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PRIZE. WINNING NEWSPAPER ml tka TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 46th YEAR, NO. 67. EIGHT PAGES PLUS COMICS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1957 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Quacky Stops Traffic Jane Joyncr, 4, and her duek Quacky, 4 months, live at 510 Arendell St., Morchead City. Mo torists along the busy highway often pull over to the eurb to watch Quacky following Jane down the sidewalk or across the lawn. Jane's father. (?. O. Joyner, contends that the duck has to go lie would like to take it to the country where it will have more room to run around. Quackv, however, doesn't seem to mind living on a busy street with a grocery store on one side and a house on the other side. She is content to take a bath in Photo by Bob Seymour a dishpan and follow Jane around the yard. The duek has been spoiled, Mrs. Joyner claims. "She won't eat table scraps or anything like that. We have to feed her laying mash." Mrs. Joyner also says that she has to give the duck fresh water in her pan three or four times a day. "When the water gets a little bit dirty, she will not get into the pan. Instead, she runs around the yard quacking until I come out and fill the pan with clean water." Quacky, when just a baby duckling, was brought to Jane by the Easter bunny in April. Luther Hamilton Jr. Helps With Civil Court Research In Carteret, one of 40 counties < selected for civil courts research, \ information for the Institute of Government is being gathered by Attorney Luther Hamilton Jr., of Morehcad City. Mr. Hamilton and attorneys in other counties are examining in de tail the civil business of the Su perior Courts as well as that of county, township, municipal, and magistrate's courts which exercise civil jurisdiction. The information obtained will be compiled by the Institute of Gov ernment and then turned over to the committee for study. The com mittee, headed by State Sen. J. Spencer Bell of Charlotte, will pre pare recommendations designed to correct unfavorable conditions re ported. Any legislation considered necessary will be presented to the 1959 session of the North Carolina General Assembly. The bar association's committee is making this comprehensive study of the state's judicial system at the suggestion of Gov. Luther Hodges. In addition to the civil courts project, it includes research into the criminal and the domestic rela tions and juvenile courts of the state. Officers Blow Up Still Sunday A 150-gallon still that didn't even have a chance to get seasoned right was blown up Sunday after noon by ABC Officer Marshall Ays cue, Deputy Sheriffs Bobby Bell and Bruce Edwards, Newport Con stable Bill Dugec and James San ders of the alcohol tax unit, New Bern. The still was located in the woods west of the golf course and be tween Highway 70. It was on the former Ward farm, which is now owned by E. J. Willis, Officer Ays cue reported. He added that the still had prob ably just had a test run, no more. Twelve sticks of dynamite were1 used to blow it up. There was a road to it ? a road used extensive ly by courtin' couples. Officer Ays cue said the extensive night-time traffic there was probably thought by the still owners to be a good screen for their activities. Judge Orders Mental Examination For Elton Smith of Morehead City Elton Smith, Morchcad City, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon and threatening members of his family but Judge I.ambert Morris continued prayer for judgment in county court Thursday. He ordered that Smith be held in jail until the clerk of court ar ranges a mental examination for him. After learning the results of the examination, the judge will pass sentence. Eor violating terms of a suspended sentence, given some months ago in superior court, Smith faces another jail term. He was released from prison in April and was taken into custody by the sheriff Saturday, Aug. 10. At that time he had a pistol and was hiding in the woods in the vicinity of his former wife's home at Crab Point. When Smith aimed at Sheriff Hugh Salter, Deputy Sheriff Bruce Edwards creased his skull with a .22. Before the Aug. 10 trouble, his former wife, who is now Mrs. Rob ert Taylor, had sworn out a war rant for his arrest, charging him with threatening her and her chil dren. Mrs. Taylor was the first to take the atand at the hearing Thuraday. She said that on July 20 at about 4:30, as she was coming from the store. Smith got out of a cab and told her that she had had their children "long enough." She told the court he said, "If I don't get them, I'll blow every thing up." She said that Smith had been drinking. She let the children spend Saturday and Sunday with him and when she went for them Sunday, they were running around the streets and he was somewhere on the waterfront. The next day he showed up again, handed her a pocket knife and told her to stab him. Then on Aug. 10, Mrs. Taylor said that her sister was at the mailbox and Smith told her sister to go get Mrs. Taylor. The witness said that Smith was staggering down the road with a pistol. He shot onee into the ground and yelled, "Gladys, this is for you." That was the last time she saw him. she told the court. Sheriff Testifies Sheriff Salter, the next witness, told that when they answered the call for Smith Aug. 10, Smith had a long, heavy knife and a pistol. The officers asked him to romc out of the woods peaceably, but he ; yelled that he would rather die first. ] Deputy Edwards testified that when they first spotted Smith, he was lying behind a thicket about 3 or 4 feet from the road. His head was poked up over a bush so that he could watch the road. When he spotted the officers, he got up and went- behind a pine tree, (he witness said. He was (old to throw his pistol out. but refused. Then the sheriff told Edwards to eover him while he went in after Smith. The depuly said that as the sheriff started in the woods. Smith stepped out from the tree and raised his pistol. When he did. the officer shot, causing a flesh wound in Smith's head. Smith's two sis ters came along at that point, and although Smith was knoeked down by the rifle bullet, he refused to surrender. So his two sisters went in (he woods and got the pistol rroin him. Then the officers took him to the hospital. While on the stand, the sheriff said that Smith had been drinking ?nd Deputy Edwards testified to the same. Deputy Bobhy Bell said that while he was in the area. Smith sailed out from the woods that he would rather die like an animal han eomc out." The officer said that his two sisters, Kathcrine and Sarah, went in the woods and gut the pistgl away from him after he tad been shot. This concluded the testimony. Hie judge, the solicitor, Wiley Tay lor jr., Smith's attorney, Luther Hamilton Jr., and the sheriff re tired to the jury room where for five minutes loud voices indicated See SM1TU. rage J Williston Contributes $119 To Marshallberg Fire Truck Residents of Williston contributed $119 to the Marshallberg volunteer fire department Saturday. The Marshallberg truck answer ed three calls at Williston during recent months and saved some property, so members of the Wil liston Men's Club went from door to door Saturday and collected $119. This was turned over to I^ester Murphy, treasurer of the fire de partment. It will be used for truck maintenance, Capt. Roy C. Willis of the department, reported yester day. Captain Willis said the depart ment appreciates Williston's help and stands ready to be of future service to the community at any time. On Saturday the fire truck with a banner on it reading "I need a house. Please give." was driven around Marshallberg. Collections toward a station for the truck amounted to $139. Captain Willis said that this $139 will go only to ward the building. Cost of the building is estimated at $6<X), exclusive of the labor which will be given free by fire men. Several firemen have agreed to buy one hundred concrete blocks each. As soon as the trustees of the community property, where the station will In? built, give their ap proval. construction will begin. Captain Willis said the depart ment appreciates Marshallberg's Saturday contributions. The fund for maintenance of the fire truck, which includes Willis ton's contribution, now totals $256. The Marshallberg department meets every Tuesday. Fire chief is Thomas Gillikin. Conifer Called From One Rescue Job to Another The Coast Guard buoy tender Conifer was called from one rescue mission to another Friday morn ing. While searching for survivors of a US Navy blimp (later found in Pamlico Sound) she got a radio message to rendezvous with the tanker Western Sun. The tanker had picked up Lt. Cdr. Waldo Atkins, a jet pilot sta tioned at Oceana, Va.. and was headed for Morehead City. The two ships met at 12:30 p.m. Friday and the Conifer got to Morehead City at 6 p.m. Commander Atkins said that his See CONIFER, Page 3 Douglas Amerson Returns To Farm Office, Beaufort Douglas Amerson. with the farm labor placement office, has re turned to Beaufort from Onslow County where he has been sta tioned in recent weeks. Mr. Amerson will be in Onslow Wednesdays only. Hugh Gordon, who has been with the farm office this summer, will continue until the end of this month. Mr. Gordon said yesterday that all migrant laborers, with the ex ception of one crew, have left the county. The tobacco season has reached its end. Farmers arc grad ing their leaf now. Edward Barrett Draws Four 30-Day Sentences County 's Polio Patients Recover Health Office Reminds Public of Clinic Hours; Chapter Buys Vaccine Elton Horace Roundtrec Jr., j Morchcad City polio patient, was discharged from Memorial Hos pital, Chapel Hill, Friday. He is now at his home at 2309 Bay Street. Manly Smith, route 1 Newport, who was also stricken last week with polio, is expected to he dis charged from the Morchcad City Hospital cither today or tomorrow. Mr. Smith's doctor said yesterday that he is doing "very well". Both patients have been classi fied as non paralytic polio cases, j Elton Roundtrec had had two shots of polio vaccine and Mr. Smith had had one prior to their illness. Employed at Cherry Point, Mr. Smith worked with 20 men, five of whom had had polio shots. The others have since been given the vaccine. Vaccine is available at the county health center in Beaufort from 1 to 4 p.m. today, the regular clinic hours. It will be available again Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m. in Beaufort and 1 to 3 p.m. in Morc hcad City at the hospital annex. The health office states that shots will not be given at any other time except the above-mentioned clinic hours. Because of the records the health department is required to keep, the nurses arc unable to drop their of fice duties and give shots at any time any day. Sixty-three polio shots were given last week. The county polio chapter has pur chased vaccine to be given to per sons between the ages of 20 and 40. The health office has a supply of vaccine for persons under 20 and pregnant women. Private physi cians will also administer the March of Dimes vaccine free to needy persons between the ages 20 and 40. Club Considers Incorporation The Marshallberg Community Club, in special session Saturday night, discussed a proposed certifi cate of incorporation and the im mediate completion of the cast end of the harbor bulkhead. It was decided that Ike Guthrie, Claude Brown and Archie Jones will go to Wilmington Thursday to meet with Army engineers. The men will seek the Army's approval on the design for walkways, docks and finger piers in the harbor. When incorporated, the club will make property leases or contracts with property owners for the use of waters just offshore, these wa ters to be used by the public and boat owners having permanent berths in the harbor. The contract and enforcement of order in the harbor will be han died by a committee elected by boat owners. The committee will be backed by the community club. The next regular meeting of the club, Saturday, Aug. 24, will be open to all persons interested in obtaining berths for their boats. Club members also discussed the need for law officers' enforcing laws against "hot rodding." Speed sters plague the community with their hot rod activities both in the evening and early morning hours. Boy Scouts Frolic at Beach Today is Boy Scout day at At lantic Beach and Kort Macon. All Scoula of the East Carolina Council who advanced in rank be tween Jan. 1 and Aug. 10 arc being treated to a free day at the beach Explorers and Scouts In this county arc serving as hosts to the boys from other counties in the council. The big day gets under way at 9 o'clock this morning and ends at 6. Everything will be free bowling, electric bumper car rides, bath house tickets, miniature golf, roller coaster, fcrris wheel ride and other beach amusements. The boys will be taken on a tour of the Coast Guard station and Fort Macon. Scouts coming from distant towns arrived yesterday and camped at the beach overnight. r-uwdiu niiritu uii-w ju-u?j sru tences in each of the four cases against him in county recorder's court Thursday. Barrett was charged with failure to comply with a court order, driving without a license, allowing an unlicensed person to drive and resisting ar rest Willie Stewart was sentenced to 60 days for public drunkenness and disturbing the peace. He and Bar rctt were the only two defendants to draw time in Thursday's court session. Charged with Racing Fred J. Jones drew the heaviest fine of the day, a $125 levy for driving drunk, careless and reck less driving and causing an acci dent. Another drunken driver, John Ed Wilson, was fined $100 and costs. Two other defendants, Wardell and Charles Fiilingame, were fined $100 and costs each for careless and reckless driving. They were ori ginally charged with speeding and racing. Those who paid $50 and costs iollow: Everett S. Knowlton, speed ing, driving on the wrong side of the road, no muffler and no regis tration card; Kenneth B. Fred crick, driving without a license and driving after his license had been suspended; Robert L. Hall, speeding and racing; and David See COURT, Page 3 Board Okays Plan to Get Bids On Water Lines At a brief meeting Thursday night, Morchead City town fathers authorized the building and grounds commissioner, Jasper Belt, to get bids 011 installing the pipes for a watering system at the new cemetery. A well has already been sunk and a pump put in. The new ceme tery consists of 52 acres and is located north and west of 25th Street. Fire Commissioner D. J. Hall re ported that there is not enough money in the fire department bud get to finish the West End sub station. Living quarters on the second floor must be finished and furnished and the back wall is yet to be veneered with brick on the outside. The board authorized Commis sioner Hall to confer with Com missioner Bell and work out a plan for completing the job. Anthony Dudley appeared be fore the board to report that the state had reinstated his beer li cense and asked that the town per mit him to resume sale of beer for on-prcmiscs consumption. The town agreed. Commissioners discussed the cen tennial celebration and passed a resolution highly commending Charles Markcy, centennial chair man. In addition to commissioners mentioned, Ted Garner, S. C. Hol loway and Gibbie Sanderson were present, also George McNeill, town attorney, and John Lashley, town clerk. Mayor George Dill presided. County-Wide Fire School Starts The third annual county-wide fire school began with registration at 7:30 last night at the Morchead City fire station. Sessions will be held during the remainder of this week at Morc icad City, Beaufort and Newport fire stations. Capt. Otis Dowdy of he Charlotte Fire Department is returning this year to conduct the lightly training periods. At the dinner concluding the tchool Friday night cards will be iwardcd to men completing the rourse. All county firemen arc urged to attend as many sessions as pos sible. Tide Table Thin it Ihf lUiuUrt Bar (['"astern Standard Time) Hit.II LOW Tuesday, Aug. 2* 2:33 a.m. 9:16 a.m. 3:19 p.m. 10:23 p.m. Wedaeaday, Aug. 21 3:35 a.m. 10:23 a.m. 4:31 p.m. 11:19 p.m. Tburiday, Aug. 22 5:06 a.m. 11:23 a.m. 5:35 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23 6:07 a.m. 12:10 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 1219 P ? Combat Explores Waters to South Royal Red Shrimp Taken Along Western Edge Of Florida Current After the Fish and Wildlife re search vessel Combat left North Carolina waters in June, it contin ued shrimp exploration in waters to the south. The report, on find ings there, as relased by Harvey R Bull is Jr.. chief. Gulf Fisheries Kxnloratioii and Gear Research, follows: During July, the M V Combat continued deep-water shrimp ex ploration along the east coast of Florida. Thirty-six drags were made in depths of 160 to 565 fa thoms, between Key West and St. Augustine, including R drags along the western edge of Great Baha ma Bank and north of Cay Sal Bank. Royal Red shrimp were caught in all successful drags in the 160 250 fathom zone along the western edge of the Florida Current (Gulf Stream). In the Miami-Key West area, catches were small except for a one hour, 40-foot flat-trawl drag off Carysfort Reef in 185 fathoms which yielded 35 pounds of shrimp. Catches along the Bahamas did' not yield a single Royal Red shrimp. Bottom temperatures in this area ranged from 6 degrees to 14 degrees F warmer than in comparable depths along the west ern edge of the Florida Current, where Royal Red shrimp were caught. Four drags were made in the vicinity of Carysfort Reef in depths of 40 to 85 fathoms. The only shrimp represented in the catches were a few rock shrimp (Sicyonia). Twelve 40-foot flat trawl drags were made in depths of 190 to 240 fathoms between Cape Canaveral and St. Augustine. The best catches yielded 100 pounds of 21-35 count Royal Red Shrimp, from a 2-hour drag off Cape Canaveral. Thursday Storm Affects Power The violent electrical storm Thursday night played hob with the flow of power. Electricity was off in Bcaufor' and Morehcad City for an hour and on the following night, Friday, there was no power for an hour and a half from the Curve Inn, at the western limits of Morehcad City, to Newport. George Stovall, manager of Carolina Power and Light Co. said that Friday night's trouble was a delayed reaction from the Thursday night storm. Investiga tion was being made to determine exactly, what might have caused the Friday night outage which oe curred from about 5:30 'til after J. The power went off at 11:40 p.m. Thursday when the station service transformer at the 110-voll sub station. Morehcad City, burned up Although there was no major equipment damage, the lightning attack threw the automatic relay system out of kilter. Mr. Stovall repeated the power company's standing request that they be notified immediately when power has failed or if wires are down. Many times the only way a power company knows there is trouble is when it is notified by the customers. Recent Rainfall Totals 2.08 Inches Thursday's rain, the first since July 24, finally measured out to 1.08 inches. It was still raining when the paper went to press Thursday afternoon and did not stop until nearly midnight. Nearly another inch of rain fell Sunday night and yesterday morn ing. causing the humidity to soar. Temperature for the past weekend stayed normal, according to Sta nley Davis, weather observed. Maximum and minimum temper atures and wind direction follow: Max. Mia. Wind Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 85 73 SW 92 , 74 SW 86 79 NE 83 75 NE Fort Macon Coast Guard Station Got> Now Boat The Fort Macon Coast Guard Station's new 30 foot utility boat ar rived Friday night. The boat. 3452, came to Fort Macon straight from the Coast Guard yards at Curtis nay, Md She towed her first boat to Morehcad City Sunday. The Heart's Desire, a 23 foot pleasure boat owned by Gerald Da vis. Morehcad City, had engine failure in the Morehcad City chan nel. The Coast Guard boat, on boarding duty, noticed that she was in trouble at (:07 p.m. and went to her. The Coast Guardsmen towed the boat to Morehcad City, arriv ing at p.m. Foal Steals Show f nolo by Bob Seymour Smoky, a thrce-day-old foal, was the center of attraction at the Atlantic Beach pony ride one night recently. When Sharon Parks, 5 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Parks of Enfield, got on his mother, Smoky jumped up and followed the pair around the path. The ponies are owned by Martin Dennis, Conneaut Lake, Pa. Fry Plant, Morehead City, Wins Top Safety Award For establishing the top safety record in the Unyd A Kry R.k.D i?s Company's 18 plants during the past year, the Morehcad C y plant was presented the president s trophy Friday night The trophy and awards for safe driving were given at a dinner at the Rex Restaurant. The safety award was presented hv W. 11 Barthcl, vice president of Fry, Summit, 111. Walter Ed wards, plant manager, in accept ing the award, expressed thei hope that the Plant would be able lo set it for two more years, thus winning the trophy permanently. Mr Edwards commended the Fry men and their wives for their helping to make the splendid safety record possible. T J Tobin, safety director, (hi cago. presided at the dinner, fol lowing the invocation by the Rev. J. M. Russell, route 1 Newport, guests were introduced. They were Mayor C.corgc Dill, who assured Fry Hoofing that the community was always interested in fry a welfare; Mayor Clifford Iawis, Beaufort; D. J Ha", Morehcad City fire commissioner. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Ayscuc. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Schumacher, Mr. and Mrs. Delfido Cordova, Mr. and Mrs. Joe DuBois. Mr. and Mrs. /V B Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nichols, all of Morehcad City. W. E. Shocmakc, Raleigh, Os ixirtic Davis, Beaufort; and Slate Highway Patrolmen R, 11. Brown, W E. Pickard and W J. Smith Jr. Twelve of the 17 drivers for the local plant received safety awards. Their names, and the number of miles they have driven since the ?ompany's safe driving program started, follow; James Bnnson .IrcenviUe, 77.179 "ides, Rudolph juthric, Morehcad City, 76,150, E. Icnkins. Morehcad City. M-88}; Lcc Sanders, Morehcad City, Edward Fulcher Shaken in Wreck Edward II Fulcher, Stacy, father if Dr. I .other Fulcher. Beaufort, vaa bruised and shaken up at 5 ,.m. Sunday in an accident at ''mT Fulcher. driving a 1952 Ihcvrolet had hacked out of a oad and was on the right side if the highway when a 1957 Ply nouth. driven by Jerry Mark., dorchcad City, tried to go around ''As Marks started to go by, a 956 Ford convertible, driven by lalvin l.upton, Atlantic, tried to tasa the Plymouth It struck he 'lymoulh, glanced off and hit the Ihcvrolct. , Damage to the Chevrolet was slimated at $400; damage o the ?l> mouth $50, and damage to the onvertlblc $600. Lupton, who has ?en charged "ith e.rele.s and eckless driving, suffered a cut on lis finger. Highway Patrolman W. B. rica id Investigated. 80,394; Jasper Bell, Morehcad City, 176,364; Willard Gray, Morehcad City, 171,968; Durwood llardison, Beaufort, 171,316. L. D. Kelly, Crab Point, 151,176; Braxton Taylor, Sea Level. 154,675; .Sidney Thomas, Wiiliston, 175,630; Harvey Meadows, Morehead City, 198,000, and Bill Jarinan, Beau fort, 666,266. The awards were presented by Mr. Tobin. Winners of cash door prizes and the amounts they received follow: Brady Golden, Bettie, $10; Jasper Golden, Bettie, $5; Wiley Gillikin, Marshallberg, $25; Johnny Ebron, Crab Point, $10. Douglas Arthur, Bettie, $5; Noah Roush, Morehead City, $5; Fcrebcc Willis, Morehead City, $5; Jim Bryant, Bettie, $10; Edward Hyatt, Harkers Island, $10; Charles Bell, Beaufort, $5; Elvin Willis, Stacy, $10. Group singing was led by Gray den Paul, Beaufort, accompanied by Mrs. Paul at the piano. The program followed a steak dinner. The dinner was delayed about an hour because power failure pre vented functioning of the air con ditioner and lights. After dinner, there was square dancing. Four Injured In Sunday Crash Four persons were injured at 1:30 Sunday morning in a wreck at Broad Creek. They were Edward Lee Murdoch, Wildwood, who had a cut on the head and chest injuries; Edmund Taylor, Newport, severe cuts on his face and head; Joel J. Hayncs, Cherry Point, cuts on his face and arms and bruises; and Millie Kirk, Morehead City, cut ou the head. State Highway Patrolman W. E. Pickard reported that Hayncs, driv ing a 1956 Buick, had stopped at the stop sign on the old road paral lelling Highway 70 at Broad Creek. While he was stopped he was hit head-on by a 19*51 Ford driven by Murdoch. The Ford, according to the patrolman, was on the wrong side of the highway. It knocked the Buick 40 feet backwards. Murdoch will be tried on several charges, the patrolman said. All of the injured were taken to the Morehead City Hospital. Damage to the Buick was be tween $700 and $800 and the Ford was considered a loss. Murdoch ia stationed with the Air Force at Goldsboro. Assigned to Carteret E. L. White, Wilmington, a mem ber of the new seven-man State Highway Commission, has been as signed to this county as highway public relations consultant. Mr. White's other counties are Bruns wick. New Hanover, Pender, Du plin, Wayne, Lenoir, Jones, Onslow, Craven and Pamlico.