MARCH OF DIMES
NEEDS YOUR
HELP NOW
82nd Year — No. 8
Eight Page* MOREHEAP CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C.
Tuesday, January IS, 1963
Published Tuesdays and Fridays
Former County Official Calls
Impending Hospital Debt Unwise
The county board of commission-^
ers should reconsider their deci
sion to build a county hospital, ac
cording to Skinner A. Chalk Jr.,
former county commissioner, who
was serving on the county board
at the inception of the proposed
county hospital program. Mr.
Chalk has closely studied hos
pital operation, both government
owned and private. He reviews in
the article below the hospital needs
and facilities in this county, as
compared with other locales.
Mr. Chalk urges reconsideration
of county hospital construction be
cause of the change in needs in
Ihis county since 1960, when voters
approved borrowing of money for
a hospital. The change in need has
come about because of the addition
of 40 beds at Sea Level hospital
r.nd other factors, the former com
missioner says. His comments:
The Duke Endowment annual re
port for 1961 (latest year avail
able) shows the number of beds
and admissions per 1,000 of pop
ulation as follows:
Number
Beds Admissions
North Carolina 3.3 137
South Carolina 2.8 113
United States 3.6 128
Carteret county’s population, ac
cording to the adjusted 1960 US
census, was less than 28,000. This
means we need 92.4 beds if we
equal the state average. We have
now 75 beds at the Morehead City
hospital and 50 beds at the Sea
Level hospital. The proposed 75
bed hospital for Morehead City
(assuming closing of the present
hospital) and 90 beds at Sea Level,
on completion of the present addi
tion, would provide 165 beds for
Carteret county.
This means we will have 78 per
cent more beds than the state
average and almost 64 per cent
more than the national average.
North Carolina ranks 47th in the
50 states in per capita income and
50th (on the bottom) in hourly rate
manufacturing income. We are 60
per cent worse off in low income
families than ihe most prosperous
counties in our state, with 35 per
cent of all families in Carteret
haying an annual income of $3,000
or less, according to the 1960 US
census report.
Thu number of admissions to the
hospitals in this county for the
year ending Sept. 30, 1962 are 6,232.
This, means that we had an admis
sion* rate of 222 compared with
137 for the state and 128 for the
United States.
'Jig this because we have more
sickly people? No. This indicates
EXTENSIVE OVERUSE of exist
ing facilities. Several studies made
by independent research groups
indicate such unnecessary overuse
is general throughout Michigan,
New York and other states. It is
difficult to see why we should be
so much less healthy, or more ac
(See HOSPITAL Pg. 7)
Three Held
For Assault
Scheduled for hearing today on
assault and trespass charges are
Melvin D. Taylor, Martin V. Cha
vis and Bobby R. Locklear, 20
year-old Indian youths. The three
were in the county jail yesterday
under bonds of $500 each.
According tp deputy sheriff Carl
Bunch, the youths pulled knives
on people in the Rip Tide inn at
Cedar Point at about 3 o’clock
Sunday afternoon. Roy Dilbeck,
manager, suffered a cut on Ais
hand.
He told the deputy that one of
the boys also held a knife to the
throat of one of the waitresses
to prevent her from calling police.
The three returned to the Rip
Tide Sunday night where they were
arrested at 7:30 by deputy Bunch.
Also working on the case was dep
uty sheriff Bill Smith.
County Joins Nation in Observing
80th Anniversary of Civil Service
By TOM SLOAN
The nation and Carteret county
began the observance of Civil Ser
vice Week Sunday, commemorat
ing the 80th anniversary of signing
of the Civil Service Act in 1883.
Over two million workers, the
largest force in the world, are em
ployed by the Federal government.
The civil service worker is an im
portant factor in the economy of
this county, with a relatively high
percentage of the citizens employ
ed by the government.
. Carteret’s con Janet ion with the
US Marine Air Station at Cherry
Point, the Bureau of Commercial
Fisheries Biological laboratory at
Piver’i Islantj, qyil service tm
Now It's Official
Atlantic Beach police chief Bill Moore with the new official “co
operative hurricane repotting’' equipment at the Atlantic Beach
police station. Chief Moore, now an official weather observer, daily
records weather and sends in a monthly report. He sunplies tele
phone contact for other weather stations in case of unusual condi
tions. Equipment includes barometer, clock, wind velocity gauge,
wind direction, rain gauge, thermometer and an automatic tide
gauge at the Oceanana pier.
Dunes Builder Gives View
On How to Save Beach Area
Planners Review
OEDP Proposal
Co u n t y planning commission
members last night reviewed the
preliminary draft of Carteret’s
plan for overall economic develop
ment.
The plan was drawn by a com
mittee headed by J. R. Sanders,
Morehead City. It must be certified
before the county can become elig
ible for area recovery act funds.
Carteret has been declared by
the federal government to be elig
ible for such funds because of
“chronic and consistent under-em
ployment.”
The OEDP committee has drawn
<he preliminary draft at the request
of the planning commission. The
Raleigh office of the Employment
Security commission furnished em
ployment figures needed for the
report.
Assistance in drawing up the
plan was given by personnel with
the division of community plan
ning. a state agency.
Serving on the OEDP committee,
besides Mr. Sanders, were Mrs.
Earl Dunn, Mrs. Charles Stanley
Jr., Jim Young, Clarence Millis,
the Rev. John Viser, Charles Mc
Neill, Gaston Smith, H. L. Joslyn,
Leroy Guthrie and Anthony Dud
ley.
All areas of the county and eco
nomic phases were attempted to
be represented in selecting com
mittee members, Mr. Sanders said.
Firemen Eye Gunners
After Finding Shot Bulbs
Beaufort firemen are casting a
suspicious eye at owners of air
guns, after finding approximately
200 light bulbs on the Beaufort
community Christmas tree broken.
The tree decorations were taken
down a week ago and the loss
discovered. The Beaufort Fire de
partment puts up the tree arinually.
culture, Corps of Engineers, the
Fort Macon Coast Guard Station,
and state employees in certain
catagories, such as the State Park
A proclamation observing Civil
Service Week has been issued by
mayors of Carteret communities,
W. H. Potter, Beaufort; Leon
Mann, Newport; George Dill,
Morehead City, and A. B. Cooper,
Atlantic Beach. The proclama
tion urges citiaens to support the
merit form of employment under
Civil Service and to cooperate
in the annual observance.
Service at Fort Macon, all contrib
ute to the economic welfare of the
county. ;
► Pushing up dunes from the ocean
side of the beach, then stabilizing
with grass is the best way to save
beaches on Bogue banks—and pos
sibly Shackleford, according to
Gray Hassell, engineer, Beaufort,
who did considerable beach recon
struction work with federal funds
following hurricanes of the 1950’s.
Whether this is the best for Core
banks, he is not sure, but Mr. Has
sell found supcess in getting the
rebuilding material from ocean
front rather than sound side.
“Sound side” is the side away
from the ocean, bordering inland
waters.
At first, when heavy storm tides
chewed away land on the ocean
front, bull dozers attempted to
build a wall against the ocean by
pushing sand from behind the
beach on to the beach. It was
found, Mr. Hassell says, that these
dunes just melted away.
Then he started putting bulldoz
ers on the beach at low tide and
pushing sapd landward to the
shore. One change of the tide filled
up, with sand from the ocean, the
tremendous hole that Was dug—
and the dunes that were built stay
ed put.
Groins, heavy rocks jutting out
into the ocean, and better known
as jetties, are a good way to build
up the beach—possibly the best,
but such work is tremendously ex
pensive, Mr. Hassell points out.
Jetties are good because they cut
tide action, relieve pressure of cur
rents on the beach and thus keep
the tides and currents from cut
ting the land away.
Beach reconstruction and pro
jects designed to keep the state’s
outer banks from washing away
will be discussed at a hearing at
10 a. m. Saturday in the Craven
county courthouse, New Bern. The
hearing is being conducted by a
sub-committee of the Outer Banks
Seashore Park commission.
Street Signs Go Up
New metal street signs, on poles,
have been erected at certain in
tersections in Beaufort where con
crete street markers are not lo
cated.
The fisheries laboratory at Pi
vers Island, operating with an an
nual appropriation of about one
half million, largely spent locally,
is a good example.
Civil service Jabs are open to
any qualified citizen, and employ
ees are appointed from a register
for each occupation, usually after
a competitive examination.
Civil service jobs offer pay com
parative to industry, job security,
annual leave and sick leave, and
an excellent retirement program.
In a good many areas, Civil Serv
ice pay is higher than the local
average for comparative jobs.
Promotions are based on a merit
system, with employees advancing
according 10 auuiijr• ^ ^ _„***,,
SPA to Discuss
Southport Work
• Ports Authority
Meets Today
# Director Confers
With Beaufort Group
The State Ports Authority, meet
ing today at Wilmington, will hear
a report on how half a million dol
lars should be spent to develop
port facilities at Southport.
The money was earmarked for
Southport in funds appropriated for
ports by the legislature six years
ago.
Janies F. Latham is head of a
special SPA committee which has
been working on recommendation
for spending the Southport funds
which have been lying unused for
so long. There was a public meet
ing at Southport yesterday after
noon to discuss the committee's
recommendations. '
The committee has been consi
dering a marina for small boats
(many state-operated ports in oth
er states have found this to be a
rewarding venture), a fuel oil ter
minal or a cold .storage plant.
It is also hoped that federal funds
can be enticed into the project
on a matching basis.
J. W. Davis, state ports direc
tor, met Saturday afternoon in
Beaufort with Beaufort business
men, at a meeting planned and ar
ranged by mayor W. H. Potter. Ac
companying him was Walter Frie
derichs, operations manager at
Morehead City state port.
The state’s proposals, relative to
use of Radio island in port de
velopment, were discussed.
Truck, Car
Collide Friday
Morehcad City police investiga
ted an accident Friday at 7:30 p.m.
jfe the 3100 block of Arcndell street.
Involved jn the collision were
Clifton Lee Glover, Beaufort driv
ing a 1957 Chevrolet truck, and
Pearl Willis Nelson, Morehead
City, driving a 1955 Plymouth.
Mrs. Nelson was backing out of
her driveway, and had begun to
turn into the line of traffic when
the accident happened, police said.
Damage to the Nelson car was
about $300 to the front end, and
about $75 to the Glover truck in
the left front fender. The truck was
headed west.
Investigating officer Ed Gaskill
stated that Mrs. Nelson was cited
for failing to see if a movement in
traffic could be made safely.
Legislator Schedules Meeting,
Expresses Views on Three Issues
Thomas S. Bennett, Carteret’s
representative in the legislature,
has set 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23,
as the time for a meeting in the
courthouse, Beaufort, when he will
hear comments from residents on
the matters that will be consider
ed in the general assembly.
The legislature convenes at Ra
leigh in February.
Scheduling of the meeting is in
compliance with a suggestion by
Alban Richey, Beaufort. In reply
to a letter from Mr. Richey, Mr.
Bennett wrote to him Jan. 8..
The major portion of the legisla
tor’s letter follows:
My office is open to you and any
other citizen of Carteret County
concerning any matter which is
connected with the duties of my
office. I am located upstairs in the
Duncan-Wheatly building, Beau
fort, N. C.
As you stated in your letter, 1
am aware that 1 was elected to
the No$h Carolina House of Repre
sentatives from Carteret County by
citizens who claim allegiance to
both the Democrat and Republican
Parties, and 1 definitely intend
to serve accordingly.
I want to serve only the people
of this county to the best of my
ability and to represent their views
in the General Assembly without
the interference of partisan poli
tics. When the session is over, I
hope the people of this county feel
accordingly.
In order to know bow the people
feel about certain issues I should
make myself available to them.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Jaa. is
12:10 a.m. 5:58 a.m.
12:15 p.m. 6:32 p.m.
Wednesday, Jaa. 16
12:54 a.m. 6:53 a.m.
12:57 p.m. 7:25 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. If
1:36 a.m. 7:59.a.m.
2:4a p.m. 8:21: p.m.
Friday, Jaa. 18
im mi
Cash Prizes to be Offered
In Home Gardening Contest
Basking Shark Caught
This whopper, a 15-foot basking
shark, wafe caught Friday by the
Miss Beaufort about 30 miles
offshore in a trawl net. Estima
ted at 700 pounds, the shark is
shown here with Norwood Rose
Jr., Capt. Norwood and James
Willis.
Captain Rose said the shark
fought vigorously when taken out
of the water. Dr. William E. Fa
hy, finish specialist with the In
stitute of Fisheries Research,
UNC, says the basking shark is
native to these waters but are
Therefore, in accordance with your
suggestion, I am inviting all in
terested citizens of Carteret Coun
ty, regardless of political party
affiliations, to a public meeting at
the Courthouse in Beaufort on Jan.
23, 1963 at 2 o’clock P.M., at which
time each and every individual can
present views and indicate how 1
should vote on certain important
issues and which measures I should
support or oppose; 1 extend to you
a personal invitation.
With regard to the specific issues
mentioned in your letter ... I
believe that legislation concerning
new Public Utilities Act will be
the most important piece of legis
lation to be considered by the Gen
eral Assembly. At the present time
I am studying the proposed act
1
seldom taken.
This shark a young one,
about 15 to 18 feet long. His long
snout would have disappeared
as he got older. They grow to
45 feet in length. The teeth are
unusual for a shark, Dr. Fahy
says—small, croaker-like teeth.
One was caught at Wanchese
about a year ago. This one is
the first Dr. Fahy has seen in
about 12 years.
The Miss Beaufort is a trawler
operated by the Charles Davis
Seafood Co., Beaufort.
very carefully as to content, theo
ry, and effect.
1 was very disappointed when the
General Statutes commission re
fused to make public the minutes
Of its meetings while drafting and
considering the proposed act. This
commission apparently has some
thing to hide. Also, I do not like the
fact that two Of the members of
this commission act as legal coun
sel for the power companies out
side of the commission.
At this point I am not committed
to either the power company for
ces or the co-operative forces, be
cause I wish to study the matter
further and hear the arguments
proposed by both interests.
(See LETTER Pg. 7)
Agricultural Agencies
To Promote Event
Home gardeners will have an
opportunity this year to win cash
prizes for the best gardens, accord
ing to K M. Williams, county
agricultural agent.
The garden contest, under spon
sorship of the agricultural exten
sion service, will be supervised by
a committee headed by R. L.
Searle, Core Creek.
The amount of rash prizes will
he announced in the near future.
Mr. Williams »aid prizes will prob
ably be awarded in mid-summer.
Meetings to inform people of the
best methods of home gardening
have been scheduled in communi
ties where there are Home Demon
stration clubs.
Gardening meetings scheduled
thus far are . the following: 130
p.m Jan. 15; Marshallberg Home
Demonstration club with Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Harris; 2 p.m. Jan.
17, Crab Point Home Demonstra
tion dub with Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Oglesby; 2 p.m. Jan. 2V, Wire
Grass Home Demonstration club
with Mr. anti Mrs. David Merrill.
2 p nr Jan. 23. Gloucester Home
demonstration dub, with Mr. and
Mrs. Emmett Piper; 7:30 p.m. Jam
23, Marlowe Home Demonstration
dub, educational building, Metho
dist church; 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24,
Newport Home Demonstration club,
place will be announced; 2 p.m.
Jan. 25. Atlantic Home Demonstra
tion dub, expected to be held at
Mrs. Julia Gillikin's.
Meetings in other communities
will be scheduled also.
The garden contest was planned
at a meeting of agricultural and
home economics agents and their
advisory board members Friday
night at the agricultural agent's of
fice, Beaufort.
Mrs. Floy Garner, home econo
mics agent, presented population
figures aud facts on family living
conditions. Mr. Williams ihowfcd
slides on home gardening.
Home gardens, Mr. Williams
said, save money, provide better
nourishment for families who have
such gardens, provide opportunity
for exercise and release tensions
the home gardener may build up
in other activities.
Roland Salter is newly-elected
chairman of the agricultural ex
tension service advisory board.
Other members are Leland Mor
ris, Stella, vice-chairman; Mrs.
Charles Stanley Jr., Crab Point,
secretary.
Board members are C. T. Gar
ner, Mrs. R. L. Searle. Milton
Truckner, Allen Hilbert, the Rev.
Ray West and R. S. Grady.
They attended Friday night's
meeting. Other board members are
Mrs. Guy Styron, Mrs. Earl Dunn,
Orville Gaskill, W. C. Carlton and
Earl Lewis.
The board will meet again Tues
day night, Feb. 26.
Spectators at Fires
To be Subject to Arrest
Citations will be issued in the
future .to spectators or spectators
in automobiles who hamper More
head City firemen during fire-fight
ing operations.
Ray Hall, town supervisor, said
that firemen have been so serious
ly hampered by unauthorized per
sons at recent fires that they could
n t work efficiently.
Citations will be issued under the
authority of article 2, section 1 of
the fire protection and prevention
ordinance of the town.
Farm Labor Officials Meet Here
the More bead
Officers Report
Three Wrecks;
Drivers Cited
State troopers investigated three
recent accidents in the county.
Charged Sunday with drunken
driving was Bennett C. Kyle, Have
lock, who in his 1954 Plymouth,
piled into the rear of a 1960 Ford
at 6 40 p m Sunday, according to
trooper J. W Sykes.
The accident happened at the
Masontown road and highway 70
intersection, west of Newport.
Driving the Fort! was Miss Di
anne Garner, Newport. The officer
said Miss Garner had stopped on
highway 7<t, headed west, waiting
to turn left into the Masontown
road. Kyle, he said, came up from
behind and failed to atop.
Kyle, 52, bit through his bottom
lip and was taken to Morehead
City hospital by the investigating
officer.
Damage to the Ford was estima
ted at $300 and the Plymouth was
judged beyond repair. Neither the
driver nor passengers in the Gar
ner car was injured.
John D. Nelson, route 1 Beaufort,
was charged with drunken driving
and hit and run at 6:15 p.m. Wed
nesday after the 1960 Pontiac he
was driving collided with a 1967
Chevrolet on the Lennoxville road.
The accident happened in front
of Mack’s place. According to
trooper W. J. Smith Jr., Nelson
was backing out from Mack's and
when he crossed the center line of
the Lennoxville road, collided with
the Chevrolet, which was driven
by Steve Zucha, route 1 Beaufort.
The officer said when Zucha
went to notify police, Nelson “took
off.” Damage to the Pontiac was
estimated at $75 and to the Chev
rolet $100.
James Nelson Bartlett, Cherry
Point, was charged with following
too closely, after he was involved
in an accident at 7:40 a.m. Sunday,
Jan. 6, two and a half miles west
of Newport on highway 70.
State trooper Smith said that
Bartlett, in a 1963 Ford, struck a
1958 Chevrolet in the rear. The
Chevrolet was driven by Jimmy
C. Dail, Newport. Dail had stopped
to pick up a hitchhiker and was
headed west, according to the of
ficer.
No one was injured.
State Officials,
NCFA Witt Meet
The director of the heard of con
servation and development, four
state senators and six legislators
are scheduled to attend a dinner
meeting of the North Carolina Fish
eries association at S o’clock to
night at the Elks lodge, Morebead
City.
Director of the C&D board is
Robert Stallings Jr., New Bern.
Senators are Luther Hamilton,
Carteret county; Thomas White,
Lenoir; Cicero P. Yow, New Han
over, and Roy H. Walton, Bruns
wick.
Legislators are Thomas S. Ben
nett, Carteret; H. A. Ragsdale and
Carl V. Venters, Onslow; Ned De
lamar, Pamlico; Sam Whitehurst,
Craven; and M. E. Sawyer, Curri
tuck.
Planning to be present also are
members of the State college fa
culty in the field of food process
ing, state highway commissioner
H. G. (Buddy) Phillips, state fish
eries commissioner C. G. Holland,
fisheries committee chairman Eric
Rodgers and other dignitaries.
Approximately 75 are expected,
according to G. B. Garner, secre
tary of the NCFA.
Additional Federal
Funds Due Here
• Forty thousand dollars has been
assigned to Croatan National forest,
in this area, in accelerated public
works funds, congressman David
N. Henderson announced Friday.
This is from an additional $10
million earmarked for national fo
rest projects in 32 states. A total of
$435,000 has been assigned to pro
jects in North Carolina, the con
gressman said.
Public works funds received in
the fall were used in Croatan to
employ labor for clearing under
brush and road right-of-ways.