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Coroner's Jury Decides No Negligence in Lewis Death Richard Tootle Sentenced To 30 Days for Assault Richard Thomas Tootle, More-' head City, was sentenced to 30 days on the roads in Morehead City recorder's court Monday morning. Toofle was found guilty of attacking Catherine Horton by stamping on her with his feet. She suffered minor bodily injuries. Robert Earl Morris pled guilty to careless and reckless driving after his warrant had been changed from driving drunk and running a stop sign. He was fined $150 and court costs. He agreed not to drive on the highways for a period of one year. He will ap pear in court once every four months to be questioned as to his complying with the order. David F. Range paid $100 and costs for his first offense of driv ing drunk. He was sentenced to 90 days, suspended on payment of the fine and one year's good be havior. Wants Trial Carlton Pittman requested a Jury trial for a public drunken ness charge. Bond was set at $500. Richard W. Fiorvanti paid $25 and costs for speeding and care less and reckless driving. Ben Heath paid $10 and costs for pub lic drunkenness. Youvon L. Phelps was found guilty of improper display of li cense plates and was fined $10 and costs. The $10 will be returned If valid license plates are pre sented within one week. Those who were taxed costs were Archie R. Firby, driving without glasses; William Ferguson, vagrancy; Robert J. Willis, pub lic drunkenness; and Horace F. Norris, speeding. Pays Fines Willie Clifton Smith paid fines of a previous court order, and the failure to comply with court or der suit against him was dis missed. Morgan Bell Stewart paid half costs for improper passing, and Phillip R. Mason was taxed a similar amount for scratching off. Cases were continued against Leston W. Gillikin, Olan Bell, Clyde R. Eubanks, James T. Nix on, Samuel Howland, George Green, and Cal Whaley, Negro News The Simmons Family of New I Bern will present a talent program at tile Christian Star Church Sun day afternoon at 3:30. The Willing Workers Club of the Christian Star Church will meet Monday night at > at the home of Mrs. Beatrice Jones, 1407 Bay St., announces the president, Mrs. Thelma Stamps. The PTA of Queen Street School, Beaufort, will give a program at the St. Antioch Baptist Church at Adams Creek Sunday afternoon at 3. The pastor, the Rev. W. C. Hor ton of Morehead Ci'y, invites the public to attend. The program pro ceeds will go to the building fund. | The Rev. Henry Crocker of Beau fort will preach at the Sunday eve ning scrvice at the Christian Star I Church. Special services will be present ed Sunday at St. Mary's Holiness Church, Morehead City. The Rev. Mr. Pearsall of Burgaw will speak. MRS. JULIA SHARPE Mrs. Julia Sharpe, 67, died Mon day at her home, 310 Queen St., Beaufort. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in tfca Mount Zion Baptist Church, with Um Rev. M. C. Carter officiat ing. Burial will be in Ocean View Cemetery. Surviving are her husband, Joe, a son, Otis, of Florida, two daugh ters, Mrs. Isabel Jones, Mrs. Annie Mae Collins, both of Florida, a brother and a sister. ANNIE ELIZABETH POTTER Annie Elizabeth Potter, 19, died Wednesday at her home, SOO Pol lack St., Beaufort. Coroner Leslie Springle said death was from nat ular causes. The girl had been physically afflicted aince birth. Surviving Is her mother, Mrs. Fannie Potter. Funeral plans were incomplete at preaa time yesterday. Merehead City Hospital Admitted: Sunday, Arlrthia Too tle, Boftie; Tuesday, Lula Godette, HaveJoek Discharged: Tuesday, Arlethia Tootle. Beguo. 666 tVMMOMS AT ONE TIME... n um mart irs Vne J22?n CQj-DS medicine Three Meetings Booked to Date W. C. Carlton, chairman of the Morchead City Chamber of Com merce tourist and convention com mittee, announces that three con ventions have been scheduled for this area. The annual County Bridge league tournament will be May 17-19, Tele phone Pioneers of North Carolina will meet here May 24 26, and the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects will meet June 20-22. The tourist and convention com mittee, consisting of W. L. I)er rickson and Shelby Freeman, in ad W. C. Carlton . . . sports convention badge dition to the chairman, have out- 1 lined the following program for the year: 1. To prepare an up-to-date list of hotels, motels, inns and rooming ! houses, showing location, accom- 1 mod at ions, season ^nd manager. ? 2 Jb prepare a listing of charter boats, showing whether inside or outside, rates, accommodations, lo cation and captain. 3. To prepare a listing of meet ing places available for convention banquets, conference rooms and registration space. 4. Make available services to as sist in registration of convention guests. 5. Issue press releases on con ventions planned for the area, giv ing as much information as can be obtained. 6. To aid the convention organ ization by sending its members, prior to the convention, descriptive literature about this area, and a special letter of invitation from the Chamber of Commerce. 7. Support the U. S. Highway 70 Association and All-Seashore High way Association, to mail brochures to prospective visitors, circulate brochures at selected points to se cure widest possible distribution, to maintain highway signs to attract visitors, support groups organized to attract tourists and conventions to this area. Cool Air Masses Clear Skies Here The miss of cool air passing through eastern North Carolina is responsible for the clearing of the skies, according to E. Stamey Davis, weather observer. Mr. Da vis says that the unusually warm winds during the past weeks have been condensing over the water and forming dense fogs. The temperatures have ranged from I high of 58 on Monday to a low of 33 Tuesday morning. Maximum and minimum tempera tures and wind direction for the period follow: Max. Min. Wind Monday 58 49 NE Tuesday 21 33 NE Wednesday 55 35 SE a coroners jury ruled "no< negligence" on the part of Joe Whitley, Harkers Island, driver of the car which fatal ly injured 12-year-old Judy Ann Lewis of Harkers Island Thursday morning, Feb. 7. The Jury deliberated nine minutes Tuesday night at the eourthouse before reaching its decision. The inquest was conducted by Coroner Leslie Springle. The first witness was 10-year-old Diane Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Neal Davis, Harkers Island. She was with Judy Ann and Mary Ruth Willis at the time of the accident. All were walking io school. ? According to Diane, she and Mary Ruth were walking along when "Judy caught up with us. Judy started to say something and then the car hit Judy and kept on and Judy started rolling down the road." Diane said thai Judy was 4 feet from the hard surface when she was hit. She said that she. Judy and Mary Ruth were "walking on the dirt." Twelve-year-old Mary Ruth Wil lis. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil lie Guy Willis, Harkers Island, was the next witness. She said that they were walking on the right- j hand side of the road, their backs to traffic. She had her books in one hand and had Judy's hand in | the other "when the car hit Judy in the back and took her on. The car brushed my arm as it went j by," she said. In answer to a question by Gene , Smith, attorney for Mr. Whitley, ' the witness said the car ran off the ! road "and when he tried to get back on the road, he took Judy with ? him." Did Not See Car Replying to another question by Mr. Smith, she said that they did not see the car before it hit Judy. I "Were you girls playing along- i side the road?" the lawyer asked. I "NTo sir." Mary Ruth replied. Coroner Springle asked if it was i foggy and the witness said it wasn't. David Yeomans, who took Judy Ann to the hospital, was called to the stand. He said it was about 8 or 8:10 in the morning on Feb. 7 when lie was looking at his TV set and his wife was getting breakfast. He said his wife called to^foim that some little girl was hit aijjp heA ran out and saw the girl lying by the fence in front of his house. Be cause he had no shoes on he went back in the house to finish dressing and when he came out of the house, Mr. Whitley was kneeling by the girl, holding her head. "I got my car and backed out, and told them (people who had gathered at the scene) to bring her and put her in the car. She was bleeding pretty bad and I didn't go over there. They wrapped her in a j blanket and put her in the car and I took off. That's all I know." Under questioning by the jurors, Mr. Yeomans said that the Whitley car stopped about 15 feet from where Judy was lying. In answer to a question by Mr. Smith, Mr. Yeomans said that he didn't notice any fog that morning, but that the road was wet. He also added that the books and papers Judy was carrying were strewn be hind her body. Patrolman Testifies State Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes was the last witness. When he arrived at the scene at about 8:45 a.m. he said the Whitley car, a 1951 Chevrolet was on the right side of the highwaq just east of the Harkers Island REA building. He spoke to Mr. Whitley who told him that he was the driver of the car which struck the child. Mr. Whitley told him that he was tak ing his grandson to school and that it was foggy or misty. He said he ran into a patch of fog and felt that he hit something. He said he didn't know whether it was a hog, a dog or a child and when he stopped he found that he had hit a child. Patrolman Sykes then told of questioning the witnesses who had testified and said they told the same story as they did on the stand. The patrolman said he has re quested that Mr. Whitley.be re examined for eligibility to hold a driver's license.. He added that the Action Taken (Continued from Page 1) iSSVBS"' " I A letter of protest, he added, is f n,.h8.5!inl,J 'y the Down Ka" !'<<?s CTub and the president of the PTA. ? 20 per cent pay in crease. Mr. Johnson said. "Edu fa,ion in North Carolina needs it " I* declared, "not just the teach j Stewart Daniels, principal of Smyrna School, said yesterday that j ' 'rs on the Smyrna faculty were not happy about the budget | recommendation. I "Our teachers are writing letters to our representative and senators , amj we re working with Mr. Tark mgton, who is legislative chairman of the county NCEA." i ? J't f sa'd that all persons are invited to join the teachers in their crusade. "If they think we have a legitimate protest, we believe they ! can help us in a concerted effort to set a decent salary " Fruitless Efforts During the past two legislatures he teacher pay raise issue has loomed larger and larger and never nave the teachers' requests been 'nil This year for the first time however, all education groups have agreed on what they want. There Us a united front. In the face of (he 9.1 per cenl pay raise recommendation, three repre sentatives introduced in the House Tuesday a bill providing a 20 per cent raise for teachers. The bill I was signed by R. Fnink Everette of Martin County. Dr. J M. Phelps of Washington and Jack Love of Mecklenburg. Everette estimated his bill would cost an additional $25 miHion over the budget estimate. According to state figures, the State now pays its teachers an average of $.1,300 a year With the 9 1 per cent increase, they would receive, on the average, $3,630. The national average is $4,200. Church Hopes To Buy Chimes &,.7K odist Church for the chimes which have been installed at the church on a trial basis. The Rev. Samuel S. Moore, an nounces that the church is under taking sanctuary renovation, and acquisition of the chimes is being considered. 8 Donations are invited from per sons other than members of the congregation. Those who would hke to contribute may contact Gu,h"e. Shackleford Mreet, phone 6-5097. The chimes can be played auto tlon of Mi ?r by keyboard ?Pera 1 taMeH 11"" They were in stalled over the weekend and will be at the church for two weeks. over"th? . bee" p<'alin8 out over the town, giving the public an opportunity to hear the type of music produced. driver had not been cited for ve hicle law violation. Under questioning by the jurors, Patrolman Sykes said that there were no signs of the car leaving the highway. He said, "If the car had left the highway, I think tracks could have been seen." No Skid Marks He added that there were no skid marks on the road and that Mr. Whitley was going between 22 and 25 miles an hour when he hit the girl. Mr. Smith recalled Diane Davis to the stand and questioned her as to when she first noticed Whitley'i car, then the jury retired. Jurors were Herschel J. Miller, foreman, Jasper Bell, Dr. Russell Outlaw, Orville GaskiU, E. W. Downum and James I. Wade. Mr. Whitley, 70 years of age, was in the courtroom but did not testify. The G. W. Wilkins house, shown "going for a ride" in the Feb. 1 issue of the paper was moved five mile* west of Morehead City and not west of Newport, as itated. Marion T. Mills SOUND CHEVROLET CP PUT THBH rr* MOTH1N4 uwl??uAl To A car thai ?MN TUNBD UP 0V SOUND CNCVI^UTCa jmymtMairiHiH Kenneth Fischler Heads Theatre Keniilh Fischler, Morehead City, wai fleeted president of the Carteret Community Theatre at a meeting Wednesday night at the recreation building. Morehead City. He aucceeds Miss L. F. Ciddens Other officers are C. A. Stone, vice-president; Thomas Respess, secretary; Jimmy Wheatley, treas urer, and Floyd Stewart, business manager. A riling vote of thanks was given Miss Glddens for her out standing work as president dur ing the past year. The aew offi cers will begin their terms next month. Saturday night, March 30, was set as the date of the annual awards dinner. The place is to be announced. Mrs. Tressa Vickers was named dinner chairman. Miss Ruth Peeling was appoint ed to buy the awards to be given the best actor, best actress and best director. Walton Hamilton gave the treasurer's report. Net profit on the last play, Peg 0' My Heart, was $74.68. The recreation com mission's share was $37. Balance in the theatre treasury, exclud ing recent payment of patron memberships, is $28.91. Dates of the next play, Laura, were tentatively set. The play will be given on two nights, about the middle of March. Miss Joyce Willis has been named director, replacing Thomas Respess. Visitors at the theatre meeting were Mrs. Lynn Herndon, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chadwick, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Knight, and Mrs. Ken neth Fischler. Miss Ada Allen Reports on Callers At New Library Two "customers" called at the Newport branch library the first day it opened, Feb. 4, announces Miss Ada Allen, librarian. On this past Monday, four called during the two-hour weekly li brary period and the circulation doubled. Mrs. Dorothy Avery, director of the Carteret County library, who is supervisor of the Newport branch, expresses the hope that more adults and children in the Newport area will call at the free library Monday. The library is loeated in the PTA center and is open each Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. ? " ? Letters (Continued from Page 1) arie* for public school teacher*, and North Carolina does have the resources at its command to begin meeting this need now. Governor Hodges, you are the one man who can really intercede for a million school children ? North Caro lina'a future. They will be the ultimate losers if you do not. I fervently hope that you will see fit to do so. Respectfully submitted, T. L. Lee, Principal Morehead City Schools Girl Scout Cookie Sale Will Begin Here Monday Advance Group Sails for Vieques Camp Lejeune ? An advance echelon of the Marine Corps' Am phibious Training Group 1-57 em barked over the weekend from Morehead City, and the Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, for its tropical training base at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. The several hundred Marines, under the command of Lt. Col R B. Prescott, have been sent ahead to make preparations for the ar rival of the main body of the train ing group early next month. The advanced party will ready camp sites and install principal communication lines, so that the Amphibious Training Group, com manded by Brig. Gen. Austin R. Brunelli, can commence its train ing immediately upon arrival. Most of the advance party em barked Saturday aboard the USS Hermitage at Morehead City. A smaller group took off from Cherry Point by aircraft last Friday. Included in this weekend's ad vance lift were detachments from the following Marine units: 2d Provisional Military Police Com pany; Amphibious Training Group Headquarters; Service Company of Support Group; Support Group Headquarters; Company "B" of the 2d Medical Battalion; 8th Ma rine Regiment; Company "A" of the 2d Engineering Battalion; 8th Communications Battalion; Ma rine Wing Service Group-27; and "A" Company, 2d Motor Trans port Battalion (Reinforced). Mohammed was born at Mecca, Arabia, in 570 A.D. " Ciirl Scouts througnout me i county will start their annual i cookie sale Monday. The sale will j continue through March 4. Mrs. Charles Todd, Morehcad City, district cookie sale chair man, announces that two kinds of cookies will be available, cream sandwich and mint Scouts will pick up the boxes at the recreation center in Morehead City Monday afternoon. Price is 40 cents a box. Twelve hundred boxes have been ordered for troops in this county. Five cents from each sale will be retained by the troop and the remainder of the proceeds will go for improved camping facilities. Scouts will make door to door calls to sell the cookies. ? The average carrying capacity j of a railroad freight car is 53 tons. I Realtors Hear State President Tuesday Night Gene Phillips Jr., Durham, presi dent of the North Carolina Associa tion of Real Estate Boards, was principal speaker at the Morehead City Board of Realtors meeting at f the Sanitary Fish Market Restau rant Tuesday night. Mr. Phillips and Harry Lewis, Greensboro, state secretary, are on a tour of the 37 real estate board organizations in North Carolina. They discussed new ideas they had picked up on their tour and gave information on future conventions and the realtors institute at UNC ? scheduled for June. Mr. Phillips emphasized the im portance of belonging to the state and national associations for real estate boards. One of the biggest services of the national organiza tion, he said, is performed by the Washington committee. This committee sends realtors advance information on proposed legislative changes and current ac tivities in Washington as they affect the real estate business. He discussed the tight mortgage financing market and said that the realtors were trying to ease the situation by tapping new trust funds, pension funds, and bank association funds for ready capital. Members of the Morehead City group who were present include W. B. Chalk, Jerry Willis. John Baker, Herbert Phillips, Charles Freeman, Charles Stanley, Billy Corey, and John Crump. Pi ? ^ G&W SEVEN STAR 90 PROOF 245 3 Mm pint 85 4/5 QT. SEVEN STAR, BLENDED WHISKEY. 90 PROOF. 37fe% STRAIGHT WHISKEY. * YEARS OR MORE OLD. 62'/*% GRAIN NEU TRAL SPIRITS. GOODERHAM A WORTS LTD., PEORIA. 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