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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 40th YEAR, NO. 85. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDA Harvey Foster Killed, Wife Held on Murder Charge Officers Arrest Two Marines on Numerous Theft Charges Men Confess to Burglaries J Throughout Eastern Carolina Robert A. Wzorek and Robert Swanke, Marines station ed at Cherry Point, were arrested at 10 o'clock Sunday night near Morehead City on charges of committing a series of thefts in this county and throughout eastern North Carolina. They are being held without bond for trial this morning Work Officially Starts od Cherry Point New Homes Cherry Point. ? Major General V. E. Megec, commanding general of . the Marine Corps Air Station here, turned the first shovel of soil in a ground-breaking ceremony at 4:30 Wednesday, officially starting con struction on Cherry Point's new $8,648,335 housing development. Upon completion, the develop ment will contain 1,421 one, two and three-bedroom units. The housing will be divided into three projects: Hancock village, a 357 unit officers' quarters; Fort Macon village, a 249-unit enlisted men's quarters, and Slocum village, 815 units designated for the use of ci vilian employees of the air sta tion. The first of the three projects to be completed will be Hancock village. Construction was begun by Phillips. Bonin, and Covington, of Charlotte, the contractor-owners ?f the projects. After an opening address by Gen eral Megee, the formal ground breaking took place. In addition to General Megec. the following dignitaries partici pated in the ceremony: W. G. Jerome, chief underwriter for the North Carolina division of the Fed eral Housing administration, who approved the development transac tion; James P. McRae, state direc tor, Federal Housing administra tion; the contractor-owners, Dwight S. Phillips, Charlotte, Jack L. Cov ington, Winston-Salem, and W. L. Bonin; Carlisle McDowell, and Charles B. Rich, of Wachovia Bank . and Trust company, Winston Salem. Thomas D. Carter, Winston Salem attorney, Albert L. Ellis, Jacksonville attorney; George Rid dle, New Bern attorney; Kidd Brewer, bonding representative, Raleigh; James L. Poyner, Title In surance representative, Raleigh; and Commander John J. Albers, public works officer at Cherry Point. Cars Crash; Cops Hold Automobile A 1939 car, driven by Hezekiah Green, North Harlowe, collided with another car Thursday noon at Queen and Cedar streets, Beau fort. The driver in the other car sped from the scene of the acci dent, according to Chief Carlton Garner and Officer Bertie Piner, who investigated. Green's car was damaged to the extent of an estimated $75. Being held by Beaufort police is a 1939 Chevrolet automobile with New York license. According to the chief, James Green, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was stopped Friday morning on Craven street because he was going the wrong way on the one way street. After giving him a ci tation at the police station, the chief was called away, and he ask ed Green to wait until he got back. When the chief returned, Green was gone, but his car is still at the police station. The driver failed to appear in court yesterday. Town Board Bihnt To Sign CUin The Morehead City town board has decided to consider other possi ble alternatives to signing a muni cipal agreement with the State Highway and Public Works com mission which would bind the town to payment of one-third of any claima which may arise out of bridge construction at 24th street. The agreement was presented to the board Friday night by ). G. Gibbe, Greenville." right-of-way en gineer for the highway commission. Although he remarked that he felt no more than one claim would be forthcoming from any property owners in regard to the proposed hydraulic fill, the town felt that it could not commit itself to paying one- third of any damage claimc which may be granted. I ?in Carteret county recorder's court. Authorities declined to give an es timate on the value of the loot the two have taken because they have broken into clothing stores, jewel ry stores, hardware stores and numerous other business places in five counties. Wzorek and Swanke confessed Sunday night, Sheriff Gehrmann Holland said, to entering six places Saturday night in Beaufort and one in Moreherd City. Places Burglarized Broken into in Beaufort were The Spot, Wright's Pure Oil service station, Leroy Mcintosh's service station, Ivey Chadwick's grocery, East Drive In theatre ticket office, and Ivey Eubanks' grocery store. The two entered Marvin Powers' Pure Oil station in Morehead City, took several wrenches valued at $15*20, took keys from the station which belonged to cars in Lester Babbitt's used car lot, and drove away in a 1951 Chevrolet which was on the lot. The Babbitt busi ness is located next to the service station. Three Make Arrest Deputy Sheriff Marshall Ayscue. Morehead City Police Officer Buck Newsome, and SB1 Agent George Canady arrested Wzorek and Swanke in the vicinity of the Pine Tree inn, west of Morehead City on highway 70. The officers have also recovered the car and a great deal of the loot. The two thieves, who evidently stopped at nothing, confessed to entering Allen and Bell's hardware store in Newport early Monday, morning, Oct. 8, Hill's in New Bern, a jewelry store in William ston, and others that officers had not yet had time to list. In their possession were suit cases, all types of wearing apparel, jewelry, cigarettes, ties, bullets, ri- i fles, pistols, and electrical appli ances. Entry to the Powers service sta tion was gained through a back window. After emptying 300-400 pennies from the cash register, the men left by the front door. At Wright's service station a See THEFTS, Page 6 Judge Transfers Cases to Pitt ? Two cases were transferred Thursday by Judge Q. K. Nimocks to Pitt county superior court for trial this week. They were Fred W. Taylor vs. Ann Campbell Tay lor and Jean Clair Carrington vs. Walter Bond Carrington. The transferrel was made as a conven ience to witnesses. The cases of Alton Robert Bland and William Franklin Lindsay, each charged with driving drunk, and Horace Eli Hatley, charged with failure to yield right-of-way, thus causing an accident, were continued. A forma] order was issued in the case of Benjamin Franklin Tall man, who is already serving a three-year term on the roads. Tall man was found guilty of receiving stolen goods exceeding $100 in value and a three-year road sen tence was suspended on condition that he be committed to the East Carolina Training school. He. re peatedly ran away and then signed a consent agreement to serve the sentence handed down in the March 1951 term of court. The following divorces were granted: Annie Mac Ipock Riggs vs. Ralph Willard Riggs, Frances W. Pipkin vs. Seth O. Pipkin, Ethel Juanita Sharpe vs. William Henry Sharpe, and Magdlean Mills vs. Jasper Earl Mills. County Salvation Army Drivt Begins This Week The county Salvation Army drive will take place in the county this week. The Salvation Army com mittee. sponsored by the Morehead City-Beaufort lodge 1710, Benevo lent and Protective Order of Elks, is headed by Sam Adler, Morehead City. Solicitors will make contacts throughout the week, but persons wishing to mail contribution* should send them to Adler. No .quota has been set. but it is hoped that approximately $500 will be collected. Most of the fundi will be used locally. ? ; Atlantic Baptist 1 Association Will Convene Thursday lOO-Year-Old Baplisi Church In Beaufort Will be Host At Two-Day Meeting The 68th annual session of the Atlantic Baptist association will open at 10 o'clock Thursday morn ing in the First Baptist church, Beaufort. The two-day meeting will end Friday afternoon in ihe church which this year is observing its centennial. Dr. John H. Bunn, pastor of the First Baptist church. Morehcad City, will deliver the annual ser mon and the Rev. J. L. Hodges, pastor of the Tabernacle church of New Bern, will preach the mission ary sermon. The moderator will be the Rev. M. Leslie Davis of Beaufort. Pastor of the church is the Rev. Wihfrey Davis. The Atlantic Baptist association is composed of all Missionary Bap tist churches in Carteret, Craven. Jones, Pamlico, and most of Ons low county. There are 32 churches with 5,742, the largest being the j First Baptist in New Bern with 749 i members, followed closely by Morehead City First Baptist with 692 members. The smallest church is Vandemere with 38. Offerings during 1950, the year for which the above figures were given, totaled $176,041.74. The coming meeting will be the seventh time the association has met in the Beaufort church. Three to four hundred persons are ex pected. The Women's Missionary society will serve lunch Thursday and Friday. The Beaufort church will present its best record in history t? the association for the year closing Sept. 30, 1951. Raised and paid out during the year was $22,664.32. Actually spent was $26,487.41, the difference coming from the build ing fund already on hand. For benevolences, missions, or phanage, hospital, Christian educa tion, etc., included in the above, $3,823.09 was spent, $600 of this amount going to the orphanage. Present membership, 462, is the largest. There were 22 baptisms during the year, 21 received into j membership by letter of transfer, plus other additions. Enrollment in the Sunday school is 314, with the average attendance each Sunday 215. Enrollment in the training union is 129, the Women's Missionary society has seven organizations, including youth groups, with 138 members. Vacation Bible school was held in the summer with an enrollment of 155. There were only two losses by death in the congregation, W. D. Gatlin and Hubert Fodrie. Declared the moderator yester day, "This is the centennial year of the Beaufort Baptist church and as they begin a new century they look forward to continued advancement in the Master's kingdom and through His help only can this be realized." On Fuel Terminal Proposal The corps of engineers, U. S. Army, has extended the time limit on receiving objections to the pro posed Fuel Terminals dock until Monday, Nov. 5. According to a prior notice, tomorrow was the deadline. Aviation Fuel Terminals, inc., proposes to build a dock on the west side of Inlet island, adjaccnt to Morehead City harbor. When the Marine corps, Morehead City Pilot* association, and the State Ports authority objected to the original plans. Aviation Fuel Ter minals revised them, shortening the dock. If anyone has objections to the new plan, they must be made to the corps of engineers office with in the next two weeks. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Oct. 23 1:49 a.m. 2:09 p.m. 7:46 a.m. 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 24 2:50 a.m. 3:07 p.m. 8:50 a.m. 9:38 p.m. Thursday, Oct 25 3:40 a.m. 4:01 p.m. 9:54 a.m. 10:26 p.m. Friday, Oct 2? 4:37 a.m. 10:48 a.m. 11:0B p.m. 4:53 p.m. Morehead City Town Board Establishes Recorder's Court The Morehead City town board Friday night at the municipal building, Morehead City, establish ed a municipal recorder's court as of Dec. 1. 1951 and specified that the first session of court will take place at 10 o'clock Monday morn ing, Dec. 3, and on each Monday thereafter unless otherwise speci fied by the judge. Appointment of court officers was not made. The commissioners deferred action until a subsequent meeting. Formal establishment of the court followed a public hearing which was set for the purpose of hearing objections to the court. No objections were offered. Thirteen persons attended the hearing, which took place on the second floor of the municipal building, but aside from several lawyers, all were interested in the recreation building matter which was brought up later. The board, following the hearing, continued their meeting in the board room on the first floor of the building. At the hearing Mayor George Dill commented on the necessity for the court and explained that the final decision was the town board's, however "the hearing was being conducted to guide the board in making its decision," he re marked. In answer to a question by Jim my Wallace, Morehead City, the mayor said the court will not be an additional cost to the town, that its expenses will be covered by court costs charged. He stated that it would be a convenience to the tax payer, not a burden, and that it could be dissolved, if necessary, by resolution. When asked if there would be enough cases to justify operation of the court. Mayor Dill replied, "Yes. more than that." In addition to the town attorney, ! George McNeill, lawyers attending the hearing and meeting were George Ball, Herbert Phillips, and Harvey Hamilton. Over protests by Hamilton, who contended that court officers should be appointed immediately, the board decided to defer action on appointments. County Fair Opens , Deadline For Entries is 1 P. M. Today New Hanover Air Field to be Used By Marine Corps Cherry Point. ? The New Han over county airport, Wilmington, will be used soon as an auxiliary landing field for planes of the Ma rine Corps Air station, Cherry Point, the Navy department an nounced today. Decision to use the airport was made in order to relieve congestion resulting from expansion of Marine Corps aviation activities at Cherry Point. Assignment of aircraft and personnel to the field will be made by the commanding officers of the parent station as required. Formerly the Bluethenthal Army Air base, the Wilmington airport is now owned by New Hanover county and serves as municipal air port at Wilmington. Under the conditions of transfer to the county, however, the right to regain use of the installation in times of national emergency, such as now exists, was retained by the federal government. Negotiations to obtain a leasehold interest in the airport facilities will be conducted between Navy representatives and county officials. In announcing the designation of New Hanover county airport as a Marine Corps auxiliary landing field, the Navy department empha sized that such use would be ac complished with a minimum of in convenience to present municipal, commercial and civilian activities conducted at the field. Continued ciivlian flying, how ever, will be predicated upon the progress of proposed construction recently authorized by Congress and the load imposed on the field by Marine Corps aviation. Mayor Holds Court Two colored men, Edward Saw yer and George Johnson, forfeited bond when they failed to appear in Beaufort mayor's court yester day. Each was charged with drunkenness. The case of James Benton, charged with driving with out an operator's license, was con tinued until next week. Mayor L. W. Hassell conducted court. Aiinougn entries at the Carteret county fair will be accepted until 1 p.m. today, the fair officially opened last night. Side shows and rides were set up on the fair grounds yesterday and people were busy in the ex hibition, hall preparing exhibits. There will be 411 exhibits, a Red Cross exhibit, displays by Home Demonstration clubs, Tide Water Power co., the State Highway de partment and numerous others. Mrs. Billie Smith, in charge of the exhibits, stated yesterday that all the space has been reserved in the building. Hundreds of dollars in premiums will be awarded and crocheters may also enter the national cro cc'lc.4 -fcy UieJsl handwork for judging. The fair is sponsored by Carte ret Post No. 9, American Legion, Beaufort. Fair secretary is T. E. Kely, Beaufort. Carnival Will Entertain Family Although the emphasis is on "Children's Night," there will be fun for the whole family at the Morehead City Halloween carnival Wednesday night. Oct. 31, declared A. B. Cooper, chairman. Plans are progressing rapidly for the big fall event which is the major money-raising project of the Parent - Teacher association. The carnival grounds, at the ball park, will open at 5:30. Supper can be bought at various booths and at 8:30 that night there will be a program in the school auditorium. Each grade will have charge of a booth and will be responsible for decorating and operating it. Cash prizes will be awarded to the grades which have the most attrac tive booth, the most original, and the most profitable. Each booth will carry a display card informing the publi< on which grade is op erating it and who teaches that grade. A publii address system will op erate fron the bingo stand and ta bles and :nches will be placed throughout the grounds for those having supper there. Cooper has expressed the hope that there will be no cooking at home that night! Union Soldiers Recuperated J In r Sea-Girt Town'' ofn Beaufort During the war between th< states Beaufort was the site of I hospital and was a recuperatior center for wounded men of the Union army. Several paragraphs describing the hospital at Beaufort appear in the book. "Wearing th< Blue in the Twenty-fifth Massachu setts Volunteer Infantry, wit! Burnside'a Coast Division, 18th Army Corps and Army of the James," by Waldo Denny. These paragraphs appear below reprinted from the book owned by W. A. Ellison, Jr., of Moreheari City. "Wearing of the Blue" was published by Putnam and Davis, Worcester. Mas*., in 1879. Beaufort, N. C. During July of 1882, the writer suffering from malarial fever, wai permitted by General Foster to go to Beaufort. N. C.. with the beliel that a few days of rest in that left girt town would complete a restor? tion to health. Sergeant Edward ? T. Raymond (afterwards promoted i by First-Lieutenant and Captain in i the Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Vol ' unteers) who had been quite sick, , but was then convalescent, accom . panied him, and both took quarters ? at the substantial hostelry which - was at that time very liberally pa i tronized by seekers alter health i and pleasure. To give some definite idea how soldiers fared and "suffered" while . on "sick leave," we give the bill ' of fare at our table d'hote: fried soft crabs, mullet, oysters, fried I and baked flounders, beefsteak. , broiled chicken, biscuits, bread, butter, honey, tea and coffee, and ice-water. Upon that bill of fare he made a tolerable repast and re | marked that he felt better. , From our diary we Uke account ; of the General Hospital located at . Beaufort, and where many of our . sick soldiers were sent (we give I See SOLDWBS, flu ? Women's Chbs Adopt Program To Aid Koreans To relieve the suffering of Korean eivilian refugees, the general fed eration of Women's clubs has un dertaken a Care-for-Korea cam paign. Mrs. E. A. Council, presi dent of the Morehead City Women's club, announced today that each club in the nation has been re quested to raise an average of $100 per club in order that 150,000 CARE packages may be sent to Korea. Accordipa to Mrj. Hiram Cole HnuglvuMfr president 'A the general federation of Women's clubs, CARE packages are the best way to help the more than two million homeless and hungry civilian refu gees in Korea. She remarked, "All observers agree that food and clothing are desperately needed by Korean refugees now. Five years' experi ence has shown that this is the least expensive and most feasible method of getting immediate help to individuals overseas." The Morehead City Women's club is hoping to raise $100 quota prior to the Nov. 24 deadline. The CARE packages which have been prepared for Korean relief include woolen blankets, cotton tex tiles. food, woolen suiting, under wear, knitting wool. All contribu tions will be pooled to provide a complete package. Deliveries will be arranged by CARE to orphan ages, refugee camps and other re lief centers, on the basis of great est need. Melvio Hancock < Gets New Reprieve Melvin Hancock of Otway re ceived Friday a 60-day reprieve, delaying another two months his serving an eight-month road sen tence. The reprieve, taking up to day where a previous two-months' grace period ends, was granted by Dr. T. C. Johnson, paroles commis sioner. During the coming two months it is hoped that an opera tion can cither be performed on Hancock's back or that he will find a job suitable to the type of work he can do. Due to a ruptured disc in his back, which Hancock claims is a service - connected disability, he cannot work at regular jobs and has no other means of supporting his wife and young son. The court ordered In June 1MB, after he was found guilty of non support, that he pay $5 weekly for the support of his family. The eight-month road sentence was sus pended, providing he make the pay ments as directed. Due to repeated negotiations with the Veterans administration and numerous physical examina tions. plus jobs of varying dura tions. serving time was staved off by Hancock who ia a Coast Guard veteran. At present the VA allows him out-patient medical treatment and an allowance of $11.50 per month. Physical t>ain has become so in tense that Hancock says it is vir tually impoaaible to hold any posi tion and that he will submit to an operation aa soon aa VA doctors ?im to uaferUk* it Preliminary Hearing to Take Plaee- in Court Today / Mrs. Helen Foster, 21, is being held without bond in the Carteret county jail today on a charge of murdering her husband, Harvey Lee Foster, 31. Sheriff C. G. Holland reported yesterday that Mrs. Fos ter shot her husband at 2:30 Sunday afternoon at their home west of Morehead City. She used a .22 rifle. One bullet struck Foster, entering his< right arm. It penetrated his body and came out above his left shoul der. He was killed instantly. No Inquest Coroner Leslie D. Springle said no inquest would be held. Refer ring to Mrs. Foster, he said, "She admitted doing the shooting and gave us the gun." The rifle is be ing held by the sheriff. Mrs. Foster, who was taken to jail in hysterics, will be given a hearing this morning in recorder's court, according to Sheriff Holland. He said she told officers that she shot her husband because he was beating their 4-year-old son, Butch. Officers Mlake Arrest Deputy Sheriff Marshall Ayscue and SB1 Agent George Cannady received a call to go to the Foster home and there made the arrest. The Fosters lived in a small white concrete block home on the road leading to the Morchead City American Legion hut. Neighbors said that they fre quently heard "quite a lot of fuss ing" going on at the Foster's. Ac cording to them. Foster was in an ' automobile accident some time ago and sustained a head injury. This, they remarked, probably made him nervous and .'xtrcmcly unreason able at times. There were three children in the family, two by a former marriage of the deceased. The body was taken to the Dill funeral home, Morehead City, and was sent yes terday to Winston Salem, where the Fosters originally lived. George Dill, funeral director, said the funeral will probably take place today. Foster's father and former wife and other members of the lamily came >'? the county yosterday and are rettortcd to be caring for the children. X-Ray Trailer To Visit County A fr$e X-ray trailer will visit Carteret county Monday through Friday, Nov. 26-30, Dr. N. T. En nett, health officer, announced to day. Dr. W. A. Smith, director of the state division of tuberculosis is co operating with Dr. Ennctt in hav ing the trailer sent here. The ma jor purpose is to have follow-up X-rays taken of those persons X rayed during previous visits. Dr. Ennett states, however, that he hopes to be able to offer a free X-ray to all persons who have symptoms that make them feel that they need an X-ray. It is desired that patients be referred by their own family physician, but patients will be accepted even without such reference. The time and place of the clinics will be announced later. The health department is now sending out notices of the coming X-ray to former patients. Mr. and Mrs. Garry Thomas Hurl in Accident Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Thomas of Suffolk, V?., wore injured Satur day afternoon in an automobile accident at the intersection of highways 24 and 70 west of More head City. Mrs. Thomas sustained a broken shoulder and is confincd to Morehcad City hospital and her husband was treated there for mi nor leg injuries and discharged. The accident occurred when George (Peanut) Gaskill, colored, of Morehead City, failed to stop at the stop sign on highway 24, en tering 70. He has been charged with driving without a license and failing to stop at the sign. Mr. and Mi?| Thomas were en route to Beaufort to visit relatives there. Strati Official Announces Garbage Collection Schedule Clyde Peterson, street superin tendent, Beaufort, announced today that garbage will be collected from Beaufort homes on the following tentative schedule: Itorth- south streets on Monday and Thursday and east-west strceta on Tuesday and Friday. A definite schedule, that can be set up only by experimentation, will be devised and announced later. Meanwhile, Peterson re quested that homeowners cooperate with the town on the above sched ule. ? ? - ? ? ? Commission Will Receive Building At Noon Nov. 1 'Building Youth' Group Con fers Friday Nighi with Town Board The Morehead City town board told representatives of Building Youth, inc., the group of civic clubs interested in renovating the recreation building, that the recre ation building would be turned over to the Morehead City Recrea tion commission at noon Thursday, Nov. 1, providing they carry $20, 000 in fire insurance on the struc ture. This decision followed an in volved discussion on whether the town should leave it to Building Youth and that group in turn lease it to the recreation commission, how much insurance should be car ried. and whether the town should wait to turn the building over until a decision is made on getting a full time recreation director. Wants Property List Jack Roberts, chairman of the Building Youth group, asked that they be furnished with a list of all the property in the recreation building, lie also said that the % Building Youth corporation could not afford to carry "adequate insur ance." "That's what we've been telling you," the mayor remarked, "we can't afford to operate the build ing." "You wouldn't have gotten any thing out of it if you had torn it down," remarked Roberts. "We would have gotten rid of a liability," remarked the mayor. By transferring the recreation building to the municipal recrea tion commission, the building still remains in the hands of the town. When the towns turns ? it over to the commission Nov. 1. it will merely be taking the building out of one pockct. so to speak, and putting it in another. Two Re-Appointed The commissioners re-appointed W. C. Carlton and Mrs. Jack Roberts, chairman and secretary treasurer respectively, of the recre ation commission. They will serve four-year terms. Dr. John Morris, town commissioner, was appointed to succeed former Commissioner Walter Freeman who was on the recreation commission. The board approved an anti noise ordinance drawn up by George McNeill, town attorney, and also accepted oil tanks from P. H. Geer. Geer told the town it could have them if it would move them. The tanks will be placed at the new municipal garage. John Lash ley, clerk, announced that a fence will be constructed around the garage starting next Monday. The commissioners suggested that the street crew fix holes in streets throughout town and Dr. Morris requested the clerk to con tact the A&EC railroad and fix their crossings. Upon request of J. Morton Davis that he be permitted to use the dock at the foot of 8th street, which is a municipal dock, the board stated that no one could be given exclusive use of it. They said it is in bad condition and will probably have to be torn down in several years. The commissioners decided that they would meet in about two weeks to hear the audit explained to them by Luther Ausbon of Wil liams and Wall, Raleigh auditing firm. In addition to three commission ers, D. G. Bell, S. C. Holloway, and Dr. Morris, the following attended the meeting. W. C. Carlton. J. A. DuBois. Roberts, W. C. Matthews, Jimmy Wallace, and Truman Kemp. Waller Taylor, Elijah Springl* Forf.il Bonis Walter Taylor, route 1 Newport, and Elijah Spr ingle, Beaufort, did not appear in Morehead City'i mu nicipal court yesterday so they for feited $25 each in bonds. The two men were arrested Oct. 21 for fighting and creating a pub lic disturbance. D. G. Bell, mayor pro-tern, pre sided in the abttnee of Mayor George W. Dill.