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152
nd Year —
No. 4
Two Section* — 'Sixteen Ptget MOREHEAD CITY Mid BEAUFORT, N. C.
Friday, January 11, 1963
Published Tuesdays and Fridays
Set OH Word Battle
Commissioner H. G. Phillips Visits
Here; County Okays Road Program
Sheriff Goes
Before Board
To Talk Fees
# Insurance Policies
Explained Monday
^ # County Looks For
New Forest Ranger
County commissioners questioned
sheriff Bobby Bell Monday on the
matter of sheriff’s fees charged
on papers that are not served and
the division of the fees among the
members of the sheriff’s depart
ment.
Mr. Bell stated that the payment
of fees on papers not served and
the distribution set-up was of long
standing and inherited by him
upon becoming sheriff. Mr. Bell
added that the matter was strict
ly the sheriff’s department’s busi
ness, and that he would be willing
to discuss it further, but not in pub
lic.
In answers to questions on depu
ties shifting over to county-operat
ed cars and the matter of keeping
a deputy in the sheriff’s office at
all times, Mr. Bell replied that it
would be to the department’s ad
vantage to use county-owned cars
and two extra men would be need
ed to keep a man on call in the
office at all times.
' Board chairman William Roy
Hamilton appointed a committee
composed of county attorney Wiley
Taylor, county auditor Ronald Earl
Mason and commisisoner Rudolph
Mason to make recommendations
in respect to fees, county-owned
cars, and the means of keeping a
deputy in the office and stationing
a deputy in the western part of the
county.
The board also quastioned H. S.
Gibbs Jr. of Chalk & Gibbs on the
distribution of the couaty.’s insur
ance policies and the distribution
of the commission on the insurance
on the county property located at
the courthouse square in Beaufort.
Mr. Gibbs replied that on the
courthouse insurance, half of the
commission was split among insur
ance men in the county, with the
other half going to his company,
who holds the policy. The rest of'
the county insurance was held by
firms on an individual basis, he
added.
Chairman Hamilton said that he
had received complaints that two
companies held the bulk of the
policies, and that other firms had
asked for a portion of the busi
ness.
Dan Barnes of the North Caro
lina Division of Forestry appeared,
asking the board to recommend a
new county ranger, the present
county ranger, Bill Foreman, hav
ing retired due to disability. Re
quirements for the job are a high
school education, 21 years of age,
and candidates must be able to
advance in position and be physic
ally fit.
The board agreed to accept ap
plications for ten days, and to sub
mit a list of approved applicants
to the Division of Forestry.
The board also met the new as
sistant county agent, Glenn Taylor,
who was introduced by R. M. Wil
liams, county agent. Mr. Williams
also submitted to the board the
annual farm agent, home demon
stration and 4-H club report, add
ing that farm income in 1962 was
$4,698,367, compared to $4,847,004
in 1961, largely due to a poor to
bacco season.
Forestry products were the main
source of agricultural income,' he
added, bringing in one and a half
million, with tobacco following
with over one million in income.
The board received the report of
county clerk of court A. H. James.
Mr. James reported $5,145.88 in
assorted receipts, with $4,589.46
from county recorder’s court,
from county recorder’s court, $54.40
from superior court, $91.02 in pro
bate and clerk’s fees, and $411
from the Morehead City recorder’s
court.
The report of the building in
spector showed nine permits and
eight inspections in the month of
December, with' 331 permits and
428 inspections since July. Total
value of building for the month was
estimated at $45,600, and totals
since July were $1,958,688.
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News-Times. Photo by Tom Sloan
State highway commissioner II. G. (Buddy) Phillips, center, is
flanked in the county board room by W. R. Hamilton, county chair
man, at the Ipft, and at the right by Charles Snell, division engi
neer, and C. Y. Griffin (in profile), district engineer.
Coast Guard Bestows Honors
■ - zr ■ rn n \
H. D. Paul Jr., SN, of Beaufort and BMI (retired) Howard R.
Jones, right, Harkers Island, after the honor ceremonies aboard
the Coast Guard cutter Chilula. Jones received the Coast Guard
medal and Paul a letter of appreciation for heroism during the
Potomac tanker fire in 1961.
The Coast Guard cutter Chilula
and three Coast Guardsmen on
duty during the MSTS Potomac
fire were singled out for honors
Wednesday in a ceremony aboard
the Chilula.
BM1 (retired) Howard R. Jones,
Harkers Island, received the Coast
Guard Medal for rescuing Potomac
crewmen. Halsey D. Paul Jr., SN,
Beaufort, was presented with a let
ter of appreciation, as was Jim
my Goff, FN, for their part in man
ning the 30-footer from Fort Ma
con, on which Jones was coxswain.
Capt. Joseph A. Bresiran, USCG
chief of staff, Norfolk, presented
the awards.
The Chilula was the Coast Guard
vessel in charge of battling the
blaze that occurred after the tan
ker exploded at the Aviation Fuel
Terminals, Radio Island, on Sept.
26, 1961. The fire lasted until Oct.
1, with firefighting parties from the
Education Board Stalemated
On West Carteret Program
The West Carteret school con
struction program has “run
aground.” »
The board of education discussed
the matter pro and con Monday
morning. Redrawing the plans of
phase 1 has been deferred in the
hope that mayhe enough money
will be found to proceed with the
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Jaa. 11
9:16 a.m. 3:30 a.m.
9:47 p.m. 3:42 p.m.
Saturday, Jaa. 12
10:01 a.m. 3:47 a.m.
10:38 p.m. 4:24 p.m.
Saaday, Jan. 13
10:48 a.m. 4:29 a.m.
11:25 p.m. 5:05 p.ta.
Monday, Jan. 14
11:33 a.m. 5:12 a.m.
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Chilula going aboard the burning
tanker during that period. .
The Coast Guard medal present
ed to Jones is one of the higher
awards presented for heroism not
connected with combat in wartime.
The medal was granted by the
Secretary of Treasury on behalf of
President Kennedy.
Enlisted men aboard the Chilula
at the time of the fire included
James D. Willis, DC3; Sanford C.
White, EN1; Daniel L. Ricks, EN2;
Ellis G. Reynolds, EN2; Harry R.
O’Dell, QM3.
James H. Miller, ENCS; Leland
B. Lupton, BM1; Leslie M. Locker,
EMC-P1; Teofilo E. Limos, TN;
Leon D. Lewis, CSCM; Simms C.
Kyle, FN; Raymond J. Kutin,
ENCP; John R. Kinnunen, ET2-S1.
Roy K. Kelly, SN; Nathan E.
Golden, SN; Wallace H. Gaskill,
ENC; Elbert L. Garvey, EMI; Do
minic Emelio, BM2, and Arthur
G. Davis, RML
building as planned.
As things stand, the general and
electrical contractors have reject
ed the jobs. They were low bid
ders, but say in their rejection let
ter that they understand the county
does not have enough money to
proceed with the construction. An
other side Of the story is that they
made errors in bidding and be
cause of the low “error” bid, would
like to bow out.
Bonds they posted when making
the bids have not yet been return
ed. The board of education is still
hoping that something can be work
ed out
The county has enough money to
start construction and with the
amount anticipated in the next fis
cal year, the board of education
feels the cost can be met. Tech
nically, however, a county is sup
posed to have all money in hand
to meet such a contract without
anticipating future funds.
Those who feel that a school
The secondary road program for1
this county for fiscal 1963-64 was
approved by county commissioners
Wednesday afternoon at a meeting
with highway officials at the court
house, Beaufort.
The program calls for paving
road 1301 to Shell Landing, near
Beaufort, slightly less than half a
mile, at a cost of $9,000, grading
and draining 1.4 mile of dirt road
that would tie in with the proposed
road to the 4-H camp at Merrimon,
at a cost of $18,000; $10,000 to buy
stone for stabilizing unpaved roads,
holding in reserve $11,910 for add
ing roads to the system and meet
ing emergencies.
The total allocated, based on the
number of unpaved miles in the
county, is $48,910.
Charles Snell, division engineer,
and C. Y. Griffin, district engi
neer, said that they will recom
mend very soon to the highway
commission the following two pro
jects; repaving a portion of the
Ocean Ridge road at Atlantic
Beach and improving the grade
and resurfacing a mile of high
way 70 at Atlantic.
Other projects scheduled are
■grading and stabilizing road 1103
at Kuhns, grading and stabilizing
road 1155 at Mill Creek, between
Newport and highway 101, also con
struction of a mile of road to the
4-H camp at Merrimon. These pro
jects involve state, federal and lo
cal funds for primary and secon
dary roads.
The camp road will be dirt, and
funds used for its construction arc
a special allocation obtained by
former highway commissioner D.
G. Bell, according to Mr. Snell.
The funds are not coming out of
the county’s highway allocation.
Mr. Snell also said work cannot
start on the road until right-of
way agreements are signed. (An
ther report in today’s paper sets
Jan. 29 as the date for starting
work oil the road, but right-of
way problems could possibly delay
that starting time.)
Except where otherwise indica
ted, the following projects have
been completed during recent
months: road 1335 at Gloucester
•was paved; road in the Huntley
subdivision, Beaufort, paved with
properly owners’ paying part of the
cost.
Airport road paved with county
and state funds; being worked on
now is resurfacing of roads 1387
and 1388, Atlantic to Cedar Island
and the road to Lola.
Under construction at Atlantic
are two roads, the Lee. Daniels
road and the Houseboat road, being
graded and pavedr paved at Ot
way was road 1329 known as the
Myrtle Gillikin road.
Graded and stabilized was road
1161 known as the old New Bern
road, which runs from highway
101 back of Earl Campen’s; re
surfaced were the Laurel road,
and Merrimon road to the vicinity
of Back creek, also the Ball farm
road and a portion of the Beau
fort-Morehead causeway.
The Atlantic Beach causeway
was resurfaced, as were four
blocks of Bridges street, Morehead
City, between 20th and 24th streets.
Paved was the Crab Point loop
road and the Creech road at Wild
wood.
Other paving included the Hibbs
road, and the Mann road, which
runs from highway 70 to the Little
Deep Creek road. Resurfaced was
road 1146 which is located between
(See ROADS Pg. 7)
bond referendum will pass would
like to see no work done on a West
Carteret school until school bond
money would make building of the
East and West Carteret schools
simultaneous.
The county board of education
could do two things: pull in its
plans for West Carteret school to
make the first phase fall within
$800,000 which will be on hand by
June 30 and try to negotiate with
present low bidders, or readver
tise for bids.
Requesting new bids, however,
doesn’t promise to accomplish any
thing, because it is anticipated the
bids will be even higher than those
already submitted (bids were open
ed in November) and there would
be insufficient funds to meet the
new bids.
Each tarn seems to lead Into a
dead-end alley.
Turned over to the insurance
(See SCHOOLS F&. 4)
Osborne Davis
Joins Town
Board Monday
• Hancock Park Home
Owners Voice Pleas
• Rescue Squad Will
Put Up Building
Osborne Davis was sworn in as
a town commissioner of Beaufort
at the board meeting Monday night
at the town hall and commissioner
Earl Mades was appointed mayor
pro-tcm.
Mr. Davis fills the vacancy left
when John Jones Jr, resigned to
become town clerk. Mr. Davis was
appointed finance eommisisoncr by
mayor W. 11. Potter.
Most of the meeting dealt with
questions raised by a delegation
of residents from Hancock Park.
George Herbert was spokesman.
In reply to one of his questions
about water hydrants, town attor
ney Claud Wheatly said that the
utilities commission has tentative
ly set the hearing on the problem
for the end of this month.
Mr. Wheatly said that Carolina
Water Co. has refused to install the
hydrants.even though the mains are
there. He also said that the water
company wants the town to buy
all the material needed for the
hydrant installation “then turn
around and lease it to the town.”
(See TOWN BOARD Pg. 5)
Surplus Food
Report Given
Board Monday
The retail value of food distri
buted to Carteret families since
the beginning of the surplus food
program in November 1961 is esti
mated at $125,616.72, according-to a
report given county commissioners
Monday morning.
Net cost to the county for distri
bution of the food is $6,058.35, the
report said. Of the total cost, $8,
358.59, the state paid $2,336.24.
The number of families receiv
ing food ranges from a low of 1,
285 in August 1962 to a high of 2,
268 in March 1962.
Breakdown by months: 1961—
November 1,603, December 1,760;
1962—January 1,823, February 2,
144, March 2,268, April 2,106, May
1,831, Jund 1,494.
July 1,313, August 1,285, Septem
ber 1,380, October 1,504, November
1,600 and December 1,813.
Commissioner Rudolph Mason
observed that the cost to the coun
ty is actually more than indicated
because the county helps meet wel
fare department costs and welfare
department personnel investigate
and determine what families are
eligible for the food.
Safe at Atlantic
Store Stolen
A small safe, about 30 inches
high, was stolen from the J. R.
Morris and Son store, Atlantic,
Tuesday night. John Edwards,
State Bureau of’ Investigation
agent, has been called in on the
case,, sheriff Bobby Bell reported
yesterday.
In the safe was approximately
$300 including 75 silver dollars and
about $100 in two-dollar bills.
There were also deeds, insurance
policies and similar' papers usual
ly kept in a safe.
Entry to the store, operated by
Brantley and Cecil Morris, was
gained by picking the lock on the
front door. The sheriff said the
lock was easily opened; be opened
it himself in a few seconds with
« pocket-knife blade.
The thieves carefully locked the
door when they left, because Mr.
Brantley Morris did not realize the
safe was gone until he has been
in the store about half an hour
Wednesday morning. As soon as he
missed it, he notified the sheriff.
Working on the case, besides the
sheriff and the SB1 agent, is depu
ty sheriff C. H. Davis.
A
Ralph Thomas, Albert Chappell
Move into Jobs with County
Albert Chappell
. . . building inspector
Hamilton, Bennett Give
Views on School Boards
Both of Carteret’s state law
makers said yesterday that they
are in favor of Governor Sanford’s
recommendations that county
school boards (called "education
board" in this county) should be
elected on a non-partisan basis.
As a matter of fact, Democrat
state senator Luther Hamilton said
he is so much in favor of it that
he intends to see that the county’s
next board of education, to be ap
pointed in February in the legisla
lure’s omnibus bill, is a “biparti
san board of the best men 1 can
find.”
March for nomocracy Democrats
ran in on the spring primary three
Democrats, Wayne Parker, Atlan
tic; Charles Harris, Marshallbcrg,
and Charles Davis, Beaufort, as
board of education members. The
MFD was opposed to Democrats
being supported by the senator,
but the senator’s wing of the
Democratic parly failed to put any
education board nominees in the
primary race.
The judge termed the MFD ac
tion “treacherous” and said he
does not inland, in the legislature,
“to compliment anyone for trea
chery by appointing them to of
fice.”
Carteret’s general assemblyman,
Republican Thomas Bennett, said
yesterday that he is in favor of
Sanford's statement on non-parti
Model Constructed
This model of the proposed chamber of commerce office aad tour
ist information center shows the unusual construction that will serve
as an “eyecatcher” on the outskirts of Morehead City. A parking
lot will be located at the rear of the building. The model was built
by Charles McNeill, Morehead City, a chamber of commerce di
rector.
The new building planned for the
Greater Morehead City Chamber
of Commerce will be of a modern
“A-frame” type, according to Ben
Alford, chamber president.
The new building, to be located
in the city park area, will be 20
by 30 feet, and provide space for
a . tourist information center,
chamber of commerce activities
and also for desk space for the
Fabulous Fishermen.
Work la expected to begin on the
building after the first of February,
and is expected to represent a total
cost of about $6,000 Materials are
being solicited, and response has
been excellent for both materials
and donations from firms and in
dividuals, Mr.-Alford reports. Rec
ognition of donors is planned when
the building is completed.
Ralph Thomas
... veterans’ offieer
I sail school boards and intends to
introduce legislation along those
lines. In the past, Carteret's coun
ty school board members have
been hand-picked by the Democra
tic parly, as they are in many
other counties of the state
Three nominees’ being put on the
'ballot in the spring was total de
parture from custom.
The judge stated firmly yesterday
that his attitude toward the spring
primary ‘.’treachery” will not be
changed. «
Lest fo» interpret the senator
and assenwlyman’9 attitude about
non-partisan (or bipartisan) school
boards as kissing and making up,
senator Hamilton said if such a
bill (calling for election of non
partisan school boards) is intro
duced by a Carteret lawmaker and
passed, it will “originate in the
Senate and not in the House.”
State Revokes License
Of Raymond T. Graham
A Newport driver has lost his
driving license for one year, ac
cording to the North Carolina De
partment of Motor Vehicles.
Raymond Thomas Graham, route
2 Newport, lost his driving pri
vileges until Nov. 8, 1963. He was
convicted of drunken driving at a
trial in Carteret superior cour* in
November.
It will include upstairs space for
storage and a mimeograph ma
chine. The chamber of commerce
is working with the Morebead City
Women’s club for improvement of
the city park area, and will seek
the moving of the Fort Macon his
torical marker now several hun
dred feet west of the proposed lo
cation, nearer to the building.
The chamber of commerce ex
pects to assume responsibility for
the sale of auto tags in the county
in early April, as a means of rais
ing funds for chamber expenses,
Mr. Alford said.
The transition of tag sales from
the loan department of the First
Citizens Bank and Trust Co. 'to the
chamber of commerce office will
be without interruption of service,
according to Mr. Alford.
f appointment of new county
id in two jobs apparently
I to an end an alleged po
honeymoon between two
il factions on the county
of commissioners Monday
afternoon.
Ralph Thomas was appointed to
serve as county veterans -service
officer and Albert Chappell as
building inspector, with Chappell's
appointment coming over repeated
protests about procedure by Head
en Willis, Smyrna, the lone Repub
lican commissioner on the board.
Willis stated in the meeting that
Rudolph Mason and William Roy
Hamilton, prior to the first meet
ing of the new board, had promised
to vote for his candidate for the
job of building inspector and vet
erans service officer
When the appointments came up
on the agenda. Willis made a
motion to abolish the office of
building inspector except on a fee
thasis, saying that any contractor
would gladly do it on a fee basis,
citing last months’ $102 in fees
againsj^over $400 in salary and
expenses.
Willis said he wanted to go on
record for the changing of the of
fice to a fee basis and protested
a motion by C. Z Chappell that the
voting for the appointment of the
building inspector be by a secret
ballot.
Board chairman William Roy
Hamilton then stated that about
25 names had been placed “on the
list" for the jobs, and that the
best method would lie to call out
the names and each commissioner
vote for the man of his choice,
adding that the building inspector
was a position under the county
planning program
Commissioner Rudolph Mason
then called for a vote on Cfiap
pfll’s motion, quickly followed by
Willis with a call for a vote on his
motion to put the job on a fee
basis.
Chappell then reminded ’Willis
that he did not have a second.
Willis declared “let me ask each
one of you yes or no and that will
(See BOARD Pg. 4)
Hospital Size
Now Revised
In a letter to the county attor
ney, Wiley Taylor Jr , the secre
tary of the Medical Care commis
sion states this week that a 75
bed hospital is probably more in
line with the county's needs than* a
100-bed hospital.
The secretary, W. F. Henderson
told Mr. Taylor and other county
officials last month that it was
doubtful that the federal govern
ment would now approve a 100
bed hospital for the county. One
hundred beds was suggested two
years ago.
It was reported in Tuesday's
county board newsstory that Mr.
Henderson “felt the federal gov
ernment would not participate to
c full 50 per cent of cost in any
thing smaller than 100 beds.’’ That
was in error.
In the letter to Mr. Taylor, dated
Jan. 9, Mr. Henderson said that
the Sea Level hospital is operating
at 66 per cent of occupancy and
Morchead hospital 72 per cent. He
(See HOSPITAL Pg. 4)
Fire Destroys
Smyrna Home
A fire at Smyrna destroyed the
home of Will Pake Tuesday after
noon.
Smoke from the fire was visible
from Morebead City. Cause of the
fire is not known, according to
Beaufort firemen who attended the
fire. Marshallbcrg firemen were ai- •
so present.
11k call for assistance to the
Beaufort fire department was
made at approximately 2:05 p.m.
The truck from Beaufort was at the
fire for over an hour.
Mrs. Pake-was in the Pake store
a short distance from the home
when a salesmen came by and
asked, “Do you know your house
is burning?*’ Mr. Pake was not
home at the time but arrived short
ly thereafter.
The Pake boose is located just
off highway 70 as one approaches
Smyrna from the west.
Duplicate Names
The J. Fred Smith who was in a
recent session of county court lor
passing a worthless check was J.
Fred Smith of Fayetteville and not
J. Fred Smith of route l, Max fl,
Havelock.
J.