CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
? 48th YEAR, NO. 98. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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SHIPS AT NIGHT
Santa Claus was in Beaufort Friday night but any gift
that he may have had in his bag couldn't have matched
the one the Beaufort Seadogs presented to the town a
few hours later when they outhustled, outplayed and
outscored the Andrews Wildcats 20-0 to become 1959
Class A champions of the state.
"This is the greatest bunch of boys in the world," said
head coach Curt Lancaster after the game and there
wasn't anyone around to disagree in the jubilant Seadog
dressing room. The Seadogs themselves, bruised and
battered from the rough contest, were raising the roof
off of the gym with their victory shouts after they had
finally worked their way through the multitude of Beau
fort fans who mobbed their team on the field at the
sound of the final whistle.
There was little doubt as to how the game would come
out after Beaufort racked the Wildcats unmercifully on
the first two plays of the game. The Seadogs had kick
ed off to Andrews to open the game and on the first
' two plays from scrimmage Herbert Myers and Don Marr
were stopped cold as the Wildcats tried unsuccessfully
to get their vauntjed running attack in gear. Thanks to
some offsides penalties against the Seadogs, the Wild
cats managed to pick up two first downs before losing
the ball when they tried to run on a fourth down sit
uation.
The first running play by the Seadogs was a two-yard
plunge by All-State fullback Ernest (Power) House. Ray
Hassell then picked up nine around end and followed
this with a two-yard jaunt. Then it was House again
over the middle for six and Eddie Taylor running wide
for two. Butch Hassell then called on House on the
draw play and the strategy caught Andrews flat-footed
and netted 13 yards before Powerhouse was stopped.
House then bucked the middle again for three yards
and Butch completed the first of his nine passes for the
evening when he hit Ray in the flat with an aerial that
went for five yards. Eddie Taylor then picked up an
other five before a Butch Hassell pass fell incomplete.
Playing it safe on third down, the Seadogs quick-kicked
and the Butch Hassell boot rolled dead on the Andrews'
three-yard line.
The Wildcats attempted to run the ball out of the hole
but could not move the Seadog forward wall and were
forced to punt as the first period ended in a scoreless
deadlock.
Eddie Taylor was stopped for no gain and another
pass fell incomplete before Hassell called on House to
bowl over for nine yards. Faced with a fourth and one
situation the Seadogs decided to gamble and it paid off
as Butch carried on a sneak for the necessary 36 inches.
Ray Hassell then ripped off 11 yards and House two be
fpre Eddie Taylor fumbled and Jim Conley of the Wild
cats recovered.
Again the Wildcats found they could not move on the
ground as three running plays netted them a minus one
yard. Andrews then got a momentary break when the
bare-footed kick of Conley rolled dead 011 the Seadog
three-yard line.
Recalling the game of a week earlier when the Sea
dogs had marched 98 yards to score against Norlina,
the Beaufort fans began their cadence chant of Go, Go,
Go and the Seadogs responded by crossing the Andrews'
goal 12 plays later when Butch Hassell carried over
from the, one-yard line on a quarterback sneak. Power
house opened the drive with a plunge for two yards and
then Ray Hassell picked up seven. Eddie Taylor gave
the Seadoga the first down when he picked up three
ya^-ds over the middle of the Wildcat line.
House added six yards and Ray Hassell one to give
the Seadogs a third and three situation. Butch then
called on the draw play again and this time House com
pletely caught the Andrews' defense off guard and
ripped off 19 yards befoce the last Wildcat defender
brought him down. The Seadogs bewildered the Wild
cats even more on the next two plays as Ray Hassell
completed a pass to Butch Hassell that went for six
yards and then Butch completed one to Ray that moved
the ball 11 yards closer to the Wildcat goal line.
Butch HAssell continued his deadly air attack as time
was running out in the second quarter and on the next
two plays the classy quarterback completed passes to
Sm SEADOGS, Page 8
Floats on Parade
Jesse Loekhart drive* ? IMS Beo truck hi the More he ad City pa
rade. With him is the ftev. lack Mansfield, Camp Glenn. This track
also appeared in the Beaufort parade. r-? r-w -
The Beaafart Free Will Baptist Church entered a nativity iceae u a float aal won a friie of $25 in the
Christmai parade Friday at Beaatet.
Santa'* alrifk and reiadeer on real now provided the aulkeaUc ChrMaaa itmnnhiiri at the PTMraa
at tka tm rtfc? ? Mtewfag Beaafart'i parade.
Gala Parade, Football Game
Add Up to Great Day' Friday
Friday was a wonderful day.
Beaufort tucked the state foot
ball championship under its belt
and welcomed Santa Claus in a
gala parade.
A crowd estimated at 4.000 lined
the parade route and close to 2,300
swarmed to the Beaufort high
school football field after a Christ
mas program at the courthouse.
Few could remember when a pa
rade in Beaufort attracted such a
crowd. The weather was perfect
? for football and parading. There
was hardly any wind, the sun set
in a warm glow and brilliant stars
lighted the night.
Five bands with tbeir eye-stop
ping majorettes appeared in the
parade Beaufort's green-clad mu
sic-makers followed the Beaufort
police car as the first part of the
parade came into view on Front
Street four minutes after tile S p.m.
spirting time at the school.
Other band* were the sparkling
JforckMrtMtjDwaicwns. OA Wu?-.
clad band of Swansboro high*
school, the high-stepping band of
Queen Street high school, and the
W. S. King school band, led by a
troupe of tiny majorettes in white
satin who drew applause all along
the parade route.
The winning float in the church
category was a nativity scene en
tered by Beaufort Free Will Baptist
Church. St. Paul's Episcopal en
try, a lovely float with eight little
angels beneath gold bells and the
slogan, Joy to the World, followed.
Floats were also entered by the
First Baptist Church, Ann Street
Methodist Church and Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, all of Beaufort.
The church floats were followed
by Beaufort school children carry
ing colorful flags of 82 nations.
Seven floats appeared in the
school category. The winning float
was entered by Queen Street high
school, an attractive red float on
ytuch girls dressed in red rode and
> WMcd. la. the jrowd. ?
Other Boats were entered t>y Ufc
Future Home makers who also bad
Miss FHA riding in a convertible,
the Beaufort freshman class, W. S.
King School of Morehead City, the
Vigilantes and county 4-H clubs.
A station wagon decorated with
ship's helm, ship's bell, flying pen
nants and drawing a spanking
white sports cruiser on a boat
trailer won the commercial float
prize for Barbour's Marine Supply,
Beaufort.
Other commercial float entries
See PARADE, Page g
Driver of Truck
Dies Following
Wreck Yesterday
Bud Dixon, 3D, Negro driver of
a pulpwood truck, died in More
head City Hospital at 9:30 yester
day morning after his truck turned
over oo highway 101 just south of
the Laurel Road. ?
Dixon, origiiiaUy from Alabama,
was living at 306 Queen St., Beau
fort. Patrolman R H. Brown, who
investigated, said that Dixon was
headed north at a high rate of
spaed, following another truck.
The first track slowed to turn
into the Laurel Road, and Dixon,
?rpparcnttr, applied Ms oralce*. As
he did the truck went off to the
right, veered to the left, hit a ditch
head first, looped end over end
and came to a stop on its wheels
in front of a tree.
Dixon, meanwhile, had been
thrown out. Patrolman Brown said
he believes one of the stakes on
the truck pierced Dixon's body.
The truck was not loaded. The
driver was taken to the Morehead
City hospital in the Adair ambu
lance.
Owner of the track was George
Cleveland Courtney Jr.
35-Voice Glee Club Will
Sing in Morehead City
Sunday Night Set
For Yule Service
The Community Christmas
scrvicc featuring the music of
the Morehcad City high school
chorus will begin at 7:30 Sunday
night in the Morehead City
school auditorium.
All of the churches of the More
head City area, as well as the
general public, annually join in
this Mrvice of music and medi
tation.
The high school chorus under
the direction of Ralph Wade, con
sists of 81 students from grades
9 through 12. The boys and girls'
glee club will also perform.
They will present a program of
specially selected Christmas mu
sic.
Board Lengthens
School Holidays
At the request of the county unit,
North Carolina Education Associa
tion, the county board of education
yesterday extended the Christmas
holidays to Jan. 4.
The original vacation period was
Dec. 18 to Dec. 29. School was
scheduled to close May 28, but be
cause of this change, H. L Joalyn,
county school superintendent, says
the school dosing date probably
will be Hay 30, or later, should
schools have to closc any day this
winter becausc of the weather.
The heard act Jan. ( at noon iu
the recreation center, Morehead
City, mi Q>e date for the annual
school bus drivers' luncheon.
it also authorised Mr. Joalyn to
extend Its congratulation to the
Beaufort football team on winning
the stale championship.
Mr. JMlya will attend this week
the state conference of school su
perintendents at Durham.
? The Greensboro College Glee
Club, composed of 35 girls, will
give a concert at the First Metho
dist Church, Horehead City, Fri
day at 7:30 p.m. "The club will
be on a tour of North Carolina and
Virginia that week and we have
the privilege and joy of having
them in our county for th? above
appearance," states the Rev. Alvls
Daniel, pastor of the Wildwood
Presbyterian Church.
Included in that concert will be
the Bible Story of Naomi and Rutlfc
set to music by Caatelnuovo-Te
desco, also hymns, folk songs, and
Christmas carols. There will be
no admission charged,- only a free
will offering to help cover expenses
of the tour.
The club will be in the county
Friday night, staying in homes of
the members of the First Methodist
Church, the First Presbyterian
Church, the Wildwood Presbyterian
Church, and the Bud Dixon Motel.
The evening meal it being served
the club by the women of the Wild
wood Presbyterian Church.
This will be the Greensboro Col
lege Glee Club's 213th concert giv
en over a period of eleven years.
The club is directed by E. L. Wil
liams, who received his master's
degree in voice from the Univer
sity of Oklahoma and has done fur
ther study at New York University.
"Everyone Is Invited to come out
for an evening of enjoyable and
inspiring music given by a fine
group of girls," Mr. Daniel said.
He married this summer one of the
girls who was in the glee club when
it appeared in Morehead City last
December.
Elmer Mears Charged
With Running Stop Sign
Elmer Lee Mem, Cherry Point,
was charged with running through
a stop sign It 12:30 a.m. Thursday.
Patrolman R. H. Brown said
Mean failed to stop on the Mc
Cabe Road at the intersection of
highway 24 and went into the ditch
on highway 24. Damage to his car
was estimated at *230.
Coaches Smooch Trophy
News- Times Photos by McComb
"Love that beautiful trophy," say Beaufort coaches ilm Fodrie. Curt Lancaster and Tom Hewitt ia the
jubilant Seadog dressing room following their team's 20-0 triumph Friday night over Andrews for the Class
A championship of the state. The trio had just emerged from their traditional shower dunking by
the team. The trophy and coaches are being baptised by colas.
Christmas Tree Glows
A big living cedar become* a Christmas tree once every year on the courthouse laws. It is decorated
by Beaufort firemen. (Mure pictures page ?).
Ports Director Attends
Convention in Florida
D. Leon Williams, executive di
rector of North Carolina state
ports, is attending the 48th annual
convention of the American Asso
ciation of Port Authorities, which
open* today at West Palm Beach,
Fla.
Mr. Williams is first vice-preii
dent of the organization.
Tide TabU 1
Tides at the Beiuiort Bar J '
HIGH ' LOW
Tuesday, Dec. ? I
2:51 a.m. 1:19 .a.m. .
2:19 p.m. I:tt p.m. ,
Wednesday, Dec. 9
3:55 a.m. 10:00 a jo. <
4:12 p.m. 10:34 p.m. I
Thursday, Dec. It
4:49 r.m. 11:09 a.m. <
S Ot p.m. 11:30 p.m. 1
Civic Representatives To
Attend Meeting Tonight
Ojn member from each civic or
ganization in Beaufort is asked to
ittcnd a meeting at 7:30 tonight in
it. Paul's pari it house to plan eo
irdlnation of tin town's Christmas
living.
Earl Willis, MWhan of the fire
lepartment's CMtmai pragma,
? in charge.