NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Arandell St. Morahead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10c FULL PAGE COMICS 41st YEAR, NO. 19. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1962 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS Utilities Commission , CP&L Order $812,000 Rate Slash Half Moon Sinks Off Hatteras 4 Crew of Four Rescued by Men Aboard Trawlers Clara, Oriental The 65-foot fishing trawler Half Moon sprang her seams and sank off Hatteras inlet in heavy seas and gale winds early Saturday, but her four crewmen were picked up safely after only five minutes in chill water. The trawlers Oriental and Clara, fishing near the Half Moon, went to her aid and tossed life rings to the men when the vessel, loaded with 50,000 pounds of fish, sank suddenly half a mile from the beach. "A plank must have come off her because she was taking water so fast," Capt. Walter Stowe of the Oriental said. "I tried to put a hawser aboard and tow her in but she took a swell end went down." Crew Saved Capt. Otis Newton, 35, of the Half Moon, his son, James, of Van demere, and Bill Mayo of South Creek, were pulled aboard the Ori ental. James Mayo, no relation to Bill Mayo, swam to the Clara. Both trawlers returned to Oriental. Owner of the Half Moon was Sam McCotter. Vandemere. Both the rescue craft, the Oriental and the Clara, are owned by Garland Fulcher of Oriental. The unfor tunate Half Moon frequently visit ed Morehead City, and the other two are familiar sights along the Morehead City waterfront. The Oriental, here about two weeks ago, is a converted German PT boat. Nor'easter Expected Stowe, 29. who has been fishing the Outer Banks since "I was knee high," said the fishing boats had received a radioed warning to ex pect a nor'easter. "It blew up all of a sudden and hit us from the opposite direction," Stowe said. "There we were off t)iamond Shoals ? the worst place along the coast I know." < Stale Employs Historian For Fort Macon Study j M. F. Perry, research historian and archaelogist, has been em ployed by the Stale Board of Conservation and Development to undertake a year's work and study at Fort Macon. Formerly affiliated with his toric projects at Williamsburg, Va., Perry will make his home in Morehead City within the next few weeks, according to J. A. Du Rois, manager of the Morehead I City chamber of commerce. Perry's employment is another step in the project of fort reno vation. In addition to reconstruc tion of the fort, plans call for showing a film on Fort Macon history and installation of a sound system at the fort to fa cilitate guiding of sightseers through the fort. Chadwick Store, Smpa, Burns Sunday Morning Chadwick's store at Smyrna burned to the ground Sunday morn ing while the owner, Harry Chad wick, was in church. Flames were discovered by James Lynch who lives near the store. The fire is believed to have started soon after 10 o'clock. No stove fire for heating the place was going and it is believed the blaze may have started from defective wiring. The store, located at highway 70 and the road that leads to Marsh allberg, dealt in groceries. Loss is estimated at $10,000. It is not known whether the store was cov ered by insurance. The fire burned itself out by 12:30 p.m. It was confined to the store building itself and no nearby buildings were damaged. Mrs. Harry Chadwick, who mana ges the Beaufort school lunch room, has been sick the past seve ral Maya. ? The State Utilities commission and Carolina Power anfi Light co. Thursday reduced southeastern North Carolina power rates $812, OOO a year. Under a merger agree ment CP&L absorbed Tide Water Power co. Saturday, March 1, and the new rates will become effec tive April 1. New residential rates for custo- i mers who use 250 kilowatt hours a month (the minimum in the fully- 1 electrified home) will be almost in i line with those charged in Raleigh. I The industrial rates to former | Tide Water customers will be iden- j tical with CP&L rates. Commission Engineer L. V. Kee- j ver said the $812,000 reduction would trim Tide Water rates an average of 11 per cent. A compari- ! son of Tide Water and CP&L rate schedules showed Tide Water rates run an average of 25 per cent over CP&L's. The utilities commission and CP&L rate plan feature two bene fits for southeastern home-owners and domestic power-users ? an im mediate reduction of 8.4 per cent in their basic rates and an induce ment clause. Customers who use more power than they did a year ago will get some of their extra kilowatts for free. Benefits Offered In terms of dollars and percent ages, CP&L offered its new cus tomers these benefits: Industrial customers, a reduction of $160,470, or 15.3 per cent from CP&L levels, and the equivalent of the same rates charged other CP&L industrial customers with one exception ? the CP&L textile rate was not extended into the new territory. The Tide Water area, it was explained has only one tex tile mill entitled to textile rates and this will be put on the new industrial rate. Residential customers, a reduc tion of $251,320, or 8.4 per cent from Tide Water levels, plus an opportunity to get the benefit of CP&L rates if they increase their use of current. Commercial customers, a reduc tion of $341,520, or 14.6 per cent. REA cooperatives, a reduction of $25,000, or 6.2 per cent, by bring ing the per kilowatt hour charge down from 8 mills to 7.5 mills. Municipalities, a reduction of See RATE SLASH, Page 2 Miss Janet Wade, Williston, , To Appear in Azalea Festival LULangHurt j As Car Hits Pole Leonard Roby Lang, Cherry Point, was slightly injured at 7:30 yesterday morning when his car left the road four miles east of Beaufort on highway 70 and crash ed into a telephone pole. The acci dent occurred ne'ar the "Pure Oil station at North River. Lang was treated at Morehead City hospital for lacerations of the head and discharged. According to State Highway Pat rolman H. G. Woolard, Lang was proceeding west when his wheels slipped off the hard surface on a curve. The car skidded across the highway 117 feet to the left shoul der and stopped when it hit the pole. ' Damage to the car was estimated at $1,000. Charges are pending. Patrolman Woolard commented that this is the fourth time in three years that moving automobiles met with an immovable object, namely the telephone pole, on the curve near the Pure Oil station. Motorist Faces Drank Charge A charge of drunken driving has been levied against Adrian Fra xier, North Harlowe, as the result of an accident at 7:30 Friday night on highway 101 two and a half miles north of Beaufort. The car driven by Fraxier collid ed with a 1952 automobile driven by H. Earle Mobley of Morehead City. Frazier's car, a 1952 model, is owned by Rosetta Williams, 509 Queen St., Beaufort. Damage to each automobile was estimated at $1,000. No one was injured. According to State Highway Pat rolman H. G. Woolard who inves tigated, Mobley had pulled into a driveway at the Simmie Smith resi _ dence on 101 to turn around and was backing out when Fraxier came along and plowed into the rear of 1 " the liobley automobile. . Other charges against Fraxier ' are pending. \ * Miss Janet Wade, daughter oH Mr. and Mrs. John Wade, Willis ton, will represent Carteret county as an attendant to the Teen-age Princess at the annual Wilmington azalea festival March 27-30. Miss Wade, a senior at Smyrna high school, was elected queen of the student body at the recent senior class play. She is a mem ber of the school newspaper staff, The Pine Barker, and a member of the yearbook staff. The honor of selecting a teen- j age attendant for the Wilmington festival rotates among the high schools of the county. Other counties who will have at tendants in the princess' court are New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, Robeson, Onslow, Pen der, Nash, Craven, Sampson, Bla den, Wayne, Cumberland, and Wake. The princess is selected from among New Hanover high school students. The "maids of honor" will ar rive in Wilmington Friday after noon, March 28, and will attend a tea at the home of Miss Nancy Knox. Early that evening they will be among the guests of honor at the Teen-age banquet and the group's colorful coronation ball will be held at Lumina, Wrights ville Beach, at 9:30 o'clock. An honor guard will be provided by one of the best platoons from the New Hanover high ROTC. One of the festival's visiting celebrities ? last year it was Miss Cathy Downs, young motion picture ac tress ? "will crown the princess. Music for the occasion will be by Don Grimes and his orchestra, from Richmond, Va. During their Wilmington visit, the attendants will participate in other features of the festival. They will have their float in the mam moth parade Saturday morning and are expected to visit the famous gardens of Greenfield Lake, Orton plantation and Airlie, breathtaking in their spring beauty. Carteret Student Helps Entertain Ambassador Giles Willis, jr., Gloucester, chairman of publicity for the World Student Service fund. State college, Raleigh, recently helped entertain Ali Sastrodmidjojo, am bassador from Indonesia who paid a visit to State collegt. Willis, who is a junior at State college, recently represented State college at the 16th quadrennial I conference fo the Student Volun I teer Movement, Lawrence, Kan. Clerk Probates Three Wills Three wills were probated re cently by A. H. James, clerk of su perior court. They are the wills of Guy C. Chadwick, Straits, Cirtus A. Oden, Beaufort, and Sarah E. Willis, Morehead City. The Chadwick will, drawn June 9, 1947, was prescptcd for probate by C. H. Freeman. Witnesses to the document are Gilbert B. and Gerald M. Whitchurst. Named as executrix of the will was Mrs. Guy Chadwick, now deceased. James said no administrator for the es tate has been appointed. The will directed that at the death of his wife. Myrtle, the home place, 12 acres with all household furnishings, was to be divided be tween two sons, Leon and Guy, jr. Leon and Guy are to receive also a store and everything in it, also a tract of l'/i acres around the store building. Donald G. and Norman A., sons, were bequeathed the "shore tract," three acres and the balance of the Ridge land surrounding the store, a total of about six acres. A daugh ter, Clara Chadwick Bailey, was willed $50; all other property, real or personal, was directed to be divided equally among the four sons. The Oden will, witnessed by J. H. Dill and C. R. Wheatly was drawn May IS, 1908 and probated Feb. 26, 1952. C. R. Wheatly, jr., and M. Leslie Davis testified that the C. R. Wheatly signature was valid, that witness being deceased.* Oden directed that hii wife, Mary, be executor of the estate and that See WILLS, Pife 2 Tide Table TWm at Beaufart B?r HIGH LOW Tuesday, March t 2:19 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 8:57 p.m. Wedneaday, March 5 3:21 a.m. 10:03 a.m. 3:44 p.m. 10:02 p.m. Tharaday, March t 4:21 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 4:46 p.m. 11:01 p.m. Friday, March 7 5:14 a.m. 11:48 a.m. 5:38 p.m. 11:52 p.m. To Sing March 11 Mac Morgan, baritone, will ??>. I pear as artist in the Community Concert series at 8:30 next Tucs day night, March 11, at Morehcad City high school. The time of the concert is 15 minutes later than usual, 8:30 instead of 8:15 p.m. Methodist Clergy I Plan Christian ? Workers School A Christian Worker's school for nine Methodist charges has been arranged by the" 25 churches com prising the Bcaufort-Moreheud City zone. The school is expected to | draw several hundred men and women nightly. Sept. 8, 9. 10, who | will meet to learn to serve the J churches in a more efficient man 1 ner. The sessions will be held in First Methodist church, Morehead City. At a recent meeting of ministers. 1 church school superintendents ind | laymen in First Methodist church ' the Rev. Leon Couch, pastor, was appointed to serve as chairman of the hoard of managers. The board of managers is com posed of the Rev. C. W Wooten Atlantic: the Rev. R. \. Fitts of Marshallberg: the Rev. A. C. Regan Straits: the Rev T R. Irnkins' Beaufort; the Rev. L. A. Lewis, Core Creek: the Rev. A. L. Rey nolds. Morehead City. Mr. Couch and the Rev. W. W. Clark, New port. Mr. .lenkins, pastor of Ann Street Methodist church. Beaufort, has been elected to serve as dean and authorized to select a faculty for the school. On the faculty are Dr. Gilbert 1 T. Rowe, professor emeritus of Christian doctrine. Duke university. He will be the inspirational speak er at the assembly period each night and teach the course on "Christian Beliefs." The Rev. Roland Rainwater, di rector of religious activities. Duke university, will be the instructor for the course on "Understanding Youth." The Rev. C. P. Morris, executive director of the N. C. conference board of education, will teach a course on church school adminis j tration entitled. "How to Improve the Church School." Mr. Couch will teach the course "Churches for Our Country's Needs." A course entitled "The Church at Work with Junior Children" will be offered by an instructor to be announced later. Dr. Hiram K. King, district su perintendent. New Bern, will teach a course, "At Work for a Christian J World. N. F. Eure of Beaufort was'elect ed treasurer of the school at the meeting of the board of managers last week. A printed bulletin listing instruc tors, schedules, display and con ference rooms and other informa tion will be ready for distribution sometime in April. Eight Soloists J To Appear Friday Eight soloists will take part Fri day night in the Beaufort Choral club concert at Beaufort school. The concert is being sponsored by the Wesleyan Guild of Ann Street Methodist church to raise money for the organ fund. The soloists are Marilou Paulsen Jones, James Webb, Sal Palazzo, all of Morehead City, Garland Mor risa, Cherry Point. Alvin Hansen. Marie Webb, Sally Herring, and Jacqueline Hancock, all of Beau-< fort. , The program wilt InclucTe choral compositions as well as musical comedy selections including num bers from Show Boat, Maytime, The New Moon. The Chocolate Sol dier, and others. Tickets may be purchased at bus iness houses in Beaufort and will also be sold at the door. Director of the chorus is Mrs. Virginia Has stll. Dredging Projects to Start Here . Soon, Congressman Says Congressman Graham A.' Burden, in a letter receive J yesterday by Alvah Hamil ton. Morehead City, reveal ed that government dredging Of channels in this area will begin within the next month. Enclosed with the congressman's letter was a letter which Barden recently received from Col. R. C. Brown of the corps of engineers. Wilmington. Barden said that nu merous dredging projects in Car teret county have yet to be cleared up but he commented that Colonel Browns letter, which follows, would be of interest to residents of this area: "Dear Congressman Barden: "In view of your great interest in serving fishermen in your dis trict. I am pleased to report that contracts have been let for main-' tenance dredging in the waterway connecting I'anilico Sound and Beaufort harbor and the channel from Back Sound to Lookout Bight or Barden's Inlet. Dredging should be in operation in 30 days. "I am also pleased to report that an allotment has been received to do maintenance dredging in the channel from Core Sound to Drum Inlet and plan to start that dredg ing in 60 days . . Douglas Starr - Returns to Park Douglas Starr, former superin tendent of Fort Macon State park, has returned to resume the super intendency alter an absence of five months. Starr and his family have moved into the superintendent's quarters the park. He recently completed a short course at Raleigh on maintenance and operation of state parks. A crew ol workmen arrived yes terday from Raleigh to begin reno vation of the bath house and to complete buildings started last fall. Starr said that both ends of the bath house will be torn out and the structure remodeled and painted. f Tto brick picnic shelter will be completed and supplies ire on hand, he reported, to start building of quarters for summer personnel. The parking space in front of the fort w^| be enlarged to accommo date the increasing number of mo torists who visit the fort each year and the parking space at the iwim ming and picnic area is slated to be enlarged by a third. The state also has plans for more complete restoration of the fort. The state park will open this year on the first Sunday of June which will be June 1. Morehead City j Dwelling Burns The home of Mr. and Mrs. George Williams, Avery St.. Morehead City, was destroyed by fire at 1 1 :30 yes terday morning. The call came in from box 43, 11th and Avery st. Firemen said they did not know how the blaze started. The Williams, who have seven children and two grandchildren .it home, were left without a roof over their heads. All their furni ture and personal belongings were destroyed. Donations, food, clothing, or money will be appreciated, they said. The donations may be taken to the fire station or to Williams who is employed by the W. P. Freeman Wholesale co., S. 8th st. The youngsters, boys and girls, range from 3 to 15 years. At 8:20 p.m. Thursday firemen received a call from box 45 at 13th and Fisher and put out a trash fire. Saturday they were called out twice. At 2 p.m. they went to Mansfield Park in answer to an out-of-town call and put out a brush fire. In answer to a call from box 29, they discovered burning cross ties on the Morehead City rail road draw bridge. The fire was probably started from a cigarette tossed from a car window, reported the firemen. Numerous ties were damaged. Lions Hear Talk Thursday By Paul Lyman, Baleigh Paul W. Lyman of Raleigh, depu ty district governor of the Lions club, spoke Thursday night to the Lions on the subject "Enthusiastic Lions Clubs." Joe Rose and Frank Moran re ported on their attendance at the golf club meeting and Fred Lewis, chairman, gave his report on the blind campaign. "Be Thankful You Can See." Lewis and Oscar Allred reported on the recreation meeting which they attended Tuesday night. Visitors were Lyman and George Stovall. Two Leap Year Babies, Bolh Boys, Arrive Friday Two I^eap Year babies were born at Morehead CUy hospital. Friday, Feb. 29. That means four years before a birthday an niversary! The first was a 9 lb. 10 'a oz. boy born at 2:29 a.m. to Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Brown of Pelletier. An 8 lb. 1 4 ol boy, Lester Fllison, jr., was born at 4:13 p. m. to Mr. and Mrs. I^ester Has kett of Havelock. JC Nominations j Chairman Gives Complete Listing The list of nominees for offices in the Morehead City Jaycees was incomplete as it appeared in Fri day's NEWS-TIMES. A complete list, furnished by Bill Chalk, chairman of the nominating committee follows: For president: P. II. Geer, jr., Dick McClain, Walter Morris, Bob by Bell. For first vice-president (known as internal vice president ) : Lester Styron, Frank Safrit, Geer, Ralph Gardiner For second vice-president (known as external vice president) : Ken j neth Wagner, James Webb. For treasurer: linimy Meeks, Ralph Gardiner, Oscar Ely, Sal Palazzo. For local directors: Paul Cor dova. Ely, Howard Ferguson, Sa frit. J. C. Harvell. Dr. Russell Out law, Herbert Phillips, Jasper Bell, Lest a Willis, Jack Morgan, and Sam Guthrie. Four arc elected and the retiring president serves as the fifth director. Chalk explained that any of the men nominated for offices other than local director automatically become candidates for director if they are defeated for the first narnej4 pff'ec. ' * The secretary Is appointed by the* newly-elected president. Balloting will take place the first Monday in April. Police Officer Witnesses Wreck Maxwell Wade, Beaufort police officer, witnessed an accident at 1:50 yesterday morning on Live Oak st. As a result, the driver of the car, Arthur Scheader, More head City, is in the county jail un der $150 bond. He is charged with speeding and careless and reck less driving. Officer Wade said that Scheader entered Beaufort, proceeding south on Live Oak at a speed of 50 miles an hour. Officer Wade was travel ing north in the police patrol car. Scheader failed to make the curve just south of The Spot, a lunch stand, hit the curb and bounced over into the street at the rear of The Spot. There was only slight damage to the car and no one was hurt. The car was driv en away from the scene of the acci dent. Hiding with Scheader was Nor man Willis of Morehcad City. Po lice Chief Carlton Garner said the car was owned by Willis's mother, Mary. Upon notification by Beau fort police, Morehead City officers found Scheader and placed him under arrest. Ocracokcrs Seek Better