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PRIZE- WINNING NEWSPAPER at lii? TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??> 46th YEAR. NO. 17. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAR6LINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Morehead City Board Seeks Two Legislative Enactments Five Persons Hurt in Head-On Crash Thursday Wreck Occurs Five Miles East of Swansboro On Highway 24 Two Stella residents, William Bright, 17, his sister, Elaine, 16, and three Marines were injured at f:10 Thursday night in a head-on collision five miles east of Swans boro on Highway 24. ? The injured Marines are John Henry Morris, Archie E. Willis and Hugh D. Price, all of Cherry Point. William Bright has been dis charged from the Camp Lejeune hospital, but his sister was still there yesterday, suffering from cuts on the head and bruises. Morris and Price had internal in juries and Willis suffered severe cuts about the head and throat. His head went through the windshield. 1 He was given first aid by State Highway Patrolmen R. H. Brown and W. J. Smith Jr. The accident happened in front of the C. C. Dennis house. Patrolman Brown said that both cars were 1956 four door Chcvrolets. Bright's car was owned by his father, Wood row. Bright, with his sister, was , going cast when he dccided to make a U turn and head back the way he had coinc. As he swung around he collided with the other car, which was driven by Morris. The Morris car, headed west, struck the right front of th? Bright car. Willis and the Brights were taken to Lejeune in the Navy ambulance and Morris and Price were taken to Cherry Point by Morchcad City military policemen. Both cars were demolished. ? Bright is charged with making an improper left turn and Morris is charged with driving without lights. Assisting Patrolman Brown in the investigation, in addition to Patrol man Smith and the MP's, was State Highway Patrolman Roger Salter, Swansboro. Inquiries Hit High This Month W. B. Chalk, president of the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce, said yesterday that the number of inquiries coining to the chamber about Morehead City is exceptionally high for this time of > year. For example, on one day, he pointed out, information on this area was mailed out to the follow ing places: St. Louis, Mo., Des Moinc.s, la., Buchanan, Va., Paters burg, Va., Chilicothc, Ohio. Cape May. N. J., Jamaica, N. Y., Rockford, III., Toronto. Can., Co lumbus, Ohio, Nashville, Tenn., Hot Springs, Ark., and the following towns in North Carolina: Winston Salem, Monroe, Madison, Rocky Mount, Mount Olive, Chapel Hill, , Greensboro and Lenoir. Mr. Chalk attributed the unusual surge of inquiries to nation and statewide publicity given this area through magazine and newspaper stories and advertising. SPA Will Meet At Raleigh March 6 , The State Porta Authority will meet Wednesday, March ?, in Ra /' leigh instead of Charlotte, u ori ginally announced. According to a report from the SPA office at Wilmington yester day, the change was made for the convenience of James C. Buckley, president of the New York firm of terminal and transportation consultants. Mr. Buckley will attend the meeting to review his recent re port on state ports. Following the meeting he will speak to the joint appropriations commitlec of the general assem bly. Civic Jtopresantotivm To Discuss Band Finances Representatives o f Morehead City civic organizations will meet at 7:30 tonight at the recreation a building to discuss means of rais ing money to finance a trip of the Morehead City High School band to Washington, D. C. Co-chairmen of the finance drive are Fred Lewis and Mrs. J. W. Thompson. If the band goes to Washington, members will tour the city and pouibly stop at Mount Vernon. It ii estimated that SI ,230 will be needed. I ? General Assemblyman D. G. Bell will be requested by the town of Morehead City to introduce two bills in the legislature. One will authorize the town to dismantle business buildings in a state of disrepair and the other will alter a portion of the zoning ordinance. The zoning change would pre vent the automatic zoning for bus iness of two corners of an inter section if two corners arc already zoned for business. Now, the two non-business corners of an inter section may be zoned for business, upon request to the town, and the request must be granted Under the new law the zoning of the other two corners for bus iness would be allowed at the dis cretion of the board of adjustment or town board. Ordinance Amended The board amended a town or dinance specifying places where fruit vendors or other peddlers may sell from their trucks. They may not park anywhere in the business section of Morehead City between 4th and 16th Streets. The amendment takes affcct today. Commissioner Ted Garner, who presided in the absence of Mayor George Dill, reported that the town had been asked to furnish paint to paint the words. More head City, on the roof of a build ing as an aid to pilots. lie said that the roof of one of the warehouses at the port is being considered as the place for the sign. The town voted to supply the paint. Civic organizations will fur nish the labor. Finance Commissioner S. C. llol loway requested 1957-58 budget es timates from the commissioners. None had the estimates available. Commissioner Gibbie Sanderson suggested that the board get to See BOARD, Page 2 Auto Burns Thursday Night A 1953 Lincoln owned by Bruno Joseph Marino Jr., route 1 More head City, burned at 9 o'clock Thursday night on the Salter Path Road a mile from Atlantic Beach. State Highway Patrolman R. H. Brown said that the burning car was reported to the patrol office and when he arrived, it was still ablaze. The car was beyond saving so the fire department was not called. The patrolman checked with Ma rino, who said that the last time he saw the car was when he parked it in front of the Rex Restaurant at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. He said someone must have stolen it. Ma rino works at the restaurant. Cyrus Rich Bids $4,700 for School Cyrus R. Rich, Ashcboro, bid a high of $4,700 for the Barkers Island School at noon Friday at the courthouse. The other bidder was Carl Lewis, Markers Island. Alvah Hamilton, county attorney, who conducted the sale, said the high bid may be upped within 10 days from Feb. 22. When the school building proper ty was first offered for sale in Jan uary, the high bid was $3,500 by R J. Chadwick, Markers Island. Mr. Chadwick was not present at the sale Friday. The $3,900 was raised within 10 days after it was offered and for that reason the school had to be put up for sale again. The County Board of Education will decide whether the $4,700 bid will be ac cepted. A new school is being built on Markers Island, making the present properly of no further use for edu cation purposes. Toastmasters Club To Meet Tomorrow Gerald Mill will be toastmastcr for the County Toastmasters meet ing at the Morchcad City Munici pal Building 8: 15 p.m. tomorrow. Jasper Bell will be topic master. W. E. Pickard will offer the Invo cation. Prepared speakers arc W. J. Smith, J. W. Sykcs, Clifford Fag lie. P H. Gccr Jr., E. G. Phillips. E. W. Downum. and Dr. R. E. Outlaw. Their critics will be J. B. Eubank*. Oscar Allrcd, Hugh Sal ter, J. P. Harris Jr., and W. L. Woodard. Paul Bray will be mas ter critic. The toast masters furnish .speak ers to any civic organizations in the county upon request. Ugloa Hat Robbed Beaufort police report that some one broke into the American Le gion Hut on the Lennoxville Road Wednesday night. The thief took combat boots, shirts, tod pants. ? Library Requests Copy of Booklet On Centennial The Library of Congress has ask ed for a eopy of the forthcoming centennial souvenir booklet. Henry J. Dubester, chief of gen eral reference and bibliography, has written Miss Alida Willis, co chairman of publicity, requesting Persons who have not been contacted for patron listing may mail their checks ($5 per name) to Mrs. Truman Kemp, 2912 Evans St., Morehead City. Name of the patron should be printed clearly so that it may appear ac curately in the booklet. a copy for the library. He also suggests that a copy be placed on file with the North Carolina State Library. Miss Willis points out that all per sons who are listed in the book as patrons will have the honor of their name preserved in the nation's foremost library at Washington, D. C. Deadline Nears Deadline for receiving names for the patron or memorial pages is the middle of March. Listings are $5 each and each person becoming a patron will receive a copy of the booklet free. Mrs. Truman Kemp, in charge of soliciting patrons' names, re ports that less than a thousand dol lars has been received so far. Five thousand dollars is sought. Reports from all the solicitors arc not in, however. Persons living outside of More head City are invited to be patrons. Their name and hometown will be listed. Checks should be enclosed with the namp and hometown of the patron. Priest Writes Father Elmer Landser, TOIt, for mer pastor of St. Egbert's Catholic Church, Morehead City, is the first out-of-town patron. Now at Mount Assisi Monastery, Lorctta, Pa., he enclosed a letter with his chock. The letter, in part follows: "Ever since my appointment to St. Egbert's Parish back in 1945. and also after my transfer to Lo retta in 1951, I had and still have a very warm affection for the beauti ful coastal city of Morehead City. I shall never forget the many friends I made during my pastorate there. "God willing, I hope to return some day and renew many of these friendships. I am enclosing a check in the amount of $5. Please list my name among the patrons in the centennial book. Don't forget to send a copy to me. "Best regards to my many friends in Morehead City. May God bless all of you." Out-of-town patrons may send their checks to Mrs. Truman Kemp, Morehead City. They should be sure to enclose their name and home town, printed clearly. To help drum up trade for the booklet names, Kay Guthrie and Harriet Willis, members of the MYF of Franklin Memorial Meth odist Church, solicited names in downtown Morehead City Saturday afternoon. Board Gives Okay On Paving Proposal In 1100 Block Malcolm Goodwin of Goodwin's Pharmacy has been given permis sion by the town to pave the grass plot on both sides of the railroad in the 1100 block of Arcndcll Street. Authorization was made at the board meeting Thursday night at the town hall. Mr. Goodwin said that this would allow cars to park diagonally in that block as Uiey do in the rest of the business section, lie ex plained that he is planning to put up a building and that prospective tenants arc interested only if more parking space U available. The board agreed to the prop osition, providing plans arc co ordinated with the State Highway Department since Arcndcll Street Is also Highway 70. Tides at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HKiH LOW Tuesday, Feb. 2* 8:17 a m 6 : 45 p. in 12:03 a m 12:34 p. in Wedaesday, Feb. 27 7:00 a.m. 7:24 p.m. 12:49 a. Ill 1:17 p.m Thanday, Feb. 28 7:38 a.m. ?:01 p.m. 1:32 a.m. 1:S8 p.m. Friday, March 1 814 a.m. 8:35 p.m, 2:13 a.m. 2:U p.m. Police Hold Arthur Colston , 27 , For G rover Mills Murder Saturday Band Director Announces Friday's Concert Program The Beaufort High School Band, under the direction of C. Franklin Jones Jr., will give its annual Spring Concert in Beaufort School Auditorium at 8 p.m. Friday. The program will contain music of various forms ? from marches to overtures ? and will have an appeal for everyone, said Mr. Jones. Featured during the con cert will be Miss Judy Moore, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. W. Moore of Beaufort, who will play Charles Williams' The Dream of Olwen, a piano solo with accom paniment by the band. This will be Miss Moore's second appcarancc as soloist with the band. Also featured will be the selec tion, The King and I, a medley of tunes from the Rodgcrs and Ham mcrstcin production. This medley, played by the band, will include such numbers as Whistle a Happy Tune, We Kiss in a Shadow, March of the Siamese Children, I Have Dreamed, Shall We Dance, and Hello, Young Lovers. Other selections by the band on the first part of the program will be Larghetto ? Handel; Overture Eroica ? Bcethovcn-Skornicka; Al lerseelcn, Strauss; American Min strel. Fostcr-llerfurth; Solemn Pro cession, Greta; and Voice of the Guns, Al/ord. Following r brief intermission the band will play The Klaxon March, Fillmore; The King and I, Rodgers; Singing Sands, Foreman; Star Dust, Carmichael; Waltz for Rand. Morressev; and Emblem of Unity March, Richards. The Beaufort Rand Association is currently in their fund raising drive and this concert has been sched ulede to coincide with the drive. In December fhe Beaufort band re- j ceived an invitation to the Cherry j Blossom Festival in Washington, D. C . but owing to lack of finances, j has been unable to make plans to attend, Mr. Jones said. They recently received and ac cepted an invitation to the Wilming ton Azalea Festival March 30. Plans have been underway to take the band to the District Contest Festivals in Greenville March 9 Here they will receive a rating of ability, and might possibly go on to the State Contest-Festivals in Greensboro later in the month, the director concluded. Franklin Pittman Fined $200 in Court T hursday Franklin Pittman was fined $200' and court costs in Thursday's ses sion of county recorder's court, Beaufort. Pittman was found guil ty of driving with no license after his license had been suspended. Judge L. R. Morris gave him four months to pay the fine. A three month sentence was suspended. A warrant against Jim Linber gcr was filed for grand jury ac tion. Linbergcr was charged with stealing a 1956 Chevrolet and $500 from Dorothy Sue Phillips. Lin bergcr did not appear in court since he is being held in a Mas sachusetts detention house. According to authorities, the Phillips woman reported that Lin bergcr beat her up Saturday night. Feb. 2, took $500 from her and went off in her car. The sheriff has now started legal procedure to have Linbergcr brought back to this county. Six eases involving license plate violations were brought before the court. Joseph William Suggs, Hec tor Ray Shocn, and Michael J. Capparclli forfeited their bonds. Krank Williams Harvey and Mit chell F. Couric were taxed half costs. The state did not prose cute Elizabeth Thompson due to lack of evidence. Woodrow Deihl, who was found guilty of passing bad checks, was taxed court costs and ordered to pay the checks. The state did not prosecute five cases due to lack of evidence. Parties involved were Ralph A. Logney, no license; Alton K. Ewcll, improper lights and improper li cense; Clyde Becton, assault and non support; Walter Chavis, care less and reckless driving and no license; and Horace Jones, public drunkenness. Two defendants paid costs. Louis C. Frazicr paid for speeding, and Richard M. McGuirc paid costs for an Improper driver's license. Those who forfeited bonds were William C. Dugcc, insufficient See COURT, Page 2 Town Takes Over Pigott Cemetery Morehead City town fathers, in session Thursday night, ?gree4 to maintain the Emeline Pigott ceme tery as a spot of historical interest. The cemetery is loeated about 75 feet from the south end of Yau pon Terrace in Calico Colony. It is a short distance from Calico Creek and is on the former Pigott plantation. Buried there is Miss Emetine, who was a spy for the Confed eracy. members of her family and an unknown Confederate soldier. The cemetery, in recent years, was surrendered to the wilds, but town crewmen have recently clcancd out the weeds and under brush. The plot has been deeded to the town by Bruce Goodwin, who recently acquired the proper ty on which it is (ituated. Jasper Bell, commissioner of buildings and grounds, said $283 is needed to repair the wrought iron fence around the Pigott plot (there arc also some graves out side the fcncc). Clerk John Lashlcy was asked to find out if women's clubs would want to pay for fcncc repair since the town has no funds available now for that purpose. Assemblyman Attends Industrial Conference l.ou Core, chairman of the indus trial development committee of the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce. announced Friday that D. C. Bell, general assemblyman, rep resented Morehead City at the in dustrial conference at Raleigh Wednesday. Attending the meeting from Beau fort was Dan Walker. ' Arthur Colston, 27, Mobile, Ala., was transferred to the county jail from Morehead City yesterday afternoon. He is being held on the charge of murdering Grover Mills, 42, also of Mobile. The shooting, which resulted in Mills' death, occurred at the Annie Mae Hinson house, 1304 Fisher St., Morehead City, Saturday afternoon. Colston is also charged with assault with a deadly wea Chief Guthrie Proposes Fire Inspection Plan Fire Chief Vernon Guthrie Ap peared before the Morehead City town board Thursday night and suggested that the town undertake a fire inspection program. Chief Guthrie said that periodic inspection of homes and business buildings, to detect fire hazards, would reduce the number of fires. He said that if such a program is undertaken, it may be possible to reduce the town's fire insurance rating from 6 to 5, which would | mean lower insurance rates. Chief Guthrie was asked to re port at the next meeting on the cost of such inspection. The chief recently attended the Governor's confercDce on fire pre vention where it was recommend ed that each home be inspected once a year and business build ings more frequently. Commissioner Jasper Bell re ported that a fire hydrant is need ed in the Homes Drive section. It was pointed out that one is need ed also in Calico Colony. The chief said that two hydrants now located could be moved. Town Attorney George McNeill pointed out that the water company will move them as soon as it receives written requests. Attending the meeting were Commissioner Ted Garner, mayor pro-Urn; Commissioners Bell, S. jC. Holloway, Gibbic Sanderson, D. | J. Hall, Clerk John Lashley and the attorney. Mayor George Dill was out of town. Centennial Seals On Sale Again A new supply of centennial seals has arrived and the seals arc now on sale at the Western Union of fice, Arendell Street, Morehead City. The first order of 10,000 was sold and the second shipment re cently arrived. The seals arc red and gold and cost a penny cach. This is actual siic of *eal. It i? in red and gold. They can be used on writing pa per, envelopes, to dccoratc water glasses at dinners or banquets or to seal anything that needs stuck together. Proceeds from sale of the seals will help financc the centennial celebration in August. The seals may be bought in any amount from 1 on up. *pon with intent to kill Alto Lee, 43, of 1312 Bay St., Morehead City. Lee has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon, a 32 calibre re volver. It is this revolver that of ficers say Colston shot Mills with. Another Mills in (he case, Robert Mills Jr., is being held under $500 bond as a material witness and An nie Mae Hinson has been released under $500 bond as a witness. Colston's case was continued in Morehead City Recorder's Court yesterday. Morehead City Police Chief Her bert Griffin said that he was at the police station at 3 p.m. Saturday when someone callcd and said that there was shooting "at 14th and Fisher Streets." He and Sgt. Homer Lewis went to the corner in dif ferent cars. When they arrived on Fisher Street, they saw Lee walking down the street, his head bleeding free ly. Thinking that this was the man who had been shot. Sergeant Lewis picked him up and carried him to the Morehead City Hospital. Chief Griffin asked a passerby, Anthony Dudley, where the shoot ing had occurred. Dudley pointed across the street to 1304 and said that was the house. When the chief got to the front door it was ajar, and he walked into the house. As he walked in he saw Mills shudder one time on the floor and there was Colston holding a 32 cali bre revolver in his hand. The chief said he took the gun from Colston and placed him under arrest. Were Watching TV Upon questioning witnesses, the chief found that the three men had been watching TV io the Hinson woman's house when an argument started. Lec, who is charged with carrying a concealed weapon, lost the revolver lo Colston in ?n en suing scrap. Colston shot Mills through the heart, and the bullet lodged in his ribs, the chief said. Powder burns on Mills' shirt indi cate that the shot was fired at very close range. Witnesses say that Colston hit Lee over the head with the pistol, pushed him out the front door and fired a second shot at him. The shot went wild, but Colston caught Lec on the sidewalk and in the scuf fle hit him over the head again with the pistol. Lee started walking down the street, and Colston tried to fire the revolver at him several times, ac cording to witnesses. When Chief Griffin took the gun from Colston, it had two fired cartridges and had two bullets in it. He said that the failure of the pistol to fire was probably the only thing that kept Lec alive to be a witness in the case. All four men, fishermen, had been drinking. Policc say that the two Mills arc not kin. Two Assist Lt. Joe Smith and Coroner Leslie Springlc helped with the investiga tion, which ended at 5 p.m. Sunday. The body was taken to Barrow's Funeral Home. Mills' murder is the fourth in the county this year. Mrs. M. B. Tay lor, route 1 Newport, was shot by her husband Jan. 10 and her hus band then committed suicide. Ru fus Fair Jr., Beaufort, is being held for the knife murder of Mor ris Fulford Jan 22; Sherman Sclph, Beaufort, is in jail, charged with the ax murder of James Gregory Feb. 17, and now Colston is charged with the fourth murder in slightly more than six weeks. p Cub Scouts Celebrate Anniversary mSS ty Norwood" Young Cub Scant Pack No. a celebrated Ike 471k annlvereary of Scontlag ?I ? party at Ike Scant bnlldlng Friday night. The Cab Sconta fare the la vacation, bcld the flag ceremony, preaeated awarda, |i? Ike hlatary M Ike pack and af scooting. aad played gaaiaa daring Uw evening. Ice creaa aad cake ware served. Plctared above are rat Smith. George Broda, Jim Leptee, DarM Taylor, H?l ton Gatkrie, Wade Neal, Claed Wbeatly. Jin Utli, David Merrill, Jeka Yaai|, Dm| Gllekritt, DarM WUIli, DarM McNeill, DarM MeGehee. Michael Held. Bill Willi*. Chuck Davla, DarM Wbeatly, Lockwood Phillip. Bobhjr Dnaa, Freddie Blerman, Siepkea Dane an and Paul Menu. ? Selma Chamber Lends Support To Morehead City Soon after the Buckley report on North Carolina ports was re leased, John A. Glover, president of the Selma Chamber of Com merce. wrote to Southern Railway, Gov. Luther Hodges, the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment and the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce requesting a reappraisal of port needs in the light of the ICC ruling. The ICC ruling authorizes Sou thern to acquire operating rights of A&EC. Mr. Glover's letter, in part, fol lows: "We strongly feel that the facili ties that will be offered by South ern, as well as the excellent facili ties of the Morehead City port, will not only be good for the Morehead City section but for all the towns, large and small, along the route. "Every community in this sec tion is doing its best to attract new industry as well as expand what we have ... We offer our support to Southern Railway and the Morehead City Port in any way possible. We strongly urge that the Port Commission take immediate steps to plan for de velopment of this section of the state." Sloop Grounded On Shackleford The sloop Bon-Aire. oft Shackle ford Banks, has been given up for lost by owner Curt O. Uraogor. who was sailing her to Norfolk when she ran aground. A lookout at Fort Macon Coast Guard station sighted the 19-foot sloop at 6:30 a.m. Thurs day, and the Coast Guard's 40 footer went to investigate. BM-1 Eugene Pond, EN-2 Earl Taylor, and SN Robert Stevens went as close as they could to the grounded boat and offered to take Braggor off. He wanted to stay with his boat, so they told him they would come back at high tide. Pond, EN-2 Ronald Quidlcy, SN Curtis Josey, and SN Denard Law rencc went back out in the 23-footcr about noon They found the Bon Aire had broken open along the keel, so they took Braggor from the boat and turned the job over to commercial salvage. Capt. Charlie Pincr, Morehcad City, looked at the boat and said that it waa not worth refloating. Since the boat is not a menace to navigation, the Coast Guard will let it stay where it is until it breaks up and floats away. Adult Farmers To Meet Tonight M. J. Wood, director of seed and grain production, Farmers Coop erative Exchange, Raleigh, will speak on corn production at 7 p.m. tonight at the meeting of the Newport Adult Farmer Associa tion meeting. C. S. Long, program chairman, announces that each member ia required to bring a friend to the meeting. Mr. Wood's talk will cov er corn varieties, fertilization, cul tivation, insect control, harvesting and marketing. The meeting will take place in the vocational agriculture depart ment, Newport School. Forthcoming meetings arc March 12 and March 26. The March 12 meeting will be at 2.30 p.m. and will deal with farm equipment maintenance. J. C. Ferguson will be the speaker. George Spain, agronomy spe cialist, will speak on soybean pro duction March 26. Court Solicitor Files Resignation Alvah Hamilton, solicitor. More head City Recorder's Court, pre sented his resignation by letter to the Morehcad City town board Thursday night. 1 Mr. Hamilton's resignation, which takes effect Friday, was ac cepted by the board with regret. The board expressed its apprecia tion for his services. Mr. Hamilton said that he Intend* to devote his full time in the future to practice of law. He was appoint ed for an interim period following the resignation of John James ai solicitor about ? year ago.