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43rd YEAR, NO. 6. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Raymond Lewis Gets Heavy
Sentence on Three Charges
Raymond Lewis, Beaufort,"*
charged with no operator's license,
careless and reckless driving, and
driving drunk was sentenced to two
years on the road in Carteret
County Recorder's Court Tuesday.
The court will suspend sentence
if the defendant remains sober and
on good behavior for five years,
refrains from driving in North Car
olina for five years, and pays a fine
of $300 and costs.
Lewis was arrested Saturday
night, Jan. 2, by Sheriff Hugh
Salter after the sheriff said Lewis
forced his car and another off the
highway east of Beaufort.
Judge Lambert R. Morris, sen
tenced Fulford J. Lewis, charged
with no operator's license, and
failing to yield the right of way,
causing an accident, to three
months, suspended if Lewis pays
$200 to the clerk of Superior
Court for damages to Larnie John
son's car, and pays costs of court
within 90 days.
Judgment Given
J. D. Arnold, charged with lar
ceny of hogs valued at more than
$100, has appealed to Superior
Court a nine months' sentence. His
appearance bond was set at $500.
Arnold was given a hearing in
County Court several months ago
and passing sentence was deferred
until this week.
James W. Taylor, charged with
assault on his wife, waived pre
liminary hearing, and was bound
over to Superior Court under a
$200 bond.
Pay $10, Costs
Th<> judge fined the following
$10 and costs:
James M. Weeks, speediirip; Will
iam F. Gardner, speeding. Joe
Sudock, failing to grant right-of
way, causing an accident; Ber
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Temperature
Drops to 20
Carteret County came in for its
share of cold weather Tuesday and
Wednesday while snowstorms blan
keted the North. The mercury
dropped 41 degrees from the high
of 81 Monday to the low of 20 Wed
nesday night.
Athunder sqaull hit the county at
1 p.m. Monday and .32 inches of
rain was recorded. Winds were
from the north west with not much
sun during the early part of the
week, said Stamey Davis, weather
observer.
Temperature readings through
Wednesday follow:
Max. Min.
Monday 61 43
Tuesday 46 30
Wednesday 39 20
Introducing
Police Radio Operators
Miss Marie Willis and Mrs.
James H. Hibbs, radio-telephone
operators at the Morehead City
poliee station check reports with
Chief of Police E. J. Willis. Miss
Willis and Mrs. Hibbs. who started
work as operators at the station in
the early fall, were recently out
fitted in blue serge regulation uni
forms.
The uniforms consist of straight
skirts, Eisenhower jackets, over
seas caps, gray shirts and dark ties.
Triangular shoulder patches on
each shoulder bear a white sail
boat and the words, "Morehead
City P. D." The caps have gold
letters "P. D."
Miss Willis and Mrs. Hibbs have
radio-telephone operator s permits
issued them by the Federal Com
munications Commission. They op
erate the switchboard, leaving of
ficers free for other duty, from 8
a.m. until midnight. Mrs. Hibbs
works from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
Miss Willis from 4 p.m. until mid
night.
The midnight to 8 a.m. shift is
taken by a male member of the
Morehead City police force. Be
Photo by Jerry Schumacher
cause Beaufort and the county at
large benefit by the round-the
clock operation, the equivalent of
a week's salary for a switchboard
operator, $40, is paid weekly by
Beaufort and $40 is paid weekly by
the county.
The town of Beaufort also pays
a week's, bonus of $40 at Christmas
time and a week's vacation pay of
$40. reported Dan Walker, Beau
fort town clerk.
Th*y service police radio calls
to and from Beaufort, Newport,
Jacksonville and New Bern and
when reception is especially good
can talk to Kinston, Williamston
and other cities in this coastal
area.
When Beaufort police are out of
the downtown station, phone calls
to that station are answered by the
radio telephone operators in More
head City and the message relayed
to the police car.
Miss Willis said when she first
wore her uniform on the streets,
people asked her, "Have you joined
the WAVES?" The trim outfits in
vite attention and have brought
many well-deserved compliments.
We Must Make Friends with Asia,'
Air Base Chaplain T ells Woman' sClub
Woman Gets
Suspended Term
Judge Earl Mason sentenced
Sarah fair, charged with public
drunkenness and being a public
nuisance, to six months in Woman's
l'rison Tuesday jn Beaufort Re
corder's Court.
The sentence was suspended on
condition the defendant stay on
good behavior for two years. Judge
Mason told her to keep out of all
places selling beer, or other alco
holic drinks, to stay sober, go to
church and Sunday School, to keep
a neat and clean appearance, and
to provide a home for her three
children.
Patrolman Steve Bcacham and
Assistant Chief of Police W. Cart
ton Garner told the court that the
Fair woman was frequently seen
drunk and roamed the streets all
hours of the night.
She pled not guilty to the
charges and had her two teen aged
children testify in her behalf.
Defendant Pays Fin*
On Assault Charge
John R. Harrington was fined
$90 and costs Monday in More head
City Recorder's Court. Judge Mc
Neill also told him to stay on good
behavior two years.
Harrington was apprehended Sat
urday night by Patrolman Homer
Lewis of the More head City police
force after two Morehead City
teen-age firM reporter that Harring
ton, who was with some other
follows, got out of a car and tried
to pull one of the girls in the car.
The girts said they were walking
to Uw Recreation Canter.
The defendant was originally
charged with molesting a girt Jmt
the warrant waa amended lo aaault
on ? female.
Ma). Albert Kamll
. . . "Asia's OB the move'
Cars Collide
EastofHarlowe
Linwood Frazier. Harlowe, has
been charged with (ailing to give
a hand aignal, thus causing an ac
cident. Frazier wai involved In a
wreck at 4:45 p.m. Monday about
a quarter mile eaat of Harlowe on
highway 101.
Frazier was driving a 1990 Ford
and the other car. a 1090 Willys
station wagon, was driven by Al
fred 8. Walence of Marshallberg.
Both were headed east when State
Highway Patrolman W. E. Pickard
said Frazier attempted to turn left
into a drive.
Walence started to pass him at
that time and the two collided.
Walence said Frazier did not sig
nal that he was going to turn. Dam
age to the station wagon waa esti
mated at |90 aMl damage to the
Ford was estimated at >100.
"We MUST make friends with
Asia," Maj. Albert G. Karnell,
ehaplain at Stallings Air Force
Base, Kinston, told members of
the Morchcad City Woman's Club
Tuesday night at the Civic Center.
Major Karnell, citing the tremen
dous populations ol the Asiatic
countries and their passion to be
come educated, said, "The yellow
man COULD rule the world In 20
years."
Japan, he added, could become
the England of Asia tomorrow. The
Japanese can make anything. If
they're shown a cigarette lighter
than can make an exact duplicate,
faster and more cheaply. The na
tion, with its 80 million people, has
"the ability to produce," the chap
lain declared.
Eight thousand American boys
have married Japanese girls, re
marked the speaker. They bring
their wives home and what do we
,do? Scorn them, he said. At first
they're a novelty and we make ?
fuss over them but after they're
here awhile they become outcasts.
These girls write home to their
families. They say they hate Amer
ica and that's one of the things
helping to make United States ex
tremely unpopular among the As
iatics, Major Karnell said.
Trade Must Begin
He added that this nation cannot
afford to ignore the vast Asiatic
market by refusing to trade with
Communist nations. A third world
war is inevitable, he declared,
and the United States better have
allies among the people ol the Or
ient.
Major Karnell listed five factors
that have bearing on our relation
ship with other nations:
I. Rapidity of change. The
See MAJOR. Page 4
Society Adds Member
Dr. Herbert F. Webb, resident
doctor of the Sea Level Community
Hospital, became a member of the
Carteret County Medical Associa
tion Monday at Its meeting in the
Mora bead Qt| Hospital.
First Donations
From Rural
Churches Arrive
Russell's Creek, Otway
Churches Contribute
To March of Dimes
The first of the donations from
rural churches started coming in
this week for the March of Dimes,
Mrs. C. L. Beam, treasurer, said
yesterday.
Received from the Free Will
Baptist Church, Russell's Creek,
was $19.22 and from the Otway
Christian Church $10. The Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary of Beaufort
has contributed $10. Miss Ruth
Peeling, chairman of the March of
Dimes, said she hopes that other
organizations meeting this month
will do their share to swell the
March of Dimes fund.
Morehead Citians will have the
opportunity Saturday to be "con
tractors" and lay a "Block of
Dimes. Miss Lillian Morris, chair
man of the Block of Dimes project
for the Carteret Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club. March of
Dimes sponsor, said dimes, quar
ters, SO-cent pieces and "foldin'
money" will be accepted.
Contributed in the Block of
Dimes in Beaufort last Saturday
was $198.21.
Among the contributions re
ceived through the radio program
Sunday, Jan. 3, was $5 from Wiley
T. Crawford, a member of the
Morehead City police force in 1931.
Mr. Crawford who now comes
through Morehead City from New
York on a boat once a month, hap
pened to be in Morehead City that
Sunday and said he wanted to do
his part for the March of Dimes.
Mrs. Blanda McLohon, Morehead
City town treasurer and a member
of the BltPW Club, reported that
thus far approximately $60 in
dimes have been collected in More
head City parking meters. All
dimes placed in meters during the
month of January go to the polio
campaign.
Checks from individuals have
been slow in coming in, Mrs. Beam
reported. Persons should mail
their contributions to Mrs. C. L.
Beam, Beaufort, N. C., or Miss
Ruth Peeling, March of Dimes
Chairman, c/o. THE NEWS-TIMfcfi,
Morehead City, N. C. %
Halsey Paul
Heads Rotary
Halsey Paul was elected presi
dent of the Beaufort Rotary Club
Tuesday night at the Inlet Inn.
Other officers elected were
Bruce Tarkington, vice-president;
and W. L. Woodard, secretary
treasurer. They vill take office
July 1, the beginning of the H clary
year.
Three new members of the board !
of directors, elected Tuesday, are
Dr. Walter Chipman, James Davis
and David Farrior.
Mr. Paul, in charge of the ; ?
gram, presented a "classification
survey of men in the town. A me'
ber's profession or business
termed his classification in the
Rotary. Mr. Paul told the club
how many professions and jobs
were represented in the club.
His talk was aimed at getting
new members, Gene Smith, presi
dent, said.
Pickup Hits Parked
Trgck Wednesday
Night in Beaufort
A 1941 Chevrolet pickup truck
driven by Willie Budget, Beaufort,
ran into a parked IBM Chevrolet
pickup truck at 6 o'clock Wednes
day night on Ann street, Beaufort
The parked pickup, owned by
Clarence Noe. was on the North
side In the 100 block of Ann street.
The truck driven by Budget was
proceeding west.
Budget told Assistant Chief of
Police Carlton Garner that an ap
proaching vehicle's lights blinded
him and he cut over to the right,
into the left front of the parked
truck. Damage to Noe's vehicle
was estimated at (190.
No charges were filed against
Budget.
Tide Table
TMm at lanbrt Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Jan. 18
4:55 a.m.
5:15 p.m.
11:05 a.m.
11 :S1 pm.
Katarday. Jan. 1?
5:55 a.m.
6:18 p.m.
Sunday, Jam. 17
11:SB a.m.
12* p a
6:49 a.m.
7:07 p.m.
12:34 a m.
1:1B p.m.
Maaday, Jam. 18
7:38 a.m.
7:59 p.m.
1:17 ?.m.
2:06 p.m.
Tuesday, Jaa. 1>
8:40 pjXL
8:22 a m.
Two Morehead Women
Convicted at Jacksonville
Livestock School Today
To Deal with New Methods
Mayor Comments
On Cottage Burglaries
Mayor A. B. Cooper of Atlantic
Beach said Tuesday that the cot
tages entered last weekend were
not located in Atlantic Beach
proper, but east of Atlantic
Beach in the Club Colony sec
tion.
Mayor Cooper said that all At
lantic Beach and Ocean Ridge
cottages are checked night and
day by Atlantic Beach police,
George Smith, chief. There has
not been one entry in those cot
tages since the patrol began at
the close of the summer season,
he added. Last winter when
they were not patrolled, several
were broken into.
The mayor also announced
that there will be a meeting of
the Atlantic Beach Board of
Commissioners at 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning in his office.
? "The application of recent agri
cultural research results here
would mean a vast improvement in
the incomes of individual farmers
and would bring a great contribu
tion to the economy of the whole
county," Farm Agent R M. Wil
liams declared today.
Mr. Williams said this is the
thinking back of a livestock school
designed to acquaint Carteret
farmers with the practical applica
tion of recent research results af
fecting beef cattle, sheep, and
swine enterprises on farms in Car
teret County.
The class will be held in the
Beaufort courthouse auditorium at
2:30 this afternoon. Jack Kelley.
specialist from the State College
Agricultural Extension Service will
bring the latest recommendations
in beef cattle, sheep and swine pro
duction.
"Maybe you aren't interested in
all three classes of livestock to be
See LIVESTOCK, Page 7
Police Finally Catch
Up with Willie Stewart
Willie Stewart, Beaufort, was*
given two sentences of 30 days on
the streets Tuesday in Beaufort
Recorder's Court. Stewart is to
serve both sentences concurrently,
Judge Earl Mason said.
He was charged with public
drunkenness and using loud and
profane language in a warrant is
sued Oct. 17. 1953. He was charged
last week with public drunkenness
and resisting arrest.
Assistant Chief of Police W.
Carlton Garner told the court that
Stewart had eluded police efforts,
serve the October warrant bjtf,
turning away every tjfo they
him.
On one occasion Officer Garner
said Stewart leaped from the patrol
car ? hen it stopped for a stop sign
and ran off. Another time Stewart
was seen, as Officer Garner said,
"going to church" and again
escaped capture.
When asked why he ran. Stew
art replied "I run every time I see
you." Chief M. E. Guy said, "Well,
the next time any of us call you.
you'd better march right over."
Stewart replied "Yes sir."
Police managed to catch up with
Stewart last week and served him
with the two warrants. To insure
Stewart's appearand at court he
was lodged in '* until
time for t?"
a ?
. directors
I o Meet Today
Directors and stockholders of
the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad will meet today to con
sider extending the lease of the
Atlantic and East Carolina Rail
road.
The extending of the lease to
Jan 1. 1999 is one of the three
steps to be taken before the AfcEC
says it can close the deal with
Southern Railway.
It has been reported that South
ern and A&EC have reached an
agreement whereby Southern
would purchase a majority of the
A&EC stock. But there were other
conditions yet to be met.
Besides extending the lease, the
A&EC has to obtain an agreement
for conncctioni with the Cherry
Point and Camp I^jeune railroad
being built by the federal govern
ment, and obtain approval of the
proposed transaction from the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Numa F. Eure
Heads CP&L
Beaufort Contest
Numa F. Eure was clected chair
man of the Finer Carolina contest
Pit at a Opting at Hol
^rnVtWBBratit
1 tfr. 4Airt named Dan Walker chair
man of the steering committee and
Miss Ruth Peeling publicity chair
man.
The Finer Carolina contest is
sponsored by Carolina Power and
Light Co. Communities served by
CP&L are eligible to compete for
$6,750 in cash prizes given to the
communities that do the most dur
ing 1954 in the way of civic im
provement.
Twenty persons attended the
meeting. George Stovall. Carteret
manager of CP&L presided. He re
minded the group that Beaufort
did not participate in the program
in 1953 but 108 other towns in the
CP&L area in North and South
Carolina worked on 600 projects.
Mr. Eure requested heads of
civic organizations who were pres
ent to name two of their members
to the steering committee. The
first report on progress of the pro
gram must be made by Feb. 1.
Attending the meeting were
Odell Merrill. Holden Ballon, Al
bert Chappell, G?ne Smith, Gerald
Hill, William Longest, Mr. and Mrs.
Vic Bcllamah. Grayden Paul,
Charles Harrell.
Dr W. L. Woodard. J P. Harris,
the Rev. J. D. Young, the Rev. W.
C. Roberson. Mayor Clifford Lewis,
Mrs. C. L. Beam. Miss Lena Dun
can, Mr Eure, Mr. Walker, Mrs.
Herbert Phillips of CP&L and Miss
Peeling.
The invocation was given by Mr.
Young and a short talk on industry
and clean towns was made by Mr.
Walker
Blue Cross Reports
Blue Cross officials have report
ed that the recent enrollment cam
paign sponsored through the Sea
Level Community Hospital was
very successful. They said it was
one of the best enrollments ob
tained recently in a rural area, ac
cording to I. M. Whisnant, hospital
administrator.
k Beatrice Monroe Case
Goes to Supreme Court
Beatrice Monroe and Henrietta Monroe, Morehead City,
were found guilty this week of possessing stolen goods
when they were tried in superior court at Jacksonville.
The two Negro women, sisters-in-law, were given prison
sentences. Beatrice, repeatedly charged with violations of
the Ikiuor law in Carteret County, got a sentence of five
to seven years. t Her attorneys,*
Luther Hamilton and Luther Ham
ilton Jr., gave notiee of appeal to
the State Supreme Court and she
was plaeed under a thousand dol
lars bond.
Put on Probation
Henrietta was given a three-year
sentence but was placed on pro
bation.
Testifying for the state were
Sheriff Hugh Salter of Carteret
County and Y. Z. Simmons of New
port. Mr. Simmons told the court
that he saw the two women, with
two men identified as James Col
lins and Douglas Monroe, hide
merchandise in a pea patch on the
Masontown Road near Newport
Aug. 5, 1953.
The four were charged with hav
ing merchandise taken from two
stores at Jacksonville, one of them
Belk's. According to Sheriff Salter,
Mr. Simmons and others who saw
the goods placed in the pea patch
took it to Ormsby Mann, Newport
chief of police.
Sheriff Notified
The sheriff's department was no
tified and they went to the pea
patch and arrested Beatrice and
James Collins who returned to the
place in one car and later arrested
Douglas and Henrietta who were
allegedly in another car.
The men were acquitted before
a Jacksonville justice of the peace
but the two women waived hear
ing and were bound over to su
perior court. Chief Mann and Dep
uty Sheriff Marshall Ayscuc also
testified at Jacksonville.
Value of the merchandise was
Three Hunters
Pay $250 Fines
Judge L. R. Morris Tuesday in
Carteret County Recorder's Court
fined three Marines, Stephen T.
Holub, Wilbur C. Sweat, and
Charles R. Bonini of Cherry Point
$250 each and confiscated the guns,
shells, and lights in their posses
sion.
All three were charged by W.
D. Kinsey, wildlife patrolman, with
hunting deer after dark with lights.
A fourth, Leroy J. Picks Jr., also
charged with hunting deer after
dark, was found not guilty.
Picks, from Cherry Point, had
hitched u ride with the other
three, according to testimony. The j
State said Picks was a victim of |
circumstances and absolved him of ;
the charge.
Patrolman Testifies
Mr. Kinsey told the court
that he and two other wildlife pro
tectors, Carlton Spain and F. L.
Fraley were on a hunting trail
about eight miles from the Nine
foot Road Dec. 28, 1953 when a car
passed them with a powerful light
shining from the right side.
Kinsey said when they pulled
alongside of the other car It speed
ed up to about 70 miles an hour and
they chased it approximately three
miles before the car stopped and
pulled over to the side of the road.
Holub and Picks were in the
front seat and the other two were
in the rear scat, Mr. Kinsey said.
In the car he said he found a two
cell flashlight, three batteries, four
buckshot shells, a 12-gauge pump
gun and a spot light
In questioning the occupants of
the car, Kinsey said the occupants
See HUNTERS, Page 7
Nathan Garner
Heads Newport
Rotary Club
Nathan Garner was elected pres
ident of the Newport Rotary Club
Monday night at a meeting of the
club in the school cafeteria. He
will take office July 1, the begin
ning of the Kotary year.
Other officers elected were Wal
ter D. Roberts, vice-president;
Charles H. Lockey. secretary
treasurer; Henry Edwards, direc
tor A; and Coy Wallace, director C.
The above names were presented
by the nominating committee, head
ed by C. S. Long. The nominees
were elected unanimously without
further nominations.
Edgar B. Comer, Newport school
principal, spoke to the club on
completion of the Newport School.
Rotariaus discussed the possibil
ity of sponsoring the dedication
program, to which admission will
be charged. Proceeds would go to
the student loan fund operated by
the club.
No definite plans were made
Monday night and dedication of
the school is still in the planning
stage, the newly-elected president
said.
The club had three guests from
Morefead City. They were Dr.
Darden Eure, Gtr?ld Mitchell, and
George Dill. Two guests from New
port were also present. They were
.hmmic LaShan and Norman S.
Bell. .
State Drops
Fireworks Cases
The State, represented by Solici
tor Gene Smith, decided not to
prosecute the cases of Floyd Ho
gan and Emory Goode Tuesday in
Beaufort Recorder's Court. Ho
Kan was charged with allowing
Emory Goode to fire fireworks
from his car and Goode was
charged with firing fire works on
the streets of Beaufort.
The State also took a nol pros in
the case of John George, charged
with no operator's license.
Harold Franklin Raymond,
charged with improper registration
and improper license, was fined
$10 and costs. Ralph Baker,
charged with public drunkenness,
was sentenced to 30 days on the
streets. The sentence will In* sus
pended, the court said, if the de
fendant pays court costs.
Hiram Hankins, charged with
speeding, was fined $10 and costs.
James McNeal and C. P. McGee,
charged with public drunkenness,
were fined $5 each and court
costs.
The following were ordered to
pay court costs: Charles Thomas,
Willie Mosley, and William Hil
ton, Negroes, all charged with
public drunkenness.
Cases continued were Wilbur Da
vis, two charges of assault, public
drunkenness, and disturbing the
peace; and Hildra Mytt and Lin
wood Baylor, charged with pub
lic drunkenness ^
Col. R. S. Mort Visits Port
By NORWOOD YOUNG
Col. Richard S. Marr, executive
director of the State Porta Author
ity, paid hia first official vtait to
the Morehead City port Tueaday.
Accompanied by J. D. Holt, mana
ger, he toured the port and later
discussed port operation.
White-haired, amiling and aport
ing a bow Ue, the new porta of
ficial seemed enthusiastic about the
potenial for North Carolina part
development.
Harking back to the controversy
during the firing o I Col. O. W
Gillette, hia predecessor, Colonel
Marr. In an Interview Tueaday af
ternoon. said his office "would
not resort to politics or lavoritiam
in tne operation of the two stats
p*ta.
Colonel Gillette, prior to re
signing, uld "politic! and petty
jraousiea" influenced the action of
the State Port* Authority.
Colonel Marr, like Colonel Gil
lette, ia a retired Army officer. Hia
experience In port works coven
eight yeara, chiefly in the Army'i
logistical field which deala with
transportation and aupply.
He served in World War II and
with the 4th Infantry Dtviaion,
the leading outfit in the Normandy
invasion and was engaged in post
war port embarkation operations
at the ports of New York and San
Francisco.
Colonel Marr waa pleaaed with
harbor facilities here. He Implied,
however, that there ara many
tfctop needed to auka this a first
class port. "Our ports have the basic
facilities," he said, "but we do not
have all the aid necessary to com
pete with other ports, such as
cranes and equipment necessary
for loading and unloading of ves
sels promptly.
"We plan to put the two ports
on a sound paying basis." stated
the 8PA director. "That job will
mean many things. The port
business Is a highly competitive
one To compete with others you
have to be efficient, and have the
proper facilities for handling and
warehousing cargo.
"We are developing a program
which should bring the necessary
business to the ports. But It Is
not going to happen overnight. It
will be a stow procees. It will mesa
much solicitation, and long hours
of hard work. And it will include
the backing of the people of North
Carolina. In order to earn that
hacking, it is our aim to make the
service! of these ports the beat on
the Eastern Seaboard." ,
Products best suited for ship
ment through the port of Morehead
City, will be shipped through here,
the Colonel laid Likewise, pro
ducts more suJted for the Wilmin
mington area will be shipped
thiough that port The director
listed cotton and tobacco as examp
les. It appears that tobacco should
be shipped through Morehead City
he said, whereas tb* Wilmington
port would be more suitable for
shipment o < cotton.
See MARK, rage 1
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