CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "> 44th YEAR. NO. 31. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 19. 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 AiwMI St. iOtr S-417S Eight Youths Face Burglary Counts Ted Davis Wins Office Saturday At Winston-Salem Morehead Toast master To Serve as Lieutenant Governor, 1955-56 At the annual Toastmasters Dis trict 37 Council Meeting at the Robert E. Lee Hotel, Winston-Sa lem, Saturday. Ted Davis, manager of the Morehead City Chamber ol Commerce was elected lieutenant governor of Toastmasters for east ern North Carolina for 1955-56. \ Mr. Davis was educational chair man of the District during the current year. William Stringlellow, Raleigh in surance man was elected gover nor; Bill Hylton, High Point real estate operator, lieutenant gover nor of western North Carolina and Harry Grout, Greenville, S. C? lieutenant governor. South Caro lina. Toastmasters now has more than 1.200 members in the Carolinas and new clubs are being formed at the rate of 1 4 per day through out the U. S. At the annual speech contest conducted Saturday evening, Dr. Murray K. Senkus, present gover not of Toastmasters District 37, presided. Toastmaster for the speech cqptest was Mr. Davis who followed the same procedures which will be used in the Inter national contest scheduled for Los Angeles in August. Winner of the contest, in which a representative from each area of this district participated, was John D. Griffiths, Greensboro life in surance company executive. A1 Wooten, Kinston, winner of the area in which Morehead Cit? is included, won second place with a score 2.4 points below the win ner. Griffiths will represent the district at Atlanta June 18 in the lone contest. If successful, he wilfr represent the zone in the Refioaal contest which will be held at High Point June 25. Contestants receive their sub jects at 2 p.m. on the day of the contest and speak that evening at 7 p.m. Speaking positions are cast by lot and speeches must be not less than five nor more than seven minutes. Mr. Griffiths and Mr Wooten have in effect, successfully com peted with 1,200 Toastmasters. Horace Seeley To Speak Here Horace Seeley, Raleigh, assistant treasurer of the Carolina Power and Light Co., Raleigh, will be the speaker at the meeting of county teachers and the School Board As sociation at 6:30 Friday night, Newport School. Mr. Seeley'i topic will be "Some where in thia Favored Land." Hia father, F. R. Seeley, Beaufort, will be an honor guest. Husbands and wives of teacher* and board members are invited. Dinner will be prepared afcd served by members of the New port Chapter of Future Homemak ers of America. Among those serv ing will be Ellen Gray, Darlyne Punston, Jean Mason, Jessie Mur doch. Rebecca Miller, Jane Glancy, Jenelda Garner, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Anne Penal*, Irene Corbett, Rita Mann, BetJ* Garner. Josephine Roberta, Patrki" Reynolds, Pau line Ganpr, Virginia Hill, and Frances Barnes. Proceeds will go to the FHA organisation. Candidates File In Beaufort Six men have filed for the office of town commissioner in Beaufort and C. T. Lewis will run for re ? election a* mayor. Candidates for commissioner are Jamas D. Rumley, Carl A. HataeU. and Gerald HU1. the present com missioners ; William Roy Hamilton and R. M. (Math) Chaplain, and V Otis Madaa. All paid their iiling fees yester day. The deadline (or filing is < p m. Monday, April is Registmion of new vatars has baen very light, Slnore Davis, registrar, said yaatorday. Wiley H Taylor Sr. is serving as assistant registrar. Voters may register with him at hi* home or whatever they may see him The 7:52 t.m. 1:97 a. 8:11 Ma. 2:04 P-m. I P. H. Geer Jr. . . . heads district Firemen Present Musical Friday To raise money for fire depart ment uniforms. Newport firemen presented their annual show, "April Tunes," Friday night in the school auditorium. Directing the production was Jimmy LeShan with Mrs. Ruby Woodruff in charge of music and Mrs. J. H. Waldrop director of the choruses. Rachel Mundine of TV station WNCT, Greenville, was a featured pianist. The first part of the show con sisted of seven choral numbers by Jerome Kern. The second part con sisted of popular, hillbilly and comedy numbers. First and second graders were gutttsof the fire deparifa#nl mm} recall free tickHfs from their teachers Tuesday. The cast included artists from tiavelock and ^Cherry Point. The show had been in rehearsal since Januar^. Among the cast were Bob and Kathryn Montague, Chrissie Car roll, Opal Garner, Ida Reynolds, Christine Cannon, Mary Lou Row land. Courtland Wood, Ann Gar ner, Madeline Rivers. Edward Earl Carraway and Willie Lou Mason. Dorothy Walters, Havelock, was stage director. 4 Mayors Proclaim April 25-30 As Clean-Up Week AThe mayors of Beaufort and Morehead City have proclaimed the week of April 25-30 as "Clean-up, Fix-up Week." In the proclamations, Mayor C. T. Lewis and Mayor George W. Dill pointed out that the general health and welfare of all depends on wholesome surroundings arising from good clean living conditions. They commented that fire is more likely to occur because of buttered conditions in homes, busi ness establishments, alleys and streets and asked "commercial or ganizations, civic clubs and all other associations and our people in general to take an active part in this constructive program for com munity improvement." Superintendent Comments E. J. Willis, superintendent of public safety. Morehead City, in co operation with the mayor, remind ed folks that a general clean-up will promote safety. He especially recommended con certed clean-up of the waterfront to insure its being attractive to summer visitors. Town Cooperates Wardcll Fillingame, Beaufort street superintendent said that with homeowners' cooperation, the town can be made the most attrac tive along the coast. "This is the time to get the de bris out of back yards, remove dead shrubs and replace rusty gar bage fans. .The 4wn street ctew will do its best to cooperate with the pf ople in the clean up cam paign, |?e oonchided. Policeman Apprehends Motoric! in Beaufort One motorist was apprehended Sunday afternoon in Beaufort for allegedly running a stop sign. William Griffin Smith was picked up by Officer Mac Wade, and is scheduled to appear in Beaufort Recorder'^ Court this afternoon A Gift with a Tail llr. Fred Royal, oldest native b rn citizen in Morehead, cele brated bit #Oth birthday with a real wing-dins at the recreation center Tueaday night, March 29 Among bia preaenta was none other thao a Httle black and white pig all decked out with a red ribbon around its neck. The little fellow, now being fat tened on Betty Ruffln Willis's (an n, was a gift from Johnny Ba ker. little Johnny la shown left above, helping Mr Royal poae the aquulrr for the photographer Birthdays of two others were celebrated that day. both Snookuoi Wade's and Charles Orttoib'a. They and the following attended the party: Barney Matthew*. William W? it. J. O Wallace. Bob Rich, Naughty WU1U. Uate Morris. Mac Donald WlIUa,<4ohn Laahley, J. V. (Hooty) Wa^-rs, Johnny Guthrie, Bill Ballon. J. B. Macy Sr., L. F Tuten. Charles Plncr, Ira Willis, George Adams. John Memakia, Stamey Dark George R. Wallace, ^porge Dill, Earl Finer, Garth Cooper, Dr. Ben Royal, C. T. Cannon, T) B. Webb, John Baker and aon, Jahnny, Mrs John Baker, Mrs Ralph Wade, Mrs Johnny Guthrie, Mrs. J. B. Arendell, sister of Mr. loyal, Mlsa Elizabeth Arendell, and Mrs Gladys Colenda. \ i i t Dr. B. F. Royal Honored af UNC Medical Banquet Dr. B. F. Royal, Morehead City, was honored Thursday night at the Annual Medical Alumni Ban quet at Chapel Hill. Dr. Royal wu one of 12 medical alumni, who, according to tht ci tation, rendered invaluable service in the UNC Medical School Exten sion program." The award winners were introduced by Dr. W. Reece Berryhill, dean of the School of Medicine, who also received a spe cial distinguished service award. The awards were made on be half of the medical school faculty committee. Dr. Royal is a member of the UNC class of 1907 After finishing a two-year medical course, he com pleted his training at Jefferson Medical College. Philadelphia, in 1900. He interned one year there, then returned to North Carolina and practiced six months at Shelby. His practice in Morehead City started in 1911. Dr. Royal is a member of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina and has been a prime mover in establishing a hospital at Morehead City, in de veloping the Morehead City port and was instrumental in having the Cherry Point Marine Air Base lo cated south of the Neuse River rather than north as the govern ment was contemplating. Mrs. Royal accompanied her hus band to the award dinner. Attempt to Sell Stolen Tires Breaks Case Open Eight teen-agers ranging in age from 13-19 years have been charged with breaking and entering by Morehead City police. Their alleged thefts date back to November. Of the eight, six will be brought to trial in County Re corder's Court, with the other two to be tried by juvenile authorities in juvenile court. The boys are docketed for county court because most of Boys, Marooned On Island, Rescued Late Saturday Larry Vickers. 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence H. Vickers of More head Bluffs, proved himself a re sponsible skipper when the five horse outboard motor on his 14-foot skiff konked out Saturday after noon in Bogue Sound. Skipper Vickers' passengers were his 5-year-old brother, Thurman, and Michael Lewis Jr., 11. He guided the drifting skiff with a make-shift paddle to one of four small islands in the middle of the sound across from the Bogue Sound Club. "The tide was rising fast," Larry later said. "And it rose so last that pretty soon the island broke in half." What he meant was that water flowed over a low spot on the island to form two islands where just one had been at low tide. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon the small cruiser, Nora, came by and took the skiff with the three boys in tow and hauled them safe ly to the Vickers' home near the mouth of Pelletier Creek. Society Hears Report On Early Settlers Here "Early Carteret Settlers" was the topic of an historical paper present ed by Hn. Nat Smith, Gloucester, at the quarterly meeting of the County Historical SocMty Saturday afternoon The society net at the Sea Level Inn. Mrs. Smith, in her paper, pre sented information to the effect that the Lost Colonists of Roanoke Island fame, left there and settled on "Croatoan" or Portsmouth Island as' it is known today. dhe stated that the "lost" colon ists decided to come to the island, "Croatoan" In the present Carteret County where they knew the In dians to be friendly and food plen tiful. As evidence of that fact, she cited family names in this and nearby counties which are the same as those listed Is the original set tlers in Raleigh'* colony. Mrs. Smith, president of the his torical society, presided at the busi ness session. Mrs. F. C. Salisbury, Morehead City, acted as secretary in the absence of Miss Amy Muse, Beaufort. New Members fcNew members admitted were As. Carrie Mannings, Mrs. Jasper Daniels, Allan Taylor. Mrs. Kate Leffers, Mrs. W. A. Maeer Mrs J D. Rumley, Mrs. Grayden Paul, Mrs. M. Leslie Davis and A. D. Ennett. Van Potter and Thomas Respass. Beaufort, were assigned the won of compiling a history of the Ham mock (or Hummock) House in Beaufort. Mir. Ennett agreed to pre sent a paper on Stella at the July meeting. Mrs. T. T. (Tom) Potter said that by then she would probably be able to present a history of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Beaufort. Onslow Report Mrs. Zelma Merrell, Swans born, told of work the newly-organiied Onslow Cauaty Historical Society ia doing. F. C. Salisbury, Morehead City, showed a mounted display of aid homes and buildings in Car teret and Onslow Counties, and Mrs. Eunice Paul, Sea Level, read i letter 127 years old written by tine Asa B la bop of thia county. She also said that she had com piled a history s< tlje Sea Level Primitive Baptist Church. The secretary's report was pre sented by Mrs. Salisbury and the treasurer's report by the treasurer, Mr. Salisbury. The July meeting will Uke place it 2:10 Saturday. July 16, at the civic center, Morehead City. The meeting date of the society has been changed from the second to the third Saturday. It meets quarterly. Port Calendar Ease KiweW Docked at 2 p.m. yesterday with cargo of gasoline, keroeene and fuel oiL Came from Baton Rouge. La., will ? St?lla ?ad Salter Path, boulfaot set. Mrs. Hammer Said that some of the Newport children doe to get shots were absent yesterday but said they Could get the inoculations at the county health office in the courthouse annex next Tuesday, April 26. at 1 p.m. The county health office re ceived a telegram from Raleigh Saturday morning stating that Car teret's Salk vaccine was at Wil mington. Mrs. Hammer picked up the vaccine there Sunday. Exact dates for the giving of the second inoculation will be released next week. Volunteers who help at the first clinic are requested to assist also at the second or make sure they have someone to take their place. Inoculation record cards for the clinic were typed by volunteers obtained through the County In fantile Paralysis chapter. They were Mrs. Joe Beam. Mrs. Marshall Ayscue. Mrs. Walter Lasker, Mrs. C. L. Beam, Miss Alida Willis, Miss Shawnee Spears and Miss Ruth Peeling. Firemen Look for More Help to Build Station Money has been pledged aad re delved by Morehead City firemen ror their new sub-station, but more funds are atill needed. Building of the structure will be ?uperviaed by Fire Chief Vernon Guthrie. Numerous people and business firms in this area have donated blocks and other building mate rials. Firemen expect to assemble these supplies soon. Great Storm of San Ciriaco Took Toll on Carteret Coast By ALLEN TAYLOR 8m Level In mjr record of memorable event*. ? book I have kept since I wu a boy, 1 recently relived the treat hurricane of Auf 15 to 18 Incluaive, 1800. I shall attempt to tell of thla, the moet destructive hurricane both in life and proper ty tn my 81 years of life. I have read the great book "Graveyard of the Atlantic, Ship wreck* of the North Carolina Coast ' by David Stick. Chapel Hill, N C. It fully explains thla hurricane. An excerpt from the book fol lows: "There are people still living along the Carolina Coast who had intimate knowledge of San Ctriaeo; whoae moat poignant memoriae are of Ian Clrlaeo: whoa* friends were kilted by San Clrlaeo; whoae hemes wen destroyed by It but whe have never before beard the naae and witt net psaagiuis * new." It ?n the Puerto Ricans who gave It Hi name. It waa apawned in the Southern Oceana near the equator, waa bred on the talanda of the Caribbean; apent much of Ita mature life off our own coaat and died a alow death in the Axoree. "It Hved for almost a month, took thouaanda of livea, destroyed innumerable buUdinga and aank ahipa wherever It went. At least seven of these were loet on the outer banks In the vicinity of Cape Ha tier as TIm Diamond Shoal Light Ship waa driven ashore. Six other* disappeared at sea without a trace being found " Now to my home, Sea Level. Aug. IS, 1(M. fifty-five years afo, the greatest diteeter that ever be fell this little community was caused by the great hurricane. San Cirtaco. August in those day* was the month for mullet fishing The Uaberusea wed what we tbea cat led a (mail dead riae skiff about twenty-one feet long, five and one half to tlx feet wide and a littl* over two feet deep, carrying two men to the aldff. one net, aalt, bar rela, tents and other Itema needed for a trip of about two weeki' duration. This data of boat had only om mast that couM be taken down af ter the sail waa folded around it There was a main aail and Jib. A number of the crew of twenty men had already fished on the other side of the broad mouth of Neoae River, Maw Bay Point, ftrant la land and other Uahimg (rounds used in that day. On tbetr way home they stopped to try their lack at Swan bland la the lower month of Neuse liver, being about five miles from nearest high land which waa Co dar bland.