PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ">< 46th YEAR, NO. 6. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS L. A. Willis and Friend Get Home Safe from Shackleford Cold Drives Man Into Arms of Law Walter Lawrence Tried On Two Charges In Court Yesterday Walter Lawrence, Otway, chose the law over freezing to death in the woods Wednesday. Lawrence, who was apprehend ed by Deputy Sheriff Marshall Ayscue on Highway 101 Wednes day morning, jumped out of his car and ran into the woods on the old Hardesty farm. Lawrence's license has been revoked two times. In county recorder's court | yesterday he faced his third charge of driving after his license had been taken from him. He requested a jury trial and bond was set at $300. Sheriff Hugh Salter said that Lawrence was in the woods from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday. Dur ing that time State Highway Pa trolman W J. Smith Jr., Deputy Sheriffs Ayscue, Brucc Edwards I and the sheriff kept patrolling I around the woods. About 7 o'clock Lawrence couldn't take the cold any longer and went to a nearby house where he asked the man at the house to "take me to the law. Take me to Mr. Ayscue." About that time an officer came by and Lawrence's request was granted. He spent Wednesday night in jail? which was warmer than the woods. In another case Lawrence was charged with public drunkenness. He was ordered to pay $10 and costs and stay away from Aubrey Willis's place, Leo's, on the llar kers Island Road. Highway Groups Plan Meetings Members of the All Seashore Highway Association and Highway 70 Association have received let ters this week advising them of meetings of the two groups. Officers for 1957 will be elected and resolutions supporting the hur ricane rehabilitation program will be presented for approval at the All-Seashore meeting at the Ark Restaurant, Wilmington, tomorrow noon. The Highway 70 meeting is tenta tively scheduled for Greensboro sometime in March. Members will be notified as to the exact time and place by Joe DuBois, president of the association. Mr. DuBois also reported that a meeting of the Southeastern North Carolina Beach Association is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Cape Fear Hotel, Wilming ton. Representatives from Carteret County who will attend the All-Sea shore Highway meeting are Mr. and Mrs Stanley Wahab, Ocra coke, Cecil Morris, Atlantic, A. W. Daniels, Cedar Island, and Mr. Du Bois. Charles Caudell To Speak to Lions Charles Caudell, administrator of Sea Level Hospital, will be the speaker at the next meeting of the Down East Lions Club Mon day night, Jan. 28, at the Sea Level Inn. At the meeting this week at the inn the Lions discussed projects for 1957. Gary Morris was appointed to check on possibility of scheduling a basketball game between the Lions Club and the Atlantic High School team Doity Gaskill was asked to ob tain information on selling brooms in the spring. Proceeds would go to the fund for the blind. Joe Mason was appointed to check on possibility of production of a Woinanless Wedding some time within the next two months Named to check on advisability of selling light bulbs in the fall of 1957 and selling Be Thankful You Can See seals was Wayne Parker. Aldredgc Daniels, second vice president, presided. The club met Monday night. Two Go to Raleigh Dan Walker, Beaufort town clerk, and Mayor George Dill, Morehead City, attended committee meetings of the League of Municipalities Tuesday at Raleigh. Mr. Walker is on the legislative committee and Mayor Dill on the executive com mittee. L. A. Willis, Morcbead' City, and' > female companion, whose identity was not disclosed, were rescued by Ihe Coast Guard at 12:30 p.m. Wed nesday after being marooned on Shackleford Banks since Tuesday afternoon. Mr Willis and his companion were stranded on the banks when the motor on his 14-foot outboard skiff refused to start. He said that the sea was pretty rough during the day and probably got the motor wet. Fire Built The two built a fire and kept it burning all night to keep warm and in hopes that the Coast Guard would spot it. Their fire was not noticed, however, and the Coast Guard did not take up the search until 1 1 : 30 a.m. Wednesday, when Mr. Willis's mother notified the Fort Macon station that her son was missing. The 38 and 40-footcrs from Fort Macon and the 30-footer from Cape Lookout were used in the search. Crew members from Fort Macon were BM 1 Eugene Pond. EN-2 E:irl Taylor, SN Robert Stevens, BM I Gerald Salter. EN-2 lionald Quidley, and SN Sebastian Rouse. Chief Bos'n Mate Dalton Burrus of the Swansboro station went out on I lie CG 40103. BM 1 Walter Lewis and SN Wil liam Smith of Cape Lookout were on the 30-footer from that station. Thanks Coast Guard Mr. Willis expressed his appre ciation to the Coast Guard in an interview yesterday, lie said that two of the Coast Guardsmen jump ed into a strong tide to help him and his companion get out to the Const Guard launch. An ambulance from Dill Funeral Home was sent to the Fort Macon station to pick up the two survivors, but they were taken home because neither was suffering from expos ure. Mr. Willis, who works at the Morehead City postofficc, had a slight sore throat yesterday. He said that he had gone duck hunting? and had two coot to show for his efforts. He was quick to add that both ducks were bagged Tuesday, the last day of the sea son, not Wednesday. Mr. Willis said his skiff was still tied up at Fort Macon, and that he was not sure how much work it would take to get it back in good order. Coast Guard Tows Sarah J to Port The Sarah J., an 84-foot fishing trawler, ran aground near Core Creek light 29 early Tuesday morning and radioed the Coast Guard for help. The trawler is owned by E. 11. Holton of Van dcmerc. The Sarah J was towed to More head Ci one could sec. Some hunting around the island and about SO ducki killed. Tuesday: Sound still frozen. Grub was out so an icc boat was made and two men went three miles across deep water on the ice to I. upton for supplies, returning next day. Some of the party shot sev eral geese from the porch, others shot them from the windows of the Reliance, 30 or more geese being killed in this way. Wednesday: Sound still frozen over. Grub low and four men walked three mllea across the sound, then nine miles up the beach to the Core Banks Coast Guard Station and supplies were ordered sent from Portsmouth down to the beach and they were transplanted three miles across the icc to the club house. Friday: Everything still frozen. Several more of the party walked to Core Banks Station and with those who had preceded them the day before, they continued their journey to Cape Lookout station, leaving the glide* at the club house. See FREEZE, h|l 1 Truck Smashes info Train ; Driver Escapes with Injuries Smyrna's Polio Pal Fifteen-year-old Charles Olson, route 2 Asheboro, is Smyrna School's Polio Pal. Tomorrow is Blue Crutch Day. The school cam paign will start Monday and continue through Friday. Five Cases Transferred To County Superior Court Five cases on the docket aH Morehead City recorder's court Monday have been referred to su pcrior court. Three of the defen dants appealed judgments of the court, and Carlton Pittman re quested jury trial on two charges of public drunkenness. His bond was set at $50 for each charge. The other three cases were ap pealed after convictions of driv ing drunk. Eddie Lee Howell had been fined $200 and costs and put on one year's good behavior. Phil lip B. Moore balked at a $100 fine and a 90-day suspended sentence. Odell J. Leacraft was fined $100 and costs for driving drunk and being on the wrong side of the street. Bonds were set at $200 for How ell, and Moore, and at $175 for Leacraft. Pays $150 John Richard Taylor paid $150 and costs for speeding 70 miles an hour in a 35 zone. He was found not guilty of a careless and reckless charge. John Francis Marshall pled guil ty to charges of driving drunk and was fined $100 and court costs. He was given a 90-day sus pended sentence and put on one year's good behavior. Found Guilty Hay Miller was found guilty on three counts. He paid $50 and costs for careless and reckless driving. $25 for driving without a license, and $15 for speeding. The $25 fine will be remitted if he presents a valid license within two weeks. Davant Miller Lynch was fined $25 and costs for driving with an expired driver's license He had already obtained a valid license by court time, so the $25 was re mitted. John Earl Ferguson forfeited his bond and did not appear in court. He was to have been tried for public drunkenness. Robert Alvin Hessec was taxed half court costs for driving with only one headlight on his vehicle. Costs Paid Those who paid costs were G. L. Fredericks, speeding; Thomas Hardy Tew and James Carroll, public drunkenness; and Lorayne and J. E. Raybornc, disturbing the peace. Cases were continued against John Earl Ferguson, Pat Ann Lis ter, David Morris Moore, Norman L. Salter, Roy D. Smith. Joseph Taylor, Roland Adair Small, Paul L. Stookcy, Joseph Daniel Mason, and Frank Jacob Moore. 38 Attend Clinic Thirty -eight patients attended the orthopedic clinic at the Morehead City Hospital annex Saturday. There were five new patients. In addition to Dr. Lenox Baker, who is in charge of the clinic. Dr. Stew art of Duke was also present. School Will Be Dedicated Jan. 27 St. Egbert's Catholic School will be formally dedicated at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. The school, located in the 1700 block of Evans Street, opened in Sep tember. Bishop Vincent S. Wa tcrs of Raleigh will be princi pal speaker at the dedication services. Father Walter Higgins, pas tor of St. Egbert's announces that the Rev. Frank Howard of Havelock and the Rev. Paul Byron of Durham will also at tend the dedication. Bishop Waters will offer Mass in St. Egbert's Catholic Church at 9 a.m. and will go directly to the school for the dedication at 10. An open house is tentatively scheduled at the school for the afternoon. ? ? Chamber Adopts Six Holidays As a result of a recent poll con ducted by the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, the following six days have been selected as the holidays which will be observed by all Beaufort merchants: July 4, Fourth of July, (Thursday); Sept. 2, Labor Day, (Monday); Nov. 28, Thanksgiving, (Thurs day); Dec. 25-26, Christmas. (Wed nesday and Thursday); and Jan. I, l!)58, New Year's Day, (Wednes day). The chamber reports that more than 70 per cent of the ballots sent out were returned. The only proposed holiday that did not re ceive a majority of votes cast was Easter Monday. The unified holiday calendar il an effort on the part of the cham ber to end the last minute deci sions by merchants as to whether or not stores would dose on cer tain holidays. License Tag Sales Near Ten Thousand Mark Here License plate sales in Morehead City are nearing the ten thousand mark, according to figures released by the installment loan department, Flrst-Citiaens Bank. A total of 8.7M tags had been sold through Wed nesday. A break-down shows that 7,1(7 were for automobiles; 1,127 for pri vate trucks; 208 for two- wheel trailers; 187 for farm trucks; 82 for tractor-trailers; and 38 for motor cycles. Joseph E. Harper, New Bern, driver of a panel truck, smashed into an A&EC train on the Masontown Road Wednesday afternoon and apparently will live to tell about it. Harper now is in Kafer Hospital with chest, back and leg injuries. State Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes said that Harper crashed into the train at 3 p.m. aM the railroad crossing on the Mason town Road about a mile west of Newport. The train was headed west at be tween 25 and 3<) miles an hour and Harper, driving the 1951 Chevrolet truck was going north. According to eve witnesses. Har per ran right into the train, hitting the first car behind the diesel en gine. The train made mincemeat of the truck. Some of the front part bounded into a ditch and ap parently Harper was in that "lucky part" of the truck. Patrolman Sykes said yesterday [ that he didn't have a chance to talk i to Harper before he was taken to [ New Hern in Bell's ambulance, but [ Harper apparently saw the train j | and tried to stop. There were skid j marks a distance of 25 feet. I Charges against Harper are pend- ! ing. The truck Harper was driving was a beer truck owned by the Tay lor Distributing Co., New Bern. Snowflakes Fly Twice This Week Old Man Winter reared his frosty head this week. It snowed in New port Wednesday and Thursday and about noon yesterday wet hakes fell in Beaufort and Morehead City. Monday marked the end of a "warm" weekend, reports E. Sta nley Davis, weather observer. Since that time the skies have been overcast, and the wind has been coming from the north and northeast. It rained Tuesday night, nearly one half inch, and the rain began again Wednesday niftfat eaitte down right through yesterday. On corresponding days last year, the wind was from the south and southwest, and skiea were clear, except for brief showers. Maximum and minimum tem peratures and wind direction for the period follow: Max. Min. Wind Monday 52 37 NE , Tuesday 53 30 NE , Wednesday 40 34 N State Releases New Regulations A fisheries regulation adopted by the State Doard of Conserva tion and Development at its re cent meeting in Raleigh gives the fisheries commissioner and direc tor of the board the authority to prevent clams and oysters from being harvested in any waters suspected of being polluted. Although the commercial fish eries division has exercised this authority in the past, it was felt that a specific regulation was needed to assure its legality. Other new regulations concern (he setting of gill and pound nets in the Chowan River and streams emptying into Albemarle Sound, and state where it shall be un lawful to catch, bed, lay out or float oysters an<) clams. The regulations in their entirety appear in the legal section of to day's paper and will appear each Friday in that section through Feb. 8. Officer Speaks To Rotary Club State Highway Patrolman W. E. Pickard was guest speaker Tues day night at the meeting of the Beaufort Rotary Club at the Scout hut. Patrolman Pickard, introduced by J. P. Harris, program chair man. spoke on Student Driving in Our Schools. . The officer remarked that just because a person has a license he still may not understand how to op erate a car. He commented on the desirability of having driver educa tion courses at every high school. The cost, Patrolman Pickard said, is about $33 per student. He stated that gaaoline taxes bring North Carolina four million dollars and 10 years from now it is esti mated that there will be S2 million cars on the nation's highways. Prior to the meeting a ham din ner was served. Visiting Rotarians were Buck Matthews Jr. and Thomas Noe, Morehead City. Jaycees Hear Talk on Safety By Jasper Bell By ERNEST CARLSON "The automobile was invented to ! make life easier for mankind, j however traffic accidents indicate the automobile may be a Franken ' stein monster, killing and maim* ing those it was designed to serve." stated Jasper Bell, guest speaker at this week's meeting of the Morehead City Junior Cham ber of Commerce at the Fort Ma con Hotel. Mr. Bell, who recently attended the Governor's Safety Council meeting in Raleigh, discussed high way safety, stressing the three "E"s: Engineering, Education and Enforcement. Engineering to make highways safer includes a program of build ing dual highways with such im provements as shrubbery to "pad" curves. Teach All Ages Education should encompass j driver training from the grade ! school level through all age groups j and extend to include preservation of road signs and markers. These signs can be considered "Signs of Life" yet vandals continue to de face and damage them, the speak er said. Enforcement is the Responsibil ity of the Highway Patrol. How ever, they arc hampered by two few men, only 135, according to the National Safety Council report. Mr.. BcU 1 tfcat the ?t?ver nor is also A>ncctncd with obtain ing a better test for intoxication, and trained personnel to adminis ter it as the tests now in use are generally inadequate. The program is an expensive one. Mr. Bell concluded that what we really need is, "More brain power, not more horsepower in our automobiles." Program Reviewed During the general business meeting preceding this address, the Christmas lighting program was reviewed. The Jaycees ex pressed their thanks to the mer chants and individuals who con tributed to the success of the pro gram, particularly to the Carteret County News Times and radio sta tion WMBL for their generous con tribution of time and advertising space to publicize the program. A small deficit does exist; how ever, it is expected that further contributions will wipe it out. Ken Fischlcr, chairman of the educational committee, outlined plans for a future town meeting to discuss methods of improving the educational standards and fa cilities in the Morehead City area. Interested citizens will be invited to attend and it is hoped that this forum will generate ideas and sup port for a program of improve ment. Nominations have been present ed to a selection committee for the annual Distinguished Service Award. Announcement of their selection and presentation of the award will be made at a banquet Jan. 28. Officer Checks On Cottage Entry Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell was called to Mansfield Wednesday night to investigate a reported break-in at one of the cottages behind the Mansfield Lumber Co. Deputy Bell said neighbors heard someone in an adjoining apartment at about 9 p.m. They knew no one was home there. So they turned on the front porch light. When they did. they saw a man jump out the apartment win dow and run M In the dark. Deputy Bell said the dresser drawers in the apartment had been ransacked, but nothing missing. The investigation was continuing yesterday. Sale of TB Christmas Seals Brings in $2,261 Mrs. W. I. Loftin, Beaufort, who was In charge of the TB Christ mas seal campaign, announced this week tfcat t2.261.12 has been col lected. She said that some persons still have not paid for the seal* and she would appreciate their sending their contributions as soon as possi ble.