CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
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47th YEAR, NO. 15. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Chilula Docks with Bodies of Seamen
Morehead City police Lt. Carl
Bloinberg, left, rushes to help
Harvey Gaskins Jr., a Coast
Guardsman, and police Sgt. Wil
liam J. Condie remove the body
of a drowned Italian seaman
from the Coast Guard Cutter \
Chilula Friday afternoon.
This body was one of five
picked up by the ChiluJa at the
scene of the sinking of the Italian
ship Bonitas, 225 miles east of
Cape Lookout last Wednesday.
Twenty two seamen lost their
lives when a lifeboat capsized a
short distance from rescue ves
sels. Three of the seamen
i oy i*uu ;>tv"'uur
brought in by the Chilula were
identified. They were Giuseppe
Romano, Carmelo Foti and Eu
grnio Picasso.
The bodies were turned over
to Dili's Funeral Home for prep
aration and shipment to Nor
folk.
Oil Dealers Encounter Busy
Week During Big Freeze'
All but one of the fuel oil dealers
in the area reported a heetic week
last week to keep up with orders
for fuel oil. In case you've for
gotten, last week the temperature
dipped to 12 degrees, the coldest
Carteret County has been in 40
years.
Alonzo Willis of Standard Oil.
Beaufort, said the week was
"about as usual". Other oil com
panies had their trucks working
overtime.
P. H. Gecr of the Gulf Oil Corp.,
Morehead City, said his company
ran a day to a day-and-a-half be
hind in filling orders.
75 Per Cent Ahead
Mr. Geer estimated that the
week was about 75 per cent ahead
of a normal week.
"Ever since the first of the
year," he added, "we've been
averaging double to 75 per cent
more business than in an average
year."
December, he said, is usually
the biggest oil delivery month, not
because it's cold then, but because
people are getting their tanks filled
in preparation for winter.
Oil dealers agree that their bus
iest time of the year, in any year,
is December, January and Feb
ruary.
Harold Scwell, manager of Caro
lina Oil and Distributing Co.,
Morehead City, reported yesterday
that it was Saturday before they
got caught up on their orders.,
Their business, so far this year,
has been ahead of last year's. I
Sinclair trucks worked overtime, j
according to T. T. (Tom) Potter J
manager in this area. He eatimat: |
cd last week's business about 30,
per cent ahead of a normal week, i
Mr. Potter expects most of the1
reaction to the cold weather to
come, with his customers, in about
a week or two.
"People who have large storage j
tanks.' he said, "can go through;
a cold snap w ithout calling for
more oil. We anticipate heavier!
business this week and next. Our j
men are going to make their calls,
a week earlier than usual."
Most oil companies call on a '
I customer regularly and fill the j
tank rather than wait for the cus-1
tomer to call.
More Pumped
Mr. Potter said his company j
pumped more oil in the first 15
days of February this year than
in all of February last year. "I
don't know whether that's due to
more cutsomers or the same cus
tomers using more oil," Mr. Pot
ter concluded.
J. Morton Davis of Texaco said,
"Wc were worked to death- We
stayed open Wednesday afternoon
and worked nights until 8. Our
business is considerably ahead of
| last year We've had a consistently
colder winter."
He continued. "Actually, the
I thing that works the oil companies
hardest are people who don't make
provision for a cold winter. To
keep a 55-gallon tank full, a truck
has to go back to the same place
time and time again "
He said that 250 gallon and 280
gallan tanks need servicing, in
any kind of weather, only once a
month.
Flurry of Calls
When it gets cold, Mr. Davis
added, people get scared and
there's always a flurry of calls
for oil. By Wednesday, he said,
his company had caught up with
orders.
Roper Van Horn, Ocean Oil Co.,
Morchead City, said that last
week's business was ahead of an
average week. He said men
worked until 10 at night. He esti
mated his deliveries about doubled.
Kmniitt Willis of Stevens and
Willis Oil Co., estimated his in
crease in business ?t about 25 per
cent. He said that his company
got a lot of calls from customers
who couldn't get immediate ser
vice from the company they usual-:
ly deal with.
It was a cold week. Even the
oil men were happy to sec a bit
of warm weather so that they
could catch their breath.
Warm Weather
Invades County
A front of warm air has finally
succeeded in driving out Carteret's
coldest weather in years. The first
traces of the change were detected
Thursday by weather observer
Stamey Davis.
He points out that the tempera
ture climbed to 4+ after a low of
22 on Wednesday night. The high
est temperature recorded over the
weekend was a mild 49 Sunday
afternoon.
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures and wind direction for
the weekend follow:
Max. Min. Wind
Thursday 44 22 NW
Friday 45 25 SW
Saturday 48 38 SW
Sunday 49 32 SE
Draft Board Tries to Find
Bobby Waddell, Newport
The Carteret County draft board
haa ordered Bobby Waddell of
Newport to report for induction
into the Army tomorrow.
Waddell. a delinquent, haa not
been located and Mra. Ruby D.
Holland, draft board clerk, aska
anyone knowing hia whercabouta
to notify her at the courthouac an
nex, Beaufort.
Othera ordered to report are
James W. Morris, Stella; Clinton
L. Ivcrson and William H. Eudy,
Beaufort; John P. Bry.nt and
Perry M. Taylor III, Morehead
City; John S. McC.ee, Straits, and
Aubrey M. Mason, Newport.
Curtain to Go Up March 8
On Play, Peekaboo Penny
T
Anne 1-ewis, left, plays the part of a newspaper reporter, aod
Lesta Willis, right, portray* the part of a play producer in the forth
coming theatre production, Peekaboo Penny. Mr*. Treisa Vickera I*
director.
Peekaboo Penny, the play which
made a tremendous hit when it
waa produced in Morchcad City in
1950 will be presented again by
the Carteret Community Theatre
Saturday night, March (. The play
will be given in the recreation
building, Morehcad City, curtain
time S o'clock.
The story befeins with John Mont
gomery, a play producer, Who gets
what he thinks is a brilliant idea.
He plans to produce a play with
the characters. portraying the ac
tual role they fill in real life.
Rehearsals go along smoothly
until an emerald is stolen from ?
Jewelry salesman next door. Then
the whole cast Joins in the hunt
for the emerald. The mystery isn't
solved until the final few seconds
and the entire play is full of
laughs.
Two of the original cast are ap
pearing in the forthcoming pro
duction. They are Madeline Royal,
switchboard operator, and l.illian
Frances Giddens, an English
school teacher.
Other characters arc LcsU Wil
lis, who plays the part of John
Montgomery; Jimmy Whcatlcy,
Frank DcLaska; Janet Smith, Bet
ty Ruffin Willis; Pendelton Penny,
John A. Baker Jr.; Peg Rogers,
Anne Lewis; Buck Dorgey, Leo
nard Lewis, and Mr. Bcntly,
[Thomas Res pen.
Town's New Cemetery
Named 'Greenwood Park'
Greenwood Park was the name selected for Morehead
City's new cemetery Thursday night at the meeting of the
Morehead City town board.
The name was suggested by Jasper Bell, buildings and
grounds commissioner. The new cemetery, consisting of
52 acres, is located northwest of town. Only part of it has
Mayor J. Wade
States His City s
Position on Rates!
Mayor J. E. L. Wade. Wilming
ton, read a statement at the port
rate inquiry at Raleigh last week. j
The inquiry was conducted by the j
State Utilities Commission.
The statement set forth Wil !
mington's position on the proposed [
Southern freight rates into More !
head City. It follows:
"Mr. Chairman, Mr. Commis-'
1 donors and gentlemen. 1 should
i like to express the appreciatin-i of
our fine port city of Wilmingto?
I for your im itation to this meeting.
I We will be pleased if we can be
of assistance to you. I
"In order that there may be no
misunderstanding, I shall repeat,
, here the position of Wilmington;
with regard to the rate equaliza
tion proposals which Chairman
Winbornc's letter indicates will be
j the subject of discussion here.
"We believe that the proposals
are of such nature that we should
oppose them and the opposition
should be conducted under ap
proved and orthodox procedure be
fore the Southern Freight Associa
tion, the Interstate Commerce
Commission and, if necessary, the
i Federal Courts.
The correctness of our position
is supported by the action of Sou- J
them Freight Association rate ?
committee in disapproving the pro
posals. We are reasonably confi
dent of success in the event we
have to litigate.
"Therefore, regardless of what
transpires here today our pooftfMi
In these matters will have to re
main unchanged.
"Our position is not related in
any respect whatever to any aP*
leged feud or ill feeling between
?
1 Wilmington and Morehead City.
Our job is to look to the progress:
I of our city and we, of course, ex-'
| pcct Morehead City to do likewise.
It is our sincere hope that our
! separate efforts contribute ma- i
I terially to the progress of our;
great state.
, "We are not pretending to have
! brotherly love for Morehead to the
extent that we are willing to re j
I linquish to them any advantage
j ratewise that our more favorable
geographic location entities us."
Mayor George Dill explained yes
| terday that when the ICC pub
lishes the new rales, those parties
who arc not in favor of the rates
may protest by taking the matter
to court.
Because the rates would involve
freight moving over Southern lines
only, from the mid-west to this
area, it is believed that litigation
could not prevent the proposed
rates from bring put into effect
Litigation, however, could cause
delay in establishing the rates.
It happened again.
Another car almost ended up in <
Willie Gray's junkyard at 12:15
a.m. Friday.
The car was a 1953 Ford con
vertible driven by Kenneth S.
Chianese, 20, of Cherry Point.
Chianese was tried in Morchead
City Recorder's Court yesterday
for failing to stop at a stop sign.
Patrolman R. H. Brown said that
Chianese was beaded west on High
way 70, failed to stop at the stop
sign on Highway 70A. lie loomed
to the left and knocked down the
railroad warning sign. i.
The ear was demolished. Dam
age to the sign was estimated at
5200.
Patrolman Brown said. "We're
going to recommend that the algn
be put on hinges."
The sign has been knocked down
several times by cars.
Car Knocks Down
Railroad Sign
Potentate Names Two
Ambassadors in County
Theodore H. Phillip* and Nick
L. Walker of Morrhrad City have
been appointed Ambassador* of
Sudan Shrine Temple for 195* by
Potentate Otia M. Banks of Cary.
Ambassador* arc called upon
when special work la to be done
in their communities for the Shrin
era Crippled Children* Hospitals
and other related mfitters of im
portance to the Shrine.
Deen lam out. ine mapped portion
has been equipped with an under
ground watering system.
Supervising the cemetery opera
tions is Commissioner Bell,
letter P.ead
Mayor George Dill read a letter
from John I). Wilson, of Wilson,
treasurer of the East Carolina
Phone Fight Committee, request
ing Morehead City's contribution
to the phone rate fight.
Mr. Wilson said that the com
mittee would like to collect all its
fun(is within the next 90 days. The
board requested George McNeill,
town attorney, to write the attor
ney general to obtain a ruling on
whether it is legal for a municipal
ity to contribute money to such an
enterprise
Gerald Wade appeared before the
board to request that the town
grant him an easement on the al
ley running through his property
in the 500 block of Arendell Street.
The alley is located between I AH
Motors and Marvin Willis's Pure
Oil station.
The alley is closed on the south
end by Carteret Ice and Coal. The
board tabled the matter.
Muffler I.ost
John Lashley, clerk, reported
that C. W. Dobard. Port Isabel,
Tex., tore the muffler off his car
in going across one of the railroad
crossings in town. The matter was
referred to Southern Railway.
The commissioners commented
that the crossings, even those that j
apparently an* fixed, are in bad j
shape. The railroad is in process
of putting down new track.
The attorney recommended that
a S127.07 claim made by Henry
White be paid. The attorney said
that a car owned by White was
damaged by a trash truck work
man when the workman moved it
to allow the trash truck to go
through an alley.
Tags Discussed
Relative to town tag sales, police
commissioner Ted Garner said that
all Morehead City motorists had to
have town tags on their cars by
midnight Feb. 17. He said at least
three notices appeared in THE
NFWS-TIMES, two of them on the
front page.
In answer to a query by the
major, the town attorney said that
the only thing the law recognizes
as a notice is something in writ
ing, either published or posted.
Some persons who had not bought
town tags claimed last week that
proper notice had not been given.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were Com
missioners S. C. Holioway and Gib
bic Sanderson.
TB Seal Results
R. M. Williams, chairman o( the
TB Christmas seal sale, has re
ported that the total now is $2,
700.35. Some contributions have
come in during recent weeks. The
total exceeds that of 1956.
Smyrna, Beaufort Win Titles
wasxsmm
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Beaufort co captains Danny Willis, Alex Copeland and Raymond
GUlikin, left to right, seem mighty pleased with the county cham
pionship trophy they are holding. The Seadogs defeated the More
head City Eagles, 65-57, Saturday night in the final game of the coun
ty tournament at Smyrna.
Smyrna principal Stewart Daniels, second from left, presented a
championship trophy to his own school Saturday night Receiving the
trophy for thr Smyrna girls tram were co-captains Laura Lewis,
Elberta Gillikin and Serina Davis, left to right For more sports
news see pages 2 and 1.
Carteret Commissioner Serves
As Secretary for Investigation
Odcll Merrill, Beaufort, a mem
ber of the Carteret county board
of commissioners, was elected sec
retary Thursday of the committee
investigating alleged irregularities
in the Kgst Carolina Regional
Housing Authority operations.
Mr Merrill will go to Raleigh
Ibis Thursday to attend a meeting
prior to the investigation, which
opens Friday. At the Friday hear
ing in Raleigh, the investigating
committee will question persons in
volved in the housing authority's
purchase of Seymour Johnson
homes near Goldsboro.
The secretary said that he be
lieves the investigation will con
tinue several days.
He added that t. E. Pittman,
Morchead City, chairman of the
authority, ia among those request
ed, hy telegram, to appear at the
hearing.
Telegrams were sent to mem
bers of the bousing authority, the
authority's attorneys and all those
Tide Table
Tides it the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Feb. 25
12:04 a.m. 6:03 a.m.
12:13 p.m. 5:37 p.m.
Wednesday. Feb. 21
12:47 a m 7:09 a.m.
1:04 p.m. 6:51 p.m.
Thursday. Feb. 27
1:36 a.m. 6:30 a.m.
2 03 p.m. 6:47 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 26
2:41 a.m. 9:36 a.m.
3:11 p.m> 10:02 p.m.
associated with Emraett Powell, 4
executive director of the authority,
who with his partners, the state
says, stands to profit by a million
dollars on the Seymour Johnson
homes deal.
The Friday hearing date was set
Thursday at Kenansville where
representatives of the 10 counties,
. covered by the Regional Housing
Authority, met. Accompanying Mr.
Merrill was Moses Howard, chair
man of Carteret's board of county.
commissioners.
The investigation of the author
ity was requested last week by
I Gov. Luther Hodges.
Chairman of the investigating
committee is L. A. Tart, Dunn,
chairman of the Harnett County
Board of Commissioners. Mrs.
Winifred Wells, Warsaw, is vice
chairinan.
.Committee members and the |
cotties they represent are Z. L. !
Riggs, Onslow; J. H B. Maynard, |
Sampson; C. Bryan AycOck,
Wayne; F. C. Prive, Johnston; B.,
B. Hollowed. Pamlico; G. N. No
ble, Jones; and R. E. Giles, who
represents the governor's office.
Two Attend Mooting
J. A. DuBois. manager of the
Morehcad City chomber of com
morco, and Bud Dixon, president
of the chamber, attended the
meeting of the North Carolina
Aaaociation of Chamber of Com
merce executives Friday at Wil
ton. Highlight* of the meeting, Mr.
DuBois said, were talks on mem
bership and industrial develop
ment.
Carteret shrimpers are keeping
the folks at Key West, F'la., well
supplied with big sea turtles.
James Styron of Davis this
month caught a large leatherhaek
turtle whieh was given to the Key
West Municipal Aquarium. The
aquarium published the following
announcement of its new acquisi
tion:
"The Atlantic lutli or leather
back turtle ... the ONI.Y ONE in
captivity in the WORLD . . . esti
mated to be about 40 years old
and weighs over 500 pounds.
"Caught Feb. 5th in shrimp net
north of the Dry Tortugas Keys.
"This turtle lives on the open
ocean in water over 150 feet deep.
Because it never encounters ob
stacles in the ocean, it has no in
stinct for avoiding them. To pre
vent injury, it must be restrained
until tamed."
It has been reported that unusual
turtles have also been caught by
llarlan Murphy of Davis, captain
of the Lola G. and Freddy Smith
of Atlantic, captain of the Miss
Brenda.
Those turtles arc at the Turtle
Kraal, Key West.
The Easter Seal Sale for the So
ciety of Crippled Children will
start March 1 and continue until
Easter.
Carteret Men
Snare Sea Turtles
Off Key West
Two Killed As
Car Enters River
At Swansboro
Two Marines Swim
Ashore After Accident
Friday at Bridge
Two Camp Lejeune Marines were
killed at 11 45 Friday night when
the car in which they were riding
left the highway at the west end
of the bridge at Swansboro and
went into the White Oak River.
Dead are Robert A. Waine, 19,
and Thomas E. Teague, 19, both of
B Company. Second Motor Trans
port Battalion, Camp Lejeune. Two
other Marines in the car were in
jured and were in the Naval Hos
pital at Camp Lejeune yesterday.
Patrolman R H. Brown said that
the injured men managed to get
out of the car and swim ashore.
| Patrolman Brown was culled to the
scene. The investigating patrol
man was Roger Salter of Onslow
County.
It is not known who was driving
the car, a 1951 Chevrolet. The car
was headed east, patrolmen said,
at apparently a high rate of speed.
It struck an island in the middle
of the highway. The island divides
the traffic lanes on the approach
to the bridge.
This caused the car to glance off
to the right, cross the grass plot,
sideswipe the end of the bridge and
fly out into the water a distance
of about 50 feet.
The water where the car disap
peared was estimated to be at least
10 feet deep. It was 3 a.m. before
the car was pulled out. Bodies of
the dead men were in it.
It took about two hours to locate
the car. Patrolman Brown said,
and another hour to get it out. ine
chain on the wrecker kept break
ing.
Assisting in the rescue were
Coast Guardsmen and a rescue
squad from Camp Lejeune.
Booze Taken
In Saturday Raid
ABC officer Marshall Ayscuc and
the sheriff s department raided
the home of Perry Cambridge on
Highway 24 Saturday afternoon
and confiscated seven gallons of
booze.
Cambridge is in the county jail
charged with possession of non
taxpaid whiskey for the purpose of
sale. Cambridge was also wanted
by officers for failure to pay costs
in a previous judgment against
him.
One case of whiskey was found
in the Cambridge house and two
more jars, buried in the dirt under
the house, were uncovered by Of
ficer Ayscue.
Making the raid, in addition to
the ABC officer, were Sheriff Hugh
Salter, and deputies Bobby Bell
and Bruce Edwards.
Phone Fight Fund
Totals 599.57
By press time yestcdray the
amount of money put up in Car
teret County for the fight against
higher phone rates, amounted to
$99.57. That includes $20 pledged
by the town of Atlantic Beach.
The remainder has been contrib
uted by NEWS TIMES readers.
Contributors since the last re
port on the fund are H. W. Tippett
and Vernon Hill, Morehead City;
Mr. and Mrs. Dan L. Morns, At
lantic, Mrs. E. S. Smith, Swans
boro, and several who requested
that their names not be listed.
Mrs. Smith said, "I am disgusted
with the phone service I've been
getting and here is 50 cents to help
in the fight against higher rates.,#
The East Carolina Phone Fight
Committee has estimated that 20
cents per phone in the Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph territory
will finance the hiring of legal
counsel to fight the rate raise.
The utilities commission expects
that there will be a hearing on
the case in April.
Phone subscribers who would
like to contribute to the fight are
invited to send their 20 cents to
Phones, c/o News-Times, More
head City.
THE NEWS-TIMES will forward
another check to the phone fight
committee this week. The first
check, for $42.65 was sent last
month.
Wrong Letter
1. A. DuBoii was identified as
American Legion "pott" comman
der in information under a picture
in the paper Friday. The word was
supposed to be "past". Present
commander of the Legion pott it
William Karl Wada.