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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 ArwuUU St. MoraiiMd City Phone 6-4175 COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?* 4Srd YEAR, NO. 14. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1964 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Republicans Will Meet Feb. 26 At Courthouse District Convention Will Toko Place in Beaufort Wednesday, March 3 Roy T. Garner, Newport, tem porary chairman of the Republi can Executive Committee of Car teret County, announced Saturday that the Republican convention will be held at the courthouse in Beaufort at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26. Republicans of the third congres sional district will convene in Beaufort at 2:30 Wednesday after noon, March 3. The district meet ing is the first to be held here in many years. Mr Garner said that at the Feb. 26 county convention, a chair man, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer oi the county executive committee will be elected. At pres ent Mrs. Marvin Willis is vice chairman, Graham Duncan Jr., sec retary and Carl Gaskill, treasurer. Delegates will also be elected to the state Republican convention March 6 at Charlotte. The number of delegates is based on votes cast for the Republican governor in the 1952 election. The ratio is one del egate for every two hundred votes. Mr. Garner urges Republicans of all 26 precincts to attend the county convention. Officials of the executive committee say they are looking forward to a lot of women voters' attending. At the district Republican con vention March 3 district officers will be elected. Former district president was Julian Gaskill, Golds boro, who resigned when he was appointed United States attorney for the eastern district of North Carolina. Mr. Peterson. Clinton, secretary of the district organization, will preside. Republicans say they are hoping to run a candidate for Con gress . At the State Republican conven tion state officers will be elected. Another event for Republicans is scheduled for March, a dinner in celebration of the hundredth an niversary of the Republiffcn party. Three Pastors Join Association Three new members were admit ted to the Carteret County Minis ten Association yesterday at a meeting in- the First Methodist Church, Morehead City. They are the Rev. J. D. Young, pastor of the Ann Street Methodist Church, Beaufort; the Rev. D. M. Tyson, of the Straits Methodist Cir cuit; and the Rev. Jesse Staton, associate pastor of the Morehead City First Methodist Church. , . R. M. Williams, county farm agent, described the Challenge Program to the ministers. His talk dealt with the long rtnge agricul tural program undertaken by Car teret County farmers. During the business session the ministers heard several committee reports. 44 Patients Attend Clinic Forty-four patients attended the orthopedic clinic Saturday morning in the Morehead City Hospital an nex. G. T. Windeil, chairman of the Rotary Club Crippled Chil dren's Committee, aaid IS of the pa tients were new ones. Counties represented by the patients were Carteret, Craven and Pamlico. Personnel in charge Saturday were Dr. Lennox Baiter and Dr. Fred R. Hook, Duke University; Miss Ullie Fentriss, H. A. Hendrix, Miss Joanne Longacre, Mrs. Bea trice Lewis and Mrs. G. T. Spivey. Miss Longacre who attended the clinic for the first time is nutrition consultant with the State Depart ment of Health. Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Spivey are from the county health depart ment. Volunteer workers were Mrs. J. D. Holt. Mrs. W. W. Pat rick, Mrs. W. C. Carlton and Mrs. Alvah Hamilton Jr., all of Mora head City. The next clinic will be Saturday, March 13. Superior Clwk Dismisses Civil Suit In the superior court d?U suit, William M. Watson vs. Elmer Ham ilton. the parties agreed to dismis sal of the case providing the de fendant pay Watson WOO and the plaintiff, Watson, pay court costs i,j A. H. James, clerk of superior court, la an order signed Wednes day termed the 1800 "full settle ment to claims." The wit waa the outgrowth of aa autoihobile acci dent in June IMS. J Newport's Babies of 1954 Photo by J^r^fcnumacner Jenny Edwards, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Ed wards, route 2 Newport, was winner in the recent March of Dimes baby contest at Newport. Newport residents voted for babies by dropping money in ballot boxes. The amount received for the 17 baby entries was $104. Mrs. Edgar Hibbs was chairman of the contest. Sammy Montague, year and a half old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Montague, Newport, was runner-up. Money for "votes" went to the March of Dimes. Mrs. Walter Heath Jr., chairman of the March of Dimes in Newport, will present Jenny and Sammy with gifts at the Newport PTA meeting at 7:30 tonight at the school. Coast Guard Lists Essentials For Port Card The U. S. Coast Guard empha sized today that fishermeji and waterfront workers intending to apply for port security identifica tion cards Feb. 27 or 28 in More head City should know their social security numbers and have proof of citizenship when they apply, If these items are not avalliMe for tht CmM Guard port attarfe/ card processing team, which wtil be on the second floor of the Morehead City postoffice building, applications cannot be accepted. Acceptable birth records include military discharges, notarized affi davits, passports, baptismal records and merchant seaman's papers. The card team was in Morehead City last month and handled 354 applications, but decided to make a return trip in order to give more persons a chance to apply for the cards. Urged by the Coast Guard to get the identification cards are all fish ermen and others who are em ployed, in any capacity, on wharves, docks, loading terminals, harbor craft and other waterfront areas. If the Coast Guard should re strict parts of the waterfront for national security or safety reasons, persons without these cards or other acceptable credentials will not be allowed to enter the restrict ed areas, and possibly kept from work. Representative of Engineering Firm ? Visits County to Get Waterways Facts In conjunction with the survey of coastal waterways being conduct ed by a New York engineering firm, F. C. Meltzer ia in Carteret this week to talk with persons in terested in waterway development. Mr. Meltzer is one of four men working on the project. The oth ers are A. Hedefine, partner in charge, T. O. Blaschke, project manager, and Col. L. F. Rhodes. Their firm is Parsons, Brincker hoCf, Hall ft MacDonaM. The Mvtfe~CaroMntf last year appropriated $47,000 for & survey of the state's navigable coastai waters with a view toward obtaining a practical aspect of wa ter commerce possibilities. Mr. Meltzer is located tempor arily in the commercial fisheries building at Camp Glenn west of Morehead City. Although he will be traveling along the coast, he stated Friday that he can be con tacted this week by phoning the commercial fisheries department, 6-4219. Describes Work Mr. Meltzer explained that the work his firm is doing is a com bination economic and engineering job. He emphasized that the pro ject does not include the measur ing of channel depths or work al ready done by the Army Corps of Engineers. "The Federal government al ready has numerous waterway pro jects listed for coastal Carolina. It is our job to survey those projects and to determine which ones are the most important and would tion if possible. If the federal ? be worth more to puab to comple government can't do the work, then we hope to suggest how it might be done," commented Mr. Meltzcr. He expressed doubt that the sur vey could state specifically, for ex ample, "A port should be built here," or "A tobacco warehouse must be built there." Where ?pe eific recommendations are possible, however, they will t>e made, he add ?oney-to finance the survey wa?1 obtained through efforts of the North Carolina Coastal Marine Council, a group of 25 counties interested In economic growth through their waterways. Contract Signed The contract with Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Hall & Mac Donald was signed Oct. 26, 1953. The survey is to be completed and the final report made by June 26 this year. Colonel Rhodes, reporting at a meeting of the Marine Council Jan. 29 at Washington, N. C , said that by Jan. 15 it was estimated that their work was about 21 per cent complete. The final report is ex pected to contain 30 to 40 maps in color. Commenting on the knowledge they have gained thus far of the state's waterways and commerce Colonel Rhodes said, "... in order to make a water movement profit able, it is highly desirable that a See REPRESENTATIVE, Page 2 Second Concert Features Pianist Ray Dudley, pianist, will pre sent the second of the Community Concert series this year when he plays in Ute Morchead City ikhoftl kyKitfoHMn Tftfrrxrtrfy *ight Mr. Dudley is the first Canadian ever to win the Unanimous Medal in International Competition at Geneva. He holds the Eaton Award, Canada's highest musical honor and the Harriet Cohen Commonwealth Medal as the oustanding young mu sician of the British Common wealth of Nations. Mr. Dudley composed a Coron ation March which he included on his program for his first London recital and played it a command recital for the Princess Royal who had him record it for Her Majas ty Queen Elizabeth II. Members of the Community Con certs, who have house guests from more than 50 miles away, may pur chase tickets for the concert, as may members of the armed ser vices and newly-arrived residents of the county. The concert will begin at 8:15. Carteret School Absenteeism Was4.4 Per Centfor 1951-52 Polio Fund Reaches $8,0)12 Mri C. L. Beam, March of Dimes treasurer, announced yesterday that the total to date in the March of Dimes campaign is $8,062.38. The campaign closed officially Jan. SI, but funds are still being turned in. Received since Thursday are the following contributions: W. S. King School $59.37 St. Luke's Baptist Church, Morehead 8 30 Stacy FWB AduK League 5 00 Beaufort Book Club 10.00 A collection of $10 from St. Stephen's AME Zion Church, More head City, was scheduled to be turned in yesterday C. T. Lewis, Beaufort, who has assisted In amaglng March of Dines basketball games featuring the Beaufort terrors, reported that approximately $20 waa received In the game with Atlantic Thuraday night. Another game was played Saturday night with Beaufort High School teams Receipts from that game have not been reported. Coin collectors at Merrimon have yet to be turned in and one la still reported at Markers bland. Meaoy in the cote collectors at Sailer Path, Wire Grass and Atlantic Beech totaled $18.10 ?* The average absentee percentage' of pupils in Carteret County schools during 1 961-52 was 4.4 according to the current issue o < the North Carolina Public School Bulletin. Among county achool unita the absenteeism percentage ranges from 3.8 per cent In Dare County to 10.8 per cent In Robeson Coun ty Enrollment in Carteret white schools waa 3,881. Average daily attendance was 1,710 and the aver age daily abaence waa 171. Average absence average in Car teret County Negro schools was slightly higher. Number of stu dents enrolled was 824, the aver age dally attendance waa 778 with an average daily abeeftea of 48, making an average absence per centage of 3.8. Total daily absencea, statewide, in white and Negro acbools waa 47,226. This represents 7.8 per cent of the enrollment In both city and county schools absentee lam waa greatest among Negro achoola, percentage being 81 or a total of 23,000 dally. For white, percentage of absenteeism waa U, or an average of 38,800 daily. Tankera Dae The Esao Lynchburg is due at Morehead CKy tomorrow with a load of bunker fuel. The Easo Aahe ville la scMekd to make port hare Saturday. En route from Bay town, It will atop at Charleston and then Morehead City. It la carrying fuel oils, kerosene and gasoline. ?? Morehead Firemen Get Sunday Call To Crab Point Home Morehead City Fire Department angwered an out-of-town call at 11 aja. Sunday. The home of Jaa k Gillikin. Crab Point, caught fir* from an overheated flue, Elden Nelson, fire chief aaid. The fire was burning between the ceiling and the weatherboards and caught the side of the house. Mr. Gillikin. after calling the firemen, pulled tbe sbeetrock off the wall and celling and extin guished the blaze before firemen arrived, tbe chief reported. Damage was estimated at $200. Mr. Gillikin said his houae was not Insured. Rotarian* Hoar Talk On Alcoholism Thursday The Rev Leon Couch, pastor of the Morehead City First Metho dist Church, spoke on alcoholism at the meeting of the Mare be ad City Rotary Club Thursday at tb? Recreation Cuter. The program Thursday dealt with public service. Goorgt f. Wallace, program chairman, in troduced Mr. Couch Visitors to tbe club were Bob Montague, New port; Gerald Hill, Beaufort; and Charles Charlotte. 23-Year-Old Navy Man Dies Here Thomas C. Curran, USN, died at Morehead City Hospital at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, about hall in hour after he was admitted. .Mr. Curran was flown ly helicop ter from the LSD Aahland, off the coast of Beaufort, to Beaufort airport. There an ambulance took him to Morehead City Hospital. The Coast Guard station at Fort Macon got a distress call from the Ashland about noon Wednesday. They said they had a . man aboard who had been critically I Injured in a fall and asked that he be taken ashore by 'copter. Since the Ashland was about US miles out at Sea and Coast Guard t helicopters don't operate more than SO miles offshore, the Ashland came in to the SO-mile range where a helicopter from the Elizabeth City Air Station landed on its deck and took off with Curran and a Navy doctor. Curran was suffering from a fractured skull. He was 23 yeara of age. The body was removed to Camp Lejeune. Folic* Gat Call to Watch 1 For Gray Got-Away Car Morehoed City police received I radio call from the State High way Patrol yesterday morning to ib? on Ute lookout far a gray two | toned 1954 Dodge, believed to be the get-away car uaed by Kiaatoa burglar*. A store in Klnatw was burgla? toed early vesterday, the thieves taking five different type gvas and pistols The Blah way Patrol aail the car was heeded either east to- i ward Morebaad CMgr ?r aoirtfc. 1 Five Auto Accidents Occur During Weekend Morehead City Gets Shipping Company Office Wilmington Firm Opens Branch Here, Names W. T. Davies Manager The Wilmington Shipping Co. is establishing a shipping agency of fice in Morehead City, Peter B. Ruffin, president, announced Fri day. Manager of the branch office will be William T. Davies who has re cently moved to Morehead City from Falls Church, Va. Mr. Davies was formerly assistant chief ac countant of the Reconstruction Fin ance Corps., Washington. He has owned a home la Morehead City for a number of years. Referring to the Morehead ship ping Co., Col R. S. Marr, director of the State Ports, said, "We con sider the establishment of this com pany as a most fortunate develop ment for the port. The State Ports Authority is exerting every effort to induce such firms, essential to a complete port service, to move directly into our port development program. This includes freight forwarders, import-export firms, shippers, distributors, steamship agencies and transportation lines." The Wilmington Shipping Co. has been handling business for cli ents in Morehead City for many r'eitrs. booking cargoes and offer ing stevedoring service. President Ruffin said, "With the increase in shipping in the port and in view of favorable prospects for increased activity in the future, we have felt it advisable to establish our own organization on the spot rather :han continue to serve the port Irom our Wilmington office. In Ms way we expect to render more fitter service and wo hope to > a real asset to Morehead City. "We have confidence in the fu ture of the port and look forward See AGENCY, Page 2 Churches, PTA To Sponsor Play One Foot in Heaven, the initial iroduction of the Carteret Com nunily Theatre, will be given two nore times in the county, Mrs. Wil ;y Taylor Jr., business manager, innounced yesterday. The Atlantic Methodist Church trill sponsor the play at Atlantic school at 8 o'clock Friday night 5t. Stephens Methodist Church, H or f he ad City, and the W. S. <ing School PTA, Morehead City, vill sponsor the play at 8 o'clock Friday night, Feb. 28. in the W. S. <ing School auditorium. The third performance was given rhursdsy night at the Morehead -ity School and was sponsored by he Morehead City Band Asaocia ion. A net profit of $280 went o the school band. The first two performances were iponsored by the Carteret County Jirl Scouts Feb. 4 and S at Beau ort School. The Girl Scouta re rived $400. One Foot in Heaven ia the itory if a preacher and hii family. Play ng the leads are Ray Cummina and loyce Willis, both of Morehead ;ity. Director of the play la Treaaa loyal Vickers. Longshoremen Will , Elect Officers At March Session The International Longshore- { nen'a Local will elect officers at , heir meeting next month. March , II, in their club room on Arendell itreet, Morehead City. They wilt icrve one year. . . Present officers are Leroy Guth ?ie, president; John Tillery. vice iresldenl; Cecil Piner, record ng secretar, , Starling Fuller, fln incial secretary; L. H. Bell, treaa irer. and Vernon C. Guthrie, bua ness manager. At Thursday night's meeting the longshoremen discussed the un loading of th< sugar cargo due here Friday. The S8 Anwerpen is icheduled to dtacharge 780 tons gf refined sugar. J. D. Holt port manager, said reaterday that due to Monday be ing ? holiday. Oaarga WaaMaftaa's birthday, aaiaadiag of tke afcip will not begin until Tuesday. M ? Martaea and Na*y im* at Mnrshaail City port art emharting for tba annual winter nsawwii at Viaqaaa la Am Caribbean. ' Five automobile accidents occurred in the county over the weekend. In Morehead City Saturday morning a train ran into an automobile but no one was injured. Two went to the hospital Saturday night as the result of a collision at Bettie, a Marine piled into a tree early Sunday morning near the Blue Ribbon Club, an 1 1-year-old child was in jured in an accident Sunday morn ing and a collision Sunday after noon caused $260 property damage but no injuries. The train-auto collision occurred at the 12th street crossing, Aren dell street. Archie Leon Edwards. 1810 Fisher St., Morehead City, was headed south when he said his car choked out and stalled on the tracks. The train, going cast, could not stop in time and it struck the car on the right rear fender, causing a hundred dollars damage. The en gineer was E. Sumrell, 211 Eden St., New Bern. Captain Herbert Griffin and Sgt. Bruce Edwards in vestigated. Two Hurt Mrs. Sam Bland, route 1 Beau fort, and Alexander Lewis, 300 Live Oak St., Beaufort, were in jured in a wreck at 7:30 Saturday night on highway 70, Bettie. Both were taken to Morehead City Hos pital. They were still hospitalized yesterday. State Highway Patrolman J. W Sykcs said that Sam Bland was driving his 1937 Chevrolet east when Lewis piled into the rear of him, knocking the car 200 feet ahead along the right shoulder of the road into a culvert. Bland told the patrolman that he was going about 35 miles an hour. Lewis has been charged with care less and reckless driving and speeding. Damage to his car, a 1954 Ford four-door, was estimated at $650 and damage to Bland's car $100. Mrs. Bland was the only passenger in the Bland car. At 12:30 a.m. Sunday Robert A. Kelley, Cherry Point Marine, was headed west on highway 70 when he failed to make the curve at the Blue Ribbon Club. He went off the left side of the road, skidded 150 feet and was stopped by a tree that measured close to 7 feet around. fh? caf^ji T#M P?*ek convertible, was (Vmolufced Kelley was taken to the More head City Hospital in the George W. Dill ambulance. He was treated there and then moved to the dis pensary at Cherry Point. Patrolman Sykes has charged Kelley with driving drunk and speeding in excess of 35 miles an hour. John C. Bennett, 11-year-old brother of Harmon Dewey Bennett, route 1 Beaufort, received a severe cut on hia left knee at 11:30 Sun day morning when the car his brother waa driving collided with a car driven by Eugene Lee Dixon, 800 Simmons Dr., New Bern. Bennett was attempting to turn left off a dirt road at South River when Dixon rounded a sharp curve and hit Bennett who was on the left aide of the road. The child waa taken to Morehead City Hospital by J. A. Hardy, Mer rimon. Bennett has been charged with driving on the wrong side of the road. Hia car a 1940 Plymouth, was Judged a total loss by Highway Patrolman W. 1. Smith. Damage to Dixon's car, a 1949 Ford, was estimated at $400. A 1950 Chevrolet two-door sedan driven by Fred Garner, route 1 Beaufort, collided with a 1931 Ford four-door driven by Harry Gaskill, Bll Cedar St.. Beaufort, Sunday afternoon on highway 70 between Hardeaty's Corner and North River. Both cars ware headed west In s line o< traffic. According to Pa trolman Smith, Gaskill pulled out i>f line to paaa a car ahead of him when Garner, having paaftd a car behind Gaakill tried to paaa Gaskill too. Damage to Garner's car was esti mated at $60 and to Gaa kill's 1200. Garner haa been charged with im proper passing. To Serve U Mentha Lloyd Flllingame, Beaufort, [ound guilty in Motehead City Re corder! Court last week on charges of drunken driving and theft of gasoline, will serve 12 months in prison instead of II as stated is Friday's paper. He re ceived a six-month sentence on each of the three charges but the two dtunken driving sentences are to be served at the same time, mak ing a total of 12 months. Tid? Table Tides at Beaafert Bar DOR LOW Taesday. Feb. IS 7:20 a m. I'M a.m. 7:37 p.m. 1? P Wednesday, Feb. 17 8:01 a.m. 1:91 a.m. m? mi p ? IMv, Feb 1* ?:? i t 2:32 a.m. ?*T pm 2:98 pja. Friday, Feb. 1? 8:13 a.m. 3.13 a m. Ml p m. 8 -JS Mi Parties to Suit Make Settlement For $3,200 The administrators of the Seth S. Arthur estate and Carolina Power and Light have reached a com promise settlement in the suit charging the power company with directly contributing to the death of Seth Arthur Oct. 27, 1952. According to a judgment signed by Judge J Paul Frizzelle, resident judge of the fifth judicial district, the power company will pay $3,200 to the Arthur estate The plaintiffs alleged that met al stays to the mast of a sailboat, on which Mr. Arthur met his death, contacted an overhead power line across Bogue Sound causing him to be electrocuted. Mrs. Arthur who was aboard the boat and the only witness to the accident has died since the suit was filed. Coroner Griffin H. Rouse, Pitt County, ruled Mrs. Ar thur's death as suicide. He said she hanged herself with a window cord in a shed at her home at Greenville, Nov. 16, 1953. Judge Frizelle also signed an or der that of the $3,200. one thou sand dollars shall be paid I.uther Hamilton, Morehead City attorney, as compensation in preparation of the case for the plaintiffs. In an order signed last Tuesday by A. H. James, clerk of superior court, the clerk said that the es tate of Verna Lee Arthur and the heir Vernon Arthur, are entitled to $2,200 left after counsel fees have been deducted. J J. Stancill and J.Rusaeli Stinrik, coadministrator* of the estate of Verna Lee Arthur, are to receive $1,100 and Vernon Arthur and Cecil Mays, attorney, are to receive $1,100. Officer Takes BB Gun from Boy Officer Maxwell Wade of the Beaufort police force reported yes terday that a BB gun was takej from a Beaufort lad who was shoot ing the gun Sunday. Chief of Polic* M. E. Guy told the youngster to tell his father that he should re port to the Beaufort police station at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Four arrests were made since Thursday. On Thursday Cal Stan ley was arrested by Officer Wade and Chief . >uy. He was charged with public drunkenness. Arrested Friday was Logan Whitehurst, charged with failing to stop at a stop sign. Assistant Chief of Police Carlton Garner made the arrest. Bobby Martin was arrested Sat urday afternoon on a charge of dis turbing the peace. Making the ar rest waa Assistant Chief Gamer and Officer Steve Beachem. Jessie L. Parker waa apprehended by the Assistant Chief and officer Beach em Saturday night for driving with out lights and refusing to stop when ordered. Warm Spell Follows Cold Following the cold spell lut week, which saw the mercury drop to 30 Saturday, the firat real touch o( spring hit Carteret County as the mercury reversed its direction and soared to 83 Sunday, accord ing to SUtney Davis, weather ob server After a period of warm weather, winds from the northeast and southwest brought on last week's cold spell that started Thursday and lasted until Saturday. Some rain and snow flurries were recorded early last week. Mr. Davis slid. Temperature readings follow: Max. Mia. Monday. Feb. 8 44 38 Tuesday. Feb I 58 38 Wednesday. Feb. 10 83 41 Thursday. Feb. 11 58 50 Friday. Feb 12 55 34 Saturday. Feb. 13 43 30 Sunday,, feb. 14. 83 34 Tha Junior class of Newport Hlfb School wOl present a three act cwMdy. Amaiing Gragie. at 8 o'clock Saturday night In the idoil auditorium.