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45th YEAR. NO. 73. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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County Approves All Amendments
Two Men , One w/7/) Pistol, Hold Up
Lee Murdoch's Store , Tafce $50 Cos/)
Two men, one of them armed,
held up I.ce Murdoch's store, Wild
wood, at 8 p.m. Saturday and es
caped with $50 in cash. Sheriff
Hugh Salter said yesterday that
the men made their get-away in
an automobile.
According to the sheriff, Mr.
Murdoch and Joe Barnes, Wild
wood, were in the store talking
when the two men came in. Mr.
Barnes was sitting on a keg of
nails near the door.
One stopped and asked Mr.
Barnes where he could get some
beer and the other went toward
the rear of the store, walked
around the bread counter and ap
proached Mr. Murdoch behind the
wooden counter.
Mr. Murdoch asked the man com
ing toward him what he wanted
and the fellow pulled a pistol,
pointed it at Mr. Murdoch's head
and said be wanted his money.
"Stand still," he ordered "or I'll
shoot."
With that the bandit opened the
cash register drawer and started
scooping out the cash. Meanwhile
Mr. Murdoch kept edging toward
him and got hold of a large knife
that was under the cash register
drawer.
The knife was used to cut ba
nanas from a bunch that hung near
the cash register. As Mr. Murdoch
grabbed the knife, the bandit,
wearing gloves on his hands,
grabbed the blade and snapped it
off.
He made a couple .passes at Mr.
Murd<(ch with the knife and Mr.
Murdoch then tried to dash out
the side door for his shotgun
which was in the house.
Instead of shooting as he had
threatened to do, the bandit, with
his buddy, ran out the front of
the store. Mr. Murdoch then went
out the side door and 'ran around
! ke, front, hoping to got ? ikoawp
tion of the car.
As he got to the front of the
building, the bandits fired a shot
at him. Although both the inside
and front of the store were lighted,
the car was too far away for Mr.
Murdoch to tell what it looked
like.
The car headed toward More
head City. The men made no at
tempt to take money on Mr. Mur
doch or Mr. Barnes. Mr. Barnes
was reported to have had a couple
hundred dollars in his pocket.
The sheriff's department was no
tified of the robbery, and the sher
iff, Deputy Sheriff Marshall Ays
cue, Bobby Bell and Bruce Ed
wards, Morchcad City police and
military police answered the call.
The sheriff said the two men
were not masked. His department
was continuing its investigation
yesterday.
Rescue Squad Ambulance
Ready to Go in Beaufort
The Beaufort Rescue Squad, a
branch of the fire department, has
completed overhauling its new am
bulance. The white '48 Cadillac,
according to Allen Conway, engi
neer, is in tip-top shape, ready for
any emergency.
It has been painted white and
lettered "Beaufort Fire Dep't. Res
cue Squad" on the side doors. The
ambulance has been equipped with
a resuscitator, stretcher, wrecking
bar, shovel, rope, bolt cutters, and
other life saving equipment.
Photo by Roy Kubanks
Lor Murdoch poses behind the counter of his store in approximately the same position he was in
when two men held him up Saturday night. The eoun ter is to the left of the store entrance. At the right,
next to the scales is the cash register. The store is located at Wildwood. on Highway 70.
47 Pupils Enroll
At St. Egbert's
Forty-seven children have en
rolled at St. Egbert's School, More
, JttfttiLtiifcy- ? ?
The school opened last Tuesday.
Members of the faculty are Miss
Dorothy" Avery, Beaufort; Sister
Edward Mary and Sister Begona. j
Miss Avery teaches kindergarten.
Sister Edward Mary is principal
and teaches first and second grade
and Sister Begona teaches third
and fourth. The sisters live at
Havelock.
Enrollment, according to Father
Walter Higgins is as follows: kin
dergarten. 10; first grade, 15; sec
ond grade, 8; third grade, 8, and
fourth grade, 6.
School opens at 8:45 a.m. Dur
ing a 45-minutc lunch period some
children go home and others eat
their lunch at school. School closes
at 3 p.m.
Father Higgins says that all
classrooms arc being used and the
sisters arc pleased with the pro
gram. This is the first year that
St. Egbert's Catholic School is in
operation. The building was con
structed this year ain4 is located
on Evans Street next to the rec
tory.
Police Check
On Two Wrecks
Morehoad City policc investi
gated two accidents during the
weekend.
Two cars collided at 5th and
Bridges Streets shortly before 1
p.m. Sunday and another accident
occurred near 7th and Arcndell
Friday morning.
According to Policc Chief Her
bert Griffin. Roy Anderson, Farm
villc, driving a 1947 Chevrolet,
went by a stop sign and collided
with a 1933 Pontiac driven by Sal
Palazzo, Beaufort.
Anderson was going north on Sth
Street and Palazzo was going east
on Bridges. Palazzo told Chief
Griffin that he swerved when he
saw Anderson coming toward him,
but could not avoid the accident.
Damage estimates were $300 on
each car.
A 1953 Buick collided with a
1953 Plymouth Friday morning
Driving the Buick was Earl M
Thompson of Goldsboro. Accord
ing to Sgt Joe Smith, he backed
the car out of a parking place Into
the Plymouth driven by Clyde W.
Moore.
Damage to the Plymouth was
estimated at $75 and to the Buick
$15.
Dredge Refitted
The Corps of Army Engineers,
Wilmington, announces that' the
dredge, Gillespie, is being refitted
in Philadelphia. Overhauling will
require two to three months.
When the work is finished, the
dredge wilt go to Wilmington to
work on the 34-foot Wilmington
harbor projcct.
Photo by Rrty Eub?nk?
Mr. Murdoch hold* In his rifht lund the handle of the knife from
which the bandit broke the blade. The knife was under the cash
register drawer. Fifty dollars was taken.
Morehead City Postoffice Takes
Part in Civil Defense Observance
In observance of Civil Defense
Week the Morchead City postoffice
Is displaying Civil Defense litera
ture on a desk in the lobby.
Persons interested in the Civil
Defense program are wclcome to
help themselves to the pamphlets,
air raid instruction cards and bro
chures, laid Postmaster Harold
Webb.
Mr. Webb also announced thla
week that the postoffice storage
room has been designated as the
shelter area for members of the
poetoffice staff and customers who
may be in the postoffice at the
time of attack. First aid supplies
are available there.
Duffy Guthrie, postman, has
been named chief of firefightlng
operations for the postoffice and
Robert Butler, clerk, has been
placed in charge of rescuc opera
tions.
The postmaster and assistant
postmaster, James Webb, have
bean designated a* responsible for
money and other valuables In case
of emergency,
He also announced a cooperative
program between the U.S. Postof
fice department and the Civil Dc
fenso Administration.
Under this program Civil De
fense will help the poatofficc dis
tribute "Emergency Change of
Address" cards to persons who be
cause of as emergency cannot be
reached at their former homes.
Civil Defense workers will sec that
the cards are properly completed
and returned to the poatofficc.
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
I>OW
Tuesday, Sept 11
12:30 a.m.
1:13 p.m.
0:41 a.m.
7:41 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. lt
1:33 a.m.
2:10 p.m.
7:39 a.m.
8:41 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 13
2:37 a m.
3:10 p.m.
?:40 a.m.
S:3B p.m.
Friday, Sept. 14
3:40 a.m.
4:00 p m.
10:33 PJB.
9:42 a.m.
In turn, the postofficc depart
ment will accept Civil Defense
"Safety Notification" cards for de
livery, free of postage.
The safety notification card will
be used by evacuees and others to
advise their friends and relative!
of their safety and new address.
The emergency change of ad
dress card, Mr. Webb said, will
serve a dual purpose:
1. It will authorize the Postoffice
Department to forward first class
mail to an address other than that
shown on the mail matter.
2. It will serve as a postal loca
tor card for use in giving direc
tory service to undeliverable mail
in Postal Concentration Centers,
where mail for disaster areas will
be diverted and massed.
These two official cards will b?
used only in a civil defense emer
gency proclaimed by the President
or by the Congress.
Members of the Carteret B4PW
Club will attend a district meeting
at 1 p.m. Sunday at the NCO Club,
Cherry Point.
Neal Jones Heads
Marshallberg
Building Group
Neal Jones was appointed chair
man of the Marshallberg Pro
gressive Community Club's baild
ing committee at a meeting of the
club Friday night at the commun
ity building.
Serving with Mr. Jones on the
committee are Elmo Fisher and
Robert Sellers.
The club plans to add buildings
next to the community building as
the need arises. Sketches for the
buildings will be made by John
Valentine, architect, and president
of the club. .
The committee will also look into
purchase of additional property, if
needed.
It was announced that the char-j
tcr for the club-sponsored Boy
Scout troop has been obtained.
Representatives of all surrounding
communities who are interested in
the Boy Scout program were pres
ent.
In the educational program Ar
chie Jones was appointed chairman
of the group in charge of the navi
gation course. Others assisting him
will be F. G. Gillikin, Roma Salter,
Neal Jones and Stanley Golden.
Elwood Willis and Mrs. Willis,
Roma Salter and Mrs. Salter were
named to supervise development
of the music portion of the educa
tional program.
Mr. Willis w*s also appointed
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Beach Board
Hopes to Obtain
Fire Truck
Commissioners Discuss
Truck Proposition
At Saturday Meeting
Steps were taken during the past |
month to obtain a fire truek for i
Atlantic Beach. At the meeting of i
the Atlantic Beach town commis
sioners Saturday morning, Com
missioner J. S. Lanier, Greenville,
reported that surplus fire trucks
were available at Camp Lejeune.
Inquiry was made and it was re
ported that the trucks were being
turned over to the State Defense
Administration. Mr. Lanier said
that he then contacted Gen. Ed
ward F. Griffin, state Civil Defense
director.
General Griffin requested Mr.
Lanier to speak to the CD official
handling the fire trucks, which Mr.
Lanier did. He said that he was
now waiting to hear from that of
ficial and believes that the town
stands a good chance of receiving
a fire truck.
During the meeting, at Frontier
Village motel, Police Chief Bill
Moore reported that several motor
ists have been arrested recently for
speeding on streets in the town. He
also said that in connection with
the fire truck he had made a trip
to Lejeune.
Chief Moore reported that "swim
at your own risk" signs have been
obtained for the beach, since Sun
day was the last day lifeguards
were on duty.
Lights Authorized
? He reported that there were 10
places were street lights were
needed, four places in the business
section and six in the residential
area. The board authorized place
ment of the lights.
Chief Moore also met with Mayor
? - See HOARD, Page t
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School Plan Wins by Wide
Margin in Referendum
By a wide margin, Carteret voters voted for all four
amendments to the state constitution Saturday.
With 17 of the county's 27 precincts reporting, the vote
for the Pearsall Plan (school amendment) was 3,505. Bal
lots against the school amendment were 583.
Morehead City and Beaufort registered 371 of the votes
Beaufort Firemen
To Sponsor Circus
Beaufort firemen will sponsor
Vaughn's three ? ring circus
Thursday, Sept. 27, al the Amer
ican Legion field.
Plans for the show were made
at the firemen's meeting Thurs
day night at the fire station.
Jimmy Range is chairman of the
event.
Two circus performances will
be given, one at 3 p.m. and the
other at 8 p.m. Proceeds will go
toward equipping the firemen's
rescue ambulance.
Tickets for the circus are on
sale at Potter's Pure Fqpd store
and the Coffee Shop.
Stockholm Changes
Wilmington Date
The cruise ship M. S. Stockholm,
due to sail for Bermuda from the
port of Wilmington on Nov. 5, will
not be ready on that date and its
owners have set Sunday, Nov. 11,
for the departure.
Two North Carolina organiza
tions the chiropractic and the
florists associations t? have char
tered the Stockholm for their an
nual conventions. They were noti
fied last week of the change in
plans.
The Stockholm now is undergo
ing extensive repairs to a smashed
bow, caused by the collision which
sent the Italian liner Andrea Do
ha to the bottom off Nantucket,
Mass.
The Stockholm now plans its
sailing from Wilmington for 11:30
| a.m. on Armisticc Day, Nov. U
In the Spotlight
Capt. Fred Gillikin, Marshallberg,
Served State, Nation in Coast Guard
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1 .
Capi. Fred Gtlllkin, right, talki with Sen. Kerr Scott In Morehead City. Captain Fred went to More
head City to meet former Governor Scott while Scott wat making plana for hit senatorial campaign.
By BOB SEYMOUR
Cspt. Fred G, Gillikin, Marshall
be rg, is ? veteran of 30 years' duty
with the Coast Guard and Life Sav
ing Service. For mote than 25 of
those years he was officer in
.chargc of various life saving and
Coast Guard stations along the At
lantic coast. ,
A native of Harahallberg. Cap
tain Fred now works around his
house and in his spare time tells
sea stories to his grandchildren.
"The mort interesting rescue 1
ever made was over at Cape Look
out Shoals,"
says. "The water <<\
was so rough we
had to wait un
til the second \ \
day after the \ \
Silver C. Hall \ ?
hung up before ?
we could get the fcillikln
crcw off.
"I was officer in charge of the
Cape Lookout Coast Guard Station
then. March 17, IBIS. That was the
first North Carolina rescue made
by the Coast Guard. Until 1915
when the old Revenue Cutter Ser
vice and Life Saving Service were
combined to form the Coast Guard,
I was with the Life Saving Service.
"Well, I had eight men, a life
boat, and a surf boat for that res
cue. The water was still so rough
we couldn't get the life boat near
the ship. We towed the surf boat
under her jib boom, and the crew
crawled out on that and dropped
off lines into the surf boat.
Carried Cypress
"That ship had a cargo of South
Carolina cypress lumber, and when
she broke up about a week later,
lumber was floating all over the
place."
During his years in the Life Sav
ing Service and Coast Guard, Cap
tain Gilllkln participated in scores
of rescues, but none of them stand
out like that one, he says.
Before entering the service he
was master of the Cathleen. a ship
owned by his father, W. T. Gilll
kin. "I went to school at Graham
Academy until I waa 17," he re
called. "There weren't grades
then. When I got out of school
1 dredged oysters and did local
hauling in the Cathleen until 1900
when I joined the Life Saving Ser
vice."
Captain Gillikin resigned from
the Scrvico in 1903 but rejoined In
1907 after four years of fishing and
duck hunting. He married Miss
Beulah B. Lewis of Harkers Island
in 1903.
When the Coast Guard was form
ed in 1913, he was given a warrant
officer's rating because of his ex
perience and proven ability in the
Life Saving Service.
He was promoted to chief war
rant officer in 1937, two years be
fore he retired. Called back to ac
tive duty Oct. 1, 1841, he waa re
lieved Dec. 1, only a week before
the outbreak of the Second World
War.
Painted His House
Since his retirement Captain Gil
likin has been working around his
home in Marshallberg. Just last
year he painted his two-story
house ? quite a feat for a 78-year
old man. He farm* a bit, fishes a
lot, and is an active figure in com
munity affairs.
He is chairman of the board of
trustees for the Marshallberg Com
munity Building. He ia chairman
and treasurer of the board of trus
tees of the Marshallberg Methodist
Church where he has been a mem
ber for >9 years. He is also chair
See CAPTAIN FRED, Page I
^against the Pearsall Plan.
The school amendment will give
local school districts the privilege
of voting to close the school if race
problems should arise and will also
permit the state to pay $135 a year
to any child withdrawn from an in
tegrated school.
The other amendments, all ap
proved by comfortable margins,
raise the pay of state legislators,
change the date of convening of
the General Assembly to February
and give the power of attorney to
married women.
Large Vote
The vote Saturday throughout
the state was much larger than ex
pected. Approximately 600,000
went to the polls. The vote in the
county too was larger than antici
pated.
D. G. Bell, assemblyman, said
yesterday that he was pleased with
the outcome of the vote and "pleas
antly surprised" at the number who
voted.
"I'm also pleased with the ma
jority for the Pearsall Plan was as
large as it was. This, we feel,
is a clear-cut report as to how peo
ple feel," Mr. Bell continued, "and
the state can administer the law
with more enthusiasm and full con
fidence."
Mr. Bell said that he thinks it
will be "a long time" before North
Carolina is confronted with the
race and school problem now fac
ing other states, such as Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Texas.
Rules to Go By
"Now the people have some rules
to go by," the legislator said, "and
everybody can work more enthusi
astically for better schools. We no
longer have to cope with a clouded
issue," Mr. Bell concluded.
The legislator said that wlwn tho
ffttitl count of the vote it idMe, He
believes Carteret will have ap
proved the Pearsall Plan by a vote
of 5 to 1.
C. Z. Chappell. chairman of the
County Board of Elections, was
well pleased with the turn-out at
the polls. He said the large num
ber who voted was evidence of the
interest the people have in the wel
fare of North Carolina's public
schools.
The complete tabulation on all
four amendments for each precinct
in the county will appear in Fri
day's NEWS-TIMES.
Two Autos Upset
Near Newport
Two cars upset during the past
week oil the Nine-Foot Road. Two
Marines received minor cuts and *
third was more seriously injured
when a car upset at 7:15 p.m.
Thursday.
Driving the car, a 1956 Chevro
let, was Clifford J. Martin. Camp
Lejeune. The car was demolished.
The accident happened three
quarters of a mile north of the in
tersection of Highway 24 and the
Nine-Foot Road. State Highway
Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. said
that Martin was evidently headed
toward Highway 24 at a high rate
of speed. He has been charged with
careless and reckless driving.
Mrs. Floy Garner, county homo
agent, happened by soon after the
accident happened, and adminis
tered first aid. The injured were
taken to Camp Lejeune Hospital
in a Cherry Point ambulance.
At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night four
miles from Newport on the same
road a 1951 Ford driven by Charles
Wilson, Newport, turned over.
Wilson, who was alone in the car,
was unhurt.
State Highway Patrolman R. H.
Brown said Wilson told him he met
a car on the curve and headlights
blinded hiih. He ran off on the
right and turned over once.
The accident happened during a
heavy rain. Damage to the car was
estimated at $500. No chargcs
were preferred.
Beaufort Woman's Brakes
Fail as She Rams Auto
Mrs. Jean Morrison's brake*
(ailed as she pulled to the side of
Ann Street, Beaufort, to let ano
ther car pass Saturday, Sept. 1. ,
Chief of Police Guy Springle said
her master cylinder went out when
she stepped on the brake, and her
car rolled into a 1951 Chevrolet
owned by Bill Wtllia, 1018 Ann
St.
Mrs. Morrison reported about
$50 damage to her car, and Mr.
Willis estimated damagei of hia
cu at more than $100.