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PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 45th YEAR, NO. 21. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Officers Descend on Beaufort To Investigate Two Break-Ins Both the postoffice and the First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co., Beaufort, were broken into over the weekend and the town was swarming yesterday with postal in spectors and special investigating agents. Nothing of value was missing at either place, however. The postoffice entry was dis covered first, when David Modi in and Howard Jones Jr., postoffice employees went to work at 8 o'clock Sunday morning. The bank entry was discovered at 8 o'clock yesterday morning when Ed Hen ry, janitor at the bank, reported for work. Entry to the postoffice was gained by smashing a window pane in the main entrance door on Front Street. J. P. Betts, postmaster, said that evidently the intruder then took a trash can and slammed j it through the screened window | between the postoffice lobby and the "finance section" of the post ' office. There was no evidence that a vault or safe there had been tam pered with. Mr. Betts said that a j thorough check was made again ' yesterday to determine whether | anything were gone, but nothing 1 was found missing. The entry occurred Saturday | night after 10 p.m. because the f doors of the postoffice were locked about that time by Carlton Garner, j assistant chief of police. Mr. Betts said that apparently ' no one in town can remember of t the postoffice ever being broken j into before. His comment on the i entire incident, is a puzzled, "I i can't figure it out." Exact time of the bank entry has not been determined. The bank is located about two blocks west of the postoffice on Front Street, and police believe that it may have ^ been entered Saturday night, as was the postoffice. The janitor, upon discovering that a glass had been broken out of the back door, phoned James Davis, cashier, yesterday morning. Mr. Davis notified Officer Maxwell Wade of the police department. After the intruder broke the glass in the back door and then turned the latch, he went inside and was apparently disappointed when he found no cash lying around. Mr. Davis said a few pens that had been lying out were gone, otherwise everything was in or der. Sheriff Hugh Salter was noti fied and he called in the State Bureau of Investigation. The would-be burglar or burg- 1 lars? could not have picked worse places for finding loose cash, nor ! could they have chosen better ! places for having all arms oi the i law close in with a vengeance. ! Four Morehead City Churches Will Conduct Simultaneous Revivals Judge Levies $200 Fine, Costs Against Driver Willie McDonald Parrott was j fiend $200 and costs for no op- 1 crator's license and his second of- 1 fense of drunken driving by Judge j Lambert R Morris in County Re corder's Court Thursday. Parrott was given a suspended six-month roads sentence on condi tion that he not operate a motor vehicle on the highways of North Carolina until he secures a valid li cense. Horace Jones was sentenced to a year on the roads for forcible tres pass and public drunkenness. Six months oi sentence was im posed for failure tp comply with a suspended sentence. Bequests Trial Herman J. Strickland, charged with driving drunk, requested a jury trial and bond was set at $150. Dcrwood Lee Chadwick was fined $100 and costs for driving drunk and disregarding a red light He noted an app9al and bond was set at $150. Allan Murray was fined $100 and costs in place of three months on the roads for possessing a small quantity of non-tax paid whisky. Raleigh McNeill paid $25 and .costs instead of serving three months in jail for public drunken ness. Jail Sentence Ralph Moore was sentenced to 30 days in jail for public drunken ness. Denby Abbott noted an appeal on the judgment against him March 1 for careless and reckless driving. Bond was set at $200. George Qucntin Lawrence was fined $10 and costs for speeding 70 miles per hour. Bonds were forfeited by Edmond See COURT, Page 7 . Close to Inch Of Rain Falls Over Weekend Three-quarters of an inch of rain fell over the weekend, accord ing to E. Stanley Davis, weather observer. Heavy downpours Sun day morning were accompanied by thunder and lightning. The temperatures for the most part stayed in the upper 60's with a reading of 67 registered on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Low for the weekend was on Fri day when the mercury dropped to 36 degrees. The high and low temperatures and the wind directions follow: Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday ... Max. Mln. Winds 67 57 SW 62 36 SW 67 42 SE 67 56 SW I 17 Shopping Days Left 'til EASTER ? Four churchcs of Morehcad City I will conduct a simultaneous re vival next week, Monday through ! Friday, March 19-23. The churches j arc the First Baptist Church. Dr. John Bunn, pastor; the First Meth odist, the Rev. Leon Couch, pastor; j the First Free Will Baptist Church, the Rev. Noah Brown, pastor; and | Franklin Memorial Methodist j Church, the Rev. S. S. Moore, pas- 1 tor. Services will begin at all churches each night at 7:30. Outstanding ministers have been engaged to conduct the services. They are the Rev. Douglas M. Branch. Rocky Mount, who will be at the First Baptist Church; Dr. Henry H Crane, Detroit, Mich., who will be at the First Methodist Church; the Rev. Thomas Tyson. Goldsboro. who will be at Franklin Memorial Methodist Church, and the Rev. Herman L. Hersey, Ral eigh, who will be at the Free Will Baptist Church. Mr- Bra net) is an outstanding Baptist clergjwnan and served two terms as present of tto% Baptist State Convention and at present is a trustee of Wake Forest Col lege. Dr. Crane has been active in YMCA work, a world traveler, and was a delegate to the World Coun cil of Churches in Amsterdam in 1948. Mr. Tyson is a North Caro lina Conference evangelist and Mr. Hersey, a graduate of Bob Jones University, is at present vice-presi dent of the State FWB Sunday School convention. All churches will conduct nurs eries during the services so par ents with children may attend the meetings. Lions to Help Get Street Markers Up The street marker project, Finer Carolina program, was discussed at the weekly meeting of the More head City Lions Club Thursday night at Hotel Fort Macon. Owens Frederick, chairman, re I ported on the project and the ! club agreed to assist in the ven j ture. Money was appropriated to send I delegates to Lions International Convention in Miami in June. A. N. Willis, president, an nounced that letters are being sent to the doctors of this area relative to arranging a meeting to discuss I purchase of an iron lung. I Guest at the meeting was J. B. Eubanks, Morehead City. Dr. Henry II. Crane . . . from Detroit Rev. Herman L. Hersey . . . from Raleigh Rev. Douglas M. Branch . . . from Rocky Mount County Board Rejects Jail Bids; New Ones to be Asked Beaufort Band Wins 'Good' Rating The Beaufort School Band re | ccived a rating of "good" at the I band festival at East Carolina Col Igee, Greenville, Friday. Frank Jones, band director, said he was pleased with the results. Only one band of all the high school bands which attended the festival attained a rating of su perior. That was Granger High School. Kinaton. Thirty-three band members made the trip to Greenville by chartered bua. They also toured the TV sta tion there and appeared as the audience while a live show was being televiaed. Going to the college campus to hear the band perform Friday af ternoon were Mrs Sammy Mer rill, Mrs George Huntley Jr., and Mri. James Potter III. L The board of county commission ers, in special session ' Friday morning, rejected all bids for con struction of a new county jail. The rejection also included equipment bids. The board asked that the archi tects, B H. Stephens and Son, seek further bids "within the $70, 000 range limit." Attending the meeting were B. H. Stephens and Robert Stephens, who presented rulings from the attorney general and bond attor neys. Because of legal implica tions, the board felt that it could do nothing but reject the bids which were opened March 1. At that time the lowest bid on construction was $59,840, but the contractor later said he had under bid by $5,000. Other bids, on con struction alone, exceeded the $70, 000 available. Commissioners attending t h e meeting were Moses Howard, chair man: Walter Yeomans, Skinner Chalk. Harrell Taylor, and Odell Merrill. i|^ Harkers Island REA Schedules Formal Opening Public Will Attend Open House March 31; Co-Op Members to Meet The new REA building. Harkers Island, will open formally Satur day, March 31, with an open house during the day. The annual meet ing of the eooperative will take place that night at the Harkers Island School. Directors will be elected. Maxwell Willis, manager of the REA, said that the open house will be conducted through the modern plant and refreshments will be served. Five men have been nominated as directors of the co-op. Addi tional nominations will be made from the floor at the annual meet ing. Those nominated are Elbert L. Davis. D. O. Lawrence Jr.. Paul Lewis. Guy A. Willis and Mcrvin Rose. Nine directors are chosen and i from themselves the directors elect officers. All of the present directors have been nominated too. They are John H. Guthrie, who is now serving as president. D. N. Brooks, holding the office of vice-president; David Yeomans. secretary, Fernie G. Wil lis. treasurer. Earl C. Davis, Walter I Nelson, Charles T. Nelson, Jesse Hamilton and Carl M. Willis. A door prize will be given at the meeting. All of the co-op's 385 customers arc expected to attend. The public is invited to the open house. The REA moved into its new building in December. Built at a cost of $29,000 it is located on the main highway on the island about a quarter mile west of the former office. It contains a double office, cashier's department, lobby, garage stock room and utility room. 12 Men Join Guard Unit As a result of the February Na tional Guard recruiting drive, Lt. Merrit Bridgman, commanding of ficer of the Morehead City unit, reports that 12 more men have joined the outfit. He considered the campaign a success. A special one-day recruit program took place Feb. 25. Lieu tenant Bridgman expressed his ap preciation to businessmen who per mitted members of the unit to par ticipate in recruiting day activities. The unit was scheduled to pa rade with the Morehead City School Band, but the band could not appear. Lieutenant Bridgman said a loud speaker was borrowed to play band music but was not used because the parade wasn't held. He expressed appreciation to Ray Cummins for lending the speaker. Men wishing to obtain further information on joining the Na tional Guard may contact Lieuten ant Bridgman or phone 6-5045, the armory. 35 Men Sign Up At Davis Meeting Twenty-nine men from Davis and six from Stacy applied for member ship in the Down East Fire Depart ment at the meeting last Tuesday night at Davis Community Build ing. Clayton Fulcher Jr., Atlantic, presided and led a discussion on fire protection. Approximately 70 men attended. # The next meeting will be at Stacy at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 3. Those signing up from Davis were Clinton Finer, C. H. Davis, Theodore R. Willis. William A. Da vis, C. H. Davis Jr., Guion J. Gar ner. J. C. Davis, William C. Pake, Jerry H. Lewis. Julian Willis Davis. Burgess Davis, Joe Williams. Denord L. Davis, Quintin Willis, Elbert Pittman, Sterling Dixon. Braxton Piner. Carlie Willis, Ion Lane Lewis. Elmer D. Willis, Les lie Styron, Percy W. Davis, Harold Willis, Joseph Davis, Ernest Sal- 1 ter. Charlie Paul. Wesley Paul, Wesley Salter and Alonza Salter. From Stacy the following ap- 1 plied: W. Lang Mason Jr.. Monnic 1 H. Fulcher Jr.. Hcdfick Salter, Dan- i iel W. Fulcher, James L. Lewis and Ralph Pittman. At the next board of directors ; meeting. Elbert Pittman. chief at Davis, will recommend his assist ants to the board for appointment. ; To be Inducted Ronald L. Jordan, Morehoad City, and Albert C. Wolfe, Mar shal I berg, are to report for induc tion into the Army today, accord ing to an announcement made by Mrs. Ruby Holland, clerk of the county draft board. . j Candidates for Local Office Must File by Noon April 14 J . P. Harris , Jr. Wins Prize in Speech Contest J. P. Harris Jr., Beaufort, I brought home from Kinston Friday j night an 18-inch gold trophy he won for placing second in the Area 1 speak-off of District 37, Toastmasters International. Mr. i Harris came in just two-tenths of 1 per cent behind the winning speaker. J. P. Strother of Kinston. Third place winner was R. L. Mills of the Cherry Point NCO Toastmasters Club. Should Mr. Strother not be able to participate in the district speak off at Greensboro April 14. Mr. Harris will take his place. The trophies were presented to the winners by Robert Wood, Ra leigh, national director for the southeast district of the United States, Toastmasters International. One hundred ten people attend ed the dinner and speech contest at the Hotel Kinston. Clubs enter ing contestants, besides Carteret, Kinston, and Cherry Point NCO, were Officers Toastmasters Club, Cherry Point; Stall ings Air Force Base, Grifton, and Goldsboro. Contestants were assigned their topics at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon, j Each was given an envelope con- 1 taining three subjects to choose j from. In Mr. Harris's envelope ' were the topics, Legs, Good News, I and Act Now or Never. Mr. Harris chose the topic, Legs, and locked himself in his hotel room to prepare the speech. He | said he took all kinds of reference ; books with him but none covered the subject. He ended up using a dictionary and a movie magazine. Talks were to be no shorter than 5 minutes and no longer than 7. He opened his talk with a wolf whistle and said, "I'm sure every man has whistled at a woman and every woman's been whistled at." He told his audience that legs arc referred to as stems, fams, un derpinnings and limbs. Then he showed three pictures, a male movie star in shorts, a fe male movie star in a skating out fit and another movie star with her arms cut off. The first picture, he said, prob ably caused no excitement, the second he doubted if anyone could tell him what the girl was wearing | and in the third, probably no one j noticed that the girls arms weren't there. I Those statements were greeted ' with hilarious laughter because, the speaker said, he was sure everyone was looking at the legs. He commented on women's fa shions' being designed to show off the leg to best advantage and con cluded with the quotation that "Once a girl's married, she must get used to being whistled for in stead of at." Mr. Harris said none of the other contestants chose a humor ous topic and added that the win ner last year won with a humorous talk and that's why he treated his topic, Legs, in a humorous vein. | Carteret toastmasters attending the contcst were Theodore Phillips and E. G. Phillips. Theodore Phil lips served as one of the six judges for all contestants except Mr. Har ris. Mr. Harris will show his trophy at the Toastmasters meeting at 815 p.m. tomorrow in the Beau-' fort town hall. | Members of the First Presby terian Church, Morchcad City, will attend a prayer service at 10 j o'clock tomorrow morning in the ! Presbyterian Church at Jackson I i villc. 1 J. P. Harris Jr. . . . authority on legs Accident Victim Loses Right Leg Charles Willis, *72, Salter Path, 1 underwent amputation of the right leg in Morehead City Hospital, after he was struck by an automo bile on the Salter Path Hoad at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday According to State Highway Pa trolman W. J. Smith Jr. Willis was walking along the road at Sal ter Path when he was struck by a car driven by Lester D. Pease, Cherry Point. Pease told the highway patrol man that he was approaching Wil lis when suddenly Willis, who was on the shoulder of the road, step ped up on the hard surface and into Pease's car. Pease wis driving ? 1955 Chev rolet and said he Vta going be tween 30 and 35 miles an hour. The patrolman said the car skidded 40 feet in the attempt to stop. Pease, who was alone in the car, took Willis to the hospital. Patrol man Smith said he believed the bumper of the car must have hit Willis. I No charges were preferred. Health Officer Lists Rules On Migrant Labor Camps Dr. Luther Fulcher, county health officer, today reminded farmers of the regulations they must comply with if they arc going to have migrant laborers working for them this year. Dr. Fulcher's statement follows: "Migrant workers and their fam ilies want good housing, health and sanitation. We expect the own ers of migrant laborer camps to provide adequate facilities m re quired by the Carteret County Board of Health. Many farmers have already provided good hous ing facilities for migrant laborers, but we still have a few farmers who are not complying with the health regulations. "No migrant laborer headquar ters or housing facility may be occupied without first securing a permit from the Carteret County Health Department. This permit is required every year "Following is a copy of the rules i Mil l and regulations required in con nection with migrant labor camps: 1. A safe water supply 2. A safe excreta disposal which means at least a sanitary privy or better, (These facilities to be provided separately for each sex). 3. Clean buildings adequately screened 4. A safe method of garbage dis posal. This means a metal can of sufficient site and with a fly-tight top, and that the contents of the can be properly disposed of, such as burying or placed on some ap proved dump. 5. No migrant-labor headquar ters or housing facility may be oc cupicd without flrat securing a permit from the Carteret County Health Department. 6. A health certificate showing that the worker is free of a ve nereal disease or other contagious disease. (This certificate can be had free at the Health Depart ment.) Voters Will Go to Polls In Primary May 26 Local candidates tossing their hats in the ring for North Carolina's May 26 primary, have to do their tossing by noon Saturday, April 14. They pay their filing fees, if run ning for general assembly, county or township office, with the County Board of Elections. Candidates for Congress and state office must file by noon Friday. When North Carolinians go to the polls they will ballot for a governor, lieutenant goveM nor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, superintendent of pub lic instruction, attorney general, commissioners of agriculture, la bor, insurance and state supreme court justices. In addition to balloting for these state officers, Carteret count ians will also vote for a congressman, two state senators, district solici tor, a surveyor, coroner, assembly man. (if candidates who file have any opposition), township consta bles and justices of the peace. On Saturday, April 7, the County Board of Elections will organize. Members will take oath of office, elect a chairman secretary, and ' !>. (?. Bell, the county's legis lator, said yesterday that he uill run for re-election. Cooper Ham ilton, Morrhead City attorney, has said that he will also seek nomination as county legislator in the primary in May. name registrars, judges and alter nate judges for both the primary and the election coming up in No vember Books for registration of voters in each precinct will be open April 28, May 5 and May 12. Challenge day will be May 19. the Saturday before the primary, when voting rights of registered persons may be challenged. Persons eligible to register arc those who have lived in North Car oline one year (or will have done so by November), and have also lived in their precinct for 30 days preceding the November election. People who have any questions about registration, absentee voting or other problems connected with voting should contact Fred R. See ley, chairman of the County Board of Elections, courthouse annex, Beaufort. Friday is Last Day to Apply For Free Grain I M Robbing, FHA Supervisor, announces that the Farmers Home Administration office will discon tinue its emergency feed grain program very soon. Friday is the final date for ac ceptance of applications from far mers for assistance. Applicants may qualify now for only a supply of feed grain neces sary to carry their basic livestock through April 15, rather than for a 60-day supply, which was pre viously authorized. All applications will be acted upon not later than March 19, by the County FHA Committee. Within a short time following the hurricane last year, the Sec retary of Agriculture designated Carteret and nine other seriously affected Eastern North Carolina counties as an area in which far mers might qualify for assistance under this United States Depart ment of Agriculture Program. The program provides for the purchase of Commodity Credit Cor poration grain by eligible farmers on a cost-sharing basis. Applications are accepted at the county agent, ASC, and the FHA offices, postoffice building, Beau fort. One carload of grain has already been distributed. Forty-six farmers received their free rations. Two more cars arc on order. One of the two is expcctcd any day. ICC Expected to Give Decision In Southern Case by First of April 250 Attend Shrine Club Dinner-Dance Friday Two hundred fifty persons at tended the Shrine dinner and dance Friday night at Capt. Bill's Res taurant. The parly was a huge success, ac cording to Floyd Chad wick Jr., sec retary of the club. The group real ized $55 from the affair. The money will be sent to the Crippled Children's Hospital at Greenville, S. C. Power Company Official Speaks to Rotary Club Eugene Laycock, service super j visor, Carolina Power and Light Co., Wilmington, gave a talk on ; heat pumps at the weekly meeting of the Morehead City Rotary Club Thursday night at Fleming's Res taurant Mr. Laycock was introduced by j Jack Oakley, Beaufort Rotarian. Whether Southern Railway will ? be permitted to operate the At lantic and East Carolina and Camp Lejeune Railroads will be known about April 1. A spokesman for Southern Railway said a decision from the Interstate Commerce Commission is expected in approxi mately three weeks. Three ICC commissioners heard Southern's arguments in favor of its control of the two roads at a j hearing Friday in Washington. I Southern was supported by North { Carolina's Congressional dclcga- j tion represented by Cong. Graham ! Barden, the State of North Car olina, represented by Attorney | General William B. Rodman, and ' the United States Navy, represent ed by Cmdr. Merlin H. Staring Commission members hearing the case were J. Monroe Johnson Everett Hutchinson and Kenneth H. Tuggle. Commissioner Richard F. Mitchell was not able to be present but will participate in the ICC's decision. Monopoly Charged Congressman Barden, in his tes timony, said that the Atlantic Coast Line, which is opposing Sou thern's proposal, has had a mono poly in this area "which it is now unwilling to share even in the in terests of national defense." Attorney General Rodman said the proposal of Southern to ope rate the A&EC will answer a "dream of a century in North Caro lina" for a strong cast west car rier and be of major effect in sup porting the state's program of port development that has already seen $7's million spent on improving See ICC, Page 7 Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Rar HIGH I.OW Tuesday. March 13 8:39 a.m. 2:33 a.m. 8:55 p.m. 2:44 p.m. Wednesday, March 14 8:18 a.m. 3:13 a m 9:35 p.m. 3:21 p.m. Thursday, March 15 9:55 a.m. 3:55 a.m. 10:18 p.m. 4:01 p.m. I Friday, March 16 10:37 a.m. 4:39 a.m. 11.06 p.m. 4:44 p.m. [ Two Cars Upset; James >e Hurt Two car d over Sunday on rain soaked ways. John Dyer, USN, 22, 1 iieada, Md., escaped injury when his car upset on the Salter Path i?^ad and James Noe, 50, of 200 Orange St., Beaufort, was hospitalized after his car turn ed over on Highway 24 seven miles west of Morehcad City. Dyer, driving'a 1952 Ford, was proceeding cast when he said the car skidded on a curve and he lost control. State Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes said Dyer claimed he was going about 45 miles an hour. A woman in the Dyer car was treated at the Morehcad City Hos pital and discharged. Damage to the car was estimated at $500. No charges were pre ferred. Noe, suffering from a bruised hip, was taken to the Morehead City Hospital. State Highway Pa trolman W E. Pickard said the ac cident happened a thousand feet east of Hall's Service Station, as Noe was going east. The 1953 Studcbaker Noe was driving was demolished. Patrolman Pickard said the car skid on the wet highway. No charges were preferred. Book Given to Libr In Memory of J. ''el A book, Uncommoi, . -,ui, by Hunt, has been given to the Car- j tcrct County Public Library, Beau- 1 fort, in memory of Mr J. C. Keel * of Beaufort. Mrs Paul WcxKiard, librarian has announced. The donor was Mrs. W A. Mace Jr , Beaufort. Mrs. Woodard has also released a list of new books which have been added to the li brary. The lilt will appear in Fri day's paper. Terry Preston Salter, II, Atlantic, whoso leg was amputated in the fall as the result of (hooting acci dent in November IBM, it being fitted with an artificial limb at Duke Hospital.
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