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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
61st YEAR, NO. 65 TWELVE PAGES—TWO SECTIONS CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES. MOKEHEAi) CITY AND BEAUFORT. N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 14. 1962 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Bridge Decision Solves
Nothing, Mayor Says
“Leaving out the draw span puts
us right where we arc now,” de
clared mayor George W. Dill Sat
urday, following announcement
that the new Morehead City bridge
would be built GO to 80 feet north
of the present bridge, without a
draw.
Decision to place the new bridge
virtually in the same location as
the present one was made Friday
following a conference among high
way and ports authority represen
tatives in the governor’s office at
Raleigh.
The bridge will rise 65 feet over
the inland waterway, making it
impossible for any craft exceeding
that height to pass under it. The
bridge will be 3,247 feet long, 90
feet wide and a new causeway will
be constructed a hundred to a hun
dred and fifty feet north of the
present Beaufort-Morehead cause
way to connect with the bridge
constructed several years ago at
Beaufort.
Total cost of the project will be
$2.2 million.
Mayor Dill was asked if any
Morehead City interests would at
tempt to change the reccntly-an:
nounccd decision. He said he doubt
ed it.
■Vhosc opposed to this location
say that it will block development
of the state port at Morehead City,
which is just south of the present
highway bridge. The haggling as
to bridge location centered around
port development which one fac
tion said was the primary concern,
and service to those who use the
highways, which the highway com
mission feels is the primary con
cern.
In March, the highway commis
sion agreed to build the bridge
just north of the present bridge
but with an ocean draw span.
The SPA was asked to designate
where the span was to go and what
type should be installed. A special
study was undertaken by engineers
employed by the SPA. As a re
sult of that study, the SPA came
up with the recommendation that
ty bridge should be plaecd about
1,200 feet north of the present one,
using 'Marsh island, just north of
the present Morehead City yacht
basin.
But that proposal went out the
window Friday.
Governor Sanford says a draw
span will be put in the bridge
“when needed.” E. N. Richards,
acting director of the State Ports
authority, said need for such a
span may be shown before the
bridge is started.
, Cost of the bridge, without a
spkn, is $1.8 million and access
rohds will be $400,000. The fed
eral government will pay half the
cost of the bridge and half the cost
of the draw span when it is .in
stalled.
Cost of the bridge proposed at
the Marsh island site was quoted
at $5.5 million, plus an additional
$1.7 million for a lift span, when
installed.
Highway department engineers
have contended for three years that
tie bridge should go where the
governor has said it will go.
Attending Friday’s meeting, be
sides the governor and Mr. Rich
ards were Walter Friedcrichs, port
operations manager, Morehead
City; Cam Lee, chief highway en
gineer; Merrill Evans, highway
commission chairman; James D.
Lacey, of the US Bureau of Public
Roads; Jim Norris, hydrographic
engineer for the highway depart
ment, and L. C. Bruce, ports au
thority public relations officer.
Weekend Marked
By Cool, Sunny
'Fall' Weather
Warm weather, sunny skies and
lonly the threat of thundershowers
was the weather for the past week
end. Cooler temperatures came
with a shift in the wind.
Northern breezes lowered the
temperature from 90 to 83 in the
daytime, and from 78 to 71 at
night.
No rain was reported by the At
lantic Beach weather station.
Max. Min. Wind
Thursday ..90 78 E
Friday . 84 71 S
Saturday .83 72 N
Sunday .83 74 NEE
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
Tuesday, Aug. 14
i6:48 a.m. 12:56
7:08 p.m. 12:59
Wednesday, Aug. l£
7:38 a.m. 1:44
7:57 p.m. 1:51
Thursday, Aug. 1*
8:26 a.m. 2:30
8:45 p.m> 2:41
LOW
a.m.
p.m.
a.m.
p.m.
a.m.
p.m.
Friday, Aug. 17
9:17 a.m. 3:15 a.m.
9:37 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
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Ship Visiting
Hours Given
• Navy Personnel May
Be Invited to Homes
• Harder, Weeks to Visit
Morehead Aug. 25, 26
Citizens who wish to go aboard j
the United States submarine Har
der, SS 568, and the USS J. W.
Weeks, DD 701, at Morehead City |
this month will be Oble to do so:
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, j
Aug. 25, and Sunday, Aug. 26
Visitors will be escorted by the!
ship’s personnel.
Phillip Bullock, manager of the'
greater Morehead City chamber of,
commerce, says Morehead city
and Beaufort residents may wish
to entertain some of the ships’
personnel in their homes. “This
expression of hospitality is appre
ciated by the officers and crews!
and we hope that many citizens
will open their homes to our visit
ing Naval servicemen,” Mr. Bul
lock said.
Families interested in entertain
ing the men should write or tele
phone the commanding officers ol
the ships, in care of the state port
office, Morehead City.
Hour of the visit and the number
of guests wanted should be stated
in the message. Upon arrival at
Morehead City, the men will be
assigned by the commanding of
ficer and a suitable time designat
ed for the hosts to meet the guests
at the dock.
- The state will continue to main
tain the present Beaufort-Morehead
causeway after the new causeway
connecting the Beaufort and More
head City bridges is built.
This information was received
from Cameron Lee, chief highway
engineer with the State Highway
commission, yesterday morning.
Mr. Lee, in a telephone conversa
tion with THE NEWS-TIMES, said
that there will be two “accesses”
to the old causeway, one on the
east and one on the west. They
will join the present causeway,
south of the railroad tracks, to the
new causeway which will be north
of the tracks.
Mr. Lee said right-of-way per
sonnel were in this area yesterday
to complete work on obtaining
right-of-way for the new bridge and
approaches. He said the major
portion of the right-of-way has al
ready been obtained.
Bids on the bridge project are
expected to be opened within the
next two or three months.
Principal Asks
New Students
To Register
Registration of new elementary
students at Morehead City school
will take place Tuesday, August
28, announces Lenwood Lee, prin
cipal.
New high school students who
have moved into town this sum
mer can register before or on the
Aug. 28 date, according to Mr. Lee.
Summer school for high school
students ended July 18, with 48
students completing courses in
English, history and mathematics.
Elementary students taking a
remedial reading , course began
classes on July 18, with 14 students
taking the two-wcck course.
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Smoke, Heat
Damage Nelson
Grocery Store
• Mrs. Irene Midgett
Discovers Blaze
# Stock Damage Runs
Into Thousands
Extensive damage was done to
the stock of the El Nelson grocery,
910 Arendell St., Morchead City
Sunday morning, when the com
pressor for a refrigerated meat
case overheated and caught fire.
According to I\lr. Nelson, the
fire Caused relatively little dam
age to the store, but excessive heat
and smoke caused a large amount
of damage to the stock of grocer
ies. '
Damage to the stock is expected
to run into the thousands of dol
lars
The alarm was turned in to the
Morchead City fire department at
11:50 a m.
Mrs. Irene Midgett, 1005 Bridges
St., discovered the fire. She was
walking along the street on her
way to work at the theatre and
glanced in the store. “Usually you
can see straight through,” she re
marked, “but it looked cloudy and
dark in there.”
Mrs. Midgettc went to Francis
Wade. Morchead City, who was
sitting in a parked car nearby, and
asked him to come look, lie put
his hand on the glass in the front
of the store. The glass was hot,
Mrs. Midgett said he turned in the
alarm.
Mr. Nelson, who incidentally, is
chief of the Morchead City fire de
partment, said the store will re
open as soon as a new stock of
goods can be put on the shelves.
Estimates of damage run as high
as $lo,ooo.
John Parker, fireman with hose in the foreground, looks for stray surviving flames in the El Nel
son grocery Sunday. Firemen said the heat inside the store was intense.
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Mrs. Frank Nance, right, and Mrs. Selma Carraway, in back
Mrs. Nance, serve food at the recent chicken barbecue supper
Beaufort school cafeteria. Proceeds from the supper, $280, are
going to the 4*H camp at Merrimon.
Truck, Aufo
Collide Friday
Morchead City police reported a
wreck at 11 p.m. Friday, when a
truck coming off the railroad right
of-way on Arcndell street collided
with a Thundcrbird.
George Albert Pennucll, Oak
smith Acres, was driving the half
ton Chevrolet truck, which belong
ed to the Carteret Supply Co. The
truck, leaving its parking place on
the median strip, pulled into Aren
dell street in the 800 block, head
ing east.
The Thunderbird, owned by its
driver, William Castle Miller,
route 1 Morchead City, was pass
ing the truck at the time, , The
truck's front bumper caught. 4hc
Thundcrbird’s rear fender and.
taillight, causing about $50 in dam
ages. Damage to the truck’s bump
er was about $40.
No charges were filed by officer
Ed Gaskill, who investigated.
Funds Approved
The House Appropriations com
mittee approved Friday an appro
priation of $562,000 for -construction
at Cherry Point Marine Corps air
station.
Plans Move Ahead for '6 3
Morehead City Pageant
Boats Should Give
Wreck Wide Berth
Persons operating boats in
Morehead City harbor are re
quested to give the Potomac wide
berth.
Cdr. T. R. Bacheler, USN,
states that boats are coming
close to the wreckage, rocking
divers and creating hazards to
craft engaged in salvage opera
tions.
Vessels should give the Poto
mac wide berth and proceed
through the area slowly. Those
that don’t arc subject to appre
hension by the Coast Guard.
Work on moving the burned *
hull of the tanker, Potomac, out
of the harbor is being done by
Merritt Chapman and Scott. It
started the first of the month.
Beth Mayo
. . . Miss Morehcad City?
A New School Year...
<The following is a statement bv II. L. Joslvn, county superin
tendent of schools, provided particularly for this Rack-to-School
issue.)
The 1962-63 school year gets under way officially
with the principals and supervisors reporting for duty
Aug. 16. I mentioned “officially” inasmuch as many
of these good people have given their summer to plan
ning for the year’s work and in securing teacher re
placements.
Four new teaching positions were alloted over last
year because of increased attendance and thirty-four
replacements, giving us 38 new teachers in our faculty
of 243.
The supervisory personnel remains the same, but
our program in speech therapy has had a big boost by
the allotment of a second teacher for this most import
ant work.
Our supervisory and speech therapy personnel
have been housed in ope small room in the courthouse
annex. This summer, offices-for-them have been pre
pared in the old NY A building located on the northeast
corner of the courthouse square. Space is reserved for
textbooks in that building.
All during the summer, workmen have been busy
with repair and floor maintenance. The floor crew
will finish their work, but the repair crews have much
more than they can accomplish in one short summer.
Instructional and janitorial supply orders have
been received and indications point toward a good year.
Certainly the school personnel I have talked to seem
keyed up for the continuation of Quality Education in
Carteret county. Our schools have been blest by many
dedicated teachers who have and are giving their best
to our boys and girls. The progress and standing of
our schools testify to that fact. I am grateful for the
loyal support and help of these teachers.
This year is my 41st year in Carteret county and
my 50th year in public education and while there are
regrets that there must be an end, yet I look forward
to the Board of Education giving me my retirement at
the end of this school year, which I hope will be one
of the best.
—H. L. Joslyn
Winner Will Reign As
Miss Morehead City
Morehcad City Jaycces have 4
plans well underway for the Miss
Morehead City of 1963 pageant,
which will be given at 8 Friday
night, Aug. 31, at Morehcad City
high school.
Vying for the title of Miss More
head City will be Beth Mayo, Mat
tie Phillips and Carolyn Ballance,
Morehead City; Virginia Potter
and Mary June Merrill, Beaufort;
Maxine Jones, Broad Creek, and
Linda Beck, Havelock.
Reserved seat tickets arc now on
sale. They are $1 for adults and 75
cents for school children. They may
be purchased from any Jaycce or
Jaycette, Hill's, and Leary’s.
► Miss Ballance was a contestant
in the dairy princess competition
in the spring and came in second
in the district dairy princess con
test.
Miss Potter was first runner-up
in the recent Pirate Queen contest
in Beaufort and Miss Merrill was
second runner-up. Miss Jones was
a contestant in the Pirate Queen
contest.
Morehead City Jaycees did not
sponsor a Miss Morehead City this
year. There was no pageant. They
decided to select now the contest
ant who will neter the state beauty
pageant, next summer.
There was no county representa
tive at the state pageant in Char
lotte this year.
Jaycees are looking for sponsors
for the girls in the coming More
head City pageant. Sponsorship is
$50 per contestant. Any firms or in
dividuals interested should contact
Bill Mundcn, PA6-3322, L. E. Kelley
Jr., PA6-5220, or L. C. Brewer,
Prtl! 4)14.
To date, only Miss Mayo has a
sponsor.
Lifeguards Rescue
Woman Bather
At Beach Sunday
Mrs. Louise Silvcrthorne, Wil
liamston, was rescued by life
guards at Atlantic Beach at 12:45
p.m. Sunday when she became ex
hausted while swimming in the pro
tected bathing area.
Lifeguards said they heard her
cries for help, brought her ashore,
and she was rushed in a Dill am
bulance to the Morchcad City hos
pital.
Mrs. Silvcrthorne had taken on
a lot of water, but was reported
to be in fair condition at 2 p.m.
at the hospital.
Lifeguards on duty at the time,
according to police chief W. W.
Moore, were Allen Autry, Norman
Agee and Irvin Glover.
Gets Service Pin
Inez Willis, Atlantic, has earned
a 20-year service pin at Cherry
Point. She is employed in the sup
ply department.
Workshop Art Displayed
Sherrill Horne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Manley Horne, Mansfield Park, Morehead City, displays some
of his cartoon characters and a cartoon sequence at the arts and craft show in Beaufort I1 may nig
The show was held In the educational building of Ann Street Methodist church.
Almost a hundred persons
viewed the art and crafts exhibit
Friday night in the educational
building, Ann Street Methodist
church, Beaufort.
Mrs. Charles Hassell, director
of the workshop, was presented
an oil landscape painting by pu
pils enrolled in the workshop.
The painting was by Elmer
Griese, art Instructor.
One hundred twenty-nine were ;•
enrolled in the art and crafts
classes, as well as piano and mu
sic courses. The six-week work
shop closed July 28.
Mrs. Hassell said the work
shop will be conducted next sum
mer.
(Another photo taken at the
art exhibit Friday night appears
on page 5 uf this section.)
School Opening Dotes
Thursday, Aug. lO-Principals’
school year starts
Monday, Aug. 27—Teachers re
port to schools
Wednesday, Aug. 20—Pupils re
' port to schools
Thursday, Aug. 30—-Full sched
ule Ot hpfljns
Girls Report
Attacks by Men
During Weekend
The sheriff’s department was in
vestigating yesterday alleged at
tacks by gangs of youths on two
girls.
One girl, a resident of Morehead
City, said she was "beaten up” by
some fellows at the old menhaden
boat on the Atlantic Beach cause
way Saturday night. By the time
deputy sheriff Carl Bunch arrived
at the place, the men allegedly in
volved had disappeared.
Another girl, a resident of New
Bern, said she was chased by a
group of men early Monday morn
ing near the Morehead ocean pier
on Bogue banks.
She said she escaped only by
running and screaming.
Officers of the area believe that
the incidents, if they occurred, may
be connected with the assault on
Lt. George Wiggins, officer at
Atlantic Beach, who was jumped
by two men early last Tuesday
morning while making his rounds
at the beach.
Two Cherry Point men, held in
connection with the attack on the
officer, have been released in cus
tody of authorities at Cherry
Point.
Investigation on all three cases
is continuing. Atlantic Beach po
lice have called in the State Bureau
of Investigation on the Wiggins
case.
Boat Course
To be Taught
In New Quarters
Adult education in diesel main
tenance, boat machinery and other
marine subjects will be taught this
year in Morehead City at the Jen
kins building (also known as the
Cherry building) at 12th and Evans
streets.
The shop is expected to be set
up and ready for inspection when
the industrial teachers of the state
meet here in convention, at the
Biltmorc hotel, next week, accord
ing to H. L. Jdslyn, county super
intendent of schools.
The machinery to be used in
teaching the course is valued at
$25,000 and is on loan to the state.
Four men arc now in the process
of overhauling and painting it.
In the past the course has been
taught at John Williams’ machine
shop, but the board of education,
at its August meeting, decided to
rent the rear part of the Jenkins
building.
A similar course has been taught
at Atlantic and Smyrna. The coun
ty school system pays instructors
and is fully reimbursed by the
state. Cost of housing, lights and
water is borne by the county.
Courses run for several weeks
and are offered as frequently as
necessary to accommodate men in
terested. The courses arc free.
Ceramics Show
Announced
Pupils of Mrs. Edward Nelson,
Ho-Ho Village, will display their
ceramics products at a show Fri
day and Saturday at the Webb
Memorial civic center, Morehead
City.
Also on display will be water
color paintings by Charles McNeill,
Morehead City artist. Hours will
be from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday and 10
a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
The ceramics division will con
sist of plain glazes, unusual glazes.
Free-hand decorations and a chil
dren's section. The entries will be
judged Friday morning by Mrs.
Melba Collins, Cary; Mrs. Betty
Patterson and Mrs. Ruby Wiggins,
Jacksonville.
Among the local ceramics crafts
men exhibiting work will be Mrs.
Joan Putnam, Mrs. Tburiow
Wheal ton, Miss Geri Reid, Mrs.
Fred Lewis and Miss Mary Lou
Nelson.
the public is invited. No admis
sion will be charged, and a door
prize will be given.