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S CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ? 46th YEAR, NO. 7. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Driver Killed; Stabbed Negro Dies Charles Donald Brooks, 18/ Killed in Sunday Wreck The funeral service for Charles Donald Brooks, 18-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brooks, route 1 Beaufort, will be conducted at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the ' Christian Church, Otway. Brooks was killed at 10:15 p.m. Sunday at tlie Oyster Creek bridge near Davis. Clyde Cillikin, 20, Otway, who was riding with him suffered cuts< on the head and chcst and an arm . injury. He was taken to the Sea Level Hospital. Brooks was driving a 1956 Ford owned by his father. The car was headed toward Beaufort on High way 70 when it apparently went out of control, ran off the right side of the road, proceeded 400 feet to the bridge, swaying from side to side, then over to the left of the bridge. The left rear of the car struck the bridge railing. It proceeded another 105 feet be fore coming to a stop, according ot State Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykcs. The car did not upset. The driver was thrown out 50 feet be fore the car weaved to a halt. He hit the top of the bridge railing and landed on the highway. He died of a broken neck and head injuries. The car was badly damaged. Brooks is survived by his par ents, who live near the East Drive in theatre outside Beaufort; a sis ter, Levell, and two brothers, Sam my Kay and Danny Ray, all of the home, and his maternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Gilli kin, Otway. The Rev. Paul Parker, pastor of the Otway Christian Church, will officiate at the funeral service. J. P. Harris Talks to Firemen J. P. Harris, Beaufort, a mem-, ber of the Beaufort Fire Depart ment, was the speaker at a spe cial meeting of the Down East Fire Department Thursday night at the lire department building, Atlan tic. Mr. Harris described the type of insurance needed by the Down East Department. Also present was Charles Har rell, chief of the Beaufort Fire Department, who presented Fire Chief Allen Jones with a gold badge. Silver badges were pre sented to the assistant fire chiefs. Three committee chairmen were selected. They are Elmo Gaskill, chairman of the finance commit tee; Wayne Parker, chairman of the building committee, and Clay ton Fulcher, chairman of the teen age committee. Wives of department members will attend a special meeting at 7 p.m. Friday. At that time they will select a committee to operate the teen-age club and form a wo man's auxiliary. AU fire depart ment committee members arc re quested to attend too. William Gorges, secretary, re minds members that 1957 dues arc payable now. Checks should be ?nailed to the Down East Fire De partment, Inc., Atlantic, N. C., or dues should be given to the as sistant chief in the various com munities: Atlantic, Cedar Island, Davis, Sea Level and Stacy. Commissioner Will Not Seek Another Term J. Con Lanier States Intentions Saturday at Beach Board Meeting ; J Con Lanier, member of the Atlantic Beach town board and former mayor of Greenville an nounced at the Saturday morning meeting of the board that ho would not run for re-election in May. Commissioner Lanier, a former state senator and prosecuting at tprncy for Pitt County, said he is "retiring more and more every year" and would not consider hold ing office for another term. "I have enjoyed serving with the board," Commissioner Lanier said, "and I believe we have ac complished a great deal for the town. The board receives nothing and Mayor Cooper is the most un derpaid man working for the town." Mayor A. B. Cooper, who pre sided at the meeting, in the Fred Cooper cottage, termed Mr. La nier a "most helpful member of the board" because of his ex- 1 pcrience in municipal government and his legal knowledge. Mr. La nier is legal counsel for the To bacco Association of the United States. Reqaesta Audit ^ -tid ">?? ?le town books should be audited before the present board's term expires "People accuse you of stealing naif the money and its unfair to the present board to leave office without ordering an independent audit," he said. Commissioner Lanier was au thorized to contact auditors and then get in touch with other board members to decide who the audi tor shall be. The board's next meeting is April 13 and the new board is sworn in the following month. At lantic Bcach property owners vote by mail. Ballots are counted at the April meeting. Letter to be Sent At the suggestion of Commis sioner Shelby Freeman, the clerk was requested to send a letter to all property owners asking them to run for town office if they wish. In addition to candidates who may be named on the ballot, vot ers may vote for any bcach prop erty owner. The clerk, H. M. Eure, was di rected to submit a statement in ApriJ on extra expenses incurred in handling clerical work on the election. Night Fire Guts Frame House On Queen Street , Beaufort Fire gutted a two-story frame apartment house at 309 Queen St., Beaufort, Friday night. The blaze broke out is one of the upstairs apartments, and oecupants of rooms downstairs did not even know the house was on fire until firemen arrived. Leroy Sharpe and Florence Brown lived in the ;ipartmcnt& where the fire was heaviest. It is believed that the fire started from an overheated stove. The building was owned by Mr. Brown, janitor of the Queen Street School. Florence Brown is now living with her son in a house next door to the burned building. Crowd Gathers Thirty volunteer firemen and an estimated crowd of 200 curious on lookers gathered on Queen Street when the alarm went in at 6:30. Since the people living downstairs did not know the building was on fire, they did not have time to save any of their personal prop erty before leaving the building. It was obvious from outside., however, that the house was doomed. Flames were licking through the roof, and smoke was pouring through windows that had been shattered by the intense heat. Work at Clof>e Range Firemen set a ladder against an upstairs balcony over the front porch and braved the smoke and flames to battle the fire at close quarters. They had to work in shifts since they had no gas masks and there was a terrific amount of smoke pouring from the house. Walls on both sides and the front of the building were burning, and houses on either side of the blazing structure were endangered. Firemen crawled up ladders to shoot water at the blaze through broken windows. While the downstairs never ac tually caught fire, the top story caved through and wrecked the first floor. The thousands of gal lons of water pumped on the fire were running away from the build ing through cracks in the walls and out of the doors. The intense heat turned a great amount of the water to steam before it even nearcd the blaze. Cars Collide at Corner Of Calico, 20th Street Clifton W. Gurganus. a farmer from Williamston, was driving his 1956 Chevrolet south on 20th Street, Sunday afternoon when Jay Moore, a clerk at Triple-Ess Fishing Pier, turned left from Calico Drive and hit him, police report. Moore was driving a 19S3 Chev rolet. Lt. C. E. Bunch, Morchcad City Police Department, investi gated the accident and made no charges. He estimated damage to the new Chevrolet at $100 and to the 19S3 Chevrolet at $200. Brash Burns Newport firemen were called to control a brush fire near Newport Friday afternoon. Sheriff Salter Seeks Clarence Medlin For Questioning in Curve Inn Theft An alarm has gone out in three states (or Clarence Medlin, sus pected of dragging Ernest Lowe, manager of the Curve Inn, More head City, and taking almost $70 from the inn Wednesday after noon. Medlin, who was found guilty in Morchcad City Recorder's Court Dec. 24 of temporary larceny of a car, was put under one ycar'i suspended sentence at that time and paid court costs. Sheriff Hugh Salter said that Medlin has fished out of More head City and has close kin in Fayctteville. Lowe was discharged from the Cherry Point dispensary yester day morning. Foaad on Floor A former Marine, be was taken to the dispensary by the Dill am bulance Wednesday afternoon after he was found lying on the floor at the Curve Inn. Mrs. Lowe re ports that be was unconscious from 2:80 p.m. Wednesday to 11:30 that night. Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell, who investigated, said that Lowe had apparently taken two drinki with Medlin and then passed out. Med lin disappeared and it was later diacovered, Mrs. Lowe said, that $49 kept in a cigar box inside a metal box was missing, as well as between $17 and $30 in bills that were in the cash register. Mr. iad Mr*. F.mmt Lm, tkcft victim. Mr?. Lowe visited her husband it Cherry Point and he told her that the last thing he remembers is that he was sitting by the heat er Wednesday afternoon and that he had started to the phone to call his wife. From then on he remembers nothing. Mrs. Low* was at her home, 2301 1 Fisher St, Wednesday aftefnoon. Snc Mid she called the Curve Inn when a friend of hers informed her that no one answered the phone there. Mrs. Lowe also had the operator check to see if the phone waa out of order. Finally the phone was answered. Mrs. Lowe said the thought she See ROBBERY, Page 3 Thoto by Bob Seymour Frank Langdale, left, and assistant fire chief Hub Whitehurst, on ladder, pass more hose to Asa Buck, who is playing water on the fire at 309 Queen St., Beaufort, Friday night. The fire broke out inan up stairs apartment and guM<-tl the house before Beaufort firemen could gel it out Firemen used equipment and pumps from two trucks in getting the blaze under control. They battled the lire for two and one half hours. Morehead City Board OK's Request By Taxi Operators to Raise Rates Morchcad City town fathers got a surprise at their meeting Thurs day night at the municipal build ing. Representatives of two cab companies, instead of turning up to fuss at each other, appeared before the board together to re quest permission to raise rates. They were Albert Way of the Veteran's Cab Co. and Marvin Powers of the Yellow Cab Co. The request was granted and the new rates will go into effect Friday, Feb. 1. The board re quested that a map of the town zones and a card stating the rates be posted in each cab. Rates will fange from 50 cents to a dollar. The dollar rate is for runs from one end of the town to the other, east and west. Resolutions Approved The board formally approved a resolution calling for a vote by members of the police force May 15 on whether the officers want to come under the social security program. Also approved were recommen dations submitted by J. A. Du Bois, chamber manager, relative to legislation on participation of the state in federal disaster flood insurance and calling for legisla tion to curb hurricane damage on the outer banks. The clerk, John Lashley, turned over to Police Commissioner Ted Garner a list of the out-of-town firms that service Morchcad City by truck but do not pay for the privilege of doing business in Morehead City. Commissioner' Garner said that the list would be given to the police department for action. Commissioner Jasper Bell, in charge of buildings and grounds, reported that the well has been put down at the new cemctery, a pump house built and the ground turned. Commissioner Bell was author ized to decide whether the street light at Arvon and 28th Street should be moved to the pole on which the fire alarm box is located near the Fulcher Trailer Court, 28th Street. A letter from residents in the trailer court area requested a light on the alarm box pole. Hazards Mentioned Attorney George McNeill men tioned two places in town where better traffic markings have been requested. One is on Highway 70 (Arcndcll Street) just west of 34th. The highway curves and at night strangers don't realize there is a curve, he said. It was suggested that the state be contacted relative to putting up reflective lights or some type of warning sign. The other spot, Mr. McNeill said, was in front of the Jefferson Hotel where Arendcll Street divides into two lanes. Traffic coming from the cast is not adequately warned, he said, that the highway splits Mayor George Dill said that the state highway commission has See BOARD, Page 3 ? Newport Officials Upheld Second Time in Lawsuit Judge J. Paul Krizzclle upheld Thursday the demurrer filed by Newport in answer to an amended complaint by IT Newport citizens fighting installation of a town water system. . This is the second time that a judge has held that the Newport citizens' allegations on election ir regularities are no cause for ac tion against town officials. Judge Chester Morris ruled last month that the complaint did not constitute cause for action. He permitted the complaining ciliiens, however, to amend the compalint. This was done. Again the town officials of Newport, defendants in the action, demurred. The amended complaint was heard before Judge Frizzellc in New Bern Jan. I. Judge Friuelle's ruling does not permit the plain tiffs. represented by C . R. Wheat ly, Beaufort attorney, to file an amended complaint. The plaintiffs, i. J. Garner and others, now have until this wc rml to appeal to the State Supreme Court or they have 30 days to enter a motion asking to file another amended complaint. Originally 23 Newport citizens started the action to block bor rowing 1120,000 (or a water sys tem, but six plaintiffs have with drawn. They are, according to A. H. James, clerk of superior court, J. I Mitelle, l?slie T. Mann, Claude Henderson, Leonard Car roll, J. C. Carroll and William R. Bell. General reasons for withdrawal are that the plaintiffs aren't will ing to accuse anyone of violation of election laws, nor do they want to stand in the way of town pro gress. Mayor Leon Mann Jr. said that the delay in the water system work now is costing the (own about $300 a month. He said cost of material* is going up and engineers are be ing held up. Until recently, engi neers were involved In planning only. Now they are ready to go ahead witlj the work. Police Set Up New Coast-to-Coast Radio Network! Members of the Morehcad City police department arc talking cross-continent these days ? by radio, of coursc. They contacted the town of Paso Robies, Ca!., last week. Lt. Carl Bunch says the Califor nia station, KMA899, comes in clear for a short while almost every morning. Both Lieutenant Bunch and Pa trolman Bill Condie have spoken by radio to the Paso Roblcs po liccmcn. And then just to check things out. State Patrolman J. W. Sykes (whose slogan is Phone, Don't Write) telephoned the Paso Roblcs police depart ment the other day to verify the radio contact. Paso Roblcs is located almost directly across the country from Morchead City. Their police ra dio frequency is the same as Morehcad City's. Paso Roblcs' population is about the same as Morchead City's too. Target Proposed For Pamlico Sound District Engineer Col. H. C. Row land Jr. has announced that ap plication has been made for per mits to construct a bombing tar get in the Point of Marsh area of Pamlico Sound. In conjunction with the target, three observation towers, eight fixed point-of-aim structures, and a generator to>ycr will be built. Plans for the proposed work may be seen at the postofficcs in Beaufort, Morchead City, Atlantic, Oriental, Vandcmcre, and Hobuc fcen. Colonel Rowland announces that objections to the proposed work, if any, will be received in his of fice, 306 Customhouse, Wilming ton, until Feb. 1. 1 Ides ai the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, Jan. 22 l td a.m. 1:30 p.m. 7:25 a.m. 7:48 p.m. Wcdacaday, Jaa. 23 2:05 a.m. 2:26 p.m. 1:35 a.m. S:52 p.m. Tkarsday, Jaa. 24 3:04 a.m. 1:27 p.m. 9:39 a.m. 9:52 p.m. Friday, Jaa. tS 4:03 a.m. 4.31 p.m. 10:36 a m 10:46 p.m. Rufus Fair Jr. Being Held For Morris Fulford Murder Morris Fulford Jr., 28, Beaufort Negro, died of a stab wound in the heart Sunday morning. He was pronounced dead at the Morehead City Hospital. Being held for mur der and without bond in the county jail is Rufus Fair Jr., 21, Beaufort. The stabbing took place aboard the William T. Coving ton Jr., a menhaden boat, at about 7 :30 a.m. Sunday in Meauion. fuiiorci tiica instantly. Officer Otis Willis was on <luty Sunday morning and had just walk ed to the police station from the doek when he found Fair sitting in the patrol ear. I "Carry me to jail," fr air saK* to j the officer. I "What have you done? the po liceman asked. I "I just cut a fellow, frair rc ^Officer Willis checked and found that Fulford had been taken to the , Morchead City Hospital Drinking Precedes Stabbing | Sheriff Hugh Salter, on further investigation, learned that r air, Fulford, and a woman identified as ; Catherine Hamilton, originally from j Tampa. Fla.. had been in Koy Teel's house on the Lennoxville Road near Safrit Lumber Yard. | They had been drinking and fina - ly came back into town. Fair, Ful^ 1 ford and the woman went aboard the Covington, and were apparently in the galley when name-calling StThedsheriff said that the woman I at one point said to Fulford^ I got two knives. You want one .' Fair took a butcher knife, walked around the table and shoved the blade into Fulford. The blade, about fi to 8 inches long, went into Fulford's heart, cutting a gash 1 /? inchcs wide. He then threw the knife over" board, left the boat, and went to the policc station. Chief Reports Chief of Policc Guy Springle, Beaufort, said that Clemon James was an eye-witness to the stabbing. Others listed as witnesses in the case are Ira T Robinson and Will Owens of Fernandina. Fla . William Earl Fulford, brother of the dead man, and Lee Toolay, Belh*ven. The Covington, fished by SUnd ard Products, was tied up at the Texaco dock. ? , , Beaufort officers say Fulford and Fair frequently tangled. They pickcd up Nov 9 at Pine and Queen Streets for fighting. Assisting in the investigation, in addition to the officers mentioned were Deputy Sheriffs Marshall Ays cue and Brucc Edwards. Saw Two Men Assistant Chief of Police Carlton Carncr, Beaufort said ^ *e H* Fair and Fulford in the Chicken Shack on Queen Street at about lO o'clock Saturday night. At that time Fair was arguing with ?ul '?Whcn the officer entered, Fair sair, "Well, its time to move. Lightning's come in." Lightningi. , nickname for Officcr Garrver The officer said the two then left the ^Funeral services for Fulford were not arranged by press time yester day. He is survived by his mother Mr.. Annie Fulford John**. ?? Marsh St., a brother. William Earl Fulford. and three sisters. Mrs. Alice Bell and Miss Mildred I Ful ford, both of Atlantic City. N. J., and Mrs. Moiell Savoy, Washing ,0Fulford s father was drowned when the menhaden boat Parkins sank in 1M2. Police Hold Plymouth Taylor Plymouth H. Taylor. ? Gale. Creek, ha. been arrested at Mara thon. Fla., and U being held in connection with the murder of Opal Dixie Nicce, 34, Yellow Spring., ?Taylor, who has a record of vio lation., in thia county about a yard long, was shrimping in Florid* ? waa arreted on the dock, at Mara 'hHc and the murder victim, police say, checked Into a motel at Mara thon Sunday night, registering a. man and wile. The beaten, nude body of the woman wa? found in the motel room Tuesday byamald^ Police .aid that Opal Niece had been arre.ted Jan. I on a pubHc drunkenneaa charge and waa re Taylor .aid he pickcd her up Sun day as she wa. hitchhiking near the seven mile bridge on the overac*. highway. ? Cluk Undergo*. Repair. The Blue Ribbon Club, seriously damaged by fire Sunday, Jan. 13, is underlng complete repair. Owner of the building I. Howard Caae, Huntington, W. Va. Babe Ross Held Under $506 Bond For Beating Wife Assistant Chief Carlton Garner Follows Screams To Scene of Assault Babe Ross, Beaufort, is in the county jail under $500 bond, charged with beating his common law1 wife with a bottle. Carlton Garner, assistant chief of police, who arrested Ross in the act, said he believed Ross intended to kill the woman, Catherine Turner, who lives in the 500 block of Broad Street. Officer Garner was driving along Broad Street at about 9 o'clock Saturday night when he said he heard women screaming. He stopped the car and located the house from which the screams were coming, then grabbed his flashlight and ran in. He said the front door was open and Ross, who was drunk, had his wife against a wall, holding her by the throat with one hand and beating her over the head with a cola bottle with the other. Woman Pleads The woman, with blood stream ing down her face, was scream ing, "Don't hit me no more, don't hit me no more!" and three other elderly women in the house were also screaming. Officer Garner said he cracked Ross ?ver the head with the flash light and the light shattered and flew everywhere. Ross staggered and as the officer bent to pick up what was left of the light, Ross jumped up and started to beat the woman around the face and eyes with the bottle. He cut a gash in her forehead which required sev eral stitches to close. Ross Bounces Back With that, Officer Garner said he grabbed his blackjack and knocked Ross down. But Ross came back up and went at the policeman. "When he did, I let him have it. I plastered him with it," the officer said. Ross went down and the assist ant chief walked over to help the Turner woman but as he did so, Ross rose up and lunged at the woman again, grabbing her at the throat. "I cracked him again with the blackjack and this time put the handcuffs on him. He didn't come to until I got him in the police car," Officer Garner reported. He added that the floor was full of blood. A neighbor called a taxi and took Ross's wife to the doc tor. Group Discusses Outdoor Drama Fifteen persons met in Beaufort Saturday night to explore possibil ities of staging an outdoor histor ical drama in or near Beaufort. Meeting with the group at the J. P. Harris office, Craven Street, was Thomas Patterson of the de partment of drama, University of North Carolina. Mrs. C. R. Hasscll was clcctrd acting chairman and Mrs. J. P. Harris, acting secretary. Mrs. Has scll said that another meeting will be called soon to determine whe ther the project should be carried out and an organization formed. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, Chapel Hill, Jim Wheat ley, Mayor Clifford Lewis, Dan Walker, J. P. Harris, Gray Has sell, Norwood Young, Miss Amy Muse. Dr. W. L. Woodard, Glenn Adair, Mrs. G. W. Duncan, Mrs. Hasscll, Miss Ruth Peeling and Mra. Charles Noe. Five Carteret Men Will Enter Army Tomorrow Five Carteret men will leave to morrow for induction In the Army at Raleigh, annowoces Mra. Ruby Holland, clerk of the draft board. They are Rodney Nelson, Atlan tic; Louis Fishpr, Merrimon; Wil liam Parmley, Newport; Ralph Wil son and Nathaniel Reeaa,?W<'l of More head City. ' - -A-a * *
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