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44th YEAR, NO. 63. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD Cft*T AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
504 Ar*iU?U St.
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Driver Appeals
Verdict in Drunk
Driving Case
Judge Lambert Morris
Orders Defendant
To Post $150 Bond
Charles F. Francis was bound
over to Superior Court Thursday
under $150 bond when he appealed
after being found guilty of driv
ing drunk. Francis's case was
heard in County Recorder's Court,
Judge Lambert Morris presiding.
The defendant was fined $100
and costs on the drunken driving
charge. A charge of having an ex
pired license was dropped.
Billie Wrenn Cross was fined
$200 and costs when he pleaded
guilty to careless and reckless driv
ing.
James Forbes was fined $150
and costs for assault. Of the total
fine, $100 will be given to the pros
ecuting witness, John McGregor,
to reimburse him for the loss of
four front teeth. Forbes was also
given a suspended 60-day sentence
on the roads.
To Pay $10 Weekly
L. E. Gillikin was assessed costs
and must pay $10 each week for
the support of his child. He was
found guilty of non-support and
given a suspended two-year sen
tence on the roads.
Fines of $10 and costs were as
sessed against Jerome E. Withey,
and George Samuel Browder,
speeding; George W. Gillikin, vio
lation of fishing laws, and John
Findley Robbins Jr., failing to
yield the right of way.
Costs Paid
Costs were assessed in the fol
lowing cases: Roger D. Simmons,
improper equipment (he was found
not guilty of careless and reckless
driving, and a charge of driving
drunk on a separate warrant was
dropped), Francis R. Davis, and
Robert Eugene Taylor, speeding.
James Rogers Byard, careless
and reckless driving; Mrs. Louise
B. Taylor and Aaron Bell, mali
cious prosecution, and Richard Lee
Bower, following too close.
Albert Karol Larrimore was
fined $25 and costs in lieu of 30
days on the roads when he was
found guilty of careless and reck
less driving.
Lucinda Fisher, charged with
forcible trespass and disturbing
the peace, was given a six months'
suspended eentence in Woman's
Prison on the condition that she
remain on good behavior for two
years.
Half costs were assessed Hender
son Ither Thompson for having no
lights.
Bonds Forfeited
Bonds were forfeited by the fol
lowing: Billy Mac Styron, allow
ing unlicensed person to operate
vehicle; Ada Sue Owens, no op
erator's license; Melvin G. Shelton,
improper license, and Walter
Harkley, insufficient brakes.
Cases against the following were
dropped: Thomas Andrew McMi
chen, no operator's license, drunk
en driving, careless and reckless
and speeding; David Roger Jentz,
driving on wrong side of road, and
Eugene J. Cannon, speeding.
Dismissed were the cases against
Mary Ella Merrill, assault, and Ar
thur Carroll Taylor and Arnold
Roy Berry, careless and reckless
driving.
Cases against the following were
continued: Ervan E. Haniscey, Roy
Eugene Mills, James F. Souther
land, Jack Gillikin, Charles Jef
fery Imber, James Edward Law
rence, Edward Donald Merrill,
James Carroll, Jack Marion Green,
William Harold Lamareaux, Dun
can Warren, Oscar William Over
field.
Robert J. Smith. Isaiah Reels,
Gurnie Thomas Murray. William
Jerry Willis, James Smith, James
Taylor, Dudley Lee Cragg, Mary
K. Garner, Thomas Marion Garner,
William Bell. Robert Odell Oakley.
Earl Mcintosh Noe Jr., and Ro
bert Primrose Gooding.
Fishing Institute
To Move to Manteo
Next summer the Saltwater
Sports Fishing Institute will be
conducted at Manteo. The school,
operated for several days each
summer by the North Carolina
State College Extension Division
has been held at Morehead City
since its beginning aeveral years
ago.
Ted Davia, manager of the More
head City Chamber of Commerce,
said the change was made because
instructors, who give their services
free of charge, suggested the Dare
coast
He said the extension division
of the collage has informed him
that several other schools 'have
tentatively beea scheduled for
Morehead City next summer In
addition to the meter school and
cotton classing courses.
Grass Fire Put Out
Beaufort firemen extinguished a
grass (ire Wednesday afternoon on
Highway 101.
Caught in the Front Yard
Photo by Reginald W. Lewis
Canfield Willis and Carl Edwards, Morehead City teen-agers, are shown holding tight to their catch, a
150-pound, 7-foot long black-tip shark. The boys caught the shark after an hour's fight while fishing off
the former 8th Street dock in Morehead City at sundown last Monday. They were in a small skiff. The
shark was still alive when it was brought in and Edwards is still mighty wary of the shark's tail. After
killing the animal, the boys towed it out to yea. It's most unusual for a shark of this size to be in a
waterfront channel. It is believed he came in to feed on the shrimp heads an<1 other scrap thrown over
board from the fish houses.
Beaufort Boy
Almost Drowns
Five-year-old Ralph Thomas Jr.,
Beaufort, almost drowned at 10
o'clock yesterday morning while
swimming at Pivers Island. His
mother, with other mothers, had
taken their children swimming
and ?h? child stepped into a deep
part of the water.
The little boy's 8-year-old sister,
Judy, called to her mother and
when Mrs. Thomas saw Ralph, he
was about gone. When she reached
him, he was limp.
Artificial respiration was given
Ralph when he was brought ashore
'and the resuscitator at the Beau
fort Fire Department was sent for.
Elmond Rhue, engineer at the de
partment, rushed to the island but
when he got there he said that
Ralph showed signs of life so he
put him in his car and took him
immediately to Morehead.City Hos
pital.
Mrs. Ernest Guthrie, Ralph's
grandmother, said yesterday after
noon that he was resting comfort
ably. He was full of salt water and
muck and if he doesn't contract
pneumonia, should be all right in
a few days, Mrs. Guthrie said.
Charges Filed
FollowingWreck
As the result of a wreck at 10:15
Saturday night Harvey Lewis,
Morehead City, has been charged
with driving drunk, driving with
out a license and causing an acci
dent. He will be tried in recorder's
court next Monday.
Officers say Lewis's car collided
with Cn automobile driven by Dal
mon Earl Lawrence, Morehead
City.
According to the investigating
officer, Sgt. Joe Smith, the Law
rence vehicle, a 1851 Kord con
vertible, owned by Charles S.
Wetherington Jr., Beaufort, was
stopped at 6th and Bridges Streets.
Lawrence said he noted the un
usual manner in which Lewis was
driving his car. a 1951 Studebaker,
and then the Lewis vehicle bit the
vertible head-on. Lawrente suf
fered a slight cut on his scalp.
Lawrence was headed east on
Bridges and Lewis west.
Lewis will also answer to forc
ible trespass and assault charges
nssinst him which have been
pending.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Aug. >
12:05 p.m.
5:24 a.m.
8:08 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. II
12:15 a.m.
12:58 p m
0:08 a.m.
7:26 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 11
1:13 a.m.
1:58 p.m.
7:20 a.m.
8:40 p.m.
Friday, Aug. IS
2:20 a.m.
iM p.m.
8:50 a.m.
?:M p.m.
Patrolmen Investigate
Four Weekend Wrecks
State highway patrolmen inves
tigated four wrecks over the week
end. There were no fatalities, but
persons were injured in every ac
cident.
At 9 o'clock Saturday night on
the Nine-Foot Road near Newport
a 1947 Chevrolet driven by Leon
Clyde Tolson, Newport, plowed
into a Studebaker which was push
ing a Hudson.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman W. E. Pickard, two Ma
rines were trying to repair the
Hudson. Owner of the Hudson was
Marvin Schaefer, Newport, and
owner of the car pushing the Hud
sofc was Richard Lee Ashcraft,
Newport.
Witnesses said the men were
going up and down the road with
out lights on their vehicles. When
the Chevrolet struck the cars,
SHaefer was kneeling in front of
the Hudson and got his held
knocked open. Tolson got a minor
cut. Damage to all cars was esti
mated at $950
At 2 o'clock Sunday morning
Kennard Andrew Taylor, Camp
Lejeune, received a severe bruise
on his left side when the car he
was driving failed to make a curve
just east of the Oyster Creek
Bridge on Highway 70.
The car, a 1951 Studebaker, left
the road and turned over in a canal
containing three feet of Vvater. The
left front wheel came off the car.
Two other Marines riding with
( Taylor were uninjured but wet.
All were taken to Sea Level Hos
pital. Taylor has been charged
with speeding. State highway Pa
trolman W. J. Smith Jr. investi
gated.
Driver Hurt
Calvert Hart, Havelock, was in
jured at 3:15 Sunday morning
when the car he was driving left
the Nine-Foot Road, flew into
Clyde Cannon's front yard, smashed
Mr. Cannon's new 1955 Chevrolet
Police Personnel
Changes Made
Three changes have been made
on the Morehead City police de
partment due to the resignation
of Lt. Guion (Guy) Springle to
accept the police chief's post in
Beaufort.
Walter Thomas, Morehead City,
has been added to the force, Sgt.
Carl Bunch has been promoted to
lieutenant and Patrolman Joe
Smith to sergeant.
Tbe appointment and promotions
went into effect yesterday. Mr.
Thomas, known throughout the
county for his mound chores on
the baseball field, has the rank of
patrolman. Miss Marie Willie, who
had a leave of absence due to 111
neaa, has returned as radio opera
tor and Mrs. Douglas Wade, who
substituted for her, Is on stand-by
duty. i
The announcement of changes in i
the police force was made by Po- '
lice Commissioner Ted Garner and
Chief of Police Herbert Griffin- I
and knocked the supports out from
under the Cannon front porch.
Hart, who was proceeding to
ward Newport at th? time of the
accident, was taken to Morehead
City Hospital by State Highway
Patrolman R. H. Brown.
At 12136 a.m. Saturday a 1950
Hudson driven by Erich G. Knech
tel. Cherry Point, was demolished
when it ran into a tree at Atlantic.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman J. W. Sykes, Knechtel
failed to make the right angle turn
where the road leaves Atlantic and
continues to Cedar Island.
Two Marines with Knechtel suf
fered cuts. Ronald Tattison, Cherry
Point, was cut on the head and
arms, and Hobart Lynch was cut
on the head and legs. They were
taken by the Adair ambulancc to
Morehead City Hospital.
Knechtel has been charged with
speeding
State Highway Patrolman W. E.
Pickard said a car also went in
the ditch Friday night at the in
tersection of Highway 70 and the
Merrimon Road, but details on the
accident were not available.
12-Year-Old Boy Breaks In,
Ransacks J. D. Holt Home
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Transmitter for Amateur
Radio Operators Goes Up
If Connie, the first hurricane to+
head this way this season, hits
here, the communications problem
will be solved.
Ted Davis, Morehcad City, an
amateur radio operator, reported
yesterday that Adam Mayer has put
up a lf>0 watt transmitter a' the
Morehead City Shipbuilding Corp.
Two 35-foot poles for the erec
tion job were donated by Carteret
Craven Electric Membership Corp.
The poles were set by Carolina
Power, and Light, and Mr. Mayer
of Carteret Electronics, is hooking
up the transmitter which will per
mit two-way radio operation on all
amateur bands.
Permission to put the poles on
their property was granted by the
Morehead City Shipbuilding Corp.
The new transmitter was expected
to be ready for operation late yes
terday or early today.
It was not known whether Con
nie would hit the Carolinas, but
small craft have been warned that
winds would reach hurricane force
150 to 200 miles offshore today
and tonight.
Residents of this area were
asked to take any necessary pre
caution against high winds, but it ,
will not be known until sometime
today whether the hurricane's
course will bring it directly this
way.
Seven Motorists
Lose Licenses
Seven motorists, including two
county residents, have been asked
to hand over their licenses by the
State Highway Safety Division.
They have been convicted of motor
vehicle Eolations in Morehead City
and County Recorder's Courts.
George Turner, Beaufort, lost his
license when he was found guilty
of drunken driving and driving
without a license. Wesley Burtiell
Eubanks, Morehead City, had his
license picked up when he was
found guilty of drunken driving
and reckless driving.
Other revocations: Robert Sher
man Water, Finetown, and Richard
F. Brazer, Cherry Point, both
found guilty of drunken driving;
and Jerome C. Kopezynski, Cherry
Point, found guilty of drunken
driving and hit and run.
Willie Arrfiistead, Morehead City, <
was found guilty of speeding and '?
bis license has been suspended.
The license of James E. Lykins, j
Cherry Point, was suspended when
he was found guilty of speeding
over 75 miles per hour in More
head City Recorder's Court.
District Governor
To Attend Rotary
Meeting Tonight
Beaufort Rotarian^ will be host
at 6:45 tonight to E. Frank Ruble,
governor of the 279th District of
Rotary International, who is mak
ing his annual official visit to the
43 Rotary Clubs in the 279th Dis
trict. He will address the club and
confer with President Gerald Hill,
Secretary Warden L. Woodard and
committee chairmen on Rotary ad
ministration and service activities.
Mr. Ruble is manager of uie
Beaufort County Storage Ware
house In Washington, N. C , and
is a member of the Rotary Club
of Washington. He was elected
District Governor of Rotary Inter
national for the 1955-56 fiscal year
at Rotary's Golden Anniversary
Convention in Chicago last June.
Wherever Rotary Clubs are lo
cated, President Hill asserted in
discussing the Governor's visit,
their activities are similar to those
of the Rotary Club of Beaufort be
E. Frank Ruble
... to visit Beaufort
cause they are based on the same
general objectives developing bet
ter understanding and fellowship
among business and professional
men, promoting community-better
ment undertakings, raising the
standards of business and profes
sions, and fostering the advance
ment of good-will, understanding
and peace among all peoples of
the world.
Each year this world-wide ser
vice organization continues to
See ROTARY, Page 2
Remodeled Bank to be Open
To Public 7 to 9:30 Friday
This Is tkr Inviting renovated interior of the FlraiCtUaeas Bask and Trust Co.. Beaafarl laan H.
Dart*, caskler and manager, Is In tkc rigfct foreg round.
An open house Friday night will
mark the formal opening of the
renovated First-Citizens Bank 1"
Trust Co. in Beaufort
The public ia Invited to visit the
bank between 7 and 0:30 p.m.
where they will be conducted on
? tour and served refreshment?.
R. P. Holding, president of First
Citiiens. commented upon the fine
ritizenahip displayed by the peo
ple of Beaufort and Carteret Coun
ty. and expressed the opinion that
this area would continue to pro
gress along with North Carolina
as a whole.
He stated "We are extremely
tee BANE, Page ?
? Caught red-handed yesterday morning at 9 a.m. was a
12-year-old Morehead City boy who has been charged with
breaking and entering the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Holt
at the west end of Shepard Street, Morehead City.
The lad, who has been handed over to Juvenile Court
Judge A. H. James, was apprehended by Walter Fried
ericns assistant manager of the*
state port, and Mrs. William S.
Page, 2108 Shepard St. Mrs. Pago,
who lives across from the Halts,
suspected the boy. When Mr.
Friederichs checked by the house
yesterday morning, Mrs. Page went
around the back of the house and
Mr. Friederichs went through the
front.
He got a hold of the lad, but the
youngster squirmed out of his
grasp. He was chased for two blocks
before a workman at a house on
Evans Street dropped his tools and
grabbed the u>y
The whole neighborhood had
taken up the chase. Mr. Holt,
whose house was entered, is man
ager of the state port.
Holts on Vacation
The Holts are on vacation and
the boy is reported by Chief of
Police Herbert Griffin to have first
gone into the house last Wednes
day night. A. screen on a window
facing the water was cut and the
window glass broken.
The youngster went in again
Thursday night and Friday morn
ing He was trapped on the back
porch yesterday morning by Mr.
Friederichs and Mrs. l'age.
Takes Piggy Hank
Tiie child ransacked the house,
just tearing things up in general,
the chief said, fie also took a glass
piggy bank with several dollars in
it
Ever since the first break-in was
discovered last week, police went
by every few hours to check the
house and the State Bureau of In
vestigation was called in for assist
ance.
The Holts have been notified of
the break ins and are expected to
return home Friday.
Identity of the child cannot be
published because he is under 16.
Fire Destroys G. T. Spivey
Warehouse Early Monday
Marine Nearly
Drowns at Beach
Beaufort firemen answered a
call for their resuscitator Friday
morning at 1:30 a.m., but were
turned back in Morehead City by
the Morehead City police depart
ment who reported the near vic
tim, a Marine, had been brought
back to consciousness.
Sgt. Thomas J. liansberry, and
three Marine buddies from Camp
Lejeune decided to go swimming
at Atlantic Beach early Friday
morning. SergeaAt Hansberry went
under and his buddies fished him
out of the water and started giv
ing him artificial respiration.
In the meantime, Atlantic Beach
authorities called the Morehead
City police, who in turn called
Beaufort's Fire Department for the
resuscitator.
Also called to the scene was
Dr. Samuel Hatcher, who after
looking over the revived man,
said he could be returned to Camp
Lejeune by car.
The buddies of the almost
drowned Marine brought him back
to life after working on hun for
an hour and 15 minutes.
The Marines, Cpl. Stanley L.
Hall, Pvt. Patrick J. Calvey, Pfc.
David J. Rhoda, as well as Ser ,
geant Hansberry, were all charged
with indecent exposure and swim
ming after dark by the beach po
lice.
County Medical Society
Passos Bonner Resolution
A resolution has been passed by
the bereavement committee of the
County Medical Society in remem- .
brance of Or. K. P. B. Bonner, ex- ^
pressing the loss felt by the group ,
on the death of Dr. Bonner.
The resolution stated that Dr. .
Bonner had been a pioneer in mcd- '
icine both in the county and state, I
and was a revered citizen of the ;
county for 50 years. It brought ;
forth the fact that the doctor was
an untiring worker in government
affairs and in making of certain
medical policies for the state.
The resolution was drawn by the
bereavement commitlec, Dr. U. C.
Cooke, chairman.
Destroyed by fire at 1:15 yes
terday morning was the G. T. Spi
vey warehouse, Highway 101, Beau
fort. The wooden warehouse, 20
by 40 feet, was loeated near the
Spivey home.
Mr. Spivey said he was wakened
by some eolored boys who drove
up in front of his house and called
that the "house" was on fire.
When the Spiveys were roused,
they realized it was the warehouse.
Neighbors are believed to have
called the Beaufort Fire Depart'
ment.
Mr. Spivey, who is in the whole
sale produce business, estimates
his loss at $2,500. He said there
were some onions, potatoes and
equipment, such as auto and truck
tires, in the warehouse.
The loss ifetpartialty 0&vcred '?y
insurance, but only to a slight ex
tent, Mr. Spivey said. It is not
known how the fire started. *
He said his business will be
closed temporarily, but he hopes
to be back in operation in about
10 days.
Firemen returned to the station
at about 3 a.m.
Nick Moering
Speaks to Club
Nick Moering, Jacksonville, Fla.,
was the speaker at the meeting
of the Morehead City Rotary Club
Thursday night at Fleming's Res
taurant.
Mr. Moering, a native of Hol
land. who has spoken to the club
previously, gave a talk on Com
munism. He said that a nation
which believed in one ever-living
and true God had nothing to fear
from Communism.
Introducing Mr. Moering was
with H. S. Gibbs, vice-president,
program chairman Bill Davies,
presiding at the meeting in the
absence of President A1 Chestnut.
Visitors were Dick Hardy and
Jasper Lewis, LaGrange; Sterling
Wooten and Jim McChesner, Golds
t)oro; Lee Nance, Ayden; Howard
Brooks, Chatham, Va., and E. P.
Blair, Vanceboro.
Agents Attends Meeting
R. M. Williams, farm agent, A1
Newsome, assistant agent, and Mrs.
Floy Garner, home agent, attended
the district farm and home agents'
meeting Thursday at Edenton.
United States Forester
Thanks Newport Firemen
Newport Fire Department re;
cently received a letter of thanks
for its help to United States for
esters in controlling the (ires which
occurred early this summer in the
western part of Carteret.
The letter from D. J. Morriss.
forest supervisor, Aaheville, N. C ,
follows:
"It has been quite a while since
your invaluable assistance to us in
suppression of the big fire in the
pocosin on the Croatan National
Forest. We had hoped that the fire
could he put out promptly and all
of the detalla of paying the men
and thanking our good cooperators
could be done much sooner
"However, only recently have the
rains extinguished the laat of the
fire in the muck around the lakes.
At lent we hope that Is the case.
"While there was a Urge acreage
lost, we arc all happy that there
was no loss of improved property,
other than the interior of a couple
of autombiles, and that no lives
were lost nor any serious injuries
causcd by the fire. Much of this
is due. of course to the fine co
operation wc received from you and
our other neighbors In the area.
"On behalf of the United States
Forest Service I wish to thank yttu,
and to express the hope that work
ing together we can prevent the ne
cessity of fighting such a damaging
fire in the future."
Chief B. * T. Smith Jr. of the
Newport Fire Department said that
the work his department did was
made possible only by the co-opera
tion of Beaufort and Morehead City
firemen. "Without them. Chief
Smith remarked, "we would have
been lost."