NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
504 Ar*od?ll St
Morehead City
Phone 6-4175
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
45th YEAR, NO. 4. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Clayton Fulcher Jr., Joe DuBois
Testify at Coast Guard Hearing
1 I
Beaufort Jaycees
To Present DSA
Award Feb. 13
Jaycees Hear Report
On Yule Charity Project
At Monday Meeting
Beaufort Jaycees will honor
Beaufort's outstanding young man
of 1955 at a dinner at the Inlet
Inn Monday night, Feb. 1-3. In ad
dition to the Distinguished Ser
vice award, the Key Man award
will also be presented.
The DSA is given to the man
between 21 and 35 years of age
who has done outstanding work
for Beaufort during the past year
and the Key Man award will be
given to the Jaycee who has done
the most for the organization dur
ing 1955.
Jaycees will take guests to the
meeting. Jack McManus is in
charge ,of selecting the DSA win
ner and the Key Man.
Reports on Program
At the Jaycee meeting Monday
night at the Scout building, James
Steed reported on the Jaycee
Christmas charity program. Fif
teen families received baskets of
food valued at $225. Clothes and
shoes were also distributed.
The Jaycee bread sale brought
$118 and the shotgun raffle $276.
proceeds were used to finance the
Christmas program. The shotgun
was won by Clarence Stamper.
Flans are being made to put a
new stove in the Scout building
kitchen and a new oil heater in
the main room. Jaycees dined,
shivered and shook Monday night
because the oil stove is no good.
Part of the building has been
painted, new cabinets have been
put in the kitchen and other im
provements made. It was report
ed that the furniture offered by
McMillan and Wells probably will
not be available until the last of
the month.
Ta Promote JC's
To promote National Jaycee
Week Jan. 23-29, Jaycees will ap
pear on radio programs, describ
ing Jaycee projects and outlining
their plans for 1956.
The board of directors will meet
at 7:30 p.m. Monday at WBMA to
plan the promotion.
Tommy Potter, president, an
nounced that the 9th district meet
ing will take place at Greenville
Feb. 1.
A seafood supper was served
prior to the business meeting.
Beaufort Chief Reports
On December Operations
Beaufort's policc department
made a total of 22 arrests during
the month of December, according
to Chief Guy Springle.
Of the total. 17 were for public
drunkenness, two for drunken driv
ing and three for traffic violations.
Chief Guy Sprinkle made six ar
rests, Assistant Chief Carlton Gar
ner made eight. Mack Wade made
three, Steve Bcachcm four and
Robert Hudgins one.
Mr. Hudgins, who was added to
the staff during the fishing season,
completed his work with the de
partment Dec. 31, 1955.
The above report was submitted
to the town board Monday night by
Chief Springle.
| News in Nutshell |
INTERNATIONAL
INDIANS in Amazon jungle ter
ritory, Ecuador, arc believed to
have killed five United States
missionaries. Two bodies have
I been spotted near tbe missionaries'
plane.
FRANCE is continuing its fruit
less effort to stamp out revolt in
Algeria. The Algerians want inde
pendence from France.
NATIONAL
PRESIDENT Dw'tht Eisenhow
er'j name will be entered on the
Illinois Presidential ballot April
10. Ike still refuses to comment
on whether he will run for re
election.
. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT has
issued a draft call for 16,000 men
In March, 10.000 for the Navy and
6,000 for the Army.
STATU
INSURANCE RATE increases
were protested at a hearing in Ra
leigh Wednesday. Hikes, ranging
' up to 100 per cent, ire proposed
for extended coverage insurance.
CRAVEN COUNTY schools were
L, rapped by a grand jury this week.
I Both Negro and white schools, in
I certain areas, were termed in a
^"deplorable condition."
* Clayton Fulcher Jr., Atlantic,
and Joe DuBoU, Morehead City,
presented resolutions and letters on
behalf of the Sea Level Chamber
of Commerce, Down East Lions
Club and Morehead City Chamber
of Commerce opposing the closing
of the Atlantic Life Saving Station
at a hearing in the county court
house yesterday afternoon.
Presiding at the hearing was
Capt. George D. Svnon, acting as
chairman in the absence of Hear
Adm. Henry C. Perkins.
Mr. Fulcher read both of his res
olutions and also made several ob
servations. He said fishermen of
the Atlantic area appreciate the
help rendered by the Life Saving
Station.
He added that Drum Inlet is im
portant to the fishermen of the
area and they were dependent upon
the station for assistance in case
of distress.
Mr. Fulcher mentioned the lights
in Core Sound and stated that
without them it would be danger
ous to fish in the waters. He said
that now the lights are relit in a
hurry if they go out, but if the
station were closed and the assist
ance had to come from further
away, the fishermen would be
leary about using the channel.
Mr. Fulcher said that the area's
economic well-being depends on
ihe station being in its present lo
cation. Fishermen wouldn't use
Drum Inlet if the Atlantic station
weren't in operation, he remarked.
Mr. DuBois read a letter from
the Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce, after stating that More
head City was an important port
for the sports fishing fleet which
used the waters in the vicinity of
the Atlantic Life Saving Station
for catching amberjack and red
snapper.
Captain Synon's fellow board
members included Capt. D. M. Mor
rison. Cmdr. Verne C. Gibson, and
Capt. H. C. Moore, representative
of Hear Adm. R. E. Wood, Com
mander of the Fifth Coast Guard
District, Norfolk.
Captain Synon told the five per
sons at the hearing that the board
of survey is investigating stations
that were to be discontinued, re
established. or repaired.
He said that the Coast Guard,
during the course of years discov
ers that changes should be made,
and that they ask interested par
ties to appear to show why or why
not the changes should be made.
See HEARING, Page 2
$420 More Needed to Have
Adult Concert March 2
Contrary to a report from Cha
pel Hill last week, the North Caro
lina Little Symphony will not pre
sent an adult coneert here in
March unless an additional $420
in memberships is obtained.
Frank Cassiano, Morehead City,
chairman of the County Symphony
Society, said that at present mem
bership fees total only $30 more
than cost of the children's con
cert.
Date for the concert for children
is Friday, March 2, at the More
head City School. If the adult con
cert is given, it will be presented
Friday night, March 2, at the Beau
fort School.
The full symphony, which will
be on the road from April 11
through May 8, will play 40 con
certs including 25 children's pro
grams and 15 adult programs.
It will play in the following
cities: Hickory, High Point, Dur
ham, Salisbury, Burlington, Chapel
Hill, Greensboro, Faycttevillc, Ra
leigh, Wilmington. Kinston. Rocky
Mount, Wilson and Asheville.
The Little Symphony, touring
from Feb. 2 until March 28, will
give a total of 67 concerts. Forty
of these programs will be for chil
dren and 27 for adults.
Out-of-state appearances includc
the following engagements: South
Carolina State College in Orange
burg, Coker College in Hartsville,
S. C., and Florida A&M Univer
sity in Tallahassee.
The season's schedule also in
eludes concerts in eight North i
Carolina college auditoriums. They j
arc Appalachian State Teachers
College in Boone. Mars Hill Col-j
lege in Mars Hill. Davidson Col
lege in Davidson. Shaw University
in Raleigh, Wake Forest College
in Wake Forest, Faycttcville Stdtc j
Teachcrs College in Fayetteville,
Pembroke State College in Pcm- J
broke and Lees-McCrac College in
Banner Elk.
ICC to Receive Protests Today
\ , 1
On Its Southern Railway Report
Beaufort Board Rescinds Ordinance
Requiring Licensing of Bicycles
i
Federal Foods
To be Distributed
Next Thursday
Federal surplus foods for this
month will be distributed next I
Thursday, Jan. 19, at the recreation
building. Morehead City.
The recreation building is lo- '
catcd between 15th and 16th
Streets and between Evans and
Shepard Streets. The curb market,
formerly used as the distribution
center, cannot be used any longer
because the building is not con
structed to carry the weight.
Distribution hours arc 9 a.m. to I
3 p.m. Persons arc asked to enter
the rear of the building (Evans
Street side) by the west door.
Several Morehead City Jaycces
and Tommy Potter, Beaufort Jay
cee, wili help unload the commodi- j
tics when they arc trucked into i
Morehead City Wednesday after
! noon. Six men from Newport will
help weigh out the foods Wednes
day night and members of the
Beaufort and Morehead City Junior
Woman's Clubs will assist in dis
tribution Thursday.
Because it will cosl $1.50 an hour
to heat the recreation building.
Miss Georgic Hughes, welfare su
perintendent, says she hopes the
money to recover that cost will be
donated.
Between 400 and 425 families arc
xpectcd to call for their free food
supplies. Commodities include but
ter, shortening, flour, cornmeal,
powdered milk, and dried beans.
One more distribution will prob
ably take place in February and
that is expected to be the la*t.
The commodities have been dis
tributed monthly since November
to help persons who were suffering
from effects of the hurricane*.
486,31 5 Tons Move Through
Port; Leaf Cargoes Increase
Cargoes moved by the North*
Carolina state port at Morehcad
City during 1955 totalled 486,315
tons, and tobacco exports climbed
more than a million pounds over
the previous year's figure.
I Col. Richard S. Marr, executive
, director of the State Ports Author
j ity, released the totals yesterday.
Tobaeco shipments through the
I State Terminals brought in 10
I ships during the year and a ton
nage movement of 8,998,000
pounds. This compares with the
1954 figures of four ships and 7,
756,000 pounds.
Morehead City's hinterland is a
broad area of rich tobacco lands
and the port is consequently mak
ing a strong bid for tobacco car
goes.
The port recently began a to
bacco warehousing service for 10,
000 hogsheads. More space will be
made available this year, and the
terminal will be able to store some
40,000 hogsheads.
Another service which will be
added, in order to attract tobacco
shipments, is fumigation. Plans
for a fumigation plant have been
drawn up and the contracts will
be let this spring.
The 1955 tobacco movement saw
tobacco exporting principally to
Germany. However, a long-sought
beginning of tobacco export to Hol
land began late last year, with a
shipment to Rotterdam.
Driver Charged
With Drunkenness
George Washington Hall, More
head City, was charged with driv
ing drunk when his 1051 Nash
rammed a 1930 Nash driven by
Clarence Leroy Glanccy Monday
at 5:40 p.m. near 13th and Area
dell Streets, Morehead City.
As a result, Mr. Glancey's car
was pushed into a parked 1948
Chevrolet owned by Alphcus Earl
Taylor, route 1 Newport.
According to Sgt. Joe Smith,
who investigated. Hall was driv
ing west on Arendell Street when
he struck Glancey's car.
Damage to Hall's vehicle was ea
timated at |300. Damage to Glan
cey's car was estimated at $150
and ISO to Taylor'*.
$1,000 Fire Hits
Bike, Stove Shop
A fire which started in the
chimney caused $1,000 damage
at the Ben Jones Bicycle and
Stove Shop, 112 Que?n St., Beau
fort, Monday night at 6:45.
Beaufort firemen answered the
alarm and extinguished the
flames but not before brass stove
parts had been destroyed.
Mr. Jones reported that he has
no insurance on the equipment
or his shop.
?????? ? ?
Education Board
Confirms Bids
The County Board of Education
confirmed three bids at its meet
ing Monday afternoon in the educa
tion office. Beaufort.
The Rockwell Newman Co. will
waterproof the north and cast walls
of the Beaufort School building at
a cost slightly exceeding $3,000.
Also confirmed were bids on the
school properties at North River
and Merrimon. The properties were
sold, as advertised, Dec. 16. The
North River site was bought by
James Johnson and the Merrimon
property by Theodore Phillips.
H. L. Joslyn, secretary to the
board and superintendent of coun
ty schools, reported that $330.96 of
the county's share of the $23 mil
lion for schools will go for admin
istration and bond sale expense.
The State Board of Education re
quires that of the total $170,473.83
earmarked for Carteret, $213.09
will go for administration and
$117.87 to cover cost of selling
bonds.
The balance left will be $170
142.87.
Offer Declined
Beaufort School has declined,
with thanks, the offer of the Beau
fort Junior Woman's Club to give
it playground equipment located
in the Park-by the-Sea. B. E. Tar
kington. principal, said such equip
ment creates a hazard, space is In
adequate at the school, and cost
of moving tt would be prohibitive.
SO Applicants
Seek Property
D. M. White, representative
from the State Civil Defense of
fice, Raleigh, said approximately
50 people applied for surplus gov
ernment property Tuesday at the
courthouse.
Mr. White also said that he will
be back in the courthouse, Beau
fort, Wednesday. First reports
stated that the representatives
from the civil defense office would
make only one visit to each county.
Mr. White said that some of the
things sought most were not listed
in the catalog of surplus property
in the Atlanta district. These were
pilings and boats.
"But the applications will be
filed anyway," Mr. White said,
"and we will attempt to locate
their wants for them."
One man wants a dredge. "I
don't know whether such a thing
can be found," Mr. White said,
"but we'll look."
Surplus government property is
being offered to farmers and bus
inessmen in hurricane - stricken
areas at 10 per cent of cost.
Aids List Taker
Gerry Thomas, Beaufort, is as
sisting U. E. Swann as tax lister
at the courthouse. Beaufort. Mr.
Thomas replaces Elmore Davis.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Jan. II
8:26 a.m. 2:21 a.m.
8:54 p.m. 2:97 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 14
9:01 a.m. 2:98 a.m.
9:31 p.m. 3:33 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. IS
9:33 a.m. 3:33 a.m.
10:07 p.m. 4:09 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 1<
10:03 a.m. 4:09 a.m.
10:41 p.m 4:33 p.m.
Tuenday, Jan. 17
10:43 a.m. 4:34 a.m.
11:17 p.m. 4:97 p.m.
? Bicyclc owners in Beaufort no
longer have to have their bikes
tagged.
The Beaufort Town Board, in
session Monday night at the town
hall, rescinded the hike tag or
dinance. Dan Walker, town clerk,
said that of the 350 tags ordered
last year only 64 were sold.
Commissioner James R u m 1 e y
chuckled and recalled that he said
when the ordinance was passed
that soon somebody would want
baby carriages licensed! He voted
for rescinding the ordinance, as
did the other commissioners.
The clerk read a letter from R.
Kenneth Murphy of the North
Carolina Underwriters Association,
reporting that the town's fire
classification is 6. as it has been
in the past. Thus the fire insur
ance rates will remain the same.
A check on the town's fire pro
tection facilities and fire districts
was made in November by L. I).
Murphy of the Southeastern Un
derwriters Association. The rating
classification was based on Mr.
Murphy's inspection.
In answer to a question by
Commissioner Gerald Hill, the
clerk said he considered the rat
' ing good, since only metropolitan
I areas in the state receive any bet
ter rating.
Stop Lights Here
I The clerk reported that all parts
I for the stop lights have arrived,
i Mr. Rumlcy, street commissioner,
'remarked that he hoped the clerk
took as long to pay the company
i as they took in sending the lights.
Cost of the lights was $1,533.84.
| Mr. Rumlcy also suggested that
after a certain hour at night the
| lights flash yellow. Wardell Fil
lingame, street superintendent,
said that arrangement could be
I made.
Mayor Clifford Lewis asked
Commissioner Roy Hamilton for
a report on acquisition of a lot
for storing town equipment. Gene
Smith, town attorney, who was
also appointed to help find a lot,
said that a lot next to the rail
road track at the Beaufort cannery
was bring surveyed The lot is
about 110 by 200 feet.
The clerk reported that the
County Board of Education is in
terested in acquiring lot 200 ad
jacent to Queen Street School
property (this was erroneously
identified in Tuesday's paper as
being located adjacent to the Beau
fort elementary school). The lot
is owned by the town and county.
The commissioners approved co
operating with the county to give
it to the Board of Education.
Purchase Approved
The board approved purchase of
10 quick suits for the fire depart
i ment. Quick suits arc lined, water
proof suits worn while fighting
fires.
Capt. Haywood Snell of the fire
department appeared before the
board to request outfits for each
fireman. He said the firemen
hoped to buy some suits by raising
money on their own.
Captain Snell said he realized
that the outfits had been bought
in the past and firemen used them
to go hunting and fishing.
To guard against this in the fu
ture, Captain Snell said that each
See BOARD, Page 2
Tobacco, Fish Oil
Will be Shipped
The first mixed cargo, tobacco
ami fish oil. will leave Morehcad
City port this weekend.
The Ham burg- American ship,
Goettingen, is due in port today.'
When she sails she will carry,
in addition to tobacco. 700 tons
ol locally-produced fish oil.
The Goettingen. coming here
from Norfolk, is carrying cargo
for Ballimoio, Philadelphia and
New York.
Officers Blow Up
250-Galion Still
Five thousand gallons of mash
were destroyed when a 250 gallon
still was blown up at 1 :30 p.m. Fri
day in North Harlowc.
The still was put out of commis
sion by Marshall Ayscue, county
ABC officer, and f *deral officers.
It was located on the fire tower
road.
Twenty-four gallons of whisky,
found in a field nearby, were con
fiscated.
The only one around the still
when the officers cam? upon it
was a black cat which was feel inn
no pain. It had an appetite for
mash and was as Jrunk as an old
sailor. No warrant was sworn out
for his arrest. So goes the story
Officer Ayscue tells.
(Special to THE NEWS- TIMES)
Place .1 before the Interstate Commerce Commission to
day will be Southern Railway's protest against the findings
of the trial examiner relative to Southern's taking over the
Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad.
Today is the deadline set by the ICC for filing protests.
The examiner's report was released at Washington, D. C.
Dec. 14. The examiner's decision.'
based on hearings at Coldsboro in
June, was not to Southern's liking.
It approved Southern's acquisi
tion of the Atlantic and East Caro
lina Railroad but not its acquisition
of the railroad between Cherry
Point and Camp Lejcunc. Southern
says it is not interested in operat
ing the A&EC unless it can have
the Marine railroad too.
Examiner 'Wrong*
Southern's protest contends that
the ICC examiner. H. J. Blond, is
wrong in denying Southern control
of the Cherry Point-Lejeune line.
It is also reported that the
United States Defense Department
and the State of North Carolina
will file protests with the ICC to
day.
Following oral argument, the In
terstate Commerce Commission will
rer tier its decision.
Steps toward Southern's taking
over the A&KC, which operates be
tween Goldsboro and Morehead
City, have been made over the past
two years.
East-West Line
The State of North Carolina is
vitally interested in the proposal
for if Southern wins its case, North
Carolina will have direct rail con
nections with the middle west from
its eastern shore.
State ports officials, who are in
charge of operation of the state
port at Morehead City, say South
ern's operation of the A&KC would
enable establishment of competi
tive freight rates on goods moving
through the port.
Atlantic Storm Brings
High Tides to Carteret
No Let-Up Seen
From Bleak Days
I The weather outlook for Car
teret County is a bleak one with
the damp, drizzly weather expect
ed to last through today. The week
end's forecast is for colder temp
eratures, according to E. Stamey
Davis, weather observer.
The high for this week was re
corded Wednesday with a reading
of 45 degrees and the low was re
corded Monday when the mercury
(dropped to 30 degrees.
Rainfall for the week was a
quarter of an inch.
The high and low temperatures
and the wind directions were as
follows:
Max. Min. Winds
Monday 38 30 W
Tuesday 39 33 W
Wednesday 45 38 NW
j Sailing Delayed
One of the Naval transports
which docked at Morehead City
this week was delayed two days
in arriving here because of a fire
aboard the ship while at dock in
Norfolk.
News-Times to Introduce
House of Week Feature
Dreaming of a brand new house
of your own?
Then be sure to se The House
of the Week in Tuesday's paper
next week and on following Tues
days.
It's something different in house
plan features because it offers
you a detailed, scale-drawn study
plan of the week's house for only
35 cents!
The feature itself, as it appears
in the paper, will includc a floor
plan, a general view of the house,
and a story by D. G. Bareuthcr,
telling all about it.
You can determine from the fea
ture whether this Is the home
something like the one you have
in mind. If you want to study it
further and more closely, just fill
out the coupon which will be putt
lished and mail it to this news
paper in an envelope with only
33 cents.
We will mail the study plan
right back to you. It is a 17 by 22
inch ahcet with acale drawn plans
of the floors, the front, back and
both sidei of the house as well as
i general view and additional da
tails. For such a closcup you us
ually have to pay several dollars.
The plan includes also advice on
how to get your house built, a re
print of the original feature in as
great or greater length than it ap
peared in the paper, and the name
and address of the architect from
whom you can order full scale
plans and specifications if you
wish.
Remember, under this system
you will not have to invest any
substantial sum of money in work
ing plans and specifications until
you have had plenty of time to
discuss the house with relatives
and friends, to pore over the
study plan, and to make certain
that THIS is the house you want.
At 35 cents you can hardly go
wrong!
Remember too that these arc not
tired old stock plans that may have
been published elsewhere already.
They are original, superior plans
drawn especially for this news
paper by some of the best known
small house architects in the
country.
Watch for The House of The
Week in Tuesday's paper.
?? unusually m^n noes win: mc
|?>nly consequences experienced by
this county in this week's storm,
j but the Dare County beaches were
I hard hit.
j The storms were accompanied
i by winds of hurricane force in
I areas extending up to New York.
Waves pounded the Dare coast and
left several cottages in shambles,
j Ocracoke suffered from the wea
ther. A report of conditions there,
given by Mrs. Theodore Rond
thaler, follows:
Ocracoke Island has beep "snow
i bound" for several days; not quite
! in the sense of Whittier's famous
j poem, Snowbound, but by high
: winds and rough seas since Satur
| day morning, and today, Monday,
I by sleet and ice, which arc quite
j uncommon here.
| But this gives everyone a chance
! to stay home by the fire and keep
I warm, or it gives the fishermen
a chance at good hunting on a bad
day. Most of the children got out
to school this morning -the more
sleet and ice, the better they like
it and were slipping around on
the playground.
Last mail to reach us was on
Saturday afternoon when the Hat
tcras mail truck came in; access
from Atlantic on the South has
[kept the regular > mailboat, Dol
I phin, from running. Just at dusk
on Sunday afternoon a small fish
ing boat made the trip over to the
Island bringing four enthusiastic
hunters.
Six others decided not to risk
their lives on stormy waters and
went on to Cedar Island for their
| hunting. We hope the hunting
here is better than it is on Cedar
| Island so they will come here next
I time.
| Fortunately our freight boat, the
Bessie Virginia, came down from
Washington, N. C., on Friday so
we have a good supply of food on
hand. But fresh milk and bread
are beginning to run low. Plenty
of water, however!
The Ocracoke Civic Club is
made up of brave and noble men.
Rumor has it that they arc hold
ing the monthly meeting, as sche
duled. tonight. But we suspect it's
that good, hot oyster stew that is
bringing them out in this weather.
Power Will be Off 15
Minutes Sunday Morning
To change voltages in Carteret
County and the llavelock area,
Carolina Power and Light Co. has
scheduled an outtage for Sunday.
Power will go off at 6 a.m. and
come back on at 6:15 a.m. If the
weather is not favorable, George
Stovall, CPJcI, manager In this
area, said the outtage will be post
poned.
A. J. Williams
Waives Hearing;
$2,300 Bond Set
Bond was set at $2,500 by Judge
Herbert O. Phillips in Morehead
City Recorder's Court Monday
when A. J Williams waived pre
liminary hearing on a charge of
assault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill.
The charge arose from the al
leged shooting of Curtis Bell by
Williams in November. Williams
was being held in the county jail,
but he broke out Dec. 23 and was
later recaptured.
Bond was set at $250 when Rod
erick Woodrow Long requested a
| jury trial on charges of driving
while drunk and resisting arrest.
Alleged Racer Appeals
Dalton Lawrence noted an ap
peal and bond was set at $50 after
he was fined $50 and costs and
ordered not to drive on the streets
and highways of North Carolina
for 90 days. He was charged with
racing on the public highways.
Lawrence was also given a sus
pended 15-day sentence in the city
jail.
William Brock was sentenced to
30 days on the roads for public
drunkenness and another 30-day
sentence to run consecutively was
invoked for violation of a sus
pended sentence of Jan. 2.
James Darby and Edward W.
Parks were each sentenced to
seven days in jail on charges of
public drunkenness.
Will llill was assessed co*4s on
charges of simple ajpCfcult and dis
turbing the pcao*. Charges of hav
ing firearms in his possession and
firing a pistol through another
i man's window were dismissed.
Sentence Suspended
j Hill was given a 30-day suspend
ed roads sentence on condition
that he not breach the peace for a
period of one year and that he not
take any firearms in his home.
Lucius Muns was fined $35 and
costs for no operator's liccnse and
driving without lights. Twenty-five
See COl'RT, Page 7
Marine MP Hit By
Car Wednesday
pfc. Francis Rooney, a military
policeman directing traffic on
Highway 70 at Morehead City port,
was injured at 7:30 Wednesday
night when he was struck by an
automobile.
According to police reports, Pri
vate Rooney was struck by a car
driven by Jerrel Finer, 309 Live
Oak St., Beaufort.
He was taken to Morehead City
Hospital where he was examined
by Dr. S. W. Hatcher. Ho was suf
fering from multiple bruises and
had a puncture wound in his back
on the left side.
Camp Lejeune authorities said
that Rooney was not in the hos
pital there. Neither was he in the
Morehead City Hospital yesterday.
An ambulance called for him so
it is believed that he was taken to
the dispensary at Cherry Point.
Morehead City police ask that
motorists proceed very cautiously
by the port during the present
loading operations. Marine MP's
stationed at the two entrances to
the port arc wearing dark clothes,
making it difficult for motorists
to sec them at night.
Two Marines Hurt
When Jeep Upsets
Two Marine, were seriously In
jured at 11 o'clock Wednesday
morning when the jeep in which
they were riding overturned on
Highway 24.
The men. Cpl. Foy Farley and
Pvt. Gerald Nauro. were taken to
Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital.
State Highway Patrolman J. W.
S.vkcs said both are believed to bo
suffering from fractured hip*.
Their Jeep. ? 1BS2 Willy,, waa
headed toward Swansboro and ran
off the curve just west of the Broad
Creek bridge The Jeep skidded,
turned three times and threw both
of the occupants out.
Patrolman Sykes said it haa not
been determined aa yet who wai
driving.