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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??< 44th YEAH, NO. 48. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. JUNE 17, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Help Sought Here in Locating Goldsboro Youth )S-Year-OM Decides Not To Go Back to Air Force Bate, Alarm Sent Out The public o( this are* today was asked te help (ind a Goldsboro youth who has been missing for 15 days, He is Jerry Hocutt, 18, of 311 North Audubon Ave., who has nqt reported back to his Air Force base. Officers who issued the appeal directed it particularly to residents of Morehead City, Kennell's Beach in Craven County, Fayetteville and areas near these communities. The IMS Mercury in which young Hocutt left Goldsboro on June 2 was found abandoned yes terday at Kennell's Beach, where the Hocutts formerly owned a cottage. There were reports that he had been seen and possibly was in company with a Fayetteville youth. Leaves Home The missing youth left his home about 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 2, ostensibly to return to Scott Field, 111., to begin a special Air Force course in electronics. He had recently completed his basic in struction in the Air Force and had spent a 10-day leave with the fam ily and friends in Goldsboro. Searching officers gave this de scription of the boy. He is 6 feet tall, slight, weighing about 118 pounds. He has light, wavy hair and gray eyes. When he left home be was wearing the Air Force uni form. However, he carried in his auto mobile two pairs of civilian trous ers, one dark blue and one black. These items of clothing, however, along with changes of shirts and other items were in the automo bile discovered at Kennell's Beach. The car was parked not far from what had been the Hocutt cottage. See VOUTH, Page Z Rotary Officers To be Installed Tuesday, June 28 New officers of the Beaufort Rotary Club arc scheduled to be initialled Tuesday, June 28, at the Sea Level Inn. Glenn Adair and Bruce Tarkington have been named by President Halscy Paul to obtain another place for the meeting if the inn is not available. Rotary-Anns will be invited to the installation. New officers to be installed are Gerald Hill, president: Gilbert Pot ter, vice-president, and the re-elect ed secretary-treasurer. Dr. W. L. Woodard. Mayor C. T. Lewi* of Beaufort had charge of Tuesday night's meeting at the Inlet Inn. He intro duced Miss Ruth Peeling, county civil defense director, who spoke on civil defeve. Miss Peeling emphasized the fact the survival in atomic attack is primarily an individual affair. If persons learn to take care of them selves and their families, she re marked. they will be accomplish ing much in the civil defense pro gram. The civil defense director com mented on Operation Alert which took place t)iis week, pointed out the importance 0 1 obtaining metal identification tags for each mem ber of the family, and suggested that businessmen have a civil de fense plan for their places of busi ness. In case of attack. If customers in stores dent know where to go for protection (ltd if employees don't know what 4#* <0. panic will un doubtedly ritkH: Misa Peeling said. She distributed pamphlets on Conclrad. the H-Bomb and radio active fallout The meeting followed a ham din ner. Visitor*' were J. D. Parker and James Metfeming. Greenville, and Ellis Drisker, Raleigh. JC's to Sponsor Football Again At * meeting Monday night at the Inlet Inn, Beaufort Jaycees planned to aponaor the high achool football- program for 1M6. A lengthy diacuaaion of the project took place. Advance ticket! will be aoM. Bruce Tarklngtoo, principal of Beaufort School, waa a gueat at the meeting and apoke on football proapecta this fall. One of the other projecta dia rusned waa cleaning the play ground near the Ann Street Bridge. The Ja yceea worked at the piav c round Tuesday nisht Danforth Hill ahowed three fitma on the football and basketball teams of last mm. Jury Sets Moody Lewis Free Her Aunt Was a Winner Too Mrs. Jimmy Cottrell, Norfolk, the aunt of Carolyn Guthrie, who is Miss Morehead City of 1955, was Miss North Carolina of 1928. In 1928 Mrs. Cottrell was dark haired hazel-eyed Zenovia Guth rie. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Guthrie. Her brother is Leroy K. Guthrie, the father of Morehead City's newly - selected beauty. Zenovia was entered by Atlantic Beach in the local pageant back in 1928. The pageant was held at At lantic Beach. Wearing a white bathing suit with an orange sash, Miss Guthrie won hands down. Her olive complexion was offset by the white suit and her hair, unlike the short bob style of the time, fell to her shoulders. As a gift to the winner, Atlantic Beach presented her with a gold sequinned gown. So she went to Wilmington to appear in the state pageant and again won the crowds' acclaim. She was crowned Miss North Carolina. At the time when Zenovia was crowned at Atlantic Beach, her brother, Leroy, was a lifeguard at the beach. Little did he dream then that some day his daughter would also be wearing the local beauty crown. He is on the float pictured here. And not only is his daughter at tractive, she's intelligent and a recognized athlete. Miss Guthrie was valedictorian of her graduat ing class this spring at Morehead City School and was given the most outstanding player award in girls' basketball the past season. Photo by Norwood Young Mrs. Norma Swinson Midgett crowns Carolyn Guthrie as Miss Morehcad City of 1955 following the beauty pageant at the Carolina Race Track Friday night, May 27. Mrs. Midgett was Miss More head City of 1954. The pageant climaxed the Morehead City Vacation Fes tival sponsored by the Jaycees. Bathing beauties are always in style- 1928 or 1955. Carteret girls pictured above are, standing, left to right, Maude Overstreet, Beau fort, who i? now Mrs. Haynes of Burgaw; Josephine Baily, More head City, who is now Mrs. Harold Alford, Aurora; Estelle Caffrey, Beaufort, who is now Mrs. George Taylor of Severna Park, Md.; Ze novia Guthrie (behind palm), More head City, who became Miss North Carolina several weeks after this picture was taken; Virginia Howe. Beaufort, who is Mrs. Charles Has sell, Beaufort; Evelyn Chadwick, Beaufort, who is now Mrs. Harvey Smith. Beaufort; Martha Longest, Beaufort, who is now Mrs. W. I. Loftin, Beaufort. Seated on front of the float is Margaret Dill who was Miss Beau fort of 1928. She now Mrs. Ro bert Lucas of Greensboro. Stand ing at the rear of the float, over looking the girls, is Leroy K. Guthrie, Morehead City, who was a lifeguard at Atlahtic Beach. 'Other Side' Speok? Railroads Opposing A&EC Transfer Present Evidence at Goldsboro 1 1 Four Building Permits Issued Four building permits were is sued in May by Gerald Woolard, Beaufort building inapector. The largest was for remodeling Hooper's Easo Service Station on Front Street at Turner. $17,000. The permit was obtained by the Standard Oil Co. Contractor is J V. Stanley. Other permits were to C. E. Eve rette, repair old Davis House. Tur ner Street; Otis Sharpe, to build apartments on Queen Street, and Mrs. Roy Hamilton, alter business building on Live Oak Street The Hamilton building, housing the bedding department of Hamil ton's, Inc., will have a flat roof when the alterations are finished. Work started this week on re modeling the Esso station. Colonial Stores Drop Price of Fryers to 43c Trice on fryers at Colonial stores in Beaufort and Morehead, City dropped to 43 cents a pound this morning. . The price in the full page ad vertisement on page 9 in the sec ond section lists the price at 4S c ? As the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing at Goldsboro continued this week, factions op posing the transfer of the AfcEC lease presented their evidence. The hearing opened Wednesday, June 8, and for the first few days Southern presented witnesses in favor of its taking over the state owned railroad which runs from GoMsboro to Morehead City. Other roads this week claimed that Southern was trying to obtain a monopoly and that if Southern excluded them from sharing in freight-hauling from eastern Caro lina to points west, they would lose money. E. H. Ware, general traffic mam ager of Norfolk Southern, aaid that Southern has been trying to elbow Norfolk Southern out of AJtEC and Beaufort and Morehead Railroad business ever sinec negotiations to Uk* over the AfcEC started. As a result, a suit against South ern, filed by Norfolk Southern, is now pending in Wake Superior Court, Mr Ware said. Part Manager Testifies 1. D. Holt, manager of the More head City port, testified Friday. He doicribed the facilities for ship ping and storage at the port and port operations. In addition to more facilities for handling ships, Mr.- Holt said the port needed most a regular ship schedule. He said ahippers could then store goods at the port until the ship called; As tor Um Southern taking over the A&EC. Mr. Holt said, "It would very materially aid in the further develpoment of the port." Other Witnesses Other witnesses testifying since the hearing began, in favor of Southern's acquisition of the rail line into Morehead City, were Ed win Pate, chairman of the State Ports Authority; Ben Douglas, chairman of the State Board of Conaervation and Development Stanley Winborne. chairman of the State Utilities Commission; M. S. Mann, president of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, lessor of the AAEC; H P. Edwards, chair man of the A&EC board. Paul LaRoque. A&EC secretary; W. P. Hcndrick, tobacco market See RAILROADS, Page t Tide Table TMcs at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, June IT 8:17 a.m. 11:28 a.m. | 5:49 p.m Saturday, June It 6:20 a.m. 12:2* a.m. 8:44 pm. 12:24 p.m. Sunday, June 18 7:18 a.m. 1:20 a.m. I 7:37 p.m. 1:21 p.m. Monday, June 28 8:11 a.m. 2:14 a.m. I 8:31 p.m. 2:18 p.m. | Tueaday, June 21 9:08 a.m. 3:09 a.m. 9:37 p.m. ' 311 p m. 1 Merrimon Farmer Wins Father Honor Henry Carraway, 75-year-old far mer from Mcrrimon, was selected as Father of the Year in Carteret County, and will receive a group of fine prizes presented by spon soring Morehead City merchants tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at Town Hall from Mayor George Dill. Mr. Carraway, moved to his pre sent home 72 years ago from Pam lico County, and has been engaged in farming since 1922. Father of 11 children, 15 grand children and five great grandchil dren, Mr Carraway has all of his children living in the county. The winning ballot was sent in by his daughter, Mrs. Mary C. Pittman. Highland Park, Beaufort. Five of his sons, Henry Ives. Grady Bell, Luther, J. M., and Allen, all served overseas in World War II. Mr. Carraway stated that he was both surprised and pleased when he was notified that he had been selected Father of the Ye^r. Among the gifts to be presented to the Father of the Year tomor row are the following: A. S R. table lighter, Early Jewelers; man's summer suit, Leary's; pair of Flor sheim shoes, Webb's; box of three sports shirts, Styron's; wash and lubrication job, Willis Pure Oil Service; lary susan, Smith's Tele vision. Pair of foam rubber cushions, Hamilton's, Inc.; pair of slacks, dress shirt, belt and tie, Belk's Dept. Store; Brownie Hawkeye flash camera, Morehead City Drug Co.; and u bathroom heater, Car teret Gas Co. The judges who voted Mr. Car raway the Father of the Year in cluded Ted Davis, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce; Mayor George Dill of Morehead City, and H. Earle Mob ley, '->rmer County legislator. Winner of the contest last year was John Tillery, Morehead City, and the year prior the winner was Charles Garner, Newport. Wolf at Door Company Wants Money For Life-Saving Device . | Unless Beaufort firemen make (several hundred dollars at the movie they're sponsoring Tuesday night, they'll lose their newly-pur ehascd resuseitator. The company which sold it to them (cost $581) has lowered the boom. They want their money or i they'll take the resuseitator back. | The life-saving device has al ready been used twice. Once to try to revive a youth who died of a heart attack at Atlantic Bcach ? it was thought at first he had water in his lungs ? and ju?t last Sunday to revive a man who had fallen from a partyboat at Cape Lookout. , A couple hundred dollars at ready has been raised, according to Gerald Woolard, secrctary-trea* urcr of the fire department. But the bohnce is needed. To i isc the rest, firemen arc sell i g tickets to a Spike Jones movie at the East Drive-In theatre Tuesday night. The movie is Fire man, Save My Child. Short sub ccts will also be shown and door prizes will be given. Prizes Contributed Beaufort merchants have con tributed electrical appliances, cer tificates for groceries, lubrication and wash jobs .and many other prizes. People need not be present to win. All they have to do is buy a ticket Tickets are available from any fireman, at Haywood Snell's barber shop on Ann Street and from Bill Sutton at the Beaufort Theatre. On the fireman movie commfttec arc Frank Lewis, Earl Lewis and Haywood Snell. Cost of obtaining the movie and running the special show will be about $100, according to Chairman Ix?wis, so a lot of tickets will have to be sold to make a profit Planned at Meeting Plans for the movie were dis cussed at the recent J una fire de partment meeting. Herbert White hurst, assistant chief, presided in the absence of Chief Charles Har rell, who was in the hospital. A letter from Miss Ruth Peeling, county civil defense director, was read, regarding federal financial assistance for obtaining radio for a fire truck. The firemen voted on two candi dates for fire commissioner and JC's Will Take Boat Ride June 27 Morehcad City Jayceea will bold their annual sheriff's party, a boat ride aboard the Carolina Queen Monday night, June 27, at 7:30. Sheriff Oscar Joalyn slid Jayceea should aupply their own food and the aheriff'i fund would supply the beverage' l.uther Lewis reported on the lamp bulb sale. It was not known at that time how much bad been made. Russ Willan apoke on the Little League program which he said la moving along very well. Hal Shapiro asked the members about forming a Morehcad City Bowling League to bowl at the al leys in Havelock. The response from the Jayceea waa encouraging and it may be that this fall the Jaycces and other civic orgaaiu tions will be bowling as teams. Several of the members attend ed the meeting of the Havelock Jayceea on Wednesday night to beip ravilaUaa the Havelock dub. the presiding officcr decided to recommend both, J. P. Harris and Julius Duncan, to the town board. It was announced that Mr. and Mrs. Mack Wade had made a con tribution to help pay for the re suscitator. After the meeting, the resusci tator was demonstrated and Leon Mann, former Newport fire chief, showed a movie on how to con serve water. Four Injured lit Tuesday Wreck Four perdfts were injured in an automobile incident near the Pel letier Community Building Tues day about 1230 a.m. Injured were the driver at the 1952 Chevrolet, Paul Vernon Gilbert, USMC Camp Lejeune: Frances Banks, 17, Bel grade; James Kight, USMC Camp Lejeune; and Barbara TJodwin, 16, Pel letier. They were carried to the hoe pital by Harvey Norriss. who lives near the scene of the accident. The Investigating officer. Patrol man J. W. Sykes. said he believed the accident was due to a speed in excess of 55 miles per hour. The car turned over once after going into the ditch on the left side of the road while proceeding in the direction of Stella. The injured persons were re leased from the hospital after be ing treated for multiple cuts, bruises and abrasions. The girls were taken to the On slow County Hospital and the Ma rines to Camp Lejeune. Not Guilty verdict Brought in Wednesday Moody Lewis, Salter Path, was a free man at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. At that time the jury brought into the county court room a verdict, "Not Guilty." Lewis was charged with second degree murder and the jury could have brought in a verdict of guilty on that chargo or guilty of manslaughter.^ The jury decided he was guilty of nothing. Members of the jury were A. C. Murdock. Wild wood; W. H. Loyd. Sea Level; Edward Gillikin, Ot wav; Billy W. Lewis, D. H. Mans field, Morehead City; W. J. Har dcst.v and D. C. Gamer, Newport; Ervin Lupton, Cedar Island; K. A. Merrill Jr and S. T. Merrill, Beau fort; C. M. Sharp. Gales Creek, and Joe Whittley, Markers Island. The jury deliberated three hours and 10 minutes and rendered the verdict a short time after they came back from having lunch. According to evidence presented by officers, Lewis was with Mrs. E. J. Dolicr. Morehead City, when she was slain at about 2 o'clock Sunday morning, Dec. 19 near the Catholic Chapel at Atlantic Beach. Lewis was apprehended at about 6 p.m. Dec. 19 after he had "been in the woods." He spent a while in the county jail and then was re leased under $12,500 bond in Feb ruary. The trial started at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. Judge Walter J. Bone presiding. Witnesses ap pearing for the state Monday were A. W. Huffman. Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell, Sheriff Hugh Salter. Coroner L. D. Springlc, Deputy Sheriff Marshall Ayscue and Dr. M. B. Morey. Jerry Connor, son of the late Mrs. Tressa Dolzcr. was the first witness Tuesday morning as the trial against Moody Lewis con tinued. Jerry told the court that the night before his mother was killed he was picked up by Lewis at D. B Webb's Store in Morchcad City at about 8:30 p.m., after he had finished his day's work at the store. He told the court that he went to his home with Moody imI while there Moody offered to loan him hit ( Moody V car (or the evening. Jerry testified that he tried to re fuse the lot*, but that he finally accepted. , The pairl left the house at ap proximately 9 p.m. with Jerry drop ping Moody oft at the Gulf Sta tion at Seventh and Arcndell Streets. The agreement was that he would pick Moody up at 11 at cither the service station or at the Busy Bee Pool Room. Jerry testified that at 11:10 he picked Moody up and then drove the car back to his home, after stopping by at Dom's, a restaurant, to get something to eat. He stated that he last saw Moody that night at 11:30 p.m. He testified that he had had the car several times before and that Moody also told him that he "was leaving town the next day with a man." Jerry thanked him for the loan of the car, and asked Moody what he was going to do with the car after he left town. Moody said that he was going to leave it at Salter Path. According to the 18 year-old's testimony. Moody said i that he "couldn't get along with Tressa." Jerry stated that about two weeks prior to his mother's death, she and Moody had a conversa tion in the house and she told Moody then that she didn't want him around any longer. Jerry said that the last time he saw his mother alive was between 4 and 4:30 on Dec. 18, about 10 hours before her body was found, and that she was wearing his wrist watch, a Wellsboro. Watch Presented The watch, he stated, was shown to him one day after the death of his mother by Deputy Sheriff Bobhy Bell. He stated that his mother was about 5 feet 4 inches or 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighed about 170 to 180 pounds, though on cross ex amination he stated that he didn't know for certain exactly how much she weighed. In his testimony concerning Moody and his mother, Jerry said that Moody was a regular visitor at the house and that he often ate all three daily meals with the Dolzera and Jerry. Jerry said that his mother often used Moody's car too. He stated that he had never seen Moody give his mother money though he had heard Moody speak about giving money to his mother. Shotgun Offered Moody did offer to loan him his shotgun, he said, to go squirrel hunting, but he refused. (Oven after his mother had told Moody to stay away, he testified. Moody continued to come to the house and offer him the use of ,hC CTj L Koll?*?ing the soft's testimony. Sheriff I lush Salter took the stand and told of arriving on the sccnc of the alleged murder and found upon examination several foot prints of a man and one of a wo man. Tire tracks were also seen which showed that a car had been at the sccne. Me stated that he saw a wound in the right shoulder of Mrs. Dolzcr Krom the sccne of death he went to the funeral home in More head City where Coroner L. D. Springle handed him some of the shot that were removed from the body. Then he. Deputies Marshall Ays cue, Bell and Coroner Springle went to Salter Path after Icafning that Mrs. Dolzcr had been with Moody Lewis the night of her Hoatk Car Located Upon arrival at Moody's home they found a '48 black Chevrolet parked in the yard and noted that there was a great deal of red clay on it. At this point the defense admitted that the car in question was Moody lewis's vehicle. The sheriff stated that he and See CASE, Page (, Section t In tlw Spotlight Welfare Superintendent's Mother Made Sure She Was Tar Heel Born By RUTH PEELING Because her mother did rifct want her to be an "Okie," Misa Georgie Hughe*. Cartcret'a welfare nuper intendent, waa born in Pamlico County. ? Mr. and Mre. George Hughes were living in Tulsa, Okla., and when Georgie wu due to put in her appearance. Mrs. Hughes head ed back to her home at Oriental. And Misa Hughes' name la really Georgie, not Georgia as some folks want to call her. Miss Hughes is one of the coun ty's outstanding officials, but many folks never hear of her. Hera ia one of the moat difficult jobs in count# adminis tration because on her shoul ders fall* the \ responsibility of Georgle deciding who 1a Haikn worthy t? ?*? ^ e e I v c welfare money. Has there ever been anyone la charge of GIVING away money who was not conaUntly criUdaed by thoae who thought they should get some of that money? Miaa Hughea ia not personally responsible for distributing funda, she la governed by stsU laws and by the desire* at the county wal fair board. Rut she is the only* welfare "bona" that people come in contact with so they tell her what they think if they don't get the money they want! Carteret's welfare superintend ent attended grammar achool in Tulsa and then she returned to Oriental to live with relatives. She waa graduated from Oriental High School. Attend* WC At Woman's College, Greensboro, Miss Hughes majored in business adminiatratlon and psychology. And her business administration training stands her in good stead when she has to struggle with mak ing out the welfare department budget. If you think the welfare business is small potatoes, look at the total budget for the coming year: 1371 .317.89 One year the budget waa all ready to go to the county commis sioners for approval. But Miss Hughe* realfced there weren't enough funds provided in It to cover the county's needs. The more she thought about It. the more con cerned she got. so the Sunday be fore the county commissioners' Meeting she began in the afternoon and worked until 3 a.m. Mooday morning making up a new, ade See STOTUGHT, rafe I William H. Potter Buys 4th Navy Ship The former U.S. Nsvy mine sweeper No. 1425 sailed last Mon day from San Pedro, Calif., for Beaufort where it will be convert ed for menhaden fishing by Beau fort By-Products Co., according to an announcement *>v William H. Potter, president of the company. This will make the fourth mine sweeper to be brought from the west coast for conversion by Mr. Potter's company. The vessel was surveyed and pur chased by Capt W. G. Sampson, west coast representative of Beau fort By-Products Co. It is being nailed here under the command of CapL Floyd L. Johnson. Service Station Operator Comments on Gat Prico . Marion Noe, operator of Wright'i Texaco Station, Beaufort, said Tues day that he has a sign in front ot his station advertising regular gas oline at "16.8 cents plus lax." The total price, h? said, is 25 9 cents per gallon. Mr. Noe com mented on his prices after reading a story In Tuesday's NEWS-TIMES relative to the recent cut In faan llne prices.
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