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JS" CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES w 45th YEAR. NO. 62. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AStD BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. AUGUST 3. 1956 PUBLISHED TUESPAY8 AND FRIDAYS Drowning Victim Will Be Buried at 3 P.M. Sunday Concert Series Begins in October Pianist, Ballet-Ballad Troupe, Soprano Will Appear Next Season The three Community Concerts booked (or the 1058-57 season In this county ire Theodore Lettvin, pianist; Ballet and Ballads by a troupe of three; and Vivian Delia Chiesa, soprano. The first concert, featuring Mr. Lettvin. will take place Monday, Oct. 15, at Morehead City School. The second, on Monday, Dee. 3. will be held at the Beaufort School, and the third, on Monday, March 25, will be in Morebead City. The December concert features Emily Frankel and Mark Rider, dancers, and Will Holt, tenor, who also plays the guitar. They will present solo and duo dances, folk songs and ballads. Those who became members of the Community Concerts Associa tion during its recent drive will receive their membership cards through the mail, Mrs. James Rumloy, Beaufort, president of the association, announced. The schedule of concerts will be printed on the back of each card. Jaycees to Sell Reflector Tape At 9 am tomorrow Beaufort Jaycccs will start their I.itea Bumpcr campaign. Red reflcctor tape will be sold at $1 for a 5-foot strip, at Potter's Sinclair Station, Kront Street. In charge of the cam paign is James Steed. Mr. Steed said the Jaycees hope to sell the tape throughout the county. Th? project was disewssed at the Jaycec meeting Monday night at Uie Scout building. Jesac Taymr, chairman "trf ar rangements for the vialt #f the Aero Club, reported on the event, and the football program wu dis cussed. The Jaycees extended congratu lations to the Morehead City Jay cees for the fine job they did on the Miss North Carolina Pageant. They also thanked Dick Parker of Tarker Motors. Morehead City, for providing a Ford Thunderbird for Joyce Chadwick, Miss Beaufort, in the beauty pageant parade. Tom Davis, Morehead City, was also thanked for his services as escort for Miss Beaufort. The next meeting of the Jaycees will be Monday night, Aug. 13, at the Scout Building. Morehead Police Issue Citations Six arrests were nude by More head City police during the put week. Robert O. Merritt and Charles V. Arthur, Morehead City, were ap prehended by Patrolman Walter Thomas Monday and charged with speeding. Rodney M. Turoage, Morehead City, was picked up by Lt Carl Bunch Tuesday (or public drunk enness Martin J. Christopher, Cherry Toint, was charged with speeding by Patrolman Homer Lewis on Wednesday. Patrolman Lewis also apprehended Edward R. Erkkson, Cherry Point, Wednesday far al legedly running a stop sign and careless and reckless driving. Also cited Wednesday was Charles W. Hart, Cherry Point, by Patrolman Walter Thomas. He was charged with no operator's license and an improper muffler. Morehead City Receives Award Because Morehead City had no motor vehicle fatalities during 1955, It was presented with a safe ty award yesterday. Presenting the "Honor Roll" award was Capt. S. H. Mitchell, commanding officer of troop A, State Highway Patrol, and SgL C. L. Teague. of the State Highway Patrol. New Bern. Accepting the award was Ted Gamer, police commissioner Only 17 towns in the state were eligible for such an award for 1909. accord ing to Captain Mitchell, and three of those towns were in the 27 counties in his district. The town*, is addition U More head City, were Rdaftok* Rapids and UaahijigUui. 1 The funeral service for John Earl Parker, 17. aoa of Mr. and Mra. Guy D. Parker. 41* Mirth St., Beaufort, will be conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon In the Mt. Zion Baptiat Church, Beaufort. Parker drowned Wedneaday after noon in Taylor'a Creek, Beaufort The Rev. M. C. Carter will of ficiate. Burial will be in Ocean View Cemetery. Coroner Leslie D. Springle said that two other boys, Johnny Mad den and a Nolan boy, whose first name he did not know, were teach ing Parker to swim. Parker jumped off a menhaden boat tied up at the Sinclair dock and got out in the middle of the channel. He waa last aeen at about 2:30 p.m. The boys with him tried to help him, then went for help. The Coast Guard was nwimoaed by Beau fort police, and a crew from Fort Macon Coaat Guard Station re covered the body at 4:03 p.m. in the vicinity of Way'a fish house. Surviving Parker besides his "pa rents. are three brothers, Joseph, Rockingham; Guy Jr., Goldsboro; Henry, Beaufort; and four sisters, Laura. Mrs. Iris Stewart, Mrs. Mary Alice Harker, all of Beau fort, and Mrs. Annie V. Bellamy, Jacksonville. Fla. Polio Clinics To be Conducted NextWeekToo In the hope that more persons, especially teen-agers, will get their polio shots. Dr. John Way, presi dent of the County Medical Society, said the doctors will conduct free polio clinics again next week. The clinics were originally sched uled (or this week and the week of Aug. 13. In other words, the Monday through Friday schedule, which ap peared in the ad In THE NEWS TIMES Tuesday on page 2 section I, will alao be followed for the week beginning Monday. Aug. 8. As of 2 p.m. yesterday, a total of 1,472 shota had been given this week, according to Mrs. Leota Ham mer, county health nurse. Through yesterday, all parts of the county had been covered ex cept Harkers Island. Otway, Bettie. Hariowe. North River, Mcrrimon and South River. Dr. Way expressed the hope that more people will take advantage of the free clinics, (specially boys and girls 13 through 19 years of age. The clinic next week is being made possible by cooperation of the health department, the March of Dimes and the doctors. Doctors' assistants will be Miss Ann Spivcy and Miss Iva ByrI Salter. Woman Grabs Baby, Hits Car A 1985 Chevrolet driven by Mrs. Catherine T. Summerlin, Morehead City, struck a parked 1956 Chevro let in (root of the Carteret Drug Co. at 9 a.m. Wednesday causing an estimated $700 damage, police report. According to the report filed by Sgt. Joe Smith, Mrs. Summerlin was headed east on Arendell Street when her six-month-old son started to fall off the seat. As she reached for him, her car struck the parked vehicle. The parked car, owned by Les lie Davis Brinaon, route 1 More head City, sustained $200 in dam age. The Summerlin car was dam aged to the extent of $500. The baby, C. W. Summerlin Jr., suffered head bruises. No charges filed. Student from India Speaks to Rotarians Chris Mehie of Delhi, India, a post-graduate itudent at Duke Lab on Pivers Island, spoke on life in India at the weekly meeting of the Bragfort Rotary Club Tues day night at the Inlet Inn. Mr. Mehie, introduced by his hoat Jack Oakley, commented on the different forma of religioas in his native land. Tide Table TMe* at Ik* Beanf art Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Aag. * 4:50 a.m. 10:88 a.m. 5:2$ p.m. 11:8$ p.m. Saturday, Aag. ? 5:52 a.m. 11:8$ UB. 8:28 p.m. Saaday, Aag. $ 8:80 a m. 12:40 a.m. 7:20 p.m. 12:8$ p.m. Maaday, Aag. $ 7:44 a.m. 1:41 a.m. $:11 p.m. 1:84 p.m. Taeaday, Aag. 7 4:37 a.m. 2:30 a.m. 0:81 2:40 p* Two Mother Cats Win Honor Photo by Jerry Schumacher Lillian and Poopy don't delight in having their pictures taken. They're much more at home with a litter of kittens or wild bunnies. At the left is Don nie Crowe, and his brother, Ronnie, who found or* phaned baby wild bunnies this spring and brought them homo. They were adopted by the mother rats. At the right is the boys' mother, Mrs. Lloyd Crowe. Also shown is the medal and citation presented by Puss 'N Boots. Appearing in THE NEWS-TIMES May 1 was a story on two mother eatss owned by the Lloyd Growes, Mansfield Park. The cats had adopted a litter of wild bunnies whose mother had been attacked by dogs. The Puss 'N Boots awards com mittee, New York, saw the story and decided that the cats were worthy of recognition. THE NEWS TIMES was contacted and happily agreed to present the Puss *N Boots Bronze Award and citation to the Crowes. The bronze award is bestowed "on cats whose commendable char acteristics and achievements have been conaidercd worthy of recogni |tion." It is sponsored by Coastal, Fisheries, maker of Puss *N Boots ' cat food. The wording on the citation fol lows: "Lillian and Poopy were busy, happy mothers feeding and caring ? for their own new kittens. Then a litter of orphaned wild bunnies was presented to them. Sensing the great need of the little rabbits, these two heart-touched mother cats adopted them . . . taking turns feeding and caring for them . . . and teaching their own kittens to accept newcomers. To Lillian and Poopy, whose maternal love is un bounded, this tribute." Lillian and Poopy's kittens have crown and (he bunnies stayed around the Crowe's until nature called them into the wild again, and off they hopped. One bunny was even taken by the Crowes when they went on a picnic one day. Mrs. Crowe packed him a lunch and he sat and nibbled at his carrots while the family ate. Not only have the two cats (Lil lian is the black and white one and Poopy the gray one) reared their own litters and wild bunnies, they even took care of a litter of kit tens left recently by some folks at a neighboring house. Mrs. Crowe sums their good deeds up with "They're just the best little mothers ever." Miss North Carolina Will Start Vacation Here Sunday All residents of the county arc invited to greet Miss North Caro lina, Joan S. Melton of Albemarle, when she arrives Sunday at 5:13 p.m. at the Beaufort-Morehead City Airport for a week's vacation here. Officially greeting Miss North Carolina will be Mayors George Dill, Morchead City, and C. T. Lewis of Beaufort, a well as Her bert Phillips and Danforth Hill. Mr. Phillips is president of the Morc head City Jaycecs, hosts to Miss Melton during the week. Mr. Hill is president of the Beaufort Jay cecs. Also on the reception committrc will be Miss Morchead City, Lyunc Richardson, and Miss Beaufort, Joyce Chadwick. Mayor Dill of Morchead City will present Miss North Carolina with a key to the city. Flowers donated by Anchor Florists will also be presented to her by L. R. Kelly and L. G. Dunn. Jaycec co-chairmen of the enter tainment committee for her stay here. A police escort will take Miss North Carolina, and her companion for the week, through Beaufort and Morehead City, enroute to the At lantic Beach Hotel, where she will stay. Her full itinerary for the week follows: Sunday 5:13 p.m. ? Arrival at airport. 8 p.m. ? Supper at Sanitary Res taurant. Morehead City. 8:30 a.m.? Breakfast at I.ight house Restaurant at Atlantic Beach. 9 a.m ? Photography session at Atlantic Beach. 12 noon? Lunch at Mrs. Russell Willis's Bar-B-Q and Steak liousc. 7 p.m.- Supper at Jayccc Meeting, Hotel Fort Macon 8:30 p.m.? Golf match at Little Nine, Inc., five miles west of Morc head City on Highway 70. Tuesday 8:30 a.m.? Breakfast at Atlantic Beach Hotel. 9 a.m. ? Beaufort Jaycecs Tour. I] noon ? Lunch at Holden's Res taurant. Beaufort. 1 p.m. ? Continuation of tour. 7 p.m.? Supper at Rex Restau rant, Morehead City. Wednesday 4 JO a.m.? Breakfast at Busy Bee Cale. 5 a m Deep sea fishing trip ?board the Blue Water, Hubert Fulcher, captain. ? p m ? Supper at Capt. Bill's Waterfront Reataurant. ? a.m.? Breakfast at Atlantic Beach Hotel. It nooo? Lunch at Lighthouse Photo by Jerry achumachrr Joan appeared la a striking bathing mil la the final aiamli of the pafrmt. It waa brawn with nilvrr horteoatal stripea eaaght with a nnall haw at the front and a bow at each aide ef the kg. Shell he fin a week's vacation here Saaday. 3:30 p.m.? Baaafi party. Irtdajr 8 a ra.- Brcakfaat *1 Bud DUoo't Motel. 9 a.m.? Tour of Cherry Point ai guest of United 8UUa Marine Corp* Air Station. ' ' 8 p.m.? Supper at Mae Ribbon Club. Saturday 8:30 a.m. ? Breakfast at Buay Bet Restaurant 12 noon ? Lunch at Sanitary Res taOtnt. ( J J ? Mia* North Cartllnj will leave Morehead City MMtfdajr afUrnoon. returning home via Piedmont Air JkM While her? ghowill be welcome to attend all MMh tree of charge and Play gantea at the Idle Hour Amnae?Mnt Center tree. Reatau rant* will aerve Mia* North Caro liq| at no coat to Um Jaycaea. Disaster Official Lists County Storm Shelters Defendant Asks For Jury Trial Carlton Frayer Bound Over to Superior Court Monday Carlton Frayer, chargcd with no operator's license and speeding, requested a jury trial Monday be fore Judge Herbert Phillips in Morehead City Recorder's Court. He was bound over to Superior Court under $150 bond. | John Phillip Adams was fined $100 and costs for driving drunk. He waft given a suspended 00-day roads sentence on condition that he be on good behavior for one year and not drive a motor vehicle for one year. S/Sgt. Hcssic Campbell was fined $200 and cost$ for driving after his liccnsc was revoked. He was given a suspended six-month roads sentence on condition that he be on good behavior for two I years. Goes on Reads Donald E. Doty was sentenced to 60 days on the roads for no brakes and improper light# and for violat ing a suspended sentence of July 23. 1956. Ronald James Jones was fined $50 and costs for no tail lights, speeding, careless and reckless driving and failing to stop for siren. Jones was given a suspended 90-day roads sentence on condition that he be on good behavior for two years. Will Smith, another of the reg ular court patrons, was sentenced to 30 days on the streets for pub lic drunkenness. A charge, against Smith, of breaking in the resi dence of Carlton Plttman, was left open for future prosecution. Nathan Eugene S watford and Fred Jackson were each fined $10 and costs for speeding. l Olli AHNM Costs were assessed against Owen Henderson, malicious and frivolous prosecution; Damascus Wright Clayton, failing to stop for stop sign; Wayne Thco Easter, James Arthur Mcwborn. and Mi chael John Sarno, speeding. Harry James Salvcrson, follow ing too close; Anna Willis Finer, expired operator's license. Charges of careless and reckless driving, and driving without corrective glasses as prescribed on operator'* license, against Mrs. I'incr were dropped. Forfeits Bond Clarence Medlin alias Paul John son forfeited bond on a charge of theft of an automobile. A charge of no operator's li cense against Russell Stephenson Jr. was dropped. Csses against the following were continued: Marianne W. Washing ton, McDonald Nelson. Harold Bass, George Huntley Styron, Eu gene Joseph Montague, and Ernest Lockwood Eubanks. Maj. Waiter Teich Will Be Executive Officer , Maj. Walter Teich, Adams Creek, has been appointed executive offi cer of the recently-organized Ma rine Corps Reaerve Training Unit, Havclock. Maj. Robert W. Whit ney, Ifavelock, has been named executive officer. The unit met Tuesday night at the Crossroads, recreation center at Havclock. Lt. Col. N. W. Pratt is commanding officer. The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. (standard time) Tuesday at the Crossroads. All Marine Reserv ists are invited. ' Hudson Bacon, with the American Red Cross, visited the county Monday and laid plans for operation of storm shelters throughout the county, should hurricanes come this fall. Glenn Adair, county Red Cross disaster chairman, has announced the location of shelters and the communities they will serve. They are as foM lows: Cedar Island, the church; Atlan tic, Atlantic School, for the com munities of Atlantic and Sea Ixvcl; Stacy, Free WU1 Baptist Church Sunday School rooms; Davis, Free Will Baptist Church; Smyrna. Smyrna School, for the communi ties of Williston, Straits, (Glouces ter, Otway, Bcttic and Marshall berg. Markers Island, Latter Day Saints recreation building; Beaufort. Scout Building and Queen Street School. Beaufort, North Hiver, and Merri mon; and Newport, St. James Sun day School for Newport, Broad Creek, and Mill Creek. A shelter in Morehead City for Morchcad City and folks from Boguc Banks is yet to be obtained. Working on that project are John Lashlcy, Red Cross disaster chair man for Morehead City and James B. Willis. Morehead City Civil De fense chairman. Community Chairmen Red Cross-Civil Defense chair men in the communities where shelters are located are as follows: Monroe Gaskill, Cedar Island; Clayton Fulcher Jr., Atlantic; Har rell Taylor, Sea Level. The Rev. Roger C. Reeds. Stacy; Blakely Pond, Davis; Headen Wil lis. Smyrna; and Earl Davis, Mar kers Island. Civil Defense chair men will be shelter supervisors, in cooperation with the Red CroSs, at Beaufort, Morchcad City and New port. The Civil Defense chairman in Beaufort is Mrs. W. J Ipock, in Morehead City, Mr. Willis, and in Newport, Charles Hill. At a meeting of Red Cross and Civil Defense officials several See SHELTERS, Page 6 Atlantic Beach Gets $23,000 For Storm Repair Mayor A. B Cooper, Atlantic Bcach, reported yesterday that Civil Defense has approved ap proximately $23,000 for Atlantic Beach hurricane repair. This will remunerate the town for cost of debris clcarancc after last fall's hurricancs. Mayor Cooper said liilt the check has been received, <css 10 per cent withheld by th** govern ment until negotiations are closed. Gray Hassell, Beaufort, who has been filing Civil Defense applica tions for the county and towns, es timates that the government has approved a total of $200,000 on county projects and $150,000 on projects in Beaufort, Morchead City and Atlantic Beach. Beaufort and Morchead City re ceived their funds early this year. Funds for Atlantic Bcach were de layed. Mayor Cooper said it had been hoped that Civil Defense fould help financc a portion of the beach sea wall, but this was not granted. Mr. Hasscll said that all hurri cane repair projects have been completed with the exception of dredging at Atlantic, completion of the dock at Marshallbcrg, and sand fill at Bogue Banks. Civil Defense has said that these [projects must be finished by Aug. 25. Clerk of Court Probates, Files Five Wills Recently Five wills were probated and filed lecently in the office of the clerk of superior court, Beaufort. They were the wills of Lula A. Lewis, Otway, who died May IS, 1956; Earl G. Schneider, Beaufort, who died June 21, 1956; Harvey A. Lawrence Sr., Bettie, who died June 27, 1956; Herbert B. Utley, Morchead City, who died June 21, 1096. and Burctt H. Stephens, Beaufort, who died July 24, 1956. Mrs. Lewis named her sons, D. T. and Uzzcll, as executors. The will was drawn In August 1952 and was probated June 26, 1956. To her husband 0. W. Lewis, she left all the household furni ture, jewelry, clothing and other property, including the property adjacent to her store at Otway. 0<h*r property that might exist was bequeathed to P. T. and Uriel I who were also named guardians of their brother, Byde. The two executors were empowered to sell all or part of Mrs. Lewis's property aa necessary and to carry on her business, using "such capital as available." Witnesses to the will were E. D. Rowc, George A. I'cnnucll, and Andrew L. Blythe. Schneider Requests The will of Earl G. Schneider was drawn June 13. 1956 and was probated June 28, 1956. To Emm* Taylor Webb, Beaufort, he left bii 1055 ontiac and all other property owned by him at his death. Mrs Webb waa also named executrix. Witnesses to the will were Earl H. Hudgins and Robert A. HudftM. The will of Harvey Lawrence wax drawn June 26, 1951 and was probated July 11, 1956. lie left to his wife, Allean. all his real es tate and personal property. The will was witnescd by M. Leslie Davis and Jarvis Herring. Utley Testament The will of Herbert Utley was probated July 17, 1996. It was dated "April 31. 1956," but there arc only 30 days in the month of April. Witnesses to the will were W. C. Matthews Jr., Lillian P. Wallace, and Roy D. Wade. To Clyde and Mary Bunting of route 2 Elm City, Mr. Utley "gave" >3,000, the amount due in notes on the farm he sold them in Wil son County three years ago. He said this was done "in apprecia tion of the many kind services they rendered me during a pro tracted illness." To Mr. Bunting he also left his watch and chain. To Lucille Chamber, Mount Olive, was left 50 shares of Home Building and Loan stock, valued at (100 a share; to Mrs. Barto Richardson, Marion, S. C., a (2,000 matured U.S. bond; a thousand dollar bond each to William Cham bers Sr., Mount Olive and a bro ther, W. S. Utley, Durham. Other bequests: (300 to the First Baptist Church, Morehcad City; (500 in cash to each of the follow ing nephews: William and Mar shall Chambers of High Point; Ro bert Chambers, California; Thomas Bain, brother of Mrs. Richardson See WILI.s, Page ? Ducks, Radio Help Equip, Battery for Disaster Needs The likelihood of folk* being stranded here due to high water, has been lessened considerably, says Sgt. Dennis Ooodwin, Battery C, 000th FA, North Carolina Na tional Guard, Morehead City. Sergeant Goodwin was referring to the two DUKW's (ducks), two and-a-half ton truck amphibians his unit haa received In the state hurricane protection program. la all, 11 of these tracks have been distributed to Natioaal Guard Units throughout the state. They wUl ha available la th? event of a hurricanc or any other diaaster. Sergeant Goodwin commented that they could have beoa put to good uae laat year when the North River Bridge waa washed out Each of the DUKW's holds 40 people and can go through water ?a well ?* travel on land. The am phibian ia capable of withstanding swell* up to 3 feet. Men to be TrilaH The sergeant wilt train 15 men of the bottery in the operation and handling of the ducks, ao that In the event of a disaster he will have five crews available. Each needs a three-man crew, ? driver, an assistant driver and an oiler. Both DUKW's at the armory will bo serviced by service center mechanics from the New Bern Na tional Owrd Unit. Each one ia 31 feet long, 8 feet 10 inches high, S feet 2 inches wide, and weighs 14.880 pounds. They coat *10,128 each, accordiaf to the sergeant. The DUKW has a Isnd speed of SO miles per hour. With h load in the water it eta txavol 6 miles per hour, and unloaded (I 0:5 miles per hour. A powerful radio transmitter whieh enables the unit to contact any other unit in the itate la also at the armory. This too waa ob tained through the atate hurricane disaster program. Sergeant Goodwin uaea the unit to call in weather reports to Ra leigh each day at 8:30 a.m. The Guard unit also has aa aux iliary power unit which can pro vide power for the transmitter and all other electrical appllancea In the armory. The National Guard Unit la Morehead City is ready, willing and able to aaaist in Um event that a disaster strikes this araa, Ser goaat Goodwin concluded. Cm* manding officer of the unit I* LI Herritt Brittyman.
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