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PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER W tfca TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ? 46th YEAR. NO. 82. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES . MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, hORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1967 PUBLISHED TUE8DAY8 AND FRIDAYS Falling Tree Kills Newport Boy Wednesday Funeral Service Will , Be Today for Billy Weaver in Georgia The funeral service for Billy Ed ward Weaver. 19, Newport RFD, who was killed by a falling tree Wednesday morning, will be con ducted at 4 p.m. today in the Rocky Mount Church, Sylvester, Ga. Weaver was cutting pulpwood in deep woods about 15 miles east of Newport when the accident hap pened at 11:20 a.m. According to Coroner Leslie D. Springle. Weaver had just felled a tree about 18 inches in diameter. As it fell it struck a dead tree, knocking the dead tree off about 12 feet from the ground. The heavy dead trunk fell on Weaver, pinning him against the stump of the tree he had just cut. He was killed instantly. His neck was broken, his left shoulder and chest crushed and there were cuts on his head. His two brothers who were near by got the trunk off the boy and he was taken to Morehead City in the Dill ambulance. Coroner Springle said there would be no inquest. To reach the scene of the accident, the coroner said he traveled 10 miles on the Roberts Road and then walked four miles into a swamp. The Weavers lived between New port and Morehead City. The youth is survived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Weaver: four sisters. Mrs. John White. Newport RFD; Sue. Shirley and Linda of the home: three brothers, Lloyd, Morris and George Jr. of the home, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley Weaver, Juniper. Ga. Class of '34 Plans Reunion Members of the <ftm of 1934, Morehead City High School, made plans Tuesday night at the muni cipal building for their reunion this coming Tuesday night. Committee chairmen were ap pointed. l-onnic Dill is chairman of a dinner party to be held at the Blue Ribbon Club. Mrs. Bea trice I.cwis is chairman of dec orations; George Adams and Mr. Dili arc in charge of the poster; John R. Williams and Mrs. Violet l.angdalc, refreshments, and Mrs. Mary E. Hughes, scrapbooks, auto graph books and trophies. Mrs. llughea, who is in charge of reunion plans, asks that any member who has scrapbooks, auto graph books or other items of in terest for display bring them to her at the municipal building. They will be exhibited at the school Tuesday night. Any member of the class who has not been contacted is invited to call Mrs. Josephine Wade Mi zesko or any of the above com mittee chairmen. Home, Boat Owners to Meet Down East Tuesday Homeowners and boat owners are invited to the Down Kasi Fire Department meeting at 7:30 Tues day night at the recreation build ing. Atlantic, announces Allen Jones, chief. Gerald T. Murdoch, Morebead City, will give a demonstration of dry chemical fire extinguishers. Sizes are available for home or boat. Orders for them will be taken by the Down East firemen. Chief Jones said the extinguishers are valuable for controlling small fires. A car parked in front of the Sea level postoffiee was destroyed by fire early Sunday morning. Fire men put the fire out and prevent ed damage to the postoffiee. Navy to Sand Vessel For Contonnial Week Thurlow Whcalton. water activi ties chairman, says that the LST Orleans Farrlsh will be tied up at state port during Centennial week. The 300-foot Navy vessel will be asked to conduct an open bouse, 2 p m .-t p.m. daily. The LST will dock Sunday and stay until Saturday night, Mr. Whealton says. The Coast Guard buoy tender Conifer will be docked at the port rather than at her regu lar berth at Fort Macon. She win have open house all day Wednes day and all day Sunday. Stockholders (e Meet Stockholders of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad will meet in annual session Friday morning, /Aug. t, at the Atlantic Beach He I Ml. Gov. Luther Hodges and ottfr state officials are expected at toe Schedule of Events Aug. 3-10 Tomorrow 8:00 p.m.?Through the Years in Fashion show at foot ball field ? Sunday 11:00 a.m.?Centennial services in the churches 2:00 p.m.?Archery exhibition by Coastal Archery Club at dog track 6:30 p.m.?Religious band concert by Second Marine Air Wing Band, Cherry Point 7:30 p.m.?Community vesper service with Dr. B. Frank Hall of Wilmington as guest speaker Monday Industrial and fishing exhibits open at Wallace Fisheries, Davies Net Co., Morehead City Garment Co., and Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co. These exhi bits will be open daily "Kangaroo Courts" will lie run for defendants not wearing Centennial caps. Trials will be at the Cen tennial trailer, Kighth and Arondel! Streets Boat show at the Morehead City Yacht Basin opens today and will be open for remainder of week Art and antique show at the Wallace house, Kighth and Arendell Streets, opens and will be open for remainder of week Fort Macon is open daily for visitors. Soldiers in Confed erate uniform and women in late 1800's cos tume will art as guides and guards 8:00 p.m.?Jim Reeves and a troop from the Grand Old Opry, Nashville, Tenn., will star in the coun try music show at the football field. "Beard ed Brothers" competition will be run in con junction with the show Tuesday PGA .sanctioned pro-am golf tourney at the Morchvad City Country Club golf course Open house at the Morchoad City schools 10:00 a.m.?Kiddies cartoon carnival at Morehe?<C!4idl*< tre. Coo Coo the clown and his amazing pup Snow Ball will be on the stage in person. 10:00 a.m.?Guided tour of Cherry Point Marine Air Sta tion by military bus 5:30 p.m.?School homecoming, reunion of Morehead City High School alumni 8:00 p.m.?Jubilee Revue with George Hamilton IV, Bet ty Johnson, Ae Suk Choe, Bob Van Nor strand, Kent Wilson, Pat Stearns and James Chamniss. Carl Caudill of TV station WITN will act as master of ceremonies. Bill Nor wood and his WNCT combo will play accom paniment. The Citizen of the Century award will be made at this program at the football field Wednesday 1:30 p.m.?Boat race*, water skiing events and l>oat demonstrations on the Morchead City water front 8:00 p.m.?Water pageant. A >1,000 fireworks display before and after the parade 10:00 p.m.?Block party on Evans Street. Bill Norwood and his combo will furnish the music fur round and square dancing Thursday All day treasure hunt. Tick up clues at the Centennial trailer Fishing piers will be open on free basis with $100 in prizes to lucky fishermen. Special $100 prize to any fisherman catching tagged "Centen nial Fish" 10:00 a.m.?Guided tour of Canip Lojeune Marine base by military bus *7:00 p.m.?Band concert by the Morchead City High School band at the football field 8:00 p.m.?The Blue and the Gray in Carteret County, a Centennial Theatre production. The his torical pageant in an authentic presentation of the county during the Civil War Friday All day treasure hunt. Clues will be at the Centennial trailer 9:30 a.m.?Free guided tour of Morehead City by bus. The tour will include the industrial and fish ing exhibits plus a slop at the Fisheries Re search Laboratory of the University of North Carolina at Camp Glenn 2:00 p.m.?Above tour Will be repeated. The tours will begin at the Civic Center with a program of picture slides of historical spots in the county Antique car exhibition at the dog track in the afternoon SCHEDULE, rage t _. . M ...t,. -1,-,,, i Centennial Celebration Will Get Into Full Swing Tomorrow Night Miss Noih Carolina to Visit Elite* Herndon of Durham, Miss North Carolina, will a* the guest of tho Morrhead City Jaycccs dur ing Centennial week. Miss Herndon will ride floats in both the water and street parades as well as at tend most official Centennial functions. 4,523 Acres Surplus Land Sold Thursday for $346,075 Uncle Sam, at auction Thursday at the Morchcad City High School, sold 4,523.23 acres of surplus land along the intracoastal waterway for for a total of $346,075. Among the buyers were three Carteret residents, George W. Vickroy and Mrs. Angela R. Katje, both of Morehcad City, and George W. Ball. Harlowe. Vickroy, for $8,050 purchased 150.1 acres north of the Core Creek bridge, a small portion of the tract lying in Craven County. Mrs. Katje bought 164 08 acres adjacent to the Fairfield Bridge in Tyrrell County for $5,000. Mr. Ball, for $710, bought 5.5 acres along Core Creek, which had been under lease to ?arl C. Dickinson. The sale started at 10 a.n\. gnd ended at 3:15 p.m. It was conduct ed by the J. L. Todd Auction Co., Rome, Ga. Buyer The largest single purchaser was Thurman Briggs of l<exington, N. ('., who bought ten separate tracts for a total of $55,000. The tract bringing the highest price, $25,000 was 448.8 acres in Craven County, bought by the North Carolina Pulp Co. Next high est price was $19,600 for 99.8 acres north of Bump Landing Creek in Currituck County. This tract went to Mr. Briggs. Third highest was $19,000 for 361.16 acres in Craven and Carteret Counties. James A. Baker, Nash ville. Tenn., purchaser. The Carteret County section was the last of four sections to be put on the block. In addition to the Carteret tracts mentioned above, Tide Table TMc> il Ike Beaufort Bar (Eastern Standard Time) HIGH LOW Friday, Aug. 2 1:01 a.mi 7:11 a in. I:JT p.m. 8 03 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 1 57 a.m. , (.18 a.m. 2:33 p.m. 8:10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4 2:57 a.m. 8:22 a.m. 3:33 p.m. 10:01 p.rn Monday, Aug. I 4:01 a.m. 10:20 a.m. 4:35 p.m. 11:05 ftp). Tuesday, Aug. I 5:05 a.m. 11:13 8,gl. 5:31 p.m. 11:5* | niaiii r. the county sales were as follows: 58.79 acres, $4,000 to* Harold W. Gray, Monroeville, Pa.; 74.61 acres, $7,000 to Harold W. Gray, Monrotvillc, Pa.; 125.44 acres, $12, ooo to Harold W. Gray, Monroc ville. Pa. Four acres (had been under lease to International Paper Co.) See AUCTION, Page 2 After months of planning and preparation, the More head City Centennial will go into full swing tomorrow. A convertible parade through town will advertise the first Centennial activity, a Through the Years in Fashion show at the football field at 8 p.m. Miss Centennial, Anne Thomas Lewis, will leud the pa ratio. miss wiorcncao v iiy 01 rjao, Lynnc Richardson, will be in the second car. Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops from Morchcad City will march in the parade. Models wearing costumes that will be featured in the fashion show will ride in more cars that will bring up the end of the parade. Donald T. Davis and Mrs. Gerald Murdoch arc co-chairmen of the parade committee. Beauty to Attend Miss North Carolina will head a list of beauties who will attend the Centennial. She will arrive at the Morchead City - Beaufort airport Sunday afternoon. Mayor George Dill and Anne rhouurs Lewis, Miss Centennial, visited nine eastern North Carolina towns 'I uesday and Wednesday. I'hc mayor gave Keys to the city and welcomed the residents of the towns to the Centennial. Other members of the delegation were Miss llosp.ialily, Marian bull, and Mr.s. Dill. I'olicc Chief Herbert Grilliti diove the delega lion in a decorated |>olice car. Cnarles Markcy. Centennial chair man, went on Wednesday's lour. Cities visited Merc Cherry Point, 'y'evv Bern, Washington, Kinston. .rccnville, Swansboro, Jackson .lie. Camp la-jemie and SV'ilming on. Sales Climb Advanec ticket sales for all Cen eiinial activities have climbed well nor the loo mark, according to Mr. Markcy. For a KH ticket, a |?er ?on can attend every Centennial program for the entire week. The u-kets are on sale at ttie Ccnten- j iiial trailer on Arendell Struct. Souvenir booklets went on sale J at the trailer yesterday. The Le page booklets arc gelling for $2 cacn. The booklets contain a word and picture history of Morchead CBfr ploy*patmi lisiiliga of civic mtndecr citizen*. The patrons, who reserved a booklet when they bought the list ing. will get their booklets imme diately after Centennial week. Many of (he booklets. Mr. Markcy says, are still at the bindery. Six contestants in the Miss North Carolina Pageant will conic to Morchead City Wednesday. They are Ronita Rcspass, Miss Green ville, Katherine Church, Miss Hen derson, Jane Wilson. Miss Jack sonville, Jimi McDanicl, Miss Kin ston, Bettc Woodbury. Miss Wil mington, and Jean Chadwick, Miss Beaufort. Connie Hobby, North Carolina Dairy Princess, will arrive from her home in New Bern Wednesday. Sec CENTENNIAL, Page 2 Big Tobacco Shipments to Go Out This Month During the coming three weeks almost six million pounds of to bacco will be exported from More head City through the state port. The exact export total is 5.869,600 pounds, reported J. I). Holt, port manager, yesterday. The tobacco will go to Kuropc and Asia. The American Miller, arriving Sunday, will take its cargo to Bre men; the Torrhead. due Monday, will ship out for Belfast and Diver pool. The Sehiedyk of the Holland American line will arrive Wednes day to take on tobacco and North Carolina hickory lumber for Bre men, Amsterdam and Antwerp. The Kvotoku Maru of the Mitsui line, will load tobacco for Bang kok Thursday. Aug. 18. and the Coettingen of the Hamburg Amer ican line will take on tobacco des tined for llambdrg Aug. 22. The Torrhead's cargo is the first from this port bound for Belfast and Liverpool and the Kyotoku Maru is the first ship of the Mitsui line to come to Morehead City. According to Army engineers, all cargo which traversed More head City harbor in 1956 was 506, 2<M) tons. Jaycees Work For Centennial The Morehead City Jaycces re port that their work on the foot ball field i> ncaring completion. The club has been working after noons and nights to get the field in shape for the Centennial activi ties scheduled there. At their regular meeting Mon day night, the Jaycces worked on bleachers as soon as they ad journed a brief meeting at the Hotel Fort Macon. Most of the meeting itself was taken up by the making of as signments. Members of the club will work the gates, seating and concessions at most Centennial functions. Businessmen Throw Money into Ocean Mrs. L. N. Moor*, secretary of the Atlantic Beach Business men's Association, says that it is good business to throw money away?in the right places. Here she and Charlcf tysfkey, general chairman of the Morehead City Centennial, are throwing bottles containing money into the ocean. Mr. Marhey aayi the bottlci have anything from one dollar bills to hundred dollar bills In them. Capt. Theodore Lewia took the pair offihore yesterday aboard the Sylvia and they dumped $1,000 Into the water. hoping that a good part of it would drift back to Atlantic 8om? of the money waa put into the faat-moving Gulf Stream that may lake It to the other aide of the world. Regardleaa of where the money la found, the finder will kaow who wot it Attached to each bill la a dip of paper telling the name of the buataaai that donated the The .buaineeamen are di ?tunt this year to help . I lie Centennial, but they say that U will become an annual event
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