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Year — No. 29
Two Sections — Twelve Pages
MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C
Tuesday, April 9, 1963
Published Tnudiyt tad Fridays
This is the way James B. Eubanks, Knox drive, Mitchell Village, found his car on a recent morn
ing-front wheels gone. This was another in a series of similar thefts in this area. Stolen the night
of March 30, the same night as Eubanks’s front wheels was a 25-horsepower motor from the boat be
longing to John Baptist. The boat was in the driveway of the Baptist home, Mitchell Village.
Republicans Plan to Introduce Bill
To Put Part of Sales Tax in Schools
Planned for introduction in both
the House and Senate this Week
at Raleigh is a bill which would
send back to the counties, for
school use, part of the state sales
tax revenue.
Commonly known as the “sales
tax” or “food tax” and preferred
by the Sanford administration to
be called the “school tax,” the
tax was approved by the 1961 legis
lature and is yielding far more
than estimated when it went into
effect.
The sales tax kickback could be
used by the counties for anything
in connection with schools except
teacher salary supplements or add
ing personnel to school staffs, ac
cording to Thomas Bennett, Cart
eret legislator.
Mr. Bennett said that the bill is
being offered by Republicans as
an alternative to a proposed $100
million school bond program for
schools. The bond issue was not
proposed by the Sanford adminis
tration in 1961. The promise then
was that the sales tax would take
care of the schools, Mr. Bennett
noted.
The county legislator said that
the counties are not getting what
they should for schools from sales
tax revenue.
If the bill passes, the first year
it is in effect would mean a dis
tribution of $22 million among the
hundred counties, he explained.
The Republican bill provides that
an amount equal to 15 per cent
of the net sales-and-use tax collec
tions are to be returned to each
county on the basis of the number
of students being schooled in that
county. (This is technically refer
red to as average daily member
ship in the schools.)
Mr. Bennett said this will
amount to an average of about $20
per child annually. Based on pu
pils in Carteret in 1961-62, the coun
ty would have received that year
$131,560 or $550,000 over a four
year period.
Under a bond issue, he said,
Carteret would receive $593,000 but
(See KICKBACK, Pg. 2)
Alphonso Needs
Helping Hands
By GRAYDEN PAUL
Museum Manager ... .
Are you Interested in saving
Beaufort’s only tourist attraction?
The Alponso “Whaling Museum”
is the only boat of its kind still in
existence, except in museums. It
is the type boat used by Carteret
seafaring men for over 250 years.
The boat itself is well worth pre
serving. In addition we have sev
eral back-bone sections from the
last whale Killed at the established
whale fishery on Shackleford
Banks in 1898, along with the gun
and harpon that killed it.
The try pot that boiled out the
oil, a lamp that burned the oil, and
the double ox-yoke used to haul
the oil across Shackleford Banks
—where it was loaded on boats
like the Alponso and brought over
to Beaufort and sold.
The above mentioned items
should justify the name, “Whaling
Museum,” and the small admission
price of 25 cents. However, we
have over 100 other items from old
sailing vessels and the sea around
us.
We need about $500 to get the
Alphonso in safe, presentable shape
for the summer. Surely there must
be fifty people in Carteret county
willing to give $10 to keep the mu
seum open.
Admissions will take care of the
operation. Send money or check to
— "—•— *■—vs Associa
Outer Banks Plans Viewed
At Washington Conference
(Special to THE NEWS-TIMES)
William Roy Hamilton, chairman
of the county board of commission
ers, and Miss Alida Willis, More
head City, conferred yesterday in
Washington, D. C., with National
Park Service officials relative to
Marina Issue
Being Tackled
By Legislator
Thomas S. Bennett, county legis
lator, asked yesterday that anyone
interested in the controversial mat
ter, establishment of a marina at
Southport by the SPA, contact him.
Mr. Bennett said he may be
reached by phone at the legislative
building, 834-2573, extension 7848,
or people may write him at Ra
leigh, Andrew Johnson hotel.
Mr. Bennett said that the state
plans to spend half a million dol
lars and is hoping for another half
million in federal funds to build
the marina, then lease it to private
interests.
“This could harm small marinas
in a hundred-mile area of South
port, which includes Carteret,” the
legislator said. He predicted that
it would affect all businesses which
do business with boaters and
yachtsmen.
“This Is the beginning of a can
cer which might grow and force
marinas in other counties out of
business,” the representative add
ed. “I’m taking the side of the
small operator,” he said.
Mr. Bennett has an appointment
this week with J. W. Davis, state
ports director, to discuss the mat
ter. It is expected that the marina
will have railways and docks, as
well as other facilities needed by
watercraft.
Weekend Brought
Cloudiness, Rain
The weekend weather was a little
less than the cheerful spring days
hoped for. Most of the weekend
hung in dismal clouds with 1.70
inches of rain falling Saturday
night and Sunday morning.
The temperature lows for the
weekend stayed in the 50s and the
high reached 73 Friday.
Max. Min. Winds
Friday 73 50 NE
Saturday 65 52 NE
Sunday 62 54 NE
Suits Started
Civil suits have been filed by
Carteret county for collection of
back taxes. The defendants are
Vernon Smith, Irene G. and Elijah
H. Lewis, Claud L. Lewis and C.
T. Sanders. '
Tide Table
Tides at Beaafert Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, April I
8:40 a m. 2:42 a.m.
8:58 p.m. -2:55 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18
9:15 a.m. 3:19 a.m.
9:29 p.m. 3:27 p.m.
Thursday, April 11
9:49 a.m. 3:53 a.m.
9:58 p.m. ibetefe , ; 3:57 pm.
Friday, April 11
10:22 am
the preservation of the outer banks.
As a result of the conference,
Mr. Hamilton said that the park
service believes that arrangements
can be worked out with private
property owners so that restoration
of the banks can proceed and pri
vate interests will not be jeopar
dized.
Mr. Hamilton flew to Washington
with officials from Raleigh. Miss
Willis, who is a member of the
Outer Banks Seashore Park com
mission, made the trip by train.
Both returned home last night.
Present at the meeting were
Gov. Terry Sanford,--who made the
opening remarks; Stewart Udall,
secretary of the interior; Herbert
Bonner and David Henderson,
North Carolina congressmen; Sen.
Everett Jordan, North Carolina;
Bob McConnell, of the department
of the interior, Conrad Wirth, head
of the National Park Service.
Others, besides Mr. Hamilton and
Miss Willis, were Woodrow Price,
Earl Phillips, Roy Wilder, Fred
Cox, Harvey Hines Jr., Col. Harry
Brown, Gen. Edward C. Griffin,
all of North Carolina.
Mr. Price, head of the Outer
Banks commission, briefed federal
officials on work North Carolina
has done toward procuring federal
help in reclaiming the outer banks.
A proposal to extend the Cape
Hatteras Seashore park southward
is being opposed by Core banks
property owners who believe that
they will be deprived of their prop
erty.
Mr. Udall commented on the ex
cellent relationships the federal
government has had with North
Carolina in conservation work.
As a result of the conference,
interior department staff members
will be sent to the outer hanks to
view the situation. Mr. Udall ex
pressed confidence that arrange
ments can be worked out that will
be satisfactory to private property
owners.
The conference was held in the
House office building. •
Education Board
Names School
Committeemen
# Applicants for Top
Job Interviewed
# Board Meets Friday
In Special Session
The county board of education, in
a special session Friday night at
the board of education office, Beau
fort, interviewed applicants for the
school superintendent’s position
and appointed persons to vacancies
on the school committees.
More prospects for the position
of school superintendent will be in
terviewed this coming Friday night.
The present superintendent, H. L.
Joslyn, plans to resign June 30.
School committee appointees:
Atlantic — Mrs. Eunice Taylor
succeeds Dr. Herbert Webb; Char
les S. Caudell succeeds Dr. J. L.
DeWalt, and the following were re
appointed: Monroe Gaskill, Clay
ton Fulcher Jr. and Doity Gaskill.
Appointments were for two-year
terms.
Beaufort—Gilbert Potter succeeds
Harold G. Simpson and Mrs. C. R.
Wheatly Jr. succeeds David Hill.
The appointments are for three
years.
Camp Glenn — Kenneth Wagner
and Roger Jones were reappointed
lor three year terms.
Markers Island — Tilton Davis,
Leroy Hancock, U. L. Finer, Clem
C. Gaskill and Tommie Lewis were
reappointed for two-year terms.
Morehcad City—Clyde Burr suc
ceeds W. C. Carlton and Mrs.
George Dill Jr. was reappointed,
both for three-year terms.
Newport — Lester Haskett and
Nathan Garner were reappointed
for three-year terms.
Smyrna—Linwood Hancock suc
ceeds Douglas Damren. Reappoint
ed were Roland Salter, Virgil
Styron, Lester Gillikin and Edward
L. Moore. All will serve three-year
terms.
Stella—L. W. Pelletier was reap
pointed.
In some school districts, terms
of all board members expire at one
time. In other districts the terms
are staggered.
The appointments are effective
immediately.
Usually named at the education
board’s first meeting in April, the
appointments were deferred one
week.
Folks Reminded
About Letters ...
All indications point to a heavy
flow of letters from readers dur
ing the coming weeks.
If the letters are to be used in
their entirety, we request that
the writers keep them reasonab
ly short. If they are too long, they
will either be left out or cut—and
in cutting the editor may leave
out what the writer things is im
portant.
We also remind writers that
letters plugging for political can
didates or endorsement of parties
in municipal elections will not
be accepted. Letters discussing
ISSUES raised by candidates are
acceptable.
Final judgment on publication
of such letters rests with the edi
torial department of the news
paper. Deadline for letters to the
editor for the Friday paper are
noon Wednesday, and for the
Tuesday paper, noon Friday. —
The Editor.
Chamber Building Goes Up
Three Men Run for Top
Office in Beaufort Race
It's Better Than Typhoid!
Whitehurst, student at Beaufort high school, lets out a
as Mrs. G. T. Spivey, right, county health nurse, gives her a
typhoid shot. Health department personnel are visiting schools in
the county to administer the shots.
Contestants Sought
In Home Garden Contest
By R. M. WILLIAMS
Agricultural Agent
Mrs. Noah Avery, near Beaufort,
is only one of thousands of county
home gardeners who are now busy
preparing the soil and seeding their
gardens.
The warm, sunny, spring weath
er we have been having recently
is causing everyone who loves to
see their gardens grow get them
planted.
Even though the soils are begin
ning to show the need for rain,
home gardens, commercial vege
tables, small grain and tobacco
plant beds are still making rapid
growth.
■R. L. Searle, Harlowe commu
nity, who is our home garden con
test chairman has announced that
all home gardeners have from now
until April 30 to get their garden
contest applications turned in. Mr.
Searle urges all home gardeners
who might be interested in enter
ing the garden contest and who
have not received a garden letter
and application form to contact
the garden leader nearest them, at
once.
Following is a list of garden lead
ers who have agreed to cooperate
in promoting the Better Home Gar
den program here in the county:
Atlantic, Mrs. Cecil Morris; Bogue,
Mrs. W. E. Guthrie, Broad Creek,
Mrs. Leon Parker; Crab Point,
Mrs. Bobby Oglesby; Gloucester,
Mrs. William Norman.
I Harlowe, Mrs. W. K. Williams;
I MerritnwrtSouth River, Mrs. Rone
Wallace; Newport, Mrs. Jim Kelly,
Bob Grady, Roger Newby and
Tom Garner; Pelletier, Mrs. Her
man Taylor and Milton Truckner;
Russells Creek, Mrs. N. A. Avery.
Wildwood, Mrs. Joe Barnes;
Wiregrass, Mrs. R. L. Searle; Da
vis, Mrs. Reginald Styron and
Blakely Pond; Bettie, Roland Sal
ter; Gloucester, Bill Pigott; and
Stella, Leland Morris.
CD Will Start
New Classes
The county civil defense unit will
sponsor the first of five consecu
tive classes in radiological moni
toring at Smyrna school tomorrow
night, according to Mrs. W. J.
Ipock, civil defense publicity chair
man.
The classes will begin at 7 p.m.
They will be two hours in length,
leading to rank of official civil de
fense monitor.
The publicity chairman adds that
the classes will be limited in en
rollment to 20 to 22 persons resid
ing east of Beaufort, because of
the limited number of instruments
available for teaching.
Qualification for enrollment is at
least a high school education. A
knowledge of either chemistry or
physics, or both, will be helpful,
she said. The primary interest is
to teach principals and science
teachers in the schools in the east
ern part of the county.
Any person interested in the
course should contact Harry Wil
liams, county civil defense direc
tor, Machine and Supply Co., Beau
fort, in the daytime or at his resi
dence at night.
Applications can also be made
with the instructor for the course,
R. C. Slater, at Machine and Sup
ply Co,
Application should be made at
once, the publicity chairman said.
Block of Street Gets
Rock, Tar Treatment
Surface treated recently by town
crews was Pollock street between
Broad and Cedar streets, Beau
fort.
John Jcnes, town clerk, reported
Saturday that four blocks of Pine
street are scheduled to receive the
same treatment in the near future.
The surfacing consists of rock
and asphalt. Another coating of
rock and asphalt will go on the
Pollock street section as soon as
the first courses settle.
dge Open
he Morehead City bridge across
Sport river was open to traffic
day and yesterday. Repairs to
iling are complete. The bridge
i closed during part of two days
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Seven File for Post
Of Commissioner
Three candidates arc seeking the
office of mayor of Beaufort. Filing
before the deadline at 5 p.m. Fri
day were Gray Hassell, Alban
Richey and Dr. John Costlow.
Seven men are running for com
missioner. They are the present
commissioners, Karl Mades, Dr.
David Farrior, Glenn Willis, Holden
Ballou. Osborne Davis; Jainos W.
Stewart and W. J. Mishael.
Mr. Ilassell has acted for many
years as engineer of the town. His
father, the late Lawrence Hassell,
was mayor of the town. The can
didate is in the engineering and
surveying business, did extensive
work on beach reclamation in the
county following hurricanes, and is
a lay reader in St. Paul's Episcopal
church.
Mr. Hassell is married to the
former Evelyn Duncan of Beau
fort. They have three children,
Butch, who plays basketball on the
Wake Forest college team; John,
who is a senior at Beaufort school,
and a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Mc
Namara, Winston-Salem,
Mr. Richey is a native of New
York City. He received appoint
ment to the US Naval academy in
1922 and later entered the Episco
pal ministry. From 1934 to 1949 he
was in business in Boston, Mass.
A former rector of St. Stephen’s
church, Oxford, N. C., he resigned
to retire and made his home in
Beaufort. His wife is the former
Anne Mebanc, Beaufort.
Dr. Costlow is affiliated with
Duke University marine laboratory
as a research scientist, holding
the rank of assistant professor. He
is president of the Beaufort PTA,
the Beaufort Historical associa
tion, the School Bond Boosters, and
is organist in St. Paul's Episcdpal
church.
Dr. and Mrs. Costlow, who live
in an old Beaufort home they are
restoring (the home was built In
1817), have two daughters, Jane,
8, and Beth, 5.
Dr. Costlow, a native of Brook
ville, Pa., received his bachelor’s
degree at Western Maryland col
lege and his doctorate at Duke.
The three candidates for mayor
were invited to the Beaufort town
board meeting last night by the
present mayor, W. H. Potter.
Mr. Potter has served two years
as mayor. He said, in explaining
his decision not to seek re-election,
that a two-year term is sufficient.
He also intends to run for lieuten
ant governor of the state.
Registration of voters for the
May 7 election will begin Friday,
April 19, and continue through Fri
day, April 26.
Tercentenary
Show Offered
During this year the State of
North Carolina is observing the
300th anniversary of the granting
of the Carolina Charter by King
Charles II in 1663.
To acquaint the citizens of the
county with this historical event,
the County Tercentenary commit
tee has arranged and offers to any
society, club, school or church, at
no expense, a program of slides
and narration entitled “North Car
olina’s Birth Certificate.” The pro
gram is of half-hour duration.
Those interested should call F. C.
Salisbury, chairman, Carteret
County Tercentenary Committee,
PA 6-5023, Morehead City.
The program has been shown in
this county, at Jacksonville and
Wilmington. Bookings for April in
clude Monday night, April 15, at
the Emeritus Civic club meeting;
also a showing at Atlantic high
school for the county historical so
ciety and other groups.
The program will be presented
to the Lanier Book club at its May
meeting.
Weapons Banned
Boys and parents are reminded
by the Morehead City police de
partment that it is a violation of
mits. Motto
that children are
Ocracoke Will
Host Seashore
Highway Group
# Meeting to Begin
At 7 P.M. April 22
• 1963 Officers Will
Be Elected
The AH Seashore Highway asso
ciation will have its spring meet
ing at the Island inn, Ocracoke, at
7 p in. Monday, April 22. Officers
will be elected, announces J. A.
DuBois, Morehcad City, secretary
of the association.
President Benjamin O'Neal, Oc
racoke, will preside. The program
for 1963 will be drafted. It will in
clude efforts to channel traffic
from the Chesapeake Bay tunnel
and US 17 through coastal Caro
lina.
Mr. DuBois says, “We have made
amazing progress on coastal high
ways, bridges, ferries, mosquito
control and outer banks rehabili
tation . . . This is the only organi
zation which has fought unselfishly
for all of coastal North Carolina.
There is no time to boast of what
we have done for there is too much
still left undone."
Notices of the meeting have been
sent out and those attending should
fiU out the reservation slip and re
turn it to Mr. DuBois promptly, he
notes.
Officers, la addition to Mr. O’
Neal and Mr. DuBois, are J. R.
Sanders, Morehead City, treasurer,
and the following vice-presidents:
Doward Brugh, first division, Ocra
coke; Bud Dixon, second division,
Morehead City, and W. L. Aldridge,
third division, Southport.
Final Rehearsal
Set for Choir
The Fort Macon Easter sunrise
choir wil] have its final rehearsal
at 8 tomorrow night, announces the
director, Mrs. Austin Williams. The
rehearsal will be in the First Pres
byterian church, Morehead City,
not at First Methodist church as
previous rehearsals were.
The 65-voice choir will sing two
numbers. One is O Sons and Daugh
ters, Let Us Sing, an old French
Easter song. The other is I Know
That My Redeemer Lives, sung to
Duke Street tune.
On the second nnmher the con
gregation will join in singing sev
eral hymns. A brass ensemble,
composed of Edward Sanderson,
David McNiel, John Blaser and
Terry Mizesko, has been formed to
play a descant.
Mrs. Robert K. Meadows will be
accompanist for the choir. Mr.
Ralph Wade, band director at Mere
head City school, has been working
with the brass ensemble, Mrs. Wil
liams said.
The director urges every mem
ber of the choir and ensemble to
be present for the final rehearsal.
Floor Show
Planned for Ball
A floor show and girl vocalist
will be features at the Red Cross
ball which will begin at 9 p.m.
Easter Monday at the Morehead
City Country club.
Admission is $1.50 per person or
$3 a couple, according to Mrs. E.
M. (Al) Dewey, Beaufort. All pro
ceeds will go to the county Red
Cross program.
A six-piece band will play. (Plans
for two bands have been abandon
ed, Mrs. Dewey said.)
Tickets are available now at Pot
ter’s Dress shop, Beaufort; Hill’s
store, Morehead City, and at the
golf shop, Morehead City Country
club.
Mrs. John Gainey is dance chair
man. Others on the committee are
Mrs. W. J. Ryan, Mrs. Rufus But
ner Jr., Mrs. Gus Davis, and Bah