NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Arendell St Morabead City . Phoo* S-417S CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 44th YEAR, NO. 82. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Clarence I. Piner Killed in Crash Don Willis , Star Athlete , Drowns Off New Jersey Coast Immediate Efforts to Find Body Unsuccessful Don Willis, 20, Atlantic, well-known county sports star, drowned Monday off the New Jersey coast when h* was knocked from a menhaden boat. Willis's body hau not been recovered as of yesterday. He was the stellar pitcher for the Atlantic baseball team. He won the county championship for his team Sunday Education Board Names Advisory School Group An educational advisory com mittee, to deal with school prob lems, has been appointed by mem bers of the County Board of Edu cation. Members of this committee are Paul Jones, L. R Johnson, both of Beaufort; Mrs. B. F. Royal and John Tillery Sr., both of Morehead City; Aaron Craig, Newport, and Earl Wade, Davis. Yet to be ap pointed is a representative from the Atlantic school district. At the October meeting of the county board of education the North River and Mcrrimon Schools were declared surplus property and the county attorney, Alvah Hamilton, has been notified to pro ceed with advertising and sale of the properties. H. L. Joslyn, county superin tendent of schools, was authorized to confer with A. D. Fulford, coun ty sanitarian, regarding a drain age project at the rear of the Beaufort School buildbigi and on the low areas at the Queen Stre?t School, Beaufort. , The .superintendent durui'ed "olTAnrollmcnt daring toe ^?st five years and the county's build ing needs. He announced that the district School Board Association meeting will take place Friday, Oct. 21, at Greenville, and the state meeting at Chapel Hill Nov. 18. Mercury Ranges From SI io 86 Temperatures in the county hit a high of 86 on Friday and a low of 51 degrees Tuesday, according to E. Stamey Davis, weather ob server. Rainfall for the week totaled .16 inchcs. It marked the second straight week that the county had very sparse rainfall. The high and low temperatures and wind directions were as fol lows: Max. Mia. Winds Thursday 85 66 NE Friday 86 73 SW Saturday 84 74 S Sunday 75 59 NE Monday 75 57 NE Tuesday 80 51 SW Wednesday 80 55 S ?when he pitched against bailer Path in the league playoff. Atlan tic won every game Willis pitched, except one, this season. A graduate of Atlantic High School, he was also an outstand ing player on Atlantic's basketball team during his high school ca reer. Seven Miles Offshore According to reports received here, Willis was knocked from the boat as fish were being baled into the hold. The accident occurred seven miles offshore. His father, Grovcr Willis, also of Atlantic was aboard at the time. j A hook off a whip line evident j ly hit willis on the head. He fell into the water and immediate ef forts to locate him failed. It is believed that he was knocked un conscious and then drowned. Left Here Sunday Mr. Willis and his son left this county following the game Sunday. They had been fishing off the Jer sey coast weekdays all summer and were aboard the Thomas C. McNeill, a Harvey Smith boat. The accident happened between 4 and 5 p.m. Monday, with the boat heavily laden with fish. Mr. Willis returned to his home at Atlantic Tuesday morning. Sur vivors, in addition to the parents, are a brother, Myron Wade, and a sister, Linda. Shippers Meat At Morehead City Tobacco exporters of eastern Carolina, (hipping agents, and ports officials gathered at More head City last weekend while the German freighter, Gloria, was in dock. They were entertained at lunch eon Saturday by the Morehead City Shipping Co., operated by W. T. Daves, and had dinner aboard the Gloria Saturday night. Present ware representatives of A. C. Monk and Co., Farmville, Austin-Carolina Co., Kinston., Mr. Fahl, representing the German buyers, Peter Brown Ruffin of the Wilmington Shipping Co., Col. Richard Marr, executive director of the State Ports Authority, and H. A. Byrne, vice-president of W. 0 Smith and Co., freight for warders. Mrs. Byrne was also pres ent. J. D. Holt, manager of the state port, said that preliminary con struction has begun on the new warehouse. The warehouse will be located on the site now designated as open storage area. It will be sent here in sections and assem bled. Mayors Will Go To Water Rate Hearing Tuesday Three Towns to Protest Increase Proposed by Carolina Water Co. Cife GJ0rge Dil1 Morehead City and Mayor Clifford Lewis of tyVi; z?:rszn?osi commissi?n al B?Ilf?JOWn5 Mor<*?d City, tertln. " Sll0W HiI1 arc testing a raise in water rates oro SkLC,:lin' w?ter Co whTch .'he ,hree municipalities. that the ,hPCOPOSCd in AuRust that the three towns take joint Mrrf?."\Pr?te5,ing ,he rs'sc Ac ri.u W,ter comPany offi double Th 'nCrC>se approximately requested PreSCnt is ^ Special Counsel The towns have retained Dr i Carolina 2^?' we" known North caw for ,? """Zl t0 prc5Pn( 'he eenMv m Dr Ukc ""til re erfi" TV. ?" thc att?rney gen ? '**" "i Raleigh. He now practices law with the Raleigh firm, Fletcher and Lake Representing the town of Beau fort will be Gene Smith, town at torney, the town of Morehead City PownrgC?fMf ei"' "rtuS wards, attorney, *?" Dri'vife^"*.' cus,omer? ?re also! privileged to appear at thc hcar ti120,000 represents one of the largest amounts of money expended in the county for church conatruction. The services on opening day are Sunday School at 8:46, morning worship service at 11, open house from 3 until 6 o'clock. Baptist Training Union at 6, and evening worship service at 7. Preparations have been made for an enlarged Sunday School and auditorium fa cilitiea. The Sunday School department can adequately accommodate 300 to 326 parsons with a staff at 66 teachers and officers. The audi torium and balcony will saat 360 to 400 persona. Air conditioning la provided throughout the auditor ium and educational section i. lav Italian Islsatli The pastor, Rev. John W. P rt vott, states, "We have one of the very finest church plants in Car teret County and Eastern North Carolina. Our committees and peo ple have anxioualy awaited for thia day when adequate facilities might be provided. We want all of our friends to be with us Oct 16 to visit our building." The beginnings of the Atlantic Missionary Baptist Church are stated in the recorded history of the church aa follows: "In Novem ber 1896 a group of nine people met and organised a new church in Atlantic to be known ss the Lcary Memorial Baptist Church in honor of Thomas A. Leafy of Morehead City who waa the first Missionary Baptist to preach here. The services were held la an old store near the water's edge." The church has occupied five buildings in It* history; the old store near the water's edge, *a old school house called the "lam" which wss later purchased by the church, the old wooden structure which now stands, the building which was destroyed by fire, and the present new building. Church sites have been changed aa many times, and the new church and educational building are on a lot located on the east side a t Highway 70 about Midway of tae community. The new building is of Colonial architecture with while eolumni on the front portioo and the brick of Colonial design is from Ten nessee. The auditorium la spacious with 12 stained glass windows given by individuals of the church and the baptistry ia furnished with a Jordan river scene painted by Walter Keul of Shelby and pre sented to the church by two fam ilies The educational section provides for six aaaembly rooms, IS rooms, a kitchen, a pastor's study and doeeta. The church spire riaea 78 fad above the aidewalks. The building committee mem bars an Clayton Fulchar Jr., Mrs. Leota Hammer, Mrs. Norma Ma son. Clayton Fukher Sr., and Gaa ton Smith. Architect for the Job has been Raymond Fuaon of New Bern and i general contractor has been H. L. i Coble Construction Co. of Greena The church has grown from a charter membership of nine to a total af MM today. The budget ha* grown in the same proportions from that of a small begin alng to the current income last year af *28,635 The present pastor, Mr. Privott. hat been with the church ? 37 Building Goes Up in Flames ,. w 4 ' ? ? - -- . ? ?! Photo by Jerry Schumacher Firemen battled desperately Monday morning to save the Heart of the Bearh and surrounding build ings at Atlantic Reach. The large frame structure, valued at more than $70,000, was destroyed when fire spread into it from the adjoining Surf Grill. At 3 o'clock yesterday morning Morehead City firemen were called to the Midway Grill which had partially burned in the Heart of the Beach blaze. Fire had sprung up In it again, but firemen soon put the flames out. County Farmers to Receive Aid on Purchase of Grains Dan Walker Hurt By Disinfectant Dan Walker, Beaufort town clerk, received painful injuries to both eyes at 3:50 Wednesday af ternoon when a can of garbage truck disinfectant spurted into his face. Mr. Walker, with the chief of police; Guy Springlc. was in the garage by the town hall on Broad Street when the accident hap pened. Chief Springle rushed him to Dr. Silas Thome, a Morchcad City eye doctor. He was treated and sent home where he will be re cuperating for several days. According to the chief of police, the disinfectant is packed in a pressurized can. As Mr. Walker started to move the can, the hose flipped off and the spray struck him in the face. Chief Springle said he jumped aside or the spray would have hit him too. NCEA Unit Will Meet Wednesday The Carteret County unit of the North Carolina Education Asso ciation will meet at 3 p.m. Wed nesday at the Beaufort School. N. A. Avert, social security represen tative for the Wilmington district, will be the speaker. He will dis cuss the social security program. Plans for the meeting were made at the executive council meeting recently at Beaufort. Attending were K. B. Comer, principal of Newport School; H. L. Joslyn, county superintendent of schools; Ramie Davis, principal of the Camp Glenn School; Mrs. Beatrice Martin, first grade teach er, Beaufort. Mrs. Dorothy Porter, seventh grade teacher, Newport; Mrs. Anne Harvell, eighth grade teacher, Morehead City; Thomas Cordova, eighth grade teacher. Camp Glenn; and Mrs. Janie Garner, fint grade teacher, Newport. Look, Ma! It's Spring in October Because the storms stripped foliage from the trees and bush es. Nature now probably thinks that spring has come ? fruit trees arc in bloom, both wild cherry and backyard pear trees. Home gardeners report iris is putting forth new growth and is almost 10 inches high. Shade trees are budding out with new leaves. The explanation, evidently, is that the ground was heavily sat urated with storm rains; now the very warm October days are helping reproduce the in gredients of spring -and the plants just can't resist, they're busting out all over. Toastmasters Install Officers Dr. W L. Woodard was installed as president of the County Toast masters at the meeting Wednesday morning at the Hotel Fort Macon. Other officers, installed by past president J. P. Harris, included W. C. Matthews Jr., vice-president; Theodore Phillips, educational vice-president and publicity chair man; C. T. Lewis, sergcant-at arms, and Gerald Hill, secretary treasurer. Two new members attended the installation. They were Jerry Rowe and J. B. Eubanks. The group discussed the chang ing of their meeting time from early morning to the evening, but no decision was made. Jerry Rowe, Mr. Eubanks, Frank Cassiano and Jasper Bell gave short impromptu talks with Theo dore Phillips acting as topic critic. Firm Incorporates The Goodwin Construction Co., Inc.. Morehead City, has been es tablished with authorized capital $100,000. Principal stockholders are Bruce L,. Goodwin and Ethel B Goodwin, both of Morehead City; and Cleo B. Merrell, Beau fort. * We Thank You! II has br*n most gratifying <11 week to receive rommentji. in per ion and by phone, regarding Tues day's NEWS-TIMES fishing edition "lt'a wonderful." "I've been living her* all my life and didn't know hall those things about fishing!" "That picture on the front page. It's bUKtifUl." Again regarding the front page picture: "I'd lika to have a large one like that to frame." "Tboat articles by wtboriUaa to (hp fishing Industry are splendid. They could be used ss ? textbook on fishing." "It was a marvelous lob." "I'm going to save it to read over the weekend!" Those and many more compli ments have been coming to us and we ? the entire NEWS - TIMES staff ? sincerely appreciate tbem. Production of the coastwise fish ing edition waa a big Job and the wonderful reception by readers makes It well worth our efforts. ? Tfce Editor ? Carteret County has been ap proved to receive government aid on purchase of grain for feeding livestock. Kartn leaden attended a meet ing at New Bern yesterday and were told details of the prograjh. The government will credit the farmer with $1 on purchaae of every hundred pounds of grain. B. J. May. ASC manager, said he be lieves the program will be of a big help to county farmers who lost feed crops in the recent storms. For example, in the case of corn, the government's share will prob ably amount to one-half the cost. Mr. May said. Where to Apply Farmers may apply to any one of three offices for the assistance: the ASC office on the second floor of the postoffice building, Beau fort; the Farmers Home Adminis tration office, second floor of the postoffice building, Beaufort (open second and fourth Thursdays), or the county farm agent's office, first floor of the Beaufort postoffice. After the application is made, it is turned over to the FHA for ap proval or rejection. If It is ap proved. the farmer then goes to the ASC office where a purchase order is issued. He then takes the purchase or der to the dealer from whom he is buying the grain, and receives a re duction of $1 per hundredweight on his purchase. Grains Approved The types of grains approved for purchase are corn, oats, barley and grain sorghum, plus two other types of grains: A. containing 73 per cent of one of the approved grains, or B, containing 60 per cent of one of the approved grains. All feeds must be properly tagged by the dealer* and must meet state requirements. In addition to Carteret, other counties approved for this assist ance are Craven. Beaufort, Pamli co. Tyrrell, Washington, Pasquo tank and Dare. Attending the special meeting at New Bern yesterday at Neuie Manor were R. M. Williams, coun ty farm agent; Mr. May, Orville Gaskill. Beaufort, and Roy Garner, Newport. Nine Countians Go To Raloigh Yesterday Nine persons from this county attended the state conference on education yesterday at Raleigh. They were Mrs. Elmer Willis, Williaton; E. W. Downum, Beau fort; George R. Wallace, W. B. Chalk, Mrs A. B. Roberts Jr., Mrs. D. J. Eure, H. L- Joslyn, 8. R. McLcndon, all of Morohead City, and Mrs. Floyd Garner, New port The state conference climaxes a aeries of regional conferences and precedes the White House Conference on Education at Wash ington, D. C. Porta Authority Meets The North Carolina State Ports Authority held its quarterly meet ing yesterday at Charlotte. Young Father Dies When Car Upsets Near Davis Clarcnce Edward I'iner, 26, Otway, was killed at 10 :50 Wednesday night in an automobile accident on Highway 70 east of Davis. With Piner at the time was Sylvester Lawrence of Ot way, owner of the car in which the two men were riding. According to Coroner Leslie D. Springle, Piner and Law rence were oouna tor siacy wnere< Mrs. Piner and her two young daughters were staying with rela tives. The coroner said the car was evi dently going at a high rate of speed. It ran off the left shoul der of the road east of the Oyster Creek Bridge, hit a tree and turned over in the ditch. The car, a 1951 Mercury, was demolished. Dead on Arrival Lawrence, who was not serious ly injured, was taken home. Piner was taken to Sea Level Hospital by a passing motorist but was pro- 1 nounced dead upon arrival. Piner was employed by the Nor folk Dredging Co. and worked out of Norfolk. Coroner Springle said Law rence told investigators that Piner was driving the car at the time of the accident. Jury Sworn In A jury has been impaneled by the coroner to hear evidence in the case, but time of the inquest had not been set by noon yester day. Members of the coroner's jury are J. S. Steed, G. T. Spivey, James Potter II, Glenn Harris, Calvin Jones, all of Beaufort, and T. P. Allen, Newport. Assisting the coroner in the in vestigation are members of the sheriff's department, the SB1, and the State Highway Patrol. Seventh Death Coroner Springle said Piner's death is the seventh highway fa tality in Uie county tli?s year and now puts the dcatfc record one ahead bf 1004. Surviving Piner besides his wife, Nancy, and two daughters, De borah Carol and Paula Jean, arc his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Piner; a sister, Mrs. George Pitt man, and two brothers, Darrcll and Dewey, all of Otway. The funeral will take place at the Otway Christian Church, but time of the funeral had not been set by press time yesterday. Burial will be in the Piner Cemetery, Ot way. Joe Mason Jr. Will Serve As Chamber Officer Joe Mason Jr. was appointed acting manager of the Sea Level Chamber of Commerce at a meet ing of the board of directors this week. Mr. Mason replaces J. A. Du Bois. who has accepted manager ship of the Morehead City Cham ber of Commerce, a position he held until 18 months ago when he went to Sea Level. Mr. Mason, a resident of At lantic. is cashier of the Commer cial National Bank, Sea Level. The directors thanked Mr. Du Bois for his work in the eastern section of the county and ex pressed regret at his leaving. Mr. Dubois has also received a letter from A. H. Grigsby, West Falm Beach, Fla., assistant to Dan E. Taylor, president of the West India Fruit and Steamship Co.( who employed Mr. DuBois as man ager of the Sea Level Inn. The letter said, "We all appre ciate your efforts and would like to wish you success with the More head City Chamber of Commerce and know that your future efforts will be directed toward ijp fur ther development of eastern Car olina." ? The Sea Level chamber direc tors have voted to push to comple tion projects now underway and asked the membership committee to increase efforts to up member ship. Clayton Fulcher Jr., president of the chamber, presided at the meeting. Another meeting of the board of directors will be held this month before Mr. DuBois as sumes managership of the More head City chamber Nov. 1. Oct. 17-29 Set as Dates For Applying tor Foods Phone Company Starts Installation Of Radio Telephone Representatives and workers (or the Carolina Telephone Co. have been installing part of the radio telephone equipment which will link Ocracoke Island with main land North Carolina. Partial installation has been made at Wahab Village Hotel and Capt. Van Henry O'Neal, operator of the freight boat Bessie Virginia, is making an extra trip to Wash ington, N. C., to bring in the rest of the equipment needed. It is not known at this time when the ser vice will be put Into effect There will be a special radio link between Ocracoke village and Engelhard, 22 miles across Pamli co Sound, thence by land lines to Washington, N. C. This type of service has proved successful in other isolsted places? Newfound land to Nova Scotia is a good il lustration, and it is hoped it will prove of great benefit to the Is land. For years Ocracoke has had to rely on the government line of the U.S. Coast Guard, which some times has uad to be restricted to only emergency use. Tides at Um Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Friday. Oct. M 7:01 a.m. 7:21 p.m. 12:49 a.m. 1:14 p.m. Hatarday, Oct IS 7:43 a.m. 8:01 p.m. 1:20 a.m. 1:38 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 8:22 a.m. 8:41 p.tn. 2:10 a.m. 2:42 p.m. Maaday, Oct 11 8:01 a.m . 2:48 a.m. 8:22 p.m. 3:23 p.m. Taea4ajr, Oct. 18 8:40 a.m. 3:36 a.m. 10:04 pm> 4:08 p.m. ? From Monday, Oct. 17, through Saturday, Oct. 20, Carteret coun tians may apply at the County Welfare office in the courtbouae annex, Beaufort, for aurpliu foods. The food, to be sent here by the federal government from ita stored surpluses, will consist of butter, cheese, dry milk, shortening, dried beans, and perhaps cornmeal, rice and flour, Miss Georgie Hughes, county welfare superintendent, said. If a sufficient number of fam ilies apply and are approved for receiving the food, the commodi ties will be ordered and will be here next month. If necessary, additional food will be ordered throughout the winter and distributed monthly. Meeting in the welfare office* Tuesday night to discuss distribu tion of the food were Corbett Davis and Stanley Woodland, members of the welfare board; Jerry Willis of the Morehead City Jaycees; Joseph Long. Beaufort Jaycees; Leland Morris. Stella; Milton Truckner, Pelletier; Mrs. James Rumley, Red Cross horns nervier chairman; R. M. Williams, county farm agent, and B. J. May, ASC manager. No applications for the first dis tribution vl food will bs accepted after Oct. 29 and no commodities will be given to anyone who did not spply to the welfare depart ment for them. Solas at Liquor Stores Total $49,699 Last Month Ssles at state liquor stores tal the county amounted to *49,099. IS laat month. Morehead City's sales wen *27. 194.80, Beaufort's (13J03.M. aad Newport's 18.2410ft. Paid to the town of llmifail wss $598 48. to Morehaa* City Hospital *1,227.00, to Nkwport *410 97 and to the county *2.142.41. Stat* sales tax amounted U 94, SU&JS? " j