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?? CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??' 45th YEAR, NO. 9. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. JANUARY 31, 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FR1DAY8 Coroner Sets Bond on Driver Of ' Deathmobile at $1,500 Storm-Resistant Cottage To be Built at Club Colony A , , , , f_. 4- 1 .? II 1 1 Eight Carteret Residents Hold Office in ASHA Norwood Young, Beau fort, Joe DuBois, More head City, Re-Elected Eight Carteret countians were elected to offices in the AU-Sea shore Highway Association at the meeting Thursday in Washington, Joe DuBois, Morehead City, was re-elected secretary, and Norwood Young, Beaufort, was re-elected treasurer. Dan Walker, Beaufort, was elected vice-president for dis trict No. 2, and Alvah Hamilton and P. H. Geer Jr., Morehead City, Gerald Hill and W. H. Potter, Beaufort, and Moses Howard, New port, were elected to the board of directors. Stanley Wahab, Ocracoko, was elected president. Three Projects Members of the association urged support of the organization's three primary objectives, an all-seashore highway along the Outer Banks from Virginia to South Carolina rebuilding the Outer Banks to halt beach erosion as well as future floods in the area; and control of the salt water marsh mosquito. President Wahab urged contin ued support of a bill scheduled to be introduced in the next ses sion of the state general assembly. The bill will ask that unclaimed gasoline tax rebates involving in board and outboard motor boats be used by the state to purchase dredging equipment for the devel opment and maintenance of chan nels, draining and filling marshes for mosquito control and halting of beach erosion. More Ads Sought The assiciation also adopted a resolution to appoint an advertis ing committee to contact state of ficials for a diversion of additional state advertising funds to intensify coastal advertising prior to the coming beach season. A resolution was also adopted to urge senators and congressmen from North Carolina to work for an appropriation for the construc tion of a channel through Oregon Inlet. This project has been approved since 1950 by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, Congress and the Na tional Rivers and Harbors Congress but to date no appropriation has been made. Incorporated in the resolution was the request for an additional federal appropriation for the sta bilization of Masonboro Inlet at Wrightsville Beach. John Rodman, Washington, at torney, said that he had not fully appreciated the organization's aims until he attended Thursday's meet ing. He recommended that the as sociation hold meetings through out all eastern Carolina. Approximately 60 persons from the three highway districts attend ed the meeting. Polio Fund Now Stands at $3,169 As of noon yesterday March of Dimes funds in the county amount ed to S3, 169.96, according to Mrs. Clem Johnson, campaign treas urer. Nine schools have yet to turn in their collections. Beaufort and Morehcad City Schools are the only ones who have completed their drives. The road blocks Saturday brought in approximately $300. The radio talent show Sunday netted approximately >200. Miss Alida Willis, campaign di rector, expressed her appreciation to everyone who participated in the talent show. Persons who have not yet con tributed to the March of Dimes may mail their checks to Mrs. Johnson, Box 6S1, Morehcad City. The drive ends today. Custom* Agent Speaks To Rotations Thursday James Crowe, Beaufort, deputy collector of customs, was the guest speaker at the meeting of tfie Morehcad City Rotary Ciub Thurs day night at Fleming's Restaurant. Mr. Crowe spoke on hii duties in the customs service. Guests were' David Beveridge. Beaufort, and Rotarlan Edgar Hibbs, Newport. Another guest was Lewis Uoldcn, Goldsboro. ? sgt. Kobert W. Misumas, unerry roini, nas Deen oraerea* held under $1,500 bond pending action of the Carteret County grand jury. Misumas has been identified by police as driver of the 1951 Ford in which Charles Ross, Cherry Point, was fatally injured Monday night, Jan. 17. Bond was set by Coroner Leslie D. Springle after the Two Women Head I Heart Campaign Mrs. Gene Smith, Beaufort, i and Mrs. W. M. Brady, Morehead City, have been named chairmen of the heart campaign in this county. February is known throughout the nation as Heart Month and is set aside for the contribution of funds to fight heart disease. In this state the campaign, which opens tomorrow, is spon sored by the North Carolina Heart Association. Directors Call Special Session Of Chamber Members of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce have been invited to a special meeting at 8 next Monday night, Feb. 6, in the court room of the Morehead City Municipal Buliding. Members will vote on two amendments to the constitution. Copies of the amendments have already been mailed to members. The more important amendment is the proposal to change the fis cal year of the organization to the calendar year, Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. At present, the fiscal year runs from May 1 to April 30. J. A. DuBois, manager, said that un<ter the present system, formal organization doesn't get underway until the busy summer season is over. Changihg the fiscal year and the date of the annual business meeting would remedy this, he said. If amended, the by-laws will specify that the annual meeting shall be held between April 1 and 10. At present it is held between Oct. 1 and 10. The other amendment clarifies the board of director membership, stating that there shall be nine di rectors. Proposal to amend the by-laws was approved at a recent meeting of the board of directors. Walter Edwards, president of the cham ber, will preside at the forthcom ing special meeting. | News in Nutshell | INTERNATIONAL PRIME MINISTER Anthony Eden of Great Britain and his for eign secretory, Selwyn Lloyd, ar rived in thii country yesterday for talks with President Eisenhower. They seek to find a new basis on which to combat Russia's rising in fluence in the Middle East. RUSSIA'S proposal for a 20-year friendship treaty with the United States, proposed in a letter to President Eisenhower last week, was rejected. Evidently the Rus sians don't know that people can be friends only by acting friendly, something that is not accomplished merely by signing papers. NATIONAL H. L. MENCKEN, one of Ameri ca's most famous 20th century au- ; thors, died in his sleep at Balti more. He was 75. Newspaperman, , essayist, he was a non-conformist and noted for his vitriolic barbs at U. S. manners and customs. TWO STATES, Arkansas and Tennessee have been hit by freak weather conditions. Tornadoes and 1 thunderstorms have destroyed sev eral buildings and caused two in juries. i STATE , AT RALEIGH-DURHAM airport I Sunday a one-man hclioopter was | demonstrated by its inventor, Igor ' Bcnsen. The Gyro-copter is just big enough to carry one person. { Its flight marked another first In \ North Carolina's aviation history. | ATLANTIC COA8T LINE Rail- ' road has informed Governor I Hodges that It cannot change iU I decision to move its headquarters i from Wilmington, but that the rest ' of North Carolina haa as much \ of a chance as any other part of i the south in the selection of a new iU*. I coroners jury touna proDaoic cause at an inquest at the More ' ^SdaCy"?yigh"UniCiPal Bu"di"S "?"??? '* a Pa'ifnt at Lf/Cune Hospital and will not be obligated to post bond until his release from the hospital. Passenger Testifies Jhe, witness summoned to the stand was Scott O. Impson raTa7thl0T' *" ,occupant of the at the time of the accident. Impson stated that he, Ross and EW.J"1 Cherry Point ?n the ?, of 'he accident about 6 p.m He said that tre trio stopped at R^ hldT .'u Havclock where i Ross had his watch repaired. From there they went to the Cherry I Point Cafe for supper and then I .topped at three or four places en oute from Havelock to Morehead -ity, having about four or five ?ecrs each. Impson stated that the last place ?hey stopped was the South Seas, t?u , y mcssed around a bit " The last thing that he remember ed was the car starting around the ;unre near the Blue Ribbon Club. He said that the car was travcl ng within the legal limits prior to ?cci',ent- He was seated on the ight side in the front seat. Coroner Questions Coroner Sprlngle asked him vhether or not Misumas was under he influence, and Impson replied whereupon the coroner asked 11m if he remembered telling him ? Springie) two days before that Misumas was drunk Impson stated nat he d|du t remember. This ',m?e <!.Uke7u was asked a second ime with the same reply State Highway Patrolman J. W 'altarl !MViLCd that had been ,al!?? j? /he ?cene of the wreck ind had found the 1M1 Ford hud. !as,.?r thc ,eft han<i ?i<le of the road. All the injured had been re moved, and he called a wrecker to lake the car from the road. He left thc scene of thc accident I . went to thc hospital where he found Imps* in a wheel chair. Misumas and Ross were in the emergency room lying on the table ?trolman Sykes stated ttet Imi> soil seemed to be under the influ fnce of alcohol, and that Impsoa pointed out Misumas as the driver ?f the vehicle. Patrolman Syke* aaid that Mi fumas was using profane, indecent language, and that in his opinion lie appeared in a drunken condi Lion. He said that Misumas quieted iown and whenever anyone went ?y the emergency room he started in with his profanity all over again Patrolman Sykes added that in hii ??pinion Misumas was under thc in fluence of some intoxicant. Thc officer reported that it had ieen raining earlier that night but there was no ice on thc highway ?nd thc place where the accident occurred was almost dry. Skid Marks Studied The patrolman stated that he ?vent back to the scene of the ac cident thc next morning at 8 a.m. ?nd found skid marks leading from he south side of the highway to the north side to the edge of fence ?t the Lockhart property. He stated that the full distance the car skidded waa 31S feet, after hitting a fence and a tree and turn ing over. The car was demolished. He estimated speed of the ve hicle at between 65-70 miles per hour. In reply to a query on the wfe speed around the curve, he stated that the highway depart ment s sign of 35 miles an hour would be in his estimation thc safe speed. Patrolman Sykes said that Dr. John Morris, after a quick exam See INQUEST, Page 2 Heart Disease Strikes Breadwinner In Adams Family at Broad Creek Heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer, takes its toll in Carteret County families just as it does everywhere. Odell Adams, Broad Creek, cele brated his 40th birthday Jan. 20 1 at Duke Hospital, Durham, where he is hospitalized as the result of three heart attacks. Mr. Adams was told, prior to the first attack, that he was suffering from high blood pressure and enlarged kid neys. While he is being treated at the hospital, his family at Broad Creek is struggling valiantly to make ends meet Mrs. Adams is left alone with the responsibility of looking after their six children. The children arc 18, 16, 14, 10, 8 and 7 years old. Son Helps The second oldest had to be tak en out of Morehead City School after his father's last attack and has been working for an uncle as a carpenter's helper to help bring in food tor his mother, brothers and sisters. The oldest child drives a school bus for Morchead City School and his oldest sister also goes there. The other children attend Camp Glenn School. Mr. Adams has suffered with high blood pressure since 1950. and when examined by Dr. S. W. Hatcher at that time, was told to take it easy. Mr. Adams discovered that if his family were to eat, he'd have to work, and so against doctor's orders he continued shrimping and working as a carpenter's as sistant. Admitted to Hospital When stricken by the heart at tacks this past fall, Mr. Adams was admitted to Morchead City Hos pital. From there he was sent to Duke Hospital Jan. 10 of this year. He has spent considerable time in an oxygen tent. When visited by his wife and older children Sunday, Jan. 22, he requested that the younger children also be brought to see him. Mr. Adams has always tried to make a living for his family, ac cording to his wife. He hoped that if his health held up he could build a new home for her and the family. Live at Homeplace The house that the Adams live in is wooden and weather-beaten, the home where Mr. Adams was born and reared. Mrs. Adams, the former Muriel Malone. said Wednesday that she had had a bad cold for the past few days and didn't know whether she'd be able to get anyone with a car to take her and the children to Duke Hospital this past Sunday to visit Mr. Adams. When the Heart Fund Drive starts tomorrow, every contribu tion will be a weapon to fight heart disease, the killer which has struck so tragically in the Adams family. The Rev. John Bunn Will Spend Summer in Jordan The Rev. John Baton . . . to March put The Rev. John Bunn, son of Dr. and Mrs John Buna, Morchcad City, wiU-litarally dig into the past this summer when ne visits the Biblical land of Jordan Mr. Bunn. candidate for a doc tors degree in archaeology. Sou thern Baptist Theological Semi nary, will join the staff of the American Schools of Oriental Re search thip summer. He* will leave Morehead City March 28 and re turn the lattfcf part of August. Archaeology is the study of art, architecture, customs and beliefs of ancient peoples as revealed by their monuments, inscriptions, rel ies and buildings. To find these things prwent-day people usually have to dig, because past cultures have been buried under the sands of centuries. Two Projects Two excavations will be worked on, the first is Diban, and the sec ond cant be revealed as yet be causc arrangements to do the ex cavating there have not been fi nally approved, Mr. Bunn said. Diban is the ancient capital of the kingdom of Moab liie city was occupied from 2300 B.C. to about 1900 B.C., then there was a span of 600 years when it did not exist as a habitation, according to Mr. Bunn. From about 1300 B.C. to 106 AD. it was again occupied. | Why is the son of one of More , held City's leading ministers in terested in archaeology? He says, "Archaeology neither attempts to prove or disprove scripture, but gives a broad cultural background on the time in which the scripture is laid. I believe the best interpre tation is derived not through some dogmatic view, but in establishing rapport with Biblical times." Mr. Bunn said that the excava tion work will take place entirely in the Transjordan area, at the See ARCHAEOLOGIST, Page 2 Beaufort to Plan Finer Carolina Program at Dinner Tomorrow Night '55 Bond Sales Hit New High f Savings bond sales in Cotknt last year reached $717,190.25, ap proximately 104 per cent of the 1855 goal. James R. Sanders, Carteret Coun ty volunteer chairman, expreaaed his general satisfaction with IMS results, pointing out that the "peo ple of our county, state, and coun try, aa of the first of the year, held the greatest accumulated amount of money in savings bonds in history over $40 billion." Par North Carolina as a whole, the record was the best ever in peacetime, according to Walter P. Johnson, state sales director. Sales of scries E and H bonds amounted to (54,827,478.29, more than in 1953 or 1954. Forty-one counties exceeded their sales quo tas. H. L. Joslyn Will Speak To DeMolay Saturday Night H. L. Joslyn, Carteret County ?uperintendent of ichooU, will ?peak before 200 DeMolays and heir friends Saturday night at a public installation at the Masonic rcmple. More hen J City. The ceremony, la honor of mo thers, will get underway at 6 p.m. irith a dinner In th? banquet hall. Ladies of (he Eastern Star will prepare and serve the dinner. James E. Esxell Jr., Rocky Mount, will present the floral de tree in honor of the mothers of lewty ? initiated members. Mrs. tlwodore Phillips. Morehead City, rill play piano (elections and aa il?t in the installing ceremonies. To be installed at the meeting ire the new officers, headed by Roger V. Chastine Jr., Cherry Point, muter councilor. Others are Billy Rich, Morehead City, senior councilor, and Tommy Howard. Newport, junior councilor. Albert H. Wallace, Newport, la the re tiring master councilor. Richard S. Harrington, general chairman of the event, reported that Danny Matthews, Raleigh, maater councilor of North Caro lina, and other state officer* wiH attend. Plans for the installation were made at a meeting Wednesday night at the home of Grady Rich, who is chapter advisor. All master Masons, members of fraternal organizations, parent* and friends of DeMolay members ttk Invited. ? Community leaden nave t>cen< Invited to a dinner meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Holden's Res taurant to discuss Beaufort'a Finer Carolina program (or 1996. The meeting has been called by Honald Earl Mason, chairman of laat year's Finer Carolina program. At a committee meeting Thurs day night, presidents of Beaufort'a civic groups, selected eight pro jects for the present contest. From those eight will be chosen the pro jects to be undertaken. A chair man of each project will be named as well as publicity chairman. Invitations for Wednesday night's meeting have already been mailed. Host at the dinner will be Carolina Power and Light Co. Attending Thursday's commit tee meeting were Mrs. E. W. Dow num, worthy matron of the East ern Star: Mrs. G. W. Duncan, prea ident of the Woman's Club; Mrs. Billy Davis, president of the Jun ior Woman's Club. Gerald Hill, president of the Ro tary Club; Dr. W. L. Woodard, head of the Toes tm asters Club; Mayor Clifford Lewis. George Sto vall, manager of Carolina Power and Light Co., and Mr. Mason. In last year'a Finer Carolina contest, Beaufort completed four of its projects and partially com pleted the fifth, erection of con crete street markers a?d number ing of houses. Tide Table Tides at the lenfart Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Jan. II 11:17 a.m. 11:50 p.m. 4:99 a.m. 9:23 p.m. Wedmday, Feb. 1 1J:#7 p.m. 9:90 a.m. 0:11 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 12J9 a.m. [1M7 p.m. 6:47 a.m. 7:06 p.m. Friday, Feb: I 1:29 a.m. 7:91 a.m. 1*7 p nL 8:07 pja. Fire Damage to Beauty Shop Amounts to $2,000 Damage to Erma's Beauty Shop, caused by (ire about two weeks ago, has been estimated at $2,000. The fire is believed to have start ed under the shop, which ia lo cated at 1708 Arcndell St. A neigh bor noticed the smoke and phoned the Morchcad City Fire Depart ment. The shop has been closed for re pairs until today. Citation Issued Officer Maxwell Wade, Beaufort, picked up Ralph Moore Saturday on a charge of public drunkenness. Moore was released after poating $25 bond. j\ mouei nurricane-reaintant nuu?e win uc cuuauubbcu ??. Club Colony, east of Atlantic Beach. The firm building it will be the Brick and Tile Service, Inc., Greensboro, ac cording to information released yesterday by a Morehead City realtor. The experimental structure will be located at the ex To Speak Here Gov. Luther Hodges has ac cepted an invitation to speak March 29 in Morehead City at a meeting being planned by the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce. Tugboat, Tow Need Help Again At 2:20 yesterday afternoon the Coast Guard Cutter Agassiz was called to ttie assistance of the tug Fort Moultrie which was towing another victory ship southward. The Agassiz was requested to as sist the tug and its tow into Cape Lookout bight. The tug was having engine trouble and making only two jjuiots. location of the Fvrt Moultrie and the "victory ship, the 10,000 ton Lauderdale, was about 10 miles southeast of Cape Lookout when the Coast Guard was called. The captain of the tug radioed specificially for the Agassiz. Ap ! parently the Agassiz did such a good job earlier this month when the Moultrie was headed north with the victory ship, Marvin C. Mclntyre that the tugboat skipper wanted the same cutter back again. At that time the Agassiz stood by the Mclntyre for several days while the Moultrie returned to Wilmington. Captain of the Agas siz is Lt. (jg) Lester Willis, More head City. Breath of Spring Felt Here Sunday The temperature rose to a wel come high of 38 degrees Sunday < and the sun waa out in all its glory to make the past weekend one of the most pleasant in recent weeks. According to E. Stamey Davis, I weather observer the low for the past few dayr was recorded Friday 1 when the mercury dropped to 28 1 degrees. The high and low temperatures and the wind directions were as follows: Max. Min. Winds Thursday 44 33 N Friday 43 28 NE Saturday 48 30 E Sunday 58 41 SSW paved road. It will be placed on * 60 by 175-foot lot recently acquired by the Greensboro firm. According to present plans, the home, estimated to cost about $20, 000, should be ready by late spring. The contractor is W. C. Flowers, Beaufort. The Brick and Tile firm believes that it can build a house which will withstand the ocean-edge im pact of hurricanes. A sea wall of reinforced brick will also be built. Another test house of this type is also planned by the Greensboro company for Wrightsville Beach. Beach Builds Back Property owners in the Club Colony section say that during the past few months the beach has built back as much as 3 to 4 feet. While a few cottage owners have made special effort to help hold the sand, most of the building back has been due solely to nature. Work is in progress today on the second section of concrete break water being built on the beach in Ocean Ridge, west of Atlantic Beach. Costs $50 Per Foot The first completed section of 1.200 feet runs from the west end of Ocean Ridge east toward Atlan tic Beach. Cost per foot is about $50. Another 1,200 feet wall has been contracted for, but a gap of 900 feet exists between the two sections. This gap exists where property owners have not decided to go to the expense of building a sea wall. Property owners in the remain ing eastern area of Ocean Ridge, representing about 1000 feet have yet to sign up for construction. The wall consists of tongue-and groove 17-foot concrete stabs. TLcsc jje driven into ihe sand and an<1ioi$H every * Wet by a 1-inch steel rod tie-back to a 1 foot square anchor piling 20 feet to the land ward. The concrete slabs are topped by a 1 by 2-foot wide reinforced concrete cap. The work is being done by T. A. Loving Co., with Doug West, Morehcad City, aa su perintendent in charge. In the section where the first wall has been completed, sand is al ready rebuilding the beach and from present indications. Ocean Ridge will have a better and higher beach than ever before. No final action has been taken by Atlantic Beach ocean-front prop erty owners. It was hoped that the town would receive federal aid on a sea wall proposed there, but as yet the town of Atlantic Beach does not know what federal funds it will be allotted. 13- Year-Old Beaufort Boy Bitten by Dog Friday Eddie Tyson, 13-year-old Beau fort boy. was bitten by ? dog at 5 o'clock Friday. The dog, identi fied by police as belonging to Sudie Collins, 511 Hedrick St , Beaufort, has been ordered con fined 21 days for observation. One stitch was required to cloae the wound on the boy's right leg below the knee. He was also given a tetanus shot. The incident waa investigated by Chief of Police Guy Springle and Officer Maxwell Wade. Today'a It This is the last day to list taxes. Anyone listing after today will be subject to penalty. State Earmarks $250,000 For Mosquito Control Work Gov. Luther Hodgei told the Cltiiens Advisory Committee on hurricanei Saturday at Wilming ton that 1230,000 has now been earmarked (or moaquito control In this atate and that the state ia willing to provide priaon labor (or rehabilitation work on the outer banks. Attending the meeting (rom here was Joe DuBoia, Morehead City, member o ( the advisory com mittee. The governor apokc at the com mittee meeting In the afternoon and later at a dinner meeting o ( the Southeastern North Carolina Beach Aaaoeiatlon. Representatives (rom all sections o( eastern Caro lina were present. "It la imperative that North Car olina's outer banks be atabllitad la ardor that the coaatal plains b* protected (rom (uture hurricanes," be said. Jbe governor aaked that OMMtart of U?e hurricane advisory committee continue to function in order that rccommcndatlona of a $25,000 survey on hurricanc pro tection can be effected. 'Line of Defease' Governor Hodges said the survey clearly shows that the outer banks arc the first line of defense against future hurricancs. The survey estimated property damage in Hazel. Oct. 19, 19M, at one and a quarter million dollars and damage in 1939's storms. Con nie, Diane and lone, at dose to 200 million, with farmers suffer ing the bulk of the loss, 131 mil lion dollars. Emphasising that tho Idea of building up the outer banks, as well as other rehabilitation proj ects, is designed on a long-range basis, the governor described It all as an investment in the future of not only Eastern North Caro lina but the state as a whole. Representatives from all eastern arras agreed that the outer banks must be stabilized if inland areas ire to be protected. Jack Farrell of Wilmington, chairman of the panel and execi* live secretary of the SENCBA, pointed out that resorts such at Carolina Beach and Wrightsvllle Beach actually form a part of th? juter banks, and that thla fact ihould be kept in mind when pro |ects arc being planned. The governor commented, rel? live to mosquito control, that the ium originally appropriated last rear for mosquito control was only 115.000. He said this work has been given commendation and ap> proval from many sources. State Senator J. Vivian Whit field commented that one of the most Important things In the over all program Is the cleaning up o{ itreama in the CMStal areas. He laid this should be a part of the mosquito control program.