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51st YEAR, NO. 79 TWO SECTIONS—TEN PAGES
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES. MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1962
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Strike Fails
To Affect Port
I
# Longshoremen Walk
Off Sunday Midnight
# Storage Work Under
Way at Morehead
Morchead City port was not
greatly affected by the longshore
men’s strike which started at mid
night Sunday.
Charles McNeill, assistant oper
ations manager at the port, said
that port personnel are busy in the
warehouses, doing storage work
which does not require help of
longshoremen, No ships are sched
uled to arrive this week.
This is the normal storage sea
son, Mr. McNeill observed. There
was no picketing at the port or
other evidence that the longshore
men are on strike.
Hope was expressed that the
strike may be settled very soon,
cither by the President’s invoking
the Tail-Hartley law or otherwise.
All ports from Maine to Texas
are idled because of the strike.
The International Longshoremen’s
association has contracts with 145
steamship and stevedoring firms
on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Agreements between the ILA and
the firms expired Sunday midnight.
Negotiations for contract renewal
broke down Friday night.
The last dock strike was in 1959
when President Eisenhower in
voked the Tafl-Hartley law to re
turn the workers to their jobs a
week after the walkout had begun
R. A. Barefoot
Dies; Rifes Held
The funeral service for Raymond
Allen Barefoot, 66, Atlantic Beach,
was conducted at 2:30 Sunday af
ternoon in the Bell-Munden chapel,
■j Morehead City.
Mr. Barefoot, owner and opera
tor of the Atlantic Beach super
market, died of a heart attack Fri
day night, lie was stricken at his
home.
A member of the Woodmen of
the World, Mr. Barefoot had been
in business at the beach for twenty
years. He was a member of the
Atlantic Beach board of aldermen
and the Savannah Hill Baptist
t church near Dunn.
Officating at the funeral service
were the Rev. S. II. Brown, pas
tor of Franklin Memorial Metho
dist church, Morehead City; the
Rev. Lalleon Narron, pastor of the
Morehead City Pentecostal Holi
ness church, and elder Lee. In
terment was in Bay view cemetery,
Morehead City.
Surviving Mr. Barefoot are his
wife, Pearl; two daughters, Mrs.
William L. Barts and Mrs. James
Shelor, both of Atlantic Beach; a
'son, Boycie (Buddy) Barefoot,
route 1 Newport; a sister, Mrs. Lu
la Strickland. Bunnlevel; a broth
er, W. Thad Barefoot, route 3 Clin
ton, and eight grandchildren.
Women to Meet
County Democratic Women will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the
Morehead City municipal building.
All Democratic women in the coun
ty are invited.
MCHS Asks Alums
To Weekend Event
Morehead City high school stu
dents hope all alumni will attend
the homecoming football game
Friday night and the homecoming
dance Saturday. Morehead City
will meet Havelock on the More
head City gridiron at 8 p.m. Fri
day
The varsity queen will be
crowned at half-time. The dance
will begin at 8 p in'. Saturday at
the recreation center on Shepard
street between 15th and 16th
streets.
Planners of the homecoming
festivities are making a special
effort to have a big welcome for
alumni and request that all alum
ni consider this news item an
invitation.
Developers
To Pay Dollar
Dividend Oct. 15 j
The board of directors of the j
Central Carolina Development
Corp. declared a $1 per share di
vidend Tuesday, to go to stock
holders of record Oct. 8.
The dividend will be paid Mon-j
day, Oct. 15, and will be from j
earnings, the organizational expen
ses of the corporation already hav
ing been paid and a net gain ac
cording to officers made.
The directors met in Morehead
City Tuesday to declare the divi
dend and also to discuss two in
quiries from businesses interested
in locating within the corporation's
area.
Board president Herbert 0. Phil
lips III said that another firm,
Southern Nitrogen, was going
ahead with plans for developing
marketing for their product in the
area.
Mr. Phillips added that the cor
poration is still interested in ob
taining options from landowners
with properly suitable for indus
trial development. Access to high
ways and railroads arc especially
desirable, he said.
Persons interested in tlie indus
trial and business development of
this area could best express their
interest by subscribing to the cor
poration stock, Mr. Phillips said,
and also get a return on their in
vestment. The corporation, which
is a caiptal stock firm incorpora
ted in North Carolina, is in good
financial condition and serving the
purpose for which it was intended,
he remarked.
The directors will shift meeting
dates to the last Tuesday in each
month in the future. The corpora
tion was formed with the purpose
of bringing more industry into the
area and developing present in
dustry, the president commented..
Beaufort JC's Endorse
Deputy Registrar Idea
Beaufort Jaycecs went on record
last Monday night as being in favor
of deputy registrars to enable vo
ters to be registered at a faster
pace. The Jaycees met at Surfside
restaurant.
A letter to Charles Willis, chair
man of the board of elections, on
the subject of deputy registrars
was put in the form of a motion
and passed by the members.
The Jaycees also made plans to
invite wives to a future meeting
and also to be host to the More
head City Jaycees and Jayccttes.
OpponentsofCedarlsIand Ferry Landing
Will Put Petition Before Governor Today
Officials to Meet to Study
Fisheries Development Plan
To determine whether there is*
local support to develop further a
fishing industry in this state, a
federal project for boosting the
meeting will take place at 11 a.m.
tomorrow in the commercial fish
eries building, Morehead City.
Attending will be county officials,
representatives of the fishing in
dustry, the state government and
the US Bureau of Commercial
Fisheries.
The proposed project, to be fi
nanced by the federal government,
has two phases. One is exploratory
fishing and the other a project to
seek improved marketing of fish
cries projects.
It is proposed that the Bureau of
Commercial Fisheries conduct the
program through a technical as
sistance grant from the Area Re
development administration.
Classified as a depressed area,
Carteret is one of the counties in
the state eligible for federal funds
of this type.
George M. Stephens Jr., special
assistant to Gov. Terry Sanford, in
a letter announcing tomorrow’s
meeting, said, “If past practices
arc followed, the Area Redevelop
ment administration might furnish
as much as 90 per cent of the man-,
ey with 10 per cent coming from
local sources.”
County commissioners approved
the proposal at their September
meeting.
Presenting the matter to them
was C. G. Holland, state commer
cial fisheries commissioner, who
estimated total cost of the eco-,
nomic development program at
$116,000. He said that he believed
local fishing interests would fur
nish the “local 10 per cent?’ or
$11,600.
Motorist Cited
After Collision
Bobby Ray Steele, Burlington,
was charged with driving drunk
and hit and run following an ac
cident at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at
Hill’s motel, Markers Island.
State trooper J. W. Sykes, who
investigated, said Steele, towing
a boat and trailer, came out of
the Hill motel road, turned on the
Harkers Island road toward high
way 70 and his trailer struck the
side of a parked car.
The car, a 1956 Ford, was park
ed on the right shoulder, headed
west, the trooper said. In it were
Mrs. Luella Taylor and her 2-year
old son, Michael, who were wait
ing for Mrs. Taylor’s husband,
Alonzo.
After his trailer and boat hit
the car, Steele continued without
stopping, the officer said. Damage
to the Taylor car was .estimated
at $150 and to the boat $100. The
car driven by Steele, a 1960 Olds
mobile, was not damaged.
The Taylors are residents of
route 2 Beaufort.
Trawler Joins O'Neal Fleet
co»*i. tuy
I. V. (Puck) O’Neal, St. Augustine, Fla., formerly of Morehead City, operates shrimp trawlers. He
has recently added the Coral Bay to his fleet. She is especially equipped and built for fishing in Su
rinam, South America. Seventy-two feet long and 21% feet wide, she is powered with a 342 turbo charg
ed dtaeJ. - .
MBIWW—
I’hoto by Reginald Lewis
Sally, cocker spaniel in the Reginald Lewis family, Morchcad City, reminds you that this month
brings Halloween and even dogs like to get in costume. October also brings chilly weather. Sally tests
the temperature with her tongue!
Carteret Opposes Federal
Takeover of Outer Banks
County commissioners went on
record Monday as being opposed
to an increase in federal owner
ship of the Outer Banks and pass
ed a resolution to mat effect.
The board’s view was that the
state should retain control as to
regulatory powers to preserve the
banks, and that the banks should
be open to private development,
subject to conservation measures.
Leslie Moore, operator of a ma
rina at Cape Lookout, spoke to the
board, saying that federal owner
ship would not aid the county at
all, property taxes would be lost
and tax money would be spent
by the federal government to keep
the banks in idleness.
Mr. Moore said that the poten
tial of the Outer Banks as a rec
reational area is enormous, and
that the banks could mean a huge
source of income and tax money
in the future.
Mr. Moore added that areas own
ed or controlled by the state should
be available to qualified develop
ers.
The board also heard a request
from mayor W. H. Potter, Bea\i
fort, asking that the county take
the steps to qualify for the acce
lerated public works program re
cently passed by Congress. Beau
fort and Morehead City have qua
lified for assistance under the pro
gram and are high on the priority
list for funds when they become
available, the mayor said.
Both towns are seeking to ac
quire and expand water and sewer
services and to obtain money for
other badly needed improvements,
mayor Potter said.
Tile ftftyeeU mw*t be under way
by July 1963 and the applications
must be in by January 1963 to be
accepted, he added.
Beaufort would need $218,000 to
buy its water system, mayor Pot
ter said,, and a 100 per cent ex
pansion is planned. Local labor
would also be greatly aided, he
stated.
Board member Skinner Chalk
told mayor Potter that he thought
acquisition of the water system
by either town was a mistake, and
it would not pay to “improve and
not be able to keep it or keep it
up.”
Board chairman Moses Howard
appointed county attorney Luther
Hamilton and county auditor James
Potter to look into the necessary
measures to allow the county to
become eligible for the program.
A request to the board for speedy
action on a school for the Bogue
community met with legal en
tanglement due to the change in
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Oct. 2
10:02 a.m. 3:58 a.m.
10:10 p.m. 4:27 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 3
10:31 a.m. 4:17 a.m.
10:47 p.m. 4:55 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 4
11:11 a.m. 4:40 a.m.
11:35 p.m. 5:28 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 5
12:01 a.m. 5:14 a.m.
- 6:21 p.m.
_
the county board imminent in the
next election.
John Bell, Boguc, urged the
board to make the necessary $160,
000 available, only to be told that
the county at present can borrow
only $102,000, and that the board
of education would have to put up
the remainder, subject to reim
bursement by the new county board
after the election.
After chairman Howard telephon
ed the board of education, which
was in session, it was learned that
the board of education must have
the full amount to take the next
step, to hire an architect, make
plans and advertise for bids for
construction contracts.
Mr. Bell, who stated that it ap
peared that the present board was
afraid that the new board would
not approve the issuance of the
money, got some support from
mayor Potter, who apologized for
“sticking into something outside
Beaufort.” Mayor Potter said that
the county would be operating after
the election, and that a difference
in personalities on the board
wouldn’t affect the progress of the
county government.
Tug Returns
The tug, Cable, which has been
doing salvage work on the Poto
mac, returned to Morehead City
yesterday after taking the stern
section of the Potomac, a tanker,
to Norfolk. The tug left yesterday
for Florida after picking up equip
ment here. The bow section of the
Potomac, which was damaged by
fire, is now anchored south of the
Morehead City port.
Gov. Terry Sanford will receive today a petition from
the Down East Citizens of Sea Level and Atlantic, request
ing that the ferry landing at Atlantic not he moved to Ce
dar Island, announces D. Mason, Atlantic chairman of the
citizen’s committee,
Mr. Mason is head of a committee which was formed
Friday night at the Sea Level inn with the hope of block
mg the State Highway comm is"
sion’s plan to change the ferry
landing.
The Atlantic landing is used hy
the ferry which operates between
Atlantic, on the Carteret mainland,
and Ocraeoke, which is adjacent
to the Cape Hatteras National Sea
shore park.
Governor Sanford recently in
formed the greater Morchead City
chamber of commerce that the Ce
dar Island landing, almost 10 miles
north of Atlantic, would be in use
by the beginning of the next tourist
season. The highway commission
believes that by moving the land
ing, the ferry will be able to make
two trips daily instead of one.
Mr. Mason said that it is not prac
tical to put the landing at Cedar
Island. Not only would it be im
possible to make two trips daily
from that point, he said, but rough
waters would make the trip diffi
cult.
Two trips daily would be pos
sible, chairman Mason said, only
by making a trip at night.
“You’ve got to have two ferries,"
he added, "no matter where you
put the landing. If the present one
breaks down, it couldn't be put
back in service for 10 days and
during that time there would be
no ferry service at all. A second
ferry is needed to assure service
at all times,” he declared.
Dan Taylor, Sea Level, who with
his brothers was responsible for
building the present ferry and es
tablishing the ferry service, is also
opposed to moving the Atlantic fer
ry slip, Mr. Mason said. Mr. Tay
lor has asked for a conference with
the governor, the chairman report
ed.
D. G. Bell, Morchead City, statfc
highway commissioner, denied yes
terday that the commission has a
plan to build a highway that would
lead from the Cedar Island land
ing directly to highway 70, by-pass
ing Atlantic and Sea Level.
“As far as I know," Mr. Bell
said, ‘‘such a plan has not been
proposed or discussed.”
A by-pass looms as a fear al
most as big as losing the ferry
slip, in the minds of many of the
Sea Level and Atlantic residents.
“1 think a by-pass would be fool
ish," Mr. Bell says. He believes,
however, that locating the ferry
landing at Cedar Island would
make, two ferry trips a day possible
and thus prevent many tourists
from being disappointed when they
can't get on the ferry at either
Atlantic or Ocraeoke.
Better service is needed,” com
missioner Bell said, “and moving
the ferry landing to Cedar Island
will provide it.”
Mr. Mason said “the people up
stale” don’t understand water and
they don’t know what they're get
ting into in trying to put the ferry
landing at Cedar Island.
The highway commission has al
ready purchased the land for the
new landing and plans to let con
tracts for ferry slip construction
before the end of the year.
Officers of the citizens’ commit
tee, in addition to Mr. Mason, are
Eugene Willis, vice-chairman, and
Mrs. Harriet Robinson, secretary.
Members of a waterways advi
sory committee are Harold Dan
iels, Mitchell Taylor, Charles Ed
wards Sr., Winston Hill and Luther
Smith.
J. W. Long Jr.
To be Ordained
J. W. Long Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Long, 2312 Fisher St.,
Morehcad City, will enter tho gos
pel ministry by ordination of the
Council of the Coastal Association
of Free Will Baptists Thursday
night at 7:30 in the First Will Bap
tist church, Morehcad City.
Mr. Long is a graduate of More
head City high school. He receiv
ed his theological training at Free
Will Baptist Bible* college, Nash
ville, Tenn., where he will receive
a bachelor’s degree next spring.
He is married to the former Mary
Lou Davis, Crab Point. They have
two children.
During the summer months, he
has visited churches in Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Ohio. Last year while in college
he pastored Heads church in Ten
nessee.
The ordination service will be un
der the direction of the pastor,
the Rev. Seldon Bullard. Assisting
him will be the Rev. Randy Cox,
Beaufort, the Rev. Cecil Campbell
and the Rev. Alton Hines, both of
New Bern. The public is invited to
the service.
98 Morehead
Pupils Finish
Drivers' Course
Ninety-eight Morehead City high
school students completed the driv
er education course offered this
summer at Morehead City school.
They are as follows: John
Sharpe, Roxie Whaley, Brenda
Nance, Susan Davies, Carol Mur
phy, Guy Pehaim.
Sharon Cannon, Betty Garner,
George Dill, Terry Mizesko, John
Hatcher, Sharon StimpsOn, Cheryl
Smith.
Clcmon Smith. Frederick Sieben
schuh, Peggy Willis, l.inda Styron,
Alice Sanders, Betty Jo Wood.
Sharon Willis, Betty Hunter, Da
vid McNiei, Bernice Ballance, Al
fred Chestnut, Koulla Galantis,
Linda Day.
Sherry Wethorington. M a rth a
Starnes, Diane Baggett, Michael
Clapsadl, Linda Baugus, Vaiarcc
Stanley, Robert Davis.
Sherry Stanley Honetta Willis,
William Barbour, Cecil Nelson Jr.,
James Simpson, Janet Ross, Patti
McKinley.
Cheryl Murdoch, Ernest Yeager,
Worth Mizell, William Wallace,
Sandra Perry, Diana Bedver, Sa
rah Wade.
Frank Sutton, Rodney Kemp,
William Yeager, Regina Kcetcr,
Rebecca McCabe, Kathryn Oliver,
Leslie Bryan.
Lcland Day Jr., John Seittcr Jr.,
Cecil Sewell, Edward Brittingham,
Nancy Parker, Beth Russell, Ca
therine Taylor.
Ronald Lewis, Margaret Ann
Wade, Linda Faye Willis, Tana
Smith, Eunice Dezcrn, Paul Lar
son, Diane Tippett.
Carolyn Blomberg, Elizabeth
Fulcher, Phyllis McCabe, Chester
Pittman, William Guthrie, Marlon
Adams, Hubert Hepler.
Mary Bell, Teresa Oglesby, Wil
liam Willis, Francis Onorio, Dean
Steed, Larry Lawrence, Charles
Dutch.
Cheryl E. Patrick, Jean Stiles,
Don Waddell, Ava Glancy, Tho
mas Briscoe, Sanford Wade, James
llall, Lucy Buck.
Mamie Piner, Janice Sewell,
James Piner, Robert McLean, Cyn
thia L. Maull, Cecil Goodwin, Ran
dall Talton, Howard Upton.
Boat, Trailer, Motor
Land in Ditch Saturday
A brand new 16-foot boat, 40
horsepower outboard motor and
trailer were smashed at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday at Hardesty’s corner, cast
of Beaufort.
The owner, Ronnie T. Moore,
Burlington, was towing the rig
east. As he made the sharp turn,
the trailer ran off the highway and
turned the boat over in a ditch.
Deputy sheriff C. H. Davis, who
investigated, said the car stayed
on the highway, but he estimated
the boat, trailer and motor as a
total loss.
Motorist Cited After
Car Hits Tree Saturday
A 1955 Chevrolet left Circle drive,
Beaufort, at 10:15 p.m. Saturday
and hit a tree. The driver, Paul
E. Lindau, Camp Lcjcune, was
charged with drunken driving, ac
cording to J. W. Sykes, state troop
er, who investigated.
Neither Lindau nor two friends
with him were injured. The car
was judged a complete wreck.