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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1952
FULL PAGE COMICS
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
f%T8e T. Whealton , Morehead City, Killed , Sunday
Doubt Remain
terday Thro
As to Winne
R. Hunt Parker"
out-distanced Willi
of Mecklenburg in 1
court justice runn
Carteret county Safi
24 of - 27 precincts
p.m. yesterday. Parlti
votes to Bobbitt's 53.
'Yet to be heard fn
precincts of Harlowe,
and Sea Level.
According to Associate
reports early yesterday
therte was some doubt a fl
(had won the race. Late
{tallies placed Parker ab
votes ahead of Bobbitt bu|^
than 500 precincts in the*
were yet to report at that
The total vote in Carteret !
fty is not expected to exceed
Saturday's intense heat and
terest in the election generally 4
named as factors contrlbutinf *
the small turnout.
Tabulation by precinols:
. Parker Bo
Beaufoft 43
Morehead No. 1 47
Morehead No. 2 37
Stella 10
Pelleticr 7
Cedar Point 12
..Begue 7
Broad Creek 48
Newport 13
'Wild wood 10
Salter Path 94
Mammon 18
Bettie 18
Otway 21
Straits 3
Markers Island 34
Marshallberg 16
WUliston 15
Davis 51
Stacy 6
Atlantic .... .... 57
Portsmouth 9
4
9 1
0
1
0
0
5
6
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
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former Marines j
Receive Awards
Cherry Point ? Two former
Marines from the Morehead City
area were recently presented serv
ice awards and emblems by Briga
dier General William G. Manley,
commanding general of the world's
largest Marine corps air station.
The ex-Marines, Eugene Seda of
Morehead City and Chesley A. El
lis of Beaufort, were given the
awards in recognition of their
iervice to the federal government
in a military and civilian capacity.
Their length of service consists of
j 24 and 25 years respectively.
Seda is employed as an aircraft
engine inspector for the overhaul
and repair department and lives
with his wife, Emma, at 2301 Aren
dell st., Morehead City. Ellis, now
retired from government service,
I formerly worked as a storekeeper
in the station supply department.
He makes his home in Beaufort.
Dedication of Morehead Port
Set for Thursday, Aug. 14 J
The formal port dedication at
Morehead City has been set lor
Thursday, Aug. 14, J. A. DuBois,
manager of the Morehead City
chamber of commerce has an
nounced.
In observance of that occasion
THE NEWS TIMES will publish a
Port and Progress edition. This is
sue will appear Tuesday, Aug. 12.
In size and scope it will set a new
record in the newspaper publish
ing business in Carteret county.
Containing feature stories, pic
tures, port history, and accounts of
Carteret county progress during the
past 10 years. It will also spotlight
the numerous businesses of the
count}' which have played a vital
part in setting a new pace in coas
tal prosperity and business enter
prise.
Advance orders for copies of the
Port and Progress edition are be
ing taken now. To assure receiv
ing one ? or as many as wanted ?
these orders should be placed im
mediately. The cost is 10 cents per
copy, the same as paid for any edi
tion of THE NEWS-TIMES ot the
newsstand.
If requested, THE NEWS-TIMES
will mail copies to friends of resi
dents in this area or to former
countians now living elsewhere.
The addresses should be given
when placing an order for the Port
and Progress edition.
The Morehead City Merchants
association, J. C. llarvell, presi
dent, will meet at 11:30 this morn
ing to make plans for participating
in the port celebration. They will
also plan for Friday, the Fourth of
July, and discuss an annual retail
ing calendar.
Vlossie Meets Match !
p
Beaufort's Mayor Wins Milking j
C Contest in Jaycee Dairy Festival
oC. Bell Will j
Tomorrow
Bell, who is teaching a
bio-hydraulics at Duke
Marine laboratory,
from June 16 to July
?ak at 8 o'clock tomor
at the Duke university I
The Role of Fishwaysj
Management.
Craduate of the" College j
University of |
joined the Wash
>nt of Fisheries as j
' in 1930. In this work
ted ihe states concern- j
ed with the Bonneville Dam fish
ways and participated in their de- j
sign and development. Later he
worked on the Rock Island-Graikl j
Coulee fish salvfge program and (
on diversion screening projects, i
Bell was engaged as consultant
fj In* lu.r Puerile Salmon
commission in 1042 and became its
chief engineer in 1944. Between
1944 and 1951 he designed and su
pervised construction of the fish
ways at Hell's Gate, Bridge river
and Farwell canyon, all on the
Fraser river drainage in British
Columbia, Canada.
In 1951 Bell resigned as chief
engineer of the salmon commission
to become coordinator of the Wash
ington Department of Fisheries.
He was appointed engineering con
sultant for the salmon commission
upon his release as chief engineer.
The engineering aspects of the
great Alcan Kittimat aluminum de
velopment in British Columbia, as
related to salmon problems, will
command much of his immediate
attention as consultant for the com
mission, according to the Fish and
Wildlife Service.
In addition to the position of co
ordinator for the Washington De
partment of Fisheries and consult
ant to the salmon commission, Bell
has also been engaged by the U.
S. Corps of Engineers, at the re
quest of the various state and fed
eral agencies involved, as con
sultant on fishway problems re
sulting from dam structures au
thorized on the Columbia river.
Search for Antibiotic y
Drugs Comes to Beaufort
A world-wide search for new
antibiotic "wonder drugs," which
may save thousands of lives, was
brought to Beaufort this week.
Samples of soil were scooped by
scientists at the Duke University
Marine Laboratory on Piver's Is
j land, to be sent to Lcderle I .a bora
I lories. Pearl River, N. Y? for tcst
I ing. Lederlc. one of the world's
j largest medical research and phar
| maceutlcal firms, is the sole pro
ducer of the "golden wonder drug"
?ureomycin. which is produced
from a mold found in the soil of
Missouri.
Although these were the first
| soil samples from North Carolina,
I a Lcderle offical who came down
Ifor the ceremony said that other
Hmm Afud Pwtywti #
Week's CM Meetings
Miss Martha Barnett, home
agent, has announced that due to
4-H camp it Manteo this week, all
Home Demonstration club meetings
have been postponed
The Wild wood club has been
changed from today to next Tues
day, Mjr 8; Russell's Creek from
tomorrow to July A; Core Creek
Harlowe from Thursday to July It;
Bettie from FrMajr to July 11.
Times and hostesses will be an
. noun cod.
samples will be taken throughout
the atate.
Dr. C. G. Bookhout, director of
the Duke laboratory here, super
vised the soil gathering project.
Aureomycin. moat versatile of
the wonder drugs, waa discovered
in 1948 after years of tedious re
searching by Dr. Benjamin Duggar.
Alabama-bom scientist, who ia now
80 years old. Dr. Duggar is still
seeking newer and better antibio
tic drugs.
Lederle scientists believe that
somewhere in the world there is a
soil with a strain of microorgan
isms which may prove as affective
in the never-ending war against
disease as the soil sample which
gave the world aureomycin.
See picture page 2, section 1.
ride Table
Tides at Beaafort
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, July 1
1:50 a.m.
2:38 p.m.
8r0fi a.m.
fctl p.m.
Wednesday, July 2
2:48 a.m.
3:39 p.m.
9:03 a.m.
10:12 p.m.
Thursday, July 1
3:81 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
4:SS p.m. 11:0* p.m.
rrMay, My 4 7
4:52 a.m.
5:30 pja.
fltOl a.m.
Tred Lewis, Morehead City/
Cecilia Oglesby, Crab
Point, Cop Other Honors
Mayor Lawrence H use II of Beau
fort, Fred Lewis of Morehead City,
and Miss Cecilia Oglesby of Crab
Point took the honors Saturday
afternoon at the dairy festival in
Morehead City.
Mayor Hassell bested the mayors
of Morehead City and Newport in
a milking contest. In two minutes
he Kot three-quarters of a pound
of milk from Flossie, the J. T.
Oglesby cow. Mayor Charles Gould,
jr.. of Newport, squeezed one-third
of a PQund from her, and Mayor
George Dill of Morehead City, man
aged to eke out a quarter of a
pound.
The winner received a gallon of
ice cream.
Beaufort's mayor wasnt reared
on a farm, but he says his uncle,
the late Sheriff Hancock, had a
few cows. "I'd hang around his
house and when he'd milk his
cows, he'd say to me, 'Come and
milk ipme,' so I learned how and
when hr *as sick tad couldn't do
the milking', he'd call for me. it's
like learning to swim, once you
know how, you never forget."
Lewis, president of the Morehead
City Lions, won the ice cream eat
ing contest. It was a hot day and
an easy thing to down the cold
creamy delicacy. He, too, won a
gallon of ice cream.
Racing with Lewis were Walter
Morris, president of the Morehead
City Jaycees; Wiley Taylor, jr.,
president of the Beaufort Jaycees;
James Davis, president of the
Beaufort Rotary club; Roy Garner,
president of the Newport Rotary
club; George McNeill, president of
the Morehead City Rotary club.
Each was given a pint of ice cream
and told to dispose of it pronto.
Each home demonstration club
sponsored a contestant in the dairy
queen contest. Winner was Miss
Cecilia Oglesby, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Oglesby of Crab
Point. She was sponsored by the
Crab Point club. A gallon of ice
cream was given to each con
testant. Judges for the contest
were George McNeill and Joe Du
Bois of Morehead City and Dan
Walker of Beaufort.
Miss Oglesby received a (10 cash
prize and a gallon of ice cream.
Co-chairmen of the festival were
Billy Oglesby of the Morehead City
Jaycees and Sam Gibbs of ttfe
Beaufort Jaycees.
Purpoae of the affair, sponsored
by the two Jaycee organizations,
was to stress the importance of
dairy products and to promote good
health and dairying in Carteret
county.
Carteret to Get /
More Teachers
H: L. Joslyn. county superin
tendent of school*, today an
nounced that reduction of the
teacher load throughout the state,
from 33 to 30, has given Carteret
county an additional nine teachers.
Announcement of this extra al
lotment to Carteret was received
by the superintendent Friday from
the state board of education
The allotment will be distributed
as follows: Beaufort, additional
grade teacher; Morehead City dis
trict (Salter Path, Camp Glenn and
Morehead City), Camp Olenn an
additional elementary teacher and
Morehad City two more high school
faculty members and two more
elementary teachers; Newport, Har
kers Island and Smyrna schools,
one elementary teacher each.
At Beaufort the total number of
teachers will remain the ume as
last year, M. Although the new al
lotment gives the achool an extra
grade teacher, one teacher from
the high school faculty is being
loet
Fred Lewis Will .
AttendConference
Fred G. Lewis of Morehead City
has been invited to represent the
North Carolina Education associa
tion, districts two and four, in the
Annual Reading conference to be j
held at East Carolina college July
7. Dr. Keith D. Holmes, chairman
of the reading conference extend
ed the invitation. Subject is, What
Our Schools Arc Doing to Improve
Reading.
The conference, which will be
from 10:30 until 3:30, will bev on
sharing ideas and resources [or im
provement of reading in schools of
North Carolina. It will consist of
two panels followed by a question
and answer period. The first panel
will begin at 10:30 and last an
hour.
Lewis will speak during the sec
Mid pwwl which begins at 1:15 and
will continue until 3:30. A sum
mary of the discussion will follow.
He will discuss the topic, Improv
ing Reading in Carteret County
Schools.
Carteret county has carried on a
reading program for three years
and Lewis compiled a booklet of
twenty pages on that subject. Dr.
Holmes requested 50 mimeograph
ed copies of this book and it was
used as a teaching aid in the
spring quarter at ECC.
Mercury Soars .
To 107 Degrees
County Suffers With Rest
Of Slate in Continuous
Torrid Heat Wave
The temperature in Carteret
county smashed all records Friday
when, in the absence of any sea
breeze whatever, it hit 107 degrees.
The minimum that day was a torrid
93 degrees.
No deaths have been recorded
here as the result of the heat but
many expressed the opinion that
they'd just as soon die as live
through it. As one observer com
mented, "If hell is like this, sin
ners better watch out."
A thunder squall Sunday noon
sent the temperature down for a
short while, but the remainder of
the day continued humid and
sticky. A breeze started stirring
Sunday night and Monday some re
lief seemed in sight as a southeast
wind continued throughout the day.
A thunderstorm again at 3:30
yesterday afternoon brought tem
porary relief from the intense heat.
The heat wave is general
throughout the state and the east
ern seaboard. Each day as the tor
rid temperatures continue, more
deaths from heat exhaustion are
reported.
According to Dr. N. T. Ennett,
county health officer, heat exhaus
tion or prostration is a very seri
ous condition. Its chief causes ire
loss of salt from the body in sweat,
excessive exertion and excessive
exposure to heat.
To escape heat prostration, the
health officer advises persons to
fvoid excessive exertion and ex
posure to the sun and to drink lots
of water with salt in it. Salt tab
lets may be otyjiined at drug stores
or a pinch of may be added to
each glass of waiei This replaces
the body salt lost by perspiration,
explained l)r. Ennett.
Many industries require work
men to drink salt water and salt
tablets are also furnished . ervice
men as well as others working it
military bases during hot weather.
The temperatures Thursday
through Sunday, as reported by E
Stamey Davis, official weather ob
server, .follow:
On Sunday the rainfall totaled
.22 inches. Wind during the thun
der storm blew down tree branches,
signs, and caused other minor dam
age.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
SUnday
Max. Min.
107 93
UK) 83
98 75
*1 75
With the Armed Forces
Lieutenant Makes KidsHappy
With Wood , Little Bit of Rope
With the 1st Marine Aircraft
Wing in Korea ? Take some wood,
add a little rope, and presto, you
have a new recipe for laughter.
That's exactly what Leatherneck
Second Lt. William F. Lane, More
head City engineering officer for
Marine Observation Squadron 6 of
the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in
Korea, and several men from his
section did, when they constructed
two swings for the unhappy chil
dren in the area.
"At first the youngsters were a
little reluctant to try out the
"playground," explained Lane.
"But soon their curiosity got the
better of them, and now since they
have discovered how much fun the
swings are, a regiment of Marines
couldn't keep them away."
"It certainly is good to see the
kids smiling again," beamed Lt.
Lane. "It now appears we will have
to build several more swings, as
the demand far exceeds the sup
ply," he added happily.
Lane's wife, Mae and their three
sons, John, 8, Nick, 6, and Paul, 2,
live at 2411 Arendell at., Morehead
City. Hia parenta, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
C. Lane, reside in White Hall, Va.
Lindsey W. Hill, son of Mr. and
Mra. Hugh Hill, 1201 Front St.,
Beaufort, waa graduated June 20
from the USAF Officer Candidate
school. Lackland Air Force base,
San Antonio, Texas and was award
ed an Air Force commission as
second Lieutenant.
The new officer was among 308
members 'of the OCS claas 52- B to
complete the course successfully at
San Antonio's Gateway to the Air
Force base. Including 21 Women
of the Air Force graduates, the
class waa one o< the largest to be
commissioned since world war II.
In the Friday ceremonies they
heard a graduation address by the
Very Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, of
Georgetown university, Washing
too, D. C. Diplomas were present
ed by Brig. Gen. Wycliffe E. Steele,
the OCS commandant.
The graduates received a brief
heme leave before beginning new
aaalgwnanls at Air Fore* lmtalla
lions throughout the world. Each
will commence an active duty tour
in line with an evaluation of apti
tude, interest and training which
was a regular part of the course.
Among the 2200 crewmen serv
ing aboard the battleship USS Iowa
in Korean waters, are Kenneth N.
Riggs, seaman apprentice, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer K. Riggs
of 1806 Fisher st? Morehead City,
and Thomas J. Sparks, electrician's
mate, third clals, USN, of Harkers
Island.
Since leaving "mothballs" to re
lieve her sister battleship, the USS
Wisconsin, the Iowa has continued
to bombard the Communists in
round-the-clock support of United
Nations ground troops.
During her first month of com
bat, the 45, 000-ton Iowa hurled
more than 1,000 rounds of one-ton
18" projectiles, and over 3,000
rounds of 5" shells on Red Installa
tions along the East coast of North
Korea.
The Iowa is the flagship of the
Commander. Seventh Fleet.
Carteret county men with the
Marine Aircraft Group 24 in the
Caribbean are the following: M-Sgt.
Pearson L. McCalla, MSgt. Victor
L. Mannino, M-Sgt. Walter H.
Rhue, all of Newport; T-Sgt. Paul
C. Ferguson, Major Don H. Fisher,
Major Elbert H. Arndt, Cpl. Harvel
II. Bottoms, all of Morehead City;
Capt. Charles S. Von Horn of At
lantic Beach; Sgt. Joseph J. Gles
sner, S-Sgt. Julian W. Ufier, Sgt.
James B. Prince, Warrant Officer
Donald Quagliotti. M-Sgt. Charles
Matthews, all of Beaufort.
They are currently participating
in military maneuvers in Puerto
Rico. Including fighter planes,
ground control intercept units, re
inforced land forces and Naval
units, the maneuvers are designed
to improve the combat proficiency
of Marines and Navy fighting ele
ments.
Islands in the Caribbean are be
ing utilized for headquarters and
firing area* during the exercises.
Miss Morehead City
(Photo by Schumacher)
Ann Mills will represent More
head City at the sUtfwide beau
ty pageant at Winston Salem
this month. The daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. MUls of More
head City, she will vie with
other contestants for the title,
Miss North Carolina of 1952.
Farm Trainees
Hear Address
By H. L Joslyn
H. L. Joslyn, county superin
tendent of schools, was the guest
speaker Thursday night at the
Newport veteran farm trainee*'
meeting at the Harbor Light res
taurant, Swansboro.
Speaking on the topic, Service,
Joslyn told the G1 farmers and
their wives that in their commun
ity they hold a place of leadership,
and that the part Ihey play as
neighbor, friend, and leader will
be of lasting influence.
The speaker commented that ihe
way the young farmers met their
obligation to their church, commun- !
Ity, home, and society in general 1
would directly affect their children |
and neighbors. "Regardless of vour
success or pitfalls in life, make
your presence in the community
an example of friendliness, guid
ance, dependability, loyalty, and
devotion," Joslyn advised.
He was introduced by C. S. Long,
teacher of agriculture and super
visor of the Newport training pro
gram.
Milton Truckner, president, gave
the welcome and Mrs. John Young
of Stella responded. Mrs. Albert
Earl Murdoch suggested that the
trainees and their wives sponsor a
picnic early in the fall and invite
their children.
Truckner announced that there
would be a fish fry at his home in
September and the trainees and
their families were to be his
guests.
Alton DeBlanc, Newport trainee,
expressed his appreciation to the
speaker for his fine address.
In addition to the trainees and
their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Joslyn,
and Mr. and Mrs. Long, Floyd M.
Garner, instructor, and Mrs. Gar
ner were present. Forty-one at
tended (he dinner meeting.
Members of the farm trainee
class are Osborne G. Pigott, Glou
cester: William E. Taylor, Gran
ville II. Taylor. Jimmie E. Durham,
and William Harris, all of North
Harlowe.
Clifton P. Hardesty. Melvin O.
Garner, both of route 2, Newport
Albert E. Murdoch. Wildwood;
Robert E. Rhuc, Milton Truckner.
Pelletier; Alton DeBlanc, Newport;
William G. Willis, Smyrna; John
D. Young, Stella.
Hubert E. Gaskins, Avon Han
cock. Otis Warren, all of route 1
Beaufort: Richard J Oliver, route
4, New Bern; and Clarence P. I
Oglesby, route 1, Morehcad City.
Liou Outline Program /
For Coning 12 Monllu
Fred Lewis, recently-elected
president of the Morehcad City
Lions club, reported that plans
were made at the Thursday meet
ing for this year's program. ,
The program includes a circus,
a tent minstrel (they hope to get
Silas Green or some other known
entertainer); the gum ball ma
chines project will continue, and
they will sponsor the Be Thankful
You Can see campaign again.
Committees will be appointed at
the next meeting. Guests were visit
ing Lions, D. B. White of Leesburg.
Va.. and Harold Dolan of the
Raritan Bay Lions club of New
Jersey.
NOTICE
THE NEWS-TIMES will be
clwed Friday, the Fourth of
July. The paper will appear Fri
day morning as usual. The dead.
Hue for classified ada, however,
will he ft pju. Wednesday in
stead of 1 p. m. Thursday aa us
nil '
George T. Whealton, 58, was killed instantly at 10 380
Sunday night when the car he was driving struck a ditch
on highway 70 and folded up against the bank opposite
the entrance to the Markers Island road.
The funeral service will be conducted at 4 o'clock this
afternoon at the Whealton honfe on highway 70 just west
of Morehead City. The Rev. W. E>
Anderson, Free Will Baptist min- 1
ister and Dr. John Bunn, pastor of
the First Baptist church, will offi
ciate. Interment will be in Bay
View cemetery.
Two Injured
Injured in the accident were
Richard Furlow Hill of Otway and
Monroe Gillikin, also of Otway.
Both are in a critical condition in
the Morehead City hospital.
Whgalton was driving a 1949
model car on the Barkers Island
road toward highway 70 and failed
to make the turn on to 70. Accord
ing to observers at the scent* of the
accident, the car didn't even it
tempt to make the turn. It con
tinued straight and was stopped by
the bank of a canal ditch.
The front part was squashed like
an accordion. Whealton's chest
was crushed by the steering wheel
and the back seat of the car was
thrown up against the windshield.
Coroner Leslie D. Springle, who
termed Whealton's death acciden
tal, said that the car was probably
traveling at a high rate of speed
Hill's jaw was broken and all his
teeth knocked out. Gillikin has
severe chest injuries and all sus
tained multiple contusions. They
were taken to the hospital in Adair
and Bell and James ambulances.
Discovers Wreck
Woodrow Chadwick, Straits, dis
covered the wreck and after remov
ing Gillikin from the twisted de
bris, phoned Coroner Springle and
the state highway patrol. Patrol
man Robert H. Brown investigated.
Shortly before the accident the
three men were seen at Leo's
Place on the ltarkers Island road.
Hill was reportedly in the front
seat with Whealton when the acci
dent happened.
Surviving Whealton are his wife,
Lillian; his father, William H.,
both of Morehead City; two ;>ons,
George, jr., Newport News, Va..
and Malcolm E.. Norfolk: a
brother, J. W., and a sister. Mrs.
Emma V. Guthrie, both of More
head City.
Morehead Adopts
1952-53 Budget *
Morehead City town commission
ers adopted the 1952-52 budget at
a special meeting Friday afternoon
at the town hall.The total budget
is $187,065, the largest in history.
The board also approved a re
commendation of the adjustment
board and examined bids for paint
ing the town hall.
The adjustment board suggest
ed that all of square 13 from the
east alley east to 9th street be de
signated as business section. That
area includes, besides the tele
phone company, several other
places of business. This will allow
the phone company to proceed with
proposed expansion, Mayor George
Dill said.
Three bids were received on
painting but all gave estimates on
various phases of painting, such as
sandblasting the front, or merely
painting etc. Identical requests are
now being prepared by M. T. Mills,
building and grounds commission
er, and these will be give? to all
painters to submit to the town if
they choose.
Attending Friday's meeting were
Mills, Commissioners D. G. Bell,
Dr. John Morris, and the mayor.
Four Structures v
Built During June
According to tbc building per
mils issued by A. B. Roberts,
building inspector {or Morehead
City, only four new structures were
built in the city during the month
o ( June, amounting to an estimated
cost of $44,745.
Of this amount the sum of $42,
S00 covers the erection of two
houses, a new home being built for
Gardner Edwards on Evans street
between 28th and 29th streets at a
cost of >40,000 and one for James
Walker on 11th ftroet between
Avery and Bay streets to cost
$2,500 Huntloy-Prest was granted
a permit for the erection of a
garage to cost $993 and A. S.
Bynum a garble to cost $1,250.
Compared ,ivith the building
record for tW year 1891 the con
struction v am for tlx current year
Is running about 50 per cent less.
Number at/new houses built in
1991 (toW the first six months of
the 34 against 17 being
cost of construction
months of 1991 was
the sum of $140,
rrent year.
do not include the
low-rental
rwiy,
i hou^jj^
/
Sgt. B. A. Phipps
Five Marines Die When
Plane Plummets Earth
ward Friday Morning
M-Sgt. Benjamin A. Phipps, Tay
lor st., Morehead City, was killed
in a plane crash Friday at Cherry
Point Marine air base. Funeral ser
vices for Sergeant Phipps are be
ing held in Arlington national
cemetery today and there will be
a memorial service for him, and
four other Marines who were kill
ed, Thursday at Cherry Point.
The sergeant recently joined the
First Methodist church in More
head City and Mrs. Phipps trans
ferred her membership there. They
have two sons. Sergeant Phips was
active in civic affairs and showed
pictures on Norway and Sweden at
Jaycee and PTA meetings this past
winter. His Hometown is Silver
Springs, Md.
The "Flying Boxcar" hit the
ground within 100 yards of high
way 70 at 9:21 a.m. Friday and at
tracted a large crowd of onlookers.
Others dead in the crash are
C'apt. John W. Godfrey, Kent, Ohio,
and Capt. Robert L. McCartney, jr.,
St. Louis, Mo., student pilots; Tech
Sgt. James B. Merritt, Portsmouth,
Va., crcw chief and Cpl. James M.
Coker. Birmingham, Ala., assistant
crew chief.
The plane was on a training
flight around the field, practicing
take-offs and landings, when the
pilot made an emergency call to
the control tower saying the plane
was in trouble. The nature of the
trouble was not reported.
The PIO office said the two stu
fJcnt pilots were reserves recalled
to active duty. It said Sgt Phipps
was a Marine regular, an# that it
understood Sgt. Merritt and Cpl.
Cokej also were reservists.
The PIO said that Captains God
frey and McCartney were experi
enced pilots and were learning to
handle the "flying Boxcar." All
five Marines were attached to a
Cherry Point Air Transport Squad
ron.
Four Will Answer
To Charges Today
Four have been cited to apear in
recorder's court, Beaufort, today
to answer to charges levied by the
Beaufort police.
Priscilla Towers has been
charged with vagrancy, Sadie Fair
with being drunk and disrobing in
public: ?cprge Worthy, public
tlrunkenness: and James Howard
Golden, speeding and careless and
reckless driving. Charles Mason,
jr., charged with public drunken
ness, posted a $12 bond for his re
lease.
The Towers woman, whose home
is Baltimore, Md., was arrested
Thursday and placed in the county
jail without privilege of bond, ac
cording to Chief of Police Carlton
Garner,
The Fair woman was placed un
der $150 bond. She is also charged
with resisting arrest. She was ap
prehended by Chief Garner and
Capt. Charlie Thomas. Officer Oti?
Willis and the chief arreated
Worthy, who ia under suspended
sentence, Sunday.
Golden was arrested at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon in Morehead
City. The chief said that he and
Captain Thomas observed Golden
going through Beaufort at a high
rate of speed and followed him on
the causeway to Morehead City
there Golden tried to dodge the
jolice car in the north section of
Morehead.
They finally apprehended him on
Bridges street, reported to the
Morehead City police the circum
stances of the arrest, and ordered
Jolden to appear in court today.
ff. C. Carlton Tata /
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W. C. Carlton assumed his dutiea
is president of the Morehead City
Notary club Thursday night. George
McNeill, retiring president,
?ommended by the club for I
tanding service. The club ri
Is accomplishments dull
jast year.
Visiting Rotarians were
L Malone of Effingham.
Powell Harrises), jr.. of I
V?.\ C. V. Holt of Burlln;'
liam Walston of Chapel 1
Guests wen C. Clay R
ind S Clay Bridiers. J
Plains, New v?3 w
Bridgem; and
E. Huston, V*
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