THIS IS NATIONAL
RECREATION MONTH
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
47th YEAR, NO. 60. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Little League Profits
By Team Member's Deed
The Little League of Beaufort *
got an unexpected financial boost
this month and quite a pat on the
back because of a good deed per
formed by one of the members of
the Moose team, Leslie Moore Jr.
A letter which was sent to Henry
Hatsell, manager of the Moose
nine, and printed below, best ex
plains the story:
June 16, 1958
Staunton, Va.
Gentlemen:
I am enclosing $1 toward the Lit
tle League baseball team in honor
of Leslie Moore. We find very few
people with his honesty and in
tegrity.
Recently, while my husband was
stationed at Camp Lejeune, N. C.,
we were spending the weekend
there in Beaufort and Morehead
City, having a wonderful time until
I left my billfold and a $20 bill and
change amounting to 12 cents in a
phone booth.
We turned around and went
home, never expecting to see the
billfold or the money again. How
ever. Leslie found my billfold and
told his daddy about it. Then they
turned it in to the MP's in More
head City who notified us. We re
turned to Beaufort and collected
my billfold, the $20 bill and the 12
cents. Then we went to \isit this
9-year-old who could be so honest.
As soon as we met the Moore
family, we could see why. They in
vited us in and troated us like old
friends.
Then as we started to leave, I
laid a bill in Leslie's hand. He re
fused. I insisted and then he re
quested that I donate the money to
the Little League instead. He said
it would make him happier than for
him to take the bill.
So there you have the story about
an honest deed of a little boy.
Sincerely,
Barbara J. Robinson
Tickets Sell
Well for Cruise
To Cape Lookout
Ticket! have been selling well
for the Beaufort J aycee-iponsored
cruise to Cape Lookout Saturday
night.
Persons who have not yet bought
their tickets for the boat ride,
dance, marshmallow and wienie
roast ? and the crowning of Miss
Beaufort ? may do so by calling
Guy Smith Jr., Beaufort Jaycee
president, at 2-3481.
Proceeds from the cruise will fi
nance Miss Beaufort's trip to Char
lotte to take part in the state beau
ty pageant. Price is S6 a couple.
The Carolina Queen will leave
Fleming's dock at 7 p.m. Miss
Beaufort, whose identity will not
be revealed until Saturday night,
will be crowned aboard the boat
enroute to the cape. Placing the
crown on her head will be Mayor
C. T. Lewis, Beaufort.
The dance will be on board and
at the dock at the cape. A bonfire
on the beach will provide the heat
for cooking hot dogs and toasting
marshmallows.
For those who would like to
swim, there are showers aboard
the boat and clothes may be
changed aboard.
Beaufort Jaycees met last night
at the Scout building and made
final plans for the cruise.
Mt. Pleasant Free Will Baptist
Church, Mill Creek, will be host to
the district convention. Master's
Men, Friday night.
Hat Company Begins Suit
Against Centennial Group
Firemen Hear
Hydrant Report
The Marshallberg Volunteer Fire
Department held its meeting Fri
day, June 13, in the community
building.
The meeting was called to order
by Chief Ikie Guthrie, wbo report
ed that Elmer Willis of Williston
had set up a fire hydrant at his
plant in Williston for the fire de
partment. The fire truck used it
last week on a test run and the de
partment reports that it works fine.
The truck was filled with water in
just a few minutes.
The department expresses its ap
preciation to Mr. Willis for his in
terest and cooperation in the mat
ter of fire protection.
The fire department had a pie
sale and party Saturday night at
the community center in Marshall
berg.
County Commissioners
Attend State Meeting
Carteret commissioners attended
the state meeting of county com
missioners over the weekend at
Carolina Beach.
James D. Potter, Beaufort, presi
dent of the County Accountants
Association, presided at the dinner
meeting last night. Attending the
meeting, in addition to Mr. Potter,
were Moses Howard, chairman;
Odell Merrill, Skinner Chalk Jr.,
and Harrell Taylor, commissioners,
and Hugh Salter, sheriff.
Board Meets
The Morehead City hospital
board met at the hospital Friday
afternoon for its June meeting. The
problem of welfare patients at the
hospital was discussed but no con
clusion was reached, reported Da
vid Willis, administrator.
? The Pirk Royal Hat Co. of Bal
timore has instigated a suit against
the Morehead City Centennial com
mittee for failure to ?fey a $264 bal
ance of a $1,088 bill far Centennial
caps. The company is asking for
the $SM with interest from April
23, 1957.
Named to answer to the sum
mons were committee chairman
Charles Markey and James R. San
ders, committee treasurer. Mr.
Sanders announced the suit at a
meeting of the Centennial deficit
committee at the Sanitary Restau
rant Friday noon.
The Centennial deficit commit
tee, headed by T/Sgt. Paul D.
Bray, is in charge of raising funds
for paying off about $4,100 in bills
contracted by the Centennial com
mittee.
The deficit committee is now giv
ing chances on a color television
set to persons making contributions
to the Centennial fund. The set will
be given away July 4, along with
fishing tackle and other gifts. You
do not have to be present at the
drawing to win.
Sergeant Bray says that he will
have girls selling tickets at the
beach this weekend.
Mr. Markey agreed to contact
someone in every block of More
head City and ask each one to
cover his block. That will give
everyone in town ' an opportunity
to help pay off the debt as well as
get a chance for a valuable free
priic.
County Toastmastors
To M??t Tomorrow Night
The Carteret County Toastmas
ters will meet it radio station
WMBL at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow.
John Baptist will be toastmaster
with Lecil Smith acting as topic
master.
Prepared speakers will be P. H.
Geer Jr., W. D. Munden and W.
C. Wilkins. Critics will be Dr. W.
L. Woodard, E. G. Phillips, Jasper
Bell and master critic O. N. Allred.
Recreation Program in Full Swing
Miss Jackie Taylor, left center, keep* the young iters at Morehead City recreation building occupied
daring morning story hour with an exciting tale about fairyland. "Children atill enjoy hearing the
same stories I liked years ago," she says. (See page 3 for more pictures on the recreation program).
Ann's Reopens; State Seeks
New Way to Get it Closed
Judge Joseph W. Parker signed
a superior court order Friday
morning dissolving a restraining
order against Ann's Drive-In, but
Robert Rouse Jr., solicitor, is now
enlisting the aid of the attorney
general.
The restraining order was signed
week-before-last by superior court
judge W. J. Bundy and closed
Ann's for a maximum period of 20
days.
Judge Parker said the court was
of the opinion that there is insuffi
cient evidence on which to make
the restraining order permanent.
The decision was reached before
any witnesses went to the stand for
the defense Friday morning. The
afternoon before, defense attorney
Claud Wheatly had called on six
witnesses to testify that Ann's did
not constitute a community nuis
ance.
The first witness was Paul Ram
sey, who lives about 600 yards from
the drive-in. He admitted that the
place had a bad reputation and
that he had only been inside one
time.
He said that he used to hear the
juke box but had not heard it re
cently.
Couple Called
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wilson were
the next witnesses called. They tes
tified that they lived about two
blocks from Ann's place. Both had
signed a petition asking the state
to prohibit the selling of beer in the
Wild wood community.
They swore, however, that they
signed the petition to keep another
beer joint from coming in, not to
imply that there was anything
worng with Ann's place.
Wesley C. Long was the next wit
ness. He lives about two miles west
of the drive-in. In his opinion the
whole trouble was caused by "a
few nosy neighbors." He said that
he went to Ann's occasionally to
buy a beer and never saw any fault
with the way the place was run.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Thorne
were the last witnesses to appear
I Thursday afternoon. Both declared
that they knew of no circumstances
at Ann's that were detrimental to
the community.
Calls Recess
After hearing Mrs. Thome's tes
timony, Judge Parker called for a
recess until 9:30 a.m. Friday. Ik
privately asked Judge Luther Ham
ilton, Morehead City attorney, to
check on the legality of the pro
ceedings.
Judge Hamilton had been hired
by residents of the Wildwood sec
tion to assist solicitor Robert
Rouse Jr. in showing why Ann's
should be permanently closed.
As soon as court convened Friday
morning, Judge Parker called on
Judge Hamilton for his opinion.
Judge Hamilton explained that
even though he had been hired by
the residents of the community and
lived there himself he was still an
officer of the court and obligated
to give an honest answer.
University Women Sponsor
Well-Attended Art Show
n sutu'Mtlui siutrwaiK an snow
was sponsored by the Beaufort
Morehcad branch of the American
Asaocialion of University Women
Saturday in Morehead City.
Mra. Ray Brown, president, said
the display of paintings and ce
ramics-ware attracted many visi
tors throughout the day. The show
was held on the sidewalk on S. 8th
Street beside Rose's 5 and 10.
"We could have sold two-thirds
of tbe paintings," Mrs. Brown said.
"People were particularly interest
ed in fishing and waterfront
scenes." Paintings were for exhibit
only. She reported similar interest
in the ceramics items with the sea
motif.
The ceramics-ware was made by
members of the AAUW here. Pro
ceeds from the sale of ceramics
will go into the AAUW fellowship
fund which finances grants to qual
ified women scholars.
Paintings were done by local
Craven Corner High School Pupils
Apply for School Entry at Havelock
Negro pupils from the Crtven
Corner section, Craven County,
who attended Queen Street High
School in Beaufort this past year,
have made application to attend
the white high school at Havelock.
Approximately seven other Cra
ven County pupils, scheduled to en
ter the ninth grade this fall, have
also applied (or admission to the
Havelock school. Ordinarily, they
would have come to Queen Street
achool.
The Craven County board of edu
cation, which is to act on the ap
plications (or reassignment, is ex
pected to do so Monday, July 7.
The application for reassignment
appears to Carteret and Craven
educatiao officials not to be solely
a push for integration. Other fac
tor* may have contributed to the
move.
To get a full view of the titua
tion, one must know the story of
Negro schools in the Craven Cor
ner see Hon. ,
New School
Until the new Godette School tor
Negro children opened laat fall,
pupils in grades 1 through I attend
ed a school at Bachelor.
When the new Godette School
was built, pupils - in grade* S
through g were assigned to the
new school, reducing the school at
Bachelor to only four grade*.
Parents at children in grades 5
through I apparently didn't like the
fact that their children would go
iu uie uoaeuc scnooi. so inry
hired ? teacher and sent their chil
dren to their own private school
in a Craven Corner church.'
Children who finished eighth
grade in that private school are
now ready to enter ninth grade
(high school). Ordinarily, they
would come to Queen Street, as all
high achool students from the Cra
ven Corner aection have in the
past.
They have, Instead, applied for
the white school at Havelock, as
hav? Craven Corner high school
pupils who attended Queen Street
this past year.
Here, another complication en
ters the picture. Because the chil
8m SCHOOLS, rags 2
arusis. i nose rxmomng were Mrs.
Hugh Porter, Mrs. W. E. Murrill,
Billy Barbour, Betty Jo Wood, Sara
Wood, Duncan Lewis, Susan Bridg
man, Mrs. John Harris, L. D.
Piner, Bill Young, Jalna Young and
Mike Young.
Pupils who exhibit work were
Charles Edward Smith, fifth grade ;
Mary Ann Hall, Susie Morton,
Gloria Jean Nelson, Carolyn Jar
vis, Charles Edwards, Elizabeth
Harrell, Claudia Saratowski, Ruth
Luckham and Richard Pittman,
eighth graders.
AAUW members who assisted
with the art show were Mrs.
Brown, Mrs. Clarence Guthrie,
Mrs. Virginia Bradbury, Mrs. G. B.
Talbot, Miss Joan Chipman, Mrs.
Leland Day, Mrs. J. Morton Davis,
Mrs. William Nicholson, Mrs.
Thomas Scott, Mrs. Harry Venteri,
and Mrs. James Connor.
Mrs. Brown announces that tbe
group's ceramics workshop will
continue to be held Wedneiday
nights from 7 to 9 at the ceramics
studio.
The president will attend two
AAUW meetings this week. She
will represent the Beaufort-More
head branch tomorrow through Fri
day at the regional conference,
Greensboro, and will attend an
area workshop at Greenville Satur
day.
Tides at the Beaafort Bar
(Eastern Standard Time)
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, June 14
m. 7:47 a.m.
B. 8 34 p.m.
Wednesday, Jane 25
n. 8:52 a.m.
n. 9:42 p.m.
Tharsday, Joe 29
1 16 a.m.
2:02 p.m.
2:17 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
3:30 a.m.
4:03 p.m.
9:51 a.m.
10:41 p.m.
4:29 a.m.
3:0S p.m.
Friday, Jane XI
10:49 a.m.
11:37 pg?.
He said that, according to his
interpretation of the law, the state
did not have grounds to continue
the case since testimony indicated
that the drive-in has been operated
in a considerable manner since
March, when a Marine was fatally
shot there.
Solicitor Comments
Judge Parker said that was also
his opinion and called on Mr. Rouse
[for a comment. The solicitor said
he felt it was his job to stick by
his guns even though the man
hired to assist him had disagreed
on a point of law.
Mr. Rouse said that it takes a
while for the law to move. As soon
as the public eye was turned on
Ann's as a result of the shooting
things began to become more quiet
there, he pointed out.
He said the two girls alleged to
be using a trailer behind the drive
in for a house of prostitution moved
on, the outdoor speakers for the
juke box were turned off, or low,
and the drive-in was operated more
circumspectly as soon as the law
began to investigate.
He said it did not appear to be
reasonable to dismiss the action
because the place had been "clean
ed up" while the sheiff's depart
ment was keeping close tabs on
the drive-in. He implied that as
soon as things quieted down the
same activities would begin again.
He requested the court stenog
rapher to prepare a transcript of
the case to be sent to the state at
torney general's office for consid
eration. That office has the power
to close a place of business under
a different statute than the one
to which a solicitor is limited.
The court order does not affect
the military ruling on the place
that put it off limits 18 hours after
the fatal shooting in March.
Morehead Commissioners
Accept Bid on Police Car
Two New Citizens
Will Make Home
In Carteret
Two new citizens and their fami
lies will be residents of the county
by the first of July.
They are Charles McNeill, White
ville, who will serve as assistant
operations manager at the state
port, Morehead City, and William
S. Hoffman, of the State Health De
partment, who will serve as con
sultant on mosquito control here
and in adjoining counties.
Mr. McNeill was a captain in the
Merchant Marine in the second
world war and has had experience
in other phases of shipping and
maritime work. He is married and
has two children. The McNeills are
scheduled to arrive here Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman, Raleigh,
have rented a home at 103 Noyes
Ave , Morehead City. Mr. Hoff
man is an entomologist.
Announcement of the newcomers'
arrival was made yesterday by the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce.
Rotarians Hear
Leroy Guthrie
The Morehead City Rotary Club
continued its series of programs on
the state port Thursday night at the
Rex Restaurant. Program chair
man William Davies introduced
Leroy Guthrie, president o f the lo
cal longshoremen's union.
Mr. Guthrie said that the More
head City port had plenty of well
organized, highly trained workmen.
The job turned in by local long
shoremen is comparable in quality
and speed to that of any other port
workers on the east coast, Mr.
Guthrie stated. ?
Mr. Guthrie re-emphasiicd Capt.
Charlie Pincr's plea for night navi
gation aids. He said many ships
skipped Morchcad City because
they might have to waste a night
waiting outside before coming into
the harbor.
Rotary president Grover Mun
den said the directors had agreed
to sponsor a team in the Morehead
City Teen-Age league. Three teams
have been organized in the league
and the Rotary is the first civic
club to sponsor a team.
New officers will be installed at
this week's meeting. President
elect is Thomas L. Noe. Other of
ficers to be installed are W. B. 1
Chalk, vice-president; Albert Gas
kill, treasurer, and Delfido Cor- ]
dova, secretary.
Speakers thus far in the current i
series of programs on the port have
been Mr. Davies, Morehead City
Shipping Co., and Capt. Charlie
Piner, of the Morehead City Pilot
Association.
The series will be concludcd with
the meeting this week.
Morehead City commissioners at*
beir meeting Thursday night at
he town hall accepted a low bid
from Sound Chevrolet Co. for a
lew police patrol car.
Two auto dealers submitted bids.
Sound Chevrolet's bid was $975 plus
he present Chevrolet police patrol
ar. Parker Motors' bid was $1,031
>lus the present Chevrolet patrol
?ar.
The town bought a new Ford pa
rol car three months ago. That
rade was made earlier than orig
nally anticipated due to repair
>ills on the old car running high.
To Transfer Fund
The board also voted to transfer
ts general fund account to the
Commercial National Bank. Rufus
Uutner, manager of the Commer
cial bank, appeared before the
ward to remind them of a visit
ieveral months ago when he re
juestcd that the town deposit tome
>1 its fund with his bank.
Mr. Butner pointed out that his
lank has made substantial contri
lutions to the community in pay
?oll, money lent, taxes paid, and
contributions toward civic enter
irises.
Frank Cassiano, the town's liai
son officer with the Marine Corps,
ippearcd before the board to sug
gest that some parking area be
ound near the port so that depend
ents of Marines may park their
cars and watch troop ships pull
>ut.
Mr. Cassiano said that a bat
alion of Sixth Marines, Camp Le
ieune, will be leaving Morehead
City today, tomorrow and Thurs
lay. The Marine Corps was told,
lowever, that dependents' cars
would not be allowed inside the
lort area because of traffic con
gestion.
To Study Matter
Ted Garner, police commissioner,
vas appointed to confer with Mr.
Cassiano, and certain Marine au
horities, relative to finding a park
ng area.
George McNeill, town attorney,
reported that he met with firemen
relative to changing by-laws of the
fire department, but only one fire
man, George Stovall, showed up.
D. J. Hall, fire commissioner, said
See BOAKD, Page 2
Hiomas L. Nob
. . . Incoming president
Lensman hinds Kope in Cigar
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a? ^ I.I II m*iijjuyuam
ReglaaM Lewis, Merehesd City phetographer. fe?nd a "repe" to to cU?r. "I t* kni accuetf e<
aeny a tine," be tar*. "M this Is Ike first time I've Ml to admit it." The el
material was aheat the sfea W heavy twtoe aad two tochee kwj.
Club Officials
Express Thanks
For Tour Help
Two Beaufort Woman's Club offi
cials yesterday thanked those who
assisted in sponsorship of the Old
Homes Tour Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles W. Davis, imme
diate past president, and Mrs. G.
W. Duncan, president, said, "In be
half of the club, we express deep
gratitude to the people of Beau
fort, non-members of the club and
to people of our sister city, More
head, for their wonderful coopera
tion in making the tour a happy
day for Beaufort.
"Our greatest satisfaction came
from the voluntary expressions of
interest and pleasure by our
guests from all eastern North Caro
lina ? Raleigh, Farmville, Golds
boro, Kinston, New Bern, Warren
ton, Greenville, and other cities.
We had several guests from Berk
ley, Cal., Dallas, Tex., and West
Virginia.
"We ask the homeowners' for
giveness for our shortage of host
esses from the club; some mem
bers were working, one was in the
hospital, three had illnesses in the
family and still others were out of
town.
"We regret the inconveniences
to homeowners, caused when 135
to 165 visitors were passing through
the homes in the short time allow
ed. We beg your indulgence, in
that we are volunteers ourselves,
and amateurs! Thank you."
Tour committee members were
the following: general headquar
ters, Mrs. Charles W. Davis, Mrs.
G. W. Duncan, Mrs. Pat Warren.
General chairman, Mrs. W. N.
Gilchrist; chairman of bus tours,
Miss Geraldine Smith; chairman
of homes tour, Mrs. E. J. Davis.
Old relics exhibit, Mrs. D. F.
Merrill, chairman, Mr>. H. G. Lot
tin, co-chairman; Mrs. O. S. Claw
son, Miss Laura Stephens, Mrs. J.
E. Crowe. Mrs. Jack Dill.
Arti and crafts exhibit, Mrs. M.
Leslie Davie Sr., chairman, and
Miss Grace Wilson, co-chairman;
historical cemetery, C. W. Davis
and Van Potter, guides; tickets,
Mrs. James Hunnings, Mrs. C. L.
Beam.
Publicity, Mrs. Duncan, chair
man; Mrs. G. B. Talbot, Mrs. W.
I. Loftin. Mrs. Loftin was also
chairman of the luncheon at the
Inlet Inn.
On the hostess committee were
Mrs. E. L. Davis and Mrs. J. P.
Betts.
Emeritus Club
Meets Monday
The Emeritus Civic Club conduct
ed 1U annual pre-vacation ladies
night meeting last Monday at the
Morehead Biltmore Hotel Speaker
was Dr. C. F. Keuzenkamp.
Dr. Keuzenkamp spoke on his re
cent trip to Holland and the
World's Fair at Brussels, Belgium.
Dr. Keuzenkamp, a native of Hol
land, has been to Europe 21 times.
The doctor, now retired, is a mem
ber of the Emeritus Club and lives
at Emerald Isle.
The following were guests of
members of the club and were in
troduced: Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Free
man, Mr. and Mrs. D. Cordova,
Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Prest, Earl
W. Webb, Dave Battle Webb,
Judge and Mrs. Luther Hamilton,
Mrs. H. G. Loftin, Mrs. Walter
Brinson and Miss Betty Weeks.
Welcomed as new members were
Mr. Freeman, C. L. Stanley, Dr.
L. J. Dupree, Johnnie Jones, Mr.
Cordova and H. L. Joslyn.
Marines to Move
Through State Port
To Mediterranean
Third Battalion, Sixth Marines,
Camp Lejeune, will be moving
through state port, Morehead City,
this week enroute to the Mediter
ranean, where they will relieve
Second Division Marines.
Admiral Jerauld Wright, com
mander-in-chief of the Atlantic
Fleet, announced last week that an
?mphibious task group of five ships
will depart from Norfolk and More
bead City this week.
Ships in the departing task group
?re the Pocono, Chilton. Fort
Snelling, Rockbridge and Vermil
lion.
Wives and children of Marines
nay park cars in the port area by
entering the first gate on the right,
lust past the Lloyd Fry Roofing Co.
There they will board buses from
Lejeune which will take then to
lockside where they may wave
lood-bye to the Marines aa the
?hips puB out. 1