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PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES TAR HEEL COAST 46th YEAR, NO. 35. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1957 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Martha Bell Suffers Gunshot Wounds in Legs Friday Night Chamber Guest Formerly Held Fisheries Post Kric W. Rodgcrs, newspaper publisher who will speak at the Sea Level Chamber of Commerce meeting Friday night, is former chairman of the state commercial fisheries committee. Mr. Rodgcrs, who publishes the Commonwealth, weekly newspaper at Scotland Neck, has long been interested in the advantages the coast has to offer the rest of the State. "He has been tireless in promoting the coast and working for solutions to its problems," says Cecil Morris, Atlantic, present chairman of the commercial fish eries committee and personal friend of Mr. Rodgcrs. The chamber meeting will l>e gin with a baked ham dinner at 7:3^ p.m. at the Sea I-evel Inn. During the business s e s sion members of the board of directors for the* coming year will be fleet ed. Clayton Fulchcr Jr., president, wiil preside. The chamber has l?een function ing recently with Joe Mason, At lantic, as acting manager. ? Martha Bell, Negro resident of* Beaufort, who was aecidentally shot at her home on Mulberry Street Friday night, is reeovering in the More head City Hospital. Mrs. Bell suffered gunshot wounds in both her legs. The in jury was quite severe and she lost a great deal of blood. She was operated on and yesterday was re ported to be getting along all right. Aecording to Chief of Foliec Guy Springle, the wounds were acci dentally inflicted by her grandson. William Lloyd ilardesty Jr. Har dest y told the chief that Mrs. Bell, his grandmother, grabbed the shot gun to take it from him. As she did so, it went off. He claimcd that he went after the .12 gauge gun when his father. William Sr. struck his mother on the side of her neck with his fist, when his mother fell to the living room floor, he ran to the hall and got the gun. lie said that his father was go ing out the front door then and | his grandmother tried to get the i gun. She is over 60 years of age. I The incident happened about in p.m. The chief said he didn't know i why Ilardesty up and struck his] wife. According to the story the I bo> told. Ilardesty just walked in the front do >r and knocked his [ wto dowM Thr Ilardesty family has been I maki g its home with Martha Bell j laud her husband. Aaron. No; j charges were filed, the chief sai<l. I but he has ordered Ilardesty to | stay away from the house. Fishermen Work On New Program For Research The Combat, research vessel working for the federal Fish and Wildlife Service, will be in North | Carolina waters for the first week in June to carry out projects sug gested by commercial fishermen at a meeting at New Bern Friday afternoon. "There was enough suggested to keep a research vessel busy for two or three years," said G. B. Talbot, head of the fisheries lab oratory on Fivers Island, "but we'll do the best we can." Fishermen are interested in ex ploration of the deep water areas off the coast. Prep-Water Shrimp? The June searches will be spe cifically concerned with looking for shrimp beds. The area set uj is between Cape llattcras anc Cape Lookout, a distance of abou 65 miles beyond the 2:) fathon depth. Another area, which was sketch ily explored by the service on i previous occasion, lies bctweei Cape lJatlcras and Cape l>ar, the See I'lSHKRMKN, Page 3 Procession of Flag-Bearers More than 1,304 persons saw tbe Spring Festival on the Beaufort athletic field Friday night. Here are some of the spectators watching the procession of flag-bearers. The flags represented more than M nations. Marines to Sail For Middle East The First Battalion, Second Ma rines, will embark from Morehead City today enroute to the Mediter ranean. Five vessels are due to pick up Marines and equipment in a routine move (o relieve men and ships now in the Mediterranean. During the Suez crisis last fall, the Navy kept the Marines in the Mediterranean when its relieving force got there, thus having two Marine battalions in the area. There is no indication that this is being planned at this time. Ships docking at the state port, Morehead City, are the USS Mon rovia. USS Rockbridge and USS Capricornus. Two LSD's will load equipment at Radio Island. Heavy Traffic Leads to Wreck Sunday's heavy beach traffic re sulted in only only minor accident In Morehead City, says police cap tain C. K. Bunch. Captain Bunch ?aid a 1929 Ford and a 1955 Chev rolet collided at 24th and Arcndell Streets. Army Nurse Marccllc Netlcr. driving the Chevrolet, turned left Ion Arendell Street. She pulled into the path of Malcolm Roy Willis, who was in the Ford Damage to the Chevrolet was estimated at $90. The '29 Ford is as good as ever! > Beaufort School's Spring Festival Friday night was "quite a sue j cess," Mrs. Wiley Lewis reported yesterday. Mrs. Lewis was chair man of the ways and means com mittee of the PTA, which sponsor ed the festival. The program moved with beau tiful precision, in spite of the fact that 850 youngsters were in the cast. Brig. (icn. E. A. Montgom ery, commanding general of the Cherry Point Marine Air Base, crowned the queen, Ruby C'had wick, and the king. Johnny Jar man. Miss Chad wick is a senior and Jarman a freshman. The program was presented un der the lights It opened with the procession of the king and queen. Children of the various grades pre sented dances of different coun tries, carrying out the theme of the United Nations. Music was provided by the Beau fort School Band and a special chorus under the direction of Mrs. Robert Piner. Gate receipts were $1,522.85 with some more money to come in. Mrs. Lewis said that bills L. H. Graham Gets Cut On Head as Car Upsets A car turned over on the Mill Creek Road Sunday, injuring Lewis Howard Graham of route 2 Ncw |K>rt. The car was driven by Gra ham's wife. Virginia. 11c got a cut on the head. According to State Highway Pa trolman W. E. Pickard. the car turned over when a tire blew out on a curve. The car was a 1855 Ford. Damage was estimated at $600. I There were no charges fikd. arc yet to be paid. Beaufort Jay cccs sold refreshments. Mrs. lx*wis expressed her appre ciation to General and Mrs. Mont gomery for their part in the pro gram, to the faculty, the children and everyone who had a part in staging the festival. It was the first of its type to be given by the school. Dance and hand arrangements were by Frank Jones, instructor of public school music; Mrs. Shirley Babcock and Mrs. Ben Arrington were general chairmen for the faculty. Four Migrant Labor Crews in County Four migrant labor crown arr now in Ihc county and 15 more crews arc expected this week from Robcrson County, Frank Nance, Beaufort, supervisory farm place inent representative, said yester day. Lack of rain has delayed move men! of crews into Carteret "Po tatoes, beans and cabbage are just standing still," ' Mr. Nance said. Two of the crews here now are from Florida and two are from Robcrson County. All of them arc located east of Beaufort. Returns Alter Uave Robert G. Lowe, with the Em ployment Security Com mission, re turned to work yesterday after a temporary leave of absence. Mr. Lowe is stationed in the farm labor trailer, Beaufort. Few Candidates Draw Opposition In Contests for Municipal Office 4 Chamber Surveys Past , Present At Membership Meeting Thursday I?r. Bon Royal, left. and Mrs. Royal, admire Ihc gold pocket watch presented to him Thursday night j by Mayor George W. Hill on hchalf of the citizcns of Morrhcad City. Kngraved on the back of the watch were the words, "Citi/cn of the Century, Morehead City Centennial, l>r. Ben I'. Royal, tKTi7*l9S7." I rnc i.io guests ai me nioreneau City Chamber of Commerce ban quet Thursday night were treated o a program dedicated to Inth (lie jasi and future of Morebend City, 'he ha liquet was a I the Morehead City recreation building. Charles Markcy, general chair man of the centennial committee, gave some of the highlights of the ffrfcTniHr ars in Morehead City. His qu(\ioH. "How far can We go ahead looking back?" was answer ed in part by himself. He said that it was good to look hack to evaluate progress so long as it did not interfere with looking forward. This was emphasized by Mayor George W. Dill who con ferred the title. Citizen of the Cen tury, on I)r. Benjamin K. Royal. Mayor Speaks Mayor Dill said that Dr. Royal was able to remember many of tin important events in the history of Morehead City but still thought of the future rather than the past. Dr. Royal said. '*1 don't mind growing old. I have enjoyed every minute of it." The honor was a compific surprise 10 mo doctor, i who ha* born a prime mover in | < such civic projects as building the Morehead City Hospital, devolop 1 moat of the port terminal and lo cating Cherry Point with of the 1 Mouse It ivor. Ok.ihoman Speaks Charles llasstng. Hugo, Okla , i was the principal speaker al the ? I banquet. Mr. Massing is president , ' of the National US 7(1 Association. Ills theme, too, was the progress i of Morehead City. 1 lie showed how the city's growth ' [ would l?c aXicctcd by the advertis- j i I ing of Highway 70 as a coast-to- J : coast highway. "Think big and i j talk tall . Mr. Massing advised the ; members of the chamber. | < i Committee reports were given by i Hud Dixon, membership: Dick Parker, advertising; Jack Lewis, j merchants; and P. 11. Goer Jr., transportation. Chamber president W. B. Chalk | acted as master of ccremonies. 11c J recognized members of the various j civic clubs who attended the ban I quel as units. They were the | r.mernus v rnn, notary *.?ui>, i-ions flub and Jaycees, .!oc DuBois. chamlxr manager. Rave a report on the progress of the chamber during the past six 1 months, lie pointed with pride to a sign which the chamber has had j since 1950. The sign stales three nbjcqtivos of tfce timber: South rrn Railroad. port development and a resort hotel. Mr. DuBois said that the South ern was getting closer every day. "Things are looking up for the port, too. New warehouses and a deeper channel are in sight," he said. "The Mo re he ad Bill more Hotel (formerly the Bogue Sound Club) should be ready for business by June 15. The chamber has been working hard for these and other improvements in Morehead City and their accomplishment is a sign of sure progress," the chamber manager said. Fred Clarkson. developer of Pine Knoll Shores, who was scheduled i to be on the program, was not ! present. Shrimping in Inland Waters To Get Under Way Tonight April Showers Never Showed The dry spell continue* with the county's April rainfall .standing at about a quarter of an inch. This is practically nothing as compared vith almost 4 inches of rain in March. E. Stanley Davis, weather ob server. puts the April rainfall at .26 inch and the most that fell at one time was .07 inch. All of that fell in the first few days of the month: since that time, not a drop. While the weather is fine for toilers in the sun. the farmers have been praying for rain. Places up state have been having quite a bit of rain, however. I.ast year the April rainfall here totaled 5*4 inches. "This has been an unusual year so far," Mr. Davis said. The winter temperatures averaged 10 to 15 de grees more than last winter. He remarked that the current dry spell doesn't necessarily mean there will be a wet summer. Winds have been very light from the southwest and the past week Uie days clear. Temperatures follow: Mat. Min Raster Monday 711 65 Tuesday 78 C>5 Wednesday 70 55 Thursday *1 66 Friday 82 67 Saturday 80 66 Sunday 81 67 Mayor George Dill, Morehead City, will leave tomorrow for Char lotte where he will attend the meeting of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association. " At one minute after midnight to night the 1957 shrimp season will be under way. 0. CI. Holland, eommereial fish eries commissioner, has informed shrimpers up and down the coast that the magic hour is not far dis tant. The season is opening about two weeks earlier this year than usual. Late spring always brings a frenzy of activity along the water front but announcement of the opening date of the shrimp season shoves reconditioning of trawler equipment into high gear. Tar Heel shrimpers will be going after the brown-spotted shrimp, the type that feeds at night. Shrimpers will leave the docks for the rivers and sounds before mid night so that they will be able to start dragging the minute it's legal. Ocean shrimping is permissible at any time. But all shrimpers must be licensed , by the commer cial fisheries division Dr. Austin Williams, shrimp spe cialist, Institute of Fisheries Re search. 'says that he hasn't seen indications of shrimp in large numbers but those that are here arc of fair size, 50 to GO count, Tide Table Tldei il Ike Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, April 3D 8 24 a.m. 2:38 a.m. 8:33 p.m. 2:37 p.m. Wednesday, May I 9 n2 a m. 3:17 a.m. 9:09 p.m. 3:12 p.m. Thursday, May 2 9:47 a.m. 3:55 a.m. 9:54 p.m. 3:48 p.m. Friday, May ] 10:41 a.m. 4:35 a.m. 10:48 p.m. 4:26 p.m. heads off, and occasionally sonic 45 count. Trial drags authorized by the commercial fisheries division last week indicated signs of shrimp north through Core Sound and at Straits. At that time Iherc was not much show in Pamlico Sound. The price of shrimp is very good and any caught will find a ready market. The shrimp season last year was extremely poor, so shrimpers are hoping for a good season this year. The lines have been drawn for the May 7 election "hat ties" in Morehcad City, Beaufort and Newport. But there will lie little battle to it in Beaufort and Morehead City. Newport might see a few sparks, but that's about the sum of it. Candidates for municipal office in Beaufort had until 4 p. m yesterday 10 inc. inc acau line for filing was originally sot as Friday at the April town board meeting, but referenee was ma'de to the town charter and it was learned that candidates could file until seven days prior to the elec tion. Mayor Clifford I^ewia is unop posed for the highest position. Wil liam J. Mishael, sexton at the Ann Street Methodist Church, has filed for commissioner as have the in cumbents, William Hoy Hamilton. Math Chaplain, James Rumley, Otis Mades, and Gerald Hill. Registration has been extreme ly light. Only seven new regis trants came forth in Morehead City. The registration books closed Saturday night. In Morehead City John Lashlcy fates opposition for the office of clerk of court: six men are run ning for the five commissioner posts and three persons are run ning for the two positions open on the hospital board of trustees. Mayor George W. Dill faces no opposition. In addition to the five incumbents, Marvin Powers, op erator of a Morehead City taxi business, has filed for commis sioner. Others running for office arc S. C. Ilolloway, Gibhie San derpon, 1>d Garner, l>. J. Mali and Jasper Bell Grady Roll has filed for clerk of court. Running for hospital trus tee arc .1 It. Sanders. Mrs. K. A Council and Mrs Walter Freeman. Judge I nopposed No one is running against I lor b^rl Phillips III who has filed for iydir of recorder's court. Mayor DIM said yesterday that it will probably be a quiet election as far as the top executive offices go. lie said that the faet that so few fi'rd for offiee shows the lack adaisical attitude people have in ward go*ernn*4nt. "Lots of people have Job* tjiat would prevent their serving, but there is a lot of talent for govern ment that is not applied to govern ment," the mayor continued. "And as a result," lie said, "people are not as well acquainted with gov ernment as they should be. It would be beneficial to the town if more interest were shown." Newport Candidates In Newport where the election outcome will probably determine whether the town gets a city-wide water system, the mayor is facing opposition as arc the three com missioners who chose to run again. Running for the top executive of fice arc Mayor I^eon Mann and R. S. Jones. The commissioners who are run ning for re election arc Wilbur V. Garner, Bennie R. Garner and II. C. Gurganus. Others seeking posi tions on the town board arc Ed Comer, Dick Lockcy. Jeff J. Gar ner. J. Wheeler Smith, L. E. San ders. I ami is Hibbs, Dewey I'hipps, Douglas Henderson and lister M. Garner. The present commissioners arc interested in borrowing $120,000 to put in a town water system. Some of the citizens are not in favor of it. even though a referendum was held and the majority voted for it. The case has been taken to court. Several of the citizens who filed the suit arc running for commis sioners. The Morehead City first aid class will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the civic center, Dr. Bcrl Ix?wis in charge. Health Department Thanks Mewport Groups for Check The Newport Fire Department ? and the Newport Rotary Club re cently gave a check for $4.10 to the county health department to pay for converting the fluoroscopc into an X ray machine. The letter ac companying the check, and the re ply made by the county board and the health officer, follow: April 17, 1957 County Health Center Beaufort North Carolina Gentlemen: We of I he Newport Rotary Club and the Newport Fire Department would like to take this opportunity to tell you just how much we en joyed putting on our Womanlcss Wedding last month. There were some forty people in volved in the wedding. It would have surprised you to know just how much fun everyone had. The girls cooperated wonderfully. It was apparent at the first meeting we had to discuss the possibility of putting the wedding on, that it would be a success. We had over See LETTER* rage 4 Two Cars Collide On Highway 24 Two cars collided at 11:30 p.m. Sunday on Highway 24, a half mile west of Boguc, and Manry Thomas Sailer, route 1 Newport, was charged with careless and reckless driving. Salter was driving a 1952 Chevro let coupe. The other car, a 1AS0 Oldsmobile, was driven by Miss Patricia Marie Fratier, who is sta tioned at Camp l-rjeunc State Highway Patrolman W. E. Tickard said that Salter was head ed cast and Miss Frailer west, lie said Salter swerved over to the left side of the road and struck the Otdsmobile. Damage to cach car was eitimated at 1300. A man whose name waa given aa Dorla Buck, riding with Salter, was reported to have gotten a cut on the head. Officers Blow Up Bootleg Rig Three Morehead City Men Post Bond, Will Be Tried at New Bern Three Morehead City men are out of jail on $300 bonds each on a charge of setting up an illegal i liquor still west of Morehead City, j They are Harvey Atkinson, Wil lie llarkley Moore and Murphy Dice. They will l?e tried in fed [ eral court. New Bern. I The still was raided at 10 30 Wednesday morning by Marshall ! Ayscuc, county ABC .officer, W. j J. Smith Jr., of the State Highway | Patrol, federal officers and mem ! bers of the sheriff's department. I The 150-gallpn steam still was j located five miles from Morehead i City, north of Highway 70 on the Nelson place between the railroad i and Newport River. [ Two cars used to transport ma j terials to the still were siczed and ! are being held in New Bern. One j of the cars was parked at the still ami the other was picked up by j officers as it was driven into the yard of one of the operator's. It J contained sugar, meal and yeast. ! All of the men arrested were at the still getting ready to run it , when the law moved in. Dice ran I but the other two offered no re sistance, Officer Ayscuc said. I Dice turned up at lawyer Claud j Wheat ly's office Kite Wednesday j afternoon and Wheatly in formed the tf fleers that their man wm there TJHf still had never been run. On the site were mash boxes of 2,000-gallon capacity. Twelve sticks of dynamite were used to blow the rig up. Jaycee District Meets at Beach, Morehead City Jayccos and their wives, from 10 of the 11 ninth district clubs, attended the district convention in Morehead City and Atlantic Beach Saturday and Sunday. There were 208 who registered. Clubs represented were Wash ington. New Bern, Ayden, Green ville, Kinston, Richlands, Jackson ville, Morehead City, Beaufort, and Havclock. Farmvillc was the only club which failed to send repre sentatives. State president Bob Cox won the Jaycee golf tournament while the wives and non-golfing Jaycees en joyed a bridge party and fashion show in the sun room of the At lantic Beach Hotel. A get-acquainted party was spon sored by the Morehead City club at the hotel Saturday afternoon. Saturday night the Jaycees danced at the Blue Ribbon Club. Herbert Phillips, president of the Morehead City club, and dis trict vice-president J. B. Smith, presided at the business session Sunday morning. The meeting was adjourned before noon. Wes Conkling, Jacksonville, was elected new vice-president of the district. Ronald Karl Mason, Beau fort, was also a candidate for the officc. Army Schedules May Hearing A hearing on providing a 12-foot channel through Itoguc Inlet and a 12-foot turning basin at Swans boro haa been scheduled by the Army engineers for 7.30 p.m. Thursday, May 23. at the com munity building Swansboro. The project includes a connect ing channel from the inlet to tho intracoastal waterway. All persons interested in the pro ject are invited to attend the hear ing and present their views. Col. H. C. Rowland Jr., district engi neer, suggests that all important facts or figures be presented in writing. An outline indicating the type of information desired at the hear ing may be obtained from Mayor M. N. Lisk, Swansboro.