ALL WHO R%U) READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "" 49th YEAR, NO. 40. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Lewis Russell, Morehead, Booked on Series of Thefts Miss Ann Arthur To Go to Norway | On Fellowship Mitts Ann Royal Arthur, daugh ter of Mrs. Florrie H. Arthur of j Bonham Heights, Morehead City, nas been awarded the Crown Prin- j fcess Martha Fellowship by the ' American - Scandinavian Founda lion for a year's study in Norway. Miss Arthur has been a graduate student and part-time instructor in j the Department of Germanic Lan guage at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1955. She will leave for Norway in I June and will begin her studies at the University of Oslo in the fall. 1 She will study the Norwegian lan- 1 guage and its history, doing re search specifically on the language reform since the separation of Nor way from Denmark in 1814. Miss Arthur is currently work ing on her doctor's dissertation in the area of Scandinavian philology. A graduate of Woman's College, Greensboro, Miss Arthur received a master's degree from Eastman School of Music. She studied mu sic for 18 months in Vienna, and there became interested in the Germanic languages. The fellowship is named in hon or of the late wife of King Olav V of Norway, who died ifi 1954 be fore her husband ascended to the I throne. Highway Group To Meet Hay 24 The All-Seashore Highway asso ciation will meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, in the Governor Tryon hotel, New Bern. A program for the year will be planned, ac cording to Norwood Young, Beau- ' fort, president. Mr. Young outlines the following proposed foals for the year: ? An auto ferry, toll-operated or otherwise, across lower Cape Fear river from the vicinity of Fort Fisher to South port. ? The immediate survey and construction of a highway down the Outer Banks frofn Virginia Beach, Va? to Kitty Hawk, N. C. ? Adequate dredging for the un hampered operation of state fer- i rios at Oregon and Hatteras inlets. ? Proper maintenance of exist ing waterways and channels, plus the deepening and widening of cer- i tain existing channels. ? Stabilization of beaches and inlets, including the rebuilding of badly eroded sections of the outer banks. ? More effective mosquito con trol. i i Committee Stages Contest Sponsoring * color photo contest is the advertising brochure com mittee of the Greater Morehcad City chamber of commerce. A $50 first prize will be given, with other cash prizes being $3S, $25 and $10. The purpose is to ob tain color photos for a proposed 1 brochure. Printing is being delay ed, Mrs. Clayton Fulcher Jr., chairman of the committee, said Thursday because of lack of color 1 photos. 1 Subjects desired are historical, nautical, scenic or action shot*. All positive prints or negatives ' must be 33 mm. or larger. En- 1 tries should be mailed to Photo Contest, Morehead City Chamber ] of Commerce, Morehead City, N. C. The contest opens June 1 and will run to Oct. X, 1960. Aaother brochure, not carrying color photos, will be printed in the near future. ? Police Catch Russell After Midnight Thursday in Store Lewis H. Russell, 25, well-known ?< resident of Morehead City, waived hearing in Morehead City record er's court yesterday on a charge of breaking and entering Eastman's Town and Sound shop, Morehead City, after midnight Thursday. Bond for his appearance in su period court was set at $3,500. On charges of breaking and entering places in Carteret and Onslow counties, Russell was released from the county jail Friday under $2,500 i bond. Russell, an employee in a More head City paint store and a mem ber of the Morehead City Jaycees, was caught in Eastman's by Lt. Joe Smith of the Morehead City police department. Sheriff Hugh Salter said Satur day that Russell has admitted 14 other separate charges of breaking and entering over the past six months in Carteret and Onslow counties. The wave of thefts has had the county sheriff's depart ment and Beaufort and Morehead City police departments on the alert ever since they started. In recent weeks, sheriff's depart ment personnel have been staying up nights at points throughout the county, hoping to get a lead on who was consistently pulling the break-in jobs. The break came about midnight Thursday, when Miss Dorothy Har rell, who lives on N. 7th street, across from Eastman's, heard glass shatter. She saw a man go through the back door of East man's on the 7th street side, then : called Morehead City police. Lieutenant Smith and patrolman E. D. O'Neal went to the store at 12:32 a.m. Patrolman O'Neal stay ed at the door while Lieutenant Smith went into the dark store. The officers didn't know whether one or more persons were in the store or whether they were armed. After some time, the lieutenant found the light switch, then discov ered behind a rack of dresses on the east side of the store a man's feet sticking out below the dresses. He called to the pereon to come out. When the man failed to^o so, the lieutenaht Informed him that he had a gun on him. Finally, when Russell heard the click of the pistol being cocked, he came out. Lieutenant Smith said he had with him a cro-bar and was wear ing gloves. He was booked at the Morehead City police station on a scries of breaking and entering counts, three larceny charges and one charge of having in his posses sion burglary tools. The specific counts against him are two entries of Dr. W. M. Bra dy's office, one on Dec. 28, 1959 when $40 in cash was taken and one on May 11, 1960 when 60 cents was taken; entry of six offices in the Wade building last week when (24 was taken from the Pilot Life Insurance office, entry on May 16 of the State Commercial Fisheries office when about a dollar in a small box by the drink machine was taken. Lieutenant Smith said the box taken from the fisheries office was found in Russell's car. While Rus See BURGLARIES, Page 2 ?unny Weekend Delights County Fair skies and mild tempera tures gave visitors and residents one of the finest weekends of the year Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's high was a comforta ble 73 degrees and Sunday the mer cury climbed to 77, according to local weather observer Stamcy Da vis. The only moisture recorded by Mr. Davis during the past five days was .10 of an inch on Thurs day. Temperature ranges and wind directions for the four-day period Thursday through Sunday: High Low Wind Thursday 76 62 SW Triday .._ 72 56 SW Saturday 73 54 SW Sunday 77 65 SW Travel Host School Adds Third Session In addition to the two daily class- 1 cs planned this week in the Travel Host school, another class for high I school girls has been added for 3:30 p.m., A. D. Fulford, county j sanitarian, announced yesterday, j The girls will serve as waitress- 1 es after finishing school this year. , The third class was added so that the students could attend without | ! missing school. I The school is being conducted at ! the Morchead City recreation building. Twenty-two waitresses have been enrolled for each of the classes originally announced, the j one at 9 a.m. and the other at 2\ p.m. A. D. Fulford, county sanitarian, reminds those who have not yet enrolled, to do so. The instructors are M. M. Mel-! vin, training specialist. Distribu tive Education service, State De partment of Public Instruction, Mrs. Mary Ellen Booker and Mrs. A. S. Furtado, both of Raleigh. Mr. Melvin says that if there is a demand, additional classes will i be added. The Travel Host school is sched uled for today through Friday. It's sponsored by the North Carolina Travel Council, advertising de partment of the state board of Con servation and Development, state and county health and sanitation departments. The school is part of a state wide program to promote travel by serving better food, providing better accommodations and better service, thus making North Caro linians such good hosts that trav elers will stay longer and come back often, Mr. Melvin remarked Among the lecturers at the school will be J. S. Canady of the state board of health, J. A. Du bois, manager of the Morchead City chamber of commerce, and Grayden Paul, director of Beau fort's anniversary celebration. The film, Variety Vacationland, will be shown Friday. Each person attending at least five sessions of the school will re ceive a certificate. Coast Guard Aids Two Craft A 36-foot yacht, Naughty Gal, developed engine trouble near Beaufort Inlet Sunday afternoon and required Coast Guard assist ance to reach port. Officers at the Fort Macon sta tion reported that a call came from the yacht at 3:10 stating that the party boat, Sam 'n Dan, had the Naughty Gal in tow but was un able to make headway. The Coast Guard dispatched the 40-footer which relieved the Sam 'n Dan and brought the yacht to Morehead City. Another assist was made Sunday night when the Coast Guard towed a disabled motorboat in from Core Sound. The boat was the 18-foot Debra Kae, owned by Jerry Hill of Kins ton. The Coast Guard 30-footcr made the assist. Scrfing as crew members on both of the Sunday assists were Jack L. Wilson, BM-2; J. L. Piver, EM-3 and D. B. Johnson, SN. Town Officials to Meet The North Carolina League of Municipalities will conduct a clin ic on town-city problems for mu nicipal officials in this area Thurs day, June 16, at Jacksonville. | A Wags View of the Dogs Tale (Editor's Note: A reader fa miliar with the dog problem acta forth here the situation as it haa presented itself in recent yeara. This article is not designed to pleaae all who read it. As a mat tor of fact, we guarantee that it wna't). 1*47 ? Three authentic rabies caaca picked up on streets of local communities. An all-out vaccina tion program, county-wide, admin ialrred, along with one week of confinement for dogs in each com munity during which a purge was legally enforced. Result: rabies disappeared. iW Stray problem again. Irate humaniata demand legal impound ncnt'of doga before they are de itraycd. Beaufort built ? pen be hind the city hall, confined noisy pack of 13 dogs for four days. The afore mentioned irate humanists, led by a local housewife, "ransom ed" the 13, removed them one Mock from the city hall and re leased them en masse. City clerk removed his car plugs, and the mayor philosophically retired be hind dark glasses. IM4 ? Rabies appears in dog from Atlantic Beach. Purge of dogs quietly executed. Bounty system of catching dogs in More head City imposed. Volunteer war den catches and re-catches all gen tle p#ts, ignoring big, nasty strays. One local resident observed that his pet was held for ransom sev eral times; these times coincided with the alcoholic Utint of the county dog catcher. Alas, Baby lon! Said dog catcher ended in de lirium tremens in county jail. Be ing profusely covered with dog bites, he was hurriedly transfer red to Dix Hill and given Pasteur treatment. The enforced period of good food and sobriety caused said gentle man to say, "Quit barking at the doctors." During this period a le gal threat as to the man's condi tion was leveled at city hall, but fortunately was side-stepped. How ever, the experience caused a cer tain tension in city hall. A defi nite allergy to the word "dog" was noted. 1M7? Litter of rabid kittens was 8m DOG'S TALC, Page 2 Work on Shirt Factory Will Begin Today ? New Men's Shirt Plant Goes Up in Morehead ? Will Accommodate up To 350 Employees Work on the new Morehead City Garment Co. plant will begin today. The plant will go up in the block bounded by Bridges and Fisher streets, 16th and 17th streets, More head City. The announcement was made jointly yesterday by Edna M. Jack son, president of The Morehead City Garment Co.. and by Julius Peters, president of Beaver Shirt Manufacturing Co., Inc. The plant will contain over 32.000 square feet of air - conditioned space on one floor, will be sprink- i lered, and when completed, will j comprise one of the most modern plants for the manufacture of men's shirts in the country. The plant will replace The More- j head City Garment Company's present plant in the adjoining block j in Morehead City, and will be equipped to employ up to 350 per- j sons. I Company officials had deter- 1 mined sometime ago that a new I plant was needed, and the decision I to remain in Morehead City was ! ! reached through the efforts and co operation of a group of leading citi zens of Morehead City, headed by [ 11. S. Gibbs Jr. Financing for the new plant was I partially obtained through Coopera tive Savings and Loan association of Wilmington, N. C., through its Morehead City office, and by a bond issue of The Morehead City I Garment Co., subscribed by local ! citizens. I. E. Pittman of the First-Citi zens Bank and Trust Co.. is serv ing as trustee of the building fund for the garment company. The contractor is R. M. Turling ton of Lillington. j The new plant comes almost 24 years to the day from the time The Morehead City Garment Co. first came to Morehead City. Mrs. Jackson stated that during that entire period in Morehead City they have enjoyed the most cordial and friendly relationship with the officials and citizens of the town. She further stated that she is confident that the expansion of the plant and its facilities will mean a great deal to the company, to present employees, and to the town by way of increased employment and economic betterment. Toastmasters Talk Politics "The platform performance of presidential candidates in the 1960 campaign will be a determining factor for many voters," E. G. Phillips, presdient of the Carteret County Toastmasters club, said Wednesday night at the club meet ing in the civic center, Morchead City. "Of course voters will consider the political records of the various candidates, but how they come across as public speakers will greatly affect their chances," the speaker said. With jet travel making it possi ble for candidates to cover great distances in a few hours and with millions of people watching them oh television, Phillips said this year's candidates will be heard and seen by more voters than any other candidates in the history of Amer ican politics. He said voters will be studying every gesture and in flection. Pronunciation, he added, will also be a standard of meas urement. Mr. Phillips said the Carteret County Toastmasters expect to have lively political discussions between now and November. Men interested in joining the group for discussions and for speech training arc invited to attend meetings the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 7:30 p.m., Morchead City Civic Center. Attends School Larry F. Howard of Newport has just completed training at the Bear Automotive Safety Service school, Rock Island, 111. Tides at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Taciday, May IT 1:17 a.m. 1:58 p.m 7:47 a m 8:16 p.m Wnlnndajr, May 18 2:13 a m 2:56 p.m 8:52 a.m 9:23 p.m. Thursday, May 13 3:15 a m 3:55 p.m 9:49 a.m 10:21 p.m. Friday, May 2* 4:16 a.m. 4.i? p.m. 10:40 a.m. 11:13 p.m. County Democrats Beat Hard On Harmony ' Key Saturday 4 ? -r - ? i Dutch Treat Beached After drifting unmanned for almost 200 miles, the ketch, Dutch Treat, fetched up on the beach a half mile south of Salvo village on llatteras Island last week. Disposition of the vessel, which was be ing claimed by local salvors and representatives of the company which had the vessel insured, was in the hands of NC Wreck Com missioner, A. \V. Drinkwatcr, who conducted hearings. (Aycock Brown Photo) Mayor Commends Beach CD Unit for Alert' Action At a meeting of Atlantic Beach town commissioners Saturday morning at the town hall the board heard a report from chief-of-police Bill Moore on the Atlantic Beach Civil Defense unit's operation dur ing the recent state-wide alert. Chief Moore said that Atlantic Beach, serving the entire county, remained in constant radio contact ivith state Civil Defense headquar ers throughout the alert. Mayor \ B. Cooper commended the en ire unit for their work and effi ciency during the alert. The commissioners heard a rc juest from the Putt-Putt minia ure golf course for permission to nstall an outside public address jystcm. The speakers were want ed for the purpose of announcing he number of free tickets to be jiven away. The request was de lied by the board, in accordance vith a town ordinance prohibiting mtsidc speakers by any amuse nent business. In the form of a reminder, the >oard announced that all cottage >wners on Atlantic Beach must lave metal garbage cans of not nore than 30-gallon capacity. The garbage cans must also have metal I lids, otherwise garbage will not be L | eollected by the garbage collector. Garbage in cardboard or wooden < boxes will not 1m* picked up. Appearing before the board was S. A. Norton, who requested per- ( mission to build a six room motel , unit on his property. Ne was told that, according to a city ordinance, < he would be required to provide . tenants with on premises parking space. Mr. Norton asked the board i to waive the on-premises parking < restriction. ? He was advised by the board to | check with the health department < to see that his proposed^ motel < meets all of their specifications. The board would then consider his j request for a waiver and act on . the matter when it is brought be- ] fore them again. i Mayor Cooper read a letter from | the mayor of Jacksonville inviting , the board to attend a North Caro lina League of Municipalities meet- j ing Thursday, June 16, in Jackson- , ville. 1 Present, in addition to the may- , or, were commissioners W. L. Dcr- , rickson, R. A. Barefoot, A. F. Fleming and town clerk M. G. Coyle. Dividing Undercurrents Flow Beneath Surface Although, on (he surface, Satur-' day's county Democratic conven tion was sweetness and light, the undercurrents of dissension on what candidates should be support ed, were evident. Speeches were made only by those long in the saddle in county Democratic circlcs. Their cinpha sis on harmony and 'we're all Democrats," in itself ndicated that they were battling a new stream of sentiment within the ranks. The ghost of Kerr Scott, the can didate who upset old-line Demo crats in 1948, is again severing solid machine" ranks. Among the 35 attending the convention in the courthouse at Beaufort were John Larkins supporters, and sup porters of Terry Sanford. on whose shoulders the mantle of Kerr Scott seems to have fallen. Both Lar kins and Sanford are running for governor. Names of the four Democratic gubernatorial candidates were not mentioned. State senator Luther Hamilton advised the gathering lhat the convention should not en dorse any particular candidate. Dissension officially reared its head only when Eugene Moore, Marshallberg, a Sanford supporter, moved that the convention endorse Skinner A. Chalk, Morehead City, who is running for Congressman from this district. Following a verbal vote, it" was suggested that it be entered on the minutes that Mr. Chalk be unani mously endorsed. With that, C. (*. Holland, Beaufort, asked that he be recorded as not voting. George Ball of Harlowe made the same request, as did the Rev. Ralph Fleming, Newport, and Mrs. I). F. Merrill, Beaufort. Mr. Chalk, who attended the meeting, left the room voluntarily < while the vote was taken. He was called in as the dissenters were ! asking that they be recorded as not voting. Mr. Chalk thanked the conven tion for its support and said he would do his best to further the interests of the people, if he is clccted. A. II. James, Morehead City, county Democratic chairman, was re-elected. Other officers chosen were Mrs. D. F. Merrill, first vice chairman; Mrs. Clayton Fulcher Jr., second vice-chairman; Mrs. Effie Adlcr, Morehead City, third vice-chairman, and Ronald Earl Mason, Beaufort, secretary. Mr. James said that Democrats must be prepared to meet what ever the Republicans might pre sent in November. He expressed [he hope that there would be no ill will due to individuals' choice of candidates in the primary. It was voted that all Democrats in good standing be permitted to attend the stale convention in Ra leigh as delegates May 17. Mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort, proposed that at least 10 or 12 delegates be specifically named. Senator Hamilton said that it was found, in the past, that specific laming of delegates sometimes lurt the feelings of those not nam ed. Mayor Potter did not push the natter. In his talk, senator Hamilton See DEMOCRATS, Page 5 Large Crowd Attends Clambake, Speech-Making , Dancing at Smyrna Approximately :><*) attended the lamhakc. speech - making and lancing at Smyrna school Satur lay night. The event was sponsor ?d by the Smyrna Parent-Teacher tssociation at the school. Stewart Daniels', principal, intro luccd mayor W H. Potter, Beau ort, in the auditorium following he supper. Mr. Potter urged pco >lc to go to the polls May 28. He ntroduced political candidates who ittendcd the meeting. Addison Hewlett, Wilmington, :andidatc (or US Senate, remind ed his listeners that while he was ipeaker of the House he got more noncy for the state ports than had >ccn budgeted. As a resident of Wilmington, he said he knows the ishermen's problems. He asked people to Judge him on he basis of his qualifications and lot be influenced by a "high pres sure campaign" being staged by lis opponent. In the absence of Sen. B. Ever ett Jordan, who was speaking in Kandolph county, sheriff Hugh Sal- 1 cr spoke in behalf of .senator Jor Ian, who is seeking re-election to he US Senate. Sheriff Salter said hat senator Jordan has done a ot of good for this county. He stated that the senator was nfluential in obtaining funds for Jie deepening of Morehead City ?arbor, is working now on getting tWin wri^ht ilougb and Wallace channci deepened to allow unham* pered operation of the Allantic Oeracoke ferry and should be re turned to the Senate bceausc of the valuable cxpcrience he has gained there. Robert Stalling*, candidate for Congress, stated that his father was a native of Carteret. The can didate said that he himself is in buisness in this county. He announced that he is interest ed in good government, adding that he is not the chosen candidate of any individual or individual group, lie avowed to do as good a job as he can for all the people living in this area. Dr. David Rose, candidate for Congress, stated that he introduc ed the bill requiring that all chil dren in North Carolina receive polio vaccine. Dr. Rose was in the state senate in 1959. He said he wants per capita income of this section raised. He claimed that only with fed eral help will eastern Carolina be able to control the salt marsh mos quito. His comments on mosquito control brought scattered applause. J. O. Simpkins, candidate for Congress, thanked the people for the 8,330 votes he polled when he ran against Rep. Graham Barden, whose seat all the Congressional candidates are seeking. (Congreis ** CLAMBAKE, Page 4 Lloyd Gillikin Struck by Auto Lloyd T. Gillikin. 38, New Bern, a native and former resident of Marshallberg, was reported recov ering satisfactorily at St. I.uke's hospital yesterday, after being struck by a car in New Bern Wed nesday night. v According to police, Mr. Gillikin was crossing Broad street and was hit by a car driven by George Woodrow Rouse of route 5 New Bert.. Mr. House was going west on Broad street and said that he had seen Mr. Gillikin crossing the street, but cxpcctcd him to stop. The accident victim said that he did not sec the car. Police report ed today that the impact threw Mr. Gillikin from the car radiator onto its hood and into its front windshield. The car had S10U estimated dam age. Mr. Gillikin suffered numerous cuts on the ear, scalp and left arm, as well as bruises and brush burns. Patrolman Ray E. Roberts was the Investigating officer. Charges agaiiul the driver are pending. Eight Injured Sunday in Crash Near Newport Eight persons injured in a three car accident on highway 70 Sun day afternoon were still confined to Morchcad City hospital yester day. The accident occurred about 3 p.m. three miles east of New port. According to highway patrolman W. E. Pickard, who investigated, Cecil Claude Hill Jr. of Newport, driving a 1958 Ford pickup truck, I was headed east and stopped on the highway before making a left ! turn. As Hill waited for oncoming traf fic to pass. James Edward Collins i of Clarks, driving a 1952 Plymouth I convertible, approached from the I rear. He applied his brakes and skidded into the rear of the truck, j glancing off to hit a 1950 Buick j headed west. Driver of the Buick [was Don Thomas Upton of Char lotte. a student at Duke university. I Collins suffered severe head in : juries, cuts and bruises. Passen I gers in his car were Bailey Pre vant, Charles Humphrey, Bruce [ Billy Collins, Herbert Karl Collins | and Roger Wooten All suffered . cuts and bruises. Bruce Collins j had back injuries and Wooten had possible broken ribs. Upton suffered cuts about his t mouth and head. Alvis K. Hendley and Robert T. Buchanan, who were | riding in the Upton car. suffered cuts and bruises. Hill, the driver of the truck, was not injured. ! All the injured, except Charles Humphrey were admitted to the hospital. They were taken there by the Newport rescue ambulance and a passing motorist Damage to the Ford was esti mated at $1,200, to the Plymouth at $200 and to the Buick $200. Charges will be preferred, said pa trolman Pickard, who is continuing his investigation. Scholarship Won By Susan Lewis Miss Susan Marie Lewis, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Lewis of Atlantic, was notified last week that she is the recipient of an East Carolina College resources schol arship. She received the announce ment in a letter from James H. Tucker, director of the scholarship committee. The scholarship is of $100 value for one year, to be used in help ing pay expenses for the fall quar ter at East Carolina. Miss Lewis has been named sa Iutatorian of the senior class at Atlantic high schol. She is presi dent of the Beta club, a member of the student council and the 4-11 club. She sings in the school glee club and has been a class mar shal each year. Miss Lewis got her application blank for the scholarship from Jack Johnson, principal of Atlan tic school. The competition was open to all high school seniors. Winners were chosen for their aca demic abilities. Two Accidents Investigated Approximately $200 damage was done to two cars Monday afternoon as the result of an accident at the intersection of 24th and Evans streets, Morehcad City. According to police reports, An nie Willis Gillikin, Morehead City, was going west on Evans street and failed to stop at 24th. Her car collided in the intersection with a 1957 Chevrolet being driven by Tra vis Edward Hildebrand of Garner, N. C. Police chief Herbert Griffin, who investigated, charged Mrs. Gillikin with failing to stop for a stop sign. The intersection of 26th and Bridges streets was the scene of another accident Tuesday night. Police said that George Dewey Morton, 103 N. 23rd St., Morehcad City, was going cast on Bridges, and started to pass another car. As he pulled out to pass he hit a pickup parked on the side of the road. The owner of the pickup wa? Eddie Martin Jr., 205 N. 13th St. Police estimated the damage to Morton's 1960 Buick at $300. The truck was not damaged. Patrol man L. 1). O'Neal investigated.

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