W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??<
43rd YEAR, NO. 22. FOUR SECTIONS THIRTY-TWO PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTd CAROLINA TUBSDAY, MARCH 16, 1964 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FMPAfi
The formal opening of the new Carteret-Craven Electric Member
ship Corp. will take place Saturday and Sunday. Door print will be
given away. Included in today's NEWS-TIMES are special sections
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Photo by Schumacher
on the opening of the building ? congratulatory advertisements,
stories and pictures. In addition to regular subscribers, every mem
ber of the Carteret-Craven firm is receiving a copy of today's paper.
Formal Opening
To Take Place
The new C?rteret-Cr?ven Elec
tric Membership building, west of
29th street and north of highway
70, will be open for inspection Sat
urday and Sunday.
On hand to greet well-wishers
will be Carteret-Craven employees
and members of the board of di
rectors, George Ball, president.
Open house hours Saturday will
be 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday
hours will be 1:30 to 4:? p.m.
Visitors will register and be tak
en on a tour of the new hundred
thousand dollar building. Cars may
be parked either on the east or
west of the building and on nafcr
by streets.
Door prizes, including an electrM
toaster and an electric waffle Iron,
will be given away, W. C. Carlton,
manager, announces.
Punch, nuts and cake will be
served in the conference room to
the right of the main front en
trance.
Luther Hamilton
Pays Filing Fee
Luther Hamilton Jr., Morehead
City, yesterday announced that he
has filed as candidate for nomin
ation to the office of solicitor of
the fifth Judicial district
Mr. Hamilton sent his application
to Raleigh Friday accompanied by
the 171.90 filing fee.
His father, Judge Luther Ham
ilton, announced last Wednesday
that he was withdrawing from the
political rice for the judgeship of
the fifth judicial district in order
to give his son the opportunity to
run for solicitor.
Mr. Hamilton said yesterday, "If
nominated and elected to this im
portant office, 1 shall do my best
to conduct it in such a way as to
justify every confidence placed in
me. The State's interest, which is
the interest of all the people, 1
shall keep constantly in mind, but
in trying to safeguard it 1 shall
at the same time be ever mindful
of the rights of Individuals in
volved That Is my conception of
the duties of the Solicitor for the
Stat*, and that conception will be
my guiding star "
Rotarians Hear
Leslie D. Springle
Leslie Springle, chairman of
Beaufort Rural Firemen's Associa
tion, was guest speaker at the
meeting of Beaufort Rotary Club
last Tuesday night.
Mr. Springle, introduced by Gray
Hasaell, program chairman, told the
club how the association was or
ganized and financed, and what
It hts accomplished In the relative
ly short time it has been in opera
tion. He told the dob that the
rural fire department ha* an;
swered seven calls, saving many
dollars worth of property.
Dr. John Morris, of Morehead
City, waa ? visitor.
A. D. Ennott Shows Film
At Rotary Club Mooting
A. D. Ennett. local wildlife com
missioner. Cedar Point, preaented
a film on wildlife at a meeting of
the Morehead City Rotary Club
Thursday.
Visitors were M. T fare. Baau
fart; Milton Warren. Newport; and
Robert Rowse Jr., Fan* villa.
18-Year-Old Boy Faces Trial
For Theft at Negro Elks Club
Clarence Petteway, 18, Beaufort,'*
was arrested Thursday on the
charge of stealing more than $300
from the Negro Elks Club, Beau
fort. He has been released under
$750 bond and docketed for trial
in the next term of superior court.
He has waived preliminary hear
ing.
Chief of Police M. E. Guy said
that Petteway was arrested Thurs
day night when his father, Clarence
Petteway Sr., told the police to go
home with him to get his son.
After the boy wai brought to the
town hall, the chief Hid he con
fessed the theft. Hit statement
was taken down by Dan WaUtar,.
clerk of court, in the presence ?f
the chief and Solicitor Gene Smith.
According to Chief Guy, Pette
way bid behind a couch in the
Elks Club Tuesday night, Feb. 23,
and stayed there until everybody
had gone home. Then he broke
into the storeroom in the club
where the money was kept.
He took ofl for New Jersey where
he was picked up by the FBI for
wearing a soldier's uniform, the
chief reported. He waaaent back
here and his father infarmed the
police he had returned. None of
the stolen money has been recov
ered.
Moose Plan
Ladies Night
The Morehead City Moose Lodge
will entertain their ladies in the
near future. A committee to make
arrangements for the social affair
was named at a recent meeting of
the lodge.
On the committee are George
Herbert, chairman; Tull Williams,
George D. Lewis, and Harry Gilli
kia.
Gov. John J. James repeated the
announcement about the district
meeting of the Moose held Friday
through Sunday at Greensboro.
Those attending were Duffy Guth
rie. Governor James. James Harris,
and Arnold E. Gray.
Members interested in belonging
to the degree staff had a special
meeting last week. The staff will
be choaen from the following:
Duffy Guthrie. B. f. Morton,
Layton Stevens. Robert Rice. War
ren Mann, Gerald Elkina, Warren
Styron. E. H. Holt. O. H. Beats.
Norman P. McKay. George Herbert,
J. D. Romano. Emmett C. Willis,
and Bonnie Rice.
The staff consists of eight peti
tions and alternates.
Car, Pickup Truck
Collide Saturday
In Morehead City
A car and pickup truck collided
?t 11:23 Saturday morning on
Arendelt street, Morehead City.
Capt Herbert Griffin who invest
igated Mid that Cecil Aster Raper.
1700 Bridges St., was backing out
from a parking space and struck a
1930 Oldsmoblle which was also
backing out The car was driven
by Steve Roberts. 1901 Arendetl
St.
Damage to the pickup was es
timated at $10 and damage to the
automobile was estimated at $49.
Captain Griffin aaM Raper prom
laed to pay for the damage.
The accident occurred between
Mi and Mb street
Work on Newport Water
Main to Begin Saturday
Rennie R. Garner, chairman of
the Newport Finer Carolina "wa
ter extension" committee, an
nounced yeaterday that work on
the water main project will begin
Saturday morning at S o'clock.
Residents of Newport are
aafced ta meet at the town hall
im4 bring a shovel. The line
ha* bees staked out tad - the
string laM'for ft*!*/. ?
Mr. Garner laid refreshments
will be aerveA-jhaut mid-morn
tag. -U you drat have a (hovel,
come anyway and help load
pipe," he added.
Court Does Not
Re-Open Friday
BccHii.se of Judge Malcolm Paul's
continued illness, superior court
did not re-convene Friday morning,
but the grand jury returned its re
port and jurors wore dismissed by
A. H. James, clerk of court.
The grand jury, T. T. (Tom)
Potter, foreman, specifically recom
mended repairs to the courthouse
annex and several schools. They
found county offices to be in "ex
cellent condition" as to 'business
affairs and commented that the
jail was in very good shape. The
report said that jail improvements
recommended by other grand juries
had been carried out.
School busses were found to be
in good mechanical condition. The
State Highway Patrol investigates
the busses once a month. The
prison camp at Newport was term
ed in excellent condition with "all
prisoners happy and contented."
Repairs recommended (or the
courthouse annex are the follow
ing: plaster the west end of the
hall, repair the leaky roof over the
health department and fix the ceil
ings.
School repairs recommended: re
pair the classroom under the stage
jnd next to the furnace room at
Beaufort School and have the sup
ports Under the balcony in the
auditorium inspected; repair the
septic tank at Markers Island
School and a leak in the roof of
the temporary classroom building
and provide more drinking foun
tains as soon as possible; at the
Smyrna school the ceiling in the
gym should be repaired.
Schools visited included those in
Beaufort, Morehead City, Camp
Glenn. Newport, Smyrna and Har
kers Island. Others were covered
by conference with H. L. Joslyn,
county superintendent of schools.
The jurors reported that records
of the clerk of superior court, in
cluding reports on justices of the
peace, recorder's courts and guar
dianships were in order.
The jury reported that they act
ed on bills of indictment sent be
fore them and expressed their
thanks to the solicitor, clerk of
court, sheriff's department, high
way patrol and other court officers
for the help given them.
Tanker Dock*
The Ocklawaha arrived at the
Aviation Fuel Terminal at 3 o'
clock Sunday afternoon with Avi
ation gasoline Its port of depar
ture was Beaumont, Tex. The Ock
lawaha was sceduled to sail thia
morning after discharging Its car
go, reported Geddy Bennett, ter
minal manager.
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SBI Agents ?
Escape Injury
In Car Upset
Two ageati of the State Bureau
of Investigation, George Canady
and l-ewis Williams, were shaken
up Thuraiay morning when their
car turned over west of Cherry
ruiiifii Mill TO Mr. Canady I*
district director of the SBI. V u
The men were going to New
Bern and were planning to return
later in the day to Cherry Point
where they were going to pick up
Mr. Williams' car. They had been
to Beaufort for superior court
which was postponed.
West of Cherry Point, Mr. Can
ady. driving his car, attempted to
pass a pick-up truck which at the
same time decided to pass a car
in front of it. The pick-up forced
the SBI agent's car off the road and
it upset.
They were able to crawl out of
the car and were taken to where
Williams' car was parked. Yhen
they drove back to Morehead City
where they were examined at More
head City Hospital. It was believed
that Mr Williams, whose home is
High Point, may have a fractured
rib. He was also suffering from a
I bruised shoulder.
| Damage to Mr. Canady's car was
I estimated at about $300.
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Seven to Appear
In Court Today
Two men charged with drunken
ness and five charged with violat
ing motor laws have been docketed
for trial in Beaufort recorder's
court at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
James Neal and David Howard
have been charged with public
drunkenness. John B. Allen has
been chargcd with careless and
reckless driving, Ben A. Merrill
with cutting through a service sta*
lion, and Henry Kirk and Julius
W. Willis with running by a atop
sign.
Spencer Taylor. Sea Level,
charged with sideswiping another
car and leaving the scene of an ac
cident. is also docketed for appear
ance in court. The accident oc
curred March 6 in front of the
AtP Store. Beaufort. Officer Mack
Wade said a car driven by Taylor
sideswiped the car of Guy Dudley.
Morehead City, which waa parked.
Longshoremen
Re-Elect Officers
The International Longshore
men's Local Thuraday night re
elected their officers to serve an
other year. The lonphoremen Met
at their club room on Aremkll
street. Morehead City.
Officers are Leroy Guthrie, presi
dent; John TUiery. vice-president;
Starling Puller, financial secretary;
Cecil Finer, recording secretary; L.
H Bell, treasurer; and Vernon
Guthrie, business manager.
The longshoremen discussed
work possibilities, announcing the
arrival of the 8.8. Antwerp** that
hit port Friday with 780 torn of
refined sugar aboard.
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Patrolman Arrests T wo Drivers
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Following Weekend Accidents
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Real Shamrocks Grow
In Massachusetts Town
Charlie Smith, j
H. Earle Mobley
Found Guilty
Judge G?org? H. McNeill
Heart Cases During
Lengthy Court Session
Charlie Smith. Morehead City
Negro, gave notice of appeal to su
perior court in Morehead City Re
corder's Court yesterday, and H.
Earle Mobley. Morehead City, the
county's representative to the state
legislature, was found guilty of
assault.
Smith was given six months on
the roads after being found guilty
of reckless driving and driving
after his license was revoked. His
appeal bond was set at $500.
Capt. Buck Newsome of the
Morehead City police force testi
fied that Smith was arrested when
the car he was driving was seen
careening all over 13th street from
Fisher to Avery.
Captain Newsome Mid that when
he started after Smith, Smith
scooted over to the center of the
:>cat and the car ;.*uceeded a block
without anyone at the wheel, tfhe
officer also said there was another
person James Chadwick, in the
car.
Smith was originally charged
with driving without a license, but
the state decided aot to prosecute
on that charge. Othor charges were
temporary larceny of a car, reck
less driving and driving after his
license was revoked.
i The j?q(icitor decided not to tfy
>ntth^#! the stolen car charse
after Taptain Newsome informed
the court that he learned that
Smith had a right to have the car,
a Kaiser belonging to Mobley Buick
Fined *25, Costs
Mr. Mobley was fined $25 and
costs. He was charged with assault
ing Rudolph Mason, Morehead City,
Tuesday, March 2, at Mobley Buick
Co. Mr. Mason, an employee of the
Sinclair Refining Co., told the
i court that he went to see Mr. Mob
Icy to collect a bill owed his com
pany.
He said that Mr. Mobley asked
him. "What are you doing here?"
Mr. Mason testified that he in
formed Mr. Mobley he had come
to collect a bill. With that, Mr.
Mason said Mr. Mobley retorted,
"I thought I told you to stay out
of here." Mr. Mason told the court
that he replied that he had not
been told to stay out.
Mr. Mason continued his testi
mony saying that Mr. Mobley said
"Somebody in this outfit is a liar,"
and used a curse word. Mr. Mason
then replied, "Well, it's not me."
Then Mr. Mason said Mr. Mob
ley began striking him and cursing,
mentioning "some bad names."
Mr. Mason said he threw up his
left arm to protect his face and
was hit about the arm and should
er. He also added that during the
fray Mr. Mobley threatened to
throw him out if he came back
again. Mr Mason said that with
that he left the showroom where
the incident took place.
Mr. Mobley did not appear in
court but was represented by a
lawyer who said that following
the incident Mr. Mobley phoned T.
T. (Tom) Potter, Sinclair Refining
Co., who is Mr. Mason's employer.
The lawyer said Mr. Mobley asked
for Mr. Mason snd when he was
told that he wasn't there, began to
tell Mr. Potter of the incident and
apologized.
When Mr. Potter took the stand,
he said that Mr Mobley did not
apologize and that he hung up
on Mr. Mobley when one angry
word led to another.
Judge George McNeill, in past
ing sentence, said that the defen
dant had probably been punished
enough due to publicity given the
case but he was sorry that Mr.
Mobley had not made an apology.
The judge said that to him it was
clearly a case of unlawful and un
provoked assault.
The defendant's attorney told the
judge that he thought it was ? fair
judgment, that it was a case "of a
man getting mad and being sorry
later."
A defendant has 10 days in which
to file notice of appeal. Court was
?till in session yesterday at 3-.30
ftp
Mra. George Smith. Salter Path,
was taken to Morehead City Hos
pital In the George W. Dill am
bulance Thursday afternoon Mr
laedji il treatment
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? By JOHN B. KNOX
Fall River, Mass ? (AP) For
48 years real shamrocks descended
from a plant which grew on the
Dublin grave of Daniel O'Connell,
the great Irish liberator, have
grown and flourished in Fall River.
And on each St. Patrick's Day,
they find their way into the homes
and offices of men and women
who -like these shamrocks - have
been separated by years and per
haps generations from Eire's green
sod.
A tradition now nearly 16 cen
turies old made the plant Eire's
emblem. It is told that St. Patrick,
who escaped from slavery in Ire
land and returned as a Christian
missionary to break the power of
the Druids, used the three-leaved
shamrocks to illustrate the doctrine
of the Trinity.
Fall River's shamrocks came
from the gift of James F. Dalton,
an American ? native of Prov
idence, R. I., who lived in Ireland
from 1900 to 1931.
Dalton sent the original plants,
sod included and wrapped in news
paper, to his old friend, James Bra
zeil, then Fall River's park com
missioner.
It was Brazeil who disproved
the belief, long held by some, that
the shamrock could not be grown
successfully in American soil. Year
by year the number of plants has
been increased until now about 350
are grown annually.
Potted shamrocks from Fall Riv
er's greenhouse are sent ? just be
fore March 17 to municipal agen
cies and to Irish organizations.
75 Attend Cub .
Scout Meeting
Ethan Davis, Scout commission
er of Morehead City, reported yes
terday that 73 parent* attended the
meeting Friday night to discuss the
future of Cub Scouts in the town.
He said that there is a possibility
there will be five sponsors for
Cub packs. It was hoped that
there would be at least three. Com
mittees to be appointed by the
sponsors are scheduled to meet Fri
day night at 7:30 In the education
building of the First Methodist
Church.
Mr. Davis said the names of the
sponsors will be released when fin
al approval by the sponsoring
groups is obtained.
W. C. Wall, field executive from
New Bern, showed a film Friday
night on Fundamentals of the Cub
Scout Movement. Talks were made
by Dr. Harden Eure, chairman of
Scout organization and extension,
R. H. Howard, district neighbor
hood commissioner, and Mr. Davis.
? Two motorists were arrested following weekend acci
dents in the county. They are Cecil Ray Cannon, 35, Mer
rimon, charged with hit and run and driving drunk, and
Richard Thomas Dudley, 17, route 2 Vanceboro, charged
with passing at an intersection and failing to yield right-of
way. No one was injured.
The accident in which Cannon was involved occurred
at 7:30 Saturday night on the Mer <
rimon Road eight miles north of
the Merrimon Road and highway 70
intersection. ?
Cannon was driving a 1950 Ford
automobile and the other vehicle
involved, a 1932 Ford pickup truck,
was driven by Joseph Carter, a
Negro of 410 Queen St., Beaufort.
State Highway Patrolman R. H.
Brown said that Carter was going
north on the Merrimon Road and
Cannon south. Carter told the pa
trolman that he saw the automobile
zig-zagging~toward him and he pull
ed off to the shoulder of the road
and wai in. the process of stopping
when the car raked his left side
The car stopped and he said Can
non got out and threatened to blow
Carter's head off. Then, said Car
ter. Cannon got back in his car and
took off but Carter followed him
and got his license number.
Swaan Out Warrant
Carter swore out a warrant for
Cannon's arrest and Sunday morn
ing Sheriff Hugh Salter and Pa
trolman Brown went to Merrimon
to serve it but Cannon was not
home. On their way back to Beau
fort they went by way of the
Laurel Road and met Cannon who
was on his way home.
They stopped him. and aake^him
how he got the side of his car
smashed up. The patrolman said
he gave some excuse, so they read
the warrant to him and took him
to the county jail.
There after further questioning.
Patrolman Brown said Cannon told
the officers be was so drunk the
night before he might have hit
someone and didn't know it. He
was put under $500 bond and
docketed for trial in county M
corder's court this morning.
Damage to the truck is estimated
at $300 and to the ear $130. The
truck is owned by Johnny Teal,.
Beaufort:. - '
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niTCi at mcrwcmi
Hudley was involved In a wreck
with a pickup truck at 11:30 Sun
day morning at the intersection of
highway 70 and the Otway road.
Patrolman Brown said that Dudley,
driving a 1960 Chevrolet, collided
with a 1952 Dodge pickup truck
driven by Mary Ann Chadwick, 408
Ann St.. Beaufort.
According to the patrolman, both
vehicles were going west and Dud
ley collided with the pickup when
he tried to pass it while Miss Chad
wick was attempting to make a left
turn.
Witnesses said that Miss Chad
wick signaled she was going to
turn. There were pasaengers in the
car and truck. Damage to the truck
was estimated at $100 and damage
to the car $400.
The car is owned by Dudley's
father, Willie M. Dudley and the
truck is owned by the girl's father.
C. B. Chadwick. Dudley's case is
scheduled for county recorder'a
court today.
Car Hits Bike
Thursday; Driver
Faces Charges
Jack Garrison, Broad street,
Beaufort, will be charged with
leaving the scene of an accident as
the result of a bike-car mishap
Thursday, Sheriff Hugh Salter re
ports.
Garrison, according to the sher
iff. ran into the rear of a bike
ridden by Russell Gray, 13, Thurs
day afternoon on the Lennoxville
Road, several hundred feet east
of the highway 70 intersection.
Arm Bruised
Russell had a bruised arm and
damage to the bike was estimated
at $17. Garrison, in a 1949 De Soto
and the boy were both proceed
ing west when Garrison hit the
bike from the rear. According to
the motorist, the boy swayed out
in front of him.
The car was not damaged, but
the bike's wheel was bent, the
sprocket damaged and the tire
blown.
The sheriff said that Garrison
stopped, asked the boy if he was
hurt, gave him a dollar to get his
bike fixed and went on. But a
witness to the accident got his li
cense number, phoned the police,
and the sheriff got the message by
radio from the central station at
Morehead City.
Agrees to Pay
Garrisofc said he would pay for
the bike damage and for the boy's
ifxaakwUw by ? doctor. Russell is
?te sen <4^4*. and Mrs. Mitchell
ilr?y, Ann stAet extended.
Assisting in the investigation
were Chief of Police M. E. Guy,
Beaufort, and Deputy Sheriff Enr
Chaplain.
Officer Apprehends
Eddie Lee Collins
Eddie I,ee Collins, repeated vi
olator of the whiskey laws, waa
apprehended again Thursday night
at 7 o'clock on highway 101.
ABC Officer Marshall Ayscue*
said he stopped Collin's Ford truck
for routine inspection and found
six gallons of non-taxpaid whiskey
under the hood.
Once before, eight gallona of
whiskey were found under the hood
of his truck, Officer Ayscue said.
He has been charged with trans
porting non-taxpaid whiskey and
placed under <200 bond. His caae
ia docketed for trial in county
recorder's court today.
Whaling No Longer Occupies
Fishermen of Carteret Coast
A reminder of a longdead paat, Ik I* pilot heat ef the laic Cay*. Mu E. Lewie, Mereheed CHr, mmI
to tie on the beach near hla flah houae Ml Shepert ?t reet. C aptain Lewta waa a noted whaler on the Car'
teret naat during the lMh century. Front the hew ef thta heat hh atreai arm drove the tarpaaa Me
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By F. C. SALISBURY
"There she blows" wan the shout
that came from the lookout ol
whaling boats back in the daya
~ TicU TabU
Tides at Bsaafwt Bar
HIGH LOW
Tnetday, Marth 1? 4
6:13 a.m. 12:08 a.m.
6:32 p.m. 12:32 p.m.
Wednesday, March 11
6:50 am. 13:10 a.m.
7:19 p.m. Ill P-m.
Thursday, March II
7:94 a.m. 1*3 a.m.
7:52 p-m. 1:47 ?
Friday, March M
8:0* am. 2:13 a.m.
1M7 p.m. 3:31 p-m. I
when the whaling industry ni one
of the chief occupations along the
Atlantic coaat. Even today the
same shout comes from the look
out of the large commercial whal
ers in the waters of the North sea.
Many years have passed since
whaling was carried on off the
Carteret coast. A few of the old
timer* who were engaged In thia
hazardous occupation In the coun
ty reminisce about thoae times
when a livelihood was derived from
the capture of nature's largest an
imals that ever lived upon the
Mtt?WK
Known as one of the ablest whal
ers along the Carteret coast waa
Ik* lata Captain John t. Lewis of
NantaaM CKy. Ban and brad
on ShacUeford Banks, be caaa of
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hardy stock that well fitted him for
his life on the water, both u a
whaler and fisherman
His experiences as related dur
ing the latter days of his life would
well match those of the whaleri
from Nantucket Island or New Bed
ford. wtlose lives and adventures
have gone down In the snnala el
history.
Visitors to the Stale Museum in
Raleigh will see a large case con
taining the whaling gear e< this
noted whaler. Harpoon
ces. Later cane
boab. Until recently the
of Captain Lewis restei
beach ne?r his fish bouse on ?hep
?rd Street. Thto boat, ? feet fc
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