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47th YEAR. NO. 6. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 21. 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Mothers March
Will Climax
March of Dimes
Please let your porch light burn,
If helping polio patients is your
concern!
To climax the March of Dimes
this month, there will be a Mothers
March in Beaufort and Morchead
City from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday
night, Jan. 30.
Four gift certificates from lead
ing stores will be given to lucky
persons who have their porch
lights on and contribute to the
March of Dimes that night. Two
certificates will be given in each
town.
Mrs. John Johnson, campaign
manager, reports that funds are
lagging behind collections in the
March of Dimes last year at this
time. The total collected last year
was $2,865.56.
Three schools have concluded
their campaigns. Received at
Beaufort School was $281.98; Camp
Glenn $192.10 and Morchead City
School $91.29.
The winning room in Beaufort
School was Mrs. Parker's fifth
grade; Camp Glenn, Mrs. E. G. \
MrKinlcy's fifth grade, and More
head City School, Norman Clark's
ninth grade. Each room will re
ceive a $5 cash prize.
Morchead City restaurants parti
cipated in Coffee Day for polio
Thursday. Receipts will be an
nounced later this week.
Persons who would like to con
tribute by check to the March of I
Dimes may mail their contribution
to Mrs. John Johnson. Beaufort, N.
C., or Mrs. Clem Johnson, More
head City, N C.
Deonard Quillen
Hurt in Wreck
Deonard Quillen, a Coast Guards
man aboard the Chilula, suffered
a nose injury at 7 o'clock Satur
day night when the car in which
he was riding hit a light pole on
state port property, Morchead
City.
Driving the car was Samuel llar
vell, also a Chilula crewman. Ac
cording to Walter Thomas. More
head City police officer, llarvcll
took a left lurn, skidded on sand
and struck the pole. The pole was
not damaged. Car damage was es
timated at $100.
Also in the car was James Har
vey. Neither Harvey nor Harvell
were hurt. The car, a 1951 Chevro
let, was owned by Harvell. Quillen
was treated at the Morchead City
Hospital.
New Fisheries
Rules Released
Appearing in today's legal ad
vcrtisements arc the fisheries reg
ulations adopted by the Board of
Conservation and Development at
Raleigh this month.
Among the regulations is one
aimed at preventing the taking of
undersized fish in inland waters.
Fish, whether taken by "sports
men" or commercial fishermen in
those waters must be the follow
ing sizes (exception?special regu
lation on scrap fish):
Rock fish or striped bass, mac
kerel. hickory shad, red drum, 12
inches; speckled trout, 11 inches;
blue fish, sea mullet or king fish,
10 inches.
Grey trout, shccpshcad, floun
ders, 9 inches; mullets, croakers,
pompano, hog fish, 1 inches; ring
perch, spots, white perch, 7 inches.
The regulation states that mea
surements arc to be from the tip
of the nose to the fork of the tail,
except flounders and croakers
which arc measured from the tip
of the nose to the inner edge o(
the tail.
Freezing Weather
Felt Every Night
The temperature dropped below
freezing every night over the week
end. The last tracca of rain fell
Thursday and the weather turned
clear and cold.
Weather observer Stamey Davia
released the following report:
Max. Min. Wind
Thursday 47 41 N
Friday 45 29 WNW
Saturday 45 29 W
Sunday 44 26 NE
Monday ... 30
Marines to Sail
Nine Navy ahips are due at state
port, Morchead City, next week.
They will take part in Marine ma
neuvers. Due next Tuesday are the
Thuban, Plymouth Rock, Rush
more, Capricornus and Monrovia.
The Hermitage is due next Wed
nesday. The Vermillion and Cats
Grande are due on Thursday and
the SbadweU next Friday.
You Didn't Believe It, Did You?
Well Here He Is: Dixie Upside Down
Officers Blast
Still Saturday
Federal and county officers blew
up a 250-gallon still on the Crow
Hill Road near Otway Saturday
afternoon. Marshall Ayscue, coun
ty ABC officer, estimated that the
still had been run only one time.
It was discovered Thursday after
noon by Deputy Sheriffs Bobby
Bell and Bruce Edwards. The still,
fired by bottled gas, was equipped
with six 300-gallon boxes of mash.
It was located about 300 yards off
the Crow Hill Road past an old
abandoned barn.
The ABC officer said that this
was only the second still found east
of Ward Creek in the past 14 years.
? Jerry Ball, Charlotte, who likes<
to fish off the Carteret coast and
play the piano better than almost
anything, raised $1,580 for the
March of Dimes Saturday, Jan. 4,
at Charlotte.
Public relations expert for Esso,
Mr. Ball conducted another one of
his famous Pianothons for the 1958
March of Dimes. Perched on a
platform, which was lifted by a
crane high into the air over Char
lotte's Independence Square, Jerry
played request numbers at a dollar
per.
As an eye-stopper this year, he
played the tunc, Dixie, suspended
by his heels.
He performed from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. in freezing weather. Never
did the temperature go above 40.
But Jerry reports that as of yester
day, he was completely thawed
out.
Since 1950, he has raised $100,000
for the March of Dimes.
Car Snaps Pole,
Driver Cited
Richard Jolliff, Macon Court,
Morchead City, was charged with
drunken driving after his car
snapped off a telephone pole just
before midnight Saturday.
Highway Patrolman W. E. Pick
ard said that Jolliff, driving a
1957 Ford, was headed cast on
Highway 70. He ran through the
Amoco station just west of the
Blue Ribbon Club and hit the pole.
He was driving a car owned by
C. H. Smith, Morchead City, his
employer. Damage to the car was
estimated at $500.
A motorist took Jolliff to More
head City Hospital.
Suspended by his heels, Jerry Ball plays Dixie in his March of Dimes Pianolhon at Charlotte. The
white arrow points to his hands on the keyboard.
Town Officials Replace Money
Received in Overpaid Commissions
S. C. Ilolloway. commissioner of
finance, town of Morchcad City,
reported to the town board Thurs
day night that the $810.28 owed
the town by the town clerk, John
Lashky, and the town treasurer,
Mrs. Blanda McLohon, has been
paid.
"It's paid in full?" the mayor
asked.
"Yes," Mr. Ilolloway replied.
Other commissioners commented
that they were glad the debts have
been cleared.
According to the 1956-57 audit,
the town clerk (and tax collector),
owed the town $570.33 and the
treasurer owed the town $239.95.
The debts were incurred when
the town officials misinterpreted
a resolution by the board in 1952
relative to the amount of com
mission to be collected on delin
quent taxes and street assess
ments.
The commission overpayment
came to light at the end of the
1954 55 fiscal year, Mayor George
Dill explained, and it was agreed
then that the clerk and treasurer
would reimburse the town.
The recent audit indicated that
very little of the amount overpaid
in commissions had been returned
to the town.
In other business, the commis-j
sioners heard W. B. Chalk, past
president of the Morehead City
Chamber of Commerce, who re
quested that the town- assume re
sponsibility for keeping the Arcn
doll Street grass plot, on either
side of the railroad tracks, at
tractive.
Mr. Chalk was accompanied by
Bud Dixon, president of the cham
ber. Mr. Chalk also appeared as a
representative of the board of real
tors.
Pictures Shown
lie presented pictures to illus
trate his point. In addition to un
sightly weeds, a railroad track
laying crew has trailers, unsightly
freight cars and two privies stand
ing on the grass (now weedy) area
at the western entrance to town.
Mr. Chalk said that the unsightly
condition is a reflection on every
individual citizen. In the past, he |
recalled that no one wanted to
take the responsibility for keeping
the grass plot grassed and mowed.
Neither the state, which main-1
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
1I1U1I LOW
Tuesday, Jan. 21
9:43 a.m. 3:53 a.m.
9:13 p in. 3:03 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 22
9:53 a.m. 4:11 a.m.
10:25 p.m. 3:43 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 23
10:32 a.m. 4:46 a.m.
11:07 p.m. 4:21 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 24
11:11 a.m. 4:55 a.m.
11:46 p.m. 5:11 p.m.
tains the highway, the railroad nor
the town would do it.
He also commented that in the
blocks west of 28th Street, home
owners put garbage cans across
the highway at the edge of the
grass plot, which adds to the un
sightlincss.
Mr. Chalk presented to the board
a resolution from the chamber of
commerce board of directors,
which stated that the "Arcndcll
Street parkway gives the visitor
his first and lasting impression of
our community" and that "any
division of responsibility, between
town, state or railway company
will undoubtedly lead to the per
petual neglect of this parkway."
Gibbic Sanderson, street com
missioner, said that as soon as the
new rails now being laid, arc
down, the town will "do something
abojut the problem". All agreed
that the grass plot should be im
proved by summer.
New Patrol Car
The board authorized requests
for bids for a new police patrol
car and annexation to the town of
the new cemetery.
Ted Garner, police commission
er, said that $150 a month is being
spent on one of the patrol cars
bought last year about this time
and cost of keeping it in repair
is exorbitant.
George McNeill, town attorney,
was authorized to take the neces
sary legal steps to annex the new
See BOARD, Page S
Police Hold Driver Under
Heavy Bond After Chase
Readers Comment on Their
Annoying Phone Problems
A letter from a former customer *
of Carolina Telephone and Tele
graph Co. bears out the contention
that reporting phone trouble does
little good?as everyone in this
county knows:
Morchead City, N. C.
Jan. 12, 1958
"Enclosed find my 20 cents for
the good fight vs. Carolina Tele
phone and Telegraph Co.
"I have gone one better and had
my phone removed so 1 really am
not in the fight any longer. On the
other hand, if all the 'twenty cent
ers' would discontinue their patro
nage old Carolina Tel and Tel
would really feel that. Of course,
many depend on their phone for!
one reason or another, but many
just think they need it.
"My complaint was that over
the years my phone would not re
ceive all its in-coining calls. The
repair men came dutifully after
each complaint, but never found
any trouble. Then?of course?the
terrific dialing probclm. Finally?
I am free of my telephone?and
am taking my sweet time paying
my last bill."
Another NEWS - TIMES reader
writes:
"Here is my contribution to get
a fair hearing before the com
mission regarding the increase in
telephone subscription rates.
"We agree with your editorial.
We have lived in Delaware and
Maine within the past three years
and found better service and broad
er coverages from our telephone;
company than here in Carteret
County.
"In many sections the telephone
company maintains a number to
be called for the correct time. In
lacking that service, operators are
often obliging. Did you ever try.,
it here? They flatly refuse that
relatively simple favor.
"We are not really disappointed
with telephone service here but
don't think a 20 per cent jump in
our rate justified."
Another reader brought his 20
cents to THE NEWS-TIMES office,
declaring that lie is "fed up" with
the telephone service given here.
A Beaufort reader writes: "We
don't get the service we should
get. Everybody I talk to about
phones says the same thing."
On two different occasions, tele
phone subscribers in Beaufort had
difficulty in getting long distance
calls through because the long dis
tance operator placing the call
from the distant city to Beaufort
said there was no such number.
She said that all the numbers
Sec COMMENTS, Page 5
Lifeboat Smashed
Ensign Herbert lliller inspects damage to the Chilula's lifeboat.
The Coast Guard cutter's boat was smashed when the midsection of
an oil tanker rammed into the side of the ship last Monday. Dam
ages were estimated at $29,000.
Battle Royal at Harkers
Island Winds up in Court
I A battle royal on Markers Island
|l>cc* 31. finally g0t into court Thurs
day. Allen Moore, Bill Moore and
| Ilarry Moore of the island were
charged with assaulting Leslie
I Golden of Otway,
Judge Lambert Morris found
probable cause and bound all three
men over to superior court under
$500 bond each.
Golden testified that the fight
started after he had accused Bill
Moore and Donzlee Willis of fish
ing his crab pots. Moore admitted
that he robbed the crab pots but
said that he just took enough for
himself.
After some discussion Moore al
legedly assaulted Golden with a
hatchet. When the fight started
Harry Moore supposedly showed
up with a hammer. Allen Moore
was unarmed.
Charles Eric Russell, Goldcn's
son-in-law, who had told him that
he saw Moore and Willis robbing |
the crab pots, tried to break up
the fight, according to testimony
in court.
When Golden and Russell left
the island. Golden went to the
courthouse and swore out a war
rant against the three Moores for
assault with deadly weapons with
intent to kill. He swore out a war
rant against Bill Moore and Willis
for stealing his crabs.
Moore and Willis were fined $50
and one-half costs each for the
second offense.
Draws Jail Term
Randolph Jones drew a total of
seven months in jail for being
drunk in public, soliciting money
and failing to comply with a court
order.
Ernest W. Rochellc was fined
$150 and costs for driving drunk,
driving on the wrong side of the
See COURT, Page 5
Interior Official Visits Lab
Photo by Bob Seymour
Rons I-cffler, left. Militant secretary of the interior, diicunei recent Improvements at the Fish and
Wildlife lab. Fivers Island, with director G. B. Talbot. Mr. I-effler was a member of a study commission
that visited here in April 1K4, and suggested most of the Improvements.
Asisstant Secretary of the In
terior Rosa Lcfflcr inspected build
ings and other facilities at the Fish
and Wildlife laboratory, Pivcrs Is
land. yesterday. Mr. Lcfflcr is
making a tour of fisheries installa
tions on the east coast.
G. B. Talbot, director of the
Pivcrs Island laboratory, says that
most of the improvements at the
lab during the past four years
have come through the efforts of
Mr. Lefflcr.
Mr. Lcffler was a member of a
study commission that inspected
fisheries installations in 1954, and
made recommendations for im
provements.
lie worked with the Department
of the Interior in an advisory ca
pacity until January 1957, when he
became assistant secretary. Mr.
Lcfflcr says he makes it a point to
visit as many fisheries operations
as possible and keep up with the
paper work required.
His tours take him all over the
United States and the territories.
He is now on his way to St. Peters
burg. Fla.. to establish a new re
gional headquarters.
He is accompanied on this trip
by his wife and Mrs. Mike Hudoba.
wife of the Washington Editor af
Sports Afield. Mrs. Hudoba is col
Iccting information for the' maga
zine.
Mr. Lcfflcr says that he can see
tremendous improvement in the
general appearance of the labora
tory since he was here in 1954. "I
work on the theory that good work
ing conditions are necessary for
good men to do their best work,"
he said.
Mrs. Talbot showed Mrs. Lcfflcr
and Mrs. Hudoba around Beaufort
and Morehead City yesterday. The
visitors were impressed with the
old homes, other places of historic
interest and were captivated by
Fort Macon and the state park.
Tommy Hutcheson, a
[Coast Guardsman with an
Elvis Presley hair-do, burned
up county roads and endan
gered scores of lives Satur
| day niifht when he tried to
outrace military policemen,
town officers, the state hitfh
j way patrol and the sherift s
| department.
Hutcheson is in the county jail
under $3,000 bond. One of the of
ficers said the bond is light in com
parison to what he would really
like to do to Hutcheson.
Gels 'Ihe Book'
Formal charges against the Coast
Guardsman, who is a crew mem
ber on the Chilula, arc driving
drunk, careless and reckless driv
ing. driving on the wrong side of
the road, failure to yield the right
of-way. failing to stop at the sound
of a siren and hit and run.
The self-styled hot rodder struck
i several cars and ran at least 15 off
the road, according to Sheriff Hugh
Salter.
The car he was driving belonged
to shipmates, Leonard and Leonard
Guillen, twin brothers. It was a
1957 Chevrolet. The Guillen boya
said Hutcheson took the car with
out their consent from the Chct
Graham Service station at 12th
and Arcndcll Streets.
Hutcheson was spotted by Ml's
at the edge of Beaufort. The MP's
alerted Carlton Garner, Beaufort
assistant chief of police and Hutch
eson was pursued through the
streets of Beaufort.
Join Pursuit
lie tore along Lennoxville Road.
Meanwhile, Sheriff Salter and Dep.
I uty Sheriff Marshall Ayscuc, en
route to North River, heard the
news of the pursuit on their police
radio, and returned to Beaufort.
They were going down the Lcn
noxville Road as Hutcheson was
heading again toward Beaufort.
The officers turned at Safrit's mill
| and saw that Hutcheson was turn
1 ing right on to Highway 70. They
cut over to Highway 70 and with
other police cars, temporarily had
Hutcheson blocked.
Hutcheson had turned into the
Shell station, then roared backward
across the street into the Texaco
station, nearly hitting Charlie Har
rcll, Beaufort's fire chief.
He got onto Highway 101, with
officers in pursuit at speeds up to
110 miles an hour. The sheriff and
Deputy Ayscue were first on his
trail, followed by Highway Patrol
man W. J. Smith Jr.
Even though sirens were scream
ing, the sheriff waved a high
powered flashlight out the window
to alert oncoming motorists.
Chase Ends
The chase ended at the foot of
the Core Creek bridge where the
sheriff said Hutchcson's car was
steaming and smoking.
Officers report that Hutcheson
hit Gladys Penny's car at the in
tersection of the Lennoxville Road
and Highway 70, the Stafford car
on Marsh Street, a car at the Co
lonial store in Beaufort, one on
Highway 101 and grazed several
others.
Patrolman Smith says that all the
cars cannot be identified unless the
owners report to him.
Court Continues
Case Two Weeks
Continued for two weeks yester
day in Morchcad City Recorder's
Court were the cases against G.
Perry King, 1109 Bridges St., More
head City, and William Franklin
Warren, 103 S. 27lh St., Morchcad
City.
King was charged with drunken
driving, careless and reckless driv
ing, (ailing to stop upon hearing a
siren, failing to stop at a red light,
scratching off and speeding in ex
cess of 75 miles an hour in a 25
mile zone.
Warren, owner of the 1957 rora
King was driving was charged with
aiding and abetting. He was with
King at the time, according to Wal
ter Thomas and Carl Bunch, More
head City police officers, who ap
prehended the two at 11:15 Wed
nesday night.
King was sighted by officers on
Bridgers Street. He went cast on
Bridges from 18th; at 11th he turn
ed south to Arcndcll and then west
again on Arcndcll where he was
stopped by the police car.
King and Warren have been re
leased under bond.
Chimney Fire
An overheated chimney in one o(
the houses on Bcebe's Blueberry
Farm, Lennoxville, caused a fire
at 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Beaufort
firemen put the fire out before
much damage waa dene. However,
water caused serious damage to
the furniture and floors.