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45th YEAR, NO. 90. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MOREHEAD CITY ANDBEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Ike Gives Adlai Tough Time Tuesday
Maroy Henderson Pleads Guilty
To Breakina into Beaufort Home
While the third special group of prospective jurori wag
being summoned yesterday afternoon in the Frank Boy
'ette case, Superior Court, another defendant pleaded
guilty.
The defendant was Maroy Henderson, Negro, who was
charged with burglary. Henderson has been in the county
jail since June 26 when he was^
picked up by the sheriffs depart
ment on a charge of entering the
S. M. Bodiford house at Turner
and Ann Streets, Beaufort.
Henderson, through his attorney,
Luther Hamilton Jr., entered a
plea of guilty to second degree
burglary. Then Judge Chester R.
'Morris heard testimony by mem
bers of the Bodiford family who
were allegedly in the house when
Henderson broke in.
Even though the defendant plead
ed guilty, the judge requested tes
timony as a basis on which to pass
judgment. Conviction of second de
gree burglary can carry a life sen
tence, according to Mr. Hamilton.
Henderson's attorney was ap
pointed by the court after counsel,
allegedly coming from New York,
failed to show up.
1! Sworn
By 3 p.m. yesterday only 11
jurors had been sworn to hear the
case against Boyette, 22-year old
Morehead City youth charged with
raping a 13-year-old girl.
A special venire of a hundred
was called Wednesday, a second
. special venire of 50 was summon
ed later that day and a third venire
of 50 was called yesterday.
One person after the other took
the stand yesterday and declared
that they were against capital pun
ishment and as a result were ex
cused. Conviction of rape can car
ry the death sentence.
Jurors chosen up to the call for
the third venire were George F.
Bryan, Lonnie Rhue, G. E. Mann,
Henry Carraway, Clarence Gray,
R. B Burrows, Roy Clifton Dixon,
Paul F. Bowden, Clayton Murphy,
lone Lewis and Durwood W. Quinn.
One more juror and an alternate
were needed. It was hoped that
they would be found today. If there
is no Sunday session, the trial may
run into the earlf part of next
week.
In Jail Since June
Boyette has been in the county
jail since June 30 when he was ar
rested. In an interview with a
NEWS-TIMES reporter after his ar
rest, Boyette said that he was to
have been married on the day he
was put in jail.
See COURT, Page 2
JC's Present
Savings Bond
Barbara Goodwin, winner of the
Morehead City Jaycee Voice of
Democracy contest, was awarded a
$25 savings bond by Tommy Cor
dova Monday night.
Mr. Cordova made the presenta
tion at the Jaycee meeting at
Hotel Fort Macon, and president
Herbert Phillips gave her a certifi
cate of recognition. Her father,
Malcolm Goodwin, accompanied
her to the meeting.
i Julian Murphy showed films on
the Miss North Carolina pageant
Several reports were given during
the meeting. Marlon Milli said
that 43 attended the oyster roast
last week. L. G. Dunn gave the
members information concerning
district and state Jaycee meetings.
Dr. Russell Outlaw gave a brief
report on the Christmas lighting
program, and Mr. Phillips said
that the extra lights planned for
this year will cost about $230.
The Jaycees turned down a re
1 quest to solicit funds from door-to
door for the Heart Association.
They made plans to visit the Beau
fort Jaycees Monday night for a
special orientation meeting. The
meeting is set for the Beaufort
Scout Hut at 7 pm.
County Bookmobile Will
Visit Three Schools
The county library bookmobile
will visit three schools this week.
It will go to Harkcrs Island
School Monday morning, to New
port School Tuesday morning and
Camp Glenn School Tuesday a /
ternoon.
I The bookmobile will take on a
cargo o( books at the library Mon
day afternoon.
Bishop Dies
Bishop Howard E. Rondthalcr,
?5, of Winston-Salem. dM Monday,
Oct 22. The father of Theodore
Rondthaler, principal of Ocracoke
School, he waa president of Salem
College from 180# to 1M*.
Navy Announces
'Modification'
Of Maneuvers
Atlantic fleet commander, Adm.
Jcrrauld Wright, announced Wed
nesday that the Middle East crisis
has caused "modification" of the
Navy-Marine practice assault on
Onslow Beach.
In an exclusive story THE
NEWS TIMES reported last Friday
that the turn of events in the Suez
area had caused a change in the
exercise scheduled to take place
this month.
Loading of Marines and equip
ment at Morehead City then re
sumed over the weekend and was
continuing yesterday. Navy offi
cials did not reveal to what ex
tent maneuvers had been "mod
ified."
Unlike the usual peacetime load
ing operations at Morehead City,
the ships making port are being
protected offshore by escort ves
sels.
Two Navy aircraft carriers, the
Forrcstal and the Franklin D.
Roosevelt, the heavy cruiser Des
Moines and more than a dozen de
stroyers steamed into the Atlantic
this week after Russia announced
that It would send troops into the
Middle East, if the United Nations
approved.
Firemen Make
$104 on TV Show
The Down East Fire Department
made $104 Saturday night on its
program of TV stars at the Atlan
tic School auditorium. Presenting
the program were Frank Galloway,
the Five Diamonds and Carl Cau
dill.
The report on the profit was
made at the Down East firemen's
meeting Tuesday night at the Lions
building, Atlantic. Firemen also
discussed possible sites for location
of a station. The proceeds from
Saturday's show will go toward
building the station.
Firemen attending the meeting
were Wilbur Goodwin, Warden Gil
likin. .T. G. Mcintosh, Ralph Nel
son, William R. Willis, Elbert Pitt
man.
Bernice Morris, Chief Allen
Jones, Harry Morris, Sterling Rob
inson, Kenneth Smith. Doity Gas
kill, Roy H. Willis, Major Salter,
Joseph Peppers.
Elmo Gaskill, Joe Mason, Bill
Gorges, Harry Fulcher, Wayne
Parker, Maxwell Simpson, Eugene
Willis and Jack Johnson.
The next meeting will be Tuesday
night, Dec. 4, at Atlantic.
W. A. Mace Jr.
Heads Club
W. A. Macc Jr. was dcctcd pres
ident of St. Paul'> Men's Club.
Beaufort, at the meeting Wednes
day night at the parish house, lie
succeeds Carl llatscll.
Charles Willis was elected viee
president, replacing Paul Jones,
and Edward C. Willis was rc clccl
ed secretary -treasurer.
The Rev. C. Edward Sharp,
rector, introduced the guest speak
er. Col. Spasoje Lozikovich. who
told of life in Yugoslavia, his im
prisonment during the second
world war and life in concentra
tion camps.
(iuests at the meeting were Mr
and Mrs. II. D. MacKarlano of
Gloucester. Dinner was served by
the Woman's Auxiliary. The club
will meet again Wednesday, Dcc.
S.
iCi AUend Meeting
Twenty-four Jaycccs from More
head City and Beaufort went to the
Jaycce district meeting In New
Bern Wednesday night The 10
delegatca from Beaufort invited
the Jaycees to Beaufort for the
next district meeting, but after ?
cloae vote Jackaonville won the
next meeting, which win be in
about three months.
Wiregrass Voters Cast Ballots
Photo by Bob Seymour
Ninety-one voles were cast at the polls in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Norris, Wiregrass,
Tuesday. Manley Kuhanks, registrar, left, explains the voting procedure to Mrs. McCoy Dudley, Mrs.
Graydon Jordan, Graydon Jordan, and McCoy Dudley, left to right, who have just received their bal
lots. The Norris home has been used as the polling place for about IS years.
Big Night Ends on Somber Note
For Democrats as Ike Wins Again
By BOB SEYMOUR
An outsider would have thought
he was seeing a TV rehearsal of
the Democratic and Republican na
tional conventions rolled into one
if he had looked into Sheriff Hugh
Salter's office Tuesday night.
Solicitor Wiley Taylor was proud
ly displaying his donkey socks
when a spotlight shined through
the door; at least that's what
everyone thought until they real
ized that it was an I Like Ike but
ton on the lapel of Claud Wheatly.
Gehrmann Holland, occupying his
former sheriff's chair, also claim
ed a scat with the prophets. He
had predicted that there would be
less than 50 votes difference be
tween the two candidates, and
when the office was closed Ike was
leading by 76 votes with three pre
cincts not reporting.
How Many?
D. G. Bell dropped by to see how
the election was going, but lince
he didn't have any opposition for
legislator, there wasn't any doubt
in his mind. "It is nice to know
how many people vote, though,"^
he said. ?
Representatives from the various
precincts brought the results to the
sheriffs office and stopped to ex
change information on local re
sults. Wiregrass was the first pre
cinct to send in final tabulations.
They voted 56 to 31 in favor of
Stevenson.
Phones Jangle
Both telephones were busy as
more distant precincts phoned in
results, local politicians discussed
trends, and reporters tried to con
tact the wire services. Norwood
Young, an old pro at election re
turns, had a gigantic chart on
which he marked all the results as
they came in.
When reports came in that Ike
had carried Virginia, jubilant Re
publicans made life rough for
their neighbors. It looked like a
long, long four years coming up
for the Democrats ? on a national
level, at least. Democrats man
aged to claim a toe-hold victory in
state and county elections.
Frank Nance to Supervise
Farm Labor in Eastern Area
Frank Nancc, Beaufort, in charge
of farm labor placement in this
area, haa been promoted to super
visor of farm labor placement in
IS eastern Carolina counties and
portions of two other counties.
Announcement of Mr. Nancc's
promotion was made this week by
J. W. Beach, director of employ
ment, Employment Security Com
mission of North Carolina.
Beaufort Headquarters
Mr. Nancc will have Beaufort as
his headquarters, operating from
his mobile farm labor recruiting
office there.
Other offices in his area are at
Morehcad City, New Bern, Green
ville, Lumberton, Jacksonville,
Washington and Rocky Mount.
Counties under his supervision
are Nash. Edgecombe, Pitt, Beau
fort, lfyde, Pamlico, Carteret,
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Nov. ?
12:23 a.m.
12:39 p.m.
6:23 a.m.
7:08 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. I*
1:16 a.m.
1:30 p.m.
7:15 a m.
7:3V p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 11
2:10 a.m.
2:23 p.m.
1:14 a. in
l:4t p.m.
NoMUy, Nov. 12
3:M a.m.
1:20 p.m.
9:13 a m
9:37 p.m.
Taesday, Nov. 13
3:59 a.m.
4:11 p.m.
10:11 a.m.
10:2* p.m.
Jones, New Hanover, Brunswick,
Onslow, Pender, Columbus, Bladen.
Robeson and southern parti of
Washington and Martin.
Mr. Nancc joined the Employ
ment Security Commission's farm
labor staff March 18, 1952. The
son of Mrs. Effie Nance, Beaufort,
he is a graduate of Murray State
Teachers College, Kentucky, and
did graduate work at Cornell Uni
versity and North Carolina State
College.
Taught at Smyrna
He has taught at B T. High
School, Lumberton, and Smyrna
High School wherq he was history
and English instructor and coach.
He was in the insurance business
after leaving Smyrna, prior to his
work with the ESC.
Mr. Nancc announces that with
in the next few weeks Farm Labor
Clinic days will be set up at New
port and Beaufort to learn from
ycarround farm labor employers
what their needs will be for the
coming sear.
He added, however, that he will
accept requests any time for year
round farm laborers.
Digging of sweet potatoes in this
county is expected to end within a
month. Although the acreage was
small in comparison to other years,
farmers got a good crop and prices
have been holding up well.
Harvesting of soybean! atarted
thia week, but yesterday's rain has
caused a delay is that Bain also
delayed sweet potato digging.
Farm laborers In the county now
are Indians from Lumbartoo and
Negroes.
Atlantic PTA
Makes $306 Protit
The Atlantic Parent-Teacher As
sociation made more than $300
on its Halloween Carnival, accord
ing to a report given at the PTA
meeting at the school Monday
night.
Mrs. Lois Smith, president, pre
sided at the business session. Mrs.
Alvin Harris, membership chair
man, requested that parents pay
their membership fees before Dec.
1. Approximately 45 have paid
their fees.
The Brownie Scouts and Inter
mediate Girl Scouts gave the pro
gram. Leaders assisting with the
Brownies were: Mrs. Jack John
son, Mrs. Odin Fulchcr, Mrs. Al
ma Nelson, Mrs. Gerald Fulchcr,
and Mrs. H. F. Webb.
The Brownies sang nine songs
and were joined by the Inter
mediates when they sang the Scout
songs. The Intermediates present
ed an original skit from "Little
Women" which they had prepared
as part of their Second Class badge
work.
Mrs. Sherwood Robinson won the
door prize.
Education Bovd
Approves Sale
Of Smyrna Land
The County Board of Education
approved sale of the old Smyrna
teachcragc property at its meeting
Monday afternoon at the education
office, courthouse annex.
The high bidder was Ivy Eu
banks, North River, $1,615.
The board also approved pur
chase of "converter units" for the
Harkers Island School lunchroom.
The units are combination audi
torium seats and lunchroom tables.
They allow easy conversion from
seats to tables, which quickly turn
an auditorium into a lunchroom.
The number of units ordered will
allow seating of 275. Chairs can be
used to supplement that for audi
torium seating, II. L. Joslyn, school
superintendent, commented.
K. W. Safrit Jr., board chair
man, and W. B. Allen, board mem
ber, were named to altcnd the
Delegate Assembly of the North
Carolina School Board Association
Tuesday at Chapel Hill. Alternates
are yet to be appointed.
The board will meet in special
session next Thursday at 2 p.m.
to open bids on a shop building at
Smyrna.
Stewart Daniels
Named Principal
Stewart Daniels, coach and
teacher of social studies at Smyrna
School, has been named principal.
He succeeds Stanley Dail, who has
accepted the position as principal
of Havclock High School.
Mr. Dail will
leave Smyrna J
as soon as a
replacement i?
found for Mr.
Daniels on the
faculty. The
Smyrna School
committee, j
which met in i
special session
Monday night,
hopes that tnis ... ' n
replacement can htew?rt D?nWs
bo found by Nov. 29.
Mr. Daniels, a native of Wan
chese, is married and has a 2-year
old son. He is now in his sixth
year as a member of the Smyrna
faculty. He and his family will
move into the new home being
built for the principal as soon as
the home is finished.
Mr. Dail has been at Smyrna
seven years. His wife is a first
grade teacher at the school. They
will live at Havelock.
Glenn Adair Speaks
To Beaufort Rotary
Rotarian Glenn Adair was prin
cipal speaker at the Tuesday night
meeting of the Beaufort Rotary
Club at the Inlet Inn. He gave a
report on the rodeo sponsored by
the Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce.
Program chairman Jack Oakley
had as a guest R. M. Williams,
county farm agent Other guests
were A. B. Roberts Jr., and Albert
Gaskil! of the Morchcad City Ro
tary Club.
School Receives $200
Glenn Adair, rifht, pruidcat of tbt Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, |in Beaufort Hljh School Prin
cipal Brae* Tarklaftoa a check for |2M Wednesday from the chamher'a project fad. The cheek, sayi
Mr. Tarkiaftoi, wUI go to the schools athletic hnd. The chamber elected to make the doaatioo to the
achool a* "reatal" far achool bleachers laat year aad the bleacher* and field for Soday'i rode*. Gerald
Oil,' left, aad Uoldea Ballou, ckaaiher directors, watch the traasactlon.
Vote Sets New Record As
Democrats Squeak By
A record-smashing 7,679 votes were cast ill Carteret
Tuesday. Despite the tremendous turn-out of voters, the
margin between the two Presidential candidates was a
mere 71 votes!
With official returns from
and an unofficial return fron
all precincts except Straits
n i there, Adlai Stevenson led
President Eisenhower 3,875 to 3 KM
Gov. Luther Hodges led the it.tc
mocralic party to an overwhelm
ing victory ||e polled 5,2*7 votes
m this county. His opponent, Re
puhliean Kyle Hayes, received only
2,211 votes.
l-ed Ballot
n. G Bell led county politicians
in popularity, as he received 4 928
votes for state legislator. For state
senator, Carteret gave Luther
Hamilton Sr. 4,847 votes, and John
G. Dawson 4,617. Votes from At
anhc precinct arc not included in
those figures.
George Smith received 1 754
votes for constable of Morehead
township He had no opposition.
Morehead township consists of
Morehead precincts 1 and 2 Wild
wood, Broad Creek and Salter
rath.
Tuesday s vote broke the old
7,247 votcs cast '? the
1952 election by 437 votcs. Only
4.937 votes were cast in the Sep.
tember school referendum.
There are 14,559 registered voters
in the county, with 12.310 register
cd as Democrats and 1,692 regis
tered as Republicans. Registrants
in Atlantic, Cedar Island, Ports
mouth. and Wiregrass arc included
in that total but the County Board
of Elections had not been informed
even yesterday, of the number who
were listed as Republicans and tho
number listed as Democrats.
Adlai by a Nose
Unofficial results of the Prcaidcn
till race broken down by prccincti
follow (votes for Stevenson appear
first):
Atlantic. 205-94; Beaufort, 824
811; Bettic, 57-17; Boguc, 57-37*
M S2; cedar Island'.
?-?)# Cedar Paint, 82 41; n.vta,
rrS-m; Markers Islands. 213-279
Hartowe, 58-79; Marshallberg, 75
187; Merrimon, 55 24, Morehead 1.
332-480; Morehead 2. 483-457; New.
port, 383-317; Otway, 59-90; Pelle
tier, 47-27; Portsmouth, 5-3; Salter
Path, 122-15.
Sea Level, 64-59; Smyrna, 28-29:
Stacy, 16-86; Stella, 29-36; Straits
84-51; Wildwood, 182-153; Willislon.
; 17-130; and Wiregrass, 60-31.
Governor Wins
Results in the gubernatorial race
with Governor Hodges' votes first :
Atlantic, 246-52; Beaufort 1194
410; Bettic. 62-10; Bogue, 66-17
Broad Creek, 97-33; Cedar Island".
56 20; Cedar Point, 94-26; Davis
107-144.
j Markers Island, 306-178; Harlowe,
85-52; Marshallberg, 120-140; Mer
rimon, 73-12; Morehead 1, 735-233
Morehead 2, 698-195; Newport, 470^
206; Otway, 83-82; PcIIcticr, 53-10;
[Portsmouth. 8-0.
Salter Path. 128-10; Sea Level
85 30; Smyrna. 35-20; Stacy, 20-56;
Stella, 38-24; Straits, 90-25; Wild
wood, 243 90; Williaton, 25-120
j Wiregrass, 70-17.
I Complete official returns will be
[published in Tuesday's paper. The
County Board of Elections met yes
terday morning and canvassed the
vote.
Election blossomed forth with
bright, warm weather. The result
of the election and the number of
people at the polls still left some
folks gasping in amazement Wed
[ ncsday.
For four hours Tuesday after
noon it was impossible to walk
right in the courthouse at Beaufort
and vote. Voters had to wait in line
a few minutes ? an unprecedented
occurrence.
Newport lays claim to getting out
the largest percentage of its voters.
Of the thousand active voters on
the books, 702 cast a ballot.
William Dugce, Newport town
ship conatable, waa not on the bal
lot but was re-elected by write-in
I votes.
D wight Y>. Eisenhower
. . . voters like Mm
Post-Mortem
The Democrats wiil be licking
their wounds for the next four
years seems like. They still
can't understand why so many
"party faithful" exercised their
American right to vote as they
wished and cast a ballot for Ei
senhower.
One leading county Democrat,
chagrined that r> many (black
sheep, that ir 1} left the fold said,
"I hope that times get so hard
during the next four years that
Henry Ford will have to eat
sunt crabs cooked in a lard
bucket*." |
Claud W h e a t ) y , Beaufort's
noted Republican, said th^i out
come proved two things f
1. The rank and file of labor
is not blindly opposed to the Re
publican party, and vote as they
choose regardless of dictates of
union leaders.
2. A two-party system in the
South is entirely possible with a
little bit of work on the part of
Republicans.
Six County Residents
Complete Seminar
Si* residents of Carteret County
have received ecrtilicates for com
pleting a two-week supervisor's
seminar at Cherry Point Marine
Air Station. All arc supervisors in
the overhaul and repair depart
ment.
They arc Mrs. Mary Ellen Hol
lingsworth and V. O. Smith, New
port; J. R. Hasscll, C. E. Jordan,
and A. S. Taylor, all ol Beaufort;
and L. M. Ambrose, Morchcad
City.
Speaks to Club
John Oberhcu, Kinston, district
wildlife biologist, was guest speak
er at the I'elletier Community
Club meeting last night at the
community building. He showed
wildlife slides and discussed the
raising of food and covcr crops for
wildlife.
Patrolman Cites
Hit-and-Runner
An alert highway patrolman ap
prehended a hit and run driver at 6
p.m. Monday.
State Highway Patrolman W. J.
Smith Jr. wai pulling up in (rant
of hii home near the new More
head City fire aUtion when he
heard a crash.
He aaw that a ear had smashed
into a IBM Chevrolet parked In
front of Uie fire station, but the car
failed to stop. He gave chaae and
apprehended Roy Palmer Caap
bell, 2.V Cherry Point, and charged
him with driving drunk and hit and
run.
Campbell's ear, a IMS Pontiac,
?truck the ear owned by Vernon
Guthrie. More head City fire chief.
Damage to the Chevrolet waa esti
mated at ttm and damage to Um
Paotiac, $250.