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46th YEAR NO 25 TW0"SECTI0NS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1957 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Car Tears Through Yard
Photo by Jerry Schumacher j
Three passengers in a 1956 Ford were slightly injured Friday night when It ran through the fence
in the foreground and came to rest in the front yard of Hubert Hepler, 2107 Arendell St. The driver of the
car, M/Sgt. Joseph Sharpe, said that he had Just turned off 22nd Street on to Arendell when a car ran
into him and knq^ked him through the fence and into Hepler's front yard. A wrecker is pulling the car out.
Cars Collide,
Yard Torn Up
Two cars, a fence and assorted
bushes and trees were the worse
for wear after a wreck on Aren
dell Street at 7:45 p.m. Friday.
One of the cars, a 1956 Ford owned
and driven by M/Sgt. Joseph C.
Sharpe, Mori-head City, was a to
tal loss.
Police estimated $350 damage
to a 1955 Mercury driven by Marc
S. Dupontt who is stationed aboard
the USCGC Chilula. They estimat
ed damage to the fence, trees,
yard and flowers of Hubert C.
Ilepler, 2107 Arendell St., at $150.
Three passcfifiers in Sergeant
Sharpc's car were taken to the
hospital for check-ups. Mrs. Joseph
Sharpe, 34, Ruth Dailc Luckham,
13, and Janet McElmon, 4, were
bruised but not seriously injured.
Dupont was alone in the Mercury.
Dupont said he was driving east
on Arendell Street when Sharpe
backed away from the curb and
into him. Sharpe said that he had
made a left turn off 22nd Street
and was driving cast about 10
miles per hour when Dupont's car
hit him in the rear.
When police arrived on the scene
Dupont's car was headed west but
was still on the street. Sharpc's
car had gone through the fence
and yard of Mr. Hepler and was
resting partially in the yard of
2105 Arendell St.
Capt. C. E. Bunch and Patrol
men J. C. Steele and W. J. Con
die arrested Dupont on charges
of careless and rcckless driving
and driving while under the in
fluence.
Lewis A. Garrett Jr., the own
er of the car driven by Dupont,
said that his insurance would
cover all but $50 of the tot;sI dam- 1
age.
To Go to OCS
Chief Petty (Xficcr Clyde Pincr
Willis, above, a Navy draftsman,
has been seleeted to attend offi
cer candidate school, Newport, R.
I., in May. Chief Willis is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Luther D. Willis,
Marshall berg.
He will be commissioned au en
sign at Newport and after a 16
week coursc will report for duty
to the heavy cruiser, St. Paul,
Long Beach, Cal. (Recent com
manding officer of the St. Paul is
Capt. J. W. Davis, Smyrna).
Chief Willis recently completed
a 16-month tour of duty with Air
Development Squadron Six, the air
supporting squadron of Operation
Deepfreeze, which is exploring the
Antarctic continent.
Chief Willis, who with his wife
and children. Butch, Randy and
Danrvy. are now visiting his par
ents, is presently attache} to the
Naval Aviation Safety Center,
NAS, Norfolk, Va.
With the Armed Force*
Lt. Robert Adams, USMC,
Completes Officer Course
Quantico, Va. ? Marine second
lieutenant Robert T. Adams, son
of Robert Adams of route 1 New
port, completed the 34- week offi
cer's basic course March 16 at the
Marine Corps Schools, Quantico,
Va.
The coursc included indoor clas
ses in personnel administration,
first aid, map reading, weapons,
field sanitation and leadership
techniques.
In (lie field, practical map read
in?. live firing of weapons, drills
and ccrcmonics, use of communi
cations and employment of sup
port in? weapons were applied.
The basic course is compulsory
Toastmasters Club
To Meet Tomorrow
The County Toastmasters Club
will meet Hi 8: IS p.m. tomorrow
at the Morchcad City Municipal
Building. E. 0 Phillips will be
toastmaster, ami (irralri llill will
br topic master. Sfc. l'aul Bray
will give the invocation.
Prepared speakers will he Hugh
Salter. W. E Piekard. I)r. Rus
sell Outlaw, E. W. Downum and
Jasper Bell. Alternate prepared
speakers arc J. W. Sykcs and
Cliff Lewis.
Master critic is J. B. Eubanks.
Other critics are Oscar Allred. W.
J. Smith Jr., C. C. Faglie. P. H.
Gccr Jr. aod W. L. Woodard.
Lt. Robert T. Adams ,
. . . trains at QiiajiUco
for all newly commissioned Ma
rine officer*, including former en
listed men. Naval Academy grad
uates and Kraduatcs of colleges
and universities.
Gilbert W Higgs, EN I (RAO,
son of Mrs. Annie ftiggs I'ettigrcw,
Morehead City, ha> been transfer
red from the Coast Guard Trllit
ing Station, Groton, Conn., after
three and a half .years of duty.
His new station is the Isle of
Rhodes, Greecc.
See AHMED FORCES, Page X
Copter Outfit
Receives Award
Cherry Point? Ma j. Gen. Verne
J. MeCaul. Commanding General,
Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, At
lantic, presented the Chief of Na
val Operations' Aviation Safety
Award Thursday to Marine lleli- i
copter Transport Squadron -262 at
the Marine Corps Air Facility,
New River, N. C.
The presentation took placc dur
ing a battalion ceremonial review
in which all squadrons of Marine
Aircraft Group-26, the Second Ma
rine Division Band, and the 10th
Marines' saluting battery, partiei
The bronze plaque was accepted
on behalf of all members of Ma
rine Helicopter Transport Squad
ron-262 by their commanding of
ficer, Lt. Col. W. G. Voss.
General McCaul was recently
nominated by President Eisen
howcr for promotion to lieutenant
general, and is scheduled to suc
ceed Lt. Gen. Christian F. Shilt
as assistant commandant for Air
of the Marine Corps. General Shilt
retired with full military honors
Thursday at the Marine Corps Air
Station, Cherry Point, N. C.
Officer to Speak
Mrs. Dolly Burton, Jacksonville,
director of District 7, Business and
Professional Women's Club, will be
the speaker at the meeting of the
Carteret B&PW Club at 7 tonight
at the Rex Restaurant.
Amendment Lets
Fishery Group
Convene Here
D. G. Ball Comments
On Bills Affecting
Carteret Residents
At the request of Carteret rep
resentative, I). G. Bell, an am?nd
ment has been made to the pro
posed law which would allow the
Board of Conservation and De
velopmer.t to meet in July at va
riou.s coastal cities. At present it
is required to meet at More he ad
City.
The amendment provides that
the commercial fisheries commit
tee of the C&D department meet
at Morehead City prior to the de
partment's summer meeting. This
meeting would allow commercial
fishermen to air their views .is has
always been the practice in the
past.
The amendment was approved
by the House C&D committee and
the bill will go before the House
this week, Mr. Bell said.
In proposing the amendment,
the representative told the com
mittee why the Morehead City
summer meeting came into being
lie said that at first the fisheries
and oyster division were separate
parts of the state government.
As such, Representative Bell
said, they were weak and while
joining the Conservation and De
velopment department would
strengthen them, fisheries interests
feared they would be swallowed
up and forgotten.
To assure the fisheries interests
that such would not be the case, it
was agreed that the C&D board's
summer meeting would always be
held in Morehead City, which for
| many years has been the head
I quarters of the state fisheries di
I vision.
Mr. Bell, in an interview yester
day, said that as yet he has re
See RIMS, l'age 2
ICC Cancels
Hearing Date
Allen Leary Jr., of the Beaufort
and Morehead Railroad Co., re
! ported yesterday that the Inter
| state Commerce Commission has
' cancelled the hearing on the Ma
j rine Corps Railroad. The hearing
| had been scheduled for today.
Mr. Leary, who filed an appli
cation to operate the road, request
ed that the hearing date be set
aside until further work can be
done on his proposed contracts
with the federal government.
Should Mr. Leary wish to do so,
he may petition the ICC for a hear
ing at a later date.
I The Marine Corps Railroad runs
i between Cherry Point and Camp
! Lejeune, a distance of 36 miles.
| It connects with the Atlantic Coast
| Line at Jacksonville and the A&EC
I at llavclock.
Big Criminal Docket Faces
Superior Court Next Week
Coast Guardsmen
Get Early Workout
The Coast Guard's 40 footer got
an early workout yesterday morn
ing. At 2 20 a.m. a call came from
the SS Gulfhorn that she had a sick
I -nan aboard. The two vessels met
at the sea buoy, Beaufort Inlet, and
the CCJ 40403 brought Carlos F.
Torros to state port.
Torros was taken by ambulance
to Morehend City Hospital for
treatment of sharp pains in his
side His ship was enroute 'rom
Port Arthur, Tex., to Groton, Conn.
The crew of the CG 40403 was
composed of BM-1 Eugene Pond,
EN-2 Earl Taylor, SN Sebastian
Rouse, and SN Aulcic Farmer.
They reported back at the station
at 4:20 a.m.
Miss Vivian May
. . . director of nurses
Miss Vivian May Accepts
Position at Hospital
i
Morehead Board
Names Officials
For Election
The Morehead City town board
appointed election officials at its
meeting Thursday night. L. F. Tu
ton was contacted and he agreed
to act as registrar. The registra
| lion hooks will be open 9 a. in. to
5 p.m. April 20 and April 27 at Ihc
municipal building.
The election will be May 7. Any
resident of the city who pays a
filing fee is eligible to run for
office. Final day for filing is April
27. The filing fee is $15 for mayor
and $5 for any other office except
.hospital board member for which
' tWls no IWv
In town elections there is only
one precinct. All votes will be cast
in the municipal building In coun
ty and state elections there arc
two precincts.
The commissioners n a m e d
Charles C: Willis and Clayton
(iuthrie as judges for the election.
Mr. Willis, who is a member of
the county board of elections, said
Saturday that he would not be
able to serve because of his posi
tion with the county.
Felice Add Operator
The Morehead City police switch
board has a new operator for the
graveyard shift, midnight until 8
a.m. She is Mrs. Naomi Barnes of
Morehead City. Mrs. Barnes work
ed at White's Ice Cream Bar on N.
7th Street prior to taking the job
at the police station.
? Miss Vivian May, Gastonia, will
become director of nurses at More
head City Hospital Monday, April
15.
Miss May's appointment was an
nounced yesterday by David P. Wil
lis, hospital administrator. She will
succeed Mrs. Let tie Sanders, who
will remain on the hospital nursing
staff.
Miss May, who was recommend
ed for the position here by the
: North Carolina State Nurses Asso
ciation, is a native of Lowell, N. C.,
near Gastonia. She attended school
at Lowell, trained at the Highland
I Hospital, Asheville, and did addi
tional work at Puke Hospital and
J Polytechnic Hospital, New York
City.
She served several years in the
Army Nurse Corps as public health
and school health nurse and was
stationed in Korea and Japan.
For three years she was assist
ant director of nurses at Gaston
Metnurial Hospital, Gastonia.
Mrs. Sanders resinned in Decem
ber but agreed to fill the director
ship until a successor could be
found.
Marshallberg Fire Truck
Passes 'Pumping Tests'
Pumping tests run Saturday with
the Marshallberg fire truck were
most successful, John Valentine,
president of the men's club which
sponsored the fire truck, reported
yesterday.
At WUIiston a well has been
equipped with a 2-inch connection,
water was drafted from a fresh
water creek between Smyrna and
Marshallberg, and a test at Mar
| shalibcrg showed "the truck works
I fine.'*
I The Marshallberg men's club is
! hoping now to obtain a tank truck.
Head of Morehead Clan to Speak Here
J oka M. Nmltil HI. left, irindxm of the fovnder of Morrfcead
CMy, looks over the irhnhlr of emli for the Morehead nty Cea
tconiaJ A?f. t to 1*. Mr. II arc bead kas accepted aa invitation to be
the Ccnleimlal'a distill fal?krd iprikrr. Coalerrtag with kin. above,
I* ? board room al Uie Morcbcad plaaetartum, Chapel HUI, are Dr.
B. F. Royal, Morcbcad City, aid Ik* Uwa'i mayor, Ocoric W. DHL
Alleged Murderers
Docketed for Trial
Cases of 25 defendants, including Iiufus Fair Jr. and
Sherman Selph accused of murder, will go before the
grand jury next week. Superior Court convenes Monday
at 10 at the courthouse, Beaufort, with cases slated for
every dav through Friday. Arthur Colston Jr. is also
charged with murder.
The grand jury will decide whether there is sufficient
pvirlnnco In I rv I ho rlofonrlanlv In^- ? ? 1
addition to Fair and Selph, the fol
lowing will appear before the jury:
Norma I)ene Harper, charged
with racing; Ira Thomas Willis,
J. E. Morris, John James, Fred;
Garland Green and Miliah Clco
phous Tunstall, drunken driving;
Carlton Pittman, public drunken
ness; James Oscar Chapman. Wil
liam Kennedy, William Henderson
and Jim Linbcrgcr, larceny.
Frank Perus and Picrson Willis,
breaking, entering and larceny;
Fdward Hudson, whisky violation;
Joseph I) Mason, speeding; Ru
dolph Sparrow, forgery; Clarence
Petteway and Garfield Turner, bad
checks; Vera W. Sparrow and
Alonzo Bell, morals charge; Ran
dolph Jones, fraud; and Roscoe
Garner and Walter Thomas Law
rence, violation of motor vehicle
law.
The following arc slated for trial
before Judge J. Paul Frizellc Mon
day: Dclbert Roy Jones, breaking,
entering and larceny; Robert
Thomas Norris. drunken driving;
Robert Karl Kubanks, violation of
motor vehicle law; Roderick
Moore, affray; Rudolph Sparrow,
Garfield Turner and Clarence
Petteway, forgery; Frank Perus
and Picrson Willis, breaking, enter
ing and larceny; Rufus Fair Jr.,
Sherman Selph and Arthur Colston
Jr., murder.
I*eo Simpson, Ira Thomas Wil
lis, Phillip B Moore and Krnest
Allen, drunken driving; William B.
Tedesco, Walter Thomas Law
rence and Franklin G. Picrson,
violation of motor vehicle law.
William Kennedy, larceny; Ml *
thew Mitchell, assault^ Carlton
Pittman, public drunkenness; and
Norma Harper and Abron George
Rallou, racing.
Slated for trial Tuesday are Kills
T. Boone. Eddie Lee Howell and
Odcll J. Lcacrafl, drunken driv
ing; Vera W. Sparrow and Alonzo
Bell, morals; William Kennedy.
James Ascar Chapman and Wil
liam Henderson, larceny; James
Franklin Lancaster and Joseph D.
Mason, speeding; Robert William
Misunas, manslaughter; Edward
Hudson, whisky count; and Cla
rcnce Petteway, bad check.
Scheduled for trial Wednesday
arc Johnnie Lockey, non-support;
Ralph Norris Wood, speeding;
Raymond T. Graham, violation of
motor vehiclc law; Earnest Allen,
public drunkenness; John Smith
McGcc. assault; Raymond J.
Riggs, bad check; and McDonald
Wilson, Bennic Willis, Edward
Turner Powell and Mrs. Garland
Royal, driving drunk.
Slated for trial Th i lay are
Charles Alton Wells, Ennis Thom
as Bass. Dcrwood l.#cc Chud'vick, j
George Huntley Siyron, aid Law
rence Henry Rivas. drunken driv
ing; Harold Bass, public drunken
ness; Charlie Rose, assault; Rob
ert David Wray and Clyde John
son Cannon, violation of motor ve
hicle law; and George Dudley Sr.,
disorderly conduct.
Slated for trial Friday are Wil
liam Bell, disposing of mortgaged
property; Franklin G. Pearson,
Paul Randolph Johnson and Cur
tis Nelson, violation of motor ve
hicle law; Sam Green Jr., assault;
Howard Rose Jr., speeding.
John Brinkley, Stella,
Injured in Explosion
John C. Brlnkley, 46. Stella, was
seriously burned Wednesday while
working for the State Highway and
Public Works Commission on High
way 17, twelve miles south of
New Bern.
Mr. Brinkley, with Karl Sunt
mcrell, 20, New Bern, who was
also burned, ia in St: Luke's Hos
pital, New Bern.
The men were blown into the
air and sprayed with heated tar
when a tar kettle they were op
erating exploded.
Tide Table
TMr? ?( the Beaufort Bar
lIKill I AW
Tuc&Hay, March 26
4:51 a.m. 11:10 a.m.
5:26 p.m. 11:36 p.m.
ft'rdntMlay. March 71
5:43 a.m.
6:12 p.m. 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 2S
6 28 a.m. ? 12:22 a.m.
4:52 p.m. 12:42 p.m.
Friday, March 2*
7:06 a.m. 1:05 a.m.
7:28 p.m. 1:22 p. in.
Supreme Court
Denies Motion
In Newport Suit
The stale supreme court has de
I niecl a ruotiun by officials of the
I town of Newport to dismiss the
| water system suit on the basis
that it is frivolous. 9
I Plaintiffs in the case, who seek
to block borrowing of $120,000 to
put in the town-wide water system,
I appealed to the supreme court,
j after superior court judges twice
| held that allegations in the case
| were no basis for action.
I Notice that the supreme court
would not dismiss the case was
mailed Thursday to (Icorgc W.
Ball, attorney for Newport offi
cials.
The court advises that the de
fendants (the mayor and town
commissioners) request a hearing
as soon as possible. Such a request
j is permissible where the suit in
j volves the public.
If the court grants the request
to advance the appeal for hearing,
the case may be heard Tuesday,
April 9.
Police Blame
Robbery on Boys
Police suspect that a group of
young boys broke into Sound Esso
Station. Arendell Street. Morehead
City. Sunday night. The station
manager reported the break-in
Monday morning.
Lt. Joe Smith investigated the
incident and found that several
rolls of change had been taken
from a cigar box in one of the
desk drawers. He says it must
have been an amateur job. Some
money was left in the same box,
and ? considerable amount in bills
was left in another cigar box.
A key had been broken off in the
cash register, but the register was
unopened. It was an electric cash
register and had been unplugged
the night before.
Lieutenant Smith said that the
thieves had come in through a
window at the rear of the station.
While the police have made no
arrests, there arc several suspects
under observation.
Health Office
Halts Salk Shots
Mrs. I^eota Ham m e r. county
health nurse, announced yesterday
that due to a temporary shortage
of salk vaccine, no more polio
shots will be given at the weekly
Beaufort and Morehead City clinics
j until further notice.
The county health department
was notified by the Slate Depart
ment of Health yesterday that it
may be about two weeks until
there is sufficient supply again.
As of yesterday, the health de
partment had enough vaccine for
."*60 shots. Hal vaccine will be
used at Queen Street clinic today
and Newport Friday.
If there is not enough vaccine
for all the children, Mrs. Hammer
said that the nurses will re-visit
the schools to give shots when the
new shipment of vaccine comes in.
The health department has an or
der in for 3,000 doses
From Jan. 1 through Friday, the
county department administered
3,452 shots
Vaccine is still available from
private doctors.
Sailor Identified
The sailor who was treated at the
Morehead City Hospital for smash
ed fingers last Thursday was Ar
nold Madgwick, Surrey, England.
Madgwick was brought to state
port by the ocean research vessel
Atlantis. He had caught his hand
in a cable Thursday morning. He
was unidentified in Friday's report
of the incident.
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