CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
49th YEAR, NO. 45. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROUNA FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Fort Macon Beach Will Open
At 9 Tomorrow for Summer
30-Day Summer School
Will Open in Beaufort
A 30-day rammer school Willi
open at Beaufort school, Tuesday,
June 7, and continue through July
, 19, Albert Gainey, principal, an
nounced Thursday.
Persons may register for the
school in the office of the principal
through Tuesday of next week.
The registration fee is $10 per
course, which will be used as part
of the summer school tuition. The
fee for a make-up course will be
$35 and for a new course $50.
Classes in art will also be of
fered by Mrs. Jean Lane Fonvillo
of Burlington. Mrs. Konville will
be in the counselor's room of the
school from 10 a.m. to noon to
morrow and on Monday from 9
a.m. to noon. Students should
register during those hours.
Mrs. Konville is a former mem
ber ol the faculty of East Caro
lina college and has also taught art
in the Durham and Winston-Salem
city schools.
Children from 7 years of age
through 15 will be accepted. Class
es for adults will be scheduled if
there is sufficient interest.
Bridge Tourney
To Open June 10
Thr eighth annual Coastal Caro
. lina duplicate bridge tournament
Kill be played at Morehead City
June 10-12. The tournament is con
ducted by the Carteret County
Bridge club, which is affiliated
with the North State Bridge unit
and the American Contract Bridge
league.
There will be two sessions daily
throughout the three days.
Thr women's pair and men's
pair games will be at 2 Friday,
June 10; mixed paid Friday at S;
open pair, two sessions Saturday
, afternoon and night, June 11, and
a special game for thoie who don't
qualify for the open pair champion
ship game.
Tcam-of-four games will be play
ed at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sun
day.
Jerry Machlin, who directed last
year's tournament, will be the di
rector again this year. Mrs. J. S.
Steed is president of the Carteret
bridge club.
The tournament will be played
at the Morehead Biltmsre.
Air Force Officers
Meet in Morehead
Col. R. B. Whitley of the 9179th
Air Reserve Group and Lt. Col.
John Stockton of the Air Reserve
center, Raleigh, held a command
er's conference in Morehead City
? Saturday at the recreation center.
Among topics discussed were
personnel and administration min
ing reports and training and les
son plan preparation. Colonel
Whitley also briefed those present
on future plans of Air Force dis
aster units and their missions.
Approximately SO Air Force re
servists attended the conference.
Flight E, Morehead City, com
manded by Capt. Julian R. Mur
phy, was host flight.
Reserve Unit Goes
On Active Status
A Coast Guard first will be ob
served at Fort Macon Sunday
when members of the Organized
Reserve Training Unit for Port
Security go on an active status
for two weeks.
This will mark the first time
that a reserve unit has trained
in its entirety as a unit at the
locale at which it is stationed.
The announcement was made by
Fort Macon commander John
Riddell.
The reserve unit, commanded
by Cdr. D. G. Bell, Morehead
City, will undergo port security
training at the Coast Guard sta
tion.
Jaycees Hear
Progress Report
On June Pageant
Co-chairman of the Miss Car
teret County Beauty pageant,
Paul Cordova, gave a report
on progress of pageant plans Mon
day night to the Jaycees.
He announced that a ticket
booth would be set up in front of
the Morehead City drug store to
morrow for selling tickets. Work
ing at the booth throughout the
day will be Donald Davis, L. E.
Kelly, Arthur Taylor, Cliff Lynch,
Russell Outlaw, Walter Willis,
Horace Willis, Dick Spears and
Abron Ballou. It was also an
nounced that a work detail would
meet at the Occanana Resort fol
lowing next Monday's meeting.
Bill Singleton reported that the
club cpujd not depend on the mon
ey (rem the treasury to finance
the pageant, so the club has guar
anteed the sale of 190 tickets.
The following members volun
teered to sell ten tickets each:
Charles Willis, Dick Spears, Bill
Singleton, Russell Outlaw, Walter
Willis, Donald Davis, Abron Bal
lou, Tommy Ballou, L. G. Dunn,
Billy Oglesby, John Edwards, Hor
ace Willis, Gordon Willis, P. H.
Gecr Jr., L. E. Kelly, Cliff Lynch,
Arthur Taylor and Dalmon Law
rence.
Charles Willis offered a pair of
trousers to the first Jayccc to sell
50 tickcts for the pageant.
Applications have been received
from the following contestants:
Evelyn Harris, Atlantic; Ann Dav
is, Davis; Suzanne Beck, Kathy
Chalk, Doris Farmer, Sally Mor
ris, Annette Cooper, Jeane Barnes,
all of Morehead City; Ann Davis,
Beaufort; and Jean Ingram, Pel
let icr.
Boat Refloated
Coast Guardsmen from Cape
Lookout refloated a 65-foot men
haden boat which ran aground in
Core Sound near Bardcn Inlet
Tuesday. Sixteen persons were
aboard the boat, owned by Beau
fort Fisheries. The Coast Guard
30-footcr from Cape Lookout was
used to pull the vessel free.
? Fort Macon State park swim
ming area will open tomorrow,
June 4, at 9 a.m., Ray Pardue,
park superintendent, announces.
The swimming area will close
daily at 5:30 p.m. The picnic shel
ter will be available from 8 a.m.
to 8 p.m. daily. The fort, a major
attraction on the Carolina coast,
will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
daily.
Permanent employees at the
park arc Mr. Pardue, Oren Haw
kins, rai.ger; and Mrs. Margaret
Davis, Beaufort, secretary.
Employed for the summer sea
son are the following: Walter Ful
jcher, Morehcad City, historian;
Bruce Dudley, Beaufort, bath
house operator; Lindsay Harwood,
Albemarle, refreshment stand op
erator.
James Woodall, Rocky Mount,
and Leon Thomas, Marshallberg,
park attendants; Gilbert Coalson,
Goldsboro, chief lifeguard.
I Other lifeguards: Clyde Kille
brew, Fountain; William Vogle,
New Bern; Daniel Williams, Ra
ileigh; David Raney, Chapel Hill;
and Trotter Bagley, Henderson.
Mr. Pardue calls attention to a
new regulation at the park: no in
toxicating beer or liquor is per
mitted on park premises. Mr.
Pardue says the regulation will be
strictly enforced.
He's optimistic about this sea
son. "It looks as though we're
going to have one of our best," he
remarked.
Total attendance in May was
47,226. Of that number, 27,982'
were visitors to the fort. The total
attendance this year, from Jan. 1
through May 31, has been 129,710,
of whom 81,022 were fort visitors.
To repair beach erosion the park
service is asking now for bids on
filling in the damaged areas. Bids
will be opened June 9. Further
details appear in the legal section
of today's paper.
Passenger Injured
When Car Upsets
On Ft. Macon Road
Rodney C. Hatcher, 509 Bay St.,
Morehead City, suffered severe
cuts of the face and forehead at
3:50 p.m. Tuesday when the car
his wife, Sadie, was driving went
off the Fort Macon road on a
curve. The car turned over.
According to patrolman R. H.
Brown, who investigated, the car,
! a 1957 Chevrolet, was headed to
ward Fort Macon. The driver has
been charged with speeding. Own
er of the car was Eugene Ray
Rogers, Wilmington, who was a
passenger.
The injured were taken to the
hospital in the Bell-Mundcn am
bulance. Damage to the car was
estimated at $400.
Tides at the' Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
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Friday, June 3
1:52 a.m.
2:47 p.m.
8:53 a m
9:33 p.m
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Saturday, June
2:50 a m
3:43 p.m
9:47 a.m.
10:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 5
3:57 a.m.
4:44 p.m.
10:37 a.m.
11:22 p.m.
Monday, June 6
5:04 a.m.
5:38 p.m.
11:28 a.m.
Tuesday, June
7
12:15 a.m.
12:19 p.m.
6:03 a.m.
6:30 p.m.
Beaufort Adopts Official Program
For 251st Anniversary Celebration
William Guthrie
To Serve Year
For Drunkenness
A Morehead City man, William
Guthrie, was sentenced to one year
in jail Monday in recorder's court
after he was convicted of his third
public drunkenness offense within
a 12-month period. Judge Herbert
O. Phillips 111 also recommended
medical treatment for the defend
ant.
Another Morehead City man,
Elijah Lewis, was called and fail
ed to appear to answer a public
drunkenness charge. The charge
was Lewis's fourth offense within
12 months. An order was issued
for Lewis to be brought in to stand
trial in two weeks. His bond was
set at $100.
Harrison llorton, Morehead City,
was sentenced to 90 days in jail
for maliciously destroying person
al property of another at 1204 Fish
er St. The jail term was suspend
ed on the condition that the de
fendant make repairs to windows
at the address, remain on good be
havior for one year and pay a fine
of $25 and court costs.
James William Stanley of New
port was found guilty of fighting
in a public place, Dudley's Place,
and disturbing the peace. He was
given a 60-day jail sentence, sus
pended on the condition that he
remain on good behavior for one
year, remain away from Dudley's
Place for two years and pay court
costs.
James Murray Chadwick, Glou
cester, was ordered to pay court
costs for speeding and Hermonjie
O. Galvo, Cherry Point, forfeited
bond on the same charge.
A Morehead City man, Perry Ru
dolph McLawhorn, was acquitted
of failing to yield the right-of-way
and Jessie Daughtery, Newport,
was sentenced to 10 days in jail
for public drunkenness. Daugh
t*ry's ?ent?nce wm suspended on
payment of court costs and one
year's good behavior.
Two out-of-town defendants ap
peared, charged with overtime
parking. They were J. T. Fowler
and J. B. Dickcrson Jr., both of
Charlotte. Each was ordered to
pay a fine of $2 and a policeman's
retirement fund tax of $2.
Fifteen cases were continued un
til next week's term of court.
Thieves Choose Federal
Car Wheels Wednesday
Thieves stole the two front '
wheels off an automobile belonging !
to the US Customs office some
time Wednesday night while the
car was parked beside the Beau
fort postoffice.
According to police, J. E. Crowe,
customs officer, reported the theft
to the Wilmington customs office
and investigation is under way.
The car was apparently jacked
up, relieved of its front wheels,
and let down on the street.
Two Arrested
Henry Hicks and Alexander Gra
ham of Beaufort were arrested
Saturday night by assistant police
chief Carlton Garner for public
drunkenness. They were released
under $25 bond each.
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Signs like this welcome the visitor to Beaufort. One is at the
bridge on 'the west side of town. The other is at the intersection of
the Merrimon road and highway 70 east.
Dragline Hits High Voltage
Line, Causes Power Failure
A dragline operating west of
Morchead City Tuesday morning
hit a 110,000-volt line and knoeked
power out in the county for almost
an hour.
The accident happened at 10:56
a.m., according to George St o vail,
manager of Carolina Power and
Light Co. Power was restored at
11:43 a.m.
Jerry WUIls, dragline operator,
was miraculously unharmed. Mr.
Stovall said he could have been
To make permanent repairs to
the power line damaged Tuesday
morning, power will be off and
on for short intervals between
4 and ? p.m. Sunday, according
to George Stovall, manager of
Carfjiaa Power and Light. Co.
electrocuted. The dragline was
mounted on a truck. The charge
of electricity blew out one of the
truck tires.
The 110,000-volt line is designed
with a safety device that cuts off
immediately when something hits
| it. Power goes back through it two
more times at short intervals. Then
it goes out completely if the trou
Cars Damaged
In Beach Crash
Joseph A. Dixon, Beaufort, was
charged with driving on the wrong
side of the road, following an ac
cident at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in
front of Courie's Villa at Money
Island beach.
According to patrolman J. W.
Sykcs, who investigated, Dixon, in
a 1957 Ford station wagon, collid
ed with a 1950 Ford driven by
Thomas Speight, Walstonburg.
Speight was headed south on the
street by the villa when Dixon
camc around the corner from the
west, headed north and struck the
station wagon.
Damage to the Speight car was
estimated at $150 and to Dixon's
$300. No one was injured.
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said.
It was during one of the brief
"off" intervals that Willis jumped
from the cab of the dragline. The
dragline was being moved from
one place to another on the Will
Willis farm.
The line was badly burned and
was temporarily repaired Tuesday
morning.
The power company was notified
by phone where the trouble was,
otherwise the company's crews
would have had to check every foot
of line between Morchcad City and
Cherry Point, the manager re
marked.
The dragline, operated by Willis,
was owned by William C. Miller,
route 1 Morchcad City.
Power was also off at Atlantic
Beach Tuesday morning during a
scheduled outtagc. However, an er
ror by the power company, in an
nouncing the outtage, placed the
cut-off for Wednesday morning, in
stead of Tuesday.
The beach outtagc was necessary
to increase voltage in that area.
Work had just been completed and
the power restored when the drag
line accident happened.
Dredge Peru
Arrives Tuesday
The 30-inrh dredge Peru, one of
the largest to operate in this area
in some time, arrived at Morchcad
City Tuesday. It is expected to
itart work the week of June 12.
The dredge will deepen the Morc
hcad City channel and turning bas
in to 33 feet. Operated by the
Gahagcn Dredging Co. of New
York, it cainc to Morchcad City
from Venezuela.
Leaving that country was delay
ed due to political disturbances.
R. T. White is superintendent of
the dredging job here.
The Gcrig is expected the early
part of July to correct shoaling
conditions in the channel leading
to the Beaufort bar. The Gcrig if
a hopper dredge operated by the
federal government.
Shrine to Meet
Carteret County Shrine club will
meet at Mrs. Russell Willis's res
taurant Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., an
nounces Theodore Phillips, secre
tary -treasurer.
The tentative program for Beau ?<
fort's big birthday celebration in
July was made official Tuesday
night at a meeting of the Beaufort
Historical association.
Grayden Paul, director of the
celebration, announces the pro
gram as follows:
Sunday, July 3
Church Day ? 7:30 p.m., Com
munity vesper service with com
bined choirs at the Beaufort ball
field
Thursday, July 7
a.m. ? Shrimp boat parade,
Beaufort waterfront
10:30 a m. ?Speech by Rear Ad
miral 1*. V. Colmar, commandant
of the Fifth Coast Guard district,
from the reviewing stand
11 a.m.? Street parade
2 p.m. ? Boat trips, bus tours,
guided cemetery tours, fish and
net plants open to visitors
4 p.m.? Tea for visiting digni
taries and all citizens of the coun
ty 80 years of age and older
8 p.m.? Drama, Unknown Seas,
Beaufort high school auditorium
Friday, July K
10 a.m.? Old Homes tours, arts
and crafts show, landmark (ours;
j all-day boat show; Kiddie Cartoon
, Carnival at the Beaufort theatre
2 p.m.? Boat races in Taylors
creek; boat trips, bus tours, fish
and net plants open to visitors
8 p.m.? Drama, Unknown Seas,
| Beaufort high school auditorium
Saturday, July 9
| 10 a.m.? Water ski show, Tay
lor's Creek
1 p.m. ? Homecoming at Beau
. fort school
3 p.m.? Re-enactment of the in
vasion of Beaufort by the Span
iards
7 p.m.? Clam bake and planta
tion dance in front of the Beaufort
school.
Sunday, July 10
Church services
Afternoon ? Private open houses
for reminiscing with friends
To officially launch the celebra
tion events, the Museum of the
Sea will be christened and dedicat
ed at noon this Wednesday, June
8.
A proclamation will be read and
cold beverages served following
the ceremony.
William Roy Hamilton, vice
chairman of the Beaufort Histor
ical association, presided in the
absence of Odell Merrill, chair
man, at Tuesday's meeting. The
group met in the office of the Dun
can Insurance agency.
Admission is now being charged
to the Museum of the Sea, the boat
Alphonso, at the south end of Pol
lock Street. Girls on duty there
throughout the day arc Ann Salter,
Dail Barbour, Clara Quidlcy and
Carrie Lee Dixon.
The Museum of the Sea office
can now be reached by phone,
PA8-3124. The young lady who
answers it, says, "This is the Al
phonso. Come in, please!"
Summer School
Attracts Few
Lenwood Lee, principal of More
head City school, said prospects
look dark (or a summer school
this summer. By yesterday only
12 students had enrolled.
The summer term would start
June 20 and continue (or eight
weeks, offering make-up courses
and new courses.
It would enable persona who fail
ed this past year to cam the neces
sary credit for passing. Taking
of new work would enable earlier
graduation, Mr. Lee explained.
He urges that parents make a
decision just as soon as possible
regarding enrollment of their chil
dren in summer school. Further
information can be obtained from
Mr. Lee who will be at the school
throughout next week.
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Grand Jury
To Act on Check
Forgery Cases
Probable cause was found Tues
day in county court in the forgery
I eases against Ronald Lee and Peg
I gy Jordan. The two were bound
over to the next term of superior
court for grand jury action.
The two, who arc man and wife,
allegedly forged checks in the
combined amount of $35. One
check, drawn on the Commercial
| National Bank in the amount of
l $10 was made payable to the wom
an signed by "Curtis Brinson."
The other check, drawn on the
First-Citizens Bank in the amount
of $25, was made payable to Ron
ald Lee and signed by "B. K. Wil
lis." Names of the signers arc
allegedly forged.
I Judge Lambert Morris set bond
for the Jordan woman at $250 and
[that for Ronald Lee at $100.
I Pete Davis Jr. was sentenced to
tone year in jail and roadwork for
failing to comply with a court or
der of non-support.
Other defendants, charges arid
the findings of the court were as
follows:
John B. Murphy? Selling mort
gaged property. Not prosecuted.
Thomas Adolph Jones ? Driving
drunk. Ordered to pay $100 and
court costs. Defendant entered an
appeal and was transferred to the
next term of superior court under
i $150 bond.
Mrs. George D. Rouse? Issuing
a worthless check. Ordered to pay
costs and make the check good.
Jesse C. Norris ? No operator's
liccnsc. Costs.
Waldo D. Knott? Speeding. Court
costs.
Tom Rose, USMC ? Driving
drunk. Dismissed.
Bennie Rhett? Carrying a con
cealed weapon. Bond forfeited.
Clayton Lee Humphrey ? no li
cense plates on trailer and no muf
fler on truck. Court costs.
Paul Martin Tajkowski ? Speed
ing. $5 and court costs.
Agus Harris Mattocks ? No chauf
feur's license. Court costs.
Noah Archie Avery ? Improper
lights. Bond forfeited.
Ion Lane Lewis ? Violation of
shrimping laws. Bond forfeited.
Alton Hardison? Illegally dispos
ing of a skiff. Court costs.
Charles Walker Ginn? Failing to
keep a proper lookout and follow
ing too close. Court costs.
Thomas Dudley Gillikin ? Driving
on the wrong side of the road.
Court costs.
Robert Wilkins? Driving on the
wrong side of the road. Court
costs.
Harper Nicholson Cherry? Fail
ing to stop at a stop sign. Costs.
Charles Thomas Scott ? Having
an improper operator's liccnsc.
Costs.
Junior Locklcar? Assault. Dis
missed.
J. Edward Morris? Non-support.
Malicious prosecution.
A total of 135 cases were con
tinued until later terms of court.
Government Approves
Harkers Island REA Loan
The Rural Electrification Admin
istration haa approved a loan of
$67,000 to the Markers Island Elec
tric Membership Corp. of Carteret
county. The loan was requested
to bring servicc to SO new custom
ers.
The co-op will lay four miles of
new transmission lines, two miles
of distribution lines, and make gen
eral system improvements with
the aid of the loan.
San ford Team Confident ; Candidate
Issues Statement on ACL Connection
Supporters of Terry Sanford ire
confident that their candidate will
be the next governor of North Car
olina.
The county committee for San
ford issued the following statement
yesterday :
"We expect an overwhelming
majority in Carteret county on
June 2S. Carteret county gave
Terry Sanford almost a third of
Mor ahead Township
Broad Creek ?9 11
Morefaeacf No. 1 270 167
Morebead No. 2 3tt 232
Salter Path 114 3
WUdwood 23 11?
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the total vote in the first primary,
lagging behind the state's average
Sanford vote by about 10 per cent.
"In view of the vote given Lar
kina in the rest of the counties
near Larkins home town of Tren
ton, we are most pleased. Sanford
led Lake by a two to one majority
here, and we expect a bigger mar
gin than that in the run off.
"We Issue a call to the support
ers of Mr. Larkina and Mr. Sea
well, as well as to the people who
voted for Lake, to join in the drive
to put Mr. Sanford in the Gov
ernor's Mansion."
Relative to Mr. Sanford's firm
representing the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad, a point raised in the
campaign prior to- the first pri
mary, Mr. Sanford Mid this week
that If Atlantic Coast Line at
tempts to influence him, it will
have to look for other lawyers in
Fayettcville. Mr. Sanford live* and
bu Jua huainrw to JfaycUcvilte.
The candidate's complete state
ment follows:
"Id answer to the question of
my Atlantic Coast Vine connec
tions, my firm represents Coast
line on a local basis only, primar
ily defending damage suits. My
firm represented this railroad at
the time 1 was a member of the
State Ports Authority and had no
cffect on my positions and deci
sions at that time.
"I have never asked for their
position or conscnt on any public
matter and if they attempted to in
fluence me they would he looking
[or another set of local lawyers.
"I am controlled by nothing ex
cept the common good and my po
sition on the Morchead port is so
well known that it is ridiculous to
believe that I am for anything oth
er than the fullest development o I
North Carolina ports."
San lord will speak over flunarl
3 4t ? p.m. Mooday.