i CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES '?<
47th YEAH, NO. 27. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Town Annexes
Church Property,
Lake Park Area
Board Adopts Policy on
Um of Hydrants to Fight
Oot-of-Town Fir#s
Formally annexed to the town of
Newport Tuesday night were the
Lake Park subdivision and the Mis
sionary Baptist Church property.
The town board passed resolu
tions taking in the new territory
whrp It held its monthly meeting
at the town hall. The meeting was
also a public bearing to hear citi
zens' opinions on the annexation.
No one appeared to object to the
proposal.
The town board has stipulated
that out-of-town fires may not be
fought by running a hose from a
town hydrant.
The matter was presented by C.
A. Gould Jr., fire , chief. Chief
Gould said that the fire insurance
rating bureau was interested in
what the town's policy was because
It cduld lower the insurance rates
of out-of-towners living within hose !
distance of a hydrant.
The board felt that persons living
out of town should not be given
the rights and privileges of persons
living in town who are paying for
those privileges.
Out-of-town fires will continue to
be fought with the rural fire de
partment equipment.
Property Discussed
George Ball, town attorney, pre
sented a blueprint of the survey of
town property on which the town
hall and fire station are located,
and the adjoining property known
as the Campbell land.
The two Campbell lots were
shown to be 30 and 80 feet each,
leaving 128-foot frontage for the
town property. Commissioners
I said, however, that the old Camp
bell house stood on part ti the 118
foot property and doubted that all
of the 128 feet belonged to the
town.
Mr. Ball said he would try to
trace deeds and find out who, if
anybody, owns the piece of ground
"between" the town and Campbell
lots, ground which no one has ap
parently claimed for over 10 years.
The town would like to acquire
the adjoining property to build an
addition to the fire station.
Doors to be Bought
The board approved purchase of
two sliding doors for the fire sta
tion, each priced at $145. The fire
men are expected to put the glass
in the doors and Install them.
Commissioner Doug Henderson
was appointed to get a cover for
the trash truck so that trash will
, not blow from it.
Leslie Bercegeay, chairman of
the town planning commission,
commented that cars parking on
both aides of the street at More
head Avenue near the railroad
create a hazard. He was author
ised to investigate and suggest a
solution.
Mr. Bercegeay also requested a
See TOWN BOARD, Page 1
, Rofarians Hear
School Report
Dr. Theodore Salter, Beaufort,
a member of the citiiens for bet
ter school! committee, was guest
speaker at the Beaufort Rotary
Club meeting Tuesday night. The
club met at the Scout building.
Pr. Salter was the guest of pro
gram chairman' Dr. M. T. Lewis.
He spoke on the committee's pro
gram for developing high schools
in the county.
Dr. Salter said that the commit
tee is investigating the establish
ment of two new high schools, one
east and one west of the Newport
River. The schools would cost
about the same that it would coat
to do additional necessary con
, straction at the individual schools
already in existence, he said
David Murray,- Morchcad City
Rotarian, was a visitor.
Shrimp Fithermen
Will Attend Hearing
To hear shrimp fishermen's opin
ions on stopping Saturday shrimp
ing, fee commercial fisheries com
mittee has scheduled a hearing for
2 p.m. Saturday. April 12, at the
commercial fiaheries building,
Camp Glenn.
Cecil Morris, chairman of the
committee, will preside. Stopping
shrimping at midnight Friday has
been proposed by. some shrimpers
who believe it may help conserve
the supply of shrimp. .
Pickup Truck Fatally Injures
Coast Guardsman Near Bridge
G?y Harold Rogers, 1?.
sre-taMSc;
wrifflssgi
?ck on tteAUantic Bcach cause
* Rogers' death Is the third hlgh
way fatality in the county
^Driving the truck wai i Percy
Green, Atlantic Beach orig^y
of Swansboro Green has not been
cited, pending outcome ?f ?n ?
quest at 7:30 tonight at the court
house, Beaufort.
Walking Toward B??C"III ,
State Highway Patrolman W. J.
MT?ey were walking towarfthe
beach and *ckup owned by
Ward Ballou, Morehead Uty. was
neaded toward the beach too.
Taken to Hospital
About 500 yards from the t*?e
side of the bridge, the truck _struca
Rogers, the patroUn.n ?*. The |
accident h,p^nc<, at
Ctty'in ihe Dill a^nbulance. He had
"/r^hed peKis and a broken leg^
plus internal injuries. Gartman
WR0g?.hw? from Leicester a
graveside.
Finer Carolina
Projects Stalled
! Beaufort has gotten under way
(with !u 19M "?? Cir?Uni P
meeting Wednesday after
S.1sAk'SSS=
UTh? other three projects are
town beautification, touri"*
tions and a new town hall and
,vrimmu>8 P^, thlt pictures
should be taken throughout town
to illustrate the town bcauUlica
U?A jng the meeting were
2T?sr a: S ??.?.. ?"?
book chairman.
Miss Barbara Harris Wins
Scholarship to Study Abroad
Miss Barbara Harris
. . . bound for Munich
Marine Hurt
When Car Upsets
Pfc. James I. Thompson, I,e
jcunc Marine, was injured at 11:05
p.m. Monday when the car in
which he was riding turned over
several timea on Highway 24,
seven miles weat ol Morehead
ffly M
Thompson was taken to th?
Morehead City Hospital in the Dili
ambulance and then' transferred to
the hospital 'at l/ejeune. Patrolman
W. J. Smith Jr. said Thompson had
cuts on the head, shoulder, and a
back injury.
Driving the car was Sherman W.
Kiggs. a Lejeunc Marine. Both he
and Thompson were 18 years old.
'Patrolman Smith said that the
car, a 1949 Chevrolet, was headed
east at a rapid rate of speed. He
said the car ran off on the shoulder
of the road. Riggs lost control and
it' turned over. It was demolished.
Four others were in the car be
sides Riggs and Thompson. Riggs
has been charged with driving
drunk, reckless driving and speed
ing.
Tw? Break-Ins
Beaufort police chief Guy Sprin
gs reports that Tuesday night van
dals broke into Queen Street
School and the office of Temple's
saw mill, Turner Street. He said
that the places had been ransacked
but that so far as he knew, nothing
was missing. ? ?
Th? Sand Dollar
Nature Reveals Factors
Of Holy Significance
The old Beachcomber hat been
amazed of late to discover that
many persons native to this area
of North Carolina are completely
unaware of the interesting beauty
of one of its common inhabitanta
of the shallow waters of the
beaches and tidal flats? the sand
dollar. *
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
defines this little creature as "any
of several flat circular and sea
urchins (eap. Echinarachnius par
ma) which live on sandy bottoms."
Another scientific name for the
little fellow ii MeUita testudinata.
In addition to the common
names of sea dollar and aand dol
lar, this animal fa hi* skeletal and
bleached state is aomttlmtt called
the Holy ShcR,?nd herein Ilea his
especial interest at the Easter and
Christmas seasons.
On the top, or oval side one can
easily and plainly see a perfect
Star of Bethlehem in the exact
center. Tb* star is surrounded by
the outline of the Easter Lily,
which symbolised the Resurrec
tion.
On the flat aide, and passing
completely through the shell, art
five slaahes. These represent .the
spike wounds In the hands and
feet of the crucified Christ, and
the spear wound in his aide.
Immediately above the spur
wound la ? smaller bole, to allow
Shown here Is a sand dollar.
When broken, the five dares
"la flight" come oat. They are
?howa here sarroaadlaf the
"holy shell."
the wound externally to bleed that
we m?y never forget that he give
His life Uial we might have eternal
life. i
Around the spike wound is an
outline of the Christmas poinscttia;
and around the ipear wound ia a
Chriatmaa bell.
Broken open, the shell reveals
five perfectly formed doves in
flight. These symbolize the angela ,
who- foiled away the stone from '
the entrance of the tomb on Res- '
urrection Day. When fitted to
gether, head to head, these little
doves Corn another perfect star
at Bethlehem.
The next time you stroll the
beach ar visit tbe tidal Okta, look 1
for Mellita. tastudihata. You are
? fee SAND DOLLAR, Page J
Greenville? Miss Barbara llarrii'
of Beaufort, tenior student of mu-j
sic at East Carolina College, has i
juat been announced as recipient
of a $050 scholarship for foreign
study awarded by the Greenville
Branch of the American Associa
tion of University Women.
Janet E. Hodges of Sanford was
named as alternate. Also a senior
at East Carolina, she is specializ
ing in social studies.
The award to Miss Harris is the
second lo be made by the local
AAUW to a woman studying at
East Carolina College. Ann Mayo
of Plymouth, the 1957 recipient,
took work in French last summer
at the University of Paris.
Miss Harris, a soprano who is
specializing in voice, plans to study
this summer at the State Academy,
Munich, Germany. She will be a
pupil there of the noted teacher,
Frau lledwig Fichtmucllcr. At i
East Carolina she is studying with
Paul Hickfang, faculty member of
the department of music who re
cently completed two years of
study in Germany.
An outstanding student of music
at East Carolina. Miss Harris is
a member of the College Choir
and an officer in the college chap
ter of Sigma Alpha Iota, music
fraternity. Last fall she appeared
M soloist with the East Carolina
orchestra. In- Greenville she has
sung before t number ?f civic and
??cial organizations and haa been
soloist in several city churches.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Glen L. Harris of Beaufort
AAUW members who selected
Miss Harris as recipient of the
scholarship include Dr. Elizabeth 1
Utterback, president; Mrs. Austin!
Perry, chairman of the Foreign !
Study Scholarship Fund; Miss Lois
Grigsby, chairman of the Sclec- !
tions Committee; Miss Nell Stall
ings, Mrs. James L. Fleming Jr.;
Mrs. J. E. Winslow, and Mrs.
Robert L. Humbcr, committee
members.
I
21 BoyScouts
Attend Course
Twenty-one Boy Scouts frontalis !
county attended the Junior Lead
er's Training Course Saturday at
Camp Knox Trailer Park Commun
ity Center, Jacksonville.
They were the following: Troop
61i Newport ? Edward MiUii, Ron
nie Pringle. Richard Reim, John
Thrower and Kenneth Taylor.
Troop 201, Beaufort ? Fred Ma
son, James Davis. Victor Smith,
David Beveridgc, Dickie Newman,
Tom Sewell, Joe Bcllamah, and
Larry Cole.
Troop 334, Morchcad City ? John
Crowe and James Ross.
Troop 407, Stacy? Danny SparkJ,
George Prior, Phillip Styron, Doily
Fulcher, Barry Fulcher and Mi
chael Fulchcr.
Five Counties
Join in Protest
Representatives of municipalities
in five counties, Carteret, Craven,
Onslow, Pamlico and Joaes have
Joined to protest the bill in Con
gress which advocates putting re
pair of planes at military estab
lishments In the hands of private
aircraft firms.
Representatives met at New
Bern last week. A committee was
appointed to draw up a resolution
of protest. The resolution will be
?ent to the town and county gov
erning bodies involved for their
adoption.
Copies of It will be forwarded to
state officials and to North Caro
lina's congressional and senatorial
delegation In Washington, 0. C.
Attending the New Bern meet
ing from this county ware Mayor
Clifford Lewis, Roosld Earl Ma
son, A. C. Blankenshlp, alt of
Beaufort; J. A. DuBois, Morehead
City, and Moses Howard, Newport.
Should the bill pass, many civil
ian workers at Cherry Point would
lose Job*.
Easter Sunday
Sunrise Services
5:15 a.m. ? Core Creek Meth
odist Church, Highway 101 at
steel bridge across inland wa
terway
5:30 a.m.? Ann Street Methodist
Church, Ann and Craven
Streets, Beaufort
5:30 a.m. ? O t w a y Christian i
Church
5:31 a.m.? Otway Free Will Bap
tist Church
5:42 a.m. ? Camp Glenn Meth
odist Church at home of Mrs.
Katherine S. Pearson, Bonham
Heights
? a.m.? First Christian Church,
23rd and Bridges Streets,
Morehead City
6 a.m. ? Presbyterian Camp, |
Highway 24, west of Morehead
City
(For more information on
weekend church services, see
page 4 section 1 and page 4 sec
tion 2).
Newport Sets
Tag Deadline
By Thursday, town tags mint
to* on all car* vrnrrf hy Newport
reaMepts and on vehicles that do
buaiuru hi Newport.
The adlino was art' by the New
port town board Tuesday night.
Th<; period of grace will end at
midnight April 9 By law, all New
port tags were to be on cars by
Keb. 17.
If the tags arc not on vehicles
by April 10, motorists will be sub
ject to prosecution In the town
court. Tags may be obtained from
Miss Edith Lockey, clerk; from
Ira Jones at the town hall Satur
day mornings, and at the Texaco
Service station on weekends.
Hank Wilbelmscn, who attended
the board meeting, suggested that
next year the town order dccals
because new cars don't have any
placc to attach the town tag.
Highway Safety Division
Revokes Two Licenses
The state highwr safety divi
sion has revoked :'ie licenses of
two county drivers. They are Lacy
Lee Jarman, route 2 Newport, and
Alpha Q Salter, route 1 Newport.
Jarman haa been convicted of
two offenses of reckless driving.
Salter has been convicted of driv
ing drunk on three different oc
casions.
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Top Highway
Officials Meet
With Board
HifhWay officials conferred with
county commissioners at a ape
cial meeting at the courthouse,
Beaufort, Tueaday morning.
They decided how the MS, 000 al
lotted to this county for secondary
roads (1957-58) will be apent.
Total mileage to be improved ia
6 55 The biggest project ia a Stella
road which will be paved. The road
ia three miles long and runs from ;
Stella southeast to the White Oak
River. Total cost of that project
will be $35,881.90.
Other projects aro as follows:
grading and stabilizing a half mile
between Highway 24 and Bogue
Sound, $2,150; construction of 250
feet of protective wall along the
road to Fort Macon, $4,125; grad
ing and paving two-tenths of a mile
of streets in Mitchell Village with
property owners bearing part of |
the cost, $2,143.10.
All of the above costs arc es
timated.
Moses Howard, chairman of the
county board, said that the offi
cials have agreed to review their
"no improvement" decision on the
Lockhart Road.
Meeting with the commissioners
were Harold Makepeace, head of
the secondary roads department;,
R. Markham. division engineer; ;
W. M. Ingram, assistant to Mr
Makepeace; and C. Y. Griffin, dis-J
triet engineer.
Relative to primary roads, the
state has deferred action, pending
federal appropriatlona on 72 pio
jeets. tw of the projects are j
widening ITS 70 from Havelock to
the Carteret-Craven line, and new
bridge and approaches acrnss the
Newport River east of Morcbcad
City.
Slate JC Head
Will Come Here
Jack Sharp, state Jaycee presi
dent, will attend the district Jay
cee meeting at the Morehcad BUt
morc Hotel April 26-27.
Also present will be Marvin
Koontz, Raleigh, and Tuck Gudger,
Charlotte, who are running for
state Jaycee president.
Plana for the meeting were dia
cussed by the host club, Morehcad
City Jaycees, at their meeting
Monday night at the Blue Ribbon
Restaurant.
The event will open with a golf
tournament at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Sailboating and other entertain
ment will be provided for wives
of Jaycees.
There will be a reception at the
hotel at 5:30 p.m. and a dance at
I. At # a.m. Sunday the business
meeting will begin at the hotel.
Between 200 and 250 are expected.
Bill Baugham is chairman of the
affair.
During Monday night's meeting,
the group decided to invest $150
in picnic tables and benchea for
the municipal park.
Candidates for offices made
campaign tpeechcs. The elections
will be Monday, April 21.
Jury Finds Anthony Not
Guilty in Bogus Car Deals
H. Earle Mobley, Morehead City, former Carteret repre
sentative in the general assembly and president of the
Mobley Buick Co., which is now in receivership, pleaded
guilty Wednesday to three charges of false pretense and
did not contest 11 counts of embezzlement.
The cases to which he pleaded guilty were State vs.
H. EaHe Mohlrv
. . . ftces prison term?
Three Drivers
Plead Guiffy
To Drunk Driving
Three men charged with drunken
driving pleaded guilty and were
sentenced in superior court thin
week. They were Andrew Midgett,
lieston Wheeler Gillikin, and Daniel
B. Alford.
Each case went to superior court
on appeal. Eaelt defendant was
sentenced to six months in Jail,
suspended on paymeat of $100 and
court coats. ? 1 ' '
The ease against James Leop
Graham charged with drivtaf
drunk, w?s dismissed.
" Pleads Guilty
Arthur Taylor, Negro charged
with stealing the car owned by
S. T, Vick, Beaufort, pleaded guil
ty. He was given 18 months to two
yeara on the roads.
The state decided not to prose
cutc James E. Robinson, charged
with breaking, entering and lar
ccny; Vera W Sparrow and Alonzo
Bell, cohabitation (Bell was drown
ed in Hurricane Audrey at Cam
eron. La ); J. D. Arnold, Ralph
Arnold. Neta Skinner, Larry D.
Kennitz and Alton Waddell,
charged with theft.
David Jeter was found not guilty
of speeding after attorneys for the
defense presented evidence to the
effect that the defendant had previ
ously been beaten up by young
thugs who had followed him it a
car and when the highway patrol
car was trailing him, he thought
that the same thing was about to
happen to him again and he tried
to avoid a repetition of the inci
dent.
On the jury were Walter Ed
wards, Richard M. Braithwaite,
Hugh Styron, Clay Chadwick, Clif
ford M. Merrill, M. E. Bridgman,
William Thomas McKay, Cecil
See DRIVERS, Page Z
Utilities Commission Will
Hear Phone Rate Case May 6
Morehaod Pottoffico
Will (m Air Conditioned
Harold Webb, Morehead City I
postmaster, announced Wadheaday
that a Charlotte firm if -drawing |
plana for air conditioning (he poat
office.
Coat of drawing the planp la (MO.
according to the General ,3erviccs
Administration. Coat of installa
tion of air-conditioning kaa been
eatlmated at $13,174.
TideTabU
Tidet at Ike Beaafori Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, April f
8:12 a.m. 2:13 a.m.
8:33 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
8atardajr, April 3
9:04 a.m. 3:03 a.m.
9:27 p.m. 1 . , 3:lt p.m.
s?*r, April ?
9:58 a.m. 1:31 a.m. |
10:21 p.m. 4:03 p.m.
Noaday, April 7
10:33 a.m. 4:40 a.m.
11:17 p.m. , , 4:90 p.m. I
' Carolina Telephone and Tele
graph's two requests (or an in
crease in rates will be heard be
fore the State Utilities Commis
sion, Raleigh, Tuesday, May 8.
The first request was made in
November and the new rates put
into effect Nov. 25. The phone com
pany posted $750,000 bond to cover
The moat recent contributor
to the Phoae Fight Fund is Les
lie Bcrcegeay, Newport Phone
subscribers Mill Interested la
paying their share to fight the
phoae rate- hike may send their
money to Phones, c/o THE
NEWS-TIMES. Twenty cento per
phone user i? snggested by the
East Carolina Phone Fight Cmn
mittee.
any erbate that may be necessary
if (be utilities commission does
not approve the rates.
On March 8 the telephone com
pany made another request for
higher rates, stating that the first
amount requested would not give
the company 8- per sent return "in
the Mure" on its Investment.
T>e November rate hike is de
ligoed to It uibmi Uk company's
revenues by $l'.i million annually.
Since the new rates have been
charged, the company's revenues
have increased, thus far, $94,812,
according to the firm's report
filed with the utilities commission.
According to. published reports
on the financial statement, for the
year ending Dec. 31, 1957, current
assets were down $678,385 and cur
rent liabilities down $8,376,589. Op
erating revenue for the year went
up $1,309,000 and operating ex
penses were up $1,516,000. The
firm's earned surplus waa up
$374, m.
Jack Havens, a vice-president
of the phone company, later took
issue with those figures. He said
the earned surplus actually
dropped $208,500 to a total of $2,
395,000.
He contends that the firm's earn
ings in 1957 were down $142,000
from 1956 before paying dividends,
lie said the company failed by
$186,004 lo earn enough to meet
dividends during the year.
Havens also noted (hat the re
port shows an increase of $11.
500,008 during the y:ar in plant
investment. Including depreciation
reserves 8 1 ll^oo.ooo.
Earle Mobley and Fred Anthony
(two cases) and the State va. Earle
Mobley and James E. Leary. An
thony pleaded not guilty.
The embezzlement cases involved
deals with automobile buyers.
Facts the buyers related on the urit
nesa aland Wednesday afternoon
appear below.
In the one case In which Mobley
and Anthony are named defendants
LATE BULLETIN: The Jury
returned a verdict on Fred An
thony. "not guilty", at 5:35 p.m.
yesterday. It deliberated 45 min
utes. Court recessed until this
morning. Mobley has not yet
been sentenced.
the state alleges th?? Mobley cheat
ed Commercial National Bank and
in the other, Atlantic Discount
Corp
Testimony revealed that Fred
Anthony signed papers for two cars
which did not exist. As a result,
Mobley collected 12,000 from Atlan
tic Discount and approximately
$2,400 from Commercial National
Bank.
The bogus deals were carried out
several months apart during the
summer of 1957.
Jurors on the case were Walter
Edwards, R. M Braithwaite, Hugh
Styron. M E Bridgman, William
McKay, Cecil Phelps, Leamon J.
Corbett, Leslie Asdentl, Curtis De
Witt, R .1 Sehwark. Ralph Pitt
man and Andrew W. Davis.
Judge Hamilton spoke to the Jury
from 2 : 30 to 3:15 yesterday after
noon. Then Judge Joseph Parker
gave his instructions to the Jurora.
The Mobley cases held tiie su
perior court spotlight this week,
but the courtroom was almost emp
ty. Most of the people in the court
room Wednesday were the automo
bile buyers who lost money aa the
result of doing business with Mot
ley Buick Co.
Choosing a Jury ip the case in
volving sale of a non-existent car,
by Mobley Buick Co. to Frederick
Anthony, Morehead City RFD,
started Tueaday afternoon. An
thony operates a Pure Oil service
station west of Morehead.
Court didn't get under way again
until almost noon Wednesday.
Lawyera for Mobley. John Dawaon,
Kinston; Judge Luther Hamilton,
and Luther Hamilton Jr., Morehead
City, Judge Joseph Parker, Robert
Rouse Jr., solicitor; and the sheriff
were in conference in an anteroom
most of the morning.
Cik Beflas
When the case finally started,
Frank Johnson, manager of Atlan
tic Discount Co., Washington, N.
C., took the stand. Atlantic Dis
count was the firm which handled
the financing on cars sold by Mob
lcy.
He identified a check for $2,000
that the Atlantic Discount Co. gave
to Mobley in exchange for a mythi
cal 1996 Buick which Mobley sold
to Anthony. The finance company
did not know, of course, that the
car did not exist. The chcck was
dated July 30, 1#S?.
Upon receiving the check, Mob'
ley cashed it. The check waa given
in exchange for a conditional sales
agreement, chattel mortgage and
note, all signed by Anthony, and
turned over to Atlantic Discount by
Mobley.
The car's sale price was given as
$2,287.44. Mr. Johnson explained
the conditional sales agreement,
chattel mortgage and note. All
were passed to the jurors for exam
ination.
It was then that Mr. Rouse re
quested the judge to dismiss the
jury until ?:S0 yesterday morning.
Because Mobley did not contest
11 counts of embezzlement, it was
not necessary for a Jury to hear
evidence. Witnesses in the 11 cases
were put on the stand Wednesday
afternoon.
The first was Tommy Lewis of
See ANTHONY, rage 2
Mayer Lewis Comments
On Proposed Deep Well
Mayor Clifford Lewis. Beaufort,
commenting this week on the new
well to be drilled by the Carolina
Water Co.. said, "I'm certainly
glad of It" The new well will be
the source of the town'a water
supply.
Mayor Lewis has been instru
mental in the past several years
in pushing the new well project.
Things came to a head during the
winter wljcn housewives voiced
complaint and called m toon offi
cials aa well aa officials of the
water company.