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45th YEAR, NO. 37. TWO SECTION'S TWELVE PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Lone Kitten Survives Fire
Photo by Jerry Schumacher
Puzzled and singed, the only survivor of the tragic fire in More
head City Saturday morning, peeps out from the ruins of her mis
tress's home.
Pholu by Jerry Schumacher
This is the home in which Miss Hattie Monroe died when fire
swept through it. It is located on the north side of Bridges Street,
across from Sound Chevrolet Co.
Miss Harriet Monroe, 69. More
head City, who died of suffocation
when fire destroyed her home
Saturday morning, was buried in
Bay view Cemetery at 2 p.m. the
same day.
Miss Monroe, a native of Wild
wood who had lived in Morehead
City the past 40 years, was found,
along with the bodies of her three
cats, in her home at 13th Street,
near Bridges, Saturday at 4 a.m.,
when Capt. Buck Newsomc and
Patrolman Walter Thomas dis-4
covered the house afire.
The police officers were pa
trolling when they saw the smoke
coming from the house, a tiny tar
paper and wood structure. Captain
Newsome radioed to the fire de
partment and Patrolman Thomas
tried to enter the house.
After a vain attempt to get in
through the front door, he went
to the rear of the house and
I kicked in the back door, but still
, couldn't enter because of the
j heavy smoke.
Miss Monroe's body, along with
(those of her cats, was found after
the fire had been extinguished by
I the firemen. Her body was ap- !
'proximately 4 feet from the door
? broken in by Patrolman Thomas.
| He said that the only sound he
heard when he kicked in the door '
' was a cat mewing. It was the only
| survivor and ran from the house
jto safety.
It is believed that the fire was
I caused by a little lantern in the
I bedroom which might have been
| blown to the floor.
I Two of the dead cats were found
i in the same room with Miss Mon
iroe, one of them right next to her.
Services were conducted by the
| Rev. F. A. Lusan, pastor of St.
' Stephen's A.M.E. Zion Church,
? Morehead City, at the Barrow Fun
eral Home.
Motorist Cited
Oh Two Charges
Charles Nelson Jr., Morehcad
City, was cited on two counts fol
lowing a three-car collision on the
Atlantic Beach bridge at 12:20 p.m.
Sunday.
Nelson was charged with driving
drunk and careless and reckless
driving. According to State High
way Patrolman J. W. Sykes, who
investigated, Nelson was headed
toward Morchead City and ran
into the rear of a car waiting for j
the draw bridge to close.
Nelson's car, a 1951 Ford Vic
toria coupe, ran into the rear of
a 1956 Chrysler driven by a Mr.
Thayer, a lumberman from Louis
burg. Thayer's car, in turn hit the
car ahead of him, a 1955 Chevro
let driven by Sergeant Frizzelle,
USMC, Edenton.
Nelson told the patrolman that
he was passing another car, which
he thought speeded up as he
passed and when he turned back
into the line of traffic he noticed
too late that cars ahead of him
had stopped.
Patrolman Sykes said Nelson's
car was demolished. Damage to
the Chrysler and Chevrolet was
estimated at $200 each. No one
was hurt.
Swimming Area
To Open June 10
The swimming area at Fort Ma
con State Park will open to the
public June 10, announces Park
Superintendent Smith Ray
All other facilities of the park
arc already open The picnicking
area is open daily from 8 a m un
til 8 p.m., as well as the fishing
area.
The fort itself is open from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week.
Mr. Ray stated that work is pro
gressing on another parking lot
adjacent to the existing facilities
He also said that repairs are being
made on all buildings.
Col. Dal* Reitz Speaks
To Morehoad Rotarians
Col. Dale Reiti, member of the
Strategic Air Command, currently
enroute to Puerto Rico, spoke at
the weekly meeting of the More
head City Rotary Club Thunday
night at Fleming's Restaurant
Colonel Reiti, nephew of Rotar
ian Jack Holt, told of the equip
ment used by SAC and the planes
that are in operation He com
mented on the command's rigorous
training program.
He said that SAC was one of
the most important factors in the
nation's defense.
Guest at the meeting was Allen
Knott, Kinston.
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Dateline: Jerusalem
Tourists Frequently Pay
Too Much for Souvenirs
By THE REV. JOHN BUNN
About 4 p.m. yesterday a woman,
an artist for the New Yorker mag
azine, rang the doorbell of the
American School. In her hands she
carried a small box which contain
ed two pottery lamps, a piece of
alabaster (a small translucent
stone), and a few coins. These she
had purchased for a price of ap
proximately $20. Simply wanted to
know if she had paid too much.
She had! At least $14 too much.
During the Easter season Ameri
can tourists were buying little pot
tery lamps of the first, second and
third century A.D. for $2 a piece,
while they were only worth 60
cents to $1 a piece.
Another friend of mine here pur
chased some ancient coins which
had been unclcaned. When he
cleaned them up he found among
them a lead seal such as used for
scaling trunks by the express agen
cies in the States.
In another instance a person
from the American School was ap
proached by a coin vendor and
among his selection of supposedly
ancicnt coins was a round metal
disc which was inscribed with these
words, "Peddlers License, Newark,
New Jersey."
If these pople had gone to re
liable antiquities dealers they
would have gotten their money's
worth and fine conversational
pieces to take home with them.
Just across from tie Church of
the Redeemer in Old Jerusalem is
the antiquities shop of Levon N.
Ohan. He is affectionately known
as Ohan by the people at the Amer
ican School. His father was in the
antiquities business for 60 years,
and Ohan himself has been in bus
iness for 30 years.
Until 1948 Ohan's shop was in
New Jerusalem as well as his
home. The shop which he now
maintains is but a miniature of
that which he was driven from
when the Israelis forced him from
New Jerusalem.
His shop is filled with ancient
pottery, glassware, bronzes, coins,
seals and scarabs. There is a pro
fusion of silver jewelry ? brace
lets, earrings, necklaces, crosses
and amber beads. And if you de
sire something distinctive he will
make the design for a ring or
bracelet or necklace and fashion it
in his own superior way.
Ohan is reliable and has the
highest of integrity in business
dealings. For this reason those of
us at the American School find our
way to his shop almost daily. We
never bargain with Ohan or argue
price, for what he asks for an arti
cle is its true value plus a reason
able profit.
Should the tourist's attention be
directed to Persian rugs, Persian
brass or coppcrware, or antique
silvers or inlays, Tabourin's, just
in front of the Church of the Re
deemer is the place to go.
Tabourin is a fine gentleman and
a most gracious host. When you
enter his shop your eyes are daz
See TOURISTS, Page 2
News in a Nufshell
INTERNATIONAL
A HASSLE in?ide Britain's So
cialist Labor Party is underway,
following the visit to England by
Soviet leaders Nikolai Bulganin
and Nikita Krushchev.
ONE HUNDRED SIXTY -ONE
rebels were reported killed Sunday
in two major clashes with French
security forces in Algeria One
battle is still raging in the western
Tlemcen mountains.
NATIONAL
SIX STATES arc holding pri
mary elections this week Balloting
took place yesterday in Maryland
and today will take place in In
diana, Ohio, West Virginia, Flor
ida and New Mexico.
U.8. SENATE majority leader,
Lyndon Johnson, holds control of
the Texas Democratic Party fol
lowing his smashing victory over
Gov. Allan Shivers for chairman
of tix state's delegation to the Na
tional Democratic Convention last 1
weekend.
JOHN G. GRAHAM, found guilty
of the biggest mass murder in
aviation history, said Saturday that
he did not want his defense at
torneys to appeal a district court
jury verdict condemning him to
desth
STATE
PARENTS of a 15-year-old boy,
Billy Ray Privatte, left their Ra
leigh home Sunday to go to Seat
Pleasant, Md , where the boy is !
being held on a murder charge
Billy Ray went berserk Friday. 1
killing one teacher and wounding
two others in a wild shooting spree j
at Maryland Park Junior High
School.
SEN. SAM J. ERVIN JR. an I
nounccd Saturday that he will ask |
Congress to expedite surveys of
hurricane-damaged areas of North !
Carolina and direct that ways be j
devised to minimise damage from
future high tides and strong winds.
15-Year-Old Boy
Cited Sunday
A 15-ycar old boy of route 1,
Beaufort, was charged with driving
under age and careless and reck
less driving Sunday afternoon at
12:45 p.m.
The youngster was apprehended
by Patrolman Maxwell Wade after
he had rammed a truck into a light
pole in front of Mrs. N. W. Taylor's
home on Ann Street, Beaufort.
The boy, driving with Clayton
Goodwin, Morchead City, told po
lice that he had turned west on
Ann Street when he heard a wheel
barrow on the rear of the truck
roll off and hit the street, and he
looked around. The next thing he
knew, the truck, owned by Clyde
Jones Construction Co., had struck
the light pole.
Goodwin was taken to Morchead
City Hospital by a passerby. He
was treated for cuts on his face by
Dr. Sam Hatcher.
The truck, which the boy's father
operated for the construction com
pany was a total loss.
Convention Scheduled
The County Democratic Conven
tion will be held at the courthouse,
Beaufort, at 10:45 Saturday morn- <
ing. I
County Board Hears Budget
Requests for Coming Year
Morehead Lions, Beaufort
JC's to Conduct Car Check
Weary Jury Rules
For Plaintiff
In Lengthy Case
A patient and somewhat weary
jury returned a verdict in favor of
Leslie Day against J. E. Morris in
the amount of $8,290 in a personal
inlury ease in the civil term of Su
perior Court which ended Saturday
morning. Judge Malcolm C. Paul
presided.
Day had suffered iniurics follow
ing an automobile accident.
Harold Ketterer. co-defendant in
the case, was not required to pay
damages.
The case started Thursday morn
int? and included a session from
7:30 p.m. until midnight Friday
night.
Jurors were Paul Branch. Dom
Femia. H. D. Rhue. Earl Wade.
Charlie Mason. Gerald Gould. L.
E. Sanders. Kilbv Salter. Paul
Beacham. Jasper Bell. Brantly
Mears, and Walter Whitley Jr.
An anpeal by defendants in the
case of L. C. Dickinson vs. Rose
Marion and Paul A. Marion, minors,
was dismissed.
In last week's case to determine
the amount of money to he con
tributed by William Carl Fulcher
to his former wife. Nellie Ann Hill,
for support of his children, the
court ruled that the amount shall
be $20 a week.
The mother has custody of the
children with the understanding
that Ann Leigh Fulcher. 11 years
old. may stay with her father two
weekends out of each month.
Jurors who heard the other cases
reported in Friday's paper were
Walter Whitley Jr.. Leland F. Gar
ner. Frank O. Swindell. Telford
Rose. Kilby Salter, Joe Morse, J.
B. Sewell. Gerald Gould, W. H.
Willis, L. E. Sanders, Norman T.
Warf*. Paul R. Branch and Milton
W. Webb.
Jack Oakley Hurt
In Wreck Friday
L. A. (Jack) Oakley, Beaufort,
was confined to the Morehcad City
Hospital yesterday morning recov
ering from' minor injuries he re
ceived Friday when his car turned
over about 7:45 a.m. on Highway
24.
Mr Oakley, a salesman with
Carolina Power and Light Co.,
Morehcad City, was on his way to
Wilmington. The accident occurred
about a mile east of Boguc.
The car, a 1951 Plymouth, was
damaged to the extent of about
$300. State Highway Patrolman W.
E. Pickard, who investigated, said
it was raining and the car skid.
Mr. Oakley was expected to be
discharged from the hospital yes
terday afternoon.
Lightning Hits Powerful
CP&L Plant, Wilmington
A ngntning Doit nnmed In on*
the 150.000 kilowatt Sutton plant
at Wilmington Thursday night and
put much of eastern Carolina in
darkness. The blackout, almost two
and a half hours, was the longest
to occur recently, hurricanes ex
cepted, of course.
The power went off here at 7:04
p.m. and started feeding back into
the Carolina Power and Light More
head City plant at 9:20 p.m. A few '
minutes later, juice was flowing 1
everywhere. Lights that people had '
forgotten were on suddenly blos
somed forth and Coleman lanterns
and flashlights were put away un
til the next time.
George Stovall. manager at More- '
head City, said that other plants '
couldn't carry the burden of the
Sutton plant and they too had to
drop load ? Lumberton, Golds
boro and Raleigh.
When repairs were made, the
system was put back to normal
gradually. Mr Stovall said that
Wilmington did not experience a |
severe electrical storm. There were (
Just a few bolts of lightning, "but I
one was enough," he added.
Lightning flashed here and rain '
came down spasmodically In tor 1
rents, but there was no local trou- j
ble. Standby crews were on duty '
In both Beaufort and Morehead I
City until the power came back on. |
At that time even they weren't sure ( I
what bad causcd the blackout. |
\
Beaufort Police Lodge
Charges Against Four
B?aufort police made four ar
rests Friday and Saturday.
Matthew Mitchell was charged
with careless and reckless driving;
Edward Davis was charged with
public drunkenness and Walter
Joiner was charged with non-sup
port and attempted assault with a
gun. All were apprehended Friday.
J. C. Carter was charged with at
tempted assault Saturday.
Banks in Carteret County will be
closed Thursday, May 10, in ob
servance of Confederate Memorial
Day.
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, May I
S: 19 a.m.
3:36 p.m.
12:14 a.m.
12:19 p.m.
Wednesday, May ?
7:01 a.m.
7:22 p m
1:01 a.m.
1:01 p.m.
Thursday, May 1*
7:47 a.m.
9:09 p.m.
1:48 a.m.
1:46 p.m.
Friday, May 11
1:33 a.m.
):97 p.m.
2:36 a.m.
2:34 p.m.
? The Morehead City Lions ClubH
will be in charge of the May Safety
Check program in Morehead City
and the Beaufort Jaycces will be in
charge in Beaufort, according to
plans made at the Morehead City
Lions Club meeting Thursday
night.
Attending the meeting were Jack
McManus, Chief Guy Springle and
Patrolman Maxwell Wade, Beau
fort; Chief Herbert Griffin, More
head City, and Herbert Dowless.
and Sgt. C. L. Teague, New Bern.
The committee in charge for the
Lions Club consists of Jack Mor
gan. Fd W;?lston, Owens Frederick
?and A. N. Willis.
Partial Days
The Safety Check will be con
ducted in both towns during the
j week of May 21, with the checks to j
start at 1 p.m. in the towns and at
1 3 p.m. on the highways.
Check-up stations will be set up |
I at the Carolina Racing Association;
track to handle incoming traffic, 1
and at South 8th Street to handle j
cars leaving Morehead City.
Master mechanics, on loan from !
local garages, will examine the j
cars. The checkup will take ap- j
proximately five minutes. Ice j
j cream and soft drinks will be given i
to car occupants.
| For the residents of Morehead i
City a checkup station will be set
up at the Morehead City Town
Hall.
Owens Frederick, publicity chair
man of the program in Morehead j
City, also announces that prices I
will be given to lucky drivers tak
ing part in the checkup.
Mr. McManus, who is conducting
the program for the Beaufort Jay
cees, said ticket stubs will be given
each car owner. A prize will be
given, to the lucky owner each day
and a grand prize will be given at
the end of the week.
Two Stations
The program will continue for
five days. There will be two check j
'stations in Beaufort, one on Ann j
Street at the foot of the bridge and |
the other at the intersection of
Highways 70 and 101.
Mr. McManus said Paul Motor
Co. has offered the service of me
chanics who will be on duty
throughout the week. They will
also be assisted by Jaycces.
Equipment for checking the cars
will be loaned to this county by
New Bern. Mr. McManus said that
the program is purely voluntary
and there is no requirement that
the cars go to a garage for correc
tion of mechanical defects. It is
hoped, however, that motorists will
cooperate in that respect.
Firemen Plan
Summer Schools
Beaufort firemen made plans at
their meeting Thursday night at
the fire station to conduct a school
for department members twice a i
week starting May 17 and ending
Aug 21. The sessions will take
place Tuesday and Thursday nights.
It was reported that four fire
men will attend Fire College at
Charlotte this week. They are Hay
wood Snetl, Freddy Snooks, Bob
by Hudgins and Asa Buck. The
firemen left yesterday and will re
turn Friday
Firemen discussed obtaining a
Jet fire boat from government sur
plus for use by the department on
the waterfront.
Joseph F. Long, Troy R. Hun- ]
ning.v and William B. Longest 111 j
were installed as new members. I
Officer Checks
On Three Wrecks
During Weekend
Highway patrolmen were kept on
the jump over the weekend as the
county experienced a rash of acci
dents. State Highway Patrolman
W. J. Smith investigated three
wrecks.
At 6:30 p.m. Saturday a 1949
Ford driven by James Lewis
Forbes turned over on the Crab
Point Road a mile north of the
Morchead City town limits.
Patrolman Smith said Forbes,
who has been charged with driv
ing drunk, lost control of the car.
The auto was demolished
Curtis Nelson, Harkers Island, I
sustained a spine injury at 1:45
a.m. Sunday when the 1955 Ply- 1
mouth he was driving turned over i
at the south end of the Harkers
Island bridge. Nelson was taken
to Morehead City hospital in the
Adair ambulance. He ytas still con
fined to the hospital yesterday.
According to Patrolman Smith.
Nelson's car struck an upright
piece of railroad track used as a
guard at the end of the bridge. He
lost control and turned over. He
has been charged with careless and
recklcss driving.
Dalton Wayne Wood, Swansboro,
escaped injury at 7:30 a.m. Mon
day when the 1955 Chevrolet nick
up truck he was driving turned
over on Highway 24.
The accident occurred a mile
from the Broad Creek bridge. Ac
cording to Patrolman Smith, the
road was wet and the tires were
slick. The truck went into a skid
and turned over.
Damage to the truck was $500.
Wood was headed toward Swans
boro at the time.
Bread Truck Hits
Parked Autos
Dalton Taylor Jr., route 3 Ayden,
driving a Dainty Maid Bakery
truek, struck three parked cars on
Arendell Street near 21st Street at
2:10 a.m. Saturday morning, police
report.
Two of the parked cars, a 1955
Buick and a 1954 Ford arc owned
by Grady Rich, Morehead City, and
the third car. a 1947 Ford, belong
ed to John Carrol Morgan, More
head City.
Capt. Buck Ncwsomc, who inves
tigated, said that Taylor was travel
ing cast on Arendell Street and cut
in and struck the three parked
cars.
Captain Ncwsomc estimated
damage to Mr Rich's vehicles at
$1,000 to the Buick and $300 to
the Ford. Mr. Morgan's car was
deemed a total loss. No charges
were preferred. ?
Dog Located
The German policc dog which
hit Sam Morgan, New Bern, last
Sunday on Radio Island has been
located. The dog had been vac
cinated, thus making it unnecessary
for his victim to be given rabies
inoculations.
The usual May money mat
ters confronted county com
missioners yesterday as they
considered requests for funds
from the various county de
partments.
The problem is finding the money
lo meet the increases requested.
The welfare department has asked
a $13,000 increase, the forestry re
quest shows an increase from $2,
660 to $4,200. the county health
department is asking for $3,004
more than it received iast year, the
Carteret County Library would like
an increase from $1,648 to $3,600,
and the extension services would
like an additional $1,200 for an
assistant home aucnt.
The total budget last year was
$588,748 and it is expected that the
budget for the coming fiscal year
will exceed that.
Budgets were presented by Mrs.
Leota Hammer for the health de
partment; Miss Gcorgie Hughes, su
perintendent. for the welfare de
partment; E. M. Foreman, county
forest ranger for the forest pro
tection program. Mrs. W. L. Wood
ard for the county library, and R.
M. Williams lor the farm and home
agents' offices.
The board took all of the bud
gets under consideration and dis
cussed them in afternoon session
following lunch at the home agent's
office. The lunch was prepared by
Home Demonstration Club women.
Possibility of Loss
Mrs. Woodard told the board
that unless the county increases
its appropriation in support of the
library, there is a strong possibil
ity that state aid will be with
drawn.
She said that money paia mc
librarians and bookmobile operat
ors constitutes a sub-standard
wage. She added that if the state
aid is withdrawn, it will be im
possible to operate the bookmobile.
Through the bookmobile 27,000
books were circulated in the coun
ty, according to latest figures. This
is more than half the total circu
lation of 46,000, Mrs. Woodard
said.
Accompanying Mrs. Woodard
was Mrs. J. 0. Barbour Jr., head
of the library board. A letter was
read from J. W. Johnson, princi
pal of Atlantic School asking that
bookmobile service not be dropped
because of its importance to the
school.
Miss Hughes said that according
to calculations, the amount set up
in the budget, 20 cents per hun
dred dollars' valuation, for the wel
fare department, is inadequate.
She said that the amount that
yields, $72,000 is about $2,000 short
of the needs.
The county board said that it.
could not do anything about that
and expressed the hope that the
welfare department could squeeze
through with the $72,000.
Ranger Presents Budget
Mr. Foreman has requested ra
dio equipment for a smoke chaser's
truck as well as money to pay for
manning the Otway fire tower 12
months out of the year instead of
nine. He said that the state has
agreed to spend $15,000 for a haul
ing unit and plow which would
be stationed in this county but be
available to surrounding areas.
See BOARD, Page 8
Seniors to Present
Play Friday Night
The Clock Struck Twelve, a mys
tery farce, will be presented by
the senior class of Morehead City
School Friday at 8 p.m. at the
school auditorium
The cast of the play is as fol
lows: Gus Aspcnberg, Jean Barnes,
Mary Lou Davis. Helen Carlton.
Joyce Bell. Bobby Miller, Renec
Kemp, Eddie Smithwlck, and Ver
non Morton.
Mrs. Waldron Baily is director.
Who Will She Be? Tomorrow
Is Nominations Deadline!
Do you know a Mother who ia
worthy of the title, Mother of the
Year? If so, you have the oppor
tunity of making her Carteret
County'! Mother of the Year for
198? by telling in a few words why
she ia a wonderful person
But the deadline for nomination*
ia 10 a.m. tomorrow. By that time
all entry blanka muit be in THE
NEWS - TIMES office, Morehead
City . The blanks may be obtained
from any of the eight businessmen
participating in this event. A blank
ia also published on page 4 of the
second section of this paper.
The mother selected for the
honor will receive lovely priiea
from the businessmen who are
accking the county 'a outstanding
mother. Any mother may be nom*
mated. She need not be nominated
by her children.
THE NEWS-TIMES, in coopera
tion with Morehead City mer
ehanti, ha* honored a Father o[
the Year for several years, but
queries u to why a Mother of the
Year has never been selected, led
to initiation of this event this year.
Next Sunday is Mother's Day
What mother in the county
wouldn't be pleasantly surprised to
learn that someone thought enough
of her to nominate her as Mother
of the Year?
Tin prizes she will win will be
presented to her at 11 a.m. Satur- ,
day at the Morehead City Muntci |
pal Building. The winner be an- .
oounccd in Friday's NEWS-TIMES. !
Two Care Collide As
One Attempts to Turn
A 1951 Chevrolet driven by Mar
vin Henry Powers, Morehead City,
collided with a 19S1 Chevrolet op
erated by Marie Freeman Nelson,
Morehead City, yesterday morning
at 10:45 a m. at 22nd and Bridges
Streets.
The woman told investigating of
ficer Sgt. Joe Smith that she was
going cast, making a left turn in a
driveway when the Powers vehicle
started to pass and hit her left
rear door and fender.
Damage was estimated at |7S to
each ear. No charges were pre
ferred.
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