SCHOOL TO OPEN WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29 Y’ALL READY? 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. 4 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. 4 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. Hungry? m *3. . ■■ • - 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...