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45th YEAR, NO. 104. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Tragedy Strikes During Holidays
Alleged Car Thief
' Sent to High Court
James Oscar Chapman was
bound over to superior court un
der $500 bond Monday. Herbert
Phillips, judge of Morehcad City
Recorder's Court, found sufficient
evidence that he had stolen a 1951
) Plymouth belonging to J. D. Holt
to hold him for superior court ac
tion.
Chapman received a 30 day sen
tence for public drunkenness as
well. He will serve the time work
ing on the streets under the su
pervision of the superintendent of
streets.
Glenn Koy Oldham was given a
90 day sentence, suspended on pay
ment of $100 and costs. He was
found guilty of driving drunk.
Clarence Medlin was found guil
ty of temporary larceny of an
V automobile. Medlin had been
brought in by his bondsman after
a six-months scarch. He was or
dered to pay eosts and pay the
damage to William Kelly's car,
whieh he had taken. He got a
year's suspended sentence.
William T. Brock paid $10 and
costs for public drunkenness. Wil
liam Gordon Gaskill paid costs for
public drunkenness.
Charlie W. Willis, New Bern,
was fined $25 and costs for driv
ing without a driver's license.
Willis was told that the fine would
be remitted if he presented a
valid license within one month.
Raymond G. Chugg was taxed
half costs for making an improper
left turn.
Cases against Jerry Bryant,
William Kennedy, and James Car
roll were continued.
Rich Fishing Grounds
Located off N.C. Coast
Chamber Lists
Final Winners
The Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce has announced the winners
of the final drawings of the Pirates
Chest of Silver, Saturday and
Monday.
Saturday's winners were Jerry
Darling, $50, ticket from Guthrie
and Jones; Jimmy Kaden, $20;
tickct from B. A. Bell, Jeweler;
Mrs. Sue Gibbs Willis, $10, ticket
from Jim Wheatley's; Mrs. Gra
ham Duncan Jr., five gift certi
cates, ticket from Styron's Depart
ment Store; Miss Esther Cowan,
$10, ticket from Potter's Dress
Shop; and Earl Jones, $10, ticket
4 from Ben's Bicycle Shop.
Monday's winners were Mrs.
Dolly Smith, $50, ticket from John
son-Saunders; Tull Williams, 10
gift certificates, tickct from E.
W. Downum; Miss Lucy White
hurst, $20, ticket from Carteret
Hardware; Miss Lilly Lewis, $10,
tickct from Guthrie and Jones;
Miss Ruby Guthrie, $10, tickct
from Guthrie and Jones; and Jul
ian Piver, $10, tickct from City
Appliance.
Jimmy Raden, Morehcad City,
l was the only person outside of
Beaufort to win in either drawing.
Mrs. Pat Russell, chamber sec
retary, reports that the program
was very successful and that the
chamber appreciates the coopera
tion of the merchants and custo
mers who helped.
Shooting Accident
Reported to Sheriff
George Washington Boone Jr.,
15, was shot in both legs and in
the left foot Wednesday afternoon.
Sheriff Hugh Salter, who Investi
gated the accident, said that
Boone lived just over the line in
Craven County.
The sheriff said that Bolethcr
Fisher Jr., 11; had taken a 12
gauge shotgun and two shells be
longing to hii father. Bobby Mar
, i tin, 14, Fisher, and Boone were
playing with the gun when the
accident occurred.
The loaded gun was on the
ground, and Martin pulled the trig
ger with a stick. The charge hit
Boone while he was running away,
lie was brought to the Horchcad
City hospital.
Practice Bombing
Set for Maw Point
Cherry Point, N. C ? In keeping
with a policy of giving advance
warning to the public of practice
bombing operations in the Pam
lico Sound area, air itation offi
cials here issue the bombing sche
dule in force through Sunday, Jan.
, ?, 1957.
Practice bombing will be held
over Haw Point, alio known as
May's point area, from sunrise to
sunset on Dec. 2S and 29 and
from sunrise to aunsct on Jan. 2,
3, 4, 5 and 6
There will be no bombing op
erations on Maw/May Point on
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
Dec. 30, 31 and Jan. 1.
Use of this target area beyond
Sunday, Jan. ?, will be announced
at a later date.
Bark to Normal
The school student* seem to be
the only ones still enjoying the
Christmas holidays. Banka, city
halls, businesses, and the court
bouse were all open by ytsUrdajr.
? Oriental? There is a rich, "un
fished" fishing ground off the
North Carolina coast, but the U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Service is not
keeping it a secret, as it has been
accused recently. Garland Ful
cher, president of the North Caro
lina Fisheries Association said
today.
The Federal Service was ac
cused of withholding information
following exploratory trawls by
the Service boats Bowers and Com
bat off the coast in November. At
the same time test trawls were
done at mid-depth and down to
250 fathoms by the Sarah J.,
owned by Earl 11. Holton, vice
president of the North Carolina
Fisheries Association.
The exploratory trawls between
Cape Hatteras and Cape Fear
were costly in the loss of nets and
gear, according to Holton and G.
B. Tilbot, chief of the Fish and
Wildlife Service laboratory at
Morehead City. Several types of
deep-water shrimp were taken in
the nets ? the largest counting 60
shrimp to the pound, and the lar
gest catch of them three pounds in
one drag of the trawl nets. The
meat was found to be soft and dif
ficult to process, Mr. Holton re
ported.
The fishing grounds known to
the commercial fishermen, but not
adequately fished, however, is
the Raleigh Bay area Mr. Ful
cher said. Known as the "Fish
Basket of the Carolinas," it ex
tends from Cape Lookout to Cape
Hatteras, about 45 miles in length
and up to 10 miles in width. The
?direct approach to it is through
Ocracoke Inlet, which has silted
until it is dangerous to all but the
smallest fishing craft. The alter
nate route is 90 miles around
through Beaufort or Oregon In
lets.
The NCFA received a most fav
orable reception from the U. S.
Corps of Army Engineers when it
presented the case for the deep
ening and stabilization of Ocracoke
Inlet recently, Mr. Fulchcr said,
and favorable action for its im
provement is expected in the next
session of The Congress, where
an enabling act and an appropria
tion must be approved for the
work.
Thereafter, Fulcher said, great
er income will come to North
Carolina from the rich, "open se
cret" fishing grounds of Raleigh
Bay.
Beaufort Celebrates
Orderly Christmas
Beaufort Police Chief Guy Sprin
glc said yesterday that this has
hecn the quietest Christmas that h*
has ever known in Beaufort 10 far
as law violations are concerncd.
Chief Springlc and assistant chief
Carlton Garner arrested William
Owens, Matthew McCowel, Wood
row Wilson, and Howard Fordcll
for public drunkenness during the
three-day holiday.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaafert Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Dec. 28
5:27 a.m. 11:52 a.m. I
5:41p.m. 11:44p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 2?
6:17 a.m.
6:31 p.m. 12:42 p.m.
Suday, IX-c. M
7:02 a.m. 12:35 a.m. |
7:17 p.m. 1:2C p.m.
Monday, Dec. 31
7:44 a.m. 1:20 a.m.
1:00 p.m. 2:0t p.m. |
Tuesday, iaa. 1
1:25 a.m. 2:15 a.m. |
t:53 p.m. 2:52 p.m.
This is the 1951 Plymouth in which J. C. Fulcher, Stacy, was killed
Christmas morning, lie and Bruce Fulcher, Atlantic, were thrown
Photo by Roy fcubank*
from the car, which was demolished. Funeral services were con- I
ducted at the Fulcher home in Stacy Wednesday afternoon.
Business Forecast for 1957
By ROGER W. BABSON
Both presidential candidates, in
their pre-election speeches, prom
ised Peace, Prosperity, and Pro
gress. They stated that they must
do this in order to enforce the Em
ployment Act of 1946. This is the
basis of my Outlook for 1957, tem
pered of course by Russia.
1. World War III will not start
in 1957.
2. 1957 will witness gradually
increasing inflation.
3. Manufacturers will be faced
with higher costs for both ma
terials and labor.
4. All business will be confront
ed by increased competition, both
within their own industries and
from other industries.
5. More advertising will be nec
essary in 1957 if profits of manu
facturers and retailers are to
equal those of 1956.
6. Failures will increase in 1957,
both as to numbers and liabilities.
Thousands of small concerns will
be wiped out. One or two of the
larger corporations will face bank
ruptcy or re-organization.
7. Cost of living will rise slightly
during 1957.
8. Most labor unions will hesi
tate to make public fights for
higher wages, but will work for
shorter hours, pensions, and
"fringes."
9. Europe must pay so much
more for oil that it will have less
money for purchasing other goods.
10. Unexpected events will occur
during 1957; however, as a whole,
business will remain fair, but with
smaller profits.
11. As foreign countries must
pay in gold or dollars for oil, their
industries will be handicapped,
unemployment will increase, and
pressure for aid from the United
States will be greater.
12. The Federal Reserve Board
will not relax its restrictions so
long as we have full employment
in the United States; but if un
employment increases we may ex
pect a relaxation. 1 am very glad
Mr. Robert Cutler will again be
Mr. Eisenhower's adviser.
]?. OWlng 'lo the tremendous
numbers of employees, suppliers,
and retailers dependent upon the
large corporations, these will be
first to receive batik funds.
14. Many plans for expansions
of plants, by both big business
and little business, will be post
poned. Most corporations will find
it difficult to get new short-term
money at any price in quantity;
while long-term financing will be
too expensive. ?
15. Tight money will cause
state, municipal, and town gov
ernments to postpone plans for
building roads, schools, and hos
pitals except in cases where the
Federal Government pays most
of the costs. This will put a dam
per on many lines of business.
16. Owing to these increased
money rates, state, municipal, and
town bonds, although tax free,
have been declining rapidly in
price. Most financial advisers fore
cast much lower prices for such
securities. It is possible that the
postponement of such building
plans may so diminish demand
for such money that these non
taxable bonds will sell at higher
prices before the year is out. This
Roger W. Babson
. . . predicts the future
post poncment may also reduce the
price of steel and other materials.
17. The money managers for
each corporation, large and small,
will now arrange their financing
needs for two years by either se
curing the necessary funds now
or reducing their requests.
18. Prices of corporation bonds
will not recover so quickly as the
non-taxablcs. I forecast lower
price* for most corporation bonds.
19. Many of the smaller and
newer corporations will be much
disappointed by their inability to
secure funds during 1957, except
by selling convertible preferred
stocks on terms very favorable
to investors. It is well to issue
such securities when money rates
are low because the advantages
continue for many years; but not
when money is tight, as such se
curities then tic up the borrower
Committee Starts Plans
For Hodges' Inauguration
Yule Weather
Remains Warm
E. Stamcy Davis, weather ob
server, notes that Christmas week
has been about as warm as it was
last year. Dec. 23 and 24 were
warmer, while Christmas day and
Wednesday were cooler.
A heavy frost was reported both
Wednesday and Thursday morn
ings, and a light rain (ell early
Sunday morning.
Temperatures (or this week and
corresponding days of last year
follow:
Maximum Minimum
'56 55 '5# '55
Sunday 68 56 60 38
Monday 6? 60 6C V)
Tuesday 61 65 43 53
Wodncsday 54 57 33 41
Ship Due *
The Erlungen of the llamburg
Amerika Lines is due at state port
Sunday for a cargo of tobacco for
Europe. The Esso New Orleans
arrived at the Esso dock Wednes
day and sailed early yesterday
morning. She had brought a cargo
of gasoline and fuel ?U.
? Raleigh ? The Governor's Inau-H
Sural Committee announces that
it is making plans for a full, two
day program covering the inau
guration of Gov. Luther H. Hodge*
in February. In the past, all events
of the inauguration have been
held on one day.
State Senator James M. Poyner
of Wake, general chairman of the
commKtcc, reported that his group
is hard at work on plans for a
program that will begin on Wed
nesday. Feb. 6, the day for the
convening of the 19S7 General As
sembly.
This will allow ample time fol
lowing the opening session of the
General Assembly for social and
cultural events during the after
noon and evening which may be
planned by private groups and
others, he said.
Groups Cooperate
The Junior League of Raleigh
and the American Legion, Post
No. 1, of Raleigh, have notified
the Governor's Inaugural Commit
tee of their plans to co-sponsor the
Prc-Inaugural Ball on Wednesday
evening honoring Governor and
Mrs. Hodges, Lieutenant Gover
nor and Mrs. Luther E. Barn
hardt, and the Council of State.
The ball will not be sponsored
by the State, but will be a private
ly-planned social event for the
public with net proceeds going to
8m COMMITTEE, Page 1
Forty Years Ago
It Was Cold!
By F. C. SALISBURY
Forty years ago today, Friday,
Dcc. 28, 1916, the Morchcad City
Coaster stated that the largest
snowfall yet recorded in this sec
tion took place and was followed
by another heavy fall the follow
ing Tuesday.
The thermometer recorded 4
above zero at S o'clock Monday
morning, Dec. 31, and continued
to hang around that point prac
tically during the entire week. On
the morning of Jan. 4, 1917, it
registered 7'/4 above zero
The Coaater laid, "According to
our older citizens, in 1857 the tem
perature dropped considerably but
no weather as the .present spell
il remembered by them.
"The sounds and rivers are
frozen over. A number of persons
walked to Crab Point on the ice
which covered Calico Creek. All
fish boats and other craft are idle
and trains have been unusually
delayed of late.
"Many duck are being killed In
the harbor, in some instances off
the fish house wharves."
for a long number of years at
high rates.
20. This means that 1957 will
be a good year for investors to
switch from low-yielding stocks
to attractive bond issues.
Real Estate Outlook
21. Home building, corporate ex
pansion, and municipal improve
ments will decline in 1957. There
fore, it will not be a good year
for speculating in real estate.
22. Interest rates on mortgages
will be higher in 1957. Loans not
"federally" guaranteed will re
quire larger margins.
23. Real estate in large cities
will continue inactive with declin
ing prices due to lack of parking
facilities.
24. Suburban real estate will
continue active, but fewer new
houses will be built. Houses will
be for sale by executives who
have lost their well-paid jobs.
25. Purchasers will give more
attention to the size of the lots
than to the houses. Better loca
tions can be secured by buying
existing houses. Modern kitchens
will become a "must."
26. Acreage near proposed shop
ping centers will be excellent for
speculation. The automobile will
continue to raise havoc with real
estate prices, helping some loca
tions and hurting others.
27. New inventions in connec
tion with heating, lighting, and
other features will make most
older houses obsolete.
28. Large commercial farms will
continue prosperous. Small farms
on the fringes of cities will be
more valuable. The outlying me
dium-sized farms will be both ex
pensive to operate and hard to sell.
29. The nearness to schools,
churches, stores, and bus routes
will bccomc a more important fac
tor in the resale of homes.
30. Those wishing to own a well
located home to occupy will find
1957 a good year to buy or build;
but a dangerous year for specu
lation.
Stock Market Outlook
31. It is foolish for anyone to
now forecast the stock market for
1957. The Dow-Jones Industrial
Average, now around 490, may de
cline to 400 or advance to 800
during 1957.
32. All investors will want "saf
ety," but wise investors will first
decide whether they also want
"income" or "profit." Only by
luck can you obtain all three fea
tures with certainty during 1957.
33. Investors can buy. during
1957, well-seasoned preferred
stocks (preferably cumulative)
which will give, with safety, a
yield of near 6 per cent. I will
gladly send, free of charge, a list
of such to any reader so request
ing.
34. During 1957 good utility
stocks should be attractive for
yield and marketability. The de
mand for electricity will continue
to increase throughout 1957,
35. The above two recommen
dations apply to those in moderate
income tax brackets. The investor
in medium or high brackets will
buy during 1SS7 non-taxable state,
municipal, or town bonds carry
ing "full faith and credit." Taxes
will gradually increase during
1957, and non-taxable bonds will
be more in demand from wise
investors.
36. 1 am not now prepared to
See BABSON PREDICTS, Page 2
Automobile Accidents, Fire
Mar Christmas Season
Tragedy struck the county over the Christmas holidays
in the form of a fatal wreck near Stacy and a burned home
at Atlantic Bcach. Several less serious accidents were in
vestigated by the Highway Patrol and Morehead City Po
lice Department.
J. C. Fulcher, 27, of Stacy was killed early Christmas
Jaycees Praised
For Christmas
Lighting Program
The Morehcad City J aycccs'i
Christmas lighting program was
the subject of an article in Future,
official publication of the North
Carolina Jayccs.
The article noted that for many
years Morehead City's only Christ
mas decorations were the store
windows themselves and a few
meagre strings of bulbs straggling
the length of Main Street. Two
years ago, several local business
men asked the Jaycees to under
take a project of holiday decorat
ing. The Jaycees did.
Lights and decorations were pur
chased and installed with the en
tire campaign financed on a di
rect merchant contribution basis.
Everyone, adults and children
alike, were delighted with the en
hanced Christmas spirit of More
head's Main Street, and the mer
chants reported their success in
increased sales.
The success of last year's pro
gram called for a repeat perform
ance by the Jaycees. They insti
gated the give away ticket method
of financing the lights for the
1956 program.
Merchants were sold tickets for
a penny each, and the merchants
gave customers one ticket for each
dollar's worth of merchandise they
bought. The tickets made their
holders eligible for cash prizes at
weekly drawings.
The drawings were conducted
in front of the Municipal Building,
and cash prizes of $50, $25, $15,
and $10 were given away each
Saturday afternoon during Decem
ber. Monday afternoon the final
and grand drawing was conducted.
A $100 grand prize was added to
the awards.
New Stamp
Goes on Sale
Postmaster Harold W. Webb,
Morchcad City, announced today
that the 3 cents commemorative
Chilren's Stamp of 19S6 announced
recently in Washington went on
sale at the postofficc Tuesday,
Dec. 18.
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summcrfield has termed the stamp
a "symbol of the aspirations of
all Americans who fervently hope
for world peace in the years ahead,
stressing the fact that our chil
dren of today arc the hope of the
world tomorrow."
The design for the stamp, car
rying the slogan, "Friendship ?
the Key to World Peace," was
selected from among designs sub
mitted during a national competi
tion by the grade school and high
school children of the United
States, its territories and posses
sions.
The wioning design was sub
mitted by Ronald Dias, IS, a for
mer student of Roosevelt High
School, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Gull Causes Lights
To Blink in County
Lighti in Morchcad City and
Beaufort blinked at S:30 a.m.
Wednesday. George Stovall, man
ager of the Carolina Power and
Light Company. Morehcad City,
said that It was caused when a
sea gull which fleW between two
wires touched both Of them at the
same time.
Mr. Stovall had the electrocuted
gull in his office before noon. Its
wings were burned, and its body
feathers were singed.
He (aid that about this same
time last year the lights were
blinking once or twice every day.
The gulla were feeding at the gar
bage dumps and as they fought
for food as many as two or three
would hit wires together.
New Year Schedule
The banks, postoffice* . and pub
lic buildings will be closed New
Year'a day, but most businesses in
Morehead City and Beaufort will be
open. The Colonial and AfcP stores,
however, announce that they will
bo doled.
'morning wncn nis i v:> 1 riymoum
ran off US 70 near Stacy. The car
went off the highway and was com*
pletcly demolished when it hit trees
beside the road.
The car belonged to Parker Mo
tors. and Mr. Fulcher was driving
it until his new Ford, on order,
arrived.
Survivor in Hospital
Bruce Fulcher, Atlantic, who was
with him in the car is still under
going treatment at Sea Level Hos
pital. He had a broken hip, frac
tured pelvis, broken hip joint, in
ternal injuries, a mild concussion,
and lacerations of the face.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at the Ful
cher home in Stacy. The Rev. Paul
I^ec, pastor of the Stacy Free Will
Baptist Church, and the Rev. L. A.
Lewis, pastor of the At. antic Meth
odist Church, conducted the ser
vices.
He was buried in the Stacy com
munity cemetery. He is survived
by his mother and father, Mr. and
Mrs. James Washington Fulcher, a
brother Milton, and a sister, Mrs.
Mildred Golden.
Home Bums
The residence of Mr. and Mrs. C.
H. Smith burned to the ground
Monday morning before firemen
from Morehead City could get the
blaze under control. The Smiths
were out of town for Christmas,
and neighbors reported the fire.
The new fire truck from the West
End substation was the first engine
at the scene, but it used all its
water and returned to the station.
A tank truck and an engine from
the main fire station stayed at the
house and tried to keep the fire
from spreading. A small, one-room
house trailer was damaged consid
erably by the fire.
The house was located near Mom
and Pop's fishing pier and tackle
shop which burned last October.
Accidents Begin
Alvin Wade Jr., Morehead City,
turned over a 1954 Chevrolet be
longing to Denny T. Lawrence Fri
day night in the first of a scries of
accidents in the county. Wade
turned from 33rd Street onto Aren
dcll and lost control of the car.
It cut across the grass plot in
the middle of the road, circled
back, hit the curb, and turned over
on its side about 200 feet east of
33rd Street. Morehead City police
man Murphy Jenkins, who investi
gated the accident, said that no
charges were preferred.
Neither Wade nor Lawrence, who
was also in the car, was injured.
Highway Patrolman Bill Pickard
investigated four accidents during
the holidays. Roland B. Turner,
Morehead City, turned his 1952
Ford pickup over early Sunday
morning two miles cast of Beau
fort.
V i?lr
Mr. Turner said that he was driv
ing east when his brakes locked
and he skidded off the road and
turned over. Damage to the truck
was estimated at $250.
Sunday night James M. Graham,
route 2 Newport, ran off US TO one
mile east of Newport. He told pa
trolman Pickard that someone had
pulled out in front of him and
forced him to run off the road.
He was charged with driving too
fast for existing conditions, since
there was some doubt that a car
had actually forced him off the
road. Damage to his car was esti
mated at $100.
The third accident occurred Mon
day morning about 12 miles west
of Morehead City on NC 24. Joe
E. Lewis, route 1 Newport, slowed
his 1938 Chevrolet to turn off the
road, and Milton E. Bell, Swans
boro, driving a 1953 Ford coupe,
ran into his rear end.
Patrolman Pickard said that
heavy damage was done to the
front of the Ford The Chevrolet
was not worth repairing, he said.
Charles E. Beard turned over hla
1953 Bulck Christmas morning on
the Nine-Foot road (the road con
necting US 70 and NC 24). He lost
control of the car going around a
curve and it turned over, causing
about $400-$500 damage. No charges
were made against him.
Beaufort Firemen Called .
For "Christmas Tree" Fire
Front Street merchants in Beau
fort were sure that half the town
waa on fire Monday afternoon. A
low ceiling had caused amok*
from Rumlcy'a Feed and See/
Store to hang over that and sur
rounding buildings, creating ""
lusion of fire.
Firemen had checked
Fashion Shoppe
Hardware before they I
Rumley burning
trimmings is his