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 m i 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 H 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 “ «***, mi m ■ 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. A foam fire truck will be demon strated in Morehead City at 1:30 .i... -. - 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 te BEACH Pg. 2) 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 T L^y; i 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. - ^- --