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At Mansfield Get Your News-Times At Mansfield Superette -■*1 f '* jr-. -*v ! Two Sections — Sixteen Paces 52nd Year — No. 16 MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C. Friday, February 22, 1963 Published Tuesdays and Fridays Hospital Plan Displayed Mrs. Julian Austin, left, and Miss Sandra Haskins, employed in the office of the Morehead City hospital, show an architect’s scale drawing of a renovated Morehead City hospital. Dashes indicate what is now the “old wing.” Dots extend under the newer wing. A star at upper right indicates where the third floor would be added. The sections would appear as one unit should the renovation plans be carried out._ Senator Hamilton Endorses Bill Lowering Boat Taxes State senator Luther Hamilton this week endorsed the bill intro duced by Carteret’s representative, Thomas S. Bennett, which would reduce the licensing tax now le vied on commercial fishing boats. Senator Hamilton said, “It is my feeling that the taxes already im posed are too heavy, though the records will show that they have been very substantially reduced during the past six or eight years, I anywhere from one-third to two thirds.” Senator Hamilton saic. that the finance committee could take the I position that further reduction is not justified. “I shall try to keep the committee from taking such an attitude,” he added. A Beaufort trawler captain com mented this week that he was somewhat puzzled by Mr. Ben nett’s reason for wanting lower taxes in connection with the theory that more money should be divert ed for fisheries research. “If you cut taxes, that cuts the amount of revenue and then there is less New Club Successfully Launches First Model Rocket on Bogue Banks Bids Sought On Hospital Note The Local Government commis sion, Raleigh, will accept sealed bids on $75,000 in Carteret county hospital bond anticipation notes from now until Tuesday, March 5. The bids will be opened at 11 a.tn. on that day. The county is seeking to borrow $75,000 in anticipation of floating a bond issue for construction of a hospital. It is expected that the bond issue will be about six or seven hundred thousand dollars. Matching funds will come from the state and federal government, according to the Medical Care commission. It is hoped that the matching funds will be available in the early fall. A legal notice requesting bids on the anticipation notes appears in today’s paper. I Two Delaware Students Seek Sharks in This Area Two graduate students from the University of Delaware are visiting at Duke Marine laboratory. They hope to find some sharks here abouts. .The students are Kent Price, Chestertown, Md., who is working on his doctor’s degree, and Paul Wolf, Ephrata, Pa., who hopes to receive his master’s degree in Jdbe. Both are biologists. the m«n are working under Dr. Franklin Daiber of the University of Delaware, who is a recipient of a TfS Pubjic Health Service grant. The grant was made to finance a stuffy expected to uncover some of the mysteries involved in the evo lution of live birth. . . Mr. Wolf and Mr. Price hope to find “pregnant” female sharks, “small dog fish,” as they call them and Uemove the embryo. Hie em bryos-will be preserved and taken back to the University of Delaware, They assume they will have to money to be diverted anywhere,”■* he said. Relative to another legislative matter, choosing of county board, of education members, senator Hamilton said this week that he [is considering introduction of a bill that “will provide for the election of the several members by the peo ple.” He said that districts may be established so that each board of education member will come from a certain district of the coun ty. The senator said that he believes the board should be “non-partisan or bi-partisan,” which means that it would be comprised of represen tatives of both the major political parties or of persons registered as independents. Mr. Hamilton made it clear that he does not intend to oppose what he considers a good bill just be cause it is introduced by the coun t y ’ s Republican representative, Mr. Bennett. The senator added, “He and I have quite a satisfac tory understanding with respect to the introduction of bills.” ■ The Coastal Carolina Association of Model Rocketry (CCAMR) suc cessfully launched its first model rocket at its Bogue Banks Testing grounds Sunday afternoon. The testing ground is amongst the sand dunes near Bogue Inlet pier, |g The rocket kit was purchased from Estes Industries, Penrose, Colo., and was assembled by teen age members of the club under supervision of their adult advisor, Bill Nilsson, Morehead City. The finished rocket, named Sand Flear of Project Sand Flea, is 9 inches long, % inch in diameter, weighs 1 oun<!e with engine and the engine had lMi pounds of thrust. It had been planned that electri cal ignition would launch the roc ket, by means of a panel made by Roy Lincoln. Unfortunately, Roy had no opportunity to test his panel on an engine and at the last mo ment it didn’t work right. The trouble was found but it could not be repaired at the testing ground, so the rocket was ignited manually. (See ROCKETRY, Pg. 2) ■< catch several hundred of the shark type fish to find what they’re look ing for. Not all sharks reproduce young by live birth. Some lay eggs, Mr. Price notes. They expect to take the fish in a try net. Arrangements to do the fishing this week with Capt. David Beveridge, Beaufort, have been thwarted because of weather con ditions. The sharks have been taken by the student? in waters north of h*r?- But at this time of year the fish are in waters in this area. This is the first time that Mr. Price and Mr. Wolf have attempted to catch specimens in southern wat ers. they acquire will be used in these as well as ad vance the work of Dr. Daiber. The public health grant has been in ef fect time years and was recently for another three years. VFW Auxiliary Selects Judges The VFW Auxiliary has announc ed the judges for its annual high school writing contest. This year’s topic is What Can I do for My Country. The judges are Sen. Luther Ham ilton, Morehead City; Miss Ruth Peeling, editor of THE NEWS TIMES; and H. L. Joslyn, county superintendent of schools. All seven high schools in the county have information on the contest and representatives from all have entered, according to Mrs. Frank Nance, VFW Auxiliary pre sident. Entries must be in the hands of the contest chairman, Mrs. Betty Geiges, no later than March 15. Entries may be mailed to Mrs. Geiges at route 1 box 353, New port. Last year’s essay contest dealt with unpolluted waters. This is Sand Flea. Jaycees See Marlin Film Monday Night Morehead City Jaycees saw a special showing of the film. Mar lin on the Mind, Monday night at their meeting. The film, made in the Morehead City area, is a prod uct of the Fabulous Fishermen club, which promotes sports fish ing in this area. The members also discussed plans for a campaign to clean up the Morehead City waterfront. Hie Jaycees are planning a stag social at their meeting Monday night. The meeting will be at Bruce Goodwin’s camp. Regular weekly meetings are held at the Father, Held For Murder, Waives Hearing # Corporal Placod Under $1,000 Bond • Case to Go Before Craven Grand Jury CpI. Charles A. Alien, USMC, 23, waived preliminary hearing in Craven county recorder’s court Tuesday on the charge of killing his 2‘'.!-ycar-old daughter, Dawn Lee, the night of Jan. 26 at his home in Havelock. Corporal Allen was released un der $1,000 bond, llis case will go before the Craven county grand jury the week of March 11. A warrant for his arrest was sworn out by the Craven county sheriff's department Feb. 11. The grand jury will determine whether there is sufficient evidence to in dict Allen on a murder or man slaughter charge. At a corner's inquest Feb. 15 at New Bern, it was reported that some injury was inflicted on the child's stomach lining and buttocks, as revealed by an autopsy perform ed at the US Naval hospital, Camp Lejcunc, the night the child died. The little girl was allegedly in jured while its mother was work ing at the movie at Havelock and its father was home with the child. The youngster was dead when the Allens arrived with it at the Cherry Point hospital at 10:55 p.m. Jan. 26. The autopsy revealed that death was apparently due to a massive abdominal hemorrhage caused by a severe blow. Corporal Allen is a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron 27, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. The Allens live at 8 Manteo Dr., Havelock. Investigations conducted by the Craven county coroner, sheriff’s offiee. State Bureau of Investiga tion and MCAS investigation section resulted in the murder warrant. Coast Guard Refloats Ferry The Coast Guard at Fort Macon reported two assists this week with the main effort being a successful attempt to refloat the Sea Level, the Atlantic-Ocracokc ferry. The ferry ran aground in heavy fog Tuesday afternoon shortly after noon, about 150 yards from the dock at Atlantic. A total of fifteen passengers were ferried ashore in life boats. The ferrV, containing seven cars and a truck, reached the dock late Tues day night, after a boat and crew from Fort Macon aided in the res cue. Aboard the Fort Macon boat were Charles Conway, BM1, Billy Smith, EN1, George Godley, BM2, and Marshall Cash, SN. The same group, with the excep tion of Cash and with the addition of Phillip Yeomans, BM3, aided in a search for a missing house boat, the Can-Can. The houseboat, with two women aboard, reported ly left Hobucken Feb. 10, and after the craft was not sighted by bridge tenders, a search was begun on the 17th. The houseboat was finally locat ed south of Swansboro and the search called off. The Can-Can was enroute to Miami. Due to Flu, Hospital Abolishes Visiting Hours No visitors, except immediate family members of patients, are being allowed in the Morehead City hospital until the flu subsides, David Willis, hospital administra tor, announced yesterday. “We must protect our patients,’’ Mr. Willis said, “and several pa tients have contracted flu from persons visiting in the hospital.” The visitor quarantine went into effect Wednesday. It will continue until further notice. Mr. Willis re quests everyone’s cooperation in observing the quarantine,, including ministers, insurance adjusters and anyone else who may think feat they will be admitted. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW FRIDAY, FEB. 22 6:58 a.m. 7:24 p m. 12:48 a.m. 1:29 p.m. SATl iY, FEB. 23 7:42 a.m. 8:«f p.m. BUNDAY, FEB. 24 1:3S a.m. 2:14 p.m. 8:27 a.m. 8:54 p.m. MONDAY, FEB. 2S 9:14 a.m. 9:41 p.m. 3:10 a.m. 3:40 p.m. IDAY, FEB. 28 m . Sheriff Goes After Prisoner Wanted for Embezzling Public Invited To School Session Plans for the expenditure of school funds, including a propos ed $2 million bond issue, will be announced at a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the courtroom of the courthouse, Beaufort. County commissioners say this will be the kickoff meeting for a school bond referendum. Pre sent will be county commission ers, members of the board of education, local school ' board members, principals, the County PTA council and Better Schools committees. Anyone else inter ested is invited. Judge Gives Suspended Terms to Two Two suspended sentences were given in Morehead City recorder's court Monday by Judge Herbert O. Phillips HI. The suspended sentences went to Edward Harold Culphcr, Morehead City, who received 90 days on the roads, suspended upon good be havior for two years and the pay ment of $100 and the costs; and James Thomas Brown, Morehead City, a suspended 90-day jail term, $200 fine and the costs for no driv er’s license and driving after his license was revoked. Culpher was also told by the court to pay $50 to the county school system, the $50 being the same amount as his forfeited bond on the charges. (All forfeited bonds go to the school system.) Culpher was charged with driving without a license. Others fined by the court were Frank Leon Nance, Beaufort; speeding, $10 and costs; Janice Alice Roller, Jacksonville, speed ing, no driver’s license and reck less driving, $50 and costs; Reuben Michael Guthrie, Beaufort, speed ing and reckless driving, $25 and costs; and Jam<?s Riley Caldwell, Havelock, drunken driving, $100 and costs. Paying the costs were Cooper Maxwell Mason, Morehead City, speeding; Joseph Melvin Foye, New Bern, speeding; Sidney Arendell Horton Jr., Morehead City, dis obeying stop sign; Wade Golden, Beaufort, public drunkenness; and John Richard Gallagher, Camp Lejeune, disobeying stop sign. James Johnson Jr., Beaufort, charged with violating the restric tions on his driver’s license, was fined $25 and the costs, but his fine was remitted by the court. Charges of failure to maintain a proper lookout against two defen dants were not prosecuted, with leave to reopen the cases at the discretion of the court. They were Joe Blacksome Murphy and Diana Jean Beaver, both of Morehead City. William Edward Godette, Have lock, was fined one-half of the costs for crossing a double yellow line on the highway. A total of 11 other cases were continued until later terms of court. Beaufort Merchants Will Meet at 8 P.M. Monday The Beaufort Merchants associa tion will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the town hall, announces Cla rence Guthrie, president. Mr. Guthrie was elected at the January meeting, as were the fol lowing officers: Mrs. Glen Harris, vice-president; Jarvis Herring, treasurer; and Grayden Paul, sec retary. Twenty-two attended the meeting. Chairman of committees were named. They are Jim Wheatley, budget and finance; Jack Barnes, Christmas decorations; Charles Davis, partyboats; E. W. Downum, trade and promotion; and Norwood Young, advertising and tourist information. All businessmen in the Beaufort trade area are invited to Monday’s meeting. Mr. Paul announces that per sonal calls to collect dues will start today. They are $50 a year. Other contributions will be accepted. Any checks received by mail will be greatly appreciated, Mr. Paul .said. He has been handling inquiries about the town from out-of-county and out-of-state residents. Five hundred have been answered yince last year. Inquiries are about 25 to 90 a week, he some of them from merchants’ swer the t W. C. Pugh Returned * From Mississippi Newporters Will Register For Bond Vote A special registration will be re quired for the bond election to be held at Newport Tuesday, March 26. The registration books will open Saturday, March 2, and close at sunset Saturday, March 16. On those three Saturdays, the regis trars will list voters’ names at the town hall. Those who wish to vote must register in person. Voting on a total of $270,0(H) in bonds will take place at the town hall. Challenges against the voting eligibility of any of the persons registered may be made Saturday, March 23. Six thousand of the $270,000 bond issue will be for expanding the wa ter system. The remainder, $264, 000 will be the town’s share of the cost of a sewage system. It is an ticipated that another $264,000 will be forthcoming from the federal government to meet total cost of the sewage plant. Registration books will open at 9 a.nr. on the Saturdays mention ed above. On March 26, the polls will be open from 6:30 a m. to 6:30 p.m. Ordinances, authorizing the bor rowing of $270,000 were passed by the Newport town board in special session Thursday night, Feb. 14. 1 cgal notices required in connec tion with the borrowing appeared in Tuesday’s paper and will ap pear again in the issue of Tues day, Feb. 28. March Court Terms Cancelled I County attorneys, attending the bar association meeting at the courthouse Wednesday, decided to cancel the two weeks of superior court scheduled for March. “This means that the hundred jurors scheduled to serve during those terms need not report,” A. H. James, clerk of superior court, said yesterday. He added that post cards will be mailed to them no tifying them of the cancellation. The lawyers decided to do away with the March terms, both of which were civil, because two law yers will be involved at that time in cases in* federal court, two oth ers will be in the legislature and the other attorneys are on cases “where they don’t have anybody opposing them," Mr. James re marked. The bar association is requesting the chief justice to grant the coun ty a civil term of court following a one-week civil and criminal term in April, but Mr. James said yes terday euch requests are not al ways granted. Clarence Guthrie president Telegraph Agency Goes To Service Station Because the Beaufort News stand has closed, Western Union’s agency in Beaufort is now located at the Waterfront Esso station, Homer Lienthall, agent. Hie move was made Feb. h The former agent and news stand operator was Earl Mason. Beilis: held in the county i»ii yesterday was W. C. Putfh. 11, charged with em liez/dement of $2,000 and theft of an addinx machine from W. B. McLean, Emer ald Isle. Pugh was returned to this county Wednesday from Hattiesburg, Miss., by sheriff Robert (Bobby) Bell and deputy sheriff Bill Smith. According to the sheriff, Pugh was employed by McLean at a service station near the Bogue In let fishing pier. A warrant, charg ing him with theft and embezzle ment, was signed Feb. 14. It alleges that the money, the adding machine and Pugh disappeared "on or about Dec. 20, 1962.” The State Bureau of Investiga tion circulated a notice throughout the country stating that Pugh was wanted in this state. Hattiesburg authorities located him and noti fied North Carolina authorities. A. H. Janies, clerk of superior court, said yesterday that he had set no bond for Pugh. Mr. James added that Pugh was not wanted in Mississippi on any charges. Sheriff Bell said that a prelimi nary hearing will probably be held in Pugh’q case in county eourt Tuesday. Volunteers Will Solicit Funds On Heart Sunday Heart Sunday volunteer workers will canvass in Murchcad City and Beaufort Sunday afternoon. Slogan for the campaign this year is More Will Live the More You Give. Morehead City team captains and volunteers will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday at Providence Finance Co., Arcndell St., to receive their sup plies. Team captains and their areas are Mrs. Garland Scruggs, Mitchell Village; Mrs. Bernice Crowe, Homes drive; Mrs. Cecil Adams, Forest Hills and Country Club; Mrs. Joseph Rivers, Bonham Heights; Mrs. I,con Clifton, Oak smith Acres; Mrs. Julian Willis Jr., Coral Bay; Mrs. A. B. Vick Jr., Noyes avenue; Dr. R. O. Bar num, Bridges street. There are still some areas with out captains. Anyone who will vo lunteer to work Sunday afternoon is asked to call the campaign chairman, Council Renfrow, or Mrs. S. A. Horton by Saturday. Each captain will have assistants to cover the territory. The canvass in Beaufort will be handled by members of the Miriam Rebekah lodge and other volun teers. Mrs. Fred Garner, Mrs. Rob ert L. Russell and Mrs. Annie Dix on are directing the operation. Beaufort volunteers will meet at the Rebekah lodge, Turner street, at 2 p.m. for their supplies. Re freshments will be served the workers during the afternoon. Auto Tag Sales Approach 10,000 Automobile tag sales were ap proaching the 10,000 mark Wednes day, as 9,579 tags had been sold. E. B. Fleming, Morehead City, auto license sales manager, said the number included automobiles, motorcycles, private trucks, farm trucks and trailers. Mr. Fleming said last-day sales were not as numerous as they had been in the past. “There was no long line wrap ping around the block, just a stea dy Oow of customers,” he said. Friday was the deadline for 1963 tags. Most of the traffic Monday and Tuesday were individuals who had to have their papers for obtaining a tag straighten out, Mr. Fleming said. Tags are still being sold at the installment Loan department of the First-Citizens bank. The number of sales: automo biles 7,667, motorcycles 10, private trucks 1,097, farm trucks 149, and trailers 656. To Xeceive Pin Carolina Telephone this month will honor Carl B. Williams, More head City, for having completed 10 years at telephone service. He will receive a miniature gold em Kids Confess To Thefts; $368 Robbery Solved The Morehead City police depart ment reported Tuesday morning the apprehension of three juvenile*, all implicated in a number of thefts in Morehead City. Police chief Hubert Fulcher stat ed that the youths had confessed to several offenses that involved stolen property. Two of the trio were previous offenders, chief Ful cher added. The three will face hearings in juvenile court on the charges plac ed against them. The Morehead City police depart ment has also apprehended young sters responsible for taking $368 from the home of C. N. Killmon, 1008 Evans St. Mr. Killmon, who operates the City News stand, is delivery agent for a daily newspaper in this area. Taken from a filing cabinet in his home was $368 on Christmas Eve, while the Killmons were at church. Involved in the theft were about 12 youngsters 13 to 15 years of age, Mr. Killmon said. He com mended Capt. Joe Smith of the po lice department, as well as other officers working un the case. ‘‘They did a marvelous job," he remark ed. Some of the money was recover ed, but parents of the children made up the difference and Mr. Killmon was reimbursed the total $368. Two Dates Set To End Oystering The oyster season will close March 1 in certain North Carolina waters, after all. Meeting at Southport Friday, the state commercial fisheries commit tee decided that waters would close tp oystering in the areas of Pam lico sound-Neuse river northward to the Virginia line March 1. But oysteriug will be permitted south of that line, to the South Car olina border, until March 15. At the Conservation and Devel opment meeting in January, it wn decided that the season everywhere should remain open until March 15 because bad weather this win ter kept oystermen from working regularly. However, people in Pamlico, Hyde and Dare counties complain ed, saying that there was nothing to be gained by keeping tbe season open there. They wanted it closed March 1. Two Women Undertake Hike Mrs. Patrick Bran* and Mrs. Eric Midgett, members of the Broad Creek Home Demonstration club, are scheduled to leave at three o’clock this morning on a 50-mile hike. The two women chose as their starting point the inter section of highway 24 and the Nine Foot road. They will travel the Nine-Foot and Lake roads to Have lock, follow highway 70 to New Bern and confidently predict they will return by the same route. Mrs. Bruno said Wednesday they planned to cross to the far side of the New Bern bridge. If they com plete the trek they will have cover ed a little more than 50 miles, she said. The two women think they will be able to complete the hike in 20 hours. “If we didn’t think we could make it, we wouldn’t start out,” Mrs. Bruno commented. She said that their husbands do not object to the long walk. Mem bers of other Home Demonstration clubs were invited to meet the women at the starting point and make the trip with them. Postmasters Rommel matters or viecjuiciiions Postmasters remind mailers of etters that the postoffice will not iccept envelopes that are less than 1 by 4*4 inches in sise. Most postoffices have posted a Milletin showing the siae of en wili be accepted. An S by 3% inches, for eat 4** Mss than 3 £
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