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?r^r CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 47th YEAR, NO. 102. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Churches Will Observe Nativity With Christmas Eve Services Churches of the are* will observe Christmas Eve with icrvices Wed nesday night. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Morebead City, will present a con cert of Christmas Carols on its carillonic bells from 7 to 7:30 p.m. In the church at 10:45 p.m. Mrs. Theodore Phillips, organist, will play carols until 11:15 p.m., when the service will begin. There will be Holy Communions with sermon by the Rev. E. Guth rie Brown, rector. Special music by the choir will include Gesu Bambino, There's a Song in the Air, and Gloria in Excelsis. The midnight service and choral celebration of Holy Communion in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Beau fort, will begin at 11:30 p.m., an nounces the Rev. C. Edward Sharp, rector. There will also be Holy Communion at 10 a.m. Thursday, Christmas Day. St Egbert's Catholic Church, Morchead City, will begin the Christmas Eve mass at midnight Thursday. Admission to this mass will be by card only, according to the Rev. Walter Hlggins, pastor. The Christmas Day mass will be from S a.m. to # a.m. Thurs day. A Christmas Eve candlelight ser vice in St. Timothy's Lutheran Mission, Havelock, will begin at S p.m. The Rev. Aaron Lippard, pastor, will speak on the topic, The Lord of the Manger. Offering will go to the Lowman Home for the Aged at White Rock, S. C At Camp Glenn Methodist Church, the Rev. Virgil Moore, pastor, the MYF groups will pre sent the drama, Longing for Christ mas, at '7 p.m. Refreshments will be served following the program. Then the young people will go caroling throughout the commun ity. Holy Communion will be offered at the church from 9 p.m. until midnight. Marsllallbefg Methodists will ob serve the coming of Christ with a special service Christmas Eve at 8 p.m. A featured part of the ser vice will be the lighting of candles by the congregation. Aa a gift to the Christ child, an offering will be given for the Methodist Committee for Overseas Relief, in honor of Him who said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto these, ye have done it unto Me". It is expected that there will be many persons at the service who are visiting in Marshallberg for the holidays. The public is invited, announces the Rev. William Jef fries, pastor. The Junior Fellowship of the Methodist Church at Marshallberg had a Christmas pageant Sunday night entitled The brightest Star, directed and produced by Mrs. Gerald Davis, counselor to the Junior Fellowship. The Sunday School of Wildwood Presbyterian church will* have its Chirstmas party at 7 p.m. tonight at the church. There will be a Christmas tree and troats foe. the children. ?' ? . ? ? ? . St. Egbert's Pupils Present First Christmas Program By JANE KE1XUM Parents of St. Egbert's School students were delighted and im pressed with the performance of the children Friday night at the school in Morehead City. All students took part in the pro gram. Even the littlest ones con ducted themselves with consider able aplomb, despite a few pre liminary giggles, and all the par ticipants showed the good effects of careful training. First part of the five-section pro gram was Schubert's Military March by the St. Egbert's School Rhythm Band. The band, com posed entirely of second and third graders, was led by student Anna Kathryn Fasano and accompanied by piano. The instruments includ ed drums, tambourines, cymbals, triangles, sleighbelli, gourd rattles, sticks and bird whiles. 'Joyce Femia then frcated the parents to a piano rendition of Chopin's Waltz No. 1. She was followed by fellow sev enth-grader Sharon Cates, who gave a light and lively perform ance of Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus is Coming to Town on her accordion. Highlight of the evening was the Candlelight Christmas Ceremony. The Spirit of Christmas, dressed in a red satin gown with white sash, entered first, followed by six virtues in white satin gowns with red sashes. All girls, they wore tinsel crowns and carried unlit candles. Tbey were followed by two nar rators, also in red and white, and a choir of singers from grades four through seven, garbed in white surplices and big red bows. Arrayed in a bank of bright col or, the children were a beautiful sight. The Spirit of Christmas, sixth grader Carol Bcelcr, made an in spiring spcech about the virtues Two Counties Lead in Catches Brunswick and Carteret Counties accounted for most of tbc fish land ed in North Carolina during Octo ber. Fishermen in Brunswick Coun ty reported over three million pounds while Carteret fishermen were landing 2.7 million pounds. Menhaden accounted for over half of the commercially -caught fish in the monthly report by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the North Carolina Division of Commercial Fisheries. Other fiah of importance were mullet, spot, shrimp and bluefish. The winter menhaden season in Carteret Is about over. Virginia boats under contract to Beaufort Fisheries left the middle of last week and the weekend was ex pected to wind up fishing through out the area for most out-of-state boats. Large menhaden are reported running south of here. Beaufort Fisheries will continue to fish, as usual, the year round. Potor Block Reports Yiilo Party Big Succoss Peter Block, N. 10th St., More head City, at his annual commun ity Christmas party Saturday night at his home, distributed ISO bags at treats. Mr. Hock said the party was a big success He declared that be had a wonderful time and thanks the people for coming, thoa* who took part, and WMBL for the use ?( their loud speaking system. of Love, Brotherhood, Humility, Goodwill, Charity and Joy. These virtues were represented by second and third graders Debra Rhodes, Marolyn Johnson, Donna Arlnak, Kathleen Johnson, Carol Morris and Susan Willis. As each virtue was named, the living representative of the virtue solemnly touched her unlit candle to the star-topped gold candle of the Spirit of Christmas, accepting a token light. She then touched her candle to one of a group of electric candles and lit it by turn ing the bulb. The electric -light candles re mained lit (or the rest of the ccre mony, keeping with the audience the words, "May the light of these virtues Illumine your hearts." Two narrators, handsomely garbed in satin, were Mark Flynn of the fifth grade and Lorraine Wright 4 it- tte. seventh. They stepped forward and began, m turns, (o read the Christmas Story, beginning with "Unto us a Child is given." As each verse or group of verses was read, the other par ticipants and the choir sang a Christmas carol, accompanied by Miss Joyce Femia at the piano. Mother Maria Delores, teachcr of the third and fourth grades, directed the choir in 0, Come All Ye Faithful, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Silent Night, Joy to the World, Angels We Have Heard on High, and We Three Kings. Silent Night was particularly lovely as the group first hummed and then sang while Mother M. Delores sang the descant in a clear, small voice which blended with the choir. The Barrators completed the Christmas message and the first graders slowly filed in before the assembled performers. Each small person had a large red card. As they sang. When I Was But a Small Child, each turned his or her card around to show the li tter of the song. At the end of the song, other cards were turned to reveal ano ther word, so that the finale pre sented the audience with Merry Chirstmas in tinselled Gothic let ters before the shining faces of the school children. Backdrop for the Christmas pro gram was a huge poster, made by Mother Ix>uisa Maria, teacher of the seventh grade. Mother Louisa M. did all the attractive decorating of the school hall. The poster It self showed red curtains, like thea tre curtains, drawn back to reveal the Blessed Mother kneeling in yjvef ?t the -aMe of her Miiy Jo laM in ffie manger. Colored metal streamers over head disguised the ceiling. Pen dant paper cutouts, bells, snow flakes and poinscttia designs fes tooned windows and doors and bul letin boards. Two other boards were hidden under beautiful red, gold and green metallic paper posters with ribbons, bells and sil ver edged cones. One read, "O, Wisdom, come and show us the way," the other, "O Emanuel, come and save us." Two well decorated Christmas trees completed the picture. The parents' moment came at the end of the children's perform ance when Mrs. T. C. Hyman pre sented a television set to the nuns for Christmas on behalf of the stu dents and their families. Two Youths Held For Robbing Merrill Station ? Cigarettes, Cash Register Stolen ? Theft Occurs Thursday, Men Arrested Friday Two youths arc in the county jail, Beaufort, charged with break ing and entering Wilbur Merrill's Pure Oil Station, highway 101, Thursday night. Charged with the burglary and theft are Pvt. Philip C. LcClair, 18, a Marine at Cherry Poiat, and David Eugene Leonard, 18, de scribed by sheriff Hugh Salter as a civilian living on the baso who has been in th? Marine Corps until recently. According to the sheriff, the sta tion was entered by the two be tween 9:30 and 10 p.m. Thursday. Mr. Merrill discovered the theft when he opened his place about 7 Friday morning. All but two cigars and one pack of cigarettes from the following loot were recovered: 20 packs of Camels, 12 packs of Kools, 10 packs of Winstons, 10 packs of Pall Malls, 8 packs of Salcms, 3 packs of Luckics and a box containing 28 cigars. The youths also took the entire cash register which had no money in it. This they threw off a bridge on the Merrimon Road, the cash register on one side of the bridge and the tray from the drawer on the other side. By noon Friday sheriff Salter and deputy sheriff Bruce Edwards had the two men in custody. The stolen goods was in their car. Driver Cited Following Wreck Eugene A. Piver, Beaufort, was charged with driving drunk and driving wttbaut a license at 1:40 p.m. SaUmUyarfran tea car, a 19M Pontiac, sideswiped a 19M For# driven by Nulan E. McCabe, More bead City. Mr. McCabe's wife, who wai rid ing. with him, suffered a bump on the head. According to patrolman J. W. Sykes, Piver came out a dirt road from the Golden Arrow apart ments, just east of the Perry Park Motel on highway TO, turned right and sideswiped McCabe who was headed west. Damage to the Ford was esti mated at (400; damage to the Pon tiac, $40. Hot Stove A stove overheated in the leine house at Wallacc Fisheries last Tuesday afternoon. Morehead City firemen stood by while the stove cooled off. Time Capsule' Buried with Ceremony CtKTWHlW- \ MOffHED Off 18.2006 Dr. *. F. K?y?l, HtnM Cltjr'i CWn M the CaatorftML a?eke at the plaat lag Micwqi af the Um capaale WrriiT. Or. Itejral recalled mm W the mile ?taaei la MareheU CHjr'i growth 4arto( the put M yean aad Made predlctieaa (or the an* M year*. Hta?<tog haaMa Br. lap at, tad to right, tni.1. (KatMa) Baa Photo by Bob Seymour len Jr., I. E. Saaten, Geaieaaial trraiurrr, Alice Bufcif, Ma in|Mtr; ton i ???itoihn Jum Bell, Mayer George Dill, Ckariei Harkry, Ceateaaial chair nai, aad Ik W?h, laaaafir rf Ike ckaakcr af c? tree. The llac capaule (baiial vatft) to vfcfc* WtoW rf tfea riaHaalil were placed, la at ih* left H.m :n/ _ .... Morehead City Ups Price Of Town Auto Tags to $2 Six Men Report Seeing Satellite From This Region The AUm satellite has been seen by several persons in this area. The satellite, as it was launched at Cape Canaveral, Fla., was spot ted by Joe Beam and Josiah Bai ley, Morehead City. At least, they arc reasonably sure they saw it. They described the object (they didn't know then what it was) as moving upward, trailed by a streak of flame. Actual launching time, according to press reports, was 6:0z p.m. EST. Mr. Beam and Mr. Bailey said they saw the ob ject in the sky to the south at about 6:05 p.m. Those viewing the launching at Cape Canaveral said the rocket and missile were visible for five minutes before being swallowed in the atmospheric depths. Four Coast Guardsmen who were aboard the Chilula spotted the satellite in orbit at 5:43 p.m. Fri day. Lt. William Brogdon said he had figured, from data available in newspapers, the approximate time the satellite would be passing in this vicinity. His calculations were correct within 7 minutes. The satellite was viewed by Lieu tenant Brogdon, D. L. Trax, who first spotted it, Donald R. Gray, second class quartermaster, and Earl C. Joscphson, electrician. It was visible from 30 seconds to a minute, traveling from west to cast, low in the southern sky. The satellite, as it raced through the air was alternately bright and dim. Tberc were no vapor trails. "It looked lika an ordinary star or planet," the lieutenant said. He said the alternate brightness and dimness may be due to the 4 -too Atlas's tumbling end ovor ?d. thus caldUB? and reflating, tin aunrVays Jt d.JV renr angles. ' the satellite circlet the earth once every 101 minutes but is not visible during the day. Neither is it visible to anyone here if it is at the southern point of its orbit. The orbit varies between 32 de grees north and 32 degrees south latitude. Lieutenant Brogdon said the At las makes 14 passovers daily. The Coast Guardsmen were on the flying bridge of the Chilula when they saw the satellite. They had no luck spotting it Saturday or Sunday. Lieutenant Brogdon said it was probably at a point where it was not visible from this area. The satellite has gained more than normal publicity because it has broadcast a recorded Christ mas message. ; Empty House Burns Beaufort firemen could do little but watch this blase as it con sumed a small house two miles east of Beaufort on highway 70. The building was used to house migrant laborers. It was owned by Otis Warren, whose house was about 100 feet away. The house caught fire about 10 p.m. Thursday. Heads Drive Shelby Freeman, above, vicc president of the greater More head City chamber of commerce, with the assistance of Rufus But ner. will head the 1959 chamber membership drive. Beginning in 1959, the chamber will add a new service for mem bers. directing inquiries to the businesses affected by the in quiry. J. A. DuBois, manager of the chamber, says, "The chamber, in its varied activities, benefits either directly or indirectly every citizen of our community. Lend it your support today. Help More head shine in '59." Lejeune Marines Return on Ships Docking at Port Kighteen hundred Second Divi sion Marines returned from the Mediterranean and Lebanon last week, their ships docking at the Morehead City state port. The Ma rines were transported by bus from the port to nearby Camp Le jeune. The Third Battalion, Sixth Ma rines were brought in on the USS Fort Snelllng, Kockbridcr, Chilton and Vermillion. Tbry left Lejeune in late June (or a normal tour lit the Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet. Oa July t?, the battalion, com manded by Lt. Co). Robert M. Jen kins, landed in Lebanon when that country was experiencing Internal political troubles. The battalion was the last Ma rine unit to leave Lebanon. It has been operating with the Sixth Fleet since the first of October and recently completed an amphib ious training exercise on the island of Crete. Wives and children of the re turning marines were welcomed aboard the ships as soon as they had docked and hot coffee and sandwiches were served in the crew's lounges. The 2nd Division Band was on hand to give a musical welcome to the Marines. How Folks Will Observe Holiday Town, county, state and federal offices in the county will be cloacd Wednesday through Saturday (or Christmas. Beaufort and Morchead City pofttofficcs will be closed Christ mas Day, but will be open the day after. Special delivery and perish able mail will. be delivered from Ihc Morchead City postoffice Christmas Day. Mail will be delivered on town and rural routes Friday as usual. There will be no county court session until Friday, Jan. 2. Both Christmas and New Year's Day fall on Thursday this year, the Jay of county court. No garbage will be collected in Morchead City Wednesday after noon or Christmas Day. Tuesday will be the last day of residential garbage pick-up. before Christmas, in Braufort. Garbage < will be collccted in the business I lection Wednesday and streets cleaned. There will be no garbage pick up Christmas day or the day after, j announces Dan Walker, town man ager. It la requested that all homes , and businesses have their garbage >ut early Saturday morning, since the entire town will be covered that lay. Stores will be cloaed Christmas Day and some will also be cloacd Friday. THE NEWS-TIMES office will be cloaed Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Chriabnaa iaaue, lated Friday, Dee. 26, will be out Wednesday and will be delivered yy carrier Christmas morning, if not before. The Tuesday, Dec It paper, will |? to press lata Monday, Sac. 9. r Morehead City town com sioners raised the fee on town auto tags from $1 per tag to $2 Thursday night. A motion immediately fol lowed to use $580 of the $1,600 increase in revenue to purchase four "hot papa suits for the firemen. The re quest for the suits was made by fire commissioner D. J. Hall. Because there was no money available, the in crease in town auto tag fees was suggested. The "hot papa" suit, according to commissioner Hall, allows a fireman to walk up to a wall of fire, or to stand close to fire, hold ing a hose, without risk of getting burned. The suits are of spun glass and reflect heat. They were demonstrated recent ly to the firemen. Mayor George Dill remarked that often a fire can't be fought from the windward side and the only way to get at it is from the lee. Yet it is frequent ly impossible for a human to with stand the heat there. The alacrity with which the com missioners approved the increase in tag rate and the purchase of the suits indicated that the move was not made without considerable prior thought. Usually, when a town board gets something sprung on it by surprise there ia considerable haggling and debate before a decision ii reached. _ _ .. . Finance commissioner S. C. llol loway commented that some towns charge *5 and *10 per auto tag. The board approved a proposal by Dr. S. W. Hatcher, chairman of the recreation commission, to enlarge activitiei at the recrea tion building so as to include con vention banquets and meetings. Dr. Hatcher, who was accom panied by a recreation commission member, E. L. Smithwick, told the board that between 250 and 300 persona could be seated at a ban quet in the recreation building auditorium. He estimates that between $5,000 and $6,000 would be needed to buy the tables and chairs and addi tional equipment for the kitchen to allow a caterer to serve the food. The money, he continued, would be solicited from motels, hotels, restaurants and other firms which benefit from convention bus iness. The chairman said that the rec roation commission has sufficient funds "to get the building in good shape", lie said It needs cleaning up throughout and minor main tenance repairs. Upon questioning by the mayor. Dr. Hatcher said control of the building, equipment, janitorial service, etc., would re main with the recreation commis sion. The question rose as to who would "own" the new equipment. It was suggested by commissioner Gibbie Sanderson that the recrea tion commission "lease" for I dol lar > year the banquet equipment from the persona who put up the money. The recreation folks Invited the town board to visit the recreation building and note the improve menta which have been made, in cluding storm windows in the club rooms. Frank Cheek of Hardware and Building Supply, appeared before the board with a proposal that the town trade out $1,505.82, in taxca be owes, at his store. The board doubted that such a proposal was legal and turned the matter over to the attorney, George McNeill, and the finance commisaioner, for study. , Ben Alford was appointed as the town's representative on the Beau fort Morehead Airport Authority. Oscar Bell waa granted a fran chise to operate a taxi cab. A let ter from John Ellis, Gastonia, was read by the mayor. Mr. Ellis com plained that a large rock lying on Arendell Street (highway 70) damaged hia car when he hit the rock. The letter wak referred to the attorney. The board approved the lire de partment otflccrs for 1958. Present at the board meeting, in addition to those mentioned were commissioner Jasper Bell ind John Lashley, clerk. 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