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45th YEAR, NO. 42. FOUR SECTIONS TWENTY-SIX P^GES MO RE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. MAY 25, 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Military Police
Meet at Beach
Mayor A. B. Cooper,
Cherry Point Deny
'Brawl Reports'
Members of the Atlantic Beach
police department. Marine military
policemen, shore patrolmen and
several beach beer retailers attend
ed a meeting at Atlantic Beach
Monday night to outline and reaf
firm policies on law enforcement
at the beach.
The meeting was called by Mayor
A. B. Cooper and took place in the
mayor's office.
The mayor said that the meeting
was not called by military authori
ties or state beer inspectors as has
been stated by several unreliable
sources.
He reported that at the begin
ning of each summer season he
calls a meeting of this type. He
said the purpose is to obtain the
cooperation of military policemen
relative to military personnel who
visit the beach.
The mayor remarked that their
cooperation with the beach police
force has always been good.
He added that there was an un
usually large number of Marines
and sailors at the beach Saturday
night due to the USS Soley being
in port. Many of the sailors brought
whisky with them and he said to
prevent over-indulging in beer and
whisky, beer sales at the Idle Hour
Amusement Center were stopped at
9:45 p.m. I
THE NEWS-TIMES queried the
public information office at Cherry
Point Marine Air Base yesterday
relative to rumors that Marine au
thorities were distressed about the
situation at Atlantic Beach.
Captain Evans, public informa- j
tion officer, said that he had had
no report that Cherry Point au- 1
thorities were dissatisfied with con
ditions at Atlantic Beach. After
further checking, he reported that
air base authorities knew nothing
of any "unusual situation" at the
beach Saturday night and were in |
no way "distressed about condi
tions" there.
Child Remains
In Hospital
Albert Garland Pollack, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pollack, who
live at the rear of the Morehead
City Block and Tile Co. on the
Country Club road, will be in
Morehead City Hospital for at
least another week or two.
The 22 -month-old youngster suf
fered a broken pelvis bone and
fractured hip when he fell from
his father's car and was run over.
The accident occurred Saturday
at 5:30 p.m. when the father was
taking the car to the back of the
house to wash it. The father put
the little boy in the front seat
with him.
While making a sharp left turn
the right hand side door swung
open and the youngster was thrown
from the vehicle. The wheels of
the car passed over his body. He
was rushed to the hospital where
Dr. Milton Morcy is treating the
child.
12 Can Moved
J. D. Holt, manager of the state
port at Morehead City, reported
yesterday that 12 of the new cars
in storage at the port have been
sent to Darlington, S. C? for sale.
The others, he said, arc still here
Sailor's Body Found; Deaths
By Violence Add Up to Six
Thunder Showers
Here Wednesday
The county w as treated to heavy
showers Wednesday night. The
rain was sorely needed by farmers,
commented E. Stamey Davis, wea
ther observer The rain, which to
taled 1.40 inrhea, was accompanied
by thunder and lightning.
The high temperature for the
beginning of the week was record
ed Tuesday when the mercury rose
to 82 degrees and the low was re
corded Monday with a reading of
39 degrees.
The high and low temperatures
and the wind directions for tha
beginning of the week were as
follows:
Mai. Mia. Winds
Monday 78 M NE
Tuesday 82 81 SW
Wednesday 80 87 NE
l icense Suspended
The license of Manly Rogers Wil
lis, Atlantic, has been suspended by
the State Highway Safety Division,
following conviction of driving
after his license had been sus
pended. . .
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The body of the Negro sailor
who drowned Saturday when he
leaped from the destroyer, USS
Soley, was found floating by state
port docks, Morehead City at 9:40
a.m. Wednesday.
The sailor. William R. Maxwell,
915 Magnolia St., Chattanooga,
Tenn , was It years old. His death
was the sixth violent one in this
county since May S.
Coroner Leslie Springlc said the
body was sighted by a workman
aboard a barge at the port. The
Coast Guard was notified at 9:45
a m and they picked the body up
half an hour later. At Fort Macon
Coast Guard station it was iden
tified by Chief Clifford L. Walter,
from the Soley, who remained here
after the Soley left Monday morn
ing
The destroyer was in port Sat
urday and Sunday in conjunction
with observance of Armed Force*
Day.
Body Moved
From Fort Macon, Maxwell's body
was sent to Cherry Point. Coroner
Springle said that the body prob
ably lay at approximately the point
where Maxwell went down. Drag
ging and diving efforts to locate
it were unsuccessful.
It was reported that Maxwell
leaped from the ship to retrieve
his hat which had blown overboard.
Train of Tragedy
May's train of tragedy in Car
teret started Saturday, May 5,
when Miss Hattie Monroe, an el
derly Negro woman died by suffo
cation when her small frame house
in Morehead City burned May 5.
Four days later, May 8, David
W. Smith, 8-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Smith. Morchcad
City, was killed on Arendell Street
by an automobile.
A week later. May 18, a two
month-old babyi Donald M. Camp- !
bell Jr., suffocated in his crib at
his home at Bonham Heights, west
of Morehead City. The next day,
8-year-old Carol I. . Lowe, daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs. Ernest Lowe,
Mansfield Park, drowned in Bogue
Sound while playing on an inner
tube. Her body was found last Fri
day.
On that same day, lB-month-old
Valric Hunt, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Hunt, Indian migrant
laborers, died from burns she re
ceived while her 5-year-old sister
was playing witt\ matches.
TIjp sailor's Jumping overboard
and drowning brought to a total
of six the number of violent deatha
in the short spacc of two weeks.
Pulitzer Prize Winner Visits Here
m
Talbot Hamlin, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning biography, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, is work
ing now on his autobiography.
Talbot F. Hamlin, 1956 Pulitzer
prize winner and his wife, are visit
ing in Morehead City aboard their
boat Aquarelle II, a 33-foot motor
sailer.
Mr. Hamlin, 67, was announced
this month as the year's Pulitzer
prize winner in biography for his
book, Benjamin Henry Latrobc,
who was America's first profes
sional architect. The prize, in addi
tion to the honor, carries with it
$500 in cash.
..Mr. Hamlin was engaged ,15
ycairfn research and wraflPfhe
book ofer a period of >hree and a
half yean. His wife, Jessica, in
dexed the book, which was publish
od last year. A 672-page volume, it
has also won for its author the an
nual Hitchcock Medallion present
ed by the Society of Architectural
Historians.
Mr. Hamlin also wrote the book,
Greek Revival of Architecture in
America, which was published in
1944. Perhaps his best known work
is Architecture Through the Ages.
He is now engaged in writing the
story of his own life.
He was born in New York City
in 1989 and taught at ^Columbia
University 38 years. He'desjjjnpd
Ginling C#ll*?e at Nanking, ana
the college and dormitory build
ings at New Rochclle College, New
York. A Phi Beta Kappa, he is also
a fellow of the American Institute
of Architects.
Mr. Hamlin and his wife winter
ed aboard their boat at Dinner Key,
Fla., and became acquainted with
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Simpson, who
are now living in Morehead City.
They also became friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Schumacher who
visited this winter with the Simp
sons.
The Hamlins are headed north to
visit friends in New England. Mr.
Hamlin designed his own boat and
A^QUt IJL others. During this pant
winter he spoke at symposiums at
Florida State University and at the
Ringling Institute of Art. Sarasota,
Fla.
Beaufort Commissioners Set
Tax Rate at $1.75 Monday
Beaufort commissioners at a spe
cial meeting of the town board
Monday night set the tax rate at
$1.75, a reduction of 25 cents from
last year's rate.
The reduction was made possible
by an increased valuation. The
valuation (both real and personal
property) last year was $2,773,048
and since the county-wide reval
uation, now stands at $3,483,200
or an increase of $710,152.
The valuation increase amounts
to a raise of approximately 25 per
cent The town's total budget for
1956-57 was set Monday night it
$112,260.40.
The budget is based on the new
tax rate and a collection of 90 per
cent of the total levy. The levy this
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Runaway Plane Causes
Damage at Air Field
A runaway plane caused between
seven and eight thousand dollars
damage at the Beaufort-Morehead
City airport Monday afternoon
The plane, a Cessna 170, was
owned by Frank P. Shockey, Lex
ington, who has a summer home
here. A woman member of the
Shockey family, whose identity
can't be learned, was inside the
plane while Mr. Shockey started
cranking it about 1 p.m. prepara
tory to take off. They were going
to fly back to Lexington.
According to Earl Taylor, owner
and manager of the Airport Ser
vice Station, the woman misunder
stood directions Mr. Shockey gave
her and shoved the throttle in in
stead of pulling it back.
The plane started zooming
around on the ground and headed
right for the service station where
Mr. Taylor's plane-spotting Super
Cub was standing.
The runaway would have locked
wings with the Cub, but luckily
the Cessna's right wheel hit a fish
box filled with empty oil cans. This
caused the wing of the Cessna to
lift slightly thus clearing the Tay
lor plane.
The runaway came to a stop only
when it collided with another Cess
na standing on the field. That plane
was owned by Alex B. Andrews.
Raleigh, who also has a cottage at
Atlantic Beach.
The propeller of the Shockey
plane chewed right through a wing
and into the fuselage.
"If it hadn't been stopped by the
Andrews plane," Mr. Taylor said,
"I'm sure it would have taken off,
and the girl probably have been
killed." The entire nerve-wracking
incident happened in the space of
about 30 seconds.
Both planes were reported to be
insured After the incident, Mr.
Shockey contacted the highway pa
trol and his car, which was being
driven back to Lexington, was
stopped. The occupants returned
to Beaufort and picked up the
would-be fliers.
Liquor Stores to Close;
Wednesday to be Holiday
Liquor stores in the county will
be closed tomorrow, election d?y,
but will remain open Wednesday,
May 30, Memorial Day.
Banks and poatoffices will be
closed on Memorial Day. Store*
of Beaufort and Morehcad City are
expected to remain open.
John M. Staton has been serving
as scoutmaster of Beaufort Troop
51 in place of Charles R. Has sell
who has been ill.
Otway Home
Burns Yesterday
Beaufort Firemen Go
To Fire; Protect
Nearby Home
The five-room home of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Brooks. Otway, was
destroyed by lire yesterday morn
ing. The fire was discovered by
Charles Hancock who went to Con
nie Gill'kin's Service Station to
give the alarm.
Mr. Gillikin phoned the Beau
fort Fire Department at 9 a.m.,
then went to the scene of the fire.
The home is located on the loop
road which connects with the Mar
kers Island Road.
When he arrived, smoke was bil
lowing out from everywhere, Mr.
Gillikin said Nothing in the home
was saved.
Mrs. Brooks had left home about
20 minutes before the fire was dis
covered. Mr. Brooks, who works
with the Atkinson Dredging Co.,
was also away. Two of their three
children were in school, and a child
who is no longer in school was
away too. and the youngest child
was with Mrs. Brooks.
Had the wind changed, the neigh
boring home owned by L. G.
I Thomas Would have been endanger
ed, observers said.
Beaufort firemen put out the
blaze and stood by to make sure
that the flames didn't spread.
Cause of the fire is unknown.
Because of repair work being
done on Highway 70. the fire truck
had to get to Otway by way of
Highway 101, the Laurel Road and
the Merrimon Road.
Political Experts Say
2nd Primary Coming
Boys State-Bound
Boys at Morchrad City School
who will attend Boys State at
the University of North Caro
lina in June are, left to right,
I Leslie W Highsmith, son of Mrs
i R. C. Highsmith; James L. Phil
! lips, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. O.
Phillips; Grover A. Smithwick,
I son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Smith
i J.M.! by Oiilon tiutnrir
wick, and Watson Morris, son of
Dr and Mrs. John Morris.
Boys were selected on the
basis of character, scholarship,
leadership and service. Their
expenses to the training school
in government will be paid by
the Rotary Club, Lions, Jaycces
and American Legion Post No.
46
C&D Engineer Tells Group
How to Lure Industries
Priest to Leave
Father Paul Byron, pastor of St.
Egbert's Catholic Church, More
head City, has been transferred to
the Immaculate Conception parish,
Durham. He will be replaced here
June 8 by Father Walter Hlggins,
Spruce Pines.
Assistant Agent
Due Here June 16
Fred Knott, herdsman for the
Central Research Station at North
Carolina State College in Raleigh
for the past year, will become as
sistant farm agent of Carteret
County June 16. He will work with
R. M Williams, county agent, and
Harry Venters, assistant to Mr.
Williams, who is stationed here
under a federal farm and home
program.
A native of Granville County,
Mr. Knott received his BS degree
in dairy husbandry from State
College in 1955. He entered the
college in 1953 as a transfer stu
dent from Mars Hill Junior Col
lege. He is a 1951 graduate of
Bcrca High School in Granville
County. ,
As a student at N.C. State, Mr.
Knott was a campus leader in both
academic and extra-curricular ac
See AGENT, Page 2
Fred KhU
...succeeds Al NcwMine
I
Ronald Mason
Heads Chamber
Dinner Planners
Ronald Earl Mason has been
named chairman of a committee
to make plans for the 195657
Kick-Off Banquet of the Beaufort
Chamber of Commerce. The ap
pointment was made at a meeting
of chamber directors Tuesday
night at the chamber office
Others on the committee arc
Odell Merrill and Ralph Albares.
They were appointed by President
Norwood Young. The banquet will
be held the latter part of June.
The directors voted to give $25
to the Beaufort recreation pro
gram.
Ray Cummins, chairman of the
speedboat regatta, announced that
all plans for the event arc com
pleted, but approximately $100
more is needed to meet expenses.
Collected by Tuesday was $637.50.
It was announced that the cham
ber will buy decals this year for
members instead of plaques.
The directors went on record
approving Croatan forest highway
from Pollocksville to Havclock.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were Dr.
W. L. Woodard, Halsey Paul, Paul
Jones, Holdcn Ballou. Glenn Adair.
Clarence Guthrie, William Roy
Hamilton, Gerald Hill and Miss
Pat Springle, chamber secretary.
'
Francis Mason Will
Receive Degree Monday
Francis Ennctt Mason, Newport,
will receive his BS degree in hor
ticulture at the commencement
exercises of North Carolina State
College Monday.
Dr. Carey H. Bostian, chancellor
of the college, will present the
degrees in a formal ceremony in
William Neal Reynolds Coliseum.
Director to Speak
Miss Ruth Peeling, county civil
defense director, will speak to the
St. Andrew's Episcopal Men's Club
Tuesday night The meeting will
begin at 7 p.m. at the Blue Ribbon
Club. Miss Peeling's topic will be
"What Docs Civil Defense Mean to
You?"
Tide Table
Tide* it the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, May 25
8:38 a.m. 2:42 a.m.
8:53 p.m. 2:38 p.m.
Saturday, May 2t
9:18 a.m. 3:20 a.m.
0:32 p.m. 3:15 p.m.
ttaaday. May 27
9:58 a.m. 3:57 a.m.
10:09 p.m. 3:53 p.m.
Monday. May 2t
10:37 a.m. 4:34 a.m.
10:47 p.m. 4:33 p.m.
Tueaday, May 29
11:19 a.m. 5:11 a.m.
11:27 p.m. 5:13 p.m.
? Declaring that desire is the most I
important thing in bringing indus
trial development to a community, j
Thomas Willis, industrial engineer j
| of the Department of Conservation
and Development, spoke Monday
night on ways and means of ob
taining industjy He spoke before
30 prominent citizens at the civic
center, Morcbcad City.
Mr. Willis, who is leavinj CStD
June 1 to be director of an Eco
nomic Council in Farmville, stated
that there were several methods
l to go about in bringing industry I
to an area.
lie mentioned the formation of
an industrial development corpora
tion, cither privately-owned or tax
supported He suggested that such [
a corporation could be a part of I
the Chamber of Commerce.
Relative to hiring an expert in j
the field, Mr. Willis said that the
organization should not expect
miracles overnight. If the expert
has to worry about whether he'll
be fired any day, he won't be able
to do a good Job.
Potential Here
Mr. Willis, whose father was a
native of Morehead City, said Car
teret County has the potential, j
but It is up to the people to pub
licize their locality. As he worded I
it, "Every time a citizen of Car- j
tcret County meets anyone from j
another town or state, he should
ask that person if he knows of any
business that wants to move or
expand."
Explaining how other towns ob
tained industry, Mr. Willis said a
brochure should be made up, and
then sites found. Then you start j
looking for a prospcct and when |
you've found one "you wine and I
dine him so that he is obligated '
to your town or community."
Mr. Willis slated that in this I
area the best way to form a de
velopment corporation would be
on a county-wide basis, so that the
county could be zoned and the in
dustrial sites set aside.
Services Needed
Among the important things
that must be supplied to an indus
try, Mr. Willis added, were utili
ties, water, sewer lines and fire
protection. He said water pipe
should be an eight-inch line*
Referring to the types of indus
tries that could be brought to this
area, he mentioned the following:
petroleum distributors, paper, ve
neer and core-board manufactur
ers, boat-making, plastics, shrimp,
fish and dogfood canning plants.
He explained the program in
Farmville and stated that the 40
men in the Economic Council of
that town had subscribed $27,000
a year for the next five years. His
budget for the work is <13,000 per
year.
Mr. Willis said that outside of
his salary and telephone bill, most
of the $15,000 would be spent in
trips to sec prospects, entertain
ing them when they camc to Farm
ville, and putting out a brochure.
la concluding .his talk, he chal
lenged Carteret County to keep
up with Farmville.
Walter Edwards, president of
the Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce, welcomed the men to
the meeting, and Bernard Leary,
past president, introduced Mr
Willii.
? Political observers predict that
North Carolinians will be going to
the polls again June 23 to make
a second try at naming a lieuten
ant governor.
Five men, Alonzo C. Edwards,
Kidd Brewer, J. V. Whitfield, Lu
ther E. Barnhardt and Gumey P.
Hood, are in the race. All are
well-known and unless a miracle
happens, one is not likely to get
a majority vote.
F. R. Seeley, chairman of the
County Board of Elections, pre
dicts a light vote tomorrow, in
spite of the fact that the artillery
has been moved up in the fight
between Simpkins and Barden.
Quiet Time
Carteret has seen a very quiet
pre-primary period. No local in
cumbents are in danger of being
unseated I). G. Bell, general as
semblyman, has no competition;
Judge Luther Hamilton, candidate
for state senator from the seventh
district, is unopposed, and A. L.
Wilson, running for justice of the
peace at Newport is unopposed.
In Morchead township, however,
two men. George R. Smith and
Charlie M. Krouse, are running
for constable. Smith now holds the
office.
State Ticket
On the state ticket, voters in
this county will cast ballots for
governor, lieutenant governor, com
missioner of agriculture, commis
sioner of insurance, commissioner
of labor, United States senator
and congressman.
Carteret voters will also vote
on whether they want the county
to borrow $12,000 for a health cen
ter. Copies of sample ballots ap
pear in today's paper.
Each voter will mark at least
two ballots. Morehead township
voters will mark three.
Driver PaysP
Monday on Drunk
Driving Charge
jethro Craven w.s fin?i $1^
zutsm SSZ ?& 5
pended roads sentence on condi
tion that he be on good behavior
for one year. r.r%*A
Ralph Gray Mason was 1 fined**
sSarwrS:
Fdward R Dusman was fined
reckless' dnvrng^aml "Improper
SSfSUJ ?
, motor vehicle for 60 days.
James Lews Forbes was f.ncd
$25 and costs for careless ?nd
reckless driving "\Ta>
Hardison and Larry Walker Moore
"ere each fined $25 andcosf for
zm P^d
Schorle and Hard.son prcscnt valid
licenses to the court within two
weeks, and Moore present! on
within one month. . j
W James Wilbert Taylor was hned
$10 and costs for speeding when
it was noted as his second often*
He was found not guilty of dri
Gcral d \>a v id Impens was fined
$5 and costs for driving a vehicle
without lights. , costs
Jul, an Wade was assessed I ?*U
%srs.^?s}?
was given a suspended 30W
rtTOMSX*5'
years.
Costa Levied
rn,,. were assessed against
Ccorge Samuel Browder, follow
iig too close; Henry Alstead. using
loud and profane language In a
public place; Nina Murray, ma -
cious and frivolous
lee Russell Sander* and Anthony
B Hartford, public drunkenness
Robert Joseph Raw.,. .Mowing
unlicensed person to operate veh
cle Larry Gordon Nearness, speed
,nu Willie Elcle Pace. dr'nkl"*
beer on public streets, and Joe
Richard llobbn. improper lighU.
w'liam Edward Scott was .Mes
sed half-costs for improper regis
'"t'hsrlcs y/ Brumbaugh. Richard
Dayok and John E
were each assessed one-third coat,
for interfering with ?n officer lit
the pcrform.nce of hi. duty.
Net Guilty
j B Crowe was found not guil
ty of ?sa?ult.
A charge of no operator s
cense agalnat John Lowery waa
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