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PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of U>? TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?" 46th YEAR, NO. 34. FOUR SECTIONS TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROUNA FRIDAY. APRIL 26, 1957 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 9-Year-Old Louis Johnson To Undergo Heart Surgery Two Children Hurt When Hit By Car Tuesday Accident Occurs West Of Morehead City In Late Afternoon Two colored children, 2-ycar-old Rupert a Bell, and 5 - year - old Thomas Edward Bell, arc in More head City Hospital recovering from injuries received at 4:05 p.m. Tues day when they were struck by a ear on Highway 70 just west of the Highway 24 intersection. The car was driven by Gail Pa tricia Evans. 2003 Evans St., More head City. Miss Evans, a student at New Bern High School, was pro ceeding west and the children were crossing Highway 70, near their home, from the south to the north side. I>idn't See Car Patrolman R. H. Brown, who in vestigated, said the left door of the car hit the youngsters. He ques tioned the little boy at the hospital and he told the patrolman that he looked before he and his sister started to cross the highway but didn't see the car coming. Neither of the children had any broken bones. Thomas suffered se vere bruises and brush burns of the face and body. Riiperta also had brush burns on the face and a badly sprained knee. Tries to Avoid Accident Miss Evans was driving a 1950 Studebaker. Patrolman Brown said she was going about 50 miles an hour and swerved to the right to avoid hitting the children, skid and hit a mailbox. The children were taken to the hospital in Dill's ambulance. No charges have been filed against Miss Evans. Riding with her was Miss Marcia Kersey, 17, Havelock Parents of the accident victims arc Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Bell, router 1 Newport. s , Bill Would Set Drunk Penalties A bill setting maximum penal ties for public drunkenness in this county was passed by the Senate this week. It was introduced by Sen. Luther Hamilton. The bill, No. 328, sets penalties as follows: Fifty dollars' fine or 30 days' imprisonment for the first offense, $100 fine or 60 days' imprisonment for the second offense within 12 months and punishment, as mis demeanor, in the discretion of the court, for a third offense within 12 months. Introduced in the House recent ly was a bill that would permit local voters to choose members of the County Board of Education. At present the General Assembly appoints the board of education members upon recommendation of local county officials. Drama Group to Meet The Carteret County Outdoor Historical Drama Association will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Mrs. G. W. Duncan, Beau fort. ' Nine-year-old Louis Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Johnson, Beaufort, is in Johns Hopkins Hos pital, Baltimore, where he is sched uled to undergo a serious heart operation. Ixmis's father is the principal of Queen Street School. Louis was a "blue baby," or in medical lan guage. suffers from Fallot's tetra lology. Because of the serious heart ailment, Louis has had to lead a very quiet life, frequently seized with attacks of being un able to get his breath. The Johnsons took their son to Baltimore Wednesday where he will Ik* under observation three or four days. If the doctors decide to operate now, the operation will probably take place sometime next week. Louis is looking forward to the operation because he's confident that the doctors can fix up his heart so that he'll be "able to play ball like the other kids". A blue baby has four abnormali ties in the heart, an artery (aorta) which straddles both the right and left ventricles, a hole between the Louis Johnson . . . eager for operation vcntricIcs. a narrowing of the pul monary valve, or the neck of the right ventricle, and a greatly en larged right ventricle. Ventricles arc the lower two of the heart's four chambers. Mr. Johnson says that two of the world's foremost heart sur geons, Dr. Alfred Rlalock, and Pediatrician Helen Taussig, will perform the operation. They are ? a-velofcr* of H?e operation and I since 164-1 Dr. Blalock ana his as sistants have done 1,500. Of that j number 85 per cent have been suc cessful. The Johnsons have one other child, a little girl, who is normal. Because of their interest in Louis, every class in Queen Street School contributed to the recent heart fund drive, raising a total of $75.99. Play Try-Outs Will Take Place at 8:30 Monday Night Persons interested in trying out for the forthcoming Community Theatre play, Blithe Spirit, arc in vited to the rccrcation building, Morchcad City, at 8:30 Monday night. Lynn llerndon, director, says that four women arc in the cast as welJ as two men "on the mid dle-aged side.'* Although the theatre had hoped to have three summer plays, dif ficulty has developed in that pro ject and Mrs. llerndon says that Blithe Spirit will probably be the third regular-season play this year. The Bishop's Mantle, originally scheduled to be presented this season, will be given next fall. Principal T. L Lee Says 'Nobody's Satisfied' with 15 Per Cent Raise ' we nope nop. u. u. bcii ana Sen. Luther Hamilton will hold out for a 19.31 per ecnt pay raise for teaehers," T. Lenwood Lee, prin cipal of the Morchcad City High School, said this week. Mr. Lee's statement followed the announcement Wednesday that the board of managers of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers, meeting at Durham, had voted unanimously to keep press ing for the 19.31 per cent raise despite Gov. Luther Hodges "sec ond thought" recommendation for a IS per cent hike. "Nobody's satisfied with the IS per cent," Mr. Lee said. "Wc feel as though the governor has let us down." Governor llodgcs proposed a 15 per cent raise for teachers and an 11 per cent raise for state em ployees in a joint session of the legislature Tuesday, April 9. Under the program to provide an extra $25 million for pay raises, the following is proposed: 1. Use 110 million budgeted for permanent improvements and re place It with a $10 million bond iaaue. I. Use $4,289,000 budgeted from the General Fund for support of a separate Prisons Department and leave the Highway Fund with I loiai unaneiai responsibility lor the department. 3. Use $2,811,000 from a proposed capital improvements revolving fund of $9,486,000. 4. Use (2,500.000 from the High way Fund surplus (or highway em ployee salaries. 5. Reforccasl the July 1 surplus See TEACHER PAY, Page 1 Fabulous Check Brings TV Recognition to Morehead Morchcad City made the Dave Gnrroway television show Tuesday mornihgl And all becausc Fred Clarkson of Morehead City sent Mr. Garroway a check for $100, 000? signed by Santa Claus. Mr. Clarkson, who is in charge of development of Pine Knoll Shores, the Roosevelt property on Hoguc Hanks, sent the following letter along with the check: Pine Knoll Shores Morehead City, N. C, April IS, 1957 Dear Dave: "Ask and thou shalt receive . . ." On your "Today" program this morning when opening letters, you made the remark that one of these days a letter would have a check in it for one hundred thousand dollars. As you have pleased us so much with your "Today" and "Wide, Wide World," I just felt compelled to comply with your wish. Yours very truly, Frt-d Clarkson The camera panoed in and the check was flashed on Uic screen, a check, incidentally, on the Com mercial National Bank, More head City. As luck would have it, Mr. Clark son was not watching the show Tuesday morning, lie watched faithfully for several days after his check went off to Mr. Garro way. But Tuesday morning Mr. Clarkaon left the house before Dave atartcd to open hia mail, and his wife had to telephone him the good newt at the otlicc. Morehead City Honors Dr. B. F. Royal With Title, Citizen of the Century 4 Raging Fire Rips Through 10 Acres of Croat an Forest Ten acrcs of the Croatan Nation al Forest between Newport and Cherry Point were turned into an inferno Tuesday as fire swept through an area that extended from Highway 70 to Highway 101. Five hundred Cherry Point Ma rines were ealled out to fight the blaze whieh endangered homes and trailer parks east of the air sta tion. The state traetor stationed in Carteret County was sent to the seene, reported county forest ran E. M. Foreman, county forest ranger, announces that all burn ing permits arc cancelled until further noticc. The dry weather has made it necessary to call a halt to all burning. gcr E. M. Foreman. Mr. Foreman said that had there been a high wind, the base would have been in serious danger. The fire is believed to have been started by someone throwing a lighted cigarette from a car on Highway 101. Because the woods arc so dry, the blaze ripped scar ingly through the trees. Brig. Gen. E. A. Montgomery, commanding general at the base, ordered out the fire fighters, bull dozers, road graders and all the fire-fighting equipment at Cherry Point. Jerry Schumacher, Morchcad City photographer, was taking pic tures of a new crane being used by the State Highway Commission when, he said, a fire started in nearby woods in an area about $ feet in diameter. Men started to beat the blaze, otit with tarpaulins but within "less than a minute the fire was a mile down the road," Mr. Schumacher dcclarcd. "I've never seen anything like it," he added. "It looked as though the tops of the trees exploded. I hate to think what would have Being demonstrated Tuesday near Ihf air base was thr equipment at if ft which has hern acquired by the State Highway Commission. The crane digs a ditch and pictures of it were being taken by Jerry Schumacher, Morehead City, when the fire broke out in this area. The "demonstration ditch" was put to (Md use In preventing spread of the fire. happened if a person had been in those woods!" In many forest fires, when the woods we dry, the Haute will creep ???dcr#round and hurst into ihe opbn far from the place wfcere the fire started. A Marine base spokesman said the fire started at 11 a.m. Mr. Schumacher was shooting pictures on Highway 70 at 2:30 p.m. The bfaze was brought under control at about 4 o'clock. Coast Guard Station Gets Three Calls for Help Marine Bases, TV To Go 'Daylight' Marine bases and TV stations will be on daylight saving time after Saturday midnight. The "fast time" will allow Ma rines and civilian workers to go to work early and get home early enough to enjoy four hours of summer sun. For the old fashioned standard - timers, all TV programs will come on "an hour earlier." TV schedules in the paper have been changcd ac cordingly. Carteret County and most of eastern Carolina will remain on standard time. ? Three boating accidents were re ported to the Coast Guard station, Kort Macon, this week. The acci dents involved boats ranging from a $100,000 yacht to a 12-foot out board motorboat. The yacht Roja ran aground a short distance north of the More head City drawbridge Tuesday morning. The 56-footcr was being taken to Baltimore by its owner, Miss R. S. llubbert. EN/2 Ronald Quidlcy and SN AuLcic Farmer went out in the Coast Guard's 40-footcr and stood by until high tide. To keep the yacht from keeling over, they put a hawser aboard the yacht and held her steady with the Coast Guard boat. Tide Helps The Roja ran aground at 7:15 a.m. and it was nearly noon before the tide was high enough to help float her free. A runaway 14-foot outboard caused trouble Monday. Biliy Jen kins of Greenville and two friends came to Morchcad City to water ski. Two boys were in the boat and one was on skis when the acci dent occurred. The skier fell and Jenkins cut back to pick him up. lie cut too sharply, and he and his companion fell out of the boat. Bill Price of Morchcad City no tified Kort Macon that a boat was running in tight circles with no one aboard. H came ashore hear 21st Street. EM/1 Gerald Salter, EM/2 James Mancttc, SN Kerry Lewis See COAST GUARD, Page 2 Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HI?.H LOW Friday. April 2* 5:49 a.m. 6:15 p.m. 12:02 p.m. Saturday, April 27 6:31 a.m. 12:34 a.m. 8:52 p.m. 12:43 p.m. Suaday, April 2$ 7:11 a.m. 1:1( a.m. 7:27 p.m. 1:22 p.m. Moaday, April 2* 7:48 a.m. 1:50 a.m. 8:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Tueaday, April 38 8:24 a.m. t:38 .am. 8:33 p.m. 2:37 p.m. I A passing photographer, left, catches a shot of the fire blazing through the dry pines. Frank Potter to Receive Eagle Scout Award Sunday Frank Potter, 16. Beaufort, will , rcceivc the Eagle Scout award at the 11 a.m. worship service in Ann Street Methodist Church Sun day. Totter will become the second active Eagle Scout in the county John Staton, Beaufort, also holds the Eagle rating. Frank, who has been active in the Scouts since 1951, has collected 22 merit badges. Tart of his work toward the Eagle rank was done without the benefit of belonging to an active troop. His troop, 51, of Beaufort, did not renew its charter last year. He has been working on his own since that time. Advancement chairman Bob Slater, Beaufort, says that this makes Frank's award cYcn more noteworthy. A special section of the church will be reserved for Scouts and leaders. Mr. Slater says lie hopes to have 150 persons sitting in the reserved section. Eagle Scout Staton and Frank's father, James 11. Potter III will serve as honor guard for the ceremonies. They will bring him to the front of the church where District Scout Chairman Bob How ard will make the presentation. Mr. Howard will pin the Eagle Scout bfidge on Frank, who in turn will give a similar pin to his i mother, signifying that she is the mother of an Eagle Seout. Frank's merit badges include safety, citizenship in the nation, citizenship in the community, cit izenship in the home, nature, fish ing, canoeing, camping, pioneer ing. Firenianship, forestry, personal health, public health, art, cooking, first aid. life saving, swimming, personal fitness, rowing, reading and home repairs. One-Week Civil Term Will Open Monday A one-week civil term of super ior court will open at 10 Monday morning with Judge J. Paul Kriz zclle presiding. Three uncontested divorces will open the docket. Kivc eases are also slated for Monday, six for Tuesday and nine for Wednesday. The term will end Thursday with four cases on the docket. Patrol Cart In Plainclothes The House and Senate have taken final action on legislation to allow the State Highway Patrol to cruisc in unmarked cars. The pa trol may use up to 21 per ccnt of its cars "iucognito". Mayor G. W. Dill Confers Honor at Chamber Meeting Dr. Benjamin Franklin Royal, More-head City's foremost promoter, last night was named Citizen of the Century at the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce spring member ship meeting. This was the surprise promised chamber members. Or. Royal, father of the Morehead City Hospital, god falhor nt Ihn M >w. I /'it.. n>>ri . . "? ?"v mviviivau vii; jmu, and one of the prime movers in getting Cherry Point Marine base put on the Morehead City side of the Neuse, has made every minute eount for the best in his 73 years as a citizen of Morehead City. For that reason the town has ehosen to honor Dr. Ben in this, the one hundredth year after its founding. I)r. Royal will also be recognized as Citizen of the Cen tury in formal ceremonies during the centennial celebration, Aug. 4-10. Mayor Confers Honor Mayor George W. Dill, Morehead City, conferred the honor on Dr. LATE BULLETIN William Taylor, treasurer of the Taylor brothers enterprises, yesterday informed J. A. DuBois, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce, that the "Bogue Sound Club" will be known in the future as the More head Biltmore Hotel. The Taylor brothers, who have contracted to purchase the hotel, hope to have it open by June 15. There are plans to build a yacht basin, swimming pool and after this season, an addition to the hotel. Mr. DuBois made announce ment of the plans at the cham ber dinner last night. ing the business session, commit Royal at the chamber dinner last night. The event climaxed the evening's program at the recrea tion building which started with a buffet supper. W. B. Chalk, president of the chamber, was toastmaster. Dur tce chairmcn gave reports. The two speakers were Fred See CITIZEN, Page S Woman Faces Two Charges Mrs. Gwendolyn L. Forstcr, 28th and Bridges Streets, Morchcad City, will be tried in Morchcad City Recorder's Court Monday on charges of driving drunk and hit and run. Mrs. Forstcr was picked up by State Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykcs after Daniel Sadler, Beau fort, reported to the patrolman that the woman hit his automobile and kept going. The accidcnt occurred at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 70 in front of Cannon's boatworks, west of Morchcad City. Sadler was getting ready to turn left into the boatworks when, Pa trolman Sykcs ?ays, Mrs. Forstcr in a 1949 Plymouth coupe, rammed him from the rear. She kept going and then pulled off to the right at Mansfield and Sadler, who followed her, asked her to wait for the police. She re fused to do it, so he took her li cense number and turned it over to the highway patrol. The front end of the Plymouth was badly damaged and damage to Sadler's Ford was estimated at $25. Wreck Sends Two Drivers to Court Citations were issued to each of two drivers involved in a wreck at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in front of Willie Gray's junkyard, west of Morchcad City. Walter C. Helms Sr., Morehcad City, was charged with failing to yirld right of way. and Anthony Lee Daughcrty, also of Morchcad City, was charged with careless and reckless driving. Patrolman J. W. Sykcs said that llelms, in a 1951 Buick, going west, pulled out from the west end of Arcndell Street into the path of a 1951 Pontiac going west on old Highway TO. The Pontiac was driv en by Daughcrty. Daughcrty swerved to the right to avoid the collision, his right fender hitting the abuttmcnt at the base of the railroad sign. He came to a stop Id front of Lockhart's Millworks. The caae, scheduled for hearing in court yesterday, has been con tinued until May 9. Dr. B. F. Royal . . . No. 1 Citizen Jaycees Begin Plans for Two Summer Events The Morchcad City Jaycees be gan plans for their annual teen age rodeo and Miss Morehead City contest Monday night. They met at Hotel Fort Macon. Hugh Por ter was appointed chairman of the rodeo committee, and Bob Mc lean was appointed chairman of I the beauty pageant. Dates for the two events have not been set, but the rodeo will be in May and the pageant in Juno. Officers will be installed at a dinner meeting at the Blue Rib bon Club May 6. Awards to be pre sented include the key man award and two directors awards. The Jaycee ninth district fourth quarterly meeting is scheduled for tomorrow and Sunday in Morc hcad City. Registration will be at the At lantic Beach Hotel tomorrow from II a.m. until 7 p.m. During the afternoon Jaycces are invited to participate in a nine-hole golf tournament at the Morchcad City Country Club. Jaycee wives will be free to play bridge at the hotel, lounge on the beach, or watch a fashion show. The show begins on tho beach at 3 p.m. Tomorrow evening there will be a cocktail party at the hotel fol lowed by a dance at the Blue Rib bon Club. Skin Jones and his or chestra will furnish the music. The business meeting will be Sunday morning in the Morchcad Theatre. Breakfast will be served the Jaycees attending. The ladies will be offered a guided tour of Fort Macon. The visitors will re turn home Sunday afternoon. Hog Theft Case Moved to May 9 The ease of five men charged with stealing hogs has been con tinued in county recorder's court until Thursday, May 9. Charged with taking hogs be longing to Allen Dudley, More head City, arc Anthony Lee Dau gherty, Thomas Bryant, Sam Sut ton, Ray Harper, and Henry Bell, all of Morchcad City. Sheriff Hugh Salter said yester day that the defendants have tak en five hogs from Dudley at va rious times since Christmas. The men were apprehended Friday by Deputy Sheriffs Brucc Edwards and Bobby Bell. After taking their car to the Dudley hog lot off Highway 70. tho men took the pigs to New Bern and sold them to slaughter houses. The hogs were rescued alive and returned to their owner, the sheriff reported. Highway Kxtension Gov. Luther Hodges met thil week with officials of the national park service and planned the lay ing of a temporary road at the north end of Ocracoke Island and completing the road at the south end before the opening of the sum mer season. t
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