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49th YEAR, NO. 44. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Voters Will Go to Polls June 25
Skinner Chalk Comments
On Results of Primary
Robert Willis,
37, Drowns
Funeral services for Kobert Earl
Willis, 37, of Beaufort, who drown
ed Saturday afternoon at Moss
Point, Miss., will be conducted at
3 o'clock tomorrow in the First
Free Will Baptist Church, Beau
fort.
Mr. Willis, according to rela
tives, was attempting to step
aboard a boat from a dock when
his foot slipped and he fell over
board. He could not swim and
drowned before rescuers could get
him out of the water.
Willis was a crew member
aboard a boat belonging to Harvey
Smith of Beaufort.
Surviving arc his wife, Mrs.
Rosa Willis of Beaufort; one step
daughter, Joan Willis; one step
son, Clifton Willis, both of Rich
mond, Va.; his mother, Mrs. Les
sic Gillikin; his stepfather, Lu
ther Gillikin; one sister, Mrs. Ed
ward Brock, and three brothers,
William Gillikin, Frank Gillikin,
and Raymond Gillikin, all of Beau
fort.
Burial will take place at Ocean
view cemetery. The Rev. James
E. Howard of Crab Point Free Will
Baptist church will officiate.
Two Cars Collide
At Atlantic Beach
Two cars collided in the heavy
weekend traffic at the beach at
4 p.m. Sunday.
Chief of policc Bill Moore, re
ported that an Oldsmobile, pulling
out from Leonard's fruit stand on
the Fort Macon road, collided with
a 1959 Chevrolet station wagon,
headed east.
The Olds was driven by Lillian
Mozingo, 117 Kenneth Blvd., Have
lock. The station wagon was driv
, en by Donald C. Woodruff, route
1 Fremont.
Damage to the Oldsmobile was
estimated at $150 and to the sta
tion wagon $200.
Suffers Injury
Miss Patricia Hill of Beaufort is
recovering at Morehead City hos
pital from a back injury suffered
in a fall from the seawall at At
lantic Beach Saturday afternoon.
She was taken to the hospital by
Brooks and Mason ambulance.
? Skinner Chalk Jr., Morcbcad
City, low man in a five-way Con
gressional race in the thinl dis
trict, said yesterday that he did
not expect much support.
"1 do hope, however, that some
people have been educated to the ;
need for economic sanity in gov
ernment operation," he remarked.
He added that it would have
been a sacrifice, financially, for
him to go to Washington as repre
sentative of the third district, but
he would have made the sacrifice
because he believes that a new
line of thinking is necessary in
government operation.
Unofficial returns from 165 of
the third district's 171 precincts,
gave David Henderson, Duplin
county judge, 14,055 votes to Simp
kins' 13,107.
New Bern's mayor, Robert Stal
lings, was third with 8,714 votes.
State senator David J. Rose,
Wayne county, polled 7,257, and
Skinner Chalk 1,168.
The third district is comprised
of Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow,
Pamlico, Pender, Sampson, Wayne
and Carteret counties.
Congressman Herbert Bonner of
the first Congressional district, de
feated his opponent, Walter Jones
of Pitt county.
Leonard Reels Shot
Leonard Reels, Merrimon, was
admitted to the Morehcad City hos
pital Sunday with a bullet wouhd
in his leg. Reels told sheriff Hugh
Salter that another man shot him
accidentally.
Coast Guard
Makes Seven
Weekend Assists
engine failure was the cause of
five calls to Fort Macon Coast
Guardsmen over the weekend. A
sixth call went in when an out
board motor was lost overboard.
A lost propeller or fouled clutch
caused a seventh.
The 60-foot trawler Josephine,
whose home port is Beaufort, ex
perienced trouble Thursday morn
ing while 19 miles southwest of the
sea buoy. Although the exact
cause of the trouble was not
known, it was thought the propel
| ler was lost or clutch fouled.
The Fort Macon 40-footer towed
the trawler to Davis's fish house,
Beaufort. Crew aboard the 40
footer was Jack Wilson, BM2;
Jackie Moore, FN; and Durwood
Johnson, SN.
The 46-foot fishing vessel Gulf
Breeze, owned by Ottis Purifoy of
Morehead City, had engine failure
Saturday morning at 6:30 near
Beaufort inlet sea buoy with Capt.
Willie Beds worth and six other
persons aboard.
Jack Wilson, Bernard William
son, SN; and Jackie Moore, aboard
the Coast Guard 40-footer, towed
the Gulf Breeze to Morehead City,
mooring her at 8:10 a.m.
The engine on a 15-foot outboard
boat failed at 10:15 a.m. Sunday
in Morehead City channcl near
See COAST GUARD, Page 2
Dr. J. J. Davis Delivered,
Named Wartime Baby Boy
Winston Churchill Murrcll,
North River, registered with the
draft board in Beaufort May II,
when he was 18 years old.
But there's more to it than
that.
The new registrant was the
last baby brought into this world
by the late Dr. J. J. Davis of
Smyrna. Winston's father, Co
lumbus, was working for Dr.
Davis at Smyrna on May 18, 1942
when he got word that his wife
needed him at home.
Columbus told Dr. Davis that
his wife was about to have a
baby. When Dr. Davis learned
that shf hadn't been going to the
doctor, he went with him to
North River and delivered the
baby boy.
Dr. Davis was 74 years old at
the time and had stopped deliver
ing babies when he was 70. As
he was leaving the Murrell
house, he turned and said,
"Name him Winston Churchill."
(The second world war was in
its infancy and Churchill was
destined to become the saviour of
Great Britain).
Dr. Davis never learned for
sure what the baby was named,
but he sometimes mentioned that
he advised the Murrells to name
the newcomer Winston Churchill.
Mrs. Ruby Holland, clerk to
the county draft board, register
ed Winston Churchill Murrell last
week. She is Dr. Davis's daugh
ter. As soon as she saw Win
ston's name, she recalled the
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delivered his last baby at the
Murrell home.
When she told the story to
Winston, he said yes, his father
had told him the story and men
tioned that Dr. Davis's daughter
would be registering him.
Winston is a junior at Queen
Street high school in Beaufort.
He plans to finish high school.
Dr. Davis died in 1949, five
years after he brought Winston
Churchill Murrell into the world.
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tid* Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, May 11
12:33 a.m.
6:01 a.m.
5:45 p.m.
Wednesday, Jane 1
12:16 a.m. 6:
1:14 p.m. 6:
Thursday, June 2
6:48 a.m.
6:48 p.m.
10:1 a.m.
1:57 p.m.
7:52 a.m.
8:27 p.m.
Friday, June 3
1:52 a.m.
2:47 p.m.
8:53 a.m.
9:33 p.m.
Alphonso Already Proves
To be Big Attraction
Persons ire enjoying the Mu
seum of the Sea, the Alphonso, on
Front street, Beaufort. Those who
> have taken advantage of the op
portunity of visiting the museum
before June 1 have had most favor
able comments, according to Odcll
Merrill, president of the Ecaufort
Historical association.
The association is sponsoring
Beaufort's 251st anniversary cele
bration. The Alphonso was out
fitted a., a museum as part of the
celebration program.
Grayden Paul, who conceived
the idea of the museum and has
brought it to a successful conclu
sion. hopes that it will remain as
a permanent attraction in Bcau
> fort.
Among the items on display
around the boat are the handrail
salvaged from the wreck of the
menhaden boat Parkin Dec. IS,
1942, the try pot for boiling out
whale oil, bleached jawbones of a
small whale, and a massive old
time anchor.
The try pot, a heavy iron kettle
weighing about 200 pounds, dates
t back to the 18th century. It was
used on Shacklcford Banks, was
brought from there to Hog Island,
and then to Cedar Island and the
mainland. It was abtained through
the courtesy of Mrs. Berkley Wil
lis of Davis Shore and Charles Gas
kill, her son-in-law.
After the whale was chopped to
, junks, it was put in the pot, the
fat boiled out, then the pot (which
was suspended above the fire) was
tipped and the oil poured Into "pork
barrels."
InsMe the Alphonso arc bones of
sea animals, Indian and early set
tler artifacts, strange-looking tools
for boat-making, rare books, shells,
wood carvings and an exhibit on
the menhaden industry prepared
by personnel it Wallace Fisheries,
Morehcsd City.
Mrs. M. Leslie Divis. Beiufart,
? painted in attractive local sea
scape aa the background far the
shell exhibit loaned by Beaufort's
shell shop.
In front of the scene is ? three
masted schooner carved by the late
John B. Quldley of Beaufort.
Mr. Paul said that there are
more exhibits to be placed in the
museum. All are secured from
handling by attractive fish netting
stretched, as glass would be, in
front of them.
People can walk all around the
deeks of the museum, firmly land
locked and landscaped at the edge
of Taylor's Creek. Gaily -colored
flags fly from her rigging and atop
the mast is perched a life-like bird
named Grayden Gull.
The Alphonso last year was ?
rotting hulk on a shoal opposite
Morehead City. In its sailing days I
it plied local waters, having been
built in eastern Carteret county.
The hull was donated to tbe
Beaufort Historical association by
Ottis Purifoy of Morehead City.
After June 1, admission to the
museum will be charged. People
who visit it are asked to register
in the "log" below beck.
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Armed Forces on Parade
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News-Times Photos by Mci'omb
Miles of Marines aptly deseribes this scene of the Armed Forces Appreciation Day parade in More
head City Saturday.
National Guard tracks from the Morehead City unit move along Arendell Street.
Photo by Bob Sltnpcon
Unofficial reviewers of Ute parade, right, survey from Uir official reviewing stand vantage point. On
the stand are military officer* and civic leaden of Morehead City.
Several thousand spectator*
viewed the Armed Forces Appre
ciation Day parade and the dis
play of military equipment in
Beaufort Saturday.
The parade was followed by a
close order drill by the Camp Lc
jeune Drum and Bugle corps in
front of the reviewing stand. The
outfit was commanded by gunnery
sergeant T. D. McKcllar.
A Marine helicopter, piloted by
Lt. T. D. Peteri, landed at the
military equipment display in
Beaufort at 9:15 a.m. and took off
after S p.m. Before going back to
tbft biWi the pi****
maneuverability of the 'eoptcr over
the shoal opposite Beaufort.
On the parade reviewing stand
were Maj. Gen. J. P. Berkeley,
commanding officer of the Second
Marine division. Camp Lcjeune,
who was the reviewing officer;
Brig. Gen. Kred Kline, assistant
commander of the Second Marine
Air Wing.
CaL A. B. Harris, representing
Gen. R. K. Rottet, MCAS; Col. Al
len B. Geiger, representing the
commanding general of Camp Lc
jeune Marine base.
Col. M. D. Henderson, sixth regi
ment; CoL C. A- Youagdsle, 1Mb
regiment; Col. R. B Wright. eighth
regiment, all of the Second Marine
division.
Col. M. It. Raphael, operations
officer, Force Troops; Col. C. E.
Beck, assistant chief of staff, 82nd
Airborne division, and hia pilot,
Lt. Paul D. McGregor.
Lt. Col. C. D. Barrett Jr.. aa
liiatant chief of staff, Force
Troops; Lt. Col. C. O. Grusacndorf,
commanding officer, first battal
ion, second infantry training regi
ment. Camp Lejeune; and Lt. John
Riddell, commanding officer, Fort
Macon group, Coast Guard.
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J. O. Simpkins Calls
For Second Primary
Be Careful!
Law enforcement officers of
the county warn- motorists and
school children to be particular
ly careful this week.
School is out. The youngsters
have nothing on their minds but
the long vacation ahead. They
race out from behind parked
cars and ride bikes ii^ serpent
like fashion.
Police officers say that unless
extra caution is taken on the part
of drivers and the youngsters
themselves, there may be acci
dents.
Several motorists have already
reported hair-raising near miss
es with kids on bikes and chil
dren running into the street.
Express Firm
Makes Proposal
Duffy Rowe, manager of the
Railway Express office. Morehcad
City, announced yesterday that his
company will place before the
State Utilities commission June 9
a request to improve service' to
Beaufort.
! It is proposed that the Railway
Express truck, which formerly has
been operating only in Morehcad
City, deliver freight also in Beau
fort. This would mean, Mr. Rowe
said, that freight would be deliver
ed earlier in the day in Beaufort
than it is now.
Persons who have freight to be
picked up can call the branch Rail
way Express office in Beaufort,
PA8-3717, as they have in the past,
or the Railway Express office in
Morehcad City.
Free collection of freight in
Beaufort will be provided. Per
sons living in the area outside
Beaufort or down east will be able
to pick up' or leave their freight,
as usual, at the Beaufort railway
express office at the B&M rail
road depot.
Railway Express agent in Beau
fort is A. T. Lcary.
Cancer Report Given
Carteret has contributed $549.75
in the 1960 Cancer Crusade. Quota
for the county was $1,600.
? Either J. O. Simpkins, New
Bern, or David Henderson, Wal
lace, will be the next Congress
man from this district. Simpkins
has called for a run-off, having
trailed Henderson by only several
hundred votes in Saturday's pri
mary.
Beverly Lake, trailing Terry San
ford in the governor's race, was
expected to announce yesterday
afternoon whether he would call
for a run-off.
Carteret county went for John D.
Larkins in the gubernatorial race.
According to unofficial returns, he
bested Sanford by a thousand
votes.
Simpkins carried the county in
the Congressional race by 800
votes over his next closest oppon
ent, Robert Stallings, who polled
1,465 votes.
Other winners in the county were
C. V. Henkel for lieutenant gov
ernor, Clifton L. Moore for asso
ciate justice of the supreme court,
Charles F. Gold for commissioner
of insurance, and B. Everett Jor
dan for United States senator.
On the Morehead township tick
et, Billy Smith polled 886 votes for
constable and Harry G. Williams
j 522.
| On the basis of incomplete re
turns, less than a hundred Repub
licans voted in Carteret in Satur
day's primary.
Sanford supporters were disap
pointed that their man did not car
ry the county. The firmly en
trenched Democrats of long stand
i ing who supported Larkins, were
i pleased with their victory.
I With 25 of the county's 27 pre
cincts reporting (Stacy and Ports
mouth being the only ones miss
ing). vote for governor stands like
this: Larkins 2,612, Sanford 1,546,
j Lake 555, and Seawcll 225.
For Congressman, Simpkins
2,058, Stallings 1,344, Skinner
Chalk 969, Henderson 401 and Rose
184.
Fdr senator, Jordan 3,146, Hew
lett 1,252, Gregory 127 and Mcin
tosh 118.
five thousand voters went to the
polls in Carteret, as compared with
3,565 in the 1954 gubernatorial pri
mary. The day was bright and
clear.
A native son's running for Con
gress increased the interest in the
race in this county. Chalk, More
head City, was running for the po
sition which Rep. Graham Barden
will leave Jan. 1.
See ELECTION, Page 2
Club Women Make Dolls
County Home DemoantraUoa
club women have launched a new
project, the making of Ronnie Blue
Sweetheart dolls. The doll, 7 inches
high, is shown above.
A character doll, it depicts Emc
linc Pigott, heroine of the Con
federacy, who was born in Car
teret county at ilarlowe She lived
moat of her life in Morchcad City
and ii the leading character in the
play, Bonnie Blue Sweetheart,
which will be presented June 10
and 11 in Morchcad City high
school auditorium.
The doll wears a blue gingham
skirt with blue bodice and a slat
bonnet, typical of a dress a young
girl of the IMO's night have worn
in this county.
She alao wears a long ruffled
petticoat and white draweri. A
little tag attached t* her wrist
names her Bonnie Blue Sweet
heart and a brief explanation in
side the tag explains the signifl
canse of the doll.
I Jin. Own AUmUc Botch,
suggested to Mr?. Floy Garner,
home economics agent, that such
a doll be made. Mrs. Ben Jones,
Beaufort, Home Demonstration
club member, took a keen interest
in the project, and dressed the
first doll. She has cut patterns
for the clothing and other women
are now cooperating in the projcct.
The doll.- sell for $3 each and
arc available at Mrs. Owen Dail'a
treasure ship, the W. B. Blades,
on the Atlantic Beach causcway.
The play, Bonnie Blue Sweet
heart. was written by Ruth Peel
ing, Morehcad City, and is being
produced by the Carteret Com
munity Uicatrc. Curtain time for
the play is I p.m.
Tickets ire now available at Jim
Wbcatley'a. store, Beaufort; Hel
en's Beauty shop, Hill's store. The
Dreaa Shop, and chamber of com
merce office, Morehead City.
Fleming's motel and the Ocean
ana motel, Atlantic Beach; Clark'a
drug store, Havelock; Mrs. Zelma
Merrill, Swanaboro; and Earl a I
Craven motor court. New Bern.