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46th YEAR, NO. 9S. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Mrs. Dyon Simpson Wins Club Award;
Miss Margaret Clark Delivers Address
There was standing room only
Friday night at the Home Demon
stralion Achievement program. One
hundred fifty club women ana
their guests heard Miss Margaret
t Clark, former home agent here,
speak on leadership.
Miss Clark, who Is now state
assistant 4-H leader, was intro
duced by Mrs. Billie Smith of the
North River Club.
Miss Clark referred to her five
years in this county "as the hap
piest time of my life ... I am
i a little better for having lived
i here," she remarked.
She recalled days between 1936
and 1941 when she travelled dirt
roads to Cedar Island and Salter
Path where the residents were hop
ing soon to get electricty.
"1 don't see one scene here that
looked like it did when 1 left in
1941," Miss Clark commented.
She said there was only one thing
that hadn't changed and that was
that the home agent was still with
out an assistant!
Turning to her theme, Miss Clark
? said that leadership is to a pro
? gram like the heart is to the body.
Leadership, she continued, is in
fluence with people.
Qualities of Leader
A leader, the speaker continued,
is a doer, always seeks to improve,
makes decisions, "starts where
followers arc," develops leaders
while leading, and aways has time
because he organizes well.
She commented that local 4-H
adult leaders are "the biggest in
fluence" in the 4-H program. Miss
t Clark said she would like to sec
more emphasis placed on the
youth.
In conclusion, 10 Home Demon
stration Club members, each hold
ing one of the letters used to spell
leadership, stood and named the
qualities of a leader.
They were Mrs. Dyon Simpson,
' Mrs. Lois Stallings, Mrs. Flay Mc
Cabe, Mrs. Selma Carraway, Mrs.
See PROGRAM, Page 2
Two Men Jump
From Bridge
An unidentified fisherman made
the catch of the year Sunday after
noon at the Atlantic Beach bridge.
According to police reports, a car
load of merry-makers were going
across the bridge when one of them
was dared to jump off.
The car was stopped, the dare
devil stood on the railing of the
bridge and jumped. A would-be
hero, remembering that his buddy
couldn't swim, went after him.
Someone called the Morehcad
City police and fire departments,
. but before they could get to the
bridge, a fishing skiff had picked
up the two adventurers.
Chief Herbert Griffin, who was
at the scene, said that he wrapped
the two in coats to keep them warm
and sent them on their way. Police
did not get the names of any of the
characters in the escapade.
Negro Stabbed;
f our Locked Up
Jour men arc in jail and one
,n the hospital as a result of
lrday night fights in Beaufort,
ice Chief Guy Springlc says
I Edward Barrett was found
ut 10 3g p.m. near the corner
Tcdar and Pollock Streets with
/ serious knife wounds just below
' his left shoulder.
William Godette and his wife who
were going to visit friends heard
Barrett groaning and called po
lice. Barrett was drunk, Mr. Sprin
gle said, and unable to give an in
formation concerning his attack
er. He was taken to Morehcad City
Hospital by the Adair ambulance.
llczckiah Green, Beaufort, and
James Brown, Avalon, Va., were
put in jail for being drunk and
t fighting in the Chicken Shack, a
night spot on Queen Street.
William Gordon Ward and Gor
don Sydner, both of Avalon, were
put in jail for being drunk and
fighting in the street outside the
Chicken Shack.
- Temperatures Stay
Above Freezing
E. Stamcy Davis, weather ob
server, says that there have been
seversl reports of frost in the coun
ty this week, but the chsnccs are,
he sdds, thst It wss s hesvy dcW
The low temperatures hsve been
around SO degrees so fsr, he said,
4 and that isn't cold enough for frost.
About one tenth of sn inch of
[ rsin fell Friday afternoon. The
| maximum and minimum tempers
r tures and wind direction for the
I period follow:
?ai. Mia. Wind
f Thursday 7S 48 SE
' Friday 75 40 SSE
I Saturday U M Nt
I Sunday M 47 N
Mrs. Dyon Simpson, Bettie, left, her daughter, Mary Ann, and W.
C. Carlton. Morehcad City, right, stand behind the gifts Mrs. Simp
son received as Home Demonstration Clnb Woman of the Year. An
nouncement of the award was made by Mr. Carlton.
Morehead City's
New Fire Truck
Arrives Saturday
Morehead City's new fire truck
arrived Saturday night. Engineer
John Parker drove it here from Mi
ami where it was on display at
the National Fire Chiefs Conven
tion.
Fire Chief Vernon Guthrie at
tended the meeting. The truck,
which costs $14,500, is now at the
West End Substation, and will go
into use as soon as all tests on it
arc made and it is formally accep
ted by the town. This is expected
to be in about a week.
New Colw
The new truck is red and white,
to Indicate that it is from the sub
station and not the down-town sta
tion. "Because the manufacturer
wanted to display it at Miami,"
Mayor George Dill said, "they've
chromed everything on it that they
could possible chrome. It's a pretty
thing."
The manufacturer paid the ex
pense of sending Mr. Parker to
Miami to pick up the truck. It:
was shipped there by box car.
New Building
The new substation still is in the
process of being completed. In
side finishing and painting is be
ing done and the side walls will be
brick- veneered. The station is be
ing built by the firemen.
It was used Nov. 6 as the polling
place for Precinct No. 2 -and is
expected to be the regular polling
place for that precinct.
Club to Sponsor
Dance at Smyrna
The Marshallbcrg Community
Club will sponsor a Thanksgiving
dance at 8 o'clock Thursday
night at the Smyrna School. Mus
ic will be furnished by the Caro
Una Pardners.
Proceeds will go to the fire
department which covers the
communities of Marshallbcrg,
Smyrna, Straits, Williston and
Gloucester. There will be both
square and round dancing ? as
the dancers wish.
Bids Are Opened
For Smyrna Shop
H. L. Joslyn, county school sup
erintendent, says that construe
tion on the tww ?hf> biwUtiig ?l
Smyrna will begin soon.
The bids were opened Thursday
afternoon with Wilton and Morton.
NeWport, getting the general con
tract. Beaufort Plumbing got the
plumbing contract, and Hataell
Electric won the electric contract.
All heating bids were rejected. A
decision on that will be made later.
The new agricultural shop, 33
x 110 feet, will house the equip
ment which the school obtained
three years ago, Mr. Joslyn said.
Even though it has been in a
make shift location, it has been
well cared for.
In addition to the shop itself, Oic
building will contain a classroom
and the vocational agriculture
teacher's office.
It will be built right behind the
main school building.
, Mrs. Dyon Simpson, Bcttie, was
I named Home Demonstration Club
Woman of the Year at the Achieve
merit program Friday night, Ameri
can Legion building, Beaufort.
Mrs. Simpson, mother of two
children and wife of a farmer, is
treasurer ol the 20th district fed
eration of Home Demonstration
Clubs.
Announcement of the honor was
madefy W. C. Carlton, manager
of Carteret -Craven Electric mem
bership Corp. Mrs. Simpson was
presented with an cleetr.c mixer
with meat grinder and juice ex
tractor attachments, bread andbut
ter plates, an electric griddle ?
gift certificate, and nylon stock
ings.
Her son, George, 13, >' *
grade pupil at Smyrna School and
her daughter, Mary Ann, 8, Is in
| the second grade at Smyrna
Simpson is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Hill. llc.u ort Rl-a
Among the reasons listed by
club women nominating her tor
the honor were the following:
"She is a busy housewife and
mother. Sews, cans and freezes to
help with the family income
"Works faithfully and willingly
not only for her own club, but has
given many demonstrations for
"'-Is always ready and willing to
do any task, regardless how small
or big and do it well. , ,
"She always has time to attend
all the leader schools and council
m-?he8Sis always so willing, to
share and teach all she learns.
"She worked faithfully with
Club boys and girls on a county
1 11 "She always has time to visit
I the sick and help anyone who needs
h?"Shc has done so much for our
club even though she is a member
I "'??She'lias a son who is an activc
^"on^ farm and assists
I '""She 'attends 'club" meetings reg
ularly and has not missed a meet
| '""She5 is" young woman, h,rd"'
working: and devoted to her club
wor*t" | yi ti? * Member
Mr Carlton mentioned that Mrs.
Simpson has been a member ol the
Bcttie Club about 14 years and has
missed only one mceung dunnc
that time-that was when her little
*iGifts"given Mrs. Simpson were
donated by C?rtc"lf ""c.rol.na
trie Membership Corp . Carolina
Power and Light, Jick f B
A Bell Jewelers, and Bew a.
Judges who selected the Woman,
of the Year were Mrs. D. F. Me
rrt Mffr.CFrlC. Salary.
mT D G. Bell, and Miss Ruth
PS "?erecTubd women aubmH
Nominations which did not gi
See AWARD, Page 2
Fabulous Trophies
Ptwto by B*b Seymour
Morehead City ?*jr?r, Gntic DOl, left, and T. T: "T?m" Patter, president of the FiWni Flahermea,
look ever (oar of the aevea trqUn preaeated by tka orf anliatloa to wlaaari at the Marahead City HaMag
touraameat. Tropktea are, left la right, Sailflak, retard flah eaaght ahaard Mae Water (Capt. Rahert
Falchrr); Spaahh Mackerel, wftaalag flah taitht ahaard Sylvia (Capt. Theadare Lewta); Aaaharlaefc,
Wiaaiaf flah eaaght ahaard DaipMa III (Cafrt. Wallace Gathrie); a ad Klag Mackerel, wta^ag Hah
eaaght akaard Oalphia (Capt Gearga Mawarth).
Longshoremen Strike Freezes
Hawaii-Citizen at Dockside
Curtain Will Rise Saturday
At 8 P.M. on Peg O' My Heart
Bedlam breaks loose in the Chichester household as everyone tries to "bring up Peg." Peg, played by
Christy James, is seated left in the picture left above. Ne?t to her is Ruth Peeling who plays the part of
Mrs. Chichester. Holding, Pet, the dog, is Ethel Chichester, portrayed by Mildred Whealton. Stand
ing left to right are Barry Willis, who plays the part of Jerry; Frank Jones, as Alaric Chichester and Vir
ginia Morris, as Bennett, the maid. Right are Jerry and Peg.
Saturday night at 8 o'clock the
curtain will rise on the long await
ed Peg O' My Heart, the play be
ing produced by popular demand
by the Carteret Community Thea
tre.
The play will be given only one
night at the Morchead City recrea
tion building. The recreation build
ing is located on Shepard Street be
tween 15th and 16th Streets.
It will climax this special week,
set aside by Mayor George W. Dill
as a week to call attention to the
town's recreation program. Pro
ceeds from the play will be divided
between the theatre and the More
head City Recreation Commission.
The recreation commission will
use its share to Mp I hi
town's recreation program.
Peg O' My Heart is a highly en
tertaining story about a young Irish
girl who is placed in her aunt's
English household to be reared as
a "lady."
Unlike most plays. Peg O' My
Heart has two canine characters,
Pet, a little pampered dog of the
English home, and Michael, a
Heinz variety pup owned by Peg.
Michael likes his new home no bet
ter than Peg and in one scenc the
fur literally flies.
Four high school students make
their debut with the Carteret Com
munity Theatre in this production.
They arc Christy James as Peg;
Barry Willis as Jerry, who falls in
About 25 years ago, Peg O' My
Heart was given here. Among
members of the cast were the
present Mayor Dill who played
Jerry; Mrs. John Lashley who
played Mrs. Chichester; the late
Teddy Willis who was the butler,
and Miss Effie Davis Koonce, a
school teacher of that day, who
played Peg.
love with Peg; Mildred Whcalton
as Ethel, who is the daughter in
the English family; and Virginia
Morris as the maid, Bennett.
Christy is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John James; Barry is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wil
lis; Mildred is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Whcalton, and
Virginia is the daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. John Morris.
Other members of the cast art
Allen Colenda as Jarvis, the but
hcr; Arthur Stone as Mr. Hawkes,
the lawyer; Frank Jones as Alaric
Chichester, Ruth Peeling as Mrs.
Chichcstcr, his mother; and John
James as Brent, who's in love with
Ethel Chichester.
Director of the play is Trcssa
Royal Vickcrs.
Mrs. Mamie Taylor, who was in
charge of the recreation program
for primary children this past sum
mer, will be in charge of the baby
sitting service. Parents who would
like to see the play and have young
children may bring them to the
play where they wiU be cared for.
During intermission, soft drinks,
candy and cigarettes will be Mid
in the lobby.
Tickets arc now on sale. Admis
sion is a dollar for adults and SO
cents for students. Tickets may be
obtained from members of organi
zations which use the recreation
building for a meeting place or
from Miss Lillian Frances Giddens,
president of the Carteret Commun
ity Theatre.
Isle Property Owners Would
Accept Toll Bridge or Ferry
Four Hurt When
Two Cars Crash
Four persons were injured at
12:15 a.m. Saturday in a two-car
collision at Otway.
Injured were Julian Lee Davis,
USN, Davis; bis mother, Mrs. Nc
velle Davis; Furlow Hill, Otway,
and a woman passenger with llill
who was not identified.
Davis in a 1954 Chevrolet was
headed east when a 1947 Pontiac,
driven by Hill and headed north,
crashed into him it the crossroads
at Otway.
The Chevrolet was demolished
and the Pontiac badly smashed.
According to State Highway Pa
trolinan W. J. Smith Jr., Mrs
Davis's (acc was severely cut and
her left knee injured. Her son had
similar injurlci. Hill's face was
cut and hii ankle sprained
All were taken to the Sea Level
Hospital. Mrs. Davis and Hill were
still confined to the hospital yes
terday. Patrolman Smith said that
Mrs. Davis had just been to New
Bern to meet her son who is sta
lioned at Charleston.
Hill has been charged with driv
ing drunk, driving without a li
cense and failing to stop for a
stop sign. He has no license, the
patrolman said, because it had
been revoked for drunken driving.
Tide Table
Tides at Ike Beaaforl Bar
II Kill LOW
Tuesday, N?v. 2*
9:23 a.m. 2:96 a.m
9:43 p.m. 3:46 p.m.
Weterit;, Nor. 21
10:12 a.m. 3:46 a.m.
10:36 p.m. 4:38 p.m.
Tharaday, Nov. 22
11:05 a.m. 4:41 a.m.
11:11 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 23
12:01 a.m. 5:40 a.m.
6:26 p.m.
? Emerald I?lc property owners
arc in favor of either a toll bridge
or ferry spanning Boguc Sound,
Commissioner Ted Garner report
ed at the Morehead City town
board meeting Thursday night.
The board met at the town hall
with Commissioner Garner, mayor
protein, presiding. Mayor George
Dill, who appeared in a perform
ance at the high school, arrived for
the latter part of the meeting.
At the October meeting Mayor
Dill said that Governor Hodges had
inquired whether a toll bridge or
ferry from the Cedar Point scction
to Emerald Isle would be accep
table to the people of this section.
The board said it was in f^vor
of such arrangement but would de
fer a formal answer until contact
ing major property owners at Em
erald Isle.
Improvement Reported
Commissioner Gibbic Sanderson
and Clerk John I.ashlcy reported
that the street superintendent, J.
V. Waters, who suffered * heart
attack Wednesday, seemed to be
getting along all right.
The board authorized application
to Civil Defense for two low-fre
quency radio sets for the town po
lice cars. Also ordered paid was a
bill to CP&L for $91.71 to cover
cost of Christmas lights last year.
Light Approved
Placement of a street light in
the east alley of square <9, request
ed by Llewellyn Phillips and other
residents of the area, was approv
ed.
A letter from Dr. S. W. Hatehcr,
requesting a light it the east end
of Calico Drive was read. Dr. Hat
cher said that the area is used by
couples in cars "for imjnonl pur
poses." The board felt that a light
put there would probably be shot
out and Police Commiasioner Gar
ner said he would ask the police
cars to make nightly chccks by the
place.
Mr. Lashlcy called to the board's
attention the fact that a light at
17th and Avery Streets is contin
ually shot out. It was decided that
if the damage continues, the light
will be abandoned.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were com
missioners S. C. Holloway, D. J.
Hall and Jasper Bell.
D. E. Taylor Schodulod
To Attend Bid Opening
D. E. Taylor, West Palm Beach,
Fla., and other members of the
Taylor Foundation will be present
at 3 o'clock tomorrow when bids
arc opened for the new 20-room
wing of the Sea Level Hospital.
Contractors will be present at the
bid opening which will take place
at the hospital. The bids are being
opened on the anniversary of the
formal dedication of the present
hospital, which was Nov. 21, 1953.
| The longshoremen strike,
which spread yesterday to
the west coast, froze at dock
side the Hawaii-Citizen, a
freighter scheduled to load
tobacco at Morehead City
Friday.
The Hawaii Citizen, bound for
Gulf ports and the west coast, is
expected to stay at Morehead City
until the strike ends and it can take
on its cargo.
Longshoremen walked off the job
in New York City late Thursday.
Another negotiating meeting be
tween the International Longshore
men's Association and the New
York Shipping Association, an em
ployer group, was scheduled to be
held at 2 p.m. yesterday.
Head of the local longshoremen's
union is Leroy Guthrie, Morehead
City.
Issues at Stake
Issues in the dispute are wage
increases, length of contract, size
of work gangs, weight of sling
loads and a demand for a guaran
teed eight-hour work day.
Shippers have offered a 38 cent
package pay increase over a three
year period. That would have
pushed the basic wage to $2.80 an
hour, with 32 cents of the increase
in a direct pay boost. The present
pay is $2.48 an hour.
The union agreed on the amount
but wanted the raise over a two
year period instead of three.
The Hawaii-Citizen, due to take
tobacco to South Pacific ports and
Japan, docked at Morehead City
Friday morning, arriving here
from Baltimore. The ship is owned
by the Matson Line, under contract
to States Marine. She is manned
by an American crew.
Fortunately, no other ships will
be held up at Morehead City if the
strike is settled soon. J. D. Holt,
port manager, said that the next
ship to require stevedoring service
See STRIKE, Page 2
Auxiliary Makes
Jffl Saturday
On Variety Show
The Woman's Auxiliary of Sea
Level Hospital cleared $80 on the
variety show sponsored at the At
lantic school Saturday night.
The money will be used to help
furnish the nurses' home at Sea
Level Hospital.
Charles Caudell Jr., administra
tor of the hospital, was master of
ceremonies.
Appearing on the program were
Mary Ellen Chasteen of Straits,
who sang two solos, More and Al
legheny Moon; Wanda Brown of
Stacy and Malcolm Fulcher of
Atlantic, who played piano num
bers; and a group of AUantic boys
who sang western cowboy selec
tions.
The Girl Scouts of Atlantic pre
sented a stunt; 7-year-old Martha
Abbott of Sea Level sang the song,
What Will be Will Be, little Ellen
Webb sang a solo. The Old Fashion
ed Girl, and Diane Fulcher, At
lantic, sang Allegheny Moon.
Allen Taylor, Sea Level, present
ed an accordion solo; Evelyn Clyde
Hams of Atlantic did a toe dance;
an Atlantic quartet, Leon Salter,
Clarence Ross, Wiley Mason and
Edwin Salter sang Knocking at the
Door.
AUantic Brownies sang a group
of songs including one in French,
Taps, and the Lord's Prayer; Rick
ie Willis and Marjorie Pegora of
Atlantic, with a chorus, sang a
group of cowboy songs.
The Rev. Roger Reeds, pastor of
the Free Will Baptist Church, Dav
is, sang a solo and gave a talk,
baaing his points on words begin
ning with the letters that make up
the word Hospital.
The Harkers Island Chorus, com
prised of Ave girls, sang a relig
ious number, He Breathed on Me.
The men's quartet of Marshallbcrg
?ang and the program ended with
two selections by the Harkers Is
land Chorus.
Mrs. Winston Hill, president of
the auxiliary, said the program
was most successful and extended
her thanks to all who took part.
What Happened at Wildwood ...
Official county election returns
show that in Wildwood precinct
candidate* on the county ticket,
Nov. ( received only, 30, 27 and 27
votes. The votea were for Senators
Luther Hamilton, John Dswson and
D. G BeU.
But aa many aa 243 votes were
caat for other candidates.
One of the candidates on the
ticket wondered at the discrep
ancy.
C. Z. Chappcll, chairman <4 the
elections board, whan queried about
it yesterday, Mid that the elec
tions board members questioned
K when they canvassed the votes.
The board inquired of the regis
trar and pollholders at Wildwood
and was told that Judge Hamilton,
who was running {or senator, went
by the voting place on election
day and saw that voters were tak
ing the county ballot and throw
ing It on the floor.
He suggested, the poll holders
said, that if people were going to
throw the ballots away, there waa
no need to give them out.
So they stopped handing out the
ballot*. The three men on the
county ticket. Judge Hamilton, Mr.
Dawson and Mr. Bell, bad no Re
publican opposition.
Mr ChappeU aald that legally
everyone la suppoaed to get ?
ballot whether Uey vote it or not
and In Wildwood precinct county
and constable ballots were given
to all those who requested them.
The constable candidate had no
opposition either. Registrar in the
Wildwood precinct it C. A. Mc
Cabc.