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42nd YEAR, NO. 103. FIVE SECTIONS? THIRTY-FOUR PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1963 PUBLXBHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS'
Car Hits 52-Year-Old Man
West of Morehead Tuesday
A 52-year-old Negro, Loui>4
Simms was injured at 0:30 Tuesday
night when he was struck by a car
while walking along highway 70. He
was reported to be recovering Wed
nesday morning at Morehead City
Hospital. Simms had head, arm
and leg injuries, cuts and bruises.
State Highway Patrolman J. W.
Sykes said that Simms was walking
west on the side of the highway be
tween the Wagon Wheel and Gant's
Service Station, weat o t Morehead
City, when he waa struck by a car
driven by Mann Alfonso Pollock
Jr., RFD 1, Newport.
Tries to Pass Car
Pollock told Patrolman Sykes
that as he was going west, he pulled
out to pass the car ahead of him.
He said his lights were on low
beam and his horn was not work
ing and he struck Simms from the
rear. He was driving a 1938 Ford.
The car Pollock was trying to
pass was driven by Mrs. Robert
Barts of Morehead City.
After Pollock struck the man,
he pulled into Gant's Service Sta
tion and K. R. Collins who works
at the station took Simms to the
hospital, Pollock is employed by
Blanchard's Electric Service, More
head City.
Faced Traffic
Simms was on the side of the
highway where he has a right to
walk and he was facing approach
ing traffic as pedestrians are re
quired, said the highway patrolman.
Chatges against Pollock are pend
ing.
Simms didn't have any money
and was starting out to walk to
Baltimore, his home.
Totems Arrive with Cargo
These Indian symbols o{ kinship
are birds of good omen for Tarheel
seaports. They will be Christmas
Day passengers aboard the S. S.
Cnosa. The ship, due to dock to
day at Wilmington, brings the first
sizeable lumber cargo to reach
North Carolina from the Pacific
since the attack on Pearl Harbor,
December 1941.
The totem poles are gifts to E D.
Sanders, president of Tabor City
Lumber Co., the importers of Ihe
Canadian fir which the Cnosa
brings and to Col. George W. Gil
lette, retiring executive director
of the N. C. State Ports Authority.
Special equipment has been pur
chased by SPA to encourage a re
vival of West Coast and foreign
lumber imports from Canada, the
Philippines, South America, and
Africa
A Christmas season ceremony is
planned to receive the totems and
the cargo which comes from the
Seaboard Lumber Company, Ltd.,
of Vancouver, B. C.
Carteret Health Department
To Help in Cqmell. Survey
Magazine on Insurance
Features John D. Helms
John D. Helms, son of Mr. and*
Mrs. W. C. Helms Sr., Morehead
City, was featured in an article in
the November issue of Life Insurer
magazine.
In an introduction to Mr. Helms'
story on how he sells insurance, the
editor of the magazine said:
"John D. Helms is a young man
who has done an excellent job on
his debit since starting with the
Life and Casualty in 1950 in its
Durham district. He is now sta
tioned at Fayetteville where he at
tained membership in the com
pany's president club in 1952 and
is company leader in combined in
crease for the third quarter of this
year.
"Born in 1928 at Rocky Mount,
he attended Morehead City schools
and was a star on the basketball
team. Following graduation from
high school he enlisted in the Air
Corps and served in England,
where he met Mrs. Helms. They
have one son, John Lee, born in
1952."
Mr. Helms himself says in the
articic, "The only formula I have
for my success is calling on enough
people, selling myself to them and
then selling my product."
Robert Humber
ToSpeakTuesday
Robert Lee Humber, Greenville,
founder of the World Federalist
movement, will make his annual re
port on progress of World Federa
tion at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Aaaar
ican Legion Hut, Turner itrwt,
Beaufort.
Mr. Humber returns to Carteret
County each year to speak on
World Federation. The World
Federalists organised on Davis Is
land In Carteret County in 1M1.
Mr. Humber and his family will
go to Davis Island Sunday where
the; have a home. Ha has been
scheduled to speak Thursday night
at the aweting of the Morehead
City Rotary Club and he will also
give an address at the February
meeting of the Beaufort Book Club.
Mr. Humber is the nephew of
the lata M. Leslie Davis, Beaufort
Havdaek Marine Arrives
Sgt Mitchell Scott, Hsvelock,
was among 10 North Carolina vet
erans of the First Marine Wing who
arrived in California from Korea
Saturday. The men were brought
on the USS Gtperal J. C.
Newport Firemen
Get Two Calls
The Newport Fire Department
got two calls Sunday. The first was
at 11 o'clock. Grass in back of Dr.
Manly Mason's home was afire.
Residents of the area were burning
grass and the flames got out of
control.
Ira J. Jones, secretary of the
fire department, said, "The size of
the fire wasn't as large as the
noise . . He explained that the
fire truck stopped at the school
house to fill its tank after the fire
had been put out and the siren start
ed blowing on the truck and
wouldn't stop.
Wheeler Smith, driver, finally
?topped it by pulling a wire off.
Lots of folks thought there was
another fire.
On Sunday afternoon the More
head City Fire Department phoned
the Newport Fire Department and
asked that the National Forest
warden be contacted in regard to a
grasa fire near Copeland's Motor
Court, west of More head City.
Since the area was not within the
Croatan National Forest, the fores
try service could do nothing about
it so the county fire warden, E. M.
Foreman, was contacted through
the radio fire tower at Otway.
? In cooperation with Cornftl Uni
versity, the Carteret County Health
1 DepartiWWSI will do Toifow-up work
on persons hurt in automobile ac
cidents in this county during the
months of January and February.
Dr. F. E. Hyde, Carteret County
health officer, said the study will
be conducted throughout North
Carolina for a period of 10 months.
The survey is being made at the re
quest of the auto industry to deter
mine what causes the most injuries
in automobile accidents.
Firm Wants Proof
For example, according to infor
mation from Cornell University,
General Motors Corp. says it will
change the mechanism on car doors
if it can be proved that a sizeable
number of injuries in automobile
accidents are the result of doors
flying open.
Chief of Police E. J. Willis,
Morehead City, is of the opinion
that injuries in accidents could be
greatly reduced if doors would not
fly open upon impact. He has even
invented and patented a mechan
ism that would keep the doors
from opening and spiHing out a
car's passengers.
County Only
Dr. Hyde explained that the sur
vey will be made beyond town
limits only. State Highway patrol
men will report accidents to the
Health Department and the Health
Department will in turn get reports
from doctors on the type injuries
sustained by the accident victims.
Dr. Hyde said that North Caro
lina was chosen as a state in which
to make the study because of its
efficient Highway Patrol and well
organized county health depart
ments.
Four other counties besides Car
teret will be included in the Jan
uary and February study.
Frying Pan Lightship Gets
New Anchor for Christmas
This Christmas Day is a better
day (or Frying Pan Shoals Light
ship all because of a brand new 2
ton main anchor chain and a brand
new 2H ton mushroom anchor.
The night of Dec. 11 the main
anchor chain, which runs through
the stem of the ship at the water
line, parted and the Frying Pan
was blown two miles off station be
fore its auxiliary engines could be
started
Once back on station after sev
eral hours of closely calculated
maneuvering, the Frying Pa* drop
ped its auxiliary starboard btm an
chor .which, with the aid of en
gine power, waa able to hold her.
The new anchor chain and an
chor were brought down from Nor
folk through the inland waterway
by the Coast Guard Cutter Unden
and transferred to the sea going
Coeat Guard Cutter Conifer com
manded by Lt Allan Armstrong.
The Conifer reached Frying Pan
at ? a.m. Saturday and despite
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rough Kas was able to make the
transfer of chain and anchor in
five hours. Both ships required
expert handling to keep them ap
proximately ISO feet apart during
the entire period.
Tick Table
TMm at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Dec. 15
11:32 a.m 5:27 a.m.
5:59 p m.
Saturday, Dec. 26
12:04 a.m. 6:19 a.m.
13:13 p.m. 8:41 p.m.
Sanriay, Dm. <7
12:53 a.m. 7:09 a.m.
13:87 p.m. 9:29 p.m.
May, Dec. ZS
1:42 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
1:48 p.m. 8:11 p.m.
Tmday, Dec. Zt
2:39 a.m. 8:98 a.m.
*38 p.m. 8:00 pjn.
Core Creek Church Members
Re-Create Bethlehem Scene
George W. Ball
Heads Electric
Cooperative
Directors Elect Three
Other Officers Monday
At Board Meeting
George W. Ball, Harlowe, was
elected president of the Carteret
Craven Electric Membership Co
operative Monday night "at the
monthly board meeting. Mr Ball
has served as a director of the rural
electric cooperative since its for
mation in 1940, being re-elected
each y#?ar by the members.
He has served as secretary treas
urer of REA and has been actively
interested in construction of rural
electric lines in this area. Mr. Ball
succeeds L. W. Pelletier, Stella.
Mr. Pelletier was elected to the
post of secretary by the board of
directors. Other officers are Clar
ence E. Millis, Newport, vice-pres
ident, and Gordon K. Laughton,
Crab Point, treasurer. Other direc
tors of the rural electric cooper
ative are Gilbert B. Whitehurst,
Straits; W. J. Wynne Jr., Havelock;
Earl Day, Cedar Island; Everette
Koonce, Swansboro; and Roger W.
Jones, Broad Creek.
The board of directors approved
the operating budget for the 1954
fiscal year, made arrangements for
participation in the annual meeting
of Rural Electric Cooperatives in
Miami in January, and reviewed
the November operating report of
the cooperative. Sixty-one home
owners were voted into member
ship at the monthly meeting.
Manager W. C. Carlton reported
that the new headquarters build
ing would not be r?ady for occu
pancy before Jan. 15. He said
delays have been caused by season
! al slow-downs by suppliers and
ibaltders. *
Burglars Enter
Dudley Place
Robert Dudley's place, 1401 Fish
er St., Morehead City, owned by
Robert Dudley, was broken into
sometime Monday night, Morehead
City police reported Tuesday.
Entrance was gained by break
ing a pane of glass in a window in
the rear of the building and op
ening the window, police report
ed.
Dudley discovered the break-in
Tuesday morning and reported that
a sum of money from the juke box
was taken, also the "render ma
chine" pool tables were broken into
and money taken. Several packs
of cigarettes were also taken.
Approximate total of money and
merchandise stolen wat 160, Dud
ley reported. Police investigated
and fingerprints were taken. Np
arrests had been made by press
time.
Mercury Rises,
Showers Fall
The weather was warmer in Car
teret County Monday following the
29-degree temperature recorded
Sunday. Monday's temperature
went to 59 and Tuesday's hit 63,
according to Stamey Davis, weather
observer in Morehead City.
Fog and mist hovered over the
county until mid-morning all week.
Mr. Davis reported that .43 inches
of rain fell Monday.
Minimum temperature for Mon
day and Tuesday was 45. Official
temperatures for Wednesday and
Thursday were not obtained be
cause today't NEWS-TIMES went
to press late Wednesday.
Temperatures follow:
Max. Min.
Sunday 57 29
Monday 59 45
Tuesday! 63 45
Town Soils 71 Tag>,
Asks for Slogan Idoas
By Monday 71 town tags had
been sold in Beaufort, Dan Walk
er, town clerk reported. Mr. Walk
er stated that purchasers are being
asked this year to place the tag
of the back of their car rather than
on the front where it la more
difficult to read on a moving car.
Clifford T. Lewis, mayor, has
suggested that next year the tags
carry a slogan advertlaing Beaufort.
In a letter given to each tag buyer,
the mayor asks that persona hav
ing suggestions for a slogan write
it on a post card and mail lc la him
? The Core Creek Methodist^
Church has made its famous
outdoor Nativity scene again
this year and scores of per
sons saw it Wednesday night,
the first night it was ready
for viewing.
This is the third year that mem
bers of the congregation have re
created for the Christmas season
the manger scene of Bethlehem.
The life-size tableau includes Mary,
Joseph, the baby Jesus, angels,
shepherds, wise men, sheep in the
stable where Christ was born and
camels that brought the wise men
from the East. .
The lighting, music and skillful
work done on the figures ? facial
features and costumes ? make the
scene one to which Carteret and
Craven countians have made pil
grimages every year.
Almost every member of the con
gregation, which numbers 75, works
on the scene. Persons coming to
see it may make an offering if they
wish. The money received goes
into the general church fund.
Pastor of the church is the Rev.
Robert Poulk.
Firemen Usher
Santa Claus
Into Newport
Santa Claus arrived in Newport
at 2 p.m. Thursday. He boarded
one of the fire trucks and rode
down to the Christmas Tree in the
center of town where he remained
until 5 p.m. distributing fruit and
candy and talking with the chil
dren.
The Community Sing took place
at 6:15 p.m. Christmas Eve at the
Christmas Tree. The Newport Fire
Department invited all the church
choirs to be present. Familiar
hymns and carol were sung by the
townspeople and the choirs. Each
choir was asked to present spec
ial numbers and a portable organ
was used to provide music.
An outside record player was
loaned the firemen by Alfred Coop
er to provide Christmas music
throughout the evening.
After the Community Sing, mem
bers of the fire department distrib
uted fruit and toys to needy fam
ilies of the area.
Wednesday night firemen met at
Heath's Grocery store in Newport
to make up the fruit bags distrib
uted by Santa Claus. Fruit was pur
chased by the department with
funds raised at the annual fire
men's dance.
Six Drivers
Lose Licenses
Six persons of this area have lost
their driver's licenses. Five li
censes were suspended and one
was revoked, according to the lat
est release from the State High
way Safety division. Suspension
time varies from 30 to 90 days and
revocation is no less than a year.
Those whose driver's licenses
were suspended were Ballard L.
Caudill, Cherry Point, Beaufort
Recorder's Court; Chancy Clifford
Hooper, Cherry Point, Pittsboro
County Criminal Court; Maurice
O'Neal Nelson, Atlantic, Beaufort
Recorder's Court.
Also Wilford Lawrence Olsen,
Cherry Point, Carteret County Re
corder's Court, Beaufort; and Don
Edmund Willis, Atlantic, Beaufort
Recorder's Court.
Garland C. Fulcher, Sea Level,
had his license revoked in the Dis
trict Court at Newburyport, Mass.
The suspensions came as the re
sult of speeding convictions and
the revocation was the result of
a drunken driving conviction.
Emeritus Club
Gives Honorary
Membership to Two
Gerald E. Hill, president of Beau
fort Chamber of Commerce, and
Earl W Webb of New York City,
were elected Monday to honorary
membership in the Emeritus Civic
Club of Morehead City.
A letter waa sent to Mr. Webb by
Bartlett Sage, aecretary of the club,
informing him of the fact and ex
pressing the club's appreciation for
his contributions for a better Car
teret County.
Alao at the meeting Monday the
club passed a resolution that the
Emeritus Club go on record as be
ing appreciative of the recreational
advantages afforded at the Recrea
tion Center.
A letter of appreciation waa sent
to Walter Morris, chairman of the
recreation committee, notifying him
of the resolution.
A Child is Born
For unto you it born this day in the city of David ? Savior, which
is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find
the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Luke
2:11-12. (From a 14th Century Illuminated Manuscript ? Selected
by Department of Worship and the Arts, National Council of
Churches, courtesy the Pierpont Morgan Library).
Santa Appears
Tuesday Night
In Morehead
Firemen, Longshoremen,
Elks Pack 55 Boxes
For Needy Families
Tuesday night Santa Claus made
his second appearance in Morehead
City, riding down Arendell street
on the No. 2 truck of 'he Morehead
City Fire Department.
Santa was greeted by a crowd of
kiddies and grownups. He and six
firemen helpers distributed oranges
and apples at every corner. The
fire truck was decorated with tin
sel and Santa sat on top in his
bright red suit and long white
whiskers.
Santa Claus also appeared in the
Negro residential area distribut
ing fruit. He was riding on a pick
up truck loaned by the fire de
partment for the trip.
A warm night and the crowd in
the business district added to San
ta's warm reception.
Boxes Packed
Tuesday afternoon members of
the fire department made up 55
Christmas boxes that were dis
tributed to needy families in More
head City and the immediate area.
The boxes contained all sorts of
foodstuffs and some toys. This
project was sponsored by the fire
department, the Elks Club, and the
Longshoremen's Union.
Earlier this month large boxes
were placed in grocery and food
stores for contributions of food
stuffs and toys were collected by
the fire department.
Toys Repaired
The toys were reconditioned and
packed in smaller boxes with a
plentiful assortment of foodstuffs.
A large picnic ham was included in
each box.
Following Santa's trip through
town, a training film was shown at
the fire station, demonstrating fire
fighting methods and llow to use
fire fighting equipment.
Business Firms Send You Greelihgs
?
One hundred fifteen business
firms of Carteret County have ex
tended to you in this issue of The
NEWS TIMES their personal
Christmas and New Year wishes.
These special greeting cards
which appear throughout the paper
show the warmth and friendliness
of these firms with whom Carteret
Countians have been doing business
during the past year.
The message from the Beaufort
town officials is a personal greet
ing from each of them and was not
financed by tax funds. These offi
cials realize, as do others who have
placed their Christmas greeting in
THE NEWS-TIMES that this is one
sure way to extend best wishes of
the season to EVERYBODY.
Each greeting card carries a
thoughtful message. Many of them
feature artwork by America's oat
standing designers. THE NEWS
TIMES hopes that each and every
one of you will enjoy the batch of
Christmas cards that comes to you
with today's NEWS-TIMES.
An index of the firms sending
you Christmas greetings follows:
Sec. Pg.
Adair Funeral Home 3 5
Ann St. Esso Servicenter 4 6
John Baker Agency . 4 6
Barbour's Marine Supply Co 3 2
The Beaufort Bar 4 6
Beaufort Dept. Store 2 8
Beaufort Hardware Co 3 3
Beaufort Mayor and Commissioners 3 4
Bell's Drug Store 3 8
Bell's Funeral Home 4 2
Belk's 3 5
Biggs Shoe Shop 2 8
Blanchard's Electric Service 4 5
Bullock's Shoe Service 3 8
Busy Bee Restaurant 4 2
Callic's Beauty Shop 4 9
Cannon Boat Works 4 1
Capt. Bill's Waterfront Restaurant 4 5
Carolina Power & Light Co 3 1
Carraway's Electric Service 4 8
Carteret-Craven Elec. Membership Corp. 4 S
Carteret Realty Co 3 5
Central Motor Sales 4 2
City Appliance & Furniture Co 3 6
John L. Crump 3 #
J. M. Davis 3 8
E. W. Downum Co.. 3 3
Owen G. Dunn Co 3 2
Early Jewelers 3 7
Eastern Rulane 3 8
Theodore Economon 4 8
Fashion Shoppe 4 t
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co .4 5
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co 4 3
Fort Macon Hotel 4 3
Fred's Bar B-Que 4 3
Freeman Bros. Grocery & Market 3 2
D. A. Freeman 4 1
W. P. Freeman Wholesale Co 4 2
Felton's 3 5
Fuller's Music House 4 t
Garner's Gulf Service Station 3 6
Roy T. Garner 4 8
C. G. Gaskill Co 3 1
P. H. Geer & Son
K. Guthrie Grocery
Hamilton furniture Co
Hardest* Motors
Heilig-Levine Furniture Co
Herald Printing Co
R. H. Hill Co.
Howard's Service Garage 2 ?
Ideal Barber Shop 4 3
Ideal Dry Cleaoen 3 3
Installment Loan* Dept.
First-Citizens Bank A Trust Co 4 5
Jeff's Barber Shop?
Johnson-Saunders
C. D. Jones Co
Tom G. Kelly, Accountant
L & L Coal Co
Lockhart Millworks
Loftin Motor Co
Lummie's
Machine & Supply Co
Mades' Print Shop ......
Mansfield Lumber Yard
Earl Mason Agency
McCabe's Garage
Merrill's
Mitchell's Carpenter Shop
Mobley Biiick Co
Moderns Beauty Shoppe
Morehead City Block k Tile Co..
Morehead City Drug Co
Morehead City Garment Co
Morehead City Yacht Basin
Sec. P?
4
3
. 3
Nelson Motor*
Nelson's Muaic Shop
Newport Dry Cleaners
Newport Milling Co
Newport Tractor 1c Equipment Co..
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O'Neal Fish * Oyster Co.
Ottis' Fish Market -
Parker Motors
Paul Motor Co
Phillips Hardware Co
Potter Sinclair Service -
Re* Restaurant ...
R 4 N Furniture Co.
Russell's Glaaa Shop
Safrit Lumber Co
Sanitary Barber Shop
Seashore Transportation Co. ?
Jerry Schumacher, Photographer
Cliff Sherrill Drainage Co
Sinclair Refining Co.
Smith's Poultry Farm ..
Sound Chevrolet Co.
Sound Eaao Service
Stroud's Food Canter
Styron's :
Sunshine Laundry
Taylor Water Conditioning Co.
Tire Service Co
Twin City Parta k Metal Co
United Van Una
Webb's
Western Auto Associate Store ...
Whitehurst Awning k Blind Co. .
Whitewsy Laundry k Cleaners
Willis Bros Lumber Co
Willis Pura Oli I