Hoping
The Heart Fund
Helps Your Heart
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
47th YEAR, NO. 17. TWO SECTIONS . TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Nashville Teacher Refuses
To Pay New Telephone Rate
Morehead City Couple
Jailed for Fornication
Clarence W. Brown and Isabelle
Casey got six-month jail sentences
in Morchcad City recorder's court
Monday. Judge Herbert Phillips
found them guilty of fornication
and adultery.
The charges came about after
the Casey woman swore out a war
rant against Brown for hitting her
with a chair Brown got a 30-day
term consolidated with his six
month sentence for his offense.
Herman E. Hughes was found
guilty of his third drunken driving
offense. For this he got a 12-month
jail sentence suspended on pay
ment of $300 and costs and his
agreement not to drive a motor ve
hicle for a period of five years.
$200 Fine
Alfred H. Bryant got a $200 fine
and costs for driving drunk and for
driving without lights on his ve
hicle.
Elizabeth Gray was fined $25 and
costs for driving without a license
and damage to personal property.
Judge Phillips told her that the $25
would be refunded if she presents
a license to the court within two
weeks.
Pay Third of Costs
Six persons were charged one
third costs each for driving with
out city tags. They were James
L. Britt, Francis Wade, Clarence
11. Monroe. Albert Way, Beverly
Rice and George F. Cribb.
Robert L. Best and Kermit W. |
Long were charged court'costs for
speeding. Kenneth S. Chianese paid
costs for running a stop sign.
Robert J. Williams, charged with
speeding, forfeited his bond.
Seven defendants were not tried
for license tag violations. They
had purchased tags but had failed
to put them on the car. They were
Wayne J. Wheeler, Gordon I.
Thompson, Alvin L. Wade, Paul
' G. Guthrie, Mary C. Owens, Joan
na W. Parish and Walter Neimi.
Cases were continued against the
following: Ira Duncan Settle,
James Henry Yancey, Dave Gas
kill, Mary G. Harvey, James
Harvey, P. D. Brewington, Nancy
F. Ballou. Asa E. Cannon, Norman
S. Willis. Charles H. Turner, Wil
bur C. Stroud. Daniel B. Alford,
George A. Sutorka, and Carol Bal
lou.
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Contest Essays
More than 75 essays have been
submitted by Morehead High
School students in the 1958 essay
contest on "Vision and Highway
Safety," it was announced yester
day by Dr. R. E. Outlaw, contest
chairman.
Purpose of the contest is to make
the public more aware of the part
good vision plays in preventing
traffic accidents and highway fa
talities.
The contest is sponsored by the
North Carolina State Optomctric
Society in cooperation with the
Safety Division of the North Caro
lina Department of Motor Vehicles.
This is the second year this con
test has been held in this state.
Prizes of U.S. Savings Bonds
totaling more than $1,000 are be
ing offered winners on the local,
district and state levels. First
place winner in the state will re
ceive a $500 U.S. Savings Bond
and an all-expense paid trip to
the North Carolina Optometric
Society's annual banquet.
Dr. Outlaw today reminded high
school students that the deadline
for the contest is March 15, 1958.
Entries submitted after that date
cannot be considered.
Information about the contest
may be obtained from Norman
Clark at the Morehead City High
School.
Cars Collide
At MarshalIberg
Grayer K. Willis, Marshallbcrg,
driving a 1956 Buick, collided at
7:30 a.m. last Friday with a 1956
Chevrolet driven by Miss Caroline
H. Gillikin. Marshallbcrg.
Palrolman J. W. Sykes said that
Miss Gillikin was headed south
on the road to Marshallbcrg. Aa
she approached the Willia house,
the patrolman said that Willis
hacked out his driveway and into
her car.
No one was hurt. Damage to
the Chevrolet was estimated at
1500 and damage to the Buick at
$350
Willis was charged with failing
to yield the right of way. His case
was docketed ia county court yes
terday.
SPA Now Decides
Williams is Okay
Four members of the State j
Ports Authority on Tuesday en
dorsed D. Leon Williams as new !
director of North Carolina's j
ports. The entire board is ex
pected to approve the action.
The authority had withheld
final approval of Williams after j
it had learned that Williams'
operation of Georgia ports was j
under investigation.
Relative to ports business, ;
Rep. Harold I). Cooley, North
Carolina, and Congressmen Gra
ham Barden and Alton Lennon
conferred Wednesday at Wash
ington with H. N. Larcombe, t
Wilmington, representing the |
SPA, on increased use of North }
Carolina ports for shipment of 1
agriculture products.
Cubs, Parents
Attend Banquet
The annual Blue and Gold Cub
Scout banquet of Troop 308, Har
lowe, was held Monday evening
in the banquet room of the Rex
Restaurant, Morehcad City.
Table decoration of red hearts,
with cupid dolls holding them,
were used. Place cards were girl
valentines for the ladies and boy
valentines for the men, each hold
ing an after dinner mint Also a
log cabin was used in keeping
with Lincoln's birthday. Favors
were made for the parents by the
boys.
Tbey were napkins folded, and
with slides of wolves and bears to
represent their kerchiefs.
Cub master Richard Shrake
brought the meeting to order. Dan
ny MacLawhorn gave the welcome.
The response was given by Mr.
John Ives. The invocation was giv
en by the Rev. J. G. Lupton. Law
rence Ives gave the closing poem,
The Creed.
After the dinner, the Cub Scouts
gathered around their birthday
cake and sang Happy Birthday.
The cake was baked by Mrs. Rich
ard Shrake, den mother of den
No. 1.
December Fishing
Less Productive,
Figures Show
Fish landings at North Carolina
ports during December amounted
to only 57 per cent of the landings
reported in December 1956. A drop
in menhaden, down 44.7 million
pounds, was largely responsible
for the lighter landings, according
to figures released by the US De
partment of the Interior and the
North Carolina Department of Con
servation and Development.
Carteret, the state's most im
portant menhaden landing county,
suffered most from this drop in
fishing activity. During the month
of December county fishermen
landed slightly more than 59 mil
lion pounds of fish.
Macbeth Dies on Battlefield
Photo by Bob Seymour
MacDuff. Ethan Da?b, p repairs to finish off Mac belli, Billy Falcher, In a scone front the play Mac*
Mt preacatcd by Morehead City Hi(k fkfcaol rtaliati la ichaal activity period yciUrday.
A stalwart vocational agriculture
teacher at Nashville High School
has refused to pay Carolina Tele
phone and Telegraph Co. the new
high rate.
The teacher, D. A. Willoy, is
still paying his bill at the old
rate, according to a report from {
Nashville. He has offered to post I
bond to cover the increase, should
the utilities commission approve
u.
This, of course, has caused quite
a bit of consternation among
phone company officials. How does
the State Utilities Commission
view the matter?
Stanley Win borne, chairman of
the commission, contacted by THE
NEWS-TIMES yesterday, said he
never heard of a utilities customer
posting bond.
(Under a new state law, a utili
ties firm can post bond, put a rate
increase into effect without the
utilities commission's consent, and
the bond guarantees that the com
pany will refund to the customer
any money he is overcharged,
should the new rates not be al
lowed ).
One-Way Law
Mr. Winborne said the law
makes no provision for a utilities
customer's posting bond to guaran
tee he will pay the higher rate, if
the higher rate is granted.
"If the company can post bond
to cover refunds, then I can post
bond to cover the increase in easel
the commission approves the in- j
crease," Mr. Willey said.
THE NEWS TIMES reporter
asked Mr. Winborne if Willey's i
stand could lead to a test in the ;
courts as to the legality of letting !
a utilities firm post bond in a rate \
case, while not allowing the same!
privilege to the telephone user.
Mr. Winborne replied, "You|
never can tell."
An executive of the telephone j
company recently got in touch i
with Mr. Willey and said that he;
was the only one who had refused '
to pay the increase.
"That's all right," Mr. Willey,
replied, "I don't mind standing
alone. The utilities commission is |
there to protect me, and I'm back
ing it up." -
Falls Rack on Courts
Mr. Winborne was asked yester-1
day whether the utilities commis-j
sion really would back Mr. Willey
up. Mr. Winborne said that the
courts would have to decide that.
When the phone company offi
cial refused Mr. Willey's offer to
post bond, the official said he
could send a workman around to
take Mr. Willey's phone out. Mr.
Willey said he would get an in
junction to prevent that.
Could the phone user get an in
junction to prevent that, Mr. Win
borne was asked.
The utilities chairman replied
that such a decision was up to the
courts, lie said the utilities com
mission had no authority.
The phone company continues
billing Mr. Willey at the new rate
and be continues paying the old.
At last report, he still had his
phone too.
Patrolmen Start Intense
Campaign Against Litter
County highway patrolmen, join
ing with patrolmen throughout the
state, have started rigid enforce
ment of the anti-litterbug law.
Patrolman J. W. Sykes an
nounced Wednesday that anyone
seen throwing trash out a car win
dow, or dumping garbage along
the highway, will be apprehended.
Litterbugs convicted in court can
be fined up to S50.
Water Company'Not Sure Now About
Well; Emergency Equipment Broken
V. F. Fugling, general manager of General Waterworks,'
of which Carolina Watqr Co. is a subsidiary, said yester
day that he wsr not sure the company would put a new
well down in Beaufort.
Mr. Rigling, accompanied by C. R. Morris, operating en
Heads Fund Drive
Miss G u n h i 1 d c Gunnersen,
Morehcad City, has been made
chairman of the 1958 Red Cross
fend drive for Carteret County.
Miss Gunnersen announced yes
terday that the campaign will
start March 10 and continue
throughout the month.
The county's quota is $3,944.
Warmer Weather
Brings Rain
Rain followed on the heels of a
warm air front that pushed out the
coldest weather recorded in the
county for many years. After five
days of warm, clear weather it be
gan to rain Wednesday morning.
By 5 p.m. Wednesday, weather
observer Stamey Davis had meas
ured 1.3 inches of rain. The rain
continued until late in the nighi^
and was followed by a dense fog1
yesterday morning.
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures and wind direction for
the week follow:
Max. Min. Wind
Monday 54 40 SW
Tuesday 58 14 SW
Wednesday 56 46 SE
Bootlegger Goes
To Roads, Will
Serve 18 Months
Perry Cambridge, of Highway
24, west of Morehrad City, was
sent to the roads for 18 months
yesterday in county recorder's
court.
Cambridge will serve six months
on a former conviction and 12
months on a conviction in court
yesterday, lie was found guilty of
possessing non-texpaid whiskey for
the purpose of sale.
Displayed in court was a half
gallon jar of moonshine taken
from Cambridge's house Saturday.
Propped up against the jar was
Cambridge's sign: "CASH?Let's
be friends. Please don't ask for
credit."
To Sell Oyster Stew
The Harkers Island Methodist
Men's Club will sell oyster stew
at the church tomorrow, beginning
at 5 p.m. The price is 50 cents.
gineer, said they were making their
quarterly inspection trip to this
area. Both men are from the Phil
adelphia office of General Water
works.
"We are investigating the taste
and odor complaints about Beau
fort water,'* Mr. Pigling said. "We
are going to run tests and make
some conclusions. We are taking
the matter under consideration.
We haven't yet decided whether
we will put down a new well."
He said it would take his com
pany two to three weeks to do its
testing and "make some conclu
sions".
The State Health Department has
recommneded that a new well be
drilled to overcome the foul odor,
bad taste and get rid of the sand
in the water.
The town has also complained to
the State Utilities Commission.
Prior to Mr. Rigling's visit, C.
W. Williams, local water company
manager, said he was told that a
new well was being contemplated
for Beaufort, as well as one for
Morehead City.
Mr. Rigling estimated that the '
cost of drilling a new well in Beau
fort would be $40,000. He hastened
to add, "But we're not sure we're
going to put the well down."
Mr. Rigling and Mr. Morris ar
rived here Tuesday night and were
scheduled to leave last night. Mr.
Rigling mentioned that his firm op
erates 93 water companies in 19
states.
Jaycee Ofiicials
Visit Morehead
| District Jaycee vice - president
Wes Conklin ef Jacksonville and
i national director J. B. Smith of
Gi?enville attended the Morehead
toty Jaycee meeting at the Hotel
Fort Macon Monday night.
The two officials installed four
j new members and discussed the
I history of the Jaycces. They point
ed out the ideals and aims of the
organization and mentioned pro
posed projects.
The new members are David j
Morris. Norris Edge, Zanc Souther- j
land and Bobby Matthews.
Club president Dr. R. O. Bar
num announced his selections for
committee chairmen for the dis
trict Jaycee convention scheduled
for the last weekend in April in
Morehead City.
Overall chairman is Bill Bau
gham. Other chairmen are Cecil
Adams, entertainment; Gerald
Murdoch, religious; Marion Mills
social activities; and L. E. Kelly,
registration.
Tart of the meeting was devoted
to a general discussion of the foot
ball program.
Marine Discusses
Cub Scout Program
At Rotary Meeting
Ted Christophcrson, Cherry Point
Marine ami Cub Scoutmaster, was
guest speaker at the Newport Ro
tary Club meeting Monday night
at the PTA Center. Mr. Christo
phcrson discussed the Cub Scout
program.
He pointed out that the Cub
Scouts arc preparing to become
Boy Scouts and that they and their
parents arc brought closer together
by Cub activities.
Mr. Christophcrson was the
guest of program chairman Junius
T. Creech.
Entertainment committee chair
man Bob Montague reported that
his committee has selected a play i
to be presented by the club. The |
for various Rotary projects. De
tails will be announced later by
publicity chairman Nathan Gar
ner.
Guests attending the meeting
were Dr. W. L. Woodard and Stan- j
ley Potter of Beaufort and Bob,
Howard of Morchcad City.
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
llir.ll LOW
Friday, Feb. 2D
2:41 a.m. 9 56 a.m.
3:19 p.m. 10:02 p in.
Halarday, March I
3:36 a.m. 10:32 a.m.
4:34 p m 11 (II p.m.
Suaday. March X
5:04 a.m. 11:44 a.m.
3:37 p.m. II 36 p.m
Moaday, March 3
6 03 a.m. 12:33 a.m.
6:31 p.m.
Tueaday, March 4
6:33 a.m. 12:49 a.m.
7:19 p.m. 1.8 p.m.
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D. G. Bell to Run
For Assemblyman
D. G. Bell, Morchead City, an
nounced yesterday that he will
seek the Democratic nomination
for general assemblyman in the
May primary.
Mr. Bell has represented Car
teret during two terms in the
legislature, in 1955 and in 1957.
During the 1957 session he
served on 11 committees and
was vice chairman of the local
government committee and the
commercial fisheries committee.
B&PWians Hear
Cancer Official
Mrs. Donald Stone, executive di
rector of the North Carolina di
vision, American Cancer Society,
spoke Tuesday night to the Car
teret Business and Professional
Women's Club.
The club will sponsor the cancer
drive in April. Miss Lyda Pincr,
Morehead City, will be chairman.
Mrs. Stone explained that the
aims of the cancer society are
early detection, education and re
search. Of the money collected in
North Carolina, 60 per cent remains
here and 40 per cent is used na
tionally in research projects, many
of which are being carried on in
North Carolina hospitals and uni- j
versifies.
Of the amount that remains in!
the state. 40 per cent is returned !
to the counties for use in helping
caucer patients. The cancer socio* j
ty, Mrs. Stone said, strives to keep
administrative costs low; there-!
fore, only 2 per cent of the budget
IS set aside for administration.
Accompanying Mrs. Stone was:
Mrs. Marian Pugh.
During the business session, the
club voted to put a $236 refund i
from the State Home Project into
a scholarship fund for Carteret
girls Mrs. Marshall Ayscue was
named chairman of the scholarship
committee. She will select her com
mittee members.
Mrs. Virginia Sample was named
cheer committee chairman, re
placing Mrs. Violet Howard, who
has moved to Washington, N. C.
The club voted to give a half ton
of coal to a needy family on Mar
kers Island and took up a collec
tion to buy necessary items for an
indigent cancer patient.
Mrs. James Smith, president of
the club, presided. A barbecue sup- ;
per was served by the hostess, Mrs. j
Justin Robinson, prior to the meet
ing. The meeting was held in the (
Anchor Florist Shop.
Volunteer Chairman
Announces Bond Sales
J. R. Sanders, volunteer savings
bond chairman for the county, re
ported yesterday that $62,857.59
worth of savings bonds were sold
in the county during January.
This figure, he reported, repre
sents over nine per cent of the
county's goal of $690,900 for this
year.
To Sell Flower Shrubs
Lions report that the only thing
which will prevent their sale of
azaleas and camellias today and
tomorrow will be rain. The plants
will be sold at 9th and Arcndell
Streets, More head City.
Portrays Comedy Role
Minn Madeline Royal portray* the t witch hoard operator la the
forthcoming Carteret Community theatre comedy, Peekaboo Penny.
Mia* Royal play* the part which made her a rollicking hit when
Peekaboo Penny waa ataged In Morehead City In Its*. The play trill
atari at I p.m. next Batnrday, March g, at the recreation
Morehead City.
If there should be a power failure, Beaufort now has no
way to get water, once the tank empties.
Three auxiliary pumps at the pumping house and the
large diesel engine used to supply power during an emer
gency froze during last week's cold wave. The diesel has
split wide open at several points.
C. W. Williams, manager of the
water company, said yesterday
that the pumps and motor were
not in operating condition.
V. F. Rigling, general manager
of the water company, was asked
if any effort were being made to
repair or replace the damaged
equipment.
He said that no repairs would be
made because should a new well
be put down, there would a dif
ferent arrangement on emergency
operations and such equipment
would not be needed.
"We only use that equipment
during a power failure," Mr. Rig
ling explained.
This, apparently, seemed like a
casual conversational topic to Mr.
Rigling, who has not had to live
through power failures in this
county.
Although there has been no ma
jor power failure recently, most
people can remember the inter
mittent power during hurricanes
and the complete power failure |
during the ice storm of February
1947
Should there be a power failure I
and no way to keep the Beaufort
water tank refilled, there would be I
no w ater for homes, businesses, or
for fighting fires.
A Beaufort town official was
asked yesterday if there was any
way to get the tank re filled with
out the emergency equipment. He
said, "Yes, by bucket."
The same official said it was
recommended that the diesel en
gine he run during last week's cold
to keep it from freezing, but tbc
water company decided it didn't
want to "waste the fuel" to do
that.
If there is no power failure be
tween now and when the water
company decides what it's going to
do, everything will probably be all
right If there is a power failure,
Beaufort will have a disastrous
lime.
Premeasuremen!
Begins Monday
Pfemcasurcmcnt of land to be
used for planting allotcd crops
began Monday. County ASC office
manager B. J. May says that 31
farmers signed up for the service.
The measurement is being done
by Clayton Cannon of Newport.
Mr. May also says that his of
fice began measuring land, to be
placed in the acreage reserve
phase of the soil bank, Tuesday,
lie revealed that 136 tobacco far
mers and 22 cottou growers have
signed up. Tobacco payments will
come to about $97.ooo and cotton
payments will be about $3,200, Mr.
May predicts.
Most of the farmers who are
putting their land in the acreage
?escrvc are planting the fields in
lobe lespedeza now. Many, accord
ng to Mr. May, will plant soy
peans or field peas later in the
tpring or wait until fall and plant
?mall grains, crimson clover, rye
{rass or vetch.
Farmers can plant small grains
his fall and harvest them next
rear so long as they do not put the
tame piece of ground in the soil
>ank, Mr. May concluded.
Three Cars Turn
Over Within
12-Hour Period
A total of three cars turned over
in the county in a 12-hour period
this week. The first accident was
at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, the sec
{ond at 6 p.m. Wednesday and the
third at 3:30 a.m. yesterday. In
juries in all were minor.
Gaston L. Parnell, Stella, was
lined $75 and costs in court yester
day on a charge of careless and
reckless driving and driving too
fast for road conditions. His car,
a 1956 Fotd, landed on its top in
a drainage ditch on highway 24
at 3:30 p a. Wednesday.
Patrolman J. W. Sykes said Par
nell told him he had just passed
a car near Gales Creek, and had
gotten back in his lane of traffic
when he thought he saw a car
coming out of a side road.
lie said he whipped the car to
the right, skidded to the left and
ended, wheels up, in the ditch.
Damage to the car was estimated
at $400.
A 1951 Buick driven by Mrs.
Pearly T. Cannon, Broad Creek,
turned over on its top 13 miles
west of Morehead City on High
way 24 at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Mrs. Cannon was headed west.
On the east side of the Broad
Creek bridge, Patrolman Sykes
said she pulled out to pass a car.
skidded off the right side of the
road, and turned over in the field.
The car was demolishod. Mrs.
Cannon suffered skinned knuckles
on one hand.
Two passengers were slightly in
jured at 3:30 yesterday morning
when the 19S7 Ford in which they
were riding toppled end over end
and came to rest in a field Just
east of the Core Creek bridge.
Hurt were Harold Bennett, who
suffered a jaw injury, cut lips and
bruises and Leamon Grady, who
had a gash by his nose. Both were
from route 1 Mount Olive, as was
the driver, Hubert Preston Tay
lor
Patrolman Sykes said the Ford
was headed toward Havelock. Tay
lor claimed he went to sleep. He
was charged with careless and
reckless driving and going too fast
for road conditions, llis bond was
forfeited in court yesterday.
The car was wrecked beyond
repair.
Heart Fund
Totals JJ54.1I
Collections in the county Heart
Fund, minus the money in coin
collectors, stood yesterday at
$754 11.
Included in that figure is an esti
mated $115 collected in the heart
drive Sunday in Beaufort.
Mrs. Frank Sample, treasurer of
the heart campaign, gave the fol
lowing report on funds turned in to
her: $14 in individual donations
from Beaufort; $25.47 from Mar
shallberg; $47.75 from Broad
Creek, and $551.89 from Morchead
City.
The Marshallberg, Broad Creek
and Morehead City receipts are
from Heart Sunday collections.
The campaign officially ends to
day, but persons who have not yet
contributed may mail their checks
to Mrs. Frank Sample, Morchead
City.
Beaufort Rotary
Elects Directors
Five directors were elected Tues
day night at the Beaufort Rotary
Club meeting at the Scout build
ing.
They are Bruce Tarkington. Jim
Wheatlcy, Stanley Potter, Ralph
Thomas and the Rev. C. Edward
Sharp.
From those directors, new offi
cers will be chosen.
The Rev. Mr. Sharp gave a brief
alk. The program followed a coun
ry style steak supper. Visitors
sere Dr. S. W. Thompson and J.
R. Sanders. Morehead City Ro
arians.
Next week's meeting will be in
charge of James Davis.
Presbyterian Men to Meet
The Men of the Church will meet
it 8:30 Tuesday night in the fel
owship hall. Members should
nake reservations with T. C. Hy
ii an Jr. or Earl Stacks.