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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE M4 AraaMI St. Mortkcid City 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 44th YEAR, NO. 59. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITT AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Auto Kills Marine Sunday Night Near Beach Bridge Coroner Conducts Inquest Last Night A coroner'i inquest into the death of Pfc. Clarence E. Ayres, 20. was held last night at 7:30 at the Morehead City Municipal Build ing. The death was the fifth of the year in the county, one under the number killed at this same time last year. Ayres was killed when he was struck by a car driven by Mrs. Dandy Clover Guthrie, 1702 Bridges St., Morehead City, on the Atlan tic Beach Road at 11:5C Sunday night, police said. Another Marine, Pfc. William A. Metzger, whom it was presumed was hitchhiking back to Morehead City with Ayres, was taken to Camp Lejeune Hospital after be ing taken to Morehead City Hos pital by the Dill Ambulance from the scene of the accidcnt. Dr. Mil ton B. Morey said Metzger had suffered a compound fracture of the right leg. The accident occurred midway between DomL's and the beach bridge. The two Marines, both at tached to the 2nd Tank Battalion from Camp Lejeune which is due to embark from Morehead City for Little Creek for maneuvers, were hitchhiking back into town walk ing on the east side of the road heading north, according to offi cers. Metzger was found at the point of impact and Ayres was found approximately 117 feet north of this spot on the side of the road, according to investigating State Highway Patrolmen W. E. Pickard and J. W. Sykes. Metzger was ly ing 12 feet from the side of the road with his feet facing the water. Body Broken Up The body of Ayres was complete ly broken up, and from the condi tion of the car that hit him, it looked as though he had been im paled on the front part of the orn amentation of the car, a 1955 Ford. Damage to the car was estimated at $300. Constable George Smith a 11*. 4a n tic Beach was the first p?Jma officer at the' scene, after being called from Dom-L's by Delmas (Dookie) Lawrence of Morehead City. Lawrence was driving south on the beach road when he saw other cars parked up ahead. He said that be stopped his car, saw the body, and then went into Dom-L's where he notified Constable Smith that there was a body up the road. S,gt. Lester Codair, an MP at the beach, said he saw Ayres' body as he was headed back to the beach from town. Sergeant Codair was off duty Sunday night. William Witt, a Marine stationed at Cherry Point, stated that he had been on the same lane of traffic with Mrs. Guthrie and that he had seen the body and gone back to the beach proper and gotten At lantic Beach Police Chief Murphy Jenkins and the military police. Constable Smith called into Morehead City police headquarters See HIGHWAY DEATH, Page 3 Freight Receivers In This Area Asked To Write to ICC Received of freight over the Beaufort and Morehead Railroad line have been asked during the put several di j s to write letter* to the Interatate Commerce Commis sion protesting Southern's proposal to take over the Atlantic and East Carolina line. A letter from one firm, a fish factory in Beaufort, has been pre sented to receivers of freight as a model to follow in making the pro test. According to testimony present ed to the ICC at the recent hear ing in Golds boro, some railroads fear that Southern's propoul to op erate the AJkEC would prevent shipping of goods over tracks now used by other roads, such as the Atlantic Coast Line. If such were done, coat of ship ping freight from points in this area would increase snd roads in competition with Southern claim they would lo?e money Southern contends, however, th? it haa no intention of "closing gate ways;" therefor*, other roads could operate as they are doing now and | costs would not increase. Beaufort Fireman Answer Call to Harlow* Sunday Beaufort firemen anawered a call to the hone of Willie Bradshaw In Harlowe at 1:30 a.m. Sunday room ing and extinguished a fir* in the attic. Firemen believe that the fire waa caused by spontaneous com bustion o I some old clothes stored in the attic. No estimate of damage was made. She's Here! A gala welcome was accorded Faye Arnold, Miss North Carolina for 1955-56, when she arrived at the Beaufort-Morehead City Air port at 5:30 p m. Sund.ty iiuuii, Mjfrjftwrtier wepr* -vWaflon in forehead- Atlantic Beach. Miss Arnold was presented with" an arm bouquet of flowers by two Jaycees, Hal Shapiro, entertain ment chairman of her Morehead City Jaycee sponsored vacation, and Dr. Russell Outlaw, president of the Morehead City Jaycees. Mayor George Dill of Morehead I City presented her with a key to the city and Mayor C. T. Lewis welcomed her to Beaufort amid flashing bulbs of many photogra- 1 phers. ( Also greeting Miss North Caro lina were Tommy Potter, "president o(, the Be* u fort ^ycees, who pre sented hei with a cors?<?%. Miss Morehead City. Carolyn Guthrie; Miss Beaufort, Barbara Piner; Miss Down East, Mary Ellen Chasteen, and Ted Davis, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce. Miss Arnold, a vivacious charm ing 18-year old, who was sponsored in the Miss North Carolina Pa geant by the Fuquay-Varina Jay cees, lives in Raleigh. Her cha perone is Miss Jaqueline Harrison, an employee of Adler's of Raleigh, the store that sponsored Miss Ar nold in the Fuquay Varina com petition and at Wilmington. JMKss Arnold was taken to the 1 Beach Hotel la a beaut i' fuf yellows and black Ford conver tible donated for the week for the use of Miss North Carolina fend her escorts by Parkdr Motors. Escorting Miss North Carolina's vehicle through Beaufort was As sistant Police Chief Carlton Gar ner, of Beaufort. The official par ty was escorted the remainder of the way by Police Chief Herbert Griffcn and Sgt. Carl Bunch of thr See MISS ARNOLD, Page 7 Lt. (jg) L. W. Willis Will Take Command of Agassiz Lt. (jg) Lester W. Willis, United States Coast Guard, has been named to succeed Lt. Cmdr. Peter S. Branson as commanding officer of the Cutter Agassiz, based at Fort Macon, Morehead City. He will assume command Aug. 1 when Commander Branson leaves lor Washington, D. C. where he will be stationed at Coast Guard Headquarters. Lieutenant Willis was born in Morehead City, Dec. *, IA19, the i son of the late Randolph Willis | and Mrs. Annie Pclrl Willis who lives at 1306 Shepard St. Lieuten ant Willis's father was known is "Captain Ranny." Lieutenant Wil lis himself has been known as "Dubbs" ever since his childhood days. He is married to the former Sybil Lawrence of Bettie. They have three children and live on the Crab Point Road. Enlists in Service Lieutenant Willis attended More head City public school. He joined the Coast Guard as a bo sun mate second class on Aug. 8, 1941. He received that rate initially because of his knowledge of seamanship picked up during his' youth on the waters in this area. He was made a chief bo sun mate while on trans port duty in the Pacific in the last war. He attended the Coast Guard Officer* Training School at New London during part of 1053 and was promoted to lieutenant junior grade. Lieutenant Willis has served on many Coast Guard vessel" Among places he ha> been stationed are St. Augustine. Fla., Newport, R. I? San Juan, P. R., and Guantanamo, Cuba. Noted for CooUif ' Lieutenant/ Willis la noted for his culinary skills which include preparation of foods peculiar to the areas In wfcich be has,lived. Commander Branson assumed command of the Agasaiz in Decern ber 1953 He was a lieutenant senior grade *t the time. He liva* with his wile and three children Lt (J*> Lfttr W. Willi! . . assigned command at 2805 Arendell St., Morchead City. During his year and a half with the Agassiz, Commander Branson directed the rescue of the Liberian Victory Ship, the SS Agoi Victorea 250 miles east of Cape Hatteras in February 195S. the rescue of the potato barge Loveland 20 and its tug, the Marian Moran, off Cape Lookout In March 1994, as well as a dozen other rescues of smal ler craft. Tides at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, July 28 1:18 a.m. 1:53 p m. 7:31 a.m. B:20 p.m. Wedneaday, July 27 2 OB a.m. 2:44 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:21 p.m. Thursday, July 28 3:01 a.m. 3 38 pjn. 4:01 a.m. Friday, July 29 10:10 p.m. 10:18 a.m. 9:28 a.m. p.m. 11:08 pjn. U. Cmdr. Pflrr S. Branaon ... to Washington, D. C. Deputy Arrests Merrimon Driver James Smith, Merrimon, was ar rested Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell on a charge of running into a gas tank and mail box it Oscar Pittman'i store on the Mer rimon Road. Smith waa also charged with driving drunk. According to Deputy Bell, Smitli "ran over" a gas tank at the store 1 Saturday afternoon and later came back and ran over Pitt man's mail box. Smith is in the county jail awaiting trial in County Record ers Court this morning. Deputy Bell also arrested Ed win H. Culpher. Morehead City, Saturday. Culpher is charged with driving drunk and la docketed for trial in county court this morning. Ponies on Shackleford Banks will , ba penned Saturday, Aug. 6. Governor Sounds Industry Keynote at C&D Meeting Bids for Transit Shed To be Opened Thursday Bids for a new transit shed at' Morehead City port will be opened Thursday, Col. Richard S. Marr, executive director of the North Carolina State Ports Authority, told members of the authority at a meeting in Morehead City Sat urday. The authority met in Wilming ton Thursday and came by boat' to Morehead City Friday. The Satur day meeting took place in the newly air-conditioned state ports office. Colonel Marr said that he hopes the new shed will be ready for use by. the end of September. It will be of metal construction, contain 39,700 square feet of space and have capacity for 4,000 hogsheads of tobacco. Avery Thompson, Lake Wacca maw, said he thought a fumigation plant for tobacco should be built as soon as possible. Henry Line bergcr, newest member of the au thority, suggested that a hundred thousand dollars to build the fu migation plant be borrowed so that the transit shed and fumigation plant could go up together. Chairman Edwin Pate said he thought it might be possible to get the necessary money. Colonel Marr said 8.000 hogsheads of to bacco are now booked to move through the port this fall. In answer to a question on the Cargill grain firm building a grain elevator at Morehead City, Colo nel Marr said no elevator will be built until freight rates to More head are lowered. Had Rented Space He said that during the past year Cargill rented a transit shed at Morehead City for four months at $1,000 a month in anticipation of storing oats. When time came to ship the oats, Cargill learned that freight rates to Morehead were 9 cents higher than to Nor folk and the shipment never was MK The company finally moved some wheat and corn through the port but Colonel Marr said even a rate difference of 1 cent will make companies turn from Morehead in favor nl other ports. He added that Ca* " I hopes to move some North Ca.'oiina corn and soybeans out of Morehead City this fall, some over eas and some by barge to the orth. He pointed out that the ports :annot set freight rates. Rates roust be established by the rail roads and truckers. Colonel Marr asked the author ity's concurrence with his proposal to employ sometime in the near .ut ure a "tobacco expert" who can sell tobacco exporters on the fact that Morehead City can handle their product. J. Harry White, Winston-Salem, authority member who is in the tobacco business, Mid he was high ly in favor of that after the new transit shed and fumigation plant are built. Other members con curred. Colonel Marr reported that he was in Chicago several months ago surveying the possibilities of open ing a porta office there but said he time haa not yet come for such a move. No More Bulk Fertilizer The authority decided that due .0 the damage to warehouses in handling fertiliaer in bulk, no more bulk fertilizer shipments would be handled at Morehead City. The action was taken following he reeding of a letter from Frank B. Turner, engineer with the state budget bureau. He said the loose fertiliaer (it looks like huge drifta of snow in the warehouses) cauaes ?orrosion around posts and rust of equipment uaed in handling it. He suggested that the revenue received from such fertiliser car ?oea be conaidered in light of cost of extensive repairs. Colonel Marr commented on the See PORT, Page S - Toastmasters Will Me?t Tomorrow Ted Davis will be the topic mas ter at tomorrow morning's meet ing of the Toaatmaateri Club at Hotel Fort Macon. The meeting i starts at 7 a.m. Topic critic will be P. H. Geer Ir. J. P. Harris will be toastmas ter and the invocation will be given by Oerald Hill. Prepared speakers will be t>r. David Farrior, Charles Summer lin and Frank Caaaiano. Critic* for the meeting inalude Gerald Hill. Dr Russell Outlaw, Dan Walker. Dr. W. L. Woodard, and Ronald Earl Maaon. Walton Hamilton will be maater critic and Mr. Geer will give the tjwitifflil ipticb. Morehead City Takes Action To Raze Buildings New Ordinance Gives Town Power to Take Down Unsafe Structures Morehead City town fathers took a big step Thursday night toward getting rid of dilapidated buildings in town. The board, by authority given towns in a state law passed in 1939, has adopted an ordinance which gives the town the right to demolish unsafe buildings which owners refuse to tear down. Officers having the authority to declare buildings unsafe are the superintendent of public safety, police chief, and inspector of streets and sanitation. Homes, stores, warehouses or any kind of building put up for use by human beings may be declared injurious lo the health and welfare of citi zens living in the town. Town fathers said such an ordi nance is necessary because some Negro families are still living in homes that have been condemned, and the town has no power to get the buildings torn down. The ordi nance is also interpreted as apply ing to certain buildings on Aren dell Street in the east part of town which, though partially des troyed by fire several years ago, are still standing. If a building is judged dan gerous in the opinion of the town officers named, a complaint will be presented the owner. Tke own er may file an answer and appear at a hearing. After that hearing, if the town official still believes the building unsafe, he shall notify the owners in writing of that fact. The owners will also be told that if repairs can be made at a cost of not more than half the value of the dwelling, those repairs must be made. If repairs are more costly than that, the owner will have to re move or demolish the building. If the owner fails to either repair or remove, the town board may then order the building to be removed or demolished. Cost of this will become a lien against the land on which the building is located. If any of the materials are sold by the town of ficer in charge of the demolition, proceeds shall be applied to the cost of razing fend the balance, if any, will be given to the clerk of Superior Court of the county who will give it to persons entitled to it. The ordinance becomes effective , today. ] Gov. Luther Hodges ... we must up income! 157 Children Get Shots Thursday Inoculated against polio at More head City Thursday were 176 chil dren. Number of shots given in rural communities throughout the ..ounty Friday was 77 and yester day 135, making the total to date 488 Polio shots will be given in the :iealth department office. Beau fort, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to day and again Thursday in the Morehead City Hospital annex. Tomorrow shots will be given at 1 a.m. at the Stella colored school; 10 am. at Odell Smith's store, Bogue; 10:45 a.m. at the Broad Creek Methodist Church and 1 p.m. at the Salter Path School Only first and second graders who received the first shot in the spring at school arc eligible for the second shot. The shots are administered free of charge by county health nurses. Children are asked to report to he clinics on time. Committee Reports Heard Yesterday Stressing the necessity of raining North Carolina's per capita income, Gov. Luther Hodges told the Board of Conservation and Develop ment yesterday morning at Camp Glenn that the state is "going out for industry.*' He said imagination and cour age are necessary to get it. "We want to help communities get in dustry, not do it for them," the Governor remarked, "and the per sonal work done by each of the board members is more important than the work done by the board as a whole." The Governor, who is chairman of the board, said that in weekly manufacturing earnings, North Carolina ranks 48th among the states. As an example of the dearth of manufactured products in this state, he said a mail order seafood firm was to be established within 50 miles of Morehead City and it won't be able to obtain in this state the packages or containers in which to ship the seafood. "North Carolina," the chief ex ecutive continued, "must have a higher per capita income, or other things are of no avail." As the result of a tax study com mission appointed in the last legis lature, the state's tax structure is being revised. He pointed this out in connection with the need for interesting manufacturers in estab lishing plants in this state on a long term basis. State Sets Pace Commenting on the state's water conservation and use program, he said that North Carolina is the only state in the southeast to start work on water control. Governor Hodges said he will appoint a state water commission within the next two weeks. See GOVERNOR. Page 7 Maypr'$ Wife, Two Children Witness Jet Fighter Crash Mrs. George Dill, wife of Mayor i Dill of Morehead City, her daugh- j ter Susan, and Kathy Chalk, daugh 1 ter of Mr. and Mrs. Skinner Chalk j Jr. saw a jet plane burst into ! flames and crash near Arapahoe Thursday morning. Two Marine flyers in the plane, Lt. Col. John E. Reynolds, 37, Clin ton, Mo., and Cpl. Anthony P. Mayo. 22, Revere, Mass., were killed. Mrs.. Dill and the two girls were returning from Camp Don Lee. a Methodist church camp, when Mrs. Dill noticed the plane. She said it was high in the sky, on fire and losing altitude rapidly. "I didn't know what the pilot might try to do," she said, "but 1 realized if he were going to bring it dowji, held have to cross the road we were on," Mrs. Dill said. "Just before we passed a wood ed area, I stopped the car. A wins came off and then the plane went ! out of sight behind the trees. We heard it explode as it hit the ground and pieces of wreckage were, scattered everywhere. Some were on fire and were lying on the road and 1 waited several minutes before proceeding, then went on.'* The plane landed in an open field and was consumed by flames. When Mrs. Dill spotted the plane, she and the children were headed back to camp because Susan had forgotten a shirt. When they came back about 15 minutes later, she said helicopters from Cherry Point Marine base were at the scene and were putting out the fire. She expressed amazement at the short time it took the 'copters to kill the intense flames. The accident, she said occurred between 10:15 and 10:30 a.m. The only other witnesses were a color ed man ami his family working in a field about a half mile away. See CRASH, Page 5 Coroner's Jury Orders Driver Held for Grand Jury Action John Russell Zimmerman was , ordered held under (9,000 bond for grand jury actioa by a coroner's Jury Friday nignt at the court- I house. Zimmerman is being held in connection with the death of Elvin Gaskill, Stacy. Gaskill was killed when a car, i which officers say Zimmerman was i driving, ran into him Friday, July IS, it Stacy. I The inquest was conducted by | Coroner I.eslie D Springle The first witness was Patrolman R H. 1 Brown who said that after receiv- ? ing a radio call Friday, July IS, he I went to Stacy and found Zimmer man in a house a short distance 1 from the postoffice there. He Hid Zimmerman admitted i that he was driver of the car I which struck Oaskill. The patrol man asked Zimmerman to go with him and while riding in the patrol i car, Zimmerman asked if the man I he hit was dead. I The patrolman said he told him, i "I don't know." According to th? i patrolman, Zimmerman also said, i i'lf the man I hit isn't dead, I'd be glad to serve 20 years In the 1 pen" Patrolman Brown said Zlmmer- 1 man was drunk and that Zimmer man told him he had had "several beers." i Dawned Described I Patrolman Brown described the i damage on the IMS Buick conver- ! tible Zimmerman bad been driving i and the damage on the 1953 Ford belonging to Gaskill. Between the fender and rear dumber of the convertible he aaid he found "some hair which ap peared to be human hair.'' Gs'kill was standing at the rear irf his ear when he was hit. The car was parked about 8 feet off I he paved portion of Highway 70, racing east, the patrolman testi fied. He aaid the convertible skid 210 feet after leaving the shoul jer of the road, hitting Gaakill ind the pirked car and then com ing to a stop beyond. Sheriff Hugh Salter, next an the witness stand, said that he met Patrolman Brown and Zimmerman ?t Stacy and Zimmerman "ap peared to be drunk." Whisky Found The sheriff described the scene ?f tbe accident aa he saw it when he arrived at Stacy. He also aaid that 3 feet In front of the stopped convertible. In a clump of tall trass, he found a half gallon jar of bootleg whisky. He estimated that a half pint to a pint of the whisky was missing. Sheriff Salter said he then went lo Sea Level to talk to James Tay lor who waa reportedly with Zim merman at the time of the acci dent. He said he took a statement Irom Taytor and later tried to get ? statement from Zimmerman, but Zimmerman refused to say any thing. The sheriff estimated that Gas kill's body lay 10 fret from where he had been standing when hit lie said he made the estimate on basis of reports from people who were at the scene when he arrived. Jesse Graham, Newport route 2, who works with the State High way and Public Works 'Commis sion, was placed on the stand. Gra ham said he had "knocked off for lunch" the day of the accident and was sitting in his truck when l>? "heard tires squalling." He described the convertible's approach, as "coming along the Nee Jl'RV. Page 7 Concert to Begin At 7 Tonight The second and last summer con ecrt will be given at the bandstand at the Recreation Building, More head City, tonight at 7 o'clock with Ralph Wade directing. The band, composed of young sters who have been studying un der Mr. Wade as part of the rec reation program at the center, will play waltzes, marches and novelty numbers. Band members will wear their new summer uniforms. In the event of rain, tke concert will be moved Indoors, said Mr. Wade, and there will be ample seating fa* all who attend
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