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45th YEAR, NO. 94. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2S, 1956 F'l'Hi.LSHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Combat Leaves
For Florida
George M. Bowers Awaits
Repairs at Fort Macon;
Work Delayed
The Fish and Wildlife vessel,
Combat, is en route to Jacksonville,
?Fit., after completing several days
of experimental drags for deep
water shrimp off the North Caro
lina coast.
The Combat worked off this coast
two days last week and Saturday
put into Southport. From there she
was going to work to the South
Carolina line.
? G. B. Talbot, head of the Fish
A and Wildlife laboratory, Beaufort,
said the Combat worked night and
day and "turned up a few interest
ing things but nothing of import
ance."
The George M. Bowers, another
Fish and Wildlife vessel, is still
broken down at Fort Macon. The
Bowers came here to experiment
with a mid-winter trawl believed
valuable in taking fish in schools.
The Bowers' engines broke down
Nov. 10 and it had to be towed into
Fort Macon by the Conifer. Parts
4 suppliers in Norfolk have consist
* ently lost orders and shipped wrong
parts. Yesterday several members
of the crew, thoroughly disgusted,
got in a car and drove to Norfolk
where they hope to acquire the
proper shaft.
The Bowers crew was hoping to
be able to take advantage of the
good weather right now. Mr. Tal
bot said it may be possible that the
trawler will be granted an exten
sion of time to work these waters.
The Combat, a 9ti-foot vessel, is
leased by the Fish and Wildlife
Service. The Bowers, a 75-footer,
is owned by the Service. Both
worked off Florida before coming
here this month.
Jubilee Patron-Patroness
Canvass Begins This Week
Started this week was a town
wide canvass of Morehead City to
obtain patrons and patronesses for
the Morehead City Jubilee.
The canvass is being conducted
"by the three departments of the
Morehead City Woman's Club. The
Literary and Art Department, su
t>ervised by Mrs. Gus Davis, is
covering now the portion of the
town from the Jefferson Hotel west
through 13th Street.
Firemen Plan Usual
Christmas Program
Beaufort Firemen report that
their Christmas cheer program is
receiving good support so tar.
They arc planning their usual pro
gram of distributing gifts and
food to needy families in the Beau
fort vicinity.
Beaufort Girl Scouts ire dress
ing dolls for the firemen to give
away, and the firemen arc now
soliciting money to buy more
dresses for the dolls. The dolls
were donated.
Anyone who wishes to make a
contribution may take the money
by the fire station or call Clarence
Davis Jr. at the Beaufort Western
Auto Store.
Each patron or patroness will
have his name listed in the jubilee
souvenir booklet. The name will
be listed for $5 and the lister will
'obtain a copy of the book free. ^
f The book will contain a history
of the town, the centennial pro
gram and other items relating to
the jubilee.
Fiv# captains working with Mrs.
Davis on the current canvass are
Mrs. Bernard Leary, Mrs. Skinner
Chalk Jr., Mrs. A. F. Chestnut,
Mrs. H. A. Weeks and Mrs. A. B.
Roberts.
Mrs. Earl Norwood, head of the
American Home Department, is in
charge of another section of town
and Mrs. F. C. Salisbury, head of
the Garden and Civic Club, is in
charge of the third section.
In addition to the patron and pa
troness page, there will be a me
morial page on which persons may
pay tribute to deceased members
of their family. Names will be list
ed there at $5 per name and this
listing will also entitle the person,
entering the name, to a free book
let.
The centennial committee re
quests full support of this project
since it will be one of the major
money-raising events to finance
the celebration.
Gloucester Club Receives
Use of Property for Park
Gloucester's community program
rcccivcd a big boost with the an
? nounccmcnt Tuesday night at the
community club meeting that Miss
Josie Pigott and Mrs. Lillian Wil
lis had donated a tract of land
for use as a community park.
When the land is no longer used
by the community, it will revert
to its original owners.
A building already under con
Lions Club Sells
Seals lor Blind
The Morehead City Lions Club
sight conservation committee,
Frank Moran, chairman, has sent
out letter* soliciting money for the
Liona Club blind fund.
The letters remind the reader
that during the Thanksgiving sea
son "There is no lovelier way to
thank God for your sight than by
giving ? helping hand to those In
the dark." ? Helen Keller.
The letters included Sight and
Blind Aid aeals for use on letters.
Checks ahould be made payable to
? the Morehead City Lions Club
blind fund and mailed to the More
head City Liona Club, Morehead
City.
In another effort to ralae funds,
the Lions will sell packages of light
bulb* to home-owaers Nov. M and
31. The bulb* will be wrappad In
S2 packagea and include free thea
tre pasaca.
struction on the property and
owned by Rill and Murray Pigott,
has been bought by the club.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Piper, who
were host to the club Tuesday
night, and Miss Josie Pigott were
appointed to a committee to plan
for the community Christmas tree.
Clean-Dp Day
December will be a busy month
for the Gloucester folks. The club
has scheduled clcan-up day at the
park Saturday, Dec. 1, a weiner
and hamburger roaat (each fam
ily bringing its own food) for Sat
urday, Dec. 8, the regular club
meeting Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Mac
Farlane, and the Christmas party
the latter part of the month.
Because the club has grown 40
large, it was decided that a con
stitutlon and by-laws ahould be
drawn. Appointed to that commit
tee are Miss Josic Pigott, Mrs.
Nat 8mith and Miss Mary White
hurst.
Achievement Report
Named to compile a report on
the club'f accomplishments dur
ing the past year were Mrs. Rich
ard Whitehurst and Mrs. Lillian
Willis. This report will be given
at the December meeting.
In compliance with a request by
the. Marshallberg Community club,
the club collected tlO.lt Tuesday
night as Its contribution toward
an American flag and a Boy Scout
flag for the Boy Scout troop cov
ering Gloucester, Marshallberg.
Smyrna, Strain, and W Ullst on
Following the meeting, cake and
coffee were served.
Christy James to Portray
Peg in Saturday Night Play
Photos by Kenneth Flarhter
I-eft above is Virginia Morris as the maid with Pet, the dog of the Chichester household. The dog
pictured here is Patsy, stand-in for Sally Bett Willis, who will play the role of Pet Saturday night. Right
is the Chichester family, Mrs. Chichester, her daughter, Ethel, and her sun, a dcah, deah boy, Alaric.
Champion
. . . portrays Michael
Pretty Christy James brings to
life the adorable character. Peg,
in the long-time favorite, Peg O'
My Heart, which will be given Sat
urday night at the recreation
building, Morehead City.
The play is being produced by
the Carteret Community Theatre
under the direction of Tressa Royal
Vickcrs. The curtain, a new one
just purchased by the theatre, will
open at 8 p.m.
Other leads will be played by
Barry Willis as Jerry, Mildred
Whealton as Ethel and Frank
Jones as Alaric.
Five others complete the cast:
John James plays the role of
Brent; C. Arthur Stone is llawkcs;
Allen Colenda is the butler; Vir
Newspaper Goes
Tp_Press Early
THE NEWS-TIMES went to
press Wednesday night so that
its staff eould observe Thanks
giving Day as a holiday.
For that reason the papers
were placed in the postofficc
early and will be on newsstands
and available from carriers a
day early.
Firemen Called
To Hibbs Home
Morehcad City firemen answered
their second fire call within 24
hours Tuesday afternoon. They
were c ailed to 2007 Evans St., the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Hibbs.
Dan Willis, driver of one of the
two fire trucks making the trip,
said that Mrs. Hibbs called the
police department to report the
fire.
He said that she was cooking
dinner when a child pulled a
blanket across the stove, catching
the blanket on fire. Mrs. Hibln
ran through the house with the
burning blanket and threw it out
the door.
Mr. Willis estimated that about
$100 damage was done to the
house. The other (ire reported was
Mpnday night at Freeman's Up
holstery on Bridges Street.
To Barge Fuel
Aviation Fuel Terminals plans to
ship two barge loads of jet fuel to
Cherry Point this week. The Gulf
Atlantic Towing Co. barge No. 11
made a trip Wednesday night and
another Thursday.
ginia Morris, the maid, and Ruth
Peeling, Mrs. Chichester.
Two canine characters are
Champion Brittingham who plays
the part of Michael, Peg's dog,
and Sally Bctt Willis, who plays
the part of Pet, Ethel's dog.
Champion is a member of the
Bill Brittingham household, Mans
field Park, and Sally Bett lives
with Mrs. D. B. Willis and daugh- 1
ler, Joyce, Morehcad City.
Proceeds from the play will be j
divided between the Morchead
City Recreation Commission and i
the theatre. Admission is a dol- '
lar for adults and 50 cents for !
students.
Parents who would like to see ]
the play and have no one to keep
their young children may leave
them with Mrs. Mamie Taylor,
who will provide a free baby
sitting service at the recreation
building.
Mrs. Taylor was in charge of
the "romper room" age group
during the summer recreation pro
gram and is fully qualified to look
after little ones and keep them
entertained.
Refreshments and cigarettcs will
be sold in the lobby during inter
mission.
Among business firms which
have assisted in the production
are .the Town and Sound Shop.
Morehcad City, which is provid
ing part of the wardrobe for the
cast.
Three New Book
Stations Set Up
Three new book stations were
set up in the county Tuesday, one
at Broad Creek in the home of
Mrs. Leslie Sanders, one at Crab
Point at the home of Mrs. H. H.
Scott, and one at Williston at the
home of Mrs. Pauline Wade.
Each book station has books for
adults, some fiction and some non
fiction, as well as a number of
books listed on the Home Demon
stration Club Reading lists. Each
station also has a small supply of
books for children, announces Miss
Dorothy Avery, county library di
dcctor.
The bookmobile has visited the
schools of the county for the sec
ond time during this school year.
Books left in September were
pickcd up and a new supply was
given to each grade teacher. Be
tween September and the present
time, the circulation in the grades
amounted to 3,672. Of this 755 was
non-fiction and the balance, 2,917,
fiction.
The bookmobile will not travel
Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 26 and
27. Mrs. Monroe Willis, the V>ok
mobilc librarian, will be working
in the county library Wednesday,
Nov. 28. Thursday, Nov. 29, the
library hopes to set up more book
stations. Those communities (hat
do not have book stations arc
urged to get their requests in be
fore that date, Miss Avery con
cluded.
Operation of New Fish Plant
Will Increase County Income
Tide Table
Tides it the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Nov. 23
12:01 a.m. 3:40 a.m.
- 6:26 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 24
12:32 a.m. 6:44 a.m..
1:01 p.m. 7:2S p.m.
Sanday, Nov. 23
1.38 a.m. 7:33 a m.
2:05 p.m. 8:28 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 26
2:46 a.m. 6:04 a.m.
1:06 p.m. 9:26 p.m
Tueaday, Nov. 27
3:50 a.m. 10:11 I. m.
4:11p.m. 10:13 p.m.
' The Standard Products Co. fiah
factory, located on the Lennoxville
Road, will add about (2,000 a week
to the Income of the county, says
James J. Nelson, official of the
company.
The plant will employ about 30
men, all local residents. The four
boats arc manned primarily by 1
county residents, he said. The
boats are Elizabeth M Froelkk,
Leo Willis, captain: William T.
Covington, Elmer Dudley, captain;
Raymond Humphries, Robin Routt,
captain; and Tenderheart, Na
thaniel Jackson, captain. Each
boat has a crew of about 25 men.
The capacity o f each boat is
about 550,000 to 000,000 menhaden,
or around 150 to 200 tons. A com
pletely loaded beat can be emptied
in about an hour and a half and the
entire load can be processed in
about six hours at the recently
renovated factory.
The factory 1* equipped with sev
eral pieces of equipment which H.
R. Humphries Sr., founder of the
company, designed and are now
considered standard equipment
They include the Humphries fish
pump, a piston type positive dis
placement pump which unloads the
boats; rotary de-watering screens,
used to separate usable fish prod
ucts from water and waste; and
the Humphries fish measurer,
which measures menhaden In units
of thousands of fish.
A modern kitchcn Is located in
the office building near the factory.
Sm FISH PLANT, Page 1
Jaycee Program
To Finance Yule
Lights Begins
Businessmen Will Give
Ticket on Each Dollar
Of Merchandise
Morehead City Jaycees have dis
tributed 300,000 Christmas give
away tickets which merchants will
distribute on the rate of one ticket
for each dollar's worth of mer
chandise purchased. The mer
chants are paying a penny each
for the tickets, the proceeds going
to the Jaycee Christmas lighting
program.
Most Morehead City merchants
will start giving out Jackpot tic
kets starting today (Friday) Her
bert Phillips, president of the Jay
cees, announced
The tickets will make their
holders eligible for cash prizes at
drawings each Saturday afternoon
at the Morehead City municipal
building. The Jaycees will give
prizes of $100, $50, $25, $15. and
$10 the first three weeks in De
cember, and on the fourth Satur
day they will add a $200 grand
prize.
Tickets must be presented at the
time of drawing. 2 p.m.. for prizes.
Ticket holders may send their tic |
kets with friends or members of (
their families, but the ticket must j
be at the drawing.
The pennies paid for the tickets
will go toward Christmas decora |
tions for the town. In addition toi
last year's display, the Jaycees I
hope to put up lighted Merry
Christmas signs across Arendell
Street at each end of town.
Luther Lewis and Dr. Russell
Outlaw head the Jaycee commit
tee working on the project.
New Fire Truck to be Tested Monday
Morehead City's new pride and joy Is its fire truck which will operate from the West End substation,
shown in the background. Viewing the truck, right is Fire Chief Vernon Guthrie. Seated in the truck
arc Firemen Clyde K. Young and Nolan McCabe.
Photo by Bob Seymour
Morehead City's new fire truck.
No. 6, will be tested by under
writers Monday and following that
test the town will officially ac
cept it if the underwriters approve.
Chief Vernon Guthrie announced
Wednesday that the new sub sta
tion where the truck will be housed
will be formally dedicated in the
near future at a fish fry.
Chef for the fry will be Sam
Adler, Morehead City.
On permanent duty at the new
station are Nolan McCabe and
Daniel Willis, Chief Guthrie said.
The substation has been built
solely by donation. Citizens and
business firms contributed cash
and materials and firemen fur
nished the labor. The new truck
was bought by the town.
The substation is located on
Arendell Street just west of Dix
on's Motel. Its architecture con
forms to that of the motel.
The substation, started in April,
is one of the town's Finer Caro
lina projects.
In addition to labor, firemen plso
sponsored money-making events to
pay for the new building. They
raised $312.14 by sponsoring wrest
ling matches, $106.16 on a rodeo;
$76.75 on a bicycle give-away;
$505 on an outboard motor give
away, and $62 on a barbecue.
Other sources of revenue: lum
ber companies donated lumber
worth $320; roofing and whole
sale companies gave the roof $250;
electrical work $175; plumbing
$450, heating plant $1,000; drive
way and floor $550.
Structural steel $520, doors $120,
plumbing fixtures $300, labor (52
firemen contributed over 1,500
hours) $2,600, and cash contribu
tions $4,514.77, making a total of
$11,861.82.
Opening of Bids on New
Hospital Wing Deferred
Becausc contractors requested4
another week in which to prepare
bid*, the contracts for the new
wing of the Sea Level Hospital will
not be let until next Wednesday,
Nov 28.
The bids were scheduled to be
opened Wednesday afternoon at the
hospital. Wednesday was the third
anniversary of the formal opening
of the hospital which was built and
is operated by the Taylor Founda
tion.
Dan E. Taylor, Mrs. Taylor, and
their daughter, Susan, of West
Palm Beach, and Leslie M. Taylor,
Norfolk, arrived by private pull
man in Morehead City Wednesday
afternoon.
The two Taylor brothers, Dan
and Leslie, were to be present for
the opening of bids. They will
spend Thanksgiving with their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Maltby Taylor,
Sea Level.
The Dan Taylor family left West
Palm Bcach Sunday, went to Nor
folk where they were joined by
Leslie and then camc here, leav
ing Norfolk Monday.
The Dan Taylors plan to return
to West Palm Bcach Friday after
noon.
?
Two Cars Crash
West of Newport
Two cars collided at 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday on Highway 70 two miles
west of Newport. The driver of
the 1955 Chevrolet involved, Mrs.
Dora Rogers Morris, Havelock,
was charged with driving drunk.
No one was injured.
According to Highway Patrol
man W. E. Pickard, Mrs. Morris
was headed toward Newport and
turned left across the road in front
of a 1953 Pontiac headed west and
driven by Thomas R. Baylass,
Cherry Point.
Mrs. Rogers was alone. In the
Baylass car were Mrs. Baylass,
a child and another woman pas
senger.
Patrolman Pickard said the Pon- .
tiac slammed on its brakes and
skidded 50 feet before colliding
with the other car. Damage to the
Pontiac was estimated at $200; to
the Chevrolet $400.
Three Defendants Skip
Recorders Court Monday
Three defendants failed to ap
pear in Morchead City Recorder's
Court Monday. J. B. Crowe,
charged with passing a worthless
check. Mack Lloyd Hunter, charg
ed with speeding SS miles an hour,
and John Richard Taylor, chargcd
with speeding 70 in a 35-mile zone
and careless and reckless driving,
all failed to show up.
Roy Palmer Campbell was fined
$125 and costs by Judge Herbert
Phillips. The Judge suspended a
90 day sentence upon payment of
the fine and one year good be
havior. He was cahrged with driv
ing drunk and hit and run driving.
(.rover v Barnes, cnargea witn
driving without a license, and Wil
liam Henry Price, charged with
driving with an expired license, .
were fined 125 and court costs.
They were told that the fines
would be returned if they present
ed valid licenses within two weeks.
Zennie M. Matthews paid $10 j
and costs for speeding and violat
ing the city's scratch-off ordinance.
Costs Paid
Those who paid costs were Thom
as Clark Allen, Edward George
Karam, William P. Tottcn. James ,
Berkley Nolan. Herbert Hill Wil
lis, and Benjamin H. Choatc, all
speeding; Samuel Nathaniel Wil
liams and Jessie Amos Holland,
running stop signs; Charles John
Mandray, running a red light; and '
John D Whltford, driving on the
wrong side ff the road and passing |
on the wrong side of the road.
Joseph Harold Lathrop waa
found not guilty of parking on a
paved highway. The state did not
try William Anson Davis on a no '
driver's license charge when he
presented a license to the court, i
The following cases ifere con
tinued: Raymond Rusaell Cutshaw,
Jesae Bell Gould, Arthur Davis, 1
Bryant Foster McKnight, Abrom 1
George Ballou, Norma Dean Har- '
per, William Larry Sanders, Con
nie Matthew Willis. I
George Waahington Taylor, Ver- i
non P. Garner Jr., Julian Wade, ]
David Edward White, B. A- Jones, '
Howard Odell Huntings, Charlie i
Wickizer, George Williama Jr., i
and Mrs. Irene Andres.
Beaufort police Chief Guy Sprin- J
gle cited Nelson Hankins on ? I
charge of public drunkenness Tuts- <
day night. Hankins waa put In th? |
county Jail. i
Churches Observe
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving services:
8 a.m. ? First Presbyterian
Church, Morehead City, the Rev.
A. G. ilarris, pastor.
9 a.m.? First Baptist Church,
Morehead City, Dr. John Bunn,
pastor.
10 a.m. ? St. Andrew s Episco
pal Church, Morehead City, the
Rev. E. Guthrie Brown, rector.
10 a.m. ? Union Service, St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, First
Baptist Church, at Ann Street
Methodist Church, Beaufort.
10 a.m. ? First Methodist
Church, Morehead City, the Rev.
J. F. Herbert, pastor.
Schedule of services in St.
Egbert's Catholic Church was
indefinite due to Father Walter
Higgins' being out of town.
Seven-Year-Old
Discovers Fire
Scvcn-ycar old Douglas Freeman
was watching television when he
noticed a red glare in his grand
father's upholstery shop on Fisher
Street, Morehead City. Monday
night. He called Iris father, Gordon
E. Freeman, who works with his
father in the shop.
Mr. Freeman called the fire de
partment just as two men drove
up in a 1951 Chevrolet. The two
men rushed into the shop, picked
up a sofa bed which was on fire,
and brought it to the curb. Nothing
else in the building was on fire,
so firemen merely put out the fire
on the sidewalk when they arrived.
The sofa bed, belonging to Mrs.
Thelma Patterson of Havclock,
was silting on two saw horses
about 3 feet above a cement floor.
It was in the process of being re
covered, and several yards of ma
terial were draped across it, Mr.
Freeman said.
The loss is covered by insurance.
Cauae of the fire has not been de
termined, but Mr. Freeman saya
the only thing he can think of i>
that someone dropped cigarette
ashes on the sofa in the afternoon,
and that they finally caught on fire
about 7 p.m.
D. A. Freeman, owner of the
?hop, was not in town Monday
night. He has been under treat
ment at Sea Level Hospital for
some time.
Harlowe Resident
Wanted in Durham
On Check Counts
M. W. Warenfelt, Harlowe, wat
turned over to two detectives from
the Durham police department
ruesday in Beaufort.
Warenfelt waa wanted in Dur
ham on bad cheek charges. He
was arrested Saturday night at
Harlowe, where he was living
with his family. Making the ar
rest were Deputy Sheriffs Mar
ihall Ayscue and Bruce Edwards.
Bcause Warenfelt could not post
bond, he was hold in the county
lail until Tueaday when the Dur
ham officer* arrived. Officer Ays
cue said that Warenfelt had alao
passed some bad checks in this
county.
Rotary Club
Will Finance
X-Ray Machine
The Newport Rotary Club has
voted to sponsor the conversion of
the county health department's
fluoroscope to an X-ray jpachine.
After they had heard a report
on the activities and needs of the
health department at their regular
meeting Monday night at the PTA
Center, they voted to raise the
$350 estimated cost of converting
the machine.
Moses C. Howard was program
chairman. After a short quiz game
on county statistics, he used the
remainder of the program for the
health department report. Most
communicable diseases have be*
come very uncommon in the coun
ty, he said.
Tuberculosis has been respon
sible for 16 deaths in the past five
years. Nine new cases were re
ported in 1955, he remarked.
Mr. Howard said that 8,545 polio
shots have been given since July
30. Not one case of polio has been
reported in the county this year,
he added.
Publicity chairman Nathan Gar
ner said that five guests were
present. They were W. C. Carlton
and Albert Gaskill of the More
head City Rotary Club, Prentis M.
Garner of Newport, the Rev. Dan
iel H. Jolly of the Newport Bap
tist Church, and Evangelist Ray
mond Britton of Roanoke Rapids.
Banker Speaks !
To Rotary Club
James H. Davis, cashier of the
First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
spoke Tuesday night to Beaufort
Rotary Club on bad check artists.
Mr. Davis issued a warning
against accepting checks from per
sons who are known to give checks
continually when there arc no
funds in their bank account.
At a board of directors meeting
following the meeting, plans were
made for a Christmas program at
the Inlet Inn Tuesday, Dec. 18,
when the club will entertain the
Beaufort School faculty.
Viaitors at the meeting were
Dr. Darden Eure, Mayor George
Dill, Frank Cassiano and Buck
Matthews Jr., all Morehead City
Rotarians. The club met at the
Inlet Inn.
Carteret NCEA
Publishes Beacon
The county North Carolina Edu
cation Association has issued Ita
first publication. The Beacon.
The six - page mimeographed
newspsper is edited by Miss Char
lotte Ann Field, a member of the
Morehead City High School facul
ty
The first issue carries a report
on the county-wid* NCEA meet
ing at Morekead City School in
October, comments from officers
and school administrators, and re
ports oo county NCEA activities.