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46th YEAR, NO. 77. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Marine Killed
In Early Friday
Morning Wreck
Three Passengers Hurt;
Fatality is Seventh
In County This Year
Cpl. Julian W. Sorrell. 26, of the
Cherry Point Marine Base, was
killed early Friday west of New
port when his ear ran off a road
and into a row of mailboxes and
a sign at Pine Acres.
Three Marines, passengers in
the ear. were slightly hurt.
Patrolman W. J. Smith said
Sorrell fell asleep at the wheel. His
wife and two small children live
in Albany. Ga. His parents are
Julian J. Sorrell of Charlotte and
Mrs. Edith W. McAbcc of Ashc
ville.
The injured were Cpl. William
A. Stockuni. 26, of Columbia, Pa.
and Baltimore, Md; Pfe. William
R. Arp, 18, of Denver, Colo.; and
Pfc Pester S. Winters, 18. of
Aniarilio. Tex.
The accident happened at 1:10
a.m. 2.8 miles from Newport on
Highway 70. The 1050 Ford Sorrell
was driving was headed toward
Cherry Point. When it struck the
mail boxes and the "Pine Acres'
sign, the patrolman said a 2 x 4
plank went through the window
ami hit the driver on the head.
The injured, all Cherry Point
Marines, were taken to the hos
pital by a Marine, an unidentified
master sergeant who came to the
scene. Stockuni had cuts on his
knees, left arin and chin and a
bruised right arm.
Arp had a scalp cut and Winters
a gash on his lip.
A Navy ambulance picked up
Sorrell. Damage to the car was
estimated at $300.
Sorrell recently had returned to
the United States from service in
Okinawa, llis death was the scv
enth highway fatality in the coun
ty this year.
Beaufort Child
Injured Sunday
Roscoc I). Conway Jr., 8, of Len
noxviUc Road is still in the hospital
after a bicycle accident at 10:20
a.m. Sunday, his birthday. Beau
fort Police Chief Guy Springlc re
ports that Roscoc ran into the left
front fonder of a 1952 Chevrolet
driven by his uncle, Harvey Fill
ingamc. The accident was on Ann
Street extension near the ceme
tery.
Chief Springlc says that Roscoc
rode his bike out of the dirt road
running west of the cemetery and
smashed into the side of Mr. Fill
ingamc's car. Mr. Fillingamc told
the chief that he picked the child
up and rushed him to the hospital.
It wasn't until they were in
Morehcad City that Mr. Fillingamc
recognized whom he had in the car.
The little boy was unconscious and
bleeding.
This marked the second time that
Roscoe has been run over on his
birthday. Two years ago he fell
off a truck and was run over by
the rear wheel.
Doctors operated on him for in
ternal injuries Sunday night and
the hospital reported that he was
resting well ycaterday morning.
Newport FFA
Elects Officers
By Jimmy Skinner,
I?onard Jnrman, Class Reporters
A special meeting was held Wed
nesday night, Sept. IS, by the
Newport Chapter, Future Farmers
of America. The special meeting
was held in order to elect new of
ficers.
They are Tommy Howard, pres
ident; Allen Gray, secretary;
Woody Barnes, treasurer; Jimmy
Skinner, reporter; Leonard Jar
man, assistant reporter; I.cwis
Forrest, sentinel; Terry Garner,
chaplain; Edward Corbett, parlia
mentarian; and C. S- Long, ad
visor.
The chapter has an enrollment
of 55 hoys of which 15 arc new
members. They will receive their
membership cards and degree pins
in the near future. This member
ship is one of the largest we have
ever had.
The vo-ag class is in process of
assembling 500 or more pounds of
tobacco to be sold in the near fu
ture for class purposes.
Workman Hurt Thursday
When Boat Frame Fails
Clarence Cunningham, Swans
boro, a workman at the Morehc|d
City Shipbuilding firm, suffered
broken shoulder Thursday when a
boat frame got knocked down. It
fell on him.
The accident happened at 8:30
a.m. Cunningham was admitted to
the Morchcad City Hotpllai where
be was still confined yesterday.
Rat Cheats Cat
. Photo by Reginald Lewi*
Tabby just missed her dinner the other day on the Morehead City waterfront when the rat she had her
eye on, spotted Tabby. The rat, left, was headed along the gutter toward the paper bag, right. Tabby
was watching and when the rat got right in front of her she was going to swat him and eat him for lunch.
Suddenly, the rat noticed Tabby and scurried in the opposite direction, away from the paper bag. Tabby
was so surprised, she just stared in amazement. That's what happens sometimes to a cat's lunch
when said cat is afraid to get its paws wet!
Morehead Board Adopts New
Policy on Insuring Firemen
Chamber Officers
Meet at Kinston
Chamber of Commerce officials
from (owns along the Atlantic and
East Carolina line met at the Hotel
Kinston Thursday afternoon. The
purpose of the meeting, called by
Charles L. McCullcrs, manager of
the Kinston chamber, was to "stim
ulate area-wide interest in growth
of the areas along Southern's
route . . . with all communities
taking part." Southern has bought
the A&EC stock.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to Mr. McCullers, were J. A.
DuBois, manager of the Morehead
City chamber; John Riddick, Golds
boro manager; Olin Wright, New
Bern manager; W. M. Edwards,
president of the New Bern cham
ber.
llenry Belk. of the Goldsboro
News-Argus; J. P. St rot her of the
Kinston Free Press, and Eli J.
Perry, Kinston.
Prior to the meeting. Mr. DuBois
was the guest of Mr. Perry at the
luncheon meeting of the Kinston
Rotary Club. Mr. DuBois received
a prize for being the person who
had come the farthest distance to
the meeting.
Scout Fund Goal
Set at S3,780
Carteret County's goal in the
current Boy Scout fund drive has
been set at $3,780. Scout executive
Rudy Alexander says that if this
amount is raised it will put the
county on an equal basis with the
other counties in the East Carolina
Council.
Last year the county raised
$1,902 during the fund drive. That
amount allowed $5.92 for each Boy
Scout in the county. Actually $9.14
per boy was spent. Mr. Alexander
said (hat this cost the council $3.22
per boy or $1,378.16.
The Carteret-Onslow County ser
vice area raised $10,058.48 last
year. The county's contribution ac
counted for 19 per cent but the
county got 40 per cent of the ser
vice and has 32 per cent of the
members.
Mr. Alexander says that he has
high hopes that Carteret will carry i
its share of the economic burden i
this year.
? Morchcad City town commis
sioners decided at their meeting
Thursday night that insurance
shall be carried only on those fire
men who live within a mile of the
town limits. The board further
stipulated . that the number of
volunteer firemen shall not exceed
90.
Board members were appalled,
upon examination of the insurance
policy, that some firemen arc in
sured who are dead and others
who permanently live in Texas,
Louisiana, Virginia, and other
states, arc insured as active fire
men.
In view of this fact, the board
passed a resolution directing that
the secretary of the fire depart
niont file immediately, with the
town clerk, an up-to-date list of
firemen and that this be done an
nually hereafter.
The list shall not include any
who live more than a mile beyond
the town limits. This restriction
was set because it was reasoned
that no one living farther than
that would be able to hear all firC
alarms and therefore was not
likely to answer the calls to fires.
The board further reasoned that
carrying "dead wood" on the fire
department roster prevented addi
tion of new members to the de
partment.
The restrietions do not prevent
a person from being an honorary
fireman, but honorary firemen are
not insured.
Mayor George Dill said that the
town in no way could justify spend
ing tax money to insure persons
who live in Texas or persons who
live out in the country but like
the idea of being a fireman.
It was pointed out that some of
the honorary firemen are now in
terested in being put back on the
active list so that they may par
ticipate in the retirement plan for
firemen approved by the 1957 legis
lature.
Commissioner S. C. Holloway re
marked that if this were being
done, then every town with a vol
unteer fire department has to con
tend with the problem of having
a lot of old men in the department
and only a few young men capable
of fighting fires.
The commissioners discussed the
League of Municipalities meeting
to be held in Raleigh next week,
Sept. 29-Oct. 1. Planning to attend
arc Mayor George Pill, first vice
president of the league; George
McNeill, town attorney; Commis
sioners Gibbic Sanderson, I). .1.
Hall and Jasper Hell, and John
Lashlcy, town clerk.
Morehead Dollar
Days Scheduled
Shoppers in Morehead City
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
will find "best prices" on quality
merchandise at the stores partici
pating in Dollar Days sales.
The merchants have made spe
cial purchases of items they feel
will be in demand this fall. In or
der to save customers money, they
bought those items in large quan
tities, aiming for volume rather
than a high profit on each item
sold.
There will also be great savings
on summer wear that the stores
do not want to keep over the win
ter;
Stores participating in the sale
arc Belks, Eastman's Town and
Sound Shop, Webb's, Western Auto
Associate Store, E. W. Downum
Co., Hill's, RAN Furniture Co.,
Early Jewelers, Morehead City
Drug Co., Dress Shop and Adler's.
The Rev. W. T. Roberson
Accepts Charge at Shelby
The Rev. W. T. Roberson, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church,
Beaufort, has resigned, lie an
nounced at the Sunday morning
worship service this drcision to
aeerpt the pastorate of the Second
Baptist Church. Shelby.
The Rev. Mr. Roberson came
to the First Baptis Church four
and a half years ago from the
Shelby section. His resignation will
become effective Thursday, Oct
31.
In church conference at S to
morrow night the congregation will
elect a pulpit committee which
will have the responsibility of find
ing the Rev. Mr. Robcrson's suc
cessor.
At Second Baptist. Shelby, the
Beaufort pastor will succeed the
Rev. ilomer Baker, who is going
into fuHtime evangelistic work
The Robersons have three chil
drcn, llancs, S, Amelia Kay, 3, and
Nancy, 1.
At the Sunday morning service
the First Baptist congregation also
adopted its budget for the coining
year. It totals 343.330 of which
313,800 baa been earmarked far
misaiona.
State Takes No Stand, Says
Director, on Rate Proposal
State Gives
$200,000 More For
Seashore Park
An appropriation of $2110.000 was
approved Friday by the Council
of State at the request of the Na
tional Park Service to complete |
the land acquisition at Cape llat
teras National Seashore Recrea
tional Area.
The additional allocation was|
found necessary, it was stated, be
cause of the rise in land values'
since initial land costs estimates j
were made a few years ago.
The $2oo.(MS) which the state
providing together with $200.two i
which two cooperating Foundations
have already given, will allow the
project to be completed satisfac-,
torily, according to the Park Ser- \
vice.
Initial Slim
In 1052, through the generosity
of two donors, $618,000 of private
funds, matched by an equal;
amount donated by the State, pro
vided an initial sum of $1,236,000]
for land purchases.
The seashore area is now form
ally opened as to all lands under |
Federal ownership and jurisdic
tion. It is believed that the land
acquisition program should be
completed by July 1, 1958. There
are approximately 4,850 acres of
land, or interests in a portion
thereof, to which the United States
does not have title at this tunc.
1966 Target Date
The development of the Cape I
Hattcros National Seashore Rcc-1
reational Area is due to be com
pleted in 1966, the 50th anniver
sary of the establishment of the |
National Park Service.
The estimated construction cost
of physical improvements?roads
and trails, buildings ami utilities,
erosion control, and miseclUn^ous
costs ? contemplated during the
next 10 years will be approximate
ly $4,375,580.
At the present more than 300,
ooo visit this area during the year.
The $200,000 allocation approved
yesterday will come from the
State's contingency and emergency
fund.
Carolyn Lea
Unhurt by Car
Carolyn Lea, 9-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lca,|
203 N. Ninth St., was unhurt Thurs
day afternoon at 4:10 when she
ran inlo the fender of a car on
Arcndcl! Street in front of Rose's
5 and 10, Morehcad City.
Carolyn was crossing the street,
from north to south, just as the
signal light was changing and on
the south side of the street passed
one stopped car but ran into a car
right beside it as the car started
cast.
Driver of the car was Westray
B. Brantley, 117 S. Boylan Ave.,
Raleigh. Chief Herbert Griffin, who
investigated, said Brantley took
Carolyn to the hospital where she
was examined in the emergency
room and discharged.
Carolyn suffered a mild stomach
upset but otherwise was in good
health Friday, her father said. No
charges were preferred.
Firemen Squelch Fire
At Beach Home Saturday
Atlantic Beach and Morehcad
City firemen combined forces to
put out a fire before it got started
good at 9:15 p.m. Saturday. A
couch in Marvin E. Sanders' beach
cottage near Frontier Village was
burning.
The people renting the cottage
from Mr. Sanders were not home
at the time. Atlantic Beach fire
men were breaking through the
hack door when the truck from
Morehcad City arrived.
Smoke and water caused the only I
damage to the boilding. The fire |
never spread beyond the couch.
Tide Table
Tides ?( tke Beaufort Bar
(Eastern Standard Time)
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Sept. 2t
H I* a.in. 2:10 a.m.
8:40 p.m. 2:39 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 23
9:07 a.m. 2:37 a.m.
9:31 p.m. 3:27 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 2*
9:39 a.m. 3:42 a.m.
10:29 p.m. 4:16 p.m.
Friday, Sept 27
JkVl a.m. 4:29 a.m.
frjjp.m. 5:00 p.m.
SPA Stays Out of Debate
On Rail Rates to Morehead
Closed Oyster
Areas Listed
Leon Thomas of the commercial
fisheries division announced yes
terday thai oyster season will open
Tuesday, except in the following
places:
Carteret County?Point of Marsh
area will open Oct. 15. West Ray.
North Bay, and Turnagin Bay are
closed areas.
Pamlico County?Jones Bay and
Mouse Harbor are closed.
Hyde County ? Deep Bay and
Deep Cove are closed.
Mr Thomas said all closed areas
will Ik- marked with buoys.
The story on fishing regulations
in Friday's paper referred to pri
vate scallop Ixds. There arc no
such things. Scallops move around
like fin fish and therefore the
places where they grow cannot be
staked out as can oyster beds. Ap
parently, around here at least, no
one has attempted to confine seal
lops to one place.
Mr. Thomas also emphasized
lhat anyone fishing commercially
who is caught without a license
on display, will lie prosecuted.
Three Accidents
Happen at Port
The Morehcad City port was
plagued with accidents Tuesday.
Three men, including a longshore
man, John R. Kelly, Newport, and
two Camp Lcjeunc Marines, were
injured.
Mr. Kelly suffered a broken hip
fn the hold of the Sally Maersk
while tobacco was being loaded.
He was reportedly knocked to the
deck by a swinging hogshead be
ing lowered into the hold.
Mr. Kelly was taken to the More
head City Hospital where he is
getting along satisfactorily, ac
cordingly to his doctor.
During the Marine movement,
Ratrcx, a Marine suffered a
crushed foot when a bulldozer
blade dropped on his foot. Another
Marine fell 17 feet from the mezza
nine deck to the main deck of a
landing ship dock. The Marine suf
fered broken bones and was tem
porarily paralyzed.
Both were taken to the Lcjeunc
hospital by Navy ambulance.
Commissioner Reminds
Contractors of Deadline
Jasper Bell, Morchcad City com
missioner of buildings and grounds,
reminds contractors that Tuesday,
Oct. 15, is the deadline for sub
mitting bids on the water system
at the new town cemetery.
Contractors interested may con
tact Mr. Bell at the Sanitary Bar
ber Shop, 903 Arendcll St., or at
his home, phone 6-4561.
Tanker Due
The SS Lyric, a tanker under
charter to Standard Oil, will dock
next Monday at the Morchcad City
port to unload bunker oil. It will
arrive here from Wilmington. The
Sloterdyk, loaded with tobacco, left
the port Saturday.
? Col. Kit-hard S. Ma it, ex
ecutive director of the Sta,te
Ports Authority, said yester
day that the state is tak
ing no stand oil Southern's
proposal to equalize freight
rates to Morehcad City.
Southern hopes to put freight
rates to and from Morehcad
City on the same basis as
those to Wilmington and
Norfolk.
At a hearing before the Southern
Freight Association scheduled for
today at Atlanta, the city of Wil
mington will file objection to
Southern's proposal.
"We are staying out of this,"
Colonel Marr said.
F A. Downing, director of Wil
mington's bureau of rates, indus
try and commerce, will present his
city's protest, lie also says that
the South Carolina Ports Author
ity and the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad arc opposed to the move.
Observer Present
Colonel Marr said that the State
Ports Authority will not be repre
sented at the hearing, but it will
have its director of commerce and
traffic. Jack Lee, there as an ob
server.
Asked if the proposed rate re
ductions are on specific commodi
ties, Colonel Marr said they were
but he could not remember what
commodities, lie added, however,
that tobacco was not among them.
(Most of the tobacco to the More
head City port moves by truck).
Southern Railway has filed with
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion a series of proposals to put
Morehcad City rail freight rates on
a par with Norfolk and Wilming
ton.
If this is done. Downing says that
Wilmington will lose some of the
advantages it now enjoys in freight
rates.
Recommends to ICC
The hearing at Atlanta wilt be
before the Southern Freight Asso
ciation's general freight committee.
The Southern Freight Association
makes recommendations to the
ICC.
Although there are objections to
Southern's proposals, those famiiar
with rail freight structures say that
the objections will probably carry
little weight, since Southern con
trols the lines which will be mainly
affected by the rate change.
These observers say that if other
railroads do not go along, they will
merely make figuring of rates ter
ribly complicated for all roads in
the southeastern area.
It is believed that the new equal
ized rates will go into effect in the
near future, as soon as they are
published by the ICC.
Relative to the Morchead City
port, Colonel Marr added yesterday
that the "building program is mov
ing along nicely'' and construction
on a new warehouse at the port is
expected to start soon.
David Morris Assigned
Here as Driver Examiner
David Morris, formerly of route
Snow llill, has been assigned to
this county and Ilavclock as driver
examiner. Mr. Morris succeeds the
late Ed Walston.
He has office hours Monday and
Tuesday in the Morchead City
municipal building, is at Cherry
Point Wednesday, and in the court
house annex, Beaufort, Thursday
and Friday.
Bus Oiiicial
Commends Town
Police Force
11 C. O'Bryan, traffic manager
of the Seashore Transportation Co.,
has sent a letter to THE NEWS
TIMES congratulating the More
head City police department. The
letter follows:
Sept 1i?, 1957
We in puhtic service know that
it is infrequent to hear of the good
works performed by our public
servants. That is why I must not
let the excellent police work of
the Morchead City Police Depart
ment go unheralded.
On Sunday, Sept L5. my agent
at the Morehcad City Bus Station
called to advise me that her office
had been robbed at about 7:.'50 a.m.
when she had stepped out for a
moment. She had reported to the
police who showed up promptly
with equipment for taking finger
prints. Within a matter of minutes
they had found the empty cash
box in the area near the station
and finger printed same.
The following morning I tra
veled from New Bern to Morehead
City and was advised by my agent,
Mrs. Marie Taylor, that the chief
of police, Mr. Griffin, had left
early for New Bern to pick up the
thief and was due back at any
moment.
Shortly after, I met with the
chief, and he not only had ?he
right man but also most of the
stolen money. He had received a
call from the New Bern Police
Department to check on the story
of a Negro youth who had been
apprehended with a considerable
sum of money and said his aunt in
Morchead gave it to him to buy
clothes.
A check with tfyr aunt proved
the story untrue. The alert chief
didn't stop at this point. He asked
the New Bern police to check on
a certain peculiarity of a finger
print. When he received the an
swer, he knew he had his man. We
salute the Morehcad City Police
Department.
R. C. O'Bryan
Traffic Manager
Seashore Transportation Co.
The youth had taken $79 98 from
the company cash box and $2.75
from Mrs. Taylor's purse. Police
recovered $55.26 of this amount.
County juvenile judge A. H.
James sent the youth, a resident
of New Bern, back to New Bern
fdr a hearing. The New Bern
juvenile court, Mr. James says,
already has a case history on the
boy.
Town Board Appoints
D. Cordova CD Director
Pclfido Cordova was named civil
defense director for Morehead
City at the meeting of the town
board Thursday night at the muni
cipal building.
Mr. Cordova is former instruc
tor of industrial arts at Morehead
City High School and secretary
treasurer of the Morehead City
Rotary Club. He succeeds James
B. Willis.
To Speak Tonight
J. A. DuBois, Morehead City, will
speak to the St. Andrew's Men's
Club at 7 p.m. tonight at the Blue
Ribbon Restaurant. He will report
current developments in the All
Seashore highway project.
Northern Lights Make Spectacular
Display Here About Midnight Sunday
Mrs. W. K. Conglcton, Macon
L'ourt, Morohcad City, reported
yesterday morning that the nor
thern lights made a spectacular
display Sunday night between It:S5
p.m. and 12:OS a.m.
She described the lights as be
ing red and white, their beams
dancing from the horizon to direct
ly overhead. Close to the hori/on
there were shades of green and
blue.
Mrs. Conglcton said that the last
lime she saw the northern lights,
she was just 7 years old. but they
weren't nearly as spectacular as
they were Sunday night.
The northern lights, or aurora
borralis, ia seldom seen this far
south.
Kenneth A. Sheppard of the For
?yth Astronomical Society, wrote
zf the northern lights in Sunday's
tireensboro Daily News. Ilia ar
ticle, in part, said:
You have perhaps seen some of
he peculiar reddish glows in the
wrthern sky recently. They were
displays of the beautiful aurora
Mrealia, or northern "
This mysterious phenomenon is
expected to become more and
more frequent during the next two
years because of its periodic rela
tion to the sunspot cycle, which
is now approaching a maximum.
The name Aurora Borcalis
means "northern dawn" or "nor
thern glow."
Varies in Shape
The aurora varies widely in
shape and brilliance. A mild or
weak display may be only a faint
red glow streaking up in the nor
thern sky, and looking very much
like the reflection from a distant
neon sign. It is usually almost ob
literated by bright moonlight. It
changes shape slowly and con
tinuously. and fades away in about
five or 10 minutes.
A brilliant aurora is a beauti
ful and thrilling spectacle. The
entire northern sky may be span
ned by a great arch of vivid red
light, and above this arch extend
long atreaka of alternating red,
yellow and green. The area below
the red arch shades from yellow
to bright green near the northern
horizon. Such was the aurora
which appeared shortly after mid
night on Sept. 12. It lasted about
10 minutes, and faded about 1:30
a.m.
Theories Of Cause
The cause of the aurora isn't
definitely known, but there are two
prevailing theories about it. Ac
cording to the first. It is produced
by high speed streams of protons
and electrons shot out from the
sun. These particles strike the
earth's upper stratosphere and set
off a reaction producing auroral
light.
According to the second theory,
rays of ultra-violet light from the
sun ionize the atoms and mole
cules of the upper stratosphere,
and these charged particles drift
toward the earth's magnetic poles,
where they rccombtnc and emit
auroral light.
In either case, the aurora is
definitely triggered by outbursts
of solar radiation, and invariably
occurs in the earth's magnetic
field, at heights of 230 to S00 miles
above sea level.