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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 <booka will M open at the town hall torn ?t? f Mlurfty Ninth District JC's Elect P. H. Geer Jr. as Executive P. H. (Sonny) Gee*- Jr., More head City, was elected ninth dis trict vice president of the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Com merce at the fourth quarterly dis trict meeting in Morehead City over the weekend. Representatives of clubs from Ayden, Beaufort. Morehead City, Kinston, Farmville, Washington, Greenville, Jacksonville, New Bern and Havelock, cast the ballots Sun day morning which gave Mr. Geer the victory over Bob Page of Jack sonville. It was decided at the business meeting held Sunday that the Miss North Carolina pageant will be held at Wilmington July 14-16. Mr. Geer will be sworn in at the State Convention at Asheville May 6-7. Red Gurganus, Williamston, and Gene Herrin, Statesville. both candidates for tne office of state president, were introduced at the meeting. Awards were made to clubs do ing the best jote in varied activi ties. Saturday night Jaycees and their guests danced at the Heart of the Beach. Over 110 Jaycees and their -wives registered for the meeting and at tended cocktail party Saturday afternoon at the Heart of the Beach. Hors d'oeuvres were served as was a goodly supply of shrimp. Havelock was accepted as the site for the next quarterly meeting to be held sometime in July or August. Swansboro Man Receives Loan James F. WlBberry of route 1, Swansboro, has received the first J?U ud water cpnservation loan made fa Carteret County by the Farmers Ho m e Admfriim ration, says I. M. Robbins, local FHA su pervisor. The funds will be used to dig a deep well and to install a portable sprinkler irrigation system on the farm where the owner lives The property is located about a mile east of Swansboro between High way 24 and Bogue Sound. The system has been designed and a layout planned to enable Mr. Winberry to reach his entire farm. He has been producing, mainly, tobacco, watermelons, and corn. In recent weeks, as we have ap proached the spring planting aea son. all inquiries concerning loans of this type have been made by farmers who were interested in irrigation, says the supervisor. Actually, these loans are avail able to qualified (arm owners and operators for numerous other pur poses related to soil and water conservation, development and use, such ss the drainage of farm land and the establishment of perma nent pastures. Car Hits Pole, Driver Uninjured A pole carrying electric wires snapped into three pieces at 5 o'clock Saturday morning when struck by a car four miles east of Beaufort at the tateraection of the Merrimon Road and Highway 70. The car was a 19M Chevrolet driven by Donald W. Bennett, Cherry Point Bennett, who wa* not hurt, told Slate Highway Pa trolman W. J. Smith Jr. that he waa on his to the base whan the accident oecarred. Damage to the car was estimated at 11.080, Bennett has been charged with driving too fast, considering con ditions existing at the time The patrolman said it was foggy st that hoar. Bennett la docketed for trial in County Recorder's Court this morning. The accident caused a three-hoar disruption of power fifcr In the immediate area. The (ate was re placed with a new ooe by a CPAL crew. Tide Table TMes Ml Teeeday, April If 5:27 a.m. 11:48 a n 5:96 p.m. Wednesday. April 88 ?:ll am. 12:18 a n 8:41 p.m.' 12:80 p.! Tharsday, April 7:08 4-m. 1:88 a n 7:88 pm. 1:18 pja. I Friday, April *> 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 <to pad for Baytown, Trn Gatee Barge BB11? Arrived at Esse deck Friday from Norfolk. Mt far WaahfUton. H. ft Bodyof Baby To be Autopsied Sheriff Hugh Salter took the body of a white baby found in a stove behind an abandoned house at 321 Arendell St. to Durham 8unday for an autopsy to deter mine whether the child had been alive or stillborn. Workmen discovered the partly decomposed remains of the baby when they were cleaning out some rubbish in the old house that was formerly used as an office for the Norfolk and Southern Railroad, at 4 p.m. Saturday. They found the body of the child stuffed in a 5-quart oil can inside the stove. The baby had been wrapped In a plastic bag. then in a tan piece of shower curtain, covered with brown paper and put in the oil can. Morehead City police, the State Bureau of Investigation snd the Sheriff's department are investi gating the caae. Farmers Will Attend , Meeting at Newport Carteret farmers are invited to a social security meeting tomorrow night at the Newport High School auditorium at 7:30 p.m. W. L. Turner, farm management specialist of State College, and N. A. Avera, supervisor of the social security program in this area, will discuss the lat^t information and provisions affecting farm people. eine aliened Burglaries occurred ai Atlantic Beach and other places in the county. The six are William A. Smith, IB, 2207 Fisher St.; Ronnie Nance, 17, route 1. Newport; Earl Freeman Jr.. 18, 2001 ArendeH St.; Richard Roberts. 16. 1901 Arendell St.; Floyd Wickizer, N. 18th Street, and Ross Simpson, resident of tlie Camp Glenn area. Due to their be ing under age, the other two boys, 13 years old, cannot be identified. All have been released, some un der bond and some are in the cus tody of their parents. The Smith youth apprehended is not to be confused with another William Smith, a senior at More head City High School, who also lives on Fisher Street in the neigh borhood of the 1100 block. The initial arrests in the case, with more to follow, according to Police Chief Herbert Griffin of the Morehead City Police Department, were made when Detective Wheeler Kennedy of the Kinston police de partment called Morehead City po lice Saturday just before noon and asked whether any tires had been stolen in this area. Confers with Sheriff Police Chief Griffin didn't know of any being missing, but after con sultation with Sheriff Hugh Salter, it wa? discovered that 21 tires were missing at the Mobilgas Service Station at 28th Street and rfd High way 70. The police in Kinston were told 1 to hoM on to the two boys who had attempted to sell tires to an oil company in Kinston, and they were brought back to Morehead City by Poliee Officer Brwce Ed wards and Deputy Bobby Bell of the sheriff's department The two boys who w*r* picked up were William Smith and Ronnie Nance. Some of the other loot taken from the service station in cluded sealed beam headlights and a case and a half of beer. The sta tion had been closed for several montha and that was the reason that the report of the theft had not been made, said Chief Griffin. Others Named When the boys were questioned in Morehead City they admitted the theft of the tires, and subse quently named Earl Freeman Jr. as the one who had a television set allegedly stolen from the summer home of John Jenkins on Evans Street. One arrest led to another, as the boys who were picked up Impli cated others who had assisted in the thefts. A total of all the thefts was not available yesterday. Many had not been reported due to the home owners living upstate during the winter. Chief Griffin said that there were more boys involved than thoae now in custody, and that the loot recovered at present is but a small amount of the total. Morehead City police, working night and day ever since noon Sat- i urday have recovered radio*, guns. I pistols, dynamite, rods and reels. 1 binoculars, t large assortment of books, silverware, clocks and out- 1 board motors from the homes of 1 the boys, from people they had sold the stolen merchandise to, and at a dog kennel on Highway 24. Soe THEFTS, Page t 139 Children Get Shots Yesterday Two Inoculations Will Be Given in County Schools This Spring One hundred thirty nine children received their first polio inocula tion at Newport School yesterday morning. The shots were given by Dr. Manly Mason. Newport. The Parent Teacher Association provided lollipops for each of the first and second graders who got the shots. Mrs. Leota Hammer, county health nurse, said the chil dren didn't cry a bit. Volunteer helpers at the clinic, whose services were obtained through the PTA, were Mrs. Manly Mason and Mrs. Standi Bell. Two Shots This Year Mrs. Hammer said that Carteret school children will get only two shots this spring, the second to be given about three weeks after the first. It was originally planned to give three inoculations this spring. The third shot will be given after school opens in the fall, if present plans materialize. First and second graders at W. S. King School were inoculated yesterday afternoon Volunteer helpers there were Mrs Naomi Becton and Mrs. Ella Collins. Two Clinics Today Inoculations will be given this morning at 9 at the Queen Street School with Mrs. J. L. Parker as the volunteer worker. Assisting at the Beaufort School this afternoon will be Mrs. W. H. Potter and Mrs. Lock wood Phillips. The schedule for the other schools follows: Wednesoday ? Merrimnn 9 a.m., North River 10 a.m. Thursday ? Harkers Island 9 a.m., Smyrna 10 a.m., Atlantic 1 p.m. Friday ? Camp Glenn 9 a.m., Morehead City 1 p.m. Monday, April V> ? 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.