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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
44th YEAR, NO. 87. EIGHT PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1955 PUBUSHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Woman Swears
Out Warrant
Judge Continues Com
Charging Charles Dunn
On Three Counts
The cue against Charles Dunn,
Morehead City Negi . charged with
breaking and enter. ,ig, attempted
assault with a knife and attempted
rape, was continued until next
Monday by Judge Herbert O. Phil
lips in Morehead City Recorder's
Court yesterday.
The defendant is in jail, being
held under $500 bond.
According to a warrant sworn
out by Louise Davis, who lives on
N. 14th Street between Bay and
Avery, Morehead City, the de
fendant broke into her home in the
early hours Sunday morning.
She went tb the police and said
that prior to the break-in she heard
some men on the street and heard
one of them mention another's
name.
The police checked on the name
she had given them and following
a lead obcained on that investiga
tion, apprehended Dunn at his
grandmother's home. The warrant
was served on Dunn by Patrolman
Bill Condie.
Two Oyster Areas
Opened in Sound
Raleigh? Two areas (or the tak
ing of oysters commercially in
Pamlico Sound waters will be
open from today to Nov. 19, Di
rector Ben E. Douglas of the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment announced today.
Mr. Douglas said the Back Bay
area? WOMB" 1*hm(T i?, Carteret
County waters will be open for the
19-day period for tonging only of
oysters. The area around Raccoon
Key and Swan Island north of a
line from Stumpy Point to Red
Nun buoy No. 2 at the south end
of Swan Island Shoal in Hyde
county waters will be open for the
19-day period for dredging as well
as tonging of oysters.
Decision to open the two areas,
Mr. Douglas said, was made on
recommendation of C. Gehrman
Holland, state fisheries commis
sioner, and Dr. A. F. Chestnut, di
rector of the Institute of Fisheries
Research at Morehead City for the
University of North Carolina.
Mr. Douglas said a recent sur
vey by Dr. Chestnut of the oyster
producing areas in the State's
coastal waters indicated rather
widespread damage, was done
young oysters by tin recent hur
ricanes hitting the cmst.
At its fall meeting recently in
Waynesville, the State Board of
Conservation and Development di
rected Douglas and Holland to
proceed with the plaiting of seed
oysters and shells next spring in
selected coastal waters.
The CAD Department, however,
Mr. Douglas said, hts only $30,
000 available for this work dur
ing the coming year. During IBM
and 1959, the CfcD Department
expended a total of <32,000 in
planting of seed oysters and oys
ter shells only to learn from Dr.
Cheatnut that the recent hurri
canes caused heavy damages to
the young oysters.
Another Report
Heard of Soldier
Another report his come from
Germany relative to a prisoner be
ing held by the Russians and be
lieved to be Pvt. William J. Peter
son of Beaufort.
The report, given in an Asso
ciated press dispatch, datelined
Camp Friedland. Germany, Oct. 21,
said:
"German repatriates from Rus
sia told today of meeting three
more Americans in Soviet Prison
Camps . . .
"Konrad Schlegcl . . . civilian in
ternee, said he was in a Russian
prison In East Berlin in 1952 with
? an American soldier, William Die
terson, from North Carolina. He
said Dieteraon told him he waa
picked .up by the Ruasian* while
on a drinUpf spree In the four
power city. "
"U. S Army offlciala in Berlin
suggested 'Dieterson' may be Pri
vate William J. Peterson, of Beau
fort, N. C? listed as abeent with
out leave from a military police
unit in Berlin since Aug. *1, MM."
? To beautify the town, the Gar-4
den and Civics Club of Morehead
City is requesting everyone to
plant crepe myrtle shrubs. The
club will start taking orders for
them next week, selling them at
cost. No orders will be accepted
after Friday, Nov. 11.
Assisting the Garden and Civics
Club are all departments of the
Morehead City Woman's Club. The
club would like to see each home
owner cooperate in the town beau
tification plan. Sale of five hun
dren crepe myrtles is the goal.
They are being purchased
through the Copeland Nursery,
Beaufort. Mrs. E. A. Council, head
of the Garden and Civics depart
ment, emphasizes that the club is
making no profit on the project.
Purchase Price
A shrub 1% to 2 feet high may
be bought for 75 cents, 2 to 3
feet high, $1.00 and 3 to 4 feet
high $1.25. The crepe myrtle, a
showy deep pink and red shrub,
blooms in July and August and
should be planted this month. This
gives it ample growing time before
the blooming season next summer.
Orders ere being accepted by
all Woman's Club members. Per
sons who are not contacted may
place an order by phoning Mrs.
E. A. Council, Webb Memorial
Civic Center, 6-3012.
Sales Assistants
Assisting Mrs. Council in pro
moting the sale are Mrs. A. B.
Roberts. Woman's Club president;
Mrs Robert Taylor, Literary and
Art Department; Mrs. Ted Garner
of the American Home Depart
ment and Mrs. D. G. Bell of the
Garden and Civics Club.
"The only profit anyone rea
lizes in this will be the beautifi
cation of Morehead City," Mrs
Council said. "Crepe myrtle is per
fect for our climate because it
withstands both the wind and
heat."
Deer Causes Car
To Run OH Road
A deer put a 1956 Ford in a sad
state Friday night at 10:30 three
miles west of Newport on Highway
70. The deer, trotting down the
centerline of the highway caused
Lionel Roger Bisson, USMC, Cher
ry Point, to swerve his car off the
highway to the right. The car
turned over.
Bisson was not hurt, but the
Ford, which he had run about 800
miles, was damaged to the extent
of $1,200. Patorlman J. W. Sykes,
who investigated, said that another
car ahead of Bisson. had to turn
off too to escape the deer, but it
succeeded in dodging it.
The patrolman said Bisson was
traveling toward Cherry Point at
about 50 to 55 miles an hour.
Assisting Patrolman Sykes in the
investigation was Patrolman W. E.
Pickard.
Carter Broad Speaks
At Men's Club Meeting
C?rter Broad, resident investi
gator at Duke Marine Laboratory,
gave a history of Marine labora
tories of eastern United States, es
pecially that of the Duke lab, at
the meeting of the Ann Street
Methodist Men's Club Friday night.
Mr. Broad was introduced by
James Wheatley. Supper was
served. President Gene Smith said
between 30 and 35 men attended.
Driver Fined $100
For Reckless
Operation of Car
William Maddison Marshburn was
fined $100 and costs by Judge Lam
bert R. Morris in County Record
er's Court Thursday when he was
found guilty of careless and reck
less driving.
Fines of $10 and costs were
levied against the following:
Kenneth Moore Gaskill, careless
and reckless driving and involved
in an accident; Gilbert G. Morris,
issuance of bad check; Arnold G.
Hale, no operator's license and im
proper use of dealer plates; Mack
Tharpe and George Copes, both foi
public drunkenness. Tharpe and
Copes were each given suspended
30-day jail sentences.
Costs Paid
Costs were assessed against Lu
cius Branton, no chauffeur's li
cense; Dan Taylor, malicious prose
cution; George R. Lewis, no op
erator's license; and George War
rick, bad check. Warrick must also
make good on the check.
Bonds were forfeited by Wade
Golden, public drunkenness; Hor
ace L. Piner, no operator's license,
and Ruth Pierson Johnson, expired
license.
The cases of speeding against
Paul L. Stoakey and having no op
erator's license against Roosevelt
Thorps, were left open for future
prosecution.
Cases Dropped
Cases against Mrs. Virginia Cur
ry, assault; Mrs. Annetta Grove,
siander, and John Miller, insuffi
cient brakes involved in an acci
dent, were dropped.
Cases against the following were
continued: Ervan E. Haniscey,
James Smith, James Taylor, Ken
nard Andrew Taylor, William
Roger Hardy, John Ebron, L. E.
Gillikin, Elvin Henry, Robert
Adams, Selby Anderson Fulcher.
Leamon H. Garner* Naomi Eden?
Moore, H. F. Williams, Manuel J.
Martin, Marvin Hobbs Frazelle,
Ernest Phillips, and Mitchell Weth
erington.
Car Knocks Off
Pole Yesterday
William Lee Powers, New Bern,
was slightly hurt at 3:15 yesterday
afternoon when the car he was
driving smashed into a power pole
on the Lennoxville Koad, eight
tenths of a mile east of Beaufort.
The pole was snapped off.
State Highway Patrolman W. J.
Smith Jr., who investigated, said
that Powers was apparently travel
ing at an excessive rate of speed.
He was rushed to Morehead City
Hospital in the Adair ambulance.
The car, a 1946 Pontiac, was de
molished. Powers was traveling
cast when the accident happened.
Homes and businesses in the im
mediate area were without power
about an hour as a result of the
crash.
Association Meets
The North Carolina Kindergar
ten Association met over the week
end at the Sir Walter Hotel, Ra
leigh. Mrs. Eunice Rose Paul, Sea
Level, is a member of the asso
ciation.
James Culpepper Dies Yesterday
From Injuries Received in Crash
For the Green and White
fnoto oy jerry scnumacner
Among band members tagging folks for coatributions to the Beaufort Band Saturday on Front
Street were the good-looking majorettes. Clockwise, starting at the top are Winki Willis, Annette Mer
rill, Sylvia Harrell, Rita Ann Mason, Joyce Chatfwick, Jean Chadwflck, Paula Jones and Catherine
Potter. Thus far, the band has collected $668 in cooperation with the Beaufort Band Association cam
paign. The goal is S3, 000.
Priest Drowns off Swansboro When
12-Foot Skiff Capsizes Saturday -
The Coast Guard was still search
ing at noon yesterday for the body
of the Rev. John Fisher, Catholic
priest of Brookline, Mass., who
browned off Swansboro Saturday
when a fishing skiff capsized.
Coast Guardsmen at Swansboro
Lifeboat Station first heard of the
tragedy when Father Fisher's fish
ing companion. Lt. William J.
Burns Jr., swam to the station for
help. The mishap occurred at about
8:30 a.m. Saturday two miles east
of Bogue Inlet in the open ocean.
According to information from
New Alarm Boxes Go
Into Operation Thursday
Three new fire alarm boxes are
now in operation in Morehead
City.
Mack Edwards. Morehead City
engineer and alarm system super
visor said the new boxes and their
numbers are as follows: 311. on
28th Street at the intersection of
the trailer camp road; 312 at 32nd
Street in the Montague Subdivi
sion. and 313 at Taylor Street and
Noyes Ave.
Mr. Edwards said the boxes
went into operation Thursday
night. These new call numbers are
the only ones with three digits.
All other alarms are two digits,
with the exception of the otit-of
town alarm, 222, and the fir* out
or test, 2.
They've Charted the Course
i fWkrT,r "*? ?? fW"*- ?-? ?H ?eed. ?? Clil?etea?ue; Stan
ley Salter, Merehrad City; Jim Drvlln, New MM, Mm., and Johnny Chivai, Morrhrad City. TV fish
ery. atarted wKhi. Ike part year, atom ro-IMIity af heomln, onr ol th, Malr . major rammrrrial
flakla* epertdaaa (fall itory appeared la Friday1! NEWS-TIMES).
rort Macon toast Guard Mation,
the two men were in a 12-foot skiff
equipped with outboard motor.
When it capsized in the choppy
Waters, the men clung to it until
noon when Lieutenant Burns de
cided to swim ashore for help.
Because the priest could not ,
swim, he secured him to the float
ing skiff with the anchor line. The
lieutenant reached the Swansboro
lifeboat station close to 2 p.m. and 1
the Coast Guard immediately start '
ed to look for the skiff but it was
rot recovered until 7:45 p.m. and !
the Rev. Mr. Fisher was nowhere 1
to be found.
The priest who was visiting '
friends at Swansboro was between I
45 and 50 years of age. 1
Cohabitation
Charges Filed
A charge o( rape against a Ma
rlne sergeant has evolved into a '
charge of cohabitation against the
sergeant and his girl friend,
Sheriff Hugh Salter reported yes- '
terday.
Scheduled for trial Thursday in
County Recorder'! Court are Sgt. ;
Maurice Rebold, Camp Lejeune. ,
and Marie Chamberlain, Camp Le '
jeune, both charged with cohabita
tion. ;
The sheriff was notified by Le
jeune authorities Sunday to pick
up Sergeant Rebold at Copeland
Motor Court on a charge of rape.
Upon investigation, the sheriff
said he learned that the Chamber
lain woman had returned to Camp
Lejeune after a disagreement with
the sergeant and evidently wanted
to cause trouble by pinning him j
with a rape charge.
Sheriff Salter then swore out a :
warrant against both, charging |
them with cohabitation.
Driver Apprehended
George Papantoniou, Cherry
Point, was apprehended by Beau
fort police Friday and charged
with running by a (top sign and
exceeding the speed limit
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Nov. 1
8:32 a.m. 2:24 a.m.
9:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
WedMaday, Nov. 2
0:22 a m . 3:11 a.m.
0:37 p.m. 3:M p.m.
Thonday, Nov. 3
10:20 a.m. 3:98 a.m.
11:01 p.m. 4:47 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 4
11:22 a.m. 4:40 a.m.
6:42 p.m.
Governor Lands
250 Pounds Drum
The jinx was broken. Gov. Luther
Hodges caught 250 pounds of drum
an his outer banks fishing trip this
weekend.
J. A. DuBois, manager of the
Sea Level Inn, termed the gover
nor's trip "very successful." The
state's chief executive, who has had
little luck in these waters in the
past, even caught a 14-pound
flounder.
The governor, and his party. Sen.
Lundsford Crews of Roanoke
Rapids, Woodrow Price and Noel
Yancey, newspaper men, arrived at
Atlantic by plane Friday. The gov
ernor's chauffer, Sgt. Harold
IVfinges, drove the governor's car,
L-ontaining his fishing gear and
lackle to Sea Level.
The fishing party spent Friday
?nd Saturday night on the hanks
and Sunday night at the Sea Level
Inn. The governor had planned to
stay until today but had to be back
in Raleigh for a meeting at 9 this
morning, so he left yesterday.
The boat belonging to Dr. Harold
Peacock and Dr Herbert Webb,
Sea Level Hospital, was used to
do to the banks. Tommy Morris,
Atlantic, served as pilot and Grady
Sheets, Atlantic, as guide.
Highway Death Toll
Now Totals Eight
A big fat 8 was chalked up on the county's highway
death record yesterday when James Edward Culpepper,
26, Camp Glenn, died in the Morehead City Hospital at
5:45 a.m. from injuries received in an accident at 5:15
p.m. Sunday west of Morehead City.
This puts the county's highway fatality record two
a Dove ine loiai lor mo*. ine sev
enth fatality this year was Clarence
Edward Piner. Otway, who was kill
ed several weeks ago.
Severe Injnries
Culpepper suffered a fractured
skull and a crushed spine when his
car, a 1948 Dodge, turned over sev
eral times on the McCabe Road,
which runs between Highways 24
and 70. The car did a multiple flip
as Culpepper and his passenger,
The funeral for James Culpep
per will be at 2 p.m. today in
Bay View Baptist Church, Mill
Creek. The body will lie in state
an hour before the funeral.
Burial will be in the church cem
etery.
?
Johnny Thomas Cannon, Newport
route 1, were racing from the scene
of an accident on Highway 24
where they sideswiped a 1950 Chev
rolet driven by Donald Gray Guth
rie. 1210 Shacklcford St., Morehead
City.
In the Guthrie car, besides Mr.
Guthrie, were his three children.
Barbara. 14, received chest bruises
when she was thrown against the
back of the front seat. She was
seated in the rear.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman R. II. Brown, the Guthrie
car was going toward Morehead
City and in front of the old dog
kennels the Dodge driven by Cul
pepper came toward the Guthries
and forced the car off the high
way. . I +? - 1 '
Car Hits Pole
When the Dodge hit the Chevro
let, Guthrie Said he already had two
*hcel?o#f- ttie road and then his
car continued east and struck a
telephone pole.
The Dodge raced away at a high
rate of speed, turned into the Mc
Cabe Road, later failed to make a
sharp curve, and was out of con
trol for a distance of 600 feet be
fore it turned over. Both Culpep
per and Cannon were thrown out.
Before they were taken to More
head City Hospital in the Dill am
bulance, Patrolman Brown was told
by Culpepper that he (Culpepper)
was driving the car.
Culpepper remained in the hos
pital, but Cannon was given a
check-up and placed in the More
head City jail. He was released
yesterday morning. No charges
were filed against him.
Patrolman Brown said both men
were drunk.
The Dodge was demolished and
damage to the Chevrolet was esti
mated at $300.
Culpepper is survived by his
wife, Edna, a daughter, Doris, son.
James Jr.; a father, Ben F. and
stepmother of route 1 Newport; his
mother. Mrs. Bessie Mac 1LU1, New
Bern; a brother, John F., s sister,
Mrs. Iris Morton, both of Newport
RFD, and two half sisters, Mrs.
Rossie Oldaker, Norfolk, Va., and
Mrs. Mildred Cannon, Newport
route 2.
Scouts to Meet
Girl Scouts and Brownies of
Beaufort will meet at 3:30 this af
ternoon at the Scout Building on
Pollock Street.
Two Patrolmen Investigate
Boat Wreck at North River
It * not often that a highway pa
Irolman has the opportunity to In
vestigate a boat wreck.
But Patrolmen J. W. Sykes and
W. E. I'iekard did just that Friday
night at 10:45 at the North River
bridge A Mfoot boat waa lying
upside down on the bridge and the
frame trailer on which it was being
towed was hung up on the bridge
railing.
"When we got there, there waa
no one around who knew anything
about it. Finally we got up with
Ihc man who was towing it and
lie said that he didn't notice the
trailer wasn't behind him until he
lot to Atlantic!" Patrolman Sykea
laid.
The boat waa being towed by a
IMS Ford pickup truck driven by
Lawrence G. Sprunt. Wilmington,
lie and a (riend with him in the
truck were bound for a fishing
cabin on Cedar island.
Patrolman Sykes aaid Sprunt
told him he never realized the
trailer had broken looee. He aaid
the windows ol the truck were
closed and he and the man with
him were talking and not paying
much attention to their tow.
Decoys and fishing tackle that
had been in the boat were strewn
all over the bridge. The boat's
motor was ruined, the patrolman
said, and a hplc was knocked in the
boat.
No charges were filed.
The wreckage was towed to
Sound Chevrolet Co., Morehead
City. Patrolman Sykes said it was
probably the first time their car
wrecker towc<J in a boat.
Scout Official Reports
$280 Obtained in Drivo
Only S280..V) has born collected
to date In the Girl Scout fund
drive, Mr?. Martha Loftln, Beau
fort, member of the Coaatal Caro
lina Girl Scout Council, reported
yesterday.
The goal la $1,300. Checks
should be mailed to Dr. Luther
Fulcher, Beaufort, chairman of
the fund drive.
Cecil Gillikin,
Gordon Becton
Take 4-H Honors
Two Carteret 4-H Club members
were declared winners at the Dis
trict 4-H Achievement Day Satur
day at Edenton. They were Cecil
Gillikin Jr., president of the Smyr
na Senior 4-H Club, and Gordon
Becton, Jiarlowe, a member of the
Beaufort 4-H Club.
Cecil, who has been a 4-H'er six
years was declared winner in the
meat animal project and Gordon
the winner in the field crops pro
ject.
Cecil is a junior and Gordon a
freshman. "I'm awfully proud of
both boys," Al Newsome, 4-H ad
visor, said yesterday. Then he ad
ded in reference to Gordon, "It's
most unusual for a freshman to
take dibtrict honors."
The two boys will advance to
competition on the state level.
State winners are sent to the Na
tional 4-H meeting in Chicago.
Other 4-11 Club members who
went to Edenton were Barbara
Taylor of the Beaufort Senior 4-H
Club, Faye Kelly of the Newport
Senior Club and Frank Millis of
the Newport Intermediate Club.
The Carteret County Farm Bu
reau financed the 4-H'ers' trip.
The boys, and girls were taken on
i tour or the Mariff# base at Eden
ton and Cecil also participated in
the program.
Lejeune Roads,
Waterway Close
During the amphibious maneu
vers now underway, roads through
Camp Lejeune Marine base and
the inland waterway will be closed
on certain days.
First to be closed was the sec
tion of Highway 172 from Snead's
Ferry Gate entrance to the Tri
angle Gate. This highway closed
at 8 p.m. Sunday and will remain
closed until Nov. 8. This includes
the Snead's Ferry road and the
Duck Creek Starling road connect
ing the two points.
Other camp roads closed during
the LantPhibex maneuvers are
Onslow Beach road. Marines road,
Lyman road, Verona Loop road
and the Main Service road east of
the 9th area equipment parks.
Only emergency vehicles and
government vehicles carrying per
sonnel or material required to be
In the area will be allowed to use
the road. Private vehicles that
will be passed include only those
vehicles whose occupants are sta
tioned at Courthouse Bay or On
slow Beach areas and reaidents at
G S range.
Lyman road will be open also to
personnel stationed at the Second
Marine Division NCO leadership
School near Triangle Gate.
Vehicles carrying official ob
servers will be marked by green
flags.
The lntracoastal Waterway was
closed to all navigation at 1 a.m.
today and will reopen at midnight
Nov. S. This includes New River
from Highway 172 to Wilson Bay.
Onslow Beach area will be
closed to all personnel and civil
ians not participating or observ
ing the landings Thursday and
Friday Only those civilians au
thorized to observe the landings
will be granted access to the beach
area.
JC's Make Final
Plans for Meeting
Final plans for the second quar
terly Ninth District Jayceea matt
ing to be held in Beaufort tomor
row were discussed last night at
a special meeting of the Beaufort
Jayceea at the Scout Building.
Registration to get under at
3;30 at the Scout Buidliag. A
shrimp boat ride is planned tar
4:30, a reception at 8 p.m. at <k*
Scout Building and supper at Mm
school at 8:48.
The business meeting will be
bald at the school starting at Titf.