ALL WHO READ READ t THE NEWS-TIMES I CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES f 51st YEAR, NO. 80 TWO SECTIONS—FOURTEEN PAGES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAI) CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1962 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS County to Seek Funds to Aid In Boosting Fishery Industries Dr. Rachel Davis Will Speak to Cancer Society Dr. Rachel Davis, Kinston, will speak at 8 p in. Wednesday at the Webb Memorial civic center, More head City. She will address the county unit of the American Can , cer society. Mrs. Floy Garner, chairman of the ' unit, invites all persons interested in the work of i the cancer society. Dr. Davis, who will speak on her trip to Russia this summer, was a member of the North Carolina legislature during the 1959 and 1961 sessions. Active in the practice of medicine, farming and real estate, Dr. Davis is a member of the Lenoir Memorial hospital and Par rott Memorial hospital staffs. She is a member of the govern or’s commission to study the cause and control of cancer in North Carolina, is active in the Lenoir County Cancer society and served on various cancer committees and boards. H Dr. Davis began the practice of obstetrics and gynecology in Kins ton in 1934. She has been a mem ber of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists since 1952. , Owner of a summer home at At lantic Beach, Dr. Davis visits fre quently in this county and in the past has addressed civic clubs here. Attending Wednesday night's meeting will be Mrs. Bert Tyson, Greenville, field director for the North Carolina Cancer society. Police Report Two Accidents In spite of rain and reduced vi sibility, only two accidents were reported in Morehead City and Beaufort this week, both on Wed nesday. In Beaufort, an automatic trans mission apparently went berserk , and rammed a 1961 Olds into the back of another car, causing the second car to hit the third. All three cars were parked, head ed east, on the north side of Mul berry street in front of the Beau fort school when the accident hap pened at about 2:40 p.m. The Olds was being driven by Mrs. Hazel Simpson, who told police that the car suddenly lunged ahead in spite of the brakes being applied. The Olds hit a 1961 Ford occu pied by Mrs. George Huntley, caus ing about $200 damage to back and .front ends. The Ford in turn hit the ’back of a 1962 Pontiac occupied by Francis E. Kirk, causing about $150 damage to the rear of the car. The Simpson car was dam aged an estimated $400, according to chief Guy R. Springle, who in vestigated the accident. No charges were filed. At 7:50 p.m. in Morehead City, Seashore Transportation Co. bus driven by Floyd Guthrie, Harkers Island, scraped the side of a 1961 'Ford driven by Margaret Arring ton Prytherch, Beaufort, at 7th and Arcndell streets. Damage was minor and no charges were filed by investiga ting officer Bruce Conway. Derailment Does Not . Affect Train Doe Here The 13-car derailment of the Southern Railway freight train from Goldsboro to Morehead City Wednesday, seven miles west of New Bern, did not delay arrival of cars destined for Morehead. They all arrived in good shape at 4:30 a.m. yesterday, according to Dick Jones, A&EC agent, More head City. Southern quickly built a by-pass * track around the wreck. All derail ed cars were expected to be right ed within 48 hours. New Registrafion Starts Tomorrow Tomorrow is the first day of the total new registration of voters in the county. No matter how many times you have voted in the past, you MUST register during this month if you want to vote again. A total new registration of voters has been talked for 30 years but never got beyond the talking stage, according to elections officials. s The registration has been re quested by poll holders and judges, Dr. Rachel Davis ... to review trip ► Court Collects $50 to Assure Pair's Behavior A Morehcad City couple were re quired to place a deposit with the Morehcad City recorder’s court in addition to paying the costs and receiving suspended sentences Monday on charges of loud and disorderly conduct and being a public nuisance. Judge Herbert O. Phillips ITT required a $50 deposit for six months in order to get compliance from Mr. and Mrs. Horace Dca ver. The Deavers got a 60-day term each, suspended for one year pro vided they remain of good behavi or. Another defendant, William Les lie Johnson, Mill Creek, was con victed of being a “peeping tom” and given a 90-day suspended jail term and fined $100 and costs. Another couple in trouble were Carrie Ann Hobbs, Charleston, W. Va., and Calvin E. Hughes, Hughestown, W. Va., who were charged with adultery. Hughes got a 30-day road term and his com panion got two Weeks in jail. Robert Earl Jones, Morehcad City, was tried on charges of breaking and entering the home of Jesse C. Norris, Ninth Street. Judgment was deferred for one month. John Montford, charged with trespass against Alice Bryant, was given three months on the roads suspended provided he stay away from the Bryant home and pay the costs of court. Fined were Betsey Jane Boyette, New Bern, speeding, $10 and costs; Willie Thompson Pittman, More head City, speeding, $10 and costs; Gerald John Jennings, Camp Le jeune, insufficient brakes, one half costs; Roy B. Isaacs, New port, worthless check, pay costs and check; and Edna Lewis How land, Morehcad City, leaving the scene of an accident, one-half costs. A total of nine cases were con tinued until later terms of court. Commissioner Soys He's Going to Stay Aboard C. Z. Chappell, county commis sioner, announced Wednesday that he has no intention of resigning. Mr. Chappell said the column, Sou’easter, suggested last week that there may be a resignation of a county commissioner and every body seems to think he was the likely “resigner.” “I’m not going to resign,” Mr. Chappell said. "I wouldn’t have worked as hard as I did in the primaries if I wanted to resign. I never gave it 4ny consideration,” he declared. mostly Republicans, but many Democrats have also been pushing for a new registration. Although no count has ever been made, it has been stated that- there are more registered voters in the county than there are people. This results from an accumulation of names in the registration books over the years, names of. people who have moved and those who have died. Although such names are sup posed to be removed periodically County officials and representa tives of the fishing industry de cided Wednesday at the commer cial fisheries building, Morehead City, to apply for federal funds to finance operation of a research vessel in North Carolina waters. Funds for a seafood marketing re search program will also be re quested. At the suggestion of W. H. Pot ter, Beaufort, the following were named by Moses Howard, chair man of the county board of com missioners, as a committee to draw up the application for the federal funds, stating specifically how they feel the funds should be spent to best improve the econo my of the county: Gordon C. Willis, Theodore Mill er, Morehead City; Elmer Willis, Williston; Clayton Fulcher Jr., At lantic; and Bill Jones, Atlantic Beach. Acting in an advisory ca pacity to the committee will be C. G. Holland, state commercial fisheries commissioner; I)r. A. F. Chestnut, director of the Institute of Fisheries Research, University of North Carolina; and Dr. F. B. Thomas, food processing specialist, State college. Carteret is eligible for Area Re development funds because it has been classified by the federal gov ernment as a depressed area. Be fore the funds could be received, however, the county has to com ply with requirements to make it eligible to receive funds under the overall economic development pro gram, according to George Ste phens. Mr. Stephens is special assistant to the governor in the area re development program and presid ed at the meeting. W. C- Carlton, member of the county planning commission, said the county is in the process of gathering the neces sary data for coming under OEDP. Mr. Stephens said tJiat the amount of funds suggested for Car teret in this technical assistance project is $116,577, the largest pro posed for North Carolina.' Elmer Willis, clam- processor, stated that unless more clams arc found in North Carolina waters, he may have to move his plant to Florida. He said he has been im porting clams from Florida to meet his contract commitment to Heinz Soup Co. Bureau of Commercial fisheries personnel suggested that a boat work in North Carolina wa ters the year around to see if new sources of seafood, such as clams, can be found. Mr. Stephens commented that even though the county can scrape up almost $12,000 as its share in the program, ARA may not ap prove the application. The motion to make a try at getting the money was made by Mr. Potter and seconded by Mr. Willis. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to those mentioned above, were Fred June, Charles Stewart, Dick Whiteleather and George Gross, all of the Bureau of Com mercial Fisheries; M. G. Coyle, Dr. W. L. Woodard, C. II. Lockey, Mrs. E. H. Piper, all of the county planning commission. J. I. Weeks, Bill Baugham, Gar land Scruggs, Morehead City; Shel by Freeman, Atlantic Beach; George B. Garner, New Bern; Mon roe Gaskill, Cedar Island; M. C. Holland, Farmers Home adminis tration. R. M. Williams, county agricul tural agent; Fred Mangum, Tom Broughton and Lewis F. Dunn, Ra leigh. Game Agent Clarifies Two-Scaup Bonus Rule Malvern Cecil, Beaufort, US game management agent, clarified Wednesday the ruling on the num ber of ducks a hunter may take during the hunting season Nov. 10 Dec. 29. The duck limit is two a day, but a bonus of two scaups is permit ted. It is legal to have four scaups in possession, Mr. Cecil said, but if two mallards are taken, only two scaups are permitted as the bonus. Or if a mallard and wood duck are in possession, two more scaups are allowed. from the books, this hasn’t always occurred. Without accurate registration, fair elections are jeopardized, poli ticians point out. Persons should register at the polling place in their precinct, ex cept in the following cases: Beau fort, registration is in the elections board office of the courthouse an nex; Cedar Island, Dora Day’s store; Otway, home of Mrs. Myrtle Gillikin, registrar. People may register every Sat West Carteret School Plans To be Shown • Option Given on East Carteret School Site • Dr. J. L. DeWalt Put On Atlantic Board Plans for the proposed West Car teret high school will be shown at a meeting at 7:30 p.m. next Thursday in the courthouse, Beau fort. Anyone interested is wel come. Date of the showing was set at a meeting of the county board of education Monday morning. The plans were shown to the board by the architect, Archie Royal Davis. Board members au thorized him to proceed with draw ing of the specifications and it is hoped that bids will be in the hands of the board next month. The board accepted the offer of a six-month option on an 87-aerc site for the proposed East Carteret high school. The site iS located on the southwest corner of the Mer rinion road and highway 70 inter section at North River and is known as the Thomas site. The property has been offered for $35,500 by Susan M. Thomas Swearingen, whose agent is Eliz abeth Thomas Cheek. The property, according to the option, consists of 55 acres of cleared pasturcland valued at $500 an acre and 32 acres of woodland valued at $250 an acre. The site has been approved by both the Smyrna and Beaufort school districts as location for a high school which would serve those districts. The board was informed that the County PTA council has endorsed a school bond vote, should the board of education call for one. The board has taken no action as yet on a bond vote. Appointed to the Smyrna adult education committee were Bill Pi gotf,' Roland Salter, Cecil Gillikin and W. R. Futrcll. Deferred until next month was an appointment to the Beaufort school board to fill the vacancy left by G. B. Talbot. Although Mr. Talbot was chairman, the n6w ap pointee will be a member and the board will select its chairman. Appointed to fill the vacancy on the Atlantic school board, created by the resignation of Roland Wil lis, Atlantic, was Dr. J. L. De Walt, Sea Level. No action was taken on a re quest by the Newport school board for another bus. The state school transportation advisors stated that if the Newport buses picked up children only IVj miles from the school and beyond, the number of buses in use would be sufficient. It was announced that Mrs. E. A. Simpson, Goldsboro, would do nate six acres to bring the site for the future White Oak school up to 12 acres. Because only $102, 000 can be borrowed by the coun ty, construction of the proposed school will be deferred. Total cost is estimated at $160,000. The board said it could not fur nish, from its school construction fund, an approximate $58,000 need ed to meet the cost of the school. It had been proposed that this money be borrowed from the fund and replaced next year. Board members W. B. Allen and Dr. A. F. Chestnut were appointed delegates to the North Carolina State School Board association meeting Wednesday, Oct. 31, at Chapel Hill. II. S. Gibbs Jr., representing a Morehead City insurance firm, pre sented a proposal for insurance on school boilers and hot water systems. R. W. Safrit Jr., chairman of the board, presided. Present, in addition to those mentioned, were D. Mason, Atlantic, and Theodore Smith, Davis. Funds to be Paid Allocated yesterday to Carteret county as its share in 25 per cent of receipts from sale of timber in Croatan national forest was $11, 367.21. Counties in which national forest land is located share an nually in the income from the pro perty, which is non-taxable. urday of this month. Voters in Beaufort, Morehead No. 1 and 2 and. Newport precincts may also register between 1:30 and 4 p. m. any day except Thursdays and Sundays. No one will be permitted td regis ter after Saturday, Oct. 27 except veterans discharged after the re gistration period or those who be came United States citizens after Oct. 27. Persons have to be 21 and meet other requirements to vote, sucb as residence qualifications. Vote by County Chairman Keeps Hospital Issue Alive -4 Board to Give Town-Owned Property for Medical Clinic I # Tom Temple . . . new commissioner 20 Europeans Will be Guests Here Monday Twenty Europeans will bo enter tained in Carteret Monday, after their arrival at the Bcaufort-Morc head City airport. The visitors will be persons fron’ England, Germany, France, Hoi land, Norway, Switzerland and Denmark who arc in the business of arranging tours and vacations for European .travelers. Purpose of their visit to North Carolina, a ‘ first” in the annals of United States tourism, is to see what this state has to interest the European who may wish to vaca tion here. The tourist agents will make a six-day swing through the state by air and bus. Gov. Terry Sanford will greet them in Raleigh Sunday. They expressed keenest interest in Indians, deep sea fishing and golf. Froni the Beaufort-Morchead air port, the group will go by car to the Sanitary Fish Market and Res taurant, Morehead City, where a seafood luncheon will be served at noon. A brief welcome address will be given by mayor George Dill. Although most of the European visitors speak English, Mrs. Ira Murphy, Marshallberg, a native of France, and Walter Zingleraann, a native of Germany, have been in vited as special guests of the great er Morehead City chamber of com merce, so that the visitors can con verse in their native tongue if they wish. After lunch, the Europeans will be taken on an afternoon deep sea fishing trip. The travel information office of the Department of Conservation and Development, states that More head City was selected for fishing because it is the state’s largest sports fishing port and it is acces sible by commercial airline. The guests will play golf at Pine hurst and sec Indians at Chero kee. The visit of the European tourist agents is being sponsored by the Travel Council of North Carolina. The chamber of com merce is acting as host in Carteret. Ocracoke, Dependent on Rain Water Eagerly Watches Desalting Attempt By ALICE RONDTHALER Ocracoke — Progress is being made daily on the world’s first electronic water desalter, in pro ♦ Meeting Last Night A meeting was held in the Swans boro school last night to prevent, if possible, the building of the proposed White Oak elementary school in Carteret. Some Carteret parents of children now attending Swansboro elementary school say they don’t want their children to leave Swansboro, which the child ren would do were the White Oak school built. < The Newport town hoard look* action to provide a site for a medi cal center Tuesday night. in ac cord with a request from the New port Medical Center Corp. The corporation is a recently' chartered non-profit group of New port citizens seeking a doctor for i the community. Appearing before the hoard were Durwood llill and Richard Garner, who asked the town to donate a site next to the WOW hall. The site would he used for a 2.2no sq. ft. building to provide a doctor with office and clinical facilities. Mr. Hill also said that a doctor soon to be discharged from Cher ry Taint had expressed interest in locating iii Newport. Work would be begun on the building as soon as $25,000 of the $40,000 necessary was raised by the corporation. Mr. Hill stated. Thomas Temple, newly-appoiirt N'd town commissioner, was sworn in at the meeting to replace the late Steve Smith. The board declared the town of Newport a bird sanctuary in an effort to halt the use of air rifles and similar weapons in and near I the town. The move would make it illegal to shoot birds within the city limits. Accepted was the resignation of Mrs. Clara F. Mann as water de partment clerk. A successor is be ing sought. Also getting the hoard's approval was the observance of fire preven tion month during October. The iard was also asked for aid in beefing up the town Civil Defense program and in obtaining a disas ter alarm. Among other matters, the board heard plans to salvage usable ma terial from the old municipal build ing to build a shed lor town equip ment. The board agreed to deepen ditches in an effort to solve a drainage problem and to cut weeds on the Carl Johnson property in answer to requests from adjacent property owners. Johnson will be billed for the work. Mayor Leon Mann presided. E. D. Willis Heads Republican Party Elmer Dewey Willis, Republican candidate for sheriff, was elected chairman of the executive com mittee of the Republican party at its meeting at Republican head quarters, Front street, Beaufort, Saturday night. Mr. Willis was elected following the resignation of I. D. Gillikin, who has been chairman for the past several years. Mr. Gillikin is planning an extensive trip in the near future and also asked to be relieved of the office because of his health. Mrs. Kenneth Putnam, vice chairman of the committee, pre sided. $2,300 Bid High bidder on five lots in Bon ham Heights Tuesday was H. W. Dickson, Atlantic Beach. The lots front 250 feet on Bogue' sound and were sold at the courthouse to sa tisfy a judgment against the pro perty, which was owned by Spoon ers Creek Harbor, Inc. The bid ■ will be final unless raised within 10 days from day of sale. cess of construction at the Ocra coke Island Lifeboat station. This is experimental; it is expected to work; it may be expensive to operate; it is not working yet, but all ready to go. Guy Richer, test engineer for Ionics, Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., the company that made the outfit, is busy putting his machine through a week or two of "warm up.” The whole thing takes up one end of the Coast Guard garage, a space 15 by 30 feet. First impression is a maze of pipes, all bronze or stainless steel, dozens of valves, twenty gauges, cylinders, tubes, electric cables, but above all pipes. There are pipes in every direction, every size, every level, and two beauti ful stainless steel cabinets. These are the desalters. Contractor for the installation was Beaufort Plumbing & Supply Co. Hairy Whitehurst, owner and Democrats Ask Sanford to Come Here Wednesday • District Rally Will Be in Beaufort • Fish Fry to Precede Program at School Gov. Terry Sanford has been in vited to attend the Third North Carolina Congressional district De mocratic rally Wednesday at Beau fort. Also attending will be congress man David N. Henderson and members of the Democratic Party Caravan headed by state Democra tic chairman Bert Bennett. The district rally will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Beaufort school, The fish fry starts at 6:15 and a speech by Sen. Sam J. Krvm will follow, according to Alphonse James, Beaufort, clerk of the Carteret county superior court and chair man of the County Democratic Executive committee. Senator Ervin will speak in the (auditorium of the school. Ttuv fish fry will be held outdoors or in case of inclement weather in the high school cafeteria. “We want all good Democrats I in the Third Congressional District to attend this rally and hear Sena tor Ervin,” said It. L. Stallings Jr., New Bern, and Mrs. Dorothy Bland, Goldsboro, co-chairmen of the district campaign committee. Counties now in the Third Con gressional district arc Carteret, Craven, Harnett, Onslow, Wayne, Sampson, Duplin, Pender, Jones and Pamlico. A native of Morganton, senator Ervin is an orator of considerable reputation and a seasoned cam paigner, Mr. Stallings and Mrs. Bland said. Twice cited for gallan try in World War I and twice' wounded in battle, senator Ervin has served as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly, as a member of Congress in the House of Representatives, as a superior court judge, as an asso ciate justice of the North Carolina Supreme court, and is now the State’s senior United States sena tor. He has been in the Senate since June 11, 1954, when he was named by the late Gov. William B. Um stcad to succeed the late Sen. Clyde R. Hoey. Sale Final The court has declared final the sale of the Morchead City Ship building property to Shelby Free man, Atlantic Beach, for $23,600, plus taxes due on the property. Headquarters Open Republican headquarters, Beau fort, will be open every Saturday night, beginning at 7:30, from now until election. manager, has been making period ic trips to Ocracokc over the past several months. The equipment, he says, is expected to produce 2,000 gallons of fresh water daily. Other desalting processes, by freezing and heating, have been in operation in other parts of the country, but Ocracoke’s is the first system to use electrolysis to puri foy salt water. For those scientifically minded, here is what happens inside the desalters. They are packed full of layers of thin plastic membrane, with separators sandwiched in be tween. The water goes into one edge of a separator, travels may be 50 feet through a maze of chan nels, then out. Above each separator is a mem brane with a plus electric charge; below each is a membrane with a negative charge. Sodium salt ions go for the negative membrane, and (See NEW SYSTEM Pg. 2) <■ A vote by the county board of commissioners on whether or not to rescind the hospital bond order failed late Monday afternoon after board chairman Moses Howard cast the deciding ballot on the issue. The motion on the hospital bond order was made by Gaston Smith, Atlantic, who included in the mo tion a suggestion that the new board, to take office in December, have a referendum on the hospital site. The motion was seconded by Skinner Chalk, Morchead City. Commissioner Smith said that he was opposed to the new hospital at first, but went along with it up un til the suit was filed to prevent the hospital from being built. Commissioner Tommie I.ewis, Markers Island, and commissioner C. Z. Chappell, Beaufort, both said they were for having the hospital closer to Morchead City. Mr. Chalk said that lie was for killing the bond order since the hospital could not be built on the basis agreed on by the board. Chairman Moses Howard, speak ing alter the others, said that he was for keeping the bond order and proceeding with the hospital, even if it took years to get it built. Mr. Lewis added that he was lor the hospital, and did not want the board to halt proceedings. The vote gave the majority to Howard, Lewis and Chappell for proceeding with the plans to build the hospital. County attorney Luther Hamilton Jr. told the board that he had filed an answer and denial to the suit brought by a group opposing the hospital. Other business handled by the board was the approval of the con solidation of the county library with the Craven and Pamlico lib raries in an effort to halt the sus pension of state funds now going to the library due to the lack of a full time librarian. The board also awarded the countjt fuel oif contract to the low-* est bidder, the Carteret Oil Dislri buting Co. Among other business, the board approved the formation of a New port fire district, relayed a letter complaining of mosquitoes and lack of drainage at South River to the county sanitation department, and authorized the payment of $2,000 due the Department of Conserva tion and Development for assis tance rendered the county plan ning commission. The board also accepted the re signation of Cecil Morris from the planning commission and appoint ed Clayton Fulcher to serve in Mr. Morris’ place on the commission. A suggestion by commissioner Lewis to place a tax on menhaden boats operating in the county and not owned or operated by local firms or individuals met with the approval of the board, but was found to be outside the board's jurisdiction, requiring an act of the legislature. Mr. Lewis said that North Caro lina boats in other states are re quired to pay taxes, but outside boats operate here without taxation. The board also endorsed the ap plication of the planning commis sion to zone two areas in the coun ty rather than the entire county. The areas to be placed under zon ing would be from the Morchead city limits to the area around the intersection of US highway 70 and NC highway 24, and from the Fort Macon State Park to the eastern limits of Emerald Isle, excluding the town of Atlantic Beach. The board approved a change in insurance on county property that would provide $31,000 more cover age at approximately $600 less cost annually. The savings would be the result of a new policy offered by insurance firms. The board heard a number of road complaints and a request to close a public dump at Markers Island, taking them under advise ment or referring them to the ap propriate county authorities. The board authorized the expen diture of $176.77 in the publishing of the county’s. Civil Defense sur vival plan, enabling the county to become eligible to get federal sur (See BOARD Pg. 2) to *- K to s §> igfj Tide Table Tides- at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Oct. 5 12:01 a.m. 514 a m. - 6:21 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 a.m. 6:02 a.m p.m. 8:04 p.m. Sunday, Oct 7 a.m. 7:28 a.m. p.m. 9:21 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8 2:49 a.m. 9:26 a.m. 3:17 p.m. 10:19 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 4:03 a.m. 10 31 a.m. 4:30 p.m. U:ll p-m.