W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
44th YEAR, NO. 26. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-SIX PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. MAjjCH 29. 1965 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Paul CI el and Acquires Major
Interest in Morehead Track
Paul Cleland, Morehea^4
City, announced yesterday
that he has acquired owner
ship of the Carolina Racing
Association, Morehead City.
Mr. Cleland bought over 80,
per cent of the stock which
had been held by the Caro
lina-Virginia Racing Asso
ciation. . The track west of
Morehead City is now local
ly-owned.
Mr. Cleland said he has re
ceived the resignations of John
Boggiano,' New York, and Sam C.
Lombardo and John G. Maaoni,
both o I Cleveland, who were mem
bers of the board of directors s I
the Morehead City track. .
Two Tracks Owned
The Carolina - Virginia Racing
Association, from whom Mr. Cle
land bought his controlling interest
of 191,491 shares, owns the track
in Currituck County and the Palm
Beach Kennel Club, West Palm
Beach, Fla.
Mr. Cleland has sold bis 10 per
cent interest in the Carolina-Vir
ginia Racing Association to its con
trolling interests, Boggiano, Lom
bardo and Masoni.
Twenty per cent of the stock in
the Carolina Racing Association
not held by Mr. Cleland is scatter
ed among various stockholders in
this county.
A break in the relationship be
tween Mr. Cleland and the out-of
state race track interests was indi
cated several weeks ago when Mr
Cleland filed suit for $13,000 back
nay he claimed officials of the
Carolina-Virginia Racing Associa
tion owed him.
Salary Paid
The salary was paid several days
after legal action was taken. Nego
tiations toward Mr. Cleland's tak
ing ovef the Morehead City race
track property were entered into
last week.
At present, no dog racing is al
lowed at either the Currituck or
~M?rehead City track because of a
State Supreme Court ruling de
claring the operations unconstitu
tional.
- The suits, bringing U? matter
before the courts, wet* filed by an
Elizabeth City and a Beaufort at
torney. The last Mason the More
head City track operated was 1953.
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Safe Found
Near Golf Course
A safe containing $900, stolen
from the Cherry Point Golf Shop
Friday night, was found on the
Golf. Course Road west of the
Morehead City golf course at 8:30
Saturday morning. It was discover
ed by men paving the Golf Course
Road.
The . y <e was about 30 inches
high_fci^r 24 inches wide. A hole
r'-was cut i the side. Members of
the Caiet sheriff's department
who i! tigated said that the
thieves arently took the safe to
the scei f paving operations and
there ? 1 1 Bar rus Construction
Co. tou.friirobably a pick, to break
open the safe.
The theft is being investigated
by agents at Cherry Point.
Medical Auxiliaries Will
Honor Doctors Tomorrow
Members of medical auxillariea
nation are obaervinj
30, Doctor's Day,
to commemorate
medical profea
introdbced
Almand of
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Fire Causes Loss
OnOtwayFarm
J. H. Lewis, Otway, suffered a
M.400 fir* Iocs at about 4:30
Thursday afternoon when a barn
and a portion of a sweet potato
bam burned down. The barns were
located an Highway 70 near the
Ward's Creak Bridge.
It Is not known how the blatt
started. Guion Lewia, a neighbor
ing farmer, aaw the one bam ablate
and the Beaufort Fir* Department
waa called.
The destroyed bam housed tools,
hay and a muM The mule, realis
ing apparently that he'd' be burned
up. broke out of the bam and
saved himself. Tl* bam waa re
portedly insured for |S00, bat total
loaa was estimated at $2,000.
All the swoet potato** in the po
tato barn, valued at 11,000 were
lost. Damage to the barn itself waa
estimated at |MW. Firemen pre
vented the barn from being totally
ueauujva. l
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.Caftay Nat Cattery
The aeventh girl listed as a play
er In the picture on page S of to
day's tabloid section Is EateUe
Caffrey and not EateUe "Cattery"
as stated.
This Issue Spotlights Seadogs
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Photo by Jerrjr Schumacher
It (is a great day for the Green and White Sunday, March 20. Chauffeured by Street Wetherlngton,
the Beaufort basketball squad, winner* of the state class A tournament, were in the vanguard of a welcome
home parade which started at the race track west of Morehead City. In the back seat, left to right, are
Jimmy Davia, Herb Mason, Gehrmanai Holland, and In the front seat, left to right. Monk' PiUman, Hen
ry Safrit, and Wetherington. A tabloid section with congratulatory messages to the Seadogs from Beau
fort and Morehead City businessmen, and stories and pictures on basketball Is a special feature of to
day's NEWS-TIMES.
State Suspends Sale of Crab
Licenses to Out-of-Staters
Rotarians See
3-Year Movie
The film. Tin Gr|at Adventure,
featuring Hollywood star Edward
Arnold, was shown at the meeting
of the Morehead City Rotary Club
Thursday night.
The film was made to commemo
rate 50 years of Rotary Interna
tional. The first Rotary club was
formed in Chicago in 1905.
The film exemplified and por
trayed some of the many ways in
which Rotarians go about doing
civic good.
The film revealed that at many
Rotary International Assemblies
held each year, more countries are
represented than at most sessions
of the United Nations.
As was clearly brought out in the
movie, when Rotarians place ser
vice to others above self, and mani
fest the motto, "He profits most
who serves the best," then the in
dividual Rotarian has indeed ex
perienced a great adventure, com
mented Rotarian Albert Gaskill.
Frank Cassiano was introduced
to the club as a new member. Vis
iting Rotarians included Jack Oak
ley of Beaufort and Ellis G. Disc
ker of Raleigh.
? The State Commercial Fisheries'*
division has suspended selling of
crabbing licenses to out-of-state
fishermen. Although it is reported
that there ara> only about six or
sev?n Virginia, et?b frews in this
area, the move" was taken follow
ing cries of protest last week from
Oriental crab fishermen and pack
ers.
They charged that out-of-state
crab fishermen are invading Neuse
River crabbing grounds and ruin
ing the business for Tar Heel crab
bers.
Observers who- are not involved
in the light in a monetary way,
uy that report! published thus far
in the .controversy are generally
inaccurate, Inflammatory and re
flect opinions and attitudes of only
several people in the crab industry
in Pamlico and Hyde Counties.
At a regional . meeting of the
North Carolina Fisheries Associa
tion at Bayboro Saturday night a
resolution was passed requesting
the banning of "crab pots" in Pam
lico County.
These are rectangular wire bas
kets baited with fish and lowered
to the bottom. Crabs go inside to
feed on the fish scrap and when
tbe baskets are pulled up, the crabs
are trapped inside.
It has been reported that Vir
ginia crabbers are the "only one*"
usjng such trapping devices but
many Carteret crabbers working
in Core Sound use them too. C. G.
Holland, state fisheries commis
sioner, said the traps are. an im
pfoved method of taking crabs, in
creasing the Catch and requiring
less effort than the old way.
It. has been' suggested that regu
lations aay have to !>e made desig
nating areas when crab traps can
be placed so that they don't foul
gear used by other fishermen.
It was reported that a "shooting
war" waa in the offing between
Virginia and North Carolina crab
bers, but John Seitter. Morehead
City, who has bean buying catches
from Virginia crewi said that
nothing of the sort was expected
Five members of the North Car
olina Fisheries Association who
ipat at Bayboro wi|l comprise a
committee to present the crab mat
ter before the Conservation and
Development board at its spring
?Mating next Saturday at High
Point.
Committee members ara Julius
W. Whorton, Vandemere; Wilbur
Hudiydl. Oriental; Randolph Har
dy, Oriental; L. D. Forrest, Vande
mere; and C. R. Ireland of Law
land. ?
The Rev. W. N. Howard
Guest Speaker for MYF
The Rev. W. N. Howard It., will
.be guest speaker it the spring rally
of the New Bern district Methodist
> Youth Fellowship meeting at Here
lock, Friday, April 1.
A recreation meeting will begin
?t 5 p.m. with a piehie supper to
follow at ? p.m. There will be a
short business meeting All MYF
members of this area are Invited
to attend.
Honest Man Finds
Lost Red Wallet
-"-Mrs. Jotyi NW ol Morehead '
City was preparing to take a trip
north Wednesday. Before leav
ing, she visited Mrs. J. W.
Thompson at 1801 Shepard St.
While getting out Of her car,
unknown to her, she dropped her
wallet. It contained all the
money to finance her trip.
While talking to Mrs. Thomp
son, someone knocked at the
door, and asked, "Anyone drop
a red wallet?" Mrs. Naf realized,
after a quick aearch, that it was
hers.
She failed to get the man's
name or reward him. If the man
in the green pick-up truck who
found and delivered the wallet
will contact John Naf at the
Morehead City Shipbuilding
Corp., Mr. Naf told THE NEWS
TIMES yesterday that he would
.like to reward and thank an
honest man.
Red Cross Drive
Closes Thursday
Mrs. D. FS Merrill, Beaufort,
chairman of the County Red Cross
drive, yesterday reminded folks
that the drive closes Thursday.
Fund chairmen in the various
communities are asked to make
their final contacts and get their
collections to Mrs. Morrill as soon
as possible after Thursday.
Persons who have not yet con
tributed may mail Checka to Mr*.
Gehrmann Holland, Beaufort, . or
Charles Willis, cart of. Hill's,
Morehead City. They may also
give their contribution to Red
Cross solicitors or to Mrs. Merrill,
807 Ann St
Mrs. Merrill says 11,107.87 has
been turned in to date. Nine of 21
of the Chairmen throughout the
county have reported.
The county's goal this year is
83,480, slightly less than J per cent
of the $40,000 spent for relief by
the Red Croaa in thif county after
Hurricane Hue I.
Beaufort 'Firemen Answer
Two Alarms Saturday
Beaufort firemen answered two
alarm* Saturday.
They extinguished a fire In a
car garage on Ann Street exten
sion at 2 o'clock. Llttie damage wis
cauaed.
Firemen believe the blase waa
started by children playing in the
garage.
The other Saturday fire took
place at 10:30 p.m. ill the chimney
of tbe Leslie Whltehurst house on
Orange street. Firemen reported
that they found flames and spark*
coming from the chimney. High
wind* gave firemen aomf trouble,
but tiie blan was put out Little
damsge waa done to tbe chimney
Freak Cold Snap Damages
Cabbage, Beans, Potatoes
Fires Hit Woodlands
Brush Burning Ban
Now in Effect Here
E. M. Foreman, county forest
ranger, warned everyone yesterday
that no burning is permitted with
in 500 (eet of any wooded area.
This county and all other counties
east of Anson, Montgomery, Moore,
Chatham, Alamance, Orange and
Granville have been placed under a
brash burning ban by the state for
estry division.
The ban was put into effect be
cause of the numerous forest fires
which have broken out in the east
ern section during the past few
weeks.
Mr. foreman said that in addi
tion to the fire at Sea Level which
destroyed the school, there have
been brush and woods fires at
North River and on the road be
tween Cedar Island and Atlantic
during fhe past week.
He said that the brush burning
ban will remain in effect until this
section of the state gets some
heavy rain. Twenty-two new fires
were reported over the weekend.
Mr. Foreman remarked that Car
teret has been lucky to have had
only three brush fires in recent
weeks. Rain fell heavily here the
weekend before last.
Chamber Members Issued
Ultimatum Thursday Night
At ar specially called meeting of<
the Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce Thursday night, attend
ed by 94 of the 208 members, a
drive was begun to place the cham
ber on a firm financial footing.
President Bernard Leary opened
the meeting and said he was laying
the cards on the table. "For sev
eral years," declared the president,
"our chamber has begun each year
with a two or three thousand dol
lar deficit.
"In ?pite of efforts of managers
and the board of directors, it has
seemed impossible to pull the
chamber out of debt by the begin
ning of the new fiscal year. This
was not caused by bad manage
ment. nor by activities outside the
budget. Mainly it was and is the
direct result of a lack of interest
on the pan of the members.
"1 am a* guilty as any one. More
head's future is brighter right now
than it has ever been, provide* we
take action to promote oil- are*. U
we are going to have a Chamber
of Commerce, let's have a good
one!"
Clyde Jones presented figures
showing the chamber's activities
from a financial standpoint. He
pointed out that the income had
droprod from $19,000 in 1946 to
less than $8,000 last year and that
the budget was $12,000 last year.
"The time has come," said Mr.
Jones, "when we have to decide
whether we want the manager to
spend his full time trying to round
up his salary or in carrying out the
chamber program. If we want to
go ahead with the rest of eastern
North Carolina," he concluded,
"we have got to give our chamber
manager something with which to
work."
W. S. Kidd, Dr. Ben Royal, Jas
per Bell, George Wallace and
others spoke on behalf of the drive.
Mr. Leary pointed out that $2,800
was needed to finish the year in
the black. Checks on both banks
were made available and about half
the amount was paid, or pledged at
the close of the meeting.
The board of directors is meet
ing tonight to plan action for col
lecting the balance of delinquent
accounts as well as additional dues
from paid-up members.
Woman Found
Dead Yesterday
Mn Daily Row*, 37, Morebead
City, >?? found dead at 7 o'clock
yesterdsy morning in a bouse on
Highway 101. Mra. Row* was re
ported to have died as the result
of taking too much aspirin and
consuming a large amount of wine.
The death was investigated by
Coroner Leslie Springle snd She
riff Hugh Salter.
Graveside services will be coo
ducted today In Bay View Ceme
tery, Morehead City.
Mrs. Rowe la survived by her
mother, Mrs. Adrian Willis, More
head City; a -husband, Lawrence
Rowe, of Norfolk; a brother,
Brooks Willis, Morebead City; two
sisters, Mrs. Raymond Harrell and
Mrs. Duncan Warren, and several
children.
Tid? TabU
Tides at Ike Beenfert Bar
HIGH I.OW
Tuesday, March ?
12:07 a.m.
12:44 p.m.
8:27 a.m.
6:37 p.m.
Wednesday, March M
1:08 a.m.
1:47 p.|m.
7:40 a m.
7:M p.m.
Tharaday, March II
2:12 a.m.
2:81 p.m.
8:82 a.m.
?:14 p.m.
Friday, April 1
1:1* a.m.
4:94 p*.
10:21 ajn.
' 10:81 PA.
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Easter Lily Sale
Will be Saturday
The annual sale of miniature
Easter lilies made by handi
capped persons will take place
Saturday, April 2, with about 25
volunteers fHorn the Tri-Hi-Y
Clubs of Morehead City and
Beaufort^ schools selling on down
town street corners in Morehead
City and Beaufort.
The traditional lily sale is held
in conjunction with the 22nd an
nual Easter Seal campaign to
help crippled children.
Proceeds go to the North Caro
lina Society for Crippled Chil
dren and Adults and to the local
chapter to help support services
administered in the county.
Four Hen Put
In Jail Sunday
Locked up in the county jail Sun
day were Edgar Lewis. Broad
Creek; W. W. Sanders and John
Huff, both of South Carolina; and
Rufus Fair Jr., Beaufort.
Lewis is charged with beating up
his wife, Sanders and Huff are
charged with driving drunk and be
ing drunk on the highway and Fair
is charged with assaulting his sis
ter, Alberta.
Lewis was picked tip by Deputy
Sheriffs Bobby Bell and M. M.
Ayscue Sunday. Sanders and Huff
were apprehended on Highway 101
Sunday by Sheriff Hugh Salter,
Deputy Sheriffs Bobby Bell and
Marshall Ayscue, and State High
way Patrolman J. W. Sykes.
All three will be tried in County
Recorder's Court this morning.
Fair was arrested at 7 o'clock
Sunday night by Assistant Police
Chief Carlton Garner of Beaufort.
Fair allegedly slashed his sister on
the left wrist with a knife. She
was treated at Morehead City Hos
pital.
Officer Garner said the incident
took place at the Fair house in the
000 block of Queen Street. Fair is
docketed for trial in Beaufort Re
corder's Court this afternoon.
Power Will Go
Off Next Sunday
The power in Beaufort, west
Beaufort and along Highway 101,
with the exception of Lennoxville
Road and the Atlantic line will be
off during the following periods
next Sunday, April 3, according to
George Stovall, manager of the
Carolina Power and Light Co. here.
Outtages will be from 4 a.m. to
4.1B a.m., 7 to 7:19 a.m., and from
10 to 10:19 a.m.
The power will be turned off to
allow workmen to wash out and
filter oil and make general inspec
tion of all main bank transformers.
Temperature Drops to 25
Early Sunday Morning
County truck crops were hard hit in the freak cold
wave which struck the pastern part of the nation over tbe
weekend. Cabbage plants wilted under icy winds, snap
beans and Irish potato plant^ were cut down by the cold
and the few peach trees in blossom here will bear no crop
this year.
The official temperature reading here early Sunday
morning was 25 degrees. Early*
Monday morning the low went up
to 30 degrees. At 12:30 p.m. yes
terday the temperature was 48.
Millions in Damage
E. Stamcy Davis, official weather
observer, said today should be
warmer with the cold spell on its
?ay out. But it leaves in its wake
millions of dollars damage to crops
all over the south.
R. M Williams, county farm
agent for Carteret, said tobacco
farmers in the western part of the
county say there apparently has
been no damage to tobacco beds.
The plants arc still under cloth.
He believes the Irish potato
plants will comc back. In 1943
there were three late cold snaps
and he said the plants came back
each time. A fair crop was pro
duced that year.
Warm Rain Hoped For
Cabbage farmers believe that a
warm rain would help bring back
the cabbage plants. In other coas
tal counties cabbage farmers are
already replanting, according to re
ports from Raleigh. Farmers here
started replanting snap beans yes
terday.
The cucumber and snap bean
crops in South Carolina were ruin
ed as well as the paach tree blos
soms in the sandhills aection of
North and South Carolina.
Mr. Williams said that It looks
like a scarcity of truck crops this
year and high prices.
Not only food crops but flower
ing shrubs were laid low by the
cold. Near-bloasoming azalea plants
were hard hit and miny of the
blooms expected!* W liming
ton atalea festival tufa year will
not mature.
Temperatures since Thursday in
Carteret:
Max. Min. Wind
Thursday #6 47 SW
Friday 71 SO SE
Saturday 08 60 SW
Sunday 65 25 SW
Three Drivers
Lose Licenses
Two county residents have lost
their licenses, according to latest
notice from the State Highway Saf
ety Division, and the state took the
license of a Jacksonville motorist
when he was convicted in More
head City Recorder's Court
The license of Cecil Bradley
Oglesby, Newport, was revoked
when he was convicted of his sec
ond offense of drunken driving in
New Bern Superior Court.
The license of Theodore Harker,
Morehead City, was revoked in
Morehead City Recorder's Court
when he waa convicted of drunken
driving and having no operator's
license. Joseph Halford Johnson,
Jacksonville, was convicted of his
second offense of drunken driving.
His license waa revoked by the
same court
Ministers Hop* to Curb
Boor Solo at Smyrna
rive ministers conferred yester
day morning with D. G. Bell, coun
ty legislator, relative to a bill
which would curb the sale of boar
at Smyrna.
It is reported that one business
place sails beer there now and
citisens anticipate that operators
of anothr place, which ia now be
ing built expect to apply for a
beer license.
Mr. Bell listened to the ministers
but no decision was made at the
meeting.
Louise Weeks
Special Guest
At Lions Club
Miss Louise Weeks of the State
Blind Commission was the speaker
at the weekly meeting of the More
head City Lions Club Thursday
night at the Recreation Center.
Miss Weeks, who is herself al
most sightless, told the Lions, who
help support the State Blind Com
mission. of the facilities that the
commission offers to people who
have difficulties with their eyes.
She told of the services rendered
individuals in Carteret County and
also said anyone who is troubled
by their eyes can receive free treat
ment from the commission no mat
ter what their financial statu*
might be.
As a highlight of her visit, the
movie. Fingers That See, was
shown to the group. The picture
in color with sound told about the
Blind School for Children located
near Raleigh.
The members of the Lions Club
were enthusiastic in their praise of
the movie. The film told of the
different activities the children en
gage in at the school.
The club also discussed the plans
for their minstrel show Friday
night, April IS. at the Morehaad
City School auditorium.
. The miiMtrei muitp will consist
Hbf membt^AafVW Mew Berd Liens
Club plus threa professional En
tertainers from Washington. N. C
Guests at the meeting includad
the Rev. John Thomas Bunn Jr.,
Midway, Ky., Miss Shirley Karcher,
Jacksonville, Miss Weeks' com
panion. the Rev. Dr. John Bunn of
the First Baptist Church, and Hal
Shapiro, both of Morehead City.
Sheriff, Jailer
Scotch Jailbreak
The cord-string and baling wire
county Jail, Beaufort, almost gave
way to two convicted criminals
Friday a week ago. Charles Baxter
and Carlton Franklin, both con
vict fd of burglary and sentenced
to the roads, were being held on
the second floor of the Jail.
Friday after Superior Court She
riff Hugh Salter decided he'd put
the two downstairs In a cell. He
and Em Chaplain, the jailer, went
upstairs to get Franklin and Bax
ter and just in the nick of time.
They bad hack-sawed one win
dow bar completely through. Ano
ther hour or so and the men would
have jumped oat the second story
of the Jail, skinned over the wire
fence and away to freedom. The
sheriff said that someone had ap
parently smuggled them the saw.
Baxter and Franklin were locked
up downatairs and the next day
were taken to the state priaon at
Raleigh.
Marin* Pilot Ki'Ud
When Plan* Crashes
Cherry Point (AP) ? Second Lt.
Kenneth C. Goodenough. 24, of
Mkrine Fighter Group 24 here,
was killed Saturday when his F9F
fighter plane crashed into Pamlico
Sound.
The craah scene was 12 miles
east of Vapdemere, at the mouth
of the Neuae River 20 milea eaat
of New Bern.
Church Establishes Employment
Service to Help Youth Find Jobs
To help y?ung people develop a
wiue of redfconiibllity, the Flnt
Baptist Church, Beaufort, hai w
tablished a Youth Employment
Service it the church.
Wiley Taylor Jr., chairman o I
the youth activity committee at
th? church, aald. "With the com
ing of rammer vacatlcaf time, the
Med for part time employment
and Maimer job* will sharply in
crease Many will go without em
ployment baeauae they will not
know where it cas be found, or be
eauM prospective employers will
not know who wanta to work."
Membership la or attendance at
the church la not required if a
young person wishes to seek the
aid of the employment office. Any
one 13 to 21 yean of age who
would like to have work shoe Id
register at the chnrch office any
afternoon, Monday through Thurs
day.
Adults who have odd Jobs to be
done >h?ut the house, who need
baby sitters, sr bualnesaaea who
have work young people could do,
should phone the church office
MW1.
Mr. Ttylor taid feii committee
hat lugge.ted ? Ufa *t SB CMU
?n hour, but the pay li to b? de
cided by the employer lie laid be
felt lure no one would exploit tho
young people.
Tbaro la no eharft la bay* and
girls ualng the emptaorssaet aar
vice ar to eaplagmt who soak batp
through It