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48th YEAR, NO. 87. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Voters Go Along with Rest
Of State in Bond Approval
Beaufort Sets
Yule Parade
For J P.M. Dec. 4
Beaufort merchants are planning
a big Christmas celebration. New
lights have been ordered for the
business district and a parade is
being planned for Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.
Santa Claus will make his annual
pre-Christmas visit. A community
sing will follow at the courthouse.
Mrs. Wiley Lewis, general chair
man, has announced the following
committees, who are to have sep
arate meetings this week and are
scheduled to mee with the Mer
chants' Association Nov. 10 at the
town hall:
Santa Claus, Daniel Lipman and
Willard Willis; putting up Chrismas
lights and securing a truck for
Santa, Carl Hatsell, Jack Barnes,
L. J. Hill, Edgar Cole and the fire
department.
Scout; and other parade units,
Jack Neal, Crip Jones, G. T. Spiv
ey, Bobby Martin and Ronald Earl
Mason; bands and parade line-up,
T. H. Potter, John Jones, and Clar
ence Stamper; pets and children,
William Roy Hamilton, Johnny Wil
lis, Mrs. Charles Noe and Harry
Whitehurst.
Donations for Christmas festivi
ties, Clarence Guthrie, Jim Wheat
ley, Leslie Moore, Jarvis Herring,
, Ralph Eudy, Calvin Jones, Gilbert
Potter and Mrs. Ben Gibbs; ad
vertising, Will Downum, John
Steed and Finley Thompson.
Floats, J. O. Barbour Jr., Mrs.
Glen Harris, Glenn Adair, J. P.
Harris and Gerald Hill; parking
meters, Bert Brooks and Billy Dav
is.
Lt. Lester Hill
Reported Killed
Word was received Monday by
Mrs. Myrtle Hill, Marshall berg,
that her son, Lt. Lester Norris Hill,
a Navy pilot, was missing.
, Information Wednesday night re
ported that he was killed in a jet
plane crash at San Diego while on
an aerial tactical mission. The
plane apparently exploded after
take-off and crashed in the bay.
Divers were scheduled to begin
searching yesterday for the wreck
age.
Lieutenant HUI was expected to
be promoted in the near future. In
addition to his wife, son, and moth
er, he is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Charles Conway, Marshallberg.
Lieutenant Hill, 32, was in
the Navy 14 years. He is a grad
uate of Smyrna High School and
the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill.
He was married to the former
Mary Wellons of Raleigh and they
have a son, Steven, 3. The family
makes their home in San Diego.
The telegram received by Mrs.
Hill was from her son's command
ing officer, Capt. E. G. Schwab.
Fire Burns
Apartment
Fire burned oat the apartment of
Marie Marbley, 1401 Fisher St.,
Morchead City, at 6 o'clock Wed
nesday morning.
Mrs. Marbley, a cook at More
head City hospital, was at work at
the time. Her grandson, Harold
Marbley Jr., IS, who was home in
bed, was awakened by the smoke.
He turned in the fire alarm at 13th
and Fisher Streets and then wak
ened people in the other apart
ments.
Firemen said that the blaze was
probably caused from an imper
fectly scaled crack around the
stove. Mrs. Marbley said she had
no insurance.
Saved from the apartment was
, a couch, some bedroom furniture,
and the stove. She lost her living
room furniture and tv. Her kitch
en range and refrigerator were
also damaged.
Firemen kept the Mate from
spreading to the other apartments
or the house next door. The apart
ment house is owned by Bea Col
lins, 1105 Avery St. She is report
ed to have carried insurance on it.
Jeep Recovered
? The jeep belonging to Aaron
Craig, Newport, which was stolen
this summer was discovered last
Thursday night near the new
schoolhouse road at Havelock. A
hunter came upon it. The jeep was
the worse for wear. Sheriff Hugh
Salter said a spring was broken
and a tire was flat, among other
thlngi
Carteret voters went along with
the rest of the state Tuesday in ap
proving issuance of state bonds
amounting to almost $34Vi million.
The vote was light statewide as
well as here. The total number of
votes cast in Carteret was 1,348,
the elections board announced yes
terday. In a presidential election,
as many as 5,000 sometimes go to
the polls.
(letting the most votes for, and
the fewest against, was the issue
calling for $12,053,000 for mental
institutions. This also got a heavy
favorable vote statewide.
The neJct most popular issue ir
the county was $140,000 for the
State Blind Rehabilitation Center
This was followed by the vote foi
$18, 891, 000 for educational institu
tions, which got a big favorable
vote throughout the state.
The most unpopular issue was
$250,000 for historical sites. In this
county, it got 545 unfavorable
votes, but was still carried with a
vote of 715.
Vote on the issues in this county
was as follows:
Issues For Against
1. Educational institutions ........ 1,077 235
2. Mental institutions 1,173 154
3. Community colleges ...............i. 969 322
4. Hospitals 1,076 234
5. Armories . 763 496
6. Training schools 1,053 236
7. Blind center 1,162 156
8. Southport port 777 502
9. Historical sites ;. 715 545
Children List Favorite
Costumes for Halloween
By ELLEN BORDEAUX
With the approach of Halloween
tomorrow, little folks look forward
to dressing up in their favorite cos
tume and going out to trick or
treat. A number of them will be
trick or treating for UNICEF, the
United Nations Children's Fund,
this year and the majority will be
dressed as witches, goblins or
other characters of the Halloween
season.
Mickey Simmons, 13, Newport,
was asked what kind of costume he
would choose, if he could have any
kind he wanted. "I'd rather be a
skeleton, I guess," he replied.
When asked why, he declared it
would be "more scary.'*
Roberta Hodges, 6, Havclock,
would love to
dress up as
Sleeping Beauty, <
"because she's
so pretty." In- >
flucnce of the
Walt D 1 s n e jr
film, Sleeping
Beauty, evi
denced itself
again in the answer of Marsha
Hunt, 9. Beaufort, who said she
supposed she wanted to be like
Sleeping Beauty, because she had
heard the story so many times.
Little 6-year-old Terri Broda,
Beaufort, whose big brown eyes
grew bigger when asked what she
would like to wear on Halloween,
said she wanted to be a witch, so
she could scare people. Right now,
Terri's waiting for her two new
teeth to appear.
Sandy Golda, 8, Newport, is go
ing to dress as a majorette. The
reason is obvious. Her mother has
already bought her a majorette
costume!
The witch crew would b<
strengthened if Vicki Johnson, 6
llavelock, and Candy Jones, 5
Morehead City, had their way
Vicki would like to be a witch "be
cause they look bad." Candy says
"I'd like to a witch because I like
them. But I'm afraid of them too.'
Then as an afterthought, as if t<
reassure her listeners (and hersel
too), she added, "There reallj
aren't any such things as witches.'
Rodney Hunt, 7, Beaufort, chooses
a ghost costume. When asked why
lie a na nil cu, "iij
not?" Jimmy Miller,
8, Beaufort, goes V
along with the ghost
brigade. He's in favor
of being a ghost "be- j
cause they're scary
looking."
ITen/isliA Rogimr Q
tituuiv uia<vi , ?r, iuvi vuvai
City, casts his vote for a cowbo;
outfit. "I'd want to be a cowbo;
because 1 like cowboys. I like ti
watch them on tv."
Jane Davis, 6, Beaufort, woul(
like to dress as a pirate "becaus<
they're ugly."
Dick Babccok Jr., 8, Beaufort
finds his favorite rig in the anima
world. "I'd like to be a rabbit.'
he announces. "I like Bugs Bun
ny."
Some youngsters apparently like
the spook theory of Halloween
while others feel that it's simply a
time to play-act and dress up as
their favorite character or hero.
Whatever their aim, they are tak
ing advantage of a wonderful night
in the year when everyone can
transform himself for a few magic
hours into somebody else.
Old 'Dip was First Horse
Into Diamond Pen Vat
Dip U camera shy. The only way he'd let his picture be taken was
while standiaf next to one of his cronies, a cow.
A historic banker pony is owned
by Eugene and Harry Moore of
Marshallberg. The horse, 36 years
old, was the first one dipped on
Core Banks when federal law re
quired that all cattle be given a
bath to rid them of the fever tick.
Thus the horse has been dubbed
"Dip." Mr. Eugene says that Dip
was about 2 years old when he was
put through the vat at Diamond
Pen, two miles north of Cape Look
out in the spring of 1925. As he
frisked and glistened in the sun aft
er the dipping, someone observed
that he ought to be called "Dip."
And the name bat been with Um
ever line*.
At that time, Dip waa owned by
the I?te Jim Wade of Harkers Is
land and still carries on his hip the
JXW brand of his first owner. Then
Dip was bought by George Rose,
Markers Island. He changed hands
a third time, going to Capt. Leon
ard Nelson. It was from Captain
Nelson that the Moores bought
him.
Mr. Eugene says Dip was always
a good workhorse. Once in a while
when things wouldn't go to suit
him, he'd buck or kick, but right
now he lazes in a pasture, happily
living out his days.
Mr. Eugene says with a fond
shake of his bend, "We think a lot
(d Dip."
Woman Appeals
Morehead City
Court Verdict
? Judge Herbert Phillips
Suspends Sentences
; ? Defendant Posts Bond
For Appearance
Shirley Maxine Mason of Beau
fort was fined $200 and court costs
Monday in Morehead City's record
er's court after she was found guil
1 ty of a multitude of traffjc viola
tions.
Included in charges against the
woman were citations for speeding,
careless and reckless driving,
drunk driving, driving on the wrong
side of the road, improper passing
and resisting arrest.
The defendant pleaded not guilty
to all of the charges. The court's
verdict was appealed to the next
term of superior court. Bond for
her appearance was set at $250.
Another multiple offender was
John Thomas Mobley of Washing
ton who appeared to answer
. charges of having no operator's li
| cense, careless and reckless driv
ing, making an improper left turn
i and driving with a revoked license.
After hearing the evidence, the
; court found the defendant guilty on
, all counts except the first. Mobley
was sentenced to six months in jail,
but this was suspended on payment
. of $175 and court costs.
? George Dennis Sanders of More
^ head City and Theodore H. Baker
of Cherry Point were charged with
> driving the wrong way on a one
f way street. A 30-day jail sentence
/ for Baker was suspended on pay
' ment of costs. Sanders was or
s derod to pay court costs.
, Willie Jones of Newport forfeited
bond when he failed to appear to
answer charges of littering the
highway.
Robert Gaskins of Greenville
pleaded guilty to obtaining taxi cab
services with intent to cheat and
defraud, by departing without pay
ing fare of $8. The defendant's
prayer for judgment was continued
V for 60 days.
V Cecil C. Stephenson of Cherry
? Point was ordered to pay court
costs for speeding. John Thomas
i Mobley, Washington, N. C., was
i made to pay costs and redeem the
check, after he was found guilty
> of issuing a worthless check.
, The simple assault case against
Nathaniel Reece of Morehead City
was not prosecuted. The case
against Evie MacArthur Taylor of
Newport was ordered removed
; from the docket. Taylor was charg
. ed with having no operator's li
cense.
Archie J. Green of Silvcrdale,
" charged with having no operator's
' license, possession of an illegal
| amount of liquor for the purpose
1 of sale, failure to stop at an offic
er's request and resisting arrest,
was convicted on all counts except
possession of the liquor.
( His 90-day jail sentence was sus
pended by the court on the condi
tion that he pay $75 and court costs
and that he remain on good behav
ior for two years. He was acquit
ted on a charge of allowing an un
licensed person to drive.
William Marbley Jr. of Morehead
City, charged with simple assault,
was given 90 days in jail and road
work. This sentence was suspend
ed on payment of $25 and costs and
a year's good behavior.
Charles T. Jones of Morehead
City, charged with public drunken
ness for the second time within 12
months, was sentenced to 30 days
in jail. The court suspended the
jail sentence on payment of $15 and
court costs and one year's good be
havior on the part of the defendant.
Judge Herbert O. Phillips con
tinued seven cases until next
week's term of court.
Beaufort Board Takes Next
Step ; Hearing to be Nov. 30
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Boys Get Instructions
New?-Tlme* Photo by McCorrb
Mrs. S. A. Horton, Morehead City, left, gives instructions to two
UNICEF Trick or Treaters. Behind the mask is her 10-year-old son,
Ben, and with him is John Davis, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Davis,
Morehead City. The boys will join other Trick or Treaters for
UNICEF tomorrow night.
Garbage Can Ordinance
To Go into Effect Monday
Morthrad City's now garbage
can ordinance goes into effect Mon
day.
The ordinance requires that gar
bage cans be no larger than 30
gallon capacity, have suitable han
dles and fly-tight lids.
The ordinance was passed by the
town board Aug. 4, giving residents
three months to comply with it.
Reason for the ordinance, accord
ing to commissioners, is to improve
sanitation (many receptacles now
being used for garbage have no
lids), improve the appearance of
the town by having uniform gar
Port Official
Speaks to JC's
Charles McNeill, assistant opera
tions mahagcr, of the Morehead
City state port was the principal
speaker at the Monday night meet
ing of the Beaufort Jaycees. He
spoke on port development.
Giving a report on the district
meeting held last week was Bobby
Safrit. Members were reminded
of the second quarterly board
meeting to be held in Rocky Mount
Nov. 6, 7, and 8.
The club expressed their thanks
to Wiley Taylor for the filing cabi
net which he donated and also ex
pressed their regret at losing Mrs.
Street Wetherington who has serv
ed their dinners at the Scout build
ing. Mrs. Wetherington has taken
over the dining room at U)c Inlet
Inn.
Two Magazine Salesmen
Ordered Out of County
Two youths, Curtis Leon Raynor i
and Wilgrier Raynor, were sen- I
tenced to two years in jail Tues
day in county recorder's court. ;
Both pleaded guilty to obtaining :
money under false pretense.
The boys were apprehended in
Beaufort Tuesday, Oct. 22 after
they went from house to house try
ing to sell magazines. They claim
ed that they were from the "Hen
dricks Baptist orphanage at
Greensboro." (There is no such
place). One said he was trying to
accumulate points so that he could
get a scholarship to go to college.
They claimed to be brothers.
After questioning of each, sep
arately in the sheriff's office, their
stories were found not to coincide.
Judge Lambert Morris suspended
jail sentences on condition that
each pay 112.50 and coats and stay
out of the county for two yeart.
Other defendants, their charges
and the findings of the court were
as follows:
I Aaron Eugene Beat? ? Allowing
an unlicensed person to drive.
Costs paid.
Harris, Muckelvane ? Careless
and reckless driving, failing to
yield the right of way resulting in
See COURT, Page 2
Tides at Uk Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Oct. 3t
6:34 a.m.
6:55 p.m.
12:26 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 31
7:17 a.m.
7:41 p.m.
1:13 a.m.
1:49 p.m.
Suaday, Nov. 1
8:04 a.m.
8;31 p.m.
1:59 a.m.
2:37 p.m.
Moaday, Nov. 2
8:53 a.m.
9:24 p.m.
2:45 a.m.
3:26 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 1
9:48 a.m.
10:24 p.m.
3:33 a.m.
4:15 p.m.
hago receptacles, and increase ef
ficiency of the garbage collecting
crcw who frequently have been de
layed by having to hoist heavy 50
gallon drums which formerly con
tained oil.
Unless the home-owners meet
the garbage can requirements, they
will be subject to prosecution in
the town court.
Beaufort town father* passed a resolution Monday night
"to consider annexation" of certain areas adjacent to pres
ent town boundaries.
Claud Wheatly, town attorney, explained that the reso
lution does not mean that the town will annex, it means
that a hearing will be called. Following the hearing, the
town may or inay noi annex new*
areas by ordinance.
The hearing has been set for 7:30
p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, in the Beau
fort town hail.
Prior to presentation of the reso
lution, mayor W. H. Potter said,
"I am of the opinion the town is not
in a position to take on something
of this order, in view of the poten
tial repercussions."
lie said that he was apprehensive
of bringing into the town "1,000 un
willing citizens." He recommend
ed that the town continue to work
on mapping the areas and "at the
appropriate time, when we are
ready to make a move, take in
segments or the whole part as may
be financially possible."
The attorney said it is not feasi
ble to deny the outlying areas fire
service, when they can 'call sur
rounding communities and obtain
fire service. There are no levers,
he commented, to make the per
sons in the suburbs vividly aware
of the benefits they receive from
the town.
The mayor said that everyone in
the present town administration
would "have a star in his crown"
if they could enlarge the town and
add to it a thousand cooperative
citizens. He doubted that such co
operation would be forthcoming in
view of the recent vote, 3 V* to 1,
by those citizens who would be an
nexed. (The vote was against an
nexation).
The resolution calling for the
Nov. 30 hearing passed unanimous
iy
The resolution points out thai all
the land within the corporate limits
of the town has been utilized to its
full extent and ther$ is no other
area for development; that town
residents are forced to move out of
town to build homes; that unless
a town progresses, it regresses;
that the town possesses, in most in
stances, sufficient equipment and
personnel to extend the necessary
governmental services to adjacent
areas, and expansion is necessary
for developing a sound fire pro
tection policy.
The resolution further states that
all those at the hearing shall be
See BOARD. Page 2
Parade Precedes Big Win
Riding a library club float in Beaufort'* homecoming parade Fri
day are, left to right, Amy Stoy, Helen Lupton and Kay Temple.
Cheerleader* whooping it op daring the See** homecoming pa
rade la Beaafart Friday, arc Mini GUehrtit, an (he leader at left,
Sophia Dickiaaoa, right; Naacjr Kontlejr, tap Mt, tad CUaAa Taylor,
ftritkL ^
12 Drunk Driving
Cases Docketed
For Nov. 9 Court
Twelve cases charging persons
with driving drunk are slated for
the Nov. 9 criminal term of super
ior court.
The defendants are: Tommy
Council Jones, Carol Clark Deal,
James Roscoc Garner, Glyn Lee
Ricks, Charlie Mclvin Smith, Sarah
Reeves Smith.
Otis Norvin Fulford, William
Amasa Murdock, Snowdic Bryant
Rouse, Shirley Ann Turnagc, Lock
wood L. Watson, and David Bran
dell Merrill.
The eases of James Roscoc Gar
ner and Glyn Lcc Ricks will go be
fore the grand jury, which will de
termine whether there is sufficient
evidence to prosecute.
Cases scheduled for the opening
day of court are Donnie G. Proctor,
bigamy; Curtis Davis Jr., non-sup
port; Thomas Atkinson Jr., as
sault; Edward Henderson, non-sup
port; William Jackson Carter, rac
ing.
William Earl Chapman, hit and
run; Dallas Harvell, breaking and
entering and larceny; Dallas Har
vell, seduction; Picrson Willis, em
bezzlement; Willie Moore Harkley,
violation of motor vehicle laws;
Yancey S. Barbour, non-support;
and the cases against Tommy
Council Jones, Carol Clark Deal,
James R. Garner and Glyn Lea
Ricks.
Cases to be heard Tuesday in
clude Eugene Hesse, public drunk
enness; Charles Holland Jr., whis
key law violation; Donald Russell
Hume, speeding; Annie Mae Hin
son, whiskey law violation; Ralph
Chadwick, allowing cattle to run at
large.
Roderick Moore, assault; Jcthroe
K. Ezzell, careless and reckless
driving; Jessie and Sadie Finch,
violation of sanitation laws; and
the drunk driving cases against
Charlie Melvin Smith, Sarah
Reeves Smith, Otis Norvin Fulford,
Snowdie Bryant Rouse and William
Amasa Murdock.
Wednesday's court action will
see Beatrice Monroe tried for
speeding, Ollie Hargett, public
drunkenness; Jasper Dail, violation
of fishing laws; Percy Allen Green,
violation of prohibition laws; Ira
Culpepper, violation of fishing
laws; Julian Wade, public drunk
enness; E. C. Mcintosh, assault;
Earl Davis, trespassing.
On Thursday the Judge will hear
cases charging Christopher Lockley
with cheat and defraud; Guido
Michael Mariane, violation of mo
tor vehicle laws; Amos Locklear,
careless and rcckless driving, and
the drunken driving cases against
Shirley Ann Turnagc, Lockwood L.
Watson and David Brandcll Mer
rill.
Visitor Reports
$1,480 Stolen
Lewii J. Stalling*, High Point,
told Morehcad City police at 6:15
a.m. Wednesday that $1,480 was
stolen from his wallet while he was
sleeping in a room in the Broad
way Motel, Morehcad City, Tues
day night.
Police said a door to the room
was slightly ajar when Stallings
and his companion, William L.
Dawkins, awoke Wednesday morn
ing. But the lock was not dam
aged. The men said they thought
they had locked the two doors to
the room the night before.
Stallings is a former member of
the High Point police force. Daw
kins is (till on the force and has
been for many years, according to
Herbert Griffin, Morchead City
police chief.
Stallings said that his wallet was
in his trousers and before he went
to sleep Tuesday night he rolled
his trousers up and put them under
his pillow. In the morning the
trousers were found in the middle
of the floor, with the wallet coo
tents strewn about, but the money
gone.
SUlllBgs said the II.4M was in ?
compartment nobody knew about.
The MO and * $20 cashier's check
were In other compartments in the
wallet
The robbery is being investigat
ed by C*pt Cad Bunch,