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W CARTERET' COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?* 44thsyEAR, K?. 1?1. TWO SECVtON* TWELVE PAGES ' MORRHEAD CITY AMD BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1965 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS ' *1 Y*\ * f r- \ f lp% A 'l| ..f '??*?> ? - Pastors Announce Services, Programs for Christmas Tenth Tobacco Cargo Leaves Port Sunday The tenth tobacco cargo loaded at Morehead City this year left the port at 3 p.m. Sunday on a new Japanese freighter, the SS Aki Maru. Col. Richard S. Marr, executive director of the State Ports Au thority, pointed out that this move ment is a resumption of this trade with Japan, the previous shipment to the islands having taken place about a year ago. Stevedores of the Morehead City Shipping Co., local agent, be gan working the ship early Sun day morning as soon as it docked. The Aki was built two years ago and lists gross tonnage at 7733. There are accommodations for 12 passengers. This is the vessel's third trip to the east coast. It called at the port to top off its cargo, which consists mainly of coal and machinery. Walter Frie derichs, assistant port manager, said it is proceeding to Los An geles by way of the Panama Canal. The master is Capt. T. Hoshi, who has served 30 years with the N.Y.K. Line, which operates the ship. Ships officers inquired after two North Carolinians who had made quite a hit with them as passen gers on the previous voyage. They are Mrs. Takeo Fujita Tanaka of Durham, a stunning and accom plished musician whose father is a professor, and a bright little Japanese war orphan, age 7, who spoke no English but traveled un der the name of Matheo Rudisill and was coming to North Carolina to make hit home with his foster parents in Hickory. Woman Hurt When Cars Crash Mrs. Ferb? Moore. Salter Path, suffered a bruised right leg when the car driven by her husband, Alex, collided with a car driven by Norwood Malcolm Nelson at the intersection of 17th and Aren dell Streets Thursday at 11 a.m. Nelson, traveling south on 17th Street in his 1946 Chrysler, said he stopped for the stop sign and didn't see the Moore vehicle when he pulled into the intersection. Damage to the Nelson car was confined to the right front door, wheel and radiator and was esti mated at $75. Moore stated that he waa travel ing east on Arendell Street and saw the other car but thought it was going to stop. The grill of his car. left fender, bumper and left headlight was damaged. Loss was estimated at $50. Investigating officeri. Chief Her bert Griffin and Lt. Carl Blom berg, filed no charges. Jack K. Garner Heads Woodmen Jack K. Garner wi? re-elected consul commander of Elm Camp No. 338, Woodmen of the World, Newport, at a recent meeting. Other officers are Doufla* Hen derson. past consul commander; Ronald Kelly, advisor lieutenant; Robert Smith, banker; Gaston Sim mons. escort; Gerald Gould, watch man; Raeford Howard, sentry, and Howard Garner, auditor. Dr. Manly Mason is the camp physician and J. P. Garner the fi nancial secretary. Installation of the officers will take place Friday, Jan. 13, at 7:30 p.m. over Moaes Howard's Garage. Refreshments will be served. Businessmen Offer Prizes At 8 p.m. Saturday night the Newport Businessmen's Asaocia tion will judge outdoor home dec orations at Newport and preaent cash awarda for the prettied. With the exception of Highway 70, only homes within the city limits are eligible to oompete. On Highway 70. homes will be Judged from the Ideal Trailer Park aa the east to 8mitty"s Place an tbe west. First priae will be $18. second prize $10 and third prtxe $8. R. R. Rich, extension dairy spe cialist. will be in the county today visiting with dairy fanners. He will be accompanied by i dairyman from Wilmington. ' Christmas services it the' churches in the Beaufort Morehead City ire* were announced today by the pastor*. The schedules follow: First Method 1st Church, More head City, the Rev. Leon Couch, pastor; Tomorrow, 10 a.m.. Spirit ual Life group will have a quiet time in the sanctuary. Tomorrow 7:30 p.m., Christmas Prayer Ser vice. Saturday night. Annual Christ mas Party program directed by Mrs. Ethan Davis and Mrs. Fred Willis. They will pantomime the Christmas Story. Everyone attend ing will receive a bag of candy. Bobby Bell, James Webb, Ethan Davis and Stamey Davis will be the vocal quartet. Sunday, 0:30 a.m., Christmas pro grams in the Sunday School classes; 11 a.m., morning worship to cele brate the Birth of Christ, baptismal service for babies. Worship services for the home will be handed out in the morning so that parishioners may hold the evening service at home. Ann Street Methodist Church, Beaufort, the Rev. J. D. Young pas tor: Tomorrow night, 7 p.m., Christmas program for Sunday School children. Thursday, classes and circles sponsoring needy families will dis tribute baskets of food and cloth ing. Sunday. Sunday School classes and morning and evening services with special music. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Beaufort, the Rev. Edward Sharp, rector: Friday night, 6:30 p.m., Sunday School party and program in Parish House. Saturday night, 11:30 p.m.. Holy Communion. Sunday morning. 9:30 a.m.. Sun day School classes, and at 11 a.m. Holy Communion. Free Will Baptist Church, Beau fort. the Rev. James Howard, pas tor: Regular services for the week. Saturday night. Christmas tree for Sunday School children. Sunday morning regular services and Sunday evening there will be a Christmas play. St. Egbert'* Catholic Church, Morehead City, the Rev. Paul By ron, pastor: Saturday night. 11:30, beginning of the Midnight Mass celebration with the singing of carols by the St. Egbert'* Men's Chfltr with Mrs. WettoW Made* accompaayinc "rm the organ Sunday, 9 and 11 a.m., sewices. Franklin Memorial Methodist See SERVICES, Pag* 3 ? Defendant Dislikes Ruling, Wants Jury Trial Mark Washington appealed to Superior Court before Judge Lam bert R. Morris in County Recor der's Court Thursday when he was found guilty of assault. Bond was set at $900. Washington was sentenced to one year on the roads for allegedly jabbing Clarence Thomas with an ice pick Sunday, Dec. 4, aboard the J. L Morris, menhaden boat John Wealey Taylor was fined $10 and costs for one charge of no operator's license and was as sessed costs on another charge of no operator's license. A charge of driving drunk against him was dropped. Fined $100 John Joseph Gordon was fined $100 and costs for driving drunk. Guy Vann, John Good and Joe Bailey were each fined $10 and costs in lieu of 30 days on the roads for public drunkenness Bonds were forfeited by Wil liam Bryant and Walter Stanton, public drunkenness; Willie N. Ken sey, insufficient brakes; Dan Eli Bennett, allowing unlicensed per son to operate vehicle, and La Verne Feurtado Bennett, no oper ator's license. Costs were assessed against Pete J. Langley, simple trespass; Mrs. Norwood Nelson, malicious prose cution; and Mary Owens Lennon, insufficient brakes. A charge of aiding and abetting in larceny against Albert Hayes was dropped. Cases Continued Cases against the following were continued: Ervan E. Hanis cey, Kennard Andrew Taylor, L. E. Gillikin, Selby Anderson Ful cher, Mitchell Wetherington, Hor ace Jones, Elijah Carter Jr., Jack Gillikin. John Carlton Gaskill, Ganes Thomas Chapman, Hugh Whaley, Lloyd FiUingame, Robert Adams, H. L. Lynch, Qma Stoke* lftdtOT* Carol C. Davis. Monroe Taylor" and Bill Warren, Arthur LotH, Nicho las P. DeMulder, Willie Gray, Cur tis Joaey and Robert Carl Work man. Christmas Tree Carries Message to Morehead City National Officer Visits Jaycees Jake West Jr., Kinston. nation*! director of the U. S. Junior Cham ber of Commerce spoke to More head City Jaycees last night at the Hotel Fort Macon. His topic Was The Jaycee Story. Mr. West, one of 200 national director* in the V. S. Junior Cham ber of Commerce, vtoited the More head City club ss part of hi* offi Jake Wert Jr. . . . tells JC story cial tour of the 31 clubs from Red Spring! to Ellnbeth City. National directors are elected each year and visit the 2,780 Jay cee clubs throughout the nation. They serve as a sounding board and guiding force for the 200.000 Jaycees In the U. 8.. remarked Dr. Russell Outlaw, llorehead City Jay cee president.. Mr. West met with the board of director! of the llorehead City club following the meeting. According to Dr. Outlaw, the four major goals the Morehrad City Jaycees hope to achieve this year are as follows. They will attempt to make their community a better place, develop leadership among their members, offer educational, recreational and social activities to young men. and give men between the ages of 21-36 the opportunity to participate In the affairs of the community, state and nation. ? Br HAL SHAPIRO A new system of sending notes was experienced last week by Mal colm (Mac) Goodwin, proprietor of Goodwin's Pharmacy, Morehead City, who spied a capsule vial at tached to one of the Christmas trees he was selling. Mr. Goodwin was selling the trees in the rain Wednesday morn tag when he noticed the capsule iied to the tree with a string. He tore it off and put it In his pocket. The outside of the vial had a pharmacist's label on it from a village in Quebec, Canada. Inside was a note. Mr. Goodwin didn't read the note until Thursday night at his home, and then he discovered that he couldn't read it in its entirety since It was written in French. From the part that he could tranalate, he learned that the far mer who had cut the tree in Que bec had a Urge family in need of clothing Mr. Goodwin turned the note over to his employee, Grover Smithwick, who is studying French at Morehead City School. The note waa fully translated at the school by Mrs. Helen Baily and her class and the atudents decided that they would aend clothing to the family. The note, written by the farm er's wife, Mrs. Ledovir Lamon tagne, follows: "I would be very grateful if some people would like to send me some cases of used clothing for the Holiday Season. Thank you." Her addnaa is Cite Wolfe. Que bee, Canada. Mr. Goodwin purchased the trees from a wholesaler in Raleigh who received them in freight car lots from Quebec. It was also reported that ano ther message was found In a tree at Raleigh Saturday That one, from New Brunswick, Canada, was from a 16-year-old boy who aaked for help. CM Leased Mr. and Mra. E M Dewey. More head City, have leaaed the Blue Ribbon Club, Morehead City, from Howard Case. Huntington, W. Va. Thr Blue Ribbon Club waa for merUr operated by Mr. and Mrs. Ray.Oarratt, who arc now at Wil mington. School Vacation Starts Thursday Government Offices, Business Places Will Observe Holiday School kids will have a long holi day for Christmas. The schools close Thursday at noon and will reopen at 8:30, Jan. 2. The county courthouse and the town hall in Beaufort will be closed from Thursday noon until Tuesday morning, Dec. 27. The county agent and ASC of fices will close Friday at 4:30 and reopen Wednesday, Dec. 28. The County Draft Board at the courthouse annex, Beaufort, will be closed Friday, Dec. 23, through Monday, Jan. 2, opening again on Jan. 3 Morehead City's town hall will be closed Saturday through Mon day, reopening Tuesday morning, and the county ABC stores will be closed on Monday, Dec. 26. The driver licensing branch of the Highway Patrol will be closed Friday and Monday. Stores in Morehead City will re main open until 9 p.m. every night this week and stores in Beaufort will remain open until 8 p.m All of them, and the banks, will be closed Monday, Dec. 26. Sheriff Salter Heads Shriners Hugh Salter, sheriff, was elected president of the Carteret County Shrine Club at the Christmas din ner dance Friday night at Harvey Smith's. West Beaufort. Sheriff Suiter succeeds N. L. Walker of Beaufort. Other officers ! are W. J. I pock. Beaufort, first vice president, who succecds Perry Hugh Salter . . . wins new office Taylor Jr.. Morehead City; and Floyd Chad wick Jr., Morehead City, secretary-treasurer, who succeeds Robert Safrit Jr., Beaufort. Members of the nominating com mittee were Bruce Goodwin and Marshall Ayscuc. Morehead City, and Leonard Safrit, Beaufort. Lambert Morris, Atlantic, was toastmaster. Guest of honor of the evening was Charles Seifert, New Bern, Sudan Temple recorder. Another guest of honor was Wy nema Archalbault, Indian cere monial dancer of Havelock, who was accqpipanied by her mother. Each noble brought a gift for the crippled children of the coun ty. The gifts were turned over to Leonard Safrit, who will distribute them. The invocation was given by J. W. Kellogg Following a turkey dinner, served by the Eastern Star, there was a dance. Two Scientists Attend Meeting at Washington G. B. Talbot U. 8. Fishery lab, Beaufort, and l)r. A. F Chestnut, director of the Institute of Fish eries Research. Morehead City, at tended a meeting of the blue crab study committee at Washington, D. C., last Tuesday. A program was drawn up which will be presented to members of the industry next month. Attending the meeting were heads of laboratories from the crab fishery state*. A committee to study weakfish (sea trout) has been proposed. Both studies are under the auapicea of the Atlantic States Marine Fish eries Commission. Tides at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, Dee. 26 12:01 a.m. 11:48 p.m. 9:21 am. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 12:40 a.m. 12:33 p.m. 6:08 a.m. 6:46 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22 1:22 a m. 1:22 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 7:52 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2S 2:12 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:0} p.m. 2:30 p.m. Solicitor George W. Ball Will Leave Court Position Dec. 31 < Remember This? Photo by Jerry Schumacher Last Christmas season these pictures appeared in THE NEWS TIMES. The Up picture shows the inside of a "home" in which ?l|lit Negro children lived with their mother and father ? If the two parents were around. The lower picture shows four of the children huddled in bed. With the help of the county welfare department and readers of THE NEWS-TIMES, the children spent a happy Christ mas. Watch Friday's paper for a sequel to the story. Postmaster 3 Say Volume Of Mail Up This Year Though no figurtft are available-1 at present, Christmas mail at both the Morehead City and Beaufort postoffices is up over last year, in the opinion of Postmasters Harold Webb and J. P. Betts. In Morehead City one delivery is made daily, and two additional carriers, William O. Davis and Charles Macy, have been added to the staff. . In Beaufort, two deliveries are being made daily and assistance has been obtained for the RFD deliveries. One extra letter carrier, Thomas Respess, has been added to the staff. Both postoffices are open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. this week through Saturday. Morehead City will have one mail delivery on Christmas Day. Both postoffices will be closed Sunday and Monday all day, Dec. 25 and 26. Two Business Places Entered Two placet of business in Beau fort were broken into over the weekend. Money and cigarette! were taken from the Snack Grill, but nothing was taken from the LAI, Coal Co. office. The sheriffs department was called after 2 a.m. Sunday to in vestigate the break-in at the grill, which is located at the intersec tion of the West Beaufort Road and Highway 101. The front door was Jimmied open The grill ie operated by Mrs Maxwell Wade. The coal company office, Broad Street, waa entered some time af ter the cloae at business Saturday. Entry waa gained by breaking the glass over a window latch. Noth ing waa taken however. Things of value were locked in a safe. Fingerprints were obtained and investigations are continuing on both caaes. The L&L break in is being investigated by the Beau fort Police Department Moraheod City Fireman Answer Two Alarm* Moreheed City firemen answered an alarm Saturday morning at the tool shed at Dm Bud Dixon Motel, ArendeO and Bonner Streeta. Dam age waa minor. Caliae of the Are waa attributed to a doodad stove. Thursday afternoon an alarm was snswered at 4:15 at MS Bridges St. where a chimney was latin. No damage was reported. ? Decision on Water Case Not Expected Til Early 1956 The decision of the State Utili ties Commission, which is hearing the Carolina Water rate caae to day. ii not expected to be forth coming until early next year, per haps in February or March. After the decision is issued, either party, the water company or those protesting the rate raise, has the right of appeal to Super ior Court. It is possible that the case could drag out for almost a year. Meanwhile, people in Beaufort, Morehead City and Snow Hill are paying the higher water rates. The rates have doubled here and in creased 35 per cent at Snow Hill. Should Carolina Water Co. lose its case, money paid from No vember. when the higher rates went into effect, will be refunded the water customers. The water hearing opens at 10 o'clock this morning in the utili ties commission building, Raleigh. Beaufort, Morehead City and Snow Hill, as well as individuals in this area, are protesting the rate increase. Agent Leaves Today A1 Newsome, assistant county farm agent, will complete his work with th* Carteret farm agent's office today. He has ac cepted a position with the Gates County farm office.. ' George Ball, acting solicitor of Morehead City Re corder'* Court, has resigned and Alvah Hamilton, More head City attorney, has been appointed solicitor. Mr. Ball's resignation was read at the meeting of the Morehead City town board Thursday night at the munici pal building. Mr. Ball had accepted the position with the understanding tnat ne would serve' temporarily He succeeded John James Jr. Mr. Hamilton has also accepted the position temporarily. Mr. Ball's resignation becomes effective Dec. 31. He said that acting as solicitor interferes with his private law practice. Armory Sought Machinery was also put in mo tion Thursday night relative to More head City's obtaining an ar mory. Lt. Merrit Bridgman, com- t manding officer of the Morehead City National Guard unit, appear ed before the board and said he believed an armory would be built at Morehead City if the town pro vided the property. Mayor George Dill and the town attorney, George McNeill, were au thorized to speak to the National Guard commander. Adj. Gen. John Hall Manning, at Raleigh this week. Building of an armory in this area, either in Beaufort or More head City, has been proposed in the past, but none of the plans ma terialized. Prior to the dissolving, several months ago, of the National Guard unit at Beaufort, the town had obtained property at Lennox ville as an armory site. Lieutenant Bridgman said that since the Beaufort and Morehead City National Guard members con solldated, there arc SI men in the unit, plus four officers. George Phillips, manager of Morehead City's Piggly Wiggly store, appeared before the board. He was granted permission to pave an area for diagonal parking along the east side of the store building on 14th Street. Mrs. Violet Howard appeared be fore the board with a proposal to settle for back taxes on lots 1 and 2 in square 31, Morehead City. The commissioners said they would make a settlement which would be subject to correction of an error bMfcved to be made when the county made a similar settlement Hoyle Greene, administrator of the Morehead City Hospital, in formed the board by letter that a roofing company in town had not fulfilled its contract for putting a roof on the east wing of the More head City Hospital. The report was given to the board fbr entry in the minutes. Mr. Greene, in another letter, re quested that in the next tax levy, S per cent of the general fund be set aside for hospital operaation This is a routine procedure each year. ? A copy of a letter written by the zoning board to Theodore Econo mon, Morehead City, was read. The letter suggested that Mr. Econo mon's property west of 25th Street be laid off in streets and alleys to facilitate handling of toning prob lems. A. B. Roberts, building inspec tor, was authorized to investigate the construction of a building on Arendell Street west of the White Ice Cream and Milk Co. Mr. Roberts Is to check on whether the building Is being constructed in ac cordance with toning laws. The board approved expenditure of $35 for "paper work" relative to obtaining' a 1.200-gallon water truck and two pumpa for the hoe pltal from Cherry Point. Commis sioner D. 1. Hall, Flra Chief Ver non Guthrie and John Parker went to the hue to lnapect the equip ment Commissioner Hall recommend ed that the town acquire it. DeMa Written Off The annual "charging off" of re corder > court debts was made. The court clerk, John Laahley, was au thorized to write off 1302 Finance Commissioner S. C. Hol loway said he had not approved See BOARD, Page 3 News in a Nutshell INTERN ATION AC TEMPERS IURK in the middle EJit in the cla*h between Arab and Jew. Syria demanded Friday that Itrael be thrown oat of the United Nation*. Egypt backed Sy ria in another of the continual in cident* which threaten to become out and out war. THE FAB KMT may be ano ther trouble apot too*. American intelligence officer* report that Communist China ha* built up ma terial and rappliea for launching a full acale attack on NationaMat held Formoaa. ? NATIONAL P?d a rwitch at Oettyabvg Sun day oUM, lighting the National Community Christmas tree at | Washington, D C. SEN. ESTE8 KKFAUVER, Ten nessee, has announced that he will vie with Adlal Stevenson and other Hopefuls (or the IBM Democratic Presidential nomination. STATE SPECIAL SESSION of the state legislature It termed likely. The session, which night be h*M prior to the next school term, would deal with the achool segregation ATLANTIC COAST UNI says that it will require a year to IS months to move its gene* il offices from Wilmington ACL aaya It waste to find ? "more central to Nativity Scene Attracts Large Crowd Sunday More than 300 persons saw the first showing of the nativity scene Sunday night at the More head City Recreation Building. Mem bers of the cast, the choir and soloists were from St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Characters in last night's show ing were from the First Methodist md Franklin Memorial Methodist Churches, Morehead City, and to night they will be members of the First and Free Will Baptist Churches, Beaufort. Members of St. Egbert's Catho ic Church will participate in the portrayal at 7:30 tonijght. They will be John Pavonne, Charles Par ter, A1 Bruce, Anthony Dudley, Walter Scheper, Peter McNulty, Richard Powers and Betty Parker. St. Egbert's choir will sing, vith George Stafford as soloist. Members of Ann Street Metho list Church will take part in Thurs iay night's portrayal. They will w Mary Jane Fulcher, Quention Lewis, John Duncan, Thomas Res jcss, Allen Windley, Charles Smith, David Chipman and Lonnie Dill Jr. Mrs. Herring to Sing Mrs. Jarvis Herring will be so oist and Mrs. Charles llassell ac companist. Friday's scene will be portrayed jy members of the First and Free Will Baptist Churches of Mora head City, and the Christmas Ere icene will be gives by members if the First Presbyterian and Christian Churches of Morehead :ity. The sceae begins each night at f:30 p.m. and continues for an lour and a half, with the eacep ion of Christmas Eve when the icene will not begin until 9 p.m. The tableau is presented out loo rs on the west side of the rec eption building. Live animals are n an enclosure in frost of the nanger. Registration Requested At the left of the setting is a egistration stand where specta ors are invited to aign their lames. Contributions, to defray he expense of building the setting, nay be made there. The scene is sponsored by the ;arteret Community Theatre which his year sought the cooperation 4 the churches. Last year theatre nembers themselves produced it. Another nativity scene I4 also wing shown in the county, at the lound View Free Will Baptist Church. This scene, featuring >laster of paris figures, Is the one rhich has been shown in previous rears at Core Creek Methodiat :hurch. Fund for TV Set Now Totals $69 The Hubert GUlikin fund now otal* $89 Recent contribution* nclude a $29 check from ? win ner resident of the county who vishe* to remain anonymous, and >ther donatioaa from Hn. Robert tuueil. Bill Willi*, Mrs Gray Ha* tell and Miaa Evelyn Weatergard, ill of Beaufort; Mrs. Lillian Wheal on, Mrs J. A DuBoia. Hal Sha liro, and Allen Colenda, all of dorehead City. Hubert la an lB-year-old boy who ormerly lived at Otway. Due to pinal trouble he ia confined to >ed and la living now with hi* nother, brother* and ai*tera it ?*ul*boro, N. J. Because ha would like a TV aet Or Chriatmaa, it waa suggeated hat folka of thia county, if they ri?h, give money toward the TV. The response haa been moat [ratifying Money collected through he Hubert Glllikln fund, New* rime*, will be turned over to the ounty welfare department, which n turn will aend it to the welfare rtment at Paulaboro They see that the money ia uaed or the TV . Donation* may be aent directly ? Hubert, us Rooeevelt A**., 'aulaboro, N. J., or aeat to TBS 1EWSTIMES. Santa Claua will appear in frent ?f the community ChrMmta Me. Newport, at 2:80 Saturday after woo.
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