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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??< Oty 1-417% 44th YEAR, NO. 53. TWO 8BCTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Dr. K. P. B. Bonner Dies; Funeral Service Takes Place Sunday at 3 Rofarians Close Year with Party Dr. A. F. Chestnut Heads Group; E. P. Blair Delivers Address As a close to the 1954 55 Rotary yew, the Morehead City Club en tertained the Rotary Anns at a liquet at the Blub Ribbon Club Thursday night. Miniature boxes of chocolates and yellow carnations were pre sented to the Rotary-Anns as fa vors. The club used yellow flowers to symbolize the 50th anniversary of RoUry. Door priies were also presented to fortunate ticket hold ers. The officers for the present year were presented by Stanley Woodland, past district governor, as follows: Dr. A. F. Chestnut, president; H. S. Gibbs Jr., vice president; Delfido Cordova, secre tary, and Albert C. Gaskill, treas urer. Jasper Bell was introduced to the club as a n?>w member, and re tiring President Bob Howard com mented that it was a coincidence that a new member was also pre sented to the club at the first meeting of his term. President Howard introduced E. P. Blair, principal of the Farm Life School, Vanceboro, the speak er. Mr. Blair brought to the club members and their guests one of his famous humorous talks. In a serious moment, the speak er briefly outlined the aims and ideals of Rotary and reminded the members that they had the oppor tunity to render service to their community. Harvey Joslyn had as his guest his daughter, Mrs. Amy MacDou gall, York, Pa., and J. R. Morrill had his son. The Rev. Clinton L Morrill and Mrs. Morrill, Concord, N. H., as his guests. Morehead Firm To Dredge Inlet "The Carteret Dredging Co., More head City, has been awarded a con tract here today for maintenance dredging in Barden's Inlet which connects Back Sound with Look out Bight. The contract ($13,200) calls for removing some 35,000 cubic yards of shoals to restore the channel to 5 feet deep by 50 feet wide. Project dimensions for the wa terway are 7 feet deep by 100 feet wide but funds to provide this ad ded depth and width have never been made available by Congress. The Carteret firm has 20 days to begin the job. Maintenance dredging in Wallace Channel by J. A. LaPorte of Ar !'ngL0"' Va.. was completed June 18. This Job required the removal of over 100.000 cubic yards of shoals to restore a 7 foot depth. Police Department Officer Apprehends Six Since Thursday Six persons have been appre hended in Beaufort during the past several days by Assistant Chief of Police Carlton Garner. C. M. Daniels. Oriental, was picked up Thursday on a charge of public drunkenness. Gladys Da vis was apprehended the same day on the same charge. Eddie Numlay, Forester, Miss., and Archie McKay. Georgetown, S. C-, were charged Saturday with public drunkenness. Charged with driving Sunday without an operator's license was Clifton Reels. Merrimon. Joyce Willis Moore. Marshallberg, was charged Sunday with failing to stop at a stop light. Coast Guard Looks For Youth's Body By last night Coast Guardsmen had not found the body of a 17 yaar-old Negro youth, William Lane Jr., Fremont, who drowned Sunday afternoon in the Neuae River at Shady View Beach. He was on a boating party with three otter Negro boys. The boys with him. James Har rison, Norris Braawell and Ches ter Lewi# *tid they were in a row boat ikM a thousand feet from shore when Lane said he was going for a swlav They told authorities that Laaa swim around the boat several times and then suddenly sank beneath the surface of the water. Lane and his three companions were Boy Scouts. The boat dragging for the body was the CG 94304 out of New Bam Dr. K. P. B. Bonner . . , last rites Sunday Willis Rites Set for 2 P.M. In Island Church The funeral service for William Riley Willis, 31, Harkers Island, who was killed in an auto accident, will take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Free Grace Church, Harkers Island. Burial will be in the community cemetery. Willis was killed instantly when the 1953 Chevrolet he was driving overturned near Whiteville at 6:45 Sunday morning. The mishap according to State Highway Patrolman F. D. McLean of Lake Waccamaw, occurred on a rural paved road about eight miles south of Whiteville. Mr. Willis, a Morehead City roof ing company employee died of skull and internal injuries. A com panion, Thomas Joseph Sparks, also of Harkers Island, was unin jured except for minor bruises and cuts. Mr. Sparks said he was asleep at the time of the accident. He and Willis were on their way to Myrtle Beach, S. C. for the July 4 holiday. ? Patrolman McLean said that Mr. Willis was Columbus County's 18th highway fatality of 1055. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lena Willis of Harkers Is land; two brothers, Delmas Willis and Lloyd Willis, both of Harkers Island; three sisters, Mrs. Tennie Davis and Mrs. Frank Capes, both of Harkers Island, and Mrs. Theo dora Guthrie of Salter Path. Two Wills Filed In Clerk's Office Two wills were filed recently in the. office of the clerk of superior court, Beaufort. Eugene W. Meadows, Swansboro, who died April 13, requested a Christian burial, and named A. H. James. Morehead City as trustee of all his real and personal property. He requested that the trustee make the care of his incapacitated daughter, Carolyn, his first con cern. After all his daughter's needs are met, Mr. Meadows said the re mainder of his estate, if any. could be divided among his other chil dren. The will requested that Mr. James post surety bond and file regular reports with the court. Mr. James was also named exccutor of the estate. Since the trustee is also clerk of superior court in this coun ty, the will had to be probated in Craven County and then filed here because the clerk cannot issuf legal rights to himself. The will was witnessed by Gerald Pelletier and Joyce M. Wil lis. It was drawn Dec. 4, 1093 and probated April 29, 1953. H. M. Parkin, Beaufort, who died May 22. requested that he be given a suitable burial.' His wife. Maud M. Parkin, was given a life estate in the homeplace, Gordon Street, Beaufort. At her death the property is to go to his heirs. His wife Is to re ceive also all his personal property. She was named executrix. The will was drawn Jan. 23, 1945 and witnessed by W. V. B. Potter and C. R. Wheatly. Tide Table Tides it the Beraf?rt Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, July 5 8:31 a.m. 2:33 a.m. 8:3? p.m. 2:31 p.m. Wedaeaday, July I 8:11 a.m. 3:12 a.m. 0:11 p.m. 3:0B p.m. Thursday, My 1 0:90 a.m. 3:47 a.m. 0:44 p.m. 3:43 p.m. Friday, inly I 10:20 a m. 4:10 a.m. 10:10 p.m. 4:19 p.*. Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, 73, one of the county's foremost public ser vants, died Friday night at his home west of Morehead City. Fun eral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the First Methodist Church, Morehead City. Burial was in Bayview Ceme tery. Pallbearers were James D. Pot ter and Harry Saunders, Beaufort; Moses C. Howard, Newport; David [ B. Webb, Dr. Alvah Hamilton Jr., and Edward (Bud) Dixon, all of Morehead City. Dr. Bonner, whose health had been failing during the past sev eral years, died in his sleep at 9:45 at his home at'Bonham Heights on Bogue Sound. He is survived by his wife, the former Clara B. Mar tin. His first wife, Nellie C. Bell, died in 1022. He is survived also by an adopt ed son, K. P. B Bonner Jr., two grandchildren and four sisters, Mrs. Guy Penney, Garner; Mrs. C. W. E. Pittman, Hyattsville, M?'., Miss Lottie Bonner, Washington, D. C., and Miss Mary Bonner, Aurora. Honorary pallbearers were mem bers of the County Board of Com missioners, the County Board of Health, Board of Education, Coun ty Welfare Board apd members of the County Medical Society. Although Dr. Bonner did not practice medicine in recent years due to failing eyesight, he spent 47 years in the profession. Born Aug. 9, 1882, the son of Robert T. and Rebecca Tripp Bon ner, he entered the University of North Carolina in 1899. After four years there, he went to the Medi cal College of Virginia where he earned his medical degree in 1905. Begins Practice He began practice in Morehead City a month later. From 1920 to 1926 he was executive officer with the North Carolina Board of Medi cal Examiners. During that time he organized and became director of the Bureau of Maternity and Infancy and served also as a mem ber of the State Board of Health. Ho also served on the executive committee of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States. For 10 years he was a mem ber of the Committee of Public Policy and Legislation of the State Medical Society. Dr. Bonner rewrote the Medical Practice Act of the state in 1921. It was approved* and became law Between 1920 anfi' 1922 hY revised and installed a new system of rec ords for the State Medical Exam iners Board. In May 1913 Dr. Bonner was elected a member of the Morehftad See DR. BONNER, Page 4 County Education Board Saddled With Controversy Supreme Court Says Re cent Law Puts Stella Issue Before Local Board Bounced back into the hands of the County Board of Education Thursday was the issue as to which school Stella pupils shall attend. The controversy has continued for several years ? certain parents not wanting to send their children to schools designated by the Car teret Board of Education and the State Board of Education. The matter was carried to the Supreme Court. The State Supreme Court ruled Thursday that because of a law passed in the recent legis lature, there is no longer any need for the State Board of Education to rule in the matter. The new rule puts the decision as to what school pupils shall at tend in the hands of the local boards. The State Board of Education had ruled that the Stella pupils were to go to school at Trenton and Maysville. This did not meet with the approval of some of the Stella parents who wanted their children to go to the White Oak School in Onslow County. The pa rents got a temporary restraining order blocking the state board's decision. Later, sitting in Raleigh, Su perior Court Judge Paul Frizzelle upheld the board s order and dis solved the restraining order. The parents appealed to the Supreme Court, claiming that the school board had failed to exercise its "independent judgment" and had not followed the prescribed pro cedure. The Supreme Court said Thurs day that the controversy now was a "moot" one since the State Board no longer had the power which a portion of Stella was protesting The General Assembly had given back to local boards of education the sole right of deciding where pupils shall go to school. Thus, wrote Associate Justice William Bobbitt, the order of May 1954, has no meaning for any year after 1954 55. And in that year, because oj the restraining order, Stella's chil dren ,had.?one to the sc?tol of their choice. "Whether the order of May 4 was valid is of no significance now," wrote Justice Bobbitt. "The controversy has become moot. The petitioners' cause of action, if any they had, has ceased to exist." Four Sisters Drowned 76 Years Ago Yesterday Oaksmith Traaedv Occurred By F. C. SALISBURY Undoubtedly the greatest trage dy that ever occurred in the More head-Beaufort area of Carteret County was that of the drowning of the four oldest daughters of Appleton Oaksmith in Bogue Sound on the Fourth of July, 1879. This tragic event took place, as the father with the four girls, Bes sie, 21; Corinne, 19; Mildred, 9; and Pauline. 7; and the two sons. Ran dolph and Stanley, left home in a small sailboat to spend the day vis iting friends in Beaufort. Erroneous reports said to have been circulated and published fol lowing this tragedy prompted Mr. Oaksmith to write to S. M. Carpen ter at New Bern under date of July 8. 1879, a full account of the acci dent. The letter was published in the New Bernian from which the following extracts have been taken: "The accident occurred in this way. I was steering the boat with a yoke, and when halfway across between Fort Macon and Beaufort she steered wildly, and I trusted the main sheet to my son Randolph. 17 years of age. charging him to keep it clear and watch the sail. Bait Capsises "When we got ready to Jibe, I charged him to let fly the moment the sail passed the wind. He haul ed the sail aft. my daughters shift ed seats quietly, the boom swung over, the sheet hung or caught, and the boat yawed and capsized. "As she went over I ordered: 'Look out for the little children, each take one and cling to the boat. Aa the boat filled she began to sink under us ... as she settled in the water she rolled completely over, the mast and sail going un der her. "Aa she rolled over, the girls went out of the boat on the star board aide, the two eldest each holding a little sister. I vent with them and helped then get hold of the boat again Randolph still hold ing Stanley, fell over on the port side and was rolled under the boat . . . I rolled the boat up on her keel, got Randolph out and up to the side of tlx boat, greatly ex hausted but still holding Stanley. "I then swam round the other side of the boat and found my daughters had all lost their hold, got the two eldest once more back again, telling them I would go for the little ones. When Bessie and Corinne saw their little sisters be ing swept away, they uttered one shriek and threw themselves off and struggled to get to them. "I got two boat gratings and two oars to my daughters, telling the little ones to cling to the gratings and Bessie and Corinne to put the oars under their arms and keep heads up and arms down. Anchor Hinders "The boat being held by its an chor, 1 went down and tried in vain to cast it adrift. I felt the boat again rolling over, so let go my hold and came to the surface, steadied the boat, encouraged my son to hold to his brother and look ing for my daughters, saw them See TRAGEDY, Page 3 Fourth Passes Quietly, But Traffic Hits New High Give Us a Man . . . (Editorial) The death of Dr. K. P. B. Bonner leaves a vacancy on the Board of County Commissioners, which according to tradition, will be filled by a Morehead City resident. Whether the appointee will become chairman of the board or whether he serves as a member rests with fellow commissioners. But the appointee ? if Carteret is to con tinue on the progressive course Dr. Bonner set ? should have the following qualifications: 1. Knowledge of government through experience in gov erning problems . 2. An educational background of high school at least, and college preferably 3. An interest in public affairs and a desire to benefit Carteret, not enhance his own prestige 4. A man born in this county who has a deep interest in its welfare and KNOWS the county, both its munici pal and rural problems. A man without those qualifications wil\ merely be a body filling a space on the board, someone to be maneuvered, at will, by political powers. 1,190 Attend Orthopedic Clinic in Two-Year Period During its two years of opera tion the orthopedic elinic conduct ed monthly at Morehead City has had 1,190 patients. The clinic, conducted in the an nex of the Morehead City Hospital, will be in session Saturday morn ing from H:30 to 11 a.m. That ses sion will mark the beginning of its third year. The clinic was started in 1953 by the Morehead City Rotary Club in cooperation with the state and county health departments. Women of Morehead City have served without pay at the clinics, keeping records and acting as re ceptionists. Dairies have provided free milk and ice cream for the younger patients. Figures on attendance and treat ment released by the county health department, follow. The first fig ure is for the year just ended and the second figure is the total for the two years: New patients admitted (attend ing clinic for first time) 238-496; return admissions (attended clinic nporc than once) 407-694; total at tendance, 645 1,190. Heckers Make Port Capt. and Mrs. Harvey H. Herker an plctwred aboard their aatbaard meter boat, Little Lady, la which they're travella* from New Part Rickey, PU. to the Great Lakea. iMfclat an from the Golf dark la Mare bead CKy where they stopped la the dork aaaaafer. (apt. BUI Styraa. U the Inset are doaeapa at the captain aad Us Mr. Treatment: operation or treat ment requiring hospital care, 73 156; casts or splints (applied, ad justed or removed ( 54 103; braces advised, measured, fitted or ad justed, 13-35. Dressings applied, adjusted or removed. 7-19; bandage or strap ping advised or applied, 5-11; cor rective shoes or arch support (ad vised, applied or adjusted) 65-141. Physical therapy. 140-225; die tetic treatment advised, 89 173; and artificial limbs advised, mea sured, 6-7. Governor Visits At Sea Level Gov. and Mrs. I.uthcr llodges spent the weekend at the Sea I^vel Inn. leaving Sunday morning from Atlantic by state boat to attend a centennial celebration at Belhaven. The governor and his party went Gulf Stieam fishing Saturday. He visited the proposed car ferry dock at the end of Highway 70 on Cedar Island and assured J. A. Dul'ois, manager of the Sea Level Chamber of Commerce, that the road pavipg project on Ocracoke would be pushed as fast as. possible. Mr, DuBois said today that he was sure there would be a car fer ry between Ocracoke and Cedar Island, "either state-owned or pri vate." Also at Sea Level over the week end were Alfred, Leslie and Wil liam Taylor and their families of Norfolk and West Palm Beach who left this morning for an overnight stay at Ocracoke. Property Sold The Mattie Duncan property on Front Street, west of the Inlet Inn, has been sold to Mrs. A. V. Pier son of the Inlet Inn. The home is being leased to Miss Duncan. Heavy Morehead City traffic and two wrecks kept More head officers on the jump over the Fourth of July week end. Two other wrecks occurred west of Morehead City but Carteret came through without a violent death. One resident of the county, William Riley Willis, Har kers Island, was Rilled in a wreck* Sunday morning in Columbus County. One of the Morehead City motor companies reported towing in 14 wrecks, but either the wrecks were not officially investigated or high way patrolmen were unable to gather their wits about them suf ficiently to release a report yester day. Charles A. Cation, from Mis souri, died yesterday of a heart attack. He was visiting relatives in Kinston and came here for the holiday weekend. Mr. Cation was taken to the Morehead City Hos pital in the Dill ambulance. He was dead upon arrival. The body has been sent to Kinston. Two Town Wrecks Two accidents occurred Sunday in Morehead City. The first, a few minutes before 1 p.m., was at the intersection of 24th and Arendcll Streets. Mrs. Edward G. Gooding, Trenton, was slightly injured. She was treated at the Morehead City Hospital and discharged. Mrs. Gooding was in a 1950 Chevrolet driven by her husband. They were headed west on Aren dell Street, according to Sgt. Carl Bunch, when a 1950 Ford, driven by Robert Lee Hill, Bridgeton. struck them and knocked them in to a car driven by O. H. Johnson Jr., Morehead City. Faces C*urt Hill, who has been charged with failing to yield the right-of-way. was coming from the bcach and had crossed the railroad tracks when the collision occurred. Johnson, in a 1953 Chevrolet, was headed south on 24th Street, waiting to cross Arendell. Damage to his car was estimated at $400. Damage to Hill's car was estimated at $700 and damage to Gooding's at $800. With the Goodings was Leon Gillikin, 13, Beaufort. Passengers in the Johnson car were Mrs. John son, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Norwood and children, Christine and Nancy, of Morehead City; and in the Hili car were Mrs. Hill and their four children, Robert Jr. 13, Frank 8, Helen 7 and Cora 10. Hill said that after stopping at the stop sign, he proceeded north ward, -not seeing the Gooding auto mobile. At 2:15 p.m. two cars collided at Bridges and 20th Streets. One car, a 1955 Ford, was driven by Rus sell E. Willis Jr., Morehead City. Willis was headed north on 20th and said the green light was in his favor. The other car a 1955 Buick, driven by Nathanial Lane, Brook lyn, was proceeding on Bridges Street. Lane said the green light was in his favor. The two met at the intersection. /I L-ll.J cnargc r ncu Lane hu been charged with run ning through a red light. The Buick was hit on the right aide, swung around, knocked over a hy drant and traveled a total of 143 feet alter the impact. No one was hurt. Damage to the Willis car was estimated at $800 and damage to the Lane car $700. Alex Conway. Beaufort, was headed south on 20th Street at the time of the wreck and said he stopped dead when he noticed the collision about to occur. Cyclist Hurt W. B. Eubank*, who was driving a motorcycle, was involved in a wreck near the Pine Tree Inn on Highway 70 west of Morehead City Saturday night. Eubanks was Uken by ambulance to the Morehead City Hospital where he was treated and discharged. Details of the accident could not be learned because State Highway Patrolman J W. Sykes, who inves tigated, could not be contacted. Also taken to the hoapital by am bulance were Mrs. Irene Rolison Sec JULY FOURTH, Page 4 Alva Willis Goes Into Office As Lion President Alva (Naughty) Willis was in stalled as president of the More head City Lions Club Thursday night at the Recreation Building. The event was also ladies' night. Other officers installed by Lion Albert T. Willis of the New Bern Club, were first vice-president El mer Watson; second vice-president John Naf; third vice-president Da vid B. Webb; secretary Ed Wals ton; treasurer C. W. Williams; di rectors William Willis, Sargent Smith, Victor Wickizer and Fred Hardy; lion tamer Gordon K. Laughton, and tail twister Jack Morgan. George Scott, deputy district governor, presented a trophy to the club for its work for the blind, and another trophy was presented to past secretary, Gordon K. Laugh ton. for being a "100 per cent sec cretary." Pins were presented to Oscir Allred, Gordon Laughton, Elmer Watson, John I). Willis, Victor Wickizer, Ed Walston, Alva Willis and Ralph Albares for perfect at tendance. The presentation was made by the outgoing president, Owens Frederick. Hal Shapiro was inducted into the club as a new member by Lion Willis of New Bern. The entertainment committee of Mr Shapiro, Mr. Watson and Mr. Williams, presented a musical pro gram with Andrew Searle as vo calist accompanied by Miss Maxine McLohon. Then the members and their guests played bingo. I Winner# of bmgo prucs were Mrs. Owens Fredericks, Mrs. Jack Morgan, Jack Morgan, Mrs. Ralph Albares and Fred Hardy. Owens Frederick was appointed zone chairman for zone 2 of dis trict 31-E for the next year. Guest at the meeting was Bill Brown, safety director at the over haul and repair department, Cher ry Point Marine Air Base. Auto, Truck Crash at Comer A convertible and a truck col lided at 7:15 a.m. today at 28th and Arendell Streets, Morehead City. Mrs. Dolores J. Gninwald, 2714V4 Arvon Ave., Morehead City, driver of -the convertible, escaped with a skinned knee. According to Patrolman Bill Con die of the Morehead City Police force, Mrs. Grunwald, driving a 1955 Buick convertible, was headed east and was turning across the tracks to go west on Arendell when her car and a truck owned by the .#irru.s Construction Co. collided. Mrs. Grunwald has been charged with failing to yield the right-of way. Driving the truck was Preston Lee Isler. 4(V) Oak St., Klnston. Damage to the 6-ton. 1953 model truck was estimated at >150. Damage to the convertible waa estimated at (1,500. Postal Jab Open With Mrs Blanche Willis retir ing. the Job of postmaster at Smyr na is now open. Applicants should send in their applications for the job on or before July 26 to the postoffice, Smyrna. St. Egbert's Festival Will Take Place July 23 St. Egbert's Summer Ice Cream Festival will take place Saturday. July 13, from 9-10 p.m. on the site of the new 8t. Egbert'i School, next to the rectory on Evans Street, according to Mrs. William Fahy. general chairman. The date wan aet at the laat meeting of the com mittee. The featival has been held each summfr for the put three years. Proceeds go to the building fund of tit. Egbert's School. Plan* are now drawn for St. Egbert's School and will be aubmitted to bidders within the next three weekv ac cording to Mrs. Eahy Construe tion la to aUrt in late August or early September. The festival this year, Mrs. rahy added, will be expanded to include many new features The tickets, which will be on sale shortly, will include cake, ice cream, and drink Entertainment will be pro vided. and this year there will be many games (or the children, In cluding a pony rid*. Ice cream (or the a/fair is being donated by White's Ice Cream Co. Drinks are being donated by the Pepsi-Cola Co. A committee under the chairmanship of Mrs. James Vsn Etten Is soliciting gifts (roaa merchants (or this "once ? year" af(alr. and these will be announced as they come in. The public is cordially invited.