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PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER o# th? TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "?< 46th YEAR, NO. 11. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROUNA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1?67 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 67 Tobacco Farmers Win Race For County Soil Bank Money West Carteret Delegation Asks for Another School Bus Colonel Inspects National Guard Unit Announces Payroll Total for Year; Seeks Funds for Armory The Morehcad City National Guard Unit, 690th Field Artillery Battalion, underwent annual in spection Thursday night by Lt. Col. Joseph C. Matthews Jr., from Third Army Headquarters. Ac companying Colonel Matthews was his aide, Sfc. Ambrose J. Novak. t The inspection started at 1 p.m. Thursday and continued through drill and instruction classes Thurs day night. Classes Observed Classes observed by the inspect ing officer were taught by Second Lt. Charles G. Cooper (Effect of Wind and Sight Changes on the M-l Rifle), and Sfc. Robert F. j ? Butler (Zeroing Your Rifle and Use of Score Card). Lt. Merrit Bridgman, command ing officer of the unit, said thel official report on the inspection is expected in several weeks. The ? unit, he added, is expecting a bet ! ter rating this year than the "sat isfactory" received on its first in spection which took place last year. Payroll Announced Lieutenant Bridgman reports that the payroll for the unit for * the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1956 was $3,135.45, making a total pay roH for 1956 of fit, 497. 03 for the unit. The present unit strength is 65 enlisted men and three officers. Authorized strength is 127 men and five officers. National Guardsmen throughout the state, Lieutenant Bridgman said, arc pushing for state appro priations in the coming general ( assembly to finance the building of armories. The armory proposed for More head City, he reports, would cost $111,980. Three - fourths ($83,985) would be contributed by the fed eral government; the state would be required to put up 12'? per cent ($13,997.50) and the town would be required to match that plus provide four acres of land, sewage and water service. 68th on List At present, Lieutenant Bridgman continued, Morehead City is 68th on the list of Tar Heel towns sche duled to receive armories. He ad ded that he was reasonably confi dent if the town would put up 25 per cent of the total cost "we could have an armory approved for Morehcad City in six months." He said the armory would be available for civic and school func tions, such as athletics, and would not be confined to use by the Na tional Guard. ? Citizens from western Carteret* appeared before the eounty board at the courthouse yesterday morn ing and requested that an addi tional school bus be put on the route taking Carteret children to Swansboro School. Andrew Ennett, Cedar Point, spokesman for the group, said that school buses were "terribly over loaded." He said that certain members of the delegation had been before the County Board of Education but no new bus had been granted. Suggestion Offered Commissioner Skinner Chalk sug gested that the delegation confer with H. L. Joslyn, county superin tendent of schools, since school At its afternoon session yester | day the eounty board authorized purchase of a new school bus for the route between the western part of the county and Swans boro. transportation problems are han dled by the Board of Education of which Mr. Joslyn in secretary. The delegation met with Mr. Jos lyn in the courthouse a?\nex and then returned to the county board meeting. Mr. Joslyn told the coun ty commissioners that the buses are overloaded and he thought the County Board of Education could put a new bus in the budget for the next year. Bus Needed Now Moses Howard, chairman of the board of commissioners, said he believed a bus was needed before then. Mr. Joslyn said that a new bus would cost $3,704 and if the county would provide the money now, he would be glad to order it. . New buses are bought by the county, and then the state provides for maintenance and replacement of buses. Douglas Ingram, a mem ber of the delegation, said that buses arc not in good mechanical | condition. In Bad Condition I They are difficult to start and have numerous breakdowns, Mr. Ingram said. He remarked that pu pils lose many hours of school be cause of bus breakdowns. Mr. Jos lyn explained that the poor condi tion of the buses should be pointed out to the state and the state would decide whether they should be re placed. At present Onslow County is sending two buses into the western part of Carteret to pick up children going to Swansboro School. Mr. Ennett said that if the over loaded bus conditions continue, some parents were going to com plain to the State Highway Patrol. He said the parents "want relief as soon as possible." Members of the delegation, in ad dition to Mr. Ennett and Mr. In gram, were Woodrow Bright, bus driver; Eugene Jones, Dcwitt Truckner, Allen Vinson, Lew Saw rey. Colon Brown, Ernest Waters, Hoy Maness, Leon Weeks and Elmo Smith. Cash Memberships Show Increase, Chairman Says Bud Dlxuit, chairman of th< Morebcad City chambcr of Com mcrce membership committcc rc ports an average caah increase ii chambcr memberships of about 20 per cent so far this year. Mori interest in industrial development has been cited as one of the rea sons for the increase. Mr. Dixon presided at a mem bership committee meeting yester day morning at the Bud Dixon's Motel restaurant. Although certain members have increased their membership fees, many have still not returned cards indicating how much they will givt to the chambcr this year. Chair man Dixon said. Each member of the committee waa given a list of businessmen to call on. Checks or pledge cards must be in the hands of the cham bcr by Feb. 20 if names arc to be listed in the directory of bus inesses in the forthcoming bro chure. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to the chairman, were War ren Beck, Dr. S. W. Hatcher, R B. Howard, Dr. John Morris, Dr Silas Thome. Dr. Ruaaell Outlaw, Ted Gar ner, Walter Morris, George W. Dill, W. B. Chalk, Shelby Free man, J. R. Morrill and J. A. Du Bois. 4 Bad Dixon . . . presides yesterday Four Men Drifted Mrs. Ruby Holland, clerk of the county draft board, announces that four men have been ordered to re port for induction Thursday. They | are Douglas J. Wade and Larry I Wayne Wade, Williston, Lewis Fisher, Merrimon. and Norman Earl Williams, Morchead City. In duction will take place at Raleigh. Eight Whisky Violators Hit County Court Eight defendants in eounty re corder's court, Beaufort, were tried Thursday on charges involv ing non taxpaid whisky. Seven of the defendants paid fines, but Al fred Anderson appealed to super ior court. Anderson was sentenced to six months on the roads for each of two charges of possession of boot leg whisky for saje. llis bond was set at $500. Willie Sharpe, Perry Cambridge, Beatrice Collins, Laura T. Mit chell, and Lucille Williams paid fines of $100 and costs for possess ion of home brew for sale. Nathan Minor was sentenced to six months in jail, suspended on payment of $150 and costs. Minor was convicted for the second time in the past three months for sell ing white lightning. Joe Bauin was let off for $25 and costs. He was found guilty of the possession of the non-taxpaid liquor. Band Will Give ConcertThursday Ralph Wade, director of the I Morchcad City High Schobl band,! has released the program for the winter band concert at 8 Thurs day night at the school auditorium. The program will open with a Chopin Prelude, followed by the second movement of Haydn's Sur prise Symphony. The Lost Chord will complete the first portion of the program. The second part will open with the march, The Storm King. Amer ican Folk Suite and Aura Lee, a folk tune, will follow. Final numbers will be Slippery Gentleman, Lazy River, The Trom bone King, a march, and Latin American Fantasy, a medley. There is no admission charge to the concert. Marines Hurt By Cargo Net Three Marines were injured at the state port, Morchcad City, Fri day afternoon when the cargo net they were guiding slipped or broke. Lt. George T. Rorrer Jr. o f the Division Information Services at Camp Lcjcunc said yesterday that the accidcnt is still being inves tigated. One man, Cpl. Sydney L. Pen nington, is still in the base hos pital, but his condition is not list ed as critical. The other two men, Pfc. Ronald L. Honaker and Pvt. George A. Hart Jr., were released from the hospital after treatment. The men were helping unload the USS Thuban, which was de barking troops returning from the Mediterranean. While they were guiding one . of the huge nets, which was transferring cargo from the ship to the dock, the net fell and the men were trapped be neath it. They were moved by Navy am bulance to the base hospital at Camp Lcjcunc. Heavy Fogs Blanket County Weather observer E. Stamey Davis says that there has been more fog in the past two weeks than in the preceding whole year. "The fog on the causeway and Morehcad City and Beaufort bridges was so thick yesterday morning you could cut it with t knife," Mr. Davis declared. > Temperatures since the first of the month have remained mild, Mr. Davis reports, ranging from a low of 40 Sunday night to a high of 64 on Friday and Sunday af ternoon a. Maximum and minimum tem peratures and wind direction for the period follow: Max. Mia. Wind Friday 64 54 SW Saturday 59 47 NE Sunday M 40 SW ? Tobacco allocations under the acreage reserve phase of the Soil Bank ran out at 9:30 a.m. yester day, reports B. J. May, county ASC office manager. A total of $38,086 was awarded to the first 67 tobacco farmers to sign up. They put 149.5 j acres into the Soil Bank. ( Payments for the county aver aged $253.90 per acre as compared to a national average of $255.42. | Mr. May says that 81 farmers had filled in applications by 3 p.m. yesterday. He predicted that some $10,000 above the allocation would be applied for before the office closed yesterday afternoon. The applications for funds above $38,086 will be accepted later, Mr. May noted, if other counties do not reach their quotas. There are 427 ; farmers in the county who raise tobacco. j Nine of the county's 32 cotton farmers have signed up for over $1,000, Mr. May said. That leaves | only about $2,000 to be distributed i among the other 23 cotton farmers. I The applications are being har.- 1 ! died on a first come-first served J basis by the ASC office. Mr. May says that farmers who have not signed up yet should come to his j office as soon as possible in order) to be near the top of the waiting list should more funds become available. The deadline for cotton and to bacco growers is March 1. Cars Leaving Parking Spaces Cause Accidents Two accidents involving cars pulling away from the curb oc curred in Morehcad City during the past week. The first happened when Elvin C. Thomas of Morehcad City was driving his 1952 Pontiac north on 12th Street and Fairleigh Small, Morehcad City, pulled away from the curb in a 1954 Chevrolet sta tion wagon. Patrolman Homer Lewis inves tigated the accident, which occur red Wednesday, and made no charges. He did not estimate the damage to either vehicle. The sta tion wagon was owned by Wallace Fisheries. The second wreck was in the 900 block of Arendcll Street Sat urday. Harley F. Garner, New port, backed his Chevrolet away from the curb and hit William A. Willis of Morehcad City, driving a Plymouth. Lt. Carl Blomberg, who inves tigated the accident, estimated damage at $50 to cach car. He said that no charges were made when Mr. Garner agreed to pay for the damages to both cars. It was raining, and the back window in his car was steamed so badly Garner couldn't sec out, according to Lieutenant Blomberg. Merchant Ships Collide in Fog Two merchant ships collided in a dense tog 40 miles off False Cape, N. C., at 9:15 p.m. Friday. The Coast Guard Cutter Chilula was called for assistance. The Chilula, already near the Diamond Shoals light ship enroute to Morehcad City from Norfolk, turned around and raced toward the scene of the accident. False Cape is near the North Carolina Virginia line. Neither of the ships was serious ly damaged, and by the time the Chilula caught up with one of them, she was ready to enter Chesapeake Bay. The other vessel made a nearer port for repairs. The Chilula escorted the Ar monia for a short distance up the bay and saw that it would have no trouble making port. The Chi lula left the Chesapeake at 4:15 a m. Saturday and returned to Morehcad City. Frank Cassiano Wins Third Honor Frank A. Cassiano, 2900 Evans St., Morehcad City, special repre sentative for the Jefferson Stand ard Life Insurance Co., has won membership for the third consecu tive year in his company's ex clusive 500 Club, according to an announcement by Karl LJung, vice president in charge of agency op erations. Membership in the 500 Club, which was established in IMS, is earned by producing 1500,000 or more in life insurance during a caknd*r year. Board Seeks Investigation Of County Line Location On You It Looks Good! rnoto ny bod Seymour Mrs. George Dill adjusts her new Centennial beret while her hus band. the mayor, holds the mirror and models the man's chapeau. Mayor and Mrs. Dill bought the first captain's rap and beret sold Friday morning by the Centennial committee. The red and black caps and berets are on sale for *2 each in most Morehead City stores. Sam Green Jr. Draws Total Of Four Months in Jail Sam Green Jr. caught jail terms' on each of two counts in county recorder's court Thursday. He was sentenced to three months for pet ty larceny and 30 days were added for public drunkenness. Will Owens also got a 30-day term for public drunkenness. Thirteen defendants failed to ap pear in court and forfeited bonds. They were Bethine Lewis Gillikin and John Kenneth Parker, running stop signs; Thadcius Mayo White, Lester Anthon Scott, and Herman Russell Guthrie, speeding; Leon E. Garner, Walter Charles Knaus, and Cecil Rowe Lockcy, no driv er's license. Leemon Otis Moore, no chauf feur's license; Norbcrt Lanier, ex ceeding road limit; David Clifton, improper passing; John Paul Fletcher, driving on the wrong side of the road; and John F. Ramsey, public drunkenness. Posts Bond Jessie Hughes Jr. posted $100 bond after appealing a careless and reckless conviction. He had been fined $50 and costs. Two men were found guilty of non- support. Each was sentenced to two years in jail, suspended so long as they supported their families. Robert Earl Jones was ordered to pay $15 a week, and Fred Guthrie was told to pay $30 a week. Two bad check cases came be fore the court. William Mutter paid half court costs, and O. T. Taylor paid costs and honored a bad check which he had passed. Junior R. Branton pled not guilty to a charge of driving drunk, but the court found him guilty and fined him $100 and court costs. He was also given a suspended scn tcncc. Speeders Fined Three speeders were fined $25 and costs. They were Lundy Gil likin, Bennie Murray, and Jack Powell. James Gregory paid the same amount for public drunken ness. Those paying $10 and costs were Leroy Cox, public drunkenness; Liston Larry Lawrence, careless See COURT, Page 2 Tide Table Tides it the Beaufort Bar HHill LOW Tuesday, Feb. S 11:22 a m. 5:11 a.m. 11:59 p.m. 5:19 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 5:42 a.m. 12:03 p.m. 5:53 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 12:43 a.m. 6:42 a.m. 12:52 p.m. 8:44 p.m. Friday, Feb. < 1:33 a.m. 8:29 a.m. , 1:50 p.m. 8:18 p.m. I * ? Board Appoints New CD Director Cmdr. William Lewis, USN, (Ret.) was named by the County Hoard of Commissioners yester day morning as county Civil De fense director. Commander Lewis, who lives at 2907 Arendell St., Morehead City, has had extensive exper ience in acquisition and handling of materiel, and is ideally quali fied to handle the Civil Defense program, according to Commis sioner Skinner Chalk. Commander L t w i s succeeds Miss Ruth L. Peeling, Morchcad City, who resigned. Health Report Given to Board Presented to the county board yesterday afternoon was the annual report by the County Health De partment. The board, in session at the courthouse, approved 12' recom mendations for legislation to be enacted by the general assembly. The recommendations, relating to county operation, have been pro posed by the State Association of County Commissioners. A resolution, freeing the federal government from any damage that may result from deposit of spoilage during dredging of Pcllcticr Creek, was passed. Machinc and Supply Co.. Beau fort, was approved as supplier of an amplifying system to the coun ty for $190. The system will be put in the court room. Approval was also given on enlarging the jury box and rearranging the chairs. Cost will be $110. The members of the sheriff's de partment were authorized to vote on whether they want to come under ttie social security program, and James Potter, county auditor, was named to go to Chapel Hill this week in connection with a sur vey made on salaries paid to coun ty employees. Three Men Picked Up On Whisky Counts Friday Three men were apprehended Friday night by ABC Officer Mar shall Ayacuc on a charge of poa seaaing non-taxpaid whiaky. Docketed for trial in county court Thuraday are Ralph Chad wick, Straita; C M. Ruaaell, Har kera Island, and D. R. Thomas, Atlantic. 1 Where's the boundary line between Carteret and Onslow Counties at Swansboro? This question was debated by the county commissioners yesterday morning when a Swansboro delegation appear ed before the board seeking a resolution which would call for moving the highway sign designating the county line. John Larkins, town attorney for Swansboro, and a group of citizens from Swansboro and the western part of Carteret, stated that the sign is now 1,125 feet farther west than it should be. The sign was moved "too far west,'' the Swansboro delegation said, when the new concrete bridge was put across the White Oak River. It seems like moving a sign would be a simple thing, but on an island in the middle of the river (also crossed by the bridge) some businesses have been set up. When Carteret land was revalued last year, the appraisers included those businesses because they are to the east of the "sign in the wrong place", which would put them in Carteret County. Before the new bridge and road way was built, there were two wooden bridges. The county line sign stood at the west end of the east bridge. The Swansboro dele gation wants the sign put back at that spot. Maps Checked Mr. Larkins said that every map he has checked, including maps in the Carteret courthouse, show that the county line is the "east chan nel" of the White Oak River "on the Carteret side." Mr. Larkins pointed out that the i businesses involved have received ' tax bills from both Carteret and j Onslow Counties. He said the town of Swansboro has no interest in the matter, except that the town char ter sets the boundary line and the town has provided electricity to the businesses in the middle of the river. He further stated that there is no question about "establishing the county line." He said that was established years ago and it's merely a question of moving the [sign. Carteret County Isn't so sure about that. Commissioner Skinner Chalk moved, and the board sec onded the motion that moving of the sign be approved if Alvah Ham ilton, county attorney, James Pot ter, tax supervisor, and Philip Ball, county surveyor, give their okay. Fund Source Cited County Board Chairman Moses Howard said that money for build ing the new bridge came from sec ond division highway funds (Car teret is in the second division). At one time Onslow was also in the second division but now it's in the third. Mayor M. N. Lisk, Swansboro, said. "The truth of the matter is ? and a third division man told me this ? they moved that sign be cause the third division didn't want to have to be responsible for tak ing care of that bridge and cause way in any more hurricanes!" Members of the Swansboro dele gation, in addition to Mr. Larkins and Mayor Lisk, were John Jones, Coral Weeks, Lionel Pcllctier, John A. Wcthcrington, Sam Meadows, and Nash Dennis. Coroner Gives Report on 1956 Coroner Leslie D. Springle gave a report on his 1956 activities to the county board of commissioners yesterday morning. Mr. Springle said that from Jan. 1, 1956 to Dec. 31, 1956, he was called to check on 63 death cases. Eleven were road fatalities, nine drownings, five deaths by fire, five by suffocation, one by electrocu tion and one suicide. On the re maining cases, he said, death re sulted from natural causes. He conducted seven inquests, traveled 1,760 miles on calls and investigations and spent three days on one case. Sixty-three per cent of the calls camc after 10 o'clock at night, he commented. In 1951 when he was first ap pointed coroner, Mr. Springle said that he was called on a total of 27 cases. Since the first of this year, he continued, he investigated two murders and one suicide. The county board acccptcd his report. Club to Rait* Money For Baskatbalf Uniform* To raise money for new basket ball uniforms for the boys' bas ketball team, the Varsity Club of Smyrna High School will sponsor a talent show it 7:10 Saturday night, Feb. f. Appearing on the show will be studenta from grades 1 through 12. The first place winner will re ceive $5. Admission ii 25 cents for chil dren and SO ccntt tor adults. Banks Will Send Two Farm Youths To State College Terry Garner, Newport; Walter Wetherington, Stella, to Take Course One of the most successful farm projects sponsored by North Caro lina's hankers will be continued next month at State College in Raleigh, according to J?mcs R. Sanders, Key Banker for this coun ty. Mr. Sanders, who is cashier of First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co., Morehead City, said that he has been advised by the North Caro lina Bankers Association that a total of about 175 young farm boys from throughout the state will be gin a two-week course of instruc tion in modern farming at State College February 11. Classes will run through Feb. 22. Two of those boys will be from this county. They arc Terry (Jar ner, Newport and Walter B. Wcth Jerington, Stella. I All expenses of the young farm ers are paid by the banks in their home county. While in Raleigh, the boys will live on the college campus, eat at the college cafe teria, and attend classes at the School of Agriculture. The classes | are taught by State College facul ty members. When this year's short coursc has been completed, more than 700 young Tar Heel farmers will have attended the classes over a five-year period, all under the sponsorship of the state's bankers. Records show that roughly 25 per cent of the young farmers in prior years have decided to attend col lege as a result of their brief ex perience during the short course. The coursc is designed to show young farmers that a successful farm economy demands that farm ers keep abreast of modern farm technology. Babe Ross Gets Two-Year Term Babe Ross, Beaufort, was sen tenced to two years in jail by Judge Lambert Morris in county recorder's court Thursday. Ross was charged with beating his common law wife, Catherine Tur ner, with a bottle. He was picked up Saturday night, Jan. 19, by Carlton Garner, Beau fort assistant chief of police. Of ficer Garner testified that he was driving along Broad Street when he heard women screaming. He stopped his car and located the house from which the screams were coming. * He said the front door was open and Ross, who was drunk, had his wife against the wall, holding her by the throat with one hand and beating her over the head with a cola bottle with the other. Rosi resisted arrest and had to be blackjackcd before Officer Gar ner could get him to the car. He was put in county jail under $500 bond to await Thursday's trial. Chapter Orders Material For First Aid Course J. R. Carter, Morchcad City, Red Cross first aid instructor, re ported yesterday that the County Red Cross Chapter has ordered the material necessary to start teaching first aid courses here. On order are manuals, exam ination blanks, and a visual aid chart and stand. Mr. Carter will provide splints necessary. If the materials arrive in time, Mr. Carter said he would be ready to start the first aid class with Beaufort firemen Thursday night. Mr. Carter also plans to teach om class a week in Morchcad City. New Officers Take Over Richard M McClain assumed office as president of the St An drew's Episcopal Men's Club at Its recent meeting at the Atlantic Beach Hotel. Other new officera tre Haywood Ball, vice-president; and Bill B a u g h a m, secretary treasurer. A ai