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43rd YEAR, NO. 64. EIGHT PAGES MOltEHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Registration for Sheriffs'
Convention Begins at 1 P.M.
Registration for the Sheriff As-<
sociation convention at Atlantic
Beach will take place this after
noon from 1-5 p.m. in the lobby of
the Ocean King Hotel, Atlantic
Beach. The convention will con
tinue until Thursday. Sixty sher
iffs, FBI and SBI agents are ex
pected.
A Ladies' Social Night will be
held tonight at Captain Bill's Rest
aurant at Atlantic Beach at 8:30
p.m. Ted Davis, manager of the
Morehcad City Chamber of Com
merce, will present a skit entitled
"Dance by Mail" and members of
Mrs. Pat Fodrie's dancing class,
will give several numbers. Car
teret's sheriff, Hugh Salter, in
vites all women of the county to
attend.
Tomorrow's program features a
fellowship meeting at 9 a.m. and
from 2 p.m. until 4 o'clock Federals
Bureau of Investigation agents and
State Bureau of Investigation
agents will meet with Basil Sher
rill, instructor at Chapel Hill In
stitute of Law, for a round-table
discussion.
A chicken supper will be served
at 7 p.m. tomorrow night at Cap
tain Bill's Restaurant.
Thursday's agenda will be high
lighted by a discussion of prob
lems and proposed legislation for
Sheriffs and Deputies from 10-12
a.m. and election of officers from
2-4 p.m.
Thursday morning the wives of
the delegates will join a motor
cade to Fort Macon and will have a
guided tour through the Fort.
From 12 until 4 p.m. there will be
a bus trip to the Cherry Point Jet
Air Base.
The annual banquet will be held
Thursday night at 7 o'clock at the
Ocean King Hotel. Entertainment
will be furnished by Edmond Hard
ing, noted comedian.
Thieves Enter
Service Station
Ice cream, gasoline and cash
were stolen after midnight Sunday
from Capt. Chris's Esso Station on
the Atlantic Beach causeway .
Sheriff Hugh Salter said that the
station, operated by Bill Davey,
was entered at the back. Jaulousy
windows were smashed
Power was turned on and the
thieves helped themselves to gas
from the automatic pumps. Taken
from the soft drink machine was
$1.25.
Assisting Sheriff Salter in the
investigation was Deputy Sheriff
Marshall Ayscue.
Judge Finds
Driver Guilty
In Morehead City Recorder's
Court yesterday Curlew Jackson
Bennett was found guilty of care
less and reckless driving. Bennett
had been charged with driving
while under the influence of in
toxicants or narcotics but the
charge was changed to careless and
reckless driving after he presented
testimony to the effect that he was
diabetic and was suffering from an
overdose of insulin.
Bennett was fined $100 and costs
of court.
T. J. White, Bennett's attorney
from Kinston, stated that Bennett
was not under the influence of al
cohol but had "blacked out" be
cause of his diabetic condition.
Bennett had testified that he
had drank only one beer the night
of his arrest.
Solicitor Herbert Phillips said it
wasn't a question of how much al
cohol had been consumed. It was
a matter of how it had affected
Bennett. He said that the insulin
mixed with beer might have been
the cause of his condition and that,
if this was the case, he would have
to be found guilty.
He said that if it met with Mr.
White's approval the charge could
be amended to a charge of care
less and reckless driving.
Mr. White approved and Assist
ant Judge Alvah Hamilton decreed
guilt on the careless and reckleaa
driving charge.
Two Woman Pay Half
Court Costs Y?iterday
Two women who charged each
other with simple assault were
taxed one-half the costs of court
yesterday in Morehead City Record
er's court.
Mrs. Mary Lee Fulcher testified
that Mr*. Mary Gordon Guthrie
pulled her hair and bit her noae.
Mrs. Guthrie testified that Mrs.
Fulcher bit ber thumb
J he two women filed charges
nst each other after the fight.
Lt. Carl Blombcrg of the Morehead
City Police Department, said he
had to separate the womerf to break
up the fracas which occurred on
Sbepard Street.
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New Craft Due Here Soon
The VMS 448, Pauline, bought
by Beaufort Fisheries to be con
verted into a menhaden boat, is
shown above on its way here from
California. She is expected to ar
rive some time next week.
W. H. Potter, president of Beau
fort Fisheries, said converting of
the craft to a fishing vessel will
take about six weeks. She is ex
pected to be ready for the fishing
season this fall.
The Pauline sailed from Port
land, Ore., July 28 under Capt. W.
G. Sampson of Seattle, Wash. One
hundred thirty-six feet long with
a 24 6 foot beam, the Pauline draws
8V6 feet.
Mr. Potter said, "The boat's
draft, loaded, will exceed the avail
able depth in Taylor's Creek Chan
nel leading to the factory site but
until such time as the presently
authorized project to deepen Tay
lor's creek is accomplished, the
boat will be used with limited
cargo capacity."
Present project depth of the
creek is 7 feet, but at certain places
now the depth is less due to shoal
ing.
Duplicate Names
Complicate Court
Reporting
The James Taylor whose case is
docketed in County Recorder's
Court is a resident of Sea Level and
is not the James Taylor of Russells
Creek. Taylor is charged with
public drunkenness.
THE NEWS TIMES regrets that
so many people of the county have j
the same names, but that is some
thing nobody can remedy except
parents who are charged with the
responsibility of naming newcom
ers who enter the world.
We have now started a directory
?f those who frequently appear in
court news and who have law-abid
ing counterparts (in name only).
We expect that in spite of this
names will appear in court news
that are the same as the name of
someone else. The addresses of de
fendants do not appear in the of
ficial minute record books of any
court in the county, but THE
NEWS-TIMES will do its best to
prevent embarrassment to innocent
persons who have the same name as
an alleged law-breaker.
Should we slip up, we would ap
preciate the "injured" party no
tifying us calmly if he will and
we will happily rectify the mat
ter in the following issue of the
paper. ? The Editor.
Beaufort Bank
Will Undergo
Alteration Soon
James H. Davis, cashier, First
Citizens Bank and Trust Co., Beau
fort. announced yesterday that the
bank will be enlarged and modern
ized within the next few months.
Bids will be asked for this week.
The present building, on Front
Street east of Turner, will be
lengthened 42 feet. New vaults
will be built and the vauit used at I
present will be torn down. This '
will create mwe lobby and work
ing space. Mr. Davis commented.
No estimate has been made as
yet on the cost of the work, but
the changes planned will be the
first major alteration in the build
ing since First-Citizens took over
fn February 1934.
While the alterations are * in
progress, banking will go on in
the same building. Mr. Davis said I
customers will probably enter at
the rear while the front is being
renovated.
The exterior of the bank will be
sanded and improved in accord
ance with the modernization plans
for the interior.
Mr. Davis said it is hoped that
the work will be finished by the
latter part of the year.
Beaufort National Guard
Unit Begins Encampment
By EUGENE SMITH
Havelork
Fort Bragg. Aug. 9 ? The main
elements of Battery A of the 295th
Field Artillery battalion rolled in
to Fort Bragg today to begin their
annual summer encampment short
ly before noon following an un
eventful trip from the Beaufort
armory that started at 6:45 a.m.
Upon arrival at their area 'the
battery found the advance detail,
under the command of First Lieu
tenant Merritt Bridgman. of Bogue
Sound had drawn individual cots,
mattresses and chairs for the en
tire outfit. Also awaiting the men
was a lunch consisting of cold cuts,
sandwiches and iced tea prepared
by Sgt. Larry D. Hall, mess stew
ard. and his kitchen detail.
The men spent the remainder of
Sunday afternoon unloading equip
ment and unpacking their personal
equipment.
A hot evening meal consisting
of steak, mashed potatoes, corn on
the cob and fresh garden vegeta
bles, tea and dessert was the first
hot meal served In the battery mess
hall.
, Schedule for the week calls for
individual weapon firing and qual
ification with the M l on Monday
and Tuesday and individual wea
pon firing and qualification with
the carbine on Wednesday and
Thursday. Men in the battery for
less than 10 weeks are receiving
special recruit training under the
superviaion of selected non-com
missioned officers which will equal
the period of time usually spent
in recruit training in the home
armory.
First U. Norman Masters, bat
tery commander, of route 5 New
Bern, stated that he was Well
pleased with the showing of the
battery thus far in the encamp
ment especially in view of the fact
that a large portion of the person
Mi consists of man who have never
had any previous military training
and are in what is considered the
ideal age group ? 17 Va years
through 20.
First Lt. MacDonald Nelson of
Morehcad City is executive officer
of the battery and will have charge
of the firing sections when the gun
crews begin crew-served weapon
firing next week.
Other officers of the battery in
clude Second Lt. Mike Mason of
Harlowe. reconnaissance and sur
vey officer, Lieutenant Bridgman.
aasistant executive officer and pla
toon leader, and Second Lt. Eu
gene Smtih of Havelock, assistant
executive officer and platoon
leader.
Quartered in the Spring Lake
section of Fort Bragg the men
have convenient recreational facil
ities nearby which include a
branch post exchange, a post thea
tre. a playground for softbill or
volleyball and are within a short
distance of a base swimming pool.
The main post exchange, one of
the largest in the Army camp sys
tem as well as the main post thea
tre and all other regular Army fa
cilities are available to the men
during their two-week stay.
Cars Collide on Sharp
Turn on Loop Road
Two cars collided on the loop
road through Otway at 7:15 p.m.
Saturday but no one was injured.
One car, a 1990 Dodge, was driv
en by Horace G. Lawrence, Otway,
and the other, a 1851 Ford, was
driven by Algernon Gillikin, Ot
way.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman J. W Sykes. Lawrence was
going east and Gillikin west and
they met on the sharp turn. The
left front ends of both cars were
damaged.
Damage to tha Dodge waa esti
mated at 1100. No charges were
preferred.
Power Company
Invests $32,777
To Improve Line
Cable from Beaufort East
Will be Replaced Next
Week
Beginning next Monday, im
provements in the power line from
Beaufort eastward through Atlan
tic. will be made at a cost of
$32,777.
George Stovall, manager of Caro
lina Power and Light Co. here,
said 20.7 miles of line will be re
placed with larger cable and the
whole line will be re-insulated.
The present line is too small to
carry the increasing power load,
h? expjained He said the rapid
development at Sea Level has
made the change necessary. Also
many homes have been installing
large electrical appliances.
"Unless the situation is taken
care of now, there may be a seri
ous breakdown in the future," Mr.
Stovall commented.
To make the improvements,
three outtages have been sched
uled for next week as follows :
Monday, Aug. 16 ? 1 p.m., about
a 15-minute outtage on the line
from Beaufort to Claude Martin's
Service Station on highway 70.
From Martin's Service Station
eastward the outtage will be from
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 17? Outtage from
1 to 4 p.m. from Smyrna through
Atlantic.
Wednesday, Aug. 18 ? Outtage
from 1 to 4 p.m. from Oyster Creek
eastward.
Extra crews are being brought in
to help with the work, Mr. Stovall
said.
In June new equipment was in
stalled at Smyrna and Davis to
boost voltage. Cost of installation
of that equipment was $3,260.
Havelock to Get
HighSchool
Havelock - Congressman Gra
ham A. Bardo.- has informed school
officials here lhat $205,200 of the
total $406,350 authorized federal
assistance funds appropriated last
week was earmarked for the long
sought Havelock High School.
Barden in his notification to the
school officials stated that the pro
ject as outlined was a six class
room junior high school building to
include a science lab, home eco
nomic lab, library, workshop facili
ties, lunchroom and other auxiliary
rooms.
Application for the plant wrs
filed in February of this year and ,
erection of the building should
mean an end to long daily rides tor
the estimated 300 students now
attending school in Beaufort and
Newport in Carteret County and
New Bern in Craven Oounty, Bar
den said.
I H. L. Joslyn, county Superintend
ent of Schools, said the new School
will probably remove less than 10
pupils from Newport.
Land already acquired for the
high school is located behind the
Cherry Point Elementary school
and is spacious enough to allow the
erection of additions to the first
building as well as a gym and ath
letic fields.
At the present time, however,
none of these additions are con
templated with all efforts being ex
tended by the citizens toward get
ting the building started and finish
ed in time to open it for the fall
term in 1955.
Final plans have yet to be drawn
but rough ones already approved
call for a single-story building.
The opening date of the two local
elementary schools, Cherry Point
and Graham A. Barden, is Thurs
day, Aug. 20.
Port Calendar
Euo New Orients - Will dock
at Esso Port Terminal Aug. 17.
Coming from Texas City, Tex.,
via Bermuda. Will return to
Baytown, Tex.
OTC Barge ? From Paulsboro,
N. J., sailed from Aviation Fuel
Terminals yesterday for Pauls
boro.
LST !M ? To dock at More
head City port today.
1)88 Botetourt (APA) ? To
dock at Morehead City Port to
day.
Emperial Toronto - Will dock
at Esso Port Terminal Aug. 20
from Aruba, Venezuela, via
Charleston, S. C., with load of
gasoline and fuel oil. Will re
turn to Puerto LaCruz, Vene
zuela.
Bit 11 Barge Docked at Es
so Port Terminal today from
Norfolk, Va., and will sail to
day for Washington, N. C., car
rying gasoline and fuel oil.
Eaao Manhattan ? Scheduled
to dock at Esso Port Terminal
Aug. 24 with load of gasolin* and
fuel oil from Baytown, Tax. Will
raturn to Baton Rouge, La.
A&NC Stockholders Meet;
Road Nets $24,528 in 53
Ports Director Predicts
Southern in Here by '55
Col. Richard S. Marr, executive
director of the North Carolina
State Ports Authority, told repre
sentatives from Kinston and More
! head City Thursday night that
Southern "should be operating the
A4EC before the end of the year."
Colonel Marr spoke at a dinner
meeting at the Blue Ribbon Club.
It was one of several meetings that
Colonel Marr plans to hold to ex
plain plans for port development.
The director predicted tremen
dous growth for the Morehead City
area through port business.
He said "With the people of
Eastern Carolina, the State Ports
Authority, and Southern Railroad,
all working this section of the state
will grow steadily into one of the
greatest sections of the United
i States* It will not be a sudden one
or two year mushroom growth, but j
a firm, financially sound building
up and developing of opportunities !
that heretofore could not be
brought out. Don't get too impa
tient when we seem to be moving
too slowly, because 1 assure you
| that we are working night and day
for both ports."
Attending the meeting were May
or George W. Dill, D. G. Bell, Dr.
B. F. Royal, Dr. John Morris, 1
George R. Wallace, I. E. Pittman,
Robert Hicks, H. S. Gibbs, J. D.
Holt, Walter Friederichs, and Ted
Davis, all of Morehead City.
Ely Perry, L. B. Jenkins. Wil
liam Page, Cecil Moore and Charles
McCullers, Kinston; and George
Adams, Wilmington.
New Bern Chamber Manager
Speaks to Rotary Club
George Arlington, New Bern'
Chamber of Commerce manager,
addressed Morehead City Rotar
ians Thursday on merchants' activ
ties in this area. Rotarians met at
the Recreation Center, Morehead
City.
Mr. Arrington told of the retail
problems confronting merchants
and how they can be met by form
ing associations.
Merchants are benefited by these
associations through mutual co
operation on legislative matters
and pooling of information, said
Mr. Arrington.
Rotary Treasurer Delfido Cordo
va presented his monthly report,
stating that the club was in good
condition financially. He also gave
membership attendance statistics.
! Mr. Arrington was introduced
to the club by Albert Gaskill, pro
gram chaicmrn... Mr. Vrrington has
been asMCfated with the New Bern
Chamber of Commerce since 1945.
Nine persons were club visitors.
They were Boyd Palmer, Puerto
Rico; Tom Taylor, Roanoke Rapids;
Fred Hale. Raleigh; B. E. Steph
enson, Rich Square; Eddie Jackson,
Washington, N. C.; George Mc
Cormack, Southern Pines; Godwin
Byrd, Windsor; Dan Morgan, Farm
ville; and Frank C. Sprout, New
Bern.
Lions Receive
Attendance Pins
Eleven attendance awards, in
cluding one five-year award, were
given Thursday night to Lions hav
ing perfect attendance at a More
head City I.ions Club meeting at
the Recreation Center, Morehead
City.
The awards, gold pins, were giv
en by President Owens Frederick
to J. G. Bennett, Allen Colenda,
Fred Hardy, Ctordon Laughton,
Cecil Sewell, Elmer Watson, A. N.
Willis, John D. Willis and John T.
Willis for one year's perfect at
tendance. Mr. Frederick also
received one.
Oscar Allred was given a five
year pin for five year's perfect at
tendance.
Thursday's meeting was also lad
ies night. The ladies participated
in games in which prizes were
awarded. They were entertained
by Bill Norwood and his accord
ian.
The committee in charge of en
tertainment was Mr. Allred, Victor
Wickizer, and Mr. Hardy.
Men's Club Hears
German Pastor
Gunter Sommer of Stuttgart,
Germany, * recent graduate of the
Methodist Seminary, Frankfurt,
Germany, was the speaker Thurs
day at a meeting of the Newport
Methodist Men's Club in St. James
Methodist Church, Newport
Mr Sommer, currently studying
at Duke University, talked about
Methodism in Germany and its re
vival since World War II.
Mr. Sommer is a personal friend
of the Rev. J. H Waldrop, pastor of
the church in Newport. They met
while the Rev. Mr. Waldrop was in
Germany doing youth work.
Before Mr. Sommcr's address, a
ham supper was served to the 39
club members by the Gertie How
ard Circlc.
Club secretary, Charles Hill, re
ports that it the next meeting the
club will receive its charter. The
newly organized group meets the
lint Thursday of every month.
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Sun Brings Hot
August Days
Old Sol is serving notice that Au
gust will be a warm month in this
area despite the sea breezes.
Sunday the mercury hugged the
90 mark after a "cool" 89 Saturday
and a "chilly" 87 Friday. Last
Thursday the mercury werft up to
91, according to Stamcy Davis,
weather observer.
Early Friday morning a .12-inch
rainfall was recorded, says Mr.
Davis, but it failed to keep the
mercury from rising.
Temperature readings from
Thursday to flu day follow:
Max. Min.
Thursday .... J1 77
| Friday 87 75
Saturday r......... 89 67
Sunday 90 68
Two Men Hurt
In Cycle Wrecks
Two men were injured in motor
cyclc accidents near Atlantic Beach
over the weekend. One was Ran
dolph Ferebee of Norfolk, Va? and
the other man was not identified.
Fercbee was injured on the road
at Ocean Ridge at 11:15 p.m. Sat
urday and the other 'cyclist, a Ma
rine, was injured on the Fort Ma
con Road Saturday afternoon. State
Highway Patrolman W. J. Smith,
who investigated the afternoon ac
cident. said yesterday his investi
gation was incomplete. The injured
Marine was taken to Camp Lejeum
Naval Hospital.
Ferebee was riding west on the
Ocean Ridge Road when his motor
cycle hit a heap of sand which had
drifted across the road. He was
thrown from the motorcycle and
taken to Morehead City Hospital
in the George Dill ambulance.
State Highway Patrolman 1. W.
Sykcs said Ferebee, who was 28,
is a railroad employee at Norfolk.
He told the officer he was down
here to "have some fun."
Veterans' Service
Officer Announces
College PrepCourse
C. L. Beam, county veterans' aer
vice officer, announced yesterday
that veteram wishing to prepare
for college entry may enroll Mon
day at Greenaboro Evening Col
lege.
The course begins Monday and
ends Aug. 27. They should enroll
and then do the neceaaary "paper
work" for the veterans administra
tion later. Mr. Beam said.
Courses offered In preparation
for college entrance are business
courses of all types, English and
mat hematic*.
Veterans who will be out of the
service two years on Aug. 20 be
come ineligible for college bene
fits after that date, Mr. Beam said.
Farm Bureau Insurance
Meeting Close* Tomorrow
Claim representatives and ad
justers of the Farm Bureau Mu
tual Insurance Co. will close their
three-day meeting at Atlantic
Beach tomorrow. The meeting
opened Monday.
Those attending represented 45 '
towns is North sod South Carolina.
? Stockholders and directors of the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad Co. who met for their 100th annual
meeting Friday at the Atlantic Beach Hotel, announced a
net profit of $24,528 for 1953 and re-elected the 1953
board of directors and officers.
The possibility of the Southern Railway taking over the
Atlantic and North Carolina RaiM
road which runs from Goldsboro
to Morehead City was the topic of
discussion of many of the digni
taries who were present.
Harry McMullan, state attorney
general, said, "You are reaching
another milestone in railroads. I
believe that in years to come the
railroad will be more valuable to
the economics of the state and
the development of this section of
the state. I think this group should
adopt a resolution condoning the
transaction with the Southern Rail
way Co."
Col. Richard S. Marr, director
of N. C. State Ports at Morehead
City and Wilmington, said. "I think
there are very few of you who real
ize what the Southern taking over
will mean to this area. This sec
tion has the water supply and la
bor supply to be developed and, if
the Southern takes over, these
natural supplies will be developed
much faster."
Manager Comments
Harry Edwards, general manager
of the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad, said, "To give you some
idea of how this railroad has
progressed, when we took over 15
years ago we couldn't even rent
this railroad to the Southern. A
representative for the Southern
told me that the best thing that
could happen would be for a storm
to wash the railroad away because
we were certainly going to lose our
shirts. Now the Southern wants to
take up the option and add this
railroad to the vast system of
theirs which stretches as far as
St. Louis and New Orleans."
Mr. Edwards concluded by say
ing, "I think pressure should be
put on the Interstate Commerce
Commission to pass on this deal.
It will mean a great deal to the
development of this area."
Other dignitaries present were
Thad Eure. Secretary of State,
Charles Gold, commissioner of in
surance, and Frank Crane, commis
sioner of labor.
In the budgat which was pre
sented to the stockholders and di
rectors by Judson H. Blount.
Greenville, chairman of the board
of directors, it was pointed out that
1953's net profit was $24,528 as
compared with a net profit of
$8,357 in 1952.
The total income for 1953 was
$157,061. In 1952 the total income
was $209,959. Mr. Blount explain
ed that rail relaying charges were
$31,972 more in 1952 than in *53, ,
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Atlantic to Get
New Principal
Jack Johnson to Return
To County; Agriculture
Instructor Obtained
H. L. Joslyn, county superinten
dent of schools, announced Satur
day that Jack Johnson, Newland,
will replace Aubrey Pridgen as
principal at Atlantic School this
year and P. T. Long. Pantego, has
been employed as the vocational
agriculture teacher at Smyrna.
Mr. Pridgen will be principal of
the Lee Woolard 17 teacher school
at Black Creek in Wilson County.
He has served as principal at At
lantic for three years.
Mr. Johnson, former basketball
and baseball coach at Atlantic, is
a graduate of Appalachian Teach
ers College and recently received
his master's degree.
Mr. Long received his degree at
State College but hasn't been teach
ing for the past four years, Mr.
Joslyn said. His wife will teach
this year in the Pantego School
system.
Teacher vacancies still exist at
schools throughout the county.
Seven teaching positions remain
to be filled as follows: Atlantic,
one; Beaufort, one; Morehead City,
two; Camp Glenn, one; Newport,
one; and Queen Street, one.
Mr. Joslyn also announced that
bids will be asked soon on the
building of two new classrooms at
the W. S. King School, More
head City. The rooms were elim
inated when the school was first
built because there was not
enough money to cover their cost.
The rooms are needed now and
county funds will finance their con
struction.
New floors have been put in the
dressing rooms at the Atlantic and
Newport gyms, the new agriculture
department at Smyrna School is
being made ready and a new stock
room for bus parts is being built
at the school bus garage.
The old stockroom will be used
as an office for a bookkeeper. Mr.
Joslyn announced this year also
that a tank truck will deliver gas
to school busses. This will re
quire the service of a parttime
truck driver.
Witness Says Roy Styron
Was Driving Death' Car
Bruce Babbitt, of Davis, who
passed the car in which Otis Guy
Willis was killed June 6, testified
Friday night at the coroner's in
quest that Roy Styron, Davis, was
driving the car. The coroner's
jury ruled, after 20 minutes' de
liberation, that there was no crim
inal negligence involved in the
accident.
Friday's inquest was the second
which dealt with the death of Otis
Guy Willis. 17, of Davis. At the
first inquest it could not be de
termined who was driving the auto
mobile.
Coroner Leslie D. Springle open
ed the session by reading the testi
mony given by State Highway Pa
trolman W. J. Smith Jr. at the
first hearing. At that time the
patrolman said that Styron, the
survivor, could not remember
clearly the events on the day of
the accident.
On the witness stand, Babbitt
said he was in a car proceeding to
Smyrna when they met the car in
which Styron and Willis were rid
ing. He said Styron was driving
but he couldn't say how fast the
car was going.
Sheriff Hugh Salter testified that
he and SBI Agent Bob Pope made
"further investigation" aa request
ed at the first Inquest and spoke to
Styron. The sheriff said that Sty
ron remarked that It "seemed"
Tide Table
Tide* at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
IyOW
Tuesday, Aug. 10
4:31 a.m.
9:04 p.m.
10:40 a.m.
11:42 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 11
5:27 a.m.
3:54 p.m.
11:32 a.m.
Thursday, Aug. II
1:17 a.m.
5:41 p.m.
12:26 a.m.
12:23 p.m.
FrMay. Aug. 11
7:03 a.m.
7:29 p.m.
1:11 p.m.
1:08 a.m.
to him that he was driving at the
time of the wreck.
The sheriff* said they also ques
tioned boys riding in the car with
Babbitt, Elvin Davis and Clayton
Uurphy. both of Davis.
Styron told Coroner Springle
at the inquest that he didn't care
to make a statement. Appearing
with him were his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Roy M. Styron
Appearing on behalf of the Farm
Bureau Insurance Co. was Beaufort
Attorney Claud Wheatly. Repre
senting the interests of the family
of the deceased was Alvah Hamil
ton, Morehead City attorney. Al
so present was Lewis Godwin,
New Bern Farm Bureau Insurance
adjuster.
Serving on the jury were Ben
Gibbs. T P. Allen, Ralph F.udy,
Herbert Whitehurst, E. L. Davis,
and R. H. Brown.
Coast Guardsman
Hurt in Accident
Morris A. Home, stationed
aboard the Coast Guard Cutter
Agassiz. was injured in an automo
bile accident at 4:30 Wednesday
morning on the Salter Path Road
four miles west of Atlantic Beach.
He was discharged from the More
head City Hospital Saturday.
State Highway Patrolman ). W.
Sykes said Home, in a 1954 Chevro
let convertible, evidently went to
sleep while he was driving.
The car left the road and ended
up in the woods. Damage was esti
mated at 1700. Morris had cuts
on the forehead and a slight back
Injury.
CAr to Meet
The Beaufort-More head City Ci
vil Air Patrol Squadron will b* re
activated at 7:30 Friday at the ad
ministration building, Beaufort
Morehead City Airport. Hie aquad
ron did not meet last Friday bo
cauae Commander B. C. Newaomo
waa called out a < town.