308 DAYS AND
THE POTOMAC STILL
RUSTS IN THE HARBOR
51st YEAR. NO. 61 TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C. TUESDAY, JULY 31, 196l»
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Commissioners to Draft Written
Opinion on Problems at Hospital
After visiting the Morehead City-4
hospital Thursday noon, Morehead
City commissioners decided to
meet yesterday to draft their ap
praisal of the hospital situation
and send it to the hospital trus
tees.
The trustees wrote a letter to
the town board this month, stating
that they planned to spend $19,000
in reserve funds on hospital im
provements and that if this is done,
other funds may be necessary to
meet routine expenditures, such as
salaries, and that unless the town
was willing to assuipe the respon
sibility for those expenses (should
the need arise) the trustees rec
ommended closing the hospital in
60 days.
Attached to the letter were rec
ommendations from the Medical
Care Commission as to changes
that should be made in the build
ing which houses the hospital. The
letter pointed out that the hospital
trustees were legally responsible
for seeing that recommended
changes arc carried out.
The town board, in session Wed
nesday night, decided it would be
unwise for the trustees to spend all
their reserve fund, since the town
has no money to divert to hospital
expenses.
The hospital has been operating
since 1959 on a temporary condi
tional license.
At noon Thursday (the Friday
date, mentioned in an editorial in
today’s paper, is in error) town
commissioners, Grady Rich and
Douglas West, contractors, met at
the hospital. Purpose of the con
ference was to see what could be
done toward complying with Medi
cal Care Commission requirements
without a major expenditure of
money.
Following consultation with the j
contractors, mayor Dill said that
certain measures could be taken
to correct structural defects, .‘‘but
it would be foolhardy to do any
thing on a long-range basis.”
The Medical Care commission
has stated that if and when the
proposed county hospital opens, the
Mflrehead City hospital must be
closi X -■ *s estimated that a coun
ty hospital, if built, would not be
ready prior to 1965.
Club Cooperates
In 'Conquer
Cancer' Effort
The Morehead City Woman’s club
participated 100 per cent in the
“conquer uterine cancer” program
undertaken by federated Woman’s
clubs last year. Report of the
club’s excellent record, each mem
ber’s having a medical examina
tion, was given at the meeting of
the board of directors of the coun
ty cancer unit Thursday night at
Webb civic center, Morehead City.
The directors authorized the
presentation of a token of recog
nition to the club for its coopera
tion in the cancer detection pro
gram.
Reports were heard from com
mittee chairmen. Mrs. Floy Gar1
ner, president, requested that at
least four directors attend the
state cancer meeting at Raleigh
Oct. 20 and 21. Among those at
tending will be Mrs. Clem John
son, treasurer, and Miss Lyda
Piner, service chairman.
Dr. Herbert Webb, Sea Level,
slate board member of the North
Carolina Cancer society, spoke to
the board. He said he would show
a film on cancer detection to any
group requesting it. Several days’
prior notice is necessary for get
ting the film.
Mrs. Bert Tyson, Greenville,
field consultant, said figures show
that more men are dying of (San
cer today than are women. She
urged special effort in educating
men to the danger signals of can
cer.
From Sept. 1, 1961 to July 1,
1962, 14 cancer patients in the coun
ty were aided by purchase of
drugs, dressings or cost of trans
portation for x-ray treatment.
Persons interested in obtaining
assistance should contact Miss
Piner, 123 Emcline PI., Morehead
City, phone PA6-3452. Funds are
not available for payment of doc
tor bills.
Miss Grace Wilson, 905 Hancock
Pk., Beaufort, memorial chairman,
leported that six memorials had
been given recently, totaling $22.
Mrs. Garner reported that the
Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer founda
tion has now been joined with the
American Cancer society and funds
given as memorials through that
organization, from persons in this
county, have been credited to the
local cancer society.
Mrs. Frank Sample, president of
the Carteret Business and Profes
sional Women’s club, repotted that
the club will sponsor the Cancer
Crusade in the fall.
Minutes of the last board meet
ing were read by Mrs. H. F. Lind
say, secretary. .
Pirate Queen Contestants
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Ann Rye
. . . Havelock
Teresa Rezzo
. . . Beaufort
Among the 23 contestants who
will vie for the Miss Pirate
Queen titje at 3 Saturday in Beau
fort are those pictured here. The
beauty contest will precede the
pirate invasion at 4 p.m.
A barbecue supper will be serv
ed outdoors in downtown Beau
fort and a chicken barbecue sup
per at the Beaufort school cafe
teria. Supper will be followed by
a street dance with P. R. Jones’
orchestra at 8 p.m.
The North Carolina Department
of Motor Vehicles reports that Bel
ford Dudley and Calvin Rudolph
Wise, Morehcad City, have lost
their licenses following convictions
for drunken driving.
Auxiliary Will Deliver
Supper PlatesSaturday
New Building to Replace
Home Housing Law Firm
Work started Thursday on tear
ing down the old Webb house, next
to the postoffice in Morehead City,
Where the law offices of Hamilton,
Hamilton and Phillips were locat
ed.
To be erected on the site by the
law firm is a one-story building
to house the law office and pro
vide space for other business of
fices.
The law firm has moved tem
porarily to 606 Arendell St., in the,
former Oglesby house. It will re
main there until the new. building
is completed.
Tide Table
Tides el the Beaufort Bar
HICK ' LOW
Tuesday, July 31
8:12 a.m. , 2:07 a.m.
8:26 p.m. 2:14 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 1
8:56 a.m. 2:50 a.m.
9:05 p.m. 2:58 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. t
9:39 a.m. 3:30 a.m.
9:46 p.m. . 3:37 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 3
10:22 a.m. 4:06 a.m.
10:24 p.m. 4:15 p.m.
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Sherra Lea Boyd
. . . Havelock
Havelock Cubs
Tour Newspaper
Cub Scout den 3, pack 272, Have
lock, visited THE NEWS-TIMES
Friday afternoon and toured the
editorial office and plant. Each
was given a metal “slug” with his
name and a copy of the paper.
Making the tour were the fol
lowing (Mrs. Frazier is den moth
er): Dale Frazier, Dean Frazier,
David Zimmer, Frankie Twiddy,
John Newby and Mrs. Floyd Fra
zier.
- The VFW auxiliary, sponsor of
the chicken barbecue supper Sat
urday night in the Beaufort school
cafeteria, will deliver suppers to
those who order them no later
than Thursday.
To place orders for delivered
suppers, people should phone PAS
4951, according to Mrs. Frank
Nance, president of the auxiliary.
Proceeds from the barbieue will
go toward the fund for a 4-H camp
at Merrimon.
Tickets arc available from the
following: Mrs. Ervin Lupton,
Morchcad City; Mrs. Selma Carra
way, Merrimon; Mrs. E. Gr Fore
man, Wire Grass, and Mrs. Nance,
BeaHfort.
The supper will follow the beauty
contest and pirates’ invasion and
will be served from 5 to 7 p.m.
Plates arc $1.25 each for adults
and 75 cents for children.' The adult
plate will contain half a chicken
and the child’s plate will have
chicken parts ' equaling about a
quarter of a chicken. The remaind
er of the serving will consist of
potato salad, green slaw, tomatoes,
sliced cucumbers, onions, tea and
hot bread.
Final plans for the dinucr were
made Thursday at an auxiliary
meeting at the post home: Beau
fort. Mrs. Nance presided. Mrs.
Moirah McIntosh won the door
prise and Mrs. Cora Lee Pratt
served refreshments.
JC's to Select
Miss Morehead
City in August
• Winner Will Reign
During Coming Year
• JC's to Attend
District Meeting
The next Miss Morehead City con
test will be staged Friday, Aug.
11, Morehead City Jaycees have
lecided. The Jaycees, who spon
sor the contest, were told last week
it their meeting to begin collcct
ng the names of girls in the coun
y who wish to enter.
According to chairman Bill Mun
len, the contest will be held early
his year in order to allow Miss
dorehead City to reign for a year,
jnabling her to gain experience
ind practice for the state contest
lext summer.
Previously, only one or two
nonths separated the county and
itate contests. Many other Jaycce
:lubs follow the new practice, Mr.
Munden said.
Jayeee organizations throughout
the state sponsor contests annually
as a forerunner of the state con
test to select Miss North Carolina.
Miss North Carolina competes in
the Miss America beauty pageant
at Atlantic City, N. J., in Septem
ber.
Neither Morehead City nor Beau
fort Jaycees sponsored a contest
this year, therefore there was no
Carteret entry in the recent state
contest at Charlotte.
Morehead Jaycees will attend a
district meeting at Wilmington
Aug. 4.
At the recent Jayeee meeting
Dick Fodrcy was congratulated for
his efforts in the Jaycce flag sale.
Jaycees meet each Monday at the
Blue Ribbon restaurant.
Dr. John Maws Reports
On Trip on TheSavannah
There is a possibility that More
head City may some day play host
to the Savannah, the experimental
nuclear ship, Dr. John Morris told
Morehead City Rotarians Thursday
night.
Dr. Morris took a ride on the
Savannah this spring, with other
port officials, out of Yorktown, Va.
Dr. Morris is a member of the
Morehead City port advisory com
mittee.
Ports where the Savannah visits
arc cleared through the Atomic
Energy commission, which consid
ers factors such as soil type, pop
ulation, industry, and others, to
minimize damage in the event oi
a mishap in the nuclear reactor.
Such a mishap is highly unlike
ly, Dr. Morris added, since the
Savannah was built for maximum
safety. Even a collision at sea
would not result in an atomic trag
edy except under highly unusual
circumstances, the reactor being
heavily shielded by 16 feet of lead,
concrete and steel.
Radioactivity also is nil aboard
Morehead City Tug
To Pick Up Salvage
Barge at Norfolk
The Carteret Towing Co. tug, A.
T. Piner, leaves today for Norfolk
to pick up a barge in conjunction
with the proposed salvaging of the
tanker, Potomac.
The new arrival date of the Mer
ritt Chapman and Scott tug, Cable,
from which salvage operations will
be directed, is Friday.
The tanker Potomac has been
sitting in the Morehead City har
bor almost a year. It burned Sept.
26, 1961 when aviation fuel aboard
it caught fire.
It was abandoned by the Mili
tary Sea Transport Service and
turned back to the Navy, which is
now undertaking salvage.
The Coast Guard made an in
quiry into the cause of the fire
and destruction of the tanker, but
results of the inquiry have not yet
been made public.
Society Presidents Go
To Swonsboro Meeting
Attending the recent historical
societies’ meeting at Swansboro
were F. C. Salisbury, Morehead
City, president of the Carteret
county historical society, Mrs.
Salisbury, and Mrs. William (l.
Hamilton, Beaufort, president of
the Beaufort Historical association.
Following the meeting in the
Swansboro Methodist church, the
group was served watermelons at
the community building. The mel
ons were donated by John S. Jones,
Cedar Point, as a tribute to the
late A. D. Knnett,
Ceremony Will Welcome
Army Reserves Back Home
Board of Education Lists
Dates on School Opening
School vacation time is rushing’
by . . .
That’s the word trom the county
board of education office.
Oates to remember:
• Teachers report for duty Mon
day, Aug. 27 for pre-school prep
aration.
• Pupils report Wednesday, Aug.
29.
• Full schedule of classes begins
Thursday, Aug. 30.
All teachers are required to have
a health certificate. It is recom
mended by the board ot education
that each teacher see his or her
family physician and have the cer
tificate ready for Aug. 27. Health
certificate forms will be' mailed
to all teachers today.
There arc some teachers need
ing x-ray and if x-rays are not
already made, those teachers
should contact the health depart
ment without delay. Local teach
ers may have their x-rays at the
county health department, Beau
fort, on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday mornings.
Parents with school age children
who have recently moved to the
county may call at their respective
schools to register their children,
beginning Thursday, Aug. 16. All
principals report for duty on the
above date and will be available
with the exception of Aug. 21, 9
a m. to 12 noon, when they will be
at a principals’ meeting in the
county board of education office,
Beaufort.
The next meeting of the county
board of education, Robert Safrit
Jr., chairman, will be at 10 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 6, in the board of
education office, Beaufort.
the ship, the level of radioactivity
being less than what is normal
exposure to three hours in the sun
from natural sources, the speaker
said.
The first Savannah was the first
steam-propelled ocean-going vessel.
It was launched in 1819, Dr. Mor
ris explained.
The present Savannah is powered
by steam produced by heat from
the atomic reactor, driving the
ship through turbines. Water used
in the boilers is absolutely pure,
with no chemical or other content.
Absolutely pure water cannot
carry radioactivity, and is an add
ed safety factor, according to Dr.
Morris. The ship is 595 feet long,
and draws 29 feet of water. Lux
urious accommodations arc aboard
for 60 passengers, in addition to
a large amount of experimental
and other equipment.
Aboard also is a complete wea
ther station. Speed is 29 knots at
top limits and the ship normally
cruises at 20 knots. Fuel aboard
is expected to last from three and
one-half to four years.
Ports at present cleared for the
Savannah are Savannah, Ga.,
where the ship will visit in August
for a four-day celebration, and
Piraeus, Greece. Dr. Morris said
that his talks with AEC and Mari
time Commission officials seem
favorable for an eventual visit of
the Savannah to Morehead City.
Guests at the meeting were vis
iting Rotarians A1 Midyette, Gaff
ney, S. C., and Joe Williams, Clin
ton, N. C. Tom Cole, Charlotte,
was the guest of Dr. John Gainey.
Woman Injured
In Saturday
Night Wreck
Admitted to the Morehead City
hospital Saturday night following
an auto accident on highway 24
near the Broad Creek bridge was
Mrs. Charles Leonard Schlieoker.
Carrboro. *
Mrs. Schlieoker. riding in a 1961
Dodge driven by her husband, was
injured when the car upset in try
ing to avoid a collision with two
other cars, according to Nathan
Robinson, state trooper who inves
tigated.
According to the officer, the
Dodge was headed toward More
head City when, according to wit
nesses, an MG headed west, cross
ed the center line. To avoid it,
Schlieoker cut to the left. Almost
at tho same time, another car
came out from a side road and
to avoid that, Schlieoker cut back
to the right. His car flipped over
and landed on its top.
Driving the MG, the trooper
said, was Kenneth Edward Brem
er, Camp Lcjeune. Bremer contin
ued on his way but was later ap
prehended and charged with care
less and reckless driving and leav
ing the scene of an accident
Trooper Robinson said identity
of the car which came out of the
side road is not known.
Schlieoker, who was examined at
the Morehead CUy hospital, but
not admitted, was charged with
driving with an improper license.
Truck Smacks
Car Saturday
A dump truck and automobile
collided at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at
the intersection of highways 70 and
24, west of Morehead City.
Driving the truck, according to
state trooper Nathan Robinson,
who investigated, was M. L. Mans
field, route 1 Morehead City, who
was charged with failing to yield
the right-of-way. Driving the car,
a 1953 Chevrolet, was Willie J.
Glancy, route 1 Morehead City.
According to the trooper, Mans
field said he came up to highway
70 on 24, stopped, then pulled out
to go west on 70 toward Newport
when he collided with Glancy’s
car, hitting it in the side. Glancy
was headed toward Morehead on
highway 70.
The Chevrolet flipped over. Four
passengers in the car, ranging in
age from 18 to 21, all from route
2 Newport, were examined at the
Morehead City hospital and re
leased. They were Everett Wray
Jr., Bobby D. Locklear, Carl Har
ding and James Jones.
The car was judged a complete
loss. Damage to the truck was
estimated at $25.
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director of
the Institute of Fisheries Research,
UNC, and Hugh Porter, staff mem
ber, both of Morehead City, are at
tending the National Shellfish as
sociation meeting this week at Bal
timore, Md.
Morehead City
Tax Rate Sets
Up Armory Levy
Morehead City’s $1.95 tax rate,
officially approved at Wednesday's
meeting of the town board, is ap
portioned as follows: SI.32 for the
general fund, 45 cents for paying
off the town’s bonded debt, 10
cents for recreation, and 8 cents
for the armory.
The rate is the same as last
year’s, although it includes funds
for the armory . now under con
struction. Missing from the ap
propriation breakdown is 5 cents
per hundred dollars’ valuation for
the Morehead City hospital. It has
been discovered that this money
can be paid from the general fund
at the board’s discretion, according
to legal interpretation of the law
which provides for support of the
Morehead City hospital by the
town.
Commissioner Dorn Femia, com
menting Friday on the reaction
from hospital board members to
his statement on handling of hos
pital affairs, said that he insisted
that $5,000 be included in the budg
et for payment to the hospital,
should the need arise.
According to Ray Hall, town ad
ministrator, who presented the
budget, town income in 1962-63 is
estimated at $302,070. Of that
amount, income from taxes is esti
mated at $213,400.
Other major sources of income
include $12,000 from parking me
ters, $7,200 from privilege license
fees, $4,000 franchise tax, $5,900
from the ABC store (receipts turn
ed over to hospital).
.Nineteen thousand dollars from
tlic state for maintenance of streets
(Powell bill fund), $12,qj)0 from re
corder's court, $8,500 in sewage
charges, and lesser funds from
town tags, mosquito control pay
ments from the state, overtime
parking, etc.
Of the total income, $235,547 is
earmarked for the general fund
expenses, $48,271 for payment of
the debt, $10,402 for municipal
recreation, and $7,850 for the
armory. (A request for bids on
$40,000 in armory bond anticipa
tion notes has been made by the
Local Government commission.
Bids will be received until 11 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 7. See legal notice
in today’s paper.)
Costs for the year arc estimated
as follows: administrative (sal
aries, office expenses, etc.) $5,532;
court operation $8,824, election ex
penses $250, town administrator’s
office (salaries, auditing, office
expenses, etc.) $16,180.
Buildings and grounds $19,035,
public safety (police department)
$49,836, fire department $47,025
(includes partial payment on pro
posed new fire truck), building and
plumbing fees $650, public works
(street) $75,410, for liquidation of
the debt incurred when the town
borrowed from debt service to
meet general town expenses $5,000.
St. James' Youth
Plan Week's Program
The young people of St. James
Methodist church, Newport, will
sponsor-Youth Activities Week Sun
day, Aug. 5, through Friday, Aug.
10, announces Donald H. Seely,
associate minister. The theme is
Light the Lamp.
Faith, food, fun and fellowship
are waiting for those who come,
Mr. Seeley said. Supper will be
served Sunday, Wednesday and
Friday nights at 6:30,
Jaycettes Select Officers
Officers of the newly formed Jayct.~---- - . »
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Dalmon Lawrence, recording secretary, Mrs. Joe Beam, vice-presiden ,
and Mrs. T<
Mayors of Carteret towns
and county officials will of
ficially welcome home mem
bers of the 824th Transpor
tation Company (Heavy
boat) at a ceremony Thurs
day night at the recreation
building, Morehead City.
The program will begin at 8 p.m.
in the recreation building auditor
ium. Members of the heavyboat
company, Army Reservists who
were called to active duty last fall
will be presented certificates of
appreciation for service to their
country by Moses Howard, chair
man of the county board of com
missioners.
Mayor George W. Dill, Morehead
City, will give the main address
and mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort,
will introduce guests. An officer
representing the 12th Army Corps
will be present, according to Odell
Merrill, clerk to the county board
of commissioners, who has arrang,
ed the affair.
Also present will be Leon Mann
Jr., mayor of Newport, and A. B.
Cooper, mayor of Atlantic Beach.
A flag ceremony will be conduct
ed by Boy Scouts and refreshments
will be served.
Members of the Army Reserve
unit, commanded by first Lt. Paul
Cordova, Morehead City, and their
families will be present. Although
seating capacity of the auditorium
is limited, the public is invited.
Columbia, S. C.—Many reserv
ists and National Guardsmen call
ed to active military duty from
this area last year will be return
ing to their old jobs in August.
“The Bureau of Veterans Re
| employment Rights (BVRR), US
Department of'Labor is cooperat
ing with military personnel in
counseling these men. Prior to
departure from their present duty
station, they are being given de
tailed information on their statu
\orJ ; jrecmployme»t rights. This
information is Being presented dur
ing their separation processing,"
according to James E. McDonald,
area representative of the BVRR.
The 824th Transportation Com
pany, Heavy Boat USAR, which
I has been stationed at Ft. Eustis,
Va., will begin its movement to
morrow to its home station in the
Morehead City area.
Inquiries concerning reemploy
ment rights of reservists should
be addressed to James E. McDon
ald, Area Representative, Bureau
of Veterans Reemployment Rights,
US Court House Building, Colum
bia, S. C.
Parfyboat Hits
Sunken Wreck
Extensively damaged Saturday
morning in Cape Lookout slough
was the partyboat DreamoLu. The
captain and owner, James E. Tal
ton, Morehead City, said that the
boat ran on the submerged Char
lie Lewis wreck.
The prop, shaft and keel of the
boat were damaged. The Dreamo
Lu is now on the ways undergoing
repair at Morehead City.
Aboard at the time of the acci
dent was captain Talton and a
party of fishermen. According to
chief Reginald Lewis at Cape Look
out lifeboat station, Lookout got a
call from the DreamoLu at 7:25
a.m. The captain said his prop
was damaged and he was taking
on water.
The Coast Guard 30-footer went
to the DreamoLu, which had mov
ed about three-quarters of a mile
from the Charlie Lewis wreck, and
found that she did not need a
pump. The Dreamolu was taken
in tow to Beaufort inlet where the
Fort Macon 30-footer relieved the
Cape Lookout boat.
Maiming the Cape Lookout res
cue craft were Chief Lewis, Bobby
Hancock, Robert Sharp and Dan
Robinson.
Buoys that formerly marked the
slough have been removed by the
Coast Guard because it was felt
the buoys lured boats into danger
ous water. Commercial and sports
fishermen accustomed to using the
slough claim that the Lewis wreck
should be marked to avoid dam
age such as that sustained by the
DrdamoLu.
Programs to Show How
To Prepare Tobacco
Growers who failed to sec the
program on preparing and mar
keting loose leaf tobacco on tv
this week, may see the program
on the Greenville station Wednes
day, Aug. 1 and on the Washing
ton station Thursday, Aug. 2.
Extension Leaflet No. 82 entitled
Preparing Loose Leaf Tobacco for
Market, has been mailed to county
tobacco growers. In addition to
that, the television programs will
give additional information.