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46th YEAR, NO. 1. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 1. 1957 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
The Past Claims 1956
By F. C. SALISBURY
January
Week of Jan. 1:
David Willia of Fairfax, S. C.,
assumes duties as administrator
of Morehead City Hospital ? Fun
eral services for Ernest Nelson
of Beaufort held on Sunday ? Six
year-old Ronnie Eubanks of Beau- 1
fort stricken with polio. ? Snow- !
flakes fell last Friday afternoon.
? R. T. Willis of Morehead City
retires after 60 years in business.
New Legion building in Beau- 1
fort opened. ? W. J. Blair of Crab <
Point disposes of dairy herd. ? !
Dr. O. H. Johnson of Morehead
City receives 50-year pin from
Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Marriages: Miss Joan E. Smith
of Morehead City to Robert De
Long. Miss Ann M. Perry to Ce
dric D. Beachem of Beaufort. Miss
Almeta L. Willis of Harkers Is
land to Thomas C. Gaskill. Mrs.
Allie Moore of Straits to Walker
Gwynn.
Deaths: Miss Minnie S Lewis,
82, of Sea Level. Phil Lockart, 61,
of Morehead City.
Week of Jan. 8:
Coast Guard Cutter Agassiz goes
to the aid of SS Marvin C. Mcln
tyre in distress off Frying Pan
lightship. ? Harry Venters of On
slow joins the county farm office
staff. ? County board endorses
the building of road from Have
lock to Pollocksvillc.
Mrs. Harry Williamson Jr., of
Beaufort joins the county welfare
staff. ? Piggly Wiggly supermar
ket opens under the management
of George Phillips of Morehead
City. ? Closing of the Atlantic
Life Saving Station meets with
opposition from down cast peo
ple. ? 486,315 tons move through
port at Morehead City during 1955.
Atlantic storm brings high tides
to county. Ocracoke hard hit. ?
John Young of Stella elected chair
man of the County Soil Supervis
ors. ? County ministers endorse
the building of the Presbyterian
College at New Bern. ? British
ship S. S. Marietta forccd into
port by storm.
Deaths: Henry L. Oglcsby, 83,
of Crab Point. John B. Congleton,
72, of Beaufort. Stephen W. Gilli
kin, 80, of Morehead City.
Week of Jan. 15:
P. II. Geer Jr.A win* Jaycee DSA.
award of 1955. ? Telephone ser
vice connects Ocracoke with main
land. ? Cold weather stuns fish,
bringing them to the surface of
the rivers. ? Winfield T. Rhyne
and James D. Renegar serving
as game wardens for the county.
Mrs. C. W. Davis elected pres
ident of the Beaufort Woman's
Club. ? Jamie Norris of Core
Creek killed in auto accident. ?
Mayor Dill of Morehead City re
elected to Travel Council of State.
? Robert Himmlcr, former resi
dent, murdered in Boston.
NEWS -TIMES wins editorial
award in state contest. ? Charles
J. Ross of Cherry Point killed near
the Blue Ribbon Club. ? Jack
Garner installed as commander
of the Newport Camp of Woodmen.
Marriage: Miss Alva B. Guthrie
of Morehead City to John J. Mc
Cann. Deaths: Mrs. Ida H. Gilli
kin, 77, of Otway. Mrs. Adeline
Mason, 83, of Stacy.
Week of Jan. 22:
Marie Mitchell, 7, struck by
school bus. ? Ethan Davis wins
Compass Award for Boy Scout
work. ? Quarterly meeting of the
Count/ Historical Society held in
Civic Center in Morehead City. ?
Mr. and Mrs. George Eastman
celebrate their 25th wedding anni
versary.
Ice storm played hob with
county power lines. ? Home of
Carrie Johnson of Beaufort gutted
by fire causing more than $2,000
damage. ? Mrs. Leon K. Thomas
of Marshallberg injured in car ac
cident in Wilson.
Marriages: Mrs LuciUe Parcell,
Morehead City, to Roy A. Cauley
Miss Wanda R. Jarvia of Beau
fort to Thomas J. Sapper. Miss
Janice M Keller of Bettic to Hor
ace G. Loftin.
Deaths: Stacy W. Wade. 80, for
merly of Morehead City. Mrs.
Eula S. Willis, 75, of Smyrna Mrs.
Troy Morris, 55, of Morehead City.
Mrs. Virginia Willis of Morehead
City. Monte Lu Hill, 7?. of Swans
boro. Mrs. Bolney Eaton, sister
of Mrs. Robert liarrell of More
head City. Mrs. Leta M. Jones,
40. formerly of Straits.
Week of Jan. 21:
The Rev. John Bunn Jr., goes
to Jordan to study archaeology. ?
Hurricane-resistant bouse being
built on the beach at Dub Colony.
? Mrs. Gene Smith, Beaufort and
Mrs. W. M. Brady, Morehead City,
named chairmen of county heart
campaign. ? Erma's Beauty Shop,
Morehead City, damaged by fire
to the extent of $2,000. ? Croaker
catches last week hit high mark
for the season. ? Carteret farmers
receive free grain under new re
lief program.
New Beaufort Bridge cost set at
$725,000, to enter town by Cedar
Street. ? * William D. Munden of
Morehead City acquires interest
in Bell Funeral Home.
Deaths: Jesse J. Garner. 67. of
Newport. Robert C. Darnell, 69, of
Newport. Jesse C. White, 51, of
Morehead City.
February
Week of Feb. 5:
I Hubert Gillikin of Otway, a bed
I ridden boy, given a TV set with |
: funds raised by NEWS- TIMES I
i readers. ? Hunting deer by spot
j light costs Laurie E. Guthrie and i
Oakley Willis $250 each. ? One
of the Navy's patrol boats to be f
given the name of USS Beaufort, i
I B. II. Stephens, Beaufort elect- !
, ed to State Board of Architectural
Foundation. ? Fire destroys the !
tourist court of Edwin Guthrie at 1
Salter Path. ? Miss Lillian Gid
dens elected president of Carteret j
Community Theatre. ? Joe Cox
named town commissioner of New-]
port to replace D. Ira Garner.
Marriages: Miss Mary S. SewcII ;
of Beaufort to Anthony G. Willis. !
Miss Kay E. Nord of Brooklyn to |
Ralph *?fcerien pf Morchcad City, j
Mis? Alcno Mason of Bcttic to ;
Lynwood V. Page. Miss Annette |
Merrill of Beaufort to Dalmon E. j
Lawrence.
Deaths: Miss Betsy M. Noe, 24,]
of Beaufort. Mrs. Mollie T. Has- 1
kett, 88, of Newport. John Clement j
Keel, 67, of Beaufort. Garland G.
Gillikin, 52, of Morehead City.
Week of Feb. 12:
Morehead Theatre destroyed by ,
fire Sunday morning. ? Ray Cum
mins named man-of-thc-ycar by
Beaufort Jaycees. ? County re
tains lead in state fish production
during last November. ? Frank
Cassiano elected chairman of the
Finer Carolina program for More
head City.
Hamburg-American ship takes '
on shipload of tobacco at local I
port. ? 6,000 tons of stone for !
Oriental breakwater being loaded i
at port. ? Two Japanese fisheries!
officials pay visit to Piver Island
Laboratory. ? Swansboro wins
first place in Finer Carolina con
test for town of its size.
Marriages: Miss Lave! Brush
wood of Smyrna to Troy Willis. I
Miss Joe Anne Powell of Raleigh
to William O. Crawford of Beau
fort. Miss Betsy A. Davis of More
head City to Gene G. Bowen. Miss
Glenda F. Gould of Newport to
Daniel N. McCain.
Deaths: Mrs. Jcancttc F. Willis,
70, of Harkcrs Island. Joseph R.
Lockcy, 73, of Newport. Mrs. Min
nie S. Eubanks, 74, of Morchcad
City.
Miss Joan Melton, Albemarle, was crowned Miss North Carolina,
at Morehead City.
Week of Feb. 10:
Construction of the Na\y LST
loading ramp completed on Radio1
Island. ? Luther E. Lewis elected !
president of Morehead City Mer
chants Association. ? Lions and
Nurses Association raise $1,500 to
ward iron lung. ? Mcdical Society
members of county give free polio
shots.
Tanker Maureen of Rotterdam
takes on fish oil at the Fish Meal
Co., Beaufort. ? Leon Thomas of
Marshallberg named chief law en
forc?ment officer of the fisheries
division. ? Beaufort school trus
tees limit activities for married
students. ? Newport puts surplus
property fire truck in operation.
Deaths: Twin daughters of Mr
and Mrs. II. T. Garner. John Ma
son, 86, of Beaufort.
Week of Feb. 26:
First Hattcras trawler delivered
by the Morehead City Shipbuilding
Corp. ? James R. Housman of
Newport held in death of his child
as result of beating. ? First car- ;
load of emergency grain unloaded
in county. ? High winds hit coun
ty over weekend.
Fred King of Beaufort injured
when struck by auto. ? Little
Symphony presents two concerts
in county. ? Mrs. Guy Carraway
celebrated her 25th anniversary
as postmistress at Mcrrimon.
Marriages: Miss Annie L. Tay
lor of Sea Level to Franklin Pitt
man.
Deaths: Capt. Willard Lewis, 57,
of Morehead City. James A. Smith,
54, of Havclock. Hardy Bailey, 85,
Beaufort.
March
Week of March 4:
Odoll Merrill of Beaufort was1
sworn in as a county commission-:
cr, succeeding E. H. Potter. ?
James R. Housman of Newport j
held for grand jury action follow
ing death of his child. ? J. O.l
Weeks appointed constable for Cc-I
[ dar Point section. ? Fumigation
plant being constructed at the
Port Terminal.
Mrs. W. A. Page elected pres
ident of the Broad (.'reek Home
Demonstration' Club. ? Alien Con
way named engineer at the Beau
fort Fire Department. ? Camp
Sea Gull establishes lodge outpost
at Morehead City on waterfront.
? Albert Styron of Ocracokc re
ported lost In Pamlico Sound.
Foundation laid for new fire sub
station in Morehead City. ? C<m
tract let for building of cafeteria
at W. S. King and Queen Street
schools.
Marriages: Miss Margaret F.
Overton of Ocracoke to Danny W.
Garrish.
Deaths: Paul 1). King, 56, of
Morehead City. Mack D. Jones, 4'J,
of Morehead City. Mrs. Simeon
Smith, 79, of Morehead City. Ab
solum Guthrie, 80, of Morehead
City.
Week of March 11:
Charles Willis of Salter Path
struck by car causing loss of right
leg. ? Twenty-nine men from Da
vis and six from Stacy join Down
East Fire Department. ? Ralph
j T. Wade, Morehead City elected
president Carteret County chap
ter North Carolina Education As
sociation.
Mayor Dill. Morehead City ap
pears before House committee re
garding municipal sewage dis
posal. ? Mrs. W. R. Hamilton
elected president Beaufort PTA.
Marriages: Miss Helen C. Willis
of Morehead City to Robert S.
Smith.
Deaths: Henry B Bagg. 65, Oc
racoke. Walter L. Guthrie, 64,
Morehead City. Louis C. Johnson,
61, Beaufort. Charlie Lewis. 58, of
Morehead City. Alonzo T. Salter,
71, Sea Level. Calvin Taylor, 62,
Bca\ifort. Mrs. Holland 11. Riggs,
79, of Newport. Charles H. Tyson,
50, of Morehead City.
See CARTERET, Page 2
Personal Property , New Real
Estate Must be Listed in 57
Wade Turner Sentenced
To Three Months Term
wade Turner, who pled guilty <
to charges of larceny, was sen- !
tenced to three months in jail
Thursday. Judge L. R Morris
handed down the verdict in Coun
ty Recorder's Court. Beaufort.
Turner will work on the roads.
Charles Moore, 25, was sentenced
to two years on the roads for
destroying school property. The
sentence was suspended on pay
ment of court costs and $100. He
was put on five year's good beha
vior by the judge. Sheriff Hugh
I Salter, who investigated the van ,
j dalism, said that Moore had bten i
drinking when he broke out the |
! windows of Markers Island school
building about two weeks ago.
Solomon Barnwell paid $100 and
costs for drunken driving.
j Carl A. Johnson and Nathan Me- 1
! Cowan paid $10 and costs. John
son was fined for careless and
reckless driving, and McCowan I
was fined for public drunkenness.
Three defendants paid court ?
costs. They were Clyde Merrill,
public drunkenness; Floyd Allen j
Garner, failure to blow horn be j
fore passing; and Robert Patterson I
Clark, failure to give turn signal. '
Six bonds were forfeited. Five j
of the six defendants had posted
bonds after being picked up for
public drunkenness. They were |
Woodrow Wilson, Frank It. Col- i
man, Anna Lee Crooms, Clcvc- j
| land McClory, and Ray Rapcr. j
James Lcc Graham, driving too
; fast for road conditions, also for
feited bond.
| The following cases were con- j
tinned: Irvin Willis, Dewey Wil
! lis, Ralph B. I,ockcy, Duncan
Sec COURT, Page 3
Section of Rose Bay
Opens to Oystermen
C. Ct. Holland, state commercial
^Nhcrioft coyMTUA?ion?r a snout***
Tnat a section of Rose Bay, Ilyde
County, which has been closed to
oystermen, will be opened today.
Oystermen will be permitted to
take oysters with dredges. The
dredge limit is 100 pounds.
! Commissioner Holland says price
j of oysters is good now. The price
; is as good as it has been in re
cent years, he commented.
Dr. R. L. Humber
Emphasizes Need
For World Court
Dr. Robert Lee Humber, Green- 1
ville, founder of the World Fed- 1
cralists, challenged the United'
States to take the lead in form
ing a world court of law to have
jurisdiction over international |
problems at the First Baptist
Church, Beaufort, Thursday after
noon.
I)r. Humber was speaking at the
16th anniversary of his founding
of the federalist movement. Kach
year he returns to Carteret Coun- ]
ty, the birthplace of World Fed
eration, and gives a report on its
progress.
He said that nothing on earth |
at this hour would prevent World
War III if Russia wanted it.
"Tho policies we are now fol-1
lowing are inadequate,'* he said,
"we haven't a policy for our own!
survival. The great need, which
; is shown oddly enough in this
week of the observance of the een- 1
tennial of the birth of Woodrow
Wilson, was the same thing which
caused the downfall of the League
of Nations, Wilson's dream.'' 1
j "We created the United Natiorts,
but did not give the U.N. authority.
There must be power with sanc
tions behind it. Law on a world
level must be provided," cmpha
; sized Dr. Humber.
j lie pointed out that five nations
?France, Italy, West Germany,
Japan and Holland? have written
: uito . Lbcir?, cq^tutiyns their ap
proval of Joining ? "world court of
law, should one be created.
> Dr. Humber and Mrs. Humber
| served refreshments to the 30 per
sons who gathered in the church
recrcation room to hear his re
port. He and his family visit rela
tives here and each Christmas
season spend some time at their
home on Davis Island.
10 Per Cent Penalty Set
For Late Tax Listings
Tax listers will begin listing personal property tomor
row morning. They will continue through Jan. 31. After
Feb. 1, a 10 per cent penalty will lie added to all who did
not list during January.
In addition to personal property, which includes auto
mobiles, TV sets, furniture, jewelry, and similar items,
School Bells Will
Ring Tomorrow
School starts tomorrow morn
ing, thus ending 12 days of "free
dom" for youngsters of school
age.
The courthouse, town halls and
other government offices arc tak
ing a New Year's holiday today.
Hanks and postofficcs will he
closed but most business places
will stay open.
THE NEWS-TIMES office will
be closed today, but will open at
8 a.m. tomorrow' as usual. -
Everybody here at THE NEWS
TIMES wishes for all a New Year
filled with good health, happiness
and good fortune.
Traces of Snow Fall,
Says Stamey Davis
Weather observer K. Stamey
Davis says that traces of snow
fell Saturday afternoon and Sun
day. There was not enough to
I measure, but his instruments show
led indications that some snow had
I been mixed in with the slight rain
j that fell on those days..
! The highest temperature over
j the weekend was 64 Friday. Low
est temperature was Sunday morn
ing, a .below freezing 30. Maxi
mum and minimum temperatures
and wind direction for the week
end follow:
Max. Miii. Wind
Thursday 55 33 WSW
Friday 64 53 SW
Saturday 63 40 NW
Sunday 47 30 WSW
I New Fire th?sc
| Newport Fire Chief B. T. Smith
j Jr. reports that the fire department
has a new hose that weighs only ,
1 60 per cent as much as the old
style, lie says that the new hose
I is also muifh stronger.
Norma Farrar Overcame Loss
Of Sight by Courage, Hope
By IXINORE COWAN STONE
For the Midnight Christmas
Mass. Saint Egbert's Catholic
Church had as guest organist a
holiday visitor to Morehcad City
who is something of a national
celcbrity. She is a celebrity not
only as an organist, but bccausc
of her many more notable accom
plishments; and bccausc she plays
without sight.
Of course blind musicians are
no new phenomena. But Norma
Farrar is much more than a com
petent musician. Although she is
barely twenty-seven years old, she
is head resident or house director
of a women's residence hall at the
University of Illinois. And her life
history is one of indomitable cour
age and initiative which might
shame many of us who have two
sound eyes.
Norma was not born blind, but
with such defective vision that her
doctor told her mother she would
be blind before she reached the
age of twenty. During her junior
year in high school. Norma, who
had already begun to study Braille,
finding herself unable to read her
text-books, decided on her own
responsibility that she should go
to the Perkins School for the Blind.
She says that Perkins taught her
to use her memory ? which is
amazing? and accustomed her to
appear in public, and play the or
gan.
Attends University
After graduation from Perkins
?nd from high school, Norma went
to the University of New llamp
(hire. Sincc it wss impossible to
have all text booka in Braille, she
found It necessary to have readers
for her courses. Miss Farrar's fa
ther, Charles Farrar. took a course
In Rraillc to help Norma with her
studies.
At the University of New Hamp
shire, Norma waa outstanding in
student activities. Within three
years, she waa an outatanding
campus leader. She was alected
to Mortar Board and was presi
dent of the Women's Student Gov
ernment. And since she waa In
terested In out-door activities, ahe
| See MISS FAKKAK, rage ?
photo by Bob Seymour
Mht Firrir walk* with bcr computlm. Putty.
> citizens will l>e required to list
"new" real estate such as new
buildings and improvements to ex
isting buildings.
Names of the persons on duty in
each township as list takers is
given below
"Old" real estate need not be
listed this year because a complete
survcyal of real property was made
during 1955 under the revaluation
program, according to E. O. Moore,
tax collector.
Because of the revaluation, the
county's tax rate was lowered from
$1 80 to $1.35 per $100 value. The
revaluation was authorized in an
effort to place county property on
tax books at equable values and
bring all properties in line.
Rale Not Fixed
This year's tax rate will be set
after the county commissioners
adopt a budget. The amount of
money they think must come from
taxes will then bo "prorated"
among the various county depart
ments. The tax statements will be
sent out June 15. and a 2 per cent
discount will be given to everyone
paying in June.
City taxes in Beaufort, More head
City, and other incorporated towns
in the county will be based on the
listings on the county books. Last
year Morehead City residents paid
$1.60 per $100. and Beaufort citi
zens paid $1.75 in town taxes.
No listings can be accepted over
the telephone because the listing
blank must bo signed by the prop
erty owner. All men subject to
poll taxes must register with the
list taker.
List-Takers
The communities, list-takers and
lis! taker's address follow: Cedar
Island, Mrs. Dora Day, Cedar
Island; Atlantic, Walter Smith, At
lantic: Sea Level, Mrs. Blanche
Willis, Sen l/cvel.
Stacy and Davis, Mrs. Delia
Davis. Davis; Williston and Smyr
na, Mrs. Dollie Taylor. Smyrna;
Marshallberg, James (lillikin, Mar
shallberg.
Straits, Gloucester, Otway and
Hettie, William Gillikin, route 1
Beaufort; Mcrrimon, George Har
dy, Merrimon; Beaufort, U. E.
Swann and C. Z. Chappcll, Beau
fort.
Morchcad City, John Baker and
Jerry Willis. Morehead City; liar*
lowe, Mrs. Fssie Wilkinson, route
2 Newport; Newport, Prentis Gar
ner, Newport; Pelleticr, Stella and
Cedar Point, Sam B. Meadows,
Stella; and Markers Island, Charles
W. Hancock, Markers Island.
Baby Smothers
In Crib Saturday
Cindy Lou Bennett, 23-day-old
daughter of Cpl. and Mm Caleb
James Bennett, Morehead City,
was pronounced dead at the More
Head City hospital Saturday morn
ing. The child was found smoth
ered in its crib by the parents.
They rushed her to the hospital.
Sheriff Hugh Salter, Deputies
Marshall Ayscuc and Bruce Ed
ward* and Miss Georgie Hughes,
superintendent of the welfare de
partment. were called to the hos
pital The sheriff's department
helped with first aid.
Corporal Bennett, a Cherry
['unit Marine, and hia wife, Vickl
Louise, live in an upstairs apart
ment at 2302 Arendell St. Mr. Ben
nett is 19, and his wife it IT.
Coroner Leslie Springlc says
that no inquest will be conducted.
The child had pulled a blanket
over its face and had become so
entangled that it was unable to
breathe, he said.
Graveside services were con
ducted In Bay View Cemetery
Saturday. The Rev. Samuel Moore,
pastor of Franldln Memorial
Methodist Church, Morehead City,
officiated. The baby had no bro
thers or sistera.
Tide Table
TMtt at (be Bciafwi Bar
HIGH LOW
Tiifidiy, Jan. 1
8:25 a.m. 2:15 a.m.
1:53 p.m. 2:52 p.in.
WMtariday, Jan. 2
9:03 a.m. 2:5* a.m.
9:35 p.m. 3:10 pju.
Ttartfay, Jam. 3
9:41 a m. 3:M a a
10:17 p.nk. 4:00 p n
FrMay, J. a. ?
10:19 a.m. 4:1
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