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ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ioy 50th YEAR, NO. 53. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Staking His Claim ... Photo by Reginald Lewis Rusty, patriotic cat of the Morehcad City waterfront, stakes out as his own the Ottis Purifoy fish market on the Morehead City waterfront where he expects holiday sports fishermen to bring him some choice tidbits this Fourth of July. Trawlers Take Small Shrimp Lots of small, unmarketable shrimp are being caught, C. G. Holland, slate commercial fisher ies commissioner, reports. He said that in violation of law, some boats are going into the clos At one minute after midnight tomorrow, all of Pamlico sound, the Pamliyo and Neuse rivers and their tributaries will be clos to shrimpers- This is to allow small shrimp in those waters to reach marketable size. ed nursery areas. The fisheries law enforcement division would appreciate any information on shrimpers violating the closed areas, the commissioner said. He added that heavy rains arc reducing the salinity of inland waters and forcing the small shrimp out into coastal and ocean waters. He requests that shrimp ers refrain from taking, and there by killing, these small shrimp for which there is no market. Freak Accident Damages Autos A car with no driver backed into another car Friday morning in Morehcad City, doing a total of $95 damage. Sgt. Bill Condie of the Morehead City police department, investigating officer, gave the fol lowing account of the freak acci dent: Nina Danford Braswell of Wil mington parked her 1953 Mercury in front of a house on N. 6th street. James Vance McElroy of Morehead City parked his 1955 Ford station wagon in the yard at the Bill Cher ry home, where he was going to do some painting. McElroy evidently left his car in neutral gear. It rolled down the driveway, across the street and in to the Mercury. Damage to the Ford was estimated at $20 and to Mercury al 3ft. MS _„ Rest Continues D. G. Sell, Carteret legislator, who has been ordered by doctors to “take it easy,” said yesterday that his activities have been cur tailed for one more week. Mr. Bell is at his summer home at Sunset Stares, Morehead City. ,_ 1 County Welcomes Crowds For July Fourth Holiday Thousands have swarmed to thisl resort area for the four-day Fourth of July weekend. Beach spots report good business and hope the weather stays sunny. A pilot who flew over the area Sunday reported at least 300 small boats out, the largest number he has ever seen. Several special events are planned for today, the Cedar Island pony penning at Cedar Island beach from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and the Scars cup sailboat races start ing in Morehead City at 11:30 a.m. Other events include the Sea Level fish fry at the hospital be ginning at noon; the Harkers Island motor boat races beginning at the east end of the island at 2 p.m.; the COBRA cookout (for members only) at the launching ramp on the Beaufort-Morehead City causeway and the Beaufort Rotary club meet ing at the Dora Dinette at 7 p.m. The Beaufort whaling museum, the Alphonso will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The waterfront mu seum on Evans street in Morehead City will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; from 2 to 6 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. On Ocracoke, the annual flag raising ceremony and service will be at 11 a.m. at the schoolhouse. A plate dinner will then be served by members of the WSCS of the Methodist church. Highway patrolmen urge people to be very careful on their way home tonight. Traffic will be heavy I'nd they suggest everyone be pa tient and careful. Picnic Starts Vacation Morehead City Garment Co. em ployees started their week-long July vacation with pay Friday. They had a picnic lunch on the lawn Thursday at noon. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, July 4 12:51 a.m. 1:31 p.m. 7:10 a.m. 7:47 p.m. Wednesday, July 5 1:46 a.m. 2:27 p.m. 8:15 a.m. 8:55 p.m. . Thursday, July • 2:44 a.m. 9:14 a.m. M»»a. 3:24 P4B, Sheriff Charges Four Juveniles with Theft The sheriff’s department has ap prehended four Atlantic boys; all under J6, for committing a scries of break-ins down cast recently. Places entered during less than a week’s time were I. V. Mason’s store, Sea Level; Luther Smith’s, Atlantic, which was entered twice, a cafe and Cecil Morris’s store at Atlantic, according to sheriff Hugh Salter. The sheriff said the boys gained entry by going through windows. Smith said $81 was taken from his place in the two thefts; Morris said that $28 was missing from his store. Smith's place was entered Sun day, June 25, and again Thursday. Morehead City Couple Found By Coast Guard • Rices Spend Night At Shackleford Banks # Troubles Keep Coast Guard Jujnping A Morehead City couple, Mr. and Mrs. Berea Rice, 111 Emetine PI., were the objects of an extensive Coast Guard search yesterday morning. .The search was initiated when the Coast Guard was inform ed that the two were 10 hours over due at the Morehead City yacht basin. At 11:15 yesterday morning the couple’s boat, the Rock & Roll, was located aground two miles east of the old Army dock on Shackleford Banks: They had run aground Sun day night and were forced to stay aboard the boat overnight. Coast Guardsmen were in the process of refloating the 26-foot cabin cruiser at press time yesterday. The Fort Macon station answered five other distress calls over the weekend. On Friday the 40-footcr was sent to Turtiagin Bay to re float a 65-foot tug and barge that had run aground. The tug, owned by the R. G. Da vis Towing Co., Newport News, Va., was hard aground. Coast Guardsmen were unable to refloat it after trying for several hours. The tug’s barge was loaded with logs and probably would have to be unloaded before the tug can be re floated, the Coast Guard says. On Sunday afternoon, the Fort Macon 30-footer picked up four people while on a routine boarding duty and took them to Atlantic Beach. The four were stranded on Shackleford Banks when the boat they were in went off and left Sec COAST GUARD, Page 2 Patrol Pleads, 4 'Take It Easy' The four-day Fourth of July holi day will not end on the traffic sta tistics book until midnight tonight. It started at 6 p:m. Friday. State highway patrolmen urge that per sons returning home today as well as those who arc merely “joy-rid ing,” do all in their power to avoid accidents. Last Fourth of July weekend in Carteret, one motorist was killed, seven were injured, and property damage amounted to $38,000. A. D. Ennett, Cedar Point, died July 4 following a head-on collision Fri day, July 1. The drivers involved in the acci dents ranged in age from 22 to Mr. Ennett, who was 73. County patrolmen attribute the accidents over 1960’s July Fourth weekend to speed, faulty equip ment, driving on the wrong side of the road, improper passing, and in one accident the driver fainted (be fore the accident). Unless there is extra caution on the part of drivers, 21 people will die in Fourth of July weekend highway accidents throughout the state, according to the North Caro lina Motor club. Highway patrol officers challenge drivers to make liars out of statis ticians by making the death toll and number of accidents much lower than the experts predict! a Photo by J. W. Sykes Almost nothing but pieces remains of the William Gorges IKS Mercury involved in a head-on collision west of Morehead Gttjr Fri day night. County Sets Date for Hearing On Subdivision Regulations Two o'clock Monday after-' noon, Aug. 7, was set by county commissioners yester day as the date of public hearing on subdivision regu lations. The hearing will be at the courthouse, Beaufort. The regulations would speci fy a uniform manner by which undeveloped land would be divided and streets laid out. Jerry Turner, of the division of planning, Board of Conservation and Development, who assisted in drafting the regulations will attend the hearing, according to Dr. L. J. Dupree, chairman of the county planning commission. ’ Dr. Dupree appeared before the board to request that a hearing be conducted, in accordance with law. He pointed out that the regulations were drafted following conferences with realtors and property owners, W. C. Carlton, executive secre tary of the commission, expressed the hope that many persons will attend the hearing, those in favor of the regulations as well as those who may be-against them. Skinner Chalk, county commis Sce BOARD, Page 2 Five Hurt In Head-On Crash Near Morehead Five persons of the Morehead City area were injured in a head on collision at 8:40 p.m. Friday about a mile and a half west of Morehead City on highway 70. They were Mrs. Katherine Bruce Jackson, Mansfield Park, who has been charged with driving drunk •^driving on the wrong aide of road; William Gorges, route 1 Morehead City, Mrs. Gorges, their 7-year-old son, David; and Mrs. Reginald Lewis, route 1 Morehead City. Still in the hospital yesterday were Mrs. Gorges and Mrs. Lewis. David was discharged Saturday. Mrs. Jackson and Gorges were given emergency treatment at the hospital but were not admitted. According to state highway pa trolman R. H. Brown, who investi gated, Mrs. Jackson was headed west at about 35 miles an hour and Gorges was headed east at about the same speed. The officer said Mrs. Jackson “swayed into the left lane of traf fic and continued for some dis tance.” She was driving a 1960 Ford station wagon. Gorges, ap proaching in a 1956 Mercury, saw the ear and when it appeared that there was going to be a collision, he swerved to the left to avoid it, the patrolman reported. At the same time the station wa gon attempted to get back into its lane and the cars met head-on in the center of the highway. Both were demolished. Mrs. Jackson suffered a small cut on her lower lip; Gorges re portedly has internal injuries and a cut on his right leg; his wife suffered cuts on the face; their son, David, had cuts on the head. Mrs. Reginald Lewis, the most seriously injured, had severe la cerations of the face and injuries to her jaw. All were taken to Morehead City hospital by ambu lance. A (-year-old Lewis child, Regina, was not injured. Mrs. Jackson was alone in her car at the time of the accident. The others were in the Gorges car. Mrs. Lewis and her husband operate the Bargain Barn on high way 70 west of Morehead City. Gorges, in whose car Mrs. Lewis and the others were riding, works at the Barn. The accident happened two hours and forty minutes after the official accident statistics record for the Fourth of July weekend' started. Two Cars Collide On Bridges Street A 1955 Chevrolet ran into the rear of a 1959 Edsel at 8:35 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of 11th and Bridges streets, More head City. Driver of the Chevrolet was Miss Sue Bordeaux, Morehead City. Driving the Edsel was A. H. James, also of Morehead City. Both were on Bridges street. Ac cording to Sgt. Bill Condie, who investigated, James had slowed at the intersection. Miss Bordeaux came up behind him and having passed through deep water on the street, the brakes on her car failed to hold, the officer said. Damage to the Chevrolet was estimated at $450 and to the £d Hl HU. Mo olio vu hurt ► Reception Honors Tobacco Queen Miss Emmalee Gaddy, reigning queen of the tobacco industry, was honored at a reception Sunday after noon aboard the Ozean Stinnes vessel Niedersachsen which will take her on a goodwill tour to Germany and Turkey. Miss Gaddy is pictured with Jose Martinez, traffic representative of Fernley & Eger Inc., New York agents for Ozean Stinnes; Ihsan Atakent, director, Turkish Information office, New York; and Capt. Ernest Pflung of the Niedersachsen. Tobacco Industry Beauty Starts European Trip Today ■i Turkish Attache Greeted Ihsan Atakent, left, of the Turkish embassy iu New York is wel comed to Morehead City and Beaufort by mayor George Dill of More head City. Mr. Atakent is here in connection with the sailing of Miss Emmalee Gaddy for Germany and Turkey where she will promote the tobacco industry. Miss Gaddy was selected “queen of the indus try” last October. Pastors Get Assignments At Conference Thursday - Carteret Methodist ministers were given assignments at the closing session of the North Caro lina Methodist conference in Dur ham Thursday. The Rev. D. L. Fouts replaces the Rev. John Cline as pastor of Ann Street Methodist church, Beau fort. Mr. Cline will go to the Siler City Methodist church. Mr. Fouts has been pastor of First Church in Mt. Olive for the past seven years. lie is a grad uate of Dpke Divinity School with a bachelor of arts and doctor of divinity degrees. His wife, Mrs. Frances Fouts, is also an ordained minister. Reassigned to their former pas torates were II. F. Pollock, Atlan tic; Leonard Mayo, Beaufort cir cuit, J. M. Hunter, llarlowe-Oak Grove; Tracie Varnum, Marshall berg. i. F. Casey, Bogue; J. P. Mans field, Camp Glenn; B. L. Davidson, j First Methodist; and R. D. Wood, Franklin Memorial, Morehead City; R. L. Fleming Jr., Newport; H. M. Owens Jr., Salter Path; J. H. Bryant, Sea Level; C. Ray West, Straits and D. M. Tyson, Williston-Smyrna. The Rev. Louie Lewis of Aurora, former pastor of the Atlantic Meth odist church, has returned to Mar shallbcrg to spend a year’s sab batical leave with his father. Leave is available to ministers ev ery seven years. Four county ministers were nam ed district committee chairmen. They are Mr. Fleming, Christian social concerns; Mr. Fouts, Chris tian vocations; Mr. Davidson, sec retary of evangelism; and Mr. Ty son, secretary on publishing in terest. Other appointments were the re assignment of the Rev. R. M. Puulk to Salem Methodist church, Goldsboro, and the assignment of the Rev. J. C. Staton, Kinston, to Friendship church, Burlington. Mr. Poulk is the husband of the former Dorothy Eure and the son in-law of Mrs. N. F. Eure, Beau fort. Mr. Poulk has served as pastor of Beaufort Methodist cir cuit in the past. Mr. Staton, son of Mrs. Frank Staton of Morehead City, is the husband of the former Marie Dav is of Beaufort. , ■_ Beautiful Emmalee Gaddy, 20 year-old international tobacco emissary, sailed from Morehead City last night on a 26-day tour of Europe, her first visit abroad. She will be the guest of the Ger man and Turkish governments. Miss Gaddy is reigning for ono year as representative of the world tobacco industry. She represents no particular nation but travels and makes public appearances for the purpose of “telling the tobacco story.” Miss Gaddy arrived in Morehead City by limousine Saturday from her home at Kingstrec, S. C. Her mother, Mrs. T. E. Gaddy, who was to accompany her here and on the trip to Europe, is unable to go because of serious illness in the immediate family. The international department of Wachovia bank and Wachovia bank of Morehead City entertained at a cocktail hour and buffet in Miss Gaddy’s honor Saturday night at the Buccaneer Motor lodge, Morehead City. The Ozean Stinnes line and-Heide and Co., Morehead City shipping agent, were hosts at a party aboard the Niedcrsachsen Sunday after noon. Present were officials of the State Ports Authority, other state and local dignitaries, and ex porters. The Niedersachsen. in addition to taking the “tobacco queen” to Eu rope is also taking on a cargo of tobacco, loaded at Morehead City. In Germany, Miss Gaddy will visit Bonn, seat of the West Ger man government. From Frank furt, she will fly to Istanbul, Tur key, where she will be the guest of the Turkish government. In the nation’s capital recently, she was entertained by six govern ments at their embassies in con nection with promotion of the to bacco industry. Representing the Turkish govern ment in Morehead City over the weekend and attending functions honoring Miss Gaddy was Ihsan Atakent, director of the Turkish in formation office, New York City. James McMillen, Miss Gaddy’s press agent, was effusive in his ap praisal of the tobacco emissary’s welcome here. “You have more hospitality here per square inch than lots of folks have in their whole back yard,” he commented. Sunday Fire Damages Home in Morehead City Fire, which apparently started in a trash can Sunday morning, did 4 extensive damage to two rooms of the home of Mrs. I. C. Stallings, 709 Bridges St., Morehead City. * f Firemen said that the fire ap- ' peared to have started in the trash can and then spread to a wall. The blaze was extinguished in less than
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