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46th YEAR, NO. 4. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1957 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Mayor Appoints
Fire Official
Beaufort Town Board
Adopts Scratch-Off
Ordinance Monday
(ierald Hill was appointed Beau
fort fire commissioner by Mayor
Clifford Lewis at a meeting of the
Beaufort Town Board at the town
hall Monday night. Mr. Hill suc
ceeds Julius Duncan, whose resig
nation was accepted by the board.
Mr. Duncan sent a letter of res
ignation to the board prior to the
December meeting, lie did not
state reasons for his resignation.
Town Attorney Gene Smith pre
sented a "scratch-off" ordinance
which the board had requested him
to draw up. A fine of $10 or 30
days in jail are maximum penal
ties for motorists who spin their
wheels on town streets.
Fire Chief Charles B. Harrell j
presented the names of new offi
cers in the fire department for
approval of the board. They are
Mr. Harrell, chief; Hub White
h'?rst, assistant chief; Wardcll
Fillingame, captain; Clarence Da
vis Jr.. lieutenant; and Gerald
Woolard, secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Woolard is also in charge of
the rescue squad activities.
The board voted to bear the cost
of the Fast Carolina firemen's
convention which was sponsored
by the Beaufort Fire Department
Tuesday night. Estimated cost of
the convention and supper was
$400.
Frank P. Wall and Glenn Poc
of Williams and Wall, CPA, of Ra
leigh presented the results of their
audit of town financial records.
They complimented city clerk Dan
Walker and Mrs. Mabel Cotting
ham on the excellent job they had
done in preparing the records for
auditing.
Mr. Wall suggested that the town
buy a machine which keeps tax
accounts for each person on a sep
arate sheet. Tfce machine would
pay for itself in less than five
years, he said. The machine would
replacc 30 ledgers now being used
in the office.
He estimated cost and installa
tion at $5,000. Mr. Hill moved that
Mr. Walker investigate the possi
bilities of the machine and make
a report to the board as soon as
possible
J. P. Harris, a visitor, was rec
ognized by the board.. He sug
gested that the mayor's salary be
increased. The salary now is $600
yearly. The board will act on his
suggestion at the next meeting.
Police Commissioner Math Chap
lain reported that only 33 arrests
were made during December.
Chief Guy Springle said that it
was the quietest Christmas season
he could remember.
Commissioners present in addi
tion to the ones mentioned were
Otis Mades, James Rumlcy, and
William Roy Hamilton.
Newport Rotarians
Welcome Visitors
The Newport Rotary Club wel
comed three v isitors to their meet
ing at the PTA Center Monday
night. J. P. Harris and Dr. David
Farrior of Beaufort and Buck
Matthews Jr. of Morehead City
were making up meetings which
they had missed at their own clubs.
Since President Bob Montague
was sick, vice-president Dick Loc
kcy presided over a brief business
session. Charles Long made pro
gram assignments through June
30. Each Rotarian has charge of
making arrangements for the pro
grams.
As program chairman, the mem
ber can invite a guest speaker or
take charge of the program him
self.
M. B. Taylor Blows Wife's
Head Off, Kills Himself
350 Firemen Visit Beaufort
rjW'toi Cy ??t?u S*k>iiioui"
Firemen from all Eastern North Carolina enjoyed a seafood dinner at the Fish Meal dining room Tues
day night. Beaufort firemen and the town of Beaufort were hosts to the visitors.
The Beaufort Fire Department
I was host to 350 firemen of the East 1
Carolina District Tuesday night. .?
i The visitors were treated to a sea- <
food dinner at the Fish Meal plant, i
owned by llarvey Smith. c
Volunteer firemen manned the 1
serving line and pulled "KP" while <
Mr. Smith's cooking staff put out <
enough food to fill an army. The I
quantities of food that hungry fire- i
i men ean put away compares with
the amount of coal put into fur- I
naces at a steel mill. <
Despite the best efforts of the
firemen, however, there was still
some food left over! Fish roe.
*lam chowder, fish, eorn bread,
rolls, boiled shrimp, coffee, soft
irinks, slaw, french fries, and all
the trimmings were served to
? very body who was ambitious
enough to try a little bit of every
thing, and there were plenty who
ivere willing.
An ice cold cola, red hot coffee,
Fish, fish roe, and everything else
jn the menu was stacked on and
troun<l quite a number of plates.
3eai?fort firemen carried seconds
o all the tables and kept dishing
hem out until no one could eat
mother bite.
After the meal, a short business
session was conducted. Joe Haley,
Winston, last year's vice-president,
was elected president of the district
or 1957.
Since the conventions rotate on
?n alphabetical list, the Beaufort
iremen estimate that the next one
or Beaufort will be in 1970.
Mrs. Will Oail Leaves Today
For Trip to United Nations
Police Seek Owner
Of Dead Dog
Unless the owner of a small
black and white dog run over
in Morehead City Sunday night
contacts, the police station, Jes
sie Finch, 1005 Arendell St., will
have to take rabies shots.
The dog was run over in front
of Mr. Finch's house and when
he went out to help the dog, it
bit him. The dog died and there
is no way now, polite say, of
learning whether the dog was
mad. Police did not learn of the
accident until Monday night.
If the dog had rabies shots,
Mr. Finch will not have to take
them, that's why the owner is
being sought. Taking the shots
is a painful process.
Rural Fire Association
'57 Dues Payable Now
Dues in the Beaufort Rural Fire
Association for 1957 are now pay
able.
They arc $5 a year per mem
ber. Money may be mailed or |
given to Mrs. W. J. I pock, Beau
fort, secretary of the association. :
Mrs. Will Dail, North River
Home Demonstration Club mem
ber, will leave today for Raleigh
on the first leg of a trip to the
United Nations building, New
York.
She will be one of 120 Home
Demonstration Club members
from North Carolina to leave by
bus tomorrow morning from Ra
leigh to take part in the fourth
annual North Carolina Home Dem
onstration United Nations Study
Tour.
The purpose of the tour is to
study the United Nations, its pur
pose, organization and policies,
first hand. The tour is designed
to teach Home Demonstration Club
women about the United Nations
so that they can return home and
help others to become actively in
terestcd in supporting it, and to
help build strong, well-informed
citizens in the rural communities
in North Carolina.
Some of the events of the tour ]
other than United Nations sessions
include dining in foreign restau
rants, visiting the Statue of Liber
ty, riding subways. Radio City
Music Hall performance, and free
time to see some of the Broadway
plays.
Highlights of the United Nations
sessions which will be attended
Crissie Wright Went Ashore
71 Years Ago Today ? 1886
By r. C. SALISBURY
Most vivid in the mind of Sam
! Parting of Beaufort is an event
that occurred 71 years ago today.
Jan. 11, 188fi. that of the wreck of
the Crissic Wright, a three mast
schooner which went ashore off
Shackleford Banks, about six miles
from Beaufort, with a loss of six
of its crew.
[ ? This wreck occurred during one
of the coldest and stormy two-day
periods in the history of the coun
ty. Even today the weather along
the coast is often compared to
"when the Crissie Wright went
ashore."
News of the wreck reaching
Beaufort, a rescuc crew was soon
gathered to go to the aid of the
schooner. The fishing boat, Nellie
Dey, owned by C. P. Dcy of Beau
fort and captained by John Dud
ley was placed at the service of
i the rescuc party, consisting of
Sam Howland, Mart Mason and
I his three sons, Dick, John W. and
I Hal.
I Young Darting, who was 15 years
I old, wai among the crowd on the
dock to witness the departure of
the Nellie Dcy.
Heavy Seas
Knowing that a heavy sea was
breaking over the bar of the inlet,
some 2S barrels of kerosene were
put aboard. When the bar was
roached the oil was poured on the
water to cut the heavy sea down.
Then the boat followed the (lick
across the bar.
Reaching the sccnc of the wreck,
the Nellie Dcy stood by while
the rescue party put out in a
purse boat and were able to reach
the stranded craft. First aboard
was John W. Mason followed by
his brother, Dick.
From the jib sail in which five
of the crew had wrapped them
selves, were found four frozen
bodies, Jeb Collins, captain, John
Blackman, mate, Sam Graver, sea
man and Chester Simmons, cabin
boy. The fifth man, Bob Johnson,
ahip's cook, had been found alive
when a rescue party from the
Banks had reached the ship before
the arrival of the Nellie Dey.
Two other members of the crew,
James Bos well, ship's carpenter,
and John Dozer, seaman, had been
washed overboard while attempt
ing to reach the jib sail. Later
their bodies were found on the
shore and buried on the Ranks.
With the arrival of the Nellie
Dey at Beaufort, the bodies of the
four crewmen were taken to the
Town Market building at the foot
of Front and Turner streets. Cof
fins were made by John West Noc
and the bodies buried in Oak Grove
Cemetery. A short service was
conducted by the Rev. N. M. Jur
ney.
Bodies Exhumed
A brother of Captain Collins,
having been notified of his death,
later camc to Beaufort and had
the bodies exhumed. That of Cap
tain Collins and Mate Blackman
were identified by the brother who
had the bodies shipped to New
York for burial. The bodies of sea
man Grover and cabin boy Sim
mons are among the unmarked
graves in the old cemetery.
Bob Johnson, ship's cook, th?
Sec SHIPWRECK, Page 2
Mrs. Will Da II
. . . Carteret delegate
by the women include speeches by
Dr. Frank Graham, member of j
the Trusteeship Council of the (
United Nations, and Mrs. Eleanor j
Roosevelt; a tour of the United i
Nations building; special lectures;
and a concert by the United Na j
tions Glee Club.
The group will stay at the Taft |
Hotel and will return home next
Thursday, Jan. 17.
Carteret Home Demonstration
Club members who made the tour
in previous years were Mrs. D.
R. Arnold, 1953; Mrs. G. T. Spivcy,
1954, and Mrs. R. L. Scarlc, 1955.
C&D Gives Okay
On Use of Park
Granted the Morchoad City Ccn
trnnial Committee this week wa?
permission to use Fort Macon as
the site for an historical pageant
during the centennial celebration
Aug. 4-10.
Action was Ukcn by the Con
scrvation and Development board
at its meeting in Raleigh and no
tification of approval was received
by J. A. DuBois, centennial com
mittee secretary.
In Raleigh this week also the
board passed a resolution calling
for legislation which would re
move the requirement that the
board meet oncc a year in More
head City.
Governor Hodges said that the
requirement "discriminates
against other towns." The hoard's
reaolution asks for a law that
would require it to hold one meet
ing in "coastal Carolina."
The board has been meeting
(very July in Morehead City, i
where offices of the commercial
fisheries division an located. |
M. u. layior, route 1 New
port, blew his wife's head off
with a double-barrel shotgun
shortly before 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon and then
went into an adjoining room
in h's house and blew his
own brains out.
Taylor, who was reported by
neighbor* to have been drinking
more or less constantly during the
past couple months, was 54 years
old.
The murder-suicide was discover
ed at 3 20 p.m. yesterday by Wal
lace H. Odom of the North Carolina
Department of Revenue. <>d >m was
making a call at the Taylor home
which is located six miles west of
Morchcad City on Highway 21.
No one came to the door w'?en he
knockcd and through the window he
saw a man lying on the floor. He
went across the highway and got
Robert lewis and Mrs Carlton
Taylor who went into the house
with Mr. Odom.
In the kitchen they fourd Mrs.
Taylor in a cotton dress at'd apron, i
sprawled on the fl<H>r. Blood was i
solattered all ovc the kite'^n. i
from ceiling to floor on white |
kitchen cabinets. The table was set ;
and Sheriff Hugh Salter said coffee !
was even perking on the stove.
The kitchen was located to the!
right of the front door. To the
left was the living room and be
hind that the liedroom where Tay
lor was sprawled. The top of his
head was blown completely away.
Tile shotgun, double-barrel, lay at
his feet.
11. A. Taylor, brother of the
dead man, who lives nearby, said
that Taylor has eight children.
All except two, Lois and Vernon,
who live at home, are married.
The Taylor home, a neat white
frame building behind a white
picket fence, is loeated diagonally
across the highway from the Jump
[ 'n Hun Service Station.
Officers at the scene yesterday
l>esidcs the sheriff were Deputy
Sheriff Bruce Edwards, Deputy
Sheriff Marshall Avscuc, Coroner
Leslie Springlc, and State High
way Patrolmen W. K. Pickard, K.
41. Brown and ,J. W. Sykes.
Dr. M. B. Morey was called to
examine the bodies, lie said the
brains were blown out of both, j
Bell's ambulance removed the j
bodies from the house at 4:35 p.m.
It was learned that Taylor had
bought a shotgun at a hardware
store in Newport several weeks ago
and hid it in the woods. Later he
was asked to return the gun, which
j had been bought on crcdit, and it
is believed that the gun he used !
yesterday was borrowed.
John Young
Wins Office
John Young, Stella, a Carteret
County ??oil supervisor, has been
elected secretary -treasurer of sup
ervisors of the Lower Neuse Soil
Conservation district.
The election took place Wed- ,
nesday when 20 supervisors from ;
Carteret, Craven, Onslow, Jones (
and Pamlico Counties met at the
i New Bern postofficc building. (
Attending from this county, in
addition to Mr. Young were Super- ,
visor llarry Lockey, Newport, and ,
David. Jones, county soil conser
vationist.
Officers, in addition to Mr. [
Young, are Charles Davis, Jones
County, chairman; and J. R. Rand,
Onslow County, vice - chairman.
Both were re elected. All will serve
one-year terms.
In addition to electing officers,
the supervisors discussed achieve
ments in the district in 1956.
Morehead City Firemen
Answer Calls Tuesday
Morehead City firemen answered
two alarms Tuesday night. Both
calls were made from the West
Knd substation.
The first call was to Mitchell I
Village, where a brush fire was |
burning near Grady Rich's house.
The second was to the residehce|
of Ray Andres, Bonner Avenue.
Someone in the house was smok
ing in bed, firemen said, and |
caught a mattress on fire. Thcj
only damage was to the bedding.
Tide Table
Tidei at the Beaufort Bar
IIIGII LOW
Friday, Ian. 11
3:18 a.m. 10:ltt a.m.
3:36 p.m. 10:16 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 12
4:25 a.m. 11:13 a.m.
4:53 p.m. 11:14 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 13
5 28 a.m.
5 56 p.m 12:07 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 14
6:24 a.m. 12:0f a.m.
8:52 p.m. 12:59 p.m.
Tveaday, Jan. IS
7:15 a.m. 1:04 a.m
1:43 p.m. 1:10 p.m.
Beaufort School's Polio Pal
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Six yrar old Joyce Womble of Lillington is this year's Polio Pal at Beaufort School. Joyce, a polio pa
tient, is shown with her teddy bear at (ireensboro Convalescent Hospital. Every Carteret school has a
Polio Pal for which it will attempt to raise money in the March of Dimes Jan. 21-25. The school which
raises the most money will be permitted to give its Pal a record player as a gift.
Marines Bound for Mediterranean;
Usual Confusion' Reigns Tuesday
The three Navy ships which*
port, Morchead
City, Tuesday morning arc part
of a carrier task force slated for
duty in the Mediterranean. The
USS Fremont, USS Olm stead, and
USS Muliphen loaded equipment
and men of the 2nd Battalion, Sixth
Marines, Camp Ix'jcune.
The battalion, under the com
mand of Lt. Col. Andrew I. Ly
man, is slated to relieve the 3rd
Battalion, Second Marines, which
has served in the Mediterranean
since September.
The departing unit, reinforced
by attached personnel from the 2nd
Service Regiment, Tenth Marines,
and 2nd Medical, 2nd Kngincer,
2nd Tank, Headquarters, 2nd Shore
Party, and 2nd Motor Transport
battalions, will number close to
1500 men.
The 2nd Combat Service (I roup
will also reinforce the battalion.
In preparation for its overseas
assignment the battalion has held
firing maneuvers as well as con
ducted tactical exercises.
Included in the training for each
company were maneuvers at
"combat village" and grenade
Ihrowing practice at the range on
Camp Lejeune.
The Marines will train with the
carrier task force, of which they
will be the amphibious arm They
will have time out from the train
ing to visit many colorful ports
"and to continue the Marines' role
r>f good will ambassadors in the
Mediterranean countries," accord
ing to a Marine Corps release.
13 Farmers Sign
Up for ACP Aid
Thirteen farmers have signed up
jnder the At'l' program to carry
nit approved farm praetiees. B
J. May. ASC manager, reported
his week They will receive fed
cral funds for undertaking ap
proved conacrvalion meaaurea on
heir farms.
Mr May said he hopes all farm
:rs interested in the assistance
will call at his office by next Tues
lay. But farmers may sign up
?s late as Feb. IS. he added.
If, after Feb. 15. the county al
otmcnt for the first half of the
rear has not been used, applica
iona will be accepted even after
hat date.
More than JO farmers have con
acted the office to inquire about
jutting land in the soil bank. Sign !
ng up for the soil bank will begin i
reb. 1.
The ASC office has already i
ligncd up farmers on IBM soil
lank blanks, but the state office
las announced that 1957 blanks!
nust b* used. They will be avail- j
ible alter Feb. 1.
AAUW Invites
Public to Meeting
At 8 Tonight
Dr. Helton Mc Andrew and Dr.
Trances Flcnry will he the speak
ers at the open meeting of the i
American Association of Univer- 1
sity Women at 8 o'clock tonight J
1 at the civic center, Morchcad City. |
They will speak on special cdu j
cation programs for the child un- ;
able to fit in the regular public
school program.
i Dr. McAndrcw. psychologist with
I the Stale Department of Public
Welfare, will introduce Dr. Henry.
| Dr. Henry is associate professor
' in special education, East Caro
j lina College.
| She completed work on her doc
I tor's degree at the University o?
I Michigan last summer and has
i conducted the speech clinic at
? Kast Carolina College for the past
two summers.
Dr. McAndrcw did her under*
graduate work at Ward Belmont
and Mary Baldwin Colleges and
her graduate work at Northwest
ern University, Iowa Stale and
Duke. She received her doctorate
in psychology and sociology at
Duke.
j rnor 10 laning me posmon wnn
the North Carolian Department of
Public Welfare, she was with the
Veterani Administration and the
Department of Public Welfare,
Richmond, Va.
She is a member of numerous
professional societies and the
American Psychological Associa
tion.
Principals, teachers, parents and
all others interested in special
' education are invited to the meet
I
Beaufort Fisheries Boats
Work in Nearby Waters
I Menhaden boats fishing (or Beau
fort Fisheries have been doing
fairly well during the past two
weeks.
W. If. Potter of Beaufort Fish
eries said yesterday that the boats
had two good days last week and
two good days this week. They arc
taking* small fish between Beau
fort bar and Boguc Inlet.
Beaufort Fisheries is the only
plant which operates the year
around. Boats fishing for other
factories left just before Christ
mas.
Tobacco Meeting
S. N Hawks, extension tobacco
specialist, will be at Newport High
School at 10 a.m. today. He will
explain current recommended pro
duction practices.
? The order of the day at state
!*wt Tuesday was mans confusio".
In exchange for a bottle, a Ma rim'
sergeant offered to tell everything
he knew? absolutely nothing. Ev
eryone knew that the 2nd Battalion,
Sixth Marines was going to the
Mediterranean.
The big question was how would
I hey do it! The privates, as usual,
had all the answers ? except the
right ones. Some were sure that
the trip would be a pleasure
eruise, while others were con
vinced that less than half would
come back alive.
It was the first trip to sea for
many of the Marines, and they ex
pressed in no uncertain terms their
doubts as to the Navy's ability to
get them where they were going.
One of the few men who re
mained calm through the ordeal
was Marine Capt. CI. O. Gordon,
combat cargo officer of the USS
Muliphcn. Captain Gordon, a vet
eran of 17 years with the Marine
Corps, said that he had no idea
how long it would take for the
ships to get loaded and underway,
but he didn't seem worried about
it.
Captain Gordon, a native of Au
gusta, Ga., has been stationed oil
the Muliphcn for 20 months. Dur
ing that time he has seen loading
time vary from 24 to 72 hours.
Constantly changing personnel be
sets him with new men to train
for each loading
This is just another routine as
signment for him . . .
Beaufort Firemen
Answer 70 Calls
Beaufort Fire Chief Charles liar
rell has reported on the aetivities
of the fire department for 1956.
Firemen answered a total of 70
alarms.
Four of these were false alarms,
26 were for out of town fires, and
40 were in town. The largest fire
of the year was at the Colonial
Store at Turner and Front Streets.
Six calls were answered by the
rescue truck.
According to auditor's figures,
the fire department spent $13,683.
43 during the year. This was $3,
980 90 above the allotted $9,702.50.
New hose and supplies cost well
over $4,000, when $1,000 had been
allocated.
Library Director Gives
Rout* of Bookmobile
Mi?i Dorothy Avery, director of
the county public library, has an
nounced the bookmobile route for
Monday and Tuesday.
The bookmobile will stop at Ce
dar Island, Atlantic and Sea Level
Monday, and at Otway, BetUe,
Smyrna and Marahtllberg Tues
day.
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