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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 ArauUlI St. MordMtd City i 6-4175 NEWS-TIMK 43rd YEAR, NO. 13. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHKAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1964 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Congressman Requests Approval Of Three North Carolina Projects congressman (jranam a. Harden' appeared before a House Public Works sub-committee Tuesday and requested that the committee ap prove three North Carolina coas tal projects. The projects have already been okayed by the Army engineers. They are as follows: 1 ? A 12 foot deep. 90-foot wide channel 1,890 feet long from the inland waterway in Bogue Sound west of Morehead City into Pel letier Creek with a basin 12 feet deep, 200 feet wide and 600 feet long at the inner end (Coral Bay). Estimated federal cost $43,200, non federal cost $1,500. 2? Deepening of Wallace Chan nel, Pamlico Sound, N. C., to 12 feet with a width of 200 feet to give ships access to Ocracoke Inlet and thus to the Atlantic Ocean. Es timated federal cost: $108,000. 3? Construction of a rubble mound breakwater at Smiths Creek, Pamlico County, N. C., from a point on the mainland at Orien tal, N. C? and extending 800 feet, and a basin 10 feet deep, 300 feet wide and 800 feet long. Estimated federal costs total $102,000 and non-federal, $700. J. A. DuBois, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce said that the first project has been promoted for several years by the Chamber of Com merce. PTA Approves $317 Expenditure For School The Beaufort Parent-Teacher As sociation Tuesday night authorized B. E. Tarkington, school principal, to spend $507 to improve the school. Of this, $300 will be used for permanent equipment in the school, $75 will be used for the music department, $100 will go for miscellaneous clan room equip ment and $32 will be used for phys ical education equipment. A report "Krti "gffen' during the meeting by Mrs. Robert Safrit, chairman of a committee to rec ognize the class room* with 100 per cent membership in PTA. Sh? said the students in those rooms would receive a free trip to the Beaufort movie. Mrs. Duke How ard announced that $380 has been spent on playground equipment for the various classrooms. Mrs. Ben Jones, president, an nounced that a PTA study course would be held in the school on Fri day, Feb. 26. Mrs. D. M. Fulcher's first grade opened the meeting with a play showing how the children had re hearsed their chapel program. The class then presented rythra band music under the direction of C. F. Jones, public school music teacher. At the close of the meeting, Rae Frances Hassell gave a devotion al and the Rev. J. D. Young, pastor of the Ann Street Methodist Church talked on developing Christian character. Refreshments were served in the school cafeteria to observe Foun ders' Day. Four Attend District Session Four (Members of the Beaufort Rotary Club left yesterday to at tend the Rotary Club diatrict meeting In Goldaboro. They are Halaey Paul. Bruce Tarkington. Dr. W. L. Woodard, and Gene Smith. All are newty elected officer! of the club who will take office io July. The Rotary Clab waa entertain ed by Beaufort Scout Troop 91 at the Scout Hut tuesday night. Following dinner, the Scouts pre sented a program. Scout Charles Smith led the troop and its guests in the flag salute. Scout Frank Potter gave the welcoming address, and Scout Joe Chipman gave a brief hiatory of Scouting. Employment Office Will B? Open Four Days The Employment Senatty Com minion -afftoe. 4th street, Mere head City, via U open a total of four day? a month from now on instead ai two. Mr?. Julia Tenney, former office manager, ?aid yesterday that , the office will be open the lecoad and fourth Wednaaday and the aecood and fourth Thursday of each month to handle the number at ap pUcanta for unemployment inaur anca. Yesterday waa the first time the offiee waa open an a Thursday aince the permanent office closed the first of the year. To Conduct Service The Rt. Rev. Thomas Wright, bishop of the Diocese of East Caro lina, l?ft? and the Rev. E. Guthrie Brown, rector of St. Andrew's Epis copal Church, Morehead City, will comtuct the service of dedication at II o'clock Sunday morning. See page 5, section 2 for further in formation on the new St. Andrew's Church. New Parking Law Will Go into Effect Monday Morchead City's new parking' ordinance will go into cffeot Mon day. All parking meters have been changed to take a nicklc only "with the exception of meters in front of the postoffice where a penny will buy 12 minutes of time. A nickel will buy one hour of time. Capt. Herbert Griffin of the po lice force completed meter changes yesterday. At the special town board meeting yesterday morning the mayor and clerk signed the or dinance which appears under "Le gal Notices" in today's NEWS TIMES. New meters for installation on Arendell west to 11th street have arrived. Persons who fail to pay for parking time will be fined )1. The change to nickel meters is required by x??V'c ~ Chief of Poi.oe M. E. Guy. Beau fort, said that the trouble with Beaufort's new parking meter parts has been straightened out. Beau fort is awaiting now the metal plates for the front of the meters and the signs specifying the time of parking allowed. He said as soon as the plates and signs arrive, the installation of new parts should take three or four days. Chief Guy said yesterday that walkways will be painted on Beau fort streets in the near future. Stop signs have also been put up from Fulford west to Queen on streets entering Front. Jail Clean-Up Hears Conclusion The clean-up of the county jail in Beaufort is entering its final phase. Dead trees in the jail yard have been cut down and jungle like growth along the west fence haa been cut out. Three crepe myr tle bushes at the west entrance, where the women's section is lo cated, have been left standing. The entire interior of the jail has been painted. The women's section is pink and deep rose. The men's sections, both Negro and white, have been painted in pale green and dark green. The floors are all the same shade, a deep copper. The door grillwork has been re painted gray. One of the men jailed this week for public drunkenness, told the sheriff, Hugh Salter, "This ia the nicest jail I've ever been In and I've been in plenty of 'em!" Work on the jail started about two weeks ago. There are plans to repaint the outside of the Jail in the near future and plant rose bushes along the fence enclosing the jail yard. Grass will be sown ia several weeks. Robert (Em) Chaplain is jailer and deputy aheriff. He has served aa Jailer J7 years. He and Mrs. Chaplain live in a two-story frame borne next to the jail. Five Countians Will Attend Dinner Tomorrow Ft** Carteret Countians will at tend the Jefferaon Jackson Day dinner at Raleigh tomorrow night. Carteret has met ita quota in the dinner fund drive Gehrmann Hol land, former aheriff, said yeater day. Thoae who will attend the dinner beaidea Mr. Holland are lr vin W. Davis, Davis; Eugene Moore, Marmhallberg; Prentia Garner. Newport; and Jamea D. Potter, Bsaafort John D. Larkina Jr., chairman, Morehead Town Board Meets At a special meeting of the Morehead City town commissioners yesterday morning L. M. Fluhart, special tax collector for the town, was told that he would receive a list of the "uneollectable" personal property taxes. He was given the authority to bring suit to collect. Mr. Fluhart appeared at the January board meeting with a proposal for com mission on collecting taxes and .re quested that he be Riven authority t collect aK iM-r uent -ktsofip' piOptrty trxe?. The matter was de ferred at that time until the fi nance commissioner, S. C. Hollo way. could be consulted. The commissioners discussed the placing of traffic lights on Aren- 1 dell street. Obtaining poles for the lights has caused delay in putting them up, according to Mayor George Dill. Fishermen Must Get Licenses by March 1 C. G. Holland, fisheries commis sioner, announced yesterday that after March 1 any owner of a com mercial fishing boat without a li cenae issued on basis of over-all boat length will be prosecuted in the recorder's court of the j county in which he lives. Although men of the commercial fisheries office are going through out the 22 coastal counties meas uring the boats and issuing licen ses, owners who have not yet ob tained their licenses would do well to apply to the commercial fisher ies office at Morehead City, said the commissioner. A 30-day extension on getting the licenses was granted after Jan. 31 but Commissioner Holland said no arrests will be made until after March 1. Lloyd Fillingame Draws 18-Month Sentence Monday Judge George McNeill Finds Defendant Guilty On Three Charges Lloyd F. Fillingame, Beaufort, was sent to the roads for 18 months by Judge George McNeill in More head City Recorder's Court Mon day. Fillingame was arrested Feb. 5 and Feb. 8 in Morehead City and each time was charged with drunk en driving. He had in his posses sion on Feb. 8 a large amount of gasoline allegedly stolen from the Beaufort street department. He and a friend with him. Law ton Everett McDowell, said they were on their way to a place west of Morehead. Fillingame was charged with receiving stolen goods (gasoline) but the warrant was later changed to possession. McDowell, was charged with aiding and abetting in possession, but he claims he didn't know anything about the gasoline. His case has been continued un til Monday. Fillingame, after found guilty on the three charges, was put in the county jail in Beaufort and was sent to New Bern yes terday morning where he was turn ed over to state prison authorities. Several years ago Fillingame was in the county jail and sawed his way out. The court found Alfonzo Pollock Jr., charged with "no horn, failing to sound horn when passing, and failing to exercise due care to avoid hitting a pedestrian on the high way," guilty of the first two char ges. The court found Pollock not guilty on the third charge. Pollock was ordered to pay $51.55 to the Morehead City. Hospital and $30 to Dr. Milton B. Morey. These bills were incurred by Louis Simms, pe destrian, when he was injured by Pollock's car at Christmas time. Pollock was also ordered to pay costs of court. A 30-day sentence was given Clyde Merrill, charged with public drunkenness. Judge McNeill sus pended the sentence on condition that Merrill remains on good be havior lor 12 months. to <rnuT\ ^Morrill's compliance with this idirt Oitler. he was placed under the custodial care of J. V. (Hootie) Waters, superinten dent of streets. Merrill is also to pay $25 fine and costs. Sentence Suspended Alvin J. Locoe, charged with being drunk on the highway, was given a 30-day sentence. The sentence will be suspended on condition that Locoe remain on good -behavior for six months and pay a $25 fine and costs of court. Locoe was also tried in County Recorder's Court Tuesday. A 30-day sentence was given Aaron George, charged with pub lic drunkenness, to be suspended if George remains on good behavior for six months and pays $10 and court costs. Robert J. Yorko and Nicholas G. Runo, charged with public drunk enness and disorderly conduct, were ordered to pay $10 and costs of court. Ann Morley, charged with no operator's license, was ordered to pay $25 fine and costs of court. Prayer lor judgment was con tinued in the case of Hubert Pulley and Thomas Muse, charged with petty larceny of lawn markers. A minor, who also was charged with the thefts, was bound over to juv enile court. Ralph Melvin Thomas, charged See MOREHEAD COURT, Page 2 The Day the Whiskey Flowed Everybody got in the act ? couple wcelu ago when Morehead City policemen dragged out jar? and Jari of bootleg whiakey and with the help of Mayor George Dill, D. 0. Bell, police commiwioner, and John Laahley, town clerk, poured it out and amaahed the Jan. Pictured above are Capt Buck Smith it at tlx top of the ateps. Capt. Herbert Griffin b it the cen ter right, and Mr. Ltthiey, lower right. Nobody can identify the gentle man leaning over In front of Cap tain Newaome. It looka mighty like he'i "?ippln' rider through a ?traw." (Photo by D. Q. BeU) Canadian Pianist Will Appear Here Thursday Four Teen-Agers Injured In Tuesday Night Wreck Woman Gets Suspended Term Judge Tells Defendant To Stay Away from Roseanna Arnold A six-month suspended sentence was given Genora Jones of More head City in Carteret County Re corder's Court Tuesday by Judge L. R. Morris. The Jones woman was charged with using lewd and pro fane language to Roseanna Ar nold over the telephone. Judge Morris sentenced the Jones woman to six months in the Woman's Prison, but suspended the sentence if the Jones woman refrains from calling Roseanna Ar nold on the telephone or molesting her in any way and pays court costs. Edward Barrett was sentenced to three months on the roads on a charge of assaulting another per son with a knife. Found Guilty The court found Ray Thomas Ar nold guilty of reckless driving and ordered him to pay $100 and court costs. Arnold was charged with driving drunk, but after hearing the evidence the court found him guilty of reckless driving. Alvin J. Locoe, charged with public drunkenness and threaten ing bodily harm to Paul Cody for refusing to sell him beer, and dis turbing the peace, was ordered to pay $25 fine and court costs. Julius P. Setnich, charged with driving on the wrong side of the road causing an accident, wts or dered to pay $10 fine and Gourt > costs. Kenneth T. Thaggard, charged with no operator's license and speeding, was ordered to pay $20 fine and court costs R. D. Shinkle, charged with no Ser COUNTY COURT, Page 2 ? Four teen-agers were seriously injured at 9:30 Tuesday night when the convertible in which they were riding left the Harkers Island road and crashed into a telephone pole. The injured are Willie Brown Lawrence. Bcttie; Sammy Gilli kin, Ira Gillikin and Clyde Gilli kin, all of Otway. The driver, Clyde, has been charged with reck less driving and speeding. The four boys were taken to Morehead City Hospital by a pas sing motorist. Sammy Gillikin has a broken nose, Lawrence a broken arm, broken right shoulder and face cuts; Ira Gillikin, cuts on the head and arm; and Clyde, cut face and bruises. State Highway Patrolman W. J. Smith said the boys were headed west on the Harkers Island Road when the driver ran off the should er, lost control of the car and skid ded 160 feet into the pole. The pole snapped off under the im pact Riding in the front besides the driver was Sammy and in the rear Willie and Ira. The 1946 Oldsmobile coupe, own ed by the driver's father, was de molished. Although an ambu lance was called to the scene of the wreck, the injured had been taken to the hospital before it arrived. Police to Check Town Tag Slackers Chief of Police M. E. Guy, Beau fort and Capt. Herbert Griffin, Morehead City police force, have announced that motorists who do not have their 1994 town tags will be arrested. Both towns will start a check on motorists this week. Captain Grif fin said that road blocks will be set up in Morehead City. The tags may be purchased hi Beaatort at the town hall and to Morehead City at the municipal building. Motorists who did not get their tags and display them on their cars prior to Feb. 1 are in violation of the law. Ray Dudley ... to present concert Port to Get Sugar Cargo The SS Antwerpen will arrive at Morehead City port Friday, Feb. 19, to discharge 750 tons of re fined sugar. The Antwerpen will arrive here from Cuba. This is the first shipment of this type to the Morehead City port. It is being handled through J. B. Kit trell and Co.. Greenville broker. C. P. Fessant, traffic manager at the port, said that 2,000 tons would be discharged here if there were the space to store it. However, the 750 tons will be unloaded and the Antwerpen will proceed to another port to diacharge the remainder. Edward Frazier, Kinston Escapes Drowning A near-drowning ease, Edward Frazier, 703 E. Bright St., Kin ston, was treated in the emergen cy room at Morehead City Hospital Sunday, Little information could be ob tained other than the (act that Frazier was in a boat that cap sized and he was rescued after be ing in the water about 40 mlntrtas He was brought to the hospital In an automobile, revived in the emergency room and then hospit alized until Monday when lie was discharged. Jaycees Will Sponsor Two Events: Talent, Beauty Shows Chamber to Meet Thursday, Feb. 25 Industrial development will be the theme of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce annual win ter meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday Feb. 25. J. A. DuBois. manager of the chamber, announced today. The speaker will be D. E. Stew art of Carolina Power and Light Co., Raleigh. A chicken dinner will be served by the Rebekah Lodge members at the Recreation Center, Shepard street. In addition to Chamber mem bers, members of the following organizations, are invited: More head City Rotary Club, Lions, Jun ior Woman's Club. Emeritus Club and the Carteret Business and Pro fessional Women's Club. J. A. DuBois, manager of the chamber, said that he hopes there will be an attendance of at least 200. Korean Veterans May Study Farming It has just been announced that qualified Korean veterans will be permitted to enroll In lnstutional on Farm Training classes at ap proved schools March 1 and April 1, but no enrollees may be accep ted after April 1 until next (all. Newport is the approved school in Carteret County. Trainees wish ing to enroll for this training must act at once if they wish to com plete their enrollment by Uw April 1 deadline, announce* C. S. Long, Instructor. Trainees wishing to en roll on April 1 will have to start their enrollment papers by March 10, is enrollment and other papers must be complete and ap proved by the State office by Ap ril 1. Therefore, those Korean veter ans who are interested in the farm training given In Newport school must act soon If they wish to en roll before next 1*11. emphasizes Mr Long. f ? Beaufort Jaycees have appoint' ed committees to work out details of the 1954 Miss Beaufort Beauty Contest and a Talent Show, future events scheduled by the club. Appointed Monday night to the Miss Beaufort Contest committee were Holden Ballou, Horace Lof tin. and Vic Bellamah. They will work out plans and details of the 1854 contest and report to the club at a later meeting. Wiley Taylor Jr. was appointed to head a three-man committee to plan a Talent Show which the club will sponsor in place of the usual Minstrel Show. On the committee with Mr. Taylor are Horace Loftin and Tom Potter. During the meeting it was sug gested that a finance committee be appointed to give final approval to all club expenditures. The sug gestion met with the club's ap proval and Jack Barnes was ap pointed to head a committee com posed of Albert Chappell and Bill Sutton. Willard Willis wu appointed chairman of the religious commit tee upon the resignation of Charles Davis. Mr Willis will head the committee composed of Leslie Dav is and Jack Price. He will also direct the Christ mas activities subcommittee. Jack Price was elected to the post of state director. He is the voting representative of the club at state meetings and replaces A. C. Blankenship who will leave soon for service in the Army. A review of the club's activities since last June was presented by Ronald Earl Mason, club president. A report was given also of the dis trict meeting recently in New Bern. Tide Table Tide* at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Feb. 12 3:35 a.m. 10:13 a.m. 3:57 p.m. 10:13 p.m. Batarday, Feb. U 4:43 a.m. 11:05 a.m. 5:04 p.m.' 11:18 p.m. Sanday, Feb. 14 5:43 a.m. 11:16 a.m. 6:03 p.m. 12:13 p.m. Moaday, Feb. It 6:35 a m. 12:15 a.m. 6:52 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16 7:20 a.m. 1:06 a.m. 7:37 PJB. 1:42 pm. Head of Moose Resigns Position H. Earle Moblcy, governor of the Morehead City Lodge 1069 Loyal Order of Moose, resigned from his post at a meeting of the Moose Monday at the Moose Lodge, highway 70. His resignation was necessitated by ill health. A nominating committee select ed John James, trustee of the lodge, as a candidate for the va cant position. The lodg* member ship will vote on the committee'a recommendation Monday. Members were notified of the Mid-Year Conference of the Caro lina Mooae Association to be held March 12, 13, and 14 In Greens bora A report of Uie district meeting held recently in Greenville was given by Jamie Harris, past gov ernor of the lodge. Several mem bers of the Morehead City Lodge attended. Gerald Lieberman Facts Charge of Speeding Gerald Lieberman was arrested in Beaufort on a charge of speed ing. The arresting officer was Maxwell Wade. Arrested Wednesday by Officer Wade, Asalatant Chief of Police Carlton Garner and Officer Steve Beachem were William L. Brock, and James C. FlUingame. each charged with going past a stop sign. Henderson Godette and Edward Roth were arrested Tuesday. God ette waa charged by Chief of Police M. E. Guy with going by a stop sign and Roth waa charged by AaaisUnt Chief Garner with driv ing a car with an improper muffler. Firemen Ask Motorists Not to Follow Truck The Morehead City firemen have asked that motorists refrain from following t fire truck to a fire. They aald that following the truck la haiardous and parking close to the truck at the scene of the fire hampers fire-fighting operations. Ray Dudley, young Cana dian pianist, will play at the Morehead City School audi torium next Thursday, Feb. 18, in the second of the Com munity Concert series in the county. A native of Bftwmanville, Ontar io, he is a winner of the Eaton Award, Canada's highest musical honor. He won the Unanimous Medal in International Competi tion at Geneva, the first Canadian ever to win the coveted award. Forty one pianists from 33 coun tries participated. Two former win ners are Claudio Arrau and Witold Malcuznyski. Members of Community Concerts, who have house guests from more than 50 miles away may purchase tickets for the concert, as may members of the <<imed services and newly-arrived residents of the county. Next Thursday's concert will be gin at 8:15 a.m. The first concert featured the male quartet. Men of Song, and was given Nov. 27 in the Beaufort School. The third and last con cert of the series will be Jane Hob son, vocalist, who will appear at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, in the Morehead City School. Newport Babies To Receive Gifts Tuesday Night Newport's Babies of 1954 will be honored during the Newport Par ent-Teacher meeting Tuesday night at Newport School. Mrs. Walter D. Heath Jr., chair man of the March of Dimes in Newport, will present Sammy Mon tague and Jenny Edwards with a gift. Sammy, year-and-a-half old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Monta gue, Newport, and Jenny, 4-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Edwards, route 2 Newport, were the winners in the recent March of Dimes baby contest. Seventeen babies from 2 to 5 years of age were entered. Resi dents of Newport balloted for their favorite baby by putting money in ballot boxes that were placed in stores throughout town. Realized from the contest was $104 for the March of Dimes. Mrs. Edgar Hibbs was chairman of the event. Pictures of Jenny and Sammy will appear in THE NEWS-TIMES Tuesday. The total received in the March of Dimes campaign according to yesterday's report from Mrs. C. L. Beam, treasurer, is $7,893 28. In addition to the contributions listed in Tuesday's paper, the fol lowing have been received: Ladies' Home Instruction Club, Morehead city ....$25.00 Carteret County Bridge League 10.00 Marshallberg Community Club 47.15 Friendship Club. Beaufort 5.00 American Legion Auxiliary, Davis 5.00 Contained in coin collectors at Marshallberg was $12.95. Some other contributions are still expect ed and they will be listed as they are received. Organizations which have not been listed should contact Mrs. C. L. Beam. 2-4501. More than $400 was given by business firms throughout the county. Rotarians Hear Methodist Pastor The United Nitinns was the top ic of the Rev. J. H. Waldrop, pas tor of St. James Methodist Church, Newport, and chairman of the in ternational relations committee of the Newport Rotary Club when he spoke at a meeting of the club Monday in the Newport School cafeteria. He was introduced by D. C. Henderson, program chair man. In speaking on United Nations, Mr. Waldrop told how the group was the outgrowth of a meeting of Franklin D Roosevelt and Win ston Churehill. When first formed, the UN had 50 member nations and had grow to some SO members in 1953. Mr. Waldrop said. Problems that have eonfrontod the UN were mentioned by Mr. Waldrop. Ik outlined the Iranian oil question and also the Indo nesia-Dutch problem, ah owing bow the UN dealt with both questions. Walter Edward*. *f Morehead City, was a visitor at the neatlng. A