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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?* PRIZE-WINNING ' NEWSPAPER ?f Um TAR HEEL COAST 45th YEAR, NO. 71. EIGHT PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4. 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS K? SS? ' Newport Soldier Saves Recruit At Fort Hood Sgt. James B. Smith, son of James S Smith, Newport, is in the hospital at Fort Hood, Texas, recovering from injuries he re ceived Aug. 22 when he saved a recruit from an exploding hand grenade. Sergeant Smith attended New port School and has been in the Army since he was 16. He is credit ed with saving Pvt. William H. Paty Jr., Houston, Tex., from seri ous injury or death. A 4th Army spokesman reported Saturday that Sergeant Smith pull ed the recruit out of a pit after the hand grenade Paty threw bounced back toward the pit. Sergeant Smith immediately hit the ground but too late to escape injury when the grenade exploded. He suffered face arm, hand and chest injuries. The man he saved was not hurt. Sergeant Smith is the brother of Mrs. J. H. Thrower and Mrs. Louise Ficho, both of Newport. He has a brother, Larry Jr., who is a para trooper with the 11th Airborne Di vision in Germany. Sergeant Smith, who completed his high school education after en tering the Army, is married and has three daughters and a son. He and Mrs. Smith and their children visited at Newport in July. Mrs. Thrower said she spoke by phone to Mrs. Smith Sunday and doctors believe that Sergeant Smith is going to recover satisfac torily. Three Accidents Occur in Beaufort The corner of Marsh and Broad S' reels, Beaufort, was the scene of two automobile accidents over the weekend. A third accident also was reported by Beaufort police. A 1950 Buick convertible owned by Bill Gillikin burned in front of his house Friday morning about 2:15. Mrs. Gillikin discovered the fine and woke her husband who called the fire department. According to a fireman who ans wered the alarm, there wasn't any thing left but the wheels when they arrived. Cause of the fire is unknown. An insurance adjuster is expected today to give an offi cial estimate of the damage. Sunday night about 9:30 Robert Modlin. Beaufort, sideswiped a 1955 Pontiac owned by Sal Palazzo. Palazzo had parked his car on the corner. When he heard the crash, he ran out and saw Modlin getting out of his 1948 Chrysler. The two men looked at the cars and decided the damage was not serious. The right side of the Pon tiac was scraped from the front door to the back bumper, and part of the bumper was torn away. Palazzo reported the accident to Chief of Police Guy Springle the next morning when he found the damages to his car totaled over lino. The third accident reported to police happened in front of the Congregational Church at Cedar and Craven Streets. William John son, driving his mother's 1952 Chevrolet, fan into the church steps after losing control of the car. according to Assistant Police Chief Carlton Garner. Johnson was making a left turn from Cedar Street onto Craven Street, where he lives, when his foot slipped off the brake and the car skid on the sand. Damage to the church steps was estimated at (40 to $50 and dam age to the car between $200 and $.100. ? Mrs. A B. Roberts, D. G. Bell, Judge Herbert Phillips and Dr. John 11. Bunn discussed the Pear sall Plan at the Morehead City School Saturday night. Thirty -five persons attended. The panel discussion was spon sored by the Carteret Business and Professional Women's Club. Miss Ruth Peeling, past president of the club, was moderator. Mrs. Roberts is a member of the Morehead City School Board and past president of the Morehead City Woman's Club. Mr. Bell is a former town commissioner and will represent the county in the legis lature in January. Judge Phillips is president of the Morehead City Jaycees and judge of Morehead City Recorder's Court. Dr. Bunn is pastor of the First Baptist Church, Morehead City. The discussion opened with Mr. Bell backgrounding the birth of the Pearsall Plan. Aa the re sult of study by a committee appointed by Governor Hodges in 1955, it was determined, Mr. Bell said, that the majority of Negroes in North Carolina are interested in a good education, not integration, and that the state is not ready, yet, for in tegration. He said the Pearsall Plan is de signed to prevent the clashing of two racial segments of people, those who want absolutely no inte gration and those who arc demand ing total integration immediately. It was pointed out that people arc not voting Saturday, if they vote for the Pearsall plan, to close the schools. The vote Saturday is to change the state constitution. Judge Phillips said that a vote Saturday in favor of the Pearsall Plan will give the state legisla ture authority to enact bills which will allow an individual community, anywhere in the state, to vote at some future date on closing the school if race problems develop. Other changes embodied in the pearsall plan arc permission to withdraw a child from school if pupils of two or more races attend tbal ackwi and payment by th* state 'of *$1 35 to parents of caeh child so withdrawn. Mrs. Roberts commented on the fact that there are no private schools to which children could go if public schools were closed, and cited difficulties to be encoun tered if anyone should attempt to operate a private school, using only $135 per child per year, "I hope the public schools will never have to close," she said. Dr. Bunn was asked whether he thought the majority of white persons would accept integra tion. He said that he thought the larger percentage would, and said that he thought integration was of lesser harm than closing the schools. When asked whether he thought the Pearsall Plan was unconstitu See PANEL, Page 7 ? Lions Hear Talk By Jack Riley Thursday Night Jack Riley, o( the public rela tions department, Carolina Cower and Light Co.. spoke on two es sential industrial (actors, power and water, at the meeting of the Morchead City Lions Club Thurs day night. I He was introduced by George | Stovall, manager of the Morehcad City CPiL plant. Mr. Riley said that power con sumption by Morehcad City home owners has increased six times in the past 10 years. In 1945, slightly more than 3 million kilowatt hours were used. Last year well over 18 million kilowatt hours were con sumed. ' The number of customers doubled but the cost per kilowatt hour has gone down: from 3.89 cents in 1945 to 2.24 cents in 1955. The speaker is a member of the 5 State Board of Water Commission j crs and pointed out that the de [mand for water, like the demand | for power, is increasing. I "The average person drinks less than half a gallon of water per | day, but average consumption per person is 150 gallons. This will rise to 200 by 1970," Mr. Riley es timated. He added that industrial, muni cipal and farm irrigation require ments will also increase the rate of water use. The speaker gave a report on Morchead City's water resources, stating that the only limiting factor on depth of wells is intrusion of salt water. Good water, he said, can be ob tained to depths up to 600 feet and an individual well can yield 500 gallons per minute. Mr. Riley commented that ano i ibtt (actor important to industry is labor. The people of NuiM^iro lina, he said, work bard, aayeager to learn, and have a basic educa tion that makes them valuable as a labor force. The speaker said that locally organized industrial development committees have been most suc cessful. In CPitL territory in North Carolina (48 counties) 25 o( the groups that got out and sub scribed money to bring in new business got it. The result was $8,585,000 in new investment, 5,840 new job oppor tunities and $13,332,000 in new annual payroll. A. N. Willis, past president o( the club, presided. The meeting took placc at the Hotel Fort Ma con. The district governor o( the Lions will make his official visit here Thursday, Oct. 4. Bruce Edwards, Beaufort, Appointed County Jailer Bruce Edwards, Beaufort,' has been named county Jailer. An nouncement of the appointment was made yesterday by Sheriff Hugh Salter. He succeeds the late Em Chaplain. Mr. Edwards has been sworn in as a deputy sheriff, subject to call, as are other members of the sheriff's department. The new jailer began his dutica Saturday and after the new jail is construct ed he and his family will live in an apartment in the building. Mr. Edwards has kad law en forcement experience. He is a for mer member of the Beaufort and Morchead City Police Departments. He resigned this month from the Morchead City force, expecting at that time to take a position with a private business firm. A native of New Bern. Mr. Ed wards moved to Beaufort in 1940. * . v.4 Brace E4wards . . . new county officer He and hi* wife have two children. Brucc Jr.. 10. and Emma Elizabeth. 16. At present (hey arc living at 104 Marsh St., Beaufort. Three Men Cheat Death as Skiff Sinks in Inlet Victor Wickizer with Two Norfolk Friends Picked Up by Head boot Victor H. Wickizer, Morchcad City, and two friends from Nor folk, Va., were pulled out of the water early Friday morning after their skiff sank near buoy No. 4 in Beaufort Inlet. The men were in the water about an hour before the Carolina Queen, a hcadboat out of Moreh??ad City, picked them up. The Queen was headed out to sea on her daily j fishing trip. I With Mr Wickizer were W C. | Mason Jr. and Gold Anfe. They were headed for some fishing in the Wickizer inboard skiff. The {skiff's owner said that a plank in I the bottom must have been loose. The water was quite rough and I the beating of the waves, plus the vibration of the motor must have caused the plank to drop off, said Mr. Wickizer. The boat sank in 30 seconds. J The three men clung to "any .t thing that would float" and "took | it easy," Mr. Wickizer reported, j because they were sure that some I one would be along soon to pick them up. Capt. Frank Grantham, master of the Carolina Queen, took the i three men aboard, then called the I Coast Guard at Fort Macon. The j Coast Guard sent a boat and the I lucky fishermen were transferred I to it and brought into port, i Because Mr. Wickizer is a ra ,ther heavy gentleman, there are a I lot of fantastic talcs going around |a? to why the boat sank and how he got hauled to safety. Most of those tales arc fish stories. -. Army Engineers Start River ClearingProject The long hoped-for clearing of the Newport River will become a reality soon. According to Col. H. C. Rowland Jr., district engineer, Wilmington, Carteret is one of 20 countics designated (or stream clearance work. The Newport River, from its narrow headwaters to the mouth, was surveyed this year. Debris on the bottom and along the banks caused flooding in the Mill Creek section the past two years. The Federal Civil Defense Ad ministration has turned over SI , 606,000 to the engineers for stream clcarance. Bids will be requested Sept. 15. About a month later bids will be opened. Within another month con tractors arc expected to begin work, about Nov. 15. The Newport River was sur veyed by David Jones and How ard Ganier, of the Soil Conserva tion Service, and heads of other county agriculture agencies. Peo ple in the Newport scction suf fered floods during the storms of 1954 and 1965 because the high waters which rushed up the river could not flow out again due to the clogged river bottom. Counties besides Carteret which will benefit from stream clearance arc Brunswick. Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow. Pender, Jones, Wilson, Dare. Duplin. Beaufort, Bladen. Camden. Pamlico. Wash ington, Tyrrell, Hertford, Martin, Craven and Bertie. Smyrna Teacherag* Will Be Sold at Noon Sopt. 17 The Smyrna teacherage, dam aged by fire early in the summer, will be sold to the highest bidder at the courthouse door it noon Monday, Sept. 17. The teacherage Is being offered for sale by the County Board of Education. A new teacherage is being built across from the school I Newport Will Vote on Water System Today Here arc some of (he questions folks arc asking about the pro posed water system at Newport. Answers arc based on information provided by town commissioners. George Ball, town attorney, and William Freeman, engineer. Newport voters will cast ballots today on whether they want to bor row money to put in the system, rolls arc open train 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Q: What change* ?r improve ments are prapwed? A. Erect a new 100,000-gallon steel tank, increase water lines from the present 10,000 feet to 39,000 feet, and 23 more fire hy drants, and increase some mains from S-indi to 8-inch sin. 1 4: Why it ? new taak ?ece?sarj? A: The prcaent 30,006 -gallon wood lank <ai erected at Boguc Field some 13 years ago. Later It was torn apart and moved to New port. It laid unuaed and dried out. for seven years before being put up again. While It was being put up it blew down several times. Although a new top haa been purchased for it. and although it has been repaired several times it atill leaks badly. <1: What will tbe Impreveseest* mm A: The engineer's estimate la *120,000. Q: Isn't HZt.aM a tot af mmty far a small town like Nmprtt A: Yes. , Q: Why cant we get the Men] government U Kraut us none money like Ski n.tboro and other Im? A: The preaent town board can not answer for what might have been done Hi the paat. We do know that prrvioua board* did attempt to get federal cranta la 1M1 and to 1042. For variooa reaaoai (ranta were not made. At thr present time then ia no law which would frorida ? grant for a town to improve Ita water ?yatcm. There la no likelihood that one will be forthcoming unlcaa i war break! out. <* I)m the IlIMN iadude a ?ewer tywHmt _ A; Ne. Minuted coat of a aew age system, including a disposal plant ii $220,000. q: How will all Ikwe fire hy draata change fire insurance rites? A: Insurance is complicated llomc owners within 500 feet of a (ire hydrant will save up to one third. Owners of stores and busi ness buildings will save depending on what the insurance companies call "exposures" and other factors. In the long run, everyone will save because of lower fin loss. Q: What Is the valuation of the taxable puperty la towaT A: Current estimated taxable valuation is M03400. Q: How will the laoaoy be ptM back? A: The great majority of U through revenue from the water system. Q: The ton at Newport ha* never borrowed money before, lan't It unwtoe to do ao now? A: The town of Newport has borrowed mooey before. The town borrowed money to construct light and power lines bock In the days when power was purchaacd from Morehead City. Later the ayatem waa aold to Tidewater Power Co. The vaat majority of towns of all tUet In North Carolina have bor rowed money with which to con atruct water lyatema, aewer aya teaaa. town halla, swimming poola, buy Are trucki, garbage trucka and donna of other things Ail municipal borrowing in North Carolina is controlled by the local Government Commission. They will not let a town get further Into debt than they consider gate. Dozens of towns all over the state that are of the same site as Newport have borrowed money for water systcma. Report both from the commission and from the towns themselves in dicate that they arc paying off these debts with little difficulty. Q: Will this water system raise taxes? A: In the present board's opin ion, in the attorney's opinion, and in the opinion of the engineer, no. Currently and for the past several years town boards have been See WATER Si STEM, Page 7 Holiday Weather Perfect; Seven Accidents Reported School Days Begin Today This is a big day for little ones starting to school for the first time. Here three beginners greet Mrs. Lucile Arthur Smith, first grade teacher, on the steps of Morehead .City School. They arc Chris Davies, son of Mr. and Mrs. "William T. Davics, who seems to be eyeing the wh<Jft procedure with a bit of doubt. On the next step above him is Kathy Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Howard, and next to "Miss Lucile" is Ce cile Patrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W W. Patrick. Ail three live in Morehead City. "Miss Lucile*' is beginning to* day her 27th year as a member Photo by Jerry Schumachor of the Morchead City faculty. She has taught a total of 33 years, and is now teaching the children of some of her first pu pils. All schools in the county arc opening at 8:30 this morning. Most will be in session just a half day. Mrs. Stanley Potter Jr. to Direct Ann Street Methodist Education Mrs. Stanley Potter Jr. will as sume the position as director of religious education Sunday. Sept. 16, at Ann Street Methodist Church, Beaufort. Mrs. Potter's appointment was announced yesterday by Lance Smith, chairman of the church commission on education. Mrs. Potter is the daughter of the Rev. B. D. Critchcr, former pastor of Ann Street Church, and the daughter-in-law of the Rev. Stanley Potter, who was also a pastor of the church. Mr. Smith said, "Wc arc very fortunate that Mrs. Potter has ac cepted thia position. She has had the neeeaaary training and exper ience and I'm sure she will play an important part in improving our church educational program." Mrs. Potter is a graduate of Greensboro College for Women where she received her bachelor's degree in religion. Iler master's degree in religious education was obtained at Duke University. She has acrved in the religious education field at Fairmont Meth odist Church, Raleigh; First Meth odist Church, Wilson, and the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church,' Wilmington. The Potters have been living at Durham and will return there this week. While here they have been i staying at the Stanley Potter resi dence, 120 Queen St., where they will make their home after Sept. 18. Mr. Potter is a recent graduate of Duke University. He obtained his degree there after serving with I the Army for a year on Okinawa. I As religious education director I Mrs. Potter will supervise Sunday. ' School work and assist members ; of the Sunday School faculty. She is the first director of re ligious education to be employed by Ann Street Church. "We have been looking for someone for the past two ycara," Mr. Smith said, "but have not been able to find .anyone who had qualifications as excellent as Mrs. Potter's." A 10S5 Ford automobile was pulled from a ditch cast of the Smyrna Drive-In Thcalrc early Sunday morning. The car was i owned by Dcrwood Chadwick, Straits. There was no damage. Father Asks Aid In Finding Son A worried father, Colin C. Coats, Buffalo, N. Y., has written THE NEWS TIMES requesting help in finding his son, ilcctor Coats, age 26. The youth's father suspects foul play. Mr. Coats said that the la.it time he heard from his son was Aug. 14. On that day at Beaufort, S. C? the younger Coats collected, in drtft from the Western Union of fide, $100. He says the boy was travelling through agricultural areas, con tacting his father every day or two up to Aug. 14. Young Coats is a > graduate of the agriculture col leges of Alfred and Cornell Uni vcnilies lie is 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 180 pounds, has fair complexion, light brown hair, a high forehead, prominent nose and the tip of hia right index finger is missing. He was <U<ring a IBM red Nasb Rambler staam wagon with liccnsc plate No. 2A-235, New York. All police departments in thla general area have been notified, but no trace of the youth has been found. Persons who have any clues to the whereabouts of Coats should contact their local police depart ment. Tide Table Tide* at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Sept. 4 7:28 a.m. 1:10 a.m. | 7:53 p.m. 1:42 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5 8:18 a.m. 2:06 a.m. I 8:40 p.m. 2:34 p.m. | Tfcaradajr, Sept. < 9:07 a.m. 2:31 a.m. j ?:27 p.m. 3:24 p.m. | ? Beautiful weather helped to lure thousands of people to Carteret for the Ion if La bor Day weekend. Traffic was heavy and as a result seven accidents were report ed. three of them in Beau fort. Two Marines. Bruce Germon and Delbert Cummings, were injured at 9:20 Sunday night when the 1952 Oldsmobile Germon was driv ing upset at Staey. According to State Highway Pa trolman W. E. Pickard. the men were headed east when the car ran off the road on a curve, swung hack and landed in a canal. The accident happened in front of the Stacy Free Will Baptist Church. Both Germon and Cummings were admitted to the Sea Level Hospital where they were still con fined yesterday. Germon, stationed at Cherry Point, is suffering from a puncture wound in the stomach and cuts. Cummings, stationed at Camp Gei gcr. Lejcune, has cuts on his head and hands and several broken fin gers. He owned the car. State Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykcs says Germon has been charged with speeding, insufficient brakes, careless and reckless driv ing, driving on the wrong side of the road and no operator's license. Cars Collide Two cars collided at the intcr scction of the Laurel Road and Highway 101 at 4:35 p.m. Satur day. Bufus Brown, route 1 Beau fort. has been charged with fail ing to yield the right-of-way. According to State Highway Pa trolman W. J. Smith Jr., Brown stopped at the stop sign on tho laurel Road, but then pulled out in front of a 1953 Lincoln being driven toward Beaufort by a Mr. Bunton of route 1 Burlington. The right front of Brown's 1947 Chevrolet raked the left side of the Lincoln. Damage to the Lin coln was estimated at $1,000 and damage to the Chevrolet was esti mated at $75. At 9 p.m. Saturday ?n the Fort Macon Road. '6 fact from, the plac? where there was a fatal aceidettt a couple weeks ago. another ear left the road. John H. Vernon USMC, Cherry Point, suffered an injured wrist. He was driving a 1955 Ford which turned over several times. Two men with him were unhurt. Car Wrecked The car was demolished. Vernon has been charged with drunken driving, careless and reckless driv ing, speeding and driving on the 'wrong side of the road. State High way Patrolman J. W. Sykcs inves tigated. Vernon was taken to the Cherry Point dispensary. Soon after 8 p.m. Saturday a car crashed through one of the gates on the Atlantic Beach bridge. State Highway Patrolman W. E. Pickird investigated. The patrolman told the motorist who struck the gate to drive off the bridge and wait for the patrol man, but the motorist failed to do so. Patrolman Pickard has his li cense number and is continuing the investigation. Patrolmen and the sheriff's de partment reported traffic particu larly heavy down east. Mayor A. B. Cooper said tho crowds at the beach over the week end were the largest in years for the Labor Day holiday. Fire Department Hits Dead End Two fire trueka left the Beau ' fort fire iiUtion at top speed Fri day morning, raced to the end of Lcnnoxville Road, turned around, and started back for town. False alarm? No. On the way back to town, the firemen finally found a dead-brush fire some dis tance from the road. An unidenti fied woman had called the fire de partment, excitedly telling the fire men of a fire on "Lcnnoxville Road." No one stood at the junction o( ? aide road, that led to the fire, and Lcnnoxville Road to show the trucks where to turn off. Fortu nately, it was a small fire which had been put out with a garden hose by the time firemen got there. The fire department requests that whenever you report ajlro, either give the exact location or be on the main road to show the trucks where to turn. Friday afternoon the trueka were wheeled out again. The wooda behind Ben Gibba' house on TO, one and a half miles from Beau fort, were on fire. The firemen immediately realiied that their trueka couldn't get through the woo*, so they called E. Hi Fore man, forest ranger at Core Creek. State fire-fighting equipment was uaed to put the (ire out before It aprcad to nearby houaea. V J
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