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' WHEN IN NEWPORT GET YOUR NEWS-TIMES •t NEWPORT PHARMACY ■ i 52nd Year — No. 38 Three Sections — Twenty-Four Pages MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C. Friday, May 10, 1963 Published Ti Costlow, Dill, Mann Win Top Office in Three Towns Mayors George Dill, Morehead City, and Leon Mann, Newport, were re-elected to office Tuesday and Dr. John Costlow won the mayor’s office in Beaufort. In Newport, 380 voters or 72 per cent of the 525 registered, turned out. The vote was less impressive in the other two towns. Nine hun dred forty-one went to the polls in Morehead City, 54 per cent of the 1,722 registered. Beaufort’s turn out was 598, or 42 per cent of the estimated 1,400 registered. Beaufort and Morehead City poll holders had problems with people who wanted to vote but were not registered. Almost 200 went to the polls in Morehead City and found they couldn’t vote. Among them was Harvey Hamilton Jr., Democratic chairman of Morehead precinct No. 2. Fifty of the number turned away were Negroes. W. C. Horton, Negro candidate for commissioner, said only one incident raised a question in his mind. A colored woman who voted in a previous city election could not vote in this election be cause they couldn’t find her name •on the registration books. Mr. Horton, one of the two color ed candidates on the ticket, said the election was conducted fairly and the count of ballots was ac curate. Because of rumors around town that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple had put two colored candidates on the ticket, Mr. Horton was ask ed if this was true. He said it is not true, that to his knowledge, “No NAACP people or CORE people have been in here.” CORE is Congress on Racial Equality. Mr. Horton publicly stated be fore U;e election that he chose to run onnis own. After he announc ed his candidacy, another colored citizen, Mf*r- Ernest Goaey, an nounced that she was going to run, too. It was predicted that a lot of “single-shutting” might put an otherwise weak candidate in the top five. That means that a voter goes to the polls and votes only for one person rather than five, thus depressing the vote for other can didates and squeezing himself to the tpp. A weak candidate who can sew up enough voters can, on occa sion, make such a scheme operate. Commissioner Dom Femia pointed out that of the 941 who voted, 891 cast ballots for five commissioners, which indicates that nobody tried to “single-shot” themselves in of fice. Beaufort’s new officials will take office next Monday night. New port’s officials will take their oaths at a special meeting, date to be announced. Choral Club To Sing Tonight Ralph Wade, music teacher at Morehead City school and director of the choral club, has announced the program for tonight’s spring choral concert. The concert will be held at 8 in the school auditorium. The mixed chorus will sing Ky rie, Pilgrim’s Chorus, Soldiers Chorus, 76 Trombones, Weggis Song, Round and Round, Climbing Up the Mountain, Deep River, Battle Hymn of the Republic and Dixie. Selections by the girls’ glee dub will be Anthem for Spring, Trees, Morning and Moon River. The boys’ glee club will sing Dry Bones and There’s Nothing Like a Dame. Terry Miiesko will play a trom bone solo and Greg Bell and Bet ty Garner will play piano solos. The public is invited to attend the concert, which is free. Names of Delinquent Tax Payers Appear Appearing in today’s paper are the names of those whcr have not paid county taxes, and the amounts they owe. Persons who do not keep taxes paid up to date run the risk of their land being sold. Persons who pay only after their name has been published not only pay the taxes, but the cost of advertising. Persons who pay taxes when they are due earn a discount. Those who pay after they due are subject to penalty. Elected te Beard Miss Ruth Peeling, editor of THE -TIMES was recently elected executive committee of the Carolina Editorial Writers Chapel HilL i It Alton Stanley and Mrs. Jarvis Herring leave voting booths in Beaufort Tuesday. Poll workers, facing the voters, are Mrs. Myrtle Brinson, Mrs. Agnes Grant and Mrs. Ben Robinson. Editorial The Issue, Stated Simply County commissioners have said, “We are going to build schools.” If people vote for a bond issue tomorrow, county commissioners say the schools can be built without a raise in the tax rate. If the bond issue isn’t ^approved, the schools are still going to be,bui£t, b\jt the tax rate will have to be lap ped to do it. It’s as simple as that. To decide to stay away froqi the polls will solve nothing. Those against the bond issue will go in droves. Those in favor must say so. At least four school bond elections throughout the state in the past 18 months have been decided by one to four votes! Opinions Unlimited What memory or quality of your mother is most outstanding in your mind? Mrs. Alvin Mills Mrs. Gerald AdkissonMrs. Elbert L. Davis Mrs. Alvin Mills, Beaufort; “My mama raised four children. She did a good job. She taught us how to work for ourselves to achieve the things we wanted.’’ Mrs. Elbert L. Davis, Barkers Island: “She was good to me. I think she did the very best she could in raising her children and I think the world of her.” Jay Moore, More bead City: “One of the best cooks that I have ever seen. She liked to keep her child ren close to home. I reckon be cause she loved us so much.” Howard Hill, Beaufort: “Her most outstanding quality was that she was my mother and she can never be replaced. To me she was the best mother in the world.” Mrs. Gerald Adkissen, Monefcead City: was adopted and my moth er raised me and her own son just the same. There was never .any partiality - shown between me or my brother.” Gary Walters. Atlantic Beach: “She has always helped me when I needed it throughout my life and she has always been understanding of the problems I havehad.” A dinner meeting of the Carteret County Shrine club has been an nounced. It will be at Fleming’s restaurant, Atlantic Beach, Tues day night at 7. AD Shriners and their ladies are invited. jt va Beads for PnaMaacgr Dr. Darden J. Eure, Morehead City, was named president-elect of the North Carolina Dental society Tuesday at Piaehufst Dr. Eure will advance next year tb the presi dency. Election Results BEAUFORT For Mayor: Dr. John Costlow Gray Hassell Alban Richey For Commissioner: Earl Mades Osborne Davis Dr. David Farrior Glenn Willis Holden Ballou James Stewart W. J. Mishael NEWPORT For Mayor: Leon Mann Jr. Aaron Craig For Commissioner: Raymond Edwards Tom Temple Harry Livingstone Gilbert Slaughter C H, (Dick) Lockey Virgil Kincaid Jane Tomlinson Bill Dugee Votes 348 229 21 523 521 519 512 473 198 51 251 124 341 317 292 262 230 109 108 66 MOREHFAD CITY For Mayor: George W. Dill Jr. For Commissioner Dr. Russell Outlaw Jerry J. Willis D J. Hall Dom Femia Joe Collins John Lashley W. C. Horton Mrs. Ernest Coney Bill Wilkins Vernon Garner For Judge: Herbert Phillips III Elmer Smith (write-in) For Clerk of Court: Mrs. Mary Hughes Vernon Paul (write-in) For Hospital Trustee: Gordon C. Willis A. B. (Jack) Roberts Votes 802 702 634 621 286 265 251 163 137 136 79$ 1 798 2 762 705) (A total of seven write-in votes for hospital trustee went to Luther Hamilton Jr., W. B. Chalk, An thony Dudley and A. H. James) Mrs. L.J. Klein Heads 'Friends' Mrs. L. J. Klein, Beaufort, was elected president of Friends of the Library at the meeting Saturday afternoon at the library, Broad and Pollock streets,'Beaufort. Other officers for the coming year are Mrs. Lionel Salter,’Smyr na, vice-president; Mrs. John L. Crump, Morehead City, secretary, and Mrs. Holden Ballou, Beaufort, treasurer. Mrs. Ballou reported that a va cuum cleaner has been bought for use in cleaning the library. Friends of the Library member ships are now renewable. Member ship is a dollar a year and patron membership $5 or more a year. Memberships are available from the officer?. It was announced that a sum mer library prog rant for children will be planned. Mrs. Klein succeeds Miss Gladys Chadwick, Beaufort. The next meeting will be in October. Twenty-two attended the meet ing. Punch and cookies were serv ed from a table decorated by Mrs. F. R. Bell and Mrs. Ed Potter. Republicans Will Hear Speakers The County Republican club and Republican Women's club will hear two speakers at their meeting at 8 Saturday night at the Republican headquarters, Front street, Beau fort. The'speakers will be county com missioner Headen Willis, wbose topic will be “Enthusiasm,” and E. D. Willis, chairman of the coun ty Republican executive commit ”b*ct' A lucky aluan will receive a beautifully-decorated cake, an nounces Kenneth Wagner, publicity chairman. Flans will also be made to launch Charles R. Jonas on his campaign for governor in 1964. Refreshments will be served by a committee ef the Republican Women’s club. Chairman of the committee is Mrs. B. F. Copeland. -: Tide Table Bonds Needed For Schools, Group Informed t Plans Described For New School • County Chairman Speaks at Beaufort “If we want completed high school units ii$>the near future, we must pass the bond issue.” H. S. Gibbs Jr., chairman of the More head City school committee told listeners at a meeting at Beaufort high school Wednesday night. "In my opinion, if the bond is sue doesn't pass. East and West Carteret schools will get first phase schools only and the rest of the schools will get piecemeal re pair as the money becomes avail able,” the speaker said. He remarked that people against the bond issue complain that $2 million is a heavy debt and think the county won’t be able to pay it off. Referring to a report furnish ed by county commissioners last June, the county paid off $2,050, 000 between 1952 and 1962. He said that the property valuation in the county in 1952 (tax revenue is gov erned by value of property) was $20 million, as compared with close to $50 million today. Mr. Gibbs introduced H. L. Jos lyn, county superintendent of schools, who described plans for the West Carteret high school. “Included in the building will be vocational home economics rooms, science labs, classrooms, a libra ry, administrative offices, com mercial classrooms, a guidance room, visual aids room, boiler (See SCHOOLS, Pg. 8) He Grows Faster Than the Money Does Welfare Superintendent Assures Clients Their Histories Are Sate With a letter this week to state and county welfare officials, Mis? Georgie Hughes, county welfare superintendent, made it clear that the welfare office will not disclose confidential information to the in vestigating committee appointed Monday by the county board of commissioners. County commissioner C. Z. Chap pell, in an exchange of comments with commissioner Headen Willis, said Monday that this information would be opened to the investiga ting committee. Mr. Chappell is a former chairman of the welfare board. County attorney Wiley Taylor, after the names proposed for the investigation board were read, said, “We don’t want any Re publicans on the board.” One of the commissioners said, “One’s already on.” “Who?" Mr. Taylor snapped. “Kenneth Wagner.” “Well, make sore there are no more on there,” Mr. Taylor warn ed. Commissioner Willis observed, “If you want to get to the bottom of things, you’ll put more on there.” Mr. Willis is the only Re publican. board member. Since the appointment of the in vestigating board, Mr. Wagner has been requested by Miss Hughes to serve on the county welfare board. She said she felt there ought to be a Republican on the board. On the board at present are Nathan Garner, Newport, chair man; Monroe Gaskill, Cedar Is land, and Gerald Hill, Beaufort. Appointed this week to. investi Clerk Administers Oath to Town Officials Elected in Morehead City A. H. laves, clerk of superior court, administered the oath of of fice to Morehead City mayor George W. DQl Jr. and the five town commissioners in a ceremo ny at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the town hall. The commissioners, all re-elected, are D J. Hall, Dom Femia, Dr. Russell Outlaw, Jerry Willis and S. C. Holloway. The oath was also administered to Herbert O. Phillips III, judge of recorder’s court, and Mrs. Mary G. Hughes, clerk of recorder's court At a brief special meeting follow ing the swearing-in, the first order of business was a motion by com missioner Hall to re-hire all pre sent town employees. The motion Thomas A. Wade and Vernon Paul, election judges, were pre gate welfare practices, as rccom-' mended by the April grand jury, were J. O. Barbour Jr., the Rdv. Billy T. Mobley, Beaufort; Roger Jones, Broad Creek; Mr. Wagner, Morehead City; Winston Hill, At lantic, and M. Cornell Garner, Newport. The letter from the welfare su perintendent, dated May 8, and ad dressed to the editor of THE NEWS-TIMES, follows: "I am pleased with the commit tee appointed by the County Com missioners to study our welfare program in Carteret County. This may help clear up a lot of mis understandings and misinforma tion. Every citizen of Carteret County should be vitally concerned with this program and should have factual information about the ser vices offered. The committee's stu dy and report will, I’m sure, do a lot to get this information to the people. “There is one matter I think should be cleared up now. I did not say that I would turn the files over to the committee. I said that I would gladly give any in formation to the committee that they request from the files that is pertinent to the granting of finan cial assistance. Information given about an individual’s financial situation cannot be made public, but 1 am sure the committee mem bers will use this information con fidentially and will not embarrass or humiliate a needy person or his family. • ., =• “However, if the committee (See LETTER, Pg. 7) sent to comment oil the number of unregistered persons who were not able to vote Tuesday. Mr. Wade said that * count was taken and at least 189 persons showed vote who were not registered. Mr. Wade said be felt the bos... should handle the matter with care and make a special attempt to get folks registered. A lot of folks were irritated when they found they were not registered, be remarked. Mr. Paul said he thought person be mad# Iks on the suggested ^ a __ town haf six days a week when the books are open. The fact that the books might be kept -open at night tor was ••• ■ " Congressman Writes to Mayor Congressman David Henderson, in a recent letter to Newport’s mayor, Leon Mann Jr., pledged his support to seeing that New port’s applicatioq for federal sew age funds is approved and funds made available. The congressman noted that the $4'/4 million from which the match ing funds would come has been approved by the House, but has to pass the Senate also. The regional administrator of the Housing and Home Finance agen cy, McClellan Ratchford, has in formed congressman Henderson that the application for loans is in order. Both an accelerated public works grant and a public facility loan are involved. The town of Newport, in a recent referendum, approved the issuance of water and sewage bonds. The money will be borrowed only if matching federal funds are made available. To Appear on TV Ben Webb and Joyce Femia, Morehead City high school seniors, will appear on WITN between 8 and 9 a.m. tomorrow to publicize Future Business Leaders of Amer ica. Mias Femia is state president and Webb is national FBLA presi dent. let the people in Morehead uty know that their county registra tion card does not mean that they are registered to vote in Morehead City elections. He commented that a number of the folks who were turned away Tuesday had display ed their county card and thought that registration was all they need ed. Stamey Davis, registrar, report ed that there were no forms to fill in with regard to election ex penses but said he had two clerks and two Judge, working w*Thim. The board voted to pay the of ficials. , _ The mayor coegratoialed the board members on their election and gave each the same assign ment he held before the election. The board deferred naming a may or pro tern until the next ^ County voters will go to the polls tomorrow to decide whether the county should borrow $2 million to build an East and West Carteret high school and make ma jor repairs to other schools. The vote also will guarantee an elementary school in the Cedar Point area when pop ulation growth there re quires it. The pods will be open from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p.m., announces Charles Willis, chairman of the county board of elections. Regis trars are urgently requested to phone to the board of elections office Saturday night the results of voting in their precinct. The number is PA8-3774. Persons who voted in the county election for sheriff and county commissioners in November are registered to vote tomorrow. Those who registered last month when the registration books were reopen ed for the coming bond election are also qualified to vote. Election officials said registra tion during that period in April was light. ICs Will Start Safety Campaign Monday, May 13 Morehead City’s zany “Jaybird" flics into town Monday, May 13,' for a week’s jaunt at flaunting safe walking rules. With the aid of the daily Jaybird cash bounty, model pedestrian prizes, and other tricks, he expects to sharpen eitizen’.s awareness of pedestrian safety. This first annual pedestrian saf ety campaign will be sponsored by the Morehead City Jaycees in co operation with the police depart ment. Merchants, business aad in dustrial firms will pmvida.tfe£ cash Xyjjes and gifts. ~ * , Scheduled far a one-week stay, the Jaybird will appear oa the traffic scene Monday morning with a cash bounty of 35 on his head and will be up to his old tricks of purposely violating pedestrian laws. Citizens on the lookout for jaywalkers and persons violating safe walking rules may bag the cash award by calling, out “Are you the Jaybird?” whenever an offender is spotted. If the right “Jaybird" la asked that question, the alert nabber will receive the cash award. After the first day bounty of $5, an additional amount of 15 will be added each day until the “Bird” la caught. The $5 per day cash bounty will continue throughout the week-long safety campaign. Joe C. Beam, Jaycee, will appoint the Jaybird and will be the only one to know his identity. A variety of interesting and re warding activities is planned to keep the campaign lively, Mr. Beam says. Traffic officers will be “armed” with gift swards to band out to pedestrians who make a special effort to practice safe walk ing habits. While violators will be receiving citations, “Model Pedes trians” will be receiving theater passes, certificates for steak din ners, and other valuable prizes. 12 Appear In Beach ayer A. B. Coop er conducted mayor’s court Tues day night at Atlantic Beach. Twelve They were Jerry Evans Whit more, Caipp Lejeune, failing to keep proper lookout, costs; Gary L. Mackey, Goldsboro, buying beer for a minor, restricted from the beach for two years Larry Pate, New drunkenness, $5 and Johnnie 0. Gray, Atlantic, pub lic drunkenness and resisting ar-f rest, restricted from the beach for three months; George Whittle Jr., Morehead City, disturbing the pence, costs; Michael Q. Cohen. Cherry Point, and Randolph Mills Jr., Maysville, fighting in streets, costs. Waiter L. James, Cherry Point, public drunkenness, fighting ami disturbing the peace, IS and Charles H. Point, assa«u, fighting and disturbing the peace, restricted hrom the ‘ » U M k-.-V', ||
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