W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "<
44th YEAR, NO. 16. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND REAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEHRUARY 26, 1965 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Historic Gloucester
Home Burns Wednesday
14-Year-Old Boy
Hurt in Fall
From Motorcycle
Leroy Blanchard, 14, suffered a
brain conclusion and scalp lacera
tions when he was thrown from the
sid?car of his father's motorcycle
Wednesday morning at 7:S3 a.m.
in front of 2913 Arendell St
Clyde Blanchard, 40, the boy's
father, was operating a 1952 Harley
Davidson motorcycle, going east
on Arendell Street when he felt
the front wheel shimmying. He
tried to stop the shimmying with
his foot, police said, but the shim
mying continued and the motorcy
cle went out of control.
The motorcycle went over the
left shoulder and into the ditch,
with the boy being thrown over
his father. He hit his head on the
railroad track.
The father suffered minor in
juries to his left leg and knee.
Dill's ambulance took the young
ster to Morehead City Hospital.
Investigating officers were Po
lice Chief Herbert Griffin and Sgt.
Carl Bunch.
Police Pick Up
Tagless Drivers
Twenty-two persons were appre
hended Monday in Morehead City
and charged with failing to have
city license tags and displaying
same.
They were Jean Ranklin Dewey,
Anita Matthews Duncan, Louis A.
Hinson, Patricia Leary,, William
Earl Jarman, Graydon Bell Willis,
Paul E. Dingers, Adrian Doarest
Willis, and James Franklin Minor.
George William Harker, James
Hinkley Salter, Margeret Woodland
Davis, Henry Bentley Turner, Paul
ine Fowler Harrison, Billie Ginn
Bordon, Olivia Lewis Salter, Rob
ert Whaley, Petty "JWEWfll Tlylol,
Wesley Enrin Jordan, Fred Can
non, Alfred Braawell Cooper and
William Ferebee Willis.
Others apprehended during the
week are as follows: Monday,
Douglas Earl Packer charged with
having no chauffeur's license;
Garland Eastwood Smith, charged
with running a red light at 10th
and Arendell streets; Cecil T.
Floyd, charged with having ex
pired California license plates.
Don F. Willis, Howard Asby, and
Mrs. Harold Webb, all charged
with having no operator's licenses;
and Donald Robert Cumberland,
charged with falling to yield the
right of way and stealing a drive-in
theatre speaker valued at 111.50
from the Ocean Park Theatre.
Tuesday, Harlan E. Davison,
charged with careless and reckless
driving, and McVernon Garner,
charged with disorderly conduct,
disturbing the peace and damage
to personal property.
Wednesday, Robbie Woodside
Daniels, charged with running red
light at 8th and Arendell Streets;
George Washington Gilllkln, charg
ed with making improper left turn
at 9th and Arendell Streets, and
Octavia Ebron, charged with hav
ing no driver's license.
Officers Make
Another Haul
* Sylvester Garrls and S. T.
Moore, Negroes of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
were apprehended by officer* at 3
p.m. Sunday on Highway 101 north
of Beaufort Both have been charg
ed with transporting bootleg
whtaky.
They were released In New Bet*
Monday after potting $500 bond
each and will be tried in federal
court la New Bera in April.
ABC Officer Marshall Ayscue
said 90 gallons of whisky wen
found in their Mercury. The car
la now being held at New Bern.
The arresting officers, in addition
to Officer Ayscue, were Deputy
Sheriff Bobby Bell. Constable Bill
Dugee and two federal officers.
Moore Jumped out and ran when
the officers stopped the ear but
fleet-footed Constable Dugee
caught up with him and Deputy
Bell wasn't far behind. Garria, who
waa considering making a run for
it, changed his mind when he was
confronted by Officer Ayscue
Moore la ? former resident of
the Harlow* section.
Members of the Beaufort Town
Board met la apedal session last
night to consider a resolution thst
would call for legislation enabling
the sbolishing of the town re
drdir1! court
+ The Whitehurst home on the
old ferry dock road at Gloucester,
built in 1773, wai destroyed by
(ire at noon Wednesday. One of the
county's historic landmarks, the
home went up In flames when
cleaning fluid exploded in the
kitchen.
Miss Georgia Whitehurst and
Miss La vina Whitehurst, who oc
cupied the home with their sister,
Miss Mary Whitehurst, received
burns on their hands and arms.
Miss Mary, who teaches at Smyrna
School, was not home at the time
of the explosion.
The home was partially insured,
but many items of historic value
in it, cannot be replaced. It was
built by slaves during the Revolu
tionary period and was known as
the "Down Home Plantation."
Rafters and Joists were joined with
wooden pegs. Both the bricks in
the chimney and the heavy under
pinnings had been brought here
as ballast in ships coming from
England Lumber used in the home
was heart pine.
Guest House Burns
Not only did the home burn,
but a new three-room guest house
at the rear was destroyed.
The explosion occurred when
Miss Georgia was cleaning a dress
in the kitchen. There was no open
blaze in the room except a pilot
light on the gas stove. The dress
she was cleaning was of synthetic
material and when she rubbed it
together it created a static which,
combined with the pilot light,
caused the explosion.
Their brother's wife, Mrs. Rich
ard Whitehurst, who lives within
5(10 feet of the home, saw flames
leaping out the back door. She'
rushed to the phone and called Joe
PfeEott's store, and be in turn called
for help.
Firemen Answer Call
The Morehead City fire depart
ment answered the call but could
not arrive in time to save any
thing. Mrs. Robert Lowe, niece of
the occupants of the house, said
none of their personal belongings
or furniture was saved.
The property has been in the
Whitehurst family ever since it was
granted to them by Lord Carteret.
Quite a few historic papers and
ledgers in the family's possession
had been photostated and placed in
the Library of Congress, but the
originals were destroyed in the
fire.
Mrs. Lowe said that during the
Revolution a salt mill was located
on a pond near the home and the
body of water is still called the
Salt Pond.
The home was on the water, on
the left hand side of the old
ferry dock road.
The Misses Whitehurst are liv
ing now with their brother and his
wife. The two sisters who were
burned were treated at the Sea
Level Hospital and discharged.
Rotarians Will
Hear Principal
Jimmy Batson. principal of Ml.
Olive school, will be the speaker
at the Newport Rotary meeting
Monday night at the community
building.
At this week's meeting Dr. Ralph
D. Wellons, president of Pembroke
State College, was the speaker. He
gave a talk on the growth and ex
tension of Rotary. He commented
on the part that Rotary could play
in world peace, using his experi
_ ences as a Methodist missionary In
India for 29 years as examples. He
was a member of the first Rotary
club founded in India.
In celebration of the golden an
niversary of the Rotary movement,
it was Ladies Night, and a huge
four layer birthday cake with 90
candles atop was served.
The Harmaniacs. harmonica play
ers from Cherry Point were special
guests at the meeting and they
presented several numbers.
Otr W. Garner, a prospective
mender, and his wife were guests.
Temperatures
Vary This Week
Wind! from the east brought
wsrm temperatures to the county
during the put week with the fore
cast for today being probable show
ers. Temperatures during the week
went as high as 69 degrees and
dropped down as low as 39, ac
cording to E.' Stamey Davis,
weather observer.
Temperatures and wind direc
tions since last Thursday are as
follows:
Max. Mia. Wind
Thursday 84 81 SE
Friday 81 37 E
Saturday 56 39 NE
Sunday 60 37 NE
Monday 68 *3 E
Tuesday 60 92 SE
Wednesday ........ 67 98 SSW
A total of .08 inches of rain fell
last Thursday.
State ASC Head
Speaks Monday
At Award Dinner
ASC Office Personnel,
. Committee Member*
Honored
Horace D. Godfrey, administra
tive officer from the state Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conaervation
office was the principal speaker at
a service awards meeting in More
hea- City Monday night.
Mr. Godfrey spoke on "Changing
Times in the United States," and
he gave a detailed picture of how
the United States has become an
urban, rather than a rural country
in the last 50 years.
He told the audience that in 1800
when there were but 76 million
people in this country, 44 out of
every 100 persons engaged in farm
ing, and that now with 160 million
people in the United States, only
13 out of every 100 engage in farm
ing.
Big Business
Fanning is now the biggest busi
ness in the country, since the farm
en use more steel, rubber and fuel
than any other group, he said.
Seventeen service certificates
were presented to the following
with the number of years of service
following their names in brackets:
B. J. May. county office manager
(18), Mrs. Ruth Lewis Butler,
treasurer of the county ASC (16),
and the following ASC committee
men: Roland Salter (14), D. W.
Truckner (12), Lawrence A. Gar
ner (10), J. C. Barker (3). Clar
ence Millis (3). William J. Hardes
ty 11). Robert E. Laughton (11),
Y. Z. Simmons 11).
Cecil H. Pringle (8), Leland H.
Morris (7). Brondell Gillikin (5),
Addison McCabe (4), John D.
Young (4), Lee Sawrey (4), and
Osborne G. Pigott (3).
Acta as Emcee
Acting as master of ceremonies
for the meeting was Mr. May,
county office manager.
The invocation was given by the
Rev. J. D. Young of Ann Street
Methodist Church, Beaufort.
Guests at the meeting included
John Brian, Greenville, Bruno Man
gum, Raleigh, Mr. and Mrs. Hap
Hanaon, Norwood Young. Carl Gaa
ktll, and Mr. and Mr*. ?*i> Wil
liams, all of Beaufort, Joe Maspa,
Sea Level, and Hal Shapiro, Mast
head City.
B. I. May
. . . II yean with A8C
USCG Issues Boat
Safety Pamphlet
The commander, Fifth Coast
Guard District announced today
that a new Coast Guard pamphlet
listing the legal requirements for
motorboats Is available for distri
bution to boat owners.
Listed in the folder are the mini
mum requirements of the federal
laws relating to motorboata. It alao
contains suggestions for the boat
owner which, if followed, will make
boating safer. The pamphlet is a
Jan. S, 1995 revision of a similar
one previously available.
Any boat owner may obtain a
copy free of charge by requesting
"Motor boat Requirements ? CG
290" from the Coast Guard Auxili
ary unit nearest him, the Coast
Guard Marine Inspection Office,
209 Chamber of Commerce Build
ing, Baltimore, or from the Coast
Guard Motorboat Registration Sec
tion, Room 209. U. 8. Post Office
and Court House, Norfolk, Va.
Golf Club Mambm Will
Attend Steak Supper
Members of the More bead City
Golf and Country Club will attend
a steak -aupper at the club at 6:30
Wednesday night Each member
will be contacted by phone for
reservations.
In the afternoon a ladies-men
tournament is planned with four
somes be lag composed of one
woman and three men.
Putting and chipping contests
are alao on the schedule, accord
fag to W altar Teich, chairman
County Health Department Gets
Ready to Administer Polio Vaccine
i
This Tells the Story
WGN TRADE
^OBTffCAJWIJM
The state's high place in the
nation's foreign trade statistics
is illustrated in a North Carolina
foreign trade map, just issued in
pamphlet form, through the co
operation of the North Carolina
State Ports Authority and 10 of
the state's leading business organi
zations.
The map point* out the potential
as well as the present function of
the ports at Morehead City and
Wilmington 'by showing that 90 per
cent of the state's industrial and
farm production is importantly in
volved In exporting and importing.
Dona In four colon and illustrat
ed with cartoon scenes of foreign
trade and dependent farm and in
dustrial activities from mountain to
sea, the map reveals some little
known facts about North Carolina
industry and world trade.
Almost all unmanufactured flue
cured tobacco exported from the
United States, about 3Vi million
pounds a year, is grown in North
Carolina and receives its final pro
cessing before overseas shipment
in North Carolina re-drying plants.
Tarheel furniture factories con
sume nearly all the tropical woods
brought into this country. The
textile center of the nation, North
Carolina, uses a vast percentage of
imported cotton and produces vol
umes of goods for export.
Areas in the midwest United
State*, which have favorable ship
ping rates to and from North Caro
lina ports, are mapped in, with in
dications that the state is within
a convenient 500 miles of 55 per
cent of the nation's population.
Photographs bordering the map
dcpict tacilities and shipping activ
ities at Wilmington and Morchead
City, showing scenes along the
docks. Tobacco in hogsheads being
rolled aboard freighters, the Swed
ish American liner Stockholm sail
ing out of Morehead City harbor on
one of her series of fall 1954 cruis
es, the great oil terminal at Wil
mington (the most active in the
Southeast), the grain loading facili
ties at Morekead City for shipment
of state and midwestern grown
grains, and the ultra-modern fumi
gating plant in Wilmington are all
pictured.
The increased activity at the
ports during the past year ha*
come about largely because ship
pers in North Carolina and sur
rounding areas have discovered the
greater efficiency and economy of
cargo movement to and from near
by ports.
Mario Braggiotti Thrills
Community Concert Goers
Driver Charged
With Hit-Run
Larry Wooten. 213 Fulford St.,
Beaufort, has been charged with
hit and run and speeding as the re
sult of an accident at 10:30 Tues
day night at Front and Sea View
Streets, Beaufort.
According to Assistant Police
Chief Carlton Garner, Wooten side
swiped a car being driven by Mrs.
Gladys Smith, 716 Ann St., Beau
fort He failed to stop after the
acident. Mrs. Smith, in a 1990 Ply
mouth ,was going east on Front
Street and Wooten, in a 1M6
Chevrolet was going west when the
accident oocurred.
After investigation, Officer Gar
ner passed the information on to
Officer Mack Wade who later ser
ved a citation on Wooten. Damage
to Wooteh's car was estimated at
$300 and damage to Mrs. Smith's
car at $132.
Wooten posted $250 bond for his
appearance in Beaufort Recorder's
Court Tuesday.
Writ Cause* Immediate
Hearing; Lewis Still Held
A writ of habeas corpus .in the
case of Moody Lewis, Salter Pith,
charged with murder, waa served
this week and Lewis was taken to
New Bern for immediate hearing.
Sheriff Hugh Salter, said that
after Lewis told his story to the
lodge, the Judge ordered him held
under 112,500 bond. Lewis waa re
turned to the county jail, Beaufort.
He ' is scheduled to be tried in
Superior Court next month on the
charge of shooting and killing Mrs.
Theresa Dolter of More head City.
Aera Club Vlaita Bale
Sixty-five aircraft carrying mem
bers of the Carolina Aero Club
landed at Cherry Point Marine air
baae last Sunday morning. Mem
bers of the slub toured the baae
and then left for Hew Bern where
they bed lunch.
? Community Concert goers were*
thrilled Tuesday night with the
performance of Mario Braggiotti,
noted pianist.
While a few classicists disliked
his descent from the "artist's po
dium" during the latter part of
the program his light approach to
music appealed to most of the
adults and delighted the children.
The first part of his concert dis
played his talent and mastery of
the piano. The sonata in C major
by Scarlatti was followed by Bee
thoven's sonata, opus No. 27, No. 2
which opens with the familiar
first movement popularly known as
the Moonlight Sonata.
Nocturne in D flat major by
Chopin and L' Isle Joyeuse by
Claude Debussy were followed with
the beautiful, imposing much-loved
Rhapsody in Blue by George Gersh
win. A friend of the late Gershwin
and a devout admirer of the com
poser, Mr. Braggiotti did justice
to Gershwin's superior talent with
hi* rendition of the popular num
ber.
"Music is Pun" was the theme of
the second part of the program
Dropping the austere barrier which
usually prevails between artist and
audience, Mr. Braggiotti present
ed parodies on music, gave imita
tions of different types of artists
and concert goers, and presented
Of her novelty number*.
He interspersed these presents-'
tions with a number by Bach which
seemed somewhat out of place ?
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.
See PIANIST, Page 5
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Feb. 25
10:00 a.m. 4:02 a.m.
10:30 p.m. 4:18 p.m.
8a lordly, Feb. 2?
10:54 a.m. 4:45 a.m.
11:23 p.m. 4:54 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 27
11:40 a.m. 5:34 a.m.
5:39 p.m.
Man day, Feb. 2t
12:1# a.m. 0:36 a.m.
12:47 p.m. 6:43 p.m.
i Tueaday, March 1
1:19 a.m. 7:55 a..m
1:49 P-tn. 8:06 pjD.
Navy Gets Ready
To Build Loading
Ramps on Island
Plans for Navy loading ramps
on Radio Island, announced sev
eral years ago, have finally reach
ed the office of the Corps of En
gineers, Wilmington.
Army engineers sent out no
tices this week stating that the
Navy has applied for permission
to dredge as well as construct
loading ramps on the southern
end ef the island on the east side
of Klorehead City harbor.
Approximately 142.000 cubic
yards of material will be dredged
and dumped on the island which
is located between Beaufort and
Morchead City. Plans 'may be
seen at the engineers' office at
Wilmington or the postoffices in
Beaufort and Morehead City.
Objection* if any, must be filed
with the engineers' office by
Monday.
First, Second Graders
Eligible for Inoculation
Plana preparatory to inoculating county children with
the Salk polio-preventive vaccine got underway this week
with the distribution of blanks to children in first and
second grades.
These blanks, sent out by the County Health Depart
ment, are to be signed by the parents and returned by the
ntiilsf In hit laarhiir i I tha nn run r 4 ? ?
wishes him to have the vaccine.
It will not be known until the
first of April whether the vaccine
trials conducted last year were re
sponsible for preventing any cases
of polio, but if the report in April
states that the vaccine is effective,
the National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis has already contract
ed for vaccine so that no time will
be lost in immunizing children
throughout this nation, Alaska and
Hawaii.
Decisions Made
Decisions made at a national
planning meeting in New York last
month were as follows:
1. The children in the first and
second grade of primary schools
were selected for inoculation be
cause of high incidence of polio in
this group and their accessibility as
organized units within the schools.
2. It is expected that additional
vaccine, equivalent or greater in
amount than that contracted for
by the National Foundation, will
be obtainable through usual com
mercial channels for the use of pri
vate physician* for their patients.
3. Vaccine for use in 1955 will
be administered on the same dos
age schedule as was followed in
the 1954 field trial, namely 1 cc.
of vaccine in each of the three
doses, given intramuscularly, the
second inoculation one week after
the first and the third inoculation
four weeks after the second.
4. Administrative procedures for
the giving of the vaccine will be
as simple as possible and will not
require extensive record-keeping.
Except in rho-ie states which wish
and are iu a position to conduct
follow-up studies, no extensive na
tionwide evaluation such as wa?
done in the 1954 field trial Is con
templated.
Given Free
If licensed, the vaccine will be
supplied by the National Founda
tion without charge and it will be
given to first and second graders
without charge by the personnel of
the county health department.
It is emphasized by the National
Foundation that if the vaccine is
not licensed in April, it will not
be used.
The local health department has
to know now, though, how many
children may want the vaccine so
it will know how to plan the in
oculation program.
The value of the vaccine rests
upon the publication of a report by
Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., University
of Michigan. The report is expect
ed to be issued about April 1.
The blanks being sent home with
first and second graders this week
reads as follows:
"It is contemplated that polio
myelitis vaccine (Salk), when li
censed by the National Institutes
of Health, will be made available
by state and local health depart
ments for the vaccination of chil
dren enrolled in the first and sec
ond primary grades of all public
schools. To complete vacclnationa,
each child Is to receive three in
oculations ot the vaccine over a
period of five weeks."
There are blanks provided for
the child's name, the date, signa
ture of a parent or guardian, the
child's grade, his address and the
school he attends. j
Monday Deadline
The blanks must be returned
Monday.
It la not known whether children
See VACCINE, Page 5
Auxiliary to Furnish Room
For Children at Hospital
A children ? room will be dec
orated and furniihed at the Sa*
Level Hospital by members of the
hospital auxiliary. Plana for the
new project were made at a meet
ing of the auxiliary Monday night
in the Methodiat Church at At
lantic.
The project will be directed by
the ward committee. Toya which
can be fteriliied will be donated
and Mrs. Donald Chadwlck la in
charge of obtaining plctum for
the room.
One picture, painted by Hri.
Jack Wind ley of Beaufort and
given by her. will be hunt there.
Two caah gifts have been re
ceived and were applied to the
Nurses Home Fund for purchase of
special items for the home. One
was a memorial of $10 for Rudy
Verde*, an employee of the Weat
India Fruit and Staamahip Cat, and i
the other >u a Valentine gift of
*9 from Mra. M. K. Kornegay of
Beaufort. a former patient in the
Sea Level Hoapitsl.
Members agreed to bring clean
ing rags to the next meeting for
uae in the hoepital housekeeping
department. They will also bring
color books ami crayons for child
patients
Three new auxiliary members
were introduced. They are Mrs.
Jeff L. Abbott and Mrs. Marvin
Rice, both of Sea Level, and Mra.
John S. McCormack, of Atlantic.
Miss Elva Salter, who joined the
group sometime after the Decem
ber meeting, was introduced and
Mrs. Mitchell Taylor, who was not
present, was snnounced a* a new
member.
During the program a movie, "In
These Hands," was shown. It was
followed by brief comments on
drugs by Dr. H. r. Webb.
Charles Baxter
Admits to Two
Home Burglaries
Charles Baxter, Negro youth
charged with breaking and entering
Beaufort homes recently, has con
fessed to entering the Herbert
Prytherch home on Ann Street and
Dr. Luther Fulcher's home on
Highway 101.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said that
Baxter, who has been in jail at New
Bern, made theconfession to him,
to State Highway Patrolman W. C.
Clagon, and John Edwards of the
SBI.
Baxter, who has served time for
burglary, refused to admit the theft
when officers arrested him about a
month ago. Hems taken from the
Prytherch home were found in a
room of the home in which Baxter
lived on Craven Street.
He told officers yesterday that he
entered the Prytherch home
through a side door, took the
pocketbook (he described the
Items in it), and rushed out the
front door when he heard a scream.
He said he entered Dr. Fulcher'i
home about Christmas time by
standing on a bucket to get up to a
front windaw . There he said he
took a JaeKct and M he found in
a wallet belonging to Ed Futeher,
Dr. Fulcher'a father.
Baxter was brought back to Beau
j fort yesterday for further question
al g.
Inlet Dredging
To Begin Tuesday
Wilmington ? Maintenance
dredging in the bar channel at
Beaufort Inlet is scheduled to be
gin Tuesday, the Wilmington Dis
trict, Corps of Engineers announc
ed today.
The hopper dredge, Gerig, now
under repairs at Tampa, Fla., is
expected to be completed in suf
ficient time to reach the area to
reprovision and start work by Tues
day.
W. F. Fowler, civil engineer In
charge of survey parties, said
soundings have been completed
and dredging guides established to
assure proper aligment in restor
ing the channel to project depth
of 30 feet. Specifications require
that a two-foot overdepth be dredg
ed to offset any possibility of er
ror in restoring the channel to
project depth.
The district office said the Gerig
Is scheduled to spend 30 days at
Beaufort Inlet and a similar period
at Cape Fear River bar channel for
a total of 60 days on the North
Carolina coast
Survey work on the Cape Fear
bar has not been completed. Any
work in that area requiring leaa
than 30 days, will be spent on
Beaufort Inlet, according to Army
engineers.
The Gerlg is well known along
the Tar Heel Coast. She has per
formed in this area on numerous
occasions for routine work in mid
winter. Last November-December
she was rushed to Beaufort Inlet
from Boston to clean out shoals
whipped up by hurricane Haul
Oct. IS. Her home port is Jackson
ville. Fla. She la owned by the
Jacksonville District of the Corps
of Engineers.
Beaufort Gets $5,808.40
To Pay for C loaning Up
The town of Eesufort has re
ceived ? check (or tS.8M.40, reim
bursing it (or money spent to clean
up debris following the Oct. 13 hur
ricane. The check was received by
Dan Walker, town clerk, Wednes
day, from Gen. Edward Griffin,
state civil defense director.
Mr. Walker said the check covert
part of the ?8,000 the town had to
spend for clearing up debris imme
diately after the storm.
After the reimbursements are
made, the other money granted the
town for repair o< the sea wall,
sewers, etc., will go directly to th?
contractors employed to do the
work and will not ba sent to tka
town.