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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 42nd YEAR, NO. C. TWO'SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS [Youth Dies in Year's First Fata J Automobile Crash Marine to Face Ten Charges After Wrecking Four Cars j A Camp Lejeune marine was ar rested on ten charges Saturday night after a wild ride through the business district of Morehead City. Before the chase was over, the ma rine had wrecked a taxi, a police car, a deputy sheriff's car and the stolen car which he was driving. James Hahn will be tried Mon day in Morehead City recorder's court on charges of larceny of a motor vehicle, drunken driving, Rotary Hears Golf Discussion C. C. McCuiston, manager of Ft. Bragg's 56-hole golf course, was the guest speaker at Thurs day night's meeting of the More head City Rotary club. McCuiston discussed the advantages of a com munity golf course as a source of recreation for teen-age children. He cited the importance of prop er recreational facilities as curbs on juvenile delinquency and ein- j phasized the interest in golf de- 1 veloped in teen-age boys and girls. J After McCuiston's talk, he an swered questions about Morehead City's golf club which is now being j organized. H. L. Joslyn was named as the j club's delegate to the district meet- i ing Jan. 29-30 in New Bern. The ! Morehead City club will attend in | a body the fellowship dinner to be held during the district meeting. President W. C. Carlton announc ed that he would leave Saturday for a three-week business trip to San Francisco. Firemen Fight Market Maze Morehead City firemen worked for more than an hour Saturday night to extinguish a fire in Lathan Willis' fish market, 1201 Shackle ford avenue. Firemen said that the fire was ,not serious but that they had dif ficulty in reaching the flames. They said that they finally were forced to chop holes in the roof in order to get at the fire. Several fish nets stored in the building were destroyed by the flames. The building was damaged by smoke and water but was not badly burned. The cause of the fire has not yet i teen determined. Bride Wears Dead Boy's Ring Buffalo, N. Y. (AP) ? Pretty, blonde Catherine Larson was mar ' ried recently to Glen Andrews, the Army buddy of her childhood sweetheart who was killed in the Korea battle of Heartbreak Ridge. Eighteen-year-old Catherine wore the engagement ring given her by Andrew* on her left hand. On her right hand, she wore another en gagement ring given her by Pfc. Robert E. Heath of Binghamton. One of the four stones was miss ing from the ring on her right hand. Catherine said it fell out the day Heath was killed by a bul let from another American sol dier's rifle on Sept. 27, 1951. Andrews was with Heath on Heartbreak Ridge. He wrote Cath erine about his buddy's death and 1 <a correspondence followed. When he was discharged, Andrews came here from his home in Hannibal. Mo. He met Catherine. They fell . in love. Boston University Plans African Study Program Boston (AP) ? Boston univeriity Mill establish an African Research and Studies program next July be cause of the increasing importance of Africa in world affairs and the nred for more fundamental re search in this area, univeriity President Harold C. Case says. The graduate school program Will be headed by Dr. William O. Brown, current chief of the Afri research branch in the U.S. ate department. The program will emphasize the economic, so cial, political and technical factors in contemporary Africa. To Visit Fashion Show Mrs. W. G. Farrior, manager of the Dress Shop, i t in New York attending fashion shows and buy ing spring and summer merchan dise. Mrs. Farrior left Sunday and will return Thursday. ? - careless and reckless driving, as " sault with a deadly weapon, hit and run driving, speeding, resisting arrest, failing to stop at a stop sign, failing to stop at the sound of a siren and driving without a li cense. He is being held under $1,000 bond. The chase began at 11:30 p.m. when Officer Carl Bunfch and Lt. Carl Blomberg spotted a speeding car on Evans street between 8th and 9th. As they started to pursue the car. they recognized it as one which had been stolen 15 minutes earlier at Atlantic Beach. The stolen car turned right on 10th, turned again at Arendell and proceeded east. At 9th street, the car went through a service station and headed for Evans street. The stolen car turned left on Evans, then turned up 8th street and then headed west on Arendell. As it crossed the rqjlroad tracks at 8th and Arendell, the car struck a taxi operated by Dan Smith of Beaufort. After striking the taxi, the car jumped the curb at 9th street, went between a stop sign and a street light and went north on 9th to Bridges. ? As the stolen car headed east on Bridges. Deputy Sheriffs M. M. Ayscue and Bill Dugee joined the chase. Ayscue pulled alongside the car and tried to force it off the road. The driver of the car pulled out into the middle of the street and sideswiped Ayscue's car. At the same time. Bunch rammed the rear of the stolen car. When the car stopped, the four officers seized Hahn and subdued him after a brief struggle. They took him to the Morehead City police station where he was booked on the ten charges. Damage to Smith's taxi was esti mated at $300. Damage to the stolen car, a 1948 Ford owned by Robert A. Hughes, was estimated at $?00. Ayscue's ear received a few scratches. Damage to the police car was estimated at $100. The police car was the same one which was dam aged Dec. 22 while chasing a flee ing bootlegger. Bunch was also driving at that time. Sunny skies yesterday followed a rainy Sunday and three days of cloudy weather, reported E. Stamey Davis, county weather observer. Al though there was some sun on Sun day, heavy showers off and on throughout the day brought a total of .5 inch of rain. Winds were from the southeast. Thursday and Friday were both partly cloudy, with southeasterly winds on Thurs day, and southerly on Friday. The wind shifted to the northeast on Saturday, and brought very cloudy skies. Temperatures were: Rainy Sunday But Sonny Monday Thursday Friday ... Saturday Sunday Max. Mln. .. 71 50 88 57 60 49 63 50 Court Room Ceiling Falls A possible tragedy was averted by only a few hours Sunday morn ing when the ceiling of the More head City court room collapsed. The 25-square-foot section fell less than 24 hours before the open ing of court. The reinforced plaster landed on the judge's bench and the tables used by lawyers and court attaches. If the accidcnt had occurred 24 hours later, there un doubtedly would have been serious injuries. When the ceiling fell at 11 a.m., only the town clerk, police officers and prisoners in the jail were in the town hall. Clerk John Lashley, Chief E. J. Willis, Capt. Hubert Fulcher and Sgt. Bruce Edwards were talking in the police station at the time of the accident. They said that they thought that the whole roof was collapsing when they heard the noise. After the noise had died down and the four men came out from under cover, they went up to the court room to investigate. They found a gaping hole in the ceiling, large pieces of plaster scattered i over the furniture, a broken table and a layer of plaster dust over | everything in the room. ! Monday's session of recorder's i court was hel<J on schedule but in a new location. The court met in a large room on the second floor of the fire station. School Completes Numbers Project - Visitors to Morehcad City school will have no difficuUy from now on finding whatever room they're looking for. All the rooms are now labeled, and a directory locating them has been placed at the school entrance. The project, undertaken by the student council, was completed yesterday, with 35 classrooms num bered, and five auxiliary rooms, such as the auditorium and the teachers' lounge, identified. The work was paid for with $31.50 raised by the students through the sale of school supplies. A. H. McDonald, jr., president of the group, and G. T. Windell, school principal, worked out the numbering system, which was car ried out by a professional painter. Downstairs room numbers begin with 100, and second floor rooms with 200. Mrs. Helen Bailey, senior class teacher, is sponsor of the club. Reserves to Meet The Organized Army Reserve corps will meet at 7:30 tonight in the Potter building, Beaufort. With the Armed Forces Morehead City Airman Receives Commendation M/Sgt. Otis E. Woodcock, USAF, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivey L. Wood cock, 1207 Evans street, Morcbead City, was recently awarded a com mendation ribbon at the head quarters of the Japan air defense force. The commendation was awarded for his work as area pro vost sergeant of the Nagoya metro politan area. Sergeant Woodcock has been with the air defense force since May. Before that h? served as wing provost sergeant of the 6101st air base wing in Japan. Woodcock has the distinction of being the tint Morehead City man to be drafted under the selective service act of 1940. Inducted Dec. 5. 1940, at Ft. Bragg, he served m China, Burma and India during World War II. .With his wife. Mrs. Elna G. Woodcock, he makes his home at 1900 Bridges street, Morehead City. Pfc. William A. Piner, USMC. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Piner of Pelletier, will take part in the inaugural parade today in Wash ington, D. C. Piner will march with a marine infantry battalion from Quantico, Va., where he is serving with the school demonstration troops. Pvt. Laurie M. Willis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Willis of Bettie, Is taking bade training at Fort Jackson, S. C. . naii i i aiilnitri ' Robert E. Moon, SK 3. DSN, ton of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Roberts of Rt. 1, Newport, arrived in San Diego, Cal., Jan. 9 aboard the air craft carrier Bon llomme Richard. The ship returned from a nine month combat tour in Korean waters where it served as flagship of task force 77. Colon G. Merrill, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Merrill, sr.. rt. 1, Beaufort, is completing his AF bas ic airmen indoctrination course at Lackland Air Force base, Texas. Thomas W. Davis, seaman re cruit, USCG. son of Mrs. Ethel W. Davis, 909 Front street, Beaufort, will complete his 12-week course of recruit training at the U. S. Coast Guard receiving center in Cape May, N. J., early next week. Davis enlisted in the U. S. Coast Guard on Nov. 3. Prior to his en listment he attended North Caro lina State university. He gradu ated from Beaufort high school where he served as president of the student council. While in train ing at Cape May he acted as platoon leader in his company. Pvt. Travis Gillikin. son of Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Gillikin of Rt, 1, Beaufort, is now stationed at Ft. Benning, Ga? where he is awaiting discharge from the Army. He is a member of Company C, 408th en gineers. Polio Victim is Poster Boy The smiling face of Preston (Tony) Johnson, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Price Johnson of Beaufort, will be featured on posters announcing the 1953 March of Dimes in Carteret county. Tony was stricken last July with bulbar poliomyelitis, and saved by an imme diate operation from the often-fatal disease. Photo by Jerry Schumacher. Group Named to Study Extension of Town Limits Mayor George W. Dill, jr., at< Thursday's meeting of the More head City town board appointed a committee to study the possibili ties of expanding the town and an nexing some of the adjoining terri tory- dV iinnillii^lll check to se*| what areas wish to be incorporated! into the town and how much oft these areas the town can handle. ] Serving on the committee are Com- ; missioners M. T. Mills, S. C. Hol loway and W. L. Derrickson. The commissioners considered the purchase of additional hospital ization and life insurance for town employees. Mayor Dill reported that the insurance has been recom mended by the North Carolina ; League of Municipalities. Gives Full Coverage The insurance will cover acci- j dents away from the job, pre-ex- ! isting sicknesses, illness and ma ternity benefits. It is written by two insurance companies through any local agent chosen by the com missioners. A final decision on the purchase of the insurance will be made at the next meeting of the board. The fire department was author ized to' buy the copper wire which is needed for the further expansion of the fire alarm system. The de- 1 partment was also told to check on the price of 500 feet of hose. Offer Old Board The commissioners voted to of- ! fer the old fire alarm control board to the Newport fire department, j The board, which is still in good l condition, was replaced when it 1 could no longer handle the number j of alarm boxes needed in Morehcad City. Dr. John Morris, fire commis sioner, suggested that the town in- j vestigatc the possibility of keeping , a fire truck on the state property at Camp Glenn. Morris said that a sub-station is needed to provide prompt coverage of alarms in the western end of town. The commissioners decided to find out if the board of conser- 1 vation and development will pro vide garage space for the truck and living quarters for firemen. The board voted to ask Rep. H. ' Earl Moblcy to obtain permission for the town to build, maintain and charge wharfage fees on a public j dock. Present at the meeting were Dill; Commissioners Mills. Holloway and Morris; George H. McNeil, town ; attorney, and John Lashley, town i clerk. Odd Fellows to Attend Wilmington Meeting Carteret county will be repre sented by several leading Odd Fel lows at an important meeting Sat urday in Wilmington. They will hear an address by Lynn J. Irwin, of Res Moines, past sovereign grand sire of the lodge. Among those, attending are: P. X. Lewis of Beaufort, a mem ber of Concordia Lodge, and state grand master, and Mrs. Lewis, of Miriam Lodge: and 1. E. Pearson of Morehead City, a member of Air Lodge, Haveloek, and grand Junior warden of the state lodge. Weekend Brings to appear today in Beaufort re corder's court on charges of drunkenness. They were: Steve Mason, 47, of Beaufort, ar rested Friday in Broad street; Hen ry Turner, jr.. 48, of Beaufort, ar rested Saturday night in Cedar street: James Gregory, 48, of Beau fort, arrested Sunday in Cedar street, and Richard Bailey, 40, of Baltimore, arrested Sunday evening in Front street. All four men were released on $25 bail for their ap pearance today. The arrests were made by Chief Carlton Garner, Capt. Maxwell Wade and Lt. Otis Willis. Demonstration Club Council To Meet Today in Beauiori The county council of Home Demonstration clubs meets today at 2 p.m. in the court room of the county court house, Beaufort, it was announced yesterday by the home agent. Miss Martha Bamett. Mrs. A. H. Tallman. council presi dent, will preside. All county coun cil and home demonstration club members are urged to be present. Club meetings for this week were also announced. The Camp Glenn club meets tomorrow at 2 p.m. with Mrs. C. R. Berry; Willis ton club meets Thursday night at 7:30 with Mrs. Eugene Davis at Marsha 1 1 berg; Cedar Island meets Friday at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Gloria Emory. Two Carteret County Boys To Enter Army Today Two Carteret county boys have been ordered to report today for induction into the Army, according to Mrs. Ruby D. Holland, clerk of the local draft board. Manley R. Hurley, Beaufort, and John D. Sanderson, Morehead City, will be sent to Raleigh for induc tion into the armed forces. Mrs. Holland says that the board has called 35 boys for pre induc tion physical examinations on Feb. 2. Seek Volunteers For Mothers' March od Polio A call for volunteers has been issued by the leaders of the Mothers' March on Polio, climax of this year's March of Dimes cam paign. Mrs. Retha King. Morehead City chairman, and Miss Martha Barnett, chairman for Beaufort, said they needed all the workers possible for the project, which is aimed to cover every bouse in the two towns. The two women head the Mother's March subcommittee of the March of Dimes committee of the Business and Professional Woman's club. The B4PW is spon soring the campaign this year, un der the chairmanship of Mrs. Roma Noc. The Mothers' March on Polio will be held nation-wide from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29. In the course of that hour, workers will i call at every home, asking for con tributions to the fight against polio. Residents arc asked to have their j porch lights on, and their contri butions ready. The police have been asked to ! cooperate in guarding the money collected, and the committee hopes to have the fire sirens sounded to signal the beginning of the march. The committee chairmen pointed out that hundreds of volunteers would be needed, in order to have one worker for cach block. They asked any persons willing to help to contact them immediately. Other special projects planned by the B&PW committee at its meeting Thursday evening were a dance and a radio program. The dance will be held at the Blue Rib bon club at 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. j 29, with a five-piece orchestra from Cherry Point Marine base. The j radio program, on which entertain ers from the county will perform requestc(V numbers in return for be teret county. Half of this sum re mains in the county for treatment of polio victims here, while the re mainder is used by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for research projects and to give aid to localities where polio strikes in epidemic form. Driver Killed Instantly Before Flames Sweep Car Carteret county's first fatal traffic accident of this year brought death early Saturday morning to Elvin James Bennett, 2',i, of Beaufort RKD. Bennett was killed instantly when his car went off the road and turned end over end in a ditch. The accident oc curred at 1:15 a.m. Saturday on highway 101, five miles Countiaos See Ike Inaugural Several Carteret countians are among the celebrants today of the first Republican inaugural cere monies in 24 years. Among them are Claud Wheatly, jr., chairman of the county Republican commit tee, and Mrs. Wheatly, who left Sunday, and are expected to re turn tomorrow or Thursday. Jim Davis also left Sunday, stop ping in Raleigh on his way, to visit his brother, J. I*. C. Davis. He is also expected to return tomorrow, j after calling on several associates j in Washington. He is accompanied i by George Bear. C. G. Gaskill took his 8-year old ! grandson, Carl Wruitt, along, and j they plan to do Home sight-seeing in the capital before returning on j Friday, V ~ ? Salesman Held On Gun Charge Daniel Isaac Ewing, jr.. Have lock, an automobile salesman, was | arrested Thursday night on charges j of driving while under the influ cnce of alcohol and carrying a con cealed weapon. Ewing was arrested by Highway j Patrolman J. W. Sykes after he \ failed to stop for the stop sign at ? myd th^ ? car he ig fM drunk j and was wearing a 9 mm Luger j automatic in a shoulder holster, j He brough Ewing to the Morehead City police station where he was booked on both charges. Ewing will be tried Jan. 26 in Morehead City recorder's court. He has been released on $250 bond. rPolar Bear 9 Stuntman Swims, Renegs 9 Swims A "Polar Bear" appeared in the* waters off the Twin Cities last weekend, and braved the chill winds to perform for us. It was actually a stunt swimmer, thus style because of his size. He appeared at the foot of 5th street in Morehead City Saturday noon, and, to the excited screams of lit tle boys among the crowd of several hundred, rolled around in the water, eating bananas under water, balancing glasses of milk, looking like a playful walrus. His only visible means of support, a cap passed through the crowd, seemed to satisfy him well. In Beaufort, things were dif ferent. He arrived there about 1 :30, and, in a fog-horn voice, acted as his own bprker up and down Front street. A small crowd gath ered at the hotel pier, and he pass ed the hat before stripping to his bathing suit. This time the collec tion was far from satisfactory, and he reneged. However, he did in vite those who had contributed to see him the next day at the More head City Yacht basin. On Sunday he fulfilled his promise, and repeated his tricks. There were no reports as to the size of the collection. Afterwards the Polar Bear departed hence, to be seen no more. Rotary to Meet The Beaufort Rotary club will meet at 6:45 tonight at the Inlet inn. Morehead City "Blacked-Out During Power Plant Work A diytimc "blackout" descended on most of Morehead City for two hours Sunday, when the Carolina Power and Light company cut off (be Bridges street circuit. George Stovall. manager, said the shut-off was necesary to make pos sible a complete check of the 250 connections in the power station. "If we hadn't done it now," he de clared. "we would have to do it later, probably at < more incon venient time." Stovall said that the power in the connections range* from 2,300 to 33,000 volts, and they could not L ... ? be chocked without a reduction in the load. Every connection, he said, was changed or tightened. Fifteen men worked on the Job, according to Stovall. and they (ound several things which needed attention, and which might have caused future break-downs. Stovall said a special rigging was made to bring power from the Beaufort station to cover the hos pital. telephone office, fire station and municipal building, as well as the bridge to Atlantic Beach. "We did our beit to protect these vital lOperaUwu," Stovall said. ? I Town Motorists Warned by Chief Beaufort motorists were warned ? today by Poliee Chief Carlton Gar ner that they have only 11 more days in which to obtain town regis tration plates. Beginning Feb. 1, Chief Garner ; said, car owners resident in Beau- j fort who do not show the plates | on tfeeir cars will be cited to ap- J pear in court. Garner stated em- j phatically that "each and every j car" must have a plate if it is own ed by a resident of the town. Negro Schools Sponsor Stndies oi Family Living During the first two weeks in January study groups on family living were conducted jointly with parents and teachers of Carteret county in four different districts, Queen street, Beaufort; W. S. King, Morehead City; Stella and Merri mon schools. These meetings were well attended, and each of the dis tricts has decidcd to continue the study for the remainder of the year. These study groups were spon sored by the schools under the di rection of Mrs. L. C. Hankins. su pervisor for Carteret and Onslow counties. Mrs. Julia P. Harshaw 1 and Mrs. Georgia W. Barbee of the state repartment of public instruc tion were consultants. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Jan. 20 11:57 a.m. 5:55 a.m. . 6:14 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21 12:31 a.m. 6:54 a.m. 12:51 p.m. 7:08 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22 1:30 a.m. 7:57 a.m. 1:40 p.m. 8:05 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23 2:34 a.in. 9:06 a.m. 2:52 p.m. 9:07 p.m. Ami! ? u. north of the intersection with high way 70. Coroner L. D. Sprinkle said Bennett suffered a fractured skull when the top of the car crush ed in on him, and was dead before the outbreak of the fire which de stroyed the car and burned his body beyond recognition. Patrolman W. J. Smith, jr.. of the state highway patrol, said the accident was discovered by Geo Merrill, a Beaufort painter for whom the dead youth worked, when he passed by the scene only a minute or two after the accident. When he first drove by. the fire had not yet started, and he did not see the car in the ditch. However, his truck went over some objcct in the road, and after driving about a half-mile further, he decided to go back and investigate. When he returned to the scene, the car was blazing so fiercely that it was im possible for him to extricate the body. The thing his truck had run over turned out to be the In! of the trunk from Bennett's car. Merrill went to the farm of K. W. Wright, about 75 yards away, and Mrs. Wright called the coro ner. Patrolman Smith was called by radio from the state police sta tion at New Bern, and Patrolman J. T. Jenkins, of Craven county, also heard the call and drove to the scene. Patrolman Smith said that Ben nett's car went onto the shoulder on the right side of the road, then swerved across the road and into the ditch on the left side. Them- .? was no apparent cause Tor the | i-idcnt. However, Smith said thpt shortly before it happened, B# W nett had stopped for repairs after the accelerator rod of his car had become detached from the carbu retor. Born in Pamlico counfcy, Bennett came with his family tp Carteret county some four years ago. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Har man Bennett, and had two brothers, llarman, jr., 16, and John, 11; and two sisters. Mrs. Frank Sanders of Camp Lcjeune. and Mrs. June Dudley of Beaufort. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at the Oak Grove Christian church, with burial in the church cemetery. Officers Smash Two Stills Deputy Sheriff Hugh Salter and ABC Officer Marshall Ayscue de stroyed two stills last Monday in Merrimon. No arrests were made, since there was no one near the stills, which were not far from each other, when the officers seized them. One still, already in operation, had a capacity of three to four hundred gallons, according to Sal ter. who said the mash was almost ready to pour off. They destroyed about a thousand gallons of mash. The other, slightly larger, was not quite complete, he said. Carteret Conntians 60 To 'Frisco Convention A group of Carteret countians left Saturday for San Francisco to attend the 11th annual convention of the National Rural Electric Co operative association. The conven tion will be held Jan. 26 through 29 at the Civic auditorium. They expect to return the first week in February. Those attending the convention as representatives of the Carteret Craven Elcctric Membership cor poration of Morehead City are: George L. Brockway, president, and Mrs. Brockway; Roger Jones of Broad Creek and W. C. Carlton, di rectors, and W. C. Carlton, man ager. Income Tax Book Ottered With March 15 not too far off, Carteret countians, like the rest of the country, will be thinking about income taxes. The govern ment printing office has issued a book about that painful subject which has already become a best seller. More than 150.000 orders for the booklet, entitled "Your Federal Income Tax," were received before it was even printed. According to the superintendent of documents the booklet contains detailed explanations and examples of income tax problems, an ex pansion of the basic instructions which accompany income tax forms. The cost is 25 cents, and copies may be obtained by writing the super intendent of documents, govern ment printing office, Washington 28, D. C.
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