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
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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
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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
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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.
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