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PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER mt tka TAR HEEL COAST CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10/ 47th YEAR, NO. 4. EIGHT PAGES AND COMICS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROUNA TUESDAY, JANUARY 14. 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Officers Break Up Ring with Friday Arrests Marines Depart For Caribbean, Mediterranean Advance Echelon to Get Ready for Training Exercise on Vieques Eleven hundred Marines from Camp Lejeune left the Morehead City port Wednesday for Vieques, and units of the 1,600-man rein forced battalion, Eighth Marines, left the port for Mediterranean duty Friday. The men bound for Vieques and Roosevelt Roads. Puerto Rico, are an advance echelon of Phibtraex 1-58. They will set up camp for the main body of troops which will arrive at the Caribbean training ground early in February. The USS Rockbridge and the USS Fort Manden are carrying the troops to Puerto Rico. Upon arrival at Vieques, they will set up a tent city to house troops tak ing part in the training exercise. One group of infantry and artil lery forces in the exercise will make a limited assault on Vieques beaches upon arrival. Three squad rons of Marine Air Group 24 and a battalion of Second Marines are scheduled to be airlifted to their assigned sites. All units taking part in the exer cise are scheduled to land at Vie ques and Roosevelt Road by Feb. 5. After six weeks of maneuvering on Vieques, the troops will return to Camp Lejeune. Commanding the training group is Col. John P. Con don. The battalion bound for the Med iterranean is commanded by Lt. Col. J. E. Brickley. The command ship is the USS Mt. McKinley. Upon joining the Sixth Fleet, the battalion will make several land ings in the Mediterranean. It is expected to relieve the reinforced First Battalion. Sixth Marines, later this month. That unit left Lejeune in August. Injured Woman Found on Road Mary Jane Davis, 52, a resi dent of North River, was discover ed at 6 o'clock Saturday night ly ing on the Merrimon Road with a severe head injury. She was con fined yesterday to the Morehcad City Hospital. Patrolman J. W. S?kcs said that the Davis woman was discover ed by two truck drivers. One driver, by the name of Arthur, swerved to avoid hitting the woman as she lay on the road. This caused the other truck driver, Luke Sal ter, to run off the road to avoid colliding with Arthur. Patrolman Sykes said there was no evidence that either of the trucks had hit her. He said he didn't know how she happened to be in the condition she was. Colored residents of the neigh borhood took her to the hospital. She said yesterday that she didn't know how she had been injured. Two Cars Collide On Island Bridge Two cars collided early Sunday morning on the Markers Island bridge No one was hurt. Driving one of the cars, a 1A51 Chevrolet, was Monroe Paylor, Markers Island. Driving the other car, a 1957 Ford. was Mrs. Mcrk lc> Johnson, also of Markers Island. Mrs. Johnson was proceeding to ward Highway 70 when she started to skid on the icy surface of the bridge. Paylor. who was going to ward the island, slowed to almost a stop when he saw the Johnson car out of control. The rear end of the Ford hit the left front of the Chevrolet and the Ford came to a rest against the rail. Damage to the Ford was esti mated at $500, damage to the Chevrolet at $325. No charges were filed Patrolman J. W. Sykca investi gated. Under Observation Pete Nobles, Stella, who was be ing held in the county jail for the shooting of 17-ycar-old Myrtle God win, Stella, was taken last week to the state mental hospital. Raleigh, where he will be under observation for 30 days. No formal charges have been placed against him, ac cording to A. H. James, clerk of superior court. * Three members of a team of five, I I charged with numerous counts of I breaking and entering in Carteret and Onslow Counties, are in jail at Jacksonville. A fourth, Harold Collier, is in Alabama and a warrant has been | sworn out for his arrest. The fifth is under 16 years of age and will be tried in juvenile court. The three in jail are BUI White, 37, Dexter McCausley, 18, and James Collier, brother of Harold. The Collier brothers' age is esti mated between 18 and 20. All lived in the Swansboro area. Sheriff Hugh Salter said the men were apprehended in Onslow Coun ty Friday. They are charged with a series of thefts over a period of a couple months, including break ing and entering the Rip Tide, just east of Swansboro, entering the Cedar Point Drive-In, the Ocean Park Drive-In Theatre west of Morehead City, and 10 cottages on Pettiford Creek, a branch of the White Oak River, in the western part of Carteret. Many of the places were entered twice. The loot included a shot gun, air rifle, coats, soft drinks, rubber gloves, coleman lanterns, canned goods, clock radio, thermos jugs and numerous other items. A lot of it is in the sheriff s office, Beaufort, where owners may iden tify it and reclaim it. Among the homes entered were the T. F. Marrow cottage and the W. E. Pickard cottage on Pettiford Creek. The stolen material was stashed away in a camp maintained by the five. The group had been under suspicion and both Onslow and Carteret law officers had the men | under surveillance. Deputy Sheriff Bruce Edwards of Carteret talked to the three now being held in Jacksonville. Sheriff Salter says they have admitted the thefts. Regional Housing Authority Buys Homes at Air Field I. E. Pittman. Morehead City,, chairman of the Commissioners of .Eastern Carolina Regional llous ihg Authority, has announced that the authority has purchased Sey mour Johnson 'Homes. Negotiations and final plans for the purchase were completed at the regular meeting of the com missioners this month. Seymour Johnson Homes is the project lo cated at Goldsboro adjacent to Brookside Manor Housing project owned by the Authority. The pur chase was under study by the com missioners for over a year. Under the contract worked out by the authority, none of its money or funds was paid out. Bonds in the amount of $1,165,000 were au thorized. These will be retired from rents and only net rents are pledged as security. Built During War Seymour Johnson Homes were built by the federal government during World War II on leased land. When built, the government agreed to tear the buildings down and restore the land to the owner in the same condition it was when taken under lease. This was to be done as soon as the war emergency was over. Numbers of projects throughout the country were built on land which the government did not buy, but leased. After the war, but while Sey mour Johnson Homes were still being occupied, the rented land on which the project stood was bought by a group who formed Wayne Redevelopment Corp. This purchase was made in 1952 at a time when the government was required by law to remove the buildings and restore the land to its former condition. At a later date Congress, ap parently in an effort to save the government the cost of tearing down these projects and restoring the land to its former condition, passed an act permitting the build ings to stand, provided the land owners would rent the land to a Housing Authority or local govern ment for a period of years. This period was set at three years. Land Rented After this. Eastern Carolina Re gional Housing Authority, which previously had acted as agent for the government in managing the project, rented the land on which Tide Table Tidea it the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tneaday, Ian. 14 3:20 a.m. 9:58 a.m. 3:46 p.m. 10:11 p.m. Wedneaday, Jan. IS 4:24 a.m. 10:56 a.m. 4:51 p.m. 11:07 p.m. Thuntday, Jan. 1* 5:24 a.m. 11:51 a.m. 5:52 p.m. 11:59 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17 ' 6:19 a.m. 12:41 a.m. 6:45 p.m. the housing units stood. This lease expired in October 1956, but the authority has continued to occupy the premises on a month-to-month basis until now. After the three-year lease ended, Wayne Redevelopment Corp. began tearing down some of the build ings. This was the beginning of a proposed real estate subdivision which Wayne Redevelopment Corp. had planned. About this time Sey mour Johnson Air Base was re activated. The demand for more housing j arose. Negotiations then began be twecn the authority and Wayne Redevelopment Corp. for the au thority to buy the project. The au thority and the owners each had the property appraised. After much study and long negotiations, the present contract was agreed upon. Under its terms the authority gets the property in exchange for See HOUSING, Page 2 Driver Will Be Tried Thursday Arthur S. Wigley, Cherry Point, who was slightly injured in an auto accident Tuesday night, will be tried in county recorder's court Thursday on a charge of speeding and failing to stop at a stop sign. Wigley, and his passenger, John D. Perry, also of Cherry Point, in a 1953 Studebaker, ran into a 1953 half-ton pickup truck parked in the yard of Willie Gray at the intersection of Highway 70 and 70A, west of Morehcad City. Wigley suffered a cut left knee I and cut over his left eye. Perry | had a cut on his right knee. Patrolman Robert Brown said that Wigley was going west on Highway 70 and failed to make the turn. He piled into the rear of the pickup, knocked it into the fence around Mr. Gray's junkyard, causing I feet of the fence to be torn down. Damage to the car was estimat ed at $500, damage to the pickup | $400 and damage to the fence $7$. Wigley and Perry were taken to the Morehcad City Hospital by the Dill ambulance, given emer gency treatment and moved to the hospital at Cherry Point. Six Carteret Men Will Enter Army Thursday Six Carteret men have been or dered to report (or induction into the Army Thursday, announces Mrs. Ruby D. Holland, clerk to the selective service board. They are Eddie M. Jones, Beau-1 (ort; Hedrt^J Gillikin, Otway; and | Jamea M. Small. David J. Bell. Roger R. Bell and Gene R. Small I all ot Harlowe. Ministers Add To Committee The Rev. Robert Poulk. pastor of the Beaufort Methodist eircuit, Mas named to the migrant ministry committee of the County Ministers Association yesterday morning at the civic center, Morehead City. Other members of the committee are the Rev. Ralph Fleming. New port, and the Rev. Alvis Daniel, Wildwood. Two new members were ad mitted to the association. They ate the Rev. William Jeffries, Mar shallberg. and the Rev. Henry J. van Kluyve. Davis. As the program, the Rev. John Cline and the Rev. W. A. Hales. Beaufort, spoke on the alter call, the open invitation to persons to join the church. The Rev. C. B. Hansley, pastor of the Holly Springs Free Will Bap tist Church, reported $171.31 in the treasury. The Rev. A. G. Harris Jr., president, presided. The de votional was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Daniel. The Rev. Mr. Clint* closed the meeting with prayer. Firemen to Sell Pies Saturday The Marshallberg Volunteer Fire Department will have a pie sale ' Saturday night to raise funds for I the department. Roy Willis, chair man of the finance committee, re ported at the fire department meet ing Friday night that pies would be sold at a dollar each, or a slice of pie and a cup of coffee for 25 cents. Persons may order pies by call ing the fire department number, Park 9-3247. The department reorganized this month. Officers are Ikie Guthrie, chief; Lester Murphy, assistant chief; Cicero (Wump) Lewis, cap tain; Fcrnie G. Willis, lieutenant, and Troy D. Moore, secretary treasurer. On Christmas Eve the fire de partment put Santa Claus on the fire truck and visited surrounding communities where children happi ly welcomed Santa. Revokes Licenses The St#te Highway Safety di vision has revoked the licenses of Frank Cross Jr., Morehead City, and Respess Spencer, Newport, for a period of one year. Cross was convicted of driving after his li cense had been revoked and Spen cer was found guilty of driving drunk. Chicken Thief Caught Photo by Bob Seymour Situ inie Smith shows off a 22-pouml bobcat he killed Saturday on the Ravmond Dickinson farm at Core Creek. Mr. Smith says the bobcat had been jumping into the chicken pen and killing chickens, lie set two steel traps Friday night in the path the bobcat had been using. The bobcat caught both front feet in the traps but was still full of fight when Mr. Smith found him and finished him off with a rifle. Jack Wallace of Beaufort killed a 35 pounder about five miles from the Dickinson farm Oct 30. Wallace struck that cat with his car. Highway Commission Lists i County's Roads to be Paved Atlantic Beach Joins Fight Against Higher Phone Rates TwoCountians Serve on New Hospital Board Clayton Fulcher, Atlantic, and Mrs. E. L. Davis, Beaufort, have been named to the board of trus tees of Kafer Memorial Hospital, New Bern. The* hospital's transi tion from private ownership to the Atlantic Baptist Association, will be complete tomorrow. Mrs. Davis. Mr. Fulcher, and, Mrs. John Lashley, Morehead City,, are also 011 the committee to raise j money for a new Baptist Hospital at New Bern. The Kafer hospital, formerly I owned by Mrs. Helen Kafer. is now known as the Eastern Caro lina Baptist Hospital. Alec F. Thompson, moderator, j Atlantic Baptist Association, makes j the following comment on the ac quisition of Kafer Hospital and the association's plans for a new hos pital "This action by the Atlantic as-1 sociation is a part of a proposed hospital program of the Associa tion. The idea of a hospital origi natcd within the association sev eral years ago, but did not really take any form until it became. known some time ago that Kafer Memorial Hospital would probably close. "In January of 1966 a delegation] from the New Bern area went be-1 fore the General Board of the Con- j vention to present the critical state! of hospital facilities, and to appeal for the convention to aid in estab-1 lisiiing a Baptist Hospital here. "Committees from the General j Board came to New Bern to study the needs, and at the State Con j vention in 1956 the matter was j presented again by representatives; from New Bern. At this time the Committee of Twenty-five was ap pointed. a sub-committee of which was to study the needs in the New Bern area. "In July of 1957 the Atlantic Association initiated a fund-drive to raise necessary funds for the construction of a modern 100 bod hospital. The first goal set in this drive was $600,000, of which more than $240,000 had been pledged by Dec. 1. The fund-drive campaign will continue until the above goal is reached, and soon after this it is hoped that construction of the new plant can begin. "It is the plan of the Atlantic Association to operate the present hospital in order to preserve the number of hospital beds now exist ing in the New Bern area, which number is much below the number needed for the area. Also, the as See HOSPITAL, Page 2 To Receive Degree Wake Forest?The Rev. W. T. Cockman. pastor of the Parkview Baptist Church, Morehead City, will receive the bachelor of divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary at fall se mester graduation exercises Fri day. The son of Mr. and Mrs. George Cockman, route 1 Robbins, he is a graduate of Highfalls High School, Mars Hill Junior College and Furman University. He was ordained to the ministry by Glen ola Baptist Church in 1950. He has served as pastor of Parkview Bap tist Church since 1954. The Rev. Mr. Cockman is mar ried to the former Mildred East of Morehead City. They have one child, Joan, 4. ? Atlantic Beach has joined the fight against the higher telephone rates propo ed h> Carolina Tele phone and Telegraph t o. I own commissioners approved the send ing of $20 to the hast Carolina Phone t ight Committee Saturday The town board met at Homing s Motel. ... u.,_ The phone fight committee has asked each town in eastern North Carolina to contribute 20 cents pir telephone to help bear the expenses of fighting the telephone company in its request for higher rates. I antic Beach, largely a summer resort town, has about 100 tele '' s' A llorton, who supplies the beach with water, attended the meeting lie said that he had bought a new pomp and cl< ani d all the water lines in an effoit to keep lest summer's water trouble from being repeated. Last summer Mr. llorton bought a new pomp thai was so large it pumped sand as well as water through the town lines. The sand stopped up drains ami sewer lines. Reports tiiven Chief of Police Bill Moor- gavej poliee and tire depart m-M r-pon lie said tliat the fire truck had been repaired with free parts from Civil Defense sources ai Cherry Point and Raleigh The only ex penses will be for labor and a f. w parts be was unable to get through Civil Defense. The chief suggested thai the town run a large water line to a convenient spot for filling the (ire truck, lie pointed out that Ine truck now has to go to Morehead i City for water. Mr llorton said that he would. run a two and a half inch pipe to West Boulevard (entrance to the beach beside the Pa-ilion) for $75. .The board approved Hi- proposal, j Continuing with the discussion of) the fire department, Mr Coyle said that lie had written the presi deul of Southern Railway asking | for a loud horn for the truck. Mr. Coyle then reported on lus| invi stigalion of the possibility of the town's buying a lot for a muni cipal building. He said that unless the town had the surplus cash on hand it would have to got permis sion of the Local Government Com mission in Raleigh to buy a lot. lie suggested that the coinmis sioners get together later and buy the lot in question and hold it un til such time as the town had he money to pay for it. The lot the town has selected is on the halter Path road a few hundred feet east of Fleming's Motel. Parkway Discussed Mayor A. B. Cooper reported that representatives from the stale highway department had visited him in reference fo budding a parkway from the bridge to the beach. The town has pushed this project in hope that it will relieve the traffic situation in the sum mer months. , .. 11 11. Hill, chairman of the newly organized zoning commis ison. attended the meeting and re ported that l.cigh Wilson of the League of Municipalities would meet with his commission at 3 p.m. today. He invited the town fathers to the meeting. The zoning commis sion will learn the steps it must follow to zone the beach. Town clerk H. M. Eure reported on the town's finances and said that he would have a more com plete report at the next meeting. Mayor A B! Cooper presided Commissioners present were M G. Coyle and R A. Barefoot. Mel West Considers Another Ocean Trip In Outboard Boat Me| West told members of the Morehead City Rotary Club that he is looking for s partner for another ocean crossing attempt. Mr. West was principal speaker at the Ro tary Club meeting at the Rex Rcs taurant Thursday night. He told the Rolarians that he was considering another trip in an outboard motor boat but did not say where Mr West had the world on edge last October when he was the object of a widespread search after being long overdue in Bermuda on an outboard motor (rip "There will be no advance pub licity this time." Mr. Weat said. ."Nothing will be rcloaacd until I after I have left and am well on | my way." Mr. West was the guest of pro- [ gram chairman Jasper Bell. W. C. Carlton led the singing. David F. Jones To Work With Navy at Norfolk I David F. Jones Jr., Morehead City, the county soil conservation ist, has accepted the position of agriculture engineer conservation ist with the Fifth Naval District Mr. Jones, who has been in Car teret since 1952. will begin work at Norfolk Monday. Jan. 27. He will in the public works' soil and erosion control section. A graduate of North Carolina Stale College, he came to this David F. Jones Jr. . . . soil conservationist county after receiving his degree in agriculture engineering. In 15)04. he succeeded Koy Beck as con servationist. A native of Duplin County, Mr. Jones is married and has two chil dren, Deborah Sue, 8, and Steven Allen, 4. He is vice-president of the More head City School Parent Teacher Association, a deacon of the First Free Will Baptist Chifrch, More head City; general director of the church Free Will Baptist League, vice-president of the County FWB Sunday School Convention, Sunday School superintendent of the First FWB Church, past president of the Carteret County Youth for Christ Hally, past president of the Car teret County FWB League Conven tion and past chairman of the County Agriculture Workers Coun cil. Car Kills Spot Spot, at age of 2, with his mas ter. One of the best known dogs in the ?county. Spot Ayscuc, was killed at 6:30 Sunday night by a car on Arendell Street near the Ayscuc home. Spot was about 5 years old. He was right-hand man to his master, Marshall Ayscuc, county ABC of ficer and deputy sheriff, lie went with him everywhere. He could understand words?he could even understand a look. He was such a popular and intelligent dog that dog lovers clamored for his offspring. Spot is survived by sons, daughters and grandchildren. It is not known who killed Spot as he was apparently crossing the street. The accident was reported to the Ayscucs by rfcighbo(s. The Morchead City town board will meet for its January session at 7:45 Thursday night at the mu nicipal building. * f Six roads in the county | have been put on the priority list for paving, C. Y. Griffin, highway official from New ; Bern told the county commis sioners at a meeting Friday morning at the courthouse. The roads, listed in the order in which they are to he paved when funds become available, are as fol lows: 1. Stella Road ? three miles be ginning at Stella and extending east and south to a dead end at White Oak River. 2 A road seven-tenths of a mile long beginning at a point on a paved road between Stella and Kuhns and extending south. 3. Old New Bern Highway ? Be ginning at a point on Highway 101 and extending north, approximate ly paralleling 101 to a point near the inland waterway, 2.8 miles. 1. Beginning on NC 101 three and a half miles north of Beaufort and parallel to 101, 2.2 miles. 5. Crow IIill Road ? Straits com munity. 1.9 miles. 6. llibb.s Road ? From NC 24 north to Newport. 4 miles. All of the roads were not desig nated by name because in some in stances, Mr. Griffin explained, the roads are called by several names. Traffic Counted A traffic count was taken on the I above roads. They showed travel of 50 or more vehicles, on the aver | age, every 24 hours. Under the new | program for paving secondary roads (county roads), the roads carrying that amount of traffic are earmarked for paving and take precedence over others. Mr. Griffin could give no assur ance as to when the roads will be paved. The state says such paving will be carried out "on a priority system consistent with tlte funds available." He added, however, that Car teret's priority roads, totaling 14.6 miles, may be hard-surfaced sooner than roads in other counties where the mileage is a lot higher. He told the commissioners that other main dirt roads, have been inventoried too, but were found to carry less tban an average of 50 [vehicles a day. The old New Bern highway, al though it approximately parallels 101, is high on the priority list be cause numerous homes are located there and the road is used by resi dents of those homes. Mr. Griffin said that traffic counts probably will be taken on roads every year. He said that the county commissioners can request a traffic count on a certain road if they believe it to be used exten tively. Other Factors In addition to the traffic count, the following factors are also taken into consideration before a road is put on a priority list: See ROADS, Page 2 Mayors Acclaim Civil Service Act The mayors of Morehcad City, Beaufort, Atlantic Beach and New port have proclaimed this week as National Civil Service Week. Thursday marks the 75th anni versary of the signing of the Civil : Service Act by President Chester A. Arthur in 1883. Mayor George Dill, Morehead City, points out that the Civil Ser | vice Act came in response to pub I lie demand for reform, following the assassination of President Gar ! field by a disappointed office I seeker. [ Mayor Clifford Lewis, Beaufort, added that the act was the death toll for the "spoils system" and bc Icamc the foundation of a merit sys tem under which more than two million federal workers are em ployed .today. Mayor Leon Mann Jr., Newport, and Mayor A. B. Cooper, Atlantic Beach, join Mayor Dill and Mayor I?ewis in asking that all citizens "give thought and support to the strengthening of the federal merit system . . . that business, labor and farm organizations, as well as churches, schools, civic groups and public information agencies co operate fully in the observance of the Diamond Anniversary Year, 1958." Order of Odd Fellows Installs Officers Friday G. T. Spivey was installed as chief patriarch of the Beaufort en campment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Friday night at a meeting at the lodge. Other offi cers installed were as follows: Robert L. Russell, high priest; Charlie Rolllnson, senior warden; Robert McCabe, junior wardnn; and W. E. Kirk, inaide sentinel. Mr. Jesse Pearson of Morebead City was the installing officer.