3SS CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES _JSl
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EsUbluhed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
38th YEAR, NO. 69 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRiDAYS
Youthful Driver Faces Second Degree Murder Count
1b ike Good Old Summertime
? Morehead Businessmen's Opinions
Vary on ' Open All Day Wednesday '
By Oliver (Hick) Allen
Morehead City merchants are
split on their decisions on the lo
cal policy of remaining open
Wednesday afternoons, during
the summer, a survey made over
the weekend by THE NEWS
TIMES disclosed.
Comments on the Wednesday
afternoon store' hours ranged
f?om "an excellent idea, we
might even try it in the winter," !
to "Business was lousy." How- j
ever, the majority of the mer- j
chants contacted seemed whole- :
heartcdly in favor of the idea. j
Main reason given for favor
ing staying open all day Wednes
day was that Morehead City is a
summer resort town. Consequent- 1
ly, merchants say, stores up-state
close Wednesday afternoon and
their employees and townspeople j
head for the coast.
When they get here they ex-|
pect to find stores doing business j
as usual. Therefore it is to the'
advantage of merchants to remain |
open purely from a business;
standpoint and also from the |
standpoint of attracting more va- !
cationists to the Carteret coast
where they will know they can
buy what they want on Wednes
day afternoons.
A cross section of opinions ga
thered in the survey follows.
Mri, A. Leary, Drets Shop: We
found it a good policy to remain
open. Our business was good and
we profited by the additional store
hours. It's a good policy to close
Wednesday afternoons in the fall
and winter but I think we should
delay starting that policy until Oc
tober instead of this coming Wed
nesday."
James Wheatley, Hill's: "We
didn't lose anything by remaining!
open. Our business was fair but at !
least 75 per cent of it was purely
local. 1 think the Wednesday mf
ternoan closing storting thia wrk
is a good idea."
Mr?. Charles L. Springle, ihe
Boot Shop: "We found that we
didn't have enough to pay our light
bill. It was no good for us.. The
Wednesday afternoon closing hours
starting for the fall are fine as far
? as we are concerned."
Warren Beck, Sound Appliance:
"People who came down here from
other parts of the state appreciated
I our staying open to accommodate
them. We didn't lose any money
and I expect we made some. It
didn't affect my employees since
they still got an afternoon off
some other day in the week. I'm
in favor of closing Wednesday af
ternoons from now until next sum
mer, though.
Sam Adlcr, Leonard's: "The sys
tem was no good whatsoever. We
got little businesb and what we did
get we could have gotten other
* days of the week. I think we should
stay closed Wednesday afternoon
the year round."
D. C. Bell, D?e Gee's: "Our
Wednesday business was as good
as any other day of the week. I'm
strongly in favor of remaining
open. If we were closed Wednesday
i afternoon the business we missed
wouldn't be .back Thursday morn
ing. R would be somewhere
f else in the state. It would be a
good idea if we continued the po
licy 'throughout the early fall in
stead of discontinuing it this
week."
Oscar Allred, Early Jewelers i
"Our Wednesday afternoon busi
I ness was only fair and no more.
I It's still not a bad idea, however,
but we should *top it ontil next
summer. What we really need is
to stay open until at least 7
I o'clock Saturday night instead of
' closing at 6. That would increase
our volume."
Jack Ncal, Hardware and Build
ing Supply: "We are a summer
resort and there is no point in our
closing the way other towns do.
Staying open helped our business
and it will improve more as soon
as people elsewhere find out we (
stay open Wednesday afternoons
1 in the summer. It's still hard to
tell whether or not we should close
ip the winter."
J. Lerinson, Betty Jay Shop:
"Our business was helped some.
We will go along with the ma
jority on any such policy, winter
or summer closing. What the Mer
chants Association agrees on is
fine with us."
Bil| White, Economy Ante
Supply: "^e didn't fare too well
by staying open. I think if s a good
idea to start closing now. Our
summer business is finished.
Bernard Leary, Leary's: "I
found it well worth while. Wei
l, got more buaineas than on the I
average afternoon and onr clerks
?till got an afternoon off a week
.'.%o it didn't affect them. I think
we ahould start cloaing now,
? though.''
Death Claims Two Well-Known
Beaufort Residents in Four Days
Funeral services for Walter
Winfield (Cooch) Chadwick, who
died Friday morning in More
head City hospital were held in
the Ann Street Methodist church
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
Burial was in the family plot in
the church cemetery. The Rev.
T. R. Jenkins, pastor of the
church, officiated.
Mr. Chadwick, who was 66
years old, was the son of the late
Winfield Scott and Mary Thomp
son Chadwick of Beaufort. He
was the star~catcher of the Trin
ty college base ball team in the
early lUOO's and with Mr. Arthur
Bradshcr of New Bern, as pit
cher, they formed the most
famous battery in the history of
the college.
For many years he worked as a
salesman for various concerns in
New Bern and Washington, and
returned to Beaufort to live in
semi retirement about 10 years
ago. Mr. Chadwick frequently
contributed to The Beaufort
News, now the Carteret County
NEYS TIMES.
Surviving are a son, Major
Winfield Scott Chadwick, United
States Army, of Lexington, Ky.,
a daughter, Mrs. Turner Logan
of Charleston, S. C., two sisters,
Mrs. T. A. Uzzell of New Bern,
Mrs R. P. Stephens of Athens,
Ga. and six grandchildren.
Active pallbearers at the fun
eral were Clarence Guthrie,
Robert Hudgins, Preston Mason,
Hiram Kerr, Claud Wheatly and
j Jack Neal. Honorary pallbearers
were F. R. Bell, T. A. Uzzell,
Carl Chadwick, James Rumley,
Charles Thomas and Homer Lien
jgjfefc - - . .
Funeral services for William
Oscar Noe who died at his home
on Front st. extended Sunday
evening after an illness of a
month, will be held from his
home at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Burial with Masonic rites -will be
in Ocean View cemetery. The
Rev. Winfrey Davis, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, assist
ed by the Rev. T. R. Jenkins, pas
tor of Ann Street Methodist
church, will conduct the services.
Mr. Noe, who would have been
77 next month had been a
seaman all his life. He was cap
tain of a sailing vessel that sailed
the rice trade in 1880, and
captained the schooner, John R.
P. Moore, which hauled lumber
to New York and New Bedford
from this area.
He was captain of the steamer
Petral, of the U. S. Fisheries
commission, which was used for
gathering specimens for the
scientific laboratory. He was an
executive of the Beaufort Fish
eries and supervised the building
of the fish factory for Judge
Lambert Morris.
He was a champion square
dancer i.nd well-known caller of
dances ?n eastern Carolina.
He was a prominent member
of the Franklin Lodge 109 A. F.
& A. M., and I. O. O. F. and of
St. John's Commandery No. 10,
Knights Templar of New Bern
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Daisy Noe Pierce, two daughters,
Mrg. E. L. Becton, of Bachelor,
iMrg. Ruth Sullivan, of the home,
two font, William a?d Earl of
Social Security Office Seeks
Young Account Card Holder
Chamber Officials
Will Visit Here
Delegates to the annual conven
tion of North Carolina Associa
tion of Chamber of Commerce
Executives to be held in Wilson
Sept. 18 and 13 will come to More- ]
hud City on the 20th for a visit !
and sight-seeing tour, the More- j
head City Chamber of Commerce
announced today.
The group will arrive here for
lunch as guests of the Sanitary |
Fish Market and Restaurant. Fol
lowing lunch,, they will go aboard ;
the Coast Guard cutter Agassiz for
an afternoon cruise of local waters j
as guests of the Coast Guard. Af
ter the cruise they will return to
their homes.
Features of the two-day conven
tion in Wilson include a speech
by Clem Johnson, director of the
linited States Chamber of Com
merce, another speech by Frank
H. Jeter, agricultural editor of ;
State college, luncheons, business
sessions and committee reports.
Three Men Join
Morehead Lions
Three new members, Tarver Mc
knight, George and Clarence Bell,
were initiated into the Morehead
Ci(y Lions club Friday night when
they put on an exhibition of eat
ing pie blindfolded. The exhibition
waa presided over by Chesley Den
nis, ably assisted by Oscar Allred.
It was decided that the Sept. 22,
23, and 24 broom sale will be
made by teams working each block
of Morehead City to make certain
that all homes are, covered. All
sizes of brooms and floor mats
will be on sale at that time, with
the proceeds to go to Lions Wel
fare work.
Louis K. Day, Lions district gov
ernor of Rocky Mount, will visit
the club Sept. 16 it was announced
The governor will speak to the lo
cal group at that time and also
show moving pictures of the Inter
national convention in New York
two months ago.
Lions Willfewet at the Carteret
recreation center Friday night
when they will give a weiner roast
for Boy Scouts who aaaisted them
in the bread sales last spring.
A contest will be held this week
Sept. 5-11, to locate the youngest
Social Security account number
card holder in southeastern North
Carolina, it was announced today.
A prize will be awarded to the
youngest account number holder
who has had employment in a job
covered by the Social ' Security
act.
"This contest", N.A. Avera, man
ager of the Wilmington bffice, said,
"is a part of our program to cele
brate the 12th anniversary of the
opening of the Wilmington Field
office of the Social Security Ad
ministration." The Wilmington of
fice was opened Sept. 9, 1937, and
serves 11 counties of southeastern
North Carolina.
The only rule in connection with
the contest is that the winner must
have been employed in a job cover
ed by the social security act. Most
employers of one or more persons
in commerce or industry are cov
ered by the law and are required
to report employees wages to the
collector of internal revenue in
Greensboro at the end of each cal
endar quarter. ,
Persons entering the contest for
themselves or on behalf of others
should address a post card to the
Social Security Administration,
Wilmington, N. C., and give the
name and address of the person
entered, date of birth, social secur
ity account number and place last
employed. Failure to give this in
formation will ' disqualify any en
trant, and permission to use such
information will be- assumed by
the field office. Where the post
mark date la later than Sunday,
Sept. 11, the entry will not be ac
cepted.
A qualified board of judges sel
ected independently will determine'
the winner and notice will be for
warded to the winner as soon as
ponible after Sept. 13.
i Charles Joms Recovers
From Accident Injuries
Charles Jones of Morehead
Bluffs is recovering today in More
head City hospital from injuries
received Saturday night when the
car he was driving collided with
a truck parked in front of More
head City school.
According to police reports,
Jones hit the truck head-on and
then gai out of his car and ran.
He is charged with operating an
automobile in a careless and reck
leis manner, causing an accident,
and failing to report the accident
to police.
Investigating officer was Carl
Blomberg.
Education Board !o Open
Bids on Atlantic School
Rids for construction of a new
school at Atlantic will be opened
by the county board of education
at its September meeting Thurs
day in board offices, court house
extension, Beaufort.
A. J. Maxwell, Jr., Goldsboro
architect, will be present at the
meeting to go over the bids with
the board. Mr. Maxwell is the
archite<t who drew up plans for
the school.
The session is expected to be
a lengthy one with the usual
routine business discussed, in ad
dition to the Atlantic school
I construction program.
Publicists Will
Arrive Tomorrow
Members of an exclusive North
Carolina organization to which
North Carolinians cannot belong.
Honorary Tar Heels, will meet in
i Morehe^d City tomorrow for sev- 1
eral days of expense-paid visiting. !
The group will be guests of ;
Morehead City businessmen while
they enjoy the period of relaxation
and recreation. Their headquarters
will be the Ocean King hotel and
while here they will also be guests
of various sport fishing boat cap
tains, Cap'n Bill's Waterfront cafe,
the Blue Ribbon club, and the Ca
rolina Hieing association.
Membership in Honorary Tar
Heels is limited to out-of-state
writers, photographers, publicists,
and others who have aided in pub
licizing North Carolina. They con
vene infrequently at various resort
places in the state for sessions of
relaxation and enjoyment.
I Among those cxpected to be
present sre Leonard Hoy, National
Geographic writer of the menha
den storv which appeared in that
magazine l ist June, Hay Trullinger
of the New York World Telegram;
'>l??e Saturday Eveni *
rost photographer; and Hay Caht,
New York Times rod and gun edi
tor.
Boatmen Wind Up
Summer Season
The season's final cruisc of Tar I
I Heels Afloat, an organization of I
j North Carolina pleasure boat en
thusiasts, was brought to a climax 1
at Wrightsville Beach Sunday night'
at Wilmington with a banquet at i
which Gus Travis, Charlotte hum
orist, was the principal speaker.
The flotilla of 30 craft arrived
Saturday afternoon, after assemb
ling at Swansboro and MoreheAd
City and cruising down the In- {
land Waterway. It was welcomed
by officials and members of the
Frying Pan Power Boat Club, hosts
I for the weekend outing.
I George Eastman, of Beaufort
, Tar Heels Afloat commodore, ar
rived aboard The Croatan, a State
i craft stationed at Manteo, and was
officially welcomed by Louis A.
i Hanson, commodore of the Frying
! Pan Club, during the afternoon.
I Other Tar Heels Afloat officials
I making the trip were Earl Bell,
of Nejv Bern, fleet captain; Charles
I Bennett, immediate past commo
dore, and Robert Lowe, secretary
of the Morehead City Chamber of
I Commerce and acting secretary of
i the group.
The visitors were entertained
at a cocktail party Saturday night.
Sunday afternoon a motorcade
took the boating enthusiasts on a
tour of interesting points in New
Hanover county, ? including Airlie
Gardens and Greenfield Lake park
The other two cruises taken this
summer were from Morehead City
to tfew Bern and Morehead City
to Bclhaven.
Electrical Storms Play
flab with Power Lines
The electrical storm Friday
morning played hob with power
lines.
Lightning struck a lightning ar
rester in Beaufort at 10:27 a.m.
Friday, causing low voltage on
lines until 10:40 when complete '
service was restored.
George Stovall, local manager of
Tide Water Power company, said j
that had the lightning not struck
the arrester, it would have knock- 1
ed out a transformer, causing seri
ous outtige and a big loss finan
cially.
Two, poles were shattered at
Willistor and numerous cross-arms
and Insulator* were broken down
east Thuraday. Service, Mr. Stovall
aaU, wat continually interrupted.
Five Marines Hurt
In Head-On Wreck
Collision Occurs Wednesday
Nighi Near Carieret-Cra
ven Line, Highway 70
Five Marines were injured at
11:05 Wednesday night in a head
on collision 300 yards east of the
Craven-Carteret county line on
highway 70.
The seriously injured were Pvt.
Theodore Lamarrc, driver of one
car, and Pfc. John Jaspcrson, pas
senger in the other. These men
were taken to Camp Lejeune hos
pital alter being treated at the dis
pensary at Cherry Point.
Others who were injured were
Cpl. K. J. Easterwood, Pfc. Georg
W. Easterwood, both of whom
were riding in the '49 Chevrolet :
driven hy Lamarre, and Pfc. T.
B. Pruitt, driver of a '46 Ford.
According to Patrolman R. H.
Brown who investigated the Ford
was proceeding toward Morchcad
City at p speed of 45-50 miles per ?
hour while the Chevrolet was go- 1
ing toward Cherry Point "at a !
rapid rrte."
When the Chevrolet attempted
to pass another ear it ran head-on
into the Ford. The passengers
were carried to the Cherry Point j
dispensary in two ambulances from
the base.
Patr Iman Brown stated that the
same Chevrolet involved in the ac- i
eident was "pulled" twice that i
same nl-jht, each time with dif
ferent orivers.
Rotaiians Hear
School Principal
Rotarians, the Fire Department,
the Parent-Teachers Association,
and employees of Jones Htfp
ed get the Morehead City achool
ready for opening this year, prin
cipal G. T. Windell reported at
Thursday night's Rotary meeting
in the Carteret recreation center.
Principal Windell reported on
the condition of the school at its
opening Thursday. He said that it
was in better shape than a year
ago principally because of the tre
mendous help rendered in labor
and money by the Parent - Teach
ers association.
The PTA authorized $1,200 to
be expended on improvements for
the school, Mr. Windell said, and,
it was put to good use. Equipment j
ground, building equipment was
was purchased for the school play
bought. and a master clock costing
over $300 was obtained to replace 1
the present one that has worn out.
Enrollment this year is 851, j
twenty-one more than last year
and of this number 218 are stu-(
dents in the high school depart- \
mcnt, the principal explained. He j
said that enrollment had dropped ,
off some from high school but it !
was hoped that it would increase]
before the first of October
In concluding, Principal Windclfj
stated that an important job had
been done and more work lies a- j
head. He added that Rotarians
would probably be called on to
give their help in future projects. ^
The resignation of Ralph Wade i
was reluctantly accepted when it |
was explained that Mr. Wade
would be unable to attend the
Thursday night meetings due to
! church work.
Visitors were Numa Eure, Beau
fort; W. H. Bell, Newjport; Gait j
Braxton, Kinston; Jim Fleming,
Greenville; and Harry Frehn, Bris- i
tol, Va.
Mechanicai Defect Causes
Accident Sunday Afternoon
Considerable damage was caused
to a 1938 Ford truck driven by
William (Wild Bill) Godette, Negro
of Pollock street, Beaufort, when
the truck Skidded 1B5 feet, jumped
a ditch, and overturned Sunday af
ternoon four miles from Beaufort
on the Harlowe road.
Godette was traveling toward
Harlowe when a tie rod end flew
off the running gear causing him
to lose control of the vehicle. The
truck skidded IBS feet to the left,
side of the highway, jumped a
ditch, turned over once, and trav
eled 20 more feet before stopping.
Godette received a cut on his
nose and a dislocated shoulder. No
one else waa in the truck with
him at the time, 3:19 p.m..
State highway Patrolman, J. W.
Sykea. investigated the accident |
assisted by patrolman R. H. Brown
No charges van prefered
Newport Garage Oivner Gives
Eye-Witness Account of Crash
Probable cause on five counts was found in a hearing
at Newport yesterday afternoon and Charles 11. Steph
enson, III, 16-year-old Raleigh youth, was bound over to
superior court under $2000 bond.
The five charges, second degree murder, hit and run,
speeding over 75 miles an hour, reckless driving, an:l
Adjutant Asks
For Increased
Legion Enrollment
In conjuction with the Ameri
can Legion membership drive,, Bill
Young, adjutant, has made the fol
lowing plea to veterans:
Wanted--300 veterans to become
Legionaires on or before the first
of October. Reason: Dues will be
increased from the present $3.00
to $3.50 on that day. Join now
and save 50 cents of your hard
earned pay.
Get into the largest and oldest
Veterans organization. Join the A
merican Legion that has helped
all veterans get a better start in
life after service.
A few of the services that you
can thank the American Legion
for are:
Your rights under the G. I. Bill
of Rights, which include the fol
lowing facts:
Unemployment Compensation,
which has helped over 8lu million
men and women.
Education and training which
has helped more than 5 million j
people gain a better understand- ,
ing of life and its problems.
Home business and farm loans ,
has helped more than one million
fellow beings.
It has also given you mustering
out pay after you left the service,
terminal leave pay which was given
to officers only until the bill was
passed to give it enlisted men
and women.
Last, but not least, they arc help
ing you to get a special dividend
on your National Service Life In
surance. Anyone with more than
90 days of paid insurance will get
some money back.
These are only a few of the
things that I can name which the
American legion has done for the
veteran. Now is the time for the
veteran to do something for the
American Legion. So let's all join
up and help to support all of the
past great work and help to build
a better future for our country.
All veterans who have not re
ceived their blanks to fill out for
their special dividend can get
them at the legion club rooms ov
er Leary's store Sept. 9 at our
next bi-monthly meeting. ,
Be seeing all of you at the next
meeting of Morchead City Post
46 on the above date.
Sincerely yours
Bill Young
ADJUTANT
Work Progresses
On Side Streets
Work is progressing on improv
ing Morchead City's dirt streets
with the recently purchased motor
grader attempting to put a firm
surface on Fisher street, Mayor
George W. Dill, Jr., said today.
The grader began work several
weeks pgo on the stretch of Fisher
street extending from 4th street to
the ball park. Sand and clay has
becd purchased and hauled from
the port terminal and the clay pit
at N. 2oth street and dumped on
the ktrei't.
After the material is dumped, the
grsder goes over the area and
spreads and mixes the material.
It then grades it down continuous
ly until ? firm surface is obtained
Work on the 'street was slowed
by unusually heavy rains last week
but Mayor Dill stated that he hoped
it would speed up now that the
sun has come out.
Tide Table
(Tide* at Beaufort Bar)
HIGH
LOW
lueaday, September I
7:37 a n.
7:49 p m
1:31 a.m.
1:42 p.m.
Wednesday, September 7
8:13 a.m.
8:25 p.m
2:07 a.m.
2:22 p.m.
Thursday, September 8
8:23 a.m.
9:02 p.m.
2:40 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
Friday, September ?
0:23 a m
9:33 p.m.
3:12 a.m.t
3:98 p.m.
failure to stop wncn Hearing a po
lice siren, were drawn up as the
result rf an accident Saturday night
at Newport where State Highway
Patrolman Richard II. Jackson, j
Cherry Point, lost his life and Pat
rolman P. M. Herring was seriously
injured.
The .iceident was caused when I
Patrolman Jackson and Herring
gave cnase to tiic speeding 1949
Oldsmobilc driven by Stephenson
Saturday night, according to tcsti- !
mony. As Stephenson sped into
Newport city limits in front of the
school he swerved and passed a
1947 Chevrolet driven by two Ma
rines, it was stated.
The patrol car attempted to
swerve also but apparently, wit
nesses reported, was too close to
the Chewolet to make the turn.
It skidded, its right rear fender
and bumper struck the Chevro
let's let t rear bumper and fender,
it turned sharply to the left, hit
and brol:c an electric power pole,
struck a nearby tree, and crashed
on its side on the sidewalk in front
of the home of H. D. Garner.
Patrolman Jackson was instant ly
killed and Herring received seri
ous head injuries from which
Morehcad City hospital officials
said yesterday he was recovering
and not in danger. The patrol car,
a 1949 Ford, was completely de
molished.
The top of the car was torn off
as it sailed into and by the tree.
Parts of the car's radio were lound
under Garner's house and a hub
cap kn< eked slats out of the front
porch swing at N. W. Garners
house, lully 150 feet away from
the crash. Various parts of the I
ear were scattered over a wide
area.
Time of the accident was set at
10:14 pm. since all electric power
in the town was cut off at that
time. Damage to a transformer at
Newport was estimated at $1,500
and was not repaired until almost
noon Sunday.
The falling electric wires pre
sented a hazard for a short time
but no fire or other injuries oc
curred.
At ycftcrday's hearing evidence
was introduced to show Stephen
son's guilt on all five charges.
Since Newp^-t Mayor A. R. Craig's '
jurisdiction docs not extend over
any of the charges, the cases was
bound over to the October term of ?
superior court.
The iirst witness was Mose How- ,
ard, operator of a garage in New
port and eyewitness to the crash. 1
Mr. Howard testified that he was j
standing in front of his garage,
across lrom the school, when he ,
heard a siren.
Then he saw the Oldsmobile (ly
by, pass the Chevrolet, which he
said was driving at a slow speed,
and whip on' down the road. Fol
lowing the Oldsmobile's passing
the Chevrolet, the patrol car at
tcmptel to pass also but failed to
negotiate the turn.
Instead, he said, it went into a
side spin, hit the rear of the Che
vrolet, bounced into the telephone
pole anil tree and stopped with
Jackson'c body falling in front of
the car and Herring, badly injur
ed, being thrown to the side.
Mr. Howard stated that it was
immediately evident that Jackson
was dead but that though Herring
was bleeding badly he showed
signs of life. First aid was given
to Herring before an ambulance |
arrived from Morehead City to
take him to the hospital.
The witness estimated that there
was approximately 100 yards dis
tance between the two speeding
cars. He said the Chevrolet ?was
in the act of pulling over to the
side of the road when it was struck
by the patrol car.
He gsid the Oldsmobile was
traveling well over 75 miles an
hour but that he could not esti
mate its exact speed. After the
patrol car hit the post, he said, the
Oldsmobile was no longer visible.
The next witness was I'atrol Cor
poral Vernon L. Sprulll, in charge
of the Carteret county station.
Camp Glenn. Corporal Spruill
stated that the first he heard of
the accident was when he received
a call at 10:25 Saturday night.
After investigating at Newport,
he made further checks on identi
fication of the driver of the car
Jackson was chasing. At 3:30 Sun
day morning he said that he and
Col. C. P. Tolar. patrol comman- 1
der cal'rd in on the case, called at ]
Stephenson's parent's borne on At- 1
Isntic beach after hearing reports i
that he rvas driving the car.
Stephenson vehemently denied
any connection with the accident,
he corporal said, and stated that ,
Sm ACCIDENT P Four I
Window Pane Cuts
Would-Be Burglar
Blood - Splattered Window
Sill, Blind, Porch At
test to Entry Attempt
An unsuccessful break-in at
tempt in Morchead City was foiled
Friday night when the burglar cut
himself on broken glass and was
forced to leave the scene of the
attempted crime.
Police were called to the unoccu*
pied home, 2906 Evans street,
owned by Dr. M. A. Pittman, Wil
son, Saturday morning and found
that someone had broken three
window panes from a front porch
window and apparently tried to
reach inside to unlock the window.
When the would-be burglar
reached inside he cut his wrist
severely enough to splatter blood
over the window, a Venetian blind
inside, and over the porch floor.
Undoubtedly, police say, the
burglary attempt was stopped be
cause of damage done to the prow
ler by the cut. Fingerprints were
taken and all doctors were checked
to see whether they had treated
anyone for a wrist injury but no
clues were found.
A possible lead on the case was
given when a glazier came to re
place the broken panes. He said
that visitors to a house in the next
block, which is identical to the one
broken in, both of them having
the sanle floor plan, whitewashed'
brick exterior, and green awnings,
have a habit of breaking a window
pane and going through the un
locked window into the house
when they do not have a key.
The glazier said that possibly
some visitor had confused the two
houses and broken the window to
the wrong house.
Was Old Cemetery
Visited by Ghouls? I
Vandals, who Beaufort police |
chief, L. B. Willis, said were "un
doubtedly drunk," wreaked havoc i
in Ann Street cemetery, Beaufort, j
Saturday night when they broke 1
one tombstone in half and tore J
the lids from several other tombs. '
Time of the tfindalism is uncer- j
tain but Chief Willis said it was j
estimated at around 2:30 a. m.
Fireman Elmond Hhue reported 1
that he heard noises in the ceme- i
tery during the night but that he :i
was uncertain of the exact time. '
Chief Willis stated that whoever
the vandals were, there must have
been more than one of them. He
said that it required the combined ^
work ot five men to put the large
marble Flabs back on top of the j
tombs. *
Fireman Hhue said that he did
not investigate the noises since
the cemetery receives frequent |
night visitors. Sunday morning 1
he went into the cemetery and
found the remains of the act of
desecration committed the night
before.
Pol i co were working on the case ?
yesterday but stated that so far 1
they had no leads on identification 1
of the vandals. The bloodhounds i
were used but with no results.
205 Teen-Agers
Attend Parties
Two liundrod five regular mem- i
hers and 47 guests attended the
Carteret County Recreation center
for the opening this paat week-end.
Mrs. Harold Sampson, club ad- '
visor, welcomed the Teen-Age club
and announced that officers for tlM ;
roming ; ear would be elected Fri
day, Sept. 18. One week later 1
mcmberrhip renewal will be re
quired end the new officers will
be installed.
Sandy Pygart, a graduate of
Arthur Murray's school of dancing, ;
New York, will teacb ballroom ?
dancing at the center.
Junior teen-agers will be given '
instruction Saturday, inter medi- ?
ales Fiiday night before teen-age
club, ard the aeniors Saturday
night before teen-age club.
Edwin F. Gatlin, aviation ma
chinist's mate, second class. USN, '
son of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Gat
lin of 308 Cedar St.. Beaufort, is
attached to Composite Squadron ,
81, preivntly based at. the Naval
Auxiliary Air Station, San Dtafo,
Calif. '.'he squadron is engaged In ?
training photographic penomal
attached to tbe aircraft carriers of
of the Pacific Fleei.