5E CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES wl
45th YEAR, NO. 86. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Bands, Officials Welcome Chilula
Mayor George Dill, Morehead City, left, hands
commanding officer of the Chriula. Also present at
Willis, commanding officer of the Agassi*. Mayor
ager of the state port
Jerry Schumacher Photo
the Key to the City to Cmdr. Roy M. Ilutrhins Jr.,
the ceremony are, left to right, Lt. (jg) Lester
Clifford Lr*is of Beaufort, and J. 1). Holt, man
B&M Railroad Wants Higher Rates
If Southern Takes Over A&EC Road
Research Vessel
Continues Work
Off Florida
The Fish and Wildlife research
vessel. Combat, is still off the
Florida eoast, and G. B. Talbot of
the Fish and Wildlife lab, Pivers
Island, says no definite date is
available on its arrival here.
T|ie Combat is expected to make
exploratory drags for shrimp in
deep water off this eoast.
The Combat has been working
oil the coast of northern Florida.
According to a report to Mr. Tal
Jot frorm Harvey R. BuIIis Jr.,
thief of Gulf Fisheries Explora
tion and Gear Research, the re
sults of its operations are as fol
lows:
. . dragging for red shrimp
was carried out by the M/V Com
bat in 160 to 200 fathoms off St
Augustine, Fla., during mid-August
and mid - September. Nineteen
drags made with 40-foot and 54
foot flat trawls during Aug. 17-22
yielded a total of 3,305 pounds of
heads-on red shrimp (25-count
headed).
"Individual catches ranged from
60 to 360 pounds and averaged ap
proximately 170 pounds of shrimp
per 3 to 5-hour drag. Lower catch
rates were obtained in the same
area between Sept. 1419 when 20
drags caught a total of 2,321
pounds of heads-on red shrimp,
averaging 115 pounds per drag.
"During the latter trip, seven
drags were made south of the St.
Augustine grounds in depths of
150 to 225 fathoms. Catches ranged
from 40 to >0 pounds of red shrimp
per drag, with equal weights ot-21
25 count and 61-70 count shrimp
in each successful drag.
"A commercial shrimper, the
M/V Northeaster, working with
See COMBAT, Page 2
Newport Gets
Ready for Tuesday
Halloween Event
Newport witchcs and spooks are
breaking out their brooms and
black cats in preparation f?r the
big Halloween carnival it the
school at 6:30 Tuesday night.
The PJA and school are making
more practical preparations.
Each grade will have a booth at
the carnival, says publicity chair
man Frank Gillikin, whose eighth
grade will present a Ulent show.
The booths will feature grab bus.
dart game*, and other typical Hal
loween activities.
A cake walk will be one of the
big attractions at the carnival. One
of the principal activities, how
ever, will be the crowning of the
kings and queens. A king and
queen will be elected from the pri
mary, grammar, and senior grades.
' The Beaufort and Morehcad Rail
road Is opposing efforts of the
Southern Railway to win operating
rights to the Atlantic and East
Carolina Railroad unless certain
agreements are act up.
A. 1 Uenrwrator at the BMt
has ittttfvflWB in an Interstate
Commerce Commission case, asking
that Southern be allowed to take
over the A&EC only under certain
conditions held necessary to as
sure 'that Leary's railroad opera
tions won't be impaired.
The statement filed for Leary in
Washington Oct. 15 asks that the
Southern application to buy operat
ing rights on the A&EC be granted.
It contends the A&EC is the
"life-line" of the Beaufort and
Morehead.
But if "weak line arbitrages"
(such as the Marine Railroad be
tween Lejeunc and Cherry Point)
arc discontinued as a result of the
Southern's taking over the A&EC,
resulting in reduced rates to ship
pers using the line, the B&M's
share ef the joint rates must be
increased to compensate the latter
railroad, Leary's petition states.
The B&M consists of only 3.17
miles of track connecting Beaufort
and Morchead City and Radio Is
land. There arc additional miles
of siding to commercial operations
area.
Must Be Open
The petition contends all existing
gateways for interchange of traffic
with other railroads must be kept
open if the southern acquires stock
on the A&EC.
Unless its other conditions arc
met the B&M contends it must (1)
be given a chance to buy a propor
tionate interest in the stock of the
A&EC or (2) The Southern must
be required to also buy the B&M
stock, at a price the commission
should agree upon as fair.
Division 4 of the ICC found it
was not in the public interest to
allow the Southern to take over the
Marine railroad, a 38.6-mile opera
tion between military installations,
in addition to some 20 miles of in
duatrial tracks, bccausc of the ef
fect the move would have on com
peting railroads.
253 Farmers Elect ASC
Committeemen T uesday
Two hundred fifty-throe farmers
tamed out Tuesday to elect their
community ASC committeemen.
According to ASC manager B J.
May, about 600 farmers were eli
gible to vote. The results uf the
election follow:
White Oak ? Lee Sawrey, chair
man; Clyde Morris, vice-chairman; |
Marion Weeks, member; Earl Mor
ris and Walter B. Wethcrington, |
alternates.
More head CHy ? Addison Mc
Cabe, chairman. Earl Murdoch,
vice-chairman; George Creech,
member; G. C. Allen and John T.
Oglesby, alternates.
Newport ? Clayton Cannon,
chairman; John A. Kelly, vice-chair
man; Harry D. Lockey, member;
Billy Roberta arid Ernest Quinn,
altcrnatea. \
Beaufort- Harlowr - Noe A. Av
ery, chairman; Archie R. Hardest y, I
vice-chairman; Marvin Dudley. |
member; Clifford Merrill and R.
P. Gooding, alternates.
East Merrimon Stanley A. Gil
likin, chairman; Herman Arthur,
Tide Table
TMes at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW I
Friday, Oct. 28
12:41 a.m. 8:51 a.m.!
1:17 p.m. 7:44 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 27
1: JO a.m. 8:03 a.m. I
2:24 p.m. 8:40 p.m. |
Sunday. Oct. IS
3:01 a.m. 0:18 a.m.
3:31 p.m. 8:91 p.m.!
Maaday, Oct 20
4:06 a.m. 10:25 a.m. I
4:34 p.m. 10:4* p.m
Tuesday, Oct 30
5:08 a m. 11:27 a.m.1
5:32 p.m. 11:41 pjnJ
vice-chairman; Bill I'igott, member;
Tom Carraway and Guy Carraway,
alternates.
The chairmen of the five com
munity committees met last night
in the ASC office, post office build
ing, Beaufort, and elected the coun
ty committee. The committee is
comprised of three regular mem
bers and two alternates.
Last year's committee was com
posed of Boy Keller, Bettie, chair
man; Clarcncc Millis, Newport,
vice-chairman; Charles Barker,
Stella, member; William J. Hardcs
ty, Harlowe. and L. A. Murdoch,
Wildwood, alternates.
Two Booked
On Store Entry
Two men have been charged ;
with the "assault" on the Newport
ABC store last Sunday night
They arc Clarence Aarvig, who
is charged with breaking and en
tering, and Robert C. Arsenault,
charged with aiding and abetting
in breaking and entering. Both are
stationed at Cherry Point Marine
Air Base.
According to Sheriff Hugh Sal
ter, Aarvig is confined to the dis
pensary at Chokrry Point. He ser
iously gashed his leg when he kick
ed in the glass to the front door
of the store and had to be hospital
ized, the sheriff said.
The men will be tried when Aar
vig Is discharged from tbe dispen
sary.
Nothing was missing from the
store. In addition to damage to the
front door, the screen at a window
in back of the store wai cut
The attractive white Coast
Guard cutter, Chilula, called
an ocean-going tug but look
ing like anything but a
"work-horse," docked amid
fanfare at Morehead City
state port yesterday after
noon at 1 :25 p.m.
The Chilula wiU be permanently
berthed at Morehead City. She re
places the Agassiz which will leave
at 4 p.m. Saturday for its new
base, the Third Coast Guard Dis
trict Receiving Center, Cape May,
N. J.
Cmdr. Hoy M. Hutchins Jr.,
USCG, is commanding officer of
the Chilula. He was presented the
key to the city by Morehead City
Mayor George W. Dill.
Commander Hutchins and the
mc.? of the Chilula were formally
welcomed, at a ceremony aboard
ship, by Mayor Dill, Mayor Clif
ford Lewis of Beaufort. J. D. Holt,
manager of the state port, and Lt.
(jg) Lester Willis, commanding
officer of the Agassiz.
Beaufort's welcome was ar
ranged by the Jaycees and the
Chamber of Commerce. Morehead
City's welcome was planned by the
Chamber of Commerce.
Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma
con, aboard the CG 40403 who went
out to the bar to greet the Chilula
were BM 1 Eugene Pond, SN Rich
ard W. Parlier, SA Sebastian W.
Rouse and EN 1 Taft Pilcher.
The Chilula will tie up at the
state port because its draft pre
vents docking at Fort Macon
Coast Guard base. The Chilula
crew numbers 65.
Indians Honored
The cutter is naaied for a tribe
of Indians in northern Oregon.
Two hundred persons, and the
Beaufort and Morehead City school
bands, were on hand to welcome
the Chilula. The day was gray
with a stiff nor'easter whipping
the water into whitecaps. Hut the
Beaufort drum majorettes happily
performed as the bands played
and the cutter came in.
The Chilula, a former Navy tug,
has just been rccommissioned.
Her commanding officer comes
from the Ninth Coast Guard Dis
trict Cleveland, Ohio, where he
was public information officer and
directo*,;?'Ninth Coast Guard Dis
trict'* Auxiliary, since 1954. g
The commander graduate# l?om
the United States Coast Guard
Academy in 1941 and was subse
quently promoted in rank as fol
lows: lieutenant (jg) 1942; lieu
tenant 1943 lieutenant comman
der 1954 and commander 1956.
During World War II, Comman
der Hutchins, then lieutenant
(jg). wns communications officer
aboard the cutter Mojave from
1942 to 1943 while the cutter was
on escort convoy duty on the
Greenland patrol.
From 1943 to 1944 he was as
signed as executive officer aboard
the cutter Algonquin that was also
on Greenland patrol.
From 1944 to 1946 the comman
der saw service as commanding of
ficer of the USS Covington, assign
ed to weather patrol.
Stationed Aboard Eagle
After World War II, Comman
der Hutchins was made executive
officer of the German training
vessel Horst Wessel, a three-mast
ed barque, that the U. S. Coast
Guard received in part of repara
tion and then re named her the
Eagle.
Alter puuing uic in viiiii
mission Commander Hutchins was
assigned to the Coast Guard Acad
rni.v from 1946 to 1951 as instruc
tor in sailing and seamanship.
From 1952 to 1954, Commander
Hutchins was commandilig officer
of the cutter Kamsdcn that waa on
Search and Kescue duty in the
South Pacific.
Commander Hutchins is entitled
to wear the following campaign
decorations: Navy and Marine
Corps. American Defense. Ameri
can Area; European-African-Mid
die East, World War II Victory,;
United Nations Service, Korean
Service and National Defense Ser
vice Medal*.
Mrs. Hutchins is the former
Carolyn B. Francisco of Toledo.
O. They have one son, Tady, 8
years of age.
I.ieutenant Willis, commanding I
officer of the Agassiz. is a native
of Morehead City. Other officers
aboard the Agassiz arc U. (jg) Ed
ward Shields, W/O Charles W.
Griffiths and Ens. J. P. Massie.
After welcoming the Chilula, the
Beaufort band went to Fort Macon
Coast Guard station where it play
ed a farewell serenade to the
Agassiz and its crew.
Director of the Beaufort band is
Frank Jones and director of the
Morehead City band is Ralph
Wade.
Beaufort Police Report
Store Entered Wednesday
Beaufort police reported yester
day that Brady's, across from the
Beaufort school, was entered Wed
nesday night. Some chewing gum
and candy was taken.
Entry to the store was gained
through the east window. The
store is operated by Clayton Mur
phy.
(oast Guard Cutter Chilula takes permanent station at Morehead City.
Case of Frank Boyette to Go
Before November Grand Jury
Jaycees Plan
Oyster Roast
Jayccc president Herbert Phil
lips says that all "crack-pots" are
invited to a stag oyster roast Mon
day night at Bruce Goodwin's
Camp on the White Oak River. He
didn't say who the "crack-pots '
are, but remarked that they would
know.
More formal business than that,
however, was carried on at the
meeting of the Morehead City Jay
cees at Hotel Fort Macon.
Tom Green, Charlotte, repre
senting North Carolina oil distrib
utors, gave a half hour talk en
titled The Magic Barrel. More and
more new products arc being pull
ed out of the oil barrel, he said,
and he brought several samples of
unusual petroleum products.
The Christmas lighting commit
tee. Luther Lewis .chairman, re
ported that they have ordered two
Merry Christmas signs which they
will string above Arcndcll Street
at each end of town. The letters
will be about 3 feet high and will
be lighted.
Tommy Cordova, chairman of
the Voice of Democracy program,
said that the program was slated
for yesterday at the school audi
torium.
NCFA to Plead
ForDeepChannel
The North Carolina Fisheries
Association will inform Army en
gineers tomorrow that full use of
Ocracoke Inlet channel would
mean an additional $10 million in
come to North Carolina's fishing
fleet.
The fleet. NCFA says, is valued
at 5.51 \ million dollars ana use 01
the inlet channel would benefit ?
lives of 32,000 people.
The hearing, on a proposal to
deepen the channel to 20 to 24
feet, will start it 10 a.m. tomorrow
at the school auditorium. Oriental.
Garland Fulcher, Oriental, pres
ident of the NCFA, says that un
der normal conditions some 300
boats would use the inlet each
week, cutting 200 miles each time
from their trip to the fishing
grounds.
During rough weather, a long
voyage home is required and the
time lost by uaing either Beaufort
or Oregon Inlet causes spoilage of
fish catches.
Other groups will show how full
use of the inlet will Improve the
general economy of the coastal
area, affecting shipyards, fuel
abipments, agriculture products,
Umber tod lumber.
? The ease of Frank Boyette,'
1 charged with raping a 13-year-old
! girl, will go before the grand jury
| in the November term of Superior
Court?.*lated for Nov. 5-9. The jury
will determine whether or not the
state has sufficient evidence to try
Boyette and 24 other defendants
charged with criminal actions.
Boyette was arrested June 30, for
allegedly raping a young girl near
Morehead City the night before. He
has admitted being with her on that
night, but says the charge should
read attempted rape.
i Other grand jury cases are Har
I vey D. Lewis, assault; Robert Ad
i ams, larceny of a boat; Carlton
Frayer, larceny; George Equals,
non-support; William B. Tedesco,
motor vehicle violation; Matthew
Mitchell, assault with a deadly wca
i pon with Intent to kill.
I Franklin G. Pearson, motor vc
I hide violation; Derwood L. Chad
I wick, drunken driving; Carlton N.
. Frayer, motor vehicle violation;
' George Huntley Styron, careless
.and reckless driving; Harold Bass,
| drunken driving; George Dudley,
I breach of peace.
j Randolph Reels, careless and
; reckless driving; Robert David
j Wray, careless and reckless driv
j ing; Howard Rose Jr., motor ve
hicle violation; Carlton Pittman,
public drunkenness; Curtis Nelson,
! careless and reckless driving;
; Ralph Norris Wood, speeding.
Maroy Henderson, burglary; Ken
neth Guthrie, forgery; Raymond T.
Graham, careless and reckless driv
ing; Mrs. Garland Royal, public
drunkenness; James Carroll, pub
lic drunkenness* apd Ernest Allen,
motor vehicle violation.
Question Raised
Due to the fact that court has
been scheduled for election week,
there is some doubt as to whether
, or not court will be in scsion. In
| the event that it is, however, so
| licitor Robert D. Rouse Jr. has
prepared the following calendar;
Monday, Nov. 5: Fred Smith, Ed
ward J. Simon, Mclvin John Mad
son. Robert B. Binncr, Charles F.
Francis, Robert Thomas Norris,
See COl'RT, Page 2
Firemen to Sponsor
Show at Atlantic
To raise money for a fire sta
tion, the Down East Fire Depart
ment is sponsoring a show of
WITN talent at 8 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 3, at the Atlantic School au
ditorium.
Bill Gorges, fire department
treasurer, announces admission
for adults will be a dollar and for
children 50 cents.
Among those who will appear
are Carl Caudill, Virginial Tay
lor and Frank Galloway.
Firemen have not decided yet
where they will build the station.
Donation of a site would be great
ly appreciated, Mr. Gorges said.
Souvenir Booklet
Listings Are $5
If you want your name and ad
dress in the Morehead City Cen
tennial souvenir booklet, it will
cost you $5. In addition to having
your name listed in the booklet,
you will be a patron of the cen
tennial and will be given a com
plimentary copy of the 'bookie!.
Approximately 40 members of
the Junior Woman's Club are mak
ing a house-to- bouse canvass, giv
ing everyone an opportunity to
become a patron of the big cele
bration scheduled for next August.
City Attorney George McNeill
has agreed to draw up incorpora
tion papers for the Centennial
Committee, which met Monday
night at the recreation center.
The committee members discuss
ed the official headgear for the
celebration, and they expect to
have sample hats and caps for the
next meeting, scheduled for 8 p.m.
Monday at the recreation building.
Shotgun Wound
Keeps Hunter
In Hospital
The 12-guage shotgun wound in
his left leg will keep Earlcn WW .
of Harkcrs Island in the hospital
several weeks. Willis, who was acci
dentally wounded in the thigh
while hunting at Straits last Sat
urday is conflncd to the Morchcad
City Hospital.
In an interview at the hospital
this week, Willis said that he and
Cranston Rose, also of Markers Is
land, were squirrel hunting Satur
day morning.
Each put his shotgun in the back
of the car. Willis said that he re
marked that they shouldn't put
thorn in the car loaded, but they
did anyway.
The safety on Rose's 12-guage
gun was stuck. It wouldn't go on.
So on the back seat of the car,
loaded, was Mr. Willis's double
barrel gun and the gun with the
unworkable safety.
The hunters spotted a squirrel
as they were driving near Straits.
They stopped the car and got out.
Willia went to the back door to
open it, and just as he started to
open the door, the pump gun be
longing to Rose went off.
Willis said he didn't realize
what had happened at first. Then
he looked down and saw a hole in
the door. He looked again and saw
te had been hit, but he managed
to get his own gun, break it down
and unload it.
Rose took Willis to Dr. Fulchcr's
office in Beaufort and Dr. Kulcher
sent Willis immediately to the
Morehead City Hospital.
Willis was so close to the blast
that the shot was concentrated in
one place in the upper part of his
leg.
No Rust Complaints
C. W. Williams, manager of the
Carolina Water Co., reported thia
week that calgon is still being
used in lines of the Beaufort wa
ter system to combat rusty water.
1 He said that the water company
has received no complaints for sev
I eral weeks, therefore the calgon
I apparently is effective.
Name It? Fair Probably Has It!
By BOB SEYMOUR
The 1956 edition of the county
fair is the place to ?ee the unusual
as well as the outstanding prod
ucts of the county.
Wild lemons, 28 sweet potatoes
weighing 19tt pounds dug from
one hill, volcanoes that smoke and
erupt; a Brahma bull that any wild
west rodeo would be proud of;
name it ? It's probably at the
fair.
Fair manager Tom Kelly says
that this is the biggest and best
fair in the history of the county,
and the cooperating agricultural
agencies agree. The exhibit halls
are filled to capacity with first
rate exhibits, and the livestock
pens hold fine example! of pure
Ibrcd animals.
The 0. C. Buck Shows are going
all out to present a good dean
show with plenty of fun for every
body. Many of their rides are
nearly new. and (II of them ap
pear to be in good repair.
One of the top attractions at the
fair is the, Thrill Arena, a dare
devil motorcycle act In which
"Lucky" climbs perpendicular
walls blindfolded, stands up. rides
without using hands or feet, and
does anything calculated to make
the boldest spectators shudder. He
says that he has had three cracked
skulls ? like i cat, he must have
nine.
For those who feel the urge to
be reckless themselves there are
bumper cars, the octopus, and va
rious spinning, turning, revolving.
or whirling dervishes that defy de
scription.
Milder entertainment is offered
to the kids and old timers with a
fcrris wheel, merry-go-round, hall
of horrors, and real-live pony
rides. While mom and the kida
enjoy these, pop can take a sneak
preview of next season's beach
wear at one of the side shows.
In the exhibit halls, names of
premium winners appear on the
back of the ribbons, according to
Mrs. Billie Smith, who la in charge
of exhibits. This is the first time
that persons could determine who
had submitted the winning entry.
(See . pictures of fair exhibit*
puge 7 section 1).