NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 804 Arvndall St. Morahaad City FkoM 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?? 42nd YEAR, NO. 98. TWO SECTI0N8 TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1963 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Waves Pound i Benson H. Riggin 1 Shad Boat Which Sank ii Thursday Breaks Apart; 8 Loss Put at $68,000 v n A spokesman at Quinn Men- a haden Fisheries, Inc., Beaufort, said yesterday that if there was j anything left to the Benson H. Rig- c gin to salvage, the company would salvage it. The Riggin went aground on a shoal in Ocracoke Inlet early last Thursday morning with 300,000 menhaden aboard. She is now be ing pounded by waves and break ing up under the battering. Her captain and crew were rescued. The Riggin had engine trouble late Wednesday afternoon and was being towed by the Leander Wil cox, a smaller menhaden boat. At Ocracoke inlet the towing job was taken over by the Ocracoke Coast Guard motor lifeboat. j In towing the vessel, slack in ' the hawser caused the Riggin to slip to starboard where she ran aground on a shoal. The impact j cracked the hull and the boat went ' down in 12 feet of water. When the Riggin hit, the two-inch towing hawser snapped. Ted Sapp, assistant manager at Quinn's, said that it has been too rough to thoroughly investigate salvage possibilities. But he said the loss is partially covered by in surance. The Riggin, which was named after Benson Riggin, bookkeeper for Quinns, went down with purse boats and net aboard. She was skippered by Capt. Elton Willis, Harkers Island. Some of the 22 crew members are now working on other boats. Total loss of the Rigging has been estimated at $68,000 exclud ing the value of the net. The men haden aboard were lost. Mayor Dill Will Confer With Highway Officials The Morehead City town board n special session Thursday night ave Mayor George Dill authority o negotiate with the State High ray Commission in regard to run ling highway 70 into town by way if Arendell street. Commissioners were read a let er from J. G. Gibbs, senior right ?f-way engineer with the State iighway Commission. Mr. Gibbs aid it was necessary for the town o get four feet of right of way rom the A&EC railroad, pay ad litional cost of storm sewer drain ige and have the telephone com >any remove the telephone poles hat are on the right-of-way. The state has asked the town to >ay a total of $11,200 for laying inderground storm sewers, curb ng and gutters. This is one half >f the total cost, according to Mr. Gibbs. The underground drain age was requested by the town in place of an open ditch planned by the state. Forthat reason the town has been asked to pay half the cost At the request of Mrs. Martha Loftin, parking meter chairman for the March of Dimes, the town board said their parking meters could be used as "dime boxes" during the March of Dimes in Jan uary. All dimes placed in the meters in January will go to the March of Dimes. The town board decided that Thurston Rice who is reported to be building a railways at the north end of Sth street should have a building permit. The mayor and Commissioner darner said the rail See MAYOR, Page Z Official Reports Plenty Of Scallops This Season C. G. Holland, fisheries law en forcement officer, said yesterday hat Carteret has more scallops this 'ear than in many a season. But, he adds, prices are low. The Vew York markets are buying )ther scallops which are larger han North Carolina's but they're lot as juicy and tasty as the Tar Heel product, said Mr. Holland. Scallops are selling for $2.50 a gallon (shucked) and 75 cents a )usheL He believes a change to ?older weather would help hike the price. Mr. Holland, with Ernest Nelson ivho is in charge of the state fleet, jnd an official of the state division )f purchase and contract went to Ocean View, Va., Wednesday look ing for a boat for the fisheries fleet and one for the Wildlife Service. The men investigated Navy sur plus craft. The state fisheries boat. Albemarle, was condemned and sold in October. The state is also interested in adding two more fer ries at Oregon Inlet to take care of increased traffic. Mr. Holland reminded fishermen that a hearing will begin at noon today at Mann's Harbor. Bound aries for gill nets in Albemarle Sound will be discussed. Attending the hearing will be Mr. Holland, Mr. Nelson and W. A. Ellison Jr., director of the Insti tute of Fisheries Research. Firemen Give Money to Paint Town Hall; Elect Officers Planes Sweep County Looking For Jet Trainer Carteret County was swept over the weekend by planes searching for a jet trainer missing since Fri day from Cherry Point. Two pilots were aboard. The jet was still miss ing at noon yesterday. The Cherry Point public infor mation office said one of the pilots was a returned prisoner of war from Korea ? 1st Lt. Duke Williams Jr., 27. of Yazoo City. Miss. Capt. John H. Barclay. 34. of Santa Mon ica, Calif., was identified as the other pilot. Williams, a prisoner of the Chinese Communists since May 1952, returned home last De cember. The trainer, a silver colored plane resembling a fighter, has been the object of an unsuccessful search by more than 100 Marine and Civil Air Patrol planes. Air Station officials have asked residents of eastern and central North Carolina to report any sign ing of a silver-colored jet plane re sembling a fighter. They asked that residents report findings of smoke, freshly burned areas or abandoned parachutes. Fishermen and residents of coast areas were asked to report oil slicks and wreckage sighted off shore. ? The CAP ordered a state-wide search for the missing plane. Lt. Col. Norman Young, public infor mation officer for the North Caro lina CAP wing said a control base had been established at New Bern and that all units of the patrol would participate. The wing was alerted early Sun day when a search of the New Bern area by a CAP group from Wash ington, N. C.; revealed no trace of the plane. Commissioners Name List-Takers The County Board of Commis sioners, in session- yesterday morn ing at the courthouse. Beaufort, named list-takers for 1994. They ?re as follows: Cedar Island. Mrs. Dora Day; At lantic and Sea Level, Walter SmKk; Davis and Stacy. Alvin Davis; Wfl liston and Smyrna. L. F. Taylor; Straita, Bettie. Otway and GIom cester, William Gillikln. Marshallberg. James GilUkin; Harkers Island. Charles W. Han , cock; Merrimon. Peter Carraway; Harlow*, J. Rayond Ball; Beaufort, John Brooks and one other yet to be named. Morehead City, James B. Willis. Newport, Prentis Garner; White Oak. Bogue. Pelletier and Stella, Sam B. Maadowi ? Beaufort tiremen contributed" $48.41 toward pai"ntf*#JA* tow?. J hall when they met Tftorsnay at the fine station. They also elected officers for the coming year. A collection of $23.41 was taken for paint and then $25 was added from the firemen's treasury. The town hall has one coat of white paint and Judge Earl Mason, who is leading the drive to get the town hall looking better, told the fire men Thursday that they needed more money to complete the job. Charles Harrell was re-elected fire chief. Other officers are Wil liam Longest, assistant chief; D. H. Whitehurst, captain; Ben Jones, lieutenant; and Gerald Woolard, secretary-treasurer. The firemen endorsed J. P. Har ris as fire commissioner. His name will be recommended to the town board. The board names the fire commissioner. Clarence Davis Jr., in charge of putting up the town Christmas lights, reported on that project. Mr. Harris reported on the Beaufort Rural Fire Association. The firemen this year are plan ning to give baskets of food to needy families. Persons who know of families in want should submit the name of the family to fire de partment officers or members. Visitors at Thursday's meeting were Judge Mason. Mayor Clifford Lewis, and Mr. Woodson, Rich mond, Va. Car Jumps Creek; Two Men Hurt Amos Jones and Need ham Wiley, Merrimon Negroes, were injured at 6 o'clock Sunday night when the car in which they were riding flew across a creek by the Merrimon road. Both were taken to the More head City Hospital by the Bell am bulance. Morehead City. Jones, who was driving had a cut on his head. State Highway Patrolman W. E. Pickard said he has been charged with careless and reckless driving. Wiley received bruises. Jones was driving a 1B49 Chevro let east on the Merrimon road and failed to make a curve at a bridge. The accident occurred about eight miles from Beaufort Patrolman Pickard said the car missed the bridge by about S feet, hurtled across the creek, turned over and landed on the opposite side of the water. Damage to the car was estimated at |700. Patrolman Pickard said the accident was probably due to excessive speed. iC* Sponsor Movie Morehead City Jaycees are spon soring a Christmas cartoon movie at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at the City Theatre, Morehead City. Proceeds from the show will be uaed for the annual Jayceo Christ mas party tor youngsters. tfeiicWr' Be in Session This Saturday The orthopedic clinic sponsored by the Morehead City Rotary Club will be in session Saturday morn ing beginning at 8:30. The clinic is held in the Morehead City Hos pital annex, entrance on south 9th street. In charge of the clinic is Dr. Lenox Baker, head of the ortho pedic division, Duke University School of Medicine. A letter from Dr. Baker to Mrs. G. T. Spivey of the County Health Department, follows: Mrs. G. T. Spivey Carteret County Health Dept. Beaufort, N. C. Dear Mrs. Spivey: You were most thoughtful to send the issue of the Carteret County paper with the coverage of the opening of the Sea Level Com munity Hospital. I shall enjoy reading this, par ticularly the items that give some personal insight into those inter ested in the program. I also thank you for sending the clip ping in regard to the clinic. It has been a real pleasure to come to Morehead and to work the clinic. There is no way for me to thank you and those who have made the clinic possible, but I do want you to know that I have a sincere appreciation and look forward to each month to my visit there. With kindest regards and appre ciation, I am Sincerely your, Unai D. Baker, M. D. Investigation Of Three School Thefts Continues Capt. Herbert Griffin Reports Total Loot At $312.02 at Morehead Capt. Herbert Griffin of the Morehead City police force said yesterday that investigation is con tinuing on the Wednesday night break ins at three county schools. Morehead City, Camp Glenn and Newport schools were forcibly en tered, but the burglars failed to get cash loot at any but the More head City School. Captain Griffin said that $312.02 was taken from the safe in the of fice of the principal, G. T. Win dell. Mr. Windell thought at first that only $243.42 in lunchroom money had been stolen and that another box, not opened, still had money in it. He learned later that the money in the box, about $68, which were the gate receipts from a basketball game, had been counted Wednes day, put in a money bag and left in the safe. The sack was taken by the thieves. Window Farced Entry to the Morchead City school was gained by prying open a window in a third grade room on the north side. The burglars next had to jimmy open two locked doors leading to the principal's of fice. There they pried the back off the safe and helped themselves. At Camp Glenn entry was gained thorugh a window on the west side of the building. The safe was lo cated in the room on which the window opened. It wasn't locked but a drawer inside it was. That drawer was broken into but noth ing taken from it. Two fifty in cash was in the band-aid box in the drawer but the thieves over looked it. Remove* $18 Tbe principal of the school, Ramie Davis, told Captain Griffin that he had removed $18 from the safe before leaving the school Wed nesday. Taken from the room where the safe was located was a green cordu roy, coat with fur, collar and quilled lining. The coat belonged to th? son of M. L. Mansfield, highway TO. Nofcfinding anything in the safe, the thieves evidently sought an other locked-up place. So they went upatairs in the building and pried the h*ap off the book room door. Nothing was missing from the book room. Sheriff Hugh Salter said the Newport school was entered through the door at the north end. The door was locked but had been pried open. The door into the principals office was forced open. There is no safe at the school but drawers were ransacked. Nothing was missing. Robert Pope, SBI agent, was called to the county 1o help inves tigate the robberies. Two Cars Collide At Gas Station Two cars collided at 7:90 p.m. Saturday on highway 70 in front of Ray and Earl's service station between Newport and Havelock. No one was hurt but Joe Sudock, box 481, Havelock, has been charged with failing to yield right of-way. Sudock was driving a 1952 Plymouth. The other car involved was a 1953 Oldamobile driven by Robert P. Shiflett, MAMS MAG 35, Cher ry Point. Patrolman R. H. Brown who investigated said that Sudock pulled out to the highway from the service station. As he did so he collided with Shiflett who was go ing west on highway 70. Damage to Sudock'a car was esti mated at $50 and to Shiflett's car 1150. Sudock told Patrolman Brown that he looked both ways before pulling on to the highway but saw nothing coming. Duke Medical Students Assist County Doctors Dr. Giles Yancey Mebane. son of the late Gilea W. Mebane of Beau fort, former editor and owner of the Beaufort News, has been as sisting Dr. F. E. Hyde for the past week, and will continue through this week, aa part of his work as a senior medical student at Duke University. Dr. Mebane will finish his medi cal course at Duke this December and will remain as intern there un til graduation next apring. He has assisted Dr. Hyde in his private practice and also in the public health department. Dr. Spruell Spain, a senior medi cal student at Carolina, left last Thursday for Chapel Hill after serving u senior mcdi cal assistant for Dr. L. W. Moore Dr. John Vernor, Duke senior arrived Sunday at the 8ea Level Community Hospital, to aaalat Dr. Herbert F. Webb. This is a new course offered by the medical colleges to five the the students a larger knowledge of general practice. Scientist u Speak * G. B. Talbot, director of the Fish and Wildlife Laboratory on Fivers Island, will be the speaker at St Paul's Men's Club monthly din ner tomorrow night In tfce ?t. Paul's Parish House, Beaufort Tka dinner meeting will begin at ( 30 . - Congressman Gives County Advice on Mosquito Control Oil Dealers Put Proposals Before Board Town Attorney to Ask Opinion of Attorney General on Docks Two oil dealers appeared before the Morehead City town board in special session Thursday night and a third presented a request in writ ing. The oil dealers who appeared were T. T. (Tom) Potter and Roper Van Horn. Sinclair and Shell deal ers respectively. A letter from J. Morton Davis, Texaco dealer, was read. Mr. Potter requested easement on the south ends of the alley on the east and the alley on the west in square 7 between 6th and 7th street. Mr. Potter said he wanted to put up a fence. The board grant ed temporary easement, pending presentation of written approval from the property owners affected, principally Gulf Oil Co. Mr. Van Horn, who has appeared at previous meetings in regard to ieasing dock space at the foot of S. 8th street, presented his pro posal in writing. Mr. Van Horn said he intends to lease the property for wharf pur poses, building a dock tiO feet from the bulkhead to deep water. The dock would be T-shaped. Boats ty ing up would be fueled from a truck, but Mr. Van Horn said that some day if he wished to put in a tank, he would do so with the town's permission, placing it under the street north of the sea wall. Mr. Van Horn said he would tear See OIL, Page I ! Santa to Arrive Tomorrow Santa Claus will arrive in Beau fort at 4 p.m. tomorrow on the SS (Santa's Ship) Mistletoe, to visit with Beaufort kiddies. After he comes ashore, he will get in one of the town fire trucks and ride west on Front street. He will atop in the block between Orange and Turner where he will give a gift to each child who brings a letter to him. The youngster must present his or her letter personally to Santa, Albert Chappell, chairman of the merchants committee of the Beau fort Chamber of Commerce, said. Christmas decorations are up and everything is set for a gala day with Santa. For the first time this year a string of colored lights has been placed across Ann street at the bridge, centered with a plastic lighted face of Santa Claus. * Beaufort merchanta are sponsor ing the "Pirate's Chest of Silver" again this year. Tickets for cash prizes are given with purchases. The pirate's chest will be open ed each Saturday until Christmas at U a.m. at the south end of Craven street. The day before Christmas it will be opened at 3 p.m. One hundred fifty silver dol lars will be given away Dec. 24 and $100 on Saturdays. Thirty three businessmen, more than ever before, are participating in the pro gram this year, Dan Walker, man ager of the Chamber of Commerce, said. Saturday's winners were J. G. Bennett, Morehead City, $50; Mrs. L. W. Moore, Beaufort, $25, and L. L. Simpson, Beaufort, $25. Beaufort stores are now staying open Wednesday afternoons until Christmas. Starting Saturday, Dec. 19, they will be open until 8 p.m. '?ach day. Lt. C. R. King. ySCG, Retires; Ll. A. H. Peterson Commands Agassiz Lt Charles R. King. VKG, who' commanded the cutter Agassiz at Morehead City, for the past two years, waa retired Irom the Coaat Guard last week after 30 yeara of service. He intends to remain livttig at his Radio Island home at least until next June, but future plans are indefinite. Lieutenant King is a native of Wilmington, N. C., but was brought up in Mahopac Falls, N. V . and has a wide variety of Coast Guard ser vice behind him, including duty aboard the cutter Hamilton at the time she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic early in World War II. Enlists in Coast Guard After spending two yeara in the Navy, he enlisted in the Coast Guard as a seaman in 1925, and was assigned aboard the old Coaat Guard destroyer Patterson opera ting out of New York in search of the ubiquitous rum runners of that prohibition era. Three years later he went to old Coast Guard Base No. 2 at New York, where he handled harbor patrol work aboard 75-foot patrol boats, followed in 1929 by his reas signment to another rum-runner hunter, the destroyer Terry, also based at New York. The cutter Modoc, engaged in International Ice Patrol out of Wilmington, N. C., was his next duty station. While baaed aboard the ship he met his wife, the form er Evelyn Murray, of Wilmington. Moves to Norfolk Lieutenant King was moved to Norfolk, Va., in 1933 and assigned to the 165-foot cutter Electra, aboard which he resumed his pur suit of rum-runners. In 1937, following two years of duty at the Coast Guard Depot, Baltimore, he was transferred to the newly-constructed 327-foot cut ter Hamilton at Oakland, Calif. Before the outbreak of World War II, the ship made Bering Sea Patrola and search and rescue sweeps along the West Coaat. When the war started the Hamil ton was shifted to the Atlantic for Sec KING, Pace 2 Tide Table Tide* at Beufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Dec. I 9:15 a.m. 9:34 p.m. 2:52 a.m. 3:47 p.m. Wedneaday, Dec. ? 9:57 a.m. 10:19 p.m. 3:37 a.m. 4:28 p m. Tkuraday, Dcc. It 10:42 aJB. 4:29 a. a. 11.-08 p.m. B:U pm Friday, Dec. 11 11:81 a m. 5:18 8:08 I* Accident Victim Buried Saturday Funeral services for John Bri? son Ireland, 32. Alliance, who was killed early Thursday morning when his car left the Trent River bridge. New Bern, were conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday. ? Ireland, reportedly riding alone, drowned when his car went off the west side of the bridge, through the wooden rail and into 7 feet of water. The victim's body was not recov ered until an hour and a half after the accident, in spite of attempts by three passing Marines to rescue Ireland. The accident occurred exactly one year after another motorist lost his life on the same bridge when his car went through the railing. The bridge spans the Trent Riv er between James City and New Bern. Rites for Ireland were conducted at the Rock of Zion Church. Grantsboro. Interment wis in the church cemetery. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Peg gy Thrasher Ireland, a son, John Jr.; his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ireland of Alliance; one brother, Herman of Alliance; three aisters, Mrs. Roy Cole of SanU Ana, Calif., Mrs. William Foater and Mrs. Doro thy Berry of Alliance; one half sister, M orient Ireland of Arapa hoe. Tfct USCG cutter Agasaiz. based at Fort Macon, has ? new skipper. He's Lt. Arnold H. Peterson of Norfolk. Lt. Peterson is a tempor ary replacement for Lt. Charles King, former skipper, who has re tired after 30 years service with the Coast Guard. The permanent replacement of Lieuteunt King is Lt. Peter S. Branson, who is presently out at Sea. He will be in the states Dec. 15 and take over as commander of the Ajjissii tn he early part of January. Lieutenant Peterson, a native of Wildwood. N. J., enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1936 at Aibury Park, N. J., after completing high school. He started his career as a surfman, a rank similar to that of a seaman, advancing up the lad der to hit present rank. Serve* an Transports Lieutenant Peterson served aboard Navy transports before World War U and on Army tugs in the Pacific during the war. Following the war, he was aboard buoy tenders and patrol ves sels on the East Coaat. For the past two and a half years Lieuten ant Peteraon has commanded the cutter Mariofl out of Norfolk. Cones te More head City He waa assigned to duty in Morehead City temporarily to re place Lieutenant King and took commartd of the Agaaaix Nov. 12. Lt. Peterson is married and haa two children, Arnold, 6, and Vir ginia, 20 months, living in Norfolk. After his tour of duty here he will return to Norfolk to resume com mand of the Marion. Country Club Schedules Dinner-Dance for Dec. 16 I Superior Court Opens Yesterday The December term of Carteret County Superior Court convened it 10:30 i.m yesterday it the county courthouse In Beaufort with Judge i. Paul Frimlle pre tiding. The jurymen were called and sworn In, followed by a reading at the docket in which pleadings and motions were heard. The court la meeting to bear civil caaea for aoe week. Following Um reading of Um docket, three di imii were graBlod* Dinar ces vera (ranted to Juaniu Panaar. Stella Mm Clary and Mary *? : . .. . :? ... The Morenead City 0011 ana County Club will bald its fint semi, (ortaal dinner-dance, Dec. 16, at Uie Blue Ribbon Club following an afternoon flag tournament. The dinner-dance will start at 7:30. During Ute evening moviei will be shown of Sammy Snead and Babe Zaharias. Members of the club may have out of -county real denta as their guests. The afternoon flag tournament will start at 1 p.m. Each member will play the course aa far aa the par of 39 plus three-quarters of hii handicap will permit. For instance, if a player haa a handicap of 20, he will be per mitted to take M strokes, plus 18, a total of 51 sk