NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
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Mora Head City
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
43rd YEAR, NO. 11. TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1964 PUBUSHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
'On? Foot in Hoaven'
Footlights Go Up Tonight
On Last Performance of Play
Tonight is the last night to see
the Carteret Community Theatre
production, "One Foot in Heaven "
The curtain will rise at 8 in the
Beaufort School Auditorium.
The play, a three-act comedy, is
the story of a preacher who has
just taken over a new pastorate
and who has his share of trouble
with his congregation and family.
The title role, the Rev. William
Spence. is played by Ray Cummins,
Morehead City.
Joyce Willis of Morehead is cast
as Mrs. Hope Spence, wife of
the troubled preacher. Other mem
bers of the cast are Hartzell
Spence played by Wayne King; Ei
leen Spence, Edith Lewis; Dr.
Romer, Carter Broad; Louise, Sue
Gibbs; Mana, Sue Lynch; and Mol
ly, Patsy Daniels.
Ronny, Floyd Stewart; Letty,
Barbara Harris; Mrs. Samdow,
Maureen Downey; Mrs. Digby, Pat
Webb; Georgie, Jimmie Wheatley;
Mrs. Cambridge, Hilda Cummins;
Mrs. Julison, Sara Daniels; Major
Cooper, Ed Walston; Bishop Sher
wood, Walt Hamilton; and the Rev
Frazer Spence, David Small
Tickets are being sold by the
Carteret County Girl Scouts and
members of the Carteret Commun
ity Theatre.
Net proceeds from the play will
go to the Girl Scouts.
Police Chief
Makes Monthly
Report Monday
Chief of Police M. E. Guy, Beau
fort, presented to the town board
Monday night the first of the
monthly reports which he announc
es will be kept by the police depart
ment.
The report, covering January,
follows; arrests, public drunken
new 32; assauU 2; prostitution' 3,
breaking and entering Jr motor ve
hide violations 29: locked up be
cause of insanity 2.
Seventy-five complaints were in
vestigated, 2,400 miles were trav
elled in the police car, 24 cour
tesies were extended and collect
ed from the parking meters during
January was $687.22.
The chief made 20 investigations
for the Army, Coast Guard, Navy
and Civil Service department of
the federal government.
One hundred ninety-two parking
tickets were issued and parking
fines collected totaled $28. Fine
for over-parking is 25 cents. Only
about half the fines were paid. Be
cause meters as they now operate
are not in compliance with state
law, the town does not press
charges on non-payment.
Because a complaint was made in
the board meeting that certain
arrests are not made because an
officer fears he may make someone
mad, the board requested that the
chief of police report in the future
the number of arrests made by each
officer monthly
"Complainta investigated" cover
things such as "somebody's prowl
ing around my house" and "courte
sies extended" cover helps the po
lice may offer to out-of-towners
and other matters in which police
can offer asaistance.
The chief announced that a card
file is being started at the police
station and names of persons ar
rested will go in the file. A finger
print file has also been started
The commissioners commended
the chief on his report. ? -|
The Rev. Mr. Spcnce and hi? family include his wife, upper right,
played by Joyce Willis, Morehead City, his daughter Eileen, played
by Edilh Lewis, Beaufort; his son liartzell, lower left, played by
Wayne King, Beaufort, and the long suffering pastor himself, lower
right, played by Ray Cummins, Morehead City.
Soil Conservation Officer
Makes 1953 Report Monday
Principal Sets
Cottage Day'
G. T Windell, principal of More
head City High School, announced
yesterday that next Friday, Feb.
12, will be "College Day" at More
head City High School.
Representatives from 15 colleges
will confer with seniors who arc
interested in going to college.
Among them will be representa
tives from Duke, University of
North Carolina, Wake Forest,
Greensboro College, Woman's Col
lege, East Carolina College and
junior colleges.
The representatives will be wel
comed as they enter the school
by members of the Future Teach
ers of America Chapter. Following
an assembly in the auditorium, the
students will go to group meetings
with the representatives from the
colleges in which they are inter
ested.
The seniors will be informed with
in the next few days what colleges
will be represented so that they
may plan with whom they will
meet. The session will begin at 9
a.m. and continue to 11.
This will be the first time that
"College Day" has been scheduled
at the school. "Career Day" will
take place March 3
Tanker Sails
The Esso Linden sailed from
Morehead City Tuesday afternoon
after diacharging a cargo of gas
and fuel oil. It arrived Monday af
ternoon from Baytown, Tex, and re
turned to that port.
Newport Will Extend Water
Mains as Contest Project
Charles Hill, general chairman of
Newport'! Finer Carolina Commit
In, announced an additional pro
Jfct for 1954.
Newport's third project will be
extending the preaent water sys
tem The other two are construc
tion of a playground Aid "Welcome
to Newport" signs.
The town completed the well,
tank, and pump house last year. At
tht moment, though, thla water
supply ia not very accessible to
the main center of the community.
A single fir* hydrant is placed near
the tank. The tank ia located back
of the Forestry Service warehouse
nekr the Nine Foot Rood.
Chairman of the project will bo
Beanie R Garner, assistant chief
of the Newport Fire Department
Mr. Garner and Mr. Hill both
stated that although the tire de
partment Is taking the responsibili
ty for the project, the community
?it participate. Mr. Garner said
"We have plenty of shovels for ev
erybody."
The extension will place two ad
ditional Ura hydrants on the sys
tem and being the majority g< ike
t
down-town businesses within 900
feet of a hydrant.
Plans ara now being made to lay
the mains in accordance with spe
cifications so that later on this
portion may be used not only (or
fire protection but aa a part of
thp public water system.
The mains will total about 1,400
feet.
Clark of Court Probata*
Will of Jossia Pickott
Probated and filed Feb. 1, 1954,
the office of the clerk of auper
Carteret County, w
Jessie E. Pickett, Beau
> Floyd M. Garner, Newport, pre
sented the 1953 report on soil
conservation in the county when
the cottoly board of commissioners
met Monday morning. Mr. Garner
is secretary-treasurer (or Carteret
in th? Lower Neuse Soil Comma
(ion District
The report follows:
Another 96 Carteret County
farmers began working with the
Lower Neuse Soil Conservation Dis
trict by planning and applying at
least one correct land use measure
for their farms in 1953
This more than doubled the pre
vious annual rate of new cooper
ators in Carteret County and brings
to 350 the number of farmers in
the county working toward a
sound land use program for their
respective farms.
During 1953 these farmers im
proved drainage of 3,240 acres by
excavating 24.5 miles of drainage
ditches and installing 9,940 feet
of farm drain tile.
They seeded cover crops for the
first time on 910 acres and cut back
crop residue on 2,400 acres of land,
ft wasn't many years ago that
most residue was burned to make
way for the next crop.
For the third straight year, Car
teret County farmers seeded over
1,000 acres to permanent pasture.
By working as groups, they cleaned
out all but one of the major drain
age canals in the county
The district's education and pub
licity advisory committee was un
der the leadership of Floyd M.
Garner, committee chairman.
For the first time a trenching
machine is available in the county
that farmers can hire to install
farm drain tile. A local cooperat
ing farmer purchased the ma
chine in November.
The diitrict has carried out its
part in Carolina Power and Light's
Finer Carolina Farm Contest. Fin
ally, district officers wish to ex
press their thanka to variaus local,
state, and federal government
agencies operative in the coun
ty which have helped Uiem
throughout the Ve?r
For the coming year the dis
trict members have elected R. Neal
Campen to serve as chsirman, John
D. Young, vice-chairman; and
Floyd M Gamer, secretary *nd
treasurer.
They have set two special pro
jecta as goals for 1934 These are
in addition to the regular farm
by- farm, field-by-field planning
aad application work. Theae two
special projects are:
First -To make available dis
trict c'ooperator signs to all active
ly cooperating landowners.
Second?To render sll possible
assiatance to farmers in the Little
Deep Creek community toward en
larging Little Deep Creek canal
thia year.
Coast Guard
Schedules Return
Of Security Team
Applications for Port
Security Cards Will
Be Accepted Feb. 27, 28
Norfolk The U. S. Coast Guard's
special port security identification
card processing team is slated to
return to Morehead City all day
both Saturday, Feb. 27, and Sun
day, Feb 28. to accept applications
for port security cards, it was an
nounced today.
The processing team had a high
ly successful turnout of 354 per
sons in its visit to Morehead City
last month, but the Coast Guard
feels that many more persons
around the Morehead City area,
who are eligible for the cards,
would apply for them if the team
made a return visit to the city.
As befofre, the Coast Guard
group will be located on the sec
ond floor of the Morehead City
Postoffice building. They will
be there all day starting at 9 a.m.
Early notice of the team's re
turn is prompted by the fact that
many fishermen and waterfront
workers say that they need more
time in which to make plans to visit
the processing team and to get
necessary evidences of citizenship
leady. Coast Guarcf officials say.
The cards are issued to water
front workers and fishermen who.
in the course of their work, may
have to enter areas which, from
time to time, may be restricted by
the (.'oast Guard in the interest
of safety or national security.
As in its previous trip to More
head City, the team will be equip
ped to handle all phases of appli
cation including fingerprinting and
photographing, which is done by
a commercial photographer at a
charge of $1.00 per applicant. All
other costs of the processing are
borne by the Coast Guard.
Officials emphasized that appli
cants must bring with them evi
dence of date and place of birth.
Acceptable birth records or pass
ports. military discharges, birth
certificates, census rccords, bap
tismal records, merchant mariners
licenses, merchant seaman's pap
ers, notarized affidavit* and Bible
records.
Social security cards, if held,
must also be shown to the pro
cessing team, but they are not
acceptable as evidence of date and
place of birth.
Newport Residents Protest
Proposed State By-Pass
St. Andrew's Congregation
Will Dedicate Church Feb. 14
Photo by Srhumncnrr
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, More heart City, will be dedicated Sunday, Feb. 14. The architect for
the sanctuary was Archie Royal Davis, Durham. The Rev. E. Guthrie Brown is rector of the parish. A
history of St. Andrew's, since its start as a mission in 1919, will appear next week in THE NEWS
TIMES.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,
Morchead City, will be dedicated
Sunday* Feb. 14. The new church,
costing approximately $90, 000, is
located at 2007 Arendell St. Ground
for the sanctuary was broken June
16, 1952.
The service of dedication will
take place at 11 a.m. with the Right
Rev. Thomas Wright, bishop of the
East Carolina Diocese, pfeaching
the sermon and conducting Jhe for
mal service of dedication.
Participating in the service will
be the Rev. E. Guthrie Brown, rec
tor, and the Rev. Daniel W. Allen,
executive secretary of the Diocese
of East Carolina.
Holy Communion
There will be Holy Communion
Judge Earl Mason Gives
Woman Six-Month Term
Knife Wound Sends
Negro to Hospital;
Girlfriend Booked
John Henry Pritchard, Beaufort
Negro, was hospitalized Monday
night with n knife wound in his
back. Bertha Marker, identified
by Assistant Chief of Police Carl
ton Garner as Pritchard's girl
friend, was arrested at 1:30 a.m.
Tuesday and charged with assault
ing Pritchard with intent to kill.
The assistant chief said he was
called after Pritchard was admit
ted to Morehead City Hospital at |
about 9:30 p.m. According to in
formation given him. Bertha ap- I
proached Pritchard at Pine and |
Queen street*, Beaufort, and ac
cuaed him of paying attention to |
another woman.
When Pritchard denied it. Of
ficer Garner related, Bertha lunged
at him and he thought she had no
evil intent until he "felt some
thing cold" in his back.
Officer Garner described the
knife wound as being about 3 inch
?a long. The Harker woman was
released under $100 bond and told
to appear in Beaufort Recorder's
Court Feb. 9.
Pritchard was reported Wednes
day to be on the mend at the hos
pital.
Minor Arrested
For Operating Car
A boy under 18 years of age
was arrested in Beaufort Tuesday
on a charge of going through a
stop light and operating a car
prior to reaching the required age.
The caae haa been referred to A.
H. James, juvenile court judge
Assistant Chief of Police Carl
ton Garner arrested Ralph Lupton
Daniela Monday on a charge of
going through a stop light, lner J.
Lawrence was arrested Tuesday on
the same charge and Hubert L. Ev
erhar^ Wednesday for running
through a stop sign.
Alice Davis waa arrested by
Chiaf of Police M. E Guy Tuesday
~ public drunkenness,
t and Officer
bended Geog
for run
IKSS
Alice Branch Davis. Beaufort, has
been committed to Women's Prison
to begin a six-month sentence im
posed Tuesday in Beaufort Re
corder's Court.
The Davis woman was charged
with public drunkenness and being
a public nuisance. Chief of Police
M. E. Guy told the court that the
woman was "drunk all the time."
W. C. Garner, assistant chief,
told the court that the defendant
was known to have begged for
money on the streets of Beaufort.
Judge Earl Mason imposed the
senlence, saying that something
had to be done to straighten the
woman out.
Judge Mason also fined Willie
Guy Willis Jr., charged with speed
ing, $10 and costs. Other cases
heard Tuesday included traffic vi
olations and public drunkenness.
Court costs were imposed on the
following:
William Thomas Johnson, Bal
eather Fisher and Roy Keller, all
charged with failing to stop at a
stop sign; Paul Alvin Jarman,
Manly G. Smith, and Norman
Thomas Fisher, all charged with
failing to stop at a stop light.
Clarence Lewis and J. C. Parker,
charged with cutting through a
service station; Vernie Hamilton,
William Sewall. and James Lang
dale, all charged with public drunk
enness.
The warrant against William Au
gustus Vail, charged with failing
to stop at a stop sign, was sent to
Craven County officers.
Cases continued wtre Emory
Mack Williams, Charles Calvin Jar
man. and Harold Franklin Ray
mond, all charged with failing to
slop at a stop sign.
Mayor Clifford commented to
THE NEWS-TIMES Wednesday
that Clarence Lewis is his brother.
And he would like all critics of the
police force and those who charge
"favoritism" in law enforcement,
to please note that fact.
Theatre Remodeled
Heirs of the Wade estate are
having the old Royal Theatre,
Morehead City, remodeled. The
floor it being leveled, the in
side will be re pais ted and a new
front put on the building. The
work is being done by E. C. Willis,
contractors.
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on the Day of Dedication at 8 a.m. [
Memorials and <?ifts have been
placed in the church by the follow
ing: the Rev. Dr. George Lay who
gave the lectern Bible used in St.
Andrew's Mission from 1919 to
1928; Woman's Auxiliary of St.
Andrew's, Mr. and Mrs. H; Earte
Mobley, Mr. and Mrs. J. David Mur
ray Gabrielle G. Brard, Frank A.
Wooten.
Jul hi ^ Woodland, Diocc^an Al
tar Guild of East Carolina, Virginia
McGuire, Jane Gaithcr Murray,
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Townes,
St. Paul's Woman's Auxiliary of
Beaufort, Mrs. P. T. Anthony.
Anne de Rosset Townes, Grady
C. Rich, George R. Wallace Jr.,
William Borden Wallace, Danny
and Jimmy Brown, Kathryn Mac
Farlane Thompson, St. Andrew's
Church School, Rosalie Rives Dow
dy, Mrs. John D. Cooper.
George W. Dill Jr., W. L. Der
rickson. Mr. and Mrs. George East
man, Eva Pickup Gamble, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Morrill, Margaret E.
Rowles, Hattie Jones Carrow
through her granddaughter, Harri
et Anne Mobley.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph H. Dow
dy, Mrs. J. VV. York, Mr. and Mrs.
George R- Wallace.
The rector of the church com
mented, "There have been many
gifts of time, money, materials and
labor unselfishly given in the plan
ning, construction and building of
St Andrew's Church. These gifts
have been numerous and many an
onymous and it is impossible to list
them all. To each one, the people
of St. Andrew's wish to express
their sincere thaAks and Iratelul
appreciation."
Parish officers, in addition to
the rector, are James R. Morrill,
senior warden; H Earle Mobley,
junior warden; Richard M. Mc
Clain, register, Dr. O. H. Johnson,
treasurer. Other members of the
vestry: Paul R. Branch, Rudolph
H. Dowdy, Camden P. Feasant,
Mrs. George R. Wallace and Stan
ley Woodland.
Mr. McClain is church school
superintendent. Mrs. Josiah Bail
ey choir director and Mrs. Theo
dore Phillips, organist. Officers of
the Woman's Auxiliary are Mrs.
Paul Webb, president. Mrs. Theo
dore Phillips, vice-Prcsident; Mrs.
Robert Hicks, treasurer, and Mrs.
C. P. Fessant, secretary.
James G. Murdoch Jr. Wins
Commendation for Service
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State Proposes
Insurance Hike
Carteret County is among the 22
counties in which the North Caro
lina Fire Insurance Rating Bureau
proposes to raise hail insurance
rates on tobacco.
A public hearing has been sched
uled for Feb. 16, at 2 p.m. in the
office of the commissioner of In
surance, 300 Labor Building, Ral
eigh, to consider the reveiew of
rates on crop hail inaurance for
1954 as filed by the fire insurance
rating bureau, Charles F. Gold, in
surance commissioner, announced.
The proposed change by the bur
eau will affect 30 counties, de
creasing the cost of hail insurance
on tobacco in 16 counties. The de
crease will approximate 3130,
305 60.
The rate increase on hail Insur
ance proposed in this county and
21 others will total approximately
9332.030.85, a net increase of *201.
234.25.
Included in this filing is a pro
posal for a new type crop-hail pol
icy which combines th? present
skeleton policy and most of the
stipulations and conditions of In
surance appearing on the back of
the present application.
Folic* Captain Imu??
Air Rifls Warning
Following the breaking of sev
eral windows in town by persona
firing air rifles, or BB guns, Capt
Herbert Griffin of the Morehead
City police force, issued a warning.
Anyone caught shooting an air
rifle or B-B gun in the city will
be prosecuted and if the person la
IS years of age or under the par
enta will be prosecuted, Captain
Griffin said.
? Cherry Point, N C. James G.
Murdoch Jr., Wiidwood, now cm
ployed as a civilian production
specialist at the Overhaul and Re
pair Department of the Marine
Corps Air Station here, became
Marine Reserve Captain Murdoch
again for a few minutes last Sat
urday.
During that time, he was award
ed a Letter of Commendation with
Commendation Ribbon and Medal
Pendant for meritoriour achieve
ment In the performance of his du
ties In Korea from April 3 to Aug.
18, 1953.
Ai materiel officer with the First
Marine Aircraft Wing in Korea,
Captain Murdoch received the
award for " . demonstrating
superior profesaional competence
in handling manifold responsibili
ties attendant to materiel manage
ment. Utilizing his profesaional
background, he procured replace
ment parts, tools and consumable
supplies that enabled hi* squadron
to achieve an exceptionally high de
gree of combat readiness."
During World War II, the cap
tain flew anti ship patrol missions
as part of the pre-invasion opera
tions at Iwo Jlma and Okinawa.
He also served with the occupa
tional forcea in Japan after the
surrender.
Mr. Murdoch Is one of 20 Over
haul and Repair Department em
ployees selected from 900 appli
cant* to attend the recently inaug
urated Engineering Performance
Standard course here
Health Officer Reports
Dr. F. E. Hyde, county health
officer, has announced that seven
caaea of whooping cough and one
rue of measles have been reported
In the county during the past week.
Wins Scholastic Honor
Miss Ann Not, daughter of James
and Roma Noe. Beaufort, made the
dean's list this past semester Miss
Noe I* a freshman at Mars Hill
College.
* Newport reai lents de
l seended on their town hoard
I Tuesday night to gain sup
port of the town fathers in
the fight against re-routing
highway 70 around Newport.
The delegation of 18 men,
with Moses C. Howard as
spokesman, said that "New
port will die" if the highway
does not go through the cen
ter of town as it does now.
Mr. Howard, a Newport business
man and member of the 1 arteret
County Board of Commissioners,
explained that the State Highway
and Public Works Commission is
making a survey, staking out a four
lane highway frotn New Bern to
Morehead City.
Mayor Edgar Ilihbs said that ac
cording to the survey, the new
hiehway would "go by Vivian Gil
li k ins. cross the Masontown Road
o the edge of t!ie veterans housing
development, go across Jim Kir
by's farm and across the back part
of Lexie Garner's!"
In other wonts, as the motorist
now approaches Newport from
Cherry Point, the highway would
veer to the right, by passing New
port which would lie to the motor
ist's left as he proceeded to More
head City.
would Divide Project
Lester Bcrcegeay, resident in the
veterans housing development on
the Nine Foot Road, said that the
highway as it is twin# surveyed,
"would eul the . bousing project
right in half.''
Rumblings of the higlwuv con
troversy in Newport started about
the latter part of November when
highway men started inquiries re
garding placement of the highway.
According to the discussion at
Tuesday night's meeting, the state
attempted to feel out the senti
ment toward cutting down the
trees that now stand at the edge
of highway 70 almost from one end
of the town to the other.
Feeling Split
Some folks want the ttafcs fo go,
others wiint them to slay. With
the feeling divided, the state back
ed off. Mr. Howard says that the
highway commission terms "a tree
situation one of the worst they can
get iftto."
He said that if the trees were
chopped down, the state would
nrobably come through Newport,
widening the highway to 24 feet.
Commissioner Charles Hill said he
saw no point to cutting the trees
down unless the town is assured
they will get "a better highway."
L. S. Carroll. Newport, said,
"The trees should have been cut
down long ago." He said too that
if the trees were cut down, "the
road would go through town."
Mr. Howard said that highway
officials say the present highway
route is dangerous because it is
so close to the school. In regard
to the four-lane highway being sur
veyed, one of the members of the
delegation said. "A four-lane high
way will n*ver go to Morehead
City. It might go from New Bern
to Cherry Point but not to More
head City." Commissioner Wilbur
Garner chimed in, "Not for 20
years anyway."
Mr. Howard said that the coun
ty's legislator. H. Karle Mobley,
Morehead City, agreed to help the
town on the matter if he could.
When the state learned of the
divided opinion on the trees, they
said that they would have to have
permission from every property
owner to take the trees down, but
if the town removed the trees, the
town would not need permission.
The conclusion finally reached is
that the town clerk has been direct
ed to write a letter to Maynard
Hicks, Snow Hill, highway commis
sioner for this district, stating that
the town will remove the trees IF
the state will agree to leave high
way 70 where it is now.
It was suggested that Mr. Mob
ley be sent a copy of the letter.
The communication setting forth
this proposition gained the town
board's approval by a vote of 4 to
I. Commissioner M. I). McCain was
opposed. Commissioners D. Ira Gar
ner. Wilbur Garner. Early Mann
and Charles Hill were in favor of it.
Tide Table
Tide* at Braufort Bar
HI<iH LOW
Friday, Feb. 5
9:13 a.m. 3:08 a.m.
9:39 p.m 3:35 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. <
10:03 a.m. 3:58 a.m.
10:28 p.m. 4.20 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 7
10:52 a.m. 4:49 a.m.
11:05 p.m.
Manday, Feb.
11:20 a.m.
11:41 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb.
12:16 a.m.
12:30 p.BL