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Beaufort Recorder's Court Judge Dismisses Speed Case Judge Earl Mason dismissed a speeding case in Beaufort Record er's Court Tuesday. Mrs. Dolly Willis. Beaufort, was cited for speeding 45 miles an hour on Ann Street Chief of Police M. E. Guy took the witness stand and testified that at 6 p.m. Friday he was in the police car facing north on Craven Street at Ann when Mrs. Willis passed him on Ann Street going west "at a rapid rate speed." ife said he pulled out after another car went by and got be hind her at the stop light at Live Oak and Ann. After the light changed, he testified, she "took off from the stop light at 45 to 49 miles an hour." He told the court that he blew the siren and flashed the red lights on the police car but Mrs. Willis failed to stop until almost a block east of the town limits. On the witness stand Mrs. Wil lis said that the chief was inac curate in his statement as to time, that she was proceeding west on Ann shortly after 5 p.m. Mechanically Incapable She said that the car she was driving was incapable of going ov er 35 miles an hour. A mechanic told her, she added that if she had been going that fast, the "bearings would have gone through the block." She also raised the question, "If 1 was going that fast, why didn't he stop me when 1 stopped at the light at Live Oak and Ann? Just as I got there the light turned red and 1 had to stop until the light turned green again. He also said, after he stopped me that he chased me all the way from the bridge." She further testified that she went very slowly as she went by the Ocean View Cemetery because "my mother and father are bur ied there" and her eyes filled with tare Mrs. Willis told the Judge that the chief made no attempt to stop her until she got past the ceme tery. Then, she said, when he pulled the siren and flashed the red lights on the police car, she pulled to the side of the road and stopped. She said she was in front of the second house be yond Bel Air Street at the time. Penalties <irow Lighter Instead of the usual "costs" penalty of $21.90, most motor ve hicle violators who appeared to de fend themselves drew only a yqr tion of the costs. Alex William Lewis, changed with going 45 miles an hour in a 35 mile zone, pleaded guilty but told the court he didn't realize he was going that fast. He told the court that he had been working at a service sta lion in Morehead City and was in a hurry to get there, when the of ficer stopped him, because it was I his responsibility to open up. Officer Steve Beachem testified that he clocked Lewis from the north end of Live Oak to the Bridge, adding that Lewis had stop ped at the light at Live Oak and Ann. The judge ordered Lewis to pay $10 of the costs. Mrs. Herbert F. Prytherch, charged with failure to stop at a stop sign, appeared in her own defense. Assistant Chief Carlton Garner said that at 8 p.m. Tuesday night, Oct. 5, he was parked in front of Hugh Hill's warehouse on Front Street when Mrs. Prytherch pull ed out on Front from Orange "at a speed of 5-6-7 miles an hour." He said he pulled his siren and tried to stop her but couldn't un til she pulled into the driveway of her home on Ann Street. lie testified that she told him that she always made a habit of I stopping at stop signs. Mrs. Prytherch testified that she | saw "this car" in back of her and i said she heard "something" but | did not recognize it ps a siren. Car Fallen Krr She said when the car followed her into her her driveway she saw that it was an officer and be- ; came terribly frightened because she was afraid he had come to tell I her that something had happened to her daughter. When he asked Mrs. Prytherch i why she did'i t stop at th' stop I sign at Front and Orange, the de j fend ant replied that she thought i she had. "Then he told me," she contin ued, " 'You wouldn't have turned over a tin can had you touched it.' " ' "He advised me." Mrs. Prytherch said, "to go to Dan Walker and pay $21.50 and said, 'I'll see the judge and part of your fine will be refunded.' " She went to Mr. Walker, the clerk of court, and s^ned a plea slip, which means than the defen dant pleads guilty as charged and the case is not scheduled to be heard in court. Mrs. Prytherch said that after she paid her $21.50, she had time to think about it "and 1 wanted to explain the situation, that's why I'm here today." She told the judge that she was almost certain she had stopped at the stop sign. Judge Mason said that stop signs mean stop anu ? hat since there was a possibility that she was uarcr tain as to whether she had stopped, he ordered that she pay $5 of the , costs. Case Dropped The state dropped the case against Johnny Teel, charged with failure to stop at a stop sign after Assistant Chief Carlton Gar ner said there was a possibility that maybe he had stopped at the sign at Marsh and Cedar because the sign is placed 30 feet back from the corner. Attorney Claud Wheatly was present to plead Teel's case, but the case was dropped after Officer Garner testified. Harvey Atkinson Vanccboro, ap peared in court. He was charged with failure to stop at a stop sign and was ordered to pay $12 .of the costs. Wilrtta S. liawrence did not ap- | pear in court. The clerk said that she told him to plead her guilty for going through a red light. The judge ordered that she pay $21.50 costs. After court recessed, Jessie Mackey appeared and said he could not be in court next week. His case had been continued during the session. So court reconvened to hear his case. Assistant Chief Garner said that on Oct. lO^Mackey went by a stop sign at Broad and Pollock and pulled over in front of a house. He said while he was writing a citation a woman in the house hol lered, "Are you going to let her lying here all day?" Mackey said he had been called to take a wo man to the hospital to have her baby. The officer testified that he didn't know what was going on, but evidently that's what was happen ing. The case was dropped. 4 Raymond Warren Wilson paid costs for failure to stop at a stop light and Ray Braxton Brinson paid $12 of the costs for failure to stop at a stop sign. Gene Springle paid costs on a charge of public drunkenness and the state decided not to prosecute at present the case against Harold Lee Willis, charged with operating /Did) You/ Say ( y4%?V That's big money! I knew my Jef ferson Standard policy was good, but 4% on dividends and policy proceeds! That really puts Jeffer son Standard ia a class by itself. Mr. 4% ?Wnantetki \ jpnuoN STANDARD twlm ltt% M HldN rwr?miy tMMd. tau iw? paM l?* UlM i% 4% ia Titi iraanrr iatb or ifrmorr paid bt ant MA*B Lira lNMJKANL'B COM PANY. F. A. CASSIANO C*pt? USMC (Ret) MM EVANS STREET PHONE 6-3752 ^ Jefferson Standard uir insurance <?. ' NMt orrici ? MMMMMIO. H. c. ' . Owm 1H Bfliim Mm. Li/* Immnmrn im r mm) Sir?. T-? ? ? . a motorvehicle under the influence and public drunkenness. The cases of Albert A. Pokrzy wa and Eddie ' Lee Collins were continued. 1'okrzwya U chafed with pulling away from the curb without signalling and eautunx an accident. Collins is charged with breaking iitto a horme, disturbing the peace and a church service and making a public nuisance of him self. A bench warrant was issued for Ray Washington Ellison for fail ure to stop at a stop sign and the casas against l^mmon Marion, charged with public drunkenness, and Laurie E. Guthrie, failure to stop at a stop sign. wtW contin ued. County Has Warm Weather, Rain Southern winds again brought a rise in the temperature to coastal Carteret County this week and there were also showers Saturday and Wednesday. Saturday there were .04 inches of rain and Wednesday's rain meas ured .02 inches, according to Stamey Davis, weather observer. Saturday was the coolest day. A northeasterly wind held the tem perature at 78 Day Max. Min. Wind Saturday 78 64 NE Sunday 83 61 SW Monday 84 66 SW Tuesday 85 67 S Wednesday 85 70 SE Car Turns Over, Driver Uninjured Charles W. Plaugher Jr., Cher ry Point, escaped injury but a Marine riding with him received a minor cut when Plaugher's car, a 1947 Plymouth, turned over a mile east of Newport at 11 p.m. Cherry Point and failed to round Monday. Plaugher was headed toward the curve at the brink of the hill on the approach to the bridge just east of Newport . He went off the road to the left, swayed back to the right and over to the left again, went over a bank and landed wheels up on the road by Garner's garage. Patrolman J. W. Sykes, who in vestigated, charged Plaugher with speeding. William T. Gray Found Guilty Of Drunk Driving William T. Gray, after being ' found guilty of drunken driving^ was given his choice of 90 days on ; the roads or a fine of $100 plus court coals in Mure head City's Re carder's court Monday. Gray was charged with malici ous damage to public property as well as drunken driving but the I state did not prosecute him on that charge. The 90-day sentence was suspended on condition that he remain on good behavior for two years and pay the town of of Morehead City $27 for three j mattresses which were burned while while he was confined to the city jail. The 'case against Giles Little john, charged with assaulting a female, Lucille Williams, was con tinued until Monday in order to contact the prosecuting witness. Mrs. Alfred Smith was not pro secuted on a charge of keeping a dog which made "unnecessary noise." The case against James Thom as Brown, charged with speeding and not having a driver's license, was continued. Helen S. tytoyes and Perry Mar caia paid court costs for speeding. Judge George McNeill deferred judgment for two weeks in the case against Aulbert Mason, charged with issuing a bad check. Bond Forfeited James Thomas Ledbeter forfeit ed his bond on a charge of failing to stop at a stop light. The state did not prosecute Er nest Carlton Jones for following too closely and Walmer Allen Han cock was assessed cost of court for speeding. The case against Jay Lee Jar rell was continued for one week He is charged with failing to com ply with a court judgment. Paul Van Settle was given a sus pended sentence of 10 days on a ; charge of fighting on the streets. He was ordered to pay half court costs. The case against Wood row Har less was continued. He is charged with not having a driver's license, speeding, careless and reckless dri ving, and drunken driving. The case against Klijah J. Willis, charged with fighting on the streets, was also continued. (This defendant has the same name as the chief of police but hi is not the chief). Cpl. Donald Shaw Hoeft and Amanda Erwin appealed their cases to Superior Court after they had been taxed court costs. Both j bonds were set at $25. Hoeft ' was charged with speeding and I Erwin was charged with speeding Captain Bill Will Offer New Dishes Capt Bill Bttlou announced yes terday that next week he will add many umisual dishes to his menu at the "Heart of the Beach" Rest aurant. Atlantic etiach. bteanted oysters, clams, hard shell crabs, shrimp, barbecued spare ribs, cfcicken and pork, char coal broiled planked steaks, bar becued mullets, pompano, trout, bluefish. spanish mackerel, oys ters, fried or stewed, crate meat an gratia en casaerole and scallops are some of the new dishes Captain Bill will offer this fall. Captain Bill's "Heart of the Beach" Restaurant now offers Car teret County six private dining rooms, with seating capacity up to 300 The "Heart of the Beach" will be open every day with d?nc ing and entertainment nightly. Two Defendants Will Be Given Hearings Monday *John Henderson, Morehead City, will be given a hearing in court Mpnday on a charge of assaulting James Johnson with a bottle Oct. 12. The warrant was sworn out by Johnson. Glenn Ray Hatfield, Carson-New man College. Jefferson City, Tenn., will appear in court also. He was given a citation by Lt. Carl Blom berg, Morehead City Police De partment Oct. 13 on a charge of failing to stop at a stop sign. i und not having a driver's license. The state did not prosecute Er in on the latter charge. John Allen Smith was taxed half the costs of court for failing to stop at a stop sign. George Franklin Parson, John Percy Morion. Nathaniel Willis, Sidney Norman La Forge, and Har vey Curtis Holland were found guilty of speeding. Parson, Wil lis, Morton and Holland were tax ed court costs and La Forge .was fined $10 and assessed costs. Charged with not having a driv er's license, N. D. Dunmore, was sentenced to 10 days in jail with the sentence suspended upon pay ment of a $25 fine and court costs. The fine will be remitted if he shows a license in two weeks. Cases against James Edward Taylor, charged with allowing an unlicensed person to operate an automobile, and Willie Clifton Smith, charged with not having a driver's license, were continued. The prosecuting witness was taxed costs for malicious and friv olous prosectuion in the case against J. T. Brinkley who was charged with drunkenness arid disturbing the peace. Thomas G. Tyson, charged with not having a driver's license, was sentenced to 10 days in jail with the sentence suspended upon pay ment of a fine of $25 and costs. C. Byrd Wade To Give Address C. Byrd Wade, son of Mr and Mrs CharUa Wade. 806 Brtdflaa St., Murehead City, will be one of th principal speakers at the ra tional conference of the lullcce Endkh Association at North Caro lina State College tomorrow. C. Byrd Wade ... on college program The theme of the conference will be the value of English train ing in the development of intelli gent leadership for business and industry. Mr. Wade, of Winston-Salem, is personnel director of the R. J. Rey nolds Tobacco Co. Other speakers will be Louis V. Sutton, Raleigh, president of Carolina Power and Light Co.; Johnathan Daniels, Ra leigh, editor of The News and Ob server; William Ruffin, Durham, president of_ Erwin Mills; C. G. Johnson. Greenville, S. C., person nel director of the Deering Mil liken Corp.; and Stuart Graham, Roanoke, Va., vice president of the Norfolk and Western Railway. Sponsors Receive Total Of $275 from 'Nightmare' Mrs. Wiley Taylor Jr., business manager of the Carteret Commun ity Theatre, announced yesterday that Beaufort School will receive $200 and Atlantic High School Sen iors $75 for . sponsoring the play, "The Nightmare." Morehead City School also spon sored the play but the receipts were less than the production ex pense. Mrs. Taylor said there will be a theatre meeting at 7:30 Wednesday night. Changes in the constitution will be discussed. Theatre mem bers will receive notices announc ing the meeting place. A new 357-mile railroad links iron ore operations on the Quebec Labrador border with the St. Law rence River. Port Calendar LjM Barge ? Sailed for Cher ry Point Monday from Aviation Fual Tarmioal* carrying jet fuel OTTO tt? Barge arrived at Aviation Fuel Terminal* Satur day and discharged jet fuel. Sail ed far Cherry Point Monday. KM U Meyae ft-ldrrviUe ? Sc --"led to dock at Morehead City Port" Tuaaday to pick up OUO.OOU pound* of tobacco. The ship will nail for France. Will dock at More head City at 1 1 o'clock tomorrow morning and will sail for Havana and Nassau at 2 p.m. The Stack holm will return to Morehead City Oct. 22. Scott (Continued from Page 1) The girl replied a definite, "No, sir." Virginia Jones was called to the stand and she testified that she had seen Scott and the girl in the car around noon Tuesday. She is a second cousin of Scott's she said. Marietta Guthrie also stated that she had seen Scott and the girl in the front seat of the car in front, of the school Defendant Testifies Scott was called to the stand and told Judge Lambert Morris that the girl asked him to take her home. He explained that he had known the child for some time. Scott told the court that he took the girl home after he picked up Calvin Rose. He denied that he I had acted in any indecent way to ward her. Wyley Taylor, solicitor, asked Scott if he had been charged with assaulting a female before. Scott hesitated a moment and then admitted that he had faced such a charge at one time. He said the case involved his wife about a year before he married her. Calvin Rose confirmed. Scott's report that he had picked him up while the girl was in the car. He also said that the girl did not look like she had been crying and that Scott took her home and then took him home. Capt. George Rose said that Scott was a "good boy." Captain Rose was a character witness by the defense. Requests Delay Attorney Hamilton asked Judge Morris if they could stop the case right where it was to allow him more time to get in touch with another witness. Judge Morris said that he could not. He said that the lawyer had enough time to do that before the trial: Mr. Hamilton, 4fr addreawng the court, said that the' little girl probably just didn't want to go back to school and made up the story. He said that be didn't be lieve the girl was telling the truth, but the judge disagreed. Concert Drive lliuin/ MAIftlllll upens nonaay John Sheldon. Community Cen ter ts representative from New Kork Cily opened the drive for [membership in the Carteret ? , Cherry Point Community Concert series Monday nighV, when mem bers of the board and member ship salesmen met at the Lottie Sanders building for dinner. Mr. Sheldon was introduced byi Mrs. James Ruroley. president pf the association. He reminded the' salesmen that the type of concerts would depend on the number of memberships sold, and promised < a $25 government bond to the per-J son bringing in the most new memberships. Mr. Sheldon, a native of Bath, Maine, wast formerly superinten-< ient of the Boston Conservatory, of Music. The campaign will close at 5 p.m., tomorrow, and at 8 o'clock thej directors will meet at the Inlet Inn Lo choose the concert series for the | ^ear. Mrs. J. I. Kirby, Mrs Ruby Wood ] ruff and Miss Edith Lockey of Newport, Mrs. Herbert Webb ofi Sea Level and Mrs. Robert L. Rose^ if Havelock, were representatives )f their communities. Fifty persons attended the din-j fier which was served by the Wesleyan Guild of Ann Street, Methodist Church. Mrs. David1 Severidge was dinner chairman. LOOK THESE OVER 1954 CHEVROLET 1953 FORD 1951 FORD 1951 PONT1AC 1950 NASH 1950 PLYMOUTH NEW FORD PICK-UP All of these cars are fully equipped ? all extra clean. See them in Har desty's indoor car lot. Hardesty Motors Phone 6-4500 1302 Arendell St. Morehead City, N. C. Capt. Bill's "HEART OF THE BEACH" Restaurant Atlantic Beach, North Carolina OPEN EVERY DAY FEATURING * STEAMED OYSTERS, CLAMS, HARD SHELL CRABS AND SHRIMP (Served at the Bar or on Family Tables where you can open them for the Family.) * BARBECUED SPARE RIBS, CHICKEN AND PORK * CHARCOAL BROILED PLANKED STEAKS (Service for 1 to 4 persons.) * BARBECUED MULLETS, POMPANO, TROUT, BLUEFISH, SPANISH MACKEREL Served with Baked Corn Bread, Hush Puppies or Hot Rolls, Butter, Baked Idaho Potatoes and Tossed Salad. if OYSTERS, FRIED OR STEWED, CRABMEAT AU GRATIN EN CASSEROLE AND SCALLOPS. if SPECIAL SHORE DINNERS, SEAFOOD PLATTERS AND SEAFOOD PLATES with French Fried Potatoes, Cole Slaw, Hush Puppies and Butter. SIX PRIVATE DINING ROOMS DANCING AND Seating Capacity 4 to 300 ' ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE ATLANTIC BEACH 6-4657 THESE UNUSUAL FOODS WILL APPEAR ON THE MENU AT CAPT. BILL'S "HEART OF THE v BEACH RESf AURANT WITHIN A WEEK
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