NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 AtmmUII St. Mora Head City Phooc 8-4175 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. i ' on the Day of Dedication at 8 a.m. [ Memorials and