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? CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES '?< 44th YEAR, NO. 56. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES THREE SECTIONS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 AruxUU St. Monknj City Phoo* 4-4175 Law Clof ? In Sheriff Captures Escape Artist After Long Chase Claude Wade Will Be Tried in Next Term of Court Woman Defendant Given Two Days to Get Out Of Morehead City Claude Wade was bound over to Superior Court without bond Mon day when probable cause was found on a charge of breaking and en tering with the intent to commit a felony. Wade appeared before Judge Herbert O. Phillips in More head City Recorder's Court Mon day. Wade was apprehended in a rooming house in Morehead City the latter part of last week. Mary Wyatt was given two days in which to leave the county or else she will have to serve a two year term in Women's Prison. She was found guilty of cohabiting with Tollie Davis. Davis, co-defendant in the case, was fined $100 and costs and given a two-year suspended sentence on the roads with the provision that he stay on good behavior for five years. Charlie Perry Dyess was fined $150 and costs for careless and reckless driving. He was given a suspended 30-day roads sentence with the provision that he stay on good behavior for six months. Anthony W. Haussler was fined $100 and costs for driving while under the influence. He was or dered not to drive a car on the streets or highways of the state for 12 months. Pays $50, Costs Edward D. Boyington was fined $50 and costs and ordered to re imburse an injured party $20 for damages. He must remain on good behavior for six months. Boyington was found guilty of malicious dam age to personal property and pub lic drunkenness. Thomas Lee Shelton was fined $50 and costs and given a suspend ed 30-<lay roads sentence with the provision that he stay on good be havior for six months. He. was found guilty of careless and reck less driving. donald Campbell Little was fined $25 and costs for running a stop sign He was given a suspended 30-day roads sentence wtih the pro vision that he satisfy a court judgment of June 27 and that he stay on his good behavior for 12 months. The court noted that this was his third offense. Mrs. Dolores Jean Greenwald and Robert Lee Hill each were fined $10 and costs for failing to yield the right-of-way. Costs were assessed in the fol lowing cases: Leonard West, pub lic drunkenness; Elijah Fulcher, frivolous and malicious prosecu tion, (a charge of disturbing the peace was dropped); Lesder Lee Ward, running stop sign; Joseph Earl Willis, careless and reckless driving, and Paul Koreto and John Stanley Quinn, speeding. Clifford McLeod, charged with no operator's license and driving while under the influence, for feited his bond and a warrant was issued. Cases against the following were continued; Cpl. John Redmond, David Freeman Range, Betty Bil lings, Harvey Lewis, George West Thompson III, Earl Swindell, Er nest Andrew Guthrie, Hubert Ed gar Dall, Erwin Gary Morris. The charge of failing to stop at a red light against Nathaniel Lane was dropped when a motion for non suit was granted. Theatre Chooses Fall Production See How They Run. ? comedy in three acts, will be the Carteret Community Theatre's fall produc tion. The play wai chosen at the theatre meeting Wednesday night at the civic center, Morehead City. Reports on plays studied by the reading committee were made by Mrs. Shelby Freeman. As soon as the cqpies of the play arrive, they will be available at Hamilton's Inc.. Morehead City, where persons interested in try ing out may read the play Treaaa Royal Vickers will be the director. She calls the play "the funniest thing I have read in years." Two civic organisations have asked to sponsor the production, but no deciaion has been made on the sponsor as yet. , Morehead City town board will BWtt Thursday night, July 21. * Johnny Ray Waddell, 22, was in" the hands of police again this week but they wonder just how long it will last. Waddell was captured by She riff Hugh Salter after a wild chase Tuesday night. Waddell, whose home is at Newport, has made nine breaks from prisons and pri son camps. As a result of Tuesday night's race between Waddell's 1951 Ply mouth and the sheriff's car, Wad dell now faces charges of speed ing, failing to stop at the sound of a siren, failing to stop at a red light, and assault with an automo bile causing the sheriff's car to wreck. With Waddell Tuesday night when the sheriff and Deputy Bob by Bell pounced on his trail, was J. D. Arnold. Arnold just got out of the prison camp at Troy last Sunday after serving a year for stealing hogs. Officers learned that the Ply mouth Waddell was driving was owned by Alfred Rogers Hopkins, Harlowe. Hopkins has been charged with hiding Waddell ever since his recent escape from a prison camp at Ahoskie. The long arm of the law start ed to encircle Waddell at about 9 o'clock Tuesday. The sheriff and his deputy were getting gasoline at the Shell station at the inter section of Live Oak and Mulberry Street, Beaufort, when they were attracted by a car whose driver kept glancing back at them as he waited for the light to change. Decided to Check "We decided we'd better check," said the sheriff and so they start ed out after the car. Waddell took off like a jet. Sirens screamed and the whole east end of Beaufort rocked with the chase from Live Oak to Broad, down Broad to Pol lock, Pollock to Ann, Ann to Queen Street, Queen to Front, east on Front to the T-junction at Lennox ville, then west on the Lennoxville Road to the intersection of 70, out 70 to the Merrimon Road. Unless Waddell cut across the Laurel Road, he was cornered, be cause the only thing at the end at either Highway 70 or Uie Mefri mon Road is water. So the sheriff radioed to State Highway Patrol- i man W. J. Smith who sped to the Laurel Road to cut Waddell off if he attempted to turn there to get into his familiar tramping grounds. Newport. In the vicinity of South River, just beyond Fighting Bridge (so named because two men, it is told, j fought there to the death) Wad- j dell slammed his brakes on and | spun around several times in the middle of the road, ending up with his car pointing toward the on coming sheriff s car. Hits Ditch Rather than hit head-on, the sheriff turned :nto a ditch. Wad dell and Arnold both jumped out of their car. Arnold took off but Waddell surrendered. By that time Patrolman Smith appeared on the scene. A wrecker was called to get the sheriff's car out of the ditch and he drove it back into Beaufort. Waddell was taken to jail at New Bern and the See SHERIFF, Page 8 SI Attend Clinic At Hospital Volunteer Workers Ask For Books, Puzzles, Toys for Children Fifty one persons, including 24 new patients, attended the ortho pedic clinic Saturday in the More head City Hospital annex. Dr R N Wrenn* served as orthopedist in the absence of Dr. Lenox Baker, who was on vacation. Volunteer workers at the clinic have issued an appeal for books, puzz)es and toys to amuse children 2 through 12 years of age. Color ing books, crayons, the better type comic book and children's maga zines will be accepted. Persons who wish to donate such items should call Mrs. Alvah Hamilton Jr., 6-4109 or Mrs. W. L. Brady, 64606. Volunteer work ers at the clinic Saturday were Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. J. D. Holt, Mrs. W. C. Carlton and Miss Lib Lambeth. Members of the staff, in addi tion to Dr. Wrenn, were Miss Lily Fentress of the Crippled Children's iivision, State Board of Health; H A. Hcndrix, rehabilitation program, Greenville; Mrs. J. D. Weeks, phy sical therapist; Miss J E. Long acre, nutritionist, and Mrs. Leota Hammer and Mrs. G. T. Spivey of he county health department. The next clinic will be Saturday, Aug. 13, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. New Officer Directs Program Theodore Phillips, new educa tional -vice-president of the* Car teret Toastmasters Club direfeted the program W?Aneaday at Un 7 a.m. meeting in the Hotel Fort j Macon. Two-minute impromptu speakers were Dr. Warden Woodard, Dr. Russell Outlaw, Dan Walker and Jasper Bell. Their subjects were pictures which had been published in newspapers recently, from which the descriptive matter had been removed. Gerald Hill was topic master and presided over that part of the ses sion. Ted Davis presented the edu cational speech on "Creating the Correct Climate." Five-minute prepared speakers were Mr. Walker on "Vocal Va rieties;" Dr. Woodard on "Safety;" and Charles Summerlin on "The , Need for Consolidation of the Beaufort-Morehead Schools." Individual critics were Theodore Phillips. Frank Cassiano, and Ger ald Hill. Master Critic was J. P. Harris Jr. President P. H. Gecr Jr. presided and C. T. Lewis was toastmaster of the morning. Mr. Harris is the toastmaster of the day for the July 27 meeting. Bingo Stand Closures in Dare Focus Legal Spotlight on Other Beaches Since bingo stands at Dare Coun ty beaches have been closed by court action, the legal spotlight has focused on bingo at beaches all along the coast, including Atlantic Beach. One bingo stand operates there and owners yesterday said they hope no citizen will take action to close it. < This was based on a statement by Wiley Taylor Jr., county solici tor. who remarked this week that if anyone comes to him to swear out papers for closing the bingo stand, he'll do it. Mayor A. B. Cooper, Atlantic Beach, remarked. "My goodnesa, people have to have something to do at the beach. Two Jadies told me the other day they wished there would be more here to do. It's a nice, quiet beach. We have amuse ments for the children and young (oiks, but older people enjoy games like bingo." Dare County bingo stands were closed this month when two women, backed by a church group, charged the stand operators with gambling. A 1949 act. purportedly legalizing bingo at Naga Head, haa been declared void on the basis that It granta special privileges to special groups. No special act haa passed legal izing bingo in this county, there fore Solicitor Taylor says Its against the law. In New Hanover County, bingo stands operate at Carolina and WrlghUvill* Beach under the same J type of law which was believed to* protect bingo in Dare. Mr. Taylor said that bingo is il legal anywhere, whether operated commercially or operated at a school or church carnival, as long as people pay money to play and collect prizes for winning. Medical Society Will Entertain Second District Members of the Carteret County Medical Society will be host to the scoond district, North Carolina Medical Society, here in Mt>tem ber. Planned in conjunction with the meeting, is a heart symposium con ducted Dy the Heart Association. The symposium will consist of ses sions (or the public and (or doctors. The fociety met at the Morehead City Hospital where the hospital was host at supper. Dr. Theodore Salter. Beau(ort. presided and ap pointed committees (or the Sep tember district session. Water System Chlorinated Newport's water system was equipped with chlorination appa ratus over the weekend. The town has also sent to the state a con tract assuring the state that New port will assume one-third of the cost for obtaining the right-of-way south of Newport for the new high way. Officer Reports On Convention Thomas H. Poller, president, re ported on the receht Jayeee conven tion it Atlanta when the Beaufort Jaycees met Monday night at the Inlet Inn. A radio was given away at the North Carolina convention booth by Mr Potter. Theme of the booth was "Variety Vacationtand." Wiley Taylor Jr. gave a report on the club's athletic activities. The president said a committee would be appointed to assist in the ath letic program. Charles Chappell reported that receipts in staging the beauty pa geant were $453 and expenses were $448, leaving a net profit of $3. Mr. Potter took Miss Piner and her friend. Joyce Chadwick. to Wil mington Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Potter will be her chauffeur in the parade .Saturday. Dick Parker of Parker Motors is giving the Jay eee* a Thunderbird to use in the parade. John Duncan reported on the Jaycee picnic at Wiley Taylor's camp July 8. The board of direc tors will meet tonight at Frank Langdale's home. Ralph Albans was named pro gram chairman lor the meeting July 25. Beaufort Abolishes Recorders Court , Will Split Case Costs with County 4 Scenes Like This Lure Visitors Typical of Ocracoke'a rugged beauty ia thia scene photographed by Aycock Brown of (kracoke and Mania a. !? tht baakground ia Ocracake light home. In the shelter of the wind-maided cedar are myrtle buahea and yaupon, growing dawn ta the water's edge. Driftwood blankets the shore. 7-Year-Old Morehead Boy Seriously Stung by Jelly Fish Power Outtage Changed To Tomorrow at 4 A.M. The power outtage schedule ! for 4 o'clock Wednesday morn ins was not carried out because of rainy weather. George Stovall, manager of Car olina Power and Light Co., said that the outtage has been resche duled for 4 a.m. tomorrow (Satur day). It will affect the Morehead City area only. The power must be cut in order to change taps on transformers so that voltage can be raised. ? Seven-year-old David Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Smith, 1003 Evans St., Morehead City, was se verely stung by a Portuguese man of-war. a jelly-type fish, in the ocean at Fort Macon Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were also i stung by the acid-like secretions from the fish when they attempted to get it off their son. All were treated at the Morehead City Hos pital. Mrs. Smith said that the fish got on David under one arm and then slithered across his back and under the other arm. Mr. Smith got poisoned when he tried to pull the fish off. It was finally removed by rubbing David with sand. The life guards at the beach told the Smiths to go to the hospital immediately. In holding David, some of the acid got on his mo ther. "It burned like fire, worse than anything I've ever exper ienced," she said. Seized with Cramps All three were seized with cramps and Mr. Smith said he was terribly frightened for a moment when he couldn't get his breath. Mrs. Smith, who is a trained nurse, said that she later learned that the sting of the fish can cause death through respiratory failure. At the hospital shot? were given to relieve the cramps and David was discharged in severe I hours, but he was in mild shock until Tuesday noon. Mrs. Smith, who has learned the hard way, says the following steps should be taken, if anyone is at tacked by the poisonous jelly fish: 1 Remove the creature by rub hing with sand 2 Immediately wash in a 28 per cent ammonia solution 3. Get under shower and soap off ammonia and sand and then Tide Table Tidea at the Beaufort Bar IIH.H LOW Friday, July 15 3 44 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 4:29 p.m 11:11 p.m. Saturday, July 16 5:01 a.m. 11:11 am. 5:34 p.m. Sunday, July 17 8 (16 a.m. 12:09 a.m. 6:33 p.m. 12:11 p.m. Manday, July 1? 7:04 a.m. 1:04 a.m. 7:26 p.m. 1:09 p.m. Tueaday, July 19 7:58 a.m. 1:56 a.m. 8: IB p.B. 2:04 >m. treat again with ammonia 4. Get to hospital as soon as pos sible. Attacks Frequent Up to the time that the Smiths tangled with the man-of-war, 12 persons were reported attacked this summer by the jelly fish which looks like a blob of red jelly and has long tentacles extending from the underside. The fish float with the currents and are reportedly worse along local beaches when the wind has been blowing steadily for a long time from the southwest. Being a tropical species, they are carried shoreward from the warmer waters of the Gulf Stream. It has also been reported recent ly that several persons have been stung by stingaroes The incident* occurred on inland waters. Sting arees are flat fish which burrow in sand under the water. If sud denly disturbed they give a violent lash with their barbed "tail," in Uicting a serious wound. 13-Year-Old Morehead City Girl Saves Boy Last Friday Gloria Joan Byrd, 13-year-old daughter .of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Byrd of Morchead City, who was visiting ih Benson, saved the life i of a 6-year-old boy Friday, July 8. Gloria Jean rescued Phil Byrd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Z. P. Byrd Jr., of Benson, when she jumped into the pond belonging to Phil's dad, and dragged the young boy to safety. Phil had gone down twice, and Gloria Jean jumped into the water with her' clothes and shoes on to bring the boy to the shore. Phil, his 10-year-old brother Charles and his sister Sandra, were playing along the edge of the wa ter, when Phil decided to sit in a boat nearby, hanging his feet into the water. The boat shoved off from shore and Charles admonished Phil to sit still in the boat and it would drfft back into shore, since the wind was blowing in that direction. Phil became frightened and jumped out of the boat, where upon Charles went into the water to try and save his brother Charles found the water too deep for him and he struggled back to shore. The 6-year-old boy had disappeared' once or twice when Gloria Jean, who watt visiting in the neighbor hood happened to come along. According to reports from Ben son, Phil would have (frowned had she not gone to his rescue. Car and Milk Truck Tangle A I AM Plymouth and a 1952 Dodge truck collided at 6:45 Wed nesday morning three miles eaat of Newport od Highway 70. No one was injured. The Dodge, owned by Maola Milk Co.. New Bern, was driven by William Mack Porter, 108 N. 15th St., Morehead CUy. The car was driven by Robert Guy Register, route 2 New Bern According lo State Highway Pa trolman R. H. Brown, the truck had signaled to make a left turn and the car attempted to pass. The car strtiek the truck In the rear. Patrolman Brown said it waa raining at the time of the accident. No charges were filed. Damage to the ear was estimated at $180 and to tin truck |2S. Judge Earl Mason Takes Extended Vacation' Beaufort Recorder's Court fort Town Board passed a r July meeting Monday night. Law permitting dissolution the recent legislature. The s* lishment of the court at any time * By resolution Monday morning, j the county board of commissioners I HIH< to try in County Recorder's Court all criminal cases arising I within the Beaufort town limits. I Costs levied in each case are to be i divided between the county and ' Beaufort after taxes ;m I other re I ductions are made. Started in 1952 Beaufort's Recorder's Court opened Oct. 23. 1952. It came into existence in a storm of controversy and has died the same way. Opera tion of the court was called to a halt when it was found during the past few months that operating ex penses were eating into the gen era! fund. In other words, the court was not paying its way. Gene Smith, court solicitor and town attorney, expressed the opin ion recently when the court's ex istence was in question, that if the town gave up the court it was "abrogating one of its sacred du ties and obligations." On March 17. 1953 the Beaufort town board met in special session and Mr. Smith presented a bill proposed for introduction on the 1953 general assembly. The bill, he said then, would allow the town hoard to eliminate "the unneces sary expense of the court." According to the account of the meeting in THE NEWS-TIMES of March 20. 1953, Mr. Smith said then that the Beaufort court was losing money. But Dan Walker, town clerk, said then "the court was holding its own." The bill proposed at that time was drawn by Mr. Smith and Claud Wheatly Jr.. and called for the same financial arrangement with the county as approved this p?ht Monday. The town "board oT 1953 refused to go along with the pro posal at that tiirtr> # Judge Quits Prior to abolishing the court Monday night, a letter from Judge Karl Mason was presented to the board. The letter follows: July 11, 1955 "To The Commissioners of the Town of Beaufort, North Carolina Gentlemen: Upon the advice of my family and friends 1 have decided to take an extended vacation from my du ties as Judge of the Beaufort Mu nicipal Recorders Court, and inas much as I don't think that it will make any difference as to when this vacation starts, it begins as of the last day of June 1955. I do not think that a notice is expected or required. 1 will not presume to tell you, gentlemen, what steps to take to fill my office during my absence as 1 think that is a decision of yours." The resolution to do away with the court was made by Commis sioner James Rum ley and seconded by Commissioner Otis Mades. No dissenting vote was voiced. At the suggestion of Commis sioner Gerald Hill, the board voted to pay the judge, solicitor, clerk and assistant clerk three months' back pay, up to July 1. There was no court session this week. , ceased to be when the Beau esolution of abolition at the i of the court was passed in ime law also allows re-estab Chamber Officer Lists Committees For Current Year President Clayton Fulcher Jr. of the Sea Level Chamber of Com merce has appointed ehairmen of committees for 195556. David Yeomans is chairman of the membership committee, Percy Davis, chairman, advertising, and Cecil Morris, chairman, highways and waterways. Members of these committees are as follows: Membership, Karl Day, Nadene Harris, Julian Gaskill. Dan Hamil ton, George Salter, Charles Piner, I leaden G. Willis, Leo 1 den Gilli kin. El wood Willis, Sam Leffers, Murray Piggot, Arthur Mason, Stanley Wahab, and Ronald K. Ma son. Advertising, Mrs. Clayton Ful cher Jr., Sterling Dixon. M. H. Taylor, Jim Harker, Dan Walker, and J. R. Valentine. Highways and waterways, Clay ton Fulcher Jr., T. B. Smith, and W H. Potter. The mosquito control committee has a representative in each of the 16 down east communities, and they will continue with local con trol measures, President Fulcher said The program of work for the 1955-56 year will include increas ing the membership of the organi zation ancj publication of a ninth ly bulletin. ? The chamber plans to badk all approved channel and pro jects, and to continue work for completion of the All Seashore Highway The chamber will work for bet ter bridges and good maintenance of all local highways, roads and streets. Plans also include keeping down east Carteret before the public with photos, editorials, radio and television publicity, and to put out an attractive, illustrated folder ad vertising all the advantages of fered in eastern Carteret. Other officers, besides the pres ident. arc Mrs. R. S. Wahab and J. B. Harker, vice-presidents; Les ter C>askill, treasurer; and J. A. DuBois, manager. Tucson Choir Will Give Concert Eight members of the 26-mem ber Community Concerts executive committee and board of directors decided at a recent meeting to book the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus as the feature concert for the 1935-56 season. The meeting was held at the home of the secretary, Mrs. W. J. Ipock. Also present was Josh Bald win, Community Concerts repre sentative from New York. The Community Concerts drive will be conducted the week of Oct. 17. Cost of the boys choir is $1,100. Raised last year was a total of $1,400 After the campaign, the execu tive committee and directors will meet to choose artists for the other two concerts. Attending the meeting were Mrs. James Rumley, president; Mrs. Ipock, Mrs. G. W. Duncan, general chairman; Mrs. Edward Arrineton, Mrs. Claud Wheatly, Mrs. W. L. Woodard, Mrs. Robert L. Rose, and Miss Elizabeth Lam beth, Morehead City. Fishing Trawl Snags Plane Wreck Wednesday Part* of a wrecked plane were brought up by the fish boat. Bar nacle Bill. Wednesday. Captain of the Barnacle Bill is Sam Willis, who fishes for Cap'n Ottis Purifoy. Captain Purifoy said that the plane was snagged about a mila and a half northeast of the sea buoy. Cherry Point authorities were notified and they immediate ly came to Morehead City and got numbers on the plane for use la identification. The net which, caught on tha wreckage was damaged, but it waa mended and back hi uae by yester day. tgi