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fW CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES >?< Ind YEAR, NO. 42. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Lennoxviile Girl Dies in Sunday Fire i Annexation Defeated By 11 Votes Saturday By a margin of 11 ballots residents west of the present Morehead4 City limits voted not to be annexed to the city Saturday. Clyde Jones, registrar for the election, reported that 78 were against and 67 for the annexation. A total of 162 had registered for the elec tion. The polls were open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The areas proposed for annexation were all west of the present city limits. They included the state property west of Thirty-fourth street and south of the railroad; the land between the railroad and highw^ 70 west of Twenty-fifth street to the western boundary of the state property; and the land between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-eighth street north of the railroad to Cali co creek. The election was called after a public hearing April 6 at which the city commissioners presented their proposals to the residents. All of the election officials, the date of the election and other mat ters concerned with the election itself were determined by the coun ty board of elections. Judges for the election were John T. Conner of 2716 Arvon street and Luther Norris of 2712 Homes drive. In commenting on the results of the referendum Mayor George W. Dill, jr., of Morehead City said, "We are of course disappointed in the election results. Our long range planning for the future de velopment of Morehead City will be made more difficult, but we will always hold open the door for any In the areas to the west who would like to become a part of the city.' Opposition to the annexation pro posal was largely led by O. O. Fulcher. A petition calling for the referendum and expressing opposi tion to the proposal was presented at the public hearing by Claud Wheatly, attorney for Mr. Fulcher and others. The petition was sign . ed by 104 residents. Prior to the election most resi dents of the area had indicated that the result would be decided by a small number of voters. The city had promised the residents six kinds of municipal services in the event the areas were annexed. Revue Tickets y % Now on Sale Tickets for the Beaufort Choral club's June production are now on sale and may be purchased from any member of the Beaufort Junior Woman's club or the Beau I fort or Morehead City Band Booster's club. The three clubs are sponsoring the song, dance and piano revue which will be presented for three nights beginning June 3. The per formances will be given at 8 p.m. in the Beaufort school auditorium. The show, staged and directed by Mrs. Virginia Hassell, will con tain original interpretations of all time song hits by such composers as Victor Herbert, George Gersh win, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Puccini and Sibelius. One of the features of the show will be an original three-scene adaptation of Jerome Kern's musi cal comedy hit, Roberta. The re vue will also include 12 choral numbers, piano duets by Mrs. Has sell and Merry Palazzo, and four song and dance production num ^Among the old favorites who will appear in the revue will be Corinne Webb, Betty Lou Merrill, Sally Herring, James Webb, Bobby Bell, Sal Palazzo and James Stafford. The cast, which includes a chorus I of 50 voices, and the production trew have been working since Feb ruary to make the show a success. Last summer's Choral club pro duction. Parade of Stars, played to lapacity audiences for two nights. Ind many people were unaWe to fee the show. A th.rd mght ha. been added this year to enable more people to see the revue. Beaufort Polic* Report Arrest of Speeder i Chief Carlton Garner says that ne arrested Freddie Graham of West Beaufort Sunday after a chase ?long Broad street to Fulford atreet. , Graham haa been charged with weeding 45 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone, careless and Reckless driving and failing to give * hand signal. He it free on his pwn recognizance and will be tried {oday in municipal recorder's court , Chief Garner laid that be be gan to follow Graham on Broad _ 'street and clocked his speed at ? *5 miles per hour. He said that ? waham cut the corner on Fulford ? itreet, raising a cloud of dust, and ? Beaded toward Front itreet. The ft thief stopped bin before be ? Reached Front street Church Names New Pastor The Rev. W. T. Roberson of Kings Mountain association han ac cepted a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist church of Beau fort. Mr. Roberson and his family will move into the redecorated par sonage Thursday, and he will : preach at services Sunday morning. Mr. Roberson will succeed the late Rev. Winfrey W. Davis who retired from the pastorate of the Ker. W. T. Robenon church laat (all. Mr. Davis died in Wilmington shortly after his re tirement. Mr. Roberson will come to Beau fort from Patterson Springs near Shelby where he has served as pas tor of the church since June 1951. Prior to that time he served as student pastor at Monterey. Ky., while attending Southern Baptist Theological seminary. The new pastor is a native of Chandler and attended Mars Hill, Wake Forest and Southern Baptist seminary. He is married to the former Miss Audrey Hanes of Charlotte, and they have one son, Milton Hanes Roberson, aged two. During his school years, Mr. Roberson was president of the Bap tist Student union, president of the Euielian Literary society and a member of Delta Kappa Alpha, honorary fraternity. He was selected for the Beaufort pastorate by a pulpit committee composed of Carlton Rose, chair man, U. E. Swann, Jack Longest, Mrs. E. L. Davis and Mrs. Gerald Hill. Beaufort Starts K Fund Raising For Recreation Letters for requests for money for the Beaufort summer recrea tion program were mailed this weekend to local business houses, civic and fraternal organizations and to individuals. The program, which will open for its sixth season on June 22, ia being jointly sponsored by the Beaufort Junior Woman's club and the Beaufort Jaycees. Originally sponsored by Beau fort Rotary, Bill Kittrell of Green ville was recreation leader in the summer of 1948. Raz Autry was leader for the next three yean, and last year Mr. John Evans, school football coach, was the leader. Thia summer. Mr. Kenneth Star gardt, new football coach of Beau fort school, will be the recreation leader. The program, which is free to children between the ages of 7 and 18, offers supervised baseball, swimming and dancing. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, May 26 8:21 a.m. 6:44 p.m. 12:33 a.m. 12:21 p.m. Wedaeaday, May 27 7:04 a.m. 1:19 a m. 1:02 p.m. 7:24 pan. Thursday, May 28 7:44 a.m. 8:04 p.ra. 1:57 a.m. 1:42 p.m. rrtfcj. nay ? 8:28 a.?. 8:45 pjB. 2:38 a.m. 2M pan. Court Clerk > Answers Editor A. II. James, clerk of superior court, has issued a statement in regard to editorial criticism of the Morehead City recorder's court which appeared in Sunday's News and Observer. The editorial criticized the court and its judge for the handling of the case of Samuel Forechette, who was bound over to superior court for an inquisition into his sanity. Mr. James' statement, issued yes terday morning, follows: On Tuesday, one week ago, an article appeared in the News and Observer. It gave a detailed report of the handling of a case against a defendant named Forechette. What the article reported, in substance, was that he was brought in court and because of suspicions of insan ity, was sent over to the superior court for an inquisition relating to his sanity. What the article did not report, however, was the ground work leading to the actual disposition of the case by the recorder of the Morehead City recorder's court. This omission distorted the case and caused a certain amount of criticism. The News and Observer editorialized on the subject Sunday with its opinions based on the arti cle which appeared in its columns. On Sunday morning, preceding the Monday this case was to come up, Judge George H. McNeill of the Morehead City recorder's court, approached me on the lawn of the Methodist Sunday school building, immediately following Sunday ^jcfrool, and discussed with me the problem of Samuel Forechette, who was then in the city jail. At that time there had been no definite conclusion reached in the minds of the police that the subject was in sane, but some comments about it, and the judge was then consider ing the problem of disposal of the case against him, which involved See COURT, Page 3 WOW to Honor , William Moore Sovereign William (Bill) Moore of the Morehead City camp of Woodmen of the World will be honored at a meeting Saturday night at the lodge's new hall at Camp Glenn. Mr. Moore will receive the Wood man plaque presented annually to the member who has done the most for the organization during the year. The recipient is chosen by the members. Speakers it the meeting will be Sovereign A. B. Vick of New Bern and Sovereign R. E. Simmons of Kinston. Mr. Vick was formerly field representative for Carteret county, and Mr. Simmons is dis trict manager. Refreshments will be served and entertainment will be provided at the meeting which will begin at 7:30 p.m. Clifford Faglie, Carteret county field representative for the Woodmen, has urged all members and their families to attend the meeting. Mr. Faglie says that material needed to finish the hall has fin ally been obtained and the mem bers of the organization expect to complete the building within a short time. < School Patrol Honored Members of the safety patrol at Newport school were honored Thursday morning for their work in pre venting accidents at the school during the past year. Members of the patrol are (front row, left to right) Killy Simmons, Donald White, Capt. Sheldon Howard, Lt. Larry Howard, Sgt. Albert Wallace and Tommy Howard; (second row) Joe Howard, Henry Clement, Clayton Howard, Tommy Garner, Berlyn Temple, Johnnie Mason and Wayne Smith; (third row) Billy Dale, Gilbert Garner, Leston Gillikin, Alton Hardi son, Walter Clark, Eugene Edwards, Jakie Wade, Ronnie Kelly and Robert Garner. Dick Syme and Larry Wallace were not present when the picture was taken. Kinston Bank Will Open Morehead Branch Soon Permission has boon granted to4 the Commercial National Bank of I Kinston to open a branch in More- 1 head City. Harry C. Woolen, vice-president of the Kinston bank, announced this week that the comptroller of the currency which controls na tional banks had given his permisr sion for the new bank. "Eight of the directors of our bank own property in Morehead City," Mr. Wooten said, "and we are delighted to be given permis sion to open a branch there." Founded in 1940, the Commer cial National now has two branches in Kinston. Mr. Wooten said that application was made to the comp troller of the curroncy about six weeks ago. After an investigation by a na- , tional bank examiner early this month revealed a need for another bank, the permission was granted, Mr. Wooten said. "We have made no definite plans," he commented. "As soon as we can give the public some in formation about our plans we will do so." Under the federal laws the bank has six months in which to open its | branch before the period of the j permission expires. Since national j banks are controlled by the fed- j era! government, the state banking commission does not have to ap- ! prove the application. Red Cross Merger * To Be Discussed The Morehead City chapter of the American Red Cross will meet tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the civic center to discuss the possibility of merging the Morehead chapter with the Beaufort chapter, James Webb, president of the chapter, announced today. To discus* the same proposal the Beaufort chapter will meet Thurs day night at 7:30. if both groups agree to the merger Carteret coun ty will have only one Red Cross unit. Mrs. James D. Rumley, home ser vice chairman of the Beaufort group, said "A merger would cer tainly simplify matters. Beaufort School Band To Get Uniforms All members of the Beaufort school senior band have been asked to report to the school at 9:30 a.m. today to be measured for uniforms. /lfcourtles are requested to weaj- hj^Jiin-? suits. for the uniforms is being raised by the Band Boos ters ass?ciation. Unidentified Man Drowns Sunday ' An unidentified man is believed to have drowned Sunday afternoon off the Ocean Ridge section of At lantic Bcach. Coast Guardsmen who were called lo the scene searched for the man but were un able to find a body. The Coast Guard did rescue Dr. J. O. Carson who said that he had seen a man or boy jump from a raft which was being carried out to sea. Dr. Carson said that he at tempted to swim out to the victim but ne went under before he could reach him. The Coast Guard questioned sev eral people and found some who had seen the incident but found no body who could identify the man. The concession which rents the rubber rafts said that one was miss ing but there was no record of who had rented it. The Coast Guard is maintaining a patrol along the beach after every high tide in the hope that the body, if there is one, will be washed ashore. A check with po lice and beach authorities revealed that there have been no reports of a missing person. It is believed that the victim be came panic-stricken when he found himself being carried to sea by an offshore breeze and attempted to swim ashore. Witnesses said that they saw him jump from the raft and head for shore. The witnesses could not agree, however, on whether the victim was a man or j boy. Accident Upsets Scheduled Work A tree which fell across power lines between llavclock and New port upset Carolina Power and Light's schedule of power interrup tions during the past weekend. George B. Stovall, district mana ger for the utility company, re ported today that the power inter uption Saturday morning at 6:03 wtf not trfir'Hed. The trA? broke | tlie line and service was not re stored to the Horchead City area until 6:50. Power was cut off in Newport until 8:09 and the lines to Atlantic were dropped at about 8:36 and restored at 9. Mr. Stovall explained that this accidental interruption made it im possible lor the company to go through with its scheduled inter ruption Saturday morning east of Smyrna. This was called in order to give the company time to re locate the power lines at the new hospital in Sealevel. This will be done tomorrow morning, weather permitting, be tween 9 and 11 o'clock. Mr. Stovall' said that Davis, Williston, Sealevel, Stacy, Atlantic and Cedar Island will be cut oil during the period tomorrow. Due to the line trouble Saturday, the company's employees were al so unable to complete their prep arations for the two scheduled interruptions Sunday. The com pany is installing a larger trans former at its Cherry Point sta tion to meet the increasing power load in Carteret county. It will be necessary to have an interruption next Sunday morning from 5 to 5:30 o'clock, Mr. Stovall explained, in order to complete the work of installing the larger tram former. "We were able to get the work about 75 per cent completed." he said, "and would have finished except for the line trouble Satur day." Mr. Stovall said that the company appreciated the cooperation of its subscribers during the series of interruptions, and that the com pletion of the present work should end scheduled interruption! for some time to come. Jog I rack bet tor Best Year Yet With the official opening of tne racing season set for June 10, pre season improvements are well un derway at the Morehead City dog track, Paul Cleland, executive sec retary of the Carolina Racing as sociation which owns the track, re ported this week. "Our p re-season expenses will to tal about $30,000, " Mr. Cleland said, "and the track and buildings will be in the finest condition on the opening date." The track op erators anticipate their beat season since it was opened in 1M8. The last race will be Sept 26. The principal improvement will be the installation of an Australian tote. This is an electronic machine which issues the bettor his ticket, records the bet and tabulates all similar beta at other machines for that race. Eight quineila and 13 wio, place and show machines have been in stalled. Each machine will be manned by an employee of the track. The machines and tabulat ing equipment are produced by Automatic Totalisators, limited, of Australia. An article on the new installation at the track appeared In the last issue of the Greyhound nacing Record. In addition to the tote machine, all the buildings at the track have been repainted, the odds board in the grandstand has been enlarged, new club house and box chairs have been purchased, 20 tables have been added to the clubhouse mak ing a total of 80, and an awning has been constructed to go over the first floor of the club house. Mr.' Cle land reported that new kennels have been built on highway 70 about two miles west of the track. Th? eight building! will hold 352 doga and are well venti lated. In the past the kennels have been maintained on highway 24. Prior to the grand opening on June 10, the track will hold live rets of schooling races on June 4, S. 8. 8, and 9 A total of M performances including matinees July 4 and Labor day will be given this year. Daring the Mis* North Carolina beauty pageant scheduled for July IS, 16, and 17 at the tract, six races will be held nightly, Mr. Cle land reported. In addition each Monday and Thursday night begin ning June IS, one of. the first eight entrants in the beauty con test will be honored at the races. For the first time this year, the track will use television in its advertlaing promotion of the track, the coaatal area, and the beauty pageant. Mr. Cleland indicated that the track would pursue iU past policy of advertising recrea tional and resort features of the Carteret coast together with the track this year. Mr. Clcland reported that ap proximately 16 kennels will be rep resented at the track this summer. These Include the Whitehead. Ter rell. and Point Breeze kennels which were the highest money win ners at the local track last season. Other kennels will Im Belcher, Brown, Fromm, Gavan, Pfiater, Spencer, Eaaton, Marsh, Kozy Ken nels, Souza, and Reek. Mr. Clc land pointed aut that the ken nel owner* receiv* only the puraes. Some kennels made as much u $57.000 in summer racing last year at tracks throughout the nation, be reported. Brother Injured As Fire Levels Two Dwellings Quinnie Lane Ctuthrie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Guthrie, was burned to death and her brother, Avrell, was in critical con dition after a fire destroyed their home and that of a neighbor Sun day morning in the Lewistown sec tion off the Lennoxville road, Beau fort. The children's father was placed in the Morehead City jail for sev eral hours Sunday morning for his own protection. He was later re leased and no charges were pre ferred against him. The fire was discovered by Mrs. George Equils, a neighbor, and her daughter, Mrs. Eloise Styron. Mrs. Equils had been up waiting for her daughter to return home. After Mrs. Styron arrived, they sat up talking until about 3 a.m. Mrs. Equils told Coroner Leslie D. Springle that she heard an ex plosion shortly after she went to bed. She said that it sounded like the slam of a door. Mrs. Equils looked across the road and saw the Guthrie home blazing. She and her daughter rushed to the house and tried the front door which they found lock ed. They went around the side of the house and found Guthrie lying naked in the yard and screaming for his daughter. Clinton T. Lewis, another neigh bor, arrived at the scene and made his way into the blazing house. He found Guthrie's nine-year-old son ; on the floor about three feet from j the bed. He picked up the boy and j carried him (o safety. Just as he left the building, the roof caved in, | making it impossible to attempt to save the 11-year-old girl who was still in the house. The boy was taken to the More See FIRE, Page 3 Merchants Vote On Store Hours Members al je Woreiicad City merchants association have voted to remain open Wednesday after noons and to elose Friday nights. The stores have been remaining open for business on both Wednes day afternoons and Friday nights. The mail vote was taken last week after a meeting at which some members of the association said that tiiey were not in favor of remaining open. Joe DuBois. secretary of the asso ciation. said that the members who replied to the questionnaire voted 12-8 to remain open Wednesday afternoons and voted 12-9 not to have any night hours. He said that since all members had not voted, the board of directors would prob ably meet to take final action on the matter of store hours. The association has 34 members, but bnly about 25 are retail mer chants who would be affectcd by any change In store hours. The decision to take the vote was made after a meeting Tuesday at which the merchants voted to return to the old hours which call ed for Wednesday afternoon clos ing and no night hours. A motion was passed at the meeting which would require any member unable to observe the hours to withdraw from the association. A motion to disband the associa tion failed to receive a second and was not voted upon. It was then decided that, since not all members of the association were at the meeting, it would be best to take the mail vote in order to obtain a better sampling of the opinions of the entire membership. Girl, 16, Drowns x In Stella Creek Edna Anito Bright, 16. was drowned Sunday afternoon in a creek near her home at Stella. The girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Bright, was teaching a younger brother to iwim at the time of the accident. The girl and her brother were walking in waiat-deep water in the creek when they suddenly stepped off the edge of a bank into 12 feet of water. An unidentified nine year-old boy grabbed the boy by the hair and pulled him ashore just before he went down. He was un able to save the girl. Coast Guardsmen from the Bogue Inlet itation were called to the scene and recovered the body after a short search. The Coast Guard then called Coroner Leslie D. Springle who pronounced the girl dead. The coroner notified the girl's parents who had been attending a revival meeting in New Bern and were unaware of the tragedy. The girl is survived by her par ents, two brothers and two lis ters. She bad graduated from school only two daya before the accident. Morehead City Commissioners Are Sworn In Morehead City's five commis sioners and Mayor George W. Dill, jr., were sworn in Thursday night by A. H. James, Carteret county clerk of the superior court. The commissioners are Dr. John W. Morris, Ted Garner. D. G. Bell, S. C. Holloway, and D. J. Hall. Mr. Hall an Mrs. Garner were sworn in for the first time after being elected earlier this month. The three other commissioners were re-elected. Mayor Dill announced the ap pointments of the commissioners. Mr. Holloway was made finance commissioner; Mr. Bell, police; Dr. Morris, streets and sewers; Mr. Gar ner, fire; and Mr. Hall, buildings, grounds, and taxis. After the appointments, the may or gave a brief description of the duties of each commissioner. Upon a motion by Mr. Holloway, all the appointed city officials were continued in their present posts "at the will of the board." This covers such officials as city clerk, police chief and others. To avoid possible legal complications, the board also appointed H. O. Philips, III, as solicitor of the city's re corder's court. During a discussion of streets and paving problems. Mayor Dill explained ta the new commission ers that the reason for the delay in paving Fisher street was caused by the need for extensive drainage on the street. "You would be amazed at the amount of money wc have spent in order to drain Fisher street so we can pave it without having the paving break up in a few days or after the first heavy rain," Mayor Dill said. The board approved a proposal for preliminary discussions with the Barrus construction company which is paving Axendell street to determine the costs of paving por tions of Fisher strqet in the near future. Dr. B. F. Royal was re-appointed to the Morehead City Racing com mission to serve a term of three years. The board also elected D. G. Bell to serve as mayor pro tem in the absence of the mayor. The board voted to put a park ing meter in front of the Paul B. Mitchell home at 610 Arendell street. Dr. Morris was asked to investigate a request from the York Building company for permis sion to widen Eleventh street be tween Arendell street and Bridges. The York firm is building the new Colonial store on the corner of Arendell and Eleventh. The mayor was asked to discuss with the city attorney the possibili ty of some municipal ordinance to curb the activities of itinerant photographers. The firm of Hamil ton and HcNeil was re-named the attorney for the city. Carlton Named K To High Office In State Group W. C. Carlton, manager of the Cartcret-Cravcn Electric Member ship corporation, was named vice president of the Tar Heel Electric Membership association at the group's annual meeting in Raleigh last week. The association, which held its meetings Wednesday and Thurs day, is composed of representatives of 28 North Carolina electric mem bership corporations. Other officers elected were D. M. Robinson of Marshall, president; and H. H. MeKinne.v of Wadesboro, secretary-treasurer. Clayton Moretz of Sanford is the retiring president and Mr. Carlton is the retiring sec retary-treasurer. On Wednesday the group parti cipated in a discussion of several electric service topics. A panel on the feasibility of electric coopera tive operations was conducted by three representatives of the Rural Electrification administration. Discussion of other aspects of membership corporations were also held. Jerry L. Anderson, editor of the "Carolina Farmer," owned and published by the association, re ported on the activities of the mag azine. The group voted to meet again at Nags Head in Auguat. Methodists Plan Sale At Bogu* Field Saturday The Rev. J. K. Worthington of Swansboro, pastor of Bethlehem Methodist church has announced that the church will sponsor a country store sale at 2 p.m. Satur day at Bogue field on NC 34 in Bogue. Homemade candy, ice cream, and other products will be sold to raise funds to help complete the church building.
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