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46th YEAR, NO. 49. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 18. 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Grand Jury Recommends \
Special Term of Court
Carlton Pittman
Draws M Days
For Drunkenness
Court Rules Defendant
Violated Terms of Eight ]
Suspended Sentences
Carlton Pittman drew a total of
240 days in jail during last week's
term of superior court. Eight 30
day suspended sentences were in
voked to run consecutively. The
court ruled that by being convict
ed of public drunkenness in record
er's court, he had violated the
terms of suspension.
The sentence had been suspend
ed when Pittman agreed to take
treatment for alcoholism at the
state hospital. He was warned that
one public drunkenness conviction
after his return would he reason
for the sentences to be invoked.
Charles Earl Carmena and Rich
ard Doles Jr. were convicted of
robbery by the jury. They had pled
not guilty to breaking, entering,
assault and robbery. Each drew a
6-12 month sentence on the roads.
The case of Woodrow Wilson,
charged with attempted rape, was
continued for one term. His law
yers said that he was mentally
unbalanced and should be sent to
a mental hospital. The judge or
dered that he be sent to the state
hospital for examination prior to
the next term of superior court.
Two defendants were fined $100
and court costs. They were Ralph
Norris Wood, convicted of speed
ing 75 mph, and Miliah Cleophus
Tunstall, found guilty of driving
drunk.
Harry Earl Lee, charged with
speeding, forfeited a $25 cash bond.
The state did not try Charlie
Rose, charged with assault, or
Pierson Willis, charged with break
ing, entering and larceny. The
court ruled that there was not
sufficient evidence available to try
the men.
Coast Guard "
Gets Three Calls
The Coast Guard got three calls
for assistance Sunday. On one of
the calls, they found a skin diver
about three-fourths of a mile off
shore from Club Colony. The swim
mer, Gernd Glotstein of Stallings
Air Force Base, said that he was
all right and didn't want to go
ashore.
Since he was alone, district
headquarters told the Coast
Guardsmen to stand by until he
went ashore. EN/l Taft Pilchcr
and SK/3 Edward Privott, who
were on patrol duty at the time,
stood by until he swam back to
shore.
Earlier in the morning, the pa
trol craft towed in the Jolly Roger,
a 25-foot pleasure craft. The boat
had engine trouble between Fort
Macon and the port terminal. It
was towed to the Gulf docks.
Alton Woodcock paddled his 16
foot motorboat to shore before the
Coast Guard could get to him. Peo
ple on shore saw that his boat had
stopped and called the Coast
Guard, lie paddled to shore near
21st Street, Morehcad City.
Gloucester Community
Club Plans Barbecue
W. G. Andrews of the poultry de- j
partmcnl. state extension service,
will be chef at the Gloucester Com
munity Club barbecue Saturday
night. Barbecued chicken, potato
salad, cole slaw, corn on the cob,
bread and pic will be served.
Tickets may be bought from the I
home agent or soil conservation |
offices. Tickets are $1.50 each.
The grand jury recommended
that a special term of superior
court be called as soon as possible
in its report to the judge last week.
The jurors based this recommen
dation on a heavy court Calendar
of criminal indictments of a sim
ilar nature.
The special term, they said,
should be called in order that
numerous individuals involved
might not be inconvenienced fur
ther.
They also seconded a recommen
dation made by the last grand
jury. They asked that the possibil
ity of maintaining a year-round
grand jury be considered.
In addition to considering all the
indictments given them, the jurors
visited and inspected various
county offices, the new health cen
ter, new and old jails and the pri
son camp at Newport.
The jury made several recom
mendations for safety and comfort
in the courthouse and annex. Un
der its direction, fire extinguish
crs in the two buildings were
checked and refilled. The jury
said that the extinguishers should
be recharged each year and check
ed each month.
The grand jury said that the door
to the bathroom in the jailer's new
quarters should be changed so as
not to interfere with fixtures. It
suggested an automatic cooler for
the courtroom.
The jury also mentioned an is
sue in the last grand jury's re
port?toilet facilities for women
jurors. This matter should be in
vestigated at once, the jurors said. |
The jury thanked the judge, soli
citor, sheriff, jailer and Capt. j
Charlie Thomas, officer in charge,
and all court officials for their j
cooperation and courtesy.
The report was signed by fore
man Orvillc G. Gaskill.
Thursday Flower
Show Scheduled
There will be a flower show in
the home agent's office in the
courthouse annex, Beaufort, 3 p.m.
to < p.m. Thursday. Flowers may
be entered in the show 10 a.m. to
11:30 a,m. Thursday, according to
Mrs. Floy Garner, home agent.
Flowers may be entered in all
or any of the following classes:
Class A ? Best arrangement
created by Home Demonstration
Club (no competition)
Class B?Cut Flowers ? Speci
mens
Class C?Cut Flowers?Arrange
ments of roses, lilies, pansics, pe
tunias, zinnias, snapdragons, glad
iola, or other, including wild flow
er or native shrubbery.
Class D?Potted Plants ? Speci
mens of any potted plants
Class E?Most original arrange- j
ment by club member.
Ribbons will be awarded to the I
first and second place winners in ]
all classes, if entries are suffi
cient in each division to warrant |
such awards.
Judges for the show will be Mrs.
M. L. Davis, Beaufort, and Mrs.
F. C. Salisbury and Mrs. David
Murray, Morchead City.
Magician Presents
Rotary Club Show
Wallace the Magician of Durham
presented the program for the
Morchead City Rotary Club's fa
ther-daughter banquet at Flem
ing's Thursday night. One of the
guests was Ann Thomas Lewis,
Miss Morchead City and Miss Cen
tennial. She is the daughter of
Rotarian T. D. Lewis.
Truman Kemp was the guest of
Rotarian H. L. Joslyn. Clarence
Stamper, Beaufort Rotarian, also
attended the meeting.
The club voted to accept the bid
of Rex Restaurant for their meals
during the next fiscal year, begin
ning July 1. They were advised by
the management of Fleming's that
they could not be served on a year
round basis there this year.
Centennial Fashion Show
Proves to be Big Event
The Centennial pep rally and
(aahion show at the Morchcad Bilt
more Hotel Friday night waa one
of the biggest social events of the
season. An estimated 1,100 per
sons attended the party, about
twice as many as were expected.
The evening opened with an old
acquaintance hour in which
guests mingled and exchanged
^ greetings and stories of the "good
old days." Many of them were
dressed as though, they came
straight from the times they were
discussing.
Most popular outfits at the party
were from the roaring twenties
Gay blades and their dalds strolled
around the lawn creating a picture
of the Morehead Villa as it must
have appeared 25 years ago.
After the buffet supper served
en the lawn, a through the yegrs
f a ? h I o n ahow was presented.
Guests sat at card tables set up
on the lawn and enjoyed such
sights as Graver Munden in an
ancient awim suit and Miss Mil
dred Whcalton in a new one.
Roger Bower, Raleigh, waa the
emcee for the show, with Charles
Markey reading the narration. Be
tween events in the fashion parade,
a barber shop quartet sang When
You Wore a Tulip. Ain't She Sweet
and other old favorites.
Members of the quartet were
Bobby Bell, first tenor. Francis
Swanson, second tenor, Ralph
Wade, baritone, ami Borden Wade,
bass. Miss Rachel Mundine played
background music for the show.
The Bill Norwood combo from
TV station WNCT played for the
dance in the west ballroom after
the fashion show.
Man Charged with Rape of Six-Year-Old
Recreation Head Says
Participation is Good
As many as 126 children at a
time have been using the facilities
of the Morchead City recreation
commission, announces Fred Lew
is, director of the summer recrea
tion program. The program began
at 9 a.m. last Monday morning.
The recreation building, located
on Evans Street, is open 9 a.m.
to noon and 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
daily. The Teen-age Club meets
each Wednesday and Friday night
7:30 to 10:30. Mrs. Dot Jo Thomp
son, Beaufort, will give free danc
ing lessons during the Friday night
meetings.
Four Work Full-Time
Full-time workers in the pro
gram are Mrs. Mamie Taylor.
Ralph Wade, John Thompson, col
ored director, and Mr. Lewis.
Workers for the program are sc
cured by the Morehead City Rec
reation Commission, Mrs. J. W.
Thompson, chairman.
Activities for the summer in
clude band practice each morning
Mr. Wade will be in charge of
the program, lie says that the
band will give a series of concerts
at the bandstand by the recreation
building later in the season.
Indoor Activities
Indoor activities, under the su
pervision of Mrs. Taylor, include
checkers, ping-pong, badminton,
shuffleboard and record playing.
Outside, children have a choice
of horse shoes, tennis, archery,
basketball, volley ball, croquet and
running games.
Mr. Lewis estimates that as
many as 200 children a day have
taken part in the recreation pro
gram so far. The lowest count tak
en so far was on Monday morn
ing, when 96 children were play
ing at one time.
"There is a constant ch^r0 of
children, and many of them come
over two or three times a day,"
Mr. Lewis says. The high for last
week, 126, was counted Tuesday.
Mosquitoes Kept
Under Control
The absence of mosquitoes at
the Centennial pep rally and fash
ion show at the Morchead Biltmorc
Hotel Friday night was due to
spraying by the Morchead City
Street Department.
J. V. Watera, superintendent of
the street department, said that
his crew sprayed Thursday until
the rain made them quit and twice
on Friday. "The chemicals we use
are good for six days, so we
should have really cut them off
for one night," he said.
The spraying unit went outside
the city limits at the order of
Mayor George W. Dill and Street
Commissioner Gibbic Sanderson.
The Centennial committee had
asked the county to spray the area,
but the county unit was not equip
ped to do the work at the time.
The county referred the job to the
town of Morehead City.
Jack Finch Co.
Will Decorate
For Centennial
Jack Finch Decorating Company
of Raleigh and Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., has contracted to decorate
Morehead City for the Centennial.
Mr. Finch was host at a luncheon
at the Sanitary Restaurant last
Wednesday where plans for the
decorations were made. Members
of the various centennial commit
tees were his guests.
Mr. Finch was responsible for
decorating the town during the
coastal festivals several years ago.
He says that with his knowledge
of the town and experience in dec
orating for centennials, Morehead
City is sure to be a show place.
Mr. Finch will decorate light j
poles, siring decorations across
the streets and decorate private
homes and businesses. His com
pany constructs floats and other
equipment for parades and festi
vals.
Charles Markcy, general chair
man of the Centennial committee,
said that Mr. Finch had agreed to
decorate the Municipal Building
free fo charge.
Photo by Roy Eubank*
This picture of Olan Bell was taken about two years ago when he
was working on the salvaging of the Omar Babun.
Methodists Plan Opening
Of New Education Buildina
The N. F. F.urc Education Build
ing of the Ann Street Methodist
Church, Beaufort, will be formally
opened this week. Five days of
special activities have bean sche
duled for tomorrow through Sun
day. announces the Rev. J. D.
Young, pastor of thetfcfeureh.
The seven trustees of the build
ing will be speakers at the initial
service of thanksgiving at 7:30
p in. tomorrow. They arc Braxton
Adair, William Potter, Leslie
Moore, E. W. Downum, Lance
Smith, Thomas Eurc and Mrs.
Stanley Potter Jr.
After the thanksgiving service,
there will be an open house for
the "church family." Refresh
ments will be served.
The intermediate department
will be in charge of the program
Thursday night. Worship services
will be conducted in the individual
departments 7:15 until 7:45. A fel
lowship program from 7:45 until
8:30 will feature games and re
freshments.
A program for seniors and older
youth will begin at 7:30 p.m. Fri
day. After the worship service, the
group will play games and have
refreshments until 9:30.
Services arc scheduled for both
Saturday morning and night. At
10:30 a.m. the juniors, primary
and kindcrgawcn departments will
meet for Bible stories.
The young people will have an
open house 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. dur
ing whieh time they will show
the building 4o their friends fron^
other ehurches Aftor touring the
building, the visitors will be served
refreshments and will be asked to
take part in games.
An open house 3:30 p.m. Sun
day will conclude the special
events.
624 People Are Working
On 43 Jubilee Projects
Charles Markcy, general chair
man of the Morehcad City Centen
nial Jubilee, says that there arc
624 people working on 43 commit
tees. The 43 committees arc actu
ally subcommittees under eight
chairmen.
Chairmen of the committees arc
Warren Beck, advertising, T. T.
"Tom" Potter, boating and fishing.
Walter Morris, commercial, Her
bert O. Phillips, entertainment.
John E. Lashlcy, parades and
decorations, A. B. Cooper, pro
gram, Miss Alida Willis, publicity.
Rev. A. G. Harris Jr.. religious,
and Chief Herbert Griffin, traffic
and parking.
Father of Year Honored
Photo by Bob Soymour
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J. B. Eubanks
Gives Report
Prcfcident-clect J. B. Eubanks of
the Morchead City Lions Club gave
a report on the state convention
at the Lions Club meeting Thurs
day night at the Hotel Fort Macon.
Mr. Eubanks attended the state
convention in Ashcvillc earlier in
the week. He said that 1,200 Lions
registered for the convention.
The Asheville Lions presented
81 girls dressed in the native dress
of the 81 countries represented in
Lions International. There are
555,000 Lions in the organization.
Mr. Eubanks said that he attend
ed a special presidents' school at
the convention. Here he learned
the duties of Lions Club officers.
He was the only Morchead City
Lion to attend the convention.
Carmi Winters of New Bern was
elected deputy district governor
at the convention.
Two Morehead Men
Lose Drivers' Licenses
Wilbur C. Bruce and Gordon
Lewis, Morehead City, have lost
their licenses due to convictions
of drunken driving.
Both men were convicted in
Morehead City recorder's court.
The licenses were revoked by the
state highway safety division. It
was Brucc's second conviction.
Police Transfer Olan Bell
To Out of County Jail
Rumors of lynch mobs made the Morehead City Police
Department move Olan "Shorty" Bell to an out of county
jail to await trial for the rape of a 6-year-old girl at 5 p.m.
Sunday. Bell, 44, of Morehead City, has a record of minor
convictions in Morehead City and county recorder's courts.
According to Morehead City Police Chief Herbert Grif
fin, Bell allegedly forced the little <
girl into his house at 105 South 15th
St. and raped her in the bedroom.
The chief said that he did not think
Bell's wife and family were at
home when the child entered the
house. Bell has five children.
A neighbor called the police sta
tion at 5 p.m. and told the switch
board operator that a child had
been hurt at 15th and Evans
Streets. Within two minutes, pa
trolmen Buck Newsomc and Wal
ter Thomas were at the house.
Chief Griffin arrived a few minutes
later.
The policemen loarned that the
child had run screaming from the
house and her mother had heard
her. The girl's mother and a friend
took her to the hospital while an
other neighbor called the police.
Bloody Bedding
The police went into the house
and found bloody bedclothing in
the bedroom. They searched the
house twice and on the third trip
to the basement found Bell. He
was out cold, hidden under a
feather mattress and a pile of
junk.
His clothes were bloody and he
was obviously very drunk, the
chief said. Neighbors said that he
had been drinking for two or three
days.
A lady who lives just across the
street gave a good account of the
incident.
"1 was in the kitchen feeding
my baby." she said, "when I
heard the little girl screaming. She
was standing on the porch of Bell's
house and blood was running down
her legs.
"All the people around must
have heard her for in a minute or
so there was a large crowd at the
house. The child's mother got there
in a minute or so. They live just
around the corner.
"She and a friend took the girl
to the hospital and one of Bell's
children ran across the corner
and asked a lady to call the po
lice. Within a couple of minutes
they were here.
"From my window I saw the po
lice carry a bundle from the house
in about five minutes. It must have
been Bell because the little girl's
grandfather walked ofcr to the pa
trol car and said something
through the window."
Bell Examined
The police took Bell to the sta
tion where he was examined by
the doctor, lie was later taken to
the hospital for a check-up. The
trip to the hospital was probably
the basis of a rumor that Bell had
tried to commit suicide.
Several residents of the com
munity were not satisfied with the
course that the law was taking.
They thought a swifter course of
justice would be more appropriate.
Though there were many sug
gestions for lynching Bell, there
was never an organized attempt to
take him from the jail.
Car Burns
A parked car caught fire Sunday
afternoon at 34th and Arendell
Streets. The truck from the new
fire station left at 1:20 p.m., put
out the fire, and returned at 1:40
p.m. Firemen did not estimate the
damage to the car.
44 Complete
County Speech
Clinic Friday
Forty-four students attended this
year's county speech clinic. The
clinic was conducted at the More
head City recreation building. The
two-week course ended Friday, ac
cording to director Fred Lewis.
Both parents and students at
tended classes Friday. Mr. Lewis
said. He briefed the parents in a
special assembly. He told them
just what the teachers had tried
to do for the students. Then he
told the parents what they could
do to follow up the work done by
the teachers.
"We don't expect to do a com
plete job in two weeks." Mr. Lewis
said. "All we try to do is lay the
foundation for a sound program
in which the parents continue our
work."
After the assembly, the parents
had individual conferences with
the teachers and got lists of rec
ommended reading books.
Mr. Lewis said that this was the
sixth and best year for the pro
gram. "When the program started
there were nine students and two
teachers. This year, six teachers
had 44 students," he noted.
Two teachers worked with ages
six and seven, two teachers worked
with grades eight and nine and
two teachers had separate classes
of children 10 and above.
Teachers, in addition to Mr.
Lewis, were Ralph Wade, Mrs.
R. W. Davis and Mrs. Sammy
Williams of Morehcad CRy, and
lift. Ben Arrinfcfon and Mfes Ger
trude Styron, Beaufort.
The clinic was sponsored by the
county board of education, recrea
tion commission and the North
Carolina Society for Crippled Chil
dren.
Chamber Making
List of Available
Rooms for Rent
The Morehcad City Chamber of
Commerce ia compiling a list of
rooms in Morehcad City and Beau
fort that arc for rent. Joe DuBois,
chamber manager, asks that any
one who has a room for rent con
tact him at the chamber office.
The lists will be given to hotels
and motels as a reference after
their rooms are filled, he said.
Copies will be given to various
civic groups, the police stations
and businesses, he added.
Mr. DuBois said that the people
who rent rooms occasionally or
who could rent rooms as a civic
gesture are the ones he is most in
terested in getting on the list.
"People who would not rent a
room under normal circumstances
might be persuaded to do so during
the summer months, especially
during the Centennial," Mr. Du
Bois said.
Committee Appropriates $2,500
For Drum Inlet General Survey
Friday, four days after the Drum
Inlet hearing at the lleaufort
School, a federal appropriations
committee provided $2,500 to con
duct a general survey investiga
tion for the inlet. The committee
complied with a request for funds
by Congressman Graham A. Bar
den. i
Congressman Barden sent a tele
gram to THE NEWS-TIMES say
ing, "I am glad to advise that
the public works appropriations
bill for fiscal year beginning July
1, 1957, has been reported from
the committee and they complied
Tide Table
TMes at the Beaefort Bar
(Eastern Standard Time)
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, June I*
12:05 a.m. 6:20 a.m.
12:52 p.m. 6:36 p.m.
Wednesday, June It
12:45 a.m. 7:07 a.m.
1:33 p.m. 7:43 p.m.
Thursday, June 29
1:25 a.m. 1:01 a.m.
2:13 p.m. ?:4> p.m.
Friday, June 21
2:09 a.m. 1:58 a.m.
2:? p.m. S:? pun.
with my request for fundi by pro->
viding 12.900 to conduct the gen
cril survey investigation for Drum
Inlet. I am hopeful the item will
be included in the bill at finally
passed."
250 Attend
An estimated 250 persons attend
ed the Drum Inlet I tearing at the
school. Testimony waa presented
in favor of deepening the gorge
In the inlet and stabilizing It.
W. H. rotter, Beaufort, spoke
on behalf of the North Carolina
Fisheries Association. He said that
a 12-foot channel was needed for
the inlet. The strategically-located
inlet is midwsy between Ocracoke
Inlet and Barden's Inlet, giving
fishermen easy access from inland
waters to the Raleigh Bay ocean
area.
Office To Report
Afler testimony by Mr. Potter,
Moses Howard, chairman of the
county commissioners. Mayor
(ieorge Dill of Morehcad City, Ma
yor Clifford lewis of Beaufort and
others, Lt. Col. W. K. Shaffer, as
sistant district engineer, Wilming
ton, said that his office would
make a report on the hearing.
Four days later, $2,500 waa ap
propriated far a complete survey
at Urn ialeL
Mercury Climbs
To 92 Sunday
The thermometer climbed to 92
Sunday afternoon, highest of the
year, according to weather ob
server E. Stamey Davia. Mr. Davia
?aid that the temperature had
come cloae a few timea, getting aa
high aa (7 on Saturday.
The wind haa been coming from
the southwest for the past five
days, except for Sunday, Mr. Davis
said. There was practically no
wind at all Sunday.
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures and wind direction fol
low:
Max. MM. Wind
Thursday M 75 SW
Friday. m 72 SW
Sataeday .. (7 75 sw
Sunday 93 74 Calm
The newly constructed swimming
pool at the Morehead City Golf
Club will he formally opened to
day. C. C. McCuiaton, pre, aa