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Smiles on Spectacular Parade TW biggest orowd Moswhead City has ever smt Itnwi Arewbll Slrwt lor 16 blocks Saiurdny ?ftcrnooi? to see one of the biggo* event* of Centennial week, tin- parade. The parade got underway from port terminal at 1 and by 1:30 the color guard was passing the re viewing stand. Seventy unita and 30 antique cars fullowed. They were, in order of march: Camp I-ejeuoe Marine hand, a unit of marching Marines from 1-ejeune. Morehead City's National (iiiard Unit. A four wheel wagon drawn by a riookey. decked in red white and blue and carrying Fred Royal (the driver was John Tillery); dairy princess float carrying Miss Connie llobhy. New Bern; A1 (Jazbo) Col lins, NBC, in a convertible. Johnny of Philip Morris in his own red convertible; the churches of Morehead City float with a white cross and girls in red and white choir gowns (churches represented A. N. Willis, parade chairman yesterday expressed bis thanks to everyone who in any way helped make the parade a tre mendous success. were First Baptist, Park View Baptist. First Free Will Baptist; First Christian Church. First Mcth odtst Church; Franklin Mcmoirali Methodist Church; First Presby terian Church, and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church). Riding on the town of Morchcadkl City's float were Miss Susan Hill, II daughter of Mayor and Mrs. C.eorge Dill, and Mrs Foy Guth rie; the Miss North Carolina floati carried Miss Elaine Herndon, Dur ham, and beauty queens from, nearby towns; Norma Armstrong! Batonneltes. Sanitary Fish MarketiJ float. Miss Mary Lou Gonzalez anddl Miss Karen Lindley, water skiing beauties from Florida followed in, convert titles; Miss Anne Thomas I l?wis was aboard a gorgeous blue and silver throne-type float; little Mlsj Mary Ann Markey followed in a miniature copy of the Mis Centennial float. On the parade princess float wasJ Martha Ann Willis, daughter ufi| the parade chairman, A. N. (Naughty) Willis. The Winyah High School band, J precise in music and march, was-, followed by the Ninth Air Force^ Hand. Morehead City Girl Scouts, the Morehead City Fire Depart ment equipment, Atlantic Beach I fire truck and the Newport fire I truck with Commissioner Wilbur I (Tom's Toasted Peanuts) Garneo|| throwing esndy out to the crowds. A tremendous bull dozer was II followed by the I-azy Three Riding | Stables' contingent of IS horses j| led by J. P. Harris of Beaufort: Morehead City Drug Co. float, | Parker Motors float; Larry Beck J Notional Amateur Junior Golf] champion in a convertible. Morehead City Cob Scouts. Air | Faroe float, Morehead City Gar ment Co. float, Carolina Powerl and bight float; RAN Furniture | Co. float carrying Miss Verlene I Wilcox, Mia# Am vet of New York | State and among the other beau tiaa aboard were Mrs. Thomas I Nee (Misa Morehead City of lSt8| said her year-old daughter, Mel anie). Second Marine Air Wing band at Cherry Point, Lloyd Fry Roof ing float, town of Beaufort float with Miss Jean Chadwick (Miss, Beaufort of 1957). 810th Aircraft] Control and Warning Squadron. Brownie Troop of 185 float. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs float. Coast Guard boat followed by a Coast Guard float, depicting the roching Frying Pan lightship, Atlantic Beach float, Rosea 5 and 10, U.S. Army float with tremendous bell. White Ice Cream and Milk Co. float. Blanchard'a Electric Sorviee, Maola, Beetle Boat, Haveloek Youth Center floats, Morehead City Culllgan Soft Co.. Marvin Willis, Belk Lioaa Club float. Oriaatai Band, New Saftm Ibaapts Orieatai B ssu-sbiar SS5?5 Centennial float, left, carried Mlu Anne Thomas Lewis and the Winyah High School band. Crowds lined the entire rente of nnaty queens. Following is ths Mary Ann Markey float march. Local Talent Produces Pageant The nnly production with solely local talent during Centennial week was the historical pageant. The Hlue and the CI ray in Carteret County. Awde from the high school reunion, it had more lasting emo tional effect than any other event. Written by P. C Salisbury, and elaborated on by Mrs. John L. Ilerndon. both of Morehead City, it was directed and staged by Mrs. Ilerndon. Lottie theatre audiences will remember Mrs Herndan as I,aura in the spring production of the murder drama, Laura. The pageant, in pantomime, told of the surrender of Port Macon to federal forces in lgg2, the hard ships suffered by Carteret foroiiies during the Civil War, escapades of- Miss timeline Pigott, who was a spy for the Confederacy, the surrender of Leo at Appomattox and the eventual joining of the two opposing forces into one na tion, the United States of America. Sergeant .Assists 9gt. Mi S. Delgado, highly re spected as an exemplary Marino, trained the beys and men oast as Union and Confederate soldiers. Mrs Hemdon paid special tribute to Sergeant Delgado on the final night of the production. Hollowing the first production Thursday night, Mr. Salisbury was presented with a sterling silver bowl. On it tvsra engraved the words. Author. The Blue and the Gray, P C: SaHsbury, 195T: The bowl was a gift from the Centen nial committee. The ooremittee also presented Mrs Ilerndon with a bouquet of red rases that night. Following the Friday night pro duction. Mr. Salisbury was intro duced. Mrs. Ilerndon was present ed with a bouquet of flowers from her husband, Maj. John Ilerndon. USMC. and she thanked everyone who helped in the production, es pecially Scrgea.nt Delgado and T/Sgt. Pau| Bray, commanding the Morehead City military police. Best Performers After the final dress rehearsal, the director presented gold cups to the best actor, Llewellyn Phil lips and to the best actress, Mary Alice Smith. Other awards to actors, stiver key rings, went to Phillips, who Mrs. Ilerndon said was devoted to the idea of making the production outstanding, to Jeff Faucette, es pecially commended by Sergeant Delgado for his military bearing; and to William Munden Jr. and Tommy Swanson for best attention to timing, cues sod acquisition of professionalism. Awards to outstanding actresses were sterling silver rings bearing the state flower. They went to Patsy Holt, best scene master; Photos by Bob Seymour Appearing in The Blue and the Gray, Centennial theatre production, were Jesse Pearson, bach ground extreme left, who doubled as a Confederate colonel and as Gen. Robert E. Lee; William Munden Jr., drummer; John Phillips, Confederate soldier, and Ray Vance Hopper, bugler. Kathy Chalk, best attention to timing and characterization; Mary Smith, best attention to cue en trances, and Kitty Piatt, acquisi tion of professionalism. Walton Hamilton was narrator for the pageant. In the cast, in addition to those mentioned above, were Jesse F. Pearson, Ray Vance Hopper, Miss Pat West, David Nelson, Miss Peggy Holt, Charles Markey, Rodney Nelson, Miss Jes sica Kirkman, John Phillips, Miss Fanella Cooper, Miss Betty Lind Eure, and David Small, guest ar tist. | Sings at Campfire Mr. Small, Morehead City, has a marvelous baritone voice and is majoring in music and drama at the University of North Carolina. He sang several numbers in a wartime campfire scene, accom panied by Tye Frost on the guitar.< Assisting Mrs. Herndon in the production were Miss Lillian Fran ces Giddcns, stage manager; Miss Joyce Willis, sound effects; James Wheatley and Joe Chipman, prop erties; Thomas Wade, Floyd Ste wart, and David Small, stage crew. Reginald Lewis, set design; Mrs. Earl Holt and Mrs. John Lashley, make-up; Miss Kate Van Horn, costuming, and Miss Hilma Chad wick, director of cues and en trances. During one scene, Mrs. Herndon, in gleaming satin and white tulle, performed a ballet. Several re cordings were used, but most of the music was provided by the Morehead City School band under the direction of Ralph Wade. Minister Leaves J. Wiley Adams, pastor of the Newport Church of Christ, has ac cepted a call to Glenwood Hills Church of Christ, Decatur, Ga. He will be replaced by the Rev. Marion C. Allridge of Louisville, Ky. Mr. Aldridge will begin his duties Sun day. Newport to Open Bids on Water Commissioners of Newport will open bids at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, on the cost of equipment for and installation of a town wide water system. Details on the work appear in a legal advertisement in today's paper. Attempts by certain citizens of Newport to prevent installation of a water system have failed. A suit was filed and was carried as high as the state supreme court. That court ruled in favor of the defendants in the case, the town of Newport and its officials. Educators Visit Chancellor William Aycock and Dr. Rex Winslow of the University of North Carolina visited the Insti tute of Fisheries Research, a branch of the university st Camp Glenn Thursday. The educators in spected the facilities and discussed equipment needs with Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director ai the institute. Officers Take Elton Smith By Force Saturday Afternoon nnW} may KgkfthfNl Josiah Bailey. chserntan of the Centennial sailboat races, an* Thurlow Whealton, chairman id the water parade, presented prises and awarda juat prior lo Friday night's pageant They were assist ed by Johnny ol Philip Morris fame. In addition to the winners of races listed in Friday's paper, the following winners wore announced by Mr. Bailey: sailfish class. Lin den Lavender, first; Allen Palmer, second, and Stanley Stubbs, third; prams. Ken Hand, first; Buy Munsch, second; David Dahle, third. All of the foregoing are Sea dull campers. Their gold trnnhies snd certificates were accepted by Tom Hart, camp director ol salting. Several of the winners in the boat parade were not present to receive their awards. By Friday night, two winners, C4 and C6, still had not been identified. Awartls were presented to the following: commercial class, most beautiful, the Blue Water, Hubert Fulcher, captain, first; Shearwater. Donny Mason, captain, second; C#, third; Little Sister, honorable men tion. Commercial class, most original. Shearwater, first; C4, second; C6, third; Gulf Breeze, Capt. Percy Howland. honorable mention. Private class, most beautiful: Mary Z, Bill Olsen, captain, first; Anna Lee IV of Jacksonville, sec ond; Sea Hawk of Washington, third; Playmate II, Manley Styron, captain, honorable mention. Private class, most original: Mary Z, first; Anna Lee IV, sec ond; Sea Hawk, third, and the Pearl, honorable mention. Floats, most beautiful: Fry Roof ing Co., first; Morehead City Gar ment Co., second; City of New Bern, third; and Coast Guard cut ter Conifer, honorable mention. Floats, most original, Conifer, first; City of New Bern, second; Sears, third, and Morehead City Garment Co., honorable mention. Chairman Whealton thanked everyone who helped with, and I who participated in the water pa rade, especially Cdr. Arthur Shep pard, USCG. Charles M a r k e y. Centennial chairman, expressed appreciation to newspapers, tv and radio sta tions for their coverage of Cen tennial activities. Benjamin Franklin brought in Swiss barley and Scotch kale and turnips to introduce mineral fer tilizers to the U. S. Elton Smith. Morehesd City, is UtiUl # idu' ifiil witU> <mt hamit <w % aherae uI Ml t*r MM. s?ith, wheoeme off Mw rawU *, At*il after ?mn time tar ur?o? e.nhetttiw mta the heme oltMe far met. wile at Cm* Hemti 1 UhuIi initfir *jh4i that ait "t? "?i m Sr. R.m. Saturday Me dutwlmewh wa$ (allwli hi Ith Ur^li' Pawt awMt* Mmre Um former' Urn. Httee Smith, item the. Hubert Teyfar. lives with her family, m % ton far. The olfieers were toM that Smith, had a hula hnifo and' wee threaten M (Continued (W??- Page 1) The oast ta the CeMeMunl CAM nailtee to bring the Wiwnli bnndi to Morahend< City woo MOO?wOmA didn'' whm near to paying the hand's expenses SeMastieally. the ooly reqture meat for a band member is. tbat he must pass all his subjects. K< he can't take Ihe band trips and. keep up with hit school work too, he mutt give up band. The band performed at the ftth fry Friday night, appeared in the parade Saturday and at 5:15 p.m. played and drilled in the 800 block of Arendell Street. Western Touch The youngsters wore white and scarlet outfits with a western, touch. Three drum majorettes wore white, fringed in red. The band members wore white trousers, red stripe down the side, red sashes, and buff colored sombreros with rolled brims. There wasn't a move made by any member of the band that would not huvf met the approval of a Marine drill sergeant. Mr. Jacobus stood by, as his musicians made quarter wheel rights and left and went through difficult formations. At the end of each number he gave them direc tions for the next. The directions sounded like signals called for a football play. For one number it sounded like this: "5-8-2-8, Mr. Touohdown, roll out on 2". A tall blonde girl led the band in all its numbers. She watched Mr. Jacobus for her cues and then carried on from there with a pre cise professionalism. Mr. Jacobus, a native of, Cha tham, N. J., said that discipline has much to do with producing a crack, prize-winning band. Taken to Hospital, Samuel Styron, father of Mrs. Guy Dixon and Miss Gertrude Sty ron, Morehead City, was taken to the hospital at New Bern Friday in the Bell and Munden ambulance. Mrs. Dixon reported yesterday that her father, who has been ill, ia get ting along fine. ins to kill everyone in the family. SUfrtfo i^'scue eg* Ikihhy, boil went, t* the seene Mid, then,wef* jpwudthft Hn-ahenff adU**>*iy itruaB hdwarri* i?,a weeded VM the 'hen# ami egnly Bdward* spatted t?itbs ead dirking up oven a ##clei. Smith had a rifle. The nffieor. or dered, him tn.omnn oat, hgtihe re Mf toM Dvputy Udamrd* in onvor hue ami order to ahaah <i Inuth in I he South an mod at: him, and tiwmty Hdvsard*. with h. 3' rifle. I atom, over tho too Of, Smith'* bead. I Km dint, hmo so.close. it Mnnned ~ " aoAhnielt'tothoarwmd lie aulgn't oeme ant; Thou two of- Smith,*, family, domed Hi# and thoy went m the wnedt and took tho rifle that- Smith still had clutafctfl'in hi&-H&ixto. He hm? then led owl. tebanto the Xo*egead:Chv Hoapital where skin wounds in hi* head were treuted. He will be given a. preliminary hearing in oawnty omtrt Thnreilay. Deputy Bdwnrd* said thet, ever sinea Smith name mff, the remts he , hoe been threatening hi* hrmer wife ami- children with: a, hand grenade, dynamite and, other, wea pons. His wild'* trailer, i* on the property of her father, Charles tv Hose, on the lnep- read, that, see* by the John Oalesity farm from the main Crab Paint Head. Historian is Recognized i. C. MMan. aatoar 4 Ma bialarlcal inai Tha Maa u4 Ik* Cray la Carton* Caaaty. alalrn tka allnr bawl (Wca blai by lb* CaateaalaJ ran at AM*, Maa- Mb Wand to. 4irae*ar af, Ma b>a?, K*u"l tfcf Mfrl* ?f Halkbtol attar Ma Aral yrriarwaller Tbara. *? ***? OLD STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISK feV e i k OLD ^3? MMtftWMM %0*. INft GEE'S August Christmas SALE Starts THURSDAY! An s | He'd stepped in t showroom-out of the rain, i angry men is Sylvester T. Bty, c ..to today was sold a piece o( "blue sky/ Was sold a new car before he could explain I ? i Hew he hated the styling?so high and square 3* And in new features it was really bare. "I got a real bargain?the buy of my life Bet hew do I ever convince my own wife?" Moral: You're paying far a new tan, . wake sure you get one! When you buy a new car, put your money on tomorrow?not yesterday. Swept-Wing Dodge actually obtolMe* other earn in it* field. Should you invest in high, boxy styling when Dodge offers the low, low look of tomorrow? Should you invest in outmoded coil springs when Dodge oifcrs new Torsion-Aire Ride? Should you invest in an old-fashioned lever-type transmission when Dodge offers the ease of Puah-Button Driving? In other things, too?engines, brakes, interiors?Dodge is years ahead. So put your money on tomorrow. See your Dodge dealer. JOM th* IWiffg tf ttlfi Wfcf Mft!
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