NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
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Mor?h??d City
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
44th YEAR, NO. 99. TWO SECTIONS STYTE1KK PA HER MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFOET, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Dog Case to Go
To Higher Court
Simmie Smith Give*
Notice of Appeal
In Court Thursday
Sunmie Smith noted an appeal
to Superior Court with bond set
at $300 by Judge Lambert R. Mor
ris in County Recorder'* Court
Thursday when he was found guil
ty of fraud.
Smith was assessed costs and
ordered to pay the prosecuting
witness, F. C. Stilley, $200 to re
imburse him for the loss of the
dog in question.
According to testimony. Smith
found a dog and was using him to
hunt when the dog ran on a road
and was killed by a car. Stilley
claims that he owned the dog.
Requests Jury Trial
William Dewey Swift, charged
with speeding 80 miles per hour,
requested a jury trial and bond
was set at $100.
Ronald Lee Phipps and Robert
Earl Flint, charged with careless
and reckless driving, were each
fined $25 and costs.
William Core and George E.
Thomas, charged with public
drunkenness, were ordered to pay
$10 and costs or serve 30 days in
jail.
Martin Dixon was fined $5 and
cost for a violation of the fishing
laws.
Bonds Forfeited
Bonds were forfeited by Lloyd
Midgett Styron. Clarence Cottrell
and Clarence Williams, all charged
with public drunkenness, and
George A. Papantoniou, charged
with speeding and failing to stop
for a stop sign.
Costs were assessed against Ray
mond R. Martin and Leonard
Bruce Reels, no operator's license;
Jimmy Eraster Rouse, improper
muffler, and Joanne B. Faircloth,
issuing bad check. Faircloth must
also make good the bad check.
The charge of assault against
Donald Godwin was left open for
future prosecution on payment of
officer's costs.
Two charges of possession of
small quantities of nontax-paid
whisky and a charge of public
drunkenness against James Taylor
were left open for future prose
cution.
4 John Henry Foy at-awsM
half costs for improper maffler. ?
Cases against the following
were continued: Ervin E. Hanis
ccy, Kennard Andrew Taylor, L.
E. Gillikin, Selby Anderson Ful
cher, Mitchell Wetherington, Hor
ace Jones, John Wesley Taylor,
Elijah Carter Jr.
Jack Gillikin, John Carlton Gas
kill, Ganes Thomas Chapman,
Hugh Whaley, Lloyd Fillingame,
Robert Adams, H. L. Lynch, and
Mark Washington.
Dr. A. F. Chestnut
Receives Appointment
Dr. A. F. Chestnut, Morehead
City, was formally appointed direc
tor ot the Institute of Fisheries
Research today.
Dr. Chestnut has been serving as
acting director since Sept. 1. Ap
proval of his appointment to the
four year directorship was made by
Acting President J. Harris Purks
and the executive committee of
trustees, University of North Caro
lina.
Yuletide Greetings
One of the nicest Christmas cards THE NEWS-TIMES has received this season is reproduced above.
Painted by Alex S. Lari, a former resident of Beaufort who is now living in New York, it shows the
Beaufort draw bridge. He calls it a bridge "that links two towns as your paper does."
Top Officials Discuss
Civil Defense Program
Lions from Five
Clubs Convene
Lions from New Bern, Jacteon
ville, Havelock and the Down htl
I.ons Club attended a regional
meeting Thursday night at th?
Hotel Fort Macon with the More
head City Club acting as host.
Owens ifrederick was the fea
tured speaker. He urged Lions to
work a bit harder on Liana Club
projects. He commented on things
the clt|b* have and haven't bean
doing.
It was announted that the More
head club's annia* Christmas party
ami ladies rttght will be Jhursday
night at 8:30 at the Hotel Fart
Macon
A. N. Willis, president of the
Morehead Club, announced that
many more replies had been re
ceived on the sight seal campaign
currently underway. As he worded
it, "We have received a great many
more replies than the 98 we had
a week ago."
Commenting on the iron lung
drive the Lions are sponsoring, Mr.
Willis said that a great deal of
money is needed.
"Many out-of-town business firms
that do business in Morehead City
have ??V in checks to help in pur
chasingNKi iron lung which might
in the future save either you or
one of your loved ones," he re
ported.
Ads are being sold on the pro
gram for a county-wide talent show
tn be presented in Morehead City
Keb. 18 and in Beaufort Feb. IT.
Mr. Willis stated that Mrs. Tressa
Vickers. member of the Carteret
Community Theatre group, is di
rector of the talent show.
Three Carteret Residents
Speak at Fisheries Session
Speaking at the North Carolina
Fisheries Aaaociation meeting Sat
urday night at Washington. N. C?
were G. B. Talbot, Dr. A. F. Cheat
nut, William H. Potter, all of Car
teret County, John Kodman. Wash
ington attorney, and Congressman
Herbert Bonner, Washington,
chairman of the Congressional Mer
chant Marine committee.
Mr. Talbot, head of the Fish and
Wildlife Laboratory, Beaufort, re
viewed the research to be done on
the striped bass in North Carolina,
especially in the Roanoke Rlver
Albemarle section
Dr. Chestnut, who was made an
honorary member of the group,
commented on the committee re
cently formed to study the blue
crab industry. Clyde Potter of Bel
haven Is a member of that com
mittee.
A weakfish (sea trout) study has
also been started. It was suggested
that Clayton Fulcher or Garland
Fulcher, fish dealers in this area,
be recommended as members on
that study.
Following a talk by Mr Rod
man. who pointed out that law
makers are not familiar with fish
eries problems. Mr. Potter of
Beaufort said that the North Caro
lina Fisheries Association "la a
strong organisation and Is mak
ing Itself felt where needed." He
added, however, that the state
legislature is not yet fully aware
of the Importance of fishing to
North Carolina.
In reply to a question by Pre*
idcnt Earl H. Holton as to wnai
would be needed to bring the fiah
ing industry to the attention of
proper official*, Mr. Potter rec
ommended more newspaper pub
licity.
W. A. Ellison Jr . Belhaven. waa
authorized to contact Fre<J Whi
taker of Kinaton relative to hia
handling the publicity.
Charles Davia of Beaufort pro
poaed that a letter be sent to the
Carteret County NewsTimes thank
ing the paper for ita special edi
tion In October which dealt with
the atate'a commercial fiahing in
duatry.
Congressman Bonner urged
members of the fiahing industry
to attend hearings relative to their
interests. He expreaaed the hope
that more funda would be allotted
for fiahery reaearch In tbia area.
See FISHERIES, Page t
TMea at the Beaafort Bar
Tick Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Dec. II
7:35 a.m.
7:98 p.m.
1:18 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Dee. 14
8:12 a.m.
8:38 p.m.
2:00 a.m.
2:41 p.m.
Thanday, Dec. IS
8:48 am.
8:1* p.m.
1:40 a.m.
8:21 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 18
8:29 a m.
3:17 a.m.
10:00 pjn.
3:58 PJB.
? Top administrative officials of^
the county met Friday night at
Fleming's Restaurant to discuss
the county-wide civil defense pro
gram.
Attending the meeting were
Moses C. Howard, chairman of the
county board of commissioners;
Mayor Clifford Lewis, Beaufort,
Mayor Leon Mann, Newport; May
or A. B. Cooper, Atlantic Beach;
and Sheriff Hugh Salter. Also pres
ent were Capt. A1 Edwards, New
port, and Min Ruth Peeling, coun
ty civil defense director.
The group discussed the prob
lem of communications and trans
portation during natural or war
time disaster. It was suggested
that application be filed for ob
taining an emergency power gen
erator with federal matching
teds, for operation of -the low
frequency raido network in Beau
fort.
This VMald enable continuous
communication. Sheriff Salter said,
among the low frequency police
radios throughout the county. Tne
Newport fire department trucks
are also on the same frequency.
Transportation , both water and
highway, evacuation, emergency
feeding and civil defense in busi
ness places and the schools was
discussed.
Mayor George W. Dill, Morehead
City, was invited but went to a
meeting in Kinston.
Nominations Are
Due Thursday
Nomination blanks for the Jay
cee Distinguished Service Award
in Morehead City must be returned
by all civic groups by Thursday.
J. E. Rowe, publicity chairman
of the DSA, said thafthe nominee
need not be a member of the Jay
cecs, but should be an outstanding
young man in the community.
The award will be presented
during Jaycce Week in January
to the young man the judges be
lieve has contributed molt to the
wellart of the community during
the paat if, month*.
At the ume time that MOrehead
City's outstanding young man is
hoimaed by local Jaycees, more
than J, 000 other young men will
be recognized in similar cere
monies all over America.
On Jan. 14 the U.S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce will salute
the 10 men selected as the out
standing young men of the nation.
The awards will be presented by
Richard Nixon, vice-president of
the United States, a past winner
of this annual award, and Hugh
F. McKenna. president of the U.S.
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Posfmasters Reporf
Christmas Rush is On!
Postmasters of the county report
that their "Mail Early for Christ
mas" campaign is in high gear.
Postmaster Harold Webb of
Morehead City yesterday an
nounced that the postoffice will
be open all day Wednesday and
Saturday from now until Christ
mas.
Postmaster J. P. Bctts, Beaufort,
announces that the Beaufort post
office will be open all day Satur
day, Dec. 17 and Dec. 24.
Poatm alter Webb also released
the following instructions on mail
ing:
"When you use three cent
stamps on your Chriatmaa cards,
you get first-class mail service,"
he said, "first-class friends deserve
first-class mail and the use of
first-class postage makes it cer
tain that your Christmas cards
will ha' delivered promptly.
"Uae of first -claas postage In
sures forwarding service if the ad
dreaaee has moved or the card will
be returned to you if the recipient
cannot be located. Then. too. on
Chriatmaa cards sent by first-clasa
mail, you can meta^e- handwritten
messages making your greetings
more peraoaal "
It is advtaable to put your re
turn name and addrcaa on each
Christmas card envelope. This
helps your friends to keep their
mailing lift up-to-date and Insure*
correction of your list If the card
is returned aa undeliverable
If any Christina acard envelopea
are larger than e x 12 inchea or
smaller than 2H I 4 inchea they
must be sent by first-class mail
because such cards require hand
cancellation.
When your Chriatmaa cards are
ready to mail, put th? cards with
local addrtaea ? in one bundle and
those for* ootof town destinations
In another. Then mark each bun
dle with special identification la
bels you can gat free at the post
office which read "All for Out-of
Town Delivery" and "All for Lo
cal Delivery."
If you have a large card lift
mail your out-of-town Chriatmas
cards several days in advance of
those for local delivery and try
to get all cards for distant points
mailed by Thursday. Those for
local delivery should be started
on their way at least a week be
fore Christmas.
Regarding the mailing of Christ
mas gifts. Poatmuter Webb urges
that you get your out-of-state
packages into the postoffice with
in the next day or two and do
everything possible to null all
Chriatmas gifts for local delivery
by Thursday.
The postmaster said he'd appre
ciate cooperation from all buaineaa
firms to delay the mailing of cir
culars and catalogs until after
Dec. 23. He also suggested that
they step up their regular corres
pondence maillags to 2 p.m. mc
earlier each day.
Toastmasters Will
Meet Tomorrow
J. P. Harris will be tout master
at the meeting of County Tout
masters tomorrow at 8: IS p.m. at
the Rex Restaurant.
Topic master will be Jerry
Rowe W C. Matthews Jr. will be
topic critic.
Prepared speakers for the meet
ing are Gerald Hill, Jaaper Bell,
E 0. Phillips and P H ?eer Jr.,
with Walton Hamilto* and Dr.
Dtvid Farrior as the alternate
prepared speakers.
Critics will be J. P. Harris, C.
T. Lewis and Dr. Russell Outlaw.
Theodore Phillip* will b? muter
critic aad Dr. Roaaeil Outlaw will
give the educational speech The
invocation will be given by Mr.
1UM*.
Coast Guard Will Conduct
Inquiry on Closing Stations
Frank Tuten Jr. Killed When
Truck Upsets Saturday Night
Two Other Wrecks
Occur Saturday
Three automobile accidents oc
curred Saturday, and in the one
east of Atlantic Lawrence Frank
Tuten Jr., 36, Morehead City, was
killed.
The other accidents occurred in
Morehead City and on Highway
101.
The funeral service for Tuten
will take place at 2 o'clock this
afternoon at the Dill Funeral
Home, Morehead City. The Rev.
Samuel Moore, pastor of Franklin
Memorial Methodist Church, will
officiate. Burial will be in Bay
View Cemetery.
A "practical joker" may be re
sponsible for Tuten's death. Ac
cording to State Highway Patrol
man J. W. Sykes, Tuten was not
familiar with the eastern part of
the county and was headed in a
pickup truck to Fulcher's fish
house, Atlantic, to pick up a load
of fish.
Truck Upsets
His truck turned over, however,
east of Atlantic, on the way to
Cedar Island. Patrolman Sykes
said that a highway sign on the
west side of Atlantic said "Atlan
tic 1" but someone had painted in
a zero after the "I."
It's possible, the patrolman said,
that Tuten was headed for the At
lantic he thought was 10 miles
farther ahead.
The accident occurred two and a
half miles beyond Atlantic at 7 p.m.
Tnten, who lived at 1308 Shcpard
St.. Morehead City, was driving a
1952 International pickup truck
owned b)| the O'Neal Fish and
Oyster Ca., Morehead City. He
worked part time for the company
and was regularly employed by a
meat packing concern in Flocida.
According ts Patrolman Sylrts,
the pickup rounded a curve, went
off the rlilht shaulder of the road,
skidded to the left and did a com
plete flip in the middle of tha road,
larding on its wheels.
According toJhe patrolman. Tu
tsr gut caugMHB his feet in the
upper part oMS^oor on the right
tfde and was found with his head
hanging down on the hard-surface.
He is survived by his wife,
Greenville, S. C.; his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. L. F. Tuten, 1308 Shep
ard St.. two sisters. Mrs. Genevieve
Youraine, Corpus Christi, Tex., Mrs.
Fred F. McCabe, Bogue; two broth
ers, Tommy of Wisconsin and Ce
cil, Morehead City.
Can Collide
At 4:49 p.m. Saturday 10 feet
west of Morehead City on Highway
70 two cars collided as one tried
to pass snother which was towing
a trailer of Christmas trees.
The car towing the two-wheel
trailer, a 1081 Chevrolet, was
driven by Grown Allen Smithwick.
Morehead City. Seated in the rear
of the car was J. J. Parker, More
head City, who sustained a bruised
face and shoulder.
The other car was driven by
Thomas L. Rose, Harkers Island.
Smithwick told Patrolman Sykes
that as he was entering Morehead
City a car flagged him down and,
See WRECKS, Page I
Mercury Skids
From 65 to 29
The temperature went from a
high of 63 degree* a week ago yes
terday to I low of 29 degree* Sat
urday, according to E. Stamey Da
vis. weather observer.
During th? paat week a total
of 49 inctMa of rain fell.
The high aad low temperatures
and the wM direction! for the
week were aa follows:
Max. Mia. Wlada
Monday SI 99 NE
Tueaday 80 44 NE
Wednesday 48 40 NE
Thuraday 54 38 NE
Friday 61 43 NW
Saturday 44 29 N
8uaday 42 30 N
Beaufort Police luwo
Five Citations Saturday
Beaufort police iaaued five cita
tions Saturday, four for public
drunkenneaa and one for drunken
driving.
Apprehended on public drunk
chargaa wen Daniel Gaakina, Wal
ter Sanlon. David Stokes and Guy
Vann. Charged with drunken driv
ing. according to CMef Ouy Sprto
gle. waa Oma Stokes Wahevs. Kin
ston.
Policemen Aren't
Mind Readers!
Policemen have a request
PLEASE when you call the po
lice station, give full informa
tion ob what you want the po
lice to do.
Capt. Buck Newsome of the
Morehead City police department
says people call and say, "Go to
George Blank's house right
away!'* and slam down the re
ceiver.
On a recent call like that
there were no less than three
"George Blanks" in town. The
address is essential. Policemen
can't do the job they're sup
posed to if the people who need
help don't help the policemen ^
first.
13-Year-0ld Boy
Struck by Car
Edmond Willis Jr., 13. son of
Mr. and Mrs Edmond Willis. 402
Macon Court, was in Morehead
City Hospital yesterday recover
ing from injuries received when
he was struck by a car at 3:50 p.m.
Saturday on Arendell Street, More
head City.
According to Capt. Buck New
some, Morehead City Police De
partment, Edmond suffered cuts
on his head and bruises. The child
was going across the street from
the City Theatre and ran into a
car proceeding east in the lane
of traffic next to the railroad
tracks, the officer said.
? - Edaiond had run ty a car in the
fane near the sidewalk but evi
dently (ailed to see the other car.
Driving, the car, a 19S1 Ford,
which hit him was Rendall F. Den
nis, a Negro laborer, route 1 New
port.
No chargcs were preferred. Wit
nesses to the accident said it was
unayoidable. The boy was taken
to the hospital in the Dill ambu
lance.
Overheated Stoves Keep
Beaufort Firemen Busy
Beaufort firemen answered two
alarms yesterday morning and one
at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. None of
the fires was serious.
At 4:20 yesterday morning fire
men went to the Mitchell Gray
home on E. Ann Street where the
floor furnace overheated. At 8:20
yesterday morning they answered
a call at a Hancock Park home
where a stove was aflame.
Saturday evening they answered
a call at the Johnson residence,
508 Queen St., where the stove
was afire. None of the calls was
a lengthy one.
Charles Nelson
Dies Suddenly
Funeral Service Takes
Place Monday in First
Methodist Church
Charles Gordon Nelson. 68, 1007
Aiendell St., Morehead City, died
suddenly Saturday afternoon of a
heart attack.
Funeral services were held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon in the
First Methodist Church, Morehead
City, with the Rev. Leon Couch,
pastor, and the Rev. Guthrie
Brown, rector of St. Andrew's
Episcopal Church, officiating.
Burial was in Victoria Cemetery,
Marshallberg.
Captain Nelson, son of the late
John and Jane Harker Nelson, is
survived by hi* wife, Mrs. Pearl
Willis Nelson, five daughters, Mrs.
Bill Pigott, Gloucester; Mrs.
Frances Ann Bullock, Ellen and
Geraldine, all of Morehead City;
Mrs. Marguerite Yeomans, Harkers
Island; two sons, Eric, Morehead
Charles G. Nairn
. . . sarved county
City; Mr Willis Ball, Davenport,
Fla.; two sisters. Mr?. George Wil
lis, Morehead City; Mra. Leolan
Jackson, Ridgeley, Md.; and one
brother, Stacy Nelson, Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
Capt. Nelson had served on the
North Carolina Fisheries Commis
sion until his health forced him to
resign, and had served on the coun
ty welfare board from 1841 until
1951.
On two different occasions he
was chairman of the board and
upon his retirement, due to hU
health, he was recognized for his
outstanding achievement and ser
vice to the people of the county.
He was a veteran of the first
world war and made hit home in
Morehead City for the past 14
yean.
Memorial Dedicated
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Photo by Jerry Schumacher
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the MMMrtai. J. A. Da Bats, pact cammtader of the pact, ud M|i
latter '" ? a>ka (tva the dedlcal ery ritm.
? Public hearings on doing
H\vay with three Coast Guard
stations, including Atlantic,
will be conducted in Janu
ary, according to an an
nouncement from the tilth
Count Guard District. Nor
folk. .
I Stations which may be dis-estab
lished, besides Atlantic, are at
I Nags Head and Little Creek. "a.
I The hearing on the Atlantic sta
tion will be conducted in More
head City, according to present
plans, and will take place the wee It
of Jan. 9.
Conducting the inquiry will be
board of survey headed by Rear
Adm Henry C. Perkins of Coast
Guard headquarters, Washington,
D C. and four other officers in
cluding Capt. H, C. Moore, chief of
staff. Fifth Coast Guard District.
The hearings have been sched
uler as the result of recent studies
on operation of Coast Guard Sta
tions. . . , _
Coast Guard officials emphasize
that no decision has been made on
cither closing or continuing the
stations. , .
A public notice will be released
on the exact time and place of
hearing dealing with the Atlantic
Sl The" Coast Guard last conducted
hearings of this type in 1949.
For Rent: One
Good Still Site
I Some bootleggers are persistent
characters. -
, Marshall Ayscue. county ABC
! officer, said another still at the
Beaufort ? Morehead airport was
'blown up Saturday morning. This
makes the second, in almost the
(same location, in less than a
1 month.
The at ill blown up Saturday was
I just about 79 yards from the one
I destroyed by afficers in Novam
, ber It waa about 175 gallon* ca
pacity had )"at been run
Officer Ayaeue, Sheriff Hugh
Salter. Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell
and federal officers blasted the
thing apart about 10 o'clock Sat
urday morning Operators, if they
were around, itayed out of tight.
Farm Leaders
Discuss Markets
> Marketing of fsrm crop* was dto
cussed by members of the County
Agriculture Council at their meet
ing Thursday in the courthouse an
nex. The council is composed af
county leaders In agriculture.
John Wlnfleld of the North Caro
lina Department of Agriculture was
present and commented on mar
keting problems ? labor, grading
and buying, and gave suggestions
on carrying out a successful mar
keting program. He remarked that
North Carolina has more small
farms than any other state In the
nation The state s agriculture chal
lenge progranj, he said, is the
"hope of the smsll fsrmer.
Marion Holland, district FHA su
pervisor, Goldsboro, mother guest
at the meeting, discussed home
gardens snd announced that Dr.
Selz Mayo, rural sociologist. Uni
versity of North Carolina, Is avail
able for consultation on commun
ity programs.
Mr. Holland also suggested that
the council's new officers be elect
ed in January. He
officers are elected on the district
'"joseph Owens, agriculture in
structor at Smyrna School, report
ed that in the Gloucester commun
ity progrsm 210 crepe myrtles,
roses, gardenia and forsythla
bushes have been ordered.
Attending the meeting In addi
tion to those mentioned, were
Chairman David Jones, who pre
sided. Mr. Martin of the State De
partment of Agriculture; Mr La
nier of the Wildlife Conservation
Department; B. J. May. R .It WtJ
llams. Howard Oaraer, Al New
some Mrs. Uavld Beveridge Mrs.
D. Cordova, and Mrs. Floy Gere*.
secretary.
Thursday's the Day
Surplus federal foods will be dis
tributed to Carteret families Thurs
day from 9 to 3:30 at the curb
market. 13th and Evans St, Mere
head City. Men able to help carry
food packages at the market that
day are invited to provide their
services. Families eligible for the
food have been designated by the
county welfare department
Club ta Meet
St. Paul's Episcopal Men's Club
will meet for supper at S;30
tomorrow at the parish how*.