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jE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?v 46th YEAR, NO. 101. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Towns Complete Scrapbooks In Finer Carolina Contest Beaufort, Morehead City and Newport have met the final re quirements in the Finer Carolina eontest. All scrapbooks reporting on town projects were turned in Saturday. A summary of the re port in each scrapbook follows: Morehead City's Finer Carolina Contest committee turned in its scrapbook and final reports at the Carolina Power and Light Co. of fice, Morehead City, Friday morn ing, one day before the deadline. The contest is sponsored by CP&L and is open to towns in the CP&L territory The scrapbook contained pictures of the new West End Fire station and clippings from THE NEWS TIMES. Fire Chief Vernon Guth rie was chairman of the project. He and the volunteer firemen raised $10,861.82, total cost of the building. Firemen did most of the work themselves, and Morehead City business firms donated material and cash. The station was turned over to the town commissioners Dec. 5. Markers Put Up The second project illustrated in the scrapbook was the street mark er campaign. Most of the $660 75 for erection of street markers was raised by the Lions Club, Junior Woman's Culb, Jaycees, and Wo man's Club. The organizations made house-to-house solicitations for the funds. A picture of the new historical marker on Fort Macon, at the At lantic Beach Bridge approach to Bogue Banks, is also included in the scrapbook, as arc pictures of four new directional signs to guide tourists to the fort. Completion of the project re quired considerable correspondence with the N. C. Department of Ar chives and History and the State Highway Department. The scrapbook gave a history of the Lions Club drive for funds for a $2,000 iron lung for the hos pital. After consultation with hos pital authorities, the Lions put the $1,300 which they had collected on deposit for use in obtaining res cue squad equipment. The fifth project is a new gym See SCRAPBOOKS, Page 7 Marshallberg Men Will Attend Christmas Party The Marshallberg Community^ Men's Club will celebrate Christ mas with a party at 7:30 Saturday night at the community building. Gifts will be exchanged and the church women who served the re cent barbecue dinner will serve re freshments. The men will meet at the build ing at 7 p.m. Friday night to dec orate it. At the meeting Saturday night at the community building, the club acknowledged receipt of a letter from Richard Whitehurst, president of the Gloucester Community Club, who reported that Bert M ears was in charge of the Gloucester fire protection fund. The Marshallberg Club has ob tained a fire truck and invited com munities which the truck will serve to help meet cost of opera tion. The pumper engine for the truck was installed yesterday and Leon Thomas, club vice-president, and other club members, are ex pected to go to Raleigh today to get equipment for the truck. New seats have been donated by Shelly Willis, Smyrna. It is hoped that the truck will be painted and ready for operation by the time of Saturday night's party. Plans for the new fire hall and additions to the hall, which will eventually become the community building, were discussed. Plans will be reviewed again in January. A letter was authorized to be sent to Alvah Hamilton, Morehead City attorney, thanking him for his assistance on legal work in connec tion with the harbor dredging. The club met briefly Thursday night and decided not to partici pate in the Carteret Community Hospital Association program at the present time. Four new members have joined the club, Lionel Salter, Wayland Gillikin, Wesly Wilson, all of Mar shallberg, and B. H. Willis of Morehead City. Papers Filed In Saw Thefts Extradition papers had to bo filed last week to bring five per sons now in Norfolk and Forts mouth, Va., back to this county for trial. Wanted are Mrs. Judy Powell Waddell, Alton Waddell (Judy's husband), Bobby Waddell, Merle Lee Foster and Ralph Arnold, The Waddells and the Foster woman are wanted in connection with saw thefts at Newport. Ar nold is wanted for violation of pa role. All were apprehended by Sheriff Hugh Salter and John Edwards of the SBI the weekend of Dec. 8 at Norfolk and Portsmouth. The defendants refused to re turn to this county voluntarily and for that reason extradition papers have been filed to have the state of Virginia return them here. Sheriff Salter said that the de fendants should be in the custody of Carteret authorities in about a week. Christmas Issue Will Go to Press Saturday THE NEWS-TIMES Christmas is sue. Dec. 25, will go to press Sat urday, Dec. 22. All news for that issue must be in the newspaper of fice by 3 p.m. Friday. The paper will be distributed over the weekend. THE NEWS TIMES office will be closed Dec. 25 and 26. The Dec. 28 issue will go to press as usual on Dec. 27. The New Year's Day issue will be published Tuesday. Jan. 1. The newspaper office will be closed on New Year's Day. Delegates Will Meet at 11 Today With Governor Two Groups Seek Laws Authorizing State Waterways Commission Representatives of the All-Sca shore Highway Association and the Southeastern North Carolina Beach Association will meet with Gov. Luther Hodges at 11 o'clock this morning at Raleigh. Luther Hamilton, Morehcad City, will be spokesman for the All-Sea shorc Highway Association and Sen. J. V.* Whitfield, Burgaw, will be spokesman for SENCBA. Other delegates from this area, representing the Seashore Highway Association, will be Stanley Wchab, Ocracoke, and J. A. DuBois, M^re head City. Garland Fulcher, Oriental, and Victor Meekins, Manteo, are also expected to be present. Glenn Tucker and Mrs. Alice Strickland, from the Wilmington area, will be among the SENCBA delegates. The delegation is seeking legisla tion to provide for a North Carolina Waterways Commission. Mr. DuBois said yesterday that there must be planning, on a state wide basis for waterways, a means of "following through" on projects, and state funds for purchasing equipment to dredge smaller chan nels and waterways. He said the state equipment could be used to build dunes on the outer banks as well as fill in marshes to combat the mosquito menace. "Better waterways arc essential to our state," Mr. DuBois said. "More and more people are owning pleasure boats. Waterways arc every bit as important to us as highways." Volume lTp 15 Per Cent The mail volume at the Beau fort postoffice is about 15 per cent above last year, according to Postmaster J P. Betts. Mr. Betts has been at the postoffice for seven years, and he says that every Christmas usually means more work for the postoffice crew than the year before. Coast Guard Captain is Most ' At Home Before the Mast Farm Bureau Sets Dinner Meeting Four purebred pigs will be given to winners of the Farm Bureau corn yield contcst at the annual Farm Bureau supper meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the PTA Center, Newport. The pigs, all gilts, will be given to encourage the breeding of pure bred hogs in the county. Paul Shacklcford, Farm Bureau field representative for this area, will be principal speaker. Carteret president, Milton Truckner, says that all regular and associate members are welcome to come to the banquet. Fred Norris, of Fred's Barbecue, Beaufort, will serve barbecue. Jaycees to Sell Bread Tomorrow Beaufort residents will be asked to buy bread tomorrow night when the Jaycees conduct their annual sale. Proceeds from the sale go toward the Jaycee Christmas charity program. In the past the Jaycees have averaged about 500 loavci during the house-to-house sales. House wives arc asked to pay any price they wish for the bread, being as generous as possible. The Jaycees arc also giving away a vacuum cleaner and port able TV set which will be award ed at the Pirate's Chest of Silver drawing at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24. 6 SHOPPING OAyS to Christmas ? By BOB SEYMOUR Sincc people don't understand when he calls B i s c a y n e Bay "home," Cmdr. Roy M. Hutchins Jr. of Morehcad City, says he is from Miami. Commander Hutchins, captain of the Coast Guard cutter Chilula, was born in Macon, Ga., but his parents moved to Miami, and he moved "to the bay," when he was quite young. Even before he took command of his first boat at 7, he had cruised the Ba Roy^ Hutching Jr. ha mas and Flor ida Keys with his father in a 52-foot boat. By the time he was 16 he was ready for more than the eoastal wa ters of Florida. Commander Hutchins camc to this irca in October when the Chi lula was stationed here, replacing the Coast Guard Cutter Agassiz. He made two trips to the Far East aboard freighters. One was on a Norwegian tramp, and the other trip was made on a Danish ship. Kilters Academy After graduating from Coral Gables High School, he entered the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., via competitive ex amination. While he was enrolled at the academy, he was active in the newly - organized Inter - colle giate Sailing Association which has since grown to include four mem ber groups, the New England, Mid Atlantic, Mid-West, and Far West. Commander llutchins graduated from the Academy in 1941, Just in time for World War II. During the war he compiled a distinguished record in the North Atlantic thea tre. Hit first duty was communi cations and watch officer aboard the Coast Guard cutter Mojave. In just four years he had dem onstrated hi* abilities a* a sailor and leader to such an extent that he was made captain of his own ship, the USS Covington, a patrol frigate of British design. Commander llutchins spent two years on the Greenland Patrol and escorted some 30 convoys across the submarine-Infested North At lantic. After the war he was sent to Germany to rceommisslon the three-masted barque Eagle and sail her back to the United States. The Kagle Is the Coast Guard Academy training ship. After re turning her to the academy, Com mander Hutchins remained there Comdr. Roy M. Hatckln Jr. . . . m skipper it 7 years for five yearn as sailing instruc tor. He raced at various yacht clubs in New England, and each summer he went on the two-and-a half month training cruise of the Eagle. From 1952 to 1964, Commander Hutchins was commanding officer of the cutter Ramsden that was on Search and Rescu* duty in the South Pacific. Commander Hutchins' last sta tion before taking command of the Chllula was in Cleveland. Last summer he won the Cleveland Yacht Club championship, winning seven of nine trophica offered by the club. lie wai skipper of the Petrel, which finlahcd seventh in 1 last year's Bermuda race. He says that he cxpccts to eon- 1 tinuc racing some of the deep aca events, primarily the Bermuda and Newport to Annapolis races. Commander Hutchina la entitled to wear the following campaign decorations: Navy and Marine See COMMANDER, Page T Highway Patrol Checks Four Wrecks ; Two Occur in Fog Four highway accidents occurred* in the county over the weekend. Two of the wrecks took place in Sunday night's heavy fog. Two men were injured at 8:15 p.m. Sunday in a wreck on the Crow Hill Road 14 miles east of Beaufort. They were James M. Hoff, route 2 Newport, and l^croy Branton, route 1 Beaufort. Rrdnton suffered a badly cut head and face and Hoff had cuts on the forehead and mouth. State Highway Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. said that Hoff, driving a 1948 Ford coupe, failed to make a sharp right angle turn, went straight and struck a tree. Hoff has been charged with driving with an improper operator's li cense. Car Turns Over Cecil Peterson, 608 Broad St., Beaufort, escapcd unhurt at 6:20 p.m. Sunday when his car turned over on Highway 70 three miles east of Beaufort. Patrolman Smith said tha* Peter son's car, a J 948 Chrysler, went off the right shoulder of the ro;id. The driver lost control and the car turned over. The patrolman said the car looked demolished. Peterson has been charged with going too fast for driving condi tions. The accidcnt occurred in a heavy fog. At 12:15 a.m. Saturday two cars collided a hundred feet east of the intersection of Highways 24 and 70 on Highway 70. A 1955 Chevrolet coupe, driven by Karl Nowell, Camp Lcjcunc, ran into the rear of a 1950 Oldsmobilc driven by Ardcn Ray Harper, route 1 Newport, according to Patrolman R. II. Brown. Driver Cited Nowell has been charged with driving drunk and careless and reckless driving. He suffered cuts and was taken by the MP's to the dispensary at Cherry Point. Patrolman Brown said the Olds mobile was going about 45 miles an hour when the accident occurred. Damage to the Olds was estimated at $300 and damage to Nowcll's car at $350. A 1957 Buick was damaged to the extent of a hundred dollars Friday night when it went into a ditch 12 miles east of Beaufort on Highway 70. The car was being driven by Philip Rodman Mason, Williston. Patrolman Smith said Mason ap parently rounded a curve east of Smyrna at a high rate of speed, ran off the road on the left shoul der, skidded, and went backwards into a ditch. The driver who was alone was not hurt. He has been charged with driving too fast for existing road conditions. Mason was head ed east at the time. Red Cross Gets $5 for Refugees By noon yesterday the Carteret Red Cross chapter had received $5 for Hungarian relief, Mrs. James Ru mley, home service chairman, announced. She said that $360 has been set as the county's quota in the Hun garian Relief Fund, frank Hollo well, Red Cross district represen tative, was here last week and expressed deep concern, Mrs. Rumlcy said, that the Carteret chapter had not, up to that time, collected money for Hungarian refugees. A five million dollar goal has been set nationwide by the Red Cross. Forty countries throughout the world who are members of the International Red Cross arc also helping in the refugee pro gram. Mr. Hollowcll terms the need for funds for this project "as great or greater than any call the Red Cross has ever had." The American Red Cross is in charge of one of the refugee camps in Europe and takes charge of the refugees when they arrive in this country at Camp Kilmer, N. J. East Carolina Will Require Entrance Exams This Year H. L. Joslyn, county ichool sup erintendent, announces that en trance tents will be administered to all students who plan to en roll at Eait Carolina College thia year. The cloaeat testing center ia at the college, Auatin Audi- < torlum, in Greenville. The teat day haa been set for Jan. 1>, with the teat beginning at 9:30 a.m. and running until 3 p.m. with an hour off for lunch. I Students who wish to take the I entrance taate ahould apply to Dr. Orval L. Phillip*, registrar, Eaat i C a r o 1 1 ? a College. Application | should be mada at leaat 10 dayi 1 before the date ?< U>c teat. Engineers Believe Solid Rock Underlies Channel Bed Clerk Adds Finer Points to Hanging The most artistic hanging in some time was conducted in the courthouse, Beaufort, last week. In this case it was pictures, not a criminal which got "strung up." A. H. James, clerk of court, brought some of his most recent oil paintings to his office, where they are now on display. Mr. James' pictures are scenes familiar to most residents of Car teret County. He follows the tra ditional, conservative line of art, and anyone can appreciate and understand his pictures. His boats look like boats, and the ocean is a realistic blue green. Mr. James says that any one who is interested is welcome to drop by and sec the pictures. Mrs. Mary Austin and Miss Caro lyn Guthrie, who work in the of fice, say donations, if any, will go to the "cokc fund." Two More Drop Out of Lawsuit Two more plaintiffs in the suit against the town of Newport have withdrawn. They arc Claude A. Henderson and Leslie T. Mann. This means that 20 citizens re main in the suit, hoping to block installation of a town-wide water system. J. I. Mizellc withdrew Dec. 10. A. H. James, clerk of Superior Court, said Saturday that both men have filed statements of with drawal with him. Mr. Henderson said, "I am not willing to accuse anyone of viola tion of election laws relative to this election . . He further seat ed that he was withdrawing be cause he did not want to put him self on record as opposing the progress of Newport. The 23 Newport residents seek ing to upset the referendum on the water bond issue, allege in part, that the referendum was not carried out legally. A notarized statement filed by Mr. Mann stated that he wanted to "let the people of Newport know that 1 never knew or was advised what this was all about. I do not wish to support these charges for I know nothing of them . . . "I am a carpenter. My life and living coming from the people of Newport. I wish to withdraw from this suit. I do not wish to stand against the advancement and pro-j gress of Newport." Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH IA)W Tuesday, Dec. 18 8:20 a.m. 1:S3 a.m. 8:39 p.m. 2:44 p.m. Wednesday, Dee. I# 9 09 a.m. 2:45 a.m. 9:31 p.m. 3:33 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20 10:01 a.m. _ 3:37 a.m. 10:24 p.m. 4:22 p.m. Friday, Dee. 21 10:52 a.m. 4:32 a.m. 11:19 p.m. 5:13 p.m. k Highway engineers have found a bed of what appears to be solid roek about 71 feet below the sit faee of the average mean tide <t the site of the new Beaufort bridge. Jack Burruss, engineer in charge, says that the discovery was quite a surprise, since previous explora tions in the area had revealed no such strata. Mr. Burruss says that if the rock is used as a foundation for piling for the bridge piers, the piles will have to be about 50 feet long. He explained that 101 pilings will be driven into bed of the stream be neath each of the two major bridge piers, which support the actual "draw." How Seal Poured A seal of concrete 8 feet thick, :i6 feet long and 40'^ feet wide will be poured, under water, on top of the pilings. The pilings will extend about a foot above the bed of the stream and into the seal. Sheet steel piling will be driven into the .bed and will extend above the surface of the water at high tide. The piling will act as a mould into which the concrete will be poured for the seal. About 450 cubic yards of concrete will be poured into each pier's seal. A long tube extending from a ce ment mixer to the bed of the stream is used to do the job. The "trcmie," as it is called, is any where from 12 to 16 inches in di-' ameter with a funnel at the top. Once the "tremie" goes into the water, it stays there until all the concrete is poured. The Job will take about 15 hours of continuous pouring. Mr. Burruss said that the cement would begin to set in about 12 hours and would be hard in about 72 hours, even under water. No load or strain will be put on the seals for over 30 days, though. Below Low Tkte Mr. Burruss explains that the seal will be some 14 feet below the water at low tide. Once work be gins above the seal, the water will be pumped out of the "well" form ed by the sheet steel pilings around the seal, extending above the sur face of the water. The water pressure is tremen dous, and sheet steel has been known to crumple under the weight of water, Mr. Burruss said. The "well" is reinforced and all safety precautions possible arc taken for the workers who work in it. Once the piers are up, "the worst part" of the bridge is done, says Mr. Burruss. He predicts that the crews will be able to begin pouring the seals by the first of March if delivery of the pilings and other materials is not held up. Rock as Foundation Mr. Burruss is very anxious to use the bed rock as a foundation for the piers because after hurri cane Hazel, the pilings under the present Beaufort bridge began to settle due to what he called "scour ing." He explained that when cxccp See BRIDGE, Page 7 Inspection Date Changed The National Guard inspections have been changed from Jan. 10 to Jan. 31, according to unit ad ministrator Sfc. Dennis Goodwin. The inspection will be the annual Third Army IG inspection with personnel from Third Army head quarters making the tour. Four Cases in County Court Docketed for Superior Term After hearing facia in (he ease of Frank Perm, magazine sales man from New York, Judge L R. Morris bound him over to Superior Court under $1,000 bond Thursday. Perns is charged with stealing 131 from the home of John M. McCabc, Wildwood, Saturday, Dee. ?. Sheriff Hugh Salter said that Penis broke into the McCabc home by taking out a side window. The McCabes were not at home at the time. Pcrua, the sheriff continued, took 111 from one billfold and $20 from another. The robbery took place about 3: IS p.m.. and Pcrua wai picked up at A: IS p.m. the same day. lie was held without bond prior to Thursday's hearing. Defeadaai Appeals The judge fined William Godette $200 and costs for transporting non laxpaid whisky and aiding and abetting in the possession of the same. Godette gave notice of ap peal to Superior Court and he waa was bound over under $300 bond. George Sparrow, who was let off with $25 and Costa (or possession of non-taxpaid whiaky, paid his fine. Norma Joan Pickens, who was sentenced to 90 days in woman's prison for assault, appealed the de cision to Superior Court and was hound over under $200 bond. William Henderson, charged with stealing $74 from the house of Na than Minor, Queen Street, Beaufort, was bound over to Superior Court under 1500 bond. Annie Ruth Ncw klrk, next door neighbor to the Minors, said that she saw Hender son leaving the house with a black purse Sunday, Dec 2. Judge Morris conducted a hear ing Dec. ? and because of conflict ing testimony he continued the case, asking the sheriff and the Beaufort police department to check on the tcstimonlca. After hearing the evidence presented by law enforcement officers this past Thursday he bound Henderson over to Superior Court. Clarence L. Aarig and Robert O. Arscnault, both charged with Sec COURT, Page J Heavy Tobacco Shipments Move Through Port A record number of tobacco ship ments have moved through the Morehead City port since Dec. 8, according to the North Carolina State Ports Authority. And two n\ore tobacco cargoes are scheduled for December, J. D. Holt, port manager, announces. The Hamburg - American line's Birkenstein is due Thursday to take on at least 782 hogsheads fo leaf for Germany and the Krlan gen, also Hamburg-American line, is scheduled to arrive Saturday, Dec. 29, to pick up tobacco. The Nabob, scheduled to arrive over the weekend, was delayed and didn't make port until yesterday. She is taking on 575 hogsheads and nine boxes of tobacco to be deliver ed to Bremen and Hamburg; also five bales of deer tongue, used for seasoning tobacco, which is bound for Antwerp. The Nabob was also loaded with 4(H) metric tons of fish oil which is bound for Rotterdam. The fish ! oil was taken from local factories in tank trucks and put aboard the ship. Last week the Jepperson Maersk loaded 220 hogsheads of tobacco for I Bangkok; the Tamon Muru loaded 803 hogsheads for Yokohama, and the Tsuneshima Maru took on 602 hogsheads for delivery to a Japa nese port. The Marine Dow Chem will call here tomorrow to take x>n glycol. Female Fighters Appear in Court Four young women who got into a fist fight Thursday night in More head City over Elvis Presley were given 10-day suspended sentences in Morehead City Recorder's Court yesterday. Ida Mac Dixon, 23, Broad Creek and Myrtle Frances Wallace, 21, llarkcrs Island, were ordered to pay costs and remain 011 good be havior one year. Joanne Roper, 19, Franklin, N. C., and Mary Revel!, 19. who gave her home address as Boston, Mass., were given until tomorrow to get out of town. According to Patrolman Bill Con die, the girls' fight attracted about 25 men and boys near 18th and Arendell Streets. He said when he arrived Ida Mae Dixon had Joanne Roper by the neck and was about to let loose with a haymaker. When she saw the patrolman, she un wound and walked to a car. Patrolman Condic said the fight started when Joanne claimed she'd been out "the night before" with Elvis Presley. Evidently the others didn't believe this, an Elvis Pres ley picture got ripped up, and the fight started. All four girls were chargcd with disturbing the peace. II County Men Receive Awards Kleven county residents were among 35 civilian employees at Cherry Point who received $1,525 (or beneficial suggestions which they submitted. The 11 men got a total of *547.50 for their sugges tions. Charlie A. Gould Jr., Newport, was presented 1200 for a sugges tion to improve the method of sludge removal from water soften ing units. This was the second highest award made. Others who received awards were Haywood W. McBride, Morchead City, 187.50; Raymond A. Taylor, Beaufort, $75; Samuel Davis, Mar kers Island. $40; William E. Baggs Jr.. Swansborn, $40. Floyd T. Willis. Beaufort, $30; Lester A. Gllllkin, Beaufort, $2$; Leo T. Gaskins, Beaufort, $15; Claud R. Dowty. Marshallberg, $1$; . Ikie W. Willis, Harkers Island, $1$; and Charles L. Greene, Newport, (5. Window Lights Broken Forty window lights were brok en out over the weekend at the Markers Island School. Sheriff llugh Salter Is invcaligaling.