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45th YEAR, NO. 61. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 31. 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Beautiful Pianist Wins State Crown
Marshallberg Club Considers
Proposal of Incorporation
JA Aero Club
Members Visit
County Sunday
Sixty-three members of the Caro
lina Aero Club cruised from Beau
fort to Cape Lookout Sunday
aboard a menhaden boat.
They arrived at the Beaufort
> Morehead City airport in 26 planes.
Five planes flew to the cape.
J Other pilots and their passengers
went by boat.
Beaufort Jaycees furnished
transportation to and from the
dock and sold box lunches aboard
the boat. Beverages were furnished
free by the Jaycees.
At the cape, the business meet
ing was conducted by the club
president, Henry Woods, Durham.
Jesse Taylor, Beaufort Jaycce,
was in charge of arrangements.
* The next meeting of the plane
4 enthusiasts will be the first week
in September at Fayetteville.
Persons on the Sunday tour
from this county, in addition to
Mr. Taylor, were Earl Taylor,
Charles Vellines, Vernon Smith,
Karle Noc, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
McDonald.
Jaycees assisting on the trip
were Ronald Earl Mason, A. C.
Blankcnship, Glenn Willis and Bill
Tickle.
Sam Green Held
On Assault Count
Sam Green Jr., Beaufort, is bc
ing held in the county jail on *
7 charge of hitting and injuring Bud
Dixon Saturday at about 5:30 p.m.
Bond has been set at $500.
According to Assistant Chief of
Police Carlton Garner, Green and
Dixon were walking along Cedar
Street when Sam got mad, picked
up a piece of wooden paling and
busted Bud across the face with
it.
Bud had a gash across his nose
t and across his left check. Three
stitches were required to sew up
each cut. He was taken to the
Morchcad City Hospital by Officer
Garner and later swore out a war
rant for Green.
Dixon is a Negro employee at
Safrit's sawmill. ,
'Firemen Answer Call
To John Humphrey Home
Morehcad City firemen answered
a call to the home of John L.
Humphrey at Bonham Heights at
11:30 Friday night.
The fire, believed cars d by faul
ty wiring, scorched the side of the
house near the meter box. Damage,
according to the firemen, was very
slight.
? Members of the Marshallberg*
Progressive Community Club be
lieve that their community may
benefit by incorporating as a town.
John Valentiuc, presidcrt of the
group, put the incorporation pro
posal before the club Saturday
night at the Harbor Lights Restau
rant, Marshallberg.
The proposal is under considera
tion and will be discussed at the
next meeting.
At present another town in the
eastern section of the county. At
lantic, is also considering incor
poration.
Mr. Valentine pointed out that
there are considerable advantages
to be gained in FHA and veterans'
loans in a town that is incorporat
ed. He also suggested that surveys
be made to determine what prop
erty shall be set aside in the fu
ture for use as recreation facilities,
industrial development and resi
dential growth.
Industry Possible
The president said he was con
fident that small industry would be
interested in towns like Marshall
berg and suggested that a survey
be made of the available labor
supply in the community.
He said that some folks say that
a town would "restrict the free
dom" they now enjoy in that they
would be obligated to function un
der the rules of the town and pay
taxes.
Mr. Valentine asked Gene Smith,
the speaker for the evening, about
taxes, and Mr. Smith said taxes
could be as little or as much as
needed to operate the town.
Mr. Valentine urged that the
club's membership be Increased so
that the matters they discuss would
become generally known to the
people of the community.
Speaki on Harbor
Mr. Smith spoke on Marshall
berg's harbor Rroject. He said that
the money for deepening the har
bor has been appropriated and be
lievaa that the work will be done
this year.
He said the money has been
made available because Congress
See MARSHALLBERG, Page 6
State Schedules
Bridge Hearing
H. Maynard Hicks, second divi
sion highway commissioner, has
scheduled a public hearing on the
proposed new Beaufort bridge. It
will take place at 2 p.m. next Mon
day at the courthouse, Beaufort.
The purpose of the meeting, Mr.
Hicks said, is to comply with a re
cent ruling by the Bureau of Public
Roads. The ruling went into effect
June 29, 1950, making it necessary
to have a public hearing on all
projects where federal funds are
used. This must be done prior to
letting the contract
At a hearing at the Beaufort
Town Hall last year, the Morehead,
Beaufort and county commissioners
all approved the project, but the
coming hearing will be the "offi
cial" one, Mr. Hicks said.
Marksman' Cuts
Power Down East
Carolina Power and Light Co. is
making a thorough investigation
in the shooting out of a high-volt
age line just west of Williston Sun
day.
The malicious shooting left
Smyrna and the entire eastern
part of the county without power
for four hours Sunday morning.
"This was a serious outtage,"
George Stovall, manager of the
power company said, "and we're
making every e'fort to find out
who is responsible."
A quarter-inch copper wire car
rying 13,000 volts was shot in two,
probably by someone with a high
powered rifle, he said.
The shooting occurred between
7 and 8 a.m. Repairs were not
complete until 11:30 a.m.
The line was lying on the
ground until power company crews
arrived. It was live and could have
electrocuted anyone who touched
it, Mr. Stovall said.
Tobacco Barn
Burns at Newport
Newport firemen responded to
the season's first tobacco barn fire
Friday. A barn owned by L. W.
Howard and used by Garfield Clark
burned. A connecting shed and
two other barns were saved. The
barn was being operated on "kill
ing heat." Members of the Clark
family said they thought a burner
exploded. . ?
The barn was in flame when the
rural truck arrived. The new 1,200
gallon tanker was radioed for and
water from it was used to wet down
the remains of the first barn. There
was no insurance on the barn or
contents. Loss is expccted to ex
ceed $2,200.
The tanker truck stalled after
reaching the fire, but firemen quick
ly hooked up 28 feet of suction
line from the first truck and
"drafted" water from the tanker.
The fire alarm was turned in by
telephone from a home about one
mile from the burning bam at 5:10
p.m. Firemen returned to Newport
about one hour later.
Motorist Runs into Car
Parked on Front Street
Dal ton Willis, Beaufort, driving
a 1953 Plymouth, struck a parked
1956 Chrysler owned by Frank II.
Maples Jr., Elizabcthtown, Tenn.,
at 1:15 Saturday morning in front
of 909 Front St., Beaufort.
Willis was returning to his
home from Morehead City when
he ran into the parked car. Patrol
man Mack Wade estimated damage
to the Chrysler at $177.60 and to
the Plymouth at $225.
No charges were filed.
i Photo by Jerry Schumacher
Laughing and crying at the same time, Joan Melton, the state's new beauty queen is pictured a few
seconds after she was declared winner over M of North Carolina's loveliest girls. Behind her, Kaye
Arnold, Miss North Carolina of 1956, makes sure that the Miss North Carolina ribbon stays anchored.
Joan Melton Started Studying
Piano When She Was 3 Years Old
One of the most talented young
women in North Carolina, Joan
Spinks Melton, 18-year-old daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Melton
of Albemarle, will represent the
Tar Heel State at the Miss Ameri
ca Pageant at Atlantic City in
September.
Miss Melton, crowned Miss North
Carolina of 1957 at midnight Sat
urday night, has been playing the
piano since the age of 3. Her am
bition is to be a concert pianist.
Her mother was her first tcach
cr. She taught her daughter for a
year. At the age of 4 Miss Melton
Legislator Returns Home ,
Offers to Explain New Law
' Morning Rain
Falls Yesterday
The county was treated to a rain
fall during the early morning
hours yesterday and also had bet
I tor than one inch of rainfall last
week, according to E. Stamcy Da
vis, weather observer.
The high for the week was re
corded Wednesday, Friday and
Sunday with a reading of M de
grees. Hie low was recorded Wed
nesday when the mercury dropped
to 70 degrees.
The high and low temperatures
I and wind directions for the past
, week were aa follows:
Max. Mia. Wlada
SW
SW
SW
SW
SW
SW
8W
Monday 88 7#
Tuesday 88 79
Wednesday 88 70
Thursday 88 71
Friday SB 71
Saturday 87 74
Sunday 88 78
' D. G. Bell, county legislator, re
turned home Friday night from the
special session of the General A a
scmMy at Raleigh where (tate rep
resentatives and senators approved
the Pearsall plan for maintaining
segregated schools.
Now the plan which involves
changing the state constitution, will
be voted on by the people Sept 8.
Mr. Bell said yesterday that
he will be glad to appear be
fore civic groups, if invited, and
explain the Pearsall plan. "I think
this plan will require a lot of ex
plaining and to the beat of my
ability I will try to present the
facts impartially," Mr. Bell aaid.
DM Best Pmikle
Commenting on the special ses
sion. Mr. Bell said that there was
"some agitation for stronger legis
lation and some for weaker. I tried
to talk to representatlvea from all
over the state. We agreed that
thia school business is a bad aitua
tion but regardless of various
opinions, we think we have done
the best that can be done."
The House made minor techni
cal changea In tbe education bills
and passed them with only two
dissenting votes. One. Mr. Bell*
said, was cast by Dan Edwards of
Durham, and the other by Repre
sentative Story who la from a Re
publican county in the western part
of the stale.
Edwards, a former mayor of his
city, is reported to be supported
by a large labor and Negro vote.
Story comes from a county with an ,
extremely small Negro population.
Critics' Comment
Mr. Dell said that some critics
have said the Pearsall plan was
railroaded through, "but had it
been done differently," he said,
"the session would have lasted
three or four weekr, consumed val
uable time and everybody would
have ended up mad at each other."
The Pearsall plan calls for chang
ing the state constitution so that
local schools may be closed by a
vote of the people, if Negroes and
whites begin to mix. It allows the
state to give f 139 a year to a child
who atlenda a private school aa the
result of race mixture in his
school. It alao pcrmita a child to
stay out of achool if the pupils are
mixed and there is no private
school or non-mixed public school
to which the child can be aenL
Cars Collide
At Race Track
Two cars collided at 11:43 p.m.
Thursday at the CarollM racc
track. A 1952 Chevrolet, driven by
Caswell D. Mann, 600 Bay St..
Morehead City, was attempting to
turn left into the track when it
crunched into a 1949 Ford trying
to pass it.
State Highway Patrolman R. H.
Brown said the ford waa driven
by Gerald T. Cullen, Cherry Point.
Both can were headed wcat.
Patrolman Brown said that Mann
Is a watchman at the track. He was
jning to work following the con
clusion of the heauty pageant.
Damage to Mann's car ia esti
mated at 1200 and damage to the
Ford was estimated at (ISO.
Charges are pending.
Members of the Down Eait Fire
Department will meet at 7:30 p.m.
rueaday, Aug. 7, at the community
juilding, Davis.
started taking lessons from Miss
Annyce Worsham of Albemarle.
Last year she studied as a fresh
man at East Carolina College un
der Robert Carter.
As she was crowned Saturday
night, she told the audience, "1
can't say anything but just thank
you so much."
A beautiful girl with measure
ments of 35-22-36, who is 5 foot
5 inches tall and weighs 110
pounds, the new Miss North Caro
lina was starry-eyed after the
judges announced their decision.
Miss Melton staled that her fav
orite "likes" are earrings, shoes
and men. In the latter category
she already has selected the one
for her. He is Jay Robbins, a ris
ing sophomore at East Carolina
College, whose home is in Green
ville. He too was very proud and
happy with the judges' choice.
Miss Melton has blue eyes, brown
hair and fair complexion. She was
the first peraon in North Caro
lina to receive the Paderewski
Gold Medal Award and has ap
peared ai guest soloist with the
North Carolina Symphony four
times.
She plays classical music pri
marily, her favorite composer be
ing Johann Sebastian Bach. For
relaxation she lovea to bc-bop.
Since the seventh grade she has
sung in the choir of the First
Baptist Church In Albemarle.
Penning to Take Place
At Shackleford Saturday
The last pony penning scheduled
for Shackleford Banks this season
will take place Saturday.
Boatj will leave for the banks
from Harkers Island. Departure
time is 8 a.m. Ponies will be
rounded up, branded by the own
ers and turned loose. Some will be
offered for sale.
337 Shot. Given
Dr. John Way, president of the
county Medical Society, reported
that 337 polio shots were given at
clinics yesterday. Seventy - eight
shoU were given to teen-agers,
233 to children and iix to preg
nant women.
Former Pastor Here
Elected Trustee
The Hev. William Stanley Pot
ter, pastor at Ann Street Metho
dist Church, Beaufort, from
1930-1945, has been clcctcd a
member of the High Point Col
lege Board of Trustees.
Currently pastor at the Steele
Street Methodist Church in San
ford, Mr. Potter has also served
as pastor of the Hayes-Barton
Methodist Church, Raleigh, First
Methodist Church, Henderson,
and the Haymount Church, Fay
etteville.
By HAL SHAPIRO
As the clocks tolled midnight Saturday night, Miss Al
bemarle, Joan Spink* Melton, was crowned Misa North
Carolina of 1957. After three days of pageantry at More
head City that thrilling moment came when Faye Arnold,
the state's 1956 beauty, passed her title on to the charm
ing brown-haired lass, an accomplished pianist from the
mid-west section of the state. ?
Miss Melton was also awarded a
trophy and a diamond wrist watch
as winner.
First runner-up award went to
Becky Lee, Miss Dunn, and the
second runner-up award went to
Sonja Marie Avcrette, Miss Wake
County. These awards included
trophies and watches.
The congeniality award, a trophy,
went to Lynne Richardson, Miss
Morehead City. She was selected by
other contestants, by secret ballot,
as the most helpful girl in the
group.
The crowning climaxed a thrill
packed three - day competition
among 41 of the state's loveliest
girls.
The Saturday night program at
the Carolina Racing Association
track, attended by more than 5,000
cheering spectators, came to a
close after a four-hour show.
The festivities began with the in
troduction of the judges and 40
lovelies. Patsy McAuley, Miss
Rocky Mount, who injured her foot
a week before the pageant began,
was unable to appear on the stage. 1
The 10 semi-finalists were Sonja
Marie Averctte, Miss Wake Coun
ty; Pat Everhart, Miss Thomasville;
Wilma Mahaffey. Miss Salisbury;
Joy H. Lambert, Miss Raleigh;
Diana Ruth Johnson, Randolph 1
County; Anne Maultsby, Miss Bla
den County; Anna Speight Whit
rield, Miss Martin County; Linda |
Whichard, Miss Greenville; Becky
Lee, Miss Dunn, and Joan Melton, l
Ihc winner.
Each or the 10 semt finalists ?
went through all throe phases of i
the competition. The first phase
was the evening sown division |
Miss Averette ? White tulle,
bouffant styled, with three-tiered
skirt and a bodice embroidered
with sequins and rhinestones.
Miss Kverhart ? Blue lace and
tulle creation with tiered skirt and
lace bodicc.
Miss Mahaffry ? White eyelet
with tiered skirt and * blue taf
feta sash. She wore elbow-length
white gloves.
Miss Lambert ? Pink tulle with
sequin-embroidered bodicc and low
shoulder straps.
Miss Johnson ? White tulle with
tucks in the skirt. She also wore
elbow-length white gloves.
Miss Maultaby ? White tulle
with three tiered skirt, bodice em
broidered with sequins and rhine
stones. She wore elbow length
white gloves.
Miss Whitfield ? Blue tulle with
small tucks in skirt, and tucked
tulle design at the bottom. She
wore elbow-length white gloves.
Miss Whicbard ? White tulle
and lace, tulle flounces edged with
lacc, a tiered skirt. She wore elbow
length white gloves.
Miss Lee ? White tulle skirt
with bodicc outlined in Uce and
embroidered with sequins and
rhinestones. The dress had straps. 1
She wore wrist-length gloves.
Miss Melton -- White lace and
duponi silk, ankle length with lace
capped sleeves and a buttoncd-up
back.
Following a short intermission
with Bobbi Dennis, Beaufort, giv
ing several modern singing inter
pretations, the girls returned in the
talent phase.
Miss Averette ? Dramatic red- 1
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Firemen Bring
Ambulance Here
Movie to Raise Money
For Rescue Unit Will
Start Tonight at 7:30
Three members of the Beaufort
Fire Department brought to Beau*
fort Sunday afternoon the ambu
lance they have purchased as the
first unit in their rescuc outfit.
The ambulance is now at the fire
station. It was bought at Mount
Olive for $650. Firemen who went
to Mount Olive for it were Leon
Swain, Jimmy Range, and Herbert
Whitchurst.
The firemen arc sponsoring a
movie tonight a ihc East Drive-In
Theatre to raise money to pay for
the equipment. Tickets arc still
available.
The movie. Naked Street, will
start tonight at 7:30. Holders of
certain tickets will be awarded
prizes. Among the prizes arc clcc
tric clocks, electric irons, perco
lators, and wrist watches.
Persons need not be present to
win but their tickets must be de
posited at the theatre prior to 7:30.
The tickets may be given to a
Fireman if the holder is unable to
attend the movie. The fireman will
?ee that they are taken to the
drive-in.
The ambulance will be on dis
play at the movie.
Judge Gives Car
Thief One Year
Robert Fagan, 20, Negro who
stole Mrs. Dan Walker's car last
Tuesday, was sentenced to one
year on the roads in Morehead
City Recorder's Court yesterday
by Judge Herbert Phillips.
Fagan was tried on the charges
of prison break and theft of the
auto. In passing sentence Judge
Phillips stated that with the year's
sentence he was receiving in More
head City, his full term on the
roads would be four years. Fagan
was serving a six-month term when
he left < road gang and stole the
car.
At New Bern Thursday Fagan
was sentenced to two and i half
years for speeding in excess of 100
miles per hour, careless and reck
less driving and possession of
stolen property.
He wrecked the 1853 Oldsmobile
in New Bern, after stealing the
car which was parked by the com
mercial fisheries building, Camp
Glenn, where Mrs. Walker works.
Area Patrolled
Members of the sheriff's depart
ment helped patrol the beauty pa
geant parking lot over the week
end in cooperation witb the More
head City Jaycccs, who sponsored
Ihc pageant. Highway patrolmen
ind military police were also on
duty.
Pageant Sidelights and Highlights
Both Miss America and Miss
North Carolina arc getting mar
ried soon.
When Faye, Mis* North Carolina,
was selected as the state's beauty,
she won a thousand dollar scholar
ship. When she was third runner
up in the Miss America contest last
fall she won a 92,000 scholarship.
What happen* to those scholar
ships now? Faye *ay* she want*
to be a wife and homemaker. She'*
giving them up.
And what about Sharon Kay
Ritchie'* total of $6,000 in scholar
ships? Even though she is going
to- be married, this Miss America
of 19.16, says that she plans to make
use of the scholarships.
This week Faye wHI be in New
York City, probably to do a little
shopping in preparation for that
big day in August when she will be
come the bride of Paul Broyhlll of
Lenoir.
Sharon Kay? She's gone back to
her home in New York City, and
next week she will be In Wooster,
Ohio, to help Judge the Miss Ohio
contest.
Both beauties wore the MOST
gorgeous gown*. Faye wore a whit#
bouffant gown Friday Bight, with
twining ivy green sequin de*lgn
over U>c bodicc. Sharon Kay wore
? striking pile blue bead and se
quin-trimmed gown on sheath linea
with a.ahort train.
Saturday night Fayc again wore
a froaty white creation and Sharon
Kay appeared in a pink, (lightly
bouffant, bead-trimmed gown with
a boat neckline.
With th< small aparkling tiaras
on their heada, they looked as love
ly as any queen. The crown on
Faye'a head had a difficult time
competing with the Datura! lustre
of her golden hair.
Sharon Kay on Saturday night
gave the dramatic reading which
helped win her the Miss America
crown. It was a story of the Ger
TMes at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
Hlt.H
LOW
Tuesday, July 11
1:28 a.m.
2:13 p.m.
7:35 a.m.
8:40 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 1
2:35 a.m.
3:17 p.m.
8:38 a.m.
0:48 p.m.
Tharaday, Aug. I
3:42 a.m. 0:47 a.m.
4:14 p.m. 10:55 pja.
Friday, Aig. 3
4:90 a.m. 10:55 a.n.
5:28 pan. UdS fJL
mans ruing tne uiue town 01
Lidice.
For this presentation, >he re
moved <11 ber Jewels ? earrings,
crown, rings. That touch of luxury
(or her deeply emotional reading
would have detracted from the im
pact.
Frank Casciano, Morehcad Jay
cee, is bucking (or a beauty pa
geant judgeship. He picked all three
finalists Saturday night, right on
the nose, 1-2-3.
It only hsppens in the movies?
It happened at the pageant Satur
day night. Patricia Ann Merritt,
17. a rising senior at New Hanover
High School. Wilmington, and Jack
'iirkman, also from Wilmington,
presented a special dance number
as entertainment.
rat's britches split. She and her
partner were wearing tight "pedal
pusher" pants. Daring some of the
strenuous gyrations, stitchea at a
crucial point gave way. Every
time Tat faced the audience, sume
white unmentionables shewed.
A few raucous laughs soon turn
ed to a roar as the Mdience no
ticed the dancer'a plight Pat was
laughing too, and Ilk* a seasoned
trouper, she and her partner (In
Sec SUNCUGBTS, rage S