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52nd Year — No. 22
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MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C.
Friday, March 15, 1963
Published Tuesday «sd Friday
Republican Chairman to Attend
Party Dinner at Raleigh Tonight
Elmer Dewey Willis, chairman4
of the county Republican commit
tee, will attend tonight the meet
ing of North Carolina county Re
publican chairman at the Sir Wal
ter hotel, Raleigh. Republican
legislators will also attend.
Preparations will be made for
the 1964 campaign.
At the Republican club meeting
Saturday night at the Beaufort
headquarters, Republicans made a
$50 loan to the Newport Medical
center. The medical center’s aims
are in keeping with Republican
principles, the club decided, be
cause the center is being built
without government funds.
Club members raised $25 by col
lection at the meeting and took
$25 from the treasury. They speci
fied that the loan, certificates be
made out in the name of the Town
of Newport.
County legislator Thomas Ben
net commented on bills that have
been introduced in the legislature.
Chairman Willis reported on the
March 8 Republican meeting at
Charlotte. James Howland, I. D.
Gillikin and Mr. Willis attended.
The speaker was Robert Taft Jr.
Speaking at a recent meeting at
Clinton was Charles R. Jonas, who
will be the Republican candidate
for governor next year. Attending
the Clinton dinner were Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Bennett, Mr. and
Mrs. Headen Willis, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer D. Willis.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Wade, Mrs
Waddell Pridgen, Carl Gaskill, I.
D. Gillikin, John Miller and Claude
Brown.
The club expressed appreciation
to the following for the success of
the recent Lincoln Day dinner at
the Biltmore hotel: Osborne Da
vis, E. D. Willis, Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Smith, Clifford Tilghman,
Jim Hux, Gordon Hardesty, Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Piner, and Mrs.
Ben Copeland.
A profit of approximately $250
was realized on the dinner. Gerald
Murdoch, president of the club,
presided at the meeting.
Board Okays
Zoning Draft
County planning commissioners
approved Monday night the pro
posed zoning ordinance for More
head Extension and Bogue Banks.
Those are the two areas proposed
for zoning in the immediate future.
The resolution approving the or
dinance requested that Dexter
Smith, Kinston, of thp division of
community planning, who helped
draft the ordinance, be present
when the ordinance is presented to
the public.
The ordinance has been many
months in the drafting and has un
dergone several revisions. Approv
al of it was voiced Monday night
by J. A. DuBois, chairman of the
Bogue Banks committee which stu
dies the zoning problems, and by
Gerald Mitchell, member of the
Morehead Extension committee.
M. G. Coyle, commissioner, re
ported on his appearance at the
recent county board meeting to dis
cuss building fees charges.
The building inspector’s report
for February was read. Fifteen
permits were issued and 49 inspec
tions made. Construction was va
lued at $94,600.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were Dr.
L. J. Dupree, who presided; W.
C. Carlton, C. H. Lockey, Dr. W.
L. Woodard, commissioners, and
Charles Schick.
Alvin Harris
Heads New Club
Officers were elected by the At
lantic Civic club Stttday. The chib
met in the school auditorium. The
officers:
President, Alvin Harris; vice
president, Harold Daniels; secre
tary, Mrs. Ira Moore Jr.; treas
urer, Bennie Gillikin.
Mrs. David Van Sant, Kenneth
Smith and Sterling Robinson were
named to the board of trustees.
Mrs. Oden Fulcher, Mrs. Kenneth
Smith and Morgan Goodwin were
appointed to the welfare commit
tee.
serving on the publicity commit
tee are Mrs. Alvin Harris, Lionel
Gilgo and Ira Morris Jr. Tourist
committee members are Maxwell
Simpson, Ben Salter and Mr. Van
Sant.
The members discussed a mos
quito control project and heard a
progress report. It was announced
that the next meeting will be held
Saturday, March 23.
Ad Correction
In the food ad on page 6 section
k of today’s paper, the item con
cerning light bulbs and sugar
should read, “Five pounds of sugar
29 cents with purchase of four GE
Light bulbs."
it
V&W Hotel Corp. Sells
Hotel at Atlantic Beach
W. L. Derrickson, right, former owner of the Atlantic Beach
hotel, extends good luck wishes to Ray Masten, new owner.
Ray Masten, Greenville, has
bought the Atlantic Beach hotel
Irorn the V&W Hotel Corp. The
corporation is owned by Walter
(Jimmy) Derrickson, Morehead
City, and his brother, Vernon.
Mr. Masten announces that the
hotel will open May 1 for the sum
mer. The new owner is a native of
Winston-Salem and at present lives
in Greenville where he operates
the Masten Insurance Agency, an
insurance and brokerage business.
The Atlantic Beach hotel ‘is sit
uated on the ocean front at At
lantic Beach. The original portion
of it was built in 1930. One section
was added in 1946 and another in
1953. The hotel was purchased in
1940 by the V&W Corp., which in
recent years has sold its other ho
tels in Virginia, West Virginia,
Maryland and New Jersey.
The Atlantic Beach hotel consists
Hearing Starts at New
Bern on Potomac Blaze
CD Evacuates
Smyrna Pupils
A practice civil defense evacua
tion was held at Smyrna school
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. W. J. Ipoek, civil defense
pubilcity chairman, said that more
practice is needed to shorten the
length of time needed to load buses
for the first run, but the student
drivers carried out their duties
safely, quickly and with skill.
The first youngster went aboard
a bus at 2:10 p.m. and the last
child left the school yard at 3:07
p.m.
Seven school buses were used.
Three of those made two runs.
Three hundred sixty-four children
were taken to their homes on the
first run. Three buses making the
second run transported 114.
Officers in charge at the drill
were George King, county civil de
fense deputy diruHor; John Hayes
and Leslie Fplcher, auxiliary
policemen. /
Mrs. Ipoek Served as monitor.
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GOP Women
\tyili Install
Officers Saturday
Officers of the Republican .Wom
en's club will be installed at a
dutch .supper meeting at 7 p.m.
Saturday at Fleming’s restaurant,
Atlantic Beach.
Officers are Mrs. Maurice Rich
ardson, Morehead City, president;
Mrs. Ben Copeland, Beaufort, vice
president; Mrs. E. G. Phillips,
Morehead City, secretary, and Mrs.
Billy Smith, Atlantic, treasurer.
Mrs. Richardson will be entering
the second year of a two-year term.
Urs. Copeland and Mrs. Phillips
&ve been re-elected and Mrs.
lith has been elected to a one
year term.
Committees will be appointed and
activities will be planned for the
coming year. ___,n.
of 80 rooms and is the only hotel
on the beach, although there are
numerous motels.
Mr. Masten plans to operate the
hotel himself. His family will live
with him at the hotel this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Masten have three
daughters, Joyce 18, Lee 13, and
Lynn 11.
The negotiations on sale of the
hotel were closed at noon Wednes
day. The transaction was handled
by Stuart Page of Outer Batiks
Realty Co., Atlantic Beach.
This b the third major hotel
transaction in this area in 15
months. The Jefferson hotel, More
head City, was sold in January
1962 to Ralph and Roma Styron,
Morehead City, and Royall Spence,
Greensboro.
The Biltmore Motor hotel was
sold the end of February to R. E.
Butner Jr., Morehead City.
r In progress at New Bern m east
ern district federal court this week
is a hearing brought about by the
burning of the tanker Potomac in
Morehead City harbor Sept. 26,
1961.
Judge Harold E. Hoffman, Nor
folk, is presiding. The hearing open
ed Monday. Testimony the first
part of the week was directed to
ward determining whether the US
Government and Marine Transport
Lines, Inc. of New York should be
limited in the extent of liability or
exonerated from liability.
The government was owner and
the Marine Lines operator of the
ship when it caught fire while at
the dock of Aviation Fuel Termin
als, Radio Island, Morehead City.
^|fter the liability question is de
cided, hearing will begin on dam
age claims. Thirty-one such claims,
including those filed by families
of crewmen involved in the trag
edy, total an estimated $10 miUion.
In addition to claims by the in
jured and by families of those who
died in the disaster, the govern
ment is seeking reimbursement for
ship damage and Aviation Fuel
Terminals for damage to its dock.
The body of Nicholas Salopek,
radio operator aboard the Potomac
has never been found, and.jj
presumed he died in the
and fire. The body of another
man, Clyde V. Leonard, Norfolk,;
Va., was found floating in the wat
er near the Morehead City bridge,
in the vicinity of the burning Po*
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Twenty-four crewmen were injur
ed and were treated at the More
head City and Cherry Point hos
pitals. The Potomac was discharg
ing aviation fuel at the time R
caught fire.
Among Carteret residents who
testified this week were Clifton
Nelson, Beaufort, captain of the
pilot boat which met the Potomac
and brought her into Morehead
City Sept. 26, Rufus Guthrie, Maek
O’Neal. Morehead City; Lorie G.
Lewis, Newport; and Howard Ful
cher, WilUston.
attorneys in die case
|t Wheatly, Beaufort, repre
Aviation Fuel Terminals,
of the Potomac still remains
in Morehead City harbor, but the
Navy has recently let a contract
to a salvage firm to get it out.
School District Representatives
Lay Plans to Promote Bond Issue
W.C. Pugh Pul
Under $1,000
Bond in Court
i Embezzlement Case
Goes to Higher Court
# Charge of Theft
Dropped
Probable cause was found Tues
day in county recorder’s court in
the case against W. C. Pugh for
embezzlement. The case was sent
to superior court and bond set
at $1,000.
Pugh pleaded not guilty on a
charge of worthless ehecks, but
was found guilty and was sentenc
ed to three months on the road.
Suspended on condition that he
pay the checks and court costs.
The case against him for theft
of an adding machine was dismiss
ed: The embezzlement count al
leges that Pugh appropriated for
his own use $2,000 while employed
by W. B. McLean at a service sta
tion on Emerald Isle.
Pugh was recently returned here
from Mississippi where he had
gone when he left this county the
end of December, according to
sheriff Robert Bell.
J. C. Hardesty and Lula Mae
Deaver were found guilty of co
habitation.
Hardesty was sentenced to six
months on the road, suspended on
the conditions he pay $50 and court
costs and be on good behavior for
three years.
Lula Mae Deaver was sentenced
to six months in women’s prison
with recommendations that she be
given medical treatment for al
coholism.
Judge L. R. Morris deferred
judgment in the following cases,
Willie Lee Reed, improper equip
ment; Warren Clair Shuey, impro
per* registration; Wendell Arthur
Stevenson, without due caution and
at a speed to endanger persons
and property.
Edna Graybrice, no operator’s
license; Robert Louis Massey, im
proper muffler; John Domanick
Belluscio, driving to the left of the
lane; John Howard, non-support.
The following cases were not
prosecuted but right was reserved
to reopen them: William Joseph
Dewey, improper muffler; Jose
phine A. Garcia, no operator’s li
cense Artis Lee Powell, no turn
signals; Stephen L. Wilkie, no
operator’s license.
James Robert Springle Jr., no
operator’s license; Mitchell James
Wornuth, no rear lights and no turn
signals; James Prescott Webb, ex
pired operator’s license; Theodore
Johnson Smith, assault; Archie
Pinkham, breaking and entering;
John Lee Robinson, speeding 70 in
a 60 mph zone.
Madison Earl William, impro
per muffler; Donald Ray Nichols,
no emergency brakes; Alton Royce
Wheaton, no operator’s license;
(See COURT, Pg. 7)
Alligator Shot
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Dr. John Costlow
. . . president
II. S. Gibbs Jr.
. . . vicr-president
W. C. Horton
. . . secretary
Blue Prints Arrive
For Medical Center
Chamber to Put
New Building
At City Park
At a special meeting of directors
of the county chamber of com
merce Wednesday night at the Ho-'
tel Fort Macon, directors reversed
a decision to place the chamber
office and tourist center on Hest i on
property west of Morehead City.
The vote, by secret ballot, wat
14-2. . v
% A formal statement on the deci
sion from P. W. Bullock, chamber
manager, follows:
“At a special meeting of the
board of directors and the advisory
council of the Chamber of Com
merce, with sixteen members pre
sent, a nearly unanimous desire
for a reconsideration of the muni
cipal park site for the new cham
ber building was found to exist.
The Hestron Carp., represented by
Sherman Rock, with thoughtful
consideration for the best interests
of the community, officially with
drew their offer of a Chamber of
Commerce building site.
“Discussion in the meeting in
dicated that the North Carolina
Department of Conservation and
Development is interested in hav
ing the chamber located in the
municipal park and has given ad
ditional assurances of their cooper
ation in this use of park property.
The Woman’s Club was represent
ed as wishing to have the chamber
located in the park.
“Following the withdrawal of the
Mitchell Village site, the board of
directors approved a resolution of
appreciation to the Hestron Corp.
for their splendid and generous
cooperation with the Chamber of
Commerce and of regret that their
proposal could not be accepted.
President Ben Alford asked the
board to state their wish as to
proceeding with the actual building
and a motion approving an imme
diate start with ‘ground breaking’
at the earliest possible time was
unanimously approved.
Actual location of the building on
the park site will be determined
by Charles McNeill, a director of
the chamber; Grady Rich, contrac
tor, and Mrs. Gus Davis, Morehead
City Woman’s club member in
charge of park beautification.
Dance to Raise
Red Cross Funds
Couples will dance to raise
money for the Red Cross at a Red
Cross Ball Tuesday night at the
Country Club, Morehead City. Mrs.
John Gainey, chairman, announces
that music will be provided by an
orchestra and a blues singer will
be featured.
Working with Mrs. Gainey on
the dance are Mrs. Gilbert Pot*
ter, Mrs. Garland Scruggs, Mrs.
Rufus Butner Jr., and Mrs. Jeff
Ryan.' Mrs. Gus Davis is ticket
chairman.
Tickets are $1 a couple and are
available at Hill’s, Morehead City,
Potter’s Dress shop, Beaufort, and
will be sold at the door.
The Red Cross drive started
Monday. It is hoped that a large
amount of the $3,717 goal will be
raised by-the-danee.
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' By J. Standi Boll, Chairman "
Fund-Raising Committee
Officials of the Newport Medical
Center, Inc. have recently received
the blue prints and building speci
fications for the proposed two-doc
tor medical clinic.
The plans look very good and
indicate the building will be very
modern and convenient. Any doc
tor should be pleased to occupy
this ultra-modern center that will
be equipped with laboratory faci
lities and x-ray.
The Sears, Roebuek Foundation
has furnished, without cost what
soever to the community, complete
architectural plans and specifica
tions of a modern, efficient medi
cal center to be built and owned
by the community and rented or
purchased by the doctors.
A local non-profit corporation
has been formed to raise the
money to build the building, and
management of it after it is built.
The combined experience and ef
fort of the American Medical as
sociation and the medical advisory
boarc| of the Foundation will be
utilized in obtaining the proper
doctors for the community.
If our own medical center saves
just one life, otherwise lost be
cause of the lack of it, it is worth
every cent it will cost. That life
might be yours.
A joint meeting of the fund-rais
ing, building and executive com
mittees was held Tuesday night to
study the blue prints and specifi
cations and to make plans to re
ceive bids from contractors. We
plan to make the plans and speci
fications available to contractors
for bids in the near future.
We still have a need for addi
tional loans from NEW and PRE
SENT stockholders. Your pledge
will be accepted by J. Stancil Bell
or by area captains and committee
members any time. We hope each
one will try to pay his pledge ON
TIME so we will have adequate
funds in the bank not later than
June 1, 1963.
I again would like to remind you
that our treasurer is BONDED up
to $40,000.00. So, your loans are
SAFELY INSURED.
West Carteret School Issue
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Here It Is - Boiled Down
The following is an attempt to
state, simply, what is. happening
in the current fuss over failure to
start construction on the West
.Carteret school. This involves dan
ger of “over-simplification,’' but
things appear to be getting over
complicated.
1. On Nov. IS, 1962, the county
board of education opened bids
Details on a Monday night
meeting dealing with the school
bond referendum appear in sec
tion 2 of today’s paper.
on the West Carteret school. The
bid on the general construction
contract by J. M. Thompson, Ra
leigh, was $63,200 over the $600,000
the county said it would have to
meet school building costs by July
1, 1963. (The total bid-general,
plumbing, heating, electrical—was
$1,196,970.) ;
2. The board of education asked
the architect,
to design a
would cost
ceeded that, it
changes might
plans for the
50 Chosen
For Jury Duty
In Civil Term
Fifty county residents have been
chosen for jury duty in the one
week term of civil court which
opens Monday, April 8.
They are the following:
Eugene S. Wiliams, Everett
.Tames Honeycutt, Charlie Arthur
Kolison, Lennis Morris, C. E. Cul
pepper. Mrs. Nellie G. Robertson.
Robert F. McLaren.
George W. Hancock, Richanf
Daniels, Donald R. Taylor, John T.
Hardesty, Charles W. Merrill, Ira
J. Culpepper, Dorothy Taylor.
Leon A. Youngblood, Wallace S.
Rhodes, William K. White, William
A. Davis, Leon Guthrie, Harry
Stanford Roland, L. B. Haskins.
William R. Nicholson, Herbert A.
Jackson, Omcr D. Potter, Harvey
M. Adams, Willard Dudley, G. El
kins Enable Jr., John White Ives
Jr.
Claud Christopher Davis, Lonnie
F. Waters, Naomi Barnes, Thomas
E. Beachem, Bert S. Taylor Jr.,
Joe C. Barnes, W. F. Sweeting.
Floyd J. Wlnberry. John W. Mil
ler, Claude C. Barnes, Henry Swin
son, R. B. Wheatley, J. D. Murray,
Ernest Cole.
Kenneth Earl Skinner, Ernest F.
Garner, J. T. Smith, Harry M.
Smith, Wilbur S. Smith, A. Donald
Avallone, Clinton T. Lewis, Andrew
Guthrid.
Registration Announced
Registration will begin Wednes
day for East Carolina College Ex
tension classes at Central school,
New Bern. Anyone over 21 or any
one who has graduated from high
school may enroll. Those wishing
further information should contact
Miss Gertrude Styron, county
board of education office, Beaufort,
phone PA8-3210.
within the $800,000. (County at
torney Wiley Taylor said this past
.Tuesday morning that this is
where the first major mistake oc
curred, planning a building that
would cost more than the county
had to spend.)
3. For the type of building de
signed, the general contract
(Thompson) bid was quite low.
The county board of education
was most anxious to take advan
tage of the low bid. It is believed
TMes at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, March 15
11:28 a.m. 5:20 a.m.
11:45 p.m. 5:14 p.m.
Saturday, March 14
12:02 a.m. 5:53 a.m.
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Sunday, March 17
12:81 a.m. 6:47 a.m.
12:45 p.m. rt \,
Monday,- March 18
r 1:07 a.m. 8:21 mm.
Tide Table
By W. C. HORTON
Officers were elected by
residents of the -county's
school districts Wednesday
night at a meeting at the
courthouse. The officers will
spearhead the program to
promote passage of the $2
million school bond issue.
They are Dr. John Coetlow, Bean
fort president; H. S. Gibbs Jr.,
Morehead City. vice-presMeai, and
the Rev. W. C. Horton, Morehead
City, secretary.
W. R. Hamilton, chairman of the
county board of commissioners,
presided. He said yestardsy morn
ing that he was well pleased with
the meeting. “Everything went
smoothly and 1 feel much better
today," he remarked.
He said things seemed to bit bot
tom Monday night and be hoped
. that from now on the only direction
will be up.
Persons attending the meeting
represented t h e PTA'a, Better
School committees and the district
school boards.
Dr. Costlow suggested that par
ents of pre-school children be told
the value of the school program,
that endowment be obtained from
clubs and governing boards, that
house-to-house contacts be made,
us well as by letter, telephone and
that posters be displayed.
Mr. Gibbs stressed the necessity
of all committees carrying the cor*
rect information to their own dis
tricts. He commented that the pro
gram may not be wbat everybody
wants, and each group may not be
getting everything it needs, “bnt
we are moving in the right direc
tion if we pass the bond issue.’’
Funds for financing the program
were discussed. It was suggested
that the PTA’s in each of the
schools represented lend their as
sistance with money.
Mrs. Mamie Oddi, Beaufort, sug
gested that children could help.
Gordon Becton, Harlowe, endorsed
the suggestion.
George Phillips, Morehead City,
said the Morehead school district
would donate $300. Purchase of
stickers for car bumpers was sug
gested.
Kenneth Wagner, Morehead City,
was named advertising chairman.
Dr. Costlow will name appointees
to other positions.
Communications media of the
county offered their cooperation m
promoting the bond issue.
The ’’School Bond Boosters’*
(name by which the organization
will be known) will meet again at
7:30 Wednesday nigbt at the court
house.
Members are the following: At
lantic, Marvin. Robinson, James T.
Lewis, Dr. J. L. DeWalt; Smyrna,
Walter Thompson, David Yeomans,
Lester Gillikin.
Barkers Island, Hallas Lawrence,
Julian Guthrie, Clem Preston Gas
kill; Beaufort, Dr. Costlow, C. R.
Tilghman, Gordon Becton.
Queen Street, Mrs. Grata Henry,
Mrs. Juanita ElUsan; W. S. Kink'
Mr. Horton, John R. Clemmons
(Negro schools have two commtb
tee members, PTA and Better
Schools because their admiaishra
t ion is handled by the Beaufort and
Morehead City schools boards.)
Morehead CRy, Grover Mundert,
Hyde Burr, Mr. Gibbs; Camp
Glenn, George Phillips, Billy Corey,
Gerald Murdoch; Newport, Mrs.
James L. Adams. Mrs. Albert Earl
Murdoch and Cone Johnson.
that the contractor may have made
an error on the bid, but this has
never been admitted by the con
tractor. - £
4. Hoping to be able to accept
the Thompson bid, the board of
education on Dee. 3, 1962 ashed ft
the county commissioners could
form ally assure the board of edu
cation that $373,000 would be in the
1963-04 budget for completion of the
West Carteret school. On the ad
vice of the county attorney, the'
board said it could not make such
assurance. He said it was “ille
gal.”
At this same meeting the board
of commissioners formally called
for a school bond referendum. (Pot
liticians planning for and hoping
to see the school hood referendum
pass, feel that to start work on
the West Carteret school now may
obstruct passage of the bond re
ferendum. This theory is not
wholeheartedly supported by aft
residents of the county, as indica
ted at the meeting Monday night}
& At n meeting Monday night,
Dec. M>, 1362, the county bond
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