W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??< 44th YEAR, NO. 7. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY! Police Lock Up 'Phantom' Again on Burglary Charges Charles Baxter Jr.. 21-year-old Negro who served three years and three months on the roads after being convicted of burglarizing Beaufort homes in 1948, is in the county jail charged again with breaking and entering. Baxter, known as "the phantom" for his repeated entries into Beau fort homes several years ago will be given a preliminary hearing in County Recorder's Court this morn ing. Baxter was a star witness in last week's inquest on the death of Albert Fallin. Baxter said he was with Fallin at the time Fallin was murdered. Deputy Sheriff Marshall Ayscue arrested Baxter about 8 p.m. Thurs day after Sheriff Hugh Salter, As sistant Police Chief Carlton Garner and Officer Ayscue searched Bax ter's home .in the 400 block of Craven Street. Gets Warrant The sheriff got a search warrant at about 5:30. Baxter, who lives with his uncle, Roy Potter, was home when the officers arrived. He took them upstairs through his room, the sheriff said, and into an other room. While they were there, the sheriff said Baxter was talking up a storm. Then when they went into Baxter's room where they found things that have been stolen from Beaufort homes, h<: slipped down stairs and out of the house. Officer Ayscue then cruised around the neighborhood and found Baxter about 15 minutes laterj The youth is being held without bond. Officer Gamer was instrumental in Baxter's arrest six years ago. Sheriff Salter said that after the boy served his term, he wprked as a fisherman and was fishing south of here last summer. He returned this fall. In Baxter's room officers found Mrs. Prytherch's shoulder bag but not the wallet Mrs. Prytherch said was taken from her house last Wednesday. In the bag was a lip stick. Mrs.' Prytherch described it and then the sheriff showed it to her and she identified it as hers as well as the pocketbook. Wears Stolen Jacket At the time of his arrest, Baxter was wearing a leather jacket which Hugh Lee Fulcher identified as his. Hugh is the son of Dr. Luther Fulcher whose home was burglar ized during the holidays. Also found among Baxter's things was a cigarette lighter which was taken from the John Johnson home on Queen Street be fore Christmas. Baxter has admitted nothing. According to the sheriff, he said he found the green pocketbook on the porch of the place he stays on Wednesday morning. The lighter, he says, he "bought down south." As for the leather jacket, he says that he takes it off in the pool room and he might have picked up somebody else's Jacket by mistake. The sheriff said that Baxter was one of two persons the officers sus pected! The other one, he said, left several weeks ago on a fish boat. The burglaries with which Beau fort has been plagued usually oc curred between midnight and dawn. Finer Carolina Program Begins At ? meeting Thursday night at the Methodist Education Building in Newport the 1955 Finer Caro lina Program was presented by the Carolina Power k Light Co. through its local manager, G. B. Stovall to a group of civic and business people. The group unanimously and en thusiaatically accepted the program and re-elected Charles Hill as fen en 1 chairman and Leon Mann as publicity chairman. Mr. Hill ap pointed Mrs. W. D. Heath. Nathan Garner, the Rev. Herbert Waldrop, Bonnie Royal Garner and Leslie 8. Bercegeay aa the steering com mittee (or the year. The group discussed several ten tative projecta which will be an nounced later. The finer Carolina Program will be presented to both Beaufort and More bead City within the next two weeks. Methodist M?n to Hoar Jacksonville Pdstor The Rev. T. B. Hough of Jack sonville will be the speaker *t the meeting of the Ann Street Meth odist Men's Club at the Lottie Sanders building, Beaufort, 7 p.m. Friday night. The Rev. Mr. Hough waa in Mebane for 10 yean and waa edu cated at Duke University Enters Hospital Julius Poole, a crew member of the tug, Eileen L, tied up at Swansboro, was brought to More head City Hospital Friday morning by the George Dill ambulance. He was discharged Saturday morning. ? ? He's Seen Many Tides George (Remus) Gibbs, 84, a long time resident of Morehead City, is one of the favorite story tellers hereabouts. A fisherman's tale has it that the late Capt. Au gustine Piner fished George out of the Newport River many years ago, after the boy had been put in a Photo by Clifton Guthrie wooden washtub by playmates at Belhaven, and had floated out into the river. Actually, Captain Finer found the lad wearing an old burlap sack in Belhaven, and brought him back to Morehead City where George has been ever since. Countians Contribute $3,500 to Polio' Drive Legislator Gets Bill on Property State Representative D. G. Bell said yesterday that Newport has requested introduction of a bill in the general assembly which would allow the town to transfer property for an industrial site without auctioning it off to the highest bid der. The property is owned by the town, having been given to New port by aeveral citizens. It lies along the railroad. Should any firm wish to put a plant along the rail road, the bill would allow the town to deed the property to that firm without advertising the property for ule. The bill would apply only to that one piece of property, ac cording to George Ball, Newport town attorney. ? Representative Bell also Mid that he is not completely in agree- , ment with the bill regarding re- 1 duction of taxes on small outboard motor commercial fishing boats. As it stands now, Mr. Bell nM, small boats are still paying more, proportionately, than the big boats. He said he hopes some amend ment may be drafted which would equalize the tax. Carteret's legislator returned to Raleigh yesterday afternoon after spending the weekend at home. Navy Announces 'Buddy' Program The United States Navy Recruit ing Station in New Bern haa an nounced the establishment of a new recruiting program called the "En list with your buddy program," un der which "Buddies," in group* of two to five from the same city or county, can be assured that they will undergo training together in the same company at one of the Naval training centers. The Navy feels that In many cases this program will assist young sailors-to-be during the period of adjustment from a civilian status to a military status. This new program is in line with the intenaified enlistment program currently being launched by the Navy and exploiting the slogan, "Start the New Year in a Navy Career," and this program la in addition to the previously publi cised "All State Companies." whereby men from North Carolina compose a full company and re main together through training. Young men from the More head City area interested in these pro grams should contact the Navy re cruiting officer at the poctoffire in More bead City on Tuesdays. ? Miss Alida Willis said yesterday that $3,500 has been raised thus far in the March of Dimes. Tomor row two gasoline stations, one in Beaufort and one in Morehead City will "puam for polio." and a daace will be itaged Thursday night. Miss Willis said that $537 was raised in the radio talent show sponsored Sunday afternoon. The amount of money collected from the schools is listed below. Manning the pumps at Sound Esso Service Station in Morehead City and at Loftin's Shell Service in Beaufort will be town officials and civic leaders. All net profits on gasoline sold at those two sta tions tomorrow will be turned over to the March of Dimes. Miss Willis said that the follow ing have been asked to pump gas at Sound Esso: Mayor George Dill. Town Commissioner D. J. Hall, Town Clerk John Lashley, Jasper Bell. 1054 man-of-the-year; Ted Davis, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce; M. T. Mills. Dick Parker, Judge George McNeill, and Police Chief Herbert Griffin Pumping gas at the Beaufort service station will be Mayor Clif ford Lewis, Wiley Taylor Jr., Sher iff Hugh Salter, Judge Earl Mason. E. W. Downum, Halsey Paul, presi dent of the Rotary Club; Tom H. Potter, Jaycee president; Norwood Young, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Town Commissioner Gerald Hill, and Bill Sutton. Each will be assigned to sell gas for one hour. Proceeds from a square dance at the Recreation Center, Morehead City, Thursday night will be turn ed over to the March of Dimes also. Cakes will be auctioned off. Music will be furnished by Tye Frost and His Melody Boys and by Happy Jack Smith and His Southern Pals. Admission will be by contribu tion to the polio campaign. Mrs. W. I. Loftin, Beaufort, is in charge of the affair. The dance will be gin at 7:30. Proceeds from the schools are as follows: Beaufort $771.92, Camp Glenn, $326.94, North River $22, Salter Path $19.33, Newport $347. 17. Smyrna $271.47. Morehead City $479.08, Atlantic $156.28. Queen Street $156.74, Harkers Island $83 03. W S. King $51.70, Merrimon $5 25, and Stella $4.30. Tides at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, Jan 25 9:03 a.m. 9:30 p.m. 3:01 a.m. 3:33 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2$ 9:41 a.m. 18:10 p.m. 3:38 a.m. 4:08 p.m. Thanday, Jan. $7 10:21 ajn. 4:19 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 10:54 pA. Friday, Jaau M 11:07 a.m. 4:55 a.m. 11:41 p.m. 5:14 PJB. New York Travel Service Intends To Start Cruises at Wilmington < News-Times Wins Two Press Awards For 1954 at Weekend Institute Town Board Acts On Parking, Gets Report on Court Commissioners Approve Firemen's Officers, See New Town Map Morehead City commissioners acted on routine matters ranging from parking to recorder's court receipts at a brief meeting Thurs day night in the municipal build ing. The town attorney was instruct ed to prepare ordinances to pro hibit parking on the west side* of 12th Street between Bridges and Arendell Streets and to require peddling truckers to park in an area soon to be specified. Recently elected 1955 fire de partment officers were officially confirmed by the commissioners. Consideration was given the possibility of granting alley ease ments to the First Presbyterian Church in a portion of block 28 where the church will erect a new building. Phillip Ball, surveyor, showed a new town map now in its final stages. The map, when complete, will show the addition of several square miles of recently annexed town area. Clyde Jones, a town resident, discussed the feasibility of divert ing water traffic from Calico Creek to Cockles Creek, filling Calico Creek and providing access to the land area north of Arendell Street near the port area. Mr. Jbnes was requested to pre pare a detailed memorandum on his plan which envisions the addi tion of several hundred acres to available port land. The clerk of court, John Lashley, reported that $11,274.50 in fines collected in recorder's court had been turned over to the county as required by law. The money then goes to the education fund. Transferred to the town from court funds was $4,226.26. Paid to the policemen's retirement fund for 1954 was $1,606. Present were Mayor George Dill, Commissioners S. C. Holloway, D. J. Garner, Dr. John Morris. Ted Garner; Alvah Hamilton, attorney, and Mr. Lashley. The new commis sioner, Gibby Sanderson, who re places D. G. Bell, was in Florida. Lions Club Hears Dr. C. E. Paden Dr. C. E. Paden Jr., veterinarian, wu the featured speaker at the weekly meeting of the Morehead City Lions Club Thursday night at the Morehead City Recreation Center. Dr. Paden spoke on the agricul tural outlook in Carteret County. He told his audiencc that the man who once had two or three head of livestock no longer has any, and that the men with larger herds are expanding their supply He commented that the old fash ioned American dream of "retir ing" to a chicken farm was a thing of the past. Plans were by made by the club to hold Ladies Night at Fleming's restaurant Monday night, Feb. 7. A board of directors meeting was held at the conclusion of the meeting. Lions President Owens Frederick presided. Two Marinas Slightly Hurt in Thursday Wrack Sgt. G. S Haga,' USMC, and a passenger riding with him were slightly injured Thursday night when their car upset on Highway 34 at the intersection of the Nine Foot Road. The Marines were taken to Morehead City Hospital in the Dill ambulance. The accident occurred a short time before midnight. W. E. Pickard, state highway patrol man, investigated. Twe Apprehended Two motorists were cited in Beaufort Saturday. Donald C. Klee, Buffalo, N. Y., waa charged with driving drunk and running ? red light. William Rice. Beaufort, waa charged with falling to (top at ? light and going 35 miles is a 33 mile-an-hour tone. ? THE NEWS-TIMES copped two* prizes in the North Carolina Press Association contest for 1954. Awards were presented at the winter press institute Friday night at Durham. In the semi-weekly classification, Carteret County's newspaper won second place in news coverage and also received second place for pro motion of National Newspaper Week. In the news coverage contest first place went to the Elkin Tri bune, Elkin; third place to the Stanley News and Press, Albe marle; and fourth to the News-Re porter, Whiteville. In the non-daily division for pro motion oi National Newspaper Week, first prize went to the For est City Courier. Forest City; third to the Hertford County Herald, Ahoskie; and fourth to the Rich mond County Journal, Rocking ham. The news coverage award was presented to Mrs. Lockwood Phil lips, secretary-treasurer of the Car- ' teret Publishing Co., by Gov. ' Luther Hodges at a dinner at Duke 1 University Friday night. The other 1 award was presented by Earl Craw- 1 ford, Charlotte, chairman of the newspaper week promotion com- ' mittee for the North Carolina Press Association. A total of 37 non-dailies entered the competition. Entries were judged by O. W. Riegel, director, and members of the staff of the School of Journalism, Washington and Lee University. Prof. Walter Spearman of the University of North Carolina School of Journalism served as chairman of the non-daily contests. Mrs. Phillips and Miss Ruth Peeling, editor of THE NEWS TIMES, attended the press meet ing. Sessions were held at Chapel Hill and Durham. , Marines Injured In Friday Wreck Two Marines from Camp Lojeuno wore admitted to the Sea Level Hospital Friday night after their car upset near the Oyster Creek Bridge east of Beaufort on High way 70. State Highway Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. said that the car, a 19S4 Ford, was headed east when it ran off the left shoulder of the road, skid about 7."> feet and turned over in the canal that parallels the road. The Marines were given emer gency treatment it the hospital and then moved to Camp Lejeune. The accident occurred at 8:30 p.m. The driver, who had a cut left ear, was charged with going at a speed unsafe for existing road con ditions. The passenger had cuts on the head and a bruised shoulder. Patrolman Smith said he had the names of the men at the patrol office but was unable to supply them because he gave THE NEWS TIMES a report of the accident while off duty. Baby Wins Contest | In i contest sponsored recently by the Bet* 'Club of Atlantic High School, little Miss Jacqueline Leigh Daniels was voted Baby of the Year. Jackie Leigh who is 24 years old is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Daniels Jr. of Atlan tic. Chosen from eight other con testants, she was presented the teddy bear shown with her. Runner-up in the contest was little Use Kathy Lynn Gaskill, the daughter tt Mr. and Mrs Ralph Gaskill. alao of Atlantic. TIm contest was held in the high school auditorium. Tug, Steelore Start North Disabled Ore-Laden Ship Leaves for Baltimore For Repairs The SS Steelore, vessel which was disabled off Charleston, S. C., Jan. 14 and was towed to this sec tion of the coast Wednesday, left at 12:30 yesterday afternoon, being towed by the tug, Curb. The Steelore, carrjins iron ore from Venezuela, is bound for Bal timore, Md. The ship had been ly ing offshore because she drew too much water to make port in More head City. The trip to Baltimore was sched uled to start at midnight Sunday but had to be delayed because of bad weather. The Steelore will be accompanied on the long tow by the Coast Guard cutter Marion, out of Norfolk. While lying offshore, the Steel are has been supplied by More head's newest ship chandler. More head Ships Service. Robert L. Hicks, president, had the tug Mar garet Moran rush groceries and water to the Steelore early Thurs day morning. The 41 man crew had enough chow for Wednesday night supper but that was the last of their stores unless food could be gotten to Ihem. The Moran successfully com pleted her errand of mercy Thurs day. Her cargo will be unloaded at the Bethlehem Steel Company's Sparrow's Point refinery. Four members of the Steelore crew were admitted to ,}be Mo$e head City Hospital ovet the week end. They were treated and all ex crept one. Claude H. Fowler, were returned to the ship. Fowler, believed to have had a heart attack, was sent on to Balti more to join the ship there. Edward Geurreras and Joseph A. Williams were admitted Friday. Williams was hit on the side of the head by a block and tackle. Fowler and Joseph A. Cadden were admitted Saturday. Cadden was suffering from a burned foot. County Authorities Hold Car Used to Haul Whisky A car registered in the name of Mittic Bell Murphy, route 6 Mays rille. is being held by county au :horities in the jail yard at Beau fort. The car was confiscated by Con itable Bill Dugee. Newport, about loon Sunday. When the officer itopped it on the routine check, he driver took off into a swamp. F'ound in the trunk of the car were hree cases of bootleg whisky. The :ar was a 1938 Dodge. Navy Divers Recover Wreckage of Skyraider Navy divert from Norfolk have ?ecovered the wreckage of a plane S'loted by Lt. Charles B. Manning, iddletown, Ohio, in a river near Cherry Point. But the body of the jilot could not be found. Lieutenant Manning was last teen Tuesday night while on a practice bombing mission. Marine ?nd Coast Guard planes sighted the plane wreckage TTiursdsy. ? H. H. Allen of the Allen Travel Service, New York City, told THE NEWS-TIMES yesterday that the 1955 Stock holm cruises, originally scheduled to sail from More head City, will sail instead from Wilmington. Mr. Allen said that presidents of two organizations plan ning to take convention cruises live in Wilmington. Those organizations are the North Caro-' Una Realtors Association and the North Carolina Seedsmen'* Asso ciation. Mr. Allen said that "for political reasons' and because of pressure from Wilmington the Stockholm would undoubtedly sail from that port. Cruises to Bermuda and South America are scheduled for next fall. The Stockholm sailed from More head City for the Bahamas and Bermuda last fall. Mr. Allen said that he could not run two cruises from Wilmington and the remainder from Morehead City. They would all have to orig inate at the same port. He said that the distance from Morehead City and Wilmington to Bermuda or other points was "about the same." J. D. Holt, manager of the More head City port, who was instrumen tal in the Stockholm's coming to Morehead City last fall said that the change of the departure port would mean a loss of approximate ly $150,000 to the town of More head City. Mayor George W. Dill on Sunday sent a telegram to G. H. Lundbeck Jr., New York, director of the Swedish- American line (operators of the Stockholm), asking for further information on the pro posed sailing from Wilmington but by noon yesterday the mayor had not received a reply. Countians Buy $55r440 in Bonds U.' S. savings bonds sales during the month of Dee*mber in Carteret County totalled $55,440. The ac cumulated aavings bonds sales tor the 12 months jj I 1B54 (or the *-unty totalled Wfi$n.'n. Sales of Series E and H boo/ ? North Carolina for the month of December were 17 per cent over the same month in 1953. "Nationally, approximately $15, 600,000 000 E bonds reached their 10-year maturity dates between May 1951 and December 1954. Throughout the period, the rate of holding beyond maturity under the automatic extension terms has stayed fairly constant at about 75 per cent of the maturity volume. At the 1954 year-end, E bond owners were holding more than f 11,500,000,000 worth of these bonds that were over 10 years of age, accourding to Walter P. John son, state director of bond sales. "National sales of Series E and H bonds in 1954 rose to $4,889,119, 000. This was the largest volume on record for any year since war time 1954, "Mr. Johnson concluded. FIGHT POLIO! I Board Gives Okay on Laying New Boardwalk Commissioners Proceed With Plans for Fire Fighting System At a meeting of the Atlantic Beach Town Board Sunday morn i n g, commissioners authorized Mayor A. B. Cooper to proceed with laying the boardwalk destroy ed during the October hurricane. Mayor Cooper said that the town has not received approval of its re quest for federal money for tem porary repairs, but unless work starts, the summer season will be here and the beach will still be in a shambles. Relaying the boardwalk, exact ly as it was before Hazel, will be gin immediately. The contractor is T. A. Loving. Goldsboro. who will do the job on a cost plus 10 per cent basis. The walk will run from the east end of the Occan King Hotel to the Atlantic Beach Hotel. Laying of the walk will include building a retaining Wall and place ment of concrete steps leading down to the bcach at various in tervals. The mayor explained that the boardwalk must be replaced before property owners can proceed with rebuilding plans. Gray Hassell, Beaufort, has been retained as en gineer. H. M. Eure, clerk, was author ized to matt with officials of the League of Municipalities to disruss the tax rib* Mceftary to meet the cost or installing fire fighting fa cilities at the beach. According to estimates by the engineer, J. N. Farlow, Cameron Village. Raleigh, cost of the stand pipe and hydrants will be $58,000. Cost of a truck, hose and similar equipment has not been deter mined. Beach property owners express ed approval of a fire protection system at a town meeting last year. Mayor Cooper said that after the tax rate is set, property owners will vote on going through with the proposition. The board agreed that no further action will be taken on annexation of areas to the town. But the board made it clear that if any other areas want to join the town, they will be welcome. The board's next regular session will be the second Saturday in April. Attending Sunday's meeting in addition to the mayor were Com missioners Hob Anderson, J. C. Lanier, L. T. White, and Mr. Eure. Commissioner W. C. Whitehurst was not present. Charlie Jones Elected Chairman of Supervisors Charlie Davis of Jones County was elected chairman of the Lower Neuae Soil Conservation Diatrict Supervisors at a meeting Wednes day, Jan. 19, in Goldsboro. Other officers elected were Neal Campen, Carteret County, vice chairman, and J. E. Rlgga, Craven County, secretary. Death Catches Up with Three Marines on Highway Curve Three Cherry Point Marina met nstant death Thursday morning 0 miles east of New Bern when he car in which they were riding ailed to nuke a curve on route '0, careened along thf icy should er, and virtually disintegrated vhen It atruck a tree. The victims, identified aa Rod ley Stoltifus, 19; Hemy Perron, 10; and Byron Crawford, 21, were ill thrown clear of the wreck and heir bodies mutilated. Inveatigating State Highway Pa rolmen John Jenkins and Nathan Robinaon said that there was no vay to determine who waa driving he car at the time of the accident. Patrolman Jenklna said that It vat the worst crash that he had star aeen. Ha and Patrolman Rob naon found one of . the bodies In he wooda, decapitated. The other < wo bodiea were found on the high way, soma distance from fragmanta of the car. According to (he patrol-' men, the car must have been travelling at fast aa it could pos sibly go. Headed toward New Bern at the time of the crash, the three ma rines evidently couldn't make the curve In the road near the Croatan Elementary school, s spot where other fatal accidents have taken place in the past Thursday's fatal wreck gav? Craven County their first violent deaths of the new year. Laat year nine tt the 20 traffic deatha in the county came on highway 70, an the 18 mile "Bloody Boulevard" span between New Bern and Cherry Point. Craven Coroner .R. Clyde Smith, who sasiatod in the investigation, plana no Inquest since all the oc cupants of the car met death and there wasn't any other vehicle in "Willi | I ? Officers RtlMM Crab Point Man under Bond Willie Little. Crab Point, was re leased on bond after being charged Sunday with poa seating non-taxpaid whisky. The whisky waa found by ABC Officer Marshall Ayscue after of ficers had km called to Little's place because of a disturbance there. Sheriff Hugh Salter said Little was operating a place of bus iness without a license. He Is docketed for trial in Coun ty Recorder's Court thla morning. Checks Preeented New Bern? The Oxford Orphan age at Oxford and the liethodiat .Orphanage at Raleigh have been presented checks for 110.000 e-ch by Sudan Temple Shriners. 'I