MARCH OF DIMES
NEEDS YOUR
HELP NOW
52nd Year — No. 7
Eight Pages
MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C.
Tuesday, January 22, 1963
Published Tuesdays and Fridays
Swansboro Dedicates Marker
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Members of the 6th North Carolina Regiment fire a salute at ceremonies at Swansboro Saturday
dedicating a new> historical marker. The marker commemorates the Huggins Island Fort that guarded
the inlet during the Civil War. The marker was unveiled by Mrs. Mary Ward Smith, chairman, board
of directors, of the Swansboro Historical association.
Auto Registration Will Aid
Town in Enforcing Tag Law
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Plane Crashes;
Pilot Killed
Cfherry Point — A Marine pilot,
First Lt. Floyd K. Wright Jr., 26,
of Marine Attack Squadron 242.
was killed instantly, Wednesday in
the cash of a Skyhawk jet attack
aircraft while on a routine train
ing flight at approximately 6:30
p.m. The few pieces of wreckage
landed at the edge of marsh be
tween Atlantic and Cedar Island.
Cause of the accident is not
known. Lieutenant Wright was on
a ijight rocket and bombing train
ing mission near Atlantic field,
noi^heast of Morehead City, when
the crash occurred.
, ike is survived by his wife, Lin
da Diane, 112 Henderson Dr., Have
lock, and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd K. Wright Sr„ 8790
.Southwest 94th St.‘, Miami, Fla.
Lieutenant Wright entered the
•Marine Corps Aug. 15, 1954, and
received his commission June 6,
1960. He completed flight training
March 30, 1962.
Youths Booked
To be tried in county recorder’s
court today is Donnie Edwards,
18, Atlantic, charged with theft of
a 1953 Plymouth from Sea Level
Tuesday, Jan. 8. An alleged ac
complice, John Wayne Hill, Atlan
tic, will be tried on the same
charge before juvenile court judge
A. H. James.' The car, which be
longed to Mrs. Gladys T. Noe, was
recovered undamaged near Beau
fort Jan. 10.
News-Times Wins State
Prize in Feature Stories
The Carteret County News-Times
won second place in the feature
stories category, semi-weekly di
vision, in the 1962 North Carolina
Press association contest. The
awards were presented Thursday
night at Chapel Hill.
Judges’ comment on THE NEWS
TIMES entry was as follows:
“A generous quantity in good
variety represented the Carteret
County News-Times. The story on
migrant work camps was especial
ly informative, interpreative and
timely. The paper’s features were
strong on human interest, several
about animals. One good feature,
‘Docks Bulge with Big Shipments,’
was not marked as an entry, but
effectively described some of the
community’s industry. There were
some excellent photo features with
limited copy. The quality of writing
was uniformly good.”
Awards to the state’s outstand
ing newspapers are presented an
nually at the press association’s
mid-winter institute each January
at Chapel Hill. The recent meeting
was the 30th.
Speaking to press, association
members at a luncheon Friday
noon at the Carolina inn was Gov.
Terry Sanford who urged news
paper editors to take the lead in
promoting jobs for all persons re
gardless of race.
Speaking at the banquet at Duke
university Friday night was Willie
Snow Etheridge, Louisville “
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■ Morehead City will get an early
opportunity to check sales of city
license tags against registrations
and other data in order to make
sure city residents have appropri
ate tags for all cars.
Town clerk Ray Hall told the
city board of commissioners Thurs
day night that purchase of city
auto tags would be enforced, with
the registration check providing
the means.
The commissioners, meeting at
the town hall, were also told by
Mr. Hall that a list of delinquent
taxes tihd property owners is in
the last stages of completion for
legal action.
Present at the meeting were
Mayor George W. Dill, city attor
ney. George If. McNeill, commis
sioners Dom Femia, Jerry Willis,
Dr. Russell Outlaw, and Mr. Hall.
Absent were commissioners D. J.
Hall and S. C. Holloway.
Among matters taken up by the
board for information and discus
sion were two requests for street
lights in alleys, both of which
were granted. The lights will be
placed in the west alley between
Shepard and Evans streets near
19th street and on Bay street be
tween 17th and 18th.
Information presented the board
showed that the state department
of conservation and development
is now planning to pave a roa<f
running through the municipal
park. The road is the property of
the department, and was original
ly constructed as an access road
for their use.
The Morehead City fire depart
ment now has a citizens’ band ra
dio hook-up between fire trucks
and the two fire stations, it was
learned.
(See BOARD Pg. 2)
idge, Kentucky publisher who will
join the journalism staff at UNC
in the fall.
This year’s award brings to 12
the number of honors won by THE
NEWS-TIMES in press contests in
recent years. In 1946, the paper
won second place in feature sto
ries; in 1958, first place for photo
graphs; 1959, best editorial page;
1960, third place in photography;
1961, second place in photography,
first place for best editorial page
and first place in the feature sto
ries category.
The foregoing were awards in
the North Carolina Press associa
tion contests.
In national contests sponsored
by the National Editorial associa
tion, THE NEWS-TIMES won sec
ond place in the special issue cate
gory in 1953; honorable mention in
the classified advertising category
in 1960; first place for best edi
torial page in 1962 and in that same
year honorable mention for best
feature story.
In 1954 the newspaper was given
an honor citation by the National
Board of Fire Underwriters for
outstanding public service in fire
prevention and has been recogniz
ed on several occasions for his
torical articles by the North Caro
lina Society of County and Local
Historians.
Representing THE NEWS-TIMES
at the press convention over the
past weekend were Mrs. Lockwood
Phillips, associate publisher, and
Misf Ruth Peeling, •ditar.
Bank Alarm Sends
Law to Sea Level
The entire sheriff’s department
rushed to Sea Level Saturday
night.
In the office at the Sea Level
inn there is a light. When the
light is out, it means that there’s
something wrong over at the
bank across the highway. That’s
tin way things are wired these
days.
The relief manager at the inn
was on duty Saturday night
and Suddenly noticed the light
was out. Panic! He notified
everybody. With sirens wailing,
“the law’’ sped to Sea Level.
There they found the bank intact,
everything as it should be.
Then they went over to the
Sea Level inn office.
There the sheriff and his de
puties changed the burned out
light bulb.
Deputy Reports
Two Theft Cases
Under investigation by the sher
iff’s department are two thefts.
The Town and Country Drive-In
on the Atlantic Beach causeway
was entered some time after mid
night Thursday, according to Carl
Bunch, deputy sheriff.
Missing was a case of beer, pork
chops, hamburger and chicken, but
no cash. Entry was gained by un
locking a window at the rear.
The theft was discovered by the
manager, Mrs. Mac Wade, Beau*
fort, at 4 p.m. Friday when she
arrived to open for the night’s busi
ness.
A tv, radio and electric toaster
were reported missing from the
home of Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders at
Cape Carteret. The items were
missed Friday and the theft was
reported to the sheriff’s depart
ment Sunday.
Mrs. Sanders is a winter resi
dent of Smithfield, deputy Bunch
said. The items were believed tak
en sometime within the past two
weeks.
Beaufort Warns
Owners of Dogs
An annual drive on unlicensed
and uninoculated dogs was opened
this week by the Beaufort Police
department. A dog bite case Sat
urday led off the drive.
William Davis, 15, was bitten
Saturday afternoon by a dog be
longing to Alf Anderson, police re
port. Davis was bitten in the right
thigh, and was taken to the More
head City hospital for treatment
by his father, Herbert Davis.
The incident took place in the
800 block of Pine street. The dog’s
owner was ordered to pen up the
dog for 12 days for observation.
Chief Guy Springle said Monday
that dogs not listed for taxes or
carrying tags showing that they
have had rabies shots will be
taken up and disposed of in a hu
mane manner. >.
A foam fire truck will be demon
strated in Morehead City at 1:30
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Board Proposes Name-Change:
County Chamber of Commerce
Members Will Give
Opinion by Mail
Members of the Greater Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce will vote by mail on changing the name of the
chamber to the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce.
The board of directors of the chamber voted at their
recent meeting for the change. The vote was unanimous,
according to Ben Alford, president of the chamber.
A letter and ballots will go out to chamber members
Beach Board
Wrestles With
Dump Problems
i Officials Discuss
Mosquito Control
# Water Rate Hearing
Set for Friday
The Atlantic Beach town board
of commissioners met Friday morn
ing with complaints on the town
trash dump being one of the prin
cipal items of interest.
Residents of the area around the
dump had previously filed a peti
tion with the state board of health,
complaining that the dump, used
by the entire area, was a health
nuisahee.
Discussion by the board showed
that the state board of health had
written the town board suggesting
that the town lead in the formation
of a sanitary district for the Bogue
Banks area.
It was revealed that although
the town leased the area as an ap
proved dump, the major cause of
complaints came not from the ac
tion of the garbage contractor for'
the town, but from private indi
viduals on Bogue Banks who dump
refuse anywhere in the dump rath
er than at the fill area, where, the
trash is buried by the contractor.
William McClelland, acting as a
representative for the residents of
the Bogue View Shores area close
to the dump, appeared before the
board. Mr. McClelland added that
a good deal of shooting of firearms
went on at the dump, with a re
sulting hazard from stray bullets
in the area. Mr. McClelland also
complained of uncovered trash
trucks losing portions of their loads
on the way to the dump.
At the suggestion of Mayor Al
fred B. Cooper, Mr. McClelland
agreed to have a group of the resi
dents in the area meet with the
board at the next meeting on Feb.
8 to discuss mutual problems and
solutions.
The board also talked about par
ticipation in the county mosquito
control program. Town clerk M. G.
Coyle explained that participation
is conditional upon the town hav
ing mosquito control equipment
and putting up a cash operating
fund, estimated at $500.
After complying, Mr. Coyle said,
the state would appropriate funds
for the program, depending upon
funds available from the legisla
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Coastal Residents at New Bern
Encouraged Following Meeting
Residents of eastern Carolina
and the outer banks were greatly
encouraged Saturday morning fol
lowing a meeting at New Bern
where the North Carolina Outer
Banks Seashore Park commission
took action on preserving the
state’s outer banks.
The commission will ask the 1963
general assembly for $2,550,000 to
be used over the next two years
to keep the state’s outer “barrier
beach’’ from washing away.
Storms daring the past ten years
have taken a heavy toll. In many
places new inlets have been cut,
allowing the ..ocean tides to pile in
on mainland towns and driving
fresh water-loving flab farther in
land.
Under the rehabilitation pro
gram, local areas would pay one
eighth of the total cost. The state
would pay three-eighths and the
federal government the remaining
Jialf. ’
On a project costing $100,000, for
evoiplo, the. governing unit hav
ing Jurisdiction over the area where
the work is done would pay $12,
500.
Nhe latter part ol tnis work, the
ballots arc to bo returned to the
chamber office by Thursday, Jan.
31. They will be opened and tallied
at the board of directors’ meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Although the Greater Morehead
City Chamber of Commerce has
consistently promoted the entire
Carteret area, directors feel that
there will be merit in changing the
lame.
“Geographic location or politics
arc not factors in promoting the
economic well-being of this area,’’
Mr. Alford said yesterday. “In an
effort to show good faith in pro
motion of the entire area and to
establish a base of cooperation for
such promotion, Morehead City is
willing to change the name,” Mr.
Alford remarked.
It is hoped that businessmen,
wherever they may be in the coun
ty, will lend moral and financial
backing to the Carteret County
Chamber of Commerce.
This in turn will provide more
resources by which the county can
lake advantage of vast new tourist
opportunities that will be opening,
Mr. Alford said. He cited increas
ed ferry traffic and more US high
way 17 traffic that will flow this
way when the Chesapeake Bay tun
nel opens.
County-wide chamber of com
merce promotion is not new. Dare
county operates on such a basis.
It has been considered here (or
some time, but no action was tak
en.. .
Mr. Alford also said that the re
sponse to the new chamber of com
merce headquarters building is
most gratifying- It appears now
that almost all of the materials
will be donated and even some la
bor has been offered free.
It is proposed that the building,
to serve as chamber office and
headquarters for tourist informa
tion, be located on state-owned
property adjacent to the city park
,on Highway 70 at the west en
trance to Morehead City.
Rain Accompanies
Warm Weekend
The weather got warmer and
wetter over the weekend. Accord
ing to data obtained from E. Sta
nley Davis, Morehead City weath
er observer, temperatures went as
high as 64 Sunday. The lowest re
corded was 35 Thursday night, at
the beginning of the warm period.
A total of .52 inches of rain was
recorded Friday night and Satur
day morning. Skies were mostly
cloudy, with a little sun both Sat
urday and Sunday. A severe thun
der and rain storm struck Sunday
night, followed by cloudy skies yes
terday.
Max. Min Wind
Thursday 59 35 NNW
Friday .55 45 E
Saturday .55 46 NE
Sunday .64 51 SW
tion of any county, according to
Miss Alida Willis, Morehead City,
a member of the Outer Banks Sea
shore Park commission.
Mayor A. B. Cooper, Atlantic
Beach, made a plea that money
be spent for improvements of a
permanent nature.
Ben Salter, Atlantic, described
the extensive erosion of the banks
bordering Carteret.
W. E. Hamilton, Beaufort, chair
man of the county board of com
missioners, spoke in behalf of Car
teret county. Thomas Bennett,
county legislator, expressed the
hope that funds used in rebuilding
the dunes would help provide em
ployment for men in this area.
J. W. Davis, state ports director,
pointed out that jetties on either
side of Beaufort inlet, jutting into
the ocean, would go a long way
toward keeping the ship cbanel
open and protesting the ocean
shoreline on either side of the jet
-j__and legislhtors at
tended and all who spoke pledged
their backing for the seashore park
commission’s program.
Among those present from this
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Director Says Road Will be Repaired
This rutty road through the city park, Morehead City, will be paved, Robert Stallings Jr., direc
tor of the department of conservation and development has told Mrs. (Jus Davis, chairman of the
Morehead City Woman’s club city park project. The road goes through state property supervised
by ('&D and used by Morehead City as a park.
At Newport Today
Attending the 7th and 8th dis
trict meetings of Masons at New
port today is Charles C. Ricker,
grand master of Masons in North
Carolina. The Masons will meet
at 5 p.m. at the Newport lodge
hall on the Nine-Foot Road.
Lester Hall Named Chief
Of CD Auxiliary Police
Lester L. Hall was elected chief
of the Atlantic Beach Civil Defense
auxiliary police Thursday night. L.
S. Overman was elected captain,
Eugene McNemar, lieutenant and
Henry Smith, sergeant.
Committee appointments were
Ray Kennedy and Tom Sloan, re
freshments, and Bill Dixon, mem
bership.
The auxiliary police consists of
ten members and meets the third
Thursday of each month at the
Atlantic Beach police station.
Gaskill and Leslie Moore, all mem
bers of the commission; Cecil Mor
ris, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Fulcher
Jr., mayor George W. Dill, mayor
W. H. Potter.
M. G. Coyle, George McNeill,
Dr. B. F. Royal, Sen. Luther Ham
ilton, Walter Friederichs, Jim
Edmundson, Wiley Taylor Jr., Ro
nald Earl Mason and Charles Har
ris Jr.
A delegation from Currituck
county stated that it preferred that
the undeveloped parts of banks in
Currituck not be used for seashore
park development. The commis
sion asked that they decide in
which way they want development
to go and inform the commission
of their decision.
Dan Walker, town clerk of Long
Beach, expressed appreciation to
the park commission for their ef
forts in saving the outer banks.
Color slides were shown, depict
ing beach conservation projects
and the way hi which man’s ef
forts, properly directed, can re
build storm-ravished shore fronts.
Two congressmen, David Hen
derson, third district, and Herbert
Bonner, first district, were pro
PTA Council Explores
School Upkeep Problems
Members of the county PTA
council heard a talk on school
maintenance Thursday night at
Morehead City school. The council
president, Leslie Berccgeay of
Newport, presided.
H. L. Joslyn, county superinten
dent of schools, described the main
tenance program of the school sys
tem. He stated that there are only
nine men to take care of ten school
plants which house 6,800 children.
Eighty-seven thousand dollars ia
appropriated for this work, the sup
erintendent reported. Salaries for
the nine- men range from $210 to
$390 per month. The county has
three trucks and a coal truck.
The greatest handicaps, Mr. Jos
lyn said, are lack of funds to buy
enough equipment, unpredictable
break-downs, and the distance that
must be traveled. Therefore, he
remarked, when the maintenance
crew is called by the various
schools tl\cy must determine which
job is most urgent and take care
of that one first.
Mr. Joslyn pointed out that the
county doesn’t have enough money
for this program, but that it can
make what it has go farther if it
can get pupils, teachers and par
ents to take care of the buildings.
The PTA council will sponsor an
essay contest to be presented as
an oration by students in high
school. The oratory contest, on
Why Carteret County Needs Con
solidated High Schools, will be held
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in
the Beaufort school. Prizes will be
awarded the winners. Everyone is
invited.
The next council meeting will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
21, at Newport school.
Attending were Dr John D. Cost
low Jr., A. T. Bowen, Ralph W.
Leister, Beaufort; Clyde V. Burr
and R. W. Davis, Camp Glenn;
Mrs. Margaret Holcomb, Mrs. Mar
garet M. Bell, E. B. Comer and
Mr. Bercegeay, Newport.
Mrs. Emma W. Wade, Earl
Wade, Hallis Lawrence and Clem
C. Cask ill, Harkers Island; Grover
Munden, Mrs. W. B. Chalk, Len
wood Lee and William L. Yeager,
Morehead City; Doity Gaskiil, At
lantic; Hiram D. Gillikin, Walter
J. Thompson and Ray Futrcll,
Smyrna; and Mr. Joslyn.
Firemen Called
Morehead City firemen, went to
a grass fire Friday in the *400 block
of Bridges street. The call was
made at 5:30 p.m.; and the fire
was promptly put out.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH * LOW
Tnesday, Jan. 22
5:53 a m. 12:26 a m.
6:19 p.m. -
Wednesday, Jan. 23
6:38 a.ni. ' ~ 12:03 a.m.
7:04 p.m. 1:12 p.m.
.nwnuy, iu. n
7:21 a.m. 1:11 a.m.
7:48 p.m. 1:58 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 26
8:02 a.m. 1:58 a.m.
8:30 p.m. - 1:41 pJL
USCG Expansion
Plan Outlined
The Coast Guard is planning an
expansion in facilities and men at
the Fort Macon Coast Guard Sta
tion, Lt. A. K. Manthous told the
Morehead City Rotary club Thurs
day night. Lieutenant Manthous is
the executive officer of the station
and was at the meeting with Lt.
G. E. Pehaim, commanding offi
cer of the Fort Macon Group.
Work has been underway for
some time on additional dockage at
the' station in for the Coast Guard
cutter Chilula, which is now using
the port terminal for docking faci
lities.
Expansion of the station will in
clude a new barracks for approxi
mately 100 men. Potential develop
ment of the station is great, Lt.
Manthous stated. He explained the
Coast Guard’s work in lifesaving
along the nation’s coast in relation
to marine activity.
Over 2,200 registered private
vessels are in the Carteret County
area, he said, making the county
a focal point in Coast Guard work.
Rescue Squad
Seeks $2,500
Members of the Beaufort Rescue
squad announce that they will
start a door-to-door canvass this
week to raise $2,500 for building a
rescue squad headquarters on
Broad street, next to the county
library.
At present, the squad has $450
on hand and some of the building
materials have been donated.
Squad members will do the con
struction work.
The footing for the building was
poured yesterday. The concrete
was donated by Allen Leary of the
B&M railroad. Money is needed for
purchase of concrete blocks and
other materials.
Persons who would like to mail
checks should address them to Mel
Lawrence, Rescue Squad Chief,
care of Phillips 66 Station, Cedar
Street, Beaufort.
Cars Collide Thursday
At Beaufort Intersection
A 1980 Dodge drives by Mrs. Es
ther Lawrence Lewis, Beaufort,
was struck by another car Thurs
day at Queen and Ann streets at
about 4:45 p.m., police report.
The otter car, which was report
ed to have failed to stop for a stop
sign, hit the Lewis car in the right
rear, causing about $TO in dam
ages. The Lewis car was going
west on Ann street at the time of
the collison. ...
Police chief Guy Springle says
invMticitiaqrig mat unto w«jr.
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