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IF. C. Salisbury Wins Cup For Local Historical Work The Smithwick Cup winner for 1962 is F. C. Salisbury of Morehcad City. The winner was named Sat urday at Raleigh. The Smithwick award, establish ed by the late Dr. D. T. Smithwick of Louisburg, is given annually for the best newspaper or magazine article relating to local history or biography appearing in a North Carolina publication between Nov. 15 and Nov. 15 of each year. Mr. Salisbury, who won the Smithwick cup in 1958 is 88 years old this month, is a former news paper editor and is former presi dent of the Carteret County His torical society and chairman of the Carteret Civil Wat Centennial committee. His winning article was a record of Carteret county news papers during the last 50 years. It appeared in a special edition of the Carteret County News-Times Feb. 23. Charles Dunn, chairman of the Smithwick Cup Awards, made the following comment: “ ‘ . . . . For it is only by know ing from whence we have come that we can appreciate the present and plan for tomorrow,’ reads the lead editorial of that special edi tion of THE NEWS-TIMES, which incidentally should win some type of an award for its contribution to local history. "Mr. Salisbury’s article on the county’s newspapers and others on Fort Macon, the development of Morehead City, and Carteret boat building, which appeared in the edition, certainly provided Carteret' citizens with information to bet ter know ‘from whence they came.’ “Mr. Salisbury’s research is coupled with the knowledge gained by living and participating in the day-to-day events that make to day’s history. He left ‘the cold weather of Western New York’ soon after the turn of the century to come to Ihe ‘sunny South’ and split the difference in location be tween his state and Florida to settle in Eastern North Carolina. “Mr. Salisbury’s interest and knowledge of his adopted county is admirable and merits him the Smithwick Cup award for 1962.” The first place winner has his name engraved on the Smithwick Cup and receives a replica of the cup. Second and third place win ners in the contest receive. certi ficates of merit. This year’s Smithwick Cup Awards committee was composed of Dr. Hugh Lefler of the Universi ty of North Carolina history depart ment and Mr. Dunn of the Durham Morning Herald. Mr. Salisbury received certifi cates of merit for his historical writing in 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1961. Hurt Crewman Reported OK Beuman Taylor of Sea Level, ferry crewman, who injured his arm when the ferry, Sea Level, was aground in Wainwright chan '4 nel last week, was reported in good condition at Sea Level hospital yes terday. Taylor was hurt when his arm got caught in a line being put aboard the ferry in an attempt to get it off the shoal. The ferry went aground Tuesday night as it was approaching Ocracoke. D. Mason, Atlantic, said the ferry was not damaged. It was freed af ter hours of work by the Harry Michael, a Clayton Fulcher fishing boat captained by Harry Brick house. The Ocracoke Coast Guard was also working to refloat the ferry. The ferry is leaving Ocracoke daily at 7 a.m. and Atlantic daily at 1 p.m. No tolls are being charg ed. Mr. Mason said many local, folks are using the ferry. “If there were no tolls in the summer time, the ferry wouldn’t be big enough to hold the tourists and the local people, too,” Mr. Mason said. He said it is not known when the Sea Level will be taken out of serv ice for the winter. It is believed the ferry will continue to run as long as emergency conditions, caused by the recent storm, still exist on the outer banks. Mercury Drops To Freezing Friday Temperatures continued dropping the latter half of last week. There was scattered rain along with rap idly shifting clouds and some sun- | shine. i , Temperatures dropped to freez ing with westerly and Variable 1 winds, as a cold front passed over i the area Saturday and Sunday. i According to the Atlantic Beach < weather station, a low of 25 was recorded Sunday night. Rain re- i corded was .41 inches on Thursday < and .08 inches Saturday. 1 Max. Min. Wind i Thursday .54 43 W-WSW Friday .. 46 32 W > < Saturday _ 55. 46 Var. < Sunday _ 54 40 Var. ' Blackwell Robinson, Greensboro, left, and F. C. Salisbury, More head City, display Smithwick cups. Mr. Robinson is president of the North Carolina Society of County and Local Historians. The large cup bears names of recent winners. Each year the winner receives a replica bearing his name only and the year the cup was awarded. Virginia Fisheries Laws Don't Seem to Bear Out Local Contentions Prior to the November election, interest was expressed in Virginia fisheries laws, by several persons in the fishing industry, as those laws pertain to fishermen who do not live in Virginia. Those persons contended that non-residents, such as North Caro linians, get a “dirty deal” at the hands of Virginians, in that Virgin ians can come to this state and fish (particularly for menhaden) but North Carolinians cannot go into Virginia waters to take men haden. At the request of THE NEWS TIMES, Dr. A. F. Chestnut, direc tor of the Institute of Fisheries Research, UNC, Morehead City, obtained from Milton T. Hickman, Virginia fisheries commissioner, a copy of fisheries regulations, re cently revised and enacted during the past session of the Virginia general assembly. According to those regulations, details of which appear below, North Carolinians can take men haden in Virginia waters. Resident Virginians are, however, accorded certain privileges. If interpretation of the Virginia laws is correct, non-residents, by paying the same license fee as Virginians ($1.50 per vessel gross ton) may take menhaden within three miles of the coast of Virginia. Only residents, however, may take menhaden in-Chesapeake Bay. Non-residents may take men haden only between the last Mon day of May and the first day of December. Apparently there is no restriction as to when Virginians can take menhaden. But the sea son in Virginia is mainly during the summer time, so restricting non-resident boats in other times of the year works no hardship. North Carolina’s tax on menha den vessels is the same as Vir ginia’s, and that tax applies to both North Carolinians and non-resi dents. Menhaden are taken for manu facture into products which in this country are not used for consump tion as food by humans. One North Carolina food fisher man has complained that he can not trawl in Virginia waters (in the three-mile limit from shore), (See RULES Pg. 3) Two Injured In Collision Two persohs were injured in a wreck in Beaufort Saturday. Injur ies were minor. The accident happened at the in tersection of Live Oak and Cedar streets, at about 4 p.m., when Rich ard W. Gillikin, route 2 Beaufort, pulled out of a filling station to go north on Live Oak street. The Gillikin car, a 1956 Chevro let, collided with a 1950 Dodge pick up truck driven by Leona H. Rog ers, route 1 Beaufort. Mrs. Rogers was going south on Live Oak street. Mrs. Richard Gillikin was treated for a head injury at the Morehead i City hospital and released. Mrs. Rogers was taken to the hospital ] and kept overnight. I Investigating officers at the ac- ! cident were Beaufort police chief i Guy Springle and assistant chief < tV. C. Garner. < 4 Coroner Rules Sellers Death As Suicide A 23-year-old mail, Raymond Gray Sellers Jr., died shortly after noon Thursday when he hanged himself in a closet at his home, according to coroner W. D. Mlin den. Mr. Sellers lived on the Ma sontown road near Newport. Coroner Munden ruled the death a suicide. Mrs. Carol Ann Sellers told the ^coroner that she and her husband had been arguing and that she told him she was going to leave him. She had already packed her clothes, the coroner reported. Mrs. Sellers said her husband told her he could not live without her, then went into the bedroom and barricaded the door with a dresser, the coroner relates. Mrs. Sellers could not get into the room, she claims, nor would Mr. Sellers answer her call. Alarmed at his failure to answer, she called a friend, Nick Spak, at Cherry Point. Spak came immed iately to the house, forced his way into the bedroom and found Sellers hanging in the closet, the coroner said. Mr. Murden said the closet was without a door and that the rod for hanging clothes was unusually high. He said Sellers apparently got on a stool, tied heavy cord around the rod and around his neck, then kicked the stool from beneath his feet. The coroner said when he arriv ed at the home, Spak had cut Sel lers down and removed the cord from his neck. There were rope burns and a deep depression in his neck where the rope was tied, the coroner stated. Mr. Munden said Mrs. Sellers told him the ar gument took place about noon. The coroner was called about 1 p.m. The body was removed to the Bell-Munden funeral home with the understanding that Mrs. Sellers would be there Friday to make final arrangements. On Friday a call was receive^ from a Rock ville, Md., funeral home stating that Mrs. Sellers was in Maryland and the body was to be shipped there. The funeral service was conduct ed in Rockville yesterday at Tyson Wheeler funeral home, with bur ial in Park Lawn cemetery. Survivors, in addition to his wife, include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Sellers Sr., Rockville. The couple had been married about two and a half years. Sellers was attending the apprentice school at Cherry Point. Injures Leg Don Coats, Markers Island, was treated at Sea Level hospital yes terday morning after he cut his ankle while chopping wood at his home. The ax head flew off the handle and gashed his left ankle. Six stitches closed the wound. Mr. Coats operates the partyboat Crosswinds, out of Markers Island, during the summer. . 1 Low Bids on West School Accepted; Questions Raised About Contract Submission of a low bid on the-4 West Carteret high school construc tion, a bid almost $100,000 (general contract) below the next low bid der, has raised some question as to the advisability of accepting the bid. Legally, the bid can’t be accept ed, according to information given county commissioners last week by Wiley Taylor Jr., county at torney. But the board of education felt that county commissioners could assure sufficient funds in the next fiscal year to cover the entire cost of the low bid. The legal obstacle lies in general statute 115-130. which provides that no board of education shall enter' into contracts for construction be yond the amount of funds appro priated. By the end of this fiscal year (June 30, 1963) the county will have on hand $800,000 for West Carteret school construction. The general contract bid alone (for building — does not include plumbing, heating, wiring) was $863,200. It was submitted by J. M. Thompson, Raleigh contractor. Mr. Thompson, when contacted by phone by THE NEWS-TIMES Fri day, refused to state whether he had made an error in his bid. According lo The American Insti tute of Architects “Guide to Bid ding Procedure” (Document No. (See OBJECTIONS I*g. 3) - A spokesman for a Morehcad City menhaden firm, when told of the rumble from a certain segment of the Carteret fishing colony rela tive to Virginia fisheries laws, said, ‘‘There's no reason why anyone should want to alienate our Vir ginia friends.” He enumerated reasons why. “It’s not practical for North Car olina menhaden boats to go into Virginia waters. None of our North Carolina plants is close enough to the fishing grounds there,” he remarked. Furthermore, what summer fish ing there is for menhaden in North Carolina coincides with the sum mer season in Virginia, so it would not be feasible, economically, for a North Carolina plant to run its boats miles and miles into Vir ginia waters, when it can catch menhaden here at home. The Morehcad City menhaden operator said, “We need those Vir ginia boats here in North Carolina to furnish fish to our plants. They're certainly not damaging our resources and in some instan ces it’s profitable to us to use Virginia boats rather than bring our own boats from states farther away.” He added, “The Virginia boats pay North Carolina taxes—a ton nage tax and net tax; they buy grub at our local stores and fuel at our docks. If any menhaden plant operator in this county has a gripe about Virginia fisheries laws, he has an opportunity to voice his complaints before the Virginia Fisheries association. All of us in this county are members. It used to be that other fisheries were represented, but now it has boiled down to just menhaden operators. “Every year we attend the as sociation meeting and they brief us on Virginia laws” . There is basis for believing that sniping at Virginia fisheries laws has its root in purely local politics and is an effort by malcontents to “build an issue” and make things uncomfortable for present North Carolina fisheries officials Nevertheless, these malcontents say they arc going to “petition the legislature (North Carolina)” in 1963 to make things as rough for Virginians fishing in North Car olina as they seem to think Vir ginia is making it for them when it comes to North Carolinians fish ing in Virginia waters! WOW Lodge Needs $930 to Finance Lights Woodmen of the World, camp 188, Morehcad City, need $930 to clear the debt they incurred in buy ing town street decorations, erect ing them and burning them at night during the holiday season. Chairman of the. lighting project is Gerald V. Phillips, consul com mander. Clifford Faglie, consul representative, WOW, on Friday commended Mr. Phillips “and the entire camp” for the work they did. “They worked hard and did a fine job,” Mr. Faglie remarked. This is the second year the Woodmen put up the lights. Any one who wishes to contribute to the lighting fund should contact Mr. Phillips or other lodge members. Morehead City town tags for 1963 "re now on sale at the municipal building, Morehcad City, announc es Mrs. ulauda McLohon, city treasurer. Authorities Search for Three Girls Missing Since Saturday The sheriff’s department, rescue squads, and citizens’ band radio club members were still searching yesterday for three girls, one 22, one 13 and one 11 years old, who have not been seen since 1:50 p.rn. Saturday. The girls are identified as Jen nie Eubanks, 11. and Tanya Eu banks, 13, daughters of Mr. and Mrs Luther Eubanks, County Home Apartments, highway 101, Beaufort, and Mrs. Shclba Jean Swann Hardison, 22, who had come to live with the Eubanks during the past month. According to .Mrs. Eubanks, the three girls left the house Saturday afternoon to walk to Beaufort to see the Christmas parade. She said that it Was learned Saturday night that the three went into the Beaufort bus station, stayed there about half an hour and then bought tickets to Morehead City. The bus driver said he let the girls off at Bryan's grocery store, west of Morehead City, then he saw them walking down the road toward Mitchell Village. That is the last verifiable report as to when the girls were last seen. Mrs. Eubanks says that she’ doubts that reports, that they were seen at Atlantic Beach Saturday night, are true. She said the de scription of clothing worn by the girls seen at the beach did not fit the clothing her daughters or Mrs. Hardison were wearing. Mrs. Hardison's description fol lows (description of the Eubanks1 girls appears under their phot.is): | height, about 5 foot 8, weighs abou. 155 pounds, has short straight black hair, brown eyes, wore dark rim glasses, had on a black wool skirt, white short-sleeve pull-over sweat er, black shoes, long brown, yel low and red checked raincoat. Mrs. Eubanks said that the child ren hadn't been to town for a few months and when they didn't re turn after the parade, she assumed they were wandering around in the stores. When her husband came home about dusk Saturday from Eastern Rulane, where he works, he started looking for them. The Eubanks checked the neigh bors and houses of friends where the girls might have gone, went to the movie houses and when no trace could be found, notified the sheriff's department at about 11 p.m. Mrs. Eubanks said her daugh ters have never wandered off be fore and were usually obedient about coming home when told. She said that she doubted if they had much money with them, probably $2 at the most. The Eubanks have three married children, and a son at home. Fish Boat Licenses Go On Sale Tomorrow Commercial fishing boat licenses for 1963 will go on sale Wednes day, announc s C. G. Holland, state commercial fisheries commission er. All fishermen who would like to ?et their licenses early may call at the state fisheries office, More lead City, or contact fisheries agents stationed in coastal coun ies. Port Manager Predicts Future Business in Atomic Fuel Elements Walter Fricderichs, operations manager of the Morehead City state port, announced Saturday that partially spent elements of atomic reactor fuel will probably be coming through the Morehead City port in the near future. Mr. Fricderichs and Leroy Guth rie, representing Morehcad City longshoremen, attended a meeting of the North Carolina Atomic En ergy Advisory committee where radioactive materials were dis cussed. Wilmington port officials also attended the meeting, which was at Wilmington last week. The atomic fuel expected at south Atlantic coast ports in the next few months is coming from Sweden. The United States is pro viding foreign governments with atomic reactor fuel elements for the operation of power stations as well as for research. These par tially spent elements are due to be returned to atomic energy plants in this country where they will be reprocessed. Mr. Friederichs said, “The re importation of spent elements will m I Jennie Eubanks is 11 years old. She's about 5 foot 1, weighs 105 pounds, has light brown hair, straight, .shoulder-length with bangs, her eyes are dark blue, with long lashes. She was wearing a dark blue, red, and gray plaid cotton skirt, blue short-sleeve pullover sweat er, a light tan ear coat, black slippers and white socks. Atlantic Firemen Make Final Plea for Support W. D. Aman Jr. Heads Cedar Point Club Members of the Cedar Point com munity club elected officers and directors at their December meet ing Monday night at the fire house, highway 24. New officers arc the following: W. D. Aman Jr., president; Al len Vinson, vice-president; P. L. Burt, secretary; Emmett W. Har ris, treasurer. Elected to the board of directors for three-year terms were Dr. L. J. Dupree, Brinkley Harrell, George Williams. Remaining on the board were Elbert Guthrie, whose term expires in two years, and Milton Mincey, who has one more year to serve. The fire ehief is Lcalon Crump ler, with Aaron S. Taylor as assis tant chief. Mr. Harrell, George Williams and Emmett W. Harris were appointed to the auditing cone inittce. It was announced that a reply had been received from congress man David N. Henderson in regard lo the development of a recrea tional area from funds allocated inder the public works accelera tion act. Since Cedar Point had no previous plans to start such a pro ject, as required under the act, he matter was tables until a later late. Plans to have a social meeting ?arly in 1963 were deferred until he January meeting. increase rapidly as more power plants arc activated throughout the free world. This could mean con siderable t<Rinage to us in years to come.” At the December town board meeting, Morehcad City commis sioners will be asked to approve a resolution permitting transporta tion of radioactive materials in and out of the port of Morehcad City. Charleston, Savannah and Nor Tidcs at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, Dec. 11 7:55 a.m. 8:23 p.m. 1:40 a.m. 2:24 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12 8:43 a.m. 9:14 p.m. 2:29 a.m. 3:12 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13 9:32 a.m. 10:06 p.m. 3:16 a.m. 3:59 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14 10:23 a.m. 11:01 p.m. 4:01 a.m. 4:43 p.m. Tanya Eubanks is 13, looks about 16 or 17. She is 5 foot 2'^ inches, weighs 138 pounds, has dark brown, shoulder-length wa vy hair, dark blue eyes. She was wearing a black and red tweed skirt, light blue short sleeve pullover sweater, black slippers, long dark blue and red checked raincoat. (Description of third girl appears at left.) For the past two or more years, the Atlantic volunteer fire depart ment has been suffering from lack of support, in both finances and active participation. As a result, the decision has been made to abandon the depart ivoi/m£ unless more interest, support and 'vnthu siasm is displayed, according to Malcolm I). Fulcher .Ir. Recently, 260 questionnaires were' mailed in the community to deter mine how many citizens would ac tively and financially support the organization. Fifty were returned and out of that fitfy, ten pledged their active participation. "Regardless what type organiza tions come and go, a community should at least provide itself with adequate fire protection. It is a community-wide project and de serves community-wide support. Three or four men, as is now the case, cannot effectively operate a fire department. There needs to be at the minimum: an administrative body; a group of men who are willing to attend meetings and train in fire fighting procedure; and equipment with which these men may work,’’ Mr. Fulcher said. Wednesday, December 12, at 7:30 p.m., a meeting will be held at the fire department building; all At lantic residents are urged to at tend. At this meeting the final de cision will be made—to either abandon the department or if enough support can be obtained, to continue it. Leaves Hospital Jimmy McClure, 17, Bath, was discharged Thursday from More head City hospital. McClure was driving a car involved in an acci dent Nov. 23 at the intersection of highway 101 and the Laurel road, in which his D-year-old sister, Jo Ann. was killed. [ folk have already gjveti their ap proval. Explaining the safety features of handling such materials, Mr. Friederichs said, “AH eoncievable conditions which might endanger the public have been studied and specifications for container designs which include adequate protection against such conditions or acci dents have been sent to the foreign shippers who must submit their final design for acceptance and test prior to actually returning any material. “The loaded container or cask must be so safe as to permit hand ling like any other general cargo, in the same hatch with other car go and approachable by anyone for extended periods of time. One could sit on it the entire Atlantic crossing without ill effect.” Normal commercial transporta tion services will be used in hand ling the material—ships, barges, railroads, trucks, and warehouses, the port manager said. (See ATOMIC FUEL Pg. 4) • II. L. Joslvn, county surerintcn dcnt of schools, reported yesterday that the board of education decided to accept low bids on the West Carteret high school. Notice of the education board's acceptance, to the low bidders, was sent by registered mail Friday from the education office. The low bids are J. M. Thomp son, Raleigh, general contractor, $863,200; Page Electric Service, Raleigh, electrical work, $121,300; Superior Mechanical, D u r h a m, plumbing contract, $61,497, and Sneeden Air Conditioning and Re frigeration Co., Wilmington, heat ing, $99,429. Contractors are given ten days to sign the contracts or forfeit sur ety bonds, which they posted with their bids. Should bonds be forfeited, the next lowest bids may he accepted or the jobs readvertised, Mr. .Jos lyn said. Thompson’s low bid on the gen eral contract was $863,200, which was considerably lower than the next lowest bid. Page's bid was $121,300, which was about $20,000 less than the next low bid. Relative to the controversy over whether the board of education has the authority to accept the low 1 ids, Mr. Joslyn said, “We have put in the change order so that the contract is in line with the .>80(1.000 we have been assured is available to us this fiscal year. It's our money and we have the right to spend it." Wiley Taylor, county attorney, predicted yesterday that the County board of education “will he short of money in December 1963 when they're supposed to pay off the contractor." Coroner Orders Autopsy on Baby Coroner W. D. Mundcn ordered an autopsy Thursday in the case of Caroline Iris Fernanedzr 2'-i pionth-old daughter of Mr. and Sirs. Jcstrs Fertiahdez, Mo*head City. The coroner was called to the office of Dr. L. J. Norris Jr. Thurs day before noon when it was dis covered that the child was dead when brought to the office by its mother. Coroner Mundcn said the body was sent to New Bern for exami nation by Dr. D. H. Lippett, pa thologist. No report had been re ceived yesterday. Mr. Munden said Mrs. Fernandez told him she had bathed and'fed the baby about 7:30 that morning, and it had been all right, but had found her dead later in the morning. The funeral service was conduct ed at 10 a.m. Saturday in the fu neral chapel of George W. Dill and sons by Father Hugh Kennedy of St. Egbert’s Catholic church Bu rial was in Bayview cemetery. Surviving are the parents, three sisters and a brother. Names of other survivors were not available at press time. Jaycees Sell Dance Tickets Tickets are now on sale for the Beaufort Jaycee Christmas dance, to be held at the American Legion building, Beaufort, Saturday, Dec. 22. A dance band, the Sunsetters, will play and refreshments will be provided. Proceeds from the dance will provide Christmas cheer for needy families in Beaufort. Tickets can be obtained from A. C. Blankenship at Hamilton Furni ture Co. or from any Jaycee mem ber. The Jaycees have completed re pairing the roof of the Beaufort community building and have also put up a new ceiling in the build ing. Work on the building has taken the place of regular meet ings, with members’ pitching in to restore the facility for the town. The Jaycees last Monday induct ed D. J. Parker, manager of the Beaufort theatre, as a new mem ber. Firemen Answer Weekend Alarms Morehead City firemen answered three calls over the weekend, two to furnace fires and one to a woods fire. Oil Friday, firemen went to the home of Sue Higgins, located in the area back of the Rex restau rant, where an overheated oil stove had set fire to a wall. The call was made at about 8:30 p.m. Another call Friday, at 2:30 p.m. was to the House of Charm Beauty shop, highway 70, where there was trouble with the heating system. Firemen put out a woods fire near the A&W Drive-lu at about 1 p.m. Saturday.