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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
45th YEAR, NO. 26. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Governor Pleads for Local Initiative
Harkers Island REA Will
Welcome Guests Tomorrow
Grend Jury Will
Act on Auto
Theft Case
Raymond Allen Bound
Over to Superior
Court Under Bond
Raymond Edward Allen, charged
more than a month ago with theft
of a car owned by Joseph A Drew
>or, Morehead City, was bound
over to Superior Court under
$1,000 bond Monday. Allen ap
peared before Judge Herbert Phil
I'ps, Morehead City, who found
probable cause. Allen's case will
be acted on by the grand jury.
Two men. charged with beating
women, failed to show up. Their
bonds were forfeited and cases
continued. Andrew J. Matthews
was charged with assaulting his
wife, Ruby, and James Hinson
was charged with hitting Annie
Mac Hinson with his fist and going
ofter her with a butcher knife
Judge Phillips heard five pub
lic drunkenness cases. Ray Andres
was given 30 days in the county
jail, Sylvester Bell was given 30
days suspended and ordered to
pay costs; William E. Bell pled
guilty and paid costs; Emerson
Hodges pled guilty, paid $10 and
costs and was given a 30-day sus
pended sentence.
Paul Murrell, who pleaded guil
ty to public drunkenness, drew a
30-day suspended sentence and
paid costs.
The state decided not to prose
cute the case against James Darby
charged with public drunkenness.
Highway Violations
The remainder of the cases
heard were concerned with motor
vehicic violations.
Peter Paul Kalafus, through his
attorney, appealed after he was
found guilty on two charges, speed
ing and drunken driving. On the
speeding charge he was given a
30-day suspended sentence and or
dered to pay a $50 fine and costs.
On the drunk driving count he
was given 90 days suspended and
fined $100 and costs.
The case of Grady Lee Hanks,
charged with speeding, was con
tinued indefinitely because Hanks
is in the hospital. Harold J. Bowen
Jr. paid costs after pleading guil
ty to speeding.
Paul Michael Wilhelm paid $10
.C~tS .for sP??ding and Mi
Chael T. Sherwood forfeited $50
i^n r?.H.riving wi,h an
license Elbert Thomas Jr. plead
ed guilty to driving without a li
See COURT. Page 7
Ready to greet open house |
guests at the Harkers Island REA !
building tomorrow will be Leland
G. Yeomans, left, in the top pic
ture, Maxwell Willis, James E.
Moore and Miss Carita Ann Guth
rie.
Mr. Yeomans is lineman with
tftft Harketa island Electric Mem
bership Corp.; Mr. Willis is man
ager, Mr. Moore, line foreman and
clerk, and Miss Guthrie is cashier
and billing clerk.
In the lower picture, Alton Wil
lis, Harkers Island, one of the
corporation's 385 customers, leaves j
the building after paying his bill. '
The exterior of the structure is(
of smooth, light-colored brick,
with white trim. Colors in the
foyer and general office are cream,
brown, green and beige.
Both the cashier's department
and general office are pleasantly
lighted with large windows. Fluo
rescent lights furnish ceiling light
ing. In back of the offices are the i
storage department and garage and
the utility room where the heating
and air conditioning equipment is |
located.
A loading platform off from the
storage room makes it convenient
to load a truck. In the back of the
building will be a paved area and
pole rack.
The new building was construct- ?
cd at a cost Of $29,000.
Refreshments to be served at
the open house tomorrow will be :
ice cream for the kiddies and |
; punch and cookies for the grown-,
jups.
The cooperative's annual meet
ing will start at 7.30 p.m. at the
school. Door prizes to be &ven
[there will be a vacuum cleaner,
first prize; an electric mixer, sec
1 ond prize; and an automatic toast
er, third prize.
Every member who registers
will also get a free electric light
bulb.
State and district officials of the
REA have been invited and arc
expected to speak at the night j
session. A movie will also be
shown on the history of REA and |
its accomplishments throughout '
the nation.
New directors will be elected, i
They will later choose from among
their own number the officers for
the coming year.
John H. Guthrie is president of
the organization.
Supper at Newport
The senior class of Newport .
. School will sponsor a barbecue sup- '
per tomorrow from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. Plates arc $1 and 65 cents,
t The supper will be served at the
community building. Proceeds will
help finance the seniors' trip to
I Washington.
Morehead City Pupils Offer Blood
To Hemophilia Patient at Duke
Three Scientists
Attend Meeting
Three members of the staff of
the Institute of Fisheries Research,
Morehead City, attended the North
Carolina Academy of Science meet
ing Friday and Saturday at Chapel
Hill.
They were Dr. A F. Chestnut,
director of the institute. Dr. Wil
liam Fahy, and Hugh Porter.
Dr. Fahy presented a paper on
the angel shark. Dr. Chestnut and
other members of the staff are lec
turing periodically at the universi
ty to graduate students enrolled in
marine ecology.
University students arc also mak- 1
ing weekend visits to the institute |
here.
I.ast weekend Dr. Ed Raincy,
professor of toology, Cornell Uni
versity. and five students were at
the institute. With the assistance
of Dr Earl Deubler. institute staff
member, they collected marine
specimens.
Dr Raincy is coordinator for the
Atlantic striped bass program, Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Meetings Postponed
The County Board of Commi*
sloners and Beaufort town cora
mlsisoners will meet Monday,
April 9, rather than Monday, April
2, Easter Monday.
i
Morehcad City School students*
this week were "angels of mercy."
Twenty-seven of them went to
Duke Hoapital, Durham, to offer
blood t? Sutton Westbrook, 21,
Mansfield, who is suffering from
hemophilia.
Westbrook is a former student
at Morchead City School. He went
to Duke March 20 to have some
teeth extracted. Because his blood
docs not coagulate due to lack of ,
red corpuscles, he bleeds profuse
ly. I
That is why he went to Duke to |
undergo the tooth-pulling. Through
Wednesday of this week he had j
been given 32 pints of blood and
it was estimated that 21 more were
needed. He was reported yester- '
day to be getting along very well.
High school students who went
to Durham Wednesday were ,
Wayne Cheek, John Mayberry,
George Whittle. Gus Asponburg,
Ronald Howland. James Willis.
Raymond Willis, Jimmy Parker,
Pat Conner, Danny O'Neal, Temple
McCabc, Carl DeLoach, Kent
Brown, Bradley Mcintosh, Lin
wood Swinson, Charles Wells,
Abram Ballou and Vernon Good
win.
Those who went to Duke yes
terday were Arthur Taylor, Leo
Simpson. Bobby Lewis, Eddie
Smithwick, Durwood Sanderson,
Gregory Lewis. Barbara Oglesby,
Katherinc Griffin. Lois Taylor and
Ronnie Nance.
Lenwood Lee said the students
agreed to offer their blood after
Mrs. Westbrook. Sutton's mother,
made an Appeal for help.
Doily Gaskill
Heads Blind Fund
Doity Gaskill, Stacy, was named
chairman of the blind fund, Down |
East Lions Club, at the club meet (
ing Monday night at the Atlantic '
School.
The club also set Monday night,
April 0. as ladies night.
Speaker at the meeting was Fred {
Lewis, Morehead City. Mr. Lewis,
who conducts the school each sum- !
mer to corrcct speech defects in
children, spoke on crippled chil
dren and what can be done to help
them.
Jack Johnson, Lions Club presi
dent, presided.
The home economics students,
under supervision of their instruc
tor, Mrs. Margaret Gibson, served
strawberry shortcakc and coffee.
Otway Residents Will
Meet Friday, April 6
Members of the Otway commun
ity will meet at the community
building next Friday night, April
6. to dlscuu repairing the build
ing.
The community owna the build
ing which it now In a state of di li
re pair, according to Vannie E. Wil
li*. ofeairman of the Board of Trua
teea.
Erwin N.Davis
Found Deed On
Road Thursday
Funeral Service Will
Be at Family Burial
Plot at 2 Today
Frvin Nicholson Davis, 56, Glou
cester, was found dead at 6 o'clock
yesterday morning alongside the
road between Tusk and Glouces
ter.
Coroner Leslie D. Springle said
that Mr. Davis evidently suffered
a heart attack, because there was
no evidence of foul play. Death,
he ruled, was the result of natural
causes.
Mr. Davis is reported to have
left Leo's, on the Harkers Island
Road, about ' 10:30 Wednesday
night and apparently was on his
way home. The car he was driving
was found backed into a tree along
the road, about a mile from where
his body lay.
Coroner Springle said that Mr.
Davis, who had been drinking, ap
parently left his car and started
to walk home when he was strick
en.
The body was discovered by
Lloyd Pigott, Gloucester, as he i
was on his way to work at Camp I
Lejeune. Mr. Pigott notified Sher
iff Hugh Salter.
Mr. Davis formerly worked as
general handyman for the late
Capt. John Nelson, Gloucester, and
was an automobile mechanic.
The funeral service will be held
at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the
graveside in the family plot at
Gloucester. The Rev. 11. H. Cash,
pastor of the Marshal Iberg Meth
odist Church, will officiate.
Mr Davis is survived by two
brothers. A. B. (Doc), of Willis
ton, and Floyd, Gloucester.
It Club leaders
Attend 'School'
Eleven of the county's 14 Home
Demonstration Clubs were repre
sented at the training school Tucs
! day afternoon at the REA build
ing, Morehcad City.
| Mrs. Floy Garner, home agent,
assisted by Mrs. Tony Scamon,
I Crab Point, county foods and nu
trition leader, prepared two broil
er meals, a seafood dinner and
j hamburger steak dinner.
I A door prize, an electric fan,
given by the Carteret-Craven EIcc
[ trie Membership Corp., was won
by Mrs. Lucille Morse of the Pelle
! tier Club. The corporation also
served soft drinks.
Foods and nutrition leaders pres
ent, and the clubs they represent
ed, were Mrs. Eugene Davis, Wil
liston; Mrs. Annie Wallace, Merri
mon; Mrs. Leslie Brinson, Camp
' Glenn; Mrs. R. P. Gooding, North
River.
Mrs. Morse, Pelletier; Mrs. At
lec McCabc, Wild wood; Mrs. Floyd
Garner, Newport; Mrs. D. R. Ar
nold, Russells Creek; Mrs. Cecil
Morris, Atlantic; Mrs. Leon Par
ker, Broad Creek, and Mrs. Sea
, mon.
Other tlub members present
were Mrs. Lois Stallings, Mrs.
Flossie Pittman, Merrimon Club;
Mrs. Pauline Wade, Williston Club;
Mrs. Herman Taylor, Pelletier;
Mrs. W. A. Page, Broad Creek;
Mrs. Winston Hill, Atlantic; and
Mrs. Ray Lewis, Russells Creek.
Driver's Case Will
Go to Grand Jury
Robert W. Misunas, USMC, driv
er of * 1951 Ford in which Charles
J. Rons, USMC, Cherry Point, was
fatally injured, has been placed
under SI .000 bond for hi> appear
ance in Superior Court in May
Misunas has been released from
I he hospital, where he recovered '
from injuries received in the Jan.
18 wreck, and will be discharged
from the Marine Corps April IS,
according to Coroner Leslie D.
Springlc.
A coroner's jury ordered that
Misunas be held for action of the
grand jury on a charge of man
slaughter. Ross died several hours
after the accident. He had a
crushed skull, brain concussion
and internal Injuries.
Alao injured in the accident
was Scott 0. Impson, USMC, Cher
ry Point. The accident occurred in
front of the Blue Ribbon Club,
Highway 70, Morchcad City.
Court Opens Tuesday
' The April term of Superior
I Court will open at 10 a.m. Tuesday
at the courthouse, Beaufort. Only
[ criminal caaes have been docketed.
I
And So It's Spring
Docked out in their best Easter
finery, Billie Mace, 6, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mace Jr? 810
Ann St,, Beaufort, and Lockwood
Phillips, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lockwood Phillips, 1401 Front St.,
Beaufort, admire spring flowers
that have put forth their best too
for the Easter season.
Billie, who was 6 on Palm Sun
day, will go to church Easter Day
wearing an aqua, stiff-skirted petti
coat with an embroidered white
nylon overskirt and bodice. Her
Ea.ster chapcau is white entwined
with tiny white rosebuds. White
slippers, white gloves and little
white pockctbook complete her
outfit.
Lockwood, who's picking a daf
fodil to add to Billic's bouquet,
will wear the attire approved as
"the thing" by 8-year-old men
about town.
Irvin W. Davis
Is Most Alive!
Irvin W. Davis, register of
deeds and resident of Davis, who
spells his name with an 1 and a v,
wants it understood that he is
still alive and wants no flowers
and no job seekers for his office,
which he intends to fill in his
competent manner for a good
many years.
The courthouse and florists
were flooded with calls yesterday
when word spread that Erwin N.
Davis of Gloucester, had died.
Mr. Irvin spent the better part of
the day assuring friends that he
is in fine health.
State Officials
Visit Shallotte
C. Gehrmann Holland, commer
cial fisheries commissioner, re
turned to Carteret Wednesday
night after conferring with oyster
men at Shallotte in Brunswick
County.
Attending the meeting, to dis
cuss the oyster rehabilitation pro
gram in Brunswick, were William
P. Saunders, director of the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment. and Dr. A. F. Chestnut,
director of the Institute of Fish
eries Research, who is supervising
the state oyster planting program.
Some of the Shallotte oystermen
want private oyster gardens but a
local law in Brunswick prohibits
the leasing of them, according to
Mr. Holland.
Oystermen were told that the
state has planted six times more
oysters in Brunswick County this
year than last and that oyster re
sources there should soon improve
as a result.
The state's oyster planting pro
gram, which got underway the
first of this month is expected to
end for this year when areas
around Ocracokc are seeded next
week.
Attends Meeting
C. L. Beam, county veterans ser
vice officer, will attend an all-day
meeting of veterans service offi
cers from 32 eastern North Caro
lina counties today at Williamston.
His officc in the courthouse annex
will be closed.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, March U
10:44 a.m. 4:91 a.m.
11:13 p.m. 4:53 p.m.
Saturday, March 31
11:32 a.m. 3:34 a.m.
11:97 p.m. S:36 p.m.
Sunday, April 1
8 20 a.m.
12:19 p.m. 6:23 p.m.
Moaday, April 2
12:40 a.m. 7:10 a.m.
1:13 p.m. 7:17 p.m.
Tuesday, April 3
1 40 a.m. 8:06 a.m.
3:11 p.m. 8:19 p.m.
Injured Driver
Leaves Hospital
Lauxic Giilikin, 21, Otway, wax
discharged from the Morehead City
Hospital yesterday morning, after
recovering from injuries suffered
in a wreck at Bettic Monday after
noon.
Giilikin has been charged uitb
passing at an intersection. Accord
ing to Slate Highway Patrolman
W J. Smith Jr., Giilikin. in a 1950
Oldsmobilc, tried to pass a pulp
wood truck as the truck wa* turn
ing into the Bettie Church road
about a mile east of North River.
The truck was being driven by
Otto Johnson, North River. The
car struck the left front of the
truck and tore the bumper off. Gil
likin's car skidded and turned over
twice. His car was demolished.
Damage to the truck was estimated
at $50. Johnson was unhurt.
Giilikin was taken to the hos
pital in the Adair ambulance.
Water Firm Manager
Reports Line Extensions
! C. W. Williams, manager of
Carolina Water Co.. Morehead City,
reports that water mains have
been extended 400 feet westward
on Arendell Street to servicc the
new motel being built by Bud
I Dixon, Morehead City.
I He said 600 feet of lines have
also been laid in the Goodwin de
| velopment to service homes going
up there.
Hurricane Protection
Steps Begin at Home'
Gov. Luther B. Hodges appealed to representatives of
eastern Carolina yesterday afternoon at the Hotel Fort
Macon, Morehead City, to wait no longer before starting
hurricane protection measures.
The governor spoke following a luncheon he did not at
tend. His plane was late getting off at Kaleigh due to
weather conditions. The plane landed at Cherry Point and
Sunrise Services
EASTER SUNDAY
5:14 a.m.? Core Creek Methodist
Church
5:45 a.m. ? Marshallbcrg Baptist
Church, n?ar Julian Brown homo
5:45 a m ? Sound View Free Will
Baptist Church. Highway 24
6 a.m. ? Camp Glenn Methodist
Church. Bonhnm Heights
6 a m.? First Christian Church,
Morehead City
There will also he a sunrise ser
vice on Ocracokc.
More news on Good Friday and
Easter services appears in scction '
2 of today's paper.
JC's Continue
Election Drive;
Speeches Made
Continuing a hot campaign fori
the elections to be held April 9,
Morehead City Jaycees heard
speeches on behalf of the candi
dates for president, for internal
vice-president, for external vice- '
president and for director, at Mon
day night's meeting at the Hotel I
Fort Macon.
L. E. Kelly spoke on behalf of
L. G I 'utiij. Cooper Hamilton for
Herbert fillips, and Hal Shapiro
for Bob McUia. Mr. Dunn, Mr.
PhiUip. Mr. McLean arc ,???.
idential candidates.
Charles Willis spoke for Luther
Lewis for internal vico-prcsidcnt.
Mr. Phillips spoke for Bob Davis
and Mr. Dunn spoke for Russ Wil
lan for the office of external vice
president.
Mr. Lewis spoke on behalf of
Jerry Willis for director.
Mr. Dunn announced that the
Blue Ribbon Club would be the
site of the district meeting's cock
tail party and dance on Saturday.
April 14. The business meeting
will be held at the City Theatre
Sunday morning, April 15. Regis
tration for the twoday session will
be held at Bud Dixon's Motel.
Reports on the industrial sur
vey, road-c-o and membership
drives, were given by Mr. Shapiro.
Mr Hamilton and Frank Cassiano.
President Russell Outlaw an
nounced that the historical marker
for Fort Macon had been placed at
24th and Arendell Streets. The
Jaycees are hoping to have an his
torical marker placed in town to
| identify Morehead City also as
j "Shephard's Point."
| Mr. Willan reported that the
poles were up at the Little League
field and the signs arc at the field,
j ready to be set up.
J Jerry Willis offered the Jaycees
their fin#l opportunity of buying
tickets for the Chamber of Com
i mercc banquet held last night
? he was brought to Morehead City,
I arriving at 2 p.m. in a State Iligh
I way Patrol car.
Unruffled (from outward appear
j ances) by the delay, the governor,
{ wearing a white earnation in his
I buttonhole, warned his 125 listeners
j that work on protection from hur
j ricares must begin in the towns
[ and counties, and if possible, on a
i regional basis.
I He reviewed the extensive hurri
| cane report issued by the Citizens
! Advisory panel a month ago. stat
I mg that North Carolina has already
I provided technical assistance in a
i program headed by Col. Harry
Brown, formerly with the CivU De
fense Administration at Battle
Creek. Mich.
Governor Hodges reported on
what has been done to obtain fed
eral funds to help North Carolina
prevent beach erosion and repair
damage from previous hurricanes.
He urged government units to
write the statn congressional dele
cation to ask their unfailing sup
port of an amendment to an appro
priations bill for an additional five
million dollars which is hopefully
earmarked for aid to North Caro
lina.
Glenn Tucker. Carolina Beach,
moved that the group go on record
urging Tar Heel representatives in
Washington to get through disaster
insurance before the present ses
sion ends. The motion passed with
resounding "ayes" from all except
insurance agents in the audience.
The insurance agents were in the
minority.
I Col. R. L. Hill. Army district en
gineer, was the last speaker on the
program and wben he finished
speaking the rovlrnnr remarked
that the Colonel presented informa
tion more worthwhile than many
of the things that had been said
previously.
Colonel Hill Issued a warning
about building permanent beach
structures such as seawalls and
groins without thorough study. He
said that nothing is as good as the
natural God given dunes to hold
back the ocean and added that
beaches should be "nourished"
with sands from other areas.
"Whatever you do. don't destroy
the dunes. If you do, you'll pay
for it in dollars," the colonel said.
He added that lie felt one more
recommendation should be in
cluded in the state hurricane re
port and that is a provision for
havens for people trapped by rising
waters.
He cited as an example the peo
ple trapped on Long Beach during
recent storms. He suggested high
towers to which people could go
and other places of high elevation
where personal propcrtv could be
placed.
Governor Hodges introduced
Colonel Brown as "a man of ac
tion," who was familiar with hur
ricane protection projects in Flori
da and New York. Colonel Brown
spoke briefly.
Others called upon for remarks
were Sen. J. V. Whitfield, Burgaw;
See GOVERNOR, Page 7
Survey Shows Folks Willing
To Vote for Health Center
By I1AI. SHAPIRO
i I tried but I couldn't find any
one this week who wasn't in favor
of voting for the county to borrow
I $10,000 to build a county health
centcr
| All of the people interviewed
said they thought the need for a
| center was essential, and that it
J would be most beneficial to the
I people.
| Ray Hall, Straits, said, "I don't
I know offhand how I'd vote, though
I do believe that the need for a
| centcr is quite evident. I know
\ that it would be a very good thing
for everybody "
Mrs. Robert McCabe, Morchead
City. "It would be a wonderful
thing and I'm certain that I'd vote
for it."
Mr>. Willard lllll, Markers Is
land, "The center would be really
nice Moat other places have such
centers and it would improve the
health facilities here. I'd most aa
suredly vote In favor of It."
Capi George Smith, Salter Path,
"I'm 100 per cent in favor of the
center. I believe that It would
help the people of the county. I
would vote for it."
Robert Seamon, Morchead City,
"Yei, I'd vote for it. Being in the
restaurant business, all folks we
employ have to have health cards
and improved county health fa
cilities would be of direct benefit
to us."
Mrs. Heber Golden, Bcttic, "I
think that it would be a great
thing for the county and I'd vote
for It."
Cliff Tilghman, Beaufort, "The ;
need for such a center in the coun
ty is evident, and I would certain
ly vote for it."
Mrs. John C. Uiebert, Morchcad
New Bern Highway, "It would be
wonderful. I know that the folks
in the county who have to have
county health service would then
have a more inviting place to go.
I'd vote in favor of it."
Ed WlUard. Morehead City.
"Considering the facilities that the
public health doctor and his staff
have at preaent, I'm certain that
we need a County Health Center.
I would certainly vote for it."
Mrs. Evelya Graham, Highway
101, "I'm in favor of anything that
will help the county, and I know
that a health center Is moat neces
sary. I would vote in favor of it."
Elaer Watson, Morehead City,
"I would vote In favor of the
county'! borrowing the money for
I the ccntcr, but I would like to
j know how much it's going to cost
! mc and the other taxpayers."
Mm. Ralph Thomas, Beaufort,
I "It would ccrtainly be a good thing
and I'm certain that I'd vote for
it."
1 From all pails of the county the
replies were essentially the same:
"We need it, should have it, and
we'll vote that the county borrow
the money so that such a structure
may become a reality instead of
just a dream."
Most of January
Catch Landed Here
Of a total 185 million poundi
of fish and shellfish brought to
North Carolina ports during Jan
uary. 1 1.434,920 pounds were land
ed at Carteret docks.
Eighty-three per ccnt of the to
tal catch was menhaden. The Jan
uary catch was 73 per cent less
than the December landings.
During January, menhaden (15.3
million pounds) led all other spe
cies in volume Isnded, followed by
croaker, 1.8 million pounds, mul
lets 300,000 pounds, and sea trout
or wcakfish 243,000 poundi.
I