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At North Harlow* Get Your News-Times At Jarman’s Store 52nd Year — No. 24 Two Sections — Sixteen Pages MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C. Friday, March 22, 1963 Published Tuesday* and Friday* ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ News-Times Wins ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ School Bell Award The Carteret County News-Times was one of six news papers in the state which won the North Carolina School Bell award last night at Asheville for outstanding in terpretation of public education during the year 1962. The award was accepted by H. L. Joslyn, county super intendent of schools at the general session of the 1963 North Carolina Education associa tion annual convention in Asheville auditorium. The awards are sponsored by the North Carolina Education associa tion. They were presented by Aaron Fussell, chairman of the NCEA public relations committee. Besides THE NEWS-TIMES, the winners were The Journal-Patriot, North Wilkesboro; The Robesonian, Lumberton; Shelby Daily Star, Shelby; The Charlotte News, Char lotte, arid the Raleigh Times, Ra leigh. In the radio and tv category win ners were WGIV, Charlotte; WPTF, Raleigh; and WFMY-TV, Greens boro. Honorable mention went to The Cleveland Times, Shelby; The News-Argus, Goldsboro, and WSOC, Charlotte. The number of entries totaled eighty. THE NEWS-TIMES was cited “for an extensive series of editor- H lals on a wide variety of educa tional subjects. The well-written editorials were understandable and carried an impact which could be measured for the volume and seri ousness of letters to the editor.” Winners were selected by the fol lowing: J. C. Abbott, president, NC School Boards association; William L. Becrman, public relations direc tor, Burlington Industries; Clifton Blue, president, NC Press associa tion; W. H. Bryant, president, NC Outdoor Advertising association. Ty Boyd, radio station WBT, Charlotte; Ed Clement, assistant vice-president, Southern Bell Tele phone and Telegraph Co.; Bette Elliott, president, NC Press Wom en’s association. Phil W. Ellis, executive director, NC Traffic Safety Council, Inc.; Ashley Futrell, editor, The Wash ington Daily News; Thompson Greenwood, executive secretary, NC Merchants association. Graham Jones, Governor’s press secretary; Mrs. G. V. Lawrence, president, NC Council of Women’s Organizations; Mrs. Harriet Press ly, associated with WPTF; Ed L. Rankin Jr., executive secretary, NC Association of Broadcasters; Mrs. Tonya Gamble Tyson, news editor, WTVD. Robert Upton, community rela tions representative, Chemstrand Research Center, Inc.; Charles B. Wade Jr., vice-president, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; and John Cox, tv coordinator, division of press and radio relations, National Education association. Carteret’s newspaper was nomi nated for the award by Mr. Joslyn and the county unit of the NCEA, Mrs. Hester Mason, Newport, presi dent. Among those attending the con vention in Asheville, besides Mr. Joslyn, are R. >V. Davis, principal of Camp Glenn school; Ray Lee Turner, faculty member at New port, four Future Teachers of America members, Newport chap ter, Terry Garner, Leona Teasley, Trudy Garner and Gwenn Spencer and several members of the county NCEA. Senator Introduces Bill To Stop Deer Slaughter Sen. Luther Hamilton has intro duced a bill in the legislature which would prohibit the shooting of deer from truck, boat or swamp buggy- Law already prohibits taking of deer from an automo bile. The legislation is known as senate bill 112. The penalty for taking deer from such a motor driven contraption is as high as $50 per deer under the conditions outlined in the bill, according to its originator. Senator Hamilton said he has been informed that some unscrupu lous hunters put huge balloon tires on old trucks. In that manner they can travel marshland and “almost drive across water” to get to where the deer are. Senator Hamilton said than on one occasion one party got 28 deer that way and another got 11. “Hat,” the senator declared, “is not sport. It’s slaughter.” Senator Hamilton also introduc ed SB111 which provides that when a tort or contract action is insti tuted in a recorder’s court having civil jurisdiction and when a cross action or counterclaim in excess of the court’s jurisdiction is filed, both the original and the. cross II. L. Joslyn . . . accepts award 24 Assessment Problems Put Before Board Twenty-four Carteret taxpayers’ “equalization” problems were pre sented to the county board of com missioners Monday. The commissioners sat as a board of equalization to hear tax payers’ comments , on prqpejty, val ues. In this eounty property is fix ed at one-half the true value. Persons appearing before the board were Raymond Springle, Price Johnson, William H. Potter, Mamie C. Gillikin. Mrs. Horace Loftin, John Jones Jr., Mrs. Da vid Beveridge, all of Beaufort. Mr. Potter was present in regard to value of property in the estate of his father, W. V. B. Potter. Mr. Jones was representing his father, John Jones Sr. Others appearing were Sam W. Morgan, New Bern; Claude Brown, Marshallberg; Selby Fulcher, At lantic; Lola T. Gaskill, Sea Level; Rona G. Riggs, route 1 Newport. Charles O. Schick, Mitchell Vil lage; Anthony J. Gaylets, Atlan tic; Dan Pigott, Morehead City (relative to the J. S. Pigott estate, Gloucester); William Gorges, Morehead City (relative to the Jo sie Hill estate, Atlantic). Shelby Freeman, Atlantic Beach (Morehead City Shipbuilding Corp.), Alex Lewis, route 2 Beau fort; Bertice Piner, Williston; Wil lie Gray, Morehead City. Letters on assessment problems were received from Miss Amy Muse, Charlotte; Carol Oglesby, Farmville; J. G. Thomas (no ad dress listed), and William G. New all, El Paso, Tex. The board was in session until 4:30 p.m. Most of the questions were referred to tax personnel for investigation. action shall, updn motion, be trans ferred to superior' court. Tbe senator says that he plans to introduce some other bills that wiH be of interest “mainly to law Killed by the senate judiciary II committee this week was HB 152, which would have prohibited the publication or broadcast of names of victims of rape or carnal knowledge. Senator Hamilton, a former su perior court judge, spoke against the bill. He said that attempting to stifle criminal acts is no way to get rid pf criminality. He added that he is sympathetic with victims of rape, attempted rape or carnal knowledge, but pro hibition of use names of the as saulted, as intended by HB 152, would not achieve the objective propounded by the sponsors of tbe bill. ; One of the sponsors, Sen. Charles Strong, said that the bill would al low more of such crimes to be re ported because the victims “would not be embarrased by being held up to public scrutiny.” rm ^ tori ally against the Sub-Committee Appointed At Raleigh to Study SB70 School Issue Ignites Fire Between Politicians Rep. Clyde Harriss, Rowan coun ty, chairman of the House finance committee, appointed a sub-com mittee Wednesday to study a bill which would require county com missioners to levy a tax sufficient to permit start of construction on the West Carteret school. The sub-committee appointment followed a public hearing attended hy 22 Carteret county officials and residents in the state legislative building Tuesday afternoon. Members of the sub-committee are Rep. Hugh Johnson, chairman, Duplin county; Rep. George Uzzell, Rowan; Rep. J. Shelton Wicker, Lee; Rep. James B. Vogler, Meek lenbuig; and Rep. W. R. Britt, Johnston. The bill under fire (SB70) lias al ready passed the senate. It was introduced by Sen. Luther Hamil ton, Morehead City, long-time titular head of the old-line Demo cratic party in this county. It is being vociferously opposed by the new branch of the Demo cratic party, the March for De mocrat group, which gained con trol of county offices in November. Bril Names Seven Men To Board of Education Seven county residents have been named to the county board of edu cation in the legislature’s “omni bus bill” which puts into office education board members in 87 of the state’s hundred counties. The appointees are Dr. A. F. Chestnut, Morehead City; Dr. Her bert F. Webb, Sea Level, both ap pointed for six-year terms; Gray d^n M. Paul, Beaufort; James Hux, Morehead City; W. B. Allen, Newport, four-year terms; Wesley Willis, Williston, and ElmO Smith, Bogue,' two-year terms. The terms will begin April 1 of this year. Dr. Chestnut, Dr. Webb, Mr. Al len and Mr. Smith are Democrats and the others are Republicans. Judge Hears Nine Cases Morehead City recorder’s court judge Herbert O. Phillips III heard only a few cases in Monday morn ing’s court. Other cases were con tinued until a later date. Nine cases in all were heard. | Five defendants were charged court costs only: Nandor Paul Kozma, Swansboro, passing in a no-passing zone; Ken neth Keith Guthrie, Morehead City, public drunkenness; Lewis Choler ton Fidler, Cherry Point, speeding 45,in a 35 mph zone; Thomas Clin ton Sinclair, Newport, public drunkenness. Viola Sinclair of Newport plead ed not guilty to public drunkenness charges, but was found guilty. She paid court costs. Seymore Orville Baden, Wash ington, D. C., forfeited bond on the charge of speeding 60 in a 45 mph zone. Two paid one-half court costs. Booker T. Brown, Williamston, driving on wrong side of lane; Hen ry A. Collins, expired license plates. David Mathew Long, Camp Le jeune, was fined $10 and court costs for speeding 50 in a 35 mph zone and improper passing. 'Go East' Representative Returns from New York Charles McNeill, Morehead City, a member of the state’s Go East industry-hunting mission to New York, returned home Wednesday. Mr. McNeill represented the State Ports Authority. He is also chairman.of the county chamber immerce’s industry committee. McNeill termed the mission 1." A hundred in were contacted, Going along in opposition arc two Republican officials, ltcaden Wil lis, county commissioner, and Thomas Bennett, county legislator, who is a member of the House fi nance committee. Although the Republicans and several county commissioners say they are opposed to the bill “in principle,” because they don't like being told what to do “from Ra leigh,” others contend the contro versy is for the most part a po litical fight between the senator and Wiley Taylor, county attorney. Mr. Taylor has, for many years, hoped to wrest control of county politics from Hamilton hands. Still other observers say that the bill upsets the MFD applecart which bears the sign, “Vote for the May 11 school referendum if you want a West Carteret and East Carteret school.” The MFD faction believes that if work starts on the West Carteret school, voters in that area will not go for a school bond issue. .The MFD’s want the bond issue to pass so that in 1966 they can say to the (See HEARING, Pg. 2) The selections were made by Thomas Bennett, county legislator. Mr. Bennett said yesterday that Sen. Luther Hamilton expects to amend the bill in the senate. As of Wednesday night, the sena tor was thinking of replacing Mr. Willis with Joseph C. Davis, Jr., Davis, a Democrat, and Mr. Smith with John Bell, Bogue. After amendments are made in the senate, the bill goes back to the house and usually passes there without further change,, Mr. Ben nett said Dr. Chestnut and Mr. Allen are on the board at present and their terms do not expire the end of this month, but they were re-named because a bill is scheduled for in troduction in the legislature which would, in the future, put education board members in office by elec tion rather than by appointment as is the case this year. Should a member of the board of education resign while in office under the present set-up, he would be replaced by an appointee of the county Democratic committee. Serving on the board of educa tion at present (in addition to Dr. Chestnut and Mr. Allen are R. W. Safrit Jr., Beaufort; D. Mason, Atlantic, and Theodore Smith, Da vis. The board consists of five members. If the education board election bill goes through, board of educa tion members will be elected on a non-partisan basis. The first elec tion will be in November 1964 when White-Oak district (now represent ed by Mr. Smith) and Smyrna Harkers Island (now represented by Mr. Willis) each will elect an education board member to serve a two-year term. The term would begin in 1965 if the date of term-beginning remains as it is at present. VFW Essays Now In Judges' Hands, President Reports The essays, Whit I Can Do for My Country, written by high school students, are now in the hands of judges, Mrs. Frank Nnnce, presi dent of the VFW auxiliary, Jones Austin post, Beaufort, announces. The essay contest is being spon sored by the auxiliary. Every high school in the county is represented in the entries this year except At lantic, Mrs. Nance noted. The winners will be announced at a dinner meeting at the VFW post home, Beaufort, next Friday night. ;..... Judges are H. L. Joslyn, county superintendent of schools; Luther Hamilton Jr., district solicitor, and Miss Ruth Peeling, editor of THE NEWS-TIMES. . ; ; SPA to Meet At Morehead At 9 Monday # County Legislator Reports on Budget # Morehead Pins Hopes On Federal Funds The State Ports Authority will meet at 9 a.in. Monday in the administration building at the Morehead City port. John M. Reeves, chairman of the authority, will preside. The authority held its Jan. 15 at Wilmington. Thomas S. Bennett, county legis lator, said that it appears that the SPA will receive from the legisla ture this year approximately $4, 600,000. Janies W. Davis, executive di rector of the ports," appeared be fore the appropriations committee of the legislature last week. The advisory budget commission approved a $5,725,000 port budget, of which $1,225,000 is federal, money. This means that the state will actually invest in ports $4,600, 000 of which $100,000 will come from the state department of water resources, Mr. Bennett said. The SPA had asked for a total of $13,650,000, approximately the same amount that had been set up in ports bond issue that was de feated in 1961. It is anticipated that funds in vested at Morehead City will be matched by federal money under the accelerated works program. Budget for Morehead City are the following items: dock extension $562,500 which with federal match ing funds will total $1,125,000; site improvement $220,000 plus $170,000 in federal funds; two new transit sheds costing $425,000 of which the state will pay $212,500; two new warehouses $475,000 (half of the cost to be met by the federal gov ernment), and office and small buildings $85,000 (half to be paid by federal funds.) The application for federal funds has been started through chan nels. If the funds are not approved, Morehead City will have to cut its port capital improvement program by half during the coming two years. The state will actually invest $1, 330,000 at Morehead City or a total of $2,660,000 if matching funds are received. Budgeted for Wilming ton port is $1,840,000 (no matching funds anticipated there). No ex planation has been made of the destination of $100,000 from the water resources department. Firemen Make Runs West of Morehead City The Morehead City Fire depart ment answered two calls this week. One was an out-of-town call to Broad Creek to a woods fire that had gotten out of hand. Chief El Nelson said it took about three hours fb extinguish the fire. The call came from the home of Harry Taylor. Firemen answered a call to Mit chell Village, the home of Paul Willis, Tuesday about 5:30 p.m., where firemen said a small fire caused minor damage. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, March 22 5:37 a.m. . 6:10 p.m. 12:07 a.m. Saturday, March a 8:30 a.m. 6:57 p.m. 12:24 a m. 12:56 p.m. Sunday, March 24 7:19 a.m. 7:43 p.m. 1:15 a.m. 1:43 p.m. Monday, March 25 6:06 a.m. 8:29 p.m. 2:03 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 8:54 am. 9:17 p.m. < ■ Thomas S. Bennett, county legis lator, in a statement to THE NEWS-TIMES yesterday, said he was “terribly embarrassed” by the performance of county residents at the hearing before the House fi nance committee in Raleigh Tues day. “The name-calling and assertions made from each side were uncall ed for and were not in the best in terests of Carteret county,” the legislator remarked. “It created a very bad impres sion. I can’t tell you how many un complimentary comments I have received since that hearing. It has done our county no good at all. It was nothing but a public battle between two factions of the Demo cratic party. “I’m proud to say that the Re publican party does not conduct itself in a manner such as that,” he continued. Mr. Bennett was one of two Republicans put in office in this county in November. The other, Ileaden Willis, county commisisoner, did not appear at the hearing but sent a letter stat ing that he is opposed to SB70, the bill that was before the House fi nance committee for consideration. Mr. Bennett, a member of the House finance committee, made no comment at the hearing. lie said that he had planned to say something on the bill, "but since the bill was not debated, I was not going to be a party to name-ea'ling.” Man Injured On Stella Road Hospitalized at Jacksonville Tues day night after he was injured by o car was Gilbert Lee Morris, 31 year-old Negro of Stella. Deputy sheriff Carl Bunch said that Morris was lying on the Stella road and a car passed over him. It is believed that some of the un der-structure of the car hit his head. According to the deputy, driver of the car was Mrs. Macon Young, Stella. She was in a 1961 Falcon with her 3-ycar-old and 5-year-old, headed toward Kuhns at about 8 p.in. She said she saw an object in the road and thought it was a hog. As she got closer, she realized it was not a hog but a person lying in the road. She could not stop but tried to avoid hitting the body with the wheels of the car, she said. Then she stopped and called for help. People at her home nearby, at the intersection of highway 58 and the Stella road, came. Her lusband and his brother, John Young, took Morris to the Jackson ville hospital. Deputy Bunch said Morris had cuts on his chin, Ups and abrasions on the back of his head. It is be lieved that his skull may have been fractured. World War I Veterans, Auxiliary Install Officers Sunday Afternoon Officers of the Carteret World War. I barracks and auxiliary were installed Sunday afternoon at the fifth district meeting at the Blue Ribbon restaurant, Morehead City. They are D.. J. Odom, comman der; C. D. Mann, senior vice-com mander; Hairy Darnell, junior vice-commander; J. T. Oglesby, chaplain; P. R. Dietzel, adjutant and quartermaster; and Luther Hamilton, judge advocate. Mrs. Pearl 8mith, Charlotte, president of the state auxiliary, in stalled auxiliary officers: Mrs. Al berta Mann, president; Mrs. D. J. Odom, vice-president, and Mrs. Leo L. Higgins, secretary-treasurer. Seventy-five veterans and their wives attended the meeting which opened with a turkey dinner. Department commander Ray mond Jeffreys, Raleigh, was the principal speaker. He recently returned from Wash ington, where he attended the meeting of the National Board of Administration of the Veterans of World Way 1. While in Washington, I *r <* r* ' ‘ '* w ' * ■■■* SPA, Longshoremen Fuss Over Line-Handling Late Bulletin: There was hope yesterday that the dis pute between the State Ports Authority and longshore men, which threatens to stop port operations at Morehead City and Wilmington, could be settled at a meeting at Wilmington at 3:110 yesterday afternoon. Scheduled to attend the meeting were port officials of Morehead City, Wilmington and officials of longshoremen unions in both port cities. Vernon Guthrie, manager of the Morehead City long shoremen’s local, said yesterday, "I hope we won’t have to strike. I believe that we will work things out at this meeting this afternoon at Witming-" ton." With a major strike just behind them, the state ports of North Car olina are in the midst of another labor crisis. The dispute, which erupted Mon day night, arises over who shall handle — after regular working hours — the lines from ships that arc docking or leaving the port. Up until this week, longshoremen have been handling the lines after the regular state ports employees have gone home. Longshoremen have been paid time and a half for the job, which however, usually involves only a fraction of an hour. In dock language, "It takes only a few minutes to tie up a ship.” Longshoremen have been getting $1.25 an hour base pay, or $1.97 (time and a half) for the line-hand ling jobs. Vernon Guthrie, More head City business manager of the International Longshoremen's as sociation, local 1807, said this has amounted, on an annual basis, to about $800 per man. Walter Friedcrichs, Morehead City port operations manager, re ports that the controversy over line-handling actually involves only six to nine longshoremen. The SPA announced Monday night that in the future all line handling and "checking” will be done by state port employees. “Checking” is the work that is done in putting a cargo from rail road cars into the warehouses or from warehouses into a ship. Morehead City is the only port, according to port officials, where longshoremen handle lines or do any checking. This practice was started years ago when Morehead City was a struggling port. Mr. Guthrie says it was done as a favor by the longshoremen “to help the port out.” Port officials say that the “extra pay” line-handling and checking jobs have not been evenly distrib uted among all members of the longshoremen’s union, but only among “a favored few” of the union bosses. Because of the dispute, longshore men refused to unload the Her land, Tuesday. The ship had 500 tons of bagged fishmeal to be un loaded here. When another meet ing to discuss the problems was scheduled for Wednesday morning, longshoremen agreed to go to work and unload the ship. This was done Tuesday and the ship left port. Another ship is not expected until this Sunday. Meanwhile, however, a strike threat is hanging over the port of Wilmington. Although longshore men there have never handled lines, the door has been opened and it is anticipated that the union there will now ask for line-handling jobs. Ships were being unloaded and loaded yesterday at Wilmington but rumor was that as soon as More head City had a ship, longshore men at Wilmington would walk out. (See DISPUTE, Pg. 2) he conferred with the North Caro lina delegation in Congress in re gards to the increase in service pensions for World War I veterans. He stated that the outlook was very good this year, that 238 Con gressmen were in favor of HR2332. This year the American Legion, the VFW and the Amvets “have come over to our side,’’ be said. What most Congressmen wanted to know was, why the organization did not have more members. Out of two and a half million living World War I veterans, there are only a quarter million mem bers. He pointed out that member ship was what is needed to show strength. Here in North Carolina there are 41,000 living veterans and only six thousand members. At the conclusion of his remarks, he said, “Every member get a member.” Mr. Dietzel, quartermaster of the local barracks and national deputy chief of staff, spoke in regard to Robert Ruark, in the Saturday Evening Port, calling the veterans of World War I boozy old bums. Andrew Guthrie Bound Over | To Higher Court • Bond Set at $500 In Forgery Case # Child Abductor Fails To Show in Court County recorder’s court judge I.. R. Morris found probable cause Tuesday in the charge of forgery against Andrew Guthrie and bound him over to the next term of su perior court. Bond was set at $500. Guthrie had appeared previously before justice of the peace D. J. Odom. Morehead City, on a charge of worthless checks, then gave the justice of the peace a check for $125 against the account of Seitter Seafood Co. John Seitter, owner of the com pany, testified in court that the signature on the check was not his. He said Guthrie was a part time employee of the company and he had given the defendant checks far work ranging for $9 to $30.00. William Earl Chapman appeal ed to superior court the sentence of one year on the roads that judge Morris gave him for non-support. Shelba Jean Hardison, 22, forfeit ed her bond on the charge of ab ducting two minor children and taking them to places unknown by the parents. Mrs. Hardison allegedly took two minor children of Beaufort out of the county in December of last year. The two youngsters have been returned to their parents and a warrant was recently served on Mrs. Hardison at Southport. Five thousand dollars’ bond was posted for her appearance in coun ty court Tuesday. When she did not appear, the bond was ordered call ed and the judge issued orders that she be picked up at Southport im mediately. Posting the $5,MS property bond were Dan Harrelson, Frieda E. Mason and Preston Smith, all of Southport. Other bond forfeitures were A1 Turner Haddock, failing to have proper muffler; Jerry Daniel Free man, expired Louisiana license plates; Evie McArthur Taylor, no operator’s license and driving un der the influence of alcohol; John Ivey Wells, improper muffler; Rob ert Earl Hill, speeding 45 in a 35 mph zone. Freddie Smith, Atlantic, request ed a jury trial m superior court on the charges of speeding 75 in a 55 mph zone, resisting arrest, (See COURT, Pg. 3) ■pension grabbers, and treasury raiders. Mr. Deitzel mentioned the Con* grcssional junkets of Congressman Adam Clayton Powfcll, at New York, taking two of his secretaries all over Europe on the taxpayers’ money. Congressman Horace Kor negay of the sixth Congressional district taking his wife on a trip to Europe on the taxpayers’ mon ey. Mr. Deitzel stated that it was net the veterans that raided the treas ury, but Congress itself. He also pointed oat where the tax money went: $100 a month to the Cuban refugees, plus surplus food, pen sion to the retired Chinese soldiers at the age of 30; one billion a year for the storage of nine billion dol lars worth of surplus food, M bil lion dollars in interest to the in ternational bankers. At the conclusion, he asked every veteran in Carteret county "to come and join this honor organisa tion and show our strength la Coo *««*•” . *.4 , ibfMa . m. ;-V'.