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45th YEAR, NO. 88. THBHS SECTIONS T W EN T Y-Ft) UR PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Chamber Board
Elects Officers
W. B. Chalk Will Take
Office at President
First of January
' The board of directors of the
Morchead City Chamber of Com
merce elected W. B. Chalk presi
dent Monday night at a meeting
in the chamber office. Vice-presi
dent is L. D. Gore, and treasurer
is J. R. Sanders. Joe DuBois was
reelected as manager. The new
officers will begin their terms Jan.
1.
r Current president Walter Ed
wards led a discussion of the pro
gram of work and budget for 1956.
Mr. Chalk was asked to appoint |
a committee to plan the 1957 pro
gram and budget. The committee
will submit a report to the board
at a later meeting.
Directors present were Mr. Ed
wards, Mr. Chalk, Mr. Gore, Mr.
Sanders, Dick Parker, Jasper Bell,
W. C. Carlton, Bud Dixon, W. J.
Blair, Jack Lewis, and Mr. Du
Bois.
All But Five
Precincts Report
Dy noon yesterday five of the
county's 27 precincts had not yet
reported to the County Board of
Elections the number of persons
registered in their precinct.
Excluding Atlantic, Cedar Island,
Cedar Point, Portsmouth and Wire
grass precincts, the county regis
tration totals 14,627. Atlantic's reg
istration is estimated at 650 The
other four precincts arc small.
Registered Democrats number
12,746 (excluding the five precincts
listed above); 643 of the 14,627 are
registered as independents, and the
remainder are Republicans.
People throughout the nation will
go to the polls Tuesday. Polls here
will be open from 6:30 a.m. to
6:30 p.m. Polling places will be
the same as in previous elections
with the exception of Morchead
No. 2 precinct.
Polls there will be in the new
fire station on Arendcll Street.
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Creek Clearance
Work lo Start
Army engineers have awarded
contracts for Civil Defense stream
clearance work in 19 eastern North
Carolina counties. Low bidder for
the work in this county was Dick
crson. Inc., Munroe, $15,200.
The contract calls for snagging
logs in Newport River, Gibbs
Creek and the headwaters of North
Kiver.
Contracts are now being process
ed and work is scheduled to begin
on the projects in about 30 days.
The total program covers approxi
mately 400 miles of streams
clogged with debris from 1954 and
1955 hurricanes.
The largest amount of work will
be done in Columbus County
where the low bid was $140,000.
Contract work in counties neigh
boring Carteret amounts to the fol
lowing: Craven $23,750. Onslow
$87,400, Jones $69,000 and Tamlico
$18,430.
Accidents Occur
At Same Spot
i Two auto accidents happened in
the identical spot on Highway 70
three and a half miles west of New
port Wednesday night. The first ac
cident oecurrcd at 6 p.m.
A 195ti Chevrolet skid into a
ditch. The occupants, Marines,
were taken to Cherry Point dispen
sary for observation but their iden
tity was not known by noon yester
day.
State Highway Patrolman R. H.
Brown is still in the proeeaa of
investigating that accident and the
other which occurred at midnight
w hen a 1948 Mercury hit a pole aid
turned over.
About five or si* Marines were
in the Mercury, Patrolman Brown
said. The driver was pinned under
the car. All were taken to the dis
pensary at Cherry Point.
The car was travelling cast at the
time of the accident.
Coast Guard Tows
In Crippled Boat
The Coast Uuard was summoned
on one mission this week BM-1
i Kugenc Pond and BN 2 llonald
Wuidley went out on CG 40403
Monday afternoon and towed the
schooner, Western star, to More
head City.
The Western Star, owned by John
J. Wilson of Boston, broke down
near Bogue Sound light 17. Capt.
Samuel Barclay and one crew mem
ber were on board. He (aid they
were on their way to Florida.
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Boat with a Bruise
Photos by Jorry Schumtchcr
This is the 33-foot boat, Bfvtrlv, after her recent collision with a trawler in the inland waterway north
of Murrhrad City. The Beverly is now undergoing repairs at Cannon's Boat Works. Her owner*, Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Marshall, who were aboard but unhurt at the time ?f the collision, have returned to
their home in Richmond, Va.
Home Demonstration Club Women
To Honor Outstanding Member
Senator Scott
Appeals to ICC
Son. W. Kerr Scott has asked t
the Interstate Commerce Commis- j
sion to reconsider its decision dc- 1
nving Southern Railways applica- .
lion to gain control of the govern
ment owned Camp Lejeune Rail
road and the Atlantic and East
Carolina Railroad
Statq officials and industrialist^
have Urn# *MAgH1 ihe operation of
the two railroads D.v Southern as a
means of connecting the eastern
half of the state with a major fine
giving east west and north-south
service.
In his letter to the chairman of
the ICC, Senator Scott said:
"During the time I served as
Governor of the State of North
Carolina, 1. along with many other
citizens, recognized the fact that
these railroads must be tied with
a major system if the eastern part
of North Carolina was to develop
as it should.
"This situation has not ehanged.
Instead, it has become increasing
ly evident that the need is far
greater today not only to develop
the eastern part of the state,
which they serve, but also the
Morchcad City ports facility."
At present Southern has appeal
ed its case to the full board of
the ICC, hoping that the 11 man
commission will allow Southern to
take over both the A&EC and the
I ^ejeune Cherry Point Railroad.
? A Home Demonstration Club Wo
man of the Year, selected from Car
teret Home Demonstration Club
members, will be honored at ;
Achievement Day.
This will be the first time that an 1
outstanding Home Demonstration j
Club woman will be selected, an- j
nounced Mrs. Floy Garner, home j
agent.
Club women will gather for their 1
annual program at the American
Legion Building, Beaufort, at 7:30
jxm. Friday, Nov. 16.
Nominations Sought
i Letters arc being mailed this
week to clnb members, .asking
them to -nominate a club woman
and give reasons why they think i
she should be honored.
Judging will be on the basis of
reasons given and not on the num
ber of nominations a woman may
receive.
Ballots arc to be returned to the
home agent's office by Saturday,
Nov. 10.
Miss Clark to Speak
All former home agents of the
county will be invited to the meet
ing. Miss Margaret Clark, home
agent in Carteret from 1936 to De
cember 1941 will be the guest
speaker.
Miss Clark, a native of Clarkton,
is now state assistant 4-H leader.
Other home agents to be invited
are Mrs. Edith Powell Hose, Smith
field; Mrs. Virginia Sloan Swain
and Miss Helen Dry, addresses un
known at present; Mrs. Ann N. In
scoe, Nash County home agent;
Mrs. Dorothy Armstrong, home ec
onomics teacher at Jasper High
School; Mrs. Carrie B. Gillikin, New
Big Enough
Photo by Jerry |
V. I. (Pack) O'Neal, with a Mtpound jewflih {Winn fmftr)
brought late hi* aurhct M the MoreheU OJjr w?terfronl thb ram
Mr. II <rn nufht by the WillUm J, Ltajrd Rce< i
Bern; and Miss Martha Darncti, '
Raleigh.
Club women will receive achieve- ;
ment awards for their work during
the past year. A givel will also be
given to the club which comes the
greatest distance to attend ' the
meeting with the most members.
Clubs in charge of arrangements I
arc as follows: Bettic Club, pro
gram; North River Club, stage ar- '
rangements; Crab Point Club, cor
sages; Russell's Creek Club, re
freshments and special music; and
the Crafts exhibit will be in charge
of Mr*. Manley Kubanks, county
crafts leader, Wi regress Club.
Bruce Tarkington
Wins Music Quiz
Rolarian Bruce Tarkington walk
ed away with I he biggest loot of
silver bells (chocolate buds) at the
Beaufort Rotary Club meeting
Tuesday night.
Mr. Tarkington identified more
songs in a musical quiz than the
three other contestants. Glenn
Adair, Dr. David Farrior, and Cal
vin Jones.
Quiz master and maestro was
i Frank Jones. Mr. Jones, public
school music teacher at Beaufort
School, presented his own piano
recordings of five groups of songs,
patriotic, religious, sentimental,
children's and Stephen Foster
songs.
Mr. Tarkington's forte was patri
otic songs. The number of silver
bells won depended on how many
songs the contestaht could identify.
Visitor at the meeting was Dr.
S. W. Thompson, Morchead City
Rotarian. The club met at the In
let Inn.
Army Schedules
Bridge Hearings
The Corps of Army engineers,
Charleston, S. C., announces two
public hearings regarding inland
waterway drawbridge regulations
from the Virginia-North Carolina
state line to Key West. Fla.
The hearings have been sched
uled to consider whether draw
bridgs should be required to open
for craft carrying "superstructures"
unessential for navigation.
The first hearing will be at 10
a.m. Dec. 5 in the federal court
room. postofficc building, Charles
ton. S. C, and the other will be at
10' a.m. Dec. 7 in the city of Mi
ami Beach Ocean Front Auditor
ium, Miami Beach. Fla.
Col. Parker O. Stuart, Charleston
district engineer, announces that
oral arguments will be heard but
important facts and arguments
should be in writing.
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
HI(iH LOW
Friday, Nov. t
7:40 a.m. 1:17 a.m.
7:56 p.m. 2:01 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 3
8:24 a m. 2:01 p.m.
1:39 p.m. 2.40 p.m.
SMMlay, Nov. 4
9:06 a.m. 2:43 a m
9:23 p.m. 3:29 p.m.
Moaday, Nov. S
9:47 a.m. 3:24 a.m.
10:09 p.m. 4:13 p.m.
Tueaday, Nov. I
10:28 a 411. 4:00 Ml.
10:49 p.m. ? _ ' \ 4:33 p.g
Middle East War Causes
Change in Marine Sailing
Banker Pony Rodeo Will
Start at 1 P.M. Sunday
The annual Beaufort rodeo is*
scheduled /or the ball park at one
o'clock Sunday Ronald Earl Ma
aon, chairman of the rodeo commit
tee, says that the Chamber of Com
merce, rodeo sponsor, has gone .
all-out to make this year's event
the best yet.
About 30 outstanding rodeo per
formers will be at the rodeo to try
their hand with local wild stock.
Mr. Mason says. Most of the con !
testants are servicemen who rode I
the rodeo circuit as civilians.
Six events have been scheduled, !
all to be run according to the rules
of^ the National Cowboys* Rodeo
Association. They are calf roping. 1
bull dogging, bull riding, bareback :
bronc riding, boys' pony race, and
boys' yearling bull ride.
A hillbilly band will be on hand
to liven up the arena between
events. Trick horses and rodeo
clowns will perform too. The Jay
cccs will operate a concession
stand.
Mr. Mason said that the cham
ber had spent about $7(M) in prep
aration for the rodeo. This amount,
he said, included hiring a top flight
hillbilly band and making prizes
attractive enough to draw top ro
deo stars.
lie estimated that about 20 bank
er ponies would be offered for
sale after the rodeo. There will
also be plenty of tame ponies for
the children to ride, he added.
This will be the third annual |
rodeo to !>e sponsored by the Beau- ;
fort Chamber of Commerce.
Brothers Unhurt
As Car Upsets
Jamcft f Harrell, 1802 Fisher
S^, City^ and hia
I Dntthir ?js>capcd injury Monday
when the 1 953 Buick they Were
1 driving skid and turned over on
Highway 24 ten miles west of
Mnrchead City.
Slate Highway Patrolman Brown
said that Harrell applied the
Inakcs to avoid hitting a car in
front of him and went into a skid.
; The accident occurred in a heavy
| downpour of rain.
j Harrell was headed toward
Morchcad City. Damage to the car.
owned by Mrs. Catherine Lee Har
I rell. the driver's mother, was csti
; mated at $650.
I No charges were filet!.
Driver Cited After
Auto Turns Over
Patrick Milligan, Camp Lejeune,
was charged with driving on the
wrong side of the road after his car
turned over on the Stella Road at
6 p.m. Saturday.
The accident occurred IWK) feet
west of the Pellctier Community
Center. According to State High
way Patrolman W. E. Pickard, who
investigated. Milligan skidded on
d curve and the car went out of
control.
He was driving & If MM Ford.
Damage waa estimated at $700.
Milligan was alone at the time and
was unhurt.
Superior Court
To Open Monday
The November term of Su
perior Court, for trial of eriminal
eases, will open at 10 o'clock
Monday morning at the court
house, Beaufort.
There was some doubt that the
court session would be held due
Tuesday being election day, but
A. II. James, clerk, reports that
court will be in session as sched
uled. *
Judge Chester R. Morris will
preside. Twenty-five cases will
be reviewed by the grand jury.
It true bills are found in all in
stances, 63 cases will be heard
during the week - long term.
Robert I). Rouse Jr., solicitor,
will prosecute for the state.
Men's Club Sees
Acts of Magic
Bill Tad lock, magician from
Washington. N. t\, presented the
program at the meeting of the St.
Andrew's Men's Club Tuesday
night at the Blue Itibbon Club. !
Mr. Tadloek was introduced by
Bill Baugham. The program fol
lowed dinner and a business ses
sion. During the business meeting
the men discussed the items they j
will sell at the Christmas bazaar, j
They also discussed the new par- j
ish house on which construction i
started Monday. The parish house
will be located next to the sanctu
ary oil Arendell Street and is ex
pected to be finished early next
summer.
Stanley Woodland, in charge of
the men's booth at the bazaar gave
a report, and the Rev. E. Guthrie
Brown, rcctor, reported that 200
persons saw the film. Marti# Luth
er, Monday night at the school au
ditorium.
K. W. Olschner, Mr. Woodland
and (Jeorge Wallace were appoint
ed to a committee to select a slate
of officers for the coming year.
Officers will be elected at the next
meeting, Nov. 27.
Acolytes were guests of the club.
Other guests were Miss Ann Mob
loy. daughter of the president. H.
Earle Mobley,- Lockwood Phillips
and son, Lockwood, Beaufort.
Aleolytcs and acolytes-to-be who
were present were James Richard
Leigh Jr., George Wallace Jr.,
Richard McClain Jr., Buddy Davis,
Joe Eastman, Jon I*owe, Arthur
Sheppard, Borden Wallace and
Harvey Lytton.
Cmdr. Arthur H. Sheppard, com
manding officer of the Conifer, and
Cmdr. Williatn H. Lewis, USN (re
tired), were introduced as new
members of the club.
Garage Goes Up
A garage to house the Newport
Rural Fire Association tank truck
is tmder construction. The garage
will l>e attached to the present town
hall and fire station. 'Firemen are
bearing the expense of construc
tion.
War in the Middle East made itself felt in Morehcad
City this week.
The Marine movement out of the Morehead City, port,
which was supposed to start Wednesday, did not proceed
as scheduled.
With penetration of Israelite forces into Egypt Tuesday
and movement of troops into the<
[Suez area by Britain and France,
America's military forces snapped
to attention.
Close -Mouthed
Camp Lejeune public information
office refused to divulge any in
formation on postponement, delay,
or cancellation of the mock assault
| on Onslow Beach, exercise I'hibex,
: which was to start this week. Ma
I rincs and equipment were to load
at both Morchcad City and Nor
folk.
One Lejeune office spokesman
said, "We're not giving out any
1 information. Things are pretty well
I under security up here."
Another officer protested that
"there is no change in marine
movements that 1 know of." But
the Navy transport Vermillion,
scheduled to dock Wednesday, and
the Hankin, due to arrive yester
day, never made port.
The Muliphcn, scheduled for ar
rival Wednesday, slipped quietly
into port and out.
Sea. Air Strikes
Egypt claimed that British and
French forces struck its major
cities by sea and air Wednesday.
Israelite troops were battling Egyp
tians in the Sinai peninsula.
Britain and France hope to seize
the Suez Canal which was taken
over by Egypt two months ago.
President Dwight Eisenhower
made a talk to the nation Wednes
day night, pledging that United
1 States would do all in its power
to have the United Nations handle
the problems in the Middle East,
possibly by obtaining a cease-fire.
Other ships which were due yes
terday at Morchcad City and
scheduled during the coming week
were the Olmsted, Fremont, Bock
bridge, Taeinoc, Blatchford and
Kingsport Victory.
Work Begins
On Health Center
Work started yesterday on dig
I ginning the foundation of the coun
I ty health eenter.
I The center will he located north
of the courthousc and courthouse
annex, fronting on the new High
way 70 which will go through Beau
fort after the bridge is built.
The center will cost $38,800. The
general contract was awarded last
month to O. L. Shackelford. Kin
ston, who entered a bid of $23,3ti9.
Plumbing contractor is Howell
Plumbing Co., New Bern, who will
install plumbing for $3,050.
Heating will be installed by Wil
liford Plumbing and Healing Co.
for $2,450, and the electrical system
will be put in by Pincr Brothers,
Williston, for $3,200.
The health ccntcr is being paid
for with county, state and federal
funds.
The building of a health ccnter
had to be approved by the people
and the referendum carried by a
large majority last May. Approval
was needed because the county
had to borrow money to meet its
share, a third, of the cost.
The health center is the second
building project now under way for
the county. Started last month was
the new county jail.
Past President Honored
t HoU If Bob Seymour
J. E. Crewe, right, praUtnl of the Morehead City Lions Club, prraenta (tr Uw'i fM pmltal 1
iwarri to A. N. Willis, Immediate peat prnlrifnt. Other Uens In the plctare ?r? John Naf, tafnt
tspy, J. E. Eii banks, 0. N. Allred, J. G. Bennett, S. K. lled(<x?<k, OwMM Frederick, Victor Wick
?? and Jack Marfan.
Smyrna Principal
Accepts Position
At Havelock
Stanley Dail, principal of the
I Smyrna School, has acccptcd the
.position as principal of the llavc*
I lock High School.
Mr. Dail replaces Mr. Pickle
seimer who resinned recently. The
! Smyrna principal said yesterday
that he was unable to say when
he would assume his duties at
Havelock because he has not con
fcrred with his school committee
or 11. L. Joslyn, county school su
perintendent, who is out of town.
Mr. Dail has been principal at
Smyrna School for the pas,t five
years and prior to being principal
was a science teacher there two
years.
He is a graduate of East Caro
lina College. Mrs. Dail is a first
grade teacher at Smyrna School.
Two Motorists
Given Citations
Two motorists involved in week
end accidents will appear in coun
ty recorder's court Thursday, Nov.
15.
They are .Tame s W. Godettc,
North Harlowc, and Walter O. Law
renee, Otway.
Godettc was driver of a 1953
Ford which turned over on the
Iterrimon Road at 6:30 p.m. Satur
day. State Highway Patrolman- J.
W Sykcs said that Godettc, with
another man in the car, was head
j ed toward Beaufort when he ran
I off the road on the left, zoomed
hack to the right and landed bot
tom up in a canal.
Water in the canal was up over
the hcadlfghts, the patrolman said.
The car covered 150 feet whiic out
of control. Neither the driver nor
his passenger was hurt.
j Godettc was put in the county
1 jail and charged with drunken driv
ing.
Lawrence, who was injured in an
accident on the Lcnnoxvillc Road
at 7:30 p.m. Friday, has been
charged with speeding and careless
and reckless driving.
According to Patrolman Sykcs,
Lawrence was driving a 1956 Ford.
He was headed toward Beaufort at
a high rate of speed when he ran
off a curve to the left, swerved
back to the right and turned over.
The car was out of control for
a distance of 300 feet. He was tak
en to the Morehead City Hospital
in the Dill ambulance and kept
there until Monday when he was
discharged.
Jaycees Enjoy
Oyster Roast
The Morehead City Jaycees,
crackpots and all, met at Bruce
Goodwin's Camp at White Oak
River Monday night Herbert Phil
lip*. president, said that about 35
members gobbled up IS bushels of
oyster*.
It was one of the most success
ful outings of the Jaycees in some
time, he said. The Jaycees roaated
the oysters and ate until 11 o'
clock.
Mr. Phillipa said (hat there will
b? a special meeting of the I'hrist
maa lighting committee this week.
The Jaycees have received 34)0.000
tickets for distribution by mer
chants during the Christmas shop
ping season.
llic committee will work out all
the details and announce (hem at ?
later dale. Lutbcr Lewis ia chair
nun of the committee.
Dr. B. F. Royal Brings
In Copperhead Snake
Dr. B. F. Royal presented anoth
er trophy to TIIE NEWS-TIMES
yesterday. This time it was a 3'4
foot copperhead snake killed on the
Mcrrimon Road.
Dr. Royal, who likea to are
snakes done In, said this fellow was
killed by a car in front of him
Wednesday. Dr. Royal stopped his
car, picked up the snake and
brought U Into towa.
On July 3 thla year Dr. Royal
killed a 4'?foot rattleanake, with
IT rallies, ? the Merruaon Rued.