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Year — No. 42
Three Section* — Twenty Pege*
MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C.
Friday, May 24, 1983
Published Tuesdays and Fridays
Officials Visit Laboratory
These scientists and officials visited the radiobiological laboratory Friday. They are, front row,
left to right: Dr. Mel Stulberg, AEC; Mr. John Whitnah, AEC; Mr. Philip Nelson, bureau of com
mercUl Ssheries. Second row* left to right: Mr. Arnold Joseph, AEC; Dr. Frank Hcper, AEC; Dr
Mike Berkut, AEC; Dr. Richard Caldecott, AEC; Mr. Seton Thompson, regional director, bureau of
commercial fisheries. ___
A review committee of govern
ment scientists and officials visited
the bureau of commercial fisheries
radiobiological laboratory, Pivers
Island, Friday to appraise the la
boratory’s research program.
The committee, composed of
scientists from the atomic energy
commission’s division of biology
and medicine, and of officials from
the US Fish and Wildlife Service,
btyfeau of commercial fisheries, in
spected research facilities at the
laboratory and heard reports from
staff members.
The review began with a morn
ing seminar presided over by Dr.
T. R. Rrce, director of the radio
biological laboratory. Dr. Rice in
troduced the committee members
to his staff, and gave a talk con
cerning the overall objectives of
his research program, including
projects planned for the coming
year. Staff members then present
ed individual resumes of research
Board Receives
Finance Report
April income for the town of
Beaufort totaled $7,290.13, accord
ing to the financial report given
town commissioners at their recent
meeting.
Collected on the current tax levy
was $4,568.74, on prior levies
$584.56. Poll, dog and sewer fees
amounted to $271.49. Auto tag sales
totaled $34; business license fees
amounted to $126.23; income from
the ABC store was $368.33; parker
meters yielded $744.03, meter fines
amounted to $73, and miscellane
ous income was just a few cents
short of $500.
By the end of April, income for
the current fiscal year totaled
$134,099.44. Expenses during April
amounted to $8,674.21.
Paid on the new parking meters
by the end of April was $1,236.21,
leaving a balance owed of $7,034.
75.
Qf the $45,000 budgeted for the
debt service fund, $37,172.62 has
been ^deposited to the account,
leaving a balance of $7,827.36 due.
All bills were paid and the bank
balance at the end of April was
$3,066.47. The financial reports are
prepared monthly by John Jones
Jr,, town clerk. \
Historical Group
Hears Bill Chalk
The Beaufort Historical Associa
tion heard a talk by W. B. Chalk,
Morehead City, when the mem
bers met Monday night at the Duke
Marine laboratory, Pivers Island.
Mr. Chalk discussed the History
land Trail.
Mrs. Gilbert Potter, jail commit
tee, reported on plans for the of
ficial opening of the jail Sunday.
A committee was appointed for
the old homes tour and station
wagon antique show.
A letter from Odell Merrill, reg
ister of deeds, was read. Mr. Mer
rill ottered his services in keeping
the deeds office open late for those
members tracing information on
the old homes.
I Buddy Poppy Sale Set
For Beaufort Tomorrow
'Members of the American Legion
and delegates to girls
will sell buddy poppies in
Beaufort tomorrow. Del
i to girls state are Anna Carol
and Dail Elizabeth Barbour.
Leigh Rose is the alter
the
girla.
poppies are made of paper,
abled veterans in hospitals
country. Each year they
in return for contribu
the Legion. The funds are
take care1 of disabled vet
provide for widows and or
e* and provide educational
for needy boys and
in progress, and outlined their
plans for future work. A discussion
followed and the group adjourned
for lunch.
In the afternoon, the review com
mittee was escorted on a tour of
the laboratory, and participated in
a running discussion of the re
search in progress. In the evening,
they attended a dinner at the Rex
restaurant.
The radiobiological laboratory,
which began as a small research
program in 1949, receives more
than half of its operating funds
from the atomic energy commis
sion. The laboratory’s results and
projected operations are reviewed
annually by an AEC committee to
determine the extent to which the
proposed research for the coming
year will be financed by the com
mission.
The radiobiological laboratory
has been granted an increase in
funds in each of the past 3 years.
Shrimp Season
Opens Monday
Robert ]L. Stallings, director of
the board of Cqpservatibn and
Development gives notice that
the shrimp season opens Monday
at 12:01 a m. in Bogue, Core and
Pamlico sounds, Neuse, Newport
and North rivers, but all creeks,
bays and tributaries of these
waters remain closed. The sea
son is also closed above cross
rocks in North River. ,
The waters south of Bogue
sound under the jurisdiction of
the board of Conservation and
Development will remain closed
until a later date.
The scallop season was reopen
ed this week and will remain
open through June 1. Scallops
may be taken by dredges, rakes
and dip' nets Monday through
Friday.
Ann Clemmons Selected
To Enter Dairy Contest
Beaufort Rotarians picked Miss
Ann Clemmons to represent the
Beaufort club in the coming Dairy
Princess contest, at their meeting
Tuesday night at the Surf Side
restaurant.
The contest will be held Wednes
day,. May 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Beaufort school auditorium.
Miss Clemmons is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clemmons,
and will graduate from Beaufort
school this year.
Administrator
Attends Session
David P. Willis, administrator of
Morehead City hospital, represent
ed the hospital at one of a series
of conferences just concluded by
the Duke Endowment for execu
tives of more than 150 Carolina
hospitals.
The meetings were held in Char
lotte, with officials of hospitals as
sisted by the Endowment attend
ing in small groups. Endowment
staff members conducted the ses
sion. Discussion topics ranged from
the most economical method of
handling laundry to bookkeeping
and cost control.
Endowment members participa
ting included James R. Felts Jr.,
assistant executive director of the
hospital and orphan sections;
George P. Harris, director of field
service; B. G. McCall, director of
management service; H. Carl Row
land, director of planning and de
sign service; and Ashley H. Gale,
Jr., field representative.
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Civil Air Patrol
Unit Proposed
Craven county squadron, Civil
Air Patrol, has announced inten
tion to form a Civil Air Patrol
squadron for Carteret county. Per
sons of high school age or older
are eligible.
Those who would like to join the
squadron are asked to contact Bob
Brigman at 2805 Arendell St.,
Morehead City, or call him at
PA6-5535.
Civil Air Patrol is a volunteer
organization devoted to the further
advancement of aviation. It is a
non-military auxiliary of the Unit
ed States Air Force. Ownership of
aircraft or flying experience is not
required for membership.
Bridge Held Up
Thd Beaufort drawbridge was
forced to remain open for a few
minutes about 1 p.m. Tuesday
when lightning caused' a jack fuse
to blow. Bridgetender Herbert Lew
is said the draw was open because
a trawler had just passed through.
He switched to auxiliary power to
close the bridge, then replaced the.
fuse.
Engineer Visits
Quick Action
Saves Man's
Life at Port
• Negro Man Remains
In Critical Condition
• Doctor, Longshoremen
Credited with Rescue
Quick action by longshoremen
and a doctor aboard a Naval ship
at Morehead City state port avert
ed a tragedy about 2:15 p.m. Wed
nesday at the port.
Charles McNeill, assistant opera
tions manager at the port, said
employees of Heide and Company
were loading the freighter, Hassel
burg. Among the workers was Har
rison Harkley, about 50, Harlowe,
a longshoreman.
Harkley, a Negro, suffered an at
tack of some kind and fell off the
dock. He landed in about 40 feet
of water between the stern of the
ship and the dock, going beneath
the water immediately.
Mr. McNeill obtained a grappling
hook and line from the Naval ship,
one of several in port, requested
that they send a doctor, and noti
fied the Coast Guard.
Before the arrival of the doctor
or the Coast Guard boats, the men
made a pass with the grappling
hook. On the first try Vernon
Guthrie snagged the leg of Hart
ley's trousers and hauled him to
the surface. A young German sea
man from the Hasselburg and the
longshoremen put a line around
Harkley, hoisted hint to the dock,
and moved him to a transit shed.
The Navy doctor, W. A. Halli
gan, quickly gave the man mouth
to mouth respiration. McNeill said
Harkley was not breathing when
pulled from the water. Dr. Halligan
continued the respiration until
Harkley recovered his breath, then
other corpamen from the ship as
sisted the doctor with an air tube.
Dr. Wilson, state health depart
ment officer doing some work at
the port, came to the scene and
offered his assistance. An ambu
lance was called and Harkley was
taken to Morehead City hospital.
McNeill said Harkley must have
been qnder water between seven
and ten minutes. Harkley remain
ed confined to Morehead City hos
pital yesterday, where his condi
tion was described as critical.
Beach Mayor
Bans Marine
A Cherry Point marine was
restricted from Atlantic Beach per
manently Tuesday night in Atlan
tic Beach mayor’s court. t
Mayor A. B. Cooper imposed tile
“forever” sentence on Freddie L.
Harris when the defendant plead
ed guilty to unlawful entry. He
was also fiaod'$5 and court costs.
Taxed with court costs were Ge
rald G. Faulkner, Camp Lejeune,
public drunkenness; Phillip Ed
ward Cornelius, Havelock, public
drunkenness; Tommy Harmon,
New Bern, interfering with police
officer in the line of duty; Jackson
Howard Smith, Havelock, display
ing whiskey in a public place.
Two men forfeited their bond,
Jerry David Autin, Cary, speed
ing; Alva Donaldson, New Bern,
public drunkenness.
Mayor Cooper gave two other de
fendants a mayor’s warning, Tom
my Calorn, New Bern, disorderly
conduct; Rosanio J. Garcia, Cher
ry Point, possession of non tax
paid beer.
Town Will Honor
H. L Joslyn
Mayor George W. Dill Jr., More
head CSty, has issued a proclama
tion announcing, that Sunday will
be H. L. Joslyn Day in Morehead
City. On that day Mr. Joslyn, re
tiring superintendent of schools,
will be honored.
A reception will be held at the
Morehead City recreation building
from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday honoring
the man who has spent 50 years
in education, 40 years of which
have been in this county.
Everyone is invited, to attend
the reception. Among those ex
pected are faculty members and
principals of county schools and
state educators.
The reception has been planned
by leading citizens of Morehead
City.
fe Confer Today
Morehead City town officials are
in Atlanta, Ga., and will confer at
9 a.m. today with members of the
Federal Housings and Homes Fi
nance Agency on their participa
tion in tiie installation of a sewage
plant here. Making the trip are
Mayor George Dffl, attorney
,
326 Seniors Will Graduate
From County's High Schools
Pirate Queen Contestants
These are two of the beauties competing for the Pirate Queen
fitle in Beaufort. They are Brenda Greene, right, and Joy Ipock,
both of New Bern. The queen will be crowned at the Pirate Festival
June 8.
Derby Plans Formulated
At Meeting Wednesday
' A meeting was held at the Sam-1
tpry restaurant in Morehead City
Wednesday to discuss further plans
for the Crab Derby, which will be
held in Morehead City Aug. 22-25.
Present at the meeting were El
mer Willis, general chairman,
Frank Cassiano, Thurlow Wheal
tpn, Bob Simpson, Mrs. R. E. But
ner, Wade Lucas of the department
of conservation and development,
and P. W. Bullock, manager of the
Carteret Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Cassiano agreed to work
with the Marine Corps band that
will be present during the Crab
Derby.
Mr. Whealton will be in charge
of the sailboat race that will run
in conjunction with the crab race.
Plans were made for selection of
the Miss Crustacean queen- She
will be selected from the restau
rants selling seafoods in the coun
ty. The selection will be made on
personality and handling of cus
tomers. Mrs. Butner will be in
charge.
Plans for the clambake and street
dance at Atlantic Beach have not
been completed.
Essay by Student Delegate
Tells What Country Means
The following essay, written by
Miss Carrie Lee Dickinson, was
judged best in a contest sponsored
by Miriam Rebekah lodge, Beau
fort, recently. The contest was held
to select a delegate for the United
Nations pilgrimage this summer.
Miss Dickinson is a student at
Beaufort high school.
In this effort to discuss what the
United States means to the rest of
the world, first I must define what
the United States means to the
Americans who live here. Ameri
ca means this: opportunity to de
velop one’s ability, and peace and
freedom under democratic law.
What the United States means to
the rest of the world can be de
fined it two words “The Gift.”
A nation cannot buy love, loyalty
and respect with money or resour
ces—a nation only buys these com
modities with faith and integrity.
This is America’s “gift"
America’s goal is world peace 1
How these words ring out and what
deep meaning they have for many
people today. Yes*, America’s wish
is for peace, but not peace at any
cost. America wishes for no victo
ries but those of peace, for no land
except our own, for no power ex
cept the power over ourselves.
America believes that the indepen
dence and equal rights of the
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Board Confers
With Planner
Bruce Briggs, a representative
of the community planning divi
sion, Department of Conservation
and Development, met with mem
bers of the Beaufort town board
Monday night at the town hall.
Mr. Briggs spoke on the projected
public improvement program for
Beaufort.
Mr. Briggs gave the commission
ers a brochure prepared by the
division of community planning
and giving detailed information on
the proposed plan for Beaufort.
The preparation of the report was
financed with the aid of a federal
grant from the urban renewal
administration of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency, under the
urban planning assistance pro
gram.
The board discussed the bro
chure, a guide for planning Beau
fort’s future, with Mr. Briggs.
smallest and weakest country
should have as much respect as
those of the greatest empire! All
men cry for freedom and each na
tion defines freedom in its own
peculiar jargon of words.
In the years before the twenr
tieth century, the masses of peo
ple had been content to let the
ones, with power and money at
the top, dictate their freedoms. The
masses have been reluctant to ac
cept the responsibilities that go
with freedom or to contribute to
the responsibilities which beget
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
LOW
4:09 a.m.
9:27 p.m.
Friday, May 24
3:08 a.m.
3:16 p.m.
Saturday, May 29
10:05 a.m.
10:22 p.m.
3:58 a.m.
4:05 p.m.
Sunday, May 28
4:49 a.m.
4:56 p.|n.
Monday, May 27
5:41 a.m.
5:$1 pm.
14:03 a.m.
12:15 a.m.
12:58 p.m,
Tuesday, May 28
6:39 a.m.
6:57 p.m.
Eighth Graders Will Also
Be Awarded Certificates
Carteret county will graduate 3264
ieniors from its five high schools
next week. Eighth graders, who
will enter high school next year,
will also receive diplomas.
Queen Street high school will pre
sent awards at 1:30 p.m. today.
The Rev. E. E. Lewis, pastor of
Purvis Chapel AME Zion church
in Beaufort, will be the guest
speaker for commencement exer
cises to be held Monday night
at 8.
Randolph Johnson, principal, an
nounces that both programs will
be held in the school auditorium.
Members of the senior class will
be featured during the Morehead
City high school commencement
exercises Tuesday night. The pro
gram is set for 8 in the auditorium.
Albert Gainey, Beaufort high
school principal, announces that
awards will be presented to seniors
and some underclassmen at 8:40
a.m. Wednesday. Perfect atten
dance certificates for students in
grades 1-7 will be presented at
11:20 a m. that day.
Baccalaureate will be held at
Beaufort Sunday at 6 p.m., with
several local ministers taking part
in the program. Commencement
will be Monday night at 8. Both
events will be in the auditorium.
The Rev. E. T. Vinson, pastor of
the Missionary Baptist church, will
deliver Newport’s baccalaureate
address Sunday night at 8. Dr.
James W. Batten, East Carolina
college professor, will be the grad
uation speaker Tuesday night at 8.
Newport eighth graders will re
ceive their certificates during an
assembly at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The Camp Glenn commencement
program will be held Monday night
at 8 at the school, according to R.
W. Davis, principal. The program
will be given by Edith Maye Davis,
Carole Willis, Jean Davenport,
Bonnij Lasiw, Linda Leary and
Sarah Wood, honor students.
The commencement Will include
the presentation of several awards. I
Mrs. E. G. McKinley is rntiaic su
pervisor. Mrs. H. D. Richardson
and Dewey Willis will be accom
panists.
Marshalls are Diane Bailey, Art
ie Baugus, Charles Lupton, Kathy
McKinley and Bobby Mordjr.
Smyrna graduates and their
friends will hear the Rev. Henry
A. Pnvette, associational mission
ary for the Atlantic Baptist asso
ciation, when they hold their bac
calaureate service at 11:30 a.m.
Sunday in the school auditorium.
Commencement at Smyrna will
be Tuesday night at 8 with Dr. E.
J. Carter, director of graduate
studies at East Carolina college,
as the guest speaker.
Lorenzo Lewis Jr., son of Mrs.
Eunice Lewis of Otway, is
Smyrna’s valedictorian. Miss Eliza
beth Pigott, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Pigott of Gloucester, is
salutatorian.
Jack Johnson, Atlantic high
school principal, announces that
the Rev. M. L. Amspacher, pastor
of Atlantic Methodist church, will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon
Sunday at 11 a.m. at the school.
H. S. Gibbs, Morehead City, will
deliver the commencement address
Tuesday night at 8.
these freedoms; that is, the free
doms that offer the fulfillment of
the inherent needs of every man
and woman, and the natural free
doms of mind, soul, and body that
give men someone to love, some
thing to work toward, a God to
worship, and a heaven to look up
to.
These things always and above
all, are under the Jurisdiction of
the Creator himself. These particu
lar freedoms and these peculiar
ideals are the things the United
States offers as its “gift” to the
rest of the world!
Now I wui discuss wnai Ameri
ca’s '•gift'’ consists at. Our Ameri
ca has been called “the sleeping
giant,” but it has never failed to
be awakened by the cries of op
pression from other countries.
America is a superstructure, built
by peoples of many countries and
many kinds. We offer to all na
tions who will be our brothers the
guiding ideals of our Constitution,
fairness and opportunity for all,
with basic human rights assured
to every one regardless of his ori
gin.
Perhaps our “gift” is contained
just within the visual boundaries
of our great Constitution. Under
this constitution, Americans do not
(Sun ESSAY Pg. X)
Cherry Point
Man Appeals
Fine Monday
A Cherry Point man, H. B.
Wayne, was fined $50 and costa in
Morehead City recorder’s court
Monday morning for leaving a di
rect line without first seeing if
such a move could be made safe
ly
The defendant appealed the case
to the June term of Carteret super
ior court. His bond was set at $200.
Elisah Lewis, Beaufort, was tax
ed court costs twice on two counts
of public drunkenness
Randall Clyde Blanchard, More
head City, was fined $100 and costs
for careless and reckless driving.
Others receiving fines, and costs,
were Barney William Kenney,
Cherry Point, no operator’s license
and driving on the wrong side of
the road on a one way street, $25;
James Clayton, Quitman, Ga., no
operator's license, $10; Garland
Rose Smith, Morehead City, public
drunkenness, $15.
Taxed with court costa only were
Horace Cleveland Morris, New
Bern, making a U turn at a no
turn intersection; Edward Lei
Goldner, Cherry Point, permitting
an unlicensed person to drive.
Mickey Garland Southerland,
Rocky Mount, passing in a no pass
ing zone; Joseph Edward Echolg,
Reidsville, driving on the wrong
side at the road on a one way
street.
The case against Constance Staf
ford Pugh, Atlantic Beach, far
passing in a no passing w** was
not tried, but right was retained
to ye-open Jfbe caae.
Oleti Hackett Williams, Newport
was not tried for operating Without
a valid licenae.
Judge Herbert O. Phillips Of con
tinued 11 cases until a later date.
Wallace Reveals
Plant Purchase
George K. Wallace of Wallace
Fisheries Co. announced today that
North Carolina Menhaden Prod
ucts, Inc., a wholly owned subsi
diary of ReedviDe Oil ft Guano
Company of Reedville, Va., haa
purchased the menhaden reduction
plant of Wallace Fisheries Co. lo
cated near Morehead City, effec
tive May 31, 1963.
William E. Baugham, vice-presi
dent of Wallace Fisheries Co.,
is on temporary leave of absence
until the end of this year sad will
be associated with North Carolina
Menhaden Products, Inc. during
this period.
This traasaettea in aa way in
volves any other Wallace interest
anywhere, Mr. Wallace stated.
Coast Guard Assists
Vassal Aground Twica
Fart Macon Coast Guardsmen
made two assists Tuesday, both
to the same boat A 37-foot motor
sailer ran aground in Merahead
City channel about 1 p.m. Tuesday
and issued a call for bate.
The Coast Guard 40-footer re
floated her. Manning the 40-footer
were Billy R. Smith, EN1; Robert
F. Scarborough, BMS; and James
F. Crawford, SN.
At 4:40 p.m. the Coast Guard
received another call from the
vessel. This time she was aground
near Begun Sound light number
If.
She was again refloated by the
40-footer. Crem an the second as
sist was Phillip Yeomans, BM3;
Marshall Caih, PM; and Crawford.
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