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AT ATLANTIC BEACH GET YOUR NEWS-TIMES AT RED & WHITE I S2nd Year — No. 33 Two Sections — Ten Poses MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C Tuesday, April 23, 1963 Published Tuesdays and Fridays College Students Will Make Film at Bedch This Weekend The Morehead City-A 11 a n t i c Beach area will be the location for the filming of a half-hour original movie, “The Weekend." The film is the joint effort of five students from the University of North Caro lina and Duke university. Twenty-two-year-old Leon Cape tanos, a graduate student in the Radio-Television-Motion Picture de partment at UNC, is the writer and director of “The Weekend.” Cape tanos has won several awards for his writing ability, including the 1960 UNC Poetry Prize. He has produced other short movies in con nection with his work at the uni versity. Acting as Capetanos’ production assistant is Beaufort native Nina Davis, a senior French major at UNC who combines a lifelong in terest in motion pictures with a background of work in the theatre. She is the daughter of Radm. James White Davis of Smyrna, and Mrs. Davis. Admiral Davis is the commander of the Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Others involved in the produc tion are Janice Duff of Wcnharn, Mass., and Wayne King and Neill Clark' of Hickory. According to Capetanos, they have chosen the area because of “its scenic attrac tions and collegiate atmosphere.” In a recent interview, Capetanos described “The Weekend” as “a short poetic study of the restless ness of our generation and its con flict with a society that it cannot accept. Essentially, it is the story of one girl and her reaction to this problem.” Though there are only two prin cipal acting roles in the film, Cape tanos expressed hope that the local townspeople would cooperate for crowd scenes. The movie will be filmed on the beaches at Atlantic Beach and Fort Macon. Garth Cooper, manager of the Idle Hour, a pavilion at Atlan tic Beach, has given permission [or his establishment to be used for certain indoor scenes. Miss Duff, a senior art major at Duke, will play the female lead in “The Weekend.” She has had lead ing roles in several Wesley Players productions at Duke. Playing opposite Miss Duff is Clarkj a junior art-history major at UNC. A former student at the Boston University School of Dra matic Art, Clark was chosen “best actor” of the 1959 season at the Hickory Community theatre. He has done summer stock work at the Orleans theatre on Cape Cod and danced in the Cherokee pro duction of “Unto These Hills.” In 1960, Clark played the role of the prince in the Charlotte production of The King and I. King, who will act as technical director for “The Weekend,” is a former director of the UNC Daily Tar Heel. He is an accomplished photographer and has acted in pro ductions of the Hickory Community theatre. With equipment loaned by the Radio-Television-Motion Picture de partment of UNC, the group will begin filming on Thursday, and hope to finish the following Mon day. Car Burns Early Sunday Morning A 1956 Chevrolet, owned by George Murray, Morehead City, burned on the dirt road between the Crab Point road and the Coun try Club road early Sunday morn ing. The flames gutted the car. Driv ing the car, when it became stuck in sand, was Frederick C. Fenner, Bayview Homes, Morehead City. Deputy sheriff Carl Bunch and sheriff Robert Bell said that Fen ner had put boards and newspa pers under the wheels in an at tempt to get the car out. Then he went for help. While he was gone, it is believed that friction from the spinning wheels had created enough heat to start the blaze. Morehead City firemen were call ed to the scene. Beaufort PTA to Stage April Festival Saturday Beaufort PTA will sponsor a Spring Festival Saturday from 10:30 a m. to 4 p.m. on the school playground. The crowning of the festival queen will be held at 4 p.m. in the auditorium, lasting about 45 minutes. Festival chairman is Mrs. Wil liam Nicholson. Mrs. Holden Bal lou is' treasurer; Mrs. John C. Mease, publicity chairman; Mrs. Theodore Salter, prizes chairman, and Mrs. R. M. Williams is in charge of educational displays. Other chairmen are Mrs. Rich ard Babcock, king and queen; Mrs. Tom McQuaid, entertainment; Mrs. John* Sherrill, auditorium decora tions; Ralph Leister, booth con st ruction; Carl Chadwick, clean-up. Grades, their chairman, and the t Neill Clark, leading man in the movie. The Weekend, and Miss Nina Davis, production assistant, watch while Leon Capctanos, writ er and director, out of camera range, demonstrates approach in shot for film. Legislator Invites Opinion On Sales Tax Refund Bill Base to Host Navy Weapons Confab For the first time in the his tory of the Bureau of Naval Weapons, a nationwide workload planning conference has been scheduled at the Overhaul and Repair department, Marine Corps Air station, Cherry Point, May 20 to 24, 1963. Representatives from Naval establishments throughout the country will attend this confer ence. Purpose of the meeting is to design and formulate work load ^requirements for the next twelve months for all the Over haul and Repair departments in the entire naval estabilshment. “The selection of Cherry Point as the hosting activity is quite a distinction,” says Harley F. Lindsay, Morehead City, public relations specialist with the O&R department. Marine Drowns At Beach Sunday A 21-year-old Marine stationed at Cherry Point became the county’s first drowning victim of the beach season Sunday afternoon. Pfc. Dale R. Rusterboltz, swimming with two companions, apparently got in water over his head and went down several times before his companions could reach him. Coroner W. D. Munden, who ruled the death an accidental drowning, said he was told artifi cial respiration was given Ruster boltz at the beach but he was dead on arrival at Morehead City hos pital. According to the coroner, Ruster boltz was swimming with Cpl. John J. Siminara and Pfc Robert D. Beilis, both of Cherry Point. There were no lifeguards on duty be cause the summer season has not officially opened. Rusterboltz’s buddies said he was not a good swimmer, the coroner reported. The victim was reported ly a native of Pennsylvania. booth they will sponsor are the fol lowing: First. Mrs. Henry Phillips, re freshments; second, Mrs. Jack Ward, fish tank; third, Mis. San ford White, merry go round; fourth, Mrs. William Arrington, cake sale; fifth, Mrs. Bonzell Lewis, ring toes. Sixth, Mrs. George Murray Thomas Jr., pop balloons; seventh, Mrs. Charles Merrill, fortune tell ing; eighth, Mrs. X. F. Mason, country store; ninth, Mrs. Gaud Wheatly Jr., ball toss; tenth, snow cones; eleventh, balloons; twelfth, train. A Beaufort-More head City Rail road engine will be on the track behind the school from 1:30 to 4, supervised by Guy Smith. Price to tour the engine will be 10 cents. ► Thomas S. Bennett, county legis lator, reported over the weekend that three 1< ding dailies in the state, at Charlotte, Wilmington and Winston-Salem, are supporting the Republican bill to refund to coun ties a portion of the state sales tax for use by schools. “It’s important that we get ex pressions from (he people on this bill,” Mr. Bennett said. “If you’re in favor of it, 1. wish you 'would write me and express your views.” Mr. Bennett may be addressed care of the Andrew Johnson Hotel, Ra leigh. Mr. Bennett appeared before the state Board of Conservation and Development at Greenville yester day. He requested, on behalf of crabbers, that taking of sponge crabs (female hardcrabs carrying eggs) be permitted. A request was also made that the crab pot season be extended to June 1. He said that it is sched uled to end May 1. Regarding the proposed estab lishment of a marina at Southport by the State Ports Authority, Mr. Bennett said that he has received letters of protest on the proposal from Coinjock, Wilmington and the Morehead City area. A bill introduced by Mr. Bennett last week would make it unneces rary for boat owners to carry their “certificate of registration” in their boat. According to the bill, if an operator is apprehended by state wildlife protectors, he would not be subject to conviction when he presents the certificate in court. Federal Coast Guard regulations require, however, that the , “cer tificate of number” or “certificate of registration” be aboard the boat at all times, according to Chief Eugene Pond, Fort Macon Coast Guard station. Chief Pond says, “If you don’t have that number aboard, nobody will know whether the boat has been stolen or what. No matter what the state does, it won’t change the Coast Guard regulation.” Mr. Bennett said that effort is being made to have the federal regulation coincide with the state’s. Wins Scholarship Bill Would Wipe Out Past Action Regarding Hospital, Set New Vote Senator to Introduce Bill Early This Week Scheduled for introduction early this week in the state senate is a bill that will repeal all action taken so far in regard to a county hospital. The bill, to be introduced by Sen. Luther Hamilton, Morehead City, provides that six months after passage of the bill, county commisisoners shall call a referendum. -i Park Planners Will Accept Winter Shrubs Persons who have shrubs or trees for the city park, but realize that now is not'the time to plant them, are asked to notify park developers that the shrubs will be available. They can do this tomorrow. City Park Day, announces Mrs. Gus Da vis, chairman of the event. Certain trees and shrubs should be moved only when dormant, dur ing the winter. “We will be glad to plant them then,” Mrs. Davis said. Drinking fountains were sched uled to be installed at the park yesterday. The Lions club will paint the interior of the restrooms at the park and the town will paint the exterior, Mrs. Davis announces. Members of the Morchead City Woman’s club, which has adopted the city park as a project, will act as hostesses during the day. Re freshments wfll be served. Mrs. Davis said that in case of rain Wednesday, another date will be set. Town commissioners authorized the investigation of liability insur ance, in connection with operation of the park, when they met Thurs day night at the municipal build ing. Ferry Will Get Repairs in May The ferry Sea Level will be laid up for maintenance work and re pair during the month of May, ac cording to an announcement from the county chamber of commerce. The Sea Level will continue to operate between Atlantic and Oc racoke until May 1. It leaves At lantic at 8 a.m. and Ocracoke at 2 p.m. When the run is resumed June 1, the ferry is scheduled to sail from Cedar Island, according to P. W. Bullock, chamber manager. A ferry slip at Cedar Island is un der construction now. It is anticipated that the change in landing point will enable the fer ry to make two trips a day, be cause the route from Cedar Island to Ocracoke is shorter than the route now being used. The ferry is operated by the state. Mr. Bullock said that it will go back into service in less than a month if the maintenance work is completed earlier than anticipat ed. Newport Motorist Cited After Car ' Hits Pedestrian James Wheeler Smith, 53, New port, was charged with failing to yield the right-of-way to a pedes trian in Raleigh Friday after the ear he was driving struck a wom an,. Dora B. Cutler. Miss Cutler’s condition was described as fair after the accident. She was taken to Rex hospital. Raleigh police officer C. C. Heath, who investigated, said Miss Cutler, who is blind, was walking against a red light but had. her white cane extended. She operates the concession stand in the state education build ing and lives at 217 W. Jones St., Raleigh. Smith told the officer he was taking a patient to Duke hos pital in Durham at the lime of the accident. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar VGH LOW Tuesday, April 23 7:43 a.m. 1:44 a.dt. M,:«. Si”’" 8:33 a.m. 2:34 a.m. 1:53 p.m. J:40 p.m. Thursday, April 25 9:26 a.m. 3:25 a.m. »:47 p.m. 3:36 p.m. Friday, April 26 10:22 a.m. 4:13 a.m. 20:43 a.m. 4:23 ►The referendum will determine whether money should be borrowed for a hospital. It also provides that hospital trustees shall determine the site, and permits trustees to acquire and operate the present Morehead City hospital as a county hospital, it they deem this a wise move. Senator Hamilton said that after the bill is introduced he invites any persons who may wish to be heard on the matter to let him know and a hearing will be ar ranged. Since approval of a hospital bond referendum in November 1960, the hospital matter has been in the courts. In the peamble to the bill, the situation is explained: At the time of the general elec tion of 1960 there was submitted to the electorate of Carteret coun ty the question of authorization or no authorization of a $1,000,000 bond issue for the purpose of ac quiring lands and building thereon a county hospital . . , Preliminary to the Selection the commissioners of Carderet county, in response to the demand of a large number of people to know where the proposed hospital would be located, declared . . . that the hospital would be located and built on a site at least three miles west of the Town of Morehead City, particularly inasmuch as in the eastern section of the said county there is a hospital, modern and well equipped to serve the needs of the people of tiiat section . . . Much publicity was given the action and announcement of the Board of Commissioners . . . both by word of mouth and by publica tion through the medium of the press (the local paper itself, Car teret County News-Times, carry ing conspicuously at least eight separate and distinct references in as many publications shortly prior to the election. The referendum was called and held with assurances by the local governing authorities to the peo ple that the hospital, if the bond issue carried, would be located in an area three miles west of More head City, and the authorization (See BILL, Pg. 3) News-Times Receives Certificate . .——.. . Walter Phillips, Chapel Hill, sob of Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood Phillips, Beaufort, accepts a certifi cate of recognition for THE NEWS-TIMES at the Institute of Government, Chapel Hill. With Mr. PhH Hpg are Dennis E. Daye, director, North Carolina Section, American Institute of Planners; George M. Stephens, president, North Caraiiaa Planning association, and Mayor E. J. Evans, Durham, who presented the awards. (UNC News Bureau Photo by Batch Howell) NEWS-TIMES editor Ruth Peel ing was one of six North Carolina editors to receive a certificate of ition for outstanding news writing on community de : problems and their re __.'riday at the Institute of Government in Chapel Hill. THE NEWS-TIMES certificate was accepted by Walter D. Phil lips, Chapel Hill, son of the pub lishers of THE NEWS-TIMES. Mr. is a senior in journalism at the university of North Carolina. " by 4-H'ers to Sponsor Prison ShowMay18atBeaufortHigh -I Dryness, High Winds Cause Numerous Fires Seven forest fires occurred dur ing the weekend in th eastern sec tion of the county. Eighteen-mile an-hour southwest winds hindered fire fighters. Fire fighting equipment was sent from New Bern by the forestry department. The Beaufort Fire de partment was called when fire threatened the home of Dr. .John Vcrnberg, Gloucester. No damage was done to the home. All of the fires started after 6 o’clock Friday afternoon. Beaufort firemen went to three of them. One, a woods fire near Otway required about three hours to put out, firemen said. There were four fires at the same time from Otway to Sea Level Friday night. The damage was limited to the woodland areas only. Another Friday fire occurred at the Beaufort airport where firemen extinguished a grass fire. A oil stove in the home of Ju lius Dunn, Lennoxville road, caught fire Saturday and did some smoke damage to the Dunn home, fire men reported. Morehead City firemen answered an out of town alarm Saturday night on highway 70-A. There was a woods fire at the rear of the home of Leslie Brin son. There was no damage to the Brinson home. Driverless Car Rolls Into Car in Parking Lot ~ An error appeared in an accident story in last Tuesday’s paper. It was stated that Sophia Ann Gilli kin, Morehead City, backed into Betsy Styron Matthew, Atlantic, while in Rose’s parking lot. Actually, the Gillikin car rolled into the Matthew car while the owner was shopping. The driver of the Gillikin car was not in her car at the time. the North Carolina Planning At* aociation and the North Carolina Section of the American Institute of'Planneradip The awards were made possible through the assistance of the Sears Roebuck Foundation. Douglas Conaab Jr., city hall re porter for the Charlotte Observer, received the first place award of $100 cash in addition to the framed certificate. Four other journalists also re ceived framed certificates of rt> cognition for newspaper writing on community development problems. ■ To raise money for the 4 H De-4 velopmcnt fund, i-H clubs will sponsor flu* Central Prison Variety show at 8 p m. Saturday, May 18, in the Beaufort school auditorium. Tickets are expected to go on sale this week, according to C. N. Stroud, Morehead City. Admission will 1h- a dollar for adults and 50 cents for children. Each member of the cast is an inmate at the prison. The variety show is two hours in length, con sists of a swing band, string band, Negro minstrel and vocalists. The show plays in communities throughout the state where a civic club or charitable organization is willing to be sponsor. The prison department furnishes all the properties needed and the public address system used. The show has met with enthusiastic appreciation every place it has been given, Mr. Stroud said. Money raised for the 4-11 De velopment fund is used to help fi nance the 4 II camp at Merrimon. Filing Time Ends In Morehead One vote will put George W. Dill, mayor of Morehead City, back in office Tuesday, May 7— unless there are write-in votes that would be considered valid. By noon Saturday, filing dead line, Mr. Dill was the only one who had filed for mayor. Shortly before the deadline, W. C. (Bill) Wilkins filed for commis sioner. Others running for the town board of commissioners are the present commissioners, S. C, Hol loway, D. J. Hall, Jerry Willis, Dr. Russel) Outlaw, and Dom Fe mia. Also on the commissioner tic ket are John Lashley, Joe Collins, Vernon Garner, the Rev. W. C. Horton and Mrs. Ernest Coney. Mrs. Mary Hughes is the only candidate for clerk of recorder’s court and Herbert Phillips is seek ing re-election as judge of record er’s court. Running for the office of trustee on the Morehead City hospital board are A. B. (Jack) Roberts and Gordon C. Willis. There are only two vacancies on the hospital board. They are Jack Trawick of the Win ston-Salem Journal; Phillip dark of the Asheville Citizen-Times; Robert E. I. Rhodes of the Kinston Free Press; and Roland Gidux el the News of Orange County. Wilber Scraggs of Spring Lake and McNeill Smith of Greensboro received plaques for outstanding leadership in community planning in their respective communities. Nominated for this honor, in this county, by Morehead City town commissioners, was W. C. Carlton, Morehead City’s appointee to the Carteret Planning commission. Bill Will Revise Morehead City Town Charter Morehead City town commission ers authorized Thursday night the introduction of a legislation bill which would revise the town char ter. George McNeill, town attorney, said the two points of revision would bring the charter up to date. He commented that it has not been revised since 1925. The changes were recommended by bond attorneys. Under the old ehartcr the town can own buildings and property valued at no more than $200,000. The revision will en able the town to own property of any amount. The second revision would bring the charter in line with the state municipal finance act which al lows a levy of $1.50 per hundred dollars of valuation for the general fund. Under the town charter the maximum levy is 66^ cents per hundred. The bill to make the changes will be introduced by Sen. Luther Ham* ilton, Morehead City. Kay Hall, town administrator, said that he is working on the budget. A special meeting of the board to consider the new budget will probably be called the end of this week. Commissioners set a charge of $500 annually for use of the town dump by Cal Whaley, independent garbage contractor. The fee has been set for the coming year oaiy and is subject to revision, the board ruled. Mr. Hall reported that Carolina Power and Light will be requested to make a survey of the town street lighting system. To put in all mercury vapor lights would about double the lighting bill, which at present runs about $800 a month, Mr. Hall said. Placement of a street light in the block in front of the former loca tion of Dee Gee’s gift shop was authorized. The‘town supervisor was asked to notify Humble-Esso that con crete at the Downtown Esso Ser vice station should be replaced. Cars drive over the sidewalk to get into the station but when the station was placed there the side walk concrete was not reinforced for vehicle traffic. Mayor George D0I said the con crete is breaking up and unless it is repaired, the town can prevent passage of traffic over it. A letter from AJ McEJmon, Rail way Express, was read relative to eatabiishment of loading zones for heavy trucks in downtown Morehead City. Mr. Hall and com missioner Dom Femia were ap pointed to study the situation and suggest points where heavy trucks could unload to make deliveries to stores. Mr. Hail was antkorised to have an inspection made of the town halL He said that there is trouble with termites. Mayor Dill read a letter inviting him to make a People-to-People tour to the Soviet Union this fall. Mayor Dill said, “Pm not going. I just thought I’d better let you know 1 was invited. *’ Referred to the town attorney was a request by Raymond R. Cut shaw, Kinston, for repair of his car which be said was damaged when it hit a manhole in an alley. The board ordered that any busi ness place removing curbs and gutters shall be required to pay $2.25 for each foot of curbing re moved. If, when the business leaves, the curbing is replaced, the money will be refunded. Mr. Mall reported that meters have been placed at former non metered parking places at Sea mon’s Nursery and in front of Dr. L. J. Norris’s office. A 5-mile spend limit sign has been placed, he said, in an alley where speeding had been reported. John F. Reynolds Talks To Morohoad Rotcunans Guest speaker at the M-wefcead City Rotary dub Thursday night was John F. Reynolds, a retired Marine major new living la Mon bead City. The speaker noted that the coun ty has a kt to offer in the way * a living area for retired con
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