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52nd Year — No. 26
Two Section* — Sixteen Page*
MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C.
Friday, March 29, 1963
Published Tuesday* and Fridays
Newport Voters Okay
Sewage, Water Bonds
Almost 78 per cent of Newport’s registered voters went'
to the polls Tuesday and gave overwhelming approval
to the borrowing of $270,000 for installation of a sewage
system in the town. Of the 512 voters registered, 399
cast ballots.
By a vote of 295 to 99 the voters approved borrowing
Full Committee
To Get SB70
• Bennett Says He Will
Oppose Bill
• $800,000 In Bank
For School Building
The House finance committee
will review next week the amended
senate bill 70, Thomas Bennett,
county legislator, reported yester
day. The senate bill was introduc
ed several weeks ago by Sen. Lu
ther Hamilton and requires the
county board of this county to levy
a tax sufficient to meet the cost
of construction of the West Car
teret school. •
Stricken from the bill, in a sub
committee session Tuesday at Ra
leigh, was a proviso that each
county commissioner who refused
to vote for such a tax would be
fined $1,000.
Mr. Bennett said he plans to op
pose the bill before the full com
mittee next week. Mr. Bennett add
ed that he fully agrees that the
school should go up as soon as
possible, but he is not in favor of
“outright coercion which this bill
advocates.”
He said that the manner in which
the bill is written could cause fu
(See BILL, Pg. 8)
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Mears were two of the voters in the Newport bond elections Tuesday. Seated
are the officials in the election, Mrs. Louis Hibbs, Leon O. Garner and Mrs. Walter Roberts.
Newport Medical Unit Needs
$7,000 to Hit $40,000
FHA Week HI
county commissioners. (See page 6
section 2 today’s paper.)
Goals of FHA are the following:
• r)iscovering^^^^^^^^^
tion of family living
• Launching good citizenship
through homemaking
• Strengthening my education
for future roles.
Special articles and pictures of
FHA leaders will appear next week.
FHA chapters number 10,406 in
the United States, Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands. Members total
more than half a million.
Begin Sunday
More than 309 Future Homemak
er of America members of the
county will observe National FHA
Week beginning Sunday. The week
has been officially proclaimed by
Chairman Resign*
Charles C. Willis* chairman of
the county board of elections, said
yesterday that he has resigned. He
said terms of elections board mem
bers expire Sunday and aa of noon
yesterday, no new appointments
hid been made.
►■$264,000, half the cost of a sewage
system. The borrowing of $6,000,
half the cost of a new pumping
station for the water system, was
approved by a 298 to 97 vote.
The other half of the needed
funds is to come from the federal
government under the accelerated
public works program. Newport
qualifies for the program because
Carteret county has been designa
ted as a “depressed area” and the
APW program was set up to aid
such areas.
Newport mayor Leon Mann Jr.
said he was very happy with the
victory and with the number of
voters casting ballots. He said the
percentage voting was a b o-u t
the same as it was in 1956 when
voters approved a water system
for the town.
Of course this does not mean
that Newport will have its sewer
system tomorrow, the mayor com
mented. We don’t know when the
federal government will act—and
we have to work with the federal
agency. A lot of towns have sub
mitted applications under the ac
celerated public works program,
but we feel confident that within
the next few years the town will
have its sewage system.
C. H. (Dick) Lockey, a member
of the town board of commission
ers said he was pleased with the re
sults. The people’s support of the
election gives the mayor and board
members confidence that they are
doing the right thing, commission
er Lockcy commented.
Leon Owen Garner was judge of
the election. Mrs. Louis Hibbs and
Mrs. Walter Daniel Roberts were
poll holders.
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► By J. STANCIL BELL
Fund-Raising Chairman
Our pledges are still coming in
slowly and pledge payments are
being paid on schedule. We have
recently received several rather
nice checks as contributions. We
still need approximately $5,000 to
$7,000 to complete the total goal
which we feel will be needed for
building and equipping our propos
ed modern medical center.
A group of the “fellows” from
the various committees made a
trip to Pamlico county, Sunday,
March 16, to observe a completed
building constructed from the same
plan as the one we are hoping to
start in about 60 days. The group
examined the center and expressed
it as being a “dream.” Much in
formation was gained from the
Pamlico Medical Center officials.
The Sears, Roebuck Foundation
has notified us that their engineer
will be in Newport to meet with
the executive, building and fund
raising committee. He will check
our progress and discuss the {dans
and specifications. No doubt he
will advise us on many questions
we expect to have for him.
All committee members that
have been given an assignment
are asked to get their reports is
now. The engineer will expect facts
and figures and will demand ac
tion. .• .. o, fc U
A bingo party and bake sale is
being planned for this Saturday
night in the Newport school cafe
teria. We have many good prises
to give and I am sure yon win
have much FUN and can take
Work to Start
Soon on New Ship
Contract for construction of
Duke university’s oceanographic
research vessel is expected to be
awarded by the end of June, ac
cording to the Duke Bureau of
Public Information office.
Bids will be sought following
approval of drawings by the Nat
ional Science Foundation, which
is financing the million dollar
project.
The original grant in 1961 of
$618,000 has been almost doubled
to provide shore facilities to ac
commodate the vessel at Pivers
Island and to add to equipment
aboard the ship.
The vessel will be the first ever
built in the United States s'pecif
ically for marine biological re
search. Construction of the craft
is expected to start early this
summer.
James Chadwick Unhurt
As Car Goes in Canal
James Aubrey Chadwick, Glou
cester, escaped from a submerged
car without injury at 1:30 Saturday
morning.
Chadwick’s 1956 Ford convertible
left highway 70 between Williston
and Davis and went into a canal.
Only a small bit of the radio aerial
could be seen above the water
when C. H. Davis, deputy sheriff,
arrived at the scene.
It was estimated that water was
at least 2 feet in depth above the
roof of the car.
Chadwick was alone in the car,
headed toward Gloucester, when
the accident happened. The car is
considered a total loss, according
to the deputy, who investigated.
No charges were filed.
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home a good supply of baked
goods. Come out and have fun and
at the same time, help a good
cause.
Other plans for raising funds will
be reported through this very co
operative newspaper from time to
time. The public is invited to at
tend the bingo party and bake sale.
We welcome Morehead, Beaufort
and Havelock citizens as well as
Newport residents.
The would-be stockholders are
urged to check on their pledge pay
ment date and pay earlier if at all
possible. We must have all pay
ments in by June 1, 1963. Early
payments will mean earlier con
struction. Area captains and com
mittee members are asked to
“beat the bushes” and come up
with some more pledges. You have
been most cooperative and I wish
to thank you for your concern and
help. ’ ,
We are still waiting a reply from
some of our good friends from
Morehead City and Beaufort that
have not contacted us as yet. Have
lock is also urged and invited to
participate. We need you and you
need the service we hope to pro
vide.
Senator Puts
Davis, Bell
In Board Jobs
• Wesley Willis, Elmo
Smith Removed
# New Terms Will
Begin Monday
Removed from the originally
proposed county board of education
in the state senate this week were
Elmo Smith, Bogue, and Wesley
Willis, Williston. Replacing them,
according to Sen. Luther Hamilton,
are Joseph C. Davis Jr., Davis,
and John J. Bell, Bogue.
Mr, Davis and Mr. Bell will
serve two-year terms.
Other members of the board, all
of whom will take office Monday,
are Dr. Herbert F. Webb, Sea Le
vel, Dr. A. F. Chestnut, Morehead
City, six-year terms; Grayden M.
Paul, Beaufort; James F. Hux,
Morehead City, and W. B. Allen,
Newport, four-year terms.
Rep. Thomas Bennett said yes
terday that he opposes the appoint
ment of Davis and Bell to the board
of education. Webb, Chestnut, Hux,
Paul, and Allen were among the
seven originally proposed by Mr.
Bennett in the House of Represen
tatives. Smith and Willis, who*the
senator had replaced, were also
Mr. Bennett’s appointees.
Mr. Willis was a Republican and
Mr. Smith a Democrat.
Hux and Paul are Republicans.
Mr. Bennett noted that Carteret
is the only county in the state with
Republicans on its board of educa
tion by appointment through the
legislative omnibus bill.
He said other of his House Re
publican colleagues appointed Re
publicans but the Republican no
minees were knocked off by the
Democrat-dominated House educa
tion committee.
The bill naming members to 87
boards of education has passed
both houses, over Mr. Bennett’s
objection. His objection centers on
opposition to senator Hamilton’s
appointees, Mr. Davis and Mr. Bell.
Jit. Davis is employed at Paul
motor tfo., Beaufort, as is another
board of education member, Mr.
Paul. Mr. Bell for the past several
years has been a vigorous promo
ter of the proposed elementary
school at White Oak, which is an
extremely controversial matter in
that area.
It is expected that the bill pro
viding for election of county board
of education members—instead of
appointment—will be introduced
next week by senator Hamilton.
The bill will provide for seven
members of the board. Although
there are five now, law permits
appointing of as many members as
lawmakers wish, through the om
nibus bill, Mr. Bennett explains.
It has merely been customary,
in this county, to have a five-mem
ber board.
Three proposed for board of edu
cation membership in the Demo
cratic primary were not named in
the bill. They were Charles Har
ris, Marshallberg, Charles Davis,
Beaufort, and Wayne Parker, At
lantic.
Bus, Car Bump
On Highway 70
An automobile and school bus
collided at 3:45 p.m. Monday three
miles west of Morehead City on
highway 70.
John Robert Stocks, Morehead
City, driver of the school bus, was
charged with failing to see if a
move could be made in safety and
with not wearing glasses as re
quired.
According to state trooper J. W.
Sykes, who investigated, the acci
dent happened in front of Bryan’s
grocery. The bus was headed west
as was Mrs. Pauline C, Beachem,
Newport, in a 1958 Plymouth sta
tion wagon.
The bus turned to the left and
sideswiped the car as the car was
almost, abreast of it in the dual
lane highway.
Damage to the station wagon
was estimated at $50 and to the
bus $10.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, March 29
11:37 a.m. 5:20 a.m.
11:59 p.m. 5:34 p.m.
Saturday, March 39
12:38 a.m. 6:19 a.m.
6:34 p.m.
12:59 a.m. 7:29 a.m.
1:35 p.m. 7:49 p.m.
Monday, April 1
1:58 a.m. ». 8:40 *.m.
2:38 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 2
3:01 a.m. 9:43 a.m.
Truck-trailer, Car Crash;
Xhrt Men Seriously Hurt
In the foreground is the roof of an automobile that ran under a tractor-trailer Monday night at
Morehcad City. The other part of the car is in the background. Three Navy men from Cherry Point .
were injured, one critically.
Clinton Will be Site of Hearing
On Port-Longshoremen Dispute
Abortion Case Scheduled
To Go Before Qrand Jury
Two Cherry Point hospital corps
men, Raymond Kenneth Wilshere
and John Edward Henderson, will
go before the grand jury on abor
tion ^charges in the criminal term
of 4&perior court, which opens in
Beaufort Monday.
The two men were bound over
to the high court after a hearing
i^county recorder’s court in Aug
ust 1962.
In. the hearing Mrs. Mary Lou
Salmons, who was then residing in
Salvors Work
On Potomac
The Vindof Co., Chicago, is work
ing now on the remains of the*Po
tomac in Morehead City harbor.
The Vindof Co. was awarded the
contract to remove the bow of the
Potomac. The job was given to the
Chicago firm by the Navy Bureau
of Ships after the third request for
bids.
Salvors are pumping water out of
the wreck, patching the hull and
plan to move it to a northern port.
The stern of the Potomac was
cut off and moved to Norfolk last
fall by Merritt Chapman and Scott,
a salvage firm.
The Potomac was severely dam
aged by explosions and fire at
Aviation Fuel Terminals dock, Ra
dio Island, Sept. 20. 1061. The
blackened ship remuned at ap
proximately the same location for
a year before effort were made to
get her out.
The entire ship was finally
moved to an island several hun
dred yards away. As she rested
there one night, the big hulk crack
ed open amidships. The few men
aboard as a watch crew got a
thorough scare.
They didn’t know what the loud
crack and rush of water meant.
This accident caused a change in
plans. The stern, still containing
valuable equipment, was then se
parated from the bow. The bow has
remained at the same spot, but la
expected to be moved in several
days.
Pedestrian Struck
By tltfiess on Highway
John Taylor, Otway, was dis
charged from Morehead City hos
pital Wednesday after suffering an
attack Hear Mansfield superette
west of Morehead Qity Tuesday
night. Taylor had started across
highway *70 when he became ill
and fCD in the eastbound traffic
Two Marines, driving by at the
same time, first thought their car
had struck Taylor, but it was found
that be had not beep.hit. He was
incident accunred
| Newport, testified that the two
men attempted to induce an abor
tion for her at her home near Har
lowe in April of 1962. She said her
husband had been overseas since
September 1961 and that she was
living with another man at the
time of the attempt.
Mrs. Salmons said she had a suc
cessful abortion in Vanceboro when
she went to a “Mrs. Burroughs.”
She said she gave “Mrs. Bur
roughs” $10 and two bottles of
paregoric.
Henderson told state bureau of
investigation agent William S.
Hunt Jr. that he had agreed to the
abortion to get another corpsman,
Fred Bivins, “off his back.” He
said he "faked” the attempt.
Others cases to go before the
grand jury are Richard Powers,
Martin Vernon Chavis, George W.
Godley Jr., Albert K. Gilmour, as
sault; L. G. Norris, cruelty to ani
mals; James Calvin Jones, petty
larceny.
Willie Moore Harkley, possession
of non tax-paid whiskey; Georgie
M. Wyatt, Albert K. Gilmour, Wil
liam L. Steele, Emerald A. Bur
kett, breaking and entering and
larceny; Nelson Lewis, public
drunkenness.
Donald Clayton Edwards Jr., lar
ceny; Robert Roy Morton, drunk
driving; William L. Steele, petty
larceny; Mary Gage, Mrs. Janet
Steele, aiding and abetting break
ing and entering and larceny; W.
C. Pugh, embezzlement; Andrew
Guthrie, forgery.
Sixty-three cases are scheduled
to be tried during the one-week
term. A one-week civil term will
begin April 8.
■ Federal judge Algernon Butler
will decide Monday afternoon at
his hometown of Clinton whether a
court order, keeping longshoremen
on the job, should be continued.
The hearing has been called for
2.30 p.m. in the courthouse at Clin
ton in Sampson county.
The judge signed a restraining
order Friday night which sent long
shoremen at Morehead City and
Wilmington ports back to work Sat
urday. The strike was called when
longshoremen at Morehead City
became miffed because the State
Ports Authority decided not to let
them handle ship lines after regu
lar working hours.
The restraining order was ob
tained by the Wilmington Shipping
Co. and Heide and Co., stevedoring
firms.
Wilmington Shipping company's
firm in Morehead City is Morehead
City Shipping Co. Heide & Co. also
has an office in Morehead City.
Defendants in the action are ILA
local No. 1807, the Clerks and
Checkers local No. 1776, both of
Morehead City, and local No. 1426,
Wilmington. The checkers’ union is
a unit of the Morehead City long
shoremen’s union, according to lo
cal ports officials.
They’re involved in the dispute
because the state ports authority
(SPA) has decided that union la
bor will no longer be used at More
head City to check cargo passing
through transit sheds and ware
houses. (The men were not employ
ed as union members, but simply
because they were available, ac
cording to Walter Frederichs, port
operations manager. They got the
same rate of pay as state port
employees.)
The locals are required to show
cause Monday afternoon why the
restraining order, which sent them
back to work Saturday, should not
be made permanent.
Wilmington struck in sympathy
(See HEARING Pg. 3)
Nobody Home
m:
Three Navy men were se
riously injured in a tractor
trailer and auto crash at
10:20 p.m. Monday at the
western edge of Morehead
City.
Douglas Fullen, Cherry Point,
was in critical condition yesterday
at Camp Lejeune Naval hospital,
according to state trooper J. W.
Sykes, who investigated the crash.
Others iajared were Cyrus A.
French III and Alfred S. Meeks,
both of Cherry Point. They, too,
are in the hospital at Lejeune.
French has a compound fracture
of an arm and Meeks a back in
jury.
All throe were thrown out of the
car when it plowed under the rear
end of a Thurston Motor Lines 1960
CMC tractor trailer driven by
Glenn B. Wallace. Wilson.
The accident happened in front
of the Pepsi Cola warehouse as the
truck slowed to turn into the scales
just west of the warehouse, the
officer said.
Both vehicles were headed west.
The three men were in a 1955 Ford.
The car skidded 150 feet before
it hit the truck. The lower part of
the truck peeled off the roof of the
car, then the car spun out and went
30 feet more.
The injured were taken to More
head City hospital in a Dill am
bulance. They were then transfer
red to Lejeune.
Legislator
Revises Bills
On Fishing
Carteret representative Thomas
S. Bennett introduced in the House
yesterday a bill which would put
Carteret in with New Hanover,
Pender and Brunswick counties
which now allow people US take
seafood on certain days for their
own consumption.
The law allows people in those
counties to take oysters during the
closed season, in open waters of
the state, on Tuesdays and Fridays
for their own family. He had for
merly proposed a statewide bill of
a similar nature.
The amount permitted to be
taken is only one bushel per person
in the boat, Mr. Bennett explained,
and no boat is permitted to have
more than five bushels a day.
The bill permits shrimp, fish and
clams to be taken any time except
from polluted waters. The law per
taining to New Hanover, Pender
and Brunswick was passed in the
1959 legislature, over the objection
of state commercial fisheries per
sonnel.
Expected out of committee yes
terday was a substitute bill on li
censing family fishermen, which
will restrict the bill’s provisions to
Carteret county, the legislator add
ed.
Mr. Bennett said that Sen. Lu
ther Hamilton of this county has
endorsed both bills.
At the request of the town of
Newport, the legislator introduced
this week a bill that will extend
the authority of Newport police of
ficers to an area within two miles
of the corporate limits.
This bill has been reported on
favorably by the House Judiciary
11 committee, is expected to be on
the calendar of the House today
and probably win be approved by
the senate early next week, Mr.
Bennett reported.
They were considered fcp the
fisheries committee yesterday.
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Repairs Under
Way at Hospital
Itfdn are Mac made to tlm
Morebead City hospital to assure
its continued licensing by the state
Medical Care Commission.
Davkl Willis, hospital adminis
trator, said that supports are be
ing placed under the sinking floors,
linen chutes have been dosed, and
fir* doors to go between the old
and new sect ions are expected to .
be delivered at any moment.
The now doors are of the ham
link typo that will automatic ally
seal if the temperature reaches a
certain point. Mr. WiU» said.
Asked if the hospital is contem
plating major renovation. Mr. Wil
lis said the hospital board doesn't
fed as though it caa malm a de
cision there until the county makes
a firm commitment aa to what II
intends to do about a county hao