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51st YEAR. NO. 60 TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1962
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Dredge Burns, Sinks Monday;
Firm Estimates Loss at $70,000
Photo by Bob Simpson
The dredge, Captain Finer, goes up in smoke n orth of the Money Island area of Bogue banks. A
Coast Guard boat uses foam in an unsuccessful attempt to put out the fire. The barge sank Monday.
The loss is estimated at $70,000. „ ■ .' .
Employees to Vote at Fry,
Volney Wednesday, Aug. 8
Employees of the Lloyd A. r ry
Roofing; Co. and the Volncy Felt
Mills will vote Wednesday, Aug. 8,
on whether or not the Oil, Chem
ical and Atomic Workers union
will represent them in collective
bargaining at the plants.
The election will be held between
2:45 and 3:15 p.m. at the felt mill
warehouse. Workers voting will
include all production and main
tenance employees, excluding of
fice and clerical help, over-the
road truck drivers, guards and
supervisors, according to the Na
tional Labor Relations board.
The Oil, Chemical and Atomic
, Workers International union, AFL
CIO, in June petitioned the labor
relations board for the election,
according to Louis Wolberg, as
sistant to the board regional di
rector, Winston-Salem. The board
held a hearing at Morehead City
June 27. Arrangements for the
election were completed Monday.
Employees will vote by secret
ballot. To be certified as bargain
ing agent, the union must receive
a majority of the votes cast.
The election will be conducted by
an agent from the NLRB office,
Winston-Salem.
Truck Upsets;
Driver Injured
A Morehcad City motorist re
mained in the Morehcad City hos
pital yesterday, recovering from
injuries received when his truck
overturned on Bridges street Wed
nesday at 4:20 p.m., near Mrs.
Russell Willis’s restaurant.
Howard Hill Overman, driving
a 1949 Ford pickup truck belonging
to Shirley Overman, suffered an
injured' foot, shoulder and head
cuts.
The truck left the road, hit soft
ground on the shoulder of the road
4 and turned over completely. Dam
age was estimated at $200 by in
vestigating officer Buck Newsome.
Overman’s injuries are not
thought to be serious, although two
bones were broken in his foot. Fur
ther examination of his shoulder is
being made to determine if any
bones are broken.
Migrant Ministry Committee Seeks
Blood Donors for Patient at Duke
The Carteret Migrant Ministry
committee is issuing an appeal for
12- pints of blood, of any type, for
Joshua Stallworth, a migrant who
is undergoing a series of four op
*i crations at Duke hospital, Durham.
Stallworth requires surgery, ac
cording to the Rev. Jack Mans
field, chairman of the migrant
ministry committee, to correct a
disease called lymphedema. The
illness causes Stallworth’s one leg
to swell so that sometimes it is
impossible for him to work in the
* fields.
The worker has already under
gone one operation successfully1.
People who will donate blood are
to do so at Duke hospital, Durham.
Mr. Mansfield says transportation
will be provided for them. It is
hoped that two carloads of donors
can be taken to the hospital, one
Saturday and one Sunday.
Those willing to give blood should
phone Mr. Mansfield, PA6-5564 or
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Notional Officer
Hii?w v n His*
Mrs. Charles B. Noe, Beaufort,
has been elected to the board of
directors of the National Inter
state Council of the State Boards
of Cosmetology.
Mrs. Noe, a member of the
North Carolina State Board of
Cosmetic Art Examiners, was
elected to the national office at
a recent meeting of the inter
state council at Minneapolis,
Minn. Her term of office will
be one year.
Mrs. Noe, who owns and op
erates the Beauty Bar, a shop
in Beaufort, began her third
term on the North Carolina
board July 1. She has been a
member of the board for six
years. Her new appointment is
for three years. During her re
cent term of office she served
as vice-chairman of the state
board.
Power Goes Off
Transformer trouble in Beaufort
caused the power to go off at 5:04
p.m. Tuesday. It was restored at
6:22 p.m. Power outtages of sev
eral seconds in Morehead City the
same afternoon were probably due
to the Beaufort trouble, according
to George Stovall, manager of
Carolina Power and Light, Morc
hcad City. Why the Beaufort trans
former went out has not been de
termined.
the Rev. Charles Kirby, PA6-4449.
Should anyone be in Durham and
decide to give blood, they are ask
ed to specify that the blood is for
Joshua Stallworth.
Unless donors can be found, Mr.
Mansfield says the blood, if bought
commercially, will cost $300 or
more.
The migrant ministry chairman
received a letter this week from
a migrant, the father of an 18
month-old baby who was recently
treated at Duke hospital; The mi
grant and his wife came to this
county to work this summer. The
family is now in Hailwood, Va.
Mr. Mansfield said the baby was
very sick and Was probably suf
fering as much from being treat
ed for trouble it didn’t have as it
was from its real illness.
The child, named Lester, was
nursed back to health during a
two-week stay at Duke hospital.
The baby was admitted as a pa
* The dredge, Captain Finer, mim
ed and sank Monday in Bogue
sound near the Sportsman’s Marina
at Money Island. The loss is esti
mated at $70,000. The dredge, the
property of the Piner Dredging Co.,
was a 59-foot, 8-inch suction
dredge.
The five-year-old dredge was
working in the area when fire
broke out at about 3 p.m. Accord
ing to dredge captain. John A.
Wetheringtgn, the fire occurred
after an accident during repair of
the spud frame on the dredge.
Men were working on the frame
about 20 feet above deck. A piece
of iron, cut loose by an acetylene
torch, fell and broke the gauge
off the tank of acetylene. The gas,
under pressure, spread throughout
the dredge and ignited, starting
the blaze.
Foam was spread on the fire
by two Coast Guard boats, but the
dredge burned to the water line
and sank at about 7:30 p.m. in 20
feet of water.
Crew members of the dredge
made their way to the shore 300
yards away after the fire drove
them from the vessel. The At
lantic Beach Fire department and
the Coast Guard both answered the
call for aid after the dredge had
caught fire at about 3 p.m.
The dredge was covered by $30,
000 in insurance, according to
Charles Piner, of the Piner Dredg
ing Co.
No injuries were reported among
the dredge’s four crew members.
The crew was busy salvaging
equipment from the wreck Tues
day.
Goldsboro Boys
Confess to Theft
Four Goldsboro youths have ad
mitted to breaking into King’s
County Fair, west of Morchcad
City, May 20 and stealing fishing
tackle, the county sheriff’s depart
ment reports.
The four, Lloyd Leroy Manning,
18, John R. Potter Jr., 22, Jesse
E. Mitchell, 24, and Billy Ray
Mitchell, 22, were tried in Golds
boro yesterday for breaking and
entering and are to be tried in
Nash county on the same charge.
The fishing tackle taken from
King’s County Fair was valued at
$350 to $400. The four will be tried
for breaking, entering and larceny
in this county Aug. 29, according
to deputy sheriff Carl Bunch.
Attends 4-11 Week
David Warrick, county 4-11 ad
visor for boys, is attending 4-11
Week this week at Raleigh.
tienl through Mr. Mansfield s ef
forts.
The letter, from the child’s fa
ther, Jake, shows that the writer
has had little education. Despite
many misspelled words in the ad
dress on the envelope, it reached
Mr. Mansfield here. The sincerity
of the message shines through the
garbled English:
Jake Thomas
J\ily 17, 1962
Hailwood, Va., PO
Dear Krend:
1 no it nice to let you no how
much you have help me. Me an
my wife thank you verry much,
an all so thank your frend to. I
no you help me to save my babby.
He never wood of made it. To let
you no what you did it was worth
it. My babby finer as he ever
ben befor.
I do no we never find a man
who will help that way agine. So
(See MIGRANTS Page 8)
Pretty Girls, Guns, Fights, Food,
Dancing Promise Fun in Beaufort
Diane Burnett
• . . . New Bern
Graham Duncan Jr. Dies;
Funeral Rite Wednesday
The funeral service for Graham'
Washington Duncan Jr., 47, Beau
fort, was conducted at 2 o’clock
Wednesday in Ann Street Metho
dist church, Beaufort. Mr. Duncan
died early Monday night at More
head City hospital as a result of
burns suffered Tuesday, July 17.
Mr. Duncan was reading in bed
and is believed to have fallen
asleep while holding a cigarette.
The fire was smoldering under
the covers and when he lifted
them to get out of bed, the fire
blazed up. He was rushed to More
head City hospital by Dr. M. T.
Lewis and was unconscious much
of the time after being admitted.
He was placed under an oxygen
tent Sunday night.
lie had served as chairman of
the county draft board since 1948,
served as a town commissioner for
two terms, 1947-1350, was active
in the Jaycees and received the
Man of the Year award. He was
also active in the American Legion.
The son of the late Graham
Washington and Olive Woodard
Duncan, he was a graduate of
Beaufort high school and attended
the University of North Carolina.
He was a member of Ann Street
Methodist church and had been
employed as a carrier at Beaufort
postofficc for about three years.
The Rev. D. L. Fouts, pastor of
Ann Street church, conducted the
funeral and was assisted by the
Rev. C. Edward Sharp, rector ot
St. Paul’s Episcopal church. Mem
bers of the postofficc staff were
honorary pallbearers. Active pail
bearers were Roy Hamilton, David
Beveridge, Kenneth Johnson, Les
lie Moore. Clarence Guthrie and
Jim Wheatley. Burial was in
Oceanview cemetery.
Mr. Duncan is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Evelyn Styron Duncan;
a 19-ycar-oId daughter, Vera Vir
ginia; a 15-year-old son, Stephen
Thomas; a sister, Mrs. Gray Has
sell, and a brother, John Woodard
Duncan, all of Beaufort,
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Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, July 27
4:44 a.m. 10:58 a.in.
5:17 p.m. .11:43 p.m.
Saturday, July 28
5:44 a.m. 11:50 a.nv
6:11 p.m. ..'.
Sunday, July 28
6:38 a.m. 12:35 a.m.
7:00 p.m. 12:40 p.m.
Monday, July 30
7:27 a.m. 1:23 a.m.
7:44 p.m. 1:28 p.m.
Tuesday, July 31
a.m. 2:07 a.m.
p.m. 2:14 (MB.
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Marie Blanchard
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Navy Says Ship
Salvage to Start
Cdr. T. F. Bacheler, USN, of the
Navy Bureau of Ships, informed
Robert L. Hicks, Morehead City,
Tuesday that salvage operations on
the Potomac will begin the latter
part of this week or the first of
next.
Mr. Hicks, of Heidc & Co., agent
for the Potomac, said that the
Merritt Chapman and Scott tug,
Cable, will be here, with Capt. C.
L. Peterson in charge of salvage
operations.
Announcement of the beginning
of salvage has been made on sev
eral occasions previously but the
operations never materialized.
The Potomac, a Navy tanker op
erated by the Military Sea Trans
port Service, exploded and burned
in Morehead City harbor Sept. 26,
1961. The hulk still lies there, an
eyesore and potential threat to
harbor operations, should t h c
wreck shift.
Two men lost their lives when
the ship burned. Four Morehead
City men were cited for heroism
in rescuing seven of the crew
members.
Town Board Acts on Money
Matters, Alters Zoning Plan
Morehead City town commission
ers met in special session Wednes
day night at the municipal build
ing to mop up important items of
unfinished business.
The board did the following:
• Adopted the budget for 1962-63
• Affirmed deputy fire chief L.
E. Wade's action in firing two en
gineers
• Acted on a financial matter
concerning the hospital
• Re-hired all present city em
ployees for 1962-63
• Re-zoned as business the area
trom 28th street to Bonner avenue
between Bridges and Arcndcll
• Awarded the auditing contract
to A. M. Pullen Co., New Bern
Budget
A budget of $302,070 was adopted.
The tax rate remains at $1.95 on
an assessed valuation of $11,362,
747. Revenue from the tax levy,
figured on 91 per cent collection, is
$221,573.57.
A special levy for support of the
hospital was not made. According
to Ray Uali, town supervisor, the
Events on Pirate Invasion
Day, Aug. 4, to Start at 3
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Judy Carlton
. . . Morehead City
2-Year-Old Girl
Bitten; Rabies
Shots Given
Two • year - old Frances Allison
Phillips, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Phillips III, is taking ra
bies shots as the result of being
bitten by a dog Thursday morning
at her home, 1913 Evans St., More
head City.
The dog was caught by her fath
er and taken to the veterinarian's
where it died Saturday. It cannot
be determined, by tests, that the
dog did not have rabies in a period
of less than 9 to 14 days, Mr. Phil
lips says.
By then, it would be too late to
start giving the rabies shots to
the person bitten, should it be es
tablished that the dog was rabid.
Mr. Phillips said that the dog
was not tagged and it is not known
who owned it. He said that if the
dog was rabid, the owner should
look to its other pets and children,
because they might be infected.
“I hope this will move public;
officials to do something about
this'stray dog problem,” Mr. Phil
lips said. "To let this situation ex
ist can result in serious tragedy.
It’s appalling to be put in the po
sition of deciding to give a child
rabies shots.”
The treatment is painful, but
Mr., Phillips said his daughter has
suffered no serious reaction as yet.
She w’as bitten on the lower left
arm.
The dog was described as a small
brown puppy, probably of mixed
breed. Mr. Phillips said the dog
did not look well, but it made no
effort to bite him when he picked
it up and took it to the vet’s.
Legislator Hospitalized
D. G. Bell, Morehead City, Dem
ocratic candidate for the general
assembly, entered Morehead City
hospital Tuesday for rest and to
undergo tests. Mr. Bell has serv
ed several terms in the state legis
lature.
5 cents usually earmarked for the
hospital is a general fund item.
Five cents was not specifically
earmarked in the general fund for
the hospital, but $5,000 was set up
in the budget as a contingency
item. '
By order of the town commis
sioners, the hospital did not re
ceive during the past fiscal year
the amount usually turned over to
it from the tax levy, which was
in the neighborhood of $5,000. (The
hospital still gets all the town’s
ABC money.)
Further details on the budget
will appear in Tuesday’s paper.
Fire Department
Deputy fire chief L. E. Wade ap
peared before the board at the
request of commissioners and D.
J. Hall, chairman of the fire com
mittee. Mr. Wade, who is respon
sible. for maintenance and opera
tion of fire equipment, told briefly
of circumstances leading to the
firing of Mack Edwards and
Charles Edwards, fire department
engineers.
Saturday, Aug. 4. at 3 p.m. in Beaufort, a gigantic
Parade of Beauties will kick off the annual celebration
of the Pirate Invasion of Beaufort. In commemoration
of the historic pirates’ invasion and capture of Beaufort
in 1747, the event will be staged this year with the co
operation of several organizations.
The Parade of Beauties will begin on Front street,
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County Library
Board Chairman
Leaves Office
• Mrs. J. O. Barbour Jr.
Served Since 1955
• Library Loaned 25,281
Books in 1961-62
Mrs. J. t>. Barbour Jr., Beaufort,
chairman of the County Library
board, has resigned. She served
on the board as a member for
many years and was elected chair
man in July 1955. Her resignation
became effective the first of this
month.
In announcing Mrs. Barbour’s
resignation, the library board also
released circulation figures for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1962.
No one has been named as yet
to replace Mrs. Barbour as chair
j man.
j “It is with the greatest regret
I that we accept Mrs. Barbour’s
resignation,” said Mrs. W. L.
Woodard, board member. “She has
served faithfully and well in a
difficult and sometimes thankless
job. Since she knows from person
al experience the value of good
books, she has been one of the
library’s strongest supporters and
has been able to advise in many
phases of our work.”
Mrs. Gaston Simpson, county li
brarian, also expressed regret at
Mrs. Barbour’s resignation. Mrs.
Simpson said, “Mrs. Barbour has
been a most cooperative person
with whom to work, and I have en
joyed our association. Because of
her many years of experience on
the library board, she was famil
iar with all details of the library
(See LIBRARY Page 8)
Coast Guard Gives
Swimmers a Lift
Three Morchcad City youngsters
got a free boat ride in a new Coast
Guard 30-footer Tuesday, after a
strong tide left them stranded on
Sugarloaf island near 11th street.
Leslie Webb, 13, Bill Guthrie, 11,
and Ben Toler, 13, swain to the
island and could not get back to
the mainland due to tidal currents.
The Coast Guard arrived and
took the three to shore in a new
30-footer that has just been put
into service at Fort Macon. Man
ning the craft were Garrett, BM2,
Johnson EN1, and Godley, SNBM.
The board denied an appeal from
the fire department grievance com
mittee, which was made at their
regular meeting last Thursday, and
reaffirmed Mr. Wade’s action. The
deputy chief said Duffy Guthrie
and Carroll Rice had been hired
to replace the two men relieved
of duty.
The two received two weeks’
severance pay. The fire depart
ment committee was scheduled to
meet at noon yesterday to deter
mine what may still be due the
ex-employees in the way of vaca
tion pay.
Hospital
Read to the board was a letter
addressed to the commissioners
from A. B. Roberts, chairman of
the Morehcad City hospital board
of trustees. The letter pointed out
that certain repairs must be made
to the hospital. It proposed using
for that purpose $19,000 the hos
pital has in bonds (repair cost is
estimated at $30,000).
Mr. Roberts said if the bond
(See BOARD Page 8)
at tne corner oi urange street
The parade will pass through the
business district to the site of the
Alphonso, at Front and Pollock
streets, the historical association’s
landlocked ship museum, which is
filled with relics of Beaufort’s by
gone eras.
The famed Second Marine Air
Wing band from Cherry Point Ma
rine base will be featured during
the parade and during following
events.
Immediately after the parade, a
beauty contest will begin in front
of the Alphonso, The parade and
contest to choose Miss Pirate
Queen of 1962 is being sponsored
by the Beaufort Rescue Squad, Inc.
Parade manager is T. V. Woolard.
Beauty contest manager is Mrs.
T. V. Woolard.
Under the careful scrutiny of a
panel of judges, consisting of Mrs.
Boh Simpson, wife of the well
known photographer from More
head City; Miss Ruth Peeling, edi
tor of the award-winning NEWS
TIMES; Brig. Gen. F. C. Tharin,
commanding general of the world’s
largest Marine air station, Cherry
Point; Norwood Young, well-known
photographer and news reporter of
Beaufort. Miss Pirate Queen of
1962, and first and second runner
up will be chosen.
Charles Markey, Havelock, will
be master of ceremonies during
the parade and beauty contest.
Mrs. Woolard will crown Miss Pi
rate Queen of “1962 with a crown
donated by Beaufort jeweler Jarvis
Herring.
A beautiful loving cup, inscribed
with name and title, donated by
Beaufort jeweler C. W. Stamper
will be presented to the queen. On
behalf of the merchants’ associa
tion, the president, W. R. Hamil
ton, will present Miss Pirate Queen
of 1962 an award in keeping with
the pirate theme, fifteen silver dol
lars.
The first runner-up will be pre
sented ten silver dollars. The sec
ond runner-up will be presented
with five silver dollars. Each con
testant will receive a long-stemmed
American Beauty rose from the
Beaufort Merchants association.
After the'beauty contest, the im
mediate area will be cleared and
the first gun sounded at 5 p.m.,
signifying the beginning of the Pi
rate Invasion. The invasion under
the supervision of Grayden Paul,
will feature the Beaufort Fire de
partment members as pirates, and
townspeople as farmers.
The pirate boats will shell the
town, and will be fired upon in
exchange. Upon blowing up a fort,
built on the shoal in front of Beau
fort, the pirates land and capture
the town. After their merrymaking,
farmers swarm into town and the
affair turns into a melee, with
hand-to-hand combat. The farmers
win, and trundle off the pirates in
mule carts to the local lock-up.
Immediately alter the invasion
ends, the Beaufort Rescue Squad,
Inc., will Degin serving a oaruecuc
supper at the rescue squad booth
a block west of the Alphonso on
Front street. Tables will be set up
in the vacant Dcy lot for supper
participants.
Barbecue plates will be $1, pro
ceeds of which will go toward pur
chase of badly-needed equipment
for the Beaufort Rescue squad.
The Second Marine Air Wing
band will be entertained at a bar
becue supper at the Surfside res
taurant, by the Beaufort Merchants
association.
At 8 p.m., at the same location
as the outdoor barbecue supper,
the Beaufort Rescue squad will
sponsor a street dance till mid
night. Music will be by P. R. Jones
orchestra. Tickets to the street
dance arc $2, and are available
from Beaufort Rescue squad mem
bers.
“You’all come and enjoy an eve
ning of fun and frolic,” Rescue
Squad members announce.
(Three of the Miss Pirate Queen
contestants are pictured today.
Ten were pictured in Tuesday’s
paper. Pictures of eight other con
testants will be published next
week.
Directors Meet
The board of directors of the
county cancer society met last
night at the Webb civic center,
Morehead City. Mrs. Floy Garner
is president
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