W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES -
44th YEAR, NOTTol THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROUNA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1965 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Two Jet Planes
Near Newport
Parachutos Carry Pilots
To Safety; Helicopters
Make Rescue
Two Marine jet planes collided
in flight near Newport Tuesday
night and both pilots parachuted
to safety.
One of the planes crashed in the
national forest near the Roberts
Road at Newport. The dull thud of
the crash, like a muffled explosion,
was heard'1 in Newport about 7:40
p.m.
The pilots of the planes were
rescued by helicopter. They were
First Lt. Robert E. Comer and
Second Lt. Charles D. Webster.
Both were reported to be ex
perienced pilots and taking ad
vanced training in F9F Panther
fighters.
M?j. Nephi W. Pratt, public' in
formation officer, gave this ac
count of the crash:
Lieutenant Comer developed ra
dio trouble and was returning to
the base tower. Lieutenant Web
ster was taking off. The controls
of Comer's craft locked as the
planes touched and his automatic
ejection seat parachuted him at
about 1,500 feet.
Webster, noticed part of his wing
missing and climbed to 10,000 feet
before losing control. He also was
thrown from the spinning craft by
its ejection seat.
Comer landed about two miles
southwest of the base near Have
lock and Webster landed five miles
away near Newport.
Comer's home address is 79
Pleasant St., Manchester, N. H?
and Webster's 142 Wesley Ave.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Four Speakers
Get to Finals
Four toastmasters, Theodore
Phillips, Ronald Earl Mason. E. G.
Phillips and J. P. Harris will en
ter competition for the best club
speaker next Wednesday night at
the Hotel Fort Macon.
Th? four won out over three
other speakers at Wednesday morn
ing's meeting at the Hotel Fort
Macon. The winner next Wednes
day night will compete in the artu
"speak-off at Cherry Point next
month.
Mr. Phillips spoke on "Count
Your Blessings," Mr. Mason on "Is
War in Formosa Inevitable?" Mr.
E. G. Phillips on "Where Are You
Going?" and Mr. Harris on "Car
Uret County Unlimited."
Other speakers were Dr. David
Farrior who J poke on "Vocal Va
riety," Jasper Bell, "Conversation,
a Form of Public Speaking," and
Clifford Lewis, "Effects of Cigar
ettes."
New officers for the next Mx
months were elected during the
business meeting. They are P. H.
Geer Jr., president; Dr. W. L.
Woodard, administrative v 1 c e
president; Ted Davis, educational
vice-president. Dr. Farrior, secre
tary-treasurer ; and Gerald Hill,
sergeant-at arms.
Buck Matthews Jr., Morehead
City, was admitted as a new mem
ber.
Mr. Davis served aa toastmaater
at the meeting and announced that
tickets for next Wedneaday night
can be obtained from him or Dr.
Farrior. Toastmasters will take
guests to the affair.
Steve Dail Will
Appear in Play
Steve Dell, AUtntic Beach, will
play the part of Mr. Gibba In
"Arsenic and Old Lace," the Car
teret Community Theatre play to
be presented in the Beaufort
School auditorium Feb. 17 and IS.
Clifton Guthrie, Morehesd City,
waa formerly cut in that role.
Mr. Dail ia alao directing the
play. Rehearsal! are being held In
the Scout Building, Beaufort, and
"are coining along very nicely,"
according to the director.
He haa appointed Thomas
Respesa as his assistant. Walton
Hamilton la set designer, Lynn
S toller is in charge of sound ef
fects, property managers are Lil
lian Frances Giddens and Pat
Webb, Frank Jones is in charge of
light* and Mrs John James in
charge of make-up.
The three-act comedy ia being
sponsored by the Wesleyan Ser
vice Guild of Ann Street Methodist
Church. Curtain time ia S p.m.
Flnstiag Field Tie* Dp
Tied up *t More head City port
this week waa an LflT converted
by the Army into ? landing field
for helicopters. Hie LST was be
ing towed from Charlaiton to Nor
folk and came into port becauae
of storm warnings.
After Bombing
Lc lard Goodwin, Sea Level fish
erman, (upper right) was reported
recovering in Sea Level Hospital
yesterday. He was admitted there
Sunday. His boat, center, sank in
Pamlico Sound last Tuesday after
a bomb from a Cherry Point plane
struck it on the bow where the ar
row is pointing. In ipset lower left
are Capt. Wiley Mason and Mate
Charles Edwards of the state pa
trol boat, Q-100, which rescued
Goodwin Wednesday after he had
clung 22 hours to the cabin of the
sunken boat. He suffered from ex
posure.
James Styron, Sea Level, report
ed Wednesday that a Cherry Point
plane circled and dived at his boat
Wednesday, Jan. 26, the day Good
win was rescued. The plane
dropped a bomb ISO yards from his
bow.
Referring to the editorial on the
bombing in Tuesday's NEWS
TIMES, Mr. Styron in a letter to
THE NEWS-TIMES said, "I don't
believe that anyone ever mentioned
the fact that the pilot of that plane
did wantonly, deliberately and di
rectly aim his bomb at the boat I
Photo by Norwood Young
was running, but nevertheless he
did drop it and it was just too-darn
close for comfort . . . there were
three witnesses to the incident . . .
In your opinion this might be dif
ficult to believe . . .
"This is the first time an acci
dent like Mr. Goodwin's has hap
pened but it is not the first time a
plane has dropped a bomb near
fishermen or machine-gunned near
them."
After the two bombing incidents,
Cherry Point authorities said they
were making an investigation.
Roving Reporter
People Give Opinions on Proposed
Re-Zoning of Waterfront Block
Should the .waterfront side of
Front Street. Beaufort, between
Queen and Pollock Streets, be re
zoned for commercial use?
That whs the question asked per
son this wMk.-tot. XUE XCgPS
T1MES. The Beaufort Town Board
is now debating whether to open
that side of the street for the
building of dock* or otfcert struc
tures which would expan) the
town business section. The north
side of the street is already zoned
for business.
Answers given to the above
query are as follows:
Dr. David Farrior: "I think it
should be opened for something ?
certainly not fish houses, but
docks for boats. And there should
be some limitation put on the
types of buildings that could b?
put tllere. Hut I guess fii-e bw?
would take care of that. Fire laws
evidently weren't in effect when
the present waterfront buildings
were built."
J. O. Barbour Jr.: "I don't know.
It seems as though doihg things
piecemeal, block by block, is not
a good thing.')
Mrs. James D. Biggs: "I think it
should be re-zoAed. Business has to
go that way."
?
Porfs Director Names
Director of Commerce
r
Problem: When
Did He Appear?
If Mr. Groundhog poked his head
out of hi* burrow early Wednesday
morning, spring is Just around the
corner. If he poked it out later
in the day when the sun was mo
mentarily shining, there are six
more weeks of winter on the way.
w n i c n jusi
goes to ?how, no
body knows any
more about the (
weather than
they did before
Groundhog Day.
E. Stanley Da
vis, weather ob
server, reported
winds from the
southwest on Tuesday and Wednes
day o t this week. The high tem
perature reading was 99 degrees
and the low was registered yester
day morning with a 34. Both Tues
day and Wednesday were partly
cloudy.
The prediction {or this weekend
is colder weatber, with rain very
likely.
Max. Mia. Wind
Tuesday 58 M SW
Wednesday 38 47 8W
Tides at (he Beaufort Bar
Tid? Table
HIGH
tow
Friday, Feb. 4
5:58 a.m.
6:38 p.m.
12:21 ?.m.
Saturday, Feb. 5
6:53 a.m.
7:19 p.m.
12:33 kjn.
1:14 p.m.
Snnday, Feb. ?
7:41 a.m.
8:08 p.m.
1:28 a.m.
8:27 a.m.
8:54 p.m.
0:13 a.m.
Maaday, Feb. 7
2:02 p.m.
2:18 a.m.
2:47 pjn.
Tuesday, Feb. 8 -
8:40 pjn.
3:03 a.m.
3:28 pjL
? Wilmington ? A retired Army
officer from Charlotte has been
appointed Director of Commerce
for the State Porta Authority at a
salary of 18,000 a year. The ap
pointment was made Tuesday.
Ports Director Richard S. Man
said that Stephen S. Koszewski
would fill the newly created posit
ion, effective immediately and
would concentrate on soliciting
new business for the twin terminals
it Wilmington and Morehead City.
Director Marr said that in making
the appointment he was acting un
der the direction of the authority
and its chairman, Edwin Pate of
Laurinburg.
Koszewski retired from the
Anpy aa a colonel in artillery,
after 35 years' service, in August
IBM. He is a graduate of West
Point, Class of 1924 and served
in both World Wars.
He Is married and the father of
two aona. He has served at Army
posts throughout the world.
Jets to Make Low
Practice Flights
Rural reaidenta of eastern North
Carolina need not be alarmed by
tl)e sight of low-flying Marine
Corps' jet aircraft daring Febru
ary, according to a report from
Cherry Point
Pilots of Marine Aircraft Group
M. Second Marine Aircraft Wing,
will take part in lew level flights
which will cover most of eastern
North Carolina aa far inland aa
Clinton, Wilson and Rocky Mount.
The Jeta will travel in pairs,
sometimes as much aa a quarter of
? mile apart. In sparsely settled
areas the aircraft will fly between
SO and BOO feet above the earth!
The flight exercises. . whieh be
gan Tuesday will cover carefully
planned routes, and the airmen
will maintain the proper speed to
enable them to have maximum con
trol of their aircraft. They wll also
be Instructed to take -all Meaaaary
precautions to insure the safety of
those an the ground.
John Brooiu: "It depends on
what kind of things they want to
put there. There shouldn't be any
tanki, gas stations or seine reels.
I guess just docks would be all
fight." v?
Holden Rallou: "I'm in favor of
re-zoning. I wouldn't attend a pub
lic hearing on the matter, how
ever, bccauae I'm not personally
affected by the proposal."
Gesrie Huntley Sr.: "If we're go
ing to progress, we've got to ex
pand. I don't think big buildings
should be put there. But the break
water could be poshed out SO feet
and a parking area for the town
laid out."
Elmond RJiue: "I think it would
be a good thing if some docks wore
put there."
?Shortest answer on rccord - -
Ernest Davis: "Why certainly re
xone it."
The following answers are -from
persons who live on the north side
of the block in question and in the
block immediately east of it:
Miss Mattie Duncan: "I don't
want it re-zoned. It would be per
fectly awful. There's a beautiful
view over the water now and I
wouldn't want it done away with."
B. H. Stephens: "I'm against
zoning it commercially. You don't
know what kinds of buildings may
be put there."
Paul Jones: No opinion. "I live
between Queen and Marsh Street
and it doesn't affect me. I have
friends who feel strongly both
ways. I doubt if I'd attend a pub
lic hearing called to discuss the
matter."
Claud Wholly: "I don't think it
should be re-zoned. The water
front Is the only asset we've got
and we've abused il enough as it is.
I would certainly attend a public
hearing on it."
To get an opinion uncolored by
any personal interest, Ted Davis,
manager of the Morehead City
Chamber of Commerce, was asked
his opinion.
Mr. Darta: "I think it should be
re-xomd. 11 a like situation existed
in Morehead City, I believe the
Chamber ol Commerce would defi
nitely recommend that it be re
zoned commercially. It's a must If
the town la to progress. Either
more i uwnrcial property haa to
be made available in Beaufort or
elae move the business section back
from the waterfront.
"But if that property is re-zoned,
people should be compelled to put
up buildings that are a credit to
the business section. The queation
is, 'Can Beaufort atand the grow
ing painsT' It's one of those things
that every city must go through 11
it wants to advance."
Leigh Wilaon, League oi Munici
palltiea official, has recommended
that the waterfront block be re
zoned commercially and that limits
be put en the type of structures to
be placed there.
Na Court Tueaday
No aaaaion of Beaulort Re
corder's Court was held this week
due to illness M one of the 8tste
witnesses. AaakUnt Police flhief
Carlton Garner.
German Tanker to Take On
Fish Oil at Beaufort Plant
JC's Nominate
P. H. Geer Jr.
At Kinston
P. H. Geer Jr., winner of the
Morehead City Jaycee key man
award last year and a Jaycee
national committeeman has been
nominated by Morehead City Jay
cees as vice-president of the ninth
Jaycee district.
Mr. Geer's name was placed in
nomination at a district meeting
at the Youth Center Kinston, Tues
day night. Jacksonville Jaycees
also have a nominee. Bob Page.
The district will elect the vice
P. H. Geer Jr.
... takes the stump
president at their spring meeting
in Morehead City.
He will, in actuality, be head i
of the district, but vice-preaident
in the state organization. Each of j
the district heads serve as an as
sistant to the state president.
The committee promoting Mr.
Geer for th? office consist) oi Her
bert PhHlips, Jasper Bell and Dr.
Russell Outlaw. Mr. Bell, Jaycee
president, placed Mr. Geer's name
in nomination at the meeting.
Leaflets bearing Mr. Geer's pic
ture were distributed to the 180
Jaycees.
W.ves will accoapany Jaycees i
to their spring meeting here. The
meeting, an annual event at More
head City, will probably be held ,
in April.
Board Earmarks
$450 for Mains
Members of the Newport Town
Board have appropriated ISO to
lay water mains throughout town
during the coming year. The ap
propriation was made Tuesday
night when Bennie Royal Garner,
chairman of the water main pro
ject last year appeared before the
board.
The board gave >450 to buy ma
terials last year and the fire de
partment furnished the labor.
The town clerk, Miss Edith
Lockey, read a letter from the
State Utilities Commission. The
letter answered one sent the com
mission by George Ball, town at
torney, relative to installation of
telephones in the veterans' hous
ing development.
Mr Ball said that the bill which
allow transfer of land beside the
railroad as an industrial site, would
be introduced in the legislature
soon and should pass without any
trouble.
Police Chief Dugee, who also
acts aa street superintendent, aaid
that some people are still not com
plying with the town ordinance on
standard-size garbage cans. The
commissioners discussed obtaining
land next to the fire station, order
ed the biUa paid and adjourned at
8:10 p.m.
Mayor pro-tem D. Ira Garner
preaided in the absence of Mayor
Edgar Hibbt. All other town of
ficials. Commissioners Charles
Kill, M. D. McCain and Wilbur
Garner were present. i
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Shrine Club to Entertain ?
Guests Friday, Feb. 11
The Carteret County Shrine Club I
will celebrate Ladies Night with a I
dinner and Valentine party at the
Ocean King Hotel, Atlantic Beach, i
Friday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. Bruce Goodwin of More- I
head City will present a quit pro- :
gram and W. T. Davis, dance I
teacher of Havelock and Beaufort
will preaent his pupils in a dance
program. ?
Local pupila of Mr. Davis who
will dancc are Marion Gllcbriat,
Patricia Lupton and Sophia Dickin
son.
Rector Fills Secretaryship
In Ministers Association
Magazine Uses
Newport Triplets
In Picture Story
? The lovely Garner triplet* of
Newport, now freshmen at the
Univer^ty of Nevada at Reno,
are 1< atured in the American
Magazine's "America's Interest
ing People" article this month.
In a two-page spread of color
photos, the triplets, Jean, June
and Joan, are shown skiing,
swimming and lounging at home
where they live with their sister,
Mrs. Raymond B. Smith.
They're the daughters of Mr.
and Mrs Charles Garner of New
port. Mr. Garner was chosen
Carteret's father-of-the-year in
1953.
All three are preparing for a
teaching career. Jean, secondary
education; June, home econom
ics, and Joan, elementary educa
tion.
The photographs for the Amer
ican Magazine's College Girls of
the Month, the triplets, were
taken by Fred Swartz. The
article is titled "Beauty in Trip
licate."
Dr. Edgar Jones
Son Murdered
The Rev. J. Malcolm Jone?,
rector of the Epiacopal Church in
Las Vegaa, Nev . was shot and
lulled by an escapee from a New
Vork mental institution Wednes
day, Jan. 19, as he was getting
out of his car at a drive-in restaq
rant in Las Vegas. *
Mr. Jonas was the son of the
late Dr. Edgar Jones, rector of
St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Beau
fort. Dr. Jones served here from
Dec. 1. 1943 until June of 1945
when ill health forced his retire
ment. He died at his home in More
head City on April 9, 1946.
Raymond Peter Smith, charged
with slaying the rector, had been
released after confinement at a
California mental institution, and
had escaped from the New York
institution on Feb. 4, 1954.
The pastor had been a friend of
the killer for 21 years. He had
performed the marriage ceremony
of Smith and his wife, and con
tacted services in Beaufort prior
to the death of his father, Dr.
tones.
Jaycees Need More
Talent for TV Show
Thus far only four persons have
ligned up for the TV talent show
:o be sponsored by Morehead City
laycees and the Cowboy Corral
>f WNCT-TV at Morehead City
School Feb. IS.
Anyone who has a talent for
linging, dancing or playing a muai
:al instrument should contact Walt
Hamilton Immediately at Hamil
on's Inc., Morehead City, or call
Morehead City S-4515.
The prtice for the show are as
Follows: first prize. $25: second
prise, $15, and third prise, 110
10 hurry and enter now, Mr. Ham
lton said.
Monday night the Jaycees and
their guests had an oyster roast
it Bruce Goodwin's camp near
Swansboro.
? The Rev E. Guthrie Brown, rec
tor of St. Andrew's Episcopal
Church, Morehead City, was ap
pointed secretary of the County
Ministers Association at its meet
ing Tuesday morning at the civic
center, Morehcad City.
The Rev. Mr. Brown succeeds the
Rev. Priestley Conyers III, former
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, who has moved to Bel
The Rev. E. Guthrie Brown
. . . accept* office
mont. Serving in the Rev. Mr. Con
yers' absence until Tuesday was the
Rev. R. H. Jackson, pastor of the
Davis and Stacy Free Will Baptist
Churches.
The Rev. Mr. Jackaon will be
leaving the county the first of
March. He has accepted the su
perintendency of the Free Will
Baptist Orphanage at Middlesex
and will start that work May 1.
Ministers were asked to let aside
the week of March 27 for revival
services. If revivals cannot be held,
they were asked to place emphasis
on ahurlfe attendance and steward
ship
The association endorsed Crime
I'rr^nlion Weak Feb. 13-19 and
The lev. R. H. Jackson
. . . to head orphanage
suggested that messages on crime
prevention be delivered from the
pulpit.
The Rev. J. D. Young, pastor of
Ann Street Methodist Church,
Beaufort, president of the organ
ization, presided.
Cottage Entered
The cottage at Money Island,
owned by E. L. Scott, Kinston,
has been broken into. George
Smith, special police officer at the
beach, discovered the entry Tues
day, but said the place might have
been broken into a week ago. Of
ficers say they won't know what
is missing until owners come here
to check.
? For the first time in the
history of the county *
tanker will go directly to a
menhaden factory and load
fish oil this month.
The German motor tanker, Nady,
290 leet long and 1,400 grosa tona,
will go through the Morehead City
drawbridge to the Fiah Meal C*.,
Beaufort, where it will take on (lab
oil.
According to Robert L. Hicks of
Heide & Co., Morehead City, the
Nady is expected here about Feb.
17.
Her total capacity is 1.800 tona.
She will load about 1,200 tons at
Beaufort, as much as channel depth
will allow, and then move to the
state port where the balance will
be loaded by truck.
The tanker trucks will be loaded
at the Fish Meal Co.. driven to
Morehead City, and there have
their cargo pumped aboard the
Nady.
The fish oil has been sold by the
Fish Meal Co. to Cornelius Prod
ucts Co., New York City. It will
then be transported to Rotterdam.
The Nady is under charter to
John T. Essberger, Hamburg, Ger
many. Its owner is Schifharts und
Speditions Konlor "Elbe," Ham
burg, Germany.
Arrangements to ship the oil
from here have been made by Mr.
Hicks in conjunction with J. D.
Holt, manager of the state port,
Morehead City.
Mr. Hicks expressed the hope
that the direct loading of oil into
tankers at fish plants will become
a routine practice in this area.
Town Gets Notice
On Allotment
John Lashley, city clerk, More
head City, reported yesterday that
he had received notification that
the federal government will meet
Morehead City's hurricane ex
penses to tk>e tune of 132,356.33.
I? acceptance with federal aid
regulations, invoices for work done
and amowit invested in materials
must be forwarded to Raleigh and
the payment will be made through
the budget department there.
None of the funds will be sent
directly to the town of Morehead
City.
Mayor George Dill said that
there has been a lot of money al
ready spent in hurricane repair
that will not be made up through
the federal fundi. He believes the
allotment will cover repair of the
town's sewers, seawall and hospital
damage.
Building Permits
Total $31,250
Construction of two new houaes
and repair work totaling $31,230 is
Included in the building permits
issued by A. B. Roberts, building
inspector for Morehead City for the
month of January.
Permits were issued to George
Baine for the construction of a new
house on Evans Street in the 2800
block to cost $10,700, and to J. G.
Bennett Jr., for a house on Aren
dell Street extension costing
$10,000.
The White Ice Cream and Milk
Co. is remodeling their receiving
plant on Arendell Street extension
at a cost of $3,200. Permits cover
ing repairs and alterations have
been issued to Steve Mitchell. $100;
M. U. Collins, $800; Kenneth R.
Bell. $4S0.
Permits totaling $69,000 were is
sued for the month of Jsnuary
1934
Atlantic Baptists Award
i
Contracts for New Buildings
Members of the Atlsatlc Baptist
Church voted Sunday to let the
contracts totaling MB.058 on a now
church and educational building.
The contracts were awarded as
follows: general construction to
L. Coble Construction Co. Greens
boro, 183,8701 plumbing to Howell
Plumbing Co. New Bern, *3,220;
electrics! to Blanchard's Electri
cal Service. Morehead City, 12,209;
heating and air conditioning to
Stallinga Brothers, New Bern, 10,
964 '
The Baptist Church of Atlantic
waa destroyed by fire o( an un
known origin Sept. S, ISM. At that
time the congregation voted to re
build and a new lot was purchksod
(or the erection of the now struc
ture.
The sanctuary of the new build-'
Ing which It 40 (ect by 69 (cat
will feat approximately 390, in
cluding the balcony teat!. The edu
cational building which la 31 leet
by 91 feet will house approximately
500 in the teaching program of
the church. The architecture of the
?tructure la to be of colonial type
with Gothic itained glaaa windows.
The building committee of the
church Is composed of Clayton
Fulcher Sr., Chairman. Leota Ham
mar, Gaston Smith, Norma Mason,
sod Clayton Fulcher Jr.
The architect lor the building
is Raymond Fuson of New Bern.
Tb? Rev. John W. Privott la the
pastor at the church, having start
ed bis aJafcU? there July 19, 1903.
ABC Officer, Federal
Agents Blow Up Stills
County ABC Officer Marshall
Ayscue and two federal agent!
blew up two atllla in the Merriowo
?eel ion Monday afternoon The
stills were 100- gallon steam rigs,
each about five miles apart
Officer Ayacue said both atllla
were "mashed in" and ready t?
run.
Monday's atllla were the secead
and third to be put out of eoa
mlssion within the peat week. Of
ficer Ayacue said, however, that
the 78 gallons of bootleg whiaky
he confiscated Sunday came Iran
stills In the Harlow* isaHsa