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45th YEAR, NO. 85. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AKD BEAUtORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
f Percy Deyo Wins
Civilian Award
At Air Station
Cherry Point, N. C.? Fourteen
employees of the Overhaul and Re
pair Department received a total
*of $542.50 in cash awards here last
week for beneficial suggestions and
outstanding performance of duty.
It was estimated that the sugges
tions adopted would save the de
partment $7,835 during the first
year of operation.
Percy Deyo, a carpenter, received
the top award, presented by Brig.
Gen. E. A. Montgomery, coramand
, ing general of the air station. Mr
Deyo earned the Meritorious Civ
ilian Service Award for outstanding
performance of his assigned duties
from March 16, 1955 to March 15,
1956. He received a letter of com
mendation and a check for $200.
The Meritorious Civilian Service
Award is the second highest honor
try award granted by the Navy De
partment to civilian employees. Mr.
Deyo received the award for the
third consecutive year. This year
4 was the first time he received a
cash award in addition to honorary
recognition.
Mr. Deyo, an Overhaul and He
pair Department employee for over
10 years, lives at 1606 Shackleford
St., Morehead City.
The next highest award of the
day was shared by two machinists.
David D. Mare of New Bern and
James E. McBride of Morehead
City, split a $115 award for their
beneficial suggestion.
Other Carteret winners were
George W. Ensley, electronics
mechanic of Bayboro and Freder
ick E. Smith, inspector, of Beau
fort, $20 each; Charles L. Greene,
aircraft examiner. $15.
James W. Bell, Electronics
Mechanic of Morehead City and
Dannie M Whitford Aircraft Elec
trician of Vanceboro, $10 each.
? William A. Gciger, machinist of
Newport, $10. Mr. Geiger, Air Sta
tion leader in adopted suggestions,
has received seventeen awards for
his suggestions.
Child Injured
On Arendell St.
* 4 Lcc Jones III, 7, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lec Jones Jr., 104 S. 28th
St., Morehcad City, was slightly
injured late yesterday afternoon in
the 3000 bloek of Arendell Street
when he ran in front of an automo
bile driven by Ray Rose of Stella.
Mr. Rose, evidently relieved that
Lec wasn't injured seriously, said
that he saw the boy running along
the side of the street and that the
boy suddenly cut out in front of
I him. Mr. Rose, driving a '55 Studc
bakcr, slid about 18 feet and had
nearly stopped when he hit the
child.
He was driving home from work
and had five passengers in the car
with him when the accident oc
curred. Morehcad City patrolman
Murphy Jenkins investigated the
accident and said that no chargcs
k were made.
Lec was treated for cuts and
bruises in the emergency ward at
the Morehcad City Hospital.
Final Legal Hurdles
Cleared for Dredging
All legal hurdles have been clear
ed in preparation for the dredging
of MarshalU>crg harbor, Leon
Thomas, vice-president of the
Marshallberg Community Men's
Club, reported yesterday.
To get the final papers on case
ment signed. Mr. Thomas. Ralph
Neal, chairman of the harbor com
mittee. and John Valentine, presi
dent of the club, went to Florida
Friday to see property owners liv
ing there.
Bids have already been requested
on the project and the contract ia
to be let this month.
Farmers Will Elect ASC
Committees 8 to 6 Today
Polls arc open today from 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m. for the ASC election*.
Farmers from the five rural com
munities in the county will elect
' five community committeemen for
each community. Polling places
are:
Newport ? Newport Tractor and
Kquipmcnt Co. and Durwood
Quinn's store on the Nine-Foot
Road. In charge of the Newport
elections arc Y. Z. Simmons, Cecil
Pringic, John B. Kelly, and Ernest.
Quinn.
? White Oak ? Jim Young's store
at Kuhns. community building at
Pellet ier, and Joe Taylor's store at
Vogue. In charge of the elections
are Milton Truckner, Herman Nor
ris, Otis Godwin, W. B. Welling
ton, Joe Taylor, and L. 0. Arthur.
Marehead City ? Lee Murdoch's
store at Wildwood. J. J. Murdoch
and Ralph Creech arc in chargc.
Beaufort-Harlowe ? Farmers Sup
ply on Highway 101 and L. N. Con
ner's store at Ilarlowe. Herman
Merrill, Manley Eubank*, and W.
J. Hardesty art in charge.
Kast-MeninMB? Mm. Cleveland
Gillikin's (tore at Bcttie and the
postofficc at Merrimon. In charge
are William Gillikin, Guy Carra
way, Doll Lewis, and Thurman
Pitt man.
R. 1. May. ASC manager, said
that 287 farmers voted last year.
The figure represented 49 per cent
of all eligible voters, he added, but
that is not as many as the ASC of
fice is hoping for this year.
The person getting the highest
number of votes in each commun
ity will automatically become a
delegate to the county convention
Thursday. The convention will be
in the ASC office, and the dele
gates will elect members of the
county ASC committcc.
Engineers Study Channel I
?i w t \\ y \ r r i. a ?\3\ r i tviMt
Fishing and navigation interests will meet at Oriental at 10 a.m.
Saturday to present evidence in favor of deepening the (kraroke In
let channel to 20 to 2 4 feet at mean low water. The Army engineers
are conducting a hearing on the project at the school house.
Havelock Man
Injured Here
Nicholas D. Carcich, Havelock,
spent Sunday night in the More
head City Hospital, and Lay an
Hart, Newport, spent the night in
jail after they were involved in a
near head-on wreck on Arendell
Street at 16th.
Morchcad City Patrolman !!?mer
Lewis, who investigated the acci
dent, said that Mr. Carcich was go
ing west, and Hart was driving east
on the wrong side of the divided
highway.
The right front fenders of both
cars were driven back to the wind
shields, according to police reports.
Mr. Carcich was driving a '49 Ford,
and Hart was in a '53 Chevrolet.
Mr. Carcich, who is being treated
by Dr. Milton Morcy, will be in the
hospital for two or three days, the
doctor said. He has chest injuries.
Hart was released from jail Mon
day morning after obtaining bond.
Another Area
To Get Phones
Telephone company construction
forces have begun work on a pro
ject which will provide phone ser
vice to 30 applicants in the Broad
Creek and Gale Creek vicinity.
This was disclosed today by L.
A. Daniels, manager of the Caro
lina Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
who stated that the project will
involve an estimated expenditure
of >42,000.
Accomplishment of the project
will involve placing some 9.4 miles
of cable, wire facilities, and pole
line. The new cables will be placed
along Highway 24 west of the More
head City exchange.
This is one of the many such ru
ral projects being undertaken by
the telephone company to provide
service to the rural arras in its
41-county operating territory, Mr.
Daniela said.
Morehead Board Endorses
Southern's A&EC Proposal
Coast Guard Gets
Three Help Calls
The Coast Guard answered three
emergency calls over the weekend.
Yesterday morning they fished a
15-foot outboard boat from the in
let; Sunday they towed in a 42
foot tug; and Friday they towed in
a 63-foot trawler.
Fishermen brought in three sur
vivors of the outboard that capsized
in Beaufort Inlet. The Coast Guard
located the overturned boat and
towed it. The owner was not identi
fied.
The tug pulled in Sunday was
stranded near beacon No. 19 in
Bogue Sound. She was the Peggy
owned by Charles F. Newman of
Miami. Coast Guardsmen Earl Sells,
K.N' l, and Curtis Joscy, SN, made
the assist on CG 40403.
The trawler Lillie called for as
sistance Friday afternoon. She had
clutch failure near channel light
No. 3. The Lillie is out of Beau
fort and is owned by C. A. Raper,
Morehcad City, and Maynard Meek
ins, Englchard. Coast Guardsmen
Sells and Joscy went to the rescue.
' Morehead City town commission--'
crs, at their meeting Thursday
night at the municipal building,
passed a resolution endorsing
Southern's .proposa) t* acquire the
Atlantic and East Carolina Rail
road.
The resolution will be similar to
one passed at Kinston. The town
of Beaufort and county commis
sioners will also be asked to pass
a resolution in favor of Southern.
The action is an outgrowth of a
meeting this summer at New Bern
which was attended by representa
tives from eastern Carolina towns
interested in Southern's acquisi
tion of the A&EC.
The board also approved incor
poration of the centennial commit
tee. Legal work will be done by
the town attorney. George McNeill.
Mayor Reports
Mayor George Dill reported that
Gov. Luther Hodges had asked
whether folks in this area would
accept a toll ferry or toll bridge
across Boguc Sound from Cedar
Point. The board made no official
commitment, pending a comment
from developers of Emerald Isle.
Fire Commissioner D. J. Hall
said that the new fire truck for
West Morehead will not be ready
in time for the Miami 'fire chiefs'
convention, where it was scheduled
to be on display. It will be de
livered, now, directly to Morehead
City.
Commissioner Hall was author
ized to obtain prices on hesting
the new sub-station and report to
the board.
The board approved the street
department's preparing the en
trance drive to the fire station.
Street Commissioner Gibbie San
derson said that a crossing will
also have to be made across the
railroad to allow the truck to go
east. This involves complications
with the railroad, the mayor said.
No action was taken.
Costa Set
Commissioner Sanderson report
ed that it will cost property own
ers in the Noycs Avenue section
$150 each to have sewer lines laid
and 1100 each to pave the strecL
He also reported on ditches being
cleaned and larger drain pipe
placed under drives.
Commissioner Sanderson was
asked lo check on how much it will
cost to narrow Boguc Park on 21st
Street to Rive more street width.
The town will seek bids for gas
oline and fuel oil. effective Jan. 1.
Mayor Dill reported on a meet
See BOARD, Page i
Dredge Begins
Work Saturday
Atkinson Dredging Co., Norfolk,
began dredging operations for the
new Beaufort bridge Saturday. So
far they have moved about 7,000
yard* of muck, says cngincer-in
chargc Jack Burruss.
Mr. Burruss said that there were
about 35 employees of the dredging
company on the job as well as
several state employees, who act
more or less in a supervisory ca
pacity.
lie said that the dredge would
begin work on the fill on the Beau
fort side today. Estimated date
for the completion of the entire
project, he said, is Oct. IS. 1958.
The clear-out job, in building
bridges, as well as most other con
struction work, he said, is a big
job. The cleaning of the channel,
tearing down of the old bridge and
other odd jobs will take close to six
months, he estimated. That time
was included in the estimated date
of completion.
James Gaskill Fills In
For Coast Guard Officer
Boatswain M(tc Chief Jamea L.
Gaskill of Ocracoke has assumed
temporary command of the Fort
Macon Coaat Guard Station.
Station commander Kenneth
Baum had a heart attack Satur
day afternoon and waa carried to
the Morahead City Hospital where
he will be under treatment for
four to five weeks, Mr. GuUll said.
Tide Table
Tide* il the Beufert Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Oct. 21
10:25 a.m. 3:98 a.m.
10:49 p.m. 4:91 p.m.
Wedaeaday, Oct. 14
11:17 a.m. 4:4? a.m.
11:40 p.m. 9:43 p.m.
Thanday, Oct 2C
9:4d a.m.
12:14 p.m. 6:40 p.m.
Friday, Oct. U
12:41 a.m. 6:91 a.m.
1:17 p.m. 7:44
Atlantic PTA Will
Sponsor New Kind
Of Carnival
The Atlantic PTA will sponsor
> new version of the Halloween
Carnival Thursday night. A smor
gasbord will be served from 5 to
8 o'clock, and other events will
follow. There will be costume judg
ing. the election of school queens,
cake walk*, and someone will win
a real pig.
The smorgasbord, which will be
served in the school cafeteria, will
be a generous one, the meat
courses alone consisting of fried
chicken, baked ham, chicken salad,
oysters and clams. Tickets for the
meal arc $1.50 for adults and 75
ccnts for children.
Following the above events, a
moving picture will be shown in
the school auditorium.
Mrs. Noe Avery Finds tnioyment,
Profit in Dry Grass Arrangements
By ROBERT SEYMOUR
Mrs. Noc Ave.-y, Highway 101,
Beaufort, has turned a new hobby
into a growing business. She dis
covered for the first time in Au
gust the beauty hidden in the
weeds and grasses native to Car
teret County. Since that time she
has developed an exacting science
of curing, treating, dyeing, and ar
ranging native grasses and weeds.
The first Sunday in August Mrs.
Avery spotted at Merrimon a field
of grass that fired her imagina
tion. She stopped her car and
picked enough o t the grass to make
an arrangement for her living
room. Members of the Russells
Creek llome Demonstration Club
who were with her also picked
some of Uie grass.
After experimenting with the
grass for three days Mrs. Avery
made a trip back to Merrimon to
gather as many different types of
grass and weeds as she could. A
rain storm and a flat tire com
bined to make the trip unsuccess
ful, but she was determined to try
again.
Visits Salter Path
On her second trip, this time to
Salter Path, she got poison J,
but she did manage to collect h
large number of aamples. After
many days of experimenting, she
found that the best way to cure
the crass was to hang it upside
down in bunches in a dark well
ventilated room.
After the grass la cured it can
be dipped in a hot dye bath. Cat
tails and burn are shellacked. The
last week In August, three weeks
after she started the hobby, she
sold a bunch of cured, dyed grass.
Word got around that Mrs.
Avery had something new, and
more and more people came to buy
Mi AUANOENSMTa, Ttff I
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Jerry Schumacher Photo
Mn. Nn Awry, Beaufort RKD, standi with one of her arrange
ments umt the dried cranes in the ham. She aeemi to have an
?neadlaf aawh of Uw raw materials for attractive centerpiece* and
other home decorations. Mrs. Avery's project lo another one of
thooe "home industries" which the afrlcultare extension service la
interested la bccauic it kelps sappkmcot rural family Income.
Carteret Fair Opens ;
Exhibits Due By 7 P./W.
Pedestrian Killed
Near Merrimon
Alvin Reels, Merrimon, driving
a 1951 Ford convertible on the
Merrimon Road Friday near mid
night struck and killed a pedes
trian.
The pedestrian was a mule.
Reels was headed north when |
he struck the animal, which was i
walking along the highway. The
body smashed the left front of
the car and was hurled back over
the roof of the car. State High
way Patrolman J. W. Sykes es
timates the car a total loss.
Reels, miraculously, escaped I
injury. The mule was owned by I
John W. Mason, who had just
bought him the day before from
L. D. Springle, Russells Creek. I
The accident occurred at 11:55 i
p.m. 14 miles from Beaufort. j
Historical Group
Begins New Year
The Carteret County Historical
Society entered upon the third year
of organization at the quarterly
meeting in the civic cei.ter. More
head City, Saturday af'.ernoon.
Thomas Rcspcss, president, presid
ed.
At the business session preced
ing the program the committee
compiling the record of burials in
the Old Town Cemetery, was com
mended for their fine work.
Special recognition was extended
to Miss Mildred Whitehurst for
her work in typing the four books
that were made up.
An expression of appreciation
was given the NEWS TIMES for
the fine editorial covering the com
piling of the record as well as the
publicity given the society from
time to time.
The program consisted of an in
teresting paper covering the early
schools of Beaufort by Mr. Res
pess. Substituting for Van Potter,
who was scheduled on the pro
gram, F. C. Salisbury gave an illus
trated map talk on the early for
mations of the eastern counties
that brought into existence Carter
et County.
Among the visitors were Mrs.
L. A. Klein and her daughter, Mrs.
H. A. Rule of Moylan, Fr. Mrs.
Klein is a direct descendant of the
Morehead family. Both visitors
showed much interest in Morehead
City and Carteret County.
Other visitors were Miss Amic
Klein and Mrs. Percy Deyo of
Morehead City and Mrs. William
Bell, Beaufort.
Saturday will be the last day to
register to vote in the Nov. 6 elec
tion.
Yesterday's clear skies and warm sun worked valiantly
to dry up the Legion fair grounds for the opening of the
county fair last night.
The fairgrounds is located on the Lennoxville Road, east
of Beaufort. A new large sign, about 9 by 4'/^ feet, has
been put up on the Lennoxville+
Road, pointing . into the fair
grounds.
Deadline for entering exhibits is
1 p.m. today at the exhibit hall on
the grounds, Mrs Billie Smith in
eharge. Mrs. Smith said that there
are more exhibits at the fair this
year than in any recent year.
Women from Home Demonstra
tion Clubs and other groups enter
ing exhibits were busy at the
grounds yesterday Maneuvering
through the mud in high heels was
not an easy job.
Sand llauled
The Legion is hauling sand in
by the truckload to make the road
passable and if tlvere is no more
rain, the grounds should be fairly
dry the rest of the week.
T. E. Kelly, fair manager, in
vites people to put their boots on
and come out anyway. He says the
weather will be far better than it
was for the state fair last week
and as long as it's sunny overhead,
who cares about muck under foot?
Men with the O. C. Buck shows,
real mudders, waded around in
rubber boots. Their tractor trail
ers, loaded with shows and rides,
came in over the weekend.
More Rides
Mr. Kelly said that there will be
more rides to attract youngsters
this year, as well as sideshows for
the grown-ups
School children will be ad
mitted to the fair free Wednesday
and Friday. Attending on Friday
will be children from the W. S.
King. Queen Street, and Stella
Schools.
The fair will last through Sat
urday. Gates and exhibit hall will
open daily at 2 p.m.
More Rain Falls
During Weekend
E. blarney Parte, -weither ob
server, said that the rain Saturday
and Sunday amounted to a little
over half an inch.
The weather over the weekend
was mild enough, but it was cloudy
or rainy nearly all the time. Maxi
mum and minimum temperatures
and wind direction:
Meeting Postponed
County commissioners will have
their November meeting Monday,
Nov. 12, instead of the first Mon
day, Nov. 5, the day before elec
tion. They will meet at 10 a.m. at
the courthouse, Beaufort.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Max. Min Wind
75 64 Calm
73 65 NE
69 62 NE
68 65 NE
Plaintiff Wins
$50,0110 Decision
In Court Case
A $50,000 judgment was granted
in Superior Court. Beaufort, last
week. The court ruled, in the case
of Dorothy Merrill and others vs.
Carl N Beardstay, that she shall
receive $50,000 damages.
The case was filed following an
automobile accident in which Miss
Merrill was injured. Beardstay, a
Marine, did not appear to con
test the case. Fifty thousand was
the amount of damage requested.
Divorces granted, in addition to
those reported Friday, were Mabel
Smallwood Johnson vs. William M.
Johnson, and Bernice Marie Cody
vs. Paul Ogden Cody.
$4,000 Paid
Four thousand dollars was
awarded the plaintiff in the case,
Jane Safrit, by her next friend,
Robert Safrit Jr. vs. the David
Jacobi Supply Co. and Allen J.
Burris.
The case was filed following an
automobile accident Aug. 15, 1955
near Jacksonville when a car driv
en by Miss Safrit's brother, Rob
ert HI, was involved in a collision
with a Jacobi truck driven by Bur
ris.
The differences between the two
parties were compromised with the
payment of $4,000. approved by the
court. The defendant was also ord
ered to pay costs of the court ac
tion.
In the case of T. T. Potter (T. T.
"Tom" Potter and Son) vs. C. J.
Southard, demurrers, and excep
tions to sustained demurrers, were
filed and both parties appealed to
the Supreme Court. Bond of each
was set at $100.
In the case of J. Owens Lindlcy
and Charles Lindley vs. Georgina
Yeatman and Mildred Mulford, the
court sustained a demurrer by the
defendants and gave the plaintiffs
30 days to amend their complaint.
The case arose over a disagreement
on an alleged financial agreement
between the two parties.
The court ruled that the North
Carolina Rural Electrification Au
thority shall be allowed to become
a party to the action, Jack Taylor
Jr. vs. the Carteret-Craven Electric
Membership Corp.
The defendants arc interested
in acquiring an casement for a
power line. The Ifcsc was continued
and the defendants allowed 30 days
to file an answer to the complaint.
To Sell Property
In the case of Nina Guthrie Car
raway, administratrix of the estato
of W. Dewey Guthrie and Nina
Guthrie Carraway, individual, vs.
Catherine Elizabeth Guthrie, Wal
ter James Guthrie and Colleen
Guthrie Piner, the court authorized
the administratrix to sell the real
estate in question at private sale
for $2,500 cash. From the proceeds
all current and back taxes due
Beaufort and the county are to bo
paid and the remainder deposited
with the clerk of Superior Court.
George Buchanan and Ma-Jct-Ic
Furnace Corp. demurred and the
court sustained the demurrer in the
case filed against them by Carl Hat
sell, trading as Hatsell Electric
Co. The plaintiff was allowed 20
days to amend his complaint.
In the case of R. J. High vs.
See COURT, Page 2
Firemen Called
By Three Alarms
Three small fires kept Beaufort
firemen busy Friday and Saturday,
reports Allen Conway, Beaufort en
gineer.
Around 2 p.m. Friday a gas leak
was discovered in tho Beaufort
school kitchen and the fire de
partment was called. There waa ?
flash of fire under the oven but no
damage was caused.
About 6 p.m. the same day, t '40
Studebaker belonging to Miss Bet
ty Lou Rice caught on fire. It
was put out before any damage
was done. Mr. Conway said.
A refrigerator belonging to the
Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Downum, Cir
cle Drive, caught on fire Saturday
about 12:30 p m. The moter was
burned out, but no other damage
was caused.
The tank truck from the atation
waa acheduled to go to the fair
ground* yesterday and fill a "boat
pool." One of the ride* at the
fair grounds feature* small boat*
which an towed around UK pooh