W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EifblUhed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (E?Ubli?hed 1936) ?
39th YEAR, NO. 85 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCT. 24, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Two Escape Serious Injury In Crash of CAP Plane
Searching Party
Finds Lost Hunter
After Long Search
Lulher Lawrence Missing
Sixteen Hours in Open
Grounds Thursday Night
Over 100 searchers scoured the
woods in the Open Grounds below
Beaufort Friday morning before
Luther Lawrence of Morehead City,
who becamc lost while hunting
Thursday night, was found.
Lawrence was none the worse for
his experience, though drenched to
the skin from the heavy downpour
of rain Thursday night.
The hunter became lost Thurs
day night after he and two compan
ions had been out hunting deer.
He followed hunting dogs into a
thicket of woods and became sepa
rated from the other two hunters.
Shortly afterward night fell and
Lawrence became completely lost
in the maze of woods and open
land. By that time his companions
had missed him and sent out word
that he was lost and possibly injur
ed.
A small searching party sought
in vain for the missing hunter dur
ing the night without success. Fi
nally in the morning a large 'jroup
was recruited to look for him and
he was discovered at about 10:30
a.m.
Lawrence told the group that as
soon as he was certain he was lost
he sat down to wait for daybreak.
When the sun came up it was too
foggy for him to be able to -see far
so he waited until it became bright
er. He had started on his way out
of the Open Grounds when the
searching party discovered him.
Two members of the searching
crew, John Tunneil and Lee Schl
, ingman, both of Morehead City, be
f came lost while looking for Law
rence and did not find their way
out of the woods until mid-after
noon.
New County Agtent
CommencesDuties
James G. Allgood, assistant (Car
teret county farm agent, has bdgun
tfork in the county, replacing for
mer assistant agent A1 W. Stinson
f who has entered the Army, county
gg*nt H. M. Williams announced
yesterday.
Allgood began his duties last
Monday. A large portion of his
time will be devoted to 4-H club
work and he also will assist in ex
tension program work being con
ducted by the county agent.
'V. A native of Yadkin county, All
good graduated from North Caro
lina State college in March of this
year with a degree in animal indus
try. While at State he was a mem
ber of the student government, the
Animal Industry club, the Ag club
and the meat judging team that
was sent to Chicago in 1949.
Following graduation the new
assistant county agent worked in
Swain and Graham counties as T.
V. A. assistant county agent. At
present he and his wife, a 1949
graduate of W.C.U.N.C. in Greens
boro, are living at 301 Front st. in
Beaufort.
Coast Guard Seeks Recrmili
For Expanded Port Work
An unlimited number of open
ings exist in the U.S. Coast Guard
for qualified men.
Chief Wayne W. Fish, head of
the (roast Guard Recruiting sta
tion in Durham, announced yes
terday that until recently the quo
ta for the entire Fifth District
(four states) was only 12 men per
month.
The demand became unlimited
when the President announced the
new port security program last
week. The program necessitates in
creased activity on the part of the
Coast Guard.
Chief Fish said that a first call
(or 30 men was received for the
State Thursday morning. The need
was immediate, he said but only 15
were available to be sent to the
district induction center al Norfolk.
The Coast Guard seeks men be
twpen the ages of 17 and 25. or ex
servicemen up to the age of 35. A
limited number of ratings for ex
Navy and ex-Coast Guard men arc
also open. All Coast Guard recruit
ing for the State is handled at the
Durham station.
Twenty-three Attend
fwentythrce persons, nine col
women and 14 white women,
attended the weekly clinic held at
the Lenoir County Detection and
Diagnostic Center in Kinslon
Ti?rsday, clinic personnel1 announ
ced yesterday.
Swift Flames Burn One Workman ,
Destroy Railroad Drawbridge Shack
Fire caused by welding
sparks igniting oil-soaked
wood destroyed a wooden
railroad drawbridge tender's
shack on the west side of the
Newport river on the out
skirts of Morehead City Sun
day afternoon, burning one
man and sending two over
board to escape the flames.
Both Morehead City and Beau
fort fire departments answered the
alarm. Water from booster tanks
in two fire trucks was used to bring
the blaze under control and keep
hungry flames from spreading to
the railroad trestle.
Damage caused by the fire was
estimated at near $1000 by A. T.
Leary. president of the Beaufort
and Morehead City railroad, own
ers of the property. Leary said loss
of the shack was not figured in this
estimate, since work was already
underway toward razing it in pre
paration for completing a new draw
span.
However, he stated, hoisting ma
chinery installed in the shack was
lost. The loss was covered by insur
ance, he added.
Three workers for Tidewater
Construction co., Norfolk firm in
charge of repairing the draw span,
were inside the shack when it
caught fire.
In an eyewitness account to THE
NEWS TIMES, Herman Clark,
welder for Tidewater, related de
tails of the fire.
Clark said he, Willie Sindab and
Mac Linen were working inside the
shack. He and Sindab were engag
ed in cutting bolts away from the
hoisting machinery which was to be
moved before the shack was torn
down.
"I was using an acetylene cut
ting torch on the bolts when there
was some kind of eirr^'in
said. "By the time 1 could get my
goggles off the whole place was on
fire and I headed for the door with
Willie ahead of me."
Sindah and Clark burst out of the
door and fell eight feet where they
struck a platform of pilings below
the shack. From there they bounc
ed into the water.
"We both came up together," the
welder continued. Some of the men
on the bridge tried to pull me out
but I told them I was going to swim
away from the fire before I got
out. I swam under the bridge and
came on up on the south side where
I crawled out and went back to
where the fire was."
Clark was unhurt but Sindab was
not so lucky. He received a bruised
right thigh when he struck the pil
ings and also had first and second i
degree burns. He was taken to [
Morehead City hospital where his j
physician, Dr. John Morris, report
ed that he was recovering satisfac- 1
torily and would be discharged
within three days.
Linen came out easiest of the I
three. He landed on the pilings
and managed to keep from going
overboard. He was not injured.
Morehead City firemen were first
on the scene at 1 p.m. They played
water from their 90-gallon booster
tank on the blaze and were reliev
ed by Beaufort firemen and their I
500-gallon booster. # 1
Walls of the shack caved in after
a few minutes. Firemen said the
building burned so quickly because
its walls and floors were soaked (
with an accumulation of oil and
gasoline from the hoisting engine.
Finally firemen pulled and yank
ed the burning timbers overboard
where they floated out of danger.
All that was left was the floor of
the shack, parts of the hoisting en
gine and a pot-bellied iron stove
standing in the ashes.
The fire attracted a large crowd
which lined the highway bridge to
watch the blaze. Fishermen on the
railroad trestle were little dismay
ed by the flames. They retained
their perches throughout the fire,
fishing away with no mind for the
danger at their backs.
Hailrcad Bridge Fisherman
Violate Law, Laary Says
A. T. Leary, manager of the
Beaufort and Morehead City rail
road, stated today that it's still a
gainst the law to fish from the rail
road bridge* across Newport river
and Gallants channel.
But with the speckled trout bit
ing he said the Jail wouldn't be
able to hold everyone who's violat
ing the law.
Signs are posted at each end of
the two bridges stating that tres
passing is prohibited Leary re
marked that if anyone suffers loss
of fishing gear, la injured or killed
by the train, the MM railroad is
not liabl*.
Where the Nations Meet
THE NEXT TWO YEARS WILL see the com
pletion of the "peace capital" of the United
Nations in the form shown in this artist's
sketch. The meeting hall area, still under con
struction, can be seen at the left of the almost
completed office tower. The entire six-block
headquarters site will be landscaped and the
buildings will be surrounded by green parks.
Husbarul Jailed Following Shooting
November Commissioners'
Moatino Ifete Posited .
The Nov* mix r meeting of the
ccunty board of commissioners
originally scheduled for Nov. 6
has been postponed until Nov. 13,
Register of Deeds Irvin W. Davis
announced yesterday.
The meeting was postponed be
cause of county and state elec
tions which will be held on Nov.
7, Mr. Davis explained.
Beaufort Plans
Grass Seeding
All residents of Beaufort will be
asked to plant rye grass in front
of their homes* in the first step to
ward beautifying the town.
Mrs. James D. Rumley and Mrs.
J. F. Duncan, co-chairmen of the
Committee for the Beautification
of Beaufort, which is being sponsor
ed by the Beaufort Book club, met
Ftiday afternoon with Dan Walker,
manager of the Chamber of Com
merce, and zone chairman of the
town and discussed various plans
for the project.
Mrs. Rumley explained that the
town will be divided into zones,
with a chairman over each zone,
and a block chairman for each
block in each zone.
The rye grass was decided upon
as the easiest way to start the plan
with the quickest results to be
seen, since it will give Beaufort
green grass all winter.
Each resident will be asked to
plant the grass on the plot in front
of his home between the sidewalk
and the street.
The committee will have a plan
ned program, building around the
azaleas which will be planted on
Ann st., a project of the Junior
Woman's club.
Following the meeting, which
was held at the home of Mrs. J. F.
Duncan, punch and cookies were
served the group.
Morehead City Officials
Attend Municipalities Meet
Morehead City Mayor George W
Dill, Mrs. Dill and Town Cotnmis
sioner D. 0 Bell will return tumor
row from the annual convention of
the North Carolina League of Mu
nicipalities in Ashevillo, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The convention opened Sunday
at Asheville's Grove Park Inn
Those attending from Morehead
City left Saturday and will leave
Asheville today on the return trip.
Shlpplag Expediter Hired
B. G. Larcomb of Norfolk. Va.,
for 28 years with the Norfolk
Washington steamship lines, has
been hired to get more business
for porta at Morehead City and
Wiimiagton. He will wdrk with
the Stat* Port* Authority.
Casualties |
h Mr*w &hu? ^is locality, re
purled ah casualtfen in the Korean
area, are the following:
Wounded
Captain Charles Meredith Cable,
USMCR. husband of Mrs. Charles
Meredith Cable, 12'J Sherwood St..
Jacksonville.
Second Lieutenant Harvey Ash
ley Goss, husband of Mrs. Harvey
Ashley Goss, 234 Bee and Lee
Drive, Midway Park. (Previously
reported wounded and returned to
duty.)
Technical Sergeant Charles *111
tyd Herriotts, husband of Mrs.
Charles I. Herriotts. 16647 Trailer
Park. Camp Lejeune.
Lieutenant Colonel Thornton
Mills Hinkle, husband of Mrs.
Thornton Mills Hinkle, MOQ2518,
Camp Lejeune.
Sergeant Herbert Conway Mc
Bride, husband of Mrs. Herbert
Conway McBride, 21615 Trailer
Park, Camp Lejeune.
Grass Fire Extinguished
Beaufort firemen extinguished a I
small grass fire near Safrit's mill
on the Lennoxville road early Sun
day morning. Firemen were away
from the station only 10 minutes.
William Smith of near Swansbo
ro is being held in the eounty jail
for investigation following an ac
cident Sunday afternoon in which
a load ol buckshot chewed out a
portion of his wife's left hip.
Investigating officers said that
Smith told them he was cleaning
his shotqun Sunday afternoon at
about 5 p.m. when his wife walked
past him. brushing against the muz
zle of the gun.
The shotgun went off then, he
related, tearing into and through
the flesh on her left hip. Mrs.
Smith was rushed into an automo
bile and taken to the Morehead
City hospital where she received
treatment and was hospitalized.
Mrs. Smith's condition is satis
factory, Dr. M. B. Morey, her phys
ician, stated. He said the shot did
not go into her hip but passed
through it. leaving powder and oth
er materials from the shotgun in
her flesh. He said no stitches
had been taken in the wound since
it was necessary to wait for it to
drain and be cleaned first.
Since Smith lives just east of
the Onslow Carteret county line
he was taken into custody by
Carteret county officers. He is be
ing held for investigation, it was
stated.
Newport's Telephone Exchange
To Begin Service Thursday
A new telephone exchange at
Newport will be placed in service
at 7 a.m. Thursday, it was announc
ed today by L. A. Daniels, More
head City manager of the Caro
company. Newport is in the More
head City telephone exchange
group.
The new exchange has a capacity
of 100 telephone lines. One party,
two party and four party service
will be offered in the base rate
area.
Daniels stated that all Newport
telephone numbers would be
changed when the new exchange
is placed iit service. This is an
absolutely necessary step in con
verting from old to the new equip
ment, he added.
A temporary telephone direc
tory listing the new numbers has
j been prepared and will be deliv
ered prior to Thursday. The mana
ger urged Newport subscribers not
to attempt to call from memory
but to consult the new telephone
book on and after that date.
The new facilities at Newport
will cost over $25,000. Additional
outside facilities will be added at a
later date, Daniels said.
Lions Vote Money
Morehcad City Lions voted to
give as much as $25 toward help
ing a Morehead City handicapped
person in need of financial assis
tance at their Thursday night meet
ins in the Fort Macon hotel. Fol
lowing the business meeting the
group indulged in a songfest.
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Comity's September Liquor
Sales Total $49,997.40
September liquor sales in Car
teret county amounted to $49,997.
40, James Totter, county auditor,
reported today.
Morehead City sales totaled $25,
239.70; Beaufort sales. $13,514.40:
and Newport $11,243.30. Estimated
net profit is $4,166.22. \
Dividends paid to the three j
towns are as follows: Morehead
City hospital, $1,154.72; Beaufort,
$618.28: Newport, $514.38. Operat
ing expenses were $2,487.75 and
the sales tax was $4,249.78.
Paid to the county general fund i
from the Alcoholic Beverage Con
trol fund Sept. 1 was $15,000.
George McNeill Heads
District Bar Association
George McNeill, Morehead City
attorney, was elected president of
the Fifth District Bar association
at the annual meeting Sept. 13 at
the Trent Pines club. New Bern.
Luther Hamilton, jr.. Morehead
City attorney, was elected to the
executive committee.
. Mr. McNeill, who served during
the past year as first vice presi
dent of the organization, is attor
ney for the town of Morehead
City and is commanding officer of
the Army Reserve corps in this
area.
November Induction Call
For 26 Men Received
The Carteret county draft
board has received a call for 26
men to be inducted into the Ar
my on Nov. 2, Mrs. Ruby Hol
land, draft beard dark, announc
ed yesterday.
In addition, the board has re
ceived a call for 35 men to re
ceive their pre-induction physic
als un Nov. 8, she said. Mrs. Hol
land added that all of the 27 men
sent to Ft. Bragg Thursday were
accepted for induction and are
now in the Army.
Legion Pleased
With County Fair
Exhibit Entries
Attendance at Fair Lower
Than in 1949, Chairman
Kelly Reports
Exhibits in last week's annual
Carteret county fair sponsored in
Beaufort by Post 99 of the Ameri
can Lesion were far better than
last year but public response and
attendance was not as high as be
fore, Legion chairman Tom Kelly
leported yesterday.
The Legion awarded nearly $,'100
in prizes to exhibit winners. Kelly
said. He explained that the poor
attendance was due to too much
wet weather. Nevertheless, the
lair chairman added, plans are al
ready in progress for a larger and
better fair next year.
This year's exhibits by far ex
ceeded those of 1949. Kelly report
ed. He said the quality and num
I her were above that expected with
entries received in all divisions.
Rain Wednesday and Thursday
nights and two local football games
Friday ni^ht served to cut down
attendance at the fair to approxi
mately 5000, the Legion chairman
stated. He added thai it was tyqeer
jtain how well financially t??tr Le
| gion would come out until all bills
connected with the fair were re
I ceived.
Actual approval of a fair for
1951 will not come until a meeting
I is held in January, it was explain
; ed. One change being considered
I is the choice of a different date for
I the 1951 fair.
PMA Relaxes/
Lime Regulations
New regulations concealing the
use of lime on permanent pastures
in Carteret county were Announced
yesterday by county Production
Marketing Administration secre
tary B. J. May.
In making the announcement
May explained that a serious short
age oi lime had developed this
fall. This shortage was brought
about by the shortage of freight
cars to transport lime, damage by
floods and rain to some lime pits
and the heavy demand for lime at
the same time, he explained.
Specifications Relaxed
The shortage has caused con
siderable worry among agencies
promoting the establishment of
permanent pastures as well as
among farmers planning to start
pastures, May commented. After
the shortage developed the follow
; ing permanent pasture specifica
tions were relaxed:
"In establishing a pasture, a mix
ture containing at least one per
ennial grass and one or more adap
ted permanent pasture legumes
must be properly sown on a well
prepared seedbed. The seedbed
should be stirred by plowing or
double disking (or its equivalent)
and should be firm before the seed
is sown. lime and fertilizer ma
terials where necessary to assure
a good stand and growth should be
worked into the surface soil be
fore seeding."
In view of the shortage of lime
county PMA committees are being
permitted to relax the above speci
fication in that they may approve
orders for pasture seed, winter
legumes and rye grass where lime
is not available, by the end of
the year.
Failure to obtain lime by the
first of the year will result in the
farmer's name being placed on the
Register ' of Indebtedness, May
emphasized.
This change in regulations was
brought about as the result of
recommendations made by the
state PMA office, its technical com
mittee and from consultations with
various local PMA representatives.
Those farmers in doubt as to
what action they should take in
seeding their pastures should con
tact the county PMA office. May
stited.
Accident Wrecks Plane 9
Shakes Vp Pilot , Cadet
Two members of It he Car
teret County Civil Air Patrol
miraculously sustained only
minor injuries wh^n their
CAP army type observation
plane crashed Sunday after
noon at 12:45 in dunes on
BoKue Banks near the Mc
Clamroch tract west of the
state park area.
The two are George Herbert, pi
lot. and James Everett Lupton,
cadet, both of Beaufort. KF1).
The L-5 observation plane was a
total wreck.
Two eyewitnesses to the crash,
Jack Savage and Kay Hasscll of
Beaufort, stated that the plane
zoomed low over Savage's house,
which is on Bouue Banks between
Money Island Beach and the lto
land McClamroch house, and then
went into a steep bank.
As it did the plane lost headway
and went into a sideslip. Its wing
tip struck power lines running to
Fort Macon and crashed in the
sand dunes.
Savage and Hassell rushed to the
disabled craft and pulled the two
men from the wreckage. At the
time of the accident Lupton's saf
ety belt was not fastened and he
was thrown from his seat. Witness
es said that if his belt had been
fastened he would have been se- j
riously injured, since a broken |
strut from the plane tore into the!
| cabin and through the baek of the
seat in which he had been sitting.
| Both were taken to Morehead
I City hospital where they were
| treated and hospitalized. Neither's
[condition was termed serious, j
When questioned yesterday both
I said they could not recall any in
cidents of the accident.
Herbert, who still was in a sliuht |
j state of shock, said he could not
even remember taking off in the
plane from Beaufort airport.
The accident broke loose seven
strands of wire on the line leading
to Fort Macon, causing an outtage
for four hours. Tide Water Power
Co. Manager tfceorge MothH said
the damage caused would amount
to approximately $200. No poles
were broken.
! A. I). Ellsworth, adjutant of the
county CAP squadron, said damage
to Tide Water's property was cov
ered by insurance. Loss of the
plane leaves the county squadron
with only one crAft, a seaplane, he
commented.
The plane was 011 an orientation
flight at the time. Ellsworth added.
Baptists Schedule
District Meeting
The annual meeting of the At
lantic Baptist Association, which
includes 32 churches, will be held
in the Baptist church at Atlantic
Thursday and Friday, Dr. John H.
Bunn of Morehead City, clerk of
the association, announced yester
day.
This will he the first time the
association has met at Atlantic,
though several meetings have taken
place at Davis, it was pointed out.
Moderator of the meeting will he
M. Leslie Davis of Beaufort with
Dr. Bunn acting as clerk.
Rev. Charles E. Parker of New
Bern will open Thursday morning's
meeting and will be followed on
the rostrum by Rev. L. L. Carpenter
of Raleigh, editor of the Bibical Re
corder.
In the afternoon Rev. E. C. Wil
kie of the Kennedy Home. Kin
ston, will deliver a report on or- 1
phanages. Mrs. John Lashley of j
Morehead City then will report on
the Women's Missionary Union and
election of officers will close the
program.
Friday morning Rev. Earl Brad- 1
ley of Raleigh will render a miss j
ions report. Reverend Parker will i
follow with a hospital report and j
the final item on Friday morning's j
agenda will be reports from Wake i
Forest, Campbell and Chowan Col
leges.
The meeting will close Friday ,
afternoon with reports on Sun
day schools and social service by i
Rev. I,. C. Chandler, and Winfrey
Divis, Beaufort.
Tide Table
TMn at Briuforl Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Oct. 24
7:08 a m.
12:53 a m
I 29 p.m.
7:20 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 23
7:46 a.m.
7:57 p.tn.
1:30 a.m.
2:08 p.m.
Thursday, October 26
8:24 a.m.
8:34 p.m.
2:04 a.m.
2:46 p.m.
Friday, Oct 27
8:58 a.m.
9:09 p.m.
2:37 a.m.
3:22 p.m. |
Salvation Army
Fund Drive Begins
Collection Campaign Will
Gather Money for
Emergency Work
Carteret county's annual Salva
tion fund drive began yesterday
with hopes for an even larger col
lection than last year's $628, drive
chairman Sam Adler reported yes
terday.
Adler said those working in the
drive would cover the county in
an effort to contact all who will
render financial assistance in the
Salvation Army's cause. In addit
ion containers will be placed in
business establishments in the
county to receive contributions
from those who- are not seen per
sonally.
The chairman emphasized that
none of the money obtained will be
.sent out of the county, instead, he
said that every cent will go to
ward assisting those in distress
in Carteret county.
The Salvation Army's job is not
to provide permanent assistance
to any person or family, it was
pointed out, but to provide im
mediate relief to those in need
until regular relief agencies can
make arrangements to take over.
Also needed in the drive is cloth
ing for needy families. Spa?e cloth
ing can be left at the Klks club
in Morchcad City where the Sal
vation Army maintains a room full
of extra clothing. Those persons
who cannot take the clothing to
the Klks club should contact Adler
in Morehcad City.
During the past year the Salva
tion Army in Carteret county his
aided 68 persons or families, Ad
ler reported. Of these aided $341
wa* speM /or food/ $163 fct med
ical bills, and other sums were
spent on fuel, school lunches, shoes
clothing and miscellaneous needs.
A small amount was left from
the original $628 that was collec
ted. This sum is kept for any emer
gencies that may occur before oth
er money can be gathered.
Rotarians Hear /
District Officer
Rotary clubs in 83 countries
thioughout the world are united in
an endeavor to promote internation
al understanding, good will and
peace. That was the message of
Howard J. McGinnis of Greenville,
governor of district 279 of Rotary
International, in addressing the
Rotary club of Newport last night,
following a conference with local
Rotary officers, directors and com
mittee chairmen.
In addition to the activities of
Rotary's 7,150 clubs in their own
communities to promote this ob
jective. Mr. McGinnis explained, ov
er a three-year period Rotary In
ternational is spending $750,000,
principal ly to create better under
standing among the peoples of diff
erent nations.
One of the principal ways in
which this money is being spent
! is on Rotary Foundation Fellow
ships which enable outstanding
graduate students to study for one
year, in countries other than their
own. as ambassadors of good will.
Since this program was established
in 1947, Fellowships have been
awarded to students in 35 countries,
I with grants totaling nearly $500,
000.
"Devoted to service. Rotary pro
vides a common ground for 350,000
business and professional execu
tives throughout the world regard
less of nationalities or political or
religious beliefs." the Rotary dis
trict governor emphasized.
He said that there is a striking
parallel between the program of
Rotary and the United Nations
charter, and that, since the organi
zation of the United Nations in
1945. Rotary clubs throughout the
world have been active in the de
I'nitcd Nations in an endeavor to
make it an effective instrument for
\olopment of an informed public
opinion on the objectives of the
free peoples everywhere.
Merchants to Meet
The Morehead City Merchants
Association will hold its first fall
meeting Thursday in the Fort Ma
con hotel dining room from 11:30
a.m. to 1 p.m.. President Warren
Beck announced yesterday. Beck
said a portion of the meeting will
take up a discussion of the Christ*
mas trade promotion to be held in
Morehead City this year.