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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C.
TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1962 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Atlantic Beach
Vendor Trucks
Board Bans
Downtown
Lt. John E. Riddell, right, commanding officer of Fort Macon
group, will assume duties of executive officer at the Coast Guard
base. Charleston, S. C., this month. He is being relieved at Fort
Macon tomorrow. Cdr. George A, Philbrick, left commanding of
ficer of the Chilula, Morehead City, will leave Sept. 28 for the Coast
Guard base at Detroit, Mich., and will be replaced on the Chilula by
Cdr. Charles L. Turner, who will come here from Seattle.
Lt. John E. Riddell Jr., USCG, 1
Morehead City, said yesterday
that he and his family have en
joyed their stay in Morehead City
and regret leaving.
Lieutenant Riddell has been
commanding officer of Fort Ma
con since Sept. 8, 1959 when he
came here from the staff of the
Fifth Coast 'Guard district. He
and his family plan to leave the
end of this week for Charleston,
S. C., where the lieutenant will
assume the duties of executive
officer at the Coast Guard base
there.
Congressman
Seeks New Bill
To Aid Farmers
Congressman David N. Hender
son today announced he is drafting
legislation designed to provide re
lief for tobacco farmers who have
lost a major portion of their crop
by natural disasters.
From his Washington office, Mr.
Henderson said: “After a personal
tour of the Third Congressional
District and eastern North Caro
lina, in the wake of recent water
damage, I am deeply concerned
over the well-being of our tobacco
farmers. Legislation is needed
which would permit them to re
cover a part of their losses in such
cases of extreme hardship. During
the next few days, I expect to in
troduce such a measure in. the
House of Representatives.
Mr. Henderson disclosed that his
bill would authorize the secretary
of agriculture to provide for an
Emergency Reserve Allotment
equal to 5 per cent of the national
flue-cured tobacco allotment.
Any farm suffering tobacco de
struction of 20 per cent or more
due to natural disaster would re
ceive an emergency allotment dur
ing the following year to partially
make up for the loss. The Emer
gency Reserve Allotment would
be in addition to the present na
tional allotment and would there
fore not result in a decrease of
present tobacco acreage, the con
gressman said.
“The designation of a county as
an agricultural disaster area sim
ply results in liberalized loan
policies for the farmers in that
county. It does not enable them to
recover any of their actual loss.
Federal all risk crop insurance is
helpful, but inadequate for such
widespread losses as those of re
cent days. Under my bill, a far
mer wilLbe permitted to work his
way out of his loss during the
following year with an increased
emergency allotment.
“I am hopeful that chairman
Cooley and other Congressmen
from flue-cured tobacco producing
areas, will join me in supporting
this urgently needed legislation,”
Mr. Henderson concluded.
Edgar Willis, Straits,
Remains in Hospital
Remaining in the Morehead City
hospital yesterday was Edgar Wil
} lis. Straits, who was shot in the
right arm Sunday, June 17, at Ot
way.
The gun was fired by Joe Gilli
kin, Otway, in the Gillikin home
when Willis was allegedly threaten
ing Gillikin, authorities reported.
Willis was severely wounded'in
the lower right arm. No formal
charges have been filed against
Gillikin. Gillikin has reportedly
filed an assault warrant against
WiUis.
Lt. Gabriel E. Pehaim, above,
will become commanding officer
of Fort Macon group in Septem
ber. Meanwhile, Lt. A. K. Man
thous, now executive officer at
Fort Macon, will act as com
manding officer. Lieutenant Pe
haim at present commands the
Coast Guard cutter Jonquil, bas
ed at Morehead City.
D. S. Gordon
Talks to Board
D. S. Gordon, Kinston, an of
ficial of the state division of Com
munity planning, presented a ten
tative county zoning plan and map
to the County Planning commis
sion Monday night.
The commission members dis
cussed the zoning with Mr. Gor
don, and took the plan under ad
visement. The plan is subject to
public hearings before action is
taken by the commission relative
to zoning.
The commission also heard both
sides of a dispute about a planned
sub-development and trailer park
on Bogue banks, west of the More
head Ocean Fishing pier. Pro
perty owners in the area had pro
tested the trailer park.
The commission postponed action
until the next meeting in order
to gather more facts'.
The commission meets at the
Carteret-Craven building, More
head City, and will meet again
Aug. 13.
Members.of the commission are
Dr. L. J. Dupree, Milton Coyle,
Mrs. E. H. Piper, Dr. W. L. Wood
ard and W. C. Carlton.
Boat Breaks Up;
Three Injured
Three men, riding in a boat that
flew apart when at high speed,
were injured Sunday afternoon
near the Harkers Island bridge.
Tne injured are Charles M. Wil
lis, Earl Willis and Garland Guth
rie, all of Harkers Island. Earl
Willis was still in the Sea Level
hospital yesterday.
According to witnesses, the men
were in Charles Willis’s 15-foot
hydroplane with a 325-horsepower
engine. It was estimated to be
going about 85 miles an hour when
it slammed into a wave and disin
tegrated. The accident happened
at about 3-.30 p.m.
The three men were taken out
of the water by Capt. Clark Davis
and Dale Lewis. Charles Willis
.suffered a cut mouth; Earl Willis
had cuts on his head, leg, and in
his side; Guthrie had a gash in his
side, a cut on the head and a ae
vere burn on his shoulder.
The commissioners of Atlantic
Beach passed an ordinance, regu
lating mobile ice cream trucks and
other food sellers on wheels, at
their meeting Friday.
The ordinance requires the trucks
to stay in the outlying areas of
the town. They may use the streets
surrounding the amusement park
in the heart of the town only for
passage.
The commissioners feel that the
business section of the beach is j
too congested to permit vendors’
parking on the streets and selling
their wares. All peddlers’ licenses
are to carry this restriction.
The board also gtve the annual
budget its second reading prior
to the third and final reading be
fore adoption at the board’s Aug
ust meeting. The budget totals
$36,610.34 in comparison to the
1961-1962 year’s $39,241.25 in ex
penditures.
Differences in the budgets for the
past and new year are minor in
creases in expenses of the town,
with reductions in street construc
tion, fire protection and general
expense items. Major change was
in street construction, which drop
ped $2,587. All town streets are
now paved.
An attached balance sheet gave
the town of Atlantic Beach a net
worth of $106,649.41.
Minutes of a special meeting of
the board on June 26 was read, at
which the board voted to rescind
a motion to seek to provide police
protection to areas outside the
town limits. Also at the special
meeting, the resignation of town
clerk M. G. Coyle was rejected,
and Mr. Coyle agreed to remain in
office.
The board agreed to write to the
State Utilities commission for veri
fication of an annual water charge
of $25 which was questioned by a
letter from a property owner. The
action' taken on the water rates
dated back to 1954, and board re
cords did not show the final ap
proval of the utilities commission.
A suggestion that new construc
tion be required to be on a level
above the surface of adjoining
roads brought out the fact that
building permits issued for con
struction on low ground are mark
ed to that effect. This was done to
forestall complaints about flooded
lots, Mr. Coyle stated, saying that
builders were forewarned about
the possibility of flooding in this
way.
Mr. Coyle also added that the
town had bought a mobile pump and
other equipment that would be
available to move water off streets
after storms and as an auxiliary
source of water for fires.
The board deferred action until
the next meeting on a proposal by
the State Board of Health for a
Bogue banks sanitary district. The
letter from the the Board of Health
came, in addition to a petition by
residents of Bogue View Shores,
asking that something be done
about the Atlantic Beach city gar
bage dump near the development.
The deferral came in order for
the board to investigate the legal,
aspect and other problems of es
tablishing a sanitary district. The
board also ordered the dump to be
sprayed to cut down on insect
pests while the investigation is
under way.
Rotary Hears
About Sailing
Revived interest in sailing in the
Morehcad City area has led to the
planning of monthly races next
summer, Thurlow Whealton told
Morehcad City Rotarians Thursday
night.
Mr. Whealton said that the More
head Sailing society is planning to
hold monthly races in addition to
races on holidays in 1963. Several
firms and individuals have offered
to award trophies, the speaker
said.
Mr. Whealton traced the history,
of sailing craft and told of the
theory back of design and sailing.
He used slides to illustrate the
types and classes of sail boats.
The Fourth of July race had a
field of 22 boats, the largest in the
history of racing in Morehcad City,
Mr. Whealton stated.
Visitors at the meeting were Bill
Heath, Sea Level, Chris Hibberd,
Durham, and Nathan Gamer, New
port.
The club also accepted the resig
nation of the Rev. E. Guthrie
Brown, who is leaving town Aug. 1.
Clerk Commended
By formal resolution, the As
sociation of Clerks of Superior
Court of North Carolina, which met
at Morehead City in convention this
month, has commended A. H.
James, clerk of Carteret superior
court for his efforts in making the
convention a success. The resolu
tion terms him “a first rate host
dwrfc-"
Parade, Barbecue, Beauty Contest
Will Accompany Invasion Aug. 4
Fire Damages Home
Nous-Times Photo by Tom Sloan
The home of Mrs. Carolyn Garner, 1204 Evans St., Morehead City, was damaged by fire at :t:4;»
p.m. Thursday. The blaze damaged furniture and other contents of the home. It started from elec
trical wiring, according to Morehead fire chief El Nelson.
Shrimp Catches This Year
Exceed Those of 61 Season
By the first of July, North Caro-1
lina shrimpers had landed 389,4011
pounds of shrimp (heads off), a
tremendous increase over the land
ings for the first part of the 1*61
season. The increase is 226,317
pounds,, according to state com
mercial fisheries commissioner
C. G. Holland.
The shrimp, in large numbers,
showed up this summer at about
the same time in all shrimp pro
ducing states as far south as Texas,
Mr. Holland told the state conser
vation and development board last
week at Boone.
The commissioner added that the
heavy winds and rains during the
last week in June and the first
week in July caused shrimp to
move, but that small shrimp were
still in the North Carolina waters.
The commissioner’s report on
other fisheries follows:
Oysters: The oysters this season
were very good in quality, price
and production. By replacing part
time inspectors with full time per
sonnel gained for us an improve
ment in the attitude of oystermen
and dealers. They sedmed to think
the industry was now being given
the consideration it deserved.
Clams: The production of clams
has shown a decrease — about 50
per cent. This has given our 'de
partment some concern, and we
have asked the institute of Fisher
ies Research to find an answer
for this shortage.
Hard crabs: This species of shell
fish shows a decline in production.
One crab plant at Marshallberg
was destroyed by fire, and several
Church Starts Construction *
Litany for the Christian edu
cation building was read Sunday
morning by the pastor, robed in
white above, and the congrega
tion of the First Presbyterian
church, Morehead City. The pas
tor is the Rev. Charles Kirby.
The congregation accepted Sun
day the low bid for the education
building, submitted by Godwin
RuiWmg Co., Warsaw. Tbe build
others have closed because of the"
wage and hour law.
Soft crabs: We have had a nor
mal production of soft crabs in
spite of a late spring. In fact, our
catch this season is 62 dozen more
than 1961, and prices were excel
lent.
Scallops: The production of scal
lops doubled over the corresponding
period last year, and they were all
caught in our sounds. None at all
were produced from our ocean
waters.
Finfish: Commercial fishermen
have had one of their top seasons
this winter and spring. Some of
them lost heavily during the Ash
Wednesday storm, but most of them
were able to repair and replace
their equipment. The spring fishery
has consisted of blues, mackerel,
mullet, flounder, spots, trout, hog
fish and sea mullet.
Menhaden: The catch of men
haden showed a slight decline from
last year; partly because the fish
showed up before the plants were
ready to operate and also because
we are short one plant at Southport
which is in bankruptcy.
The fisheries division conducted
its second training school this year.
Fifteen recruits attended. Licensed
during the first six months were
5,394 boats, an increase of 649
vessels.
Receipts of the division during
the past fiscal year were $105,928.
26, an increase of $1,416.24 over
1961-62. Commissioner Holland said
the division will have an estimated
$2,600 to return to the general fund.
ing will have 11,000 square feet
of floor space, classrooms and
church offices.
Construction, next to the pres
ent fellowship hall on Arendell
street, started last week. It is
expected to be complete in six
months. The architect is Leslie
N. Boncy, Wilmington.
ChajruMd of the building com*
State Re-Opens
Areas to Shrimpers
At 12:01 a.m. today, Tuesday,
all creeks and bays now closed
to shrimping, will be opened.
The announcement was made
yesterday by C. G. Holland, com
mercial fisheries commissioner,
Morehead City.
Commissioner Holland said
that the shrimp have gotten as
large as they’re likely to be and
there’s a probability that the
next northeast wind may take
them beyond the reach of shrimp
ers.
The creeks and bays were clos
ed a couple weeks ago because
shrimp were under-sized.
Two Autos Collide
At City Intersection
Morehead City police reported
one accident over the weekend, a
collision at the intersection of 10th
and Arendcll streets.
Mrs. Frances W. Hyatt, More
head City, driving a 1955 Plymouth,
was making a left turn off 10th
Street onto Arendcll, and collided
with a 1961 Comet driven by
Claude A. Moon, Fort Macon.
Moon was going east on Arendell
when the accident happened at ap
proximately 11:15 p.m. Friday.
Investigating officer was patrol
man Jack Miller.
Hi Wm 1 itiS&Ml1
mittec is Dr. John Gainey. Mem
bers are D. Cordova, publicity;
Mrs. Bill Cherry, furnishings;
R. B. Howard, finance; and
George Vickroy, construction.
The education building is the
second phase of a long-range
building program. The first was
the present fellowship hall, the
third will be the church sanc
tuary. (Photo by Bob Simpson.)
Beaufort Rescue Squad,
Merchants Plan Big Day
A festive day has been planned in Beaufort Saturday,
Aug. 4, around the re-enactment of the Spanish pirate in
vasion of the town in 1747.
The Beaufort Rescue squad announces that a parade
will precede the invasion. The parade will feature con
testants for the beauty title, Miss Pirate, and will begin at
14 p.m.
The invasion will follow at 5.'
| Alter the invasion a barbecue sup
j per, sponsored by the rescue squad,
| will be served at 6 and at 8 p.m.
there will be a street dance with
i music by P. R. Jones and his or
| chestra.
j Virgil Woolard, of the rescue
j squad, announces that 14 girls,
i from Beaufort, Morehead City,
; Swansboro and New Bern, have
I already agreed to compete for the
Miss Pirate title.
| Jarvis Herring, Beaufort jeweler,
| will donate her crown, and other
Beaufprt businessmen are giving
gifts which will go to Miss Pirate
and the first and second runner
ups in the contest.
. Judging the Miss Pirate contes
tants will be Mrs. Bob Simpson,
.«a.,s Ruth Peeling, both of More
head City; Norwood Young, Beau
lfort. and an officer from Cherry
Point air station, according to Mr.
I Woolard.
Contestants will be judged on ap
pearance only. They will wear
■ bathing suits. Any girls who would
| like to enter are invited to contact
Mrs Virgil Woolard PA8-3306.
Barbecue suppers will be a dol
lar a plate, Mr. Woolard announces.
Tickets for the street dance are $2
per person and will be on sale at
Mel Lawrence’s 66 station, Beau
fort, and at stores In Beaufort and
Morehead City.
The invasion itself is being spon
sored by the Beaufort Merchants
association, under the direction of
Grayden Paul.
Barbecue Will
Raise 4-H Fund
Everyone is invited to a chicken
| barbecue at Camp Glenn school
'from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday to
raise money for the new 4-H camp
at Merrimon.
Ed Simpson, assistant county
agent of Craven county, will set
up his outdoor barbecue equipment
and cook the chicken, announces
C. N. Stroud, Morehead City, who
is in charge of the affair.
Tickets are $1.50 each for adults
and may be obtained from Mr.
Stroud, Ed Wester, Mitchell Vil
lage, or by calling the county farm
agent’s office, PA 8-3870.
The property for the 4-H camp
has already been acquired by the
4-H Development foundation. Funds
arc now needed to help develop
the camp, located at the junction
of the Ncuse river and Adams
creek.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, July 17
7:59 a.m. 2:09 a.m.
8:13 p.m. 2:08 p.m.
Wednesday, July 18
8:48 a.m. 2:54 a.m.
9:02 p.m. 2:57 p.m.
Thursday, July 19
9:40 a.m. 3:38 a.m.
9:54 p.m. 3:44 p.m.
Friday, July 20
10:35 a.m. 4:22 a.m.
10:49 p.m. 4:32 p.m.
Boat Runs Out of Gas;
Youth Hoofs It Home
George Noe, 19, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Noe, Front street, Beau
fort, is back at work as lifeguard
at Fort Macon state park today,
after a boat adventure. His family
didn’t know where he was for
almost 24 hours.
Noe walked home to Beaufort
from South river Friday morning,
after the Coast Guard and others
were alerted to be on the lookout
for him.
Noe left home in the family cabin
cruiser Thursday, went to Emerald
Isle, then to New Bern and on his
return to Beaufort made a wrong
turn from Neuse river.
He got into one of the dead end
inlets, turned to go out to find the
right way, and ran out of
Two Cars, Boat,
Trailer Crash
Sunday at Otway
I A collision between a 1961 Ford
: convertible and a 1962 Dodge pull
jing a boat trailer at Otway about
1:30 p.m. Sunday resulted in heavy
damages.
According to persons at the
scene, a Chevrolet, headed east on
highway 70, signaled to make a
| left turn at Leslie Gillikin’s store.
The driver of the Chevrolet saw
! that the Ford was coming up be
j hind him at a high rate of speed
| and would not be able to stop.
Headed west, and meeting the
Chevrolet was the Dodge, pulling
a 19-foot cabin cruiser on a trailer.
The driver of the Chevrolet, know
ing he could not turn in front of
the Dodge, decided not to turn at
all, sped up and went on down the
highway.
The driver of the Ford, seeing
the left turn signal, put on his
brakes and hi* car swerved across
the center line, putting the front
of the Ford in the path of the
Dodge. The driver of the Dodge
pulled his car toward the shoulder
of the road, but not in time to keep
the Ford from raking down the
side of it.
The Ford hooked into the boat
trailer, pulling the wheels out from
under it and sending the boat fly
ing across the top of the Dodge.
The Dodge went into the ditch and
hit a concrete bridge, pushing tha
concrete about three feet up in the
car front.
The Ford got back over into its
lane and stopped. The Chevrolet,
not involved in the collision, stop
ped farther down the highway.
Two persons riding in the Dodge,
reportedly from Kinston, were tak
en to Sea Level hospital, shaken up
and bruised. They were said to be
wearing seat belts which possibly
saved them from serious injury.
The driver of the Ford was not in-'
jured.
The Dodge and boat trailer were
completely demolished. Damage
to the boat was estimated at $600
and to the Ford at $200.
State trooper W. E. Pickard in
vestigated, but could not be con
tacted yesterday to obtain names
of persons involved.
Civitan Clubs
Will Meet Oct. 15
Morehead City will be the site
of the next zone meeting of the
Civitans in this area, Monday, Oct.
15. The decision to make Morehead
City the zone meeting city was
made at the zone meeting in Green
ville Thursday night.
A delegation of Morehead City
Civitans issued the invitation. In
the Morehead City group were
Kenneth Wagner, president of the
Morehead City Civitans, Warren
Beck, George Vickroy. Robert Sea
mon and Bob Atkinson.
The meeting was a general busi
ness session. No meeting of the
Morehead City Civitans was held
Thursday.
Mrs. Noe said he poled the boat
to shore and shot off some flares
when jets went over, but he was
not seen. At 1 a.m. Friday he
started to walk but couldn’t find
his way in the woods and returned
to the boat.
Finally, about dawn, he started
to walk again. Mrs. Noc says
George believes he walked mostly
in circles, but he finally came out
on the road through the Open
Grounds.
He hadn’t had any food or water
since soon Thursday. Mrs. Noe
said he walked in the house about
8:45 a.m. Friday.
George’s father and another son
retrieved the boat Saturday mam
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