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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 42nd YEAR, NO. 94. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1953 PUBUSHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Churches Schedule Special Services for Thanksgiving Churches in Morehead City ancH Beaufort have scheduled special services for Thanksgiving Day. In Beaufort at the Ann Street Methodist Church a Union Service will be held at 10 a.m. ) The Rev. James Dees, pastor of | St. Paul Episcopal Church will assist J. D. Young pastor of Ann Street Methodist Church W. C. Roberson, pastor of the First Bap tist Church wilj deliver the ser- j mon. An offerihg will be taken for the various denomination s orphanages. The Rev. Priestly Conycrs, pastor i will preach a special Thanksgiv ing sermon at 9 a.m. in Webb Mem- J orial Presbyterian Church in More- j t head City. An offering will be taken for the Barium Springs Or phanage at Barium Springs. N. C. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Leon Couch, pastor, in j the First Methodist Church in Morehead City beginning at 10 a.m. There will be a full service with special music by the choir. The Franklin Memorial Metho dist Church in Morehead City will have a special Thanksgiving ser vice beginning at 10 a.m. The ' Rev. Howard Payne will deliver the sermon. The Rev. R. T. Willis Jr. will de liver the Thanksgiving sermon in the First Maptist Church in More 1 *ad City beginning at 10 a.m. Spe cial music will be provided by the senior choir, Ralph Wade, diertc tor. The regular Thanksgiving ser mon and morning prayer will take place in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Morehead City. The Rev. E. Guthrie Brown, rector, will con duct the service. A special offering will be taken for orphans. Beaufort Woman Hurt in Wreck Mrs. W. I. Loftin. Beaufort, suf fered minor injuries Saturday . afternoon in a three-ear collision a half mile east of the Sea Level Community llospi^il on highway 70. Mrs. Loftin got a bump on the head and a bruised knee. She was taken to the Sea Level Hospital for examination and was dis charged. State Highway Patrolman W. J. Smith said the accident occurred u hen William Lane Salter, Sea Level, struck a car in front of 4 hiii Iriven by Miss Nellie N. Low rimore. Sea Level. Salter, driving a 1947 Ford, has ? been charged with following too closely, causing an accident. Both he and Miss Lowrimore, driving a lf>49 Chevrolet, were proceeding east. When Salter struck the rear of the Lowrimore car, his car glanced t off into the left lane of traffic and struck the Loftin car, a 1952 Ford driven by W. I. Loftin, Beaufort. In the car besides Mrs. Loftin was Carl Robinson, Atlantic. Damage to the Loftin car was es timated at $300, to the Salter car $150 and to the Lowrimore car $50. The accident occurred at 3:45 p.m. Frank Klein . Dies Sunday Frank Klein, 65, died of a heart attaek Sunday at Charleston. W. Va., where he was manager of the Kanawha Hotel. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 this afternoon in the First Methodist Church. Morehead City, with the Rev. Leon Couch, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Bay View Cemetery. Mr. Klein was a former city ? clerk of Morehead City and for many years operated the Marine Hardware store in Morehead City with Mr. Dan Bell. Mr. Klein wak formerly married to the late Flaudia Mae Hatch. Sur viving are three daughters from that marriage, Mrs. Garth Cooper, Mrs. Edward Willis, both of More head City, Mrs. Alfred Henderson of Palm Beach, Fla.; his wife, the ' former Henriett* Moore; a sister. Miss Amy T. Klein of Philadelphia, Pa., and a brother, John Klein of Morehead City. Town Goes Several Hours Without Wire Service Telegraph service from More bead City was interrupted Saturday morning. L. J. Norris, manager of the Morehead City Western Union office, said he heard that a ' car had run into a pole carrying telegraph wires. State highway patrolmen said they knew of no accident in this county in which a pole was damaged. Service waa restored In several bourt. - ? UtL . ? ' Friday's Paper Will Go To Press Early Due to the Thanksgivirfg holiday this week. THE NEWS TIMES you are now reading was not printed until thi^ morning. For that reas on it is a bit later in reaching you than is usually the case. Friday's NEWS TIMES, however, will be printed Wednesday night and distributed Thursday morning and should reach you earlier than usual. Friday's paper will carry Friday's date and all stories appearing in the paper will be written as though the paper were distributed Friday morning. This, on occasion, has disturbed readers and we under stand why. For various reasons, our publication dates must re main uniform. Readers need only refer to the datelines at the top of the page to keep things straight. ? The Editor. Republicans Schedule Clam Bake for Dec. 5 The Carteret County Republican Executive Committee will sponsor a clam bake at 7 o'clock Saturday night, Dec. 5, at Willis Brothers Clam House, Wiiliston. Tickets for the clam bake may be obtained from Graham Duncan Jr., Beaufort: Elmer Willis, Davis; Jesse Piner, Wiiliston; Roy Garner, Newport; and Walter Lewis, More head City. Mr. Duncan said the clam bake has been planned as a Republican rally. Mr. Garner of Newport was chos en temporary chairman of the Re publican executive committee at a recent meeting. The resignation of Claud R. Wheatly wss read and accepted "with regret" by the com uuUee. Mr. Wheatly had served as chair man since April 1946. Mr. Garner will serve until the Republican county convention in the spring. Other officers of the executive committee are Mrs. Dorothy Willis, Smyrna, vice-chairman; Carl Gas I kill, Beaufort, treasurer, and Mr. Duncan, secretary. Mayor Reports On Store Noise Mayor George W. Dill, More head City, reported at the Novem ber town board meeting Thurs day night that Colonial Stores is making an effort to stop the all night unloading noise at the rear of the store on Arendell street. The mayor was authorized by the town board recently tp contact store officials after a resident of that neighborhood complained that the noise of trucks unloading pre vented sleep. Mayor Dill told the board that H. N. Felton, district superintend ent of groceries, and W. J. Carter, district superintendent of meats, came to see him. The three went to the store to investigate unloading equipment and the Colonial Store men said they would contact their engineer to see if something could be done to quiet the unloading "rig." Mr. Felton said Mayor Dill's let ter with certain recommendations had gone to the store's transporta tion superintendent. "If things don't work out, they told me to contact them again," concluded the mayor. Horace Loftin Dies Sunday Funeral Services Will Take Place at 2 This Afternoon, Beaufort Horace G. Loftin, 54. Beaufort, died Sunday at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bern, after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the home, 200 Craven St., Beaufort, Horace Loftin with (he Rev. J. D. Young, pastor of the Ann Street Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Trenton Cemetery. Surviving Mr. Loftin are his, wife, the former Sadie Lee Hender son, a son, Horace G. Jr., of Beau fort, three brothers, K. W., G. C. and Larry, and three sisters, Mrs. John Baker, Mrs. H. H. King and Mrs. Dorothy Heath, all of Kinston. Mr. Loftin, who was born in Kinston. caifce to Beaufort 28 years ago and opened the Loftin Motor Company. He was Carteret CAin ty's oldest dealer in Forda. Mr. Loftin was a irembtr ?f Ann Street Methodist Church and a -former member of the Baard of Stewards. He also served at one Lime on the Beaufort Schwl Board. Sheriff Arrests Truck Driver Carrying Whiskey Officers Smash 150-Gal lon Still; ABC Officer Aids In Craven Raids Willie Budget, Morehead City, will face charges of possessing non-tax paid whiskey in Carteret County Recorder's Court today, Hugh Salter, sheriff, reported yes terday. Budget was apprehended by Sheriff Salter Saturday night as he was coming out of the Merrimon road. Sheriff Salter said the whis key, a case of it was being carried beside the motor of Budget's truck. The 150-gallon still that was found Thursday by county officers was located in the Merrimon sec tion. Approximately 1,000 gallons of mash were destroyed. Apparently it was to be operated Friday or Saturday, but no one was at the still and no arrests were made, Marshall Ayscue, ABC offi cer said. Along with Sheriff Salter and Mr. Ayscue, Ormsby Mann, New port chief of police, and Bobby Bell, deputy sheriff, smashed the still. Friday Mr. Ayscue accompanied Charles Berry, Craven County sher iff, to the North Harlowe section where three stills were destroyed. Along with the stills 12,000 gal lons of mash and 60 to 70 gallons of whiskey were destroyed. Band Parades At Raleigh The Morehead City High School band marched in Raleigh's spcc tacular mile and-a half parade op ening the Christmas season last night. Altogether 14 bands with nearly 1,000 musicians were in the color ful procession which wcorted San ta Claus to North Carolina's cap ital. In addition to the bands, the par ade included 32 giant-sized balloon characters, a dozen floats and num erous other iMtures including San | ta Claus himself. I A four-foot stretch of sidewali. adjacent to the curb along the j line of march was reserved strictly I for children. Yacht Maribell Rescues E. A.Hessee, Morehead E. A. Hessee, 3105 Arendell St., Morehead City, was rescucd on the Inland waterway seven miles north of Morehead City Friday morning. He was picked up by Capt. Clint Thorne, New York, in the 55-foot yacht, Maribel! 111. Mr. Hessee was stranded two days and nights without food or water. He was reported yesterday to have recovered from his ordeal. He is expected to return to work in the meat department of the Co lonial Store in about a week, ac cording to Henry Rowe, manager of the meat department. Mr. Hessee left the Colonial Store at 11:30 Wednesday morning to go fishing in his 16-foot skiff with an inboard motor. Capt. Her bert Griffin of the Morehead City police department said according ?to their reports he was last seen about 2:30 in the vicinity of Cap tain Bill's Waterfront dock. A search for Mr. Hessee was concentrated in the Bogue Soud area when he had not returned home by Thursday morning. After rescue Mr. Hessee said that his gas line had broken and he had no tools with which to repair it. He said he got ashore and built a fire and tried to hail passing boats, but none stopped. Finally the Maribell III spotted him adrift in the waterway about 8:30 Friday morning and took him aboard and gave him coffee. The Maribell put in at Capt. Bill Styron's Gulf dock, Morehead City. Police were callcd and Mr. Hessee was taken to his home where he was ordered to bed by his doctor. Captain Styron said that Captain Thome is getting to be an old hand at rescue jobs in this section. It was Captain Thome who picked up a couple and their four children in in a 19-foot skiff on the Inland Wa terway about five years ago. The family was headed for New Orleans. The father was a Pole and his wife a Cajun. Their motor had failed and they were stranded on the waterway north of Morehead City when Captain Thome came along. He brought them to Morehead City where they were handed over to the county welfare department for care. With Captain Thorne Friday morning when he rescued Mr. Hes see was his wife, child, and mother in-law. They stayed in Morehead City only long enough to let Mr. Hessee -off and then proceeded to Florida. Rose's New5&10 Will Open At 9 O'Clock Friday Morning Rose's new 5 & 10 Cent Store will open Friday at 9 a.m. at its new lo cation at Arendell and 8th streets, Morehead City, E. C. Watson, man ager announced yesterday. The new store, a one-story brick building, 50 by 200 feet, will have 10,000 square feet of floor space as compared to 4,500 in the old (tore. A parking lot is in the rear of the store for customers. The store it self has fluorescent lighting and is fireproof. It is alio air con ditioned. In addition to the added floor space, the store has improved over the old one by adding more em ployees and departments to allow customers a variety of selection and quick service. Two additional lines of merchan dise have been added. A complete line of bedding and ladies ready to-wear and millinery will be car ried, Mr. Watson said. Complete lines of all types of merchandise including pet supplies, will be available, V. M. Turner, district superintendent from Fay etteville, said. Mr. Wataon said the new store ia the most modern of its kind in Eastern Carolina, with modern fix ture* and steel construction throughout. The store will have 70 to 100 employees. Mr. Turner said, to take care of the 42 departments and serve the public. The old store waa closed Wednes day for transfer of merchandise to the new location. Employees of the old store an now readying the store for its grand opening Friday. Construction was started on U>e new building last April by Ihr Belkin Construction Company. The building itself cost in the neigh borhood of $125,000, Mr. Watson said. This is the third move made by Rose's 3 & 10 since starting in Morelwad City in 1931. The first store was located in the 700 black of Arendell street. The store was moved in 1934 to the 800 block of Arendell street af ter being exxpanded to take up the whole buildiifg. The old building will be returned to Bernard Leary, Morehead City owner, for leasing, Mr. Turner said. The company got its start in 1913 when P. H. Rose Sr. started bla own store in Henderson, N. C. From there it grew to store No. 2 Sae ROSE'S, Page t Town Board Hears Report On 1952-53 Financial Status Show Opens Tonight Barbara Dennis, Beaufort, left, and Corinne Webb, Morehead City, right, appear in part III of the Beaufort Choral Club show to be given at 8 o'clock tonight and to morrow night at the Beaufort School auditorium. Miss Dennis appears in the num l?er, "Bill Bailey, Won't You l'lease Come Home?" and Miss Webb in "Basin Street Blues." The above pictures were taking during rehearsal. The show is being sponsored by the Beaufort Parent-Teacher Asso ciation. Proceeds will be used to buy stage equipment for the school. The Choral Club, with a present membership of 59, will present two more programs during the coming season. One is scheduled to be a concert of sacred music and the third, in June, another musical show. Officers of the club are Mrs. Charles Hassell, director; Mrs. Holdcn Ballou, secretary; and Miss Betty Lou Merrill, assistant direc tor. Members of the steering commit tee arc Mr. and Mrs. James Webb, Paul Geer Jr.? Jimmy LaShan, Gar land Morris, Miss Corinne Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Grant and Mr. and Mrs. Sal Palazzo. Auditor Appears Thursday At Commission Meeting The town board of Morehead-4 City "tentatively adopted" the 1952-53 audit presented them Thursday night at the town hall by Luther Ausbon, representative of the auditing firm of Williams and Wall, Raleigh Mr. Ausbon said that the town's debt as of June 30, 1953 was $597, 052.82. This is the amount of mon ey the town has borrowed in the past and represents the value of bonds it must pay off. The auditor reported that at the end of the past fiscal year there was $52,000 in the fund (called debt service fund) to pay off the bonds as they come due. He termed the debt service fund in "healthy condition." Mr. Ausbon also said that there was $17,000 of the town's money in the Hanover banking firm, New York City, to pay off bonds that have matured but not turned in. During 1952-53 the town took in $500,539 69 and spent about $515 000. This was possible the auditor explained, because the town had some funds on hand at the beginning of the last fiscal year. Total balance on July 1, 1952, including all funds for operation of the various town departments and the hospital was $109,728.40. He emphasized that this amount was not lying idle waiting to be spent for something. A large por tion of it was money that comes under hospital administration and is not handled by the town. For the first time since the town took over Morehead City Hospital See AUDIT, Page 2 Hospital Dedication Crowd Lives Up to Expectations First Baby Arrives Sunday at New Hospital Tlie first baby delivered at the Sea l^evel Community Hospital arrived at 9:40 Sunday morning. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. Arvon Lewis, Harkers Island. The baby was a little girl. Mrs. Eunice Honeycutt, director of nurses, said mother and daughter are getting along fine. The baby had not been named when THE NEWS-TIMES con tacted the hospital yesterday morning. Police Find Boy With Stolen Cash A Oyear-old white boy was ap j prehended by Morehcad City police at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon af* ter he had entered the home of the Rev. and Mrs. Paul Kennedy, 208 S. 12th St. and stolen $6.90. Capt. Buck Newsome of the po- ' lice force said that $4-01 of the | money was recovered. The Ken- j nedys had left the house and when j they returned late in the afternoon they heard someone in the house counting money, they told police. They discovered the boy who jumped out a window and ran. The Kennedys immediately called the police and in half an hour the boy was found. Since only $4.01 was found on him, officers believe some of the money was lost while he was running. Captain Newsome and Patrol man Carl Bunch, who also answered the call, said the boy entered the house through an unlocked win dow. No charges were preferred. Santa Will Arrive At 3:15 P.M. Dec. 9 Santa Claus will arrive in Beau fort Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 3:15 p m. on the ship. Mistletoe, to visit with Beaufort kiddies. Santa will give a gift to each child who Lrings a letter to him. Each child must present his or her letter personally to Santa, Al bert Chappell, chairman of the merchants committee of the Beau fort Chamber of Commerce, said. Christmas lights in Beaufort will be turned on the night of Nov. 30. Clarence Davis Jr.. chairman of the lighting committee of the Beaufort Fire Department, said. The committee has added 730 feet of wire and lights this year. Three Attrad Convention Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Stroud. More head City, accompanied R. M. Wil liams, county agent, to tbe Farm Bureau convention at Raleigh last ?wk. t? - The crowd ai the bea Level com-* munHy Ho* pi tal dedication Satur day lived up to predictions. At least 2.000 were there and unoffi cial estimates place the number at hundreds more. Saturday dawned rainy and mis erable but the Taylor Brothers, with the clockwork with which the dedication ceremonies went off, must have arranged for the sun to come out at 10:50 a.m. That's exactly what it did. Clouds were swept from the sky and be fore long the pines were waving against a background of blue. A half hour concert by bands of Beaufort and Morehead City High Schools preceded the ceremony. At 11:30 the Rev. Thurman Smith of the Sea Level Free Will Baptist Church gave the invocation. Brothers Introduced Carl Goerch, Raleigh, master of ceremonies, presented the four Tay lor brothers, Dan, William, Alfred and Leslie who were on the speak er's platform with other disting uished guests including Gov. Wil liam B. Umstead. The brothers were greeted with applause and a resounding ovation was given Mr. and Mrs. Maltby Tay lor who were presented prior to the flag-raising. Accompanied by a stirring roll of drums the American flag was raised on the flag pole in front of the hospital by a detachment of Ma rines from Cherry Point Marine Air Base. The Star Spangled Ban ner was played and the pledge See HOSPITAL, Page 2 Beaufort Police Make 12 Arrests Twelve arrests have been made by Beaufort police within the past several days. Lon Moore Finer, Morehead City, was arrested Tues day by Chief of Police M. E. Guy and Assistant Chief Carlton Garn er. He was charged with drunken driving and placed under $150 bond. Piner's case and the 11 others are scheduled for trial in Beau fort Recorder's Court at 2 this af ternoon. Picked up on public drunkenness charges were James Brown, Mor gan City, La., J. C. Day, Heaths ville, Va., Leslie Jones, Maths, Va., Jim McNeal, Morehead City; J. J. Batiste, St. Martinsville, La.; Wil liam Butter, Wildwood, N. J., Azor McLean, Wilmington, Del.; Ben jamin Hopkins, address not list ed; and James Neal, Beaufort. Donald Rafkor, Cherry Point, charged with driving without an operator's license was arrested Sat urday and placed under $50 bond. Making the arrest were the chief and assistant chief and Officer Steve Beachem. Rudolph Maith, Hyacinth, Va., was charged with driving with an improper muffler Sunday. He was arrested by Assistant Chief Garner. Town Board Hears Series Of Requests Thursday Night The Morchcad City town board listened Thursday night to a sew age proposition, a request for ren tal of dock space, bought a lot for $115 and considered routine mat ters. Clyde Jones, Morehead City, pre sented three propositions to the board for laying a sewage line in the east alley between 28th and 29th street. The propositions in volved the town's doing it, the town providing the labor for a 4 Tide Table Tidci at Re m fort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Nov. 24 10:31 a.m. 10:55 p.m. 4:10 a.m. 5:02 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. U 11:18 a.m. 11:47 p.m. 5:01 a.m. 5:51 p.m. Thnriday, Nor. 26 12:04 p.m. 5:54 a.m. 6:40 p.m. ?riday, Nov. 27 12:40 a.m. 6:50 a-m. 7:21 p.m. 12:S7 p.m. v- .? inch line, or the town providing the equipment for a standard 8-inch line and Mr. Jones' laying it him self. The board told Mr. Jones that they had no money to lay the line because it was not put in the budget. They said that Mr. Jones' last proposition was the most like ly and aaid they would see what could be done. The line would be 340 (eet long. The board said they felt inclined to let Mr. Jones lay the line be cause he at one time was in street construction work. Roper Van Horn, manager of the Ocean Oil Co., asked ilie board if he could lease the spot at the foot of south 8th street for a dock that would service shad boats in winter and partyboats and yachts in the summer. Commissioners John Morris, Ted Garner and D. G. Bell were ap pointed to investigate space at the enda of streets 4th through 8th and determine whether the town has the right to lease the space. IN TOWN BOAKD, Page I Businesses Want Sign Pointing Toward Beach Mrs. Sally Moore and Frank Thomas of the Atlantic Beach Bus inessmen's Association appeared before the Morchead City town board Thuisday night to request permission to erect a sign within the town limits. The board didn't say they could n't put up the sign nor did they say they could. They deferred ac tion for two weeks when they said a special meeting would probably be called and a decision could be made then. Neon Sign Wanted Mrs. Moore and Mr. Thomas asked if a large neon sign could be placed on the west side of 24th street and the south side of the railroad track. The sign would con sist of an arrow 8 feet long and 2 feet high with the word "Beach" on it. The arrow would point south across the new bridge to ward the beach. Perpendicular lettering above the arrow would say "Atlantic." The distance from the bottom of the arrow to the top of the sign would be 8 feet. Mrs. Moore and Mr. Thomas said businessmen at the would like the sign because they have heard comments that people have driven all the way to Atlantic, N. C., looking for Atlantic Beach. They told the board the sign would be erected in compliance with directions from the town. Beard Hesitates The commissioners hesitated be cause they said the sign mfly be a traffic hazard and they suggested too that the State Highway Com mission be consulted. The commis sioners asked too that if the sign is put up, the town be given the right to take it down if it eventu ally becomes unsightly and the businessmen of the beach make no move to repair it. Mrs. Moore and Mr. Thomas said they would like to have the arrow flash off and on. The sign would be double-faced so that it could be read either from the east or west as well as from north and south. Mrs. Moore represented Moore's Motor Courts and Mr. Thomas op erates the Beachcomber apart ments. Mayor Announce Holiday Changes C. T. Lewis, mayor of Beaufort, made two announcements yesterday concerning Thanksgiving. One had to do with garbage collection and the other with town hall office hours. Mayor Lewis said that to enable street department employees to spend Thanksgiving with their fam ilies, there will be no garbage col lection Thursday. Garbage on all streets, north and south, east and west, will be picked up Friday and Saturday. The mayor requested citizens cooperation so that employees could enjoy Thanksgiving at home. The Mayor also said that Town Hall offices would be closed all day Thursday They will open Friday all day and Saturday morning as usual. One Car Rams Rear Of Other Saturday One car rammed the rear ol another at 2:30 Saturday afternoon 300 feet east of the Jefferson Hotel. According to Capt. Herbert Grif fin of the Morehead City police force, a car driven by Vivian Car olyn Dawson, 1705 Bridges St., ran into the back of a 19S3 Ford hard top convertible driven by C. Wal ton Hamilton, 109 Gordon St, Beaufort. Captain Griffin said Walton's car was stopped In a line of traffic waiting for a train to pass. Dam age to his car was estimated at $10 and damage to the other car was $73. No charges were made againit either driver. Club U Meet Miss Martha Barnett, home dem onstration agent, yesterday an nounced one club meeting for thU week. The Atlantic-Cedar Island club meets Friday ?t X p.m. with Mra. Julia Gillikin at Atlantic. U1U land vith J
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