Park drive. 500 Expected at Garden Club Convention Next Week About 500 delegates are expected for the annual convention of the North Carolina Federation of Gar den Clubs Inc., which opens Tues day at the Biltmorc hotel. The Garden and Civics department of the Morchcad City Woman’s club, the Sea and Sound Garden club of Morehead City and the Beaufort Garden club will act as hostesses for the three-day meeting. Delegates will register at the hotel between 8 pm. and 9 p.m. Tuesday. A coffee hour will be held between 3 and 5. The first official convention activity will be an informal clambake on the patio at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. W. H. Crake, information specialist with the Southern Region, US Forest ■ Service, in Atlanta, Ga., will be the guest speaker. The executive committee will See GARDEN CLUBS, Page 2 Christian churches throughout the world observe today the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and follow it Sun day with Easter services, marking His resurrection. Ministers throughout the county have announced the following serv i ices (services are also announced j in the second section of today’s ; paper): The Christian Youth Fellowship, Otway Christian church, will con duct an Easter sunrise service at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, announces the pastor, the Rev. J. W. Funk. Morn ing worship will be at 10:30 a.m. The sermon topic will be The Day of Eternal Triumph. BibJe school will begin at 11:45 a.m. The three choirs will conduct the evening service at 7 p.m. The ' public fs‘welcome to all services Holy communion will be observ ed at 8 o’clock Easter morning in St. Andrew’s Episcopal church, Morehead City, as well as at the 11 a.m. service. At the latter service the choir, under the direction of Mrs. Josiah Bailey, will sing A Joyous Hymn, As It Began to Dawn, and Gloria in Excelsis. Rector of St. Andrew’s is the Rev. E. Guthrie Brown. The Rev. E. E. Lewis, pastor of Purvis Chapel, Beaufort, announces a 5 a.m. sunrise service for Easter day. There will be holy commun ion. Participating in the service will be the Rev. A. T. Parker and his congregation of St. Mary’s Holi ness church, Beaufort. The Rev. J. Hillary Bryant an nounces a sunrise service for 5:15 a.m. in the Sea Level Methodist church. Mr. Bryant will deliver the sermon. The choir will present special music and coffee and doughnuts will be served at the end of the service. Mr. Bryant also announces that revival services in the Cedar Is land Methodist church will close Sunday night. The guest minister is the Rev. H. M. Owens Jr., pas tor of the Salter Path Methodist church. Services begin nightly at 7:30. The Rev. Hugh P. Kennedy, pas tor of St. Egbert’s Catholic church, Morehead City, announces hours for confessions tomorrow will be from 4 to 5 and 8 to 9. Easter vigil services will begin at 11 p.m. Saturday and the first Mass of Easter at midnight. Low masses with Easter music are scheduled for 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday. The observance of Holy Week began at St. Egbert’s church last : Sunday with the blessing of the ) palm branches and the procession - to the church in memory of the > Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusa lem. t This was followed by a High - Mass during which the entire con 1 gregation joined in the singing of » the parts proper to the choir. The “Passion of Our Lord,” according to St. Matthew, was read by Dr. ■ William Fahy. [ All three churches on the Beau > fort? Methodist circuit will have - special services next week, accord . ing to the Rev. Leonard Mayo, pas ’ tor, 1 the Core Creek Methodist church will have its annual Easter sun* l fise service at 5 a.m. Sunday. The , Rev. Jack Hunter, pastor of llar lowe Methodist church, will bring . the message. Special music will , be served after the service. Merrimon Methodist church will observe homecoming Sunday. Gor don Bccton of Harlowe will deliver the morning sermon, after which | a picnic lunch will be served. All friends and former pastors arc | invited. The North River church will bc . gin a revival Monday night and continue it through Friday night with services at 7:30. There will be special music by the North Riv er choir each night. The Rev. W. D. Caviness, Havelock Methodist , church, will be the guest speaker. St. Paul’s Episcopal church will observe Easter Sunday with the Choral Eucharist at 7:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday. The Sunday school program by the children will be given in the new parish house at 9:30 a.m. Dedication of the parish house is scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday. The morning service in the First See CHURCHES, Page 2 Historical Association Elects Officers Tuesday Mrs. W. R. Hamilton was re elected president of the Beaufort Historical association Monday night. The group met at the courthouse, Beaufort. Other officers are Dr. John Cost low, vice-president; Mrs. Ben Jones, secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Charles Cheek, corresponding secretary. Slides showing scenes of Ann Street cemetery were shown. It Dredge, Under Tow, Hits Sand A dredge and a tug had an un scheduled stopover in the Newport river Sunday night, when the dredge ran aground and developed a leak. The dredge, Washington was be ing towed by the tug Norfolk to Charleston, S. C., when the acci dent occurred. The dredge was beached at Phillips island, north of the Morehead draw, and a pump was brought from Fort Macon to aid in clearing her hold of water. . A temporary patch was made, and later a more permanent patch was supplied by a team from Nor folk: The tug and tow got under way Monday afternoon. Manning the 40-footer from the Coast Guard station were Peter B. Brunk, BM2, William Vinson, BM2, Hyland Gresham EN2 and Reece Johnson, ENl. Tides at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Friday, April 20 8:33 a.m. 8:46 p.m. 2:41 a.m. 2:48 p.m. Saturday, April 21 9:05 a.m. '9:13 p.m. 3:17 a.m. 3:17 p.m. Sunday, April 22 9:37 a.m. 9:42 p.m. 3:50 a.m. 3:44 p.m. Monday, April 23 10:15 a.m. 10:20 p.m. 4:23 a.m. 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 11:02 a.m. 11:10 p.m. 4:57 a.m. 4:43 p.m. is hoped that Van Potter, Beaufort, will tape a commentary to accom pany the slides. The association decided to spon sor again this year the re-enact ment of the Spanish invasion and reopen the whaling museum. Dr. Costlow presented a design for markers to be placed in front of Beaufort’s historic homes. It is similar to a coat of arms and embodies the elements of the Earl of Beaufort coat of arms, the Lan caster red rose and the symbol of a fish. Marking of historic homes is one i of the association’s new projects this year. • Dr. Costlow reported that as many people paid admis sion to see restored homes last year as paid to see baseball games. Grayden Paul, curator of the museum, reported a loan of two millstones from Rex Bruton San ford (the millstones were on prop erty at Gloucester); loan of a com plete set of Dr. George B. Davis's medicine bottles and donation of a 3 by 5-foot American flag by Mrs. Effic Nance. The association voted to sell its bus, used for an office during the 251st birthday anniversary for junk, at a sale price of $50. Mrs. Hamilton reported on a visit to Swansboro to confer with Tucker Littleton, president of the Swansboro Historical society. The Swansboro society has invited the Beaufort society to a meeting at Swansboro July 21, at the com munity building. Tuesday, May 15, has been set as the next meeting date of the association, at the Beaufort town halL Voters' Approval Extends Beaufort Town Limits 4 Easter Sunrise Services 5 a.m. — Core Creek Methodist church, highway 101 5 a.m. — Purvis Chapel AME Zion church, Beaufort 5:15 a.m.—Sea Level Methodist church 5:15 a.m.—Fort Macon, Sunrise Service by the Sea 5:20 a.m.—Dune east of Ocra coke village 5:30 a.m.—Otway Christian church 6 a.m.—Atlantic Baptist church, community-wide service 6 a.m. — St. Timothy Lutheran church, Havelock Engineer Reports on Job West of Town Road contracting crews will probably be out of the travel lanes on the dual-lane stretch west of Morehead City in about three weeks, according to J. H. Burruss, resident engineer with the State (Highway department. Mr. Burruss said that work west of Morehead City will be deferred, beginning Tuesday, while the Nello Teer contract crews do resurfac ing jobs down cast. Those jobs arc expected to take 10 days. 1 The resurfacing will be on high way 70 from Huntley’s to the North River bridge, the Merrimon road to the Laurel road, and Bridges street, Morehead City, from 24th i west to the dual lane project. The work will take 10 days, jf 1 the weather is good; longer, if it isn’t. The concrete median curb is now being built on the dual-lane project. The median strip will be filled with rock and topped with a three-inch concrete cover. The contractor has 210 work days in which to finish the dual laning. Bad weather (when crews could not work) is not counted as a work day. It was thought a couple months ago that the dual-laning might be finished, at least the con tractor’s work, by April 15. By yesterday, 172 work days had been put in on the job, Mr. Burruss said. Paving is now 75 per cent com plete. The entire project, includ ing seeding of shoulders and mulch ing, will probably be finished by June 1, Mr. Burruss predicts. Plan Revised Because Atlantic Beach will not be able to match federal funds for the restoration of the beach, the Beach Erosion board has revised its recommendations for restoration work to apply to Fort Macon state park only. This announcement was made this week by H. A. Morris, division engineer, Atlanta. Dr. B. F. Royal Honored mm m Dr. B. F. Royal, Morehead City physician who is retiring from practice, was honored with a reception at the Morehead City hospital Tuesday afternoon. With him here are two nurses who trained under Dr. Royal’s supervision when there was a nurses’ training school connected with the hospital. They are Miss Lyda Piner, left, and Mrs. Cecil Oglesby, both of Morehead City. Dr. and Mrs. Ben F. Royal were honored at a social hour Tuesday afternoon in the"'dining room of Morehead City hospital. Dr. Royal, who retired last week, and Mrs. Royal were entertained by employees of the hospital. Attending, in addition to hos pital personnel, were members of the hospital board of trustees, physicians and their wives. Mrs. Referendum Passes 43-30 In Tuesday Balloting For the first time in recent history, the town of Beau fort Tuesday expanded its borders by approval of the peo ple in the proposed expansion area. The vote was 43 in favor of joining the town and 30 against. “I was so shocked,” declared Ronald Earl Mason, town clerk, “that I had to call the town attorney and ask him Waterworks, Town Officials Meet This Week Representatives of the General | Waterworks Corp., Philadelphia, j gave Morehead City and Beaufort town officials a price on acquisi tion of the waterworks this week. The price for both towns exceeds | $600,000, with the price quoted I Morehead City slightly double that I quoted to Beaufort. The towns hope to acquire the I water systems as a means of ob taining revenue-producing utilities to finance a sewage disposal sys tem. Town officials hope that with help of the federal government and | by floating revenue bonds, sewage i facilities can be financed. Conferring with mayor George 1 Dill and town attorney George Mc ! Neill, Morehead City, Tuesday morning, were V. F. Rigling, presi dent and general manager of the waterworks firm, and A. I. Weiss koff, assistant secretary-treasurer. 1 The two conferred Wednesday morning with mayor W. H. Potter and town attorney Claud Wheatly, Beaufort. Also present was C. C. Tilljpy of the William F. Freeman i engineering firm, High Point, • which has drawn sewage system -plans for both towns. Hours for Good Friday Services Special Good Friday observances today are the following: St. Paul’s Episcopal church, Beaufort—Seven Last Words on the Cross, noon to 3 p.m. St. Egbert's Catholic church, Morehead City—Adoration from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Stations of the Cross at 3 p.m. and liturgy of the ; Lord’s death and Holy Communion, 7:30 p.m. First Baptist church, Morehead City—Concert by the choir, under the direction of Ralph Wade, 8 p.m. First Baptist church, Beaufort— Lenten cantata by the Carteret Choral club, under the direction of Mrs. Charles Hassell, 8 p.m. St. Andrew’s Episcopal church, Morehead City — Evening prayer, litany and sermon at 2 p.m. Royal was presented a corsage. Refreshments were served from a long table covered with a white cloth. Ivy was used down the center of the table with a large bowl of white flowers flank ed by burning candles. The guests were served lime punch, cake and salted nuts. Also present at the reception was Mrs. Walter Freeman, hos what to do. I know what to do when we lose, but I didn’t know what to do when we win.” The expansion was being opposed by certain factions in the area. The vote adds approximately 182 persons to the town population. The areas now a part of Beaufort are Jones Village, Glendale Park,1 a portion of Circle drive and the i region encompasses on the east Safrit Lumber mill and on the north, Huntley’s Hardware. Town authorities are confident that the referendum will be con tested. Representing the malcon tents is Herbert Phillips III, More head City attorney. Eighty-three persons in the new area registered to vote in Tues day’s referendum. Seventy-six vot : ed, according to Mr. Mason. Three voters were challenged. Their bal lots were sealed in an envelope and have not been counted. Bal lots counted totaled 73. Tuesday’s vote constitutes the third expansion of Beaufort this year. The other two expansions were by ordinance of the town board. Town to Start Services Monday Services to the newly-annexed part of Beaufort will begin Mon day, Ronald Earl Mason, town clerk, reported yesterday. The county board of elections canvassed returns of Tuesday's election yesterday morning. The new area officially became a part of the town following the canvass. Mr. Mason said that, pipes and fire hydrants have been ordered. He added that tlw town, since Jan. 1, has expanded by 295.8 acres and has upped population by 788. This would make Beaufort’s total popu lation today 3,710. According to the 1960 census, it was 2,922. The town board will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, to con sider annexing the remainder of Circle drive (part of which was annexed this week) as well as Hunt ley Park. Order Reversed Two cars involved in an accident were accidentally switched in a newsstory about the accident Tues day. A car driven by Robert Tate Murray Jr., route 1, Morehead City, was hit in the rear by anoth er car driven by Arnold Jasper Andrews, also of route 1, More head City, rather than the reverse order of collision as reported. pital trustee, who also trained at the Morehead City hospital nurses’ training school. The school was started in 1912 and continued "about eight or ten years,” Dr. Royal says. He added that he hasn’t total ly retired. “1 still have a few government contracts I have to fulfill.” He is affiliated with the US Public Health service. . . Newport PTA Wants to Retain School Principal • School Board Fires E. B. Comer # PTA Voices Objection At Tuesday Meeting Newport PTA members want E. i B. Comer to remain as principal. The PTA, voting in opposition to the Newport school board, Tues day night decided to request the county board of education to re tain Mr. Comer as principal. According to R. K. Montague, who attended the PTA meeting, the school board at their meeting last Thursday night did not vote to re new Mr. Comer’s contract. Mr. Comer has been principal at New port since 1952-53. Mr. Montague moved that the principal be given a standing vote of confidence. PTA members were on their feet before the motion could be seconded, j By secret ballot, the PTA voted 68 to 7 (four members abstained) to ask the county board of educa tion to retain Mr. Comer for 1962 63. It was directed that a copy of the letter making this request be sent to the Newport school board. The PTA contends that the local board did not give “satisfactory reasons” for dismissing Mr. Comer. The organization has requested to hear the minutes of the school board’s meeting of April 12 at the May PTA meeting. The PTA has also requested that the local school board (usually re ferred to as “conrynittee”) and W. B. Allen, Newport member of the county board of education, be pres ent in May also. Mrs. Margaret Bell, president of the PTA, at Tuesday night's meet ing asked Nathan Garner, past chairman of the Newport school board, to explain why Mr. Comer’s contract was not renewed. (Charles Hill, the new chairman, was not present.) Mr. Garner said, “Please under stand that I speak only for my self as an interested parent and as one member of the local school committee. “I agree that the PTA is entitled to an explanation of the action taken by our school committee last Thursday evening, April 12, 1962. After all, the school is com posed of students, teachers and parents, as well as the local school committee. ‘ A decision of this magnitude should be justified by a very strong reason, or reasons, as the case may be. “We had our usual orderly meet ing for the election of teachers for the school year 1962-63. The order of business was 1—Reading of the minutes of the previous meeting; 2—Election of the chairman of our local committee; 3—Election of principal; 4—Election of teachers. “The five members of the com mittee, Mr. H. L. Joslyn, county superintendent of schools, and Mr. E. B. Comer, principal, were pres ent. “When the business of the elec tion of principal was taken up, Mr. Comer was asked to leave the of fice, as is our usual custom. There was a very lengthy discussion on the progress (or lack of progress as the case may be) at Newport school. “When the vote was taken, Mr. Comer failed to win re-election as principal for the next school year. The best answer I can give for the reason of this action was that the local committee felt our school had not made sufficient progress over the last few years. “I would like to make another comment concerning the action taken. I feel . . . that , . . pres sure was exerted by Mr. W. B. Allen, local representative on the county board of education, to in fluence this decision . . . “No comment as to unanimity of vote or position taken by Mr. Joslyn.” (The foregoing statement was furnished in writing by the PTA following the meeting.) Mrs. Bell invited Tom Dickin son, a member of the school board, to give his opinion. Mr. Dickinson said he concurred in Mr. Garner's remarks. Car Catches Fire A fire in an auto was put out by Morehead City firemen about noon Wednesday. The fire began in the car of Skinner A. Chalk Jr., which was parked at 32nd and Eva Street. Minor damage was caused by the blaze. a
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