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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??< 43rd YEAR, NO. 102. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Salter Path Man Held in Slaying Nativity Scene Will be Shown Starting Tonight Community Theatre Re Enact* Bethlehem Event At Recreation Center Tonight will be the first showing of the Nativity Scene being pre sented nightly this week at the Morehead City Recreation Center by the Carteret Community The atre. The showings tonight through Thursday night will be at 7;30 p.m., 8, 8:30 and 9. On Christmas Eve, Friday, they will be at 9, 9 30 10 and 10:30 p.m. The scene is outdoors, west of the recreation center. Characters are being portrayed by members of the theatre under the direction of Miss Joyce Willis, Morehead City. Mrs. Tressa Vickers, Morehead City, is technical director The scene will be shown as scheduled except in a hard down pour of rain. Miss Willis has requested view ers to park on the streets around the recreation center and walk to the front of the manger. Live ani mals will be in an enclosure in front of the manger. The director expressed her ap preciation to the town and Caro lina Power and Light Co. for hav ing the street lights at the west side of the building extinguished to allow for more effective stage lighting. Car Demolished In Friday Wreck A 1948 Chrysler was damaged beyond repair after it ran off the shoulder of Highway 70 two miles west of Newport Firday at 12:10 a.m. "5 John Randall B^Mherton, <Cbe?ry Joint l(?rine. 21, was driving the, ? towfird Cherry Point when the fcident occurred. The car ran off the shoulder of he road on the right hand side, ^proofed and broke off a pine tree |nd turned over on its top. Highway Patrolmen R. H. Brown and W. L. Smith Jr., arrived at the scene of the accident about two tninutes after it happened. They were making their regular patrol run. Brotherton and Fredrick Newton Tylor, 20-year-old Marine, were still in the car when they arrived. Brotherston suffered face cuts, a fractured knee cap and fractured toe. Tylor had face cuts. The patrolmen took the men to the Cherry Point dispensary. Patrolman Brown said yesterday that he had not pressed any charges. Yule Season KeepsHome Economics Students Busy Mrs. Floy Garner, left in the upper photo, discusses a bulletin board display with Hannah Nelson, a Junior in home economics at Smyrna School. In the lower photo Rita Guthrie, Connie Jackson and Jan Willis, ?tphoraorcs, make Christmas cookies. The home econmics department at Smyrna School has been the source of delectable odors during the past few weeks. The girls, un der the direction of Mrs. Floy Gar ner, home econimics instructor, have been turning out Christmas cookies, Yule logs, pies and other delicacies in keeping with the sea son. To earn money for the Future Homemakers treasury, the girls bring food from home, prepare it and then sell it to students. The Smyrna homemaking depart ment is located in the recently built wing of the school. It is equip ped with two electric ranges, a gas range, electric refrigerator, and eight sewing machines including two reconditioned electric ma chines. The girls are proud, too of their newly-installed Venetian blinds. The homemaking course at Symrna begins in the ninth grade and con tinues through the 11th. At pres ent 24 ninth grade girls, 25 tenth grade and 16 eleventh grade girls are enrolled. Each one is assessed $1 at th<* beginning of the year to help meet home ec department expenses. The courses ' cover homemaking, foods, clothing, housing, child care, financing and budgeting, and "the family functioning as a community unit." Classes are held for one hour five days a week. Mrs. Garner, whose home 1s in Newport, is now in her second year as home economics instructor at Smyrna. G. E. Sanderson Will Fill Vacancy on Morehead Board Patrolmen Start Holiday Project To reduce the Yuletide death toil, highway patrolmen through out the state have started "Opera tion Chain Call." Each highway patrolman will call two persons and request that they drive carefully over the holidays. Each of those perions will be asked, in turn, to call two more and make the same request. Carteret County patrolmen start ed their chain call program yes terday. Between Dec. 19 and Dec. 26 last year 90 persons were killed In automobile accidents in North Carolina. To make the toll leaa this year highway patrolmen are asking the motoring public to drive with extreme caution and with courteous consideration of other driven. From Sunday through Jan. 3 all patrolmen will work 12-hour days with no days. off They aay that the only guy who will get away with speeding will be the fellow driving a reindeer powered sleigh Friday night. Papers of incorporation for Port City Motors, Inc., Morehead City, have been issued by Secretary of State Thad Eflre to Kenneth John son, John Earl Lewis, and Sammy O. Merrill, all of Beaufort. Incor porator* say they will handle Ply mouth and Chrysler car*. ? G. E. (Gibby) Sanderson, 1810 Evans St., Morehead City, was elected by the Morehead City Town Board Thursday night to (ill the vacancy which will occur at mid night Dec. 24 when the resigna tion of Commissioner D. G. Bell becomes effective. Commissioner Bell was elected Nov. 2 as the county's legislator and under state law is ineligible to hold two public offices. Mr. Sanderson, native of More head City, is in the building ma terials business. He lived in More head City until he was 8 years old. His family moved to Newport where he graduated from Newport High School. Works for Utntber Finns After graduation he worked with a lumber company in Morehead City and later with Lumber and Building Supplies Corp , Beaufort. During the second world war he was with Barbour Boat Works, New Bern. Port Calendar DSNS Im Angeles ? Will dock at Aviation Fuel Terminals Dec. 25 with load of avgas from Texas. Frances R. Hart? Scheduled to dock at Esso Port Terminal Dec. 23 from Aruba, Nethelands Wes't Indies, carrying No. fl fuel oil. MV Hoerhst ? Will dock at Morehead City Dec. 29 to pick up tobacco. Will sail for Hamburg, Germany, after loading 710,000 pounds of leaf. * GATCO? Barge docked at Ea so Port Terminal Saturday from Norfolk and sailed for Washing ton, N. C., Sunday. . \i. ..'.A. He returned to Morehead City and was part owner of the S&W Drug store until 1947 when he en tered his present business. Mr. Sanderson was mayor of Newport during 1986-38. His wife is the former Eva Spruill of Plymouth. They have a 8-year-old daughter, Sarah Faye. Mr. Sanderson said yesterday he will serve, to the best of his ability, in his new position. Mayor George W. Dill appointed the new board member commis sioner of public buildings and grounds. Commissioner D. J. Hall, who formerly held that position, Jias been made fire department commissioner, and Ted Garner, former fire commissioner, has been made police commissioner, the po sition held by Mr. Bell. New Mayor Pro-tem Dr. John Morris, street commis sioner, was elected mayor pro-tem, succeeding Mr. Bell, and Commis sioner S. C. Holloway remains as finance commissioner. The board formally approved the sewage fee ordinance drafted In accordance with the billing prac tices of Carolina Water Co. The ordinance, in full, appears in the legal ad section of today's NEWS TIMES. Luther Ausbon, auditor with the Firm of Williams and Wall. Ra leigh. presented the audit for the past fiscal year. He will return at a later date to discuss it with the board. Holiday Marts Tomorrow * Schools in the county will clow at noon tomorrow. They will re open at 8:10 un. Jan. 3. Churches Prepare Special Services for Christmas Most of the Churches in More head City and Beaufort have plan ned special services and parties for the Christmas season. The First Baptist, First Metho dist, First Presbyterian, and Frank lin Memorial Methodist churches in Morehead City and the Ann Street Methodist church and Free Will Baptists in Beaufort all had special services last Sunday. The First Baptist, Ann Street Methodist and First Methodist Church choirs presented programs of Christmas music. The children , of the First Presbyterian church staged a Christmas pageant and had a Christmas tree party. The MYF of the Franklin Memorial*! Methodist church presented a Christmas play. The Beaufort Free Will Baptist also had a Christmas play Sunday. A Christmas pageant will be pre sented by the MYF of the First Methodist Church, Morehead City, tomorrow and the Ann Street Methodists, Beaufort, will have a Christmas party for the children at 7 tomorrow night. The First Methodist church, Morehead City, will sponsor Chr^t mas caroling Thursday night. Christmas eve, the Morehead City First Baptist church will have a party for the children 12 ytars old and under at 7:30. Also on Christmas eve, there will be Holy Communion services in St. Andrews Episcopal church, Morehead City, and St. Paul's Epis copal church, Beaufort, at 11:30. Music at the churches will start at 11 o'clock, preceding the Holy Communion. In St. Egbert's Catholic church, Morehead City, the Midnight Mass will be on Christmas eve and will be followed by lhe*Christmas ser mon which will be presented by Father J. Paul Byron. The Free Will Baptist, in More head City and Beaufort will have a Christmas tree party and pro gram Christmas eve. At 10 o'clock Christmas morn ing, St. Paul's will hold Holy Com munion and there will be services in St. Egbert's at 10 o'clock and at 11 a.m. The Sunday School classes of the First Christian Church, Morehead City, will present a program of Christmas recitations at 7:30 to morrow night in the church. Billy Cannon will offer a Christ rats prayer and Nancy Hoffman will give the welcome. Others taking part in the program are Janice Morton, Ricky Johnson, James Pittman, Grace Fodrie, Sherryl Nichols, William Jones, Gary Fodrie. Natalie Hoffman, Joanne Nic hols, Rebecca Hewitt, Frances Pitt man, Ted Pittman and Sam Hilde brand. The nursery children will pre sent "Christmas Angels" and carols will be sung by the audience. After the recitations Santa Claus will make his appearance at the Christ mas tree. In charge of the program is the following committee from^ the Christian Women's Fellowship: Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. Mary Brin son, Mrs. Novella Slayman and Mrs. Lottie Olson, the pianist. A Christmas pageant will be pre sented at the Atlantic Baptist Church at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. Three Injured In Multiple Car Wreck Sunday Three persons were injured in a free-for-all automobile pile-up at 12:15 Sunday morning at the Core Creek Bridge, Highway 101. They were William C. Miller, route 1 Newport, who had a cut forehead, John Ballou, riding with Miller, who had cuts on his fore head and chin, and Mrs. Doris Rob inson, Atlantic, who was in another car, had a bip injury. Five cars were damaged in the wreck. Property damage totaled $1,650, according to State Highway Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr., who in vestigated. All cars were proceeding toward Beaufort, most of them having left the square dance at Harlowe. Miller, driving a 1953 Ford, ran in to the rear of another 1953 Ford driven by Freddy Gaston Smith. Atlantic. One of the injured, Mrs. Robinson, was in the Smith car. Patrolman Smith said that Mill evidently hit the bridge before hit ting Smith because one of the rails was knocked out. He said Miiler, who has been charged with ?oing 55 in a 20-mile zone, couldn't pass Smith because a truck was ap proaching from the other direction. The car in front of Miller was going at about 20 miles an hour, the patrolman reported. Several cars behind Miller were able to stop, but another, a 1954 Ford driven by Leland Wiggins, Fernandina Beach, Fla., ran into the rear of a 1950 Pontiac driven by Joyce Helen Mason, Bettie, and a 1953 Ford driven by Leslie Spr in gle Jr., route 1 Beaufort ran into the rear of Wiggins' car. That pile-up occurred on the bridge. Injurfed'persons were taken to Morehead City Hospital by mo torists. Mrs. Robinson was still con fined to the hospital yesterday. Snowf lakes Fly Fast Yesterday Some uneducated snow (ell on Carteret County yeaterday. Although the thermometer didn't get below 40 yeaterday morning, snow came swirling down, appar enuy noi Knowing that it isn't sup- J. posed to snow un- ?? loss the thermomel ter registers ?t\V least close to the \ freezing point. Stamey Davis, Beaufort weather observer, attrib uted the freak < snow to a cold layer of air hanging over the county. Because of the comparatively warm weather, the snow quickly melted. Day Max. Mln. Wind Thursday 53 40 NE Friday 88 33 SE Saturday 63 SO S?W Sunday M 40 SW Newport firemen have requeated that persons with used or new toys who want . to contribute them to the fire department's Christmas charity program should take them to the store across from the tire department. The toys will be dis tributed Christmas Eva. Committee Selects Two Boys for Scholarships James R. Wheatlcy Jr., Beaufort,' and James B. Willis Jr., Morehead City, have been selected by the county scholarship committee aa Carteret's applicants for the North Carolina State College Talent for Service Scholarships. The applications of the two boys will be sent to the district scholar ship committee. The final selection will be made by the state scholar ship committee, announced H. L. Josiyn, County Superentendent of Schools. Other applicants before tt?e county board were William J. Laughton, Morehead City, Edward E. Carraway, Newport, and Craw ford B. Pigott, Smyrna. Each high school was permitted to nominate one taAdidate. Morehead City, be cause of its size, was permitted two. Atlantic did not submit a student for consideration. The selection was based on character, leadership qualities, cholastic promise, interest in the .raining which State College offers and financial need. The county was entitled to one candidate for each 80 seniors or major fraction thereof, giving Car teret County the opportunity to, name two candidates. The district committee will select 12 candidates to be recommended to the North f Carolina State College Scholar- 1 ship Committee for final selection. Members of the county commit tee are Nathan H. Garner, New port; W. B. Chalk, Morehead City; R. Hugh Hill, Beaufort; Graham L. Davis, Straits; A1 Newsome, Beaufort and Mr. Josiyn. Morehead City Men Discuss Port Seven Morehead City men at tended a dinner meeting at Kinaton Friday night to diacuaa North Caro lina state porta with general asaem hlymen and atate aenators of eaat em North Carolina. They were Mayor George W. Dill, D. G. Bell, aaaemblyman from Car teret County, J. D. Holt, port man ager, Dr. B. F. Royal, Dr. John Morria, Stanley Woodland and H. S. Gibbs. The meeting took place follow ing a steak dinner at the Kinaton Country Club. An informal discua sion on the value of the porta to eastern North Carolina waa mod erated by Fitzhugh Wallace, Kin aton. Import of and export of to bacco producta and tobacco fer tiliaera waa diacuaacd. Col. Richard S. Marr. executive director of the North Carolina State Porta Authority, wai preaent. The dinner was arranged by the Kinaton Chamber of Commerce. TMea at the Beaufort Bar Tid? Table HIGH T 5 2(f a.m. 5:30 p.m.' LOW Tweiday, Dae. tl 11:81 p.m. Wedneaday, Dae. K 6:09 a.m. 6:17 p.m. 11:36 a.m. 12:37 p.m. Tfcanday. Dec. 23 6:46 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:21 a.m. 1:90 p.m. FrMajr, Dee. U 7:40 pja. 7:27 a.m. 1:04 a.m. 1? pa Congregation Erects Creche Spectators may view the manger seenc at Core Creek Methodist Church nightly this week. The elaborate scene, depicting Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus, shepherds and wise men, U located ill the church yard by the steel bridge on Highway 101 northeast of Beaufort Three angles are suspended over the manger and in the back ground, through a gate, a woman carrying a pewter pitcher is shown. All the characters, with heads modeled of plaster paris, are ap proriately costumed. Camels are stuffed but there is also a live donkey and a sheep. The scene is erected annually by members of the church. At the entrance is a registry table for visitors. Tanker Awaits Repair Parts The Brazilian tanker, Guapore, was still in port yesterday, await ing repair parts. The Swedish-built tanker, (ly ing the Brazilian flag, came into Morehead City at 5 p.m. Thurs day after encountering heavy seas. The vibration shook electrical panel connections loose, prevent ing operation of the water-cooling pumps. The tanker was bound for Amuay Bay, Venezuela, after delivering oil to Marcus Hook, Pa. She waa carrying water ballast on the re turn trip. ? Captain of the 10,096-ton vessel is Andre Sabatie Fonseca. The ship, is being handled here by William Davis of the Morebead City Ship ping Co. Mr. Davis was called by the ship's agents in New York and notified that the Guapore would be making port here for re pairs. Mrs. E. J. Dolzer Kilted Early Sunday Morning Held without bond on a charge of murder yesterday was Moody Lewis, 60, Salter Path. Lewis, confined to the coun ty jail, appeared before a coroner's jury at the courthouse last night. He is charged with the shotgun slaying of Mrs. Edward J. Dolzer, 33, Morehead City. Funeral services were conducted for Mrs. Dolzer at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the< First Baptist Church, Morehead City. Burial was in Bay View Cemetery. Mrs. Dolzer's body was discover ed at 2:40 a.m. Sunday a hundred yards from the road which loops around the new Catholic Chapel at Atlantic Beach. She was clad in a red sweater and skirt. Sheriff Hugh Salter said the body was discov ered, by a young j Morehead City couple who went ' immediately to (hi Ocean King , Hjtel, Atlantic Beach, and phoned police. Sheriff Salter was notified by Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell that Moody Lewis a body had been found and the sheriff called Deputy Sheriff Mar shall Ayscue and Coroner Leslie Springle. The sheriff said the woman had been dead about 30 minutes when officers arrived. The body was sent to the Morehead City Hospital where Dr. M. B. Morey removed No 1 buckshot from the left chest. The body was then taken to the George W. Dill Kuneral Home. Officers immediately began a round of questioning, checking with the victim's husband, her son, 16 year-old Jerry Conner, and a girl friend identified as Joan Brown, who worked at a drive-in snack bar at the Junction of the Atlantic Beach Road and the old beach road. Officers learned that Mrs. Dolzer was riding in an automobile with Lewis until about 2 a.m. She had left the Curve Inn, where she work ed as a waitress at 12:45 a.m. Deputy Sheriffs Ayscue and Bell went t? Lewis's bo me at the west ern end of Salter Path and there found his car, a black Chevrolet sedan, but Lewis was nowhere about. Shotgun Found Lewis, who was divorced from his wife a couple years ago, lived alone. Officers went in the house and found his Ward's Hercules 12 gauge shotgun between two mat tresses on a tumbled-up bed. Also found in the house was * note to his daughter, Janice, who lives in Morehead City. The note, written in ink on 4 by 6-inch lined notebook paper, told her to keep the car and also mentioned "Tre? sa." Mrs. Dolzer. Sheriff Salter said yesterday he preferred not to re veal the detaiia of the note. After finding the gun and the note, the officers were joined in a search for Lewis by residents of Salter Path. "We appreciate their help," the sheriff said. When daylight came and Lewis had not been found, the sheriff hired three airplanes from the Beaufort airport to fly low over the Salter Path area in an effort to find Lewis. Late Sunday afternoon officers were returning from patrol along the beach in * jeep. They left John Willis. Salter Path, off at his home and Willis went to the Lewis home again. Luther Lewis, Morehead City, son of tha bunted man was there. Lewis Surrenders A few minute* later, about 6 p.m. Lewis came walking out of the woods, went up to his son and gave himself up. Luther took his father to county officers in Beau fort where the elder Lewis was questioned. See MURDEK, Page ? Welfare Department Says fwo Children Put in Homes Mrs. Willi* Dail Wins $50 Saturday in Btfaufort Mrs Willie Dsil. Beaufort RFD, received $80 from the Pirate's Chest of Silver in Beaufort Satur day. Charles Stanley Jr., Morehead City, and Mr*. Neal Windley, Beau fort. each received 129. The last give-away will be held Friday afternoon at I o'clock. Plane Lost Extensive searching has faitad to locate the wreckage of an F2J Fury Jet which disappeared Wednesday between Jacksonville, Fla., and Cherry Point. The plane waa pilot ed by Second U. Harold L. Ter willlger, Madison, 8. D. He waa aUUoiMd at Chwry Point ? Miss Georgie Hugnes, superin tendent of the County Welfare Department, reported yesterday that two of the eight Negro child ren for whom they are seeking homes, have been placed with families in the county. Miss Hughea said that as a re sult of the story In Friday's NEWS TIMES. a woman in Momhead City mailed the welfare department a check lor WW to buy clothes for the youngsters. Receiving donations such ss that la moat unuaual. Hiss Hughes said, and added that the money wu moat welcome. Hiss Hughes said tentative plana have been made far placing several of the other children, but homes are still needed. Persons who can offer help should contact the H ore head City Police Department, phone Hill, or the welfare de partment, MHL Elizabeth City Attorney to Get Fee ot $5,000 The State Supreme Court has ruled that Frank B. Aycock, Elizabeth City attorney who press ed charges that the dog racing track at Morehead City is illegal, is entitled to $5,000 as an attorn ey's fee. An order to A. H. James, clerk of Superior Court, specifies that the $5,000 figure shall be included in the costs to be paid by the de fendant in the action, the Carolina Racing Association. The order, filed at the court house in Beaufort Saturday, states that if all the costs are paid by Feb. 1, 1955 and the defendant "immediately abates the nuisance" (the dog track), the sheriff of Carteret County shall return to the owner the dog track property now being held by the county. Should the Carolina Racing As sociation not pay the costs by Feb. 1, 1955. Sheriff Hugh Salter is authorized to sell the, race track property. Aycock was granted a fee of $7,500 as the result of his suits which closed the dog racing track in Currituck County. He prosecuted the Carteret case at the request of Wiley Taylor Jr., county solicitor here. Officers Meet . Commissioner At ? meeting of the Morehead City Police Department Friday afternoon the new police commis sioner, who will take over Dec. 25, was presented to police department personnel. The new commissioner, Ted Garner, replaces D. G. Bell who has resigned. Town officials announced that Capt Herbert Griffin had assumed the duties aa chief and that E. J. Willis, former chief, has been named superintendent of public safety. It was pointed out that promo tion in the police department will continue on the basis of seniority and officers were urged to take advantage of the policemen's re tirement fund set-up. By statute, <2 of every fine levied goes into the policemen's retirement fund, but officers who do not pay a proportionate part of their salary are not entitled to benefits when they retire. Town officials said that unless the officers will voluntarily pay their part, the town will not be responsible for paying them ben efits upon retirement. Officials re-emphasiied the im portance of getting persons to comply willingly with the law rather than "cramming the law down people's throat*,'* ,, Mayor George Dill said. Mr. Bell, the retiring police com missioner, expressed his apprecia tion to the force for Its cooperation during hia term of office and com mended them for their fine record of service. A letter from J. D. Holt, nort manager was read. Mr. Holt thanked the officers for their as sistance during the arrival and de parture of the paaaenger ship Stockholm. Santa to Visit Two Towns This Week Santa Claus will make a per sonal appearance in Morehead City Thursday night and in Newport Friday. Santa will ride downtown on on* of the town fire trucks in More head City at 7:30 Thuraday night. He'll have a treat for *11 the kid die*. He will be *t the Christmas Ttm in Newport, in front of the teach erage, from 2:M to 4:30 p.m. Fri day. He'll have a cellophane bag o< fruit and i small toy for each child, "regarding of nee, cread S.tEJSHBi *? """* ...... aukPervctf A Hole-in One auk has formed at Morehead City <M Country Club.
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