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1 5th YEAR, NO. 58. THKEE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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The first brochure in recent
rears, that deals exclusively with
Jeaufort, la now available at the
Jeaufort Chamber of Commerce of
ice.
The brochure is designed to in
terest tourists to Beaufort and Car
teret County.
It is a single page, three-fold
pamphlet with pictures of Beau
fort and descriptions of the town
and the surrounding area.
A picture on the front shows
an air view of Front Street from
east to west. On the inside of the
first fold is a picture of a car with
two deer on the front fenders. The
deer were (hot east of Beaufort.
In the center fold is a picture
of two girls at Ann Street Ceme
tery looking at the tomb of Otway
Burns, noted privateer during the
War of 1812. On the third fold is
a picture of the Hammock House,
one of Beaufort's old landmarks.
The back folds have pictures of
boats and bathing beauties from
Beaufort.
The brochure is the first of its
kind to be distributed as a com
munity project since the present
Chamber of Commerce was or
ganized in 1948. It is done in two
colors, blue and black, and is of
the size convenient for mailing..
Miss I'at Springle, chamber sec
retary, said the office has received
approximately 200 requests for
copies of the brochure.
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Jaycees Assure
GoodCarWash
"Everyone who has Us car
washed by the Jaycees Sunday af
ternoon is guaranteed a good job,"
Panforth llill, Jayccc president,
declared ye?terd?y.
The HVcees will wash ears at
Potter's Sinclair Service Statioa
' Sunday afternoon from 1 to S p.m.
to raise money for their treasury?
Tommy Potter, station manager
and past Jayccc president, is in
charge of the project.
Jaycees would appreciate folks
phoning in advance if they want
their car washed so that the Jay
cees may pick the car up as soon
as they go on the job in the af
tcrn#on. The cars will be delivered
afterwards.
Car owners should phone 2-4726.
Two Civilians
iurnish Reports
Civil Defense directors of the
county received reports from two
persons this week in connection
with fixercisc Foxfire.
A low-flying boxcar at the beach
was reported to Mrs. W. J. Ipock,
Beaufort Civil Defense director,
who in turn notified the proper
authorities at Camp Lejeune.
Members of the United States
forces opposing "guerrillas" in the
Foxfire maneuver, ask that persons
' especially notice on flying boxcars
whether the belly doors or back
doori are open. If so, it would in
dicate that men or supplies have
already been dropped.
Another report was received by
Miss Ruth Peeling, County CivU
Defense director, to the effect that
paratroopers landed Friday night
in the Camp Bryan section, west
of Newport. This information was
also relayed to Camp Lejeune.
Exercise Foxfire will continue
through Tuesday. Residents of
L this area are asked to notify CivU
Defense directors if they spot para
troop drops, isolated campfires, or
parachutes dropping supplies.
Alleged Rapist Bound
Over to Superior Court
. Frank Boyette, Morchead City,
charged with the rape of a 13-year
old Morehead City girl, waived
preliminary hearing before Judge
Lambert R. Morris in County Re
corder's Court yesterday and was
bound over to Superior Court
without bond.
Boyette 1a charged with raping
the girl in a car on the Country
Club Road on the night of June
1 Defense attorney Harvey Hamil
?ton waived the hearing and when
Solicitor Wiley Taylor Jr. asked
But bond be act at (60,000. Hamil
^?n suggested that his client be
^hund over without bond. The
?dge complied
?The case of William Marbley,
Brged with shooting Beatrice
Mtchell, was continued.
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Melvin Robinson
Funeral Rites
Conducted
The funeral serviec for Kelvin
Robinson, 66, Atlantic, who died
Tuesday morning, was held at the
Atlantic Baptist Church at 3 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. Ilr. Robin
son died in the Sea Level Hospital.
A principal in North Carolina
schools for more than 20 years be
fore entering the mercantile bus
iness at Atlantic, he is well known
for his book, The Riddle of the
Lost Colony. In that book Mr. Rob
inson sets forth evidence support
ing the theory that the "lost colo
nists of Roanoke" were never on
Roanoke, but were actually resi
dents of Cedar Island.
lie was a contributor of articles
to THE NEWS-TIMES and bis
work also appeared in several mag
Melvin Robinson
. . . author dies
aiines. Mr. Robinson was a gra
duate o( the University of North
Carolina and Columbia University,
New York City.
He was admitted to Sea Level
Hospital Monday night. He had
been in ill health lor some time.
Officiating at the funeral service
were the Rev. John Privott, pas
tor of the church, and the Rev. L.
A. Lewis, pastor of the Atlantic
Methodist Church. The body lay
in state an hour before the fun
eral.
Burial was in the community
cemetery.
Surviving arc his wife, the for
mer Betty Uzzle; two sons, Melvin
Robinson Jr. and Thomas M. Ro
binson, both of Wilmington; one
daughter, Mrs. Milan Willis of At
lantic; three sisters, Mrs. Gordon
Willis and Mrs. William Hill, both
of Atlantic, and Mrs. S. B. Ed
wards of Newport; one brother,
Clarence Robinson of Norfolk, Va.
Cotton Farmers
Must Sign Today
Cotton iarmers have until 9 p.m.
today to sign up for the soil bank.
They should register at the ASC
office in the postoffice building,
Beaufort. Seventeen cotton farmers
have -signed up so far, according
to B: J. May, ASC manager.
Ten tobacco farmers had signed
Mr. May said yesterday that
he believed deadliaes far becom
ing a soil banker had beea ex
tended. However, be had re
ceived bo official word. Farmers
interested akoaM contact Mr.
May's office.
up by their deadline, which was
last Friday.
Wheat farmers throughout the
state will vote today on whether
theyi are in favor of marketing
quotas. Any farmer who plants
more than IS acrea la eligible to
vole.
Mr. May said he doubts if any
farmer in the county planta that
much, but If anyone ia planning
to put In more than 18 acres next
year, he should go to the ASC of
fice today and regiater his opinion
on the quota program.
Men's Club U Meet
St. Andrew's Men's Club will
meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Blue
Ribbon Club. More head City. Tbo
speaker will be Miss fay e Arnold,
Mias North Carolina of ISM.
Representatives of Beaufort and
Morehead City met with Maynard
Hicks, highway commissioner of
the second district, at Greenville
Wednesday and reached a compro
mise.
The Carteret delegation agreed
to back the state highway's pro
gram of strengthening the North
River bridge and in return, Mr.
Hicks promised that he would, in
the future, back their proposal for
a bridge from Lennoxville to
Straits. .
Visiting the highway commis
sioner were Glenn Adair, presi
dent of the Beaufort Chamber of
Commerce, Gerald Hill, Dr. W. L.
Woodard, Dan Walker, all of Beau
fort; Mayor George Dill and James
B. Willis, Morehead City.
Mr. Hicks told the delegation
that he believed a bridge from
Straits to Lennoxville would be
desiraMe and that it would provide
a closer tie with the area east of
Beaufort, but he said he didn't be
lieve the project should be given
priority over the North River
bridge.
No Mosey Now
He also said that there was ab
solutely no money available now
for undertaking a project as big
as a three million dollar bridge
between Lennoxville and Straits.
Mr. Hicks expressed the hope
that he could meet with county
officials here next week.
He added that it will cost about
half a million dollars to fix the
North River bridge as it should
he.
"That money has not been set
aside," he said. Ue added that the
commission hopes to find it by
scrounging around and turning up
the necessary dollars somewhere.
He expressed the hope that he
will have the money for the work
on the bridge before {all.
Misunderstanding Noted
Mr. Adair said that residents of
Otway and Bettie have spoken
against a bridge from Lennoxville
to Straits, thinking that the North
River bridge would be done away
with.
"We have never advocated tear
ing down the North River bridge,"
Mr. Adair said. "We think that
ought to sta? where it is and an
other he fm from Lennoxville to
Straits." ^ ,K
Mr. Hicks went into detail on,
the financial resource* of the high
way commission to show ?by the
money for a major bridge project is
not available.
?He said the contract for the
bridge into Beaufort across Gal
lants Channel will be let in Au
gust and that will cort about a mil
lion dollars. He pointed out
that the Morehead City bridge
across Newport River must also be
replaced and that will cost at least
a million.
He added that even if approval
could have been given to a Lcnnox
ville-lo Straits bridge Wednesday,
it would take three years before
the first car could ride across the
bridge.
Mr. Hicks said that he felt he
could give support to the dclcga
tion's request after 'he North
River bridge is rc-conslructed as a
permanent and dependable bridge.
Majorettes Will
Appear Tuesday
Fifteen drum majorette* will ap
pear with the Morehead City
School band when it appears at
7:18 p.m. Tuesday at the recrea
tion building, Morehead City. The
band, under the direction of Ralph
Wade, will present its third and
last concert of the summer.
The concert i* given outdoor!
at the west side of the building.
Concert-goers may sit in their cars
or stand on the grounds.
The band will play several
marches, two waltxcs, Vienna Life
and Wavea of the Danube; Dixie
patrol, Prairie lament, Orpheua in
a Jam, Estrellita, and Shoo Fly,
? novelty number.
Majorettes who will appear are
Douglas Ann West, Terry Lowe,
Wendy Lowe, Bethel Edwards,
Marguerite Edwards, Barbara
Guthrie, Lydla Guthrie, Lorraine
Hatcher.
Sally Willis. Kate Willis, Mildred
Whealton, Jean Ingram, Judy
foopcr, Ann Sanderson and Su
lannc Beck.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaafort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, July 28
6:30 a.m.
?:S0 p.m.
12:34 a.m.
13;? p.m.
Satanhy, July U
7:13 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
1:14 a.m.
1:12 p.m.
Saaday, July 22
7:54 a.m.
1:00 p m.
1:54 a m.
1:94 p.m.
Monday, July 23
8:32 a.m.
8:42 p.m.
2:28 a.m.
2:31 p.m.
Taaafey, My *4
8:08 a.m. 1
8:13 p.m. J
3:06 pjn.
3:02 a.m.
Firemen Buy Part
Of Rescue Unit
Ambulanco Bought This
WmIc at Mount Olive
Costs $650
A committee of fire men from
Beaufort made arrangements in
Mount Olive Wednesday afternoon
for the purchase of a IMS Cadillac
ambulance to be used in the Beau
fort fire department'! newly or
ganised rescue squad.
Those on the committee were
Assistant Kire Chief Herbert
Whitehurst, Dal tor. Eubanks, Jim
my Range, Julius Adair and J. P.
Harris'
According to Mr. Harris, the new
rescue vehicle will cost $650 on
delivery of the title. It is in A-l
condition, said Mr. Harris, and has
a brand new motor.
The ambulance will bp painted
white and bear the Fire Depart
ment insignia. It will carry emer
gency equipment such as a resus
citator, wrecking bars, cutting
tools, first aid kits and other
small tools essential to rescue
work, Mr. Harris stated.
The rescue squad will consist of
12 members of the present fire
department who will be trained in
use of equipment. They will also
have to pass a standard Red Cross
first aid course.
Funds for paying for the ambu
lance arc being raised by public
subscription. On July 31, the fire
men arc sponsoring a film. Naked
Street, at the East Drive-in thea
tre. Pricc of tickets is fifty cents
and prizes will be given. To win
a prize the ticket! must be at the
box office at the theatre.
Mr. Harris said he hoped the
new ambulance will be here by
that date so the people could see
what they arc buying with the
money raised by the ticket sale.
Workman Falls,
Fractures Skull
Boyce Denton, route 1 Dan
dridge, Tenn., suffered a fractured
skull, cut* of tbe scalp and spiaini
of both wrists and hands, when he
fclL%-om a scaffold at the state
otKrAntday at 10:45 a.m.
Accord UK to J*k Whitley at
the part, Mr. Denton was working
with another man. They were mov
ing a scaffold in the transit shed
as they were installing a sprinkler
system.
The other man was moving it
from below and Mr. Denton was
on top.
The scaffold broke loose and
Denton held onto it as he fell. As
it came down, a distance of 30
feet. Mi". Denton landed on a 2x8,
and struck his head on the wood.
He was taken to Morehcad City
Hospital by Dill's ambulance. Sgt.
Joe Smith of the Morehcad City
police force escorted the ambu
lance in a patrol car.
Denton is employed by the Globe
Sprinkler Corp.
Jerry Ball Will
Help Select State
Beauty Next Week
Jerry Ball, veteran senior North
Carolina judge of beauty contest*,
in addition to his regular occupa
tion as public relations director
for Esso Standard Oil Company'i
North Carolina district, is looking
forward to visiting Morehcad City
as one of the judges for the Miss
North Carolina Pageant next week.
In June he was a judge for
terry Ball
. . . makes Ivories dance
beauty pageants at Wadcsboro,
Shelby, Salisbury and Thomasviile
in North Carolina, and at Camdea,
g c.
In addition to hit acting as a
judge for these pageanta, Mr. Ball
also gives piano concerts, la Char
lotte one January he gave a con
cert (or the March of Dimes while
perched on a platform above Inde
pendence Square.
Most of his concerts are for
worthy' causes. Mr. Ball is a fre
quent visitor to Morehesd City
where be enjoys one of his fav
orite spots, fishing.
Two Attend Session
David F. Jones, soil cooawatio*
ist, and his aide, Howard Garner,
attended a training session on talk
Wednesday at Trenton.
Cedar Island Ferry Hearing
Will Start at 10 A.M. Today
New Trawler Delivered
The first nf two Hatteras trawlers he has ordered for delivery this year has been turned over to Harry
E. Glilihin of Beaufort by the builder, the Norehead City Shipbuilding Corp. The new shrimp boat I* the
Mildred Asa, a sleek 55-fooler painted white with black trim. Glllikln accepted delivery following a trial
run last week. Another 5S-foot trawler is being completed for GUIIkin now. The craft has one bunk In
the fore peak and two b?ilt-in bunks in the pilot house. In the galley Is a four-burner stove with ovea,
a mess table, seats, lockers, and dish cabinets. The boat is equipped with three fire extinguishers.
Newport Board to Set Date
For Water Bond Election
The Newport town board will'
meet in special session during the
next Tew days to pass an ordinance
calling for an election on water
system bonds.
New York bond attorneys have
tentatively set Sept. 4 a* the date
(or the election, but Mr. Ball, town
attorney, said that since the entire
state will vote Sept. 8 on constitu
tional changes, the bond election
may be changed to the 8th.
The decision, he said, will rest
with the commissioners.
Newport resident! will vote on
whether to borrow money to put
in a town-wide water system. The
town is now partially aerved by
walcr mains laid by the firemen.
Mayor Leon Mann Jr. reported
this week that the fire department
will begin laying an additional 800
feet of 8-inch mains tomorrow.
When completed, this will make a
total of about 2,100 feet of mains,
four hydrants, and 150 feet of two
inch line laid since the engineers'
prediction on total cost was made.
"This will mean some saving to
the town," Mayor Mann aaid.
Under the prcaent system of in
stalling water mains, the town is
paying for materials and firemen
and other interested persons are
supplying the labor.
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Hudson Bacon
DueHereMytt
Hudson Bacon of the American
Red Cipss will- visit Carteret July
38 and 31 to brief Red Cross work
er* on their duties during hurri
canes.
Mr. Bacon is particularly inter
ested in meeting with persona who
will staff storm shelters, Glenn
Adair, county Red Crosa disaster
chairman, reported yesterday.
Mr. Adair said that he hopes to
have meetings scheduled through
out the county so that Mr. Bacon
can go to the various communi
ties and confer with the shelter
staffs.
' The county disaster chairman
aald that the shatters in Besufort
this year will be the Scout Build
ing on Pollock Street and the
Queen Street School.
Jamc! B. Willi!, Civil Defense di
rector far More bead City, will con
tact several churches. Mr. Adair
said, to determine which will al
low use of their buildings for shel
ters in Morehead City.
Mr. Bacon. Mr. Adair. Mr. Willis
and Mrs W. J. lpock. Beaufort
Civil Dtfenae director, met yester
day morning at the Adair home.
Mrs. AM" Garner, Morehead
City, won the prise offered at the
curt market Saturday. She will re
icelft tea produce.
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Jesse Taylor
Completes Plans
For Aero Club
Jesse Taylor, chairman o( Jay
ccc entertainment for the Carolina
Aero Club trip U> Beaufort, re
ports that arrangements have been
completed.
Between SO and 79 planes arc ex
pected at the Beaufort Morchead
City airport Sunday, July 29. They
arc expected to land between 10
and 11 a.m.
Jaycees will provide transporta
tion from the airport to a Beau
fort Fisheries menhaden boat. The
boat will take the fliers and their
passengers to Cape Lookout where
lunch will be served.
The Jaycecs will sell box lunch
es and furnish soft drinks free of
charge. The boat will leave the
cape at about 2 p.m., docking at
Beaufort at about 3.
The Jaycees will again furnish
transportation back to the airport
and the planes will take off.
There are 933 members from
eight states in the Aero Club. Hen
ry Woods, Durham, is president.
All pilots, whether they own planes
or not, are invited on the outing.
The Jaycees discussed the aero
tour at their meeting Monday
night at the Scout building Dan
forth Hill, president, presided.
Dinner will be served at the next
meeting Monday night.
W. C. Carlton Spooks
To Boaufort Rotarians
W. C. Carlton, Morchead City,
spoke on what the Rural Electrifi
cation Association is doing In the
county at the weekly meeting of
the Beaufort Rotary Club Tuesday
night at the Inlet Inn. Mr. Carl
ton Is manager of the Carteret
Craven Electric Membership Corp:
Visiting Rotarians ware Gerald
Mitchell, Earle Mobley. Dr. John
Morris and George Dill, all of
Morchead City; Bobby Stephens,
New' Bern; Andy Pendelton, States
ville; and Bob Hamlet, Scarsdale,
N. Y..
Sub-District MYF to Moot
At Ann Stroot Church
The Morchead - Beaufort Sub
District MY F Will meet Monday at
1M P-m. at the Ann Street Meth
odist Church, Beaufort
The program win he presented
by the Ann Street MYF. Allen
Windier, president, will preside.
Harry Gilliktn
. . . dim boat for wife
? Testimony at the Cedar Island
Kerry hearing at 10 a.m. today in
Morehead City will play a big part
in molding the future of Carteret
and eastern Carolina.
In the Morehead City municipal
building leading citizen.* from Car
teret, New Hanover, Brunswick.
Dare. Hyde, and Pender Counties
have been scheduled to appear to
speak in favor of operation of a
car and passenger ferry from Ce
dar Island to Ocracoke.
Applying to the State Utilities
commission for permission to op
erate the ferry is A. W. Daniels,
Charlotte, a native of Cedar Island.
The State Utilities Commission is
conducting this morning's hearing.
The ferry would carry passen
gers. baggage, cars, trucks and
light express. At present the only
means of transportation between
Carteret and Ocracoke is the mail
boat, operated by Anslcy O'Neal
of Ocracoke.
Carries Passengers
The mailboat also carries a lim
ited number of passengers and
makes a trip from Ocracoke to At
lantic and back to Ocracoke daily.
Persons objecting to the pro
posed ferry scrvice have been
asked to file their objections, in
writing, with the utilities commis
sion prior to today.
It has been predicted that ob
jection will come from the Beau
fort County area. At present, Oc
racoke stores are served by a
freight boat running from Wash
ington, N. C. Should a ferry ser
vice be opened between Ocracoke
and this county, the islanders
would be in a position to bargain
with suppliers.
Ferry Route
According to the request for the
ferry franchise, the ferry would
leave Cedar Island in the vicinity
of the eastern end of Highway 70,
cross Cedar Island Bay, Core
Sound and Pamlico Sound, dock
ing near the end of Highway 138
at Ocracoke. The highway on Ocra
coke is now under construction.
If thia ferry is established, a
traveler will be able to go along
North Carolina's outer banks, all
the way from Currituck to Cedar
Island, without touching the main
land.
The ferry would be a major link
in the proposed All-Seashore High
way. 1
Among those who will appear
at the hearing in behalf of Mr.
Daniels are Stanley Wahab, Ocra
coke; Monroe Gaskill, Cedar Is
land; Cecil Morris and Clayton
Fulchcr Jr., Atlantic; Lockwood
Phillips and W. H. Potter, Beau
fort; Mayor George Dill, More
head City; Mayor A. B. Cooper,
Atlantic Bcach; and Moses How
ard, Newport.
Former Smyrna Student
Wins Police Promotion
Homicide Investigator Jack
Morse of the Norfolk Police De
partment, who attended ichool at
Smyrna, was promoted to sergeant
recently.
lie was appointed to the police
division as a patrolman on June
17, 1047, and was assigned to the
detective bureau in December
1951. A few months later he
joined the homicide squad.
It was Morse's keen observation
that gave detectives the lead they
were looking for in Norfolk's fa
mous murder the Harold Addlng
ton case In the winter of 19S3.
During the investigation, the de
tectives vent to the now-convicted
man's home on a routine investi
gation. While Morse's companions
went to the living room, he lagged
behind and made a study of the
hallway.
He found a smudge of blood on
the inside of a front door and
then followed an almost imper
ceptible trail to the living room.
Closer observation disclosed that
there was also blood in the room.
The suspect later was faced with
the evidence and subsequently con
victed of slaying his wife's doaeat
friend.
"The case that was most satis
fying to me was the Pierre LeFcr
murder back in IBM," Morse said.
"Beaton (Det. Lawrence Benton)
and I questioned those suspects
for about 12 hours. Just when we
were about to give up, the whole
thing blew wide open."
Morse's service Jacket shows that
he has received eight commenda
tions since ha has been with the
police dlviaion.
Request 1 sawed
C. L Beam, veterans service of
ficer, announced today that all
World War l widows over 62, who
are not receiving social security
benefits should contact his office
at once. The new Mil paaaed by
Congreaa makes them eligible for
benefits, Mr. Beam explained.
County Awaits
Legal Report
The county has not yet received
clearance from New York bond at
torney! on borrowing 112,000 to
put up a county health center.
James D. Potter, county auditor,
said the attorney! have to decide
on whether the referendum con
ducted in May was legal and inves
tigate other technicalities.
"We're proceeding on the as
sumption that everything is satis
factory," Mr. Potter said. The
State Medical Care Commiaaion,
which will pay a third of the cost,
has been notified that Carteret ia
going ahead with plana for the
health center.
A third of the cost of the cen
ter will be paid by the federal
government. Total coat ia esti
mated at $35,000.
The health center will be built
on the courthouac square in Beau
fort.
County Welcomes
Two-Inch Rain
Heavy downpours at the begin
ning of the week brought over two
inchea of rain to the county, ac
cording to E. Stamey Davis, wea
ther observer.
The high temperature reading
waa recorded Tuesday when the
mercury roe* to 86 degreea. The
low waa oa Monday when the tem
perature dropped to 70 degreea.
The high and low temperatures
and the wind direction! for Um
beginning of the week were aa
follows:
Max. mm. WMs
Monday 84 70 SW
Tuesday M 71 NB
Wednesday K 73 Ml
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