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CARTERET COUNTY
NEWS-TIMES
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Three Sections — Eighteen Pages
MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C.
Friday, November 30, 1962
Published Tuesdays and Fridays
* 51st Year — No. 96
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Bridge Contract Let; Plans Given
1 Confirmed yesterday by the State
Highway commission, Raleigh, was
a bid of $1,493,218.80 for the bridge
across Newport river at Morchead
City. Submitting the low bid joint
ly were James T. Triplett Inc. and
L. R. Ryan Inc., Chester, S. C.
They are expected to start work
on the job within 20 days, according
to terms of the contract. The bridge
..will be built 60 feet north of the
Beaufort and Morehead Railroad
bridge.
The contract letting occurred ap
i proximately three years following
announcement of intention by the
State Highway commission to re
place the present highway 70 bridge
across Newport river at the eastern
limits of Morehead City.
Controversy arose over bridge lo
cation. The state said it planned
* to put the bridge 60 feet north of
the present railroad bridge. More
head City interests and those in
terested in port development said
the bridge should go farther north
ward to allow expansion of the
state port, which is also located
at the eastern limit of Morehead
City and just south of the present
highway bridge.
The bridge of the Beaufort and
Morehead railroad closely parallels
the present highway bridge across
the river.
W. S. Winslow, assistant chief
engineer for bridges, State High
way commission, said Wednesday
that plans call for completion of the
new bridge by July 1, 1964. The old
bridge is expected to be dismantled
and removed by Oct. 1, 1964.
While the new bridge is under
construction, traffic will use the
■ present one.
Merrill Evans, chairman of the
-State Highway commission, said
that highway officials are pleased
with the low bid. State engineers
estimated that the cost would be
$1,692,004.51.
Awarding of the bridge contract
occurred during the largest letting
ever undertaken by the highway
commission.
. Storm Strands
Two Fishermen
Two Greensboro residents spent
an extra night on Core Banks Mon
day when the boat that was sup
posed to pick them up failed to
cross the sound due to high winds
,gnd seas.
W. E. Grant and E. C. Taylor,
both of Greensboro, went to Core
Banks Sunday from Atlantic for a
fishing trip, and were supposed to
return Monday by boat to Atlantic.
The Coast Guard station at Cape
Lookout was notified that the two
men were stranded and that one
of the pair had a past history of
heart attacks. It attempted to send
a truck to pick them up. High
tides turned back the truck, but
<4he two were located Tuesday
about noon in a camp just north
7 of the old Coast Guard station.
Both men were reported in good
condition, having taken shelter in
the camp for their unscheduled ex
tra day on the banks.
Monday Winds
Blew ai 70
Winds in the Morchead City area
reached 70 miles per hour Monday
at 4:30 p.m., according to the
weather instruments at the Atlan
tic Beach police station.
The high winds which bordered
hurricane force were accompanied
,by heavy rain.
Rain recorded was two inches
' Monday, 1.25 inches Tuesday and
.28 inches Wednesday, making a
total of 3.53 inches for the three
day period that the northeaster
shook the county.
The storm also flooded low lying
areas with rain water and high
tides, and caused extensive dam
age to signs, tv antennas and
moored boats.
Temperatures went down to 40
f Monday night, and the lowest day
time temperature was also on Mon
day. Forty-five degrees was the
high that day. Temperatures gra
dually went up as the storm pass
ed to the south.
Max. Min Wind
Monday .45 40 NE
Tuesday .54 47 NNE
Wednesday .59 54 NNE
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Beaufort Rotarians See
Anniversary Pictures
Beaufort’s recent 251st anniver
sary celebration was the subject
of the Beaufort Rotary club pro
gram Tuesday night. Rotarian Da
vid Jones showed a series of color
slides taken during the event.
Guest at the meeting was Don
Humphrey, Kilmarnock, Va. The
club met at the Surfside restau
Noreaster Pounds for Four Days;
Trees, Buildings, Boats Damaged
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High winds and water did extensive damage to the north yvail of a boat shed at the Morehead City
Yacht basin, and battered a number of smaller boats tied up in the area. This picture was taken
from the interior of the shed.
North winds put a definite slant to this warning light on the Beau
fort bridge. The post carrying the gong and the lights apparently
gave way at the base, and was later braced in its leaning position
by rope lashings.
A light plane operated by the Menhaden Flying Service and owned by Young’s Plying Service,
New Jersey, was a casualty of the storm the early part of this week. The plane flipped over after
winds tore it loose from its mooring near the Fish Meal Co. factory, West Beaufort.
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The marquee announcement for this drive-in movie (see inset) provides an ironic note. The movie’s
screen and fence were damaged by winds that reached 70 miles an hour Monday. Even the second
feature film, Career, is appropos. This drive-in, west of Morehead City, seems to make a “career” of
getting damaged in storms.
Vance Fulford Jr. Recovers
From Ordeal During Storm
Vance Fulford Jr., Front street,
Beaufort, was discharged from
Morehead City hospital yesterday
morning. He had been treated for
shock and exposure after being
rescued Tuesday from Brown’s is
land near Marshallberg.
Mr. Fulford went to Glouces
ter at 8 Monday morning during
the storm to fish a trout net. He
was in his small skiff, without a
motor, when the wind shifted. He
was unable to get back to shore
and the skiff carried him to
Brown’s island..
When he failed to return home,
his wife went about noon to Glou
cester where she found his truck
but no sign of him. She returned
home and notified the sheriff’s
office. Deputy sheriff C. H. Davis
searched for Fulford but could
find no sign of him.
Mrs. Fulford then called the
Coast Guard. Coast Guardsmen
from Cape Lookout picked up Ful
ford on the north side of Brown’s
Island Tuesday morning. He waded
out to meet the boat.
The Coast Guard took him to the
Standard Products Co. dock at
Lennoxviile where he was met by
a Bell-Munden ambulance and
taken to Mojrehead City hospital.
His hands were swollen, and
though he had a jacket and wa
ders on, he was suffering from
exposure. For protection from the
storm Monday night, he dug a
shelter of sorts under a heavy
chunk of cement. He was maroon
ed on the island 24Vi hours.
Coast Guardsmen making the
rescue were Jack Davis, BM1;
William Matthews, SNBM; Ted
Conway, FN; and Guyon Willis,
SNBM.
Women to Meet
The Carteret County Republican
Women’s club will meet Monday
night at 8 at the Republican head
quarters in Beaufort.
Areas exposed to the north were flooded. This is a view on Bay
street and !)th, Morehead City. Johi) Dozier, 80!) Bay, when asked
if he had any damage from the storm, said, “Damage! Why the
water’s so high in my yard the hogfish is eatin’ the collards.’’
An Atlantic storm that started
Sunday noon and was gradually
diminishing yesterday, ripped shin
gles from roofs, tore limbs from
trees, took down fences, signs,
swamped small boats, broke win
dows, and pounded shorelines with
high tides.
Damage to power lines left areas
without power from time to time.
Several highway accidents in the
county were attributed to the
heavy rains and wind.
A tractor trailer, which jack
knifed on the Morchead City draw
bridge Monday afternoon, owed its
fate to the high wind. The sweep
of the wind across the open draw
hit with such force that the truck
skidded sideways.
Wreckers were of no use because
of the way the truck was wedged.
Republicans Undecided
About Furthering Battle
Whether county Republicans will'
carry further the battle to have
their candidate, Elmer Dewey
Willis, declared sheriff of Carteret,
was indefinite yesterday.
The state board of elections ruled
Wednesday that the recount, giving
incumbent sheriff Bobby Bell a
victory, was apparently in order.
The board, at least, said it had no
authority to upset it. Count of the
vote on elections night made Willis
the winner by 44 votes.
Republicans contended that the
county board of elections should
not allow a recount, as requested
by the Democrats. The recount
took place and Bell came out the
winner by 11 votes.
Thomas Bennett, attorney for
Willis, appeared before the state
board of elections Tuesday, with
the county elections board mem
bers and Harvey Hamilton Jr., at
torney for Bell.
The board based its Wednesday
decision on advice from the at
torney general’s office which said
that the state board had no au
thority to investigate reasons as to
why a local elections board grants
a recount.
Mr. Bennett said yesterday that
he will confer with candidate Willis
and his supporters to determine
whether they want to appeal the
decision. If so, they have 30 days
in which to do it.
See APPEAL? Pg. 5
Traffic was neia up tor two nours.
Work with crowbars finally got the
truck straightened enough so it
could be driven off the bridge.
The vehicle, owned by the Mc
Lean Trucking lines, was headed
to Beaufort. Damage to the bridge
was slight.
Wind caught an open door at
Cooperative Savings and Loan,
Morehead City, slammed it against
the building and smashed the
glass. A display window in Rose’s
5 and 10, Morehead City, was
knocked out Monday night.
Limbs falling on houses or trail
ers caused damage. Flooding, es
pecially in the northern part of
Morehead City, caused extensive
damage to dirt streets.
If the storm had occurred be
tween Aug. 1 and Oct. 31, it would
have been given a girl’s name.
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Weather Causes
Parade Change
Windy, rainy weather this week
prevented work on floats for the
Beaufort Christmas parade, so
the parade has been postponed
until 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8.
The parade was scheduled for
2 p.m. tomorrow. Santa will ar
rive in Beaufort a week from
tomorrow, according to Grayden
Paul, who is managing arrange
ments for the Beaufort Mer
chants association.
There will be treats for all kid
dies 12 and under.
Morehead City to Get
Safety Award Today
A traffic safety award from the
State Motor club will be presented
Morehead City officials at 10:30
a.m. today at the Morehead City
municipal building.
The presentation will be made
by W. C. (Bill) Smith, Carteret
manager for the state motor club.
Accepting it will be mayor George
W. Dill and police chief Herbert
Griffin.
The framed gold certificate is
in recognition of the town’s record
of no motor vehicle fatalities with
in the city limits during 1961.
Bridge Height Near Port
Will Allow Underpass
The new highway bridge at Morehead City will be
built high enough at the Morehead City end to permit
construction of roads and railroad tracks under it, Merrill
Evans, chairman of the State Highway commission, said
Wednesday at Raleigh.
This will enable the state port at Morehead City to
use land areas on the north for-<
warehouses and other facilities that
may become necessary in conjunc
tion with port operation.
Need for more space for port ex
pansion has been the major argu
ment against location of the bridge
at the place where the state is go
ing to put it.
Whether the present channel to
the Morehead City Yacht basin
will be filled in is not definite, ac
cording to W. S. Winslow, assistant
chief engineer for bridges.
Chairman Evans said that should
filling-in be considered a necessity
by the highway department or the
State Ports Authority a public
hearing will be held on the subject.
The channel parallels the ap
proach to the new bridge on the
Morehead City side.
After a recent conversation with
chairman Evans, E. N. Richards,
acting director of the State Ports
Authority, sent the following me
morandum to Mr. Evans:
“After talking with you on the
telephone this morning, 1 thought
it best that 1 write you a memoran
dum regarding the relocation of the
Morehead City-Beaufort bridge.
"1 am stating below the under
standings we had after the con
ference in the Governor’s Office,
and the items we reviewed again
this morning over the telephone.
As 1 understand it, there has been
no deviation in plan.
“1. That the proposed location
is satisfactory and that we can
develop a good expansion plan with
the bridge in this location.
“2. It is our understanding that
the new bridge will have provi
sions for the future installation of
a high lift to allow for the passing
of ocean-going vessels. That the
See BHIDGE Pg. 2
Firemen Kept
Hopping During
Storm Monday
Morchead City firemen were try
ing to recall yesterday times in the
past when the fire department had
all of its equipment in use! Every
fire truck was in operation Mon
day night.
The series of calls, about ten in
number, were complicated by the
alarm system wires being downed
by high winds. The system went
out of operation Monday at about
8 p.m., and was out of service until
about 3:30 a m. At the port termi
nal high voltage lines caused a
delay until daylight for'repairs.
First of the Monday night calls
was to the home of Bud Dixon,
2100 Arendell Street, where the
heating system boiler had ruptur
ed, causing extensive smoke and
soot damage to the interior of the
home.
After the first call, trucks and
firemen were kept busy answering
calls to electrical fires caused by
winds rubbing wires together. Calls
were handled by telephone. Trucks
stopped at the station only to re
ceive new calls. One citizen arriv
ed on foot to report an electrical
fire.
The series of calls ended Tues
day at 2 a.m. with a burning pow
er pole in the 1400 block of Shackle
ford street. Firemen Thursday ex
pressed their appreciation for the
cooperation and teamwork from
Carolina Power and Light system
linemen, who did the electrical
work to stop the flying sparks
from wires.
A fire in a store on 11th Street
Tuesday morning gutted the store,
which belonged to Starling Fuller.
The fire was caused by an oil stove
in the store. Firemen Doycie Rice
was injured when broken glass
from a door put a gash in one
hand. It required eight stitches.
Tide Table
' Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Nov. 30
9:45 a m. 3:40 a.m.
10:27 p.m. 4:32 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1
10:33 a.m. 4:13 a.m.
11:24 p.m. 5:11 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2
11:30 a.m. 4:53 a.m.
..—. 6:00 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 3
12:22 a.m. 5:49 a.m.
12:30 p.m. 7:05 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 4
1:19 a.m. 7:20 a.m.
1:30 p.m. 8:19 p.m.
Mayor Reports
Developments
In Fight Case
Mayor Alfred B. Cooper, Atlantic
Beach, said yesterday that- three
Coast Guard “investigators” spoke
with him Monday regarding the
fight between a special officer at
the Idle Hour Amusement center
and a Coast Guardsman Monday
night, Nov. 19.
George Godley, 22. Coast Guards
man who alleges that he was in
jured by Richard Powers, a special
officer at the Idle Hour, returned
to duty at Fort Macon Coast Guard
base Wednesday, Nov. 21.
Following the fracas, Coast
Guard authorities announced that
the Idle Hour is off limits to Coast
Guardsmen.
Mayor Cooper deplored the pub
licity given the fight, saying that
it was all one-sided. Since the Coast
Guard is pursuing the matter, the
mayor said the only alternative
was “to go to court with it” in an
effort to “bring out the true facts.”
Officer Powers has charged God
ley with public drunkenness, re
sisting arrest, assaulting an offi
cer and property damage.
Godley has filed charges of as
sault against Powers. The case
against Powers is scheduled for
Tuesday morning in county court.
The case against Godley is to be
[heard Tuesday ‘nhrht in mayor’s
court at Atlantic Beach.
fn a telegram to the commander
of the Fifth Coast Guard district,
mayor Cooper said that Godley
struck the first blow, injuring the
officer on the jaw. In Godlcy's
drunken condition, the mayor said,
he objected to the officer’s efforts
to find out who he was so that a
buddy might be called to take him
back to his base, thus making it
unnecessary to make an arrest.
Mayor Cooper said yesterday
that he had received a reply from
the commander, Radm. H. J.
Wuensch, but he declined to re
veal the contents.
CD Organizes
Auxiliary Police
Seventeen men and two law en
forcement officers attended a
meeting Tuesday night ,at which
steps were taken to organize and
train Civil Defense personnel for
duty as auxiliary police. George
King, deputy Civil Defense direc
tor, presided.
The auxiliary police will work
at all times under the jurisdiction
of law enforcement officers. The
sponsoring organization is the
sheriff’s department, represented
at the meeting by M. M. Ayscuc
and deputy Carl Bunch. In case
of need in just one community, the
auxiliary force could work under
jurisdiction of the local law unit.
Training under law officers and
ten hours training in Red Cross
first aid is required. Equipment
necessary in the work will be paid
for by the individual member.
The group will meet again Tues
day night at 7:30 in the Morehcad
City town hall. All interested per
sons are invited.
Pulpwood Truck
Turns Over On
Mill Creek Road
A loaded pulpwood truck over
turned on the Mill Creek road
Wednesday afternoon, dumping its
logs into the yard of Willie Jones.
The logs knocked the body off the
rear of Jones’ pickup truck which
was in the yard.
Simuel Collins, route 1 Beaufort,
driver of the pulpwood truck, was
not hurt but was charged with ex
ceeding a safe speed. The accident
happened on a sharp curve during
a rain.
The truck, which belonged to the
International Paper Co., was ex
tensively damaged, according to
state trooper W. J. Smith Jr., who
investigated.
Board to Meet
The county' board of commis
sioners will meet at 10 a.m. Mon
day at the courthouse, Beaufort.