NEWS- TIMES OFFICE
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44th YEA*, NO. 84. TOW SECTIONS TWKKTY-SIX PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1965 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Morehead JC's
Will Install
Officers May 9
Nine Stores Enter Girls
In Miss Morehead City
Beauty Pageant
Morehead City Jaycees will in
stall officers Monday, Hay 9 at 7:30
p.m. at the Moose Lodge.
It was announced at Monday
night's meeting at the Hotel Fort
Macon that nine contestants have
already been signed up to repre
sent different business establish
ments in Morehead City for the
Morehead City Beauty pageant. The
pageant is being sponsored by the
Jaycees in conjunction with the
Vacation Festival in May.
The contestants and the stores
they represent are as follows: Ma
rie Crow, Early Jewelers; Mary
Allen Hughes, Morehead Tlieatre;
Barbara Willis, Dress Shop; Ann
Thomas Lewis, Belk's Department
Store; Sue Robinson, Clara's,, Dress
Shop.
Ann Long, Johnny Baker Insur
ance Agency; Carolyn Guthrie, Ad
ler's; Polly Guthrie, Morehead City
Floral Company, and Doris Parker,
Morehead City Drug Company.
Jaycees were given lists of the
different committees of the club
that they could join and were re
quested to make their choices in
order of preference.
Billy Oglesby, chairman of the
agriculture committee, said that
Neal Campen, Beaufort, was select
ed as the Jaycee county entry in
(he Outstanding Young Farmer
contest.
The club is backing Red Gur
ganus of Williamston for the of
fice of state president at the state
convention to be held at Asheville
May 5-7. Another man who will
receive backing from the Morehead
City Jaycees at the convention is
Jake West, Kinston, who is run
ning for national director.
It was announced that next
week's handshaking prize will be
worth $8 and all member* were
urged to attend.
Guests at the meeting included
Jerry Schumacher, Bobby Mat
thews, Billy Harrell, and Melvin
Adcock.
Car, PicHIp
Collide Saturday
A 1955 Buick driven by Adolph
F. Muckley, 50 Bogue Ct., Have
lock, was damaged when it tried
to avoid hitting a stopped pick up
truck on Highway 24 a mile east of
Bogue Field at 10:45 p.m. Satur
day.
The pick-up, a 1953 Chevrolet,
was government-owned and was
being used to fight the forest fire.
Driving it was Eugene J. Welsh,
Cherry Point.
The truck was headed east and
had stopped to back in a driveway.
The Buick. also headed east, cut
to the left to avoid hitting the
truck, akMded sideways and hit
the rear of it.
Damage to the Buick was esti
mated at $70Q and to the pick-up
$150. State Highway Patrolman R.
H. Brown, who investigated, said
no charges would be filed against
either driver.
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Doa Adopts Three Kittens
A mother eat, called Tom, is a
bewildered mama today. Her three
kitten* have been kidnapped by a
hound called Lou.
Both Tom and Lou are owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ricks, High
land Park, Beaufort. Tom had
three kittens Sunday in a box in
the tool shed.
But she made the mistake of
leaving them for a couple seconds
and Lou, a female with a yen for
some young'una, walked in the tool
shed, picked each kitten up in her
mouth and carried it under the
shed where she has bedded them
down and is happily nursing them.
Mrs. Ricks said Lou was dumped
at their house last summer, noth
I
ing but skin and bones. Their
litUe boy. Terry, 5, took ? liking
to her so they kept her. Mrs. Ricks
says that to her knowledge, Lou
has never had pups.
Tom, the mother cat, daily makes
several attempts to get under the
tool shed to her offspring, but Lou
drives her away. Lou will come
out from her hideaway long enough
t6 be fed, but she takes a couple
gulps and gets back to the kittens
as fast as she can.
Mrs Ricks said that quite a few
years ago she heard of a dog rais
ing a pig and in view of the pre
sent situation at her house, she
remarked. "I guess anything can
happen!"
Rural Property Appraisal
Begins at Cedar Island
i
Tomorrow Will Be
Cancer Tag Day
Tomorrow will be Cancer Tag
Day in Morehead City. To meet
the county cancer drive quota,
each one who gives to thj drive
will receive a tag to wear.
From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the fol
lowing volunteers will help raise
funds: Mrs. Elizabeth Thornton,
Miss Elizabeth Lambeth, Mrs.
George Ball, Mrs. Robert Shaw,
Jackie Roberts, Kathy Chalk,
Virginia Thompson. Susan Dill
and Catherine Lohr.
Mrs. Ball is Tag Day chairman.
C&D Official
Praises Towns
On Campaigns
Although several communities in
the state are now engaged in
"Clean Up-Fix Up-Paint Up" cam
paigns. there should be more, Di
rector Ben ELDouglas of the De
partment of Mhservation and De
velopment said today.
Commending Rocky Mount. Be*"
fan, MMtlil tHy. ?m? New
Bern for their current campaigns
*o make their respective communi
ties cleaner and more attractive,
Mr. Douglas said: "There is noth
ing better a town or city can da
to attract industry and business
in general than by making itself
attractive to those' who viait it"
Industrialists seeking new site
locations are quick to notice the
appearance of a town or city, es
pecially its approach or fringe
areas, the state's Conservation and
Development director said.
"These people," he added, "fre
quently comment on a town's
cleanliness and they are visibly
impressed by whit they see. Like
wise, they notice it when a com
munity they visit has unsightly ap
proaches that tend to give a visitor
the impression that it does not
?eem to care much haw it looks."
Spring is the traditional time
for "clean up-paint up-fix up"
campaigns and Mr. Douglas said
he . hopes the practice will be
"really widespread" throughout the
State.
Mrs. Darden Eure Speaks
At B&PW Birthday Party
Mrs Darden Eure, Morehead
City, was the speaker Tuesday
night at the annual birthday party
of the Business and Professional
Women's Club. The party took
place at the Blue Ribbon Club.
Mrs. Eure apoke on a paaaage from
the prophecy of Isaiah.
She waa introduced by Mrs. C. L.
Beam, president of the club, and
following her address was present
ed with a pin cushion in a sterling
silver baae.
The banquet opened with the in
vocation by H. T. Lindsay. A wel
come song waa sung by Mrs. Gerald
Mitchell and Mrs. Cicero Hardison
who were dressed as flappers of
the roaring twenties. Then they
danced the Charleston.
Mrs. Annie Thelnu Harmon, dis
trict director, sang a response, ac
Driver Cited After
Hitting Stopped Car
Lerac E. Kelly Jr.. Morehead
City, bis been charged with ftll
ing to yield the right-of-way aa the
result of an accident at noon Tues
day 800 feet west of the Newport
town limita on Highway 70.
State Highway Patrolman R. H.
Brown said that Vincent L. Deri no,
Newport, bad stopped to turn left
when Kelly came up from behind
and struck him in the rear. Both
cars were headed west
Damage to Kelly'a car, a IBM
Ford convertible, waa estimated at
$200 and damage to Devtno's car
>100
companying herself on a ukelele
Favors were tiny paper haU
bearing the B&PW seal and trim
med with a birthday candle. Table
cenUrpiecet were gladiolas.
Guests from other clubs in the
seventh district were introduced
by Mrs. W. I. Loftin. chairman of
the birthday party arrangements.
Mrs. J. H. Waldrop, Newport,
sang two solos, accompanied by
Mrs. Theodore Phillips. Each club
member was introduced with sp
propriate rhyme by Miss Allda
Willis.
Mrs. Beam announced that offi
cers of the club would be installed
at the May 24 meeting by Miss
Molly Hart of Kinston
The party ended with the serv
ing of a three-tier birthday cake
and Mrs. Waldrop's singing of the
B*FW song. The Golden Key.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, April M
1:94 a.m. 8:28 a.m. I
2:38 p.m. 8:58 p.m.
Saturday. April M
2:55 a.m. B:28 a.m.
3:38 p.m. B:58 p.m. I
Sunday. May 1
3:57 a m . 10:21 a.m.
4:34 p.m. 10:51 p.m. I
Maaday, May 2
4:55 a.m. 11:09 a.m.
5:27 p.m. 11:41 p.m.
May, Hay t
5:49 a. m. 11:54 a.m. |
8:15 p.m. _
? Appraisal of rural property has
started in (he county revaluation
program. '
Fmployees of the firm, E. T. Wil
kins and Associates, were working
this week on Cedar Island. Farm
and rural property appraisal is be
ing supervised by Arthur Elliott.
Glenn Gilbert, supervisor of the
revaluation, this week described
the manner in which rural land
values are determined.
First, a man familiar with land
values in the area is interviewed.
Then soil types, their characteris
tics, productivity ai\d method of
managing the soil is studied.
After this information, including
how land is used, is obtained, a
land price guide is set up for the
men who actually visit each pro
perty. This guide is also checked
against current sale prices for ac
curacy and submitted to the county
board of commissioners for ap
proval.
Depreciation is figured and is
partially based on roads, their lo
cation and condition.
The appraisal men who go out
into the county interview each land
owner and tenant when possible,
get figures on the number of acres
tilled, number of acres in pasture
or wasteland, and other informa
tion needed to value the land.
After all these facts are ga
thered, computation of land value
is made in the office. The field
work, when completed, will be re
viewed by Mr. Gilbert.
Mr. Gilbert s*id work m ap
2JTMM4 o i rttffti property wtL^move
from Cedar island westward.
Where property owners are not
home, the appraisers will leave
cards asking the owners to notify
the appraisers when they will be
home.
Three Cars Ram
Together Sunday
Three car* were damaged on the
Atlantic Beach drawbridge at 3:45
p.m. Sunday. William C. Miller,
Newport RFD, has been charged
with following too closely.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman J. W. Sykes, Miller, in a
1953 Ford two-door sedan, ran in
to the rear of a 1955 Byck driven
by Miss Irma Lou Garner, New
port, and knocked the 1955 Buick
Into the rear of a 1953 Buick driven
by Capt. Leon A. Graves, Cherry
Point.
Damage to Miller's car was es
timated at *400, to Miss Garner's
$300 and to Captain Graves' $25
$30.
All the cars were headed toward
Morahead City. No one was hurt.
Summer CAD Board
Meeting to be July 25-27
Dates for the summer meeting
of the State Board of Conaervstion
and Development at Morehead City
will be July 25. 26. and 27, CfcD
Director Ben E. Douglas said to
day.
The board, policy-making body
/or the Department of Conserva
tion and Development, meets four
time* yearly, with the statutes spe
cifying that it meet every January
in Raleigh and at Morehead City
in July. It may hold its other meet
ings wherever it wishes.
Voters in Three Towns to Cast
Ballots in Municipal Elections
T. H. Potter
Heads Jaycees
Newly-Elected Officers
Will Assume Duties
At May 9 Meeting
Tom H. Potter was re-elected
president of the Beaufort Jaycees
at the meeting Monday night at
the Inlet Inn.
Mr. Potter and the other new
officers elected Monday night, will
take over at the next meeting,
May 9.
Other officers are Danforth Hill,
internal vice-president: John Dun
can, external vice-president; Dick
Babcock, secretary; Jack McManus,
state director, and Jack Price, Bil
ly Davis, Ray Cummins, Frank
Langdale and L. D. Springle, di
rectors. James Steed was re-elected
treasurer.
Dr. Lawrence Rudder explained
what fluoridation is and what it
would do for the community.
A series of articles on fluorida
tion has been running in THE
NEWS TIMES. Morehead City Jay
cees are backing a project to flu
oridate water in Morehead City.
The Jaycees decided that they
were in favor of fluoridation of
the Beaufort water supply and ap
pointed John Duncan as chairman
of the project.
Mr. Babcock was appointed
chairman of the Miss Beaufort
beauty contest. Others serving with
him are Mr. Duncan and Daniel
Lipman.
Newport Section
To Get Phones
Newport ? Construction cre?*?
o! Carolh> Telephone and Vi't"
grapfi Ct?. began worVttiis week on
a $7,900 project tc provide tele
phone facilities to subscribers in
the veteran*' subdivision, New
port
This was disclosed today by L. A.
Daniels, manager (or the company
who said the new facilities will
provide telephone service to about
18 knmvaf fpplieants and for future
subscribers in the housing project.
The telephone company will
place new cable facilities from the
central office at Newport across to
Morehead Avenue and procred
down Morehead Avenue to an en
trance to the sub-division. From
this main cable, smaller cables will
be extended to serve the housing
development
Service, is expected to become
available during the latter part of
May. Residents of the area have
been seeking phone service for the
past several years.
Juniors to Give
Comedy Tonight
"Rest Assured" a comedy in
three acts will be presented by the
junior class at Smyrna School at
7:30 tonight. Proceeds will go to
the class.
Members of the cast are Ray
Willis, Edward Pond, Cecilia Guth
rie. Ronald Styron, Robert Needs,
Myra Lawrence. Hannah Nelson.
Fay Guthrie. Donald Arthur, Ju
lian Brown, Darrell Piner, Sara
Willis. Gladys Willis, and Bruce
Babbitt.' The director is Miss Mil
dred Simpson, junior advisor.
Barge Departs
The tug New Jersey and the
barge GATCO BB 11 arrived at
Esso Fuel Terminal at 2 a.m.
Thursday from Norfolk and left
it 11 a.m. for Washington. N. C.
with a load of mixed oil products.
MurcUr ot Midnight
Woman Goes on Trial
For Life at Courthouse
On the night of Jin. 18 ?
wealthy financier was mysterious
ly killed. Charged with the murder
is his secretary and close com
panion, Karen Andre.
During a special term of Car
teret Court the nights of May 11,
12. 13 and 14, Miss Andre goes on
trial for her life at the Beaufort
courthouse.
Intrigue, gangsterism, iealousy
and passion mingle in the testi
monies given by witnesses placed
on the stand by Miss Andre's attor
ney and by the state's attorney.*
Appearing as witnesses, da
fendanU and other court personnel
arc members of the Carteret Com
munity Theatre.
Because of the limited spectator
space in the county courtroom, the
drama will run four nights. Price
of admission is 50 cents for adults
and 29 cents for children of school
1B? k
Walton Hamilton, president of
the theatre, pointed out yesterday
that the trial is not only enact
ment of true-to-life drama but of
educational value In courtroom
procedure.
Tickets may be obtained from
Community Theatre Members.
Benjock Family Returns
Santa Ana, Calif. ? Mrs. Rachel
A. Benjoek. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Morris of Atlantic,
and her children Herbert D., 11,
Michele A.. 34. and Barbara A.,
10, arrived in the U. S. from Ha
waii April 1. She is the wife of
Marine T/Sgt. Andrew E. Benjoek
of Homestead Park. Pa., whose
unit, Transport Squadron 152, was
transferred to the Marine Corps
Air Station here by aireraft.
One hundred and twenty-one Ma
rine families, including 166 chil
dren, made the six-day cruise
aboard the transport USNS David
C. Shanks in one of the largest
movements of Marine dependents
ever staged.
New Plant Expected to Be
In Operation in 30 Days
Charles Pavis, Beaufort, presi-*
dent of the Seashore Packing Corp.,
Beaufort, said yesterday that the
plant at West Beaufort is expected
to be in operation in 30 days.
The two-story building now be
ing constructed at a cost of $20,000,
is located east of the Fish Meal
Co. on Gallants Channel. Dredging
operation* at the site started in
January to deepen water to 8 to
10 feet. Spoilage from the dredg
ing was used to build up the plant
site.
FiA products will be processed
thece fend packed as dog and cat
food A railroad spur runs to the
north of the property.
In addition to Mr. Davis, officers
are Mrs. E. W. Copeland, Morehead
City, secretary; Albert Lea, More
head City, vice president, and Ottis
Purifpy, Morehead City, treasurer.
Defendant Pays
Costs in Court
D. B. Willis Jr. was assessed
costs when he pleaded guilty U>
being drunk and disorderly in
Beaufort Recorder's Court Tues
day afternoon. Judge Earl Mason
presided.
Daniel Webster Catlin was as
sessed coats for public drunken
ness.
Two motorists were assessed $12
of costs. They were William C.
Miller, speeding, and John Alex
ander Stewart, passing a car at an
intersection and speeding.
The case against Hezekiah Green,
charged with violating a motor ve
hiele law, was continued.
Speeder Pays $50
In Tuesday Court
Paul L. Moreau pleaded guilty
to speeding 7S miles an hour in
County Recorder's Court Tuesday
morning. Judge L. R. Morris fined
him $50 and cost*. ?
Samuel C. Hillard was lined $10
and rottr Mr (Stowing in unli
censed person to operate a vehicle,
and the same fine was levied on
John R. Beeler for speeding.
Costs were assessed in the fol
lowing cases: William Clifton Rose,
failing to stop at a stop sign; Da
vid F. Doyle, no operator's license;
Gene Alden Odell, speeding; Tho
mas E. Lewis, no operator's license;
Mrs. Clyde Becton, malicious pros
ecution. and Rudolph Brinson, pub
lic drunkenness.
Bonds were forfeited by the fol
lowing: Richard Wayne Calisch,
Herman L. Paynter, Numa Fletcher
Eure, and Edward J. Horniak, all
charged with speeding.
Cases against the following were
continued: George Williamson, Ed
mund Plymouth Smith, Donald
Kibler, Nora Niehues, Helen Marie
Brady, William L. Brady, Donald
Wesley Bennett, John C. Melvin,
Billie Ray Dingess, Reginald C.
Willis, Gene White, Willie Roose
velt Suggs, Dorothy A. Johnson
Loftin, James H. Cunningham, Ab
bott Paul Rose, Earl Freeman Jr.,
and Ross Simpson.
From 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, residents of New
port, Morehead City and Beaufort will go to the polls to
east ballots for mayor and town commissioners, and in
Beaufort and Morehead City for officers of recorder's
court.
The only town which faces a mayoralty race is Newport.
Fire Out in All
But Small Area
Croatan National Forest
Lies Desolate After
Eight Days of Burning
Other than the area around the
lakes in the vicinity of Newport,
the fire which started in the Croa
tan National Forest was believed
to be out yesterday.
The fire started Wednesday a
week ago and raged over 50,000
acres, threatening homes in New
port. Bogue and Havelock. Loss of
timber was estimated at half a mil
lion dollars.
Two hundred Marines from \je
jeune and Cherry Point, using Ma
rine fire fighting equipment helped
| tight the fire. Municipal fire de
partments assisting were Jackson
ville, Swansboro, Newport, More
head City and Beaufort.
Three portable fire fighting
pumps were flown to Beaufort air
port Tuesday in a B-17 US Coast
Guard plane from Elizabeth City.
The request for the pumps was
made to Norfolk Coast Guard
headquarters by Group Command
er K. L. Baum. chief warrant of
ficer in charge of Fort Macon
Coast Guard station.
The blaze was set but no orte
has been apprehended and charged
with the crime. Vegetation stands
blackened, pine trees without life
and the whole area desolate.
Education Board
Awards Jobs
Contracts totaling $$?,247 41
?ere awarded Monday by Ihe
County Board of Education to
firms which will build the new
four-room addition at Camp Glenn
School.
Successful bidders are the fol
lowing: J. Raymond Ransom, Beau
fort, general contract. $25,730; J~
T. Pearson and Co., New Bern,
heating. $4,226; Beaufort Plumb
ing and Supply Co., Beaufort, $1,
048; and Hatsell Electric Co., Beau
fort, H ,243.41.
The bids were opened at 2 p.m.
in the education office, courthouse
annex, Beaufort. Contracts were
awarded to the lowest bidder. Ar
chitects are Burett H. and Robert
H. Stephens of Beaufort and New
Bern.
The new four rooms at Camp
Glenn are needed to take care of
an upsurge in eKollment In pri
mary grades in tne Morehead City
School district, H. L. Joslyn, county
superintendent of schools, said.
The new Camp Glenn building was
first occupied last fall.
Newport on the Move
Half of Water Main Job Finished;
Tennis Club Organizes, Court Built
Fire Chief B. T. Smith Jr. and
Assistant Fire Chief Bennir Gar
ner reported Newport's No. 1 Finer
Carolina project is almost 50 per
cent completed as of Saturday
night.
This year's project calls for liv
ing 1.975 feet of water main from
the end of the Nine-Foot Road to
the school and business district in
the northwest section of town. This
particular extension was recom
mended by the North Carolina
Fire Insurance Rating Bureau to
protect the school and other high
risk property. Last year's exten
sion protected the older business
district.
"We are through with the hard
est part, going underneath the
road three times, the railroad
once, and the pavement at the post
office," Project Chairman Garner
said.
"Our biggest need is for more
volimteer labor on Saturday morn
ings particularly We could also
uae more help on Saturday after
noons. Wherever possible we are
using i ditching machine. The
fine ladles of the town are keep
ing us in sandwiches and liquid re
freshment*."
Money Accepted
The town ts paying for the coat
of materials bat all labor has to
be volunteered or paid for by vol
unteer contributions. Chief Smith
and Swindell Gamer are receiving
contributions as well as keeping
records of the amount of labor'
contributed.
Other Finer Carolina progress,
as reported by General Chairman
Charles Hill, includes the comple
tion of a tennis court at the
school. As a part of the town'a
recreation program a "tennis club"
has been organized. Harvey Gar
ner is treasurer of the club. So far
back stops have been erected and
necessary equipment bought The
court has been in use for about
three weeks. A little later lights
are to be added so that the court
may be used at night.
Little League Program
Another phase of the recreation
program is the "Little League"
baseball team. Joe Mlnatel, coach,
haa secured a plot of land from
the town Just across the road from
the forestry tower The land has
been leveled and the next step ia
to haul in some clay and pack khe
field.
A meeting of parents of boys 8
12 waa held Saturday afternoon at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Minatel
in the houaing project. Another
meeting waa held 'Wednesday
night at the community lunch
room. Assistant coaches and adults
to help work on the field arc need
ed
Another phase of the recreation
program is the formation of an
"Explorer Troop" in tbe Boy
Scouts When a boy reaches 14 h*
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Indian Dancer
To Appear Here
Wyntnii Rom Archambault,
granddaughter of Chief Fancy Ea
gle, recognized by Indian tribes
a? "The Most Outstanding Indian,"
will give three performances of
Indian ceremonial dances in coun
ty schools
Sponsored by the Carteret Coun
ty Shrine Club for the benefit of
the Crippled Children's Hospital.
Wynema will give a performance
for the school children of Smyrna
School at the school auditorium
Friday. May 20, with the first for
the students at 1:19 p m. and ano
ther for the public at 8 p.m.
Wynema will perform Ceremo
nial dances in costume. Recordings
of Indian music will be used for
accompaniment.
Appearing for the Shriners it
Atlantic Beach last summer, Wy
nema wss called back by the Ro
tarians and again by the Literary
and Art Department of the Wo
man's Club
Because Tuesday Is election day,
there will be no court sessions in
Beaufort nor In Morehesd City
Monday. Liquor stores will be
cloaed.
'Running for mayor are Leon Mann
Jr. and A. L. Wilson. Mr. Mann
is a graduate of State College and
during the past year served as
chief of the Newport Fire Depart
ment.
Mr. Wilson, who has served as
justice of the peace in Newport for
many years, is a well known figure
in the county Republican party.
Mayor Edgar Hibbs, who served the
present two-year term, declined re
nomination.
Men running for the town board
are W. L. Carroll, James L. Ed
wards. Prentis Garner, Bennie R.
Garner. Wilbur Garner. H, G. Gur
ganus, J. M Cox, M. D. McCain
and D. Ira Garner. Five will be
elected.
Seek Re-Election
Wilbur Garner. D. Ira Garner
and M. D. McCain are running for
re-election.
Neither Mayor C. T. Lewis of
Beaufort nor Mayor George W. Dill
of Morehead City has opposition.
Mayor Lewis is running for his
third term and Mayor Dill for his
fourth.
Of the seven running for com
missioner in Beaufort, five will be
elected. Candidates are Carl Hat
sell, James Rumley, Gerald Hill,
William Roy Hamilton. Math Chap
lain, Otis Mades and Charles Hud
gins. Mr. Hatsell. Mr. Rumley and
Mr. Hill are running for re-elec
tion. Mr. Chaplain served one term
on the board, 1931-53.
No Clerk Candidate
Earl Mason, judge of Beaufort
Recorder's Court, is running lor re
election. No one has filed for the
office of clerk of court. Gene
Smith, Beaufort attorney, said gen
eral statute does ngt require a
court clerk or solicitor to run for
office.
In Morehead City, Dr. John Mor
ris is the only commissioned who
is not seeking re-election. Incum
bents who are running are Ted
Garner. D. J. Hall, Gibbie Sander
son. and the dean of commission
ers, S. C. Holloway, who has served
as a town board member since
1935.
Others running for commissioner
are Jerry Schumacher, Clifton
Guthrie, Dr. S. W. Hatcher, O. O.
Fulcher and Jasper Bell.
Running for judge of Morehead
City Recorder's Court are Herbert
O. Phillips HI, W. E. Cottingham
and E. A. Hessee. John Lashley,
present clerk of court, is running
for re-election unopposed.
New Six-Room
House Burns
A brand new six-room house
owned by Guy Avery, operator of
the Airport Grill, burned to the
ground at 12.30 a.m. Tuesday be
fore firemen from Newport could
put out the blaze. The house waa
located west of Morehead City.
According to Mr. Avery, who
sustained at least a $7,000 loas, the
fire may have been started by fall
ing debris from the Croatan forest
fire. The house was insured for
$3,000.
The home, located next to
Avery's own, west of the Airport
GrNI, was furnished and had been
rented, but no one was living in
it at the time of the fire.
Ted Davis, manager of the More
head City Chamber of Commerce,
along with Capt. Kenneth Ball and
Mate Buck Lewis of the Sea Ra
ven, spotted the fire as they were
returning from Ahoskie where
they had addressed a meeting of
the Ahoskie Sportsman'! Club
Monday night.
The three men awoke Mr. Avery
and he called the Newport fire
department, but the Maze was too
far gone to save the house.
Mr Avery said he was deeply
indebted to the three men for tell
ing him about the fire.
Cub Scout Pack 95
Visits Marine Base
Cub Scout Pack 05, Morehead
City, viaited the Marine Corp* Air
Station at Cherry Point Saturday.
The tour conaisted of a bus trip
to all polnta of interest and a guid
ed tour through a transport type
aircraft and a helicopter.
First Lieutenant Hill was guide,
and the adult leaden who partici
pated were Ted Hardy, Hall Ac
kerly. Mrs. Edgar Bell. Mil. Cecil
Sewell, Mrs. Sanderaao end Mrm.
Dick McClain
The viait was arranged through
Capt. John M Baker. USMC, pubUt
Information officer at Cherry
Potat