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42nd YEAR, NO. 102. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER ?2, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Fire Levels Graham's
Chapel Wednesday
Teen-Agers Will
Celebrate New
Year with Dance
Morehead City FTA Will
Sponsor County-Wide
Affair Dec. 31
The Future Teachers of America
Chapter at Morehead City School
will sponsor a New Year's Eve
dance at the Recreation Center,
Morehead City, Thursday night,
Dec. 81. Proceeds from the dance
will go to the March of Dimes, said
Mrs. Hattie Lee Phillips, FTA ad
visor.
The dance will be semi-formal
with admission 50 cents a person.
Jerry W. Willis, president of the
chapter and chairman of the dance
committee, announced yesterday
that all teen-agers in the county
are invited.
There will be balloons and con
fetti and all the "props" for a gala
New Year's Eve affair, added Mrs.
Phillips.
Serving on the dance committee
besides the chapter president are
Jerry T. Willis, Anne Lewis and
Lynne Richardson.
Assisting in planning the dance
is Mrs. Gordon Skean of the Car
teret Business and Professional
Women's Club which is sponsoring
the March of Dimes. Mrs. Skean
said there will be no March of
Dimes Ball for adults this year.
Bridge Struck;
Rail Enters Car
A rail of the Ward Creek bridge
on highway 70 east of Beaufort
passed through the windshield of a
car at 10:30. Friday night and nar
rowly thissed the head of Mrs. Lee
Roy Dudley, Davis.
Mrs. Dudley was riding on the
front seat of a 1953 Ford driven
by her husband. Mr. Dudley told
State Highway Patrolman J. W.
Sykes that he had evidently fallen
asleep. He came to about 50 feet
from the bridge and slammed on
the brakes but could not avoid hit
ting the right guard rail.
Patrolman Sykes said that Mrs.
Dudley was evidently asleep too
because her head was low. Had it
been where the head of a passenger
normally is in the front seat, the
rail would have decapitated her,
said the patrolman. She escaped
with a few cuts and bruises.
Mr. Dudley was not hurt. Dam
age to the car was estimated at
$300 and to the bridge $20. No
charges were preferred.
Weather Warms
Up Saturday
Temperatures continued to drop
in Carteret County over the week
end until Saturday night. Cloudy
skies and a warm front moving up
from the south raised temperature*
Sunday and yesterday. Rain start
ed falling early yesterday morning.
The mercury hit a new low Fri
day and Saturday with recorded
temperature being 22 degrees, ac
cording to Stamey Davis, weather
observer in Morehead City.
Thursday warmed up during the
day to 48 degrees with wind from
the northwest. Friday it dropped
to 32 during the day and sank to
22 at night
Saturday was clear and sunny
but a cool wind from the southwest
kept temperatures hovering around
the mid-fortie*. Overcoats, muf
flers. and gloves were the wearing
apparel of the day.
Sunday the thermometer went up
to 57 and fell back to 29 during the
night. The day was clear and
tunny.
Maximum and minimum tempera
ture* for the four days since Wed
nesday have been recorded, but
the maximum and minimum tem
peratures for yesterday were not re
corded by Mr. Davis until S p.m.,
after press time.
Temperature readings follow:
Max. Min.
Thursday 48 28
Friday 32 22
Saturday 44 22
Sunday 87 29
1M Tewn Tag? Sold
One hundred and ninety-six
Morehead City town tags have been
told to date, John Lath ley, city
clerk, said yesterday The tag*
are on sale at the city clerk't of
fice, municipal building, Morehead
CUy.
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Firemen Will Accept
Donations for Needy
Beaufort firemen will distrib
ute food and clothing to needy
families Thursday.
Persons who wish to contribute
food or clothing should call the
fire station, 2-4371, and their
donations will be called for, or
they may take the food and cloth
ing to the fire station.
Roma Willis, engineer, said
yesterday the firemen must have
the contributions by 9 o'clock
Thursday morning.
Track Crewman
Faces Multiple
Charges in Court
Jetson Clark, a Negro, formerly
of Louisiana, was docketed for
trial in recorder's court, Morehead
City, yesterday on a charge of de
stroying personal property, theft of
property and disposing of it for
profit and also possessing a bottle
of nontax-paid whiskey.
The defendant is charged speci
fically with knocking holes in the
bottoms of two purse boats that
were pulled up on the shore west
of the Jefferson Hotel. The boats
were owned by H. O. Phillips.
Morehead City.
Prior to Wednesday the bottom
had been knocked out of one and
the rudder removed. Sometime be
tween Wednesday and Saturday.
Capt. Herbert Griffin said the bot
tom was knocked out of the other
and the brass shaft taken. Total
damage and loss was estimated at
between $300 and $400.
Clark was arrested by Captain
Griffin and Sgt. Bruce Edwards at
10 o'clock Saturday morning. He
was apprehended after the Twin
City Parts and Metal Co., Beaufort,
informed the police that some bHss
had been sold there by Ciark.
The Junk yards in the area had
been alerted to be on the lookout
for brass such as that removed
from the purse boat. Mr. Phillips
identified the brass at the Twin
City Parts and Metal Co. as that
removed from his boat.
Clark told police that he found
^he brass along the shore. At the
time of his arrest he had a bottle
of whiskey in his pocket. He was
put in jail under $250 bond.
Clark, a track crewman with the
Atlantic and East Carolina Rail
road, has been living in the com
pany cars parked on a siding near
the port.
Two Cars Collide
On Front Street,
Beaufort, Saturday
Two cars collided Saturday af
ternoon in front of the City Bar
ber Shop, Front Street, Beaufort.
Officer Mack Wade who investi
gated said that Grace Ann Croons,
805 Pine St., Beaufort, was going
west on Front street when she col
lided with a car driven by James
Lee Quinn, Chinquapin.
Qinn said he was backing into
a parking space and the driver
of the other car said he was pull
ing out. Quinn was driving a Mer
cury. The other, a Chevrolet, was
not damaged. Damage to the Mer
cury was estimated at $7.
No charges were preferred.
? Graham's Chapel, about eight
miles northeast of Newport, was
destroyed by fire at midnight Wed
nesday. The church was valued at
$10,000 and was insured for $5,000.
The Newport fire equipment and 1
20 firemen rushed to the scene
after Walter Williams who lives
near the Chapel, drove to Newport
to give the alarm.
Leon Mann Jr., fire chief-elect,
said that nothing was left of the
Chapel but the chimney and a half
full oil tank. Newport firemen
poured all the water in their 550
gallon tank on the blaze, but the
fire had too big a start for the
water to do much good.
A church meeting had been held
in the Chapel Wednesday night
and people attending said they
were having trouble with the kero
sene floor furnace. It is believed
that the furnace was left on, be
came overheated and burst into
flames.
Car Turns Over,
Driver Scratched
William James Sparks of the
Beaufort-Morehead City causeway
got a scratched ear Friday night
when his car ran off the highway,
knocked over a power pole and
turned over in a canal. He has
been charged with careless and
reckless driving.
The accident occurred at 8 o'
clock at Otway east of the Ward
Creek bridge. State Highway Pa
trolman W. E. Pickard said the
car was a total loss.
Sparks was going toward Beau
fort when his car ran off the shoul
der ai the light, swerved across the
road to the left, hit the pole and
landed bottom up in the canal.
He crawled out of the car all in one
piece.
Sparks was the only one in the
car. Patrolman Pickard said the
night was cold and clear, so cold
that the canal froze over while he
was getting the fact on the wreck!
! A few lights in the area went out
because of the acckfent t*t tfce
main power line was not damped,
George Stovall, power company
manager, reported yesterday. Tem
porary repairs were made Friday
night and permanent repairs Sat
urday.
Inmate at Newport Prison Camp
Dies Following Wreck Thursday
Morehead City Board Turns
Thumbs Down on Dock Lease
PTA Hears Talks
On Christmas
School Glee Club Presents
Concert at Newport
Meeting Tuesday
The Newport Parent-Teacher As
sociation heard talks on "Let's
Make Christmas Christian" at their
December meeting Tuesday night
The school glee riub, under the
direction of Mrs. Ruby Woodrutf
gave a concert. Mrs. Margaret
Mann, program chairman and Mrs.
Jack Bell told of the origin of the
carols and the meaning of the
Christmas tree, wreath and holly.
Mrs. Bell gave the devotional from
the gospel of St. Luke.
The treasurer, Mrs. Y. Z. Sim
mons, reported a balance of $1,534.
One of the PTA's two major pro
jects, a cement block wall in front
of the school has been completed.
Cost of the wall, according to the
1953-54 budget, was $250.
The wall, about 4 feet high, is
topped with brick. It separates
parking space in front of the school
from the area proposed for an as
phalt-topped ball court. It also ex
tends along the lawn in front of
the school.
The hard-surface ball court is
the other major project for the
year. Cost has been estimated at
|W)0. Total bufget for the year has
been act at $1,550.10.
Officers of the PTA are Mrs.
Tom Dickinson, president; & S.
vice-president; Mn?._ Davf
Kirk, secretary; Mrs. Simmons,
treasurer; Mrs. Janie Garner,
gram chairman; Mrs. Manly M**on.
ways and means, and Mrs. Floyd
Gamer, publicity chairman.
Last Morehead 'Give- Away
Will Take Place Thursday
The last drawing of prizes in the*
Christmas promotion program,
sponsored by Morehead City mer
chants, will take place Thursday at
2 p.m. in front of the Morehead
City municipal building.
Five winners will be chosen who
will draw five $10 gift certificates
good at stores whose names appear
on the certificate. Tickets are
given for each one dollar's worth
of purchases from merchants parti
cipating.
Five Win Saturday
Five winners, were selected Sat
urday at the third drawing. The
first winner was Richard Conway,
Highland Park, Beaufort. He re
ceived his winning ticket at Belk's.
His certificates are from Sound
Appliance Co., Early Jewelers,
Morehead City Drug Co., and two
from Styron's. The second win
ner was Carl Bunch, 309 N. 22nd
St. His winning ticket came from
Leonard's.
His five certificates were More
See DRAWING, Page 2
Rotarians Hear
Talk on Christmas
The Rev. Priestley Conyers, pas
tor of Webb Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Morehead City, spoke
Thursday at the meeting of the
Morehead City Rotary Club in the
Recreation Center.
Mr. Conyers spoke on Christmas,
telling the Rotarians of the first
Christmas and what it means to
persons of this era. He also ex
plained briefly the evolution of the
day from what it was then to what
it has become today.
It was announced at Thursday's
meeting that the club would not
meet Dec. 24. but would meet Dec.
31. Robert Humber, well-known
Rotarian and founder of World
Federation, will be the speaker for
the Dec. 31 meeting.
Ed Comer of Newport and Dar
den J. Eure Jr. were guests at the
meeting.
Santa Takes Christmas Orders
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? The Morehcad City Town Board, 4
in session Thursday night at the
municipal building decided to
drop the idea of leasing the 8th
street dock. Action came following
the reading of two letters, one from
Harry McMulian, state attorney
general, and the other from Ot
tis Purifoy, Morehcad City.
The attorney general said he
doubted the legality of the town's
leasing the space. Mr. Purifoy
objected in his letter to the
leasing of the dock, saying that
shad boats tying up there would
overhang his waterfront property.
Jerry Schumacher, Morehead
City photographer, appeared be
fore the board to inquire what ac
tion had been taken regarding per
sons who come into the town to do
business for a lew days or a lew
weeks and then leave.
Ordinance Authorized
The board decided that an ordin
ance should be drawn that will I
prevent outside solicitors from
coming in, if a local businessman
protests. Commissioner Ted Gam
er moved that George McNeill,
town attorney, draw up the ordin
ance and present it for final action
at the next meeting.
The board accepted Clyde Jones'
proposal to supply materials for
the laying of a sewer if the town
would supply the labor.
Commissioner S. C. Holloway, in
See BOARD. Page 2
Tanker Crewman
Found Dead
Skipper of Capistrano
Discovers Body Sunday
Before Sailing
John Thomas Lenahan Jr., 61,
purser-pharmacist's mate, aboard
the United States Navy tanker.
Mission Capistrano. was found dead
in his bunk aboard ship at 6 o'clock
Sunday morning.
Lenahan was found by the skip
per, R. Steidel, who decided to
check on him before the tanker
left port The Capistrano made :
port at the Aviation Fuels Ter- <
minal Saturday morning.
Coroner Leslie I). Springle said '
death was evidently caused by a
heart attack. Before lenahan went i
to bed Saturday night he is re <
ported to have said that he didn't !
feel well. ;
His home address was 244 E. I
14th St., New York. George W. <
Dill. Morehead City undertaker. I
said yesterday that the body was
shipped to Wilkes-Barre where I
Lenahan's daughter, Mrs. Patricia <
Mason, lives. i
Milton Sanders, 38, inmate at Newport Prison Camp,
died at 10:15 Thursday night in the Morehead City Hos
pital as the result of injuries received at 4 o'clock that
afternoon. Sanders was riding in a "guard trailer" behind
a state dump truck when the trailer turned over on the
Stella Road.
Two other prisoners were thrown out of the trailer and
were treated lor minor injuries at*
the hospital. Sanders, from Pan
tego, Beaufort County, was serving
90 days on an assault charge. He
was to be released today.
The truck was a 1950 Chevrolet
driven by Albin A. Beacham, RFD
1, Morehead City. According to
Patrolman J. W. Sykes and Lester
Wetherington, Stella, an eye-wit
ness to the accident, the truck was
rounding the curve at Jim Young's
store at Stella. It was proceeding
east.
The truck ran off the right
shoulder of the road and into a
drainage ditch. The driver contin
ued on, guiding the truck back to
the road, but the trailer turned
over and was demolished. The
three men riding in the trailer
were brought to the hospital by
Mr. Wetherington.
Coroner Leslie D. Springle said
Sailders died as the result of a
[?rushed skull and internal injuries.
He ruled the accident unavoidable.
No charges were preferred.
The prisoners had been working
an the Stella road near Onslow
County. The other two men with
Sanders were Robert Lee Sherwood
ind Lincoln Blue. Blue was serving
time on an assault charge. He was
convicted in recorder's court,
Beaufort, in September.
Coroner Springle said this was
the 11th highway fatality in the
county this year. Fatalities in 1952
totaled five.
Inadequate Equipment Causes Loss
On Cargo Discharge , Port Boss Says
ses
$245 Damage
Two hundred forty-five dollars'
property damage resulted from an
automobile accident at 10:30 Fri
day night on Ann street. Beaufort.
Carlton Garner, assistant chief of
police who investigated, said that
a car driver, who was not identi
fied. slammed on his braKes and
then sped on after two cars in back
of him ran together.
The unidentified car and the two
others involved were headed west.
The accident occurred in the 200
i block of Ann. ,
Bobby Smith, driving a 1950
Chevrolet, ran into the back of a
1942 Mercury driven by W. I. Lof
tin Jr. Both boys are residents of
Beaufort.
Damage to the Mercury was esti
mated at $45 and to the Chevrolet
$200. The assistant chief said no
one was hurt and no charges were
preferred.
Cars Collide,
Driver Arrested
James T. Wilson, Havelock, was
charged with following too closely
causing an accident, after a wreck
at 8 o'clock Wednesday night west
of Newport.
The accident occurred in front
of Ray and Earl's Service Station
on highway 70. Each of two cars
involved was damaged to the ex
tent of $400.
Wilson was driving a 1940 Chev
rolet and the other driver, Wilbur
Lee Jacques. Camp Lejcune, yas
driving a 1947 Pontiac. State High
way Patrolman W. E. Pickard said
both cars were headed toward
Havelock when Jacques attempted
to turn into the service station and
was struck from the rear%by Wil
son.
One of the cars narrowly missed
causing extensive damage at the
station, according to the patrolman.
Two passengers were riding with
Jacques. They, as well as the
drivers, escaped injury.
Government Offices
Announce Holiday Dates
Beaufort and Morrhead City
town hall offices will close noon
Wednesday ind remain closed un
til Monday morning, Dan Walker,
Beaufort town clerk and John Lash
ley, Morehead City town clerk an
nounced yesterday.
Offices in the courthouse, Beau
fort will he closed Thursday, Fri
? J. D. Holt, manager of the Moro*
head City port, reported Saturday
tM <tac inadequate equipment
at the port several thousand dollars
was lost on discharging the cargo
of fertilizer from the SS Mae.
The Mae came into port Sunday,
Dec. 6. with a 12,000 ton cargo of
fertilizer. It had no equipment
aboard for unloading so the job
had to be done by equipment at the
port.
The Mae was under lease to Ma- 1
thieson Chemical Co., Standard Fer
tilizer Division, Wiliiamston. Be
cause the cargo could not be dis
charged in the specified time of 1
five days, the chemical company
was charged by the lessor, the Bull
Line, $1,700 a day from Thursday
Dec. 10, through Wednesday, Dec.
16.
"Ships will not continue to come
to this port under those condi
tions," Mr. Holt said. "We're like
a gas station without pumps," he
remarked in referring to the lack
of equipment.
He added that the attitude of the
stevedores (all local men) who did
the unloading was excellent. Their
interest and enthusiasm were bet
ter than ever before. "Of course,"
the manager added, "there were a
few exceptions." He was, however,
pleased with the cooperation of the
longshoremen as a whole. The 125
stevedores on the job received a to
tal pay of $14,000.
The fertilizer is now in ware
houses where it will be bagged and
shipped throughout the state.
Rotary Presents
Belts to Patrol
At the Christmas assembly pro
gram at Newport School Friday,
members of the School Safety pa
trol were presented with saddle
leather belts by the Newport Ro
tary Club.
The following Rotarians were
present for the presentation:
Moses Howard. Nathan Garner, Ed
gar Hibbs, Walter Heath, Edgar
Comer, and C. S. Long. The belts
were .presented as a token of ap
preciation by the Rotary Club for
a job well done. The presentation
was made by Mr. Long, Rotarian
and patrol supervisor. Free soft
drink tickets were also issued to
the patrol members, compliments
of Hibbs Soda Shop.
The student body was commend
ed for their cooperation in follow
ing the rules and regulations of
the School Safety Patrol. "Coopera
tion of this nature makes the job
easier and certainly more pleas
ant," said Mr. Long.
The Newport Rotary is one of
the sponsors of the Safety Patrol
and they have many more good
plans for entertaining the patrol
personnel during the remaining
school months, reported Nathan
Garner, Rotary publicity chairman.
Judge Morris
Hears 112 Cases
County Recorder's Court
Convenes Friday After
Two-Week 'Vacation'
Carteret County Court convened
Friday after a two weeks' vacation
due to Superior Court and an un
avoidable absence of Judge L. R.
Morris.
An oversize docket awaited the
judge. He heard 112 cases -rind ad
journed court at 2:15 p.m. A ma*
jority of the cases were traffic vio
lations booked as result of a crack
down on speeders by highway pa
trolmen.
Maj. Robert Elsworth Wellwood,
USMC, charged with no operator's
license and drunk driving pled not
guilty to the charges, saying that
the drunk driving charge was un
justified, and that he had a driver's
license.
He went on to say that his car
naturally pulls to the right and at
the time of arrest he was leaning
over adjusting his radio.
W. J. Smith. State Highway pa
trolman, said that Wellwood was
crossing back and forth across the
line in the middle of the road and
appeared slumped over the Wheel.
He also said he detected alcohol
on Wellwood's breath.
Wellwood admitted he had been
drinking earlier, but maintained
that he was sober when he was
driving his car. Others present at
the time of his arrest testified that
Wellwood appeared sober.
Found Guilt?
The court found Wellwood guil
ty of driving without a valid op
erator's license and careless and
reckless driving. The court sus
pended judgment upon payment of
$75 and costs.
The court found George Mat
thewson, charged with no opera
tor's license and driving drunk,
guilty of both charges and ordered
him to pay $100 and costs.
James B. Hainesworth, charged
with driving drunk, was sentenced
to six months in jail. Sentence was
suspended on payment of $100 and
costs within 30 days.
Mrs. Carlie Hill, charged with
assault, was sentenced to six
months in Woman's Prison to be
suspended if the defendant re
mains on good behavior and pays
$42.50, cost of eye glasses, within
30 days.
Mrs. Hill was found guilty of
assault on Mrs. Gillikin, owner of
the Crossway Inn near Newport.
The alleged assault arose when
Mrs. Gillikin ordered Mrs. Hill to
leave the premises. Mrs. Gillikin's
glasses were broken in the scuffle
that followed.
Robert Samuel Havens, charged
with speeding, was sentenced to
three months on the roads, sus
pended if the defendant pays $100
and costs within 60 lays. . 4
See COURT, Page 2
Churches Schedule Special
Christmas Worship Services
Churches in Morehead City and
Beaufort will conduct services
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
to commemorate the birth of
Jesus.
A Christmas program will be pre
sented at 7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve
at the Franklin Memorial Meth
odist Church in Morehead City.
St Paul's Pageant
The Sunday School Christmas
pageant will be presented at 6:30
p.m. tomorrow in St. Pauls Epis
copal Church, Beaufort. Gifts will
be given and a Christmas offering
of food taken for the needy fami
lies of the community.
Tide Table
TMra it Beaufort Rai
Tuesday, Dm. 22
9:24 a.m.
0:45 p.m.
3:05 a.m.
3:53 p.m.
WedBetday, Dec. 21
10:07 a.m.
10:30 p.m.
3:53 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
Thnrxlay, Dec. 24
10:45 a.m.
11:17 p m.
4:40 a.m.
9:18 p.m.
Frtfejr, Dm. U
11:32 a.m.
9:27 a.m.
9:BB pJB.
On Christmas Eve a service will*
start at 11 p.m. in St. Paul's with
organ music and Christmas Carols.
Holy Communion service will start
at 11:30 p.m.
Holy Communion service will be
held also at 11 a.m. Christmas Day,
announced tha Rev. James P. Dees,
rector.
Christmas Night Service
A special Christmas service will
begin in the Pentecostal Holiness
Church in Morehead City at 7:30
p.m. Christmas night. Dec. 25.
A Christmas pageant. "The Ctom
ing of the Great Light," will start
at 7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve in the
Free Will Baptist Church, More
head City.
The "Music of Bethlehem" can
tata will be given Dec 27 by the
Free Will feptist Morehead City
Church choir at the Sea Level Free
Will Baptist Church.
Midnight mass will be held in St.
Egbert's Catholic Church Christ
mas Eve. Confessions will be heard
from 7 to ? p.m. Christmas Eve
and before morning maases on
Christmas Day.
Masses on Christmas Day will be
at 7:S0, 9. and 11 a.m.
Boa CMHKHS, Pa|s 1
Police Arrest Six '
On Drunkenness Charges
Six men were arrested by Beau
fort police Friday and Saturday on
charges of public drunkenness.
H. Myatt, Mobile. Ala , was ar
rested at 8:30 p.m. Friday by Chief
of Police M. E. Guy and Assistant
Chief Carlton Garner
Arrested Saturday by the assis
tant chief and Officer Steve Beach
em were James Jones, Wilmington;
James Richardson. Zebulon; Will
lam D. Berry, Fayctteville; John
Noe, Beaufort; and Louis Simes,
Washington. D. C.
SHOPPING DAYS
TO CHRISTMAS
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